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5 out of 5 eggsFantastic Game!

Pros: Very fantastic game! My mom has benefited from it alot! Goes great with my Little Bill Season 2 Blu™Ray disks!

Cons: Does not overclock and runs pretty hot in my VCR

Other Thoughts: Great for your parents!

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Main River Run (73 km)

The Main River Run is located on the southeastern side of the Great Northern Peninsula in White Bay. You can reach it from Route 1 via Route 420. One of the highlights is the Main River, surging 57 kilometres, it will test even the most experienced whitewater paddler and is a designated Canadian Heritage River.

Take Route 420 off Route 1 to Sandy Lake

The Main River Run is located in a transition zone between the mountainous Viking Trail and coastal areas of the Dorset Trail.

At the intersection of Route 420 and Route 1 is the head of Sandy Lake where a mere century ago a great caribou herd, 10,000-strong, travelled inland on its yearly migration from the Northern Peninsula to the Central Inland Plateau. This herd, now smaller, still crosses the barrens yearly.

White pine from Sandy Lake was harvested by British navy shipbuilders for vessel construction during the early 19th century. During the latter part of that century, a disease called White Pine Blister Rust wiped out most of the stands of that species in this province, although a few of these beautiful coniferous trees still grow near Sandy Lake.

Two moose captured in Nova Scotia were released in this area, near Howley on Route 401, in 1878. In the Gander Bay area of Eastern Newfoundland, four moose of seven captured in New Brunswick were introduced in 1904. From these small beginnings has grown a moose population now numbering more than 120,000, covering the entire island of Newfoundland.

Located on Route 420 and 421 is Main River Run

This area is heavily forested and has plenty of fast running rivers. There are few communities here, but you can relax or camp overnight at Sop's Arm Park, a small picturesque campground and picnic area on the delta adjacent to the mouth of a scheduled salmon river. The park is near the Main River, designated a Canadian Heritage River, a short, fast-moving river that will test the skills of the most experienced canoeist, kayaker or white water rafter.

You can travel the entire 57-kilometre length of the river in three or four days. This is a wild, turbulent river with significant and abrupt changes of gradient, channel width and direction. Be prepared to portage some sections. Access to the headwaters is by air. This area also presents outstanding wildlife viewing opportunities, including moose, caribou, fox, lynx and 90 species of birds.

At the end of Route 420 is Jackson's Arm

Jackson's Arm is a good place to see whales and icebergs. A fishing community founded only 150 years ago, its main employer is a crab processing plant.

Pick up Route 421 from 420 to Hampden

Route 421 branches off Route 420 to the logging and fishing community of Hampden, which was settled in the late 1860s. Here and at Beaches, Rooms and Bayside you will find more than your share of the hospitality, warmth and down-to-earth good humour Newfoundlanders are famous for.

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Aug 24, 2005 | 9:53 AM EDT
  • Daily 2nd Place August 25, 2005

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  • NG Collabs
    NG Collabs Multi-Author Newgrounds Collaborations!
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    NG Parodies When you've already made fun of everything else, why not make fun of Newgrounds?

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To be honest I never searched far and wide for artists for this...every single artist either found out about this from the forum or from a friend. I let in whoever wanted to join because thats how I feel Newgrounds as a website expresses itself best. Do the top artists HAVE to contribute to this just to get it recognised? The score clearly states that it doesn't. :)

Rated 4.5 / 5 stars

A great tribute to the 10 years of Newgrounds. 100 different artists getting together? impressive.

Rated 4.5 / 5 stars

Pretty good

I can see with 100 artists it must have taken a long time to organise.
Its was good animation and all but I did get very bored listening to someone counting to ten ten times. It could have been more interesting.

I give 4

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Rated 4.5 / 5 stars

Happy 10th Newgrounds.

And what a way to say thank you to 10 years of Newgrounds, if someone were saying thank you to me for something in this way i would honestly be pretty happy. I saw effort in each one unlike many people who reviewed. Most of those artists i havent even heard of, and its good to see they actually made something worth watching. Congrats to all new authors involved in this. And the creators of the collab, you guys must have had trouble getting 100 artists in one collaboration. Here is my review.

The graphics were obviously better in some than they were in others. But as a whole they were awesome, there were some very impressivie ones that brought up how i felt about them. Even the worst ones werent all that bad. I liked how some were done, with cool animation and making sense of their numbers. Others just looked flat out cool! The style of this collab was wonderful. What better theme for a collab than celebrating the greatness of NG? Almost none i tell you. Collabs always earn some good style points from me because of the many animating styles within each one, this one was definitely no exception. Its good to see many new authors with futures ahead of them as well. The sound was good, i liked it in some others just said the numbers with a bad mic or something. The music was also a nice touch.

Overall wonderful job guys, lots of people are hating, but you gotta respect the 10th year of newgrounds and the effort that went into making this. Getting 100 authors to do a clip isnt an easy thing to do, so i commend you creators. Keep it up! 5/5

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Rated 4.5 / 5 stars

This is a pretty cool tribute, just counting to 100 is all thats in it but, cool animation!!

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Rated 4.5 / 5 stars

A Nice Tribute

Lol, Newbs + Experience + Flash = Newgrounds
Happy Birthday Newgrounds!!!

oh ya, the fhash was good too


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Nov 26, 2010 | 5:39 AM EST
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Welcome to Balloon Town, a place where you manage population of balloons, make them happy, breed, work and fight bad boys!

All controlled by mouse, there's in-game instructions and step by step tutorials, read it carefully.

Rated 4 / 5 stars

If only

If it were humans and had a freeplay everyone would love this.

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Rated 5 / 5 stars

the loading gosfast if,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

you turn it to low guility on a fast computer

Rated 2 / 5 stars

It could be better

Its a good concept but i have some comments about it.
-) Why balloons?
-) Why not let the player choose the individual units actions instead of controlling them as a whole.
-)Why not make a free play where a player can build on his or her town instead of having to start over after each mission.

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Rated 3 / 5 stars

i dont understant

is really confising game i cuolodnt understand.
all ballons just left my town

Rated 4.5 / 5 stars

Don't know what's up with all of the bad reviews! I had fun playing this game. It would be nice to have an endless mode just to see how bad ass of a town you can make. With groups of bad guys to come attack once in a while. Good work!

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Apr 2, 2011 | 12:56 PM EDT
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Boom 5 Points Use a bomb for the first time.
Stray Bullets 5 Points Get killed with no enemies on screen.
500k 10 Points Get a score of 500,000 in any level except survival.
Angel Wings 10 Points Play 10 levels as Natalie.
Bullet Hell 10 Points Die with over 666 enemy bullets on screen.
Counter Attack 10 Points Reflect over 100 bullets with a single shield.
Gold Farmer 10 Points Finish any level except Survival with over 3,000 coins.
I Like Swords 10 Points Play 10 levels as Matt.
Killer 10 Points Kill 3000 enemies in total.
Max Power 10 Points Fully upgrade all stats
Millionaire 10 Points Get a score of 1,000,000 in any level except survival.
Pew Pew Pew 10 Points Play 10 levels as Lance.
Power Up 10 Points Fully upgrade any stat.
Punching Bag 10 Points Get hit 100 times in total.
Shields On 10 Points Collect 100 power ups in total.
Shooter 10 Points Kill 300 enemies in total.
Slayer 10 Points Kill 10000 enemies in total.
Sniper 10 Points Kill 1000 enemies in total.
Stars Everywhere 10 Points Play 10 levels as NoLegs.
Tree Hugger 10 Points Play 10 levels as Anna.
Ultimate Blade 10 Points Kill 25 enemies instantly.
Bronze Badge 25 Points Get A ranks in 5 or more levels.
Bullet Master 25 Points Complete all bonus levels.
Gold Badge 25 Points Get A ranks in 15 or more levels.
Pacifism 25 Points Reach wave 33 in Survival without killing anything.
Perfect Run 25 Points Beat any level between 16 and 20 without taking any damage.
Platinum Badge 25 Points Get A ranks in 20 or more levels.
Silver Badge 25 Points Get A ranks in 10 or more levels.
The End 25 Points Defeat the final boss and complete the standard set of 20 levels.
3 Heart Challenge 50 Points Beat the first 20 levels without upgrading your health.
Mass Murderer 50 Points Kill 1,000 foes in a single game of Survival.
Diamond Badge 100 Points Get A ranks in all 25 levels.

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Hay guys!
Here's the shooter I've been working on for a while, hope ya enjoy it.

Mouse/Arrow Keys: Movement
Z/Click: Main Weapon: Fast but weak.
X/Double-Click: Sub Weapon: Powerful but charges slowly.
C/Space: Bomb: Clears the screen.
Shift: Focus: Slows down your movement and shows hitbox.
P/Esc: Pause

If the game runs slowly, turn off the graphics stuff in the options.
Also, if you experience any problems with the keys sticking, just use mouse controls instead.

Rated 5 / 5 stars

In some moments i my eyes started dazziling

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Rated 5 / 5 stars

Spectacularly done.

Excellent, excellent job. Was pleasently surprised to see this show up on another site that I frequent, legitly posted by you, and have been playing it there while waiting for it here.

Review-y time: Touhou nuts, strap in and enjoy. Bullet hell at it's finest, with more bullets than ever (AND THE BULLETS SHOOT BULLETS SOMETIMES), with a 1 pixel hitbox being necessary, lest you be raped all the time.

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Rated 5 / 5 stars

When I read the frontpage description, I was sceptical. I tought "Thousands of bullets to dodge? In one game? I don't believe that!". But then I tried out the game, and you can take my word for it, the summary is no lie, this game has thousands of bullets to dodge and legions of foes to defeat! Stamp of approval *pat*.

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Rated 5 / 5 stars

What, no spellcards? :D

Thats gotta be the best hell shooter flash game there is. Good thing I played every touhou game and I was prepared for this :D. I even find some of the paterns familiar

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Rated 5 / 5 stars

I wish Anna could be used for an RPG. All the characters are awesome here. Keep up the good work guys!


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May 23, 2011 | 5:19 AM EDT
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A song about how babby is formed. Animated by the mighty Sexual Lobster.

Rated 5 / 5 stars

epic dual ment to be. Funny as all hell, lol.

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Rated 5 / 5 stars

Animation is hott.

This animation makes me cum buckets... like actual buckets... it hurts.

Rated 5 / 5 stars

Well done.

When I saw the art to it I couldn't place it, I thought I got weebl and sexual lobster mixed up... Until I looked at the file info, then I was estatic. Freaking grade A stuff gentlemen.

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Rated 4.5 / 5 stars

Jammin to this

Wish there was a song download for this

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Rated 5 / 5 stars

Haha WTH?!

Its so damn catchy that I didnt notice the loop xD

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Feb 19, 2012 | 1:37 AM EST

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Tekken > Street_Fighter

+This is also a code demonstration:
Top edge = quality control.
Bottom edge = play speed: 1fps, 15fps, 30fps, 60fps.

Rated 2 / 5 stars

Tekken demo? More like a stick fight. While the quality of the video is ok, the movie is too short and the fight barely lasted 10 seconds. Overall, the video is kind of ok as a demo, but you will need to do a whole lot better if you want a good score from me.

EK515 responds:

True true,
I hope to use this vid as an example for collab mates.
If I can get someone else to animate the stick fighting, I will add: the stage, sound effects, camera, health-bars, dialog, etc.

Rated 2.5 / 5 stars

The graphic model was pretty cool, but the fight was slow and simple. With a bit of work, this could be a lot better.

Rated 3 / 5 stars

short, but sweet. good for pivot.

Rated 4.5 / 5 stars

Great work, I like Tekken. Interesting, and good quality. What animation software did you use?

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Flash cs5, one of the best things I've bought personally.

Rated 0.5 / 5 stars

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Short sweet and to the point; I like that.


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Nom 5 Points Find 20 muffins!
Attention Horse 10 Points Find Lyra wherever she may be.
NomNom 10 Points Find 40 muffins!
There's Derpy! 10 Points Complete the game.
Love Is In Bloom 25 Points Help Derpy find her true love!
Magical Mystery Box 25 Points Find all 6 golden muffin to unlock the mysterious box!
The. Worst. Possible. Thing! 25 Points Find Rarity's diamond-encrusted purple ribbon.
Omnomnom! 50 Points Find 60 muffins!

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Happy Derpy Day 2014 Everypony!

Derpy returns for a third instalment of the hit game! Will she find her true love or unlock the secrets of the magical mystery box? You decide!

Click on Derpy and her three muffins in each level. Watch out for the special golden muffins and Lyra, too!

Edit: Newgrounds medals added. Enjoy! :)

Walkthrough for all levels and achievements can be found here:

Wow, Daily 1st! Thanks newgrounds. :D

And frontpage too?! Woohoo, you rock! :D :D

Rated 5 / 5 stars

Great work!

Rated 5 / 5 stars

To the FinalFlaw:

The last muffin in lvl 19 is in derpys hands and the ribbon is on garble in lvl 20

Rated 5 / 5 stars

This game is very fun, and cute ^^ The muffins in later levels are quite hard to find, and I've had to squint my eyes to find the others! I have nearly gotten every single Medal as well, I need to find Raritys Diamond encrusted ribbion, and I need to get EVERY SINGLE MUFFIN...Which I only need to get ONE more, in level nineteen, I got the muffin on the CMCs Table and the one in the blue haired teenagers hand, but thats it and its driving me nuts! XD

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Rated 5 / 5 stars

it's a good game because it has derpy! 500 stars for derpy and her muffins!

Rated 4 / 5 stars

Alright. It's a good game, but it is very similar to the first game. Derpy was fun to find in the different levels, and the muffins were well hidden. Good job, just maybe try to add something really new.


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Ken Hinkley wants coaches in the loop on players ruled out by drug policy

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New Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley says he'd like to know when club doctors have secretly ruled a player out because of the AFL's illicit drugs policy. Picture: Calum Robertson. Source: adelaidenow

PORT Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley has highlighted the frustration of AFL coaches who cannot help drug-hit players while cases are shrouded in secrecy.

Hinkley was taken aback by AFL chief Andrew Demetriou's admission AFL coaches are being told by club doctors they cannot pick a player - but not the reasons for the player's withdrawal from the selection pool.

Demetriou told The Australian: "Club doctors would tell the coach or the football manager that a certain player was not in a condition to play. He does not need to specify any injury or illness, just that he considers the player not well enough to play."

Hinkley yesterday declared his discomfort with this facet of the AFL illicit drug policy that holds back information to clubs until a player is on his third strike.

"I never thought that happened," said Hinkley, in his first-year as senior coach at Alberton.

"Clearly I'd like to know why there is a problem and what I can do to help that problem."

Hinkley next week will be able to take his concerns direct to Demetriou when Port president David Koch, chief executive Keith Thomas and football chief Peter Rohde are called to AFL House to be briefed on the Australian Crime Commission report on drugs and organised crime in Australian sport.

As Port is one of the last clubs to be called to the AFL, the impression is there is no major concern with the Power's sports science program.

This is amid a rebuild with the return of fitness coach Darren Burgess to Alberton after his recent stint at English Premier League club Liverpool.

But the principle of the club doctor having the final say remains at Port.

"We're really detailed in what we do and we trust that our doctors are on top of everything here," said Hinkley. "And everything our sports science people do, we review that hard."

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Rory McIlroy pulls off stunning victory after last-hole collapse by Adam Scott

 Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland celebrates on the 18th hole after winning the Australian Open.

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland celebrates on the 18th hole after winning the Australian Open. Source: Getty Images

Adam Scott has fallen agonisingly short of the Triple Crown, with Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy snatching a one-shot win on the final hole of the Australian Open at Royal Sydney.

RORY McIlroy didn't feel completely absolved as he stood behind Adam Scott to sign the winning scorecard.

Elation, relief and satisfaction all greeted his maiden win of 2013.

So too, guilt.

Sunday's breakthrough victory came at a heavy emotional cost for vanquished playing partner Adam Scott, who virtually conceded the Stonehaven Cup with a final hole meltdown.

"It was hard not to feel some sort of guilt the way I won it," McIlroy said.

Australian Open champion Rory McIlroy basks in the glory of his stunning win over Adam Scott at Royal Sydney, but says he feels sorry for the Aussie.

"I knew what it meant and the way the tournament finished for him. Having a one shot lead going down the last and having it taken away at the end, it's tough.

"I've been in that position before and it's not nice."

Although Australians might remember McIlroy as the villain who gate crashed Scott's Triple Crown party, his affable and down-to-earth demeanour does not justify the tag.

Amid the teeth gnashing that accompanied Scott's string of lipped-out birdie putts, McIlroy quietly compiled a flawless six-under round of 66 in the face of two vile hecklers who yelled his surname in a condescension on the back nine.

An eagle sandwiched between two birdies wiped the four-shot overnight deficit, but Scott regained the ascendency on the ninth with a fortunate that birdie that was holed after his wayward drive rocketed off a cameraman and onto the fairway verge.

On the road home it was McIlroy who rode his luck, particularly after Scott missed consecutive chances to bury his rival on the 16th and 17th.

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland (R) talks to playing partner Adam Scott of Australia (L).

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland (R) talks to playing partner Adam Scott of Australia (L). Source: Getty Images

On the contrary, the 24-year-old was forced to fight hard to save par on both holes. The pressure was conducive to reviving his best golf, and there was no better example than when he stood over a four-metre birdie putt on the 18th before a 10,000-strong gallery silently wishing him the worst.

"I didn't think it was going to unfold the way it did, standing on the 18th tee," he said.

"The putt was just my routine. I didn't do anything differently. I didn't think, 'This is for the Australian Open or this is for my first win of the year'."

The two-time major winner admitted his own worst enemy has lurked within over the course of 2013, over-accentuating his barren stretch because of youthful impatience.

Legal conflicts with sponsors have also been a distraction, but yesterday's win provided some valuable perspective.

"I've not plummeted off the face of the Earth - I'm still number six in the world. That's not too bad," he said.

"It's frustrating to know the level of golf you can play and then not play at that level.

"I never lost belief. I never lost that aspect of it.

"What I do know is that golfers have long careers and I'm 24 years old. I can get a little impatient at times if I don't step back and take a look at the bigger picture."

In regards to his Australian Open experience that big picture now extends from a 17-year-old amateur who first contested the event at Royal Sydney in 2006. Yesterday's triumph on the same course made him champion, a reminder for all that things are never as bad as they might seem.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has named two new members to its Committee of Chief Judges.

The court appointed Rock County Circuit Court Deputy Chief Judge James P. Daley and Judge James J. Duvall, who serves both Buffalo County and Pepin County circuit courts to the panel. Their appointments will take effect Aug. 1.

Daley replaces Dane County Circuit Judge William Foust and Duvall succeeds Iowa County Circuit Court Judge William Dyke. Both Foust and Dyke have served the maximum three two-year terms on the committee.

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SNOW HILL -- Sally Ormond, 69, died May 1 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center.

The funeral will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at St. James A.M.E. Zion Church. Interment will be in St. Delight Cemetery.

She is survived by her husband, Richard Ormond Jr. of the home; her mother, Sally Hagan of Snow Hill; a son, Allen Ormond of LaGrange; six daughters, Jeanette Ormond, Wilhelmina Ormond and Sirlina Ormond of Snow Hill, Ellen Blount of Kinston, Barbara Hagan of LaGrange and Debra Yancey of Snow Hill; and a sister, Mamie Bryant of Kinston.

A wake will be held tonight from 7 to 8 at S. Connor Memorial Funeral Home.

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Bank Earnings Seen Buffeted by Rates Rising Without More Growth

Rising bond yields are typically indicators of stronger economic growth and higher profits for banks. That might not be the case this time, as a 30-year bull market in U.S. government debt shows signs of coming to an end.

Higher long-term interest rates can discourage mortgage lending and cause losses in the securities portfolios of banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp. That could be offset only if the rate increases are driven by a growing economy and demand for new credit, rather than speculation about the Federal Reserve slowing its $85 billion-a- month bond-buying program.

“Higher rates without meaningful economic growth are bad for banks,” Paul Miller, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets in Arlington, Virginia, said in a phone interview. “A lot of these banks have put on big securities portfolios at very low rates, trying to put their money to work. If rates move up materially, those things will be marked down.”

Executives at some of the world’s largest banks, including Wells Fargo & Co. and Deutsche Bank AG, are trying to reassure investors that benefits from higher rates will exceed any losses, citing higher returns on new investments and better bond-trading profits. Miller and Chris Mutascio at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods say they’re skeptical because short-term rates that drive loan pricing could stay near record lows while assets pegged to long-term yields lose value.

Capital Erosion

Banks have bought bonds, whose prices decline as interest rates rise, because they’ve had trouble finding borrowers. Securities made up about 21 percent of the assets at U.S. lenders at the end of March, according to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. data. The figure has been above 20 percent since the three months ending September 2010. Prior to that, the 20 percent level was last crossed in 2004.

The jump in the 10-year Treasury yield has led to an 18 percent decline in the net unrealized gains that the 25 biggest U.S. banks have on securities classified as available for sale, according to an analysis by Bloomberg Industries. At some lenders, a 2 percentage point jump in the yield on 10-year notes would trim capital levels, said Jennifer Thompson, an analyst at Portales Partners LLC in New York.

A move of that magnitude, accompanied by a parallel rise in short-term interest rates, could cause $4.8 billion of losses in Wells Fargo’s mortgage bond holdings, which accounted for $141 billion or about 57 percent of its debt investments at the end of March, according to the San Francisco-based lender’s quarterly securities filing. JPMorgan faces as much as $15 billion in losses, according to a Feb. 26 presentation.

Fed Speculation

At Bank of America, it could take three years to make enough net interest income to replace lost capital, Chief Financial Officer Bruce Thompson said June 11. While banks don’t have to recognize gains and losses on bond investments they hold for sale in the income statement, accounting rules require the change in value to be reflected in equity.

Spokesmen for JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo, the four largest U.S. banks by assets, declined to comment, as did Deutsche Bank, Germany’s largest.

Speculation that the Fed will trim its purchases of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities drove the yield on the 10-year Treasury note to 2.13 percent on June 14 from 1.63 percent last month. The two-year note rose to 0.27 percent from 0.20 percent. The Fed will reduce the pace of its bond-buying before the end of the year, according to the median estimate of 59 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News earlier this month.

Steeper Curve

One of the biggest challenges for banks is that interest rates on maturities less than 365 days haven’t risen in line with those of longer durations.

The central bank has said it won’t raise its target for the Fed funds rate, currently a range of zero to 0.25 percentage points, until the U.S. jobless rate falls to 6.5 percent. The measure rose to 7.6 percent in May from 7.5 percent the prior month as more people joined the labor force, according to a June 7 Labor Department report. The Fed is also watching to make sure that the inflation outlook doesn’t exceed 2.5 percent.

The disjointed movement of rates has resulted in a steeper yield curve, which shows what it costs to borrow money for different lengths of time. A steeper curve with higher long-term rates would hurt the value of long-term assets acquired when yields were lower.

Borrowing Rates

Absent a surge of economic growth and job creation, there’s no sign that short-term and longer-term rates will rise in parallel, and short-term rates have a bigger impact on bank profitability, analysts including Mutascio said.

Home-equity loans, credit card rates and working capital lines of credit to businesses are among bank assets pegged to short-term borrowing costs such as the prime rate, Fed funds rate or the London interbank offered rate, known as Libor, said KBW’s Mutascio, who’s based in Baltimore.

“There’s kind of a general view that the 10-year Treasury yield rising is significantly beneficial for the banks,” Mutascio said in a telephone interview. “That’s not nearly as beneficial as if short-term rates were rising.”

Thirty-day federal funds futures contracts for delivery in July 2015 yielded 0.53 percent on June 14, indicating investors expect the central bank to raise its benchmark interest rate a quarter of a percentage point by then.

“I can’t imagine anyone with an IQ above 100 thinks that short-term rates are going up in the near term,” Richard Kovacevich, Wells Fargo’s former chairman and chief executive officer, said in a June 5 telephone interview. “And everyone with an IQ above 100 believes long-term rates will go up before short-term rates do.”

Wrong Foot

While a rise in 10-year yields is often followed by a faster-growing economy and an increase in the overnight lending rate, the market has been caught wrong-footed in recent years.

In the first six months of 2009, the yield climbed from 2.05 percent to 3.95 percent as some economists expected government stimulus spending and Fed bond buying to stoke inflation. Yields surged again in late 2010 and early 2011, rising to 3.74 percent from 2.38 percent, after a second round of Fed purchases spurred similar fears.

The U.S. economy grew at a 2.4 percent annualized rate in the first quarter, below its 50-year average of 3.1 percent.

There’s also concern among bankers that the Fed may not be able to control the speed of any increase. While rising bond yields will be “very healthy” for markets, the Fed has to get the pace of the increase right, said Anshu Jain, Deutsche Bank’s co-CEO, at a June 4 investor conference in New York hosted by his Frankfurt-based company.

‘Be Scary’

The return to more “normal” interest rates is “going to be scary, and it’s going to be kind of volatile,” Jamie Dimon, CEO of New York-based JPMorgan, said June 6 during a panel discussion at the Fortune Global Forum in Chengdu, China.

Volatility, a measure of swings in security prices, rose to 84.8 on June 6, the highest since June 2012, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch MOVE index. The gauge, which is based on prices of over-the-counter Treasury options, has averaged 62.4 over the past year.

The danger is that higher rates will squelch already weak demand from borrowers and cut off an economic recovery, analysts including Miller said. Business loans have risen less than 1 percent since the end of March to $1.55 trillion, according to Fed data through May 29. Consumer loans rose 1.4 percent during that time to $1.14 trillion.

Mortgage Originations

Rising bond yields also negate one of the benefits of the Fed’s bond purchases, lower mortgage rates, FBR’s Miller said. Homeowners took advantage of falling rates to refinance home loans. Reversing that trend will curb profits from new and refinanced mortgages, since borrowers will take out fewer loans if they have to pay more, he said.

Applications to refinance home loans dropped 36 percent in the five weeks through June 7, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, an industry group.

If rates just stay where they are, mortgage originations “are probably going to tail down through the rest of the year,” Wells Fargo CFO Tim Sloan said at a June 11 investor conference, citing refinancings that accounted for three- quarters of all home loans in 2012, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The bank made $109 billion in new mortgages in the first three months of this year, a 22 percent decline from the peak quarter that ended in September. Wells Fargo was the largest U.S. home lender in 2012, making about one of every three mortgages.

Interest Income

“The market is scrambling right now,” asking how banks can adjust, said William Fitzpatrick, a Milwaukee-based analyst at Manulife Asset Management, which oversees $248 billion in assets including shares of financial firms. “What they’re saying is ‘Yeah, we know it’s coming, we know we’re going to take a hit in certain parts of our balance sheet, but we’re preparing for that and we’re trying to generate some offsets.’”

Bankers do have some options. Sloan told investors at the Deutsche Bank conference that idle funds and short-term investments, about $160 billion at the end of March, could be reinvested at more attractive yields as rates rise.

Bank of America, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, expects interest income to help offset losses, CFO Thompson said. The lender would collect $1.6 billion in added net interest income if long-term interest rates rose 1 percentage point, without a concurrent rise in short-term yields, according to its quarterly securities filing. JPMorgan would bring in about $2 billion in added net interest income if long-term rates rose 3 percentage points, the Feb. 26 presentation shows.

Bank Stocks

Analysts and investors have pressed banks about when to expect a turnaround in shrinking interest income and the net interest margin, the spread between the rate banks pay to borrow and what they charge to lend. The widely followed measure of profitability fell to 3.27 percent at U.S. banks in March, the lowest since 2006, according to FDIC data.

The prospect that rising interest rates may fatten spreads led some investors to buy bank stocks, said Ralph Cole, a senior vice president of research at Portland, Oregon-based Ferguson Wellman Inc., which manages $3.1 billion, including shares of New York-based Citigroup Inc.

The KBW Bank Index of 24 companies rose 8.3 percent in May, its largest monthly gain since March 2012, dwarfing the 2.1 percent gain for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Both indexes have declined in June.

‘Punch Line’

Top performers over the past 12 months include Citigroup, Bank of America and JPMorgan. Those lenders have large bond- trading units that may profit from higher trading volumes that come with a rise in yields. Deutsche Bank’s Jain told investors at the bank’s conference June 4 that revenue would be buttressed at the fixed-income, currency and commodity unit.

“I would much prefer, and Colin Fan and his team would much prefer, a steeper curve, higher volatility, bigger volumes,” Jain said, referring to the executive who co-leads the investment-banking unit. “If we sat here Japan-like for the next five years, that’s a more challenging environment.”

Still, not all bank executives are calling on the Fed to raise short-term rates. The Federal Advisory Council, a group of bankers including Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman who advise the central bank, warned officials last month that increasing interest rates could “damage” the housing recovery that has helped bolster U.S. economic growth.

“There are pockets of business that I’m sure are going to benefit,” said Fitzpatrick, whose firm owns shares of Deutsche Bank. “But the punch line is that in traditional banking land, a rise in long-term bond yields that’s not accompanied by a rise in short-term rates is going to be painful.”

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The New Statesman’s rolling politics blog

Picture of the day

How the Times got it right this morning.

To whoever made the call to use this photo on the front of today's Times: take a bow.

It shows Barack Obama and his inner circle (including VP Joe Biden, the defence secretary, Robert Gates, and – hand on mouth – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton) as they watch the raid on Osama Bin Laden play out.

Released by the White House late last night and undoubtedly intended to reinforce the narrative of a commander-in-chief in complete control of events, the picture won't be to all tastes or political persuasions.

But it fits the Times's take on the story and delivers where the rest of Fleet Street did not. Namely, it provides a dramatic insider's view of events and, crucially for a daily newspaper competing against the near-real-time news cycle of the web, it helps move the story on – a story that is more than 24 hours old.

This image nods to the "story of the story" rather than simply the news you woke up to yesterday morning.

The Times front page in later editons, 3 May 2011

Earlier editions of the Times followed the pack (as you can see in the montage below) by featuring an image of Bin Laden from the archive. Somebody at News International clearly thought it didn't do enough.

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Does any country get ten out of ten?

Education - Britain could learn a few lessons by watching what works abroad. By <strong>Andrew Steph

America - by Andrew Stephen

Not long ago an editorial in the Christian Science Monitor caught my eye. "If you have a college degree, there's no guarantee you can follow this editorial," it said. "That's because the number of graduates proficient in English fell from 40 per cent in 1992 to 31 per cent in 2003." US government statistics, it went on, showed that prose literacy - "the kind that allows someone to understand editorials such as this one" - had decreased markedly among American adults at every educational level during these years, but particularly among postgraduates. Six paragraphs down, however, the Monitor reassured readers that despite all this "the US system of higher education is the best in the world". And no, the contradiction is not explained, as some would have you believe, by influxes of non-English-speaking migrants.

Let us look at the figures. The US, I soon established from OECD figures, spends $11,152 annually per pupil on education. This is second only to Switzerland, and compares well with the mean among 30 industrialised nations of $7,743. But are Americans getting value for their money? The US currently stands ninth among these industrialised nations in the number of 25- to 34-year-olds who graduated from high school; and seventh, equal with Belgium, in the league tables of those with college degrees. Only two decades ago the US ranked first in both categories. Even Ray Simon, the Bush administration's deputy secretary of education, admits the obvious: "We're not just letting down too many of our students," he says. "We're not giving our taxpayers the best return on their investments."

But it gets worse. American 15-year-olds tied for 21st place with Poland, Hungary and Spain when it came to maths (Fin-land, Korea and the Netherlands were the best); in "problem solving", they tied for 23rd place with Spain, Portugal and Italy, ahead only of Greece, Turkey and Mexico. Even if Americans choose to discount the OECD figures - the organisation is based in Paris, after all - a separate international study found that US eighth-graders were gaining slightly on their worldwide peers in maths and science, but fourth-graders were slipping even further behind.

Even the Reagan administration foresaw all this when it warned that "a rising tide of mediocrity [in US education] threatens our very future as a nation". Six years later, Bush the Elder announced new goals, to eliminate illiteracy and to vault American kids to the world's number one spot in maths and science. Naturally, nothing of the sort happened. Things stagnated, in this as in just about every other sphere - lest we forget - with Bill Clinton. Then George W Bush came on the scene with what he called a "No Child Left Behind" policy - which, if it was to be taken seriously, ranked in ambition somewhere between JFK's race to the moon and LBJ's war on poverty. Predictably, the resulting 2002 act was neither properly thought-out nor funded. And so the country was back to square one.

Congress is now pondering whether the $80bn given to colleges is well spent, while a 19-member commission appointed by the administration is likely to recommend later this year that state colleges be held more accountable for the ways they spend their money. ("No College Student Left Behind", perhaps?) In his latest proposed budget, Bush has earmarked $136bn over the next decade to boost research and education - a drop in the bucket, alas, compared with what is truly needed.

It is certainly arguable that at the very top levels, the US does offer excellent higher education that can compete with the best in the world. Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nology, for example, has few peers. And, in American folklore, the strength of the US economy repels all criticisms about cultural or educational standards: if we're the strongest and toughest kid on the block, who cares whether we can do wimpy things like read books and do sums?

Those of us who made it to the end of the Monitor editorial were clearly meant to feel pleased with ourselves: "If you've read this far, and formed your own opinion on this issue, congratulations. The education system worked for you." But not, in my case, the American one.

France - by Adam Sage

The French state education system dates from 1882, when the minister for public instruction, Jules Ferry, sought to wrest "les enfants de la patrie" from the Catholic Church. Free, secular schools soon became the bedrock of the French identity - egalitarian, efficient and offering an excellent education to all. And that is the problem. So important is "l'edu-cation nationale" to France's self-image that it has become almost untouchable. Ministers who tinker with it are accused of undermining the core values of the republic, those values that make France different from an Anglo-Saxon world viewed as individualistic and opportunistic.

Consider the fate of the only two education ministers who have made a determined effort to modernise French schools during the past decade, Claude Allegre from the centre left and Luc Ferry from the centre right. Both proposed changes on a far smaller scale than those championed by Tony Blair - a timid move towards decentralisation and a modest reduction in bureaucracy. Yet both were swept away on a tide of protest.

The only major reform to have been implemented since the 1980s was the 2004 law that moved in the opposite direction, reinforcing the secular tradition with a ban on religious symbols, notably Muslim headscarves. Approved by all the main political parties, teaching unions and a clear majority of the population, the legislation is considered a success. But French education needs more than girls with bare heads; it needs reform of the kind that has been systematically rejected. Jules Ferry's schools may have been a remarkable success for the best part of a century, but they have stumbled over the past 20 or so years. French pupils are slipping down international league tables: one study suggested they knew less on entering secondary school than their counterparts from any other EU country apart from Greece.

Parents have come to a similar conclusion and demand is growing for private education, where fees are relatively low (E1,200 a year at most) as a result of a "contract" under which the state pays for teachers' salaries and buildings. In 1990, 35 per cent of families sent at least one child to "le prive", which is generally religion-based; now the figure is 49 per cent. In opinion polls, parents say they have lost faith in state schools, tarnished by ill-discipline and violence. Their criticism underscores the biggest challenge facing French schools - to repair "l'ascenseur social" (the social lift) that once raised children from poor backgrounds up through society.

Today, these children have less chance of obtaining a baccalaureat than their middle-class counterparts, or of earning a place at an elite "grande ecole", where 63 per cent of the students come from well-heeled families. It would be wrong to suggest that state education is alone responsible for the gulf that separates France's violent, drug-ridden suburbs from its affluent city centres. But it is no longer providing a bridge between the two. When rioting engulfed French council estates in November, schools were among the targets for youths who said they represented the inequalities of modern France - a damning verdict in a country that used to pride itself on the "egalite" they promoted.

Germany - by David Crossland

Germans were shocked to learn in 2001 that the nation's 15-year-olds were near the bottom of OECD tables in reading, maths and science. Not only were they outclassed by pupils in Britain, but the link between a child's social background and his or her aca-demic success was found to be greater in Germany than in most of the other countries measured. The system of dividing groups of children into streams at ten or 11 appears to be failing the children of immigrants, whose performance pulled down the average scores. In a controversial move, politicians have encouraged schools with high percentages of immigrant pupils to follow the example of a Berlin school that has ordered all children to speak only German on its premises.

The government has promised to plough more funds into the system, and Chancellor Angela Merkel, like her predecessor, has pledged to boost funding for pre-school education to help working parents. But an obstacle to fundamental reform is that education policy is largely the preserve of the 16 federal states, or Lander. Standards vary from region to region, with conservative, Catholic Bavaria regularly outperforming the Protestant north. German governments have experimented with comprehensive schools since the 1970s, but they haven't been deemed a success and remain in the minority.

One main weakness, it is argued, is that children spend just four years at primary school - from age six to ten - before they are sent off to one of three types of secondary school, depending on their performance: Gymnasium for the high achievers, Realschule for the medium performers and Hauptschule for the bottom tier. Defenders of the system argue that late developers can progress to a Gymnasium and do their three-year Abitur (a slightly more arduous equivalent of A-levels that qualifies them for university) from age 16 or 17. The charge of inequality is further weakened by the simple fact that even the best German schools are free. The system is almost entirely state-financed. Fee- paying public schools like Britain's are virtually unheard of. Those that exist cater for rich kids with learning difficulties.

German children don't tend to identify with their schools. There are no uniforms, no prefects, no house rivalries. Kids are more likely to join local sports clubs than school teams. Later in life, Germans don't ask each other what school they went to in order to determine their social standing. It's irrelevant.

Experts say the system relies too heavily on parent involvement and that there's not enough state support for pre-school education. But many commentators counter that, despite the shocking statistics, the system doesn't need significant reform.

Finland - by John Bangs

Finland is becoming increasingly known for the success of its comprehensive system. In an OECD study of 2001 the country came top in reading and literacy, third in science and fourth in mathematics; large-scale underachievement did not exist. And that was no flash in the pan: a 2003 study showed the same results. So how does Finland do it?

The ethos of equity is ingrained in the Finnish education system, which targets the effects of socio-economic disadvantage. It is not selective, diverse or based on choice. Schools and teachers co-operate in clusters. A flexible framework curriculum focuses on the use and application of knowledge. Students with problems are taught in small groups. Teachers have to be highly trained (a Master's degree is a requirement for all), and teacher training balances theory and practice.

There are no high-stakes tests, external inspections or performance tables. Teachers assess pupils and schools evaluate themselves. Pupils use well-resourced community libraries, and each and every one is provided with free hot meals and health services, alongside social, psychological and tutoring support.

Finland's funding for education is topped only by Japan's, yet this money is not thrown at problems. OECD data shows that while high levels of funding are very important, its effective use is equally so.

Even more clear is that the overall variation in performance between schools is greater in countries with different types, where social segregation is also greater. The UK has a significant percentage of underachievers. The Prime Minister's own education exemplar is Sweden, a country which, by its own admission, operates a choice system that has led to social segregation.

The obvious lesson from Finland is that a comprehensive system focused on equity and on what works in the classroom is far better than a diverse system made up of self-governing trust, foundation and faith schools, and shaped by quasi-selection.

Perhaps it is Tony Blair's attachment to privatisation that has led his government to ignore Finland.

Education abroad in numbers

115,000,000: number of primary-school-age children across the world who are out of school (18 per cent) . . . 2015: the year by which Unesco wants to achieve education for all . . . 785,000,000: estimated number of illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds of whom are women . . . 34: percentage of the world's illiterate adults who live in India . . . 12.8: the lowest adult literacy rate in the world - in Burkina Faso . . . 9: percentage of GDP that Cuba spent on education in 2001-2002 . . . 8.5: percentage of GDP Denmark spent on education in 2001-2002 41: number of pupils per teacher at primary level in India (2002-2003) . . . 11: number of pupils per teacher in Cuba (2002-2003) . . . 93: percentage of adult Venezuelans who are literate . . . 1968: the year San Francisco State University became the first four-year college with a black studies department . . . 100: percentage of pre-primary teachers in Armenia who are female

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Sawmills 2014-15 budget ready for approval

Apr. 25, 2014 @ 09:15 AM

The Sawmills budget for fiscal 2014-15 is ready.

Town Administrator Seth Eckard told Sawmills Town Council members Thursday evening that there should be about $65,000 to move into the town’s capital reserve fund.

“We’ve gone, basically, from four years of spending out of our savings account to now we’re building it back up,” Eckard said.

Mayor Joe Gibbs congratulated the council members, saying this financial relief is due to their being conservative and working with cuts in other parts of the budget during the past few years.


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Giffords at husband’s shuttle launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A space shuttle took flight for the next-to-last time Monday as Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, still recovering from a gunshot wound and hidden from public view, watched her astronaut husband rocket through the clouds in a deafening roar.

Giffords and the other crew families were described as awe-struck and silent on the rooftop of the launch control center.

“Good stuff, good stuff,” she said from her wheelchair when it was quiet again, according to a congressional aide.

Giffords joined the other five astronauts’ wives and children on top of the Kennedy Space Center building to watch Endeavour’s last voyage as NASA winds down the 30-year-old shuttle program. After liftoff, there were hugs all around, the aide said.

Endeavour disappeared so quickly into the clouds that the launch manager apologized later to the hundreds of thousands who jammed nearby roads and towns.

Giffords’ husband, Mark Kelly, is Endeavour’s commander and his twin astronaut brother, Scott, gave red tulips to Giffords once he safely reached orbit.

Kelly carried her wedding ring into space, which he has done in the past. This time, she wanted something back: his ring to stay on Earth. She had it around her neck on a silver chain from a funky Arizona jewelry store that included a heart and an Arizona map.

“She was very proud. She’s always proud of Mark,” Giffords chief of staff Pia Carusone said at a press conference.

Giffords has difficulty speaking, but Carusone said Giffords’ comment after the launch was one of the congresswoman’s oft-used expressions.

Monday’s 8:56 a.m. liftoff generated the kind of excitement seldom seen on Florida’s Space Coast on such a grand scale — despite a delay of more than two weeks from the original launch date because of an electrical problem.

This time the countdown was close to perfect, and the launch made up in sound what it lacked in visuals.

“That was four seconds of cool,” said Manny Kariotakis of Montreal. The day care owner said he got goosebumps watching the liftoff with thousands along U.S. 1 in Titusville, about 10 miles away.

Just before launching, Kelly thanked all those who put hands “on this incredible ship.”

“It is in the DNA of our great country to reach for the stars and explore. We must not stop,” he said.

Endeavour and its experienced crew of five Americans and an Italian are headed for the International Space Station. They will arrive at the orbiting outpost Wednesday, delivering a $2 billion magnetic instrument that will seek out antimatter and dark energy in the universe.

On Tuesday, they will check their ship for any launch damage to Endeavour’s thermal shield. Only a couple of small bits of insulating foam came off the fuel tank during the crucial phase of liftoff, officials said.

This is the 25th and final flight of Endeavour, the baby of NASA’s shuttle fleet. It was built to replace Challenger, destroyed during liftoff 25 years ago this past January, and made its maiden journey six years later to capture and repair a stranded satellite. That first flight ended 19 years ago Monday.

It will end its days at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. NASA’s last shuttle flight, by Atlantis, is targeted for July.

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More post-crash battery fires involving Chevy Volt

WASHINGTON (AP) — A safety investigation of the lithium-ion batteries in General Motors Co.’s Chevrolet Volt is under way to assess the risk of fire in the electric car after a serious crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday.

One Volt battery pack that was being closely monitored following a government crash test caught fire Thursday, the safety administration said in a statement. Another crash-tested battery emitted smoke and sparks, the statement said.

GM, which was informed of the investigation on Friday, said in a statement that the Volt “is safe and does not present undue risk as part of normal operation or immediately after a severe crash.”

The fires are in addition to a battery fire in a crash-tested Volt six months ago.

NHTSA learned of a possible fire risk involving damaged Volt batteries in June when a fire erupted in a Volt that was being stored in a parking lot a test facility in Burlington, Wis. The fire was severe enough to cause several other vehicles parked nearby to catch fire as well.

The car had been subjected to a side-impact crash test more than three weeks earlier, on May 12, during which the battery was damaged and its coolant line ruptured.

Last week’s tests of three battery packs were designed to replicate the May test. In that test, the Volt was subjected to a simulated side-impact collision into a narrow object like a tree or pole followed by a rollover, the agency said.

The first battery tested last week didn’t catch fire. But a battery test on Nov. 17 initially experienced a temporary temperature increase, and on Thursday caught fire. Another battery tested on Nov. 18, which was rotated 180 degrees within hours after the test, began to smoke and emit sparks shortly after the rotation.

The tests were conducted by NHTSA and the Energy and Defense departments at a defense facility near Hampton Roads, Va.

So far, no fires have been reported in Volts involved in roadway crashes, NHTSA said. More than 5,000 of the vehicles have been sold.

It’s too soon to tell whether the investigation will lead to a recall of any vehicles or parts, but the government will ensure consumers are informed promptly if that occurs, the agency said.

With electronic safety systems that are part of the car, “GM knows real time about any crash significant enough to potentially compromise battery integrity,” the automaker said. “Since July, GM has implemented a post-crash protocol that includes the depowering of the battery after a severe crash, returning the battery to a safe and low-powered state.”

Electric vehicles are critical to President Barack Obama’s plans to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. He has called for putting 1 million of the vehicles on the road by 2015.

Safety testing hasn’t raised concerns about electric vehicles other than the Volt, NHTSA said.

“NHTSA continues to believe that electric vehicles have incredible potential to save consumers money at the pump, help protect the environment, create jobs and strengthen national security by reducing our dependence on oil,” the agency said.

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The Proof Is In: Drinking Tea Is Healthy

Released: 30-Sep-2004 4:40 PM EDT
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Newswise — Although tea drinking has been associated with health benefits for centuries, only in recent years have its medicinal properties been investigated scientifically. The October issue of Harvard Women's Health Watch recognizes the healthy power of tea while helping readers get the most out of their cups.

Tea's health benefits are largely due to its high content of flavonoids—plant-derived compounds that are antioxidants. Green tea is the best food source of a group called catechins. In test tubes, catechins are more powerful than vitamins C and E in halting oxidative damage to cells and appear to have other disease-fighting properties. Studies have found an association between consuming green tea and a reduced risk for several cancers, including, skin, breast, lung, colon, esophageal, and bladder.

Additional benefits for regular consumers of green and black teas include a reduced risk for heart disease. The antioxidants in green, black, and oolong teas can help block the oxidation of LDL (bad) cholesterol, increase HDL (good) cholesterol and improve artery function. A Chinese study published recently in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed a 46%-65% reduction in hypertension risk in regular consumers of oolong or green tea, compared to non-consumers of tea.

The October issue provides a few tips to get the most out of tea-drinking:

"¢ Drinking a cup of tea a few times a day to absorb antioxidants and other healthful plant compounds. In green-tea drinking cultures, the usual amount is three cups per day.
"¢ Allow tea to steep for three to five minutes to bring out its catechins.
"¢ The best way to get the catechins and other flavonoids in tea is to drink it freshly brewed. Decaffeinated, bottled ready-to-drink tea preparations, and instant teas have less of these compounds.
"¢ Tea can impede the absorption of iron from fruits and vegetables. Adding lemon or milk or drinking tea between meals will counteract this problem.

The Harvard Women's Health Watch is available from Harvard Health Publications, the publishing division of the Harvard Medical School. You can subscribe to Harvard Women's Health Letter for $24 per year at http://www.health.harvard.edu/women or by calling 1-877-649-9457 toll-free.


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This mod adds an invisible variant of every vanilla helmet to craft at a smithing forge. That's all. No original helmets changed, no messing with perks, just your pretty (or not so pretty ;)) face without any AR loss.

Works with any race and perk. Every one of them can be improved and enchanted.

Important: Every helmet's crafting recipe needs Invisibility Dust. You can make it at a smelter from Nirnroot, Crimson Nirnroot, Chaurus Eggs, Ice Wraith Teeth, Luna Moth Wing, or Vampire Dust. This is a small toll to pay for invisibility, don't complain about it. Since version 1.1 Invisibility Dust will only appear in the smelting menu if you have any of these ingredients in your inventory.

The main idea is from Invisible Helmets - Aesthetics for Skyrim by DarkenDE. If you'd like to hide every NPC's helmet too, use that mod instead, no need for this one. It does the same, but to the original helmets. Removed, unfortunately.

All the helmets are in sync with the Weapons and Armor Fixes by Headbomb, so it's highly recommended to install that mod too, or else some invisible helmets might be different than the original ones. These are only minor changes, but still, I really recommend it.

There is a compatibility patch for Complete Crafting Overhaul by Headbomb. It's highly recommended too. See that mod's description for the goodies it has.
There are some helmets, that can only be crafted with this patch, but you can still get them via console commands. More at the end.

New in v1.1: Added an optional addon for Deadly Dragons Armory by 3JIou. Now you can craft all DDA helmet's invisible variant with the same ingredients plus Invisibility Dust. The enchanted versions can be made out of the original non-enchanted helmet and Invisibility Dust, or an already invisible helmet without the Dust. Otherwise they work all the same as the original ones (perks, set bonus, improving, etc.).

Before installing version 1.2, please remove the previous versions, but don't run your game before installing the new one! You won't loose your helmet, except if you had a Guard Helmet other than Windhelm Guard Helmet.

I recommend to install via the Nexus Mod Manager.

Unofficial Skyrim Patch and Weapons and Armor Fixes are strongly recommended (but not required).
Complete Crafting Overhaul with Smithing Perks Overhaul are needed for the CCO patch (should work without them, but not recommended).
Deadly Dragons Armory is required for the DDA addon.

Installation with NMM:
  • Download the mod with the manager
  • Activate it, follow instructions
  • Make sure the Craftable Invisible Helmets - DDA.esp is loaded after the Craftable Invisible Helmets.esp and DeadlyDragonsArmory.esp (in this order, if possible)

Manual installation:
  • Download the mod manually
  • Open the archive with 7zip
  • Extract the Craftable Invisible Helmets.esp or CCO\Craftable Invisible Helmets.esp and/or Craftable Invisible Helmets - DDA.esp into your \Skyrim\Data folder
  • Make sure the Craftable Invisible Helmets - DDA.esp is loaded after the Craftable Invisible Helmets.esp and DeadlyDragonsArmory.esp (in this order, if possible)

As this mod doesn't change any original or any mod's data, it should be compatible with anything.

Console Commands

There are 34 helmets in this mod, but only 17 are craftable without the CCO version. The best you can do is install CCO and the CCO version too, but if you really don't want to do it, or you don't like smithing, or don't want to get the ingredients, or whatever, you can still get them via console commands.

First, you need the load order of the Craftable Invisible Helmets.esp (whether you use the patch or not). Use NMM to get it.
Run the game, open the console, and type "player.additem xxyyyyyy 1", where xx is the load order, yyyyyy is the id from below.

00A101 - * Fur Helmet - Invisible
00A102 - * Blades Helmet - Invisible
00A103 - * Wolf Helmet - Invisible
00A104 - Daedric Helmet - Invisible
00A105 - * Shrouded Cowl - Invisible
00A106 - Dragonplate Helmet - Invisible
00A107 - Dragonscale Helmet - Invisible
00A108 - Ancient Nord Helmet - Invisible
00A109 - Dwarven Helmet - Invisible
00A110 - Ebony Helmet - Invisible
00A111 - Elven Helmet - Invisible
00A112 - * Elven Gilded Helmet - Invisible
00A113 - * Elven Light Helmet - Invisible
00A114 - * Falmer Helmet - Invisible
00A115 - * Forsworn Headdress - Invisible
00A116 - Glass Helmet - Invisible
00A124 - * Guard Helmet - Invisible
00A126 - Hide Helmet - Invisible
00A127 - (*) Imperial Helmet - Invisible
00A128 - * Imperial Light Helmet - Invisible
00A129 - * Imperial Officer's Helmet - Invisible
00A130 - Iron Helmet - Invisible
00A131 - Leather Helmet - Invisible
00A132 - * Nightingale Hood - Invisible
00A133 - Orcish Helmet - Invisible
00A134 - * Penitus Oculatus Helmet - Invisible
00A135 - Scaled Helmet - Invisible
00A136 - Steel Helmet - Invisible
00A137 - Steel Plate Helmet - Invisible
00A138 - * Stormcloak Helmet - Invisible
00A139 - * Stormcloak Officer Helmet - Invisible
00A140 - * Thieves Guild Hood - Invisible
00A141 - * Guild Master's Hood - Invisible
00A164 - Hat - Invisible

* - these can only be crafted with the CCO patch

For the DDA addon's helmets you still need the load order of the Craftable Invisible Helmets.esp, and one of the following IDs:

00A142 - Dragonslayer's Bone Helmet - Invisible
00A143 - Brutal Dragonslayer's Helmet - Invisible
00A144 - Dragonslayer's Leather Hood - Invisible
00A145 - Deadly Dragonslayer's Hood - Invisible
00A146 - Dragonslayer's Scale Crown - Invisible
00A147 - Furious Dragonslayer's Crown - Invisible
00A148 - Earthshatter's Faceguard - Invisible
00A149 - Hateful Dragonslayer's Helmet - Invisible
00A150 - Dragonslayer's Light Helmet - Invisible
00A151 - Merciless Dragonslayer's Helmet - Invisible
00A152 - Dragonslayer's Silver Helmet - Invisible
00A153 - Relentless Dragonslayer's Helmet - Invisible
00A154 - Dragonslayer's Plate Helmet - Invisible
00A155 - Ruthless Dragonslayer's Helmet - Invisible
00A156 - Reinforced Dragonslayer's Helmet - Invisible
00A157 - Valorous Dragonslayer's Helmet - Invisible
00A158 - Dragonslayer's Silk Hood - Invisible
00A159 - Vengeful Dragonslayer's Hood - Invisible
00A160 - Dragonslayer's Mithril Helmet - Invisible
00A161 - Vicious Dragonslayer's Helmet - Invisible
00A162 - Dragonslayer's Mask - Invisible
00A163 - Wrathful Dragonslayer's Mask - Invisible

DarkenDE for the main idea.
3JIou for the Deadly Dragons and Deadly Dragons Armory mods.
Figment for creating TesVSnip, the only tool I used for making my mod.

Kyperstar for the German translation
Sifka for the Japanese translation

Bethesda for all TES games (definitely NOT for the coming TES Online).

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Anaheim Ducks 4, Vancouver Canucks 5
The Vancouver Canucks seem to be finding different ways to win every night. On Wednesday, it required a couple of rallies and a shootout.

Ryan Kesler scored his second goal in a scramble with 21.5 seconds left to tie it, Jeff Tambellini had the only shootout goal and the Canucks came back twice for a 5-4 victory against the Anaheim Ducks at Rogers Arena.

Tambellini, who also scored in regulation, ripped a shot over the right shoulder of Anaheim goalie Jonas Hiller, who was forced into action after starting goalie Curtis McElhinney was cut by a high slap shot to the mask with 8:18 left in regulation.

Vancouver (15-8-3) has won five of its last six games and moved three points ahead of Colorado atop the Northwest Division.

"We went into that third knowing that we hadn't come back after going into the third when being down, so we knew we wanted to get that one," said Kesler, who finished with three points on the night.

Joffrey Lupul, Corey Perry and Teemu Selanne scored in regulation for the Ducks, but Roberto Luongo stopped them all the shootout, squeezing the legs on Perry's final shot to seal the win.

Rookie defenseman Cam Fowler, who scored the winning goal in the 10th round of a 3-2 shootout win in Edmonton on Tuesday, put the Ducks up by a pair midway through the third period.

McElhinney took Christian Ehrhoff's hard point shot off the mask and collapsed to the ice as
Daniel Sedin put in the rebound to make it 4-3. The goalie had to be helped off the ice and went to the locker room bleeding from the face as Hiller took over.

Hiller made a couple great saves, but Kesler banked the tying goal in off his stick while lying on the ice below the goal line.

Kesler, on a power play tip, and Tambellini scored 11 seconds apart early in the first period, and Luongo made 16 saves in regulation and overtime as the Canucks -- who outshot Anaheim 15-2 in the third period -- bounced back from a loss to St. Louis on Sunday.

"My teammates bailed me out with two goals in the third," said Luongo, who made 16 saves through regulation and overtime. "We haven't come back from behind once in the third period at all this year, so we were due for one."

Perry and Selanne each had a goal and an assist, and Lupul scored his first goal in exactly a year for the Ducks.

McElhinney, who was making his first start since Nov. 17, made several brilliant stops among 24 saves before leaving. Hiller, who was supposed to have the night off after making 36 saves in his ninth straight start Tuesday, made 12 saves, including a great left pad stop off Keith Ballard with 3:15 left.

"It's the worst thing that can happen to you as a backup, especially in a one-goal game," Hiller said. "It was not easy, but I thought I had a couple of good saves."

Shut out two straight games before the Edmonton win, Anaheim is benefiting from the return of Lupul and Selanne, who has scored in consecutive games after missing five of the previous seven contests with a groin strain.

Lupul was out a lot longer. The 27-year-old scored his last goal on Dec. 8, 2009, and then missed nearly a year and lost 40 pounds after a pair of back surgeries -- the second left him with a blood infection -- before returning three games ago.

A three-time 20-goal scorer, Lupul tied it midway through the second period, firing a shot past the blocker of Luongo on a 3-on-1 rush created by a turnover that caught Vancouver defenseman Dan Hamhuis chasing his lost stick.

"It's huge when you put a 40-goal scorer and Lupul can score at will," Perry said. "Put those guys back in the lineup and it takes a lot of pressure off us and puts a lot of pressure on the other team which line to check."

Selanne put the Ducks ahead after Perry came out of the box to create a Ducks power play and odd-man rush 17 seconds left in the second period. Perry opened the scoring on a power play as Anaheim went 2-for-4 against Vancouver's third-ranked penalty kill after failing to score in its last four games.

"It was a good challenge for our group," Tambellini said. "We came in here after two down one and I don't think we’d come back this year and we wanted to know that can do it and we have a solid group of guys and there was no panic on our bench, so a lot of credit goes to our group."

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scoring summary
1st Period
PPG - Corey Perry (13) ASST: Ryan Getzlaf (20), Teemu Selanne (18)
1 - 0 ANA
PPG - Ryan Kesler (11) ASST: Alexander Edler (16), Christian Ehrhoff (9)
1 - 1 Tie
Jeff Tambellini (5) ASST: Mason Raymond (11), Dan Hamhuis (4)
2 - 1 VAN
2nd Period
Joffrey Lupul (1) ASST: Todd Marchant (3), Lubomir Visnovsky (18)
2 - 2 Tie
PPG - Teemu Selanne (10) ASST: Corey Perry (17)
3 - 2 ANA
3rd Period
Cam Fowler (3) ASST: Todd Marchant (4), Paul Mara (1)
4 - 2 ANA
PPG - Daniel Sedin (15) ASST: Christian Ehrhoff (10), Ryan Kesler (8)
4 - 3 ANA
Ryan Kesler (12) ASST: Manny Malhotra (9), Henrik Sedin (28)
4 - 4 Tie
OT Period
1J. TambelliniJ. Lupul
2R. KeslerT. Selanne
3D. SedinC. Perry
Power Play Stats
Power Plays2/42/7
Power Play %15.7%19.3%
% on Road15.4%17.3%
% at Home16.1%21.1%
League Rank28th9th
penalty summary
1st Period
Luca Sbisa  Fighting (maj) against  Alexandre Bolduc
Alexandre Bolduc  Fighting (maj) against  Luca Sbisa
Tanner Glass  Roughing against  Aaron Voros
Bobby Ryan  Roughing against  Alexandre Burrows
Christian Ehrhoff  Holding against  Bobby Ryan
Joffrey Lupul  Holding against  Kevin Bieksa
Saku Koivu  Elbowing against  Dan Hamhuis
2nd Period
Aaron Voros  Game misconduct against  Kevin Bieksa
Kevin Bieksa  Fighting (maj) against  Aaron Voros
Aaron Voros  Fighting (maj) against  Kevin Bieksa
Corey Perry  Holding the stick against  Daniel Sedin
Alexander Edler  Tripping against  Bobby Ryan
3rd Period
Andy Sutton  Hooking against  Kevin Bieksa
Jeff Tambellini  Charging against  Jason Blake
Corey Perry  Holding against  Ryan Kesler
OT Period
Corey Perry  Roughing against  Daniel Sedin
goalie stats
Jonas Hiller
SA: 13TOI: 12:18
Saves: 12EV: 11 - 12
PIM: 0PP: 1 - 1
SV%: .923SH: 0 - 0
Curtis McElhinney
SA: 27TOI: 52:42
Saves: 24EV: 18 - 19
PIM: 0PP: 6 - 8
SV%: .889SH: 0 - 0
Roberto Luongo
SA: 20TOI: 64:07
Saves: 16EV: 15 - 17
PIM: 0PP: 1 - 3
SV%: .800SH: 0 - 0
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Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog was back at practice Tuesday, according to a report from Denver Post writer Adrian Dater.

Landeskog was wearing an orange jersey, likely signifying no contact.

Landeskog hasn't played since absorbing a hard hit from San Jose Sharks defenseman Brad Stuart in a Jan. 26 game. He has one goal in four games this season.

"It's great to have him out there with us right now," wing P.A. Parenteau told the newspaper. "Even at a practice, he brings a lot of energy to the team."

Landeskog did not speak to the media, per team injury policy.

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Are these sea anemones/cnidarians of some kind?

They seem to have tentacles of some sort, and both have a clear opening in the middle.

The brown and white one squirted out water when touched though.

ANY help or even just a nudge in the right direction is very much appreciated, thank you kindly! (I am at the end of my wits)

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    Re: Are these sea anemones/cnidarians of some kind?

    They all look like sea anemones, snowy, particularly the 1st, as all show indications of tentacles; not enough to say which kinds I fear, but if you say where they're from one might make suggestions. From the substrate (ie background) they appear to be unattached, which anemones sometimes do; so the 'open bit' with the tentacles is at 1 end & 'sucker' bit at the other end (correct me if this doesn't fit)

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