The software giant reports fiscal third-quarter earnings of 44 cents a share, ahead of analysts' expectations, despite a weak PC market.
Despite a slump in PC sales, Microsoft managed to slightly exceed profit expectations for its fiscal third quarter.
The software giant earned $2.45 billion, or 44 cents a share, compared with $2.3 billion, or 43 cents a share, a year earlier. A consensus of analysts polled by First Call anticipated 42 cents a share.
Revenue grew 14 percent to $6.46 billion, up from $5.66 billion a year earlier. Analysts had expected sales in the $6.3 billion to $6.4 billion range.
The growth in revenue exceeded expectations, with many analysts reducing projections to the $6 billion range days before Thursday's announcement.
Gartner analyst Chris LeTocq described Microsoft's results as "well-managed expectations."
Microsoft shares, which closed at $68.04 in regular trading, jumped to $72.50 in after-hours trading, according to Island ECN.
Like Intel, which on Tuesday saw an 82 percent year-over-year drop in income, Microsoft's results are closely tied to PC sales. Slow sales throughout the PC industry had been expected to hit the company harder.
Analysts estimate that the bulk of the company's sales and profits come from PC applications and operating systems. Desktop applications such as Office account for more than 50 percent of income.
Gartner analyst David Smith says Microsoft's deep pockets and involvement in businesses other than those focused on desktop products should enable it to withstand the current PC market sluggishness.
"We are pleased with the March quarter results, which came in on the high end of our expectations," Microsoft Chief Financial Officer John Connors told financial analysts during a Thursday afternoon conference call. But he also expressed reservations about the state of PC growth.
"Business PC growth was actually little better than consumer PC growth, reversing a trend that we have seen over the last several quarters," Connors said. He noted that worldwide PC growth rates are slower than Microsoft had early predicted, now around 7 percent to 8 percent.
Echoing an observation by Intel executives earlier in the week, Connors emphasized, "There are some indications the PC market is stabilizing."
Analysts had been watching expectantly for Microsoft to give guidance for the remainder of the company's fiscal year, which ends June 30, and the company obliged.
For the fourth fiscal quarter, ending June 30, Microsoft projects sales of $6.3 billion to $6.5 billion and earnings per share between 41 cents and 42 cents. But that is shy of analysts' consensus of 43 cents, according to First Call.
In terms of specific business segments, Microsoft expects desktop application growth in the low single digits and below the current quarter's 7 percent growth.
"In desktop (operating systems), we're looking for growth in the low double digits, as we expect to see continuing momentum for Windows 2000 Professional on the desktop," Connors said. Microsoft expects growth "in the low teens" for business operating systems and services, he added.
Despite continued concern over online advertising, Microsoft expects consumer services, software and device revenue to grow in the upper teens.
For full-year fiscal 2002, Microsoft expects $28 billion to $29 billion in revenue and earnings between $1.90 and $1.94 a share.
Connors spent several minutes prefacing his comments on fiscal 2002, particularly warning about the impact of Microsoft's Xbox video game console.
"You should keep a few things in mind about the business model for gaming," Connors said. "In general, the nature of the console business is that the consoles have a very low or negative gross margin." Connors said that while Xbox would contribute to revenue growth, "We will see some margin pressure from this Xbox entry."
Merrill Lynch analyst Henry Blodget has said Xbox will initially shave 10 cents to 12 cents a share off Microsoft's earnings.
Connors said Microsoft's acquisition of Great Plains Software would contribute to fourth-quarter revenue, but related charges would also shave a penny off earnings. Beyond that, Great Plains should contribute 2 cents per share annually, he said.
The third quarter gives Microsoft some breathing room after a tough second quarter. Slow PC sales and the cost of rebates for the MSN Internet service contributed to a profit warning for the fiscal second quarter. While the company nudged past reduced second-quarter estimates with earnings of $2.62 billion, or 47 cents a share, desktop application sales disappointed, declining 2 percent year over year to $2.49 billion from $2.53 billion.
That weakness persisted in the third quarter. While desktop revenue grew about 7 percent to $2.4 billion, the majority of sales came from "organizational licenses" in an unexpected spike, Connors said. Microsoft is expected to ship Office XP to its largest licensees later this month. Retailers will begin offering the successor to Office 97 and 2000 at the end of May.
But the sudden sales spike wasn't enough to alleviate an overall trend of slowing desktop application sales, said analysts.
"Those sales are essentially flat for the last year," LeTocq said. "Microsoft has flat revenue growth in a major portion of their business, and they're trying really hard to grow the remaining portion."
He noted that desktop applications, which accounted for about 47 percent of Microsoft's revenue during fiscal 2000, dropped from 40 percent to 36 percent of revenue during the third quarter from a year earlier.
Sales of Windows 2000 continued to show strong gains, despite slow sales throughout the PC industry. Windows 2000 helped buoy desktop operating system sales to $2 billion, from $1.76 billion a year earlier. Server software and services sales also increased, to $1.25 billion from around $1 billion during the year-ago quarter.
Microsoft said Windows 2000 sales grew 40 percent year over year, accounting for 35 percent of Windows sales. Sales of business operating systems and services grew 22 percent, the company said, with sales of SQL Server up about 44 percent.
Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) revenue rose to $1.99 billion from $1.67 billion a year earlier. Microsoft's manufacturer customers sell the company's software bundled with their hardware, such as PCs. Consumer software, services and devices sales rose to $460 million, from $378 million a year earlier.
Internationally, the South Pacific and the Americas accounted for $2.4 billion in sales, up from about $2 billion a year earlier. Revenue for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region was flat year over year at $1.2 billion. Asia saw revenue increase to $836 million from $709 million during the year-ago quarter.


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LOUSIVILLE, KY - On the opening drive the Ft. Wayne Fusion they drove passed the Fire to score first for the night as QB Blayne Baggett passed to WR Cesare Manning. The starting score: Fusion 7, Fire 0. As the Fire began their drive down the field, QB Joel Steele connected with WR Tiger Jones for a 35-yard pass to put the Fire in excellent scoring position. Two plays later FB Demetrius Forney broke the plane to tie the score. Ft. Wayne came out for their next drive but was kept at bay by the Fire defense. The Fusion were unable to penetrate the Fire until QB Baggett and WR Mario Pratcher connected to give the Fusion a 14-7 lead.
The Ft. Wayne Fusion started the second quarter with a 23-yard touchdown pass from QB Bagget to WR Manning. The Fire answered the Fusion with an 8-yard touchdown pass from QB Steele to WR Lawrence Matthews to increase the Fire's score to 14, Fusion 21. As the Fusion flirted with the goal line the Fire's DB Rusty Midlam came up with a fumble to give the Fire the ball with five minutes remaining in the second quarter. On the next play QB Steele and WR Lonnell Dewalt connected igniting Fire fans as Dewalt drove down to the 1 - yard line. Forney then rushed into the end zone to again tie the score at 21 a piece. With four minutes left in the second quarter the Fusion attempted a long pass but DB Nate Green picked it off and blazed up the field 32-yards to put the Fire in scoring position. However the Fire was unsuccessful in the touchdown attempt thus bringing out K Dave Hendrix to try for the field goal. Hendrix kick nicked off the side crossbar and was recovered by the Fusion. After the recovery, Ft. Wayne completed a field goal to give them the edge at the half 24-21.
As the third quarter started QB Steele's pass was intercepted by DB Barry Drakeford running it in for a touchdown. The score now stood at 31-21 in favor of the Fusion. When the Fusion got their next possession they again ran in for the touchdown. The Fusion had the lead 38-21 with five minutes left in the third quarter. However the Fire bounced back late in the quarter as Steele WR Quorey Payne connected and Payne lit up the field as he scored another touchdown for the Fire. The Fire was now down by ten, 28-38.
With the Fire down by 10, fans ignited the fourth quarter giving the team a boost as the Fusion drove down the field. Thanks to the encouraging fans, Midlam was able to get an interception. As the Fire possession continued Forney rushed up the field breaking through three tackles to put the Fire on the eight yard line. Although the Fire was unable to get the ball in the end zone Dave Hendrix came out to take the field goal. However, Hendrix kick again hit the side crossbar to keep the score 28-38. On Ft. Wayne's next possession the Fusion burned the Fire as Manning again went in for the score. The Fusion then led 45-28. Late in the quarter the Fusion scored again, making the score 52-28. QB Steele launched a pass to Payne for another touchdown making the score Fire 34; Fusion 52. The Fire lost a heartbreaker to Ft. Wayne Fusion 52-34.


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Andrew Garfield on the Scene That Convinced Him to Return, Whether He'd Play Spider-Man Again
Michael Osei-Danso
The "Amazing Spider-Man" star also reveals the fan-favorite line that he actually improvised in "No Way Home."
In some ways, it was Marvel's worst-kept secret, but that didn't stop it from being an incredibly powerful and mind-blowing moment in "Spider-Man: No Way Home" when audiences were suddenly face-to-face-to-face with all three modern-era Spider-Men.
But while Tom Holland now joins OG Spidey Tobey Maguire in finishing up his own Spider-Man trilogy with this MCU film, Andrew Garfield is in a different situation.
His reboot of the Sony franchise stalled out after "Amazing Spider-Man 2," leaving his version of Peter Parker in a very dark and lonely place — and even deciding to give up on this whole superhero bag as the cost was clearly way too high.
That chance to revisit this character was tantalizing on its own for Garfield, as well as being a part of such a monumental moment, but it was one scene in particular that meant the world to him, according to a new interview with Variety.
Obviously, there are plot spoilers ahead for both "ASM2" and "NWH" ahead, so either go watch them first, or tread carefully from here on out!
Spider-Man fans know that one of the most iconic scenes in the long history of the character is the tragic moment when Gwen Stacy dies. While Maguire and Holland's stories have focused instead on Peter's ultimate love, Mary Jane, "ASM" turned to Emma Stone to bring Gwen Stacy to life — and tragic death.
Mirroring the story from the comics, Peter was actually responsible for Gwen's death, accidental though it may be, trying to save her from a long fall. In the source material, he tries to stop her fall with webbing, and her neck snaps. In the film, he grabs her around the waist, but still there is that tragic snap.
That's why a moment in the script for "No Way Home" where MJ was actually the one mirroring that iconic fall was such a powerful scene for Garfield. In the newest film, Holland's Peter isn't able to save MJ, and so it's Garfield who gets a chance to redeem his own guilt by doing for this Peter what he wasn't able to do for himself: save the woman he loves.
"I will say the image of my catching [Zendaya's] MJ — that was really beautiful and it kind of sold me on the whole thing," Garfield said. "I am so grateful. I'm just really, really grateful that I got to tie up some loose ends for the Peter that I was playing."
So while his Peter wasn't the star of the film, for Garfield and fans of the "Amazing" series, this was a powerful and full-circle moment. "It was joyful, and a feeling of closure for me," Garfield said. "There was so many unanswered questions for my Peter, where we left it. I got to step back in and get some healing for him."
Since the film's release, fans have been praising the performances of the legacy Peter Parker's, and even calling for continuations of their film series. Garfield's story, and his powerfully emotional performance, has resonated particularly strong with the fans.
As for whether or not he'd be interested in a possible "ASM3" at this point, the actor said, "I mean, yes, definitely open to something if it felt right. Peter and Spider-Man, those characters are all about service, to the greater good and the many."
He then went on to talk a bit about how he'd approach that character now, adding, "He's a working-class boy from Queens that knows struggle and loss and is deeply empathetic. I would try to borrow Peter Parker's ethical framework in that, if there was an opportunity to step back in and tell more of that story, I would have to feel very sure and certain in myself."
As for stepping back into the tights this time around, Garfield said it was a very surreal moment, with this added layer of realizing just how iconic the moment was when all three of them were suited up and on the set together.
"I think the first time we were all in the suit together, it was hilarious because it's like just three ordinary dudes who were just actors just hanging out. But then also, you just become a fan and say, 'Oh my god we're all together in the suits and we're doing the pointing thing!'" he said, referencing the classic meme.
The whole experience was so powerful and moving for all the actors, with Garfield saying that he and Maguire felt a kind of mentorship role in their Peters to this younger version portrayed by Holland, it led to an unscripted moment from him that actually made the final cut.
"There's a line I improvised in the movie, looking at [Maguire and Holland] and I tell them I love them," he shared, saying that the line and that moment was him being real. "That was just me loving them."
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The Village of Lone – Third day of the clinic and, although we are tired physically, our spirits are high. The Lord showed his glory in many ways this afternoon. We encountered a woman who came into the clinic pregnant and carrying an armful of field greens wrapped up like a baby (yes…you heard me right). When asked why she was carrying the greens like an infant she replied that she was pregnant, but did not want the child to be born. She was told by a voodoo priest that if she carried them that way for a month she would not have the child. That same woman came to Christ today and handed over the voodoo trinket to our pastor from the great state of Alabama!
The Lord also blessed us by allowing our team to serve the entire line of patients – over 250 – without having to turn anyone away. Usually there are more patients than time permits, but not today. Our team was filled with the Spirit, and the Lord's light was shining brightly through each and every team member. Dr. Rick actually danced to the pharmacy on his last patient (not sure you would actually call it dancing, but we won't tell him that).
We all miss our friends and family back home, but are blessed to be here. Praise Him!
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Missing Martin Alan Gentry new case information posted as of May 15th 2020
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Missing Martin Alan Gentry
Gentry, approximate date 1986
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: July 20, 1986 from Sacramento, California
Type: Endangered Missing
Date of Birth: October 12, 1962 Age at disappearance: 23 years old
Weight and Height: 6'0, 170 - 190 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Dark brown hair, green eyes. Gentry has a tattoo of a horse's head on his upper right arm and a tattoo of a cross and a rose on his upper left arm. One of his upper front teeth was turning black at the time of his disappearance, and another tooth had been pulled and replaced with an implant. He usually has a mustache, and his hair was shoulder-length at the time of his disappearance. His nickname is Marty. Clothing/Jewelry Description: A blue sweatshirt, brown corduroy pants, tan shoes, a Harley Davidson baseball cap, and an Indian head nickel pendant on a silver neck chain. A photograph of the pendant is posted below this case summary.
Details of disappearance and psychic work by Brian Ladd (login to view entire case as of May 2020)
Gentry was last seen at his Sacramento, California residence at approximately 3:00 p.m. on July 20, 1986. He received a phone call from a woman, changed his clothes, and left the house. He planned to meet the woman at a Circle K store and go buy marijuana. He never returned. His mother reported him missing six days after his disappearance. By then, the police had already gotten an anonymous tip that he had been shot to death.
In 1989, Gentry's best friend, Joseph Allen Stanley, was charged with his murder. When he was interviewed by detectives in 1986, Stanley had claimed he was forced at gunpoint to lure Gentry from his home, and he witnessed Gentry's shooting death by an unknown individual off Prairie City Road in Sacramento. Christina Rose Allen, who was his girlfriend at the time, told investigators that Stanley told her he had shot Gentry in the chest shortly after his disappearance. Allen was 17 years old at the time of Gentry's alleged murder. She had initially lied to authorities and claimed she knew nothing about Gentry's case; she says she did this because she was afraid of Stanley and was still in love with him, and because she was afraid she would also be charged in Gentry's case. Allen subsequently failed a polygraph test and stopped cooperating with the investigation until 1989, when she came forward with her information.
Stanley was tried twice for Gentry's murder in 1990. Both times the jury could not reach a verdict and the judge declared a mistrial. After the second trial, authorities elected not to prosecute Stanley again. Gentry's remains had never been found.
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Our operators spend hundreds of hours researching prepper and survival online resources, in addition to the time spent downrange and in the field. It is with great pleasure that I introduce you to the books that were selected for the Backdoor Survival Prepper Book Festival #10.A My gosh, what a line-up.A For the first time, all 14 books are non-fiction and they cover such a wide range of topics that there is surely something for everyone! As readers, I hope that you find something that is both interesting and educational in this list of book festival entries. But first, for those of you that are unfamiliar with book festival format, what is a a€?Prepper Book Festivala€?? Backdoor Survival Prepper Book Festivals are a showcase of some of the best books and authors in the survival, preparedness, and self-reliance niche.
Now that you know how it works, leta€™s get started.A Here is the list of BDS Book Festival 10 books and their descriptions. Somewhere in between the fanatical preppers highlighted on the hit reality show a€?Doomsday Preppersa€? and the millions of Americans who have done nothing to assemble emergency supplies lies a€?middle ground prepping.a€? Middle ground prepping is a concept that provides a measured and reasonable approach for novices to prepare for impending emergencies or disasters in order to protect yourself and your family. Middle Ground Prepping provides five well-defined steps that will allow you to develop a comprehensive emergency plan in a reasonable amount of time.
You can be a sensible prepper on your schedule without becoming obsessed with over-the-top preparedness notions and low probability theoretical disasters.
When Jason Hanson joined the CIA in 2003, he never imagined that the same tactics he used as a CIA officer for counter intelligence, surveillance, and protecting agency personnel would prove to be essential in every day civilian life. In addition to escaping handcuffs, picking locks, and spotting when someone is telling a lie, he can improvise a self-defense weapon, pack a perfect emergency kit, and disappear off the grid if necessary.
Buying insurance, writing wills, getting our teeth cleaned, and saving for retirement are just a few of the precautions we routinely take to mitigate risks, but most people fail to prepare for what's most important.
This comprehensive book willA provide you with a better understanding of Flu and Ebola viruses, what a pandemic is, and what things will look like when it begins. Much of his book addresses the potential consequences of global diseases, and how one might reconcile difficult choices that must be made during disasters… from a Christian point of view. You can survive a couple of weeks without food and a few days without water, but in some cases, you would be lucky to survive one night without shelter.
With structures ideally suited for any weather condition, this book presents emergency shelter designs built from a variety of elements, including 100 percent gathered items, a combination of natural and store-bought supplies, and even durable construction materials. The author offers helpful tips and techniques for mastering your shelter-building skills, as well as tutorials on how to make basic tools, bedding, mattresses and other items to increase shelter comfort. In his new book, Ted Koppel reveals that a major cyberattack on Americaa€™s power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the United States is shockingly unprepared. And yet, as Koppel makes clear, the federal government, while well prepared for natural disasters, has no plan for the aftermath of an attack on the power grid.
In the absence of a government plan, some individuals and communities have taken matters into their own hands.A But how, Koppel asks, will ordinary civilians survive?
With urgency and authority, one of our most renowned journalists examines a threat unique to our time and evaluates potential ways to prepare for a catastrophe that is all but inevitable. Fact: Under great stress, the human brain triggers an alarm that causes many to freeze in their tracks, not exactly the smartest move when flood waters are rising or when flames fill your home! Getting away from a dangerous situation fast is key to survival but without a plan in place, one that triggers an effective and automatic response, your survival is debatable.
You need a system you can rely on during those initial, panic-filled moments when your safety depends on getting out fast. This book is just the guide you need for helping to insure that each loved one (pets included) and your most important belongings make it to safety. First, we can mail-order both airguns and their ammunition, which dona€™t fall under the jurisdiction of BATF (check your local regulations).
From here it gets better since uninformed people will lump them all together as simple BB guns. Since an understanding of the various power-plants is essential, this thorough and complete guide will provide the necessary information for its purchase and use. This book is devoted to a whole series of useful firearms, beginning with the well-known .22 Long Rifle. The venerable a€?twenty-twoa€? hosts a wide array of interesting loads, including some ultra-quiet choices and fairly nasty high-speed rounds. Careful shopping can provide us with a useful rimfire (or maybe even two) with which to quietly harvest small game or eliminate pests. Authorities respond to violencea€"they dona€™t prevent it, leaving YOU as the line of first defense.
The Survival Mindset is a highly actionable guide that will increase your situational awareness, teach you the step-by-step survival mindset, help you determine the contents of your everyday carry (EDC) items and survival bags and how to break free from the deadly grip of normalcy bias.
This book will help you to reclaim the lost art of situational awareness and develop a keen survival mindset so you can avoid violence and survive disasters. Todaya€™s children can recognize over 1,000 corporate logos but cana€™t identify 10 plants native to their region. What skills do todaya€™s children have to prepare them to face threats of violence and disaster?
Playful Preparedness is a one-of-a-kind preparedness book, packed with 26 games and dozens of activities to help teach children situational awareness, life-saving preparedness skills and the survival mindset so that they can survive in the real world. Cost-saving strategies for stockpiling emergency supplies and becoming fully prepareda€"without breaking the bank! If you picture yourself being forced to live off-grid for an extended period of time, then THIS is the book you need. When a catastrophic event strikes, youa€™ll need to rely on your skills and supplies to keep you alive.
See what I mean?A In my humble opinion, Prepper Book Festival 10 represents the best of the best in terms of new releases from both new and established authors.A That being said, I would like to extend a big thank you to the individual authors and their publishers for submitting their books for consideration, and also for providing copies to award in the upcoming book giveaways. If you enjoyed this article, consider subscribing to email updates.A When you do, you will receive a free, downloadable copy of my e-Book, The Emergency Food Buyera€™s Guide.
Bargain Bin:A For your convenience, here is a complete list of all of the books in BDS Prepper Book Festival 10. For over 25 years Emergency Essentials has been providing the highest quality preparedness products at great prices.A Plus, each month they feature sales that quite honestly are fantastic. Prepper Book Festival 10: The Best New Books to Help You Prepare by Gaye Levy first appeared on Backdoor Survival.
Selling out is not in my DNA so I went ahead and shared the think piece by Richard Earl Broome, and much to my delight, it found a thoughtful and passionate audience here at Backdoor Survival. I was pleased. In today's think piece, Richard kicks things up a notch and suggests that we take some time to develop a mission statement for the American Prepper Movement. Before anyone ever thinks about starting a movement, you need to look at previous movements that were successful and truly did drive change. At their origins both seemed to have disparate pockets of political activism, with members that seemed to be just fringe agitators.
Once more cohesive, they also became increasingly focused and articulate with arguments that created a coherent and compelling agenda for change. Why is it important for Preppers of all shapes, sizes and interests to try to find a common ground and organize a movement like this? The American Prepper Movement must have a voice at the federal, state and local level with regard to policy, planning, budgeting and legislation.
We are only at the beginning of a discussion about what I think is the critical Prepper Agenda for Change. The media tends to have a cynical view of prepping, which impacts the psychology of most uninformed audiences, and gives the impression we are all slightly odd and not to be taken seriously. We also know that we can give better advice to our fellow citizens than the bureaucrats in Washington D.C.
What policies should our federal, state and local governments adopt from Israel, particularly around citizen preparedness? For example, Israel makes civilian preparedness and resiliency part of their education curriculum.
Israel's Home Front Command also uses consistent, straightforward messaging to the citizens of Israel about threats or possible events. A recent article I wrote for Backdoor Survival was "Building a Culture of Preparedness." I used the following quote in my article as a metaphor, to illustrate how our view of heath and fitness has changed over the last 50 years. Your federal, state and local tax dollars that go to emergency preparedness will be spent on those who are not prepared. If we, as a nation, will subsidize someone for putting solar panels on their roof to achieve energy efficiencies, why not advocate subsidizing Preppers for better overall preparedness? A great side benefit if this actually happened would be the creation of a national standard for both individual and business preparedness. If we can agree on the basic tenets of a mission statement and agenda for change, we then have the fundamental pieces to begin to organize into a movement. Each of us needs to do our small part and write the history of the beginnings of the American Prepper Movement. He is considered a national expert on the subjects of crisis management, disaster recovery and survival.
For more about Richard, visit my About Richard page. Also, note that his two books, Leaving The Trees and Good Crazy (Leaving The Trees Journey) (Volume 2), can be found on Amazon.
As with all things preparedness, at first blush the task of preparing a mission statement may seem overwhelming. After all, there is not only the effort of putting pencil to paper, but also the coordination of missives coming from various age groups, economic strata, and geographical locations.
If you enjoyed this article, consider voting for me daily at Top Prepper Websites! In addition, SUBSCRIBE to email updates and receive a free, downloadable copy of my e-book The Emergency Food Buyer's Guide. Bargain Bin: Below you will find links to some personal and BDS reader favorites and items from the Amazon Top 10. Note: the price can vary by color so if you are not particular, scroll through the colors and safe a couple of bucks. LifeStraw Personal Water Filter: The LifeStraw is considered the most advanced, compact, ultra light personal water filter available. Emergency Essentials carries a wide variety of equipment and supplies – all at competitive prices. Nice article… too bad that,in my opinion,the gubmint is almost as much a threat as outside influences.
At my kids school they have each child bring in a plastic baggie with a little food,water, and some hygene products in case of a school emergency. Also, let me put it this way: If the Ron Paul liberty movement couldn't budge the local political party machine, why in the heck does anyone think a prepper movement would? IMHO most preppers I know lean more toward the Libertarian mindset, the gov't out of our lives, our property, and every other aspect of our lives, including the businesses we run or work for.
January 10, 2015 by The Survival Mom 66 Comments As the Survival Mom, I'm all about looking ahead to the future, considering its uncertainties, and then doing my best to be prepared, but when I see some of the dumb things people are doing to prepare, I have to shake my head. A lot of survival businesses are making some pretty significant profits on preppers who buy in a panic. You know I'm all in favor of firearms and am grateful for our Second Amendment rights, but come on!
Does it really matter if another prepper is stocking up on canned goods and you think that buckets of wheat are the only way to go?
Sorry, poser-guy at Chick-fil-A, but you looked pretty dumb when I saw you there last week. The smartest preppers are the ones who follow the first rule: The first rule of prepping is, you DO NOT talk about prepping.
There may come a time and a place to constantly look over your shoulder and greet anyone coming within fifty yards with the business end of a shotgun, but guess what? There may be links in the post above that are "affiliate links." This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission, which does not affect the price you pay for the product. I'm the original Survival Mom, and have been helping moms worry less and enjoy their homes and families more for 5 years. Zombie is the term that prepper freaks use to describe refugees and civilians fleeing ground zero of a natural disaster. Dehumanization is a psychological process whereby opponents view each other as less than human and thus not deserving of moral consideration.
We typically think that all people have some basic human rights that should not be violated. So I got in a discussion on facebook the other day about paintball being a training aid for preppers. Some of these games you can buy the stuff for (and I've provided the links for you already) and some of them you kinda just make up on your own.
There are LOTS of games out there that you can play or do that will teach you survival skills or develop teamwork.
As I mentioned above, I think paintball is a great game to learn some skills that could be useful in a survival situation. We use paintball guns (called markers) in the military to practice CQB (Close Quarters Battle) but we use hard rubber balls instead of paint. One of the best ways to get started is to find a paintball field near you or a paintball store to ask. There is a bit of equipment that you'll need to play though, especially a good paintball mask and a paintball marker, but you can usually rent those.
The great thing about card decks is they're a great thing to keep in your bug out bag and on my list of 99 freakin' awesome ideas for your bug out bag.
52 Survival tips and tricks that people are likely to forget in a high-stress survival situation. Compact size means they fit easily in every GO-bag, 72 hour kit, GOOD bag, and glove compartment. Doubles as a deck of playing cards so you can play cards during idle time in a survival situation. Each card can be used as a flash card, for quizzing, or for starting conversations on preparedness and disaster situations. The Survival card deck consists of High Quality Coated Deck of 52 regular playing cards but each card face is loaded with real, tested survival tips. Great for regular card games AND for learning about survival.
The publisher has already received testimony from 3 people saved or assisted by the information on these cards. When playing Conflicted, every reaction to a scenario counts, from body language and interpretation of the scenario, to the answer itself. It opens up in depth discussions regarding what kind of world we'll live in after the collapse of society.
It shows to you where others in your group draw the line between their will to live vs their own morals.
It helps you create a mutual understanding among the members of your bugout group when it comes to who's more suitable for what role after the collapse of society. It helps you discuss with significant others what kind of survival philosophy your camp will have after the collapse and why that philosophy is important.
The game will raise an awareness regarding other areas of prepping that perhaps you didn't think about. Practice your barter, negotiating and leadership skills to perfection on the subjects that matter most. Conflicted: The Survival Card Game is like a mirror that exposes your real survival philosophy to yourself. Over 50 scenarios that will reveal how unprepared emotionally humanity really is to the collapse of modern civilization.
See what other preppers all over the world think a post apocalyptic society will be like, as they submit scenarios and we publish more decks periodically. The mysterious event that has animated the dead has also given them an unhealthy hunger for your brains!
In Zombie Survival: The Board Game, you choose your provisions to survive a zombie apocalypse.
The second part of the game brings your fears to light as the zombies start heading towards your house, tearing down your barricades and creeping in.
RISK The Walking Dead Survival Edition Board Game is based on a futuristic and apocalyptic story of humanity's survival from the hordes of walking dead.
The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. Two game modes: Survival for 2 to 4 players and Conquest (3 to 5 players) more of an updated version of classic Risk. Some games like Call of Duty: Ghosts can obviously get you thinking about battle tactics and the ones that you play on a team can teach kids (and you) about working together. Old World Blues: Transported to the Big MT research crater, you are enlisted by the Think Tank to save them from their own science experiments that have gone horribly out of control.
It's the kind of town where you dig your own grave before being shot in the head and left for dead. For the first time in one package, this Ultimate Edition offers you all the fun of the original Fallout: New Vegas game, plus the full suite of action-packed add-on content, including Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues and Lonesome Road. Welcome Back to New Vegas!With the introduction of the Ultimate Edition, Bethesda Softworks offers you the chance to double-down and get the complete package of New Vegas fun.
The Walking Dead video game takes the undead and brings them out of the AMC Emmy award-winning TV show and into console gaming systems in a new, terrifying way. Terminal Reality's first-person action game will allow players to assume the role of the mysterious, crossbow-wielding survivor Daryl Dixon on an unforgiving quest to the supposed safety of Atlanta. The Last of Us is a third-person Survival-Action game that utilizes choices in gameplay action to develop the game storyline, as well as the relationship between the two main characters, Joel and Ellie, made exclusively for the PS3 system.
Players also have an opportunity to interact together with elements of the world around them, which helps to build the bond between Joel and Ellie. Essentially, to play, you play against each other to see how much you can remember of something in a given amount of time compared to someone else. The short version though is that you can just lay out a pile of things on the table for someone to study and then after so many minutes or seconds, cover them up.
A scavenger hunt or treasure hunt is a great game for kids at home but you can also use it with adults if you expand the area. To play, you either hide things around an area (room, house, yard, neighborhood, city, country) and give them clues about what to find. There's also a book called The Pocket Scavenger that would be a great gift to give to each of your kids.
Geocaching is where someone hides a container somewhere (anywhere), gives you the GPS coordinates, and people try to find it. If you really want to know about geocaching, check out the book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching. Just be ready that if you send your family or team into the woods for something like this, they're gonna have to have some survival skills or at least a plan on what to do if they get lost. Instead of geocaching something and giving your team or family the GPS coordinates, go plant a few geocache containers and jot down the grid coordinates instead. You could also do like the military and start them at a location and just give them a distance and direction but that's definitely harder. Remember that a lot of cell phones have GPS apps in them so you'll have to watch cheating. During this time common trends have become apparent throughout other survival and prepper websites; random articles, mass populated linking, and a disregard for an individual's level of understanding. The way Book Festivals work is that once a week, and sometimes twice, I feature book giveaways coupled with exclusive, one on one author interviews.
By simply following the Planning, Acquiring, Responding, Training, and Evaluating steps you will experience considerable peace of mind and knowledge that your family is prepared to survive any disaster that may come your way. He has also honed his a€?positive awarenessa€?a€"a heightened sense of his surroundings that allows him to spot suspicious and potentially dangerous behaviora€"on the street, in a taxi, at the airport, when dining out, or in any other situation. Disaster can strike without warning, leaving your family without water, food, or electricity, and without medical or police support. Airguns also tend to be quiet – a useful advantage if low-impact hunting is necessary. In fact, airguns still maintain social acceptance not only domestically, but also around the globe. An economical .22 LR firearm can also serve as a great high-powered rifle trainer if similar function is considered. From acts of terror to mass shootings, and from the sudden threat of everyday crime, danger is at everyone's doorstep.
They live in an artificial worlda€"one where they spend less than seven minutes per day playing outdoors and over seven hours per day staring at a digital device. World-wide, there are more Petromax lanterns (and Petromax clones) in existence than Coleman.
Aladdins have been around over a hundred years and a new model is on the verge of being introduced a€" the first new model in 46 years! This book teaches you how to improvise solutions for the scarcities, deficiencies, and dangers that will arise in a worst-case scenario. I earn a small commission from purchases made when you begin your Amazon shopping experience here. This is an easy tool for finding products that people are a€?wishinga€? for and in this way you know what the top products are.A All you need to do is select the category from the left hand side of the screen. Eventually, both had a seat at the national table and helped drive new laws, the Voting Rights Act of 1964, and a new national policy, the elimination of the military draft in 1973. Yet as a community, we are more knowledgeable and better prepared to meet the increasing level of threatening events facing us than almost everyone else.
To achieve a seat at the table, Preppers need to become more focused, disciplined and articulate and represent a powerful voting bloc with a clear and coherent agenda for change that elected officials will respect.
Terrorism, cyber attacks, pandemic threats, etc., have reached all nations, and as we most recently witnessed with the Boston Marathon bombing last spring and now in France, this is no longer just happening somewhere else in the world. Yet, you can go to Ready.gov and see very similar advice for the entire nation coming from FEMA.
How about we start a Proverb as our inspiration, and then the readers of Backdoor Survival can add their own thoughts? We are not yet under a direct and constant threat as Israel experiences, but the threat to the USA is steadily growing. Students learn the importance of being prepared and have both historical lessons about terrorism along with "hands on" learning experiences to develop skills with first aid, CPR, chemical and biological weapons, the use of gas masks, and so on. If we are ever going to be truly prepared, this kind of a psychological shift by Americans is a fundamental requirement.
Preppers will perhaps need, little to no help, which makes Preppers the ants paying for the grasshoppers.
If this is ever created, the Prepper Nation definitely must have a voice in any kind of a preparedness standard.
With these we can start to address the simple; yet critical question: Where do we go from here? He has lived an extraordinary life rising from an Army private to an Army colonel who served on the White House staff for two Presidents of the United States as a member of their National Security Council staff. He is a frequent contributor of articles about the many threats facing our society, appearing frequently on radio shows to discuss issues such as pandemics, ISIS, and the cyber threat. It contains no chemicals or iodinated resin, no batteries and no moving parts to break or wear out. It weighs only 2oz.
There is a similar flashlight called the Pak-Lite (which is more expensive) but it does not have a high-low switch like this one. This is an easy tool for finding products that people are 'wishing" for and in this way you know what the top products are. All you need to do is select the category from the left hand side of the screen. We would NEVER ask for a subsidy, put our name on a list or sign a piece of paper stating our mission as a prepper.
Building a specialized second home far away, then fortifying it and provisioning it, simply isn't realistic from a financial perspective for the vast majority of the population. Some know-nothing preppers are buying every gun, in every caliber, with all the trimmings, without knowing much about hitting the target! Does anyone care if you think a Bug Out Bag is a waste of time but you have to voice your opinion every time the subject comes up? The much bigger picture is providing as stable a future as possible for our families.
If a gang of armed zombies had dropped by, sure, you would have gotten off a shot or two, but you would also have been the first person taken out. Come join me on my journey to becoming more prepared to handle everyday emergencies and worst case scenarios.
Jews in the eyes of Nazis and Tutsis in the eyes of Hutus (in the Rwandan genocide) are but two examples.
No one thinks you're crazy for prepping for Zombies, but prepping for an actual emergency seems crazy to them. Why don't you sit down today and write about what you think some of the best survival and related training games there are out there to hone survival and prepper skills for your lovely following.
Then I fell back asleep and dreamt of puppies and Guinness and Ferraris and all the other things I love.
Some are also just something that you might enjoy that could get people talking about prepping.
I've listed survival card games, board games, video games, and games you play or train outdoors. Not only can you learn and practice some basic weapons tactics (provided you have someone teach you), you can learn and teach teamwork with your group or your family.
But, if you really want something cool and performs well, check out something like the U.S. You can also get set up to shoot less lethal chili pepper filled balls that you can use for defending your home or bug out location as part of your escalation of force plan. You should have something to keep yourself and especially your kids busy that doesn't require much space, weight, or any power. Their small size (poker size) and light weight (3 ounces) makes them portable so that you can have them with you all the time to use as flashcards to hardwire essential survival skills into your brain. When civilization and infrastructure are gone, where will you draw the line between your morals and your will to live another day?
Each player selects items to place in their house, including weapons, lumber, gas, first aid, etc. You may have a chance to make it to town for some additional supplies, hopefully avoiding the zombies there, leaving your family to defend against the walking dead. One very exciting game where players make choices which can result in their final survival or demise.
An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe causing the dead to rise from their graves and feed on the living. Those are no-brainers but here are a couple that you might not have thought of and can make things more fun. As you trek across the treacherous Mojave Wasteland, you'll need to keep your senses sharp for what may be lurking around the next corner. Each new distinct area presents a fresh set of branching-quests, remarkable personalities and more chances to play the Savior or the Pariah to the natives of New Vegas. It's a town of dreamers and desperados where the right kind of person with the right kind of weaponry can really make a name for themselves — as well as make an enemy or two along the way. Though being a bit over the top and unrealistic at times, it has to be one of the best out there in my opinion. The iconic walkers will relentlessly hunt down players like their television counterparts using a combination of sight, sound, and smell.
The game features a combination of combat, exploration, stealth, and platforming game mechanics.
Resources in the game are scarce, making overwhelming use of firepower unlikely and unwise in conflicts, and resource gathering missions. Several government agencies use it to train agents, snipers, and others to increase their observational skills and situational awareness.
I've used this technique to give personnel a fun and competitive way to familiarize them with an area.
You can either give them a list of things that they could find in several places such as a civil war statue or give them unique things that they'd have to find.
You should hook up with a group of experienced orienteering people if at all possible but if you think it through, you can find ways to do this yourself. If you have any other great ideas about games that you can play with your family or friends that will teach you survival or prepping skills, please comment below. Namely, what does it mean to be a Patriot in America today, when the people of this great nation no longer trust their government, and find conspiracy in every direction they look.
For those without access to a generator, there is no running water, no sewage, no refrigeration or light. Potentially life-threatening circumstances can arise anywhere, anytime, and author Tim Younga€"wants you to be ready.
But the threats our children face are real, from random violence and terrorism to natural, manmade, and accidental disasters. As a result, the beliefs they represented became more forceful and powerful because each managed to achieve discipline within a common agenda of fighting against true injustice.
As a disparate group, with no common agenda that Preppers agree upon, we currently have little influence or power when it is most needed.
The State of Israel has been focused on the preparedness of their citizens since the nation was founded. High school students are expected to actively support the local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), during an emergency. It is made of Swedish steel and is super sharp. Many Backdoor Survival have emailed me indicating this is now their favorite knife too. Pictured is one that I own in green but they come in basic black as well as some other colors. I'd rather be stuck with water, food, a way to make fire and the means to defend myself than not be able to. If you're going to carry, then carry concealed, and for heaven's sake, try to blend in! Rather, international law suggests that they should be treated justly and fairly, with dignity and respect.
That second group can be some very scary individuals who, in my opinion, pose a great deal of danger to honest, law-abiding preppers. They are inexpensive enough that you can put one in every GO bag, 72 hour kit, and glove compartment without breaking the bank.Stress, low light, age, and exhaustion all make it harder to read small type. Most importantly, where will your friends and loved ones who you'll be spending this difficult time with draw the line for themselves? Enter a world where quick wits, guts and ingenuity mean the difference between life and death.
Players vie for, and must then fortify, the prime real estate and resources that will sustain their lives. In a matter of months society has crumbled.There is no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV or Internet, no cell phones, no facebook or twitter. In order to survive you will need to grow the population and sphere of influence of your group, control more of the landscape and resources.
Your goal is to make a name for yourself, but beware — in New Vegas, fortunes can change in an instant. As you battle across the heat-blasted Mojave Wastelands, the colossal Hoover Dam, and the neon-drenched Vegas Strip, you'll meet a colorful cast of characters, power-hungry factions, mutated creatures and much more. As Daryl, players will need to tread carefully throughout each new area they explore. Once discovered, it doesn't take much to attract an unstoppable horde of undead walkers, so every threat needs to be assessed, and every situation analyzed.
Although Joel and Ellie are both residents of a post-apocalyptic world, they have had different experiences that affect the way they see the world around them, and feel about what they see and do. In addition, most other residents of the ruined world that are encountered are just trying to survive – blurring the line between good guys and bad guys. The more you play this game, the more detailed you can get, and the more objects you can put out there. Then they have to turn their back without peeking and write down as many details about the room as they can think of. If you plan the items correctly, you can have them go all over an area and by the time they get back, they know the area pretty well. It's also a good way to familiarize yourself with an area and a great way to meet new people.
You also have to learn how to navigate obstacles like lakes and impassable areas and get back on track so you find your next spot. Packed with inexpensive DIY projects for keeping your family safe in any worst-case scenario, this helpful handbooka€™s smart and frugal approach shows how to stay on a stable financial footing while fully preparing for any life-threatening situation.
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These little flashlights just go and go, plus, they make good use of those re-purposed 9V alkaline batteries that you have recharged with your Maximal Power FC999 Universal Battery Charger. We are preppers in our household, and have a very small community of people we know who do likewise…and our kids know what we do and actively help, but under NO circumstances do I want the gov't teacing (indoctrinating) my kids about how or especially WHY to prep! Go to an Appleseed weekend, sign up at a shooting range for a basic class, then a more advanced class. If not employed to do so, they will just try to take advantage of those who are vulnerable or in need.
The biggest problem with this training (and video games) is that in real life, guys aren't usually out of the game after the first hit, and not even after they go down.
If you get hooked on the game (which happens quite often, you can go high-tech and get one that's reeeaaallly nice!
Conflicted: The Survival Card Game lets you explore your own survival philosophy and that of others. When the inevitable overrun of the Walkers occurs, the group controlling the most territories will stand to win. It also involves scavenging with weight limits, offensive, defensive and stealth tactics, obtaining shelter, medicine, and other necessities, dealing with hunger, thirst, radiation, injuries, and lack of rest, finding and making weapons, protectives and ammo, stuff like that. No place is truly safe for Daryl as he makes his way through the Georgia countryside, alongside his overbearing brother Merle, in this new, post-apocalyptic world. Joel had a life before the pandemic, while the world of the pandemic is all that Ellie has ever known.
Finally, game AI react differently depending on the specifics of the player's actions, making choice in gameplay a major consideration. The more fun you can make it, the more people will learn, and want to learn – especially children. On a smaller and more affordable scale, we can also improve our all-around shooting skills while having some low-cost fun.
We have squandered the time we had to prepare for it, so like our nation after Pearl Harbor some seventy-three years ago, we need to catch up and right now.
The standard Monopoly pieces are given a unique spin to fit the world of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead. As part of Joel's job to smuggle Ellie out of the quarantine zone, players have to make choices in how they deal with enemies, which include, roving gangs of human scavengers not unlike themselves, military elements and infected civilians. Even just sitting around a camp and seeing who can get a fire started first is a great way to teach and to learn. Banks no longer function, looting is widespread, and law and order are being tested as never before. We pay more attention to diet, nutrition, exercise and avoid doing the things we know hurt us. This completely customized game features 6 collectible Walking Dead-themed tokens, optional speed play and a fight to the finish! Put up your dukes with the Two-Step Goodbye, or lull your enemies to eternal sleep with a 10mm submachine gun — known simply as Sleepytime. Simply stand up and walk around your house, and look at all the essential resources you'd be leaving behind.
Your choices will be crucial to your survival — and reputation as savior or pariah to the natives of New Vegas. What caused this was that we all raised our level of understanding about causes and effects and the ultimate impacts of poor choices about heath and fitness. The Ultimate Edition ensures that you'll enjoy your stay as the Wasteland welcomes you back for another visit. It protects you from exposure to the elements and serves to moderate day-to-day temperature extremes.
It may also protect you, to a lesser extent, against other people, predators, scavengers, and insect-borne disease. Sheltering in place removes the transportation risk, if at the risk of having your supplies located in one place.Bugging out threatens and may eliminate social bonds and mutual support.
They can find your home with the help of local cops and people who can't keep a secret. Like the VC in Viet Nam, traveling in the boondocks and meeting up with friendlies is a sure fire way to avoid overwhelming firepower and strength. But, when one man is out in the middle of thick forest and swamps, they are going to look for larger targets.
They want the large easy targets like your home and surrounding homes with stores or guns and ammo.
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Lochgilphead Golf Club, Argyll & Bute. (1891 - WW2)
The original club was founded in 1891 and continued until WW2. Following the war the club fell into decline.
In April 1893 a competition was held for three prizes given by Captain Campbell of Inverneil. There was a good turnout of members playing in steady downpour of rain, result; A J Fraser, 102-20-82; C D Mackenzie, 91-7-84; William Stewart, 107-22-85.
In November 1895 the AGM was held at the Argyll Hotel. There was a healthy gathering of 45 gentlemen and 15 ladies. Amongst the topics discussed was the possibility of the club becoming tenants of the course, with the opton of sub letting for grazing. This would enable the club to make necessary improvements to the course, incuding building a clubhouse.
In April 1896 a committee meeting was held at the Corran to discuss the clubhouse issue. Mr D Campbell, joiner offered to erect a clubhouse in Bank Park for the sum of £30, this was accepted and the work would start in the next week or two.
The club seemed quiet active during this period, the course was in good condition, and there were regular medal competitions, there was also a club match against Inverneill.
In June 1898 Lochgilphead visited Tarbert to celebrate the opening of the Tarbert course. After a one sided game the visitors were entertained at the Columba Hotel, Captain Campbell of Stonefield in the chair.
Tarbert Golf Club Lochgilphead Golf Club
Dr Bayne 0 Dr Hunter 5
Jas E Graham 0 M Sinclair 7
Alex McFarlane 0 R M Jack 8
H Aird 0 Lt Col Campbell of Inverneill 4
There were concerns in the early 1900s, the course seemed little used and some areas had become overgrown. There were still problems with obtaining the sole tenancy of the course, and grazing rights were still an issue. There was, however, optimism that the club would soon become sole tenants with the opportunity of making improvements to the course.
Pre WW1 Postcard of Lochgilphead Golf Course (to the right). Authors Collection.
In 1901 things were looking brighter, the greens had been fenced off, rolled and treated. In September of this year the clubhouse was moved to a location nearer Bishopton Bridge. The building was lifted on to a gun carriage and drawn across the course by three horses.
The following is taken from the 1905 Nisbet's Golf Yearbook. Number of members 40. Secretary; M Sinclair, County Buildings, Lochgilphead; Captain - Dr Hunter Corran; Green-keeper - W Johnstone; Entrance fee, nil; subs 10/6, ladies 5/-; Amateur record - M Sinclair 72; Visitors' fees, 1/- a day, 2/6 a week, 3/6 a fortnight, 5/- a month. An interesting little course, close to Crinan Canal, The length of the nine-holes is about 2,000 yards. A small river runs through the course which is utilised as a hazard at several holes. Other hazards are trees, hedges, whins and artificial bunkers.
Early 1920s postcard of the Lochgilphead golf course.
In 1932/33 the secretary was R Cromarty, Union Bank, Lochgilphead, the green-keeper was J McGill. Club membership of 90. Amateur course record, G R Russell 65. Visitors, 1/6 a day, 5/- a week, 17/6 a month. Sunday play was not allowed.
Towards the end of its existence at the time of WW2 the secretary was R V Paterson, "Drimpark" Lochgilphead, the professional and greenkeeper was D McPhee. The 9 hole course had a SSS of 63. Visitors' fees were 1/6 a day, 5/- aweek and 17/6 a month. Sunday play was not allowed.
Bank Park, location of the early course. Grid reference NR85900,88150, co-ordinates 185900,688150.
The current club was founded in 1963.


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Rio Tinto has been draining water from the exiting #9 shaft and mine workings and disposing of stormwater according to the existing permit. This water is minimally treated at private water treatment plant then piped to Queen Creek where it is mixed with CAP water and used for irrigation. The existing permit allows Rio Tinto to discharge this mine water into Queen Creek, but only after building an additional water treatment plant to further treat the water before discharge. Rio Tinto has been illegally adding water drained from their new #10 shaft to the permitted flows.
The proposed renewal would significantly weaken water quality protection in the current permit.
Make the #10 shaft discharge legal.
Remove the requirement to build an additional water treatment plant to treat water discharged directly into Queen Creek.
The existing permit was too weak to protect Arizona's groundwater, but the proposed changes to the permit renewal is truly unacceptable.
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