GeauxSioux

People are always complaining about how the oil companies are making these huge record profits. If you maintain the same profit margin, say 5% and the cost of your product goes up 10%, your profits will go up. Crude example using fictitious numbers. $100/barrel to buy, putting 5% on and sell at $105 and they are making $5 a barrel per barrel Now with a 10% increase in the cost of your raw material: $110/barrel to buy, putting 5% on top and sell at $115.50 and they are making $5.50 per barrel. People will say that their profits went up, which is true, but their profit margin remains the same. The newspaper come out and vilify the evil oil company for their "record profits". One of the presidential candidate, whom shall remain nameless, recently said: Emphasis added is mine. The government already makes more off the sale of a gallon of gasoline through taxes then the oil companies do. This is beginning to sound less like American capitalism and more like socialism.

Good luck Jonathon. Welcome new DOT.

May 19th and Winnipeg Sun.

I was playing in a trade association scramble with rented golf clubs down in Ft. Lauderdale and the first time I used my 3 iron the head came flying off. I'm not sure if the ball or the club head went further. Needless to say, I had a nice write-up in the next association newsletter.

Dynamic Toews ready to sign with Blackhawks

This gave me cause for hope. That is what I get for skimming too fast looking for North Dakota reference.

Tallon trying to get Blackhawks settled Edit: I missed the part where they say they are getting close.

Now I don't know what to think. Torchetti leaves Moncton for the NHL

I'm back to being optimistic. Golden boy

I was doing some reading last night and came across this report from the Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee. Is this the the report that got the ball rolling with the NCAA? Report on the use of American Indian Mascots The recommendations are what really caught my eye. I believe that UND followed these recommendations to the letter and still look how it ended up.

REA to submit bid for 2011 World Juniors

Toews gains some golden experience In my best Lloyd Christmas, "do you mean there is still a chance"?

Pace is a Pensacola suburb in the second fastest growing county in Florida, Santa Rosa. Half of the guys that I work with live there. They have a huge new planned community located there as well. Jubilee Florida

NCAA WOMEN'S DIVISION II GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP: UND completes historic season Great job, Ladies.

Thanks for bursting my bubble AZ, but I know you are right about his stock. My post is total wishful thinking.

What are the rules of a player (Toews) who is a draft pick of a team, but doesn't really want to go to that team because they stink? Obviously Toews is doing great at the Worlds. So well, that he would sought after by any and all teams in the NHL. At what point would Chicago lose their rights to him? Stay in school Jonathon, your stock will keep going up with a national championship.

I ran into the Florida Southern team at the Olive Garden tonight. I asked their coach how UND looked and he said that they had a great day. UND enjoys best round to date at NCAA Championships

Three recent top draft picks will take part in Canada-Sweden semifinal game

I stopped off at Stonebrook today and talked to Coach Dan Frei. He said that the ladies are ahead of yesterday's pace. From what I saw on the monitors, they were +14 on the day after 12? holes. Yesterday's results had them in a three way tie for 5th place. He also said it was nice to see someone in a Sioux shirt. Go Sioux!!!

Brings me back to when I was a kid building rockets that we used to buy at Benner's, downtown GF. We would build them and go over by RRHS and launch them, somehow attaching to the car battery. We launched one multi-stage, but I can't remember what happened, though. Benner's was my favorite store when I was a kid. They had everything hobby-wise a kid would want.

It is stuff like this that makes me wish I was back in college. UND-Led Team Launches North Dakota's First Educational Rocket

I think the key word is plan, but you are probably pretty close to right, aff.

Unfortunately the weather here has heated up a lot in the last couple of days. I was out at some sites on Tuesday and commented that it felt like July in ND. There was low humidity a light northern breeze and low 80's. Today the high is 90 and humidity is going up. Still, it isn't the oppressive heat that we get here in July and August. Go Sioux !!

Dumas to play basketball for Fighting Sioux

Canad has a photo gallery of the new hotel. Lots of images. View Images in: Canad Inns Grand Forks Looks very upscale.