jhwentworth

pathfinder, on 07 May 2012 - 02:58 PM, said:

Well, yeah, you can move certain kinds of fish. The state has defined exactly what species of fish qualify as baitfish, and there is a a daily 2-quart limit with no closed season. You are not allowed to release those living baitfish into a public water, but you are allowed to take them for your personal use. You do need a fishing license. I just wouldn't go too deep into exactly what my personal use would be. A lot of people trap shiners in late summer and store them until ice fishing season. If a trout were to eat a baitfish while they were in storage in a private water that might be something for F&G to take up with the trout.

Oldtimer, on 28 April 2012 - 10:49 AM, said:

The story in the Colebrook paper said the new owners would "tear down 400,000-square-feet of the hotel, which includes the biomass plant and the former Tillotson Rubber
factory, plus the Wind Whistle house. Approximately 80,000-square-feet of new additions plus a new parking area will then be constructed."

Camp Wind Whistle was a recreation facility for kids. The biomass plant was a huge wood-fired boiler system that provided steam to the hotel and the factory.

Here's an interesting piece on the history of the Balsams that focuses on the winter operations that started in 1966. It was a summer-only operation for most of its life, but by the 1950's the clientele was either "newly wed or nearly dead" (love that description), and they needed new business.

Note that in this 1993 story from Yankee magazine the author talks about downhill and cross-country skiing, but no mention of snowmobiles. I can testify as to the quality, and quantity, of the food served there. The rooms were adequate.

http://outtakes.us/h...ki/balsams.html

I just don't understand the interest in the fate of the Balsams. The property is about 7500 acres, and Coos county is 1,152,000 acres. I suspect that snowmobiling would continue with or without the Balsam trails. There will be electric transmission lines through the property, and wind turbines to generate electricity, just as there are throughout the area. The north country is changing. The key is what happens to the old paper company lands.

Interesting story on insider sales of Apple stock from CNNMoney. Jeff Williams is the #2 guy at Apple, with the title of manager of operations. The current CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, had that position previously, and Williams is rumored to be Cooks successor.

Maybe Williams just needs the money, or maybe he thinks Apple is priced to perfection and it's time to take some money off the table. For whatever reason he did it, over the past year he sold $21 million in stock and bought none.



$2.4M of AAPL sold by Jeffrey Williams
April 17, 2012: 05:26 PM ET
CUPERTINO, CA — Jeffrey Williams sold 4,073 shares of Apple Inc stock, or $2,401,433 worth, as noted in an SEC Filing today. As reported in the filing, the transactions occurred on April 16, 2012.
After the transaction, Jeffrey Williams's stake was reported as 276 shares of Apple Inc stock. In addition, Jeffrey Williams performed several other transactions, including using transaction codes 'M' (exercise, usually of options). Jeffrey Williams's title was listed as "Senior Vice President" at Apple Inc within the filing.

As noted on April 17, 2012, Jeffrey Williams's sale was done directly over 10 transactions on April 16, 2012. The share price ranged from $584.98 to $610.09 according to the regulatory filing detailing the transactions.
If we look over the past 12 months, Jeffrey Williams has sold a total of 54,275 shares of Apple Inc, proceeds from the sale totaled $21,412,825. Over the same time period, Jeffrey Williams has purchased no shares of Apple Inc stock. Jeffrey Williams has also performed other transactions including grants or awards , payment of tax liabilites , and exercise of options .
Let's take a quick, high-level look at insider trading at Apple Inc over the past 12 months. A total of 478,469 shares of Apple Inc stock was sold by insiders, totaling $243,788,820. Over the same time 12 month time period, 2,670 shares of Apple Inc, for a total value of $1,000,973 were purchased by company insiders.