text:
8 Jul 13
What Makes A Good Massage Therapist?
The benefits of a therapeutic massage are directly related to the professionalism, skills and training of your massage therapist. Relaxation, comfort and a sense of security are requirements, so take the time to find a practitioner who offers a welcoming, tranquil and clean environment. This is the starting point to create an optimum therapeutic experience.
Getting the most out of your massage therapy experience requires a bit of research to ensure that you are getting the best possible service for your requirements. There are several factors to consider when choosing a massage therapist, and the following notes will help guide your selection:
- Environment:
A massage therapy clinic should always be impeccably clean, with fresh laundered towels and linens – no exceptions! The atmosphere should be professional, but offer a relaxing and soothing environment that puts you at ease.
- Respect for client:
Your massage therapist should create an environment that shows respects for your privacy and well-being. This includes the privacy of your personal information and records, as well as your physical needs for privacy during a massage. By definition, massage is 'hands on' and professional massage therapists are carefully trained in protocols which maximize your sense of privacy during treatment. Demonstrating respect for your privacy is an important step in building a trusting relationship which, in turn, will help you to gain the most benefit from your treatment.
- Education:
A professional massage therapist does not simply become one overnight! A rigorous course of study, along with ample practical experience provides a therapist with the skills and knowledge to understand the human body and how massage can best serve his or her clients.
- Communication:
Throughout a busy day, a massage therapist can tend to many clients with diverse requests and needs. A good therapist will take the time to listen to their clients and ensure they clearly understand each individual's requirements. This helps the therapist to make certain that the time spent with a client provides the maximum benefit for the client. Your therapist should listen to your concerns, requests and feedback, and make notes in your chart to keep a record of your specific needs.
- Understanding:
Once someone becomes a regular client, a good massage therapist will understand each client's condition and provide continuity in treatment. Your therapist should check in with you at the start of every session to learn how you are feeling that day, and if there have been any changes to your health that they should be aware of.
- Awareness:
A professional massage therapist understands that complete focus on the client during the treatment session is mandatory. Conversation will be limited to aspects of the treatment, such as requests for feedback on pressure points or your comfort level. Don't feel that you need to carry on a conversation with your massage therapist: they are focused on providing your treatment, and this is perfect time for you to let your mind have a bit of a rest too!


text:
Day 20 - Social
Have you ever seen a magic trick? Whether sophisticated with lights and smoke or simple sleight of hand— it's an act that leaves your mouth open with awe and your mind pricked with enchantment. It's the reaction we have when we observe something truly extraordinary.
When I was about 13 years old, my family and I were spending a vacation in St. Augustine, Florida. My family frequents this beautiful city quite often and this time we were in old town treating ourselves to the classiest of breakfasts… Denny's. My memory of that particular vacation comes with fuzzy edges but one interaction that day in a diner comes clear as glass to my consciousness.
We had recently been seated and were perusing our choices amongst "Grand Slams" and "Moon's Over My Hammy" (my sister's favorite) when our waitress approached. She was an ordinary woman, nice-enough in appearance, likely aged in her mid to late 30's. A majority of us rattled off our orders without much attention to her, beyond the typical niceties you exchange with your waitress.
After completing our order, my dad did something he frequently does (which often embarrassed my three teenage siblings and me). He started engaging the waitress in conversation. All I could think about from my self-absorbed teenage perspective was the delay in my pancakes. Yet, clearly my father paid no mind as he smiled at her somewhat surprised look by the expression of personal interest. He started with something simple, "How long have you worked here?" and "Do you enjoy it?" As appreciation for individual recognition began to spread across her countenance, they (my mom, dad and this woman) began discussing deeper matters of life.
I stared on from my seat near the end of the table with incredulous curiosity. The waitress was a single mother and she had recently moved to St. Augustine with her daughter. Her daughter was Deaf and they'd moved to the area so she could attend the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. As she talked about her daughter, her love and dedication was palpable. This was further evidenced by the fact that she took a job at Denny's in order to provide the best education possible for her daughter.
Our meal progressed but every time she returned, my father inquired more about her life. At one point I actually remember them discussing religion. Was my dad really talking about God with a stranger in a breakfast chain? Yes, he was. Although, she wasn't a stranger anymore. Now she was Tracy. She was an individual. A person with family, responsibilities and beliefs. When my father left that day, I happened to glance down and see the tip he wrote on the check. Math was always my worst subject but it wasn't hard to tell the amount was far beyond that of our six meals.
My dad saw my stare and smiled at me. He put his arm around me and started talking about Tracy, her daughter who was Deaf and the amazing opportunities she would have at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. My mind was still processing all that I'd observed while he steered me towards our car. My dad didn't explain or broadcast, he just smiled in a way that seemed to say, "We all need a little kindness sometimes." One of the last things I remember him saying to me as we left the parking lot was, "Wouldn't it be great if one day you could help the Deaf?"
Kindness. I'd seen it modeled and discussed countless times growing up. Yet, this moment struck me and left its mark on the impressionable youth I was. What my father prized more than his vacation, breakfast, time or money… was people. It left me wide-eyed and open mouthed as though I'd just observed a magician pulling a rabbit from a black hat.
And just like all great magic, it planted a seed of intrigue in my heart. "Wouldn't it be great if one day you could help the Deaf?"
Eleven years later, I became an audiologist.
Daily Challenge
We all need a little kindness sometimes. The remarkable thing about when we extend this magical act of humanity is that it often comes back to us like a boomerang, benefitting our life more than we ever could imagine when releasing it. Watch this five minute clip, Kindness Boomerang, to see the remarkable ripple effect that can follow one simple act. Afterwards, pick one way you will show kindness today. If you're seeking inspiration, check out the following 101 easy ideas for random acts of kindness. Go ahead, throw it out there— then let the magic happen as it all comes back to you.
To get these posts by email, subscribe here:
[gravityform id="2" name="Subscribe" title="false" description="false"]
[jbox title="About the Author:" border="5" radius="15"] Megan is a Doctor of Audiology, Certified Holistic Nutritionist, wife, yoga-lover and ever-evolving health aspirer. Having transformed her own health, she's eager to help you transform yours. She believes in power in its purest form: FOOD. Whole foods, to be precise. So pick up a fork and join her in a revolution of habits, health and happiness. A WHOLE new life awaits! Read more about her reformation of health and wellness at My Whole Food Habit.[/jbox]

subset: commoncrawl


text:
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris Bueller
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris Bueller
Appreciate the little things that we often take for granted.
Calling all volunteers! Palista na po tayo
Handa na ba kayong mag Hakab Na?! Ang ating ikalimang Hakab Na Olongapo ay malapit na!
Breastfeeding Pinays Olongapo in partnership with SM City Downtown Olongapo will be gathering once again breastfeeding mothers and their families from Olongapo, Zambales and Bataan to breastfeed simultaneously with mothers all over the world in celebration of the World Breastfeeding Week and National Breastfeeding Month in August. Please mark your calendars on August 18, 2019 Sunday 9am - 3pm and see you at SM City Olongapo!
UMA NATON Joined & Supported
The Successful Arbor Day Celebration
with Ecology Center, SBMA
Arbor Day is a special day that is set aside throughout the world to raise awareness of trees and the important role that they play in our environment. Pastor Ramil Tuazon, UMA NATON's lecturer discussed the importance of organic farming: an earth-friendly concept; the vital benefits as preservation of soil's organic composition; and reducing the risks of human, animal, and environmental exposure to toxic materials.
To schedule free lecture on Cellular Nutrition, Nutrient Deficiency & Solution, Health Coaching, Local Herbs & Uses, or Organic/Natural Farming - send us message anytime!
To the lovely couple, thanks for your generous sponsorship! You are an example to us, esteeming others more than yourself, and putting other priorities ahead of your own ❤❤❤
"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around." —Willie Nelson
Are you a grateful person? Thankful for the good things, big and small, in your life?
We become people who are kinder when we refuse to forget every person is one of a kind.
Some think LOVE is in short supply but that's not true and I'll tell you why:
Share LOVE and you will find this:
The more you LOVE, the more there is.
IROG (Isabelita Rosueta Organization) is a non-profit organization based in Subic Bay, Philippines that aims to bring hope to the community by
fostering goodwill and cooperation through scholarship grants, educational activities, livelihood programs, and community-oriented projects.


text:
Over the years after working with so many mamas and of course my own children I have come across many products and ideas; some have worked wonders and some not. I would love to share my thoughts about my favorite things that I used and recommend!
Pregnancy Support Band: As your baby bump grows you will start to feel pressure on your pelvis. One great way to help ease the discomfort is a support band. This provides support under your belly. My favorite brand is www.babybellyband.com.
Chiropractic Care: I highly recommend chiropractic care throughout pregnancy. It helps so much with alignment which can easily be thrown off in pregnancy. Good positioning of your baby is helpful for labor and birth. Regular chiropractic care is proven to help shorten labor and pushing. Dr. Amber Moravec with Naturally Aligned works right out of Health Foundations Birth Center. Of course I love her! She specializes in pregnancy and newborns.
Birth Plan Flexibility: I am a big fan of birth plans. I do like to think more of it a birth preferences. The thing about labor and birth is that it is different for everyone. There are guidelines of what a "text book birth" looks like which is great but everyone IS different. Things come up; things change. Try and keep an open mind and remain flexible for change.
Double Electric Pump: Whether you are a working mama or not, having a pump is essential. Even if you are not working you will want to pump and introduce a bottle for times you are away. If you are going back to work you will want a good pump that is easy to transport. Check out our class PumpTalk 101; it is very helpful for coming up with a plan on introducing pumping. There are many good brands out there but I prefer Medela or Spectra.
Hands-Free Pumping Bra: Along with a good pump, get a hands-free pumping bra! That way you can do other things like work on a computer or read a book. Try the Easy Expression Bustier.
Medela Hydrogel Pads: Even with a great latch your nipples will be tender the first few days. The Medela Tender Care Hydrogel Pads are heavenly. They are re-usable and help soothe your nipples. If you have cracked or bleeding nipples please reach out to lactation consultant right away.
Bottle-warmer: Bottle warmers are a huge time saver. You never want to use a microwave to heat breastmilk or formula; it kills the nutrients and heats it unevenly. You can heat by placing in warm water but that takes a long time. The bottle warm is quick and heats the milk evenly.
Nursing Tank: Nursing bras are great but nursing tanks are all you need in the first couple of weeks. They are easy and low-maintenance. Bravado has a great one; it is loose and comfortable during postpartum. You will find yourself living in it.
Woombie: I am a big fan of swaddling. When your baby was in-utero they were cozy and warm and didn't have a lot of space to move around. Think of swaddling as mimicking that space outside of the womb. It can be very calming for them and help promote good, restful sleep. I like the woombie because it is very easy to use and the shape of it is comfy for your babe. Swaddling should end by 2.5 months because of the possibility of rolling over.
Pacifier vs Fingers: Pacifiers in my opinion are awesome. Babies love to suck for comfort, it is very soothing. If you are breastfeeding you may find yourself constantly comfort nursing and it can be overwhelming. Pacifiers can help soothe your baby when cranky or tired. It can also help extend sleep. Sometimes parents are afraid of using one and will use their pinky finger to soothe. The problem is, your finger is attached to you! I remember hearing a mom say, "why don't they make fake fingers for babies?!" One popular brand is Avent Soothees.
Stroller with Click-In Carseat: Even if you love wearing your baby, a stroller is essential! Find one that works with your infant carseat. That way if your baby is sleeping you do not have to disturb them. Until your baby is sitting up strollers can be awkward and not very supportive to your baby's head and neck.


text:
Another great read by J.T. Ellison with 'Lie To Me' — my book review is below…
Why This Book
I selected Lie to Me by J.T. Ellison, when it was available on NetGalley about 3 months ago, after enjoying a prior book by this author. I'm glad I did as it was very engaging and twisty. I chose it this weekend because I am trying to get to a '0' count on NetGalley TBR books and other ARCs so that I can start 2018 with a clean and fresh slate to choose new reads.
Approach & Style
I read this ~400 page book on my iPad through Kindle Reader over ~5 hours in one day. It is written in third-person POV from a few different character perspectives, including the killer, the husband and the wife. It switches back and forth a few times, but is usually clear and clean when it does.
Plot, Characters & Setting
Ethan and Sutton, both authors jealous of each other's work, have been married for a few years despite fighting a lot. They lost a baby a few years ago and there might have been an affair or two, it's unclear at first. Sutton leaves a note that she needs space and no one should look for her outside their Tennessee hometown; Ethan thinks there is foul play and begins to check with her friends and family. Eventually, he loops in the cops and a full investigation opens. It's difficult to provide anymore details without giving away the plot, but there are tons of twists involving bloggers, reviewers, friends, family and murders in another country. Nothing is as it seems and you never quite know who to trust.
The cast of characters is varied and diverse. You get a sense of love and hatred from almost all of them. The sub-plots are nicely woven into the overall story. The drama and suspense are at a good level — not too over-the-top, not too weak. The writing style is strong and inviting.
The two main characters aren't very likable. They both seem to treat each other poorly, which makes readers uncertain about rooting for them. Ultimately, the he said / she said dilemma leaves you thinking at the end that there are a few too many open-ended situations. While some intensity and far-out plot points are necessary to keep the thrills high, there are a few pieces that either fell too short or went a bit too far for me. Not enough to have a problem with the work, but enough to hold it back from being a true stellar read. Overall, it's a typical twisty thrill ride, but because of solid writing and good characters, I'd recommend it to others as a good read.
Author & Other Similar Books
It's very similar to Gone Girl. VERY similar.
Questions & Final Thoughts
I like these types of books. I turn the pages quickly. I get invested. I like the balance between reality and chaos. The author is a good writer. It's a definite recommend from me for a quick weekend read, but it's not the "oh my god you have to read this book" type of situation.
About Me
For those new to me or my reviews… here's the scoop: I'm Jay, an author who lives in NYC. My debut novel, Watching Glass Shatter, can be purchased on Amazon. I write A LOT. I read A LOT. And now I blog A LOT. First the book review goes on Goodreads, and then I send it on over to my WordPress blog at https://thisismytruthnow.com, where you'll find the revealing and introspective 365 Daily Challenge – words and humor. You can also find all my social media profiles to get the details on the who/what/when/where and my pictures. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. Thanks for stopping by. Note: All written content is my original creation and copyrighted to me, but the graphics and images were linked from other sites and belong to them. Many thanks to their original creators.


text:
As we've documented previously on this blog, the penalties for a first-time DUI conviction in the state of Colorado are notably harsh, with the goal of deterring motorists from becoming repeat offenders. While the hope is that people learn their lesson the first time and make smarter decisions before getting behind the wheel of a vehicle, the reality is that some individuals get caught drunk driving more than once.
With this in mind, here's a look at some of the penalties you may face
if you're convicted of DUI for the second time in Colorado:
• 48 to 120 hours of community service
• A fine ranging from $600 to $1,500
• A jail term ranging from 10 days to one year
• A license revocation of one year
• A requirement to complete an alcohol education program
• The possible installation of an ignition interlock device in your vehicle
• Up to four years of probation.
In addition to these penalties, there are a number of hidden consequences associated with a DUI conviction that people don't even think about until it's too late. For example, you could lose your job, decrease your chances of furthering your career and even incur higher costs on your life insurance policy.
If you've been charged with DUI, it's imperative that you secure expert legal representation as early on in the legal process as possible. With the help of an experienced Denver DUI attorney from The Orr Law Firm, you'll have the resources you need to mount an effective defense and move forward with your life.


text:
LOS ANGELES, May 21 (UPI) -- Why do they hate us? Celebrity publicists may be asking themselves this now that two new movies feature these characters as sleazy anti-heros.
In "People I Know," Al Pacino plays a sad-sack press agent who's wasted his education and, in fact, his whole life. In "Phone Booth," Colin Farrell is a hustling P.R. guy so obnoxious that a perfect stranger wants to kill him.
Press agents have always suffered from bad press, though. I came across a little news item recently reporting that 25 percent of publicists admitted they sometimes lie to journalists. So do the other 75 percent always tell the truth? Or are they lying when they say they don't lie?
This is like one of those maddening logic problems about gates guarded by people who either always lie or always tell the truth. Behind one of the gates is a pot of gold or something, but the others lead to the depths of hell.
So let's imagine three gates guarded by celebrity publicists. Behind one lies "access" -- as we say in the trade -- to the celebrity, which means (at least in theory) quick, easy money.
But behind the others lie ... well, let's look at some real-life examples from my files of writer-publicist war stories.
Open Gate No. 1 and here's Bruce Bibby (a.k.a. E! gossip Ted Casablanca) who once had an interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger cut short when a bodyguard pushed Bibby up against an outdoor heating lamp and ordered him to get out.
Bibby's crime? Asking Schwarzenegger, a well-known Republican, how the actor's bloody shoot-'em-up films jibed with Republican criticism about Hollywood's mindless on-screen violence. Bibby quickly found himself blackballed from all press screenings organized by PMK, the P.R. firm representing Schwarzenegger.
Open Gate No. 2 and here's veteran celebrity interviewer Michael Gross, getting yanked off a Tatum O'Neal story for a British magazine because the publicist had vetoed Gross as the writer.
"It all clarified when some big account executive in Hollywood told me there was a list (of possibly difficult writers) and I'm on it," Gross told me.
Open Gate No. 3 and here's the one-out-of-four publicists who admits he doesn't always tell the truth.
"No one wants to say, 'I can't get hold of him, he's on the set, unless you want to stall," a publicist I know explained to me. "So sometimes it's easier to just say no."
Although he'd agreed to a lovely lunch at Pinot Hollywood (my treat), this publicist wouldn't allow me to name him or even to get any closer.
"You know, earlier in my career a journalist wanted to follow me around and do a story," he told me. "I said, 'It's like making sausage; you really don't want to see.'"
But in a media landscape where a famous face can magically transform newsstand browsers into newsstand buyers, is it any wonder the celebrity publicist is king?
I've never been in the inner circle of celebrity puffery, but I have done one or two of these perky profiles per year for almost two decades. Usually, my dealings with the publicists involved have been pleasant and unremarkable. But sometimes there are inexplicable displays of one-upmanship.
That's because the world-unto-itself of personal publicists can be confusing and perilous. One widely reported flap, still vividly recalled by celebrity profilers, happened a few years ago when Lynn Hirschberg lost her contract with Vanity Fair after writing a (positive) cover story on Jerry Seinfeld.
For some mysterious reason, Seinfeld's publicist at the time, Lori Jonas, faxed Vanity Fair what the magazine took as evidence that Hirschberg had shown Seinfeld the article before publication.
After that fracas, I remembered a dust-up I'd had with Lori Jonas after I'd interviewed her client for USA Weekend, an innocuous piece about Seinfeld's views on dating and hanging out in coffee shops.
Seinfeld had roared off in one of his vintage Porsches when the interview was over but Jonas and I stood around at the Farmer's Market at 3rd and Fairfax for about 20 minutes, chatting pleasantly about this and that.
So when Woman's World later bought second rights to the story, and I called Jonas to let her know and to do some extra fact-checking, I thought she'd at least begin the conversation with a friendly greeting.
Instead, there was a stony silence of several moments. "Uh, Lori?" I finally ventured. "Are you there?"
More silence. Finally she announced sulkily: "I don't WANT Jerry in Woman's World."
Now admittedly, even in the world of housewife magazines, Woman's World isn't exactly aimed at the intelligentsia. It's not even one of the Seven Sisters; it's more like the ugly stepsister, the one who lives in a trailer park and spends every spare dime on collectible dolls from Franklin Mint and who the rest of the family doesn't really want to talk about.
Woman's World tends to have budget-saving tips like "not supersizing your fast food meal." A typical coverline: "I Lost 73 Pounds and Fit Into My Wedding Dress!"
Still, it may not be pretty, but it's America, and when you get down to it these readers are the people who stand in line for movie tickets and boost TV ratings.
Besides, how much classier, really, is USA Weekend, with its own telltale collectible doll ads? I hadn't pretended my original assignment to interview Seinfeld had been from GQ. Why was his publicist?
Perhaps because one of the delicate tasks of a P.R. person's job is balancing the ego needs of clients -- who like to be in magazines they and their friends read - with the tacky reality of the mass market.
In one infamous incident a few years ago, Pat Kingsley, doyenne of the Hollywood uber-publicity machine PMK, asked freelancers to sign agreements promising not to sell their round-robin Tom Cruise interviews to any publication other than the one they were representing at the studio-sponsored media junket.
But that sort of strong-arming actually hasn't become par for the course, or we wouldn't still be seeing that staple of glossy magazines, the celebrity round-up.
These quick bursts of chatter are as popular than ever, because (a) they lend themselves to catchy coverlines ("Gwyneth Paltrow on her First Love!") that sell the magazine, and (b) they cater to that current magazine obsession: readers with the attention spans of gnats.
The way round-ups are produced now is something of an object lesson in how times have changed. In the old days, the publicist cooperated with the publication doing the round-up, then basked in the warm glow of a successful plant. Now these pieces normally have to be done under the publicist's radar.
The frustrating thing is when the publicity can't be anything but positive anyway.
"It would have been easier, and less painful, to put my head in a vise and crank," said Hollywood Reporter columnist Ray Richmond about his celebrity round-up book, "My Greatest Day In Show Business."
So then how do these celebrity round-up features - still a staple of puffy magazines - get produced?
Well, normally, the A-list (or B-list, or even C-list) stars whose mugshots you see adorning those pages of blurby quotes didn't exactly mean to participate in the story. Typically what happened was some junketeer got in officially as the representative of one publication, but came armed with a year's worth of questions for future round-up assignments from others.
And a celebrity stuck at a junket all day answering silly questions anyway is usually happy enough (or maybe just comatose enough) to answer another one about, say, keeping fit.
But even the bland and friendly round-up can bring on the wrath now of P.R. micromanagers, who object not to the story per se but that it was done out of their range of vision.
"We've had a couple of publicists call up and say, 'How did YOU get THIS?" an editor of a teen magazine told me.
Ray Richmond managed to get about 80 anecdotes from stars like Chris Rock, Melissa Joan Hart, Penn & Teller, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Priscilla Presley and Jack Lemmon for his book.
My favorite was from Victoria Principal, who told Richmond her Greatest Day in Show Business came early in her career, when she got a personal phone call from the late director John Huston telling her she'd been cast in "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean."
"I let out this blood-curdling scream of unbelievable joy and surprise and hung up the phone on him," as Principal tells it in the book.
First Huston, and then Principal's agent, tried to call her back and became worried when no one picked up the phone.
So finally, the agent drove over to Principal's house, knocked on the door, and broke a window to get in when no one answered. He found his young client standing in the bathroom staring into the mirror.
"I explained that I'd never been better," Principal recalled. But that phone call had been the most important moment of her life so far. And, well, her first thought was to run to the mirror to see if this life-changing event made her actually LOOK changed.
So there she was, standing in the bathroom staring at herself "waiting for the physical change to occur."
I'd say this example of what can happen when a celebrity opens her mouth -- unsupervised! -- on the record goes a long way to explain why publicists work so hard trying to keep their clients' mouths shut.


text:
A blog about the art of writing and the writing business. Writing for the soul and writing to be paid.
Monday, September 19, 2005
My Blog Crush is...
This was hard.
I thought about it probably more than I should have, but it was interesting to me.
I started looking at the blogs I visit almost daily, the ones I enjoy so much and saw how in a way I have a crush on each of them:
While I have four new crushes, Eric, Lance, Jennifer, and Yzabel, I'm still just getting to know them.
11 Crushes
- No one touches me like Patry and Carter do.
- No one makes me laugh like Josh and Pat do.
- Then there is the wisdom of Jean and the ever smart Gina.
- There is the sci-fi crowd of Lee and Cavan who also introduce me to the latest trends in the book business.
- Speaking of latest book trends, Georganna is a fountain full.
- And Trée is so cool that I was afraid to comment on his blog for a while.
- Yet, in order to be the writer I want to be, I would like to be able to write like easywriter. Easywriter's descriptive language is one of the finest I've seen. It is literary in the true sense of the word. It is poetry in prose. In fact, I had to stop commenting on her blog because I was embarrassing myself.
My crush on easywriter isn't new. I've already written about easywriter in an earlier post.
So there you go, my 11 blog crushes.
Categories: blogging, misc
20 comments:
Melly, I am honoured and touched by this. Thank you.
- 19 September, 2005 19:51
- Jennifer said...
Ahhh Thank you :) I feel loved and special!
- 19 September, 2005 21:14
- Melly said...
- 19 September, 2005 22:21
- elcapitanhink said...
Oye! How did I miss such a wonderful compliment until now? I'm usually so good at sniffing them out.
Enough though! I'm verklempt over here. Thanks for the nod, Melly, I'm glad I make someone (besides myself) laugh on occasion.
If you really like the yucks, hang on: I'm moving to Texas at the beginning of 2006, and thus I am guaranteed plenty of mocking southerner, mocking self, mocking everything material. Should be a riot.
If I can manage to stay sane. ;)
- 19 September, 2005 22:46
- Cavan said...
Score! I have a crush on my blog, too (although I'm having an affair with my hit counter, but ssshh!)
- 19 September, 2005 22:59
- Melly said...
Josh, I can't wait.
LOL Cavan. Me too, only I have 2(!) counters.
- 19 September, 2005 23:28
- elcapitanhink said...
Counter schmounter. I am a member of a 2-entity cult: My awstats/bbclone/ package and me. Nothing like knowing what particular build a visitor's browser is. ;)
- 20 September, 2005 02:50
- Melly said...
Josh, lucky you. Unfortunately I don't have a server and all. Have to rely on those free stat services.
- 20 September, 2005 10:03
- Pat Kirby said...
Well, heck, thanks again.
For what it's worth, I really enjoy your blog even though you're a nice blogger.
Splat. Back-handed compliment.
Seriously. I'm-A-Bitch. So I gravitate toward bitchy, rude and opinionated. So your blog joins the ranks of the very few "nice" and coincidently interesting bloggers in my bookmarks*.
(*Too lazy to figure out blogrolling or RSS.)
- 20 September, 2005 14:04
- Melly said...
It's worth a lot, Pat.
And I can give you many more compliments but I won't because I know how uncomfortable it makes you feel.
It's okay. You never ever have to thank me. I know how hard it is for you.
(Right now, I'm very happy with my little snarky remark - yey).
Of course, I had to resist the urge to put 5 smileys after it.
- 20 September, 2005 14:44
- Yzabel said...
Thank you for including my little corner of a blog in your post, even if not in the direct list of crushes ;)
Come to think of it, I haven't made my own list yet... I need to settle myself to it someday, I suppose!
- 20 September, 2005 15:41
- Melly said...
Oh, Yzabel, I do totally have a bloggy crush on you, just wanted to see if it would last and grow into lurve ;)
- 20 September, 2005 20:52
- Patry Francis said...
Add me to the touched and honored list. Thanks, Melly!
- 21 September, 2005 10:28
- Melly said...
- 21 September, 2005 11:42
- Trée said...
Melly, your post has brought a smile to my face tonight. Thanks. Now, how do I live up to "cool." ;-)
- 21 September, 2005 22:07
- Melly said...
With this picture, tree, how do you not???
- 21 September, 2005 23:42
- Gina said...
thanks melly! I'm usually here everyday also so back at ya!
- 22 September, 2005 13:05
- Melly said...
Thanks Gina :) :) :)
- 22 September, 2005 15:48
- Shirazi said...
Good crushes. Liked them all.
- 23 September, 2005 03:47
- Melly said...
Yeah :)
Me too :)
- 23 September, 2005 09:09


text:
Inside caption reads:
"The classification "Working Breed"
Needs to allow for a little wiggle room." -The Tao of Teensy, the Dog.
(Text on back of card reads:) "Sniff Twice. Bite Once."
Teensy, a roly-poly beagle has a little sister named Tyler who loves to chew on plier handles and the wooden part of hammers. She also knows that construction workers always leave behind yummy bits of their lunches. Needless to say, wherever there is building going on, you'll find Tyler rootin' around the garbage piles.


text:
Today we kick off our magic moments series. What's a magic moment you ask? Well, we aren't going to go there…we'll leave that your wild imaginations. Whoa, calm down.
At Prescribe Nutrition we call a magic moment the instant you realize a food is more than just a food. The moment when you find out that brazil nuts are packed with selenium and can actually serve as 'medicine' for your thyroid. Ok, so I ruined that magic moment. It was mine a few years back. But have you had it? Did a little choir start to play in the background? And beautiful twinkly lights appear? And perhaps you realized that the nut you may have dug around and avoided in the nut mix might have, in fact, been the most powerful of them all..? That now when you see a brazil nut you may just take out anyone in the way of getting between you that precious selenium? Btw, we support that.
Well that's a magic moment, and a couple times a month we are going to deliver more of those. You'll have to cue the music and lights, but get ready as we drop the nutrition bombs that will hopefully change you're way of looking at… PARSLEY & CILANTRO. Yep, today is the day that those wacky little greens are getting the credit they much deserve.
Let's break it down. This will blow your doors off.
Parsley brings you these benefits. No joke.
- Anti-cancer
- Antioxidants
- Anti-inflammatory
- Healthy immune system
- A healthy heart
- Vitamin K
Want more?
- Kills bacteria. Take that you bugs.
- Vitamin C absorbs iron better. Um… thank you.
- Prevents bad breath. Lets talk close.
- Purifies the blood and dissolves cholesterol. I love purified blood.
- Eases diarrhea. Bet you didn't know that.
- Helps to eliminate excess water from your system (weight loss). Oh hey…
- Helps to regulate menstruation cycles. Ladies!
- Balances hormones. And… gentlemen.
How about it's cousin, cilantro. Heads up, you're gonna fall in love. I'm not even going to comment on these, they speak for themselves. And, I think you'd get annoyed with my bits. Essentially cilantro is a show off.
- Powerful anti-inflammatory capacities that may help symptoms of arthritis
- Contains protective agents against bacterial infection from Salmonella in food products
- Acts to increase HDL cholesterol (the good kind), and reduces LDL cholesterol (the bad kind)
- Relieves gas, prevents flatulence and acts as an overall digestive aid
- Wards off urinary tract infections
- Helps reduce feelings of nausea
- Eases hormonal mood swings associated with menstruation
- Has been shown to reduce menstrual cramping.
- Adds fiber to the digestive tract
- A source of iron, magnesium, and is helpful in fighting anemia
- Gives relief for diarrhea, especially if caused by microbial or fungal infections
- Helps promote healthy liver function.
- Reduces minor swelling
- Strong general antioxidant properties
- Disinfects and helps detoxify the body
- Stimulates the endocrine glands
- Helps with insulin secretion and lowers blood sugar
- Acts as a natural anti-septic and anti-fungal agent for skin disorders like fungal infections and eczema
- Contains immune-boosting properties
- Acts as an expectorant
- Helps ease conjunctivitis, as well as eye-aging, macular degeneration, and other stressors on the eyes.
Next time you think about skipping the parsley or cilantro, well, don't you dare. It needs you and you need it.


text:
2400 Glenna Goodacre Suite 106C
Lubbock TX, 79401
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
Salon Sculpt is premier, top quality salon located in the thriving Overton Park District right across from Texas Tech University. We are a well-established business in the Lubbock area known for our devotion to our clients as well as our ability to keep with the latest trends in the hair industry. We take pride in our quality work and customer satisfaction. Salon Sculpt offers a full range of hair services as well as waxing and makeup. Our mission is to personalize every appointment in order to fully and completely cater to each client that walks through our door. Come see us today and receive the attention, courtesy and professional service you deserve.
We are a dynamic, talented team of 12 stylists, most with 5+ years experience, and are always interested in visiting with those in the industry who share the same passion.


text:
PIANZEA Advisory Group
The PIANZEA Advisory Group (PAG) is an advisory body for the Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand Electoral Administrators (PIANZEA) Network. The advisory group provides strategic direction and oversight for the Network activities including approving work plans and activities and deciding on major Network initiatives. Members from the PAG represent each PIANZEA region including Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Australia and New Zealand.
The current members of PAG are: Fiji – representing Melanesia, Kiribati – representing Micronesia, Tuvalu – representing Polynesia, The Australian Electoral Commission – representing Australia and the New Zealand Electoral Commission – representing New Zealand.
Representatives at the last PAG meeting in Canberra, Australia in March 2017. From left to right: Ms Takiakia Beneteti (Kiribati Ministry of Affairs), Mr Mohammed Saneem (Fijian Elections Office), Ms Alicia Wright (New Zealand Electoral Commission), Mr Tom Rogers (Australian Electoral Commission), Ms Maseiga Ionatana (Office of the Prime Minister Tuvalu).


text:
Reuters reported Wednesday that an Egyptian prosecutor ordered the arrest of two leading activists for inciting protests.
According to the report, the prosecution has ordered the arrests of Ahmed Maher, the leader of the April 6 youth movement, and Alaa Abdel Fattah, due to their involvement in protests, considered illegal under the new law, outside of parliament on Tuesday.
Twenty-four other activists were detained on Tuesday based on allegations of thuggery, attacking public employees, stealing wireless devices, and protesting without permission, according to the report. Their cases are still pending investigation.
The new protest law which restricts protest activity, was passed by the army-backed government on Sunday. Security officials used tear gas and water cannons against the peaceful protestors Tuesday to disperse the "illegal" gathering.
Via SyndiGate.info
© 2000 - 2019 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)


text:
Dallas, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/04/2013 -- Valentines Gifts for Him, a website that offers women an outstanding array of advice on what to get their guy for Valentine's Day, has just launched its easy-to-navigate site.
Created by Kelly Blake, a veteran of the retail gift industry, ValentinesGiftsForHim.net is devoted to providing shoppers with quality tips on buying Valentines gifts for men.
Although the upcoming holiday has traditionally focused on men buying gifts for their wife or girlfriend, most women also want to purchase something special for the important man in their life. Unfortunately, selecting just the right gift can be a confusing and daunting task for many women, many of whom are on a budget.
This is where ValentinesGiftsForHim.net can help; the site not only offers specific advice on gifts for different types of relationships—for example, Valentines Day gifts for husband or Valentines Day gifts for boyfriend—it also features a plethora of tips on what specific presents would be ideal for men, based on their interests.
For example, as Blake advises, if women pay close attention to the desires and hobbies of their special Valentine, it will be easier to select the right gift for their guy.
"The only thing to remember is to consider his personality and likes," Blake wrote in an article on her website, adding that if women keep those two things in mind, shopping for Valentine's Day can be easy and fun.
"The more observant you are, the happier he'll be, especially when he might be expecting the same old thing and you rock his world with the perfect gift that shows you know what he likes and you cared enough to notice."
For men who enjoy golfing, Blake suggests something as small and budget-friendly as monogrammed golf balls or tees up to a more expensive gift like a new set of clubs. If a guy is into gadgets, Blake advises finding a cool new toy that he can use in his job.
Men who like getting out into the great outdoors are sure to appreciate gifts related to hiking, camping and backpacking, Blake said. And for guys who love either playing or watching sports, Blake suggests selecting either an article of clothing that is designed for playing his specific sport, or maybe a certificate to a beer of the month club so he can sample different beverages while watching his favorite team on television.
Shoppers who need help selecting the perfect Valentines gifts for men are welcome to visit Blake's new site at any time; handy category tabs at the top of the page will help women find the specific type of advice they are looking for. For example, shoppers who want to find cheap Valentines Day gifts for him can click on the "Budget" tab to be taken to a page filled with romantic, practical and/or fun gift ideas that will not break the bank.
About Valentines Gifts for Him
ValentinesGiftsForHim.net is a website created by Kelly Blake, a veteran of the retail gift industry. Blake has previous experience working on a number of retail gift websites, most of which have focused on gifts for men. The site is easy to use and offers a wide variety of suggestions and tips on Valentines gifts for men. For more information, please visit http://valentinesgiftsforhim.net


text:
The Kinsley Mountain Gold Project ("Kinsley Mountain" or the "Property") is located in eastern Nevada in Elko County between the towns of Ely and Wendover, Nevada. The Company's Nevada subsidiary has the rights to a mining lease covering 141 unpatented lode mining claims on U.S. Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") land covering an area of approximately 2,807 acres (1,136 ha). Additional staking increased the size of the Property to 513 claims plus 5 leased patents totaling 10,280 acres (4,160 hectares). Kinsley Mountain lies approximately 75 kilometres (45 miles) southeast of the Long Canyon property where the geological and technical team of Liberty Gold Inc. ("Liberty Gold", formerly Pilot Gold Inc.) (TSX:LGD), then part of Fronteer Gold Inc., defined a significant gold resource in what is now recognized as an emerging gold district.
Kinsley Mountain hosts near-surface mineralization similar to other Carlin-style, sediment-hosted gold systems, and hosts a past-producing mine with an extensive exploration database and numerous untested gold targets.
Liberty Gold carried out exploration programs at Kinsley Mountain from 2011 through 2015, and with those expenditures earned a 79.1% interest in the Property, with Nevada Sunrise owning the remaining 20.9% interest. Liberty Gold operates exploration at Kinsley Mountain through a joint venture company.
2019 Drilling Program
Nevada Sunrise and Liberty Gold have approved the 2019 budget for Kinsley Mountain at US$590,000, which includes administrative and holding costs. The 2019 drilling program is planned to consist of approximately 1,600 metres (5,250 feet) of reverse circulation drilling in five to six holes.
Drill holes will target the eastward extension of the Western Flank high-grade sulphide resource that includes 284,000 Indicated ounces at an average grade of 6.04 grams/tonne gold (see gold resource estimate described below).
Two other targets in the Central Kinsley Trend and Racetrack area are also scheduled to be tested.
2018 Drilling Program
The 2018 drilling program began in April 2018 and was budgeted at US$560,000 by the Kinsley Mountain joint venture.
The 2018 program targeted possible extensions of the Western Flank deposit, which was discovered by Liberty Gold in 2014. Subsequent drilling has outlined a sulphide resource estimate, using multiple cut-offs1 of 284,000 Indicated ounces of gold grading 6.04 grams per tonne ("g/t") and 39,000 Inferred ounces grading 2.41 g/t gold (see Nevada Sunrise news release dated November 5, 2015).
1 Cut-off grades assume an open-pit mining scenario, using a pit floor elevation generated using Whittle software, reasonable assumptions for mining and milling costs, and a US$1,300/ounce gold price.
A total of seven reverse circulation holes were started in the 2018 program, with five holes completed and two lost at shallow depths due to voids and fault zones encountered. Total meterage was approximately 1,830 metres (6,005 feet).
Highlights of the 2018 drilling program were as follows:
- PK228 intersected 5.42 g/t gold over 9.1 metres from 275.8 metres to 285.0 metres, including 7.77 g/t gold over 6.1 metres from 277.4 metres to 283.5 metres, at the Secret Canyon-Geddes contact, 50 metres east of 2017 hole PK221, which intersected 5.30 g/t over 29 metres. This new intercept in PK228 represents a significant step out in the Western Flank Zone ("WFZ") east extension exploration. Liberty Gold has recommended follow up in subsequent drill programs.
- PK229 and PK229A were drilled to intersect the Secret Canyon shale beneath the Ridge Pit area. Both of these holes were cut short due to drilling problems related to voids and fault zones in the shallow units. However, these holes did provide valuable data in specific fault zone locations and mineralized breccia zones near the faults. Of note, PK229A returned 1.15 g/t gold over 15.2 metres from 91.4 metres to 106.7 metres, in brecciated Notch Peak and Hamburg Dolomite adjacent to the KNW fault zone. This is very encouraging for follow-up testing of the lower units in this vicinity, as it indicates strong hydrothermal fluid flow during the local mineralization event.
- PK226 was the first hole of the program in the WFZ east extension area, targeted to test a modelled east-west trending zone between the WFZ and the historical PK200/PK215 intercepts about 170 metres east of the WFZ high-grade zone. This hole returned multiple mineralized intercepts, including 1.54 g/t gold over 6.1 metres from 135.6 metres to 141.7 metres in the Dunderberg Shale, and 0.77 g/t gold over 7.6 metres from 249.9 metres to 257.6 metres in the Secret Canyon Shale.
The first hole of the 2018 program, PK225 was drilled into the Anticline Target, an area with no previous drilling, to test the Secret Canyon Shale southeast of the Western Flank Zone and returned a lower-grade interval of 0.45 g/t gold over 1.5 metres in the shallow Notch Peak limestone. Hole PK227 was drilled to test the Secret Canyon-Geddes contact and returned a lower-grade interval in the Dunderberg Shale of 0.55 g/t gold over 6.1 metres from 141.7 metres to 147.8 metres. The last hole of the program, PK230, encountered voids and fault zones, but showed no significant results.
Drill composites were calculated using a minimum cut-off of 0.20 g/t gold. Drill intersections are reported as drilled thicknesses. True widths of the mineralized intervals vary between 30 and 100 percent of the reported lengths due to varying drill hole orientations, but are typically in the range of 60 to 80 percent of true width. Drill samples were assayed by ALS Limited in Reno, Nevada for gold by Fire Assay of a 30 gram (1 assay ton) charge with an AA finish, or if over 5.0 g/t were re-assayed and completed with a gravimetric finish. For these samples, the gravimetric data were utilized in calculating gold intersections. For any samples assaying over 0.200 ppm an additional cyanide leach analysis is done where the sample is treated with a 0.25% NaCN solution and rolled for an hour. An aliquot of the final leach solution is then centrifuged and analyzed by AAS. Metallic screen techniques may be employed where the presence of coarse free gold is suspected. Approximately 1000 grams of coarse reject material are pulverized and screened. Two splits of the fine fraction are assayed, as well as all material that does not pass through the screen (the coarse fraction). The final gold assay reported is a weighted average of the coarse and fine fractions. QA/QC for all drill samples consists of the insertion and continual monitoring of numerous standards and blanks into the sample stream, and the collection of duplicate samples at random intervals within each batch.
John R. Kerr, P. Eng., is the Company's designated Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this disclosure.
2017 Drilling Program
In March 2017, Nevada Sunrise and Pilot Gold approved the 2017 budget for Kinsley Mountain at US$528,000. Four reverse circulation holes totaling approximately 1,400 metres (4,590 feet) were planned in two prospective target areas. Three holes were planned to test the eastern extension of the Western Flank gold deposit. A fourth hole was added to the 2017 program in the eastern extension area.
The fourth hole targeted the southeast part of the project on the eastern flank of the Kinsley range where a surface geochemical anomaly had been identified over promising structures, in an area with sparse shallow drilling and no tests of the Secret Canyon Shale at depth.
Kinsley Mountain 2017 Western Flank Drilling
2017 Drilling Program Results
On July 13, 2017, Nevada Sunrise announced the results from drilling at the Western Flank East Extension Target.
Highlights from the Western Flank East Extension Target include:
• From the Secret Canyon Shale Zone (lower host):
o 5.30 grams/tonne ("g/t") gold over 29.0 metres including 7.84 g/t gold over 16.8 metres in hole PK221
o 3.68 g/t gold over 3.0 metres in hole PK224
• From the Dunderberg Shale Zone (upper host):
o 12.4 g/t gold over 4.6 metres including 35.1 g/t gold over 1.5 m in PK221
o 6.84 g/t gold over 7.6 m including 12.8 g/t gold over 3.0 metres in PK224
The Western Flank East Extension Target is located immediately east of the Western Flank deposit, which was discovered in late 2013.
2016 VTEM Airborne Survey
On December 15, 2016, Nevada Sunrise announced the completion of a helicopter-borne VTEM and magnetic survey over Kinsley Mountain.
The VTEM survey consisted of 854 line kilometres, flown at 200 metre spacing over the northern area of the Property, and at 100 metre line spacing over the southern half, which includes the area where the Western Flank gold discovery was made in 2014. VTEM is known for its ability to detect sulphides at depths exceeding 300 metres, and can assist in defining mineralized trends. Interpretation of the survey will utilize the geophysical signature of the Western Flank Zone to assist in identifying further drill targets. Proposed drilling is primarily focused on the Secret Canyon Shale horizon, a newly-identified host horizon for high grade, Carlin-style gold mineralization lying approximately 200 metres below the historic Kinsley Mountain open pit mine.
2016 Drilling Program
Drill targets were developed by Liberty Gold for the 2016 drilling program using 3-D modeling software, including the integration of new and historical geological, geochemical and geophysical data as detailed below. One drill target southwest of the Kinsley Main historic pit was tested with four reverse circulation holes in 2016. The target contained similar attributes to the Western Flank deposit, including:
• The intersection of the NW-striking Kinsley fault zone with a swarm of NE-striking steep faults
• A broad, deep historical induced polarization chargeability anomaly
• Anomalous pathfinder element geochemistry in surface soil and rock samples
All four of the 2016 drill holes intersected the target Secret Canyon Shale host horizon at the expected depth in the anticipated structural environment. All holes contained areas of moderate to strong jasperoid alteration, clay alteration and strong iron oxide and/or disseminated pyrite alteration, consistent with what is observed in the Western Flank zone. However, only anomalous gold content was encountered.
New Target Areas
Twelve new target areas have been developed for Kinsley Mountain, some of which have been confirmed to be gold-bearing based on compilation by Liberty Gold of historical drill results. The new targets have been developed within the following exploration model:
• The Secret Canyon Shale is interpreted to underlie the entire Project, encompassing over a 20 square kilometre target area.
• Gold is concentrated along NW-striking and NE-striking steep faults, and fault intersections.
• The Secret Canyon Shale has potential to host several zones of high-grade gold mineralization, similar in nature to the Western Flank Zone, and has been tested in 10 locations by widely-spaced holes over an initial 10 square kilometre area, with anomalous gold detected in all holes. Exploration is now focused primarily on this specific stratigraphic interval.
In addition to the Western Flank deposit area, Kinsley Mountain has yielded 4 additional target areas with significant intercepts of greater than 1.0 g/t gold, including:
• Western Flank East Extension: 3.46 g/t gold over 18.3 metres in PK208 (see Nevada Sunrise news release dated June 23, 2015).
• Secret Spot: 1.34 g/t gold over 25.9 metres, 1.09 g/t gold over 13.7 m and 3.02 g/t gold over 6.1 metres in PK153 (see Nevada Sunrise news release dated September 10, 2014).
• Racetrack: 1.25 g/t Au over 10.7 metres in PK180 (see Nevada Sunrise news release dated September 10, 2014).
• Central Kinsley Trend: 1.58 g/t Au over 4.6 metres in historical hole K-425 (Pilot Gold exploration files).
2015 Resource Estimate
On November 5, 2015, Pilot Gold Inc. reported the first independent resource estimate for Kinsley Mountain. The resource estimate defines a significant high-grade zone at the Western Flank along with near-surface oxide ounces. Gold mineralization at Kinsley Mountain hosts sedimentary rock-hosted, similar to that mined in Nevada's Carlin and Cortez trends. The potential for resource expansion is excellent due to widespread alteration, prospective geology and gold at surface, and over 80% of the Property is untested by drilling. All dollar amounts quoted are in US dollars.
The resource estimate for all mineralization types, using multiple cut-offs, is:
Table 1. Kinsley Mountain Mineral Resource Estimates
|oz Au
|g/t Au
|oz Au
|g/t Au
|Cutoff (g/t Au)
|All types
|Secret Canyon Shale sulphide
|Dunderberg Shale sulphide and transitional
Mineralization hosted in the Secret Canyon Shale in the Western Flank zone includes 284,000 Indicated ounces at an average grade of 6.04 g/t gold. At a 3.0 g/t cut-off grade, most of the resource remains, delineating 248,000 Indicated ounces at an average grade of 9.15 g/t gold (see Sensitivity Table below). The grade improves 51%, while the gold content is only reduced by 13%. Metallurgical testing of mineralized material from this zone suggests that it is amenable to production of a flotation concentrate with grades up to 312 g/t gold and recovery of up to 95% using a flowsheet including cyanidation of the tails (see Nevada Sunrise news releases dated January 19, 2015 and July 13, 2015). The metallurgical response indicated by testing to date allows for consideration of lower cut-off grades than might ordinarily be used in modeling Carlin-type sulphide material.
Table 2: Sensitivity Table
|Oxidized Mineralization
|(g Au/t)
|g Au/t
|oz Au
|(g Au/t)
|g Au/t
|oz Au
|Mixed + Unoxidized Mineralization
|(g Au/t)
|g Au/t
|oz Au
|(g Au/t)
|g Au/t
|oz Au
|Secret Canyon Mineralization
|(g Au/t)
|g Au/t
|oz Au
|(g Au/t)
|g Au/t
|oz Au
The resource estimate, effective October 15, 2015, includes three separate cut-off grades, reflecting depth from surface, oxidation, and metallurgical considerations. These include shallow oxidized rock (0.2 g/t Au cut-off); shallow transitional and sulphide mineralization, primarily hosted in the Dunderberg Shale (1.3 g/t Au cut-off), and Secret Canyon Shale-hosted sulphide and transitional mineralization (1.0 g/t Au cut-off). Cut-off grades assume an open-pit mining scenario, using a pit floor elevation generated using Whittle software, reasonable assumptions for mining and milling costs, and a $1,300/ounce gold price.
The Kinsley Mountain resource estimate was completed by Michael Gustin, Ph.D, CPG, of Mine Development Associates, Inc. ("MDA") of Reno, Nevada, an Independent Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") in accordance with the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum ("CIM") Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, adopted by the CIM Council, as amended. Estimation methods are summarized below. Further details of the estimation methods and procedures are available in a NI 43-101 technical report, co-authored and released by MDA, dated December 16, 2015 and filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) .
The Kinsley Mountain resource estimate is based on results from 77,097 metres of historical drilling in 1,158 drill holes (9 core and 1,149 reverse circulation or rotary), as well as 59,852 metres in 222 holes, including 74 core holes and 148 reverse circulation holes drilled by Liberty Gold. Quality-control data generated during the various drill programs conducted at Kinsley were independently verified by MDA as part of the project review. The resource model consists of a detailed three-dimensional geological model including lithological, structural and gold domains derived from 25 metre-spaced sections. The low, medium and high-grade gold domains, in turn, were used to constrain the interpolation of gold grades. Blocks measure 5 x 5 x 5 metres. A total of 10,016 individual assay intervals averaging 1.527 metres in length were composited into a total of 10,037 composite intervals of 1.524 metre length. Gold assay data was reviewed statistically and visually to determine appropriate grade capping levels by domain. A total of 21 gold assays were capped prior to compositing based on the evaluation of probability plots by gold domain. In addition to the capping of assay data, the impact of anomalously high gold values was controlled by restricting their range of influence in the estimation process. Gold grades were interpolated using inverse distance to the third power (ID3).
For mineralization to be classified as Indicated, the following criteria were used:
- Indicated (Secret Canyon Shale): minimum of three composites; minimum of 2 holes within an average distance of 25 metres from the block;
- Indicated (All Other Mineralization): minimum of three composites; minimum of 2 holes within an average distance of 20 metres from the block;
All remaining estimated blocks that were not classified as indicated and that meet the elevation critieria summarized below were classified as inferred.
To ensure reasonable prospects of economic extraction, the project resources were limited to elevation levels as defined by Whittle pit shells. A pit optimization was run using a $1,300/oz gold price and parameters applicable to: (i) oxidized, potentially heap-leachable mineralization – $2.50/t processing cost, $1.41/t General and Administrative ("G&A") cost, and a gold recovery of 75%; (ii) mixed and unoxidized mineralization that could potentially be processed by flotation, leaching of the flotation tails, and custom oxidation by roaster or autoclave – $32.00/t processing cost, $7.04/t G&A cost, and 85% recovery; and (iii) mineralization hosted within the Secret Canyon Shale, which potentially could also be processed by flotation, leaching of the flotation tails, and custom oxidation by roaster or autoclave – $28.30 processing cost, $7.04/t G&A cost, and 95% recovery. The pits were used to define the following maximum depths below the topographic surface for the potential open-pit resources at Kinsley Mountain – 125 meters below the topographic surface on the east side of the Kinsley Range and 350 meters below the surface on the western side.
Tonnage estimates are based on 129 bulk specific gravity determinations completed by ALS Laboratories for Liberty Gold, as well as historical data, which were used to assign average values to oxidation domains of the block model. Liberty Gold drill samples were assayed by ALS Laboratory in Vancouver, B.C. for gold by Fire Assay of a 30 gram (1 assay ton) charge with AAS finish, or if over 5.0 g/t, were re-assayed and completed with a gravimetric finish. QA/QC included the insertion and continual monitoring of numerous standards and blanks into the sample stream, and the collection of duplicate samples at random intervals within each batch.
Michael M. Gustin, Ph.D., CPG, of MDA, and located in Reno, Nevada, is an Independent Qualified Person within the meaning of NI 43-101 and is responsible for the Resource and its technical content and has reviewed and verified that such information is accurate and approves of written disclosure of same.
John R. Kerr, P.Eng., is the Company's designated Qualified Person within the meaning of NI 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical information contained herein.
History of Exploration
Gold mineralization was discovered on Kinsley Mountain in 1984. Subsequent exploration defined sediment-hosted gold mineralization concentrated in the Kinsley trend, and includes at least five distinct deposits hosted in strata ranging from middle-to-late Cambrian in age. Gold mineralization occurs within a stratigraphic section of Middle to Upper Cambrian-age sedimentary rock units including limestone, dolomite and shale. This mineralization exhibits characteristics similar to other sedimentary rock-hosted "Carlin-type" gold deposits in Nevada. Gold enrichments occur in both bedding-parallel and structurally-controlled zones of disseminated mineralization within altered sedimentary rocks.
Between 1994 and 1999, Alta Gold Co. ("Alta Gold") produced approximately 135,000 ounces of gold at 1.34 grams/tonne gold from oxide ore in a heap leach operation at Kinsley Mountain. Mining by Alta Gold was restricted to a cluster of deposits aligned along a northwest-oriented fault zone. Exploration drilling has identified several other mineralized centers, which are yet to be developed. Mining by Alta Gold ceased during a period of low gold prices.
Since the early days of land acquisition, Nevada Sunrise assembled a substantial historical archive for the Kinsley Mountain property, including records for 1,156 drill holes, with a total length of 244,900 feet (an average depth of only 212 feet).
Gold mineralization at Kinsley Mountain consists both of shallow low-grade oxide ore, which was mined and produced by Alta Gold, and deeper higher-grade refractory mineralization. This deeper mineralization was tested by a limited number of drill holes that yielded grades ranging from 0.235 ounce per ton gold on the east side of the range to 0.149 ounce per ton gold one mile to the northwest. By analogy, to the better-explored gold deposits of the Carlin trend, the deeper zones of gold mineralization at Kinsley Mountain could be highly prospective. Drilling by the Kinsley Mountain joint venture in 2013-2014 has outlined significant high-grade gold mineralization in the Western Flank area (see "2014 Exploration by the Kinsley Mountain Joint Venture").
Development of Kinsley Mountain LLC Joint Venture
On April 8, 2010, Nevada Sunrise announced an option agreement with Animas Resources Ltd. ("Animas") on Kinsley Mountain (the Kinsley Option"), which gave Animas the right to earn a 51% interest in Kinsley Mountain by spending US$1.5 million in exploration expenditures over three years. Animas agreed to spend US$200,000 in exploration expenditures during 2010 to maintain the Kinsley Option, and would act as operator of exploration at Kinsley Mountain.
Nevada Sunrise and Animas agreed to form a joint venture consistent with the form of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation mining venture agreement upon Animas earning its 51% interest. After earning its 51% interest in Kinsley Mountain, Animas had the right to earn an additional 14% interest by spending US$3.0 million in exploration expenditures within five years, which would bring its interest in Kinsley Mountain to 65%.
On September 21, 2011, Nevada Sunrise announced the purchase of the Kinsley Option from Animas by Pilot Gold (now Liberty Gold). In consideration for the purchase of the Kinsley Option, Animas received the following:
- US$350,000 cash and 50,000 common shares of Pilot Gold on the date hereof;
- 25,000 common shares on the first anniversary of the effective date;
- 25,000 common shares on the second anniversary of the effective date;
- 50,000 common shares upon Pilot Gold earning and vesting a 51% interest in the amended mining lease, summarized below, pursuant to the option agreement.
Pursuant to the amended terms of the Kinsley Option, Pilot Gold would have the exclusive right to earn:
- A 51% undivided interest, right and title in and to Kinsley Mountain through a 51% equity interest in a joint venture company to be formed at the time of such acquisition, by incurring US$1.18 million in exploration expenditures by March 30, 2013 (of which US$180,000 must be spent by May 31, 2012);
- An additional undivided 14% interest in Kinsley Mountain and in the joint venture by incurring an additional US$3.0 million in exploration expenditures within five years of meeting the initial earn-in.
2015 Exploration by the Kinsley Mountain Joint Venture
On June 23, 2015, Nevada Sunrise announced that Pilot Gold reported initial drill results to the Company from the 2015 drill program at Kinsley Mountain. Drilling within an area approximately 150 metres northeast of the high-grade Western Flank has intercepted high-grade gold in two key stratigraphic horizons, indicating the presence of a new mineralized zone that remains open to the east and west.
Drill highlights include:
- PK208: 2.34 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold over 9.1 metres (Dunderberg shale host),and3.46 g/t gold over 18.3 metres
- (Secret Canyon Shale host);
including13.7 g/t Au over 3.0 metres;
- PK208: 2.34 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold over 9.1 metres (Dunderberg shale host),and3.46 g/t gold over 18.3 metres
- PK210: 2.95 g/t Au over 13.7 metres (Secret Canyon Shale host).
2015 Exploration Program
The initial 2015 field program at Kinsley Mountain was budgeted at US$2.0 million, including up to 10,000 metres of reverse circulation and 1,000 metres of diamond drilling. 4,300 metres were completed in 9 holes and one lost hole, including three that were drilled for the purpose of conducting an induced polarization geophysical survey. Exploration of this nature is drill-intensive and sequential; the program was continually evaluated in light of data and interpretations from each and every drill hole.
On the basis of the results the 2015 exploration program was modified to potentially expand and connect the new zone to the Western Flank and target the "high-grade" northwest trending structures in the historical mine trend.
2014 Exploration by the Kinsley Mountain Joint Venture
2014 was a landmark year at Kinsley Mountain, with the discovery of the high-grade zone at the Western Flank, and subsequent recognition of the property-wide potential for gold mineralization in the Candland Shale and Secret Canyon formations. The 2014 drilling program consisted of 27,191 metres in 81 holes, including a water test hole, as part of a US$6.64 million exploration program.
Highlights from infill drilling at the Western Flank include:
- 10.1 g/t (grams per tonne) gold over 39.6 metres in PK186C, including
- 17.4 g/t gold over 21.6 metres (Secret Canyon Shale host)
- 6.05 g/t gold over 30.5 metres in PK187C (Secret Canyon Shale host)
- 4.39 g/t gold over 29.2 metres in PK188C (Secret Canyon Shale host)
- 6.88 g/t gold over 6.1 metres in PK177C, including
- 11.0 g/t gold over 3.0 metres (Candland Shale zone)
The Racetrack zone is located 1,200 metres south of the Western Flank along a potential parallel NNE trending structure where surface mineralization in the Candland Shale was intersected over a 250 metre by 300 metre area by prior operators. Six holes were drilled, with PK180 returning mineralization in both the shallow oxide Candland Shale unit and the deeper Secret Canyon Shale.
Highlights from the Racetrack area include:
- 2.69 g/t gold over 7.6 metres (Shallow oxide in the Candland Shale host) and
- 1.25 g/t Au over 10.7 metres (Secret Canyon Shale host) in PK180
Pilot Gold reported that gold mineralization at Kinsley Mountain is widespread in two stratigraphic units, the Secret Canyon and Candland Shales, with both emerging as viable property-wide targets, and that the latest results not only demonstrate continuity of the high grade at the Western Flank target, but also its broader potential as gold was detected in widely-spaced drill holes over the Western Flank trend.
Other targets tested along the Western Flank in 2014 include the Right Spot, where shallow, oxide gold mineralization was intersected in multiple drill holes; and the Secret Spot, where shallow, oxide mineralization, and deep mineralization in the Secret Canyon Shale were encountered. Gold was also encountered in the area between the Western Flank and the historical mine in three stratigraphic units.
Recent highlights from the Secret Spot include:
- 2.03 g/t gold over 7.6 metres (shallow oxide in the Candland Shale) in PK182
Permitting: Kinsley North
An amendment to the Kinsley Mountain Plan of Operations for conducting surface drilling and other activities was approved by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The amendment permits up to 20.5 acres (8.3 hectares) of drill roads and pads in the northern two-thirds of the property, with access to a number of high-priority targets defined by geochemically anomalous pathfinder elements in surface samples and intersections of NNE and NW-trending faults. The "Kinsley North" claims are underlain by the same highly prospective geology and structural framework as the Kinsley Mine and the Western Flank, and have never been drilled.
Initial Metallurgy Test Results
On January 19, 2015, Nevada Sunrise reported results from an initial metallurgical program designed to address the amenability of high-grade mineralization from the Secret Canyon host rock at Kinsley Mountain to produce a high-grade concentrate. Initial metallurgical test results demonstrate that high-grade sulphide mineralization from the Western Flank zone can produce a high-grade concentrate with excellent gold recoveries, at potentially low capital and operating costs.
At Kinsley Mountain, initial geochemical analyses of mineralized intercepts, including characterization of carbon and sulfur, ICP analysis and determination of the solubility of gold in cyanide demonstrated that the concentration of gold relative to sulfur is high relative to other sediment-hosted, Carlin-style gold deposits. As well, petrographic work showed that pyrite, within which the gold is believed to be resident, is relatively crystalline, dense (non-porous) and that there is a very small quantity of sulfides that are <20 microns. These data and observations demonstrate potential for producing a high-grade flotation concentrate, which could then be evaluated for direct sale to commercial smelters or potentially to any one of several Nevada mine operators who can process refractory concentrates via roasting or autoclaving, for final recovery of the gold.
Four samples representing a range of gold grades from 4.23 to 20.3 g/t gold and a range of cyanide solubility levels were subjected to rougher and scavenger flotation testing over a range of conditions including variations in grind size, followed by cyanidation of the flotation tails. Combined concentrate recoveries ranged from a low of 76% to a high of 89.6%. Combined with cyanidation of the flotation tails, the total recovery increased to 89.0% to 95.0%. The concentrate grades ranged from a low of 98.6 g/t gold to a high of 312 g/t gold, with gold recovery to concentrate highest in the higher-grade and less oxidized samples.
Secret Canyon gold mineralization at Kinsley Mountain, unlike more typical Carlin-style deposits, is unique in several aspects:
- The sulfides at Secret Canyon are crystalline, dense (not porous) and the lack of sulfides <20 microns make them prime candidates for flotation.
- The total sulfide sulfur content of Secret Canyon material averages about 1.0%, which is low for a typical Nevada refractory resource, indicating that flotation concentration ratios can be high and consistently produce high grade concentrates.
- The ratio of gold, in grams/tonne – to sulfide sulfur, in percent (Ratio: Au/S) is very high, ranging from 7.8 to 19.2 for the four master composites. Since refractory gold treatment facility capital and operating cost are most affected by sulfide sulfur content, the low sulfide sulfur feed grade and the high ratio of Au/S are very favourable indicators for low capital cost facilities for on-site treatment and low relative operating cost for concentrate treatment whether processed on or off-site by other commercial entities.
- Concentrate grade ranged from 98.6 to 312 g/t gold. At a US$1,200 gold price, the contained values of these concentrates range from $3,800 – $12,000 per tonne. Therefore, cost for on-site processing or shipping and processing concentrate at a commercial smelter or a local Nevada refractory treatment facility would only represent a small portion of the overall concentrate value.Concentrates were assayed for deleterious elements and were found to contain arsenic and antimony. Arsenic in the concentrate tested ranged from 0.69% to 1.22% and averaged 1.01% while antimony in the concentrate tested ranged from 0.022% to 1.58% and averaged 0.60%. While arsenic and antimony are elevated, the levels would not preclude direct sale to a smelter, sale to a concentrate blender or to a typical Nevada refractory ore processing facility.
Gary Simmons, of GL Simmons Consulting, LLC (B.S. Extractive Metallurgy), a Qualified Professional with the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America and Pilot Gold consultant, is the Qualified Person, within the meaning of NI 43-101, who has overseen the collection and verification of this data. Mr. Simmons is independent of Nevada Sunrise. Metallurgical testing was conducted at Hazen Research, Inc. in Denver, Colorado.
Surface mapping and sampling, continued modeling of historical blast hole and drill data, and drilling in 2014 refined Pilot Gold's targeting efforts as operator to find additional gold mineralization at Kinsley Mountain. Pilot Gold believes that the Secret Canyon Shale, host to the high-grade mineralization in the Western Flank, is a viable target, with gold values greater than 1.0 g/t over significant widths also drilled in the Secret Spot and Racetrack areas up to two kilometres to the south. Over the length of the property this horizon is virtually untested, and it is unlikely that the Western Flank is the only high-grade zone. Data support the concept that gold is concentrated at the intersections of NW to WNW and NNE to north-trending, high-angle structures. The principle target is interpreted to be the intersections of faults of these orientations with the Candland Shale and Secret Canyon Shale horizons.
2013 Exploration by Pilot Gold
In July 2013, Pilot Gold commenced a 20,000 metres drilling program as a follow-up to the 2012 campaign that defined and expanded gold mineralization over a 2.2 kilometre-long trend. Pilot Gold tested high-priority targets within a core group of claims, including the Western Flank, Candland Canyon and extensions trending NNE and SW of the historical pits.
The 2013 drilling showed that significant gold also occurs within a lower zone of silty limestone below the Candland Shale. This host horizon was neither identified nor tested by previous operators. Core drilling suggested that the tabular zones of mineralized, favourable host rock are cut by one or more high-angle structures causing collapse breccia zones where the mineralization becomes thicker and higher-grade. Drill hole PK091CA contains high-grade collapse breccia zones similar to those seen by Pilot Gold's team at Newmont Mining's Long Canyon project.
Assay results from the Western Flank target, located 550 metres northwest of the past-producing pits at Kinsley, also expanded the area of high-grade gold mineralization and demonstrated the potential for Kinsley to host significant high-grade gold mineralization. Drill hole highlights include:
- 8.53 g/t Au over 36.6 metres in PK091CA, including 29.43 g/t Au over 7.6 metres
- 15.6 g/t Au over 3.0 metres in PK083C
- 2.21 g/t Au over 10.7 metres in PK073
- 1.65 g/t Au over 24.4 metres in PK074
- 2.51 g/t Au over 16.8 meters in PK102
From the south edge of the Western Flank target, mineralization is open and becomes shallower to the south over a distance of 500 meters to the Wrong Spot target, a 350-metre long NNE-trending exposure of surface jasperoids returning 1-3 g/t Au in grab samples.
2012 Exploration by Pilot Gold
Over the course of the 2012 program, 12,000 metres of infill and step-out core & RC drilling were completed to define and expand the mineralized zones identified by previous operators. In conjunction with drilling, a comprehensive regional effort to identify new targets was completed, encompassing both the original 141 claims, as well as 128 claims staked by Pilot Gold to the north in a largely unexplored area. Through this work, a new mineralized zone was intersected in drilling (Candland Canyon) and the Western Flank Zone was expanded to now cover an area 600 metres by 100 metres. Drill highlights from the 2012 program include:
- 6.03 g/t gold over 13.7 metres in hole PK06, including 15.18 g/t gold over 4.6 metres
- 5.48 g/t gold over 20.4 metres in hole PK014C, including 16.43 g/t gold over 5.5 metres
- 2.30 g/t gold over 19.8 metres in hole PK057
A three-dimensional model of geology and mineralization was created in order to aid in the selection of new, high-grade drill targets. Surface soil and rock samples show anomalous pathfinder geochemistry extending seven kilometres to the north of the historic open pits, consistent with the presence of a large mineralized system. A Plan of Operations was submitted to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to allow for property-wide drilling in 2013 throughout the southern claim block.
2011 Exploration by Pilot Gold
On February 10, 2012, Nevada Sunrise announced the initial results of 2011 drilling by Pilot Gold at Kinsley Mountain, which returned impressive intervals of gold mineralization. Pilot Gold's first work program included 1,250 metres in 6 holes of diamond drilling designed to confirm mineralization in historical reverse circulation holes near the margins of open pits at the past-producing Kinsley Mountain mine.
Drill highlights from the 2011 program include (full results in table below):
- 5.91 grams per tonne gold over 18.4 metres, including 11.93 grams per tonne gold over 7.8 metres in hole PK-04;
- 6.75 grams per tonne gold over 7.5 metres, including 13.52 grams per tonne gold over 3.2 metres in PK-03;
- 6.23 grams per tonne gold over 8.7 metres, including 12.05 grams per tonne gold over three metres in hole PK-02.
The six holes drilled in 2011 were near-twins of existing holes in two locations, one to the north of the main pit and one located between two satellite pits to the southeast. These initial drill results provided confidence that historical drilling accurately quantified the gold endowment at Kinsley Mountain.
This technical information regarding Kinsley Mountain has been reviewed and approved by John R. Kerr, P.Eng., a Qualified Person for Nevada Sunrise as defined by NI 43-101. As of June 30, 2015 drill composites were calculated using a cut-off of 0.20 g/t. Drill intersections are reported as drilled thicknesses. True widths of the mineralized intervals are interpreted to be between 30-90% of the reported lengths. Drill samples were assayed by ALS Chemex (ISO9001:2000) in Reno, Nevada for gold by fire assay of a 30 gram (1 assay ton) charge with an AA finish, or if over 5.0 g/t were re-assayed and completed with a gravimetric finish. For these samples, the gravimetric data were utilized in calculating gold intersections. For any samples assaying over 0.200 ppm an additional cyanide leach analysis is done where the sample is treated with a 0.25% NACN solution and rolled for an hour. An aliquot of the final leach solution is then centrifuged and analyzed by AAS. QA/QC for all drill samples consists of the insertion and continual monitoring of numerous standards and blanks into the sample stream, and the collection of duplicate samples at random intervals within each batch. Selected holes are also analyzed for a 51 multi-element geochemical suite by ICP-MS.


text:
Gameday: Snead remains a top NFL prospect
While Mississippi quarterback Jevan Snead was in the midst of another two-touchdown game last week against Southeastern Louisiana, Georgia's Joe Cox and Arkansas' Ryan Mallett were putting on an air show that ESPN beamed across the country.
Both quarterbacks tossed five touchdowns in the Bulldogs' 52-41 win. But it was Mallett's 408-yard passing performance that prompted several analysts to call the 6-foot-7, 238-pound Michigan transfer the SEC's best NFL quarterback prospect - a label formerly worn by Snead.
Snead gets the spotlight tonight when the fourth-ranked Rebels square off with South Carolina in an ESPN matchup. With 24 NFL scouts expected at Williams-Brice Stadium and a national TV audience watching, a strong showing could enhance Snead's draft credentials and place him among the early Heisman Trophy candidates.
Not that Snead is interested.
"I'm really not looking at it like that. I'd love to do extremely well. That's why I practice and I work as hard as I can, to do the best I can," Snead said this week. "But the reason I do it is for my team and to help us get a win. All I'm focused on is helping my team, and whatever comes after that is just icing on the cake."
Sports Illustrated put Snead on one of the regional covers of its college football preview, and Ole Miss has launched a Web site, need4snead.com, touting the former Texas quarterback as a "national honors candidate," without mentioning the Heisman.
The site lists Snead's statistics in 15 games at Ole Miss, which are impressive but not gaudy. He has no 300-yard passing games - let alone the 400 yards Mallett put up.
But Snead only has four games in which he has attempted 30 passes or more - a product of Rebels coach Houston Nutt's balanced offensive philosophy that might make it tough for Snead to put up Heisman-type numbers.
But it is Snead's 6-foot-3, 220-pound build and his textbook passing form that have caught the eyes of NFL scouts - and opposing coaches.
"He is a good passer," Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier said. "Last year, when we were out there, I just noticed the way the ball came out of his hand. He threw almost perfect spirals most every time."
USC cornerback Akeem Auguste had a similar assessment.
"He's a great thrower. He stands up in the pocket real strong. He acts like he's got no type of pressure sometimes, and he's real patient," Auguste said. "We've got our hands full this week."
Snead is off to a bit of a slow start. He threw two interceptions and passed for 175 yards in a 45-14 win at Memphis that was close until the fourth quarter.
One of 30 Ole Miss players who had swine flu during the team's open date, Snead came back the following week with a three-touchdown performance against FCS opponent Southeastern Louisiana.
"I was really kind of disappointed in myself, especially the first week," Snead said. "I'm always looking to improve. I'm always looking to just go out and play with all the intensity and passion I can and do the very best I can. ... I know that I still have a long ways to go. But I feel like I've improved thus far."
Snead set a school record by throwing at least two touchdown passes in every game of the Rebels' eight-game winning streak, tied with Southern Miss for the second-longest active streak in the nation.
He owns an 11-4 record as a starter and looks to avenge one of those losses tonight. Snead had a pair of turnovers, including a fumble that Nathan Pepper returned for a touchdown, in USC's 31-24 win in Oxford last season.
"You look at the losses we had last year, and they kind of sting a little bit," Snead said.
Had Spurrier not beaten out Ole Miss for the services of Stephen Garcia, the Gamecocks' quarterback might have been under center for the Rebels tonight instead of Snead. Shortly after Garcia informed former Ole Miss coach Ed Orgeron he planned to sign with the Gamecocks, Orgeron's staff learned Snead was leaving Texas and looking for a school.
Snead wound up at Ole Miss, where he has helped lead the Rebels to their highest ranking since 1970, when Archie Manning was the quarterback.
Snead takes center stage tonight, and the Gamecocks will try to bring the curtain down on him.
"Good defense can stop just about any quarterback. Hopefully we are going to have good defense here (tonight)," said Spurrier, who caused a controversy in July when he voted Snead ahead of Florida's Tim Tebow on his preseason All-SEC ballot.
"But he is an excellent passer, a big strong guy who can run around a bit. He is a very, very good quarterback, one of the best around."
Reach Person at (803) 771-8496.


text:
Rate this photo
The lighthouse Faro Castillo del Morro on the ramparts of the Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro at the harbor of Havana seen from the Malecón of Havana. Havana (or La Habana) is the capital of Cuba. This photo was taken in the afternoon of a sunny day in February of 2016. This photo was taken with a digital camera.


text:
GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan -- It's a year marked by political firsts, and the 51st District is no different.
In the overwhelmingly white district, Paul Scott -- a young, black Republican -- beat out two competitors to win a chance at the 51st District state House seat.
It is a barrier-shattering achievement that is generating even more excitement in the already closely watched race that pits Scott, 26, against Democrat Michael J. Thorp, a former radio and television personality.
"It's going to be a huge race," said Bill Ballenger, editor of "Inside Michigan Politics" newsletter. "The fact you have got a black Republican running against a television newscaster, a Democrat, is a very unusual race.
"What's interesting is you're going to have a black presidential nominee and a black Republican nominee in a district that's 90-plus percent white."In what can only be described as a nail-biting primary, Scott, 26, nabbed 41 percent of the vote to edge out Republicans Vince Lorraine and James Swenor.
"Racism isn't dead, but we took a big step toward eradicating it tonight," Scott said Tuesday as he celebrated in Grand Blanc. "We showed a minority can win in any district."
The fact that his win comes at the same time that Barack Obama became the first black presidential nominee of any political party only shows that voters are looking beyond color. Scott's mother is Caribbean and his father is black.
Flint Journal extras
Paul H. Scott:
• Age: 26
• Family: Single
• Education: He graduated from Grand Blanc High School, lettering in football and baseball, and went on to the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, then Harvard University for his master's degree in public policy. He's back at UM as a law student.
• Civic involvement: National Rifle Association; local Right to Life groups; Genesee County Republicans; Grand Blanc little league coach; Goodrich High School baseball coach; Burton Bendle football coach; Grand Blanc and Fenton chambers of commerce
His supporters are quick to tell you that Scott is the last person who would bring up the issue of race -- which he and his supporters often argue is not an issue at all.
"Race doesn't count, and you can see that in Paul. You can see that in Barack Obama," said Henry Hatter, a Scott supporter and Clio school board member. "You're always going to have racism, but if you're good at what you do and people can trust in you and you have honor, people don't see your color."
Scott said his race rarely came up during his primary campaign, and he hopes it stays that way. He laughed while recalling a woman who told him to go back to his own country after he knocked on her door.
"I wanted to tell her I was born right here," he said.
Scott says he doesn't want the campaign to be about his race or his age -- "Why should it be?" he asks-- and instead points out that he was the only GOP candidate who didn't accept money or endorsements from Lansing-based groups, as well as the only candidate specifically trained in public policy and law.
But he has a formidable opponent in Thorp, 53, who has a recognizable name and face, and a resume that includes more than a decade of political experience on the Goodrich school board.
"The Democrats would very much like to win that seat back," Ballenger said. "But is (Thorp) really that well known? The fact that Scott is an African American will make him a conversation piece.
"Race could be a factor, you just don't know."
Scott is the only candidate with lifelong roots in the Grand Blanc area. And, he's a young candidate who has a large team of students and young volunteers who blanketed the district with campaign materials.
Scott's parents, Harold and R. Paula Scott, still live in the Territorial Road house that they owned when Scott was born. His father retired from General Motors 10 years ago after 45 years with the company. His mother is a homemaker.
R. Paula Scott said she wasn't surprised when her son's ambitions took a political turn.
"He was such a quick learner and he would read all the books on the presidents," she said. "Paul was always way mature for his age."
Those acquainted with him frequently point out that he is an excellent and entertaining speaker. He also serves on the executive committee of the Genesee County Republican Party.
"Paul is a bright young man with a bright future," said Denise Graves, chairwoman of the county Republicans. "He stayed on target and really went for that grassroots support."
Graves said she hopes the fierce primary campaigns didn't fracture the party.
"I hope there are no sore losers," she said. "It's time to unite."


text:
Aerial view of the
Montauk Energy
Bowerman landfill
methane recovery and
processing project.
Credit: Caterpillar.
PATRICK BARRETT, Contributor
As a sprawling 725-acre operation, the F.R. Bowerman Landfll is one of the largest landflls in the United States. The landfll, located in Orange County, California, contains an estimated 31 million tons of waste.
When solid waste in a landfll decomposes, a natural by-product with high amounts of methane is released. This potentgreenhouse gas can poten-tially affect global warm-ing, climate change, ozonedepletion and sea level rise,as well as having a nega-tive impact on biodiversity.In order to better manageand reuse this onsite waste,
Click to subscribe to this magazine


text:
Entrepreneur, storyteller, adventurer, thinker
Americans are swimming in a sea of messages.
Each year, legions of ad people, copywriters, market researchers, pollsters, consultants, and even linguists—most of whom work for one of six giant companies—spend billions of dollars and millions of man-hours trying to determine how to persuade consumers what to buy, whom to trust, and what to think. Increasingly, these techniques are migrating to the high-stakes arena of politics, shaping policy and influencing how Americans choose their leaders.
In "The Persuaders," FRONTLINE explores how the cultures of marketing and advertising have come to influence not only what Americans buy, but also how they view themselves and the world around them. The 90-minute documentary draws on a range of experts and observers of the advertising/marketing world, to examine how, in the words of one on-camera commentator, "the principal of democracy yields to the practice of demography," as highly customized messages are delivered to a smaller segment of the market.
Alfred Kinsey was a little-known biologist at Indiana University when, in the 1940s, he began compiling exhaustive data from tens of thousands of interviews about the sexual practices of men and women. The results of that research were the explosive, best-selling "Kinsey Reports." Through interviews with his research assistants, his children, people who took his sex questionnaire, his biographers and intellectual historians, this probing documentary assesses Kinsey's remarkable achievements, while examining how his personal life shaped his career.
His first film to premiere for free on the internet, Slacker Uprising, AKA Captain Mike across America, documents Michael Moore's attempt to influence the 2004 presidential election. Uninspired by Senator Kerry and the Democrats, he went on a 62-city tour to persuade non-voters to do their civic duty. Moore had two primary goals: 1) to encourage 56 percent of the electorate to cast ballots and 2) to remove President Bush from office. And he roped in big names to make it happen, like Steve Earle, Joan Baez, Viggo Mortensen, R.E.M., and Eddie Vedder (performing a heartfelt rendition of Cat Stevens' "Don't Be Shy") Though Moore acknowledges his failure, it's hard to fault his strategy, since he specifically targeted the 20 battleground states most likely to influence the results. Along the way, he offered "slacker" fare, i.e. ramen noodles and clean underwear, to new voters. Amusingly, some conservative commentators accused the Oscar winner of bribery, while community leaders in Utah and Nevada tried to ban his appearances. If Slacker Uprising comes across as partisan and self-important--witness the plentiful footage of excited crowds--Moore makes good points along the way, and the essential one is undeniable: everyone should vote, and it's disheartening that Americans need to be reminded of that fact... but they do. It's also worth noting that, as in Fahrenheit 9/11, the director continues to support the troops, and several service members to speak out at his rallies. Extras include deleted scenes, including Moore's reading of the infamous My Pet Goat. --Kathleen C. Fennessy


text:
Welcome to my Daily Inspiration - Daily Quote. See today's daily inspirational quotes below.
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Next step: Click link in confirmation email.
Each email contains an unsubscribe link. We will NEVER abuse your email.
Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for Help.
Monday, December 12, 2016
No Comparisons
Things are as they are.
Looking out into the universe at night,
we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars,
nor between well and badly arranged constellations.
- Alan Watts
The world you see has nothing to do with reality.
It is of your own making and does not exist.
- A Course In Miracles
There are two very different kinds of "Reality:"
1. What is really out there, and which none of us can accurately perceive.
2. The "personal reality" that each of us perceives differently from any other human.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Jealousy is the fear of comparison.
- Max Frisch
The ego lives by comparisons...
The ego cannot survive without judgment.
- A Course in Miracles
Nature is neither virtuous nor evil, it just IS.
Assign no moral judgement to stars or mountains, sunshine or hurricanes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Comparisons are Odious
Your Gift
Do Not Compare
We Have All Been Blessed
Posted by Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Labels: A Course In Miracles, ACIM, Alan Watts, comparison, ego, existence, jealousy, Max Frisch, nature, reality
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Subscribe to the Feedburner feed for Daily Inspiration - Daily Quote.