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Barrick (ABX) at Pascua Lama: The latest from the Chilean courtrooms
- Barrick wanted to pay the ~U$16m fine that was slapped on it by Chile's Environment Superintendency (SMA), because it considered it a good deal under the circumstances and once paid, they could get on with reactivating their white elephant supreme.
- But the courts stopped them from paying it, saying it was badly done and too little. The case reached the Supreme Court a couple of months ago and the partial ruling came yesterday.
- And the ruling: The Supreme Court says ABX can't pay the $16m because it says the SMA went about its job incorrectly and should have fined Barrick for separate infractions, rather than lumping them all into one fine.
- With this ruling the chances are that ABX is facing a much bigger enviro fine, with estimates ranging between U$130m and U$300m. Yeah, seriously.
- Whether or not that kind of number happens, or whether ABX will eventually pay, is a question for 2015. What we do know is that the SMA has to come up with a new number to fine ABX.
Nevada Copper's (NCU.to) financing deal
Say bye-bye to Petaquilla (PTQ.to)
This from Panama's "Critica" newspaper, linked here. Translation your author:
Don't say we didn't warn you.The government of Panama has initiated the paperwork to revoke the operating permit of the Petaquilla Gold mining company, due to its non-compliance in payment of social security dues to its work force, said the Minister of Work today, Luis Ernetso Carles. Carles said that the legal representative of the company, Richard Fifer, was now under criminal charge from the Social Security Office (CSS) due to the non-compliance of social security payments for the company's 604 workers, according to a government communique."The actions of the legal representative of Petaquilla stain the employment opportunities in the country", said Carles, while informing that Petaquilla Gold currently owes three months of salaries and employees debts that total around U$3.8m. The Panamanian Minister showed his concern of the situation faced by the workers, due to the lack of responsibility for the payment of dues by the Canadian capital company.The Petaquilla Gold company is located in the district of Donoso, in the province of Colón, some 130km West of the capital.
The five most popular Friday OT posts of 2014
Brent Cook does BNN
PS: the stock recos are on the second part, which is here.
This Modern World 2014 review
Chile copper mining electricity consumption forecasts, 2014 to 2025
Copper's now or never
Get ready for a new round of ebola news, because...
Ten IKN random predictions for 2015
1) Gold to trend up gradually, with a rough U$1,400/oz target for some time at the end of the year. For sure with the normal wobbly stuff along the way and I wouldn't bat an eyelid to see it go under U$1,100/oz again at some point or other, but talk of its utter demise (South of 1k) strikes this author as plain silly talk from people who don't get the sector.
2) The gold/silver ratio to stay high, by which we mean 1/70 or above. It can spike down briefly under that along the way, but I don't expect it to trend down meaningfully. When they call silver "the poor man's gold", the real message is "the choice that poor people make". Semi-on-topic, I'd definitely hold gold miner stocks over silver miner stocks this year.
3) Uranium will go nowhere again. We're in the high $30s today, it could fluctuate up into a 4-handle, down through to the 2s, but the prediction is to watch it flatline in general terms. Uranium's going the way of the buggy whip, the world has moved on from the fallacy of "near limitless/near free energy" and knows how expensive these things are to decom, the type of cost that's built into projections by serious countries (China an obvious exception to that category).
4) Barrick (ABX) will merge with Newmont (NEM). It's long past fusion date for these two. The sooner the outsized self-important egos on both boards start caring less about themselves and more about their shareholders, the better.
5) Copper to maintain around U$3/lb average for 2014. This is perhaps the toughest and most important commod market to call in the year ahead. Also (and to push my luck on the prediction) it wouldn't surprise me in the least to see Cu weak in the first part of the year, trending higher in the second part. If it exits between $3.10/lb and $3.20/lb I'd be a happy long.
6) Venezuela's government to be bailed out by China. It's no secret that Venezuela's finances are under severe pressure due to the drop in oil prices, but it's not going to lead to a fall in the government in 2015 (sorry haters, it's the way it is). China wants crude oil and has dollars, Venezuela wants dollars and has crude oil, the two countries get along just fine, the synergies are obvious. The question is how much Venezuela will have to cede for the bailout.
7) It's a difficult call this early in the process, but I'm contractually obliged to make a call on the Argentina presidential election so the forecast is for Daniel Scioli to be the next President of Argentina. Main opponent is Massa, in with a squeak is Macri, outsider Randazzo, the rest are just noise. But it's still a very fluid situation so this one is only tentative. For the record, the Argentina vote slated for October is the biggest single political event in LatAm this year and arguably the most important one in terms of regional repercussion potential for the last five or even ten. It's going to be big, noisy and full of FpV/CFK-hate in your English language press (who'll be rooting for Massa and/or Macri).
8) Argentina to win the Copa America 2015, the equivalent of the European Championships for the continent, held in Chile in June/July this year. If that doesn't turn out right, hosts Chile must be in with a strong chance and I'd place them as clear second faves today. FWIW it's easy to bet against a Brazil that will need a couple of years to re-build after its World Cup disaster (no other word for it).
9) River Plate to win the Copa Libertadores (for those of you who don't know, that's the LatAm equivalent of the Champion's League trophy). This is the easiest forecast of the year. Vamo lo millo.
10) Argentina to beat Ireland in the Quarter Finals stage of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, held in the UK in October. How about that for a specific forecast? (Also, the All Blacks for the cup).
Astur Gold (AST.v): and if you're wondering who Douglas Turnbull is...
...he's one of Chet Idziszek's lackeys. Today's news here, excerpt here:
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Dec 29, 2014) - Astur Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AST)(CDC.F) ("Astur Gold" or the "Company") announces the appointment of Astur Gold Director Mr. Douglas Turnbull as new Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company effective immediately. He is replacing Cary Pinkowski, who is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer and President to pursue other opportunities. The Board of Directors of Astur Gold thank Mr. Pinkowski for his efforts as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Pinkowski will remain on the Board of Directors."I have great confidence in Doug Turnbull to take over as CEO and President of Astur Gold," stated Mr. Pinkowski. "He was previously a Director of Astur Gold for several years and is very familiar with the Company and its projects."Mr. Turnbull stated: "Although the Company faces many challenges in these difficult times culminating in the recent news about Salave, my decision to take on this position is based on my belief that new opportunities can be sought out for the Company. In the meantime, we will wait to review the detailed report of the decision by the Commission for Environmental Affairs of the Principality of Asturias and to address the specific technical concerns expressed by the Cantabrian Hydrographic Confederation that lead to the recent denial of our permit application. Our immediate focus will be to protect our assets in Spain in the interest of our shareholders and our principal Salave financier, RMB Resources Limited."
And how's Lydian International (LYD.to) getting on since it brought in an ex-ECU Silver guy?
"Anyone with a memory about how long ECU Silver bullshitted the world and what that bullshit managed to do with the naive idiot cash poured into it from the incessant GATA-centric pumps (Bill Murphy, Wistar Holt, "Mexico Mike" Kachawhatsit) will know what Altmann is about. The mere fact that the LYD management team is desperate or stupid (or both) enough to want him on board is testament to their business nous: it's zero. Scam pumper scumballs like Altmann shouldn't be on junior mining boards of directors. They should be in jail. Lay with dogs and get fleas, dumbass LYD people."
And here's the price chart of LYD.to from that date to this:
Any further questions?
*I made sure by running a search. Yup, not a mention since then
KORES, South Korean mining ambassadors to Latin America
Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur (BCS). A large part of the workforce of the El Boleo mining company, located in Santa Rosalia, were evacuated at around 11am today by order of management due to the escape of strongly polluting smoke that threatened to poison personnel at the plant.
According to reports from some of the workforce, several people left the zone with irritated eyes, nausea and stomach aches among other symptoms due to the smoke coming from chimneys that covered all work zones.
This is not the first time that the company has seen a similar situation, according to unofficial reports.
Employees were threatened with losing their jobs if anyone reported the irregularities of the Korean company, according to a reporter in the area.
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No, Bolivia is NOT nationalizing the San Cristobal and San Vicente mines
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Checking in on Continental Gold (CNL.to)
The Friday OT: Lilly Wood & The Prick; Prayer In C (Robin Schulz remix)
Boxing Day Association Football review; Manchester United 3, Newcastle 1
- Louis Van Gaal is beginning to get what he wants; most (if not all) of the 90 minutes either controlled or dominated by his team.
- Wayne Rooney looks great in his new position, 5 to 10 metres behind the front line. Two goals today and he'll take home the MotM award by rote and modern expectations. Her played well and linked smartly with Falcao.
- On that subject, Radamel Falcao is finally showing good form for Man Utd. He's had injury problems and has otherwise spluttered, but his play today was excellent. A few more like today and he'll start winning the fans over (about time too).
- Jones in defence was the second best player on the pitch. High quality defending his line and dangerous surging forward, he gives Man Utd an extra option that bypasses midfield and gets the ball to the forward line
- But the best was Juan Mata. Not a doubt. He bossed the game from start to finish and if he is 100% back in favour this evening from your preferred footy pundit after a painful time under moyes and then LVG stage one, change your preferences.
- As for those not playing, Di Maria will fit right into this newly flowing team once he's back from injury. Fellaini was not and will not be missed. Januzaj should be talking to his agent as soon as possible.
The Argentina "dollar blue" and official exchange rate in 2014
Gold has not done badly in 2014 (no matter what you hear from the biz-moron-o-sphere)
- Silver has done badly in 2014 (see above)
- Oil has done badly in 2014 (which of course includes the go-getter oil stocks, particularly those shale/bakken/alt hydrocarb things the same mainstream braindeaders wanted me to buy)
- Junior explorecos running on fumes have done badly.
- Gold did badly in 2013. Last year, not this year. I mentioned that again for a reason.
Toromocho: The last six months of copper production
A song for the day
Daft Punk, One More Time.
Junior mining, Christmas Eve, 2014
The Top 10 Most Impressive Civil Engineering Projects of All Time
UPDATE: Reader GA is correct when writing in to comment, "...when it comes to moving tonnes of rock from A to B, slavery beats capitalism all day"
Four things that people buying Eco Oro (EOM.to) this morning should consider learning at some point in the future
1) The Spanish language. That's the most obvious one.
2) At least a little about Colombian politics.
3) How to read a balance sheet.
4) That you shouldn't believe everything you read, especially when the words are written by people paid to promote junior mining companies.
Reality bites: Results of the IKN "Ten random predictions for 2014"
1) Gold, at ~$1,200/oz today, is close to its bottom.
2) Quality junior mining companies and explorecos will finally split away from the cruddy juniors and we'll see an all-important gap develop between the companies that need to die and those that will survive and eventually thrive.
3) Copper will be weak in 2014, with supply outstripping demand and new lows of under $3/lb registered (put me down for $2.80/lb on multiple days, not just a single spike). Average for the year to be around $3.10/lb
4) Uranium won't break $40/lb at any point and the sector will continue to get the rah-rah from the promo people still holding their large bags.
5) Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, will be re-elected in 2014.
6) Evo Morales, President of Bolivia, will be re-elected in 2014.
7) Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia, will be re-elected in 2014.Score: 1 point. As with the Dilma vote, it was closer than I'd expected for a while and Juanma got taken to a second round run-off by the right wing hatergottahate Zuluaga/Uribe brigade, but Colombia made the right choice in the end.
8) Both Argentina and Venezuela will continue to defy and confound the non-stop barrage of criticism from the western media and get through 2014 just fine.Score: 1 point. Yes that one's turned out correct. We can debate Venezuela if you want, but the way it's painted from the outside (dictatorial regime about to be toppled any moment) is a far cry from the reality inside the country because you can love em or hate em, but the PSUV party has a tight grip on power and runs the show still. As for Argentina, yeah for sure it's a nuthouse but it's doing just fine under all the blahblah. Sorry haters, I win you lose.
9) Juan Martin Del Potro will win at least one of the Grand Slam tournaments this year.Score: 0 points. Turns out my wishes for Delpo were misplaced, his wrist injury has haunted him all season and we've hardly seen the dude play. Oh well, next year.
10) And finally, the big one: Brazil will win the 2014 World Cup.
Buenaventura (BVN): Chucapaca is now San Gabriel
Chart of the day is...
Moral: Don't hire Bruce Willis to advertise your bank
Trust Bank of Russia got a 60 Billion Rouble bailout today.
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The Beatles never existed
Terry Lynn Karl: "Falling Oil Prices Could Rock Canada's Politics"
What do the plummeting oil prices tell us not only about our near term economic future in Canada, but the political fragility of the world's petro states?If Canada fully joins the petro state club, as our prime minister and his party desire, is oil's volatility just the cost of doing business, or a threat to our nation's well-being?The ideal person to ask is Terry Lynn Karl, one of North America's foremost experts on the politics of oil. The Tyee recently caught up with Karl, who teaches at Stanford University and lives in San Francisco.
The Friday OT: Robert Earl Keen; Merry Christmas from the family
The seventh year running, I believe:
It's still the best Christmas song ever, no matter how many times I try to stuff it down your throat. Merry Christmas one and all, hope you have a pleasant one with your families, too.
McEwen Mining (MUX): Mr. Market changed his mind
Chuqui: Going underground
Chart of the day is...
Two questions about Anglo American at Michiquillay
Music for a Thursday afternoon
Impossible not to love...
...Rocks, by Primal Scream.
This makes up for tomorrow's Friday OT.
Breaking News: Sellside mining analysts shock the world by daring to state...
- The US Automotive Retail Chamber of Commerce today said that it's a smart idea to buy a new car in 2015.
- The potato marketing board of Idaho today stated that potatoes are delicious, nutritious and you should eat more potatoes.
- Scientifically based findings in a groundbreaking medical report sponsored by the World Chocolate Council show overwhelming evidence that eating chocolate is good for you, helps weight control and stimulates a higher sex drive as well as imparting more pheromonal scent into the air arround you that will immediately attract the more beautiful and otherwise unattainable members of the opposite sex.
- The Tree Frog Society of Madagascar predicts a threefold growth in the popularity of tree frogs in 2015.
- The Campaign To Prove That The Pope Is Catholic today released susbstantial evidence to support the case that the Pope is indeed Catholic.
- The Fur Coat Club of Canada today released experimental results using cutting-edge brainwave reading technology that proves beyond reasonable doubt that small furry animals enjoy being trapped and killed in large metal trapping devices and that people should take this evidence into account when shopping for their next warm and luxurious winter coat.
By nastily and unfairly and horribly picking on one just one bullshit airbag zero-chance junior exploreco IKN offers insight into many others
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Dec 18, 2014) - Rokmaster Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:RKR)(RKR.V) ("Rokmaster" or the "Company") is pleased to announce its exploration team has made significant progress in narrowing its search for a silver-gold property having near term production potential. Our recent exploration initiative has culminated with the detailed evaluation and identification of three contending high quality properties. Two have near term silver-gold production potential with exploration upside and the third property is currently in small scale production. All three properties are available for acquisition and well located with existing infrastructure in stable jurisdictions in the Americas.
The fundamental interconnectedness of all things
Chart of the day is...
Another bottom signal
Another blogger gives up.
They come, they go.
On this, Ritholtz and I thoroughly agree
From here, this bright and sunny early Thursday morning:
"Those of you who continue to insist you can even remotely forecast what might happen next continue to reveal incredibly foolish, thoroughly disproved beliefs, despite an overwhelming avalanche of evidence that you haven't the slightest idea what the fuck is going on now, much less what is going to happen next."
Timmins Gold (TMM.to) (TGD) throws $10m cash and 16m of its shares down the toilet
PS: Anyone stupid enough to think CEO dot CA is the place to hang out in order to get good investment advice deserves what's coming to them, good and hard. Frequenting a website that exists for the sole purpose of licking the collective assholes of mining company management proves how fucking stupid you are.
"Considerable time"
That Commie subversive anti-American Ronald Reagan
Nicely done by Eric Garland over at his joint. Picture stolen here:
More junior drilling bullshit
How rumour info on IKN works, Paramount (PZG) edition
WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA--(Marketwired - Dec 17, 2014) - Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. ("Paramount" or the "Company") (NYSE MKT:PZG)(PZG.TO) and Coeur Mining, Inc. ("Coeur") (CDE) have entered into an agreement and plan of merger, dated as of December 16, 2014 (the "Merger Agreement") pursuant to which Coeur will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Paramount and the San Miguel Project (the "Merger"). As a condition to closing the Merger, the shares of Paramount's subsidiary holding its Nevada mining assets will be spun-off to holders of the Company's common stock.
Aberdeen (AAB.to) vs Meson: A proxy slate
Tax loss selling
Aurcana (AUN.v): Lenic has left the building
In order to spend more time with his yacht in the Med. Link here
Some of the most informative NRs are the short ones that say very little.
Even at the bottom of a market the junior mining bullshit never stops
GDD002 intersects 48m @ 4.09 g/t Au, 15.82 g/t Ag and 0.22% Cu from 38 m, including: 4m @ 47.6 g/t Au, 90.55 g/t Ag and 0.57% Cu from 60 m. -- This mineralisation is predominantly hosted in skarn and can be correlated on section to previously reported high-value surface channel samples approx. 250m to the south-west. -- Three broad zones of highly elevated copper with associated gold and silver geochemistry returned in assays for the top 228m of this hole, which was completed to 768m. Assays are awaited for the rest of the hole. -- The significant intersection in GDD002, in combination with GDD001, provides further evidence of a large, strongly mineralised porphyry system at Misima. -- The new results have helped define a structural corridor within which upper level propylitic or halo alteration and associated porphyry mineralisation occurs, suggesting that this is the priority target area for further deep diamond drilling. -- Scout diamond hole GDD003, located 500m to the south-east from GDD0002, is currently at a depth of 631m.
UPDATE: Best feedback received so far is from reader M: "Why didn't they go for 160m at 1g/t, amateurs!"
The Deutsche Bank 2015 Commodities Outlook report
It's 5.3Mb, it's 142 pages, it's dated today December 16th 2014, it covers all the angles, it's on this link right here. As for the front cover summary:
#1 Benchmark indices & a third year of under-performance: Following powerful price corrections, investors may be tempted to re-establish long exposures. However, US dollar strength should sustain the under-performance of commodity benchmark returns relative to equities.
#2 Living with lower oil prices: We believe Brent oil prices below USD60/barrel would, over time, inflict damage on US oil supply prospects. A more powerful and sustained slump in oil prices towards USD40/bbl would, in our view, be only likely to occur in a much weaker global growth environment.
#3 Natural gas supply growth: With 2015 supply growth likely to exceed the level needed to balance the market, we expect this year's storage deficit to be eliminated by the end of Q1-15. Building surpluses over the balance of the year are likely to weigh on prices particularly in the summer.
#4 The Fed & gold: Lower oil prices will inflict more damage on the S&P500 than the US real economy and encourage an expansion in central bank balance sheets outside of the US. These may provide pockets of support for gold, but, US financial forces will eventually overwhelm and drive gold prices lower.
#5 The curse of over-valuation: Palladium has taken on the mantle of the world's most richly priced commodity. While lower oil prices and a falling US unemployment rate should propel US auto sales higher, palladium fundamentals have to remain robust to justify our bullish price forecasts.
#6 Copper's exposure to the property slowdown in China: Unlike energy, agricultural and bulk commodities, where prices are back to levels last seen in 2009, industrial metal have been more resilient. However, the copper market is moving into surplus and the lagged effects of the weaker Chinese property market will hit copper demand, as a result copper is our preferred short.
#7 Bulk commodities & the US dollar: Depreciating currencies have given bulk producers some breathing space to tolerate further price declines. This may delay the necessary production cuts, which will mean prices drift lower.
Whole thing here. Up to you whather you agree with DB or not.
On a happier note...
Vile esteemed really sucks, y'know
Not by our feeling, but by others' seeing.
1) FR.to stock pops hard and against the grain of market peers at the open.
2) People start going "Huh WTF?" and the way things are these days I'm roped in (wholly voluntarily, but I'm pulled into the loop all the same) by those looking for an answer. We look together, pool resources, ask around, usual style.
3) Reasonable intel comes back over the jungledrum (and in all these cases "reasonable" involves a vetting process else you'd get to hear about all sorts of sillystuff rumours on these pages).
4) Instead of keeping the reasonable junglydrum snippet inside the usual walls, I pass it on here at the blog to (as noted yesterday) 'level the playing field', as it kinda irritates me that there's this two tier rumour system in Canada that rarely lets retail in on the juice.
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It's now eight weeks since the Doug Casey "Market To Crash NOW" call
On October 21st Casey Research charged its bleating flock $20 for its "Prepare For the 2014 Crash" report. And after urging you on by saying (and we quote)...
"Now is the time to take action. Not in the next few months or even in the next few weeks—Right now."...in the panic-laden Crash report, let's see how the Doug Casey prediction is panning out. Unlike the memory-lapsing Olivier Garret who tried to lull us into some revisionist bullshit on November 26th, we at IKN are clear about the main calls and trade recos offered by Casey Research in its paid-for panic call in October. The integral parts of the plan were the following:
In short:
- The S&P500 hasn't crashed, it's 2 1/2 % over the last eight weeks
- Also true for KRE, which is up 3%
- IYT has been higher of course, but it's still 5% up in the period
- Meanwhile, the safe haven call of gold, the one that should have gone up, is down by nearly 5% in the period.
The cheque's in the post, Pacific Potash (PP.v) edition
VANCOUVER, Dec. 15, 2014 /CNW/ - Pacific Potash Corporation (TSX-V: PP) ("Pacific Potash" or the "Company") announces that its personnel in Brazil have advised that the funds wired to Brazil in order to make the tax payment due to the DNPM at the beginning of December were not received for unknown reasons and therefore the tax payment was not made by the required deadline. As a result, management has been advised that the Company's tenemants in Brazil may be revoked by the DNPM. The new management team for the Company is working to resolve this matter as soon as possible.


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M-920 Cain
The M-920 is a heavy weapon from Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. The[[File:|right|]] weapon is highly accurate and inflicts up to 10,000 damage which makes it an instant kill every time. The final boss in Mass Effect 2 is the only enemy you cannot kill instantly with this weapon but it still only takes two. [[File:|right|]] It could be obtained in Mass Effect 2 by getting three heavy weapon upgrades at the Normandy's Reasearch station and cost 25,000 Iridium.
While in Mass Effect 3 the weapon was only able to be used in Priority: Earth 1 while taking down the Hades Cannon. Although there is an extra M-920 although both only have one missile in them.

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Huge a.m. win
Postseason Memories
Ron Reed came to the Phillies as a starting pitcher and was converted into a durable reliever (458 games) from 1976-83. He also pitched for the Braves, Cardinals and White Sox. His postseason experience with the Phillies includes one Division Series, five NLCS and two World Series, 1980 and 1983. The 66-year-old Notre Dame grad also played in the NBA for two seasons.
What is your favorite memory of October baseball as a child?
"Watching the Yankees in the World Series. It seemed like they were always in the World Series. I was a big Mickey Mantle fan."
As a player, what was the biggest change between the regular season and postseason?
"Has to be the level of intensity. My first playoffs were with the Braves against the 69 'Miracle Mets.' I remember all of the excitement and the feeling in the clubhouse of 'Hey, we are really in the playoffs with a chance to go to the World Series.' And that carried over into all of the playoffs when I was with the Phillies. Unbelievably intense atmosphere."
What is your fondest personal postseason memory?
"Getting the 'SAVE' in Game 2 of the 1980 WORLD SERIES is my fondest personal memory from all of the postseasons I participated in. And of course being part of that great Phillies team is a great memory. After getting to the playoffs in 1976, 1977, and 1978, and losing all three playoff series, 1980 was special and a memory I'll always cherish."
Where were you when the Phillies won the World Series last October?
"At home watching fellow Golden Domer Brad Lidge get the final out. The Phillies have won only two World Series in their history and both times a former Notre Dame pitcher was in the bullpen!"
Postseason History
Phillies are 1-3 on October 12. The lone win was a big one, clinching the NL pennant in Houston 29 years ago.
Game 3 Recap
"The absurdity of a wildly entertaining game was that it didn't end until 2:14 a.m. Eastern time in temperatures in the mid-20s, which begs the question that if no one was awake to see it, did it really happen?", wrote Martin Frank in the Wilmington News-Journal.
For those Phillies faithful that were able to stay awake, it indeed was an entertaining game and a huge win; Credit goes to both teams for playing a mistake-free game in bitter cold conditions. Tip of the cap also goes to the Colorado fans who sat through the marathon game. Hope no one got frostbite.
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"...You may, from time to time, find yourself in disagreement with someone else's opinion. At times like these, please keep in mind it's safer and more polite to take issue with the comments rather than the person....
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Eugene Wong stepped to the last tee of the Canadian Tour Championship at Scarboro down a shot, staring a par-four in the face. He drove solidly into the middle of the fairway, 133 yards away. He'd need to get up and down just to go to a playoff. He put it up and in.
"There's a funny story to that shot," confessed Wong. "My caddie and I were walking up the fairway, and he said 'it would be nice to hole it right now, wouldn't it? I said 'yeah, it would.'"
Wong, still just 21 years old, was the NCAA's top golfer in 2010, and was playing just his third career event on the Canadian Tour. The Canadian international missed the cut in his first and only PGA event last month, so he needs to work on his Thursdays and Fridays, but we already know he can finish.


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There has been a press release concerning a new interpretive centre commemorating the site of Ontario's first parliament buildings and the War of 1812.
"This commemorative centre will provide a unique opportunity for citizens and visitors to learn about and mark significant events from our collective past - a fitting and timely initiative as we prepare for next year's celebration of both the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, events that will highlight and reinforce the Crown's important role in our parliamentary democracy," said the Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
The commemorative centre will open in February 2012 at 265 Front Street East in Toronto, on a property acquired by the province and transferred to the Ontario Heritage Trust in 2005. It and three adjoining properties comprise the site of Ontario's first purpose-built parliament buildings. Opened in 1797, the buildings were burned by invading American forces during the War of 1812. They were later rebuilt, but were destroyed by fire again in 1824.
"This new commemorative centre will not only shed light on the history of this site, it will also put that history in a provincial and national context," said the Honourable Glen Murray, Minister of Research and Innovation and MPP Toronto Centre.
"Next year's bicentennial is an ideal time to draw attention to the importance of Ontario's first parliament buildings, which were destroyed in battle during the War of 1812," said Dr. Symons. "We are delighted that the new commemorative centre will showcase this history, exploring the evolution of our democracy and the significance of the war, both of which have played major roles in shaping the province and the country we know today."
"Many citizens of Old Town Toronto and local organizations have been eager to see this site commemorated and interpreted, particularly as the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 approaches," said Rollo Myers, who has been actively involved for many years with the protection of the site of Ontario's first parliament buildings. "I'm delighted that the Trust's centre will celebrate the bicentennial and showcase the critical early years of Upper Canada, as many of Ontario's most important institutions - social, political and religious - trace their beginnings to this site."


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Qualifications and Skills: Current and satisfactory Criminal Records Check with vulnerable sector screening. Department of Social Development screening required through the YMCA. Individual must feel comfortable in a swimming pool around small children.
- Help Child Care staff during scheduled pool times by engaging and playing with the children while they are participating in programming in the therapy pool
- Use respectable language at all times
- Well groomed and appropriately dressed in clothing that is fitting for the position and that will leave the best possible impression on the public
- Accept the guidance and decisions from the Supervisor as well as reporting planned or unplanned absence to the Supervisor
- Treat staff, clients and other volunteers of the YMCA of Greater Saint John with respect and dignity and be responsible in the use of the YMCA of Greater Saint John's resources
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- Adhere to policies and procedures of the YMCA of Greater Saint John
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- Participate in orientation and training programs when required
- Be a part of the YMCA team and promote the Mission, Vision and Values of the YMCA
- Opportunity to enhance skills as well as learn and develop new skills in a child care environment
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I've blogged before about the diversions most likely to lure me away from writing but recently these 'tantalizing teasers' have been especially hard to resist. From time to time it behooves one, I think, to reassess those activities in one's life that tend to encourage a person to stray from the task at hand. So, in the tradition of recognizing a problem exists and identifying that problem, I present Bullet Hole's Top Ten Temptations most likely to keep me from writing.
10 American Idol, Grey's Anatomy, Dancing With the Stars featuring fellow Iowan and Olympic Gymnast Shawn Johnson, Criminal Minds…
9 New (and multiple) voices in my head urging me to tell 'their' stories—voices I have no business listening to until I've met my page quota on my current wip
8 Naps
7 Junk food runs for caramel sundaes, flavored coffees, bakery items, and Chinese Cuisine (and prior to Easter, Cadbury Crème Eggs)
6 Movies and DVDs
5 Home improvement madness run amok
4 Online news sources that feed my political junkie habit and goad me to write emails and letters to my elected representatives rather than the next scene of my wip
3 Long overdue warm spring-like days that encourage me to play hooky by taking long walks in the park and my favorite haunt--the cemetery.
2 Nancy Grace and Jane Velez-Mitchell (sensational, yet riveting real life crime stories) and Greta Van Susteren (Fox News)
1 Uber tall stack of to-be-read books that promise hours of entertainment and escapismOkay, that's the latest list of leisure time activities that prevent me from being as productive as I should be. Care to weigh in with your own Top Ten Temptations? What currently keeps you from focusing on the job at hand--whether it be writing-related, work-related, schoolwork, housework, etc.?
Now that I got that off my chest, I feel SO much better--confession being good for the soul, you know.
So, off I go to write…just as soon as I grab a cappuccino and a breakfast sandwich, check out the latest headlines, and take a short walk to clear my head of those voices I make reference to in Number 9 of my Top Ten Temptations.
Have a good one!
~Bullet Hole~
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Top Ten Temptations Currently Most Likely to Turn My Attention Away From Writing
I've blogged before about the diversions most likely to lure me away from writing but recently these 'tantalizing teasers' have been especially hard to resist. From time to time it behooves one, I think, to reassess those activities in one's life that tend to encourage a person to stray from the task at hand. So, in the tradition of recognizing a problem exists and identifying that problem, I present Bullet Hole's Top Ten Temptations most likely to keep me from writing.
Posted by Kathy Bacus at 7:30 PM
12 comments:
- Keri Ford said...
Don't forget Castle! Comes on Monday nights!
big TBR pile is really distracting. While I was waiting on the page to load I was thinking of reading a book today!
I vacuumed and shampoo'd carpets yesterday. My kitchen floors are begging me-BEGGING me to do them. But that includes cleaning countertops and table. We'll save that for tomorrow on my workout day.
That nice warm sun outside which wonderfuly tans my skin and loads me up on that vitamin that I can't think of that my body doesn't store well. Doctor ordered here, so how can I NOT take advantage everytime the sun pops out so invitingly??
- April 16, 2009 at 8:38 AM
- Kathy Bacus said...
Argh, how could I forget Castle! Love it!
And I must say, I like your way of thinking, Keri. Very sound reasoning...
Enjoy that sunshine!
~Bullet Hole~
- April 16, 2009 at 9:16 AM
- Leslie Langtry said...
Naps. Definitely naps are a big distraction, and...oh look! Cake!
- April 16, 2009 at 9:25 AM
- Kathy Bacus said...
I hear you, Les. Let them eat cake!
~Bullet Hole~
- April 16, 2009 at 10:21 AM
- LuAnn said...
What are my Top Ten distractions:
1. Reading one of the many great books on my TBR pile.
2. Visiting blogs that talk about books.
3. Taking a nap when I fall asleep while reading.
4. Warm weather that gets me outside the four walls.
5. Checking to see what came in the mail today.
6. Playing games on my computer.
7. The grandkids wanting my attention.
8. Sending e-letters to my friends.
9. Stopping to eat.
10. Going for a drive through the local wildlife refuge with my camera.
- April 16, 2009 at 11:06 AM
- Hellie Sinclair said...
10. TV shows (or the TODAY show, which makes me perpetually late to work.)
9. Craft projects. "Oh, that looks like fun! I'll take up crocheting" and a few weeks later, "Hey, I haven't sewn in ages!" Right, well, I haven't WRITTEN in ages either.
8. BLOGS. I love blogs. And Facebook falls under this category for me.
7. EMAILS. I'm a complete junkie. I have to check like every other minute and respond IMMEDIATELY. Unless it's work related...that crap can wait.
6. Lunch with girlfriends (etc), whom I don't get to see very often. You have to make time for your friends or you won't have any. Plus you have to eat.
5. The gym. Not so much a temptation than a "I have to go before my muscles atrophy" but sometimes I do use it as a reason not to write.
4. Sleeping. I'd rather sleep than exercise; and I'd rather sleep than write.
3. Movies and DVDs.
2. Books.
1. Sex. (And if I have it the same night I went to the gym, I get brownie points for exercising twice in one day, right?)
- April 16, 2009 at 11:51 AM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Blogs! If I could spend as much time writing as I do reading blogs... well, let's just say, it's a lot.
- April 16, 2009 at 1:44 PM
- Terri Osburn said...
I *heart* Castle!
I did really well about a year ago where there was ONE show I made time for and the rest of the week, I was getting things done. Now, not so much. I'll be much better off when Idol and DWTS is finished and the other stuff goes into re-runs.
School work is about to become overwhelming but if I can make through the next 11 weeks and cross that finish line, I'm going to be SOOOOOOOOOOO relieved.
Coaching softball is not only taking up my time, but taking up my trunk space AND causing me to lose sleep. I have 9 little girls who have never played before and only 10 days to get them ready. It's NEVER going to happen!
Come July 1, when school is over and softball is over, kiddo is away for the summer and shows are on repeat mode, I hope to get TONS of writing done. After I sleep for several days. *sigh*
- April 16, 2009 at 2:10 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
Impressive Top Ten list, LuAnn. Sounds like the lure of warm weather and sunshine is pretty much a universal--and irresistable--distraction.
~Bullet Hole~
- April 16, 2009 at 3:11 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
LOL, MsHellion--and good for you on getting all the exercise! Note that gym visits are not among the things that keep me from the work at hand--and will, no doubt, never make my Top Ten...
~Bullet Hole~
- April 16, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
Gotta love that blogging, Gemma. And since you're expecting, we can give you a pass on napping which, as I recall, increase in frequency during pregnancy.
~Bullet Hole~
- April 16, 2009 at 3:18 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
The softball coaching sounds like a really fun--okay, and exhausting--way to spend time, Terrio. And I agree. Once we get to rerun season, I'll have much more time.
~Bullet Hole~
- April 16, 2009 at 3:21 PM


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It must be beautiful - great equations of modern science
This book is built on an extended metaphor, which casts equations as the poetry of science. According to the editor Graham Farmelo (head of Science Communication at the Science Museum in London), great equations and great poems are alike in a number of ways. Both suffer if anything is added, changed, or taken away, both are a rich stimulus to the prepared imagination, and both draw much of their power from their conciseness. Most importantly for this book, the creators of both claim to have been guided by their sense of beauty. (The imperative "It must be beautiful" of the title is attributed to Einstein and Dirac, both featured here.)
So, to be called a success the book must satisfy two criteria - that it is a good read, and that it convinces the reader of the soundness of this metaphor. On the first it succeeds, but not really on the second. It's certainly not the book I expected when I decided to read it. I expected the great equations to be "unpacked" for me, to be provided with the equivalent of literary criticism, just as poetry criticism focuses on the meanings and significance of the words and phrases, the resonances and connections between them. Well, some of the essays in the book, notably Roger Penrose's article on the Einstein Equation of General Relativity, do just this. But the majority are more like "biographies" of their equation, explaining how they came into being, where they were born, what was their heritage, and what their lives have been like.
Actually, this is pretty interesting, which is why I said it was a good read. Some of the essays cover material frequently found elsewhere - if you read popular science books you will be familiar with Einstein in his Swiss patent office, and the Los Alamos group building the first atom bomb. But some are more original, notably the particularly good essay on Shannon's equations and their crucial role in the information revolution. This is an essay where the equations really do take centre stage.
A couple of equations were pretty dubious candidates for inclusion, and must have been chosen simply to add variety. If the criteria had been stuck to closely, the book would probably have been almost entirely physics, which would have been boring. But really, is Drake's equation, purporting to estimate the number of extra-terrestrial civilisations, beautiful by any stretch of the imagination? And the sole representative of chemistry is also a wildcard entry - chemical "equations" aren't really equations at all, and so no matter how interesting the process by which CFC's deplete the ozone layer, the essay probably belongs elsewhere.
All in all, this is a good book, and better if you just forget about the poetry stuff.
- Book details:
- It must be beautiful - great equations of modern science
- Ed. Graham Farmelo
- hardback - 304 pages (2002)
- Granta Books


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Morenci Middle School teacher Doug Rupp wasn't sure how well a Fellowship of Christian Athletes "huddle group" would go over at this school.
That was two years ago and he was surprised when attendance hovered around 45 students.
Participation certainly hasn't fallen. Sometimes as many as 70 students show up for the twice-a-month meetings.
One meeting a month is during the lunch period, with students bringing their meal to Mr. Rupp's classroom. The other meeting is during the seminar session when students have the opportunity to prepare for other classes or get a jump on homework.
"It just seems to be getting better every year," Mr. Rupp said.
Activities include hearing about well-known Christian athletes from college and professional sports, and using other materials furnished by the national Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)organization.
The local club sponsors a dance every spring to earn funds.
"We're hoping to use some of that money to send kids to FCA camps," Mr. Rupp said.
The camp involves sports activities, Bible studies, Christian rock bands and more. Scholarships could help pay the cost for students to attend.
"Our goal is to get some churches involved, too, as we continue to grow," Mr. Rupp said.
He's assisted in FCA by colleague Dan Hoffman.
Two leaders are hoping to help organize some community service projects in the future. He's also been asked about starting an FCA huddle group at the high school, but he would need some high school staff members to participate, unless meetings were scheduled in the evening.
Mr. Rupp belonged to FCA when he was student at Wauseon. He thought about organizing the group in Morenci for a few years and finally made the move, with the help of Wauseon's FCA advisor.
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The Hercules controller is one of the most excellent doorways to starting dj work on the market, for those people wishing to enter into the wide world of mixing music-songs.
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Top Panel
2 jog wheels for navigating within the music, speeding up or slowing down tracks and scratching
1 cross fader and 3 volume faders
2 pitch faders
2 x 3 buttons for pitch setting : 2 for master tempo, 2 for Auto-Sync and 2 for pitch reset
2 x 3 buttons for playback control (Play / Cue / Stop)
2 X 2 Rewind / Fast Forward buttons for navigating within the loaded audio tracks
2 x 3 Equalizer knobs and 2 x 3 Kill buttons
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1 button for switching the jog wheels in scratch mode
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2 gain knobs and 2 buttons for assigning external audio sources on the deck
1 balance knob
1 microphone volume knob + 1 microphone on/off switch + 1 microphone 1/4-inch jack mono connector
2 Cue Select buttons + 1 Cue-Main knob for monitoring + 1 headphones knob + one 1/4-inch jack connector for headphones.
Rear Panel
Four RCA output connectors featuring -10 dBv level for connecting a stereo system, a recorder or a mixing deck
Four 1/4-inch jack mono output connectors featuring +4 dBu level to connect a PA amplifier or PA speakers
Two independent stereo inputs via 4 RCA connectors, with a switch for audio input level selection: line or phono-jack
USB connector for connection to a PC (USB 2.0 or 1.1) or Mac (USB 2.0).
Front Panel
Microphone 1/4-inch jack mono input
Headphones 1/4-inch jack stereo output
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Four directional buttons for browsing menus and two buttons for loading tracks on the decks
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From behind the wheel of the 2019 Ram 1500 Longhorn, there are a lot of details to take in. There's etched scrolling on the gold metal accents, reverse stitching on the leather-wrapped steering wheel and a gargantuan 12-inch display screen on the center stack. You need to sit for a minute and take it all in.
After all, this is a pickup truck.
A very capable pickup truck with a maximum payload of 2,300 pounds and a maximum trailer tow of 12,700 pounds.
And yet, the luxurious finishing touches and up-level safety features available on the all-new 1500 are undeniable.
Whether you're looking at a base truck or the top-tier trim, you'll find clever features, soft-touch surfaces and well-designed spaces.
The 2019 model will have three engine options: a 3.6-liter V-6 and two 5.7-liter Hemi V-8s – one with Ram's new eTorque system and one without.
Both the V-6 and V-8 will be well powered, with the V-6 delivering 305 horsepower and 269 pound-feet of torque and the V-8s delivering 395 horsepower and 410 pound-feet of torque.
New for 2019, Ram adds a "mild hybrid" system called eTorque to the 1500. This is standard on the base V-6 engine and available on the V-8. The system's primary function is to increase efficiency with auto stop/start functionality and torque assist.
The surprise benefit is the system increases launch torque by 90 pound-feet in the V-6 and 130 pound-feet in the V-8. That translates to faster passing ability without giving too much of a ding to fuel economy.
We were driving the regular V-8 without eTorque during the press launch, and it was remarkably smooth and fast. For such a large – and heavy – vehicle, it merges with fast-moving traffic quite well, and highway passing maneuvers are a breeze.
It's hard to imagine that the power equation will get even better when equipped with eTorque.
Overall ride and handling was also smooth. There was just enough shimmy when turning to remind you that you're driving a truck. But mostly, if you didn't look out the rearview mirror, you could think you're driving an SUV.
The cabin is quiet with very little road or engine noise that seeps into the cabin.
During the daylong test, we primarily drove the Longhorn and Laramie trims, and the handling didn't deviate too much between the vehicles. Both were comfortable and planted on the road.
We also drove a short and mild off-road coarse in the Rebel, having fun blasting through sand and climbing some small, rocky hills. We felt the Rebel's standard skid plate in action and appreciated the thick 33-inch tires that gripped every surface.
We also loved the bright red interior accents.
One of the best things about the new 1500 is all the storage capability within the truck. There are plenty of bins and cubby holes to hide everything from groceries and briefcases to a 15-inch laptop.
And that's without the available RamBox.
I particularly appreciated the rear seats of the Ram 1500, which fold up and provide a flat load floor. Available features in the back include reclining rear seats as well as heated and cooled outboard seats.
The exterior design gets a little more aerodynamic and adds some refinement, but the overall look is still undeniably Ram. The biggest change comes to the grille, with the removal of the crosshairs.
The 2019 1500 also has a high level of tech feature availability. It has three standard USB ports, with the availability to get up to five as you level up through the trims. Plus, the gorgeous 12-inch display screen is available starting at the Laramie trim and standard on the Limited.
The base Uconnect system includes a 5-inch screen with AM, FM and Bluetooth connectivity. The 8.4 inch system is available starting at the Big Horn trim and standard on the Laramie model.
My driving partner and I tested the phone system while driving (hands-free, of course), and found that calls were easily made and the person on the other end of the line was clear through the vehicle's speakers. What's more, the person on the receiving end of the call said both my drive partner in the passenger seat and I were also clearly heard.
Ram will have six trims for the 2019 model year. Pricing listed below is for the quad-cab models with the 4X2 drivetrain and V-6 engine.
Tradesman ($31,695): Standard features at this trim include 18-inch wheels, push-button start, 5-inch radio, Bluetooth phone connectivity and power locks and mirrors.
Big Horn ($35,695): This trim adds 18-inch aluminum wheels, fog lamps, chrome bumpers and handles and a leather steering wheel with audio controls.
Rebel ($43,995): This is the off-road-ready model in the bunch and adds 18-inch off-road wheels, LED lamps, keyless entry, remote start, 33-inch tires and vinyl/cloth bucket seats.
Laramie ($40,690): This trim starts to add in more lux-level features including leather seats, the 8.4-inch radio, a 7-inch driver's display cluster, a class IV hitch, heated front and rear seats and power rear windows.
Longhorn ($51,390): This trim upgrades to 20-inch aluminum wheels and adds premium LED headlights, side steps a tailgate release and premium leather.
Limited ($53,890): This top-tier trim adds the 12-inch radio display screen, air suspension, power side steps, a wireless charging pad and blind spot monitoring with trailer detect.
The all-new Ram 1500 will start hitting dealers this spring.
The Bottom Line:
There is so much more I could say about this truck from the box, bed and cabin configurations to the incredible list of available Mopar accessories. But at the end of the day, Ram has done a really nice job with its 15th-generation pickup truck.
It's chockfull of clever features, high-level technology and impressive capability.
The folks at Ram have been calling this all-new 1500 a "no compromises" truck since it's reveal in January at the Detroit auto show, and after a day behind the wheel, I believe them.
Editor's Note: Driving impressions in this "First Look" review are from an invitation-only automaker launch event that allowed special access to the vehicle and executives. Ram covered our accommodations, meals and transportation costs.


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>Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may cause a change in the way that the lens of the eye refracts light. This change occurs slowly and is usually not noticed until after a week or two of treatment. If the HBO therapy continues to that point or beyond, the patient may experience a slow myopic (nearsighted) change. This slow change typically continues as long as the HBO treatments continue. It is usually reversible after the treatments are finished, although there have been some reports in which this reversal did not occur or was incomplete.
>For more information on vision issues, see the complete article by Frank K. Butler Jr., Captain, Medical Corps, United States Navy on High-Pressure Ophthalmology from Alert Diver.


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WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts -- It turns out that the sea slug isn't really that sluggish after all. So says the first broad field study of this charismatic orange creature's behavior in the wild, which was just published in the April 2006 issue of The Biological Bulletin.
The new research is significant because the sea slug known as Tritonia diomedea, a nudibranch mollusc species found in the shallow northeast Pacific, is important in laboratory studies of the how the brain controls behavior, a field known as neuroethology.
Biologists Russell Wyeth and Dennis Willows, of University of Washington's Friday Harbor Laboratories, launched the study to help provide missing information on this important research animal.
"Tritonia is one of the testing grounds for a lot of ideas for how nervous systems work," says Wyeth. "Field work with this organism is helpful because it gives you a good idea of how to set things up in the lab."
Observations of the slug's natural behaviors and the sensory cues that trigger them also add exciting new context for scientists studying them under experimental conditions and provide information that cannot be obtained in laboratories.
The study sheds light on the sea slug's navigation, feeding, mating, and egg-laying behavior, and confirms that many of this creature's behaviors in the wild are similar to published descriptions of laboratory behavior. The navigational observations are among the study's most exciting findings, not only because they are new to science, but also because they suggest that sea slugs don't just inch randomly around the sea.
In fact, they respond to odors and other sensory cues by initiating beneficial navigational behaviors, including escaping from predators by swimming up into water currents that hurl them (un-sluggishly) end over end downstream and away from harm, as well as crawling aggressively (for slugs) upstream to breed and feed. The observations also correlated with earlier studies suggesting that sea slugs flatten out their bodies to reduce drag when they encounter strong water currents, a behavior that helps them avoid being swept away.
At field sites near Vargas Island, British Columbia, and in southern Puget Sound, Wyeth, Willows, and their colleagues used SCUBA and time-lapse videos made with surveillance cameras like those used to catch shoplifters to observe the slugs' secret lives, then described certain behaviors and their relationships to sensory cues.
The goal of neuroethologists who study sea slugs in the laboratory is to link specific behaviors to their underlying neural controls. Information on behaviors and sensory cues that influence them is essential to the study of sensory systems, central processing, and motor systems, the basic neural elements that control behavior in all animals.
The sea slug has become a favored research model in this research arena over the past 40 years. "It's nature's gift to neurobiologists," says Wyeth. "It has a relatively small number of large, color-coded nerve cells that always appear in the same place in a relatively simple nervous system that controls behaviors that are easy to study under conditions of neurophysiological experimentation."
The observations that sea slugs navigate with respect to water flow and direction based on odor and other cues will inspire further studies of this behavior and aid scientists studying the nerve cells involved in navigation, an important problem every animal faces.
"Once you know what a behavior is, you have a starting point to see how the brain is actually controlling it," Wyeth says.


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This is such a beautiful song composed by British artist Steve Strange in December 1980. Fade To Grey has that French emotional melody and elegant groove, with English vocals accompanied with French spoken words by a female. Good old 1980 sustained eighth-note octave synth bassline, Roland CR-78 drum-machine, and synth drum slams & hits. The track is like an uplifting passion of the French food with the deepness of French wine that screams falling in love and having sex with a French mistress, covered in French chocolat (sho-ko-la).
Visage – "Fade To Grey" (12″)…
Artist: Visage
Title: Fade To Grey (12″ Version)
Year: 1980
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"America is led by a man determined that it should not"
Charles Krauthammer is not amused by the kind of leadership Barack Obama has shown during the Libya crisis. And it is not difficult to agree with what he is saying:
And as for the United States, who knows what American policy is. Administration officials insist we are not trying to bring down Gaddafi, even as the president insists that he must go. Although on Tuesday Obama did add "unless he changes his approach." Approach, mind you.
In any case, for Obama, military objectives take a back seat to diplomatic appearances. The president is obsessed with pretending that we are not running the operation — a dismaying expression of Obama's view that his country is so tainted by its various sins that it lacks the moral legitimacy to . . . what? Save Third World people from massacre?Obama seems equally obsessed with handing off the lead role. Hand off to whom? NATO? Quarreling amid Turkish resistance (see above), NATO still can't agree on taking over command of the airstrike campaign, which is what has kept the Libyan rebels alive.
This confusion is purely the result of Obama's decision to get America into the war and then immediately relinquish American command. Never modest about himself, Obama is supremely modest about his country. America should be merely "one of the partners among many," he said Monday. No primus inter pares for him. Even the Clinton administration spoke of America as the indispensable nation. And it remains so. Yet at a time when the world is hungry for America to lead — no one has anything near our capabilities, experience and resources — America is led by a man determined that it should not.A man who dithers over parchment. Who starts a war from which he wants out right away. Good God. If you go to take Vienna, take Vienna. If you're not prepared to do so, better then to stay home and do nothing.
Read the entire column here.
As we have pointed out several times already, only the US is capable of leading an operation like the one going on in Libya now. Formally NATO can take over, but in reality the US stays as leader, want it or not. Obama´s active avoidance of visible leadership is not very clever, because everybody - including the muslim countries - knows who is the real leader.
The internal bickering within NATO is also very damaging with regard to the future of the alliance. The worst performer is Germany, which in reality has allied itself with Russia and China. And sometimes one wonders, why Turkey is a member of the alliance?


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(a) (1) The Legislature finds that ginseng trade must be controlled in order to protect the survival of wild ginseng as evidenced by its listing in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. It is the policy of this state to regulate the commerce in ginseng in a manner that protects the survival of wild ginseng.
(2) For purposes of this section:
(A) "Certified" means the ginseng carries a certificate of origin issued by the director which allows the export from West Virginia of ginseng legally harvested in this state;
(B) "Commercial use" means to sell or to use ginseng for financial gain;
(C) "Cultivated ginseng" means ginseng that is purposefully planted in beds under artificial shade using standard horticultural practices such as mechanical tillage, fertilization, weed control, irrigation and pesticides;
(D) "Dealer" means a person who purchases ginseng for purposes of commercial use;
(E) "Digger" means a person who digs, collects or gathers wild ginseng by searching woodlands to find the plants;
(F) "Director" means the Director of the Division of Forestry;
(G) "Division" means the Division of Forestry;
(H) "Export" means the movement of ginseng from state to state as well as sending it abroad;
(I) "Ginseng" means whole, sliced or parts of roots of cultivated ginseng, woods grown ginseng, wild simulated ginseng and wild ginseng, excluding manufactured parts, products, and derivatives, such as powders, pills, extracts, tonics, teas and confectionary;
(J) "Green ginseng" means a fresh wild ginseng root that has not been intentionally subjected to a drying process and from which most natural moisture has not been removed by drying.
(K) "Grower" means a person who purposefully plants and grows cultivated ginseng, woods-grown ginseng or wild simulated ginseng for purposes of commercial use: Provided, That a grower does not include a digger who plants wild ginseng seed from the wild ginseng plants he or she digs, collects or gathers;
(L) "Harvest" means to dig, collect or gather ginseng;
(M) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, firm or association;
(N) "Rootlets" means woods-grown or wild simulated one-to-two year old ginseng roots commonly sold as transplants to growers;
(O) "Wild ginseng" means Panax quinquefolius L. that is not grown or nurtured by a person regardless of the putative origin of the plants: Provided, That wild ginseng may originate from seeds planted by a digger at the same site from which the digger harvests the wild ginseng;
(P) "Wild simulated ginseng" means ginseng that is purposefully planted in the woods without a bed being prepared and without the use of any chemical weed, disease or pest control agents;
(Q) "Woods-grown ginseng" means ginseng that is purposefully planted in beds prepared in the woods in a manner that uses trees to provide necessary shade and which may be grown with the use of chemical or mechanical weed, disease or pest control agents.
(3) (A) The Division of Forestry shall regulate the growing, digging, collecting, gathering, possessing and selling of ginseng.
(B) The division may propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code to implement the provisions of this section including the amount of any permit fee.
(C) For purposes of regulating the growing, harvesting and commercial use of ginseng, a division employee may enter upon any public or private property, other than a dwelling house, at reasonable times, in order to inspect the ginseng operation or records. A person may not obstruct or hinder the employee in the discharge of his or her enforcement duties.
(D) All moneys received from permit fees and civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be credited to the special account within the Division of Forestry to be used for the purposes set forth in section three of this article.
(E) The site plats required to be submitted to the division and other information identifying the specific location of ginseng plants are not open to public inspection pursuant to §29B-1-1 et seq. of this code since they disclose information having a significant commercial value.
(b) (1) The digging season for wild ginseng begins on September 1, and ends on November 30, of each year. It is unlawful for a person to dig, collect or gather wild ginseng between December 1, and August 31 of the following year.
(2) A person digging, collecting or gathering wild ginseng upon the enclosed or posted lands of another person shall first obtain written permission from the landowner, tenant or agent, and shall carry the written permission on his or her person while digging, collecting or gathering wild ginseng upon the enclosed or posted lands. It is unlawful to dig, collect or gather wild ginseng from the property of another without the written permission of the landowner.
(3) A person digging, collecting or gathering wild ginseng shall plant the seeds from the wild ginseng plants at the time and at the site from which the wild ginseng is harvested. It is unlawful to remove wild ginseng seeds from the site of collection.
(4) It is unlawful to dig, collect or gather wild ginseng less than five years old.
(5) A person may not rescue wild ginseng plants endangered by ground-disturbing activities unless he or she has first obtained a moving permit from the division. The person shall provide the reason for moving the plants, the current location of the plants, the proposed new planting site and other information required by the division.
(6) It is unlawful to plant ginseng or ginseng seed and to dig, collect or gather ginseng on West Virginia public lands, except by land grant university researchers performing research or demonstration projects regarding the growing, cultivating or harvesting of ginseng: Provided, That it is unlawful for anyone to plant ginseng or ginseng seed and to dig, collect or gather ginseng on state wildlife management areas or on state parks.
(c) (1) A person may not act as a grower unless he or she has obtained a grower's permit from the division.
(2) Prior to planting cultivated, woods-grown or wild simulated ginseng, a grower shall:
(A) Submit to the director a plat of the exact planting location prepared by a licensed surveyor or a registered forester as defined in §30-19-1 et seq. of this code, along with information verifying the name of the landowner: Provided, That if the grower is not the landowner, the grower shall also submit written permission from the landowner to grow and harvest cultivated, woods-grown or wild simulated ginseng on that property.
(B) Obtain a written determination from the director certifying that the planting area is free from wild ginseng; and
(C) Submit other information required by the division.
(3) A grower shall keep accurate and complete records on each ginseng planting on forms provided by the division. The records shall be available for inspection by a division employee and shall be submitted to the division at intervals established by rule by the division. A grower shall maintain records for a period of not less than ten years. The information required to be kept shall include:
(A) The origin of ginseng seed, rootlets or plants;
(B) The location of purposefully planted cultivated, wild simulated and woods-grown ginseng and a site plat of the planting;
(C) The original of the director's determination that the site was free from wild ginseng at the time of planting;
(D) The date each site was planted;
(E) The number of pounds of seeds planted, or the number and age of rootlets, or both; and
(F) Other information required by the division.
(4) A grower may harvest cultivated ginseng on or after the effective date of this section throughout the year.
(5) A grower may harvest wild simulated and woods-grown ginseng from September 1, through November 30, of each year.
(6) It is unlawful for a person to dig, collect or gather wild simulated and woods-grown ginseng between December 1 and August 31.
(7) It is unlawful to dig, collect and gather wild simulated and woods-grown ginseng less than five years old.
(8) A grower shall comply with the certification procedures set forth in subdivision (f) of this section.
(9) For planting locations in existence prior to July 1, 2005, provide proof of having purchased ginseng seed, rootlets or plants for planting for a minimum of one or more of the five years immediately prior to July 1, 2005, and sign a certification that to the best of his or her knowledge, no wild ginseng existed on the site at the time the ginseng was planted: Provided, That no grower may certify a planting location in existence prior to July 1, 2005, under this provision after December 31, 2009.
(d) (1) A person may not act as a dealer unless he or she has obtained a dealer's permit from the division.
(2) A dealer shall keep accurate and complete records on his or her ginseng transactions on forms provided by the division. A dealer is required to maintain a record of all persons, including a digger, grower and dealer, involved in each purchase or sale transaction and shall include the name, address, a photocopy of a valid photo identification card issued by the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles, any other state, or the federal government, permit number and a copy of each ginseng certification issued by the division. All records shall be available for inspection by a division employee. A dealer shall maintain records for a period of not less than ten years. In addition, a dealer is required to report the following information to the division monthly:
(A) The date of the transaction;
(B) The type of ginseng, whether wild, cultivated, woods-grown or wild simulated ginseng;
(C) Whether the ginseng is dried or green at the time of the transaction;
(D) The weight of the ginseng;
(E) The county from which the ginseng was harvested;
(F) The identification number from the state ginseng certification; and
(G) Other information required by the division.
(3) A dealer shall include a West Virginia export certificate, numbered by the division, with each shipment of ginseng transported out-of-state.
(4) A dealer may not import out-of-state ginseng into this state unless the ginseng is accompanied by a valid export certificate issued by the state of origin. A dealer must return uncertified ginseng to the state of origin within fifteen calendar days.
(5) It is unlawful to include false information on any certificate or record required to be completed or maintained by this section. All ginseng harvested in West Virginia must be certified by the director before being transported or shipped out-of-state.
(e) (1) A person may not act as a grower or act as a dealer unless he or she has been issued the appropriate permit by the division. A person must obtain a separate permit for each activity. Permit applications shall be made on forms provided by the division. The application for a permit shall be accompanied by the applicable permit fee. The division shall take final action upon all completed permit applications within thirty days of receipt if the application is uncontested, or within ninety days if the application is contested. The division shall assign a permit number to each person granted a permit and it shall keep records of the permits issued.
(2) Permits expire on December 31 of each year for growers and August 31 of each year for dealers. All permits must be renewed annually. Renewal forms will be mailed to current permit holders. The failure to receive a renewal form does not relieve the permit holder of the obligation to renew. The division may require a late fee when renewal is received more than sixty days after the expiration of the current permit.
(3) The permit holder shall notify the division of any changes in the information on the permit.
(f) All ginseng harvested in this state shall be certified as to type, whether wild, cultivated, woods-grown or wild simulated, and to its origin, weight and lawful harvest. Other information may be required for ginseng to be certified by the division to comply with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora to allow for its export: Provided, That live one and two-year old cultivated, woods-grown or wild simulated rootlets sold by growers for propagation purposes within the United States are not regarded as harvested and are exempt from the certification requirement. All ginseng, except cultivated ginseng, must be certified or weight receipted by April 1 of the year following harvest: Provided, however, That no ginseng may be certified between January 1 through March 31 unless the person requesting certification displays a valid permit. It is unlawful for a person to have in his or her possession uncertified wild ginseng from April 1 through August 31.
(g) The director shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code designed to implement the ginseng certification process.
(h) The division may, by order entered in accordance with the provisions of §29A-5-1 et seq. of this code, deny, suspend or revoke the permit of a grower or dealer and may invalidate an export certificate completed by a dealer when the division finds that a grower or dealer has violated any provision of this section or a legislatively approved rule.
(i) The division may assess a civil penalty against a person who violates any provision of this section or a provision of a legislatively approved rule. The division may assess a monetary penalty of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000.
(j) Any person violating a provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for the first offense, and for each subsequent offense, shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000 or confined in jail not more than six months, or both fined and confined. The court, in imposing the sentence of a person convicted of an offense under this section, shall order the person to forfeit all ginseng involved in the offense.
(k) It is the duty of the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the violation occurred to represent the division, to institute proceedings and to prosecute the person charged with the violation.


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Input Needed: heightec-PMI Twist Ascender Wear
Posted: Jul 7, 2015 8:18 pm
I have been using a PMI twist ascender as a chest ascender in my frog setup for the past 13 months or so. In that time I have climbed somewhere in the neighborhood of 13,000 feet, mostly on dirty/muddy ropes. As of the last two days the ascender has started to slip a high percentage of time. Yesterday we rappelled a 150 foot cliff, and on the way back up I started to notice some slippage. Today in the backyard running through a 360 foot rope the slippage continued to worsen. The first 300 feet or so it was probably slipping every 20 strokes or so, however by the end of the second time through the rope it was slipping every stroke. As this is my first PMI heightec ascender I don't really know what to expect for a lifespan. Looking at the teeth, they appear to be quite worn, especially the upper most left tooth. Comparing it to a new twist ascender the teeth feel significantly duller. This seems to indicate that the ascender is wearing out, however it seems like if this is indeed the case, the lifespan on this ascender is particularly short. I'm curious if this short lifespan falls inline with what other hieghtec ascender/croll users are experiencing? Any input would be appreciated. I have also attached a couple of pictures of the ascender so you guys can see the wear I'm talking about. If you think it shouldn't be affecting its grab ability, please let me know. I felt like I was using pretty good form but I don't know.


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Since 1995, Eric has been a lecturer in accounting and real estate at the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management, where he has been voted Teacher of the Year thirteen times by Anderson's MBA students, and has been awarded the Citibank Teaching Award (1998) and the Neidorf Decade Teaching Award (2008), both voted upon by a committee of faculty members. He has also received recognition by Businessweek as one of the Top Ten Most Popular Business School Professors in the country.
He teaches in the areas of cost/managerial accounting, financial accounting (beginning through advanced), financial statement analysis, equity valuation, corporate financial reporting, and real estate investment and finance to undergraduate, graduate, and Executive Education students. He created Insight FSA, an analytical software tool to automatically and critically measure, evaluate, and report upon the financial accounting and corporate reporting risk for all public companies via Edgar On-line.
In addition, he has advised numerous Full-time and Fully Employed MBA field study teams and consulted for large and small firms, nationally and globally, and is a frequent lecturer on varied financial, accounting, and corporate reporting topics. He has led student travel groups to Brazil, China, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and Abu Dhabi. He has served as an expert witness and consultant for commercial litigation, involving matters of corporate financial reporting and disclosure, audit effectiveness, valuation, real estate due diligence and related practices, and overall damage analyses.
Outside of campus, Mr. Sussman is president of Amber Capital, Inc., Manager of Fountain Management, LLC and Clear Capital, LLC, and Managing Partner of Sequoia Real Estate Partners, and the Pacific Value Opportunities Funds, which have acquired, rehabilitated, developed, and managed over two million square feet of residential and commercial real estate in the past 20 years. The firms' portfolio presently consists of industrial, multi-family residential, single-family residential, and retail properties (approximately 2,200 residential units and some 500,000 square feet of commercial space).
He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Causeway Capital's group of funds (International Value, Emerging Markets, Global Value, and Global Absolute Return Funds, which collectively have nearly $8.0 billion in assets), sits on the Board of Directors of Pacific Charter School Development, Inc. and Bentley-Forbes, LLC; and was former Chairman of the Presidio Fund and former Audit Committee Chair of Atlantic Inertial Systems, Inc., a producer and manufacturer of electromagnetic sensors. He received his MBA from Stanford, with honors, in 1993, after graduating Summa cum Laude from UCLA in 1987. He is a licensed CPA in the State of California.
Managing Partner : Sequoia Real Estate Partners - [2008-01 to Current]
Our firm acquires, renovates, and repositions Class B multifamily housing projects.
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Teach MBA courses in accounting, financial reporting, valuation, finance, and real estate.
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BA, Economics-Business : UCLA Anderson School of Management (at University of California, Los Angeles ) - [1984 to 1987]


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Mariah Carey Performs New Year's Eve in Australia, Brings Her Family Onstage
Mariah Carey and her fam spent the New Year in Australia (thanks to the start of her tour down under), and what better way to say hello to 2013 than to bring out your entire family during your concert!
Leave it to Mimi to surprise the sure-to-have-been excited crowd when she not only asked hubby Nick Cannon to join her on stage, but also they're adorable children Moroccan and Monroe.
Dressed in a short glittery dress, and looking as svelte as ever, the singer greeted her little munchkins by kneeling alongside them and sharing a laugh with the crowd. And ever the Twitter user, Carey took to the site to share pictures for those who weren't lucky enough to witness the cute event.
"Ms. Monroe greets the audience in Australia.. Thank u 4 coming!!" read the tweet, which was of course accompanied by the adorableness of her children!
Watch the Mariah Carey 'Triumphant (Get 'Em)' Video