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Vincent Jackson: Bucs Man of the Year
Original Source: http://www.buccaneers.com/
For leadership on and off the field, Jackson is the Buccaneers' Man of the Year selection and is thus one of 32 nominees for the NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year award.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced Friday that wide receiver Vincent Jackson has been named the 2013 Buccaneers Man of the Year. As Jackson is thus the Buccaneers' nominee for this year's NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year award, a $1,000 donation will be made in his name to the Jackson In Action 83 Foundation.
Since joining the Buccaneers in 2012, Jackson has established himself as a leader in his new home of Tampa Bay. Last season, Jackson earned his third Pro Bowl selection after setting then-career highs in both receptions and receiving yards, while also posting the second-best receiving yards and seventh-most receiving touchdowns in franchise history. This came as no surprise to Jackson's new teammates, as he ranks among the league's best since 2008 – his first of five 1,000-yard seasons – including ranking second in receiving yards per catch, second in catch percentage for first downs, sixth in receiving touchdowns, seventh in receiving yards per game and ninth in receiving yards among all active NFL receivers. Jackson's success has continued in 2013, as he's had another standout year – once again eclipsing the 1,000-yard receiving mark (1,189) and setting a new personal career high in receptions (74) still with one game remaining. The team leader in all major receiving categories, including receptions, yards, and touchdowns, the second-year captain continues to raise the bar for not only himself, but the franchise. In back-to-back contests against Philadelphia and Atlanta this season, Jackson became the first player in team history to record consecutive games with multiple touchdown receptions and 100 yards receiving. Earlier this season, he became the fastest Buccaneer to reach the 2,000-yard receiving mark, just one of many more superlatives for the veteran pro.
Yet despite all of the accolades for his on-field success, Jackson is perhaps most proud of his growing accomplishments off the field – achievements that bring him back to his roots as a child. For as long as he can remember, Jackson has been connected to the military. Now in his ninth season, he has dedicated his community outreach to supporting military families and children who spend significant time away from their parents. Active in giving back through both Buccaneers events and personal initiatives, Jackson – a true product of his upbringing – is passionate about raising community awareness on the challenges that exist for developing healthy relationships between deployed U.S. service members and their children.
Born in Fort Polk, La., the self-proclaimed "military brat" is the son of two parents with a combined 25 years of active-duty service in the army. Jackson learned the significance of hard work and self-discipline throughout his adolescence, which included time spent during his parents' service in Phoenix, Ariz.; Gräfenberg, Germany; and Colorado Springs, Colo. Those experiences taught Jackson lifelong lessons of perseverance and sacrifice, and he has made a difference in the lives of those whose path he's walked.
On Veterans Day in 2012, he officially launched the Jackson In Action 83 Foundation to support military families, with a focus on the educational, emotional and physical health of the families' children. Jackson's perspective on such challenges broadened even further last March, when he was selected by the country's second highest-ranked military officer – Admiral James A. Winnefeld Jr. – to participate in a USO Tour to the Middle East to greet military stationed overseas. The opportunity was presented as a result of Jackson's efforts to support military families, including a surprise reunion he helped coordinate in December 2012 for Staff Sergeant Austin Story and his family at One Buccaneer Place, as well as the "Jackson in Action" Front Row Fans section at Raymond James Stadium, which provides a special gameday experience for dozens of local military families from the MacDill Air Force Base Family Readiness Center at every Buccaneers home game.
The Buccaneer star showcased his Foundation's commitment to youth health and wellness last June by hosting children from local military families at theinaugural Vincent Jackson Youth Camp. The fun-filled morning at One Buccaneer Place was led by Jackson, who encouraged physical fitness and camaraderie through relay races and team-building drills, while also sharing ways to overcome the challenges that children face when their parents are deployed.
This season, the wide receiver has tackled youth education through his Foundation's "Salute to Reading" program,an incentive-based initiative geared towards third, fourth and fifth-grade classes in schools comprised significantly of children of MacDill Air Force Base personnel. Throughout the fall, Jackson has invited the program's top achievers to One Buccaneer Place for a special tour of the team's training facility led by Jackson as a reward for their efforts. The program launch coincided perfectly with Jackson's most unique and impactful outreach effort to date: the upcoming publication of a children's book authored by the wide receiver and his wife, Lindsey. "Danny Deals with Deployment" is the first in a series of books by the couple designed to help military families discuss issues surrounding the deployment of a parent through the eyes of the books' main character, Danny DogTags – a young character growing up in a military family.
A week after launching his reading program this October, Jackson led a Buccaneer contingent back to MacDill Air Force Base to host a "Salute to Service Barbecue" with USAA, the team's Official Military Appreciation Sponsor. The event was just another in a long list of appreciation efforts by the wide receiver, which has included visiting Pearl Harbor and greeting World War II survivors, hosting a large military group outing to a Tampa Bay Lightning game, and helping troops connect with loved ones serving overseas. Jackson's unending commitment to rally the community and show support for those who serve others remains unwavering, and he continues to serve as an inspiration to the children and families enduring the challenges of a military lifestyle – daily tests the Pro Bowler credits for his own physical, mental, and emotional journey into adulthood.
In addition to spearheading his own community initiatives and foundation efforts, Jackson has participated in a variety of philanthropic efforts in Florida. From visiting local schools to promote the NFL's Play 60 initiative to participating in Buccaneers fan events and supporting both current and alumni player charitable efforts, he continues to distinguish himself throughout the community and embrace his role as a leader both on and off the field.
The National Football League has awarded the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award since 1970 to recognize a player's off-the-field community service as well as his playing excellence. Each NFL team selects a local Man of the Year winner who is eligible to receive the national award. Three finalists will be selected, each of whom will receive a donation to the 501(c)(3) organization of his choice. A blue ribbon panel will select the Walter Payton Man of the Year winner from the three finalists. The national winner, who will be announced at the second annual NFL Honors award show on February 2 in New Orleans, will also receive a larger donation to the charity of his choice.
Photo source: TAMPA, FL – OCTOBER 8: Wide Receiver Vincent Jackson #83 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers visits Chiaramonte Elementary School to kick off the Jackson in Action 83 Foundation Salute to Reading on October 8, 2013. (photo by Matt May/Tampa Bay Buccaneers)


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South Africa seek replacement for injured JP Duminy
South Africa will be seeking a replacement for batsman JP Duminy after he was ruled out for the rest of their three-Test series with Australia with a tour-ending injury, coach Gary Kirsten said Saturday.
South Africa will be seeking a replacement for batsman JP Duminy after he was ruled out for the rest of their three-Test series with Australia with a tour-ending injury, coach Gary Kirsten said Saturday.
Duminy suffered an Achilles tendon injury while warming down kicking a rugby ball after the end of play at the Gabba on Friday.
The batsman, who was a star of South Africa's historic 2-1 series victory in Australia four years ago, went for hospital scans after being helped off the ground and will undergo surgery Saturday, team officials said.
Kirsten said Duminy's injury was a "very unfortunate" mishap.
"He just ran for some training runs which is a standard thing we do with the team and it was literally as benign as making a turn on a run and he snapped his Achilles," Kirsten told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
"He will be out for about six months. It's been tough for him and the team, but we've just got to step up now."
Kirsten said a replacement from South Africa would be summoned, but as yet he was unsure of who would come to Australia for the remainder of the three-Test series.
Team manager Mohammed Moosajee said Duminy would have an operation in Brisbane on Saturday.
"The diagnosis of an Achilles tendon rupture was confirmed by the MRI scan and he will undergo surgery to re-attach the tendon on Saturday morning," Moosajee said.
"He is obviously disappointed, but JP, being JP, is trying his best to stay positive, he says everything happens for a reason."
Duminy's loss poses an immediate problem for the Proteas, who went into the first Brisbane Test without a recognised spinner after preferring seamer Rory Kleinveldt to leg-spinner Imran Tahir in an all-pace attack.
Duminy's off-breaks would have come in handy to add balance to the South African bowling attack, which will be spearheaded by Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, Jacques Kallis and Kleinveldt.

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Tagged: Tyler Yates
4-12-09 Great American Ball Park
Happy Easter everyone!
My friend Joe and I went to Great American Ball Park today.
It was an afternoon game, so I was worried that batting practice would be canceled. We waited in line for about 10 minutes to get in. At 11:40, when the gates opened, I rushed to left field. The Pirates were taking batting practice!
I was the first one there, but the stadium ushers must have picked up all of the Easter Eggs, because there were none to be found. Yesterday's starter Paul Maholm was alone in left field. I shouted to him to congratulate him on his great start yesterday. I then asked for a ball. He looked up and threw me a ball. His aim was off and it was wide and to my left. It tipped off my glove and landed a row behind me. Luckily, there was still no one around, so I turned around and picked it up. It was ball #1. I asked Matt Capps, John Grabow, and Tyler Yates for balls in left center field, but was ignored. I didn't feel like pestering them, so I found an open aisle about 6 rows back that wasn't being blocked by those long railings I mentioned in Friday's entry.
Freddy Sanchez soon launched a deep fly ball to left. It was right at me, in the center of the section. However, it was sailing over my head. I hate it when this happens. I don't have latitudinal range, and get stuck. It happens often at PNC Park. The ball landed about 5 rows back, so I had to climb over the chairs to beat some Reds fan there by a split second. It was ball #2.
Adam LaRoche and Brandon Moss' group was coming up next, so we moved over to right field.
Game: 5 balls (3 hit, 2 thrown)
Season: 8 balls (5 hit, 3 thrown)
Average: 4.0 balls/game (8 balls/2 games)
Career: 174 balls


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The Central Connecticut softball team swept a doubleheader from Yale on Tuesday afternoon at the CCSU Softball Field. The Blue Devils (4-2) won the first game 8-1 and won the second game 3-1 in five innings. The second game was called early because of darkness.
Game One
The Blue Devils won game one 8-1 behind a strong pitching performance from sophomore Laura Messina. Messina pitched a complete game and allowed only four hits and one run while striking out six Yale batters. She retired the final six batters of the game for the Bulldogs. Messina is now 2-2 on the season.
Central got on the board first with single run in the bottom of the third inning. Senior Nicole Springer walked with the bases loaded for an RBI and the game's first run.
Yale tied it in the fourth with an unearned run.
Central opened it up in the fifth inning with five runs to climb ahead 6-1. Springer added her second RBI and freshmen Evie Rentzel (triple) and Katie Schmidt (single) each provided an RBI in the inning.
The Blue Devils plated two more runs in the sixth inning to make it 8-1. Freshman Hannah Cooper's sacrifice fly scored the first, and junior Tessa Brown singled in the eighth and final run of the game for CCSU.
Sophomore Kat Malcolm had a pair of hits and scored twice. Rentzel and sophomore Ashley Black each added two hits. Springer had two RBI.
Game Two
Yale struck first with a single run in the top of the first inning of game two, but the Blue Devils responded with three in the bottom of the inning.
Malcolm hit a solo home run for the first run, and then Rentzel and Kelsey Barlow each singled in a run for the 3-1 lead.
Neither offense was able to plate a run after the first frame despite multiple threats. The Blue Devils left two runners on base in the second inning and Yale wasted lead-off base runners in both the fourth and fifth innings.
Yale also threatened in the top of the fifth, but Springer was able to work out of a first and second, no one out jam with a ground ball and a pair of soft line drives on the infield.
The game was called because of darkness following that half inning of play.
Barlow finished the second game 2-for-2 with a RBI.
The victory is the first of the season for Springer (1-0) who earns the five-inning complete game.
The Blue Devils return to action on Friday, March 8, against Canisius at the Hampton Tournament.


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It's been an interesting couple of weeks, at least virtually. I've had to block some people for being idiots on Twitter, not that it shut them up, but at least i didn't have them on my main page – they were actually threatening to go cut themselves – eek, emo alert!
Unfortunately, the Twitter block function is imperfect. It doesn't actually sodomise and then peel the person you aim it at. Wait, sodomy is more fun than they deserve… better make it sodomy with a cactus. And we could peel them with… well, this is what the Gleaming Instruments of Death were made for, maybe Twitter should call me.
Despite the fucktards, i did get a popular blog post (see previous) out of the contretemps. (Popular for me does not mean millions… that one's topped 200 on the bit.ly links, not best ever, but good.) I know this because I've been looking at my stats – world domination proceeds slowly but steadily, with occasional peaks when i get controversial.
Today is my birthday – yep, 49, which is too big a number to think about. Yes, 31st October, Halloween – seriously, what did you expect? Me being the Queen of Darkness wasn't exactly an accident. Halloween is however, alien to my culture. Trick or treaters will be greeted with "It's my birthday, where's my present?" Funny, they all seem to run away when you put them on the spot.
While i'm waiting for the children to arrive, i thought i'd have a slight rant…
Some of the top searches used to find this blog are:
pony, budgie, penectomy porn, funny cats, cameltoes and tattoos
It's like i've been saying – Search Engine Optimisation Experts, Gurus, Entrepreneurs, and the rest of the people trying to flog you dead horses on Twitter are way behind me. Yes, not just eunuchs, budgies, camel toe, and tattoos, I'm getting a toehold in the "pony" market.
Hello little girls! Welcome! I was once like you. Longing for a pony of my own. For horses, i could and did get up at five a.m. to feed and groom, i mucked out stables and didn't mind the heat, the cold, the rain, the smell of manure. I coped when horses bit, kicked, and trod on me.
I lived through them bucking me off, into lakes, rivers, trees, fences, and walls. With being wiped off on anything handy. With them getting over-excited and freaking out on a regular basis. I love horses, so it's part of it.
It's not some kind of privation – though of course one gets dusty, muddy, gashed, broken, bent, (this is because leather will imprint as one of your earliest sexual cues), and then thrown off into a prickle patch. It sounds awful, and no fun at all.
However, right now, crippled as i am, if you gave me a horse (and the wherewithal to keep it), i think i'd still happily drag myself out of bed at 5 am. There's something about horses. I'm the same way with words. The infection lasted. "It's just a stage she's going through." Nah, it was me. Who i am. I'll always love horses and words. They bring me joy.
No matter how crap life is, just seeing a horse lifts my spirits. I can actually feel better about things if i just imagine being round them. I take myself riding, in my mind. I even feed and groom horses, saddle up, and pick out their feet. The familiar rhythms are all there, in my memories.
I start to write (when i'm not procrastinating, which doesn't bring me joy, though it can be very productive in regard to getting anything but writing done), and as the words start to flow, i get a similar pleasure.
Some time ago, especially after an incident where in a short time, I had some rather close-to-death experiences, i decided to focus on what brings me joy. It's not possible to completely avoid that which doesn't, as i'm unfortunately trapped here on Earth with you humans – but i can certainly wipe out the effects of the dire.
Things like good whole food, being near water, and letting writing be a full time pursuit. I see horses most days, some live on the way to the shops. The food's tricky, here in the sticks – it was easier to get good meat in suburban London. I used to go to the local Halal (Islamic) butcher when i lived in West Hampstead (though he was over the border in Kilburn). I wonder now if they're still there. They were nice, even to me, a bare-armed, bare-headed, infidel woman.
Most people are just people, you know. Governments and religious leaders like to focus on the differences between us – divide and rule is their basic policy. Just note how many times they try to make you scared – but frankly, good people come in every colour, religion, and sexuality.
Complete maggots likewise. Of course, most people think their actions are justified. Let's face it, even Hitler didn't set out to be evil, he thought he was doing Germany and the world a favour. He thought it was logical. That exterminating human beings was inhumane didn't matter, because he'd already decided – these were not humans.
Once you dehumanise your enemy, it's easier for your people to kill them. One of the main problems for soldiers is that in order to keep killing, they have to see the enemy as less than human. We're not actually designed for murder. With some exceptions.
See, i don't see the Devil as some kind of external influence – i think we're all creatures of duality – we're all capable of both beauty and horror. Which one you manifest, is up to you. If you let yourself be filled up with rage, hate, and insecurity, if your entire life revolves around getting others to pay attention to your attention whoring, then hell, sugar, i'm going to block you on Twitter.
We all have these things inside us – i choose to manifest mine as funny blog posts. Not all of it – there's a heck of a lot of energy i can use there. The poison others send me can be deflected, returned, or i can use the energy for something constructive, that brings me joy.
So i write. By the way – did you see? Someone found this blog while looking for "funny cats" – oh yeah, baby, i'm into Lolcat territory on Google Search.
Weez gonna be hooj.
In other news: in The Thing i am writing – the hero needed to be older – he was having sex, and i figured 13 was too young. Weirdly, i was basing his history on several people i know, but sometimes, fiction has to be toned down from real life.
I also discovered – once i'd stopped, corrected all references to age, adjusted his language and others' behaviour to him – that i'd forgotten to note the timing of events in the narrative on a calendar, so i knew for instance, how long it was since his birthday. Then i realised one of the characters had broken the plot, so I'm currently sorting that. Silly bugger died before his time.
There's a lot to keep track of, lucky i do love spreadsheets. I still refer to my synopses, outlines, and summaries of this first bunch of books, which i drew up using the Snowflake Method. They need tweaking of course, as the narrative changes, but that's okay, there's elasticity built in.
Tip: every so often, I save each current document or spreadsheet (if was Book01) as 02, then 03 and so on. This is in case you mess up and need to go back to a previous version. You can also use Word's version tracker, which saves versions within a single document. In case of accidental deletion of single documents, i like to keep separate copies.
I once inserted an image over an entire document i had no copy of – so yes, i'm paranoid.
On the longer list of searches –
- why smugglers
- my house is trying to kill me
- switchblade and a motorbike
- realistic mannequins with pubic genital
- i am not a whore
Why smugglers? I am not a whore? (The others make sense, blog titles or I've blogged on them.)
And SEO experts want you to pay to get listed on Google? Lord above, with the way it works, how can you not be listed? Of course, you may not be listed under what you want to be.
I suppose Beloved Visitors might be miffed, if they arrive looking for penectomy porn and find me instead. On the other hand, thinking about it, the Queen of Darkness, with a bullwhip and a cattleprod, ready to run over you with a tank if you don't donate to the Hello Kitty Kalashnikov Office Chair Fund, is probably just the woman you're looking for.


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Houston lawyer accused of embezzling $9 million arrested in Rhode Island
A Houston lawyer who has been on the run since June when he was accused of stealing more than $9 million from his employer now wants to take responsibility for his actions and was expected to be returned to Houston, his lawyer said.
Anthony Chiofalo turned himself in weeks ago at a Rhode Island police station, said attorney Paul Doyle. Authorities were expected to bring Chiofalo to Houston Thursday night.
"He's always wanted to cooperate, to make this right," Doyle said. "When his wife was charged, it shocked him, and that caused him to run."
Chiofalo, 51, was a New York attorney with a suspended law license who moved to Houston in 2009. He took a job with Tadano America, a wholly owned subsidiary of a Japanese company that manufactures large cranes, court records show.
In November 2010, prosecutors said, he began paying dummy law firms to help with litigation that did not exist. Chiofalo is accused, with his wife, of creating the fake law firms using stationery and rented mailboxes.
The first scam invoice was for $25,000 and they eventually came in for as much as $1.3 million, tipping off the leadership at Tadano, who began investigating the uptick in outside legal work.
When Chiofalo's explanations did not check out, according to court records, the Harris County District Attorney's Office was alerted. The lawyer and his wife were indicted in June on charges of felony theft, a first degree felony.
Susan Chiofalo, 51, has been released from the Harris County Jail after posting a $100,000 bond.
If convicted, both face a maximum of life in prison, but his lawyer said Chiofalo decided he is done running from the problem.
"He wants to take responsibility, to make this right with Tadano," Doyle said. "When he showed up at the Rhode Island jail, he took them $150,000 in cash."
Representatives for Tadano expressed doubts about Chiofalo's motives.
"He's been gone for six months," said Philip Hilder, an attorney for the company. "That is not indicative of someone who wants to be cooperative."
Hilder also said Chiofalo fled before his wife was charged, not after.


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Doesn't matter what happens. She's always a woman to me...
by Billy Joel
She can kill with a smile, she can wound with her eyes
She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
And she only reveals what she wants you to see
She hides like a child, but she's always a woman to me
She can lead you to love, she can take you or leave you
She can ask for the truth, but she'll never believe
And she'll take what you give her as long it's free
Yeah, She steals like a thief, but she's always a woman to me
Ohhh... she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants, she's ahead of her time
Ohhh... and she never gives out
And she never gives in, she just changes her mind
And she'll promise you more than the garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you and laugh while you're bleeding
But she?ll bring out the best and the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself 'cause she's always a woman to me
She's frequently kind and she's suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases, she's nobody's fool
And she can't be convicted, she's earned her degree
And the most she will do is throw shadows at you,
But she's always a woman to me
.:My Baby's Back!!!:.
I missed my laptop soooooo much. But I'm not a geek. Not at all.
It's finally back to tip-top shape, thanks to Sacha's wonderful, wonderful help.
It was initially a disappointing day, as I didn't get to collect my check, and repartitioning had to be done when Open Office found itself on Ubuntu instead of Windows (Very, very sneaky...), but it was no big deal soon enough, as I ended up not going to the movie premiere anymore and instead going back to Sacha's place with Clair and JM (Nuninuninu...), and ice cream and a bit of sleep all helped me get myself up and at 'em once again soon enough.
For now, I'll leave my day at that. It was very eventful, and I was glad to be in the company of great friends who picked me up amid a nasty bout of depression... it's all good, I guess. I was exceedingly catty with some of my comments, though. Ah, well.


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A former Peace Corps volunteer, who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing several children under the age of 6 while working at an AIDS center in South Africa, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Jesse Osmun, 32, of Glen Street in Milford, was a volunteer at the Umvoti AIDS Center in Greytown, South Africa, where he worked in the preschool after becoming a Peace Corps volunteer in 2010, authorities said.
While volunteering at the preschool, Osmun sexually molested the girls -- who referred to him as "uncle" -- and gave them candy in exchange, according to documents.
"Instead of promoting peace and providing much needed assistance consistent with the mission of the Peace Corps, this volunteer took advantage of his position and sexually abused vulnerable young children at an AIDS center pre-school in South Africa," U.S. Attorney David Fein said in a statement.
Osmun admitted that he engaged in acts with one of his victims twice per week for about five months.
'No refuge' for sex predators
After serving his sentence, Osmum will be subject to 10 years of supervised release.
The Umvoti center is a non-governmental organization that provides support for those affected by the AIDS virus.
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It also provides education, food and services for children between the ages of 3 and 15.
"As this sentence demonstrates, there will be no refuge for child sexual predators who believe that they can victimize children outside the United States," Peter Vincent, director of Homeland Security Investigation's Office of International Affairs, said.
"No place is too distant or too remote to escape the attention of HSI special agents, who conduct these types of investigations worldwide," he added.
Osmun was arrested at his house on Aug. 4, 2011 and has been detained since.
In June, Osmun waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty to one count of traveling from the United States to South Africa to engage in illicit sexual conduct with children and admitted that he sexually abused four minor girls while he was a volunteer with the United States Peace Corps.
Peace Corps set up victims' fund
Osmun resigned from the Peace Corps after being confronted by the Umvoti center's program director about the allegations and admitting to having a sexual attraction to children and engaging in sex acts with some minors.
The Peace Corps has said it was made aware of the allegations after Osmun resigned in May 2011. The agency has condemned Osmun's actions as "reprehensible" and agreed to contribute $20,000 to a fund for the victims.
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Peace Corps volunteers, who are provided with a living allowance and receive transition funds after they complete 27 months of service, provide hands-on assistance in areas including health education, information technology and environmental preservation.
The Peace Corps has sent more than 200,000 Americans to serve in 139 countries.
Osmun apologized in court to the victims, his family and the Peace Corps. He said he struggles with feelings of guilt and shame and acknowledged that his victims will live with the scars of abuse forever.
"I sometimes wish I could take my brain out and wash it of all the memories I have," Osmun said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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My medical marijuana arrived today! It is called Calm by Surterra. It is 12.5 CBD plus 1 THC. This CBD is from the MJ plant, not hemp, thus stronger than Edens Cure which is hemp based.
It is a starting place. As I see it's benefits, or not, I gradually increase the dose. After a month, if little effect, can switch to a higher THC dose.
I Just took first dose. Takes 45 minutes to work, and for some, it takes a week of dosing to build up effective level.
Had an optical migraine this morning, so glad not after the dose, cuz I would've thought it was due to the MMJ.
Is MMJ legal in your state?
Will post.


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So does Wal-mart do price guarantees? If I buy one this weekend, can I return for the price guarantee on Tuesday?
7 days for their price adjustment policy, and 15 days for returns/exchanges.
If you are past the 7 days for the price adjustment, you can return AND rebuy your same 3DS if you aren't a dolt with your wording/irateness to the customer service clerk. The associates sometimes even encourage their customers to do it that way as there is nothing that can stop them otherwise, and it makes it easier for them so they don't have to do a package check.


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Friedman, Piketty, Keynes, Krugman, Von Mises...and Doug Casey. Love it.
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This week's Doug Casey "cack yourself laughing" alert
Sent in by A. Reader, here's a screenshot of the Casey Research morning mailer this Saturday. Your author's red underlining:
Friedman, Piketty, Keynes, Krugman, Von Mises...and Doug Casey. Love it.
Love them Friday post-bell NRs
"...amendment to Second Preliminary Economic Assessment" could be the most Vancouver News Release headline of all time. What part of "promo pump" do you not understand? I mean, there's speculation and there's risk, but you have to be stark raving mad to put money into stories like this.
From Tommy Humphreys to you. With love.
CENTENNIAL, COLORADO--(Marketwired - Oct. 16, 2015) - NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp" or the "Company") (TSX:NB)(OTCQX:NIOBF)(FRANKFURT:BR3) announces that as a result of a review by the British Columbia Securities Commission, it has amended its second Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA2 Amended) for its Elk Creek, Nebraska Niobium Project. PEA2 Amended retains the technical and economic results previously disclosed by NioCorp in its August 4, 2015 and September 4, 2015 news releases and includes additional guidance and cautionary language required by National Instrument 43-101 regarding uncertainty in realizing the results of PEA2. PEA2 Amended provides additional descriptions of the scandium demand and pricing assumptions included in PEA2, including that a significant portion of the Project revenue, and achieving that revenue projected in PEA2, is subject to market growth in scandium, which is a developing market with a risk of oversupply and/or undersupply disrupting pricing.
The Friday OT: Jacques Brel; Ces gens-là
From a 1966 live concert, the amazing Brel. There's never been a performer like him, before or since.
Il ne faut pas jouer les riches quand on n'a pas le sou.
Abel: "Why I believe Scioli will win in the first round"
"El Blog De Abel", run by its eponymous author, is one of the smartest places I know for independent and reasoned thoughts on Argentine politics and today Abel has posted "Why I believe Scioli will win the the first round". It's in Spanish, but there's always Google Translate to help you if you're not versed in the tongue of Cervantes (and fwiw here's the link to the English language auto-translate version of his post).
A highly recommended read that cuts through the increasing and biased noise on either side and states the case directly. For the record (as subbers know) I agree with his take that on October 25th, Daniel Scioli will win enough votes to be declared the winner and the next President of Argentina.
Go read it all.
A week without word from Minera IRL (MIRl.L)...
...about the dissident proxy. Are they trying to pretend the clock isn't running? The "la la la i can't hear you" business strategy? The level of comtempt that these people have for their shareholders is astounding.
By the way, Daryl Hodges and Jaime Pinto were in London this week, spreading their bullshit lies and failing miserably to convince people to back them. It's laughable.
Chart of the day is...
Checking in on the Gold/Copper ratio
Back on August 28th on the blog, IKN's copperygoldy message was as follows:
It's important that copper moved up because the gold/copper ratio was getting to such an extreme point that it would crimp the upside potential of gold when the rally begins. And the gold rally is about to begin. So get positioned.
And as the gold/copper ratio chart shows...
...the minor rally in copper has indeed allowed gold the space to improve inside the realms of logic.
Still, the trend remains clear; Gold's the one to be on.
Brent Cook's analysis of Rubicon Minerals (RMX.to) (RBY)
Brent Cook has kindly given your humble scribe permission to reproduce his analysis of Rubicon Minerals (RMX.to) (RBY), part of the latest October 11th edition of his newsletter "Exploration Insights". Basically it was so good that I asked him nicely and he said yes, so without further ado here's his note:
Rubicon Minerals (RMX.T, RBY.NYSE) got hammered this week after, 1) announcing milling operations had been temporarily suspended by the Ministry of Environment and Climate due to elevated ammonia being discharged into the tailings pond; and, 2) its President and CEO, Michael Lalonde, bailed. The share price dropped from ~C$1.00, to close at C$0.68 on Friday (Fig. 3). Of note is that, 1) SRK (Feb 2014) recommended further test work and optimization to keep the ammonia effluent within guidelines; and, 2) RMX failed to disclose that it was issued a notice from the Ministry regarding ammonia discharge back on September 8.
(Fig. 3: Three-year chart of RMX. Not a pretty picture for one of Canada's favorite mining stories)
Prior to this week's news nine sell-side analysts and two newsletters recommended the stock, with target prices between C$1.20 and C$2.00. With the drop in share price we have received a number of queries from subscribers, and someone's mom, wondering if the current RMX share price represents a buying opportunity.
In short, I ain't touching it
In long, I have reviewed Rubicon's Phoenix gold deposit in the Red Lake District, Ontario a few times but was never comfortable with the resource estimate or some of the assumptions of the preliminary economic analysis (PEA) authored by SRK. For today's discussion I also owe some thanks to a few shall-remain-anonymous, but top, analysts and geologists and Tim Oliver who all opined on Rubicon's issues over the week.
Although the Phoenix deposit occurs in the Red Lake District proper, the alteration and structural setting is considerably less developed than the very high grade Red Lake deposit owned by Goldcorp (current P&P 2mil oz @ 10g/t Au, M&I 2.3mil oz @ 17g/t Au, including a high grade core of over 60g/t Au). There is little comparison between the two with regards to the intensity of mineralization.
Phoenix is not a simple high-grade deposit. Pulling from the SRK 2014 PEA, "The current mining plan envisions a complex deposit that is relatively discontinuous, somewhat disseminated in nature, has weak visual indicators, and a strong nugget factor." The direct implication of this on mining is that miners cannot visually differentiate between ore and waste (it's all black and grey rock), and they cannot even follow a structure, as the mineralization comes and goes over very short distances. The PEA goes on to state that (Fig. 4):
(Fig. 4: Pg. 94, SRK PEA notes that until a year of test mining is complete and reconciled to the resource estimate, they have no reasonable clue what future production will be—not terribly reassuring.)
SRK also points out that to successfully mine the deposit will require a high level of geological effort to understand the mineralization trends over very short distances. "This complex deposit will challenge the mine engineers to develop and employ a comprehensive 'tool box' of mining solutions. This will require the employment of multiple mining methods and variations on those mining methods to deal with the situations where the mineralization is not continuous to the next level and has an irregular geometry." Meaning, this is going to be a real bitch to mine.
The company has produced three resource estimates since 2010. The first, by Peter George of Barkerville fame (see EI Feb. 20, 2011 and EI Aug. 19, 2012), estimated an inferred 4 million ounces grading 20 grams per tonne gold plus a "total geologic potential" of 13.3 to 16.1 million ounces grading 24.4 to 26.8 grams per tonne gold (we'll call this the Tea Party estimation methodology). AMC produced a revised and improved estimate in 2011 of an indicated 0.5 million ounces grading 14.5 grams per tonne gold, plus an inferred 2.3 million ounces grading 17 grams per tonne gold. In 2013 SRK estimated an indicated 1.1 million ounces grading 8.5 grams per tonne gold, plus an inferred 2.2 million ounces grading 9.3 grams per tonne gold. The SRK estimate was really not much different from the AMC, but appears more conservative due to changes in the cutoff grade, etc. All the reports are severely lacking in critical information necessary to completely evaluate the estimates (e.g., coordinates, from-to intervals, sections, and surveys).
With that caveat out of the way and using the data at hand, it appears that the two most recent estimates have blown high-grade assays into low or zero grade blocks—meaning they put ore where there is none. The 1-meter composited histogram (Fig. 5 below) is very scary. Consider: the cutoff grade is 5 g/t and average grade ~10 g/t, yet ~40% of the composites are 0 grade, and less than 1% are greater than 10 g/t. The entire resource is being carried by a very few high-grade assays.
Additionally, drilling focused on higher-grade zones, so it is probably more extreme than shown below. For the geo-statisticians in the crowd, there are 56 ore domains modeled, and the coefficient of variation (CV) runs between 11.8 and 59—these are very high, unusual numbers-- which means the estimation methodology needs very tight geological control (which it doesn't seem to have).
(Fig. 5: 1-meter comp frequency distribution plot. Note very few assays above 10g/t)
Driving the point home, Fig. 6 below is a cross section through the ore-body, illustrating drill holes and individual assays. Note the small scale (50 m squares) and intensity of drilling:
(Fig. 6: Cross section showing drill holes and individual assays. Note scale.)
At a mine cutoff grade of 4 grams per tonne gold (they are using 5g/t now), the only ore intervals are colored orange, red, and pink. Even at this map scale, it is virtually impossible to connect the orange or better intersections, and my bet is that the final diluted grade delivered to the mill will be substantially lower than predicted. The company was running a trial stope mining program to reconcile results against the resource estimate. The trial stope mining has been delayed by two to four weeks because of the mill shutdown. It will probably be mid-2016 before we have any sense of how the mined deposit reconciles with the modeled deposit.
Costs and Valuation
The SRK 2014 PEA estimates underground mine costs will be C$89.60/tonne, process costs of C$28.12/tonne, and G&A of $32.22/tonne, for a total on-site operating cost per tonne milled of C$149.94.
I don't buy it.
Goldcorp reports mining costs of C$233.36/tonne and process costs of C$47.37/tonne from its nearby Red Lake deposit. Red Lake has been operating for over a decade, is a somewhat simpler deposit, and has a skilled workforce that knows the deposit well. Rubicon is starting from ground zero on a PEA-level study, and has not even determined what mining method will work best on this complex deposit.
The 2014 PEA estimates a base case ($1,385 gold at a C$1/US$1.05 exchange rate) post-tax NPV5% of C$531 million and IRR of 27%. At a $1,108 gold price, the NPV drops to C$206 million. Rubicon states the PEA is conservative, as it employs a low diluted grade, low sustaining capex, and low recovery, plus a high C$ exchange rate; and therefore the project is deemed "low risk". Rubicon has sunk in excess of C$600 million into the deposit, has a market cap of ~C$270 million, and ~C$59 million in debt.
If the resource is wrong and the costs wrong, then the valuation presented in the PEA must be wrong. Cash flow problems, debt problems, and production problems on a deposit of dubious resources, questionable costs, plus a new guy in charge don't add up to a screaming buy. Someone's mom is going to be very disappointed as this slow motion calamity unfolds—or maybe it all works out just fine. (-:
Allan Barry
I think we can put this one to bed after today. The guy's a complete moron.
There's always Tim Horton's so don't think of it as an end, Allan, think of it as a beginning.
A free offer from IKN
Okay, here's the thing, in four easily digested parts:
1) From time to time I get these mails asking about the difference between the stuff you see here on the blog (basically a mouthy dude mouthing off) and The IKN Weekly (where I try to shut the mouth down and do some work).
2) After doing the necessary DD and things, I've identified a precious metals exploration stage junior miner working Latin America with a project that I like enough to buy.
3) This weekend's edition of The IKN Weekly, IKN336, will run the analysis on the company.
4) Anyone who'd like a copy of the fundies analysis I'm running on this company in IKN336 can send a mail at the normal address...
otto.rock1 (AT) gmail (DOT) com
...with the title line "Free Analysis Yes Please" and I'll send it to them, free gratis for nothing and for no money. You'll get the report on Sunday evening at the same time as subscribers to The IKN Weekly.
As easy as that, but there are a couple of details to mention:
a) I currently do NOT own this stock. I plan to buy, but I will NOT buy any until next week (it's the way things work round here, we keep it clean in good times or bad).
b) However I greatly value the people who send me money which is then transformed into goods and services that keep my children fed and clothed and with a roof over their heads, i.e. my current subscribers. Therefore I'm going to tell them the name of the stock in question on Friday morning.
c) The free offer is NOT for a full edition of The IKN Weekly, you'll only get the fundies analysis of the company in question. The Weekly has other sections and those are for the people that pay.
d) If you mail in for the offer I won't bug you with spam mail, offers, follow-ups or anything else of that sort. The dumbasses like Casey Research who run that type of promo drive me nuts, I'd never stoop to their level of marketing mediocrity. This is a one-time deal, pretty promise.
So that's the gig: 1) Send me your mail address with the right title line 2) get a fundies report on a decent looking trade prospect Sunday evening. Please be having nice day yes thank you.
UPDATE: Holy excrement, that many? Okay, word is word after all.
UPDATE: Holy excrement, that many? Okay, word is word after all.
Here's another little thing mining companies do in their NRs
Let's say, for example, it's the end of the third quarter. And, just fer sayin's sake, that your Q3 wasn't the most stellar compared to recent numbers. So what are your choices, CEO-Talking-With-IR-Department?
1: Just run the quarterly number as per normal, play it straight, no hiding of a slightly disappointing quarter.
2: Lipstick that pig.
Exhibit A: The title of Lake Shore Gold's (LSG) (LSG.to) 3q15 production NR this morning:
Yup you got it, you hide the 40.6K oz number for the quarter by throwing in the two previous quarters of outsized production and make it all look sooooo smoooooth. Oh Tony, you're so soooo smoooooth. And the funny thing is, these 3q15 numbers are really pretty good because what we out here are worried about these days are profitable ounces, not ounces per se. But old habits die hard in spindoctor circles and the fools running IR departments just cannot resist reaching for the canister of Bullshit Spray.
Do us all a favour, mining IR people: Stop the stupid once and for all. It gets to the point where we think you're just insulting us.
I've been wondering why Teranga Gold (TGZ.to) (TGZ,ax) has been undeperforming this last two or three weeks...
...compared to peers. It looked like there was somebody sitting on the thing refused to budge etc etc. And yup...
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Oct 14, 2015) - Teranga Gold Corporation ("Teranga" or the "Company") (TGZ.TO)(TGZ.TO), the owner and operator of the only commercial gold mine and mill in Senegal, West Africa, today announced the completion of a non-brokered CDN$22,736,000 private placement (the "Offering") with Mr. David Mimran, the CEO of Grands Moulins d'Abidjan and Grands Moulins de Dakar, one of the largest producers of flour and agri-food in West Africa. Under the banner of the Mimran Group, the Mimran family has a long history of operating successfully and responsibly in Africa. The family is also a major sugar producer in the region and the largest private sector employer in Senegal through Compagnie Sucrière Sénégalaise. As part of this transaction, Mr. David Mimran has also been appointed to Teranga's board of directors (the "Board").Pursuant to the terms of the Offering, Tablo Corporation ("Tablo"), a Mimran family company, has been issued 39,200,000 common shares of Teranga (the "Common Shares") at a price of CDN$0.58 per Common Share."I am truly delighted to welcome David Mimran as a cornerstone investor of Teranga, and as a director, where he will combine his tremendous strategic and operating knowledge and experience in Senegal and West Africa with our own," stated Alan R. Hill, Chairman of Teranga. "The Mimran family's commitment to Senegal runs deep and they are highly respected in the country. David's strategic investment in Teranga supports the acceleration of our longer-term growth strategy beyond our current life-of-mine plan."
...it was being sat upon. Which means now is the time to get some.
But here above is another example of why I try hard to stick to LatAm companies, because at least I have an inkling of a clue about the political/business background to a country and how it works, who pulls strings, the tricks and sleights of hand. All the above here is totally new to me. Africa, eh...
OT: Proud father alert
you mugs were gawking at the esteemed visitors of IKN were concentrating their undoubted intelligence on the market, your humble scribe took his two daughters indoor rock climbing, their first ever go at the game. Here's the nine year old, who got to five metres up and seriously impressed the instructor for her age.
And here's the eleven year old, who (after half an hour of basic training and work on the practice walls) managed to climb to the very top of the 12 metre wall on her first ever attempt at the sport and ring the bell at the top.
A good dozen people had gathered round by this point and cheered and applauded when she did, the prof said she's a natural. I still have a stupid grin on my face. End of proud father alert, we now return you to your normal programming.
Fission and Denison: A radioactive deal
I had a good laugh when this dog of a deal was announced.
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Oct 13, 2015) - Denison Mines Corp. (DML.TO)(NYSE MKT:DNN) ("Denison") and Fission Uranium Corp. (FCU.TO)(FCUUF)(2FU.F) ("Fission") have terminated the previously announced arrangement agreement pursuant to which Denison and Fission were to combine their respective businesses by way of a court-approved plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement"). At the deadline for submission of proxies on Friday, Denison's shareholders strongly supported the Arrangement. While a majority of the Fission shares voted were in favour of the Arrangement, the required two-thirds approval was not obtained.
An object lesson in how managerial greed and mediocrity strips value away from shareholders.
Keith Barron's blog has come back to life
My thanks to long-time reader and mailpal "Hammer" for the heads up.
Keith Barron's blog, "Straight Talk On Mining", has come back to life after a multi-year pause in posts and it looks as though he plans to publish regularly in the near future, too. If you follow the mining/junior mining/exploration scene and don't know who Keith Barron is you haven't been paying attention, he's tip top of the crop, so go right now to the link right here and sign right up to his e-mail service or put him on your RSS.
A little more on the Franco Nevada (FNV) silver deal with Antamina
I don't really follow the large cap mining names very closely and The IKN Weekly has always been about the juniors, but there is a minor part of the Weekly that keeps an eye on the bigger names so this weekend it got a few lines on Franco Nevada's (FNV) deal with Antamina for its silver. What I most like about the deal is the concept, not the numbers. For sure it's a bet on silver in the long-term and for sure it's an immediate revenue generator, in the end the math really isn't so very difficult. What struck me from the very moment I read the NR on the deal last week is that FNV is growing up fast.
You may have noticed that IKN doesn't like sucking up to mining's great'n'good, there are way more than enough sycophantic fanclubs to massage their collective egos already, plus many of them are just plain lucky rather than smart and time catches up with them. But I can't get round the fact that Pierre Lassonde deserves all the praise he gets. Here's the short section on FNV from IKN335, out last night.
Franco Nevada (FNV): My one line comment about the deal FNV has struck with the Antamina mine in Peru was the most visited single post of the week (10), an award it hardly deserved (because there was virtually no content in it) but it shows how this deal between two names has captured the limelight. I've read several brokerage published numbercrunches on the deal and they're all of an ilk, calling the deal "fair" and "win-win", but I think on a conceptual level it deserves far more praise than mere numbers can indicate. This is exactly the type of deal FNV should be doing, locking down a generational stream with a company that wants the cash and can afford to forward sell (de facto) one of its minor metal products from the mine without sweating.
FNV's share price performance this week reflects its conservative exposure to metals swings compared to the traditional (and very beaten up) mining companies. We're seeing it move from "good idea" to the type of long-term holding that will become a must-own part of any metals fund portfolio, the next BHP or Rio Tinto.
What the gold/silver ratio tells us
Silver sucks
Silver has sucked for over a year.
It's still sucking today.
There's no sign that it will stop sucking.
So own gold over silver.
Reader 'R' on IRL
My favourite bit of feedback from subbers on Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.L) from yesterday's edition of The IKN Weekly, IKN335. He hits the nail right on the head in this section of his mail.
I just want to say that as I was reading the CV's and got to the one of Jorge Luis Ramos and read the words "He is the CEO of COFIDE", my immediate reaction was "What?! The CEO of the very bank that has already forwarded the company $70 million? Uh, YES PLEASE!". The rest of the nominees also have some fairly impressive backgrounds, so this is exciting. My wish would be that the current (expletive deleted) in charge would feel the pressure of what's coming and just decide to throw in the towel and resign, but those types of bottom feeding lowlifes will probably still fight to the end until they're shown the door, unfortunately.
Thanks R, always appreciated
The IKN Weekly, out now
IKN335 has just been sent to subscribers, amongst other things it's got chunky excerpts from the key passages in the Minera IRL proxy documents in one section. And I'm very tired. Goodnight.
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Rubicon (RBY) (RMX.to): Brent Cook versus the likes of Allan Barry or Louis James
American Pharaoh versus an unraced two year old over a mile and a quarter.Usain Bolt versus 40 year old dads at the school sports day.The New Zealand All Blacks versus Namibia.FC Barcelona versus Scunthorpe United. In the Nou Camp.Stephen Hawking versus Kim Kardashian at astrophysics.*Robert Frost versus you at poetry.
I could continue, but let's cut to the chase: Brent Cook's weekly letter is the best in the business and today's edition proves that in spades.
*Spellchecker wants me to change 'Kardashian' to 'Guardianship'. Discuss.
The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
...in reverse order:
Third Place: "The undoubted genius of sellside anal ysts", because Oliver Gross linked to it at CEO.ca chat and it picked up a bunch of extra direct hits. It was only a silly little thing that got overweight attention. A bit like Tommy Humphreys' breakfast.
Second Place: "Timmins Gold (TGD) TMM.to): Reader 'RW' and your humble scribe are in complete agreement about..." in which reader RW and your humble scribe cracked on one of IKN's standard in-jokes. A bit like too many people are regulars round these parts these days.
And good to see that the IRL posts didn't make the top three this week. Yup, I'm getting a little weary of it all too.
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- Sydney — March 31
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- Seattle — April 28
There's no charge for the seminar, but Apple warns that "[s]pace in the Aperture Tour fills quickly, so you'll want to sign up right away and reserve your seat." Which you can do at this handy web site. Maybe I'll see you in Chicago?
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C&W's surprise first 165p per share offer for Glasgow-based Thus was rejected by its board early in June.
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Now that our vague admission is out of the way:
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Congratulations Jack, you have contributed a lot of valuable advice throughout the years and you are highly regarded
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Nice going Jack!
I would say I remember your arriving at UA and how incredible the ever growing impact and work you've made here has been, but it actually feels like you've always been here. And yet the bar rises constantly regardless. :-)
Your work behind the scenes is matched only by the contributions made in public sight too. Truly awesome.
Here's to lots more ahead.
Many congrats.
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Thanks all, much appreciated. I took quite a bit of time off from Access and UA for a while, focused on "internal matters", but now I seem to be back in the mix pretty thoroughly again
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Sixth Annual Korbel California Champagne Spray-Off Contest During the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship – often referred to as the Super Bowl of celebrity events – many players took the opportunity to show off their locker-room celebratory skills in the sixth annual "Korbel Celebrity Spray-Off," held July 19, with this year's winner, Jerome Bettis, receiving $5,000 from the Korbel Toast Life® Foundation for the charity of his choice.
Participating players included winner NFL Pro Running Back Jerome Bettis with a 110 ft. blast, runner-up Miami Heat Forward and NBA Champion, Shane Battier, with a 100 ft. launch, third place finisher Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Actor Alfonso Ribeiro with a mark of 99 ft. barely edging out fourth place finisher Alex Smith, San Francisco 49ers Quarterback, among 39 other celebrity participants. The competition was based on cork distance (but style and champagne spray added to the excitement for the fans).
Among crowd favorites were AJ Hawk who sprayed the crowd, Jerry Rice who did his touchdown dance moves before he sprayed, Mark Rypien who shook the Champagne bottle for longer than anyone, and John Elway who was determined not to let the rookie athletes show him up.
Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Tony Romo, Former NHL All-Star Jeremy Roenick, and Former NFL All-Pro Quarterback Joe Theismann won over the crowd with their exciting champagne sprays and long distance corks.
Hockey players Mike Eruzione, Mike Modano, and Martin Brodeur seemed to have an advantage as they showed they had some serious champagne-spraying know-how as their sprays had the most flair and style (likely learned from years of practice winning championships).
NBA great Shane Battier popped a slam dunk while baseball's tops, Greg Maddux and Bret Saberhagan hit home runs as far as champagne-spraying goes.
"We are thrilled to again be a part of such a great event with the American Century Golf Championship," said Gary Heck, owner and president of Korbel Champagne Cellars. "Korbel is the perfect celebratory beverage, and it was great to have some fun with it during the sixth annual 'Spray-Off' event."
Participating in this year's event included Shane Battier, NBA Forward: Miami Heat, Jerome Bettis Former NFL Pro-Bowl RB, Martin Brodeur , NHL All-Star G: New Jersey Devils, Joe Carter, Former MLB All-Star of Fame, Chris Chandler, Former NFL Pro Bowl QB, Herm Edwards, Former NFL Head Coach, John Elway, NFL Hall of Fame QB, Mike Eruzione, Captain, 1980 US Hockey Team, Robbie Gould, NFL, Chicago Bears, Goose Gossage, MLB Hall of Fame, Denny Hamlin, NASCAR Driver, Hank Haney, World Renowned Golf Instructor, AJ Hawk, NFL Pro Bowl LB: Green Bay Packers, Skip Holtz, Head Football Coach: University of South Florida, Kenny Lofton, Former MLB All-Star, Greg Maddux, Former MLB All-Star, , Actor: Animal House, Urban Meyer, Head Football Coach: Ohio State University, Kevin Millar Bruce McGill, Former MLB, Mike Modano, Former NHL All-Star, Dan Quayle, Former U.S Vice President, Dan Quinn, Former NHL, Rick Rhoden, Former MLB All-Star Player, Alfonso Ribeiro, Actor: Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Jerry Rice, NFL Hall of Fame WR, Aaron Rodgers , NFL Pro-Bowl QB: Green Bay Packers, Jeremy Roenick , Former NHL All-Star, Tony Romo, NFL Pro Bowl QB: Dallas Cowboys, Mark Rypien, Former NFL Pro Bowl QB, Bret Saberhagen, Former MLB Pitcher/World Series MVP, Joe Sakic , NHL Hall of Famer, Sterling Sharpe, Former NFL All-Pro WR, Alex Smith, NFL QB: San Francisco 49ers, John Smoltz, Former MLB All-Star Player, Steve Spurrier, Head Football Coach: Univ. of South Carolina, Jan Stephenson, Former Pro Golfer, Vinny Testaverde, Former NFL Pro Bowl QB, Joe Theismann, Former NFL All-Pro QB, David Wells, Former MLB All-Star Player.


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La Pizza Pela
Hillsboro & Lake Oswego Farmers Markets
(503) 913-6892
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As pizza madness continues its unprecedented sweep across the country, the number of mobile kitchens offering product as good as what's being served in brick-and-mortar establishments has increased exponentially, most notably so in northern Oregon. Joining the ranks of colleagues such as Pyro Pizza and Wy'east, La Pizza Pela is a welcome addition to
's ever-expanding list of micro-pizzerias. Portland
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Owner/pizzaiolo Bill Jensen is based out of Wilsonville, but those of us who don't always feel like making the half-hour drive down I-5 can count ourselves lucky, because he's slinging his pies at two farmers markets in the metropolitan area: Saturdays at the
market and Wednesdays at the Hillsboro/Tanasbourne one. His freestanding wood-burning oven is a Mario Batali-designed model from Chicago Brick Oven, and reaches temperatures in the high 700s. Lake Oswego
That heat does a fine job of blistering the blistering the pizza's cornicione, as seen in the photo above of the Margherita ($10 whole pie/$6 half). While it doesn't offer much in the way of char on the bottom of the pizza, it by no means leaves it undercooked. Rather, it has a nice crispness to it, as does the outer rim, which gives way to a soft, springy crumb.
Jensen's dough uses a cold-rise fermentation that gives it more complexity of flavor than one made on the spot, though he adjusts the rise time based on the current weather and temperature (weather forecasts be damned). His crust is the first I've tasted in quite a while that was properly salted. The rest of the pie is also generously salted, which shows real care on the part of the pizzaiolo. The fresh mozzarella in particular is very good, creamy and gooey and far from bland.
If there was a weak aspect to the Margherita, it was the simple tomato sauce, made from California-grown tomatoes. It just wasn't all that bright. My half-pizza could have used more of it, too, though that's really a personal preference. That said, it's not a bad sauce, and I've tasted much worse, and much blander (see my impressions of Marcello, for instance). Flavor is made up in the liberal application of torn basil leaves to the pie after it has been removed from the oven. This was the most prominent basil flavor I think I have ever tasted on a Margherita. Somehow, the oils on the basil leaves managed to spread throughout the entire half of my pizza, so much so that I even tasted it on the bites on which no basil was present. So few pizzaioli put much effort into even basil distribution, but on this particular Margherita, it was perfect. Or maybe it's just magic basil.
The second half-pie I tried was the Spinach & Ricotta pizza ($12 whole/$7 half). On the Margherita's same base of tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella, crunchy spinach (fresh, thank God, not the nasty canned stuff) and large chunks of ricotta are piled on in abundance, along with thin slivers of garlic that bring a pleasurable sweetness to the pizza. The ricotta deserves special mention. It boasts a marvelous milky flavor with a smooth mouthfeel, lacking the grittiness of the ricotta that usually ends up on pizzas.
Bill Jensen & Co. are putting out very fine pies here at their La Pizza Pela stands, so I suggest tasting their wares if you happen to be at one of the aforementioned farmers markets or find yourself in Wilsonville. This is a guy who really, really loves pizza, and his pies are exemplary. Cart pizza done right.
...Though I suppose La Pizza Pela isn't technically a cart. Mobile pizza done right. There we go.
...Though I suppose La Pizza Pela isn't technically a cart. Mobile pizza done right. There we go.
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Ellie Goulding + Pals Glow in 'Goodness Gracious' Video
Ellie Goulding and her pals glow in the British singer's 'Goodness Gracious' video. Literally.
The stylish singer is decked out in sequins throughout, like her blue jacket and neutral shorts. She is also bathed in a backlight, which adds to her glow.
Vogue told us that sequins are back this year and our girl Ellie is ahead of the trend.
She dances and hangs with scooter-riders and skateboards, capturing the essence of youth nightlife.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After a straight sets win over Tennessee Tech on Tuesday, the Tigers return to the court to take on Jacksonville State.
The two teams met two weeks ago, with the Gamecocks downing the Tigers, 3-0. Junior Naomi Wells paced TSU with 17 kills and 13 digs, for a double-double performance. Setter Erika Moss joined Wells with a double-double of her own picking up 39 assists and 20 digs.
Tennessee State took Jacksonville State the distance in each set before falling, 25-21, 26-24, 30-28. Kacy Clinkenbeard led the Gamecocks attack, finishing with 15 kills.
Coach Kathy Roulhac's team comes in to the weekend off of an impressive performance in a three set sweep over OVC rival Tennessee Tech.
Wells racked up 11 assists in the contest and freshman Arijana Adnerson tallied nine kills of her own in the victory. Defensively junior Sherryce Butler added five blocks, three coming in the final frame.
On the year, Wells has racked up 226 kills for an average of 3.69 kills per set. The Huntsville, Ala. native season totals rank first in points (4.23 points per set) and second in kills in the OVC. Erika Moss continues to be one of the elite setters in the conference averaging the third best assists per set average in the conference (10.10).
Jacksonville State comes off a conference weekend where the Gamecocks dropped two matches to Eastern division leader Morehead State and contender Eastern Kentucky.
Emily Rutherford tallied 26 kills over the weekend including a 17 kill performance against Eastern Kentucky. Rutherford paired her 17 kill performance with 15 digs to record a double-double.
With 255 kills on the year and an average of 3.27 kills per set, Rutherford ranks sixth in the OVC.
Defensively the Gamecocks are holding opponents to a hitting percentage of .184 the second best number in the conference. Jacksonville State's defense is aided by their ability to dig out offensive attacks, averaging 17.15 digs per frame, the third best average in the OVC.
The match is slated for Friday with first serve set for 7 p.m. in Kean Hall.


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BBQ chicken & coleslaw
Nutrition and extra info
- Easily halved
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal601
- fat34g
- saturates8g
- carbs26g
- sugars23g
- fibre4g
- protein50g
- salt2.22g
For the bbq chicken
- 3 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 2 tbsp clear honey
- 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
Soy saucesoy sor-s
An Asian condiment and ingredient that comes in a variety of of varieties ranging from light to…
- 1 tbsp olive oil
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Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tsp Cajun seasoning
- 8 chicken drumsticks, preferably organic
For the coleslaw
- ¼ white cabbage
- 1 small red onion
- 1 celery stick
A collection of long, thick, juicy stalks around a central, tender heart, celery ranges in…
- 1 red-skinned apple
Grown in temperate regions, apples are one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. There are…
- 1 large carrot
The carrot, with its distinctive bright orange colour, is one of the most versatile root…
- 2 heaped tbsp mayonnaise
- heaped tbsp Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
Mix the BBQ sauce: Open out the freezer bag, then spoon in the ketchup, honey, chilli sauce, soy sauce, oil, vinegar and spice. Close the bag and squidge the ingredients together to mix them.
Add the chicken: Make 2 or 3 deep cuts in the meaty part of the drumsticks with a sharp knife (this helps them take on lots of flavour from the sauce). Put the chicken in the bag with the sauce and tie shut. Wash your hands. Squidge everything together again so all the drumsticks are well coated. Leave out for 1 hr, or in the fridge overnight, to marinate.
Prepare the veg: Thinly slice the cabbage on a clean chopping board with a clean, sharp knife, then put it in the mixing bowl. Now prepare the other vegetables, adding them to the bowl as you finish preparing them. Peel the onion and finely chop. Thinly slice the celery stick.
Grate the apple and carrot: Take the apple (keep it whole and with the skin on) and grate up to the core. Turn the apple a quarter turn and grate again. Repeat until you are left with just the core. Be careful not to grate your knuckles. Peel, then cut the stalk end off the carrot. Grate the carrot and add to the bowl.
Cook the chicken: Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Tip the chicken and sauce into a large roasting tin and space the drumsticks apart. Carefully put the roasting tin in the oven using oven gloves, then set the timer for 20 mins. When the time is up, carefully take the chicken from the oven. Brush the chicken with the glaze in the roasting tin, then return to the oven for 15 mins more.
Mix the coleslaw: While the chicken is cooking, mix the veg together with clean hands or a spoon. Add the mayonnaise, yogurt and mustard into the vegetables, then season with salt and pepper. Stir well. When the chicken is cooked through and golden, serve with the coleslaw.
Recipe Tip
Make sure the chicken is cookedTake a sharp knife (it is important to wash it if you've used it on the raw chicken) and cut into the meaty part of the chicken. Look at the juices that come out – if they're red, the chicken isn't cooked yet. Return it to the oven for 10 minutes more, then test it again.


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WASHINGTON — The U.S. military dropped America's most powerful non-nuclear bomb on ISIS targets in Afghanistan Thursday, the first time this type of weapon has been used in battle, according to US officials.
A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed the "mother of all bombs," was dropped at 7:32 p.m. local time, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission. A MOAB is a 30-foot-long, 21,600-pound, GPS-guided munition.
President Donald Trump called it "another successful job" later Thursday.
The bomb was dropped by an MC-130 aircraft, stationed in Afghanistan and operated by Air Force Special Operations Command, Pentagon spokesman Adam Stump told CNN.
Officials said the target was an ISIS cave and tunnel complex and personnel in the Achin district of the Nangarhar province, a remote area in the country's east which borders Pakistan.
"The United States takes the fight against ISIS very seriously and in order to defeat the group we must deny them operational space, which we did," White House press secretary Sean Spicer said later Thursday. The strike "targeted a system of tunnels and cave that ISIS fighters use to move around freely."
Afghanistan's ambassador to the US, Hamdullah Mohib, told CNN's Brooke Baldwin that the bomb was dropped after fighting had intensified over the last week between US Special Forces and Afghan troops against ISIS.
The US and Afghan forces were unable to advance because ISIS had mined the area with explosives, so the bomb was dropped to clear the tunnels, Mohib said.
Trump declined to say whether he personally signed off on the strike, but did comment, "Everybody knows exactly what happens. So, what I do is I authorize our military."
He continued, "We have given them total authorization and that's what they're doing."
Asked about Trump's "total authorization" comments, a senior administration official declined to specify whether the President indeed ordered the strike in Afghanistan.
But the official said that in general, "We don't approve every strike," adding that, "This administration has moved further away" from dictating military strategy from the White House.
It's a change both Trump and Defense Secretary James Mattis wanted, the official said.
The President has granted military commanders broader latitude to act independently on several battlefields where US forces are involved, which Trump touted as making a "tremendous difference" in the fight against ISIS.
During the campaign, Trump vowed to eradicate ISIS, saying he would "bomb the s**t" out of the terror group, also known as ISIL.
Republican hawks were quick to voice their support for the strike Thursday.
"I hope America's adversaries are watching & now understand there's a new sheriff in town," tweeted Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican. "Pleased Air Force dropped MOAB against ISIL in Afghanistan. Must be more aggressive against ISIL everywhere - including Afghanistan."
But California Democrat Rep. Jackie Speier voiced concerns about potentially increasing US military involvement in Afghanistan.
"We are escalating in an area I think we should be deescalating in," she told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "Coupled with what happened in Yemen, what happened in Syria, these are efforts that are made to suggest that we will be engaging in wars in three different countries simultaneously."
Gen. John Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, signed off on the use of the bomb, according to the sources. The authority to deploy the weapon was granted to Nicholson by the commander of US Central Command, Gen. Joseph Votel, Stump said.
This is the first time a MOAB has been used in the battlefield, according to the US officials. This munition was developed during the Iraq war and is an air blast-type warhead that explodes before hitting the ground in order to project a a massive blast to all sides.
During the final stages of testing in 2003, military officials told CNN that the MOAB was mainly conceived as a weapon employed for "psychological operations." Military officials said they hoped the MOAB would create such a huge blast that it would rattle Iraqi troops and pressure them into surrendering or not even fighting.
As originally conceived, the MOAB was to be used against large formations of troops and equipment or hardened above-ground bunkers. The target set has also been expanded to include targets buried under softer surfaces, like caves or tunnels.
But while the MOAB bomb detonates with the power of 18,000 pounds of tritonal explosives, the size of its explosion pales in comparison to that of a nuclear bomb.
Former Defense Secretary William Perry described the stark difference in power between a MOAB and nuclear bomb.
"The #MOAB explosive yield is 0.011 kilotons, typical nuclear yield is 10-180 kilotons - the US alone possesses over 7000 nuclear weapons," he tweeted.
"As ISIS-K's losses have mounted, they are using IEDs, bunkers and tunnels to thicken their defense," Nicholson said in a statement following the strike.
"This is the right munition to reduce these obstacles and maintain the momentum of our offensive against ISIS-K," Nicholson added.
"US forces took every precaution to avoid civilian casualties with this strike. US Forces will continue offensive operations until ISIS-K is destroyed in Afghanistan," read the statement from US Forces Afghanistan.
The extent of the damage and whether anyone was killed is not yet clear. The military is currently conducting an assessment.
The Pentagon is currently reviewing whether to deploy additional trainers to Afghanistan to help bolster US allies there.
The Achin district is the primary center of ISIS activity in Afghanistan. A US Army Special Forces soldier was killed fighting the terror group there Saturday.
There are about 8,400 US troops in Afghanistan and they regularly perform counterterrorism operations against ISIS in the Nangarhar Province.
The US counterterrorism mission is separate from the NATO-led effort to train, advise and assist the Afghan army and police force.
While ISIS is identified primarily with its presence in Iraq and Syria, US and coalition officials have long expressed concern about a growing presence in Afghanistan.
ISIS first emerged in the summer of 2015 in the country's east, fast gaining ground and support, often among disaffected Taliban or Afghan youth.
US military officials have said the ISIS branch is largely comprised of former members of regional terror groups, including the Pakistani Taliban and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
A US official told CNN that the military estimates are that the Afghan affiliate of ISIS has about 600 to 800 fighters, primarily based in two to three districts in southern Nangarhar. There are also a small number of ISIS operatives in Kunar province as well, the official added.
The Afghan offshoot's link to the organization's Syria-based leadership has been questioned. Many say in fact the Afghan ISIS fighters came from Pakistan and adopted the group's branding in order to get financing.


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It's that time of year again where we pass out school and sports photos. If your family is like ours, we have quite a few pictures to mail, and lots to hand out. A few years ago I started doing this trick, and I'll never go back to hand writing on the backs of photos again! Use small return address labels (like Avery 5267), print your child's name, age, and school year on each one, and put on the back of school pictures. This has lots of benefits:
- It's quick! Each year, you can just edit the label document with the new information
- It's neat! No smudges, illegible handwriting, or mistakes
- It's safe! No ballpoint pen pushing through to the front of the photo, no permanent marker bleeding through
- It's easy!


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appliedLatency is the latency between
the commit time of the source event and the time the last
committed transaction reached the end of the corresponding
pipeline within the replicator.
Within a master, this indicates the latency between the transaction commit time and when it was written to the THL. In a slave, it indicates the latency between the commit time on the master database and when the transaction has been committed to the destination database. Clocks must be synchronized across hosts for this information to be accurate.
appliedLatency : 0.828
The latency is measure in seconds. Increasing latency may indicate that the destination database is unable to keep up with the transactions from the master.
In replicators that are operating with parallel apply,
appliedLatency indicates the latency of
the trailing channel. Because the parallel apply mechanism does
not update all channels simultaneously, the figure shown may
trail significantly from the actual latency.