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A magnificent 18 x 13mm orange carnelian finds a good home in the elaborate 18K gold embraced™ sterling silver and palladium scrollwork of this wonderful ring. Why only a "good" home? Because its forever home ought to be your collection - that way you'll get to trot this beauty out whenever you demand a ring that makes an unforgettable statement.
Check out the Ring Sizing Guide to find your ring size.
All weights pertaining to gemstones, including diamonds, are minimum weights. Additionally, please note that many gemstones are treated to enhance their beauty. View Gemstone Enhancements and Special Care Requirements for important information.
Vermeil Plating:
Pronounced "vermay," vermeil is an electroplating process in which 14K gold or higher is coated over sterling silver. Officially designated by the jewelry industry, items may only be sold as vermeil if they have a minimum thickness of 100 millionths of an inch (2.5 microns) of gold over the silver. Regular gold plating is less than 2.5 microns.
The "vermeil" technique of plating sterling silver with gold originated in France in the 1750s. It differs from "gold filled" or "gold plated" in terms of the thickness or thinness of the microns over sterling silver. "Gold filled" pieces have a much thicker layer, between 15 and 45 microns, which is mechanically bonded to the base metal with heat and pressure. Vermeil is a more expensive version of "gold plated". It does not wear off as quickly as gold plating does. However, over time, vermeil wears off and therefore will require re-plating.
Gold/Platinum Embraced Silver or Bronze:
Our platinum and gold embraced collections feature layers of platinum or gold over sterling silver or bronze for a lustrous, radiant finish everywhere you look and touch.
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Carnelian, also spelled cornelian, ranges in color from light brownish-red, to dark reddish-orange, to deep transparent red, to bright orange. The rich color is due to the iron content and can be placed in the sun to change brown tints to red. A translucent to opaque stone, carnelian is moderately hard with a hardness of 6.5-7.0 on the Mohs Scale. This relatively inexpensive gem features great warmth and beauty and is often found as engraved cameos in antique jewelry. It is the stone of happiness and harmony in love.
Some of the oldest examples of jewelry contain carnelian and it has been featured in nearly every great civilization. The greatest myths surrounding the stone come from the Egyptian culture. At an excavation site in Ur, archaeologists uncovered the tomb of Pu-Abi, a Sumerian Queen from the third millennium, B.C. She wore a robe that contained carnelian, along with other precious and semi-precious materials. Ancient Egyptian tombs are full of examples of carnelian jewels because of the Egyptians' belief in the stone's power in the afterlife. According to their system, the Egyptian goddess Isis used amulets of carnelian to ensure a soul's safe passage into the next world. The Egyptians so revered the power of the stone that it was one of three used most often in their jewelry, along with turquoise and lapis lazuli. Carnelian was a symbol of life in Pharaonic Egypt, and adorns the precious funerary pectoral of Tutankhamon.
Because carnelian has been revered for its healing, spiritual and creative qualities, Buddhists in China and India created amulets inlaid with carnelian and other semi-precious stones, ascribing to them powers of protection and utilizing them for many rituals. To this day, Buddhists in China, India and Tibet believe in the protective powers of carnelian and often follow the Egyptian practice of setting the stone with turquoise and lapis lazuli for enhanced power. The stone also appears in the Bible as one of the stones included on Aaron's breastplate.
Carnelian has been recommended as an aid for anyone having a weak voice or being reluctant to speak. The belief was that carrying or wearing carnelian would give the person courage both to speak boldly and loudly. In fact, Napoleon is recorded to have carried one he found in Egypt and to have had faith in it as a talisman. Perhaps he followed the belief reported by Merrill: "The wearing of carnelian insured victory in all contests save those of love."
Carnelian is a form of chalcedony, which is the microcrystalline form of quartz. Because quartz is the most common crystal on Earth, deposits of carnelian are found throughout the world. The most famous sites are in India, Brazil, Uruguay and Japan. The deposits are usually found in the lower temperature and lower pressure zones near the Earth's surface, but the best carnelian is found in India.
A selection of our jewelry is made of sterling palladium alloy. Palladium is a member of the platinum group of precious metals. By replacing a portion of the copper content used in standard sterling silver with palladium, this proprietary formula renders a precious metal with superior performance attributes. Sterling palladium is five times more tarnish-resistant than standard sterling silver and has strength similar to that of 14K gold.
Palladium has been used as a precious metal in jewelry since 1939, originally as an alternative to platinum for making white gold. Its naturally white color requires no rhodium plating. Additionally, palladium is proportionally much lighter than platinum and is ideal for use in heavier gemstone jewelry. It is a more expensive alloy than nickel, but it seldom causes the allergic reactions that nickel alloy can.
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Panasonic PT-AE3000 1080p HDMI Projector
Selling a gently used but perfect shape 1080p projector. Make/model is a Panasonic PT-AE3000 which replaced my godfather's 720p unit. Bulb has about 60% life on it left and the unit itself is in perfect shape. Has 3 HDMI outputs and is very bright. No games have ever been played on it. Might sell the 720p unit too if there is any interest in it.
Review/info on the model can be seen here: http://www.projectorreviews.com/panason ... /index.php
Price is
$1150 $1050 $1000 $950 shipped $900 shipped via UPS/Fedex with insurance. Last drop before I eBay it.
Panasonic PT-AT700U 720p HDMI Projector
Also selling this unit which has a brand new bulb in it. No games have ever been played on it and is very bright. $600 shipped.
Buffalo Terastation Pro NAS
A couple of the release clips from the back of the drive trays are busted but it is minor and does not affect how they lock. The drives attach with screws. Works perfect. Comes without drives. $100 shipped.
Best Buy Reward Zone Certificates
I also have $490 in Best Buy Reward Zone Certificates which basically act as cash in the store. I am not buying anything there anytime soon and they expire between late Oct/ early Nov of this year. Save yourself a few bucks shopping there. $470 by email.
Amazon Gift Card
I can now get the BB certs swapped into a Amazon gift card. So I am now selling an Amazon gift card, same amount as the Best Buy certs. $490 worth for $470.
Terry Brooks - Legends of Shannara Bearers of the Black Staff HC; in perfect shape, unread -
$15 shipped $13.50 shipped
Orson Scott Card - Shadow of the Hegemon HC; in perfect shape, unread -
$15 shipped $13.50 shipped $25 $20 shipped for both books.
1. Hynix 1GB DDR3 PC3-8500 SO-DIMM (Qty. 2) - $9 shipped each, $17 for both
2. Micron 1GB DDR2 PC2-5300 SO-DIMM (Qty. 2) - $13 shipped each, $24 for both
3. Samsung 2GB DDR3 PC3-10600 SO-DIMM (Qty. 2) - $13 shipped each, $25 for both
4. Micron 2GB DDR3 PC3-8500 DIMM (Qty. 4) - $14 shipped each, $52 for all four Sold & shipped to AndrewZ
Apple Stuffs
iPhone4/4S Case with Macro lens attachment - $30 shipped
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iMac AppleCare Protection Plan
Mac mini 2 Ghz Core 2 Duo 120GB HD/1GB RAM/WiFi/SuperDrive (free 2GB RAM upgrade) -
Dell 2005FPW 20" LCD in perfect shape. $90 shipped. Take with the above Mac mini, add on another $5 discount.
Beerology and Heatware under Eva01 and I have at least 15 transactions that lately I have not had added yet, all good.
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The leisurely pace of a sloth or koala ambling through the forest can certainly seem desirable, but those habitats and lifestyles aren't for everyone. For the animals tasked with surviving in some of the more extreme environments on earth, such as the oxygen-deprived ocean, or the thin air of the mountaintops, mastery of efficient oxygen uptake is essential. Several studies that recently appeared in Science shed light on the molecules involved in the abilities of certain animals to push the limits of low-oxygen living.
The fossil record shows that the body shape, limbs, and tails of mammals transitioning from land to water changed drastically to make diving mammals more efficient at hunting, hiding, and surviving in the water. But until last week, scientists didn't know much about the molecular changes that allowed for these diving behaviors. Scott Mirceta, Michael Berenbrink, and their colleagues at the University of Liverpool have not only determined how it is that modern marine mammals can dive for such long periods, but they've also estimated the diving ability of 130 ancestors of today's elite diving mammals.
Dolphins have uncovered a marvel of naval history: the 125-year-old Howell torpedo, the first torpedo that could be released into the ocean and follow a track to smash a target without leaving a wake. Only 50 were made between 1870 and 1889 by a Rhode Island company before the competition copied the design. There are two others of its kind known to exist, housed in naval museums in Washington and Rhode Island. Now dolphins working for the Navy have turned up a third.
In our increasingly globalized world, it's not just commodities that get shipped around—ocean critters all too often tag along. Now scientists have developed a model to predict which ports and shipping routes are most at risk for invasions by non-native species.
Researchers from the University of Oldenberg in Germany, led by Bernd Blasius, used information from three million ship trips between 2007 and 2008 to study 1,400 ports and identify those most likely to be receptive to an invasion.
One way to understand how the ecosystem of the Antarctic originated is to look at its very base: tiny organisms called dinoflagellates, the little creatures that attract bigger creatures, and thus in effect support all of life in the ocean. Dinoflagellates produce hard cysts that fossilize well, and researcher Sander Houben and his team recently published findings in Science indicating that, once Antarctic ice began to spread over what was formerly a lushly forested, warm sub-tropical continent, the makeup of the ocean's dinoflagellate population dramatically changed.
The Antarctic ice sheet began spreading to inland Antarctica about 34 million years ago, during a climactic shift caused by a decrease in atmospheric carbon dioxide that was cooling the planet, known as the Eocone-Oglicene extinction event. The Antarctic ice sheet is one of two polar ice caps on Earth, and covers 98% of the Antarctic continent, making it the largest single ice mass on Earth. Put another way, that's 61% of all fresh water on Earth, held in the ice cap.
New evidence indicates that chemical gardens which form beneath the Antarctic ice could be the origin
of coldwater life.
Brinicles, first captured forming on film by the BBC in 2011, are hollow tubes of ice that descend from Antarctic sea ice.
They look a lot like icicles, but aren't. As sea water freezes into ice, it excludes salt and other ions, which get trapped in brine-rich compartments in sea ice. Brine has a lower freezing temperature than water, so if the sea ice cracks, the liquid is released, and immediately freezes any seawater that it comes in contact with, creating a hollow tube of ice descending into the water.
Last Friday, a crew of geckoes, forty-five mice, eight Mongolian gerbils, fish, snails, and plant seedlings were rocket launched on the Bion M1 into space, for the longest animal space experiment to date, a round trip lasting thirty days. The Russian spacecraft will relay information to scientists on the ground interested in studying the health effects of space on the animals.
Animals were the pioneers for manned space flight. Scientists wanted to make sure animals could survive before they sent any humans. Russia sent dogs, rabbits, and mice on short duration flights in the early 1960s.
It's been a big month for developments in transparency.
First: the Antarctic icefish, whose native habitat is 3,200 feet deep in the waters off the coast of Antarctica. Earlier this month, Tokyo Sea Life Park debuted its display of the only captive icefish in the world, prompting a flurry of news pieces about the fishes' mysterious clear blood. The aquarium boasts they now have a mating pair of icefish, which could enable studies on their unique cardiovascular system in a controlled environment.
What makes the icefish so remarkable is that it defies yet another one of those rules of biology that seem to always have exceptions. In this case, it's the rule that all vertebrates were thought to have red blood. This is because of hemoglobin, an iron-containing oxygen transport protein in the red blood cells of vertebrates. It carries oxygen from respiration organs like lungs or gills to all the tissues of the body, where it releases the oxygen to help power the tissues of the organism. Hemoglobin also collects the carbon dioxide produced from the activity of tissues and carries it back to the respiratory organs to be exhaled, and expelled from the body as waste.
Ethereal, stately Saturn, it turns out, deals with a problem we Earthlings are quite familiar with this time of year: rain. The planet gets an Olympic-pool sized quantity of water dumped on her each day.
Studying satellite images taken at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, James O'Donoghue, a postgraduate researcher at the University of Leicester, and his colleagues noticed several mysterious dark bands on the surface of Saturn. They found that the bands correlate directly to magnetic lines that link the planet with her densest, wateriest, and most brilliant, rings, and shared these cosmic findings in a letter to Nature last week. The drizzle coming from her rings effectively douses the glowing hydrogen molecules we see on Saturn's surface.
Saturn is famous, among humans, for her very photographic rings. But their origins, and evolution, have remained a mystery. How exactly were the rings formed to begin with? Are the rings we see today remnants of a previously more massive ring system? These recent observations indicate than an electromagnetic erosion force pulls charged water molecules from the rings and deposits them in Saturn's upper atmosphere, called an ionosphere. Perhaps this process is playing a part in shaping the rings over time.
The rings, which look like marvelous elliptical beams of light as seen in satellite images, are actually bands of collisional, self-gravitating water-ice sludge rocks, some of which are submicrometer-sized, and others the size of mini-moonlets a few kilometers across. All these watery ice objects behave like a dense gas together, orbiting Saturn in a thin disk.Saturn behaves like a big magnet, with magnetic field lines that link her rings to her body. Remember that iron-filing experiment in school? It's like that. The ionosphere of Saturn's rings is "seen" by the magnet that is Saturn, says O'Donoghue, "and effectively bounces back and forth from ring-to-planet. Some of these bouncing water particles go too far and never come back."
There's not much danger of the moonlets in the rings going anywhere, but the small particles in the orbiting disks behave differently when they acquire a significant electrical charge. When the sun charges the water molecules, they become vulnerable to getting swept down towards the planet's upper atmosphere along the magnetic field lines.
The researchers estimate that about 30-40% of Saturn's upper atmosphere is flooded regularly, the equivalent of between 1 and 10 Olympic-sized swimming pools a day. It may be, then, that these magnetic field lines are responsible for shaping the spacing and composition of the rings.
Thanks to James O'Donoghue for kindly answering my questions and consulting on images.
A fun video about how Earth's magnetic field interacts with the Sun's to create aurorae:
They might not seem like the most expressive eyes you've ever seen—but the beady eyes of extinct trilobites have a lot to say. Recently, they've given us some new insights into the evolution of vision.
Trilobites are one of the first animals in the fossil record to develop complex eyes (as opposed to the light-sensitive spots that passed as early eyes). So understanding trilobite vision is also understanding the origins of eyes themselves. It has even been hypothesized that trilobite vision drove rapid changes in their prey's body structure as prey evolved to escape sighted predators, thus fueling the Cambrian Explosion.
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, is on a mission to retrieve the Saturn V rocket stages and engines from a watery "sculpture garden," as he calls it, at the bottom of the sea off the coast of Florida. In a blog post on March 20th he announced that the endeavor to bring some of the F1 engines from Saturn up to the surface has been successful.
The size of small office buildings, the Saturn V moon rockets are the most powerful rockets ever to have flown. When tested, their engines shattered the windows of nearby houses. To date, the Saturn Vs are the only launch vehicles to have transported human beings beyond the low Earth orbit.


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April 08, 2009
I Am Thankful : : 12
~ Grace
~ Having finished our taxes - whew!
~ The sunshine yesterday
~ A cleaner garage
~ Spring Break
You are welcome to join me in being thankful! I would love to know the blessings in your life - leave a comment and let me know :) Or post your own list.
8 comments:
- sewtakeahike said...
Today I'm thankful that my Lenny and I had a nice dinner and conversation together and that tomorrow's thursday and I get off work at 2! Yay!
- April 8, 2009 at 7:04 PM
- MomBrose said...
I am thankful that my kids are on the mend; for the new home we are moving into; daily grace; good friends; the blessing of being a sahm. :D
- April 8, 2009 at 11:56 PM
- Jackie said...
I am thankful for my healthy kids, that spring is coming, and that my husband is waiting until the last minute to write the check to the tax man!
- April 9, 2009 at 5:21 AM
- Thimbleanna said...
WooHoo - your taxes are done! I'm thankful that you were the first one to let me know about my goofy comments!
- April 9, 2009 at 8:41 AM
- cjh said...
I am thankful for the beauty of the sky, energy and humor to make it through the days, my husband who is generous and fun, my home, my daughters, their husbands, and impending granddaughter
Thanks for having a fun blog, Amy.
- April 9, 2009 at 9:22 AM
- Tipper said...
I'm thankful for
*Pap & Granny
*A sweet Husband
*A new raised bed in the garden
*The meaning of Easter
- April 9, 2009 at 7:03 PM
- Kari said...
I'm thankful for the music feed on your site. And this little girl on my lap getting slobber all over my hand. :)
- April 9, 2009 at 11:36 PM
- Marrdy said...
I am thankful for my family and good health! (and the sunshine in Utah today!!)
- April 12, 2009 at 7:53 PM


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BTLVentures needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 49 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
I'm going to be putting my house up for sale in a month or so. I'm doing it FSBO, and one of the parts I want to have is a decent looking website for it.
This contest is to design the front-end appearance of that site.
211 Berkley
I'm going to be putting my house up for sale in a month or so. I'm doing it FSBO, and one of the parts I want to have is a decent looking website for it.
The site layout will need only 3 menu items: home, details, contact.
The 'home' screen is the primary one you should be developing for, and will be essentially an ajax lightbox/mootools photo gallery, so just use some made up photo/photo gallery and design it however you think would look best.
I'm partial to some sort of wood-floor background, if you can make it work. I've added some to istockphoto lightbox. Please see: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_sea…ID=5671893 for samples. I'll buy whatever of those is required at the end. However, if you think you have a better solution than the wood backgrounds, feel free to try that too.
The address is "211 Berkley" so that can be the 'brand' if you will for the site.
Other than that, feel free to go nuts and try many different things, color combinations, layouts, etc etc. I'm pretty flexible and I'm looking for something unique. I'll be doing the implementation, javascript and coding for the project, and I'm decent at css/xhtml but not so handy in design -- thats where you come in!
BTL Ventures
- 211 Berkley Branding
- Menu along left or top
- incorporate/design photo gallery into the primary page
- immediate contact button on each page of template
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by Chip Schwartz
Mt. Airy teacher, choreographer and director Jessica Bender, 38, just made her directorial debut at the William Penn Charter School's Kurtz Center for the Performing Arts Feb. 24 and 25 with a production of "Fame." Having performed and directed at a number of other locations, this project was particularly special since it represented a full-circle journey for Bender, who graduated from Penn Charter in 1992 and served as a member of the school's Alumni Board from 1999 to 2009, the last two years as Board President.
Bender was hired to come back and run the performing arts center in 2010 for the community and professional companies that use the space. She also teaches Dance and Technical Theater at the school, and runs the school's performing arts camp.
"Jessica has done a fine job as the manager of the Kurtz Center," said Head of School Darryl J. Ford last week. "However, she derives her most pleasure when teaching students while on stage. She is a director of considerable talents and is able to inspire students to act, dance and sing in ways beyond what they think possible."
Coincidentally, during her senior year at Penn Charter, Bender participated in the LaSalle College High School production of the very same musical. It seemed natural that in returning to her alma mater 20 years later to direct, she would revisit the musical that she remembers so fondly. Nostalgia aside, there were many reasons for selecting "Fame" to show in the almost two-year-old Kurtz Center.
Since "Fame" was both a successful movie and TV series, the plot is well known to many theater buffs. It takes place in a performing arts high school in New York City, so it is clearly relevant to the participating students. Bender explained that Penn Charter has a surplus of talented musicians, singers, dancers and actors in attendance. This particular show included a cast of 52 with 14 leads.
How was Bender able to overcome the challenge of managing such a huge cast? "Lots of patience," she explained. "I think that the largest challenge of managing a cast of over 50 high school kids is conquering the noise. They were very talkative in the beginning, but after a few weeks, they figured out that the chattiness was counterproductive. I also had some help from some of the upperclassmen who wouldn't tolerate disrespect from their peers."
"Fame" is full of challenging content like swearing and some sexual and drug-related references. The production was advertised with a rating of PG-13 so that parents knew in advance in case they didn't want their younger children to be present. Edgy though it is, the topics touched on are important contemporary issues that many young people deal with, if not personally, then through friends, family or media representations. Bender thinks that its honesty and relevance were more than enough reason to let the show go on.
Bender's wealth of experience in the performing arts began when she was growing up in Mt. Airy. (She attended Our Mother of Consolation before Penn Charter, hung out at the Water Tower and played Father's Club tee ball.) She initially discovered her love for the stage courtesy of a neighbor of her grandparents who was also a director. Throughout most of high school she focused on dance and eventually attended Boston College which, when she began, had a much smaller theater program linked to the communications department. (She graduated in 1996.)
A back injury during her sophomore year prompted her to get more involved with directing. By the end of her time there, theater had become a full major, and she had gained insights into skills like lighting, set design and costuming.
Ever since her studies at Boston College, Bender knew directing was her calling. Post-graduation she returned to Philadelphia and worked for a time with the Arden Theatre Company and the Walnut Street Theatre. Frank Anzalone and Chuck Abbott were mentors at Walnut Street as well as Bob Carlton. Colleen Durkin Lapowsky was the aforementioned director neighbor to Bender's grandparents who directed her at Penn Charter, and coincidentally in "Fame" at LaSalle. While at the Arden, she AD'd for Terry Nolen and Aaron Posner, as well.
The version of "Fame" directed by Bender was a major success by any criterion. Both performances were sell-outs, with about 1300 audience members overall. "I've gotten a lot of very positive feedback," Jessica reported. "People loved it! 'Fame' is a bit edgier than what Penn Charter would normally do, but so far no complaints. I also heard that we had a lot of kids at the performances who had never seen a show at Penn Charter before. That I think is the biggest victory. Bringing in new audiences is always a positive thing."
Were there any kids in the cast who have indicated a desire to be professional performers? "I have several kids who would like to major in theater in college," Bender said, "but I also have a bunch of kids who want to do other things. I think that's what high school is about; do what you love, even if it's not what you want to do for the rest of your life. Enjoy the experience!"
Does Jessica have any other directing projects in the future? "I'll be doing 'The Little Mermaid' this summer for my camp kids and a play yet to be announced at Penn Charter in the fall." As for her ultimate career goal, "I'm incredibly happy doing what I'm doing. I've toyed with opening my own venue or resident company with some of my friends in the business, but I'm feeling very at home at Penn Charter and plan to stay at least until my daughter graduates in 2018."
For more information about Penn Charter, call 215-844-3460 or visit www.penncharter.com.


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December 28, 2012 05:11 ET
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 28, 2012) - EastCoal Inc. ("EastCoal" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:ECX)(AIM:ECX) -
Assets and Strategy
EastCoal Inc., a mineral development company engaged in the acquisition and development of mineral resource properties, announces the commencement of trading on AIM ("Admission") at 8.00 a.m. today after a placing ("the Placing"). Pursuant to the Placing, the Company has issued 67,478,501 common shares at a price of £0.1221 per share to institutional investors and certain directors of the Company, together with a concurrent issuance of 10,326,577 common shares of the Company as settlement for a CAD$2,000,000 loan received by the Company from Salida Capital LP ("Salida") (on behalf of a fund managed by Salida) at a deemed conversion price of £0.1221 per common share, and the Placing proceeds, together with the proceeds of the Salida loan which will be converted into common shares and settled concurrently with the Placing will amount to gross proceeds of £9.5 million. Cenkos Securities plc is acting as the Nominated Advisor for the purposes of the Admission and the broker for the Placing.
EastCoal obtained the rights to the Verticalnaya Mine, located in the Donbass Region, in 2009 and is currently advancing the development of this anthracite mine, targeting production in the first quarter of 2013.
In addition, following the Company's acquisition of Inter-Invest Coal LLC in 2012, EastCoal is developing and increasing production from the Menzhinsky Coal Mine. This is an operating underground metallurgical coal mine also located on the Eastern side of Ukraine. Together with the New Wash Plant at the Menzhinsky Mine, production is expected to increase from approximately 6,000 tonnes per month currently, to 26,000 tonnes per month during 2013.
The Company's objective is to increase total production from the current level to approximately three million saleable coal tonnes per annum.
Summary of Reserves and Resources
John Byrne, Chairman of EastCoal Inc. said: "Coal production from the Donbass basin in eastern Ukraine historically produced approximately 70% of the Russian Empire's coal rising to 200mtpa in the 1970s. Since this period the region has seen a decline in investment to the extent that Ukraine has had to import up to 11mt of coal per annum. In 2009 EastCoal recognized the opportunity created by privatisation and restructuring initiatives from the Ukrainian Government resulting in the Company becoming the first external player in a region of significant coal reserves. The Company has acquired and is developing two near term producing projects to meet the growing domestic and export demands for both the power and steel industries."
Abraham Jonker, Director and President of EastCoal Inc., commented: "I am pleased to announce commencement of trading of the Company's shares on AIM. This decision was largely driven by increased investor interest from the United Kingdom. I am confident that the experienced management team that we have assembled, combined with the highly attractive project fundamentals would render our projects an extremely exciting opportunity for investors."
Overview of the Company
EastCoal Inc. is a mineral development company registered in British Columbia and engaged in the acquisition and development of mineral resource properties. Since 2009, the Company has been focused on the development of coal mining interests in Ukraine.
East Coal Company LLC, a 100%-owned subsidiary of EastCoal Inc., obtained the rights to the Verticalnaya Mine and is currently advancing the development of this anthracite mine, targeting production in the first quarter of 2013. In addition, following the Company's acquisition of Inter-Invest Coal LLC ("Inter-Invest") in the second quarter of 2012, EastCoal is developing and increasing production from the Menzhinsky Mine. This is an operating underground metallurgical coal mine also located on the Eastern side of Ukraine. With the addition of the New Wash Plant at the Menzhinsky Mine, production is expected to increase from approximately 6,000 tonnes per month currently, to 26,000 tonnes per month during 2013.
The Company's principal assets include the Verticalnaya and Menzhinsky Mines:
Verticalnaya Mine
EastCoal obtained the rights to the Verticalnaya Mine in 2009 from the Ukrainian Government. It had been an operating coal mine until 1998 when production ceased and the mine was placed in care and maintenance. The quality of its coal seams is well defined by the results of various drilling programmes and previous extraction work. EastCoal's development strategy is to develop two seams, H11 and H11B from two new surface drifts at Verticalnaya North Project ("VNP"), which will provide the mine with its early production and cash flow. At the same time the Company will rehabilitate the existing mine infrastructure to provide access to the H8 seam. The rehabilitation process will include dewatering and recovery of certain roadways in the mine and investment in certain infrastructure upgrades.
In October 2010, following a period of planning, permitting, and detailed improvements, the Company commenced construction of the VNP, developing the main access drifts and initial gate road access for coal production from the first longwall panel, East 1. East 1 will be 150 metres in length and will be extracted at a working height of 1.1 metres. It is planned to commence production from East 1 in the first quarter of 2013. To date, more than 2,000 meters of drift and roadway development has been completed at VNP.
Production from the H8 seam via the existing mine is scheduled to commence in 2018. The Verticalnaya mine and VNP is projected to produce in aggregate approximately 2.3 million tonnes per annum of saleable high quality anthracite for local and export markets when fully ramped up by 2019 continuing at approximately that level until 2023, and thereafter reducing over time until the end of the current mine plan in 2029.
Menzhinsky Mine
Since 1998, the Menzhinsky Mine has been in limited operation and currently produces approximately 6,000 tonnes per month of coking coal.
The Company acquired Inter-Invest, the company leasing the Menzhinsky Mine, on 31 May 2012 following a private placement in the UK and Canada which raised aggregate gross proceeds of approximately CAD$17.01 million. Net proceeds from the private placing have been used, inter alia, to complete construction of the 350 tonne per hour New Wash Plant which commenced commissioning and production in October 2012.
The New Wash Plant is currently focused on processing coal from the Company's existing waste tip. The initial processing of waste from Waste Tip No. 4 has shown a 10 per cent. coal content and initial analysis indicates that reprocessing the tip is economically viable.
The Company expects to increase total production from Menzhinsky from the current level of approximately 6,000 tonnes per month to 26,000 tonnes per month during 2013.
As the underground mining is developed, and further longwalls are introduced, the planned tonnage is projected to increase year on year to reach the design capacity run of mine tonnage of one million tonnes per year.
Key Strengths
The Company's business and operations require specialised skills and knowledge in the areas of geology, drilling, logistical planning and implementation of extraction programmes, treasury and accounting. The Company has these abilities through its management, consultants and contractors. The Board has extensive experience in successfully developing mines and has a strong knowledge of the region. To date, the Company has been successful in hiring and retaining employees and consultants with the required skills and believes it will continue to be able to do so as it seeks to develop each of the Verticalnaya Mine and the Menzhinsky Mine.
Skills needed for financing activities, which will be critical to the implementation of the Company's strategy, are available through the Board and management. The composition of the Board has changed in the past two years, bringing significant experience in the financing of coal projects as well as technical and management skills in developing coal projects.
John Byrne (63), Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Byrne joined the Company as a Director and Executive Chairman on 27 July 2010. He has more than 35 years experience in the resource industry as an investor and resource business developer. Mr. Byrne has had extensive involvement in the resources industry in Australia, Canada and South Africa with a particular focus on financing new and established resource projects.
Mr. Byrne served as the chairman of the board of Western Coal Corp. until 31 May 2010 and as a Director of that company from June 2001 to 31 May 2010. He has been an executive chairman of Deepgreen Minerals Corporation Limited since 30 March 2007 and serves as executive chairman of Wasabi Energy Ltd.
Abraham Jonker (44), Director and President
Mr. Jonker was the chief financial officer of Western Coal Corp. for just under two years until its acquisition by Walter Energy Inc. in 2011. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Firestone Diamonds plc, Canada Coal Inc., where he is also CEO and President, and Mandalay Resources Corporation, where Mr Jonker is also the non-executive chairman of the board. Mr. Jonker has almost 20 years of accounting and corporate finance experience primarily in the mining industry. Mr. Jonker is a Chartered Accountant registered in South Africa (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants - SAICA) and England and Wales (Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales - ICAEW). Mr. Jonker holds a Masters Degree in South African and International Tax from the Rand Afrikaans University. Mr. Jonker became the President of EastCoal Inc. on 1 March 2012.
Colin Stocks (70), Director and Technical Director
Mr. Stocks has over 35 years of management experience with British Coal, during which time he attained the position of colliery manager. Upon leaving British Coal he became a consultant mining engineer working for several consultancy companies on projects in the UK, Spain, India, China, USA, Egypt and Ukraine. These included a long term assignment as the team leader of a EU funded project to assist the Ukrainian Government in their coal industry re-structuring programme. Thereafter, Mr. Stocks was associate consultant mining engineer with IMC Group Consulting, then senior mining engineer with Cambrian Mining plc and Coal International plc (now Western Coal Corp.). He assisted these companies expand their mining business in both the EU and Eastern Europe and also worked with Xtract Energy plc, an associate of Cambrian Mining plc and Coal International plc. During the same period he also undertook the duties of senior mining engineer for Ukraine Coal Limited. Prior to joining the Board Mr. Stocks worked with East Coal on pre-feasibility studies and the preparation of documentation for obtaining the rights to Verticalnaya Mine. Mr. Stocks has been employed as an independent consultant mining engineer to the Company since October 2008 and became the Company's Technical Director and a member of the Board in 2009.
John Conlon (72), Non-Executive Director
Mr. Conlon has been involved in the mining industry since 1972, as an owner of a mining equipment supply company. Since 1980, he has been part owner of a mining contracting company focusing on mine development and in 1995 he formed a company engaged in the business of repair and manufacturing of mining equipment. He serves or has served as a director of several companies including Cambrian Mining plc (now Western Canadian Coal Corp.), Mandalay Resources Corp., Coal International plc, Xtract Energy plc, and Western Canadian Coal Corp., including being part of that company's audit committee from 2002 to 2009.
Gregory Cameron (39), Non-Executive Director
Gregory M. Cameron brings 14 years of deal experience focused on small and mid capitalisation companies in North America and abroad. Mr. Cameron has held senior positions in investment banking at Canaccord Capital (SVP Investment Banking), MGI Securities (Founder) and Macquarie Capital Markets Canada formerly Orion Securities (SVP Investment Banking). During his 12 year career in banking, Mr. Cameron has worked on a significant number of equity, debt, merger and acquisitions and restructurings. Currently, Mr. Cameron is the President of Colby Capital Limited, a private Merchant Bank in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Cameron is the former Chairman and a current director of Cub Energy Inc. an oil and gas company focused on developing significant oil and gas reserves in Ukraine, and a board member of Voyageur Oil and Gas Corporation, an oil and gas exploration company with significant assets in Tunisia. Mr. Cameron is a graduate of Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada with a bachelor of commerce in finance and accounting and holds numerous financial industry designations.
Frank Moxon (46), Non-Executive Director
Frank Moxon is an experienced corporate financier specialising in natural resources. Now practising through his own firm, Hoyt Moxon, he was previously head of corporate finance and head of natural resources at Williams de Broë at the time it was acquired by Evolution Securities. He was, until August 2012, senior independent non-executive Director of Cove Energy plc and is currently chairman of Silvermere Energy plc and Imperial Minerals plc, and a non-executive director of Whetstone Minerals Ltd. and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment. He is a fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
Senior Management and Operational Team
George Lawton, Chief Financial officer
Mr. Lawton is a chartered accountant with extensive experience at CFO and VP Finance level providing strategic, financial and operating leadership to public companies in the mining, aerospace, entertainment, and business services industries. Mr. Lawton has been a consultant with the Company since May 2011, becoming CFO in April 2012. Prior to this, Mr. Lawton was the senior vice president of operational finance for Uranium One Inc.
Hendrik Dietrichsen, General Counsel
Mr. Dietrichsen is a lawyer with more than 30 years' experience as a legal practitioner and advising at senior management and board level within private and public listed companies, both local and international. He has also held various positions at board level. He has been a consultant with the Company since June 2012.
Reasons for the Placing, Admission and Use of Proceeds
The Directors believe that Admission will be an important step in the Group's development and will provide a platform from which to grow the business in the future. Admission is expected to provide additional liquidity for investors in the Company's shares and will enable the Group to attract, retain and incentivise its Directors and key employees through the operation of the Share Option Schemes.
In addition, Admission will potentially provide the Group with access to further capital in the future, should the Directors identify new acquisition opportunities which meet the Group's strategic objectives. The Company has adopted a mining plan designed to increase production at its mines. The fulfilment of that plan will require the Group to secure further external funding (in addition to the Placing Proceeds) as the mines are developed and production is increased. Such funds would be needed in order to finance further capital expenditure, for example, additional longwalls and improved processing facilities as production increases.
The Directors intend to introduce continued improvements and efficiencies to current mining practices in order to enhance the cash generative activities at the Menzhinsky Mine. The Directors will focus on optimising return from the New Wash Plant over the near term and will only commence construction of the Verticalnaya longwall once they are satisfied that the wash plant is operating sustainably at a satisfactory level.
Further investment in capital expenditure for the development of additional longwalls will be made only once the Directors are satisfied sufficient funds are available. In the event that the no further funds are available then aspects of the current mining plan would be deferred until such time as cash reserves were built up from the washing operations at Waste Tip No. 4 to fund additional plant on the terms then available.
The Placing proceeds and the proceeds of the Salida loan to be satisfied with the concurrent shares for debt settlement will be utilised as follows:
Qualified Person
Mr. Colin Stocks AMIMinE, IEng, is a Qualified Person in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Mr. Stocks has read and approved the contents of this news release.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement includes "forward-looking statements" which include all statements other than statements of historical facts, including, without limitation, those regarding the Company's financial position, business strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations, or any statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words "targets", "believes", "expects", "aims", "intends", "will", "may", "anticipates", "would, "could" or similar expressions or negatives thereof. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors beyond the Company's control that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding the Company's present and future business strategies and the environment in which the Company will operate in the future. These forward-looking statements speak only as at the date of this document. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based unless required to do so by applicable law or the AIM Rules for Companies.
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As usually is the case with Alex Rodriguez, there is no last word. Just because arbitrator Frederic Horowitz reduced his unprecedented 211-game suspension for violation of MLB's drug policy to 162 games.
Up next is a date in federal court. After that, who knows? Could this go to the Supreme Court?
Rodriguez won't let this thing go, and he says it is more than about the $25 million missing 2014 will cost him.
While how Rodriguez has handled himself hasn't endeared himself to many, and because he previously admitted using steroids prior to MLB's PED policy, there's little reason to believe he hasn't used them since.
That's not the issue.
The issue, says Rodriguez, is about fairness and his legacy. There is some degree of truth to the fairness argument.
According to the drug policy, Rodriguez's admission wouldn't be used against him. And, since there was no failed drug test, where did Bud Selig get the original 211 games. Seems like an arbitrary figure only because it is.
The first offense is 50 games, followed by 100. The first offense doesn't have to be a failed test, but could be something like being linked to steroids, such as appearing on the Biogenesis list.
Even so, 13 other players, including Ryan Braun, were also on the Biogenesis list as supplied by founder Anthony Bosch. Braun failed a drug test last year, but got off on a technicality. According to the agreement, Braun would get 100 games, but was only tagged for 65.
Everybody else got 50. But, Rodriguez? He got 211.
Selig never explained his reasoning, nor did he seem fit to explain in during the arbitration process. Selig wasn't obligated to appear, but if he felt so strongly about his decision, he should have been there to tell his story.
Part of that story, undoubtedly, would have been to explain how Selig and Major League Baseball obtained its evidence, which was purchased from Bosch after he refused to relinquish his materials.
Part of MLB's grievance against Rodriguez was he attempted to do the same, but with the intent of destroying the documents.
So, MLB is punishing Rodriguez for trying to do what it did. Seems highly hypocritical.
How Selig arrived at 211 games is arbitrary and smells of the witch-hunt Rodriguez asserts.
We know the steroid era was borne out of MLB turning its head to what was going on in the game – giving tacit approval to the needle, the clear and the cream – as to put fannies in the seats to watch phony home run races.
It seemed like every time Rodriguez flaunted Selig's authority it cost him games. There was nothing consistent to how Selig dealt with Rodriguez as opposed to the others given up by Bosch.
This inconsistency, coupled with MLB's buying out of Bosch, smacks of bias and unfairness. That the arbitrator cut into Selig's 211 games indicates he felt the original penalty was over the top.
Look, I want steroids out of the game as much as anybody. More than most. But, I want it done the right way and I don't believe MLB has handled the Rodriguez case the right way.
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This Super Metroid analysis has been lying around on my own website for a while. Upon reading Mike Stout's Zelda dungeon design analysis here on Gamasutra, I realized that there is really no excuse not to post this here as well. Here I can assume that readers are somewhat familiar with the Metroid franchise or at least some other form of "Metroidvania", and skip some of the sight-seeing in favor of focusing on level design and the subtle tricks the designers seem to have used to direct the player through what may seem to be a haphazard experience, but is not.
This analysis takes most of its material from the first playthrough of the game by my friend Rufus, which I had the pleasure of observing from beginning to end. Watching him, a complete newcomer to the genre, still find his way around Zebes in pretty much the same way I'd do, almost never once getting lost or stuck for any considerable amount of time, made me question how that could be. This analysis is my answer.
First, I would like to establish what I percieve to be some of the core psychological phenomena behind the Metroid experience before we start.


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Annual to tree
Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Annual to subshrubs, generally ± hairy
Leaves alternate or basal, generally petioled, reduced upward, entire and linear or generally elliptic to ovate or obovate and 14-pinnately lobed; 1° lobes longest near middle or base of blade
Inflorescence: heads discoid (but outer flowers often enlarged, ± ray-like), 1many per stem, generally in terminal cymes; peduncle generally hairy like phyllary bases; involucre generally < 15 mm diam, cylindric to obconic or hemispheric; phyllaries in 12 ± equal series, generally linear to lanceolate, tips generally ± flat, generally ± green; receptacle flat to rounded, generally naked
Flowers 10many; corollas radial (outer, if enlarged, ± bilateral), generally white to pinkish or yellow, generally opening in daytime; anthers generally exserted
Fruit club-shaped, generally not compressed, stiffly hairy; pappus 0 or of 420 fringed scales in 1few series
Species in genus: 18 species: w North America
Etymology: (Greek: gaping ray, from enlarged outer corollas of some)
Reference: [Mooring 1980 Amer J Bot 67:13041309]
Spp. of sect. Chaenactis hybridize.
Stems generally 1few, erect to spreading, < 50 cm; hairs thinning with age
Leaves < 11 cm, ± cobwebby, fleshy or not; largest entire or 12-pinnately lobed, 1° lobes 17 pairs, longest near blade middle, tips flat to curled or cylindric
Inflorescence: heads 1several per stem; peduncle < 20 cm; involucre widely cylindric to obconic or hemispheric, generally ± tomentose or glandular-hairy; longest phyllaries 4.59 mm, tips erect, ± rigid, generally blunt
Flowers: corollas ± bright to deep yellow, outer bilateral, greatly enlarged, inner radial, 48 mm
Fruit 39 mm; pappus scales (1)48 in 12 series, scales of outer fruit generally < inner, unequal, scales of inner fruit generally equal, longest 18 mm
Chromosomes: 2n=12
Ecology: Generally dry open places, sometimes dunes or serpentine
Elevation: < 1600 m.
Bioregional distribution: North Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada Foothills, Tehachapi Mountain Area, Great Central Valley, Central Western California, Southwestern California, w edge Desert
Distribution outside California: n Baja California
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There's almost no way Raw won't be interesting tonight in Des Moines. The McMahon administration is doing everything in its considerable power to hold down Daniel Bryan, and anyone who dissents is being dealt with harshly. Let's see who faces the wrath tonight as we go live on USA.
HHH comes out to a ring guarded by The Shield. He introduces the WWE Champion, Randy Orton, who says that as the �Face of the WWE,� protecting the image of the company is his number one responsibility. Specifically, he has some issues with Daniel Bryan. He asks the crowd if Bryan should face him for the title at Night of Champions and if he even has the slightest chance in hell of defeating him. Will Bryan ever be anything more than a B+ player? The answer to all those questions is no. Orton does think Bryan should give up his title shot, so that�s at least one �yes.� Trips says he has two jobs, one of which is to ensure the health and welfare of the talent � and he's worried about Bryan's health. He blames the fans for confusing popularity with what's best for business, and uses Doink the Clown as Exhibit A. That brings Bryan out from the back, wondering if there were ever big chants for Doink back in 1992. The only two clowns he sees are standing in the ring right now, and he understands why they want him to give up. He appeals to the fans, who make it clear that they don't want him to submit to the powers that be. Bryan goes on to say that Orton has never been told he couldn't do something, which is why he doesn't understand what makes Bryan tick. Randy may have the genetics of a champion, but he'll never have the heart of a champion. Triple H tells Bryan that his anger is misplaced, and maybe he can work some of it out tonight when he goes one-on-one with the Big Show. Well, at least he won't have to worry about taking it easy tonight!
Cody Rhodes tells Triple H that he thinks tonight's main event will be great as long as nobody gets involved, and with all due respect, he feels like Orton versus Bryan is what's best for business. Trips questions why he wasn't invited to Rhodes' upcoming wedding, but he got him an early present anyway: a match tonight against Orton. Rhodes thanks him for the �massive� opportunity, but he soon learns that if he doesn�t win, he won't be employed for very long. Ah, that's one of those �Be careful what you wish for� deals, isn't it?
Match 1 � Fandango vs. The Miz
The Miz takes control of the dancing superstar before the commercial break. Somehow, Fandango has turned it around when we return, but I suppose only folks watching on the app know how. He is bloody though, courtesy of a nose that may be broken. Eventually, Miz is able to get the Figure Four locked in, making Fandango quickly tap out.
Booker T gives Bryan his two cents, which consist of running down the merits of giving up the title match because the people in charge can ruin his whole life. Bu he also says he's behind Bryan. So which is it Booker? #Hypocrisy
A video package takes us back through hell as CM Punk-Curtis Axel match. Love that meltdown by Pau Heyman as he laid into Punk with the kendo sick. That was some real ECW stuff.
Match 2 � Dolph Ziggler vs. Ryback
Dolph doesn�t know who he's facing tonight, and while he's waiting to find out, Dean Ambrose ambushes him from behind. Only after Ambrose warns Ziggler to �respect the business� does Ryback make his way out. By the way, that may be the loudest �Goldberg� chant I've heard for Ryback yet. The bell finally rings, and a one-sided beatdown of Ziggler ensues. Dolph pulls it together for a brief burst of offense, yet all that does is make Ryback mad. A Shell Shock puts Ziggler away, which JB likes since he feels Dolph needs to learn to be a good employee.
Brad Maddox tells Triple H and Stephanie that Big Show is refusing to face Bryan. Steph says she'll handle it, and that it won�t be a private conversation. After some ads, Stephanie heads for the ring, telling the fans she wants to introduce someone who helped her learn life lessons while she was growing up backstage. Show heads down the ramp, and he offers McMahon a hug. Since they are longtime friends, she simply cuts to the chase: he's broke, and his ironclad contract is in jeopardy if he doesn't perform when asked. Steph rubs salt in the wound by telling him that he can't have much time left in his career and probably can�t find work this lucrative anywhere else. And for the coup de grace, she reminds him that giants don�t live as long as other people. Ouch!
During the break, Show takes out his frustration on some helpless inanimate objects backstage. Out at the announce table, Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole pimp the app.
Match 3 � 3MB (Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal) vs. The Prime Time Players
This actually isn�t a squash, as 3MB works over Darren Young pretty effectively. Titus O'Neil gets the hot tag and flexes his considerable muscle, and even though he's stopped on his first pinfall attempt, he's able to slam and pin Mahal.
Heyman asks Maddox some very loaded questions about why he's allowing Punk to possibly injure him. As he's in the middle of browbeating poor Brad, Triple H drops in and tells Heyman that he approved the match. The Game has admired the way he's weaseled out of so many things over the years, but he can't figure out how he's going to do it this time. But even if he pulls off the unthinkable, Triple H figures he still wins. And isn't that what's best for business? Elsewhere, Bray Wyatt has something to say about what happened to Kane after the way the Family carried him off a few weeks ago. He uses an Icarus metaphor to tell us... not very much. But it's still cool and very creepy.
Match 4 � Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton
As Cole and JBL debate the fairness of his match, Orton is busy taking it to Rhodes. He earns a pair of near falls before delivering repeated blows in the corner, but Rhodes fights back with a suplex and his own mounted corner punches. Orton grabs him off the turnbuckle to deliver a backbreaker, and we step out for a word from our sponsors. It's all Rhodes upon our return, as he gets close to pinning the champ twice in a row. The rest of the locker room is watching anxiously, and the fans are behind him as he launches into a moonsault... that he misses. Orton covers for two, following with his signature DDT. The boos grow louder, but Randy simply mocks the fans. The RKO is countered by Cross Rhodes, but Orton barely manages to kick out at two. A roll up doesn't work, and a missed Disaster Kick sets up the RKO. Orton covers for three, and it's possible we just saw Rhodes wrestle his last match. HHH comes out to tell Rhodes that he went all in and fought from the bottom of his heart, but he can�t let his personal feelings cloud his judgment. It's with deep regret that he has to tell Cody he's fired.
Punk comes out with a kendo sick wondering aloud what he has left to say. After what was done to him last week, he doesn�t want to talk or wrestle, he wants to fight Heyman. And if he has to fight Axel to do it, so be it. He'd do it tonight, but he doesn�t care that they wouldn' t come out right now, because he'll get them both in 13 days, promising a �biblical ass beating.� Punk guarantees he'll get past Axel to get his hands on Heyman, and if you order the PPV, you're going to see a side of CM Punk you've never seen before. It may even make some people uncomfortable. He ends by promising to break Heyman's face. Oh my.
Big Show stops by to tell Byran about his no-win situation. Daniel understands, but he still plans on beating him tonight.
Match 5 � Naomi vs. Brie Bella vs. Natalya
The winner of this three-way dance gets a shot at AJ Lee and her Divas Championship. As luck would have it, AJ joins the announcers and the rest of the Total Divas crew is ringside. The match doesn't get finished before AJ storms the ring. That turns out to be a tactical error since she gets stomped by all three competitors.
Match 6 � Damien Sandow vs. Rob Van Dam
Sandow is apparently not that upset that Rhodes got �future endeavored.� Just as RVD has things going his way, Alberto De Rio decides to come out, flash a smile, and watch the action. Commercial time! Moments later, the fans are trying to will Van Dam out of danger. Sandow hits the Elbow of Disdain for two, and Ricardo Rodriguez looks a little concerned as he watches from ringside. RVD finally seizes the momentum with kicks and Rolling Thunder. Sandow tries rolling him up, but Van Dam escapes and hits the Five Star Frog Splash. That's a victory for Rob, much to Alberto's chagrin.
Since AJ interfered in the three-way match, Steph decides that she'll face all three women at Night of Champions. Elsewhere, Josh Mathews tries getting some parting words from Rhodes. He's not real happy about it, to say the least, but he says the McMahons have always had it in for the Rhodes family. Does Cody have anything to say to his fiancee? Guess not.
Match 7 � Daniel Bryan vs. Big Show
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I have a Bob and I value it highly, and as Van says it will teach you to pick vital targets. This is very important because you can really go at it with full force and have no fear of injurying anybody. It is also a very versatile piece of equipment, and with a bit of imagination can be used to train all sorts of attributes. I sometimes put a jacket on mine and then pull him round to where I can strike him better, I also use weapons such as a single stick or my favourite a pocket stick.
I've borrowed from quite a few styles in my time .but I do like american Kenpo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXqqwGtp ... r_embedded
I've practised this many times
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I really like this second guy coz he breaks stuff down and has some awesome vids.like this one..............http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05Fh4Ten0Vo&feature=plcp
One thing that I think about a lot from a tactical perspective is if you are prepared to put the hours in doing fast and hard repetitious drills against something like Bob then it may be rather difficult to explain your self defence moves to a court or jury ....................I think Uechi stylists, more than most, would benefit greatly from Bob drills because of the nature of the style


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Deixis and Pragmatics
William F. Hanks
Deictic expressions, like English 'this, that, here, and there' occur in all known human languages. They are typically used to individuate objects in the immediate context in which they are uttered, by pointing at them so as to direct attention to them. The object, or demonstratum is singled out as a focus, and a successful act of deictic reference is one that results in the Speaker (Spr) and Addressee (Adr) attending to the same referential object. Thus,
(1)A:Oh, there'sthat guy again (pointing)B:Oh yeah, now I see him (fixing gaze on the guy)
(2)A:I'll have that one over there (pointing to a dessert on a tray)B:This? (touching pastry with tongs)A:yeah, that looks greatB:Here ya' go (handing pastry to customer)
In an exchange like (1), A's utterance spotlights the individual guy, directing B's attention to him, and B's response (both verbal and ocular) displays that he has recognized him. In (2) A's utterance individuates one pastry among several, B's response makes sure he's attending to the right one, A reconfirms and B completes by presenting the pastry to him. If we compare the two examples, it is clear that the underscored deictics can pick out or present individuals without describing them. In a similar way, "I, you, he/she, we, now, (back) then," and their analogues are all used to pick out individuals (persons, objects, or time frames), apparently without describing them. As a corollary of this semantic paucity, individual deictics vary extremely widely in the kinds of object they may properly denote: 'here' can denote anything from the tip of your nose to planet Earth, and 'this' can denote anything from a pastry to an upcoming day (this Tuesday). Under the same circumstance, 'this' and 'that' can refer appropriately to the same object, depending upon who is speaking, as in (2). How can forms that are so abstract and variable over contexts be so specific and rigid in a given context? On what parameters do deictics and deictic systems in human languages vary, and how do they relate to grammar and semantics more generally?
Noun-Modifying Clause Construction in Japanese
Yoshiko Matsumoto
The noun-modifying clause construction (NMCC) in Japanese is a complex noun phrase in which a prenominal clause is dependent on the head noun. Naturally occurring instances of the construction demonstrate that a single structure, schematized as [[… predicate (finite/adnominal)] Noun], represents a wide range of semantic relations between the head noun and the dependent clause, encompassing some that would be expressed by structurally distinct constructions such as relative clauses, noun complement clauses, and other types of complex noun phrases in other languages, such as English. In that way, the Japanese NMCC demonstrates a clear case of the general noun-modifying construction (GNMCC), that is, an NMCC that has structural uniformity across interpretations that extend beyond the range of relative clauses.
One of the notable properties of the Japanese NMCC is that the modifying clause may consist only of the predicate, reflecting the fact that referential density is moderate in Japanese—arguments of a predicate are not required to be overtly expressed either in the main clause or in the modifying clause. Another property of the Japanese NMCC is that there is no explicit marking in the construction that indicates the grammatical or semantic relation between the head noun and the modifying clause. The two major constituents are simply juxtaposed to each other.
Successful construal of the intended interpretations of instances of such a construction, in the absence of explicit markings, likely relies on an aggregate of structural, semantic, and pragmatic factors, including the semantic content of the linguistic elements, verb valence information, and the interpreter's real-world knowledge, in addition to the basic structural information.
Researchers with different theoretical approaches have studied Japanese NMCCs or subsets thereof. Syntactic approaches, inspired by generative grammar, have focused mostly on relative clauses and aimed to identify universally recognized syntactic principles. Studies that take the descriptive approach have focused on detailed descriptions and the classification of a wide spectrum of naturally occurring instances of the construction in Japanese. The third and most recent group of studies has emphasized the importance of semantics and pragmatics in accounting for a wide variety of naturally occurring instances.
The examination of Japanese NMCCs provides information about the nature of clausal noun modification and affords insights into languages beyond Japanese, as similar phenomena have reportedly been observed crosslinguistically to varying degrees.
Scrambling in Korean Syntax
Heejeong Ko
Scrambling is one of the most widely discussed and prominent factors affecting word order variation in Korean. Scrambling in Korean exhibits various syntactic and semantic properties that cannot be subsumed under the standard A/A'-movement. Clause-external scrambling as well as clause-internal scrambling in Korean show mixed A/A'-effects in a range of tests such as anaphor binding, weak crossover, Condition C, negative polarity item licensing, wh-licensing, and scopal interpretation. VP-internal scrambling, by contrast, is known to be lack of reconstruction effects conforming to the claim that short scrambling is A-movement. Clausal scrambling, on the other hand, shows total reconstructions effects, unlike phrasal scrambling. The diverse properties of Korean scrambling have received extensive attention in the literature. Some studies argue that scrambling is a type of feature-driven A-movement with special reconstruction effects. Others argue that scrambling can be A-movement or A'-movement depending on the landing site. Yet others claim that scrambling is not standard A/A'-movement, but must be treated as cost-free movement with optional reconstruction effects. Each approach, however, faces non-trivial empirical and theoretical challenges, and further study is needed to understand the complex nature of scrambling. As the theory develops in the Minimalist Program, a variety of proposals have also been advanced to capture properties of scrambling without resorting to A/A'-distinctions.
Scrambling in Korean applies optionally but not randomly. It may be blocked due to various factors in syntax and its interfaces in the grammar. At the syntax proper, scrambling obeys general constraints on movement (e.g., island conditions, left branch condition, coordinate structure condition, proper binding condition, ban on string vacuous movement). Various semantic and pragmatic factors (e.g., specificity, presuppositionality, topic, focus) also play a crucial role in acceptability of sentences with scrambling. Moreover, current studies show that certain instances of scrambling are filtered out at the interface due to cyclic Spell-out and linearization, which strengthens the claim that scrambling is not a free option. Data from Korean pose important challenges against base-generation approaches to scrambling, and lend further credence to the view that scrambling is an instance of movement. The exact nature of scrambling in Korean—whether it is cost-free or feature-driven—must be further investigated in future research, however. The research on Korean scrambling leads us to the pursuit of a general theory, which covers obligatory A/A'-movement as well as optional displacement with mixed semantic effects in languages with free word order.


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You can add children to the growing list of groups less important to Gov. Sam Brownback than his tax breaks for billionaires and big business. That's because as part of his efforts to save the cratering Kansas budget, Brownback has proposed taking $9.5 million from an endowment fund set up to pay for early-childhood programs and transfer it to the state's all-purpose general fund to help balance his underwater budget.
I have been an advocate for children my entire political career, and it angers me to see funds that were earmarked for children's programs diverted to tax relief for the rich.
"We are taking money from little kids to bail the state out," said Shannon Cotsoradis, president and chief executive officer of Kansas Action for Children. "The governor's amendment sidesteps the law and will ultimately hurt our youngest and some of our poorest Kansas children."
Cotsoradis and other advocates for children should be furious. But no one should be surprised by the governor's actions -- it's just part of a pattern that has marked Brownback's time in office. The pattern: place the interests of billionaires and big corporations ahead of those of working Kansans.
That pattern first appeared when Brownback made passing tax breaks for billionaires his top tax priority in 2012 instead of restoring funding to Kansas schools. In 2011, Brownback made the largest single education cut in Kansas history, cutting more than $100 million from K-12 education. But instead of standing up for Kansas students and schools and restoring the cuts he'd made, Brownback let his priorities be known -- tax breaks for billionaires before education for Kansas kids.
The pattern again emerged when the governor proposed raising taxes on middle- and low-income Kansans while handing out giant tax breaks to Kansans making millions. He followed this proposal by signing a tax bill that did raise taxes on the poorest Kansans by eliminating the food sales tax credit and child care credit that help working parents afford care and food for their children. Why would any politician do this? Because the bill had massive tax breaks for special interests and billionaires, going so far as to eliminate taxes altogether on LLCs and other business forms. Once again, tax breaks for billionaires came before helping Kansas families.
Now Brownback wants to double down on his disastrous tax plan. Not only does he want even more tax breaks, he wants to pay for them by raising the sales tax on Kansas families and eliminating the home mortgage interest deduction on Kansas homeowners. Who cares if the cost of milk goes up or Kansans can't afford their mortgage payments? Tax breaks for the rich come first.
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If Brownback has to resort to stealing from children to afford the tax cuts he promised his campaign donors, it begs the question: "What programs are safe?" We already knew Kansas students, workers and roads all matter less to the governor than protecting tax breaks for the rich. Brownback's actions demonstrate there might be no depths our governor will refuse to sink to protect his disastrous tax policy.
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LOS ANGELES - Yasiel Puig homered with two outs in the 11th inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.
Cincinnati pitchers set a franchise record with 20 strikeouts, 11 by starter Tony Cingrani. He held Los Angeles to one hit over seven innings.
Puig, Adrian Gonzalez, Hanley Ramirez and Tim Federowicz each fanned three times as the Dodgers established a team high since 1900.
Puig connected against Curtis Partch (0-1) for his 10th home run and 23rd RBI in 48 big league games. The excitable rookie tossed his bat, circled the bases and then slid into home plate, where teammates were waiting for him after his first game-ending homer.
The NL West leaders won for the 26th time in 32 games and extended their advantage to 2 1/2 games over Arizona. Brandon League (6-3) pitched two hitless innings for the win.
In Atlanta, Jason Heyward homered and drove in two runs to help the Braves complete a three-game sweep of St. Louis in a series between NL division leaders.
The Braves broke a 2-all tie with two runs in the sixth off rookie Shelby Miller (10-7) and two relievers. Pinch-hitter Joey Terdoslavich drove in Chris Johnson with the go-ahead run. Heyward added another run-scoring single.
Kris Medlen (7-10) allowed two runs and eight hits in six innings to snap his three-game losing streak. Craig Kimbrel pitched a perfect ninth to take the NL lead with his 31st save.
It was Atlanta's first three-game sweep of the Cardinals at Turner Field since April 22-24, 2003.
The Cardinals, who lead the NL in batting average and scoring, were held to three runs in the series.
In Miami, Jose Fernandez had a team rookie record 13 strikeouts in a pitching duel with Gerrit Cole, leading the Marlins past Pittsburgh.
Fernandez (7-5) allowed five hits and two runs in eight innings. The 20-year-old All-Star right-hander walked none and threw 97 pitches, 74 for strikes.
Cole (5-4) was nearly as good. The rookie allowed three runs and struck out eight in seven innings, but Giancarlo Stanton put the Marlins ahead to stay in the sixth with his 13th home run.
Stanton also doubled, walked and scored twice for the Marlins, who had six hits.
Steve Cishek gave up a single and a walk in the ninth, but retired Garrett Jones on a grounder for the final out to earn his 22nd save in 24 chances.
Tino Martinez resigned as Miami's hitting coach following the game, hours after complaints by players that he verbally abused them became public.
Travis Wood homered and pitched four-hit ball over seven innings to help the Chicago Cubs complete a three-game sweep in San Francisco for the first time in 20 years.
Welington Castillo also homered for the Cubs, who won their third straight and fifth in seven games.
Pablo Sandoval had an RBI for the Giants, who lost their fourth in a row and seventh in eight games.
Tim Lincecum (5-11) had two hits in addition to pitching seven innings. He gave up two runs and four hits while striking out 10.
Wood (7-7), who also had two hits, allowed an unearned run while walking four and striking out seven. He was 1-4 over his previous nine games and has been involved in 10 one-run decisions.
Pedro Strop worked the eighth for his 12th consecutive scoreless outing, covering 10 2-3 innings, since joining the Cubs on July 2.
Kevin Gregg got three outs for his 22nd save in 25 chances, and third straight in the series.
In Washington, Wilson Ramos hit a grand slam and rookie right-hander Taylor Jordan had six strong innings for his first major league win to lead the Nationals to the rout of New York.
The Nationals won their third game in a row and fourth in five to salvage a tumultuous 11-game homestand.
They lost the first six games after the All-Star break, fired hitting coach Rick Eckstein last Monday and demoted former closer Drew Storen to Triple-A Syracuse on Friday.
Mets right-hander Carlos Torres (1-2) could not build on his solid start last week against the Atlanta Braves, allowing eight runs and nine hits in just three innings. Ramos hit his grand slam in the third, ripping a 2-1 pitch into the left-field stands to cap a five-run inning.
Jordan (1-3) earned his first victory in his sixth career start. The 24-year-old held New York to five hits in six innings.
Troy Tulowitzki homered early, then doubled to start a two-run rally in the eighth inning that propelled Colorado past Milwaukee in Denver.
Michael Cuddyer, Dexter Fowler and Corey Dickerson also homered for the Rockies, who salvaged a split of their 10-game homestand.
Yuniesky Betancourt and Norichika Aoki homered and Carlos Gomez had two hits and scored twice for the Brewers.
The Rockies had hoped to stay in the thick of the NL West race when they resumed after the All-Star break against the three worst teams in the NL. Instead, they lost three of four to Miami and were in danger of losing the series to Milwaukee before coming back against John Axford (4-4).
Rex Brothers got the final three outs for his seventh save.
In Phoenix, Tyson Ross outpitched All-Star Patrick Corbin with eight dominant innings and San Diego beat Arizona to close out its first winning road trip of the season.
Carlos Quentin had a run-scoring single in the first inning off Corbin (12-2) and Ross (2-4) took it from there, allowing three hits and striking out seven in the combined three-hitter. Huston Street worked a perfect ninth for his 19th save in 20 chances.
San Diego went 6-4 to win its first road trip since Aug. 24-26 and first of six or more games since June 25-July 4, 2012.
Cliff Pennington had two hits for Arizona, which went 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position for its first 1-0 loss at Chase Field in nearly three years.