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I am a 52 year old (current lpn).I have a 30 year old daughter, two grandsons, and a 10 year old daughter. (Yes I started over) I have experience in ob, labor and delivery.current cpr and first aid. Have spent the las year providing private duty in home care for children with long term or terminal illnesses.I am a non-smoker, drug free, can pass background checks.would love to talk to you more!
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Too soon for Christmas? Never!
37 days till Christmas ... or is that 38? I hate writing a blog post that appears simultaneously in all time zones. OK just over 5 weeks till the big day. Too soon for Christmas ideas? Not in my part of the world. We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Australia so it's a clear downhill run from now until the 25th. I thought I would ask one of Australia's top stylists and author of the fab book Homelove, Megan Morton for a little help on how to make sure that Christmas in summer is cool. Please turn away and weep now Northern Hemisphere readers at the sight of Christmas on a gorgeous beach. We live in paradise in Australia!
The weather is hot for Christmas in the land of Aus but what is cool this holiday season?
GENEROSITY. Christmas Day is even more special when you know you have really dug deep in an attempt to make others day more bearable. Pick your charity - there are so many organisations needing good samaritans. I support as many charities as I can that deal with rehousing, accommodating people. As we all know, four walls and a roof is second to food and water. St Vincent De Paul. The Smith Family. Lou's Shelter, Potts Point. Youth Off The Streets.
To tree or not to tree?
YES - most definitely a tree! Even when I was in an apartment I made room for a tree. This year mine is a huge wonderful olive tree in a large zinc pot. I am dressing him (olive trees seem male to me) with glass, crystal and mercury decorations and lots of small beads of garland. Its a respite from last years which was a fully loaded, all colour inclusive one.
It's just over 5 weeks to Christmas and I'm starting to think Christmas table inspiration. (I know but I like to plan ahead.) What should I be doing?
Best lunches (or dinners) are ones that have the foresight of a console or side table to handle the large plates of food. Even the most elegant of fare takes up table space. I like to leave the table some breathing room and have the food displayed, ready to go on a side table. We celebrate Christmas Eve as our major meal (part-Austrian, part-English husband) which includes traditional fondues at the end. This year I am buying up for the day at Pedlars Farmgate - pig and spanish doughnuts.
It's the day before Christmas. I've done nothing. I'm panicking as I pick up prawns and wonder if I can just forget the turkey. What can I do for my Christmas table? Please Megan HELP!
A Christmas meal is never really about the food, more of the thought.
For prawns I make a pretty ice bowl by freezing some flower heads and herbs in between two bowls (one slightly smaller than the other). Put them in the freezer and remove bowls for your prawn serving bowl that will keep them perfectly cold. Speaking of freezer, Christmas isn't Christmas without a vodka injected watermelon also laid to chill in the freezer. For the prawns, buy some lovely french proper butter (it really tastes nothing like "butter" as we know it) and serve with fresh Vietnamese baked rolls and aioli.
I would also would suggest huge jugs of rosewater cordial that can be put on ice for children and on bubbles for the adults. Put all in a blender - 1 cup of chilled water, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, 1 tablespoons of caster sugar, 1 teaspoon of rosewater, a few drops of pink food colouring and 1 cup of ice cubes. Whizz it up and pour over more ice for kids and over bubbles for adults.
This year Megan has styled these wonderful shots for Freedom's Christmas. Just the perfect holiday inspiration!


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Bhupen Hazarika's estranged wife Priyamvada Patel Hazarika told a local TV channel ahead of the Assamese balladeer's first death anniversary on November 5 that Melody Queen Lata Mangeshkar had an affair with Bhupen Hazarika.
"Lata started a big affair with him." Priyamvada blasted out on DY365 in an interview aired on Saturday prime time.
She said "Lata was crazy after him, and he told me Priyam in India if a musician wants to come up, his songs have to be sung by Lata Mangeshkar. I asked why should you be in the room with her the whole night, he said ketiyaba koribo laage (sometimes you have to do it)." the Ottawa-based Priyamvada said.
Priyamvada also accused that Lata was one of the reasons why she left Bhupen, Priyamvada said Bhupen and Lata shared one of the three bedrooms in their Tollygunje apartment whenever she came to Kolkata.
Not only this, She also added on one occasion, music director duo Kalyanji-Anandji told her in Gujarati that it was a waste to stay up late expecting Bhupen to return to her bedroom.
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The Greatest Racehorse Ever
By John Reismiller
Phar Lap, one of the most famous horses in the world was a champion among champions. Born in Timaru, New Zealand, in 1926, he was sold for the bargain price of 160 guineas ($336.00). When he arrived in Australia his new owner, American-born David J. Davis, was not very impressed with him. He was skinny and clumsy, with warts all over his head. Davis was angry with the trainer, Harry Telford, who had persuaded him to put up the money to buy the horse. He did not want to waste any more money to pay for its training, so he leased the horse to Telford for the next three years. Telford would pay to train and feed the horse and keep any prize money he won. The trainer, who knew a great deal about racehorse pedigrees, was certain that, with Phar Lap's breeding, he would become a champion.
Although he was named Phar Lap, a Thai phrase meaning 'wink of the skies' or 'lightning', around the stables the horse was known as Bobby. Tom Woodcock, a young stable boy, became Phar Lap's main attendant. Phar Lap was docile and lazy and liked to play tricks on Woodcock. Soon he became so fond of the stable boy that he would not eat unless Woodcock was in his stall with him.
Phar Lap was unplaced in his first four races in 1929. His first win was on 27 April at Rosehill near Sydney. After another four races in which he was unplaced, he came second in the Sydney Tattersalls Chelmsford Stakes on 14 September. From then on he was unplaced only once more - in the Melbourne Cup of 1931. Phar Lap won some of the most prestigious races in Australia, including four in one week during the Spring Racing Carnival of 1930. From September 1929 he started as a favorite in all but one of his races.
Phar Lap was a large horse, 17 hands high, with powerful leg muscles and a strong heart, which after his death was discovered to be one of the largest ever found in a racehorse. Although he was known as a stayer, a horse that performs well in races over a long distance, he was equally as successful at sprint races.
The champion's success did not make him popular with everyone. Because so many people put their money on Phar Lap, whenever he won the bookmakers had to pay a fortune. Someone tried to shoot the horse early on Derby Day, November 1 1930 - possibly a bookmaker. As Tom Woodcock led him from Caulfield Racecourse back to his stables after track work, a car pulled alongside them. Woodcock pushed Phar Lap against a fence, using himself and his pony as a shield as shots were fired from the car. Although the pony threw Woodcock, he managed to hold onto Phar Lap as the car sped away. Phar Lap was unhurt and went on to win the Melbourne Stakes at Flemington that day. The identity of the gunman was never discovered.
Three days later Phar Lap easily won the Melbourne Cup, even though his handicap of 62.5 kg meant he was carrying over 4 kg more than any other four-year-old horse had ever carried in a Cup. In the 1931 Melbourne Cup he carried 68 kg. This proved too much for him, and he finished eighth in his last Australian race.
His next race was the Agua Caliente Handicap at the Agua Caliente Jockey Club near Tijuana in Mexico. With Tom Woodcock as trainer, Phar Lap traveled to America by ship, with his own exercise enclosure and sand-box. Despite his long sea journey and a badly injured hoof, Phar Lap won the race, in record time for the track.
Phar Lap was resting at a private ranch near Menlo Park in California while his owner, Davis, negotiated further race appearances and even a series of films about Phar Lap. Early on 5 April 1932, Woodcock found the horse looking ill. His temperature was above normal and he was in great pain. At midday Phar Lap hemorrhaged and died. Woodcock threw himself on the horse and cried. Australians and Americans were stunned by the horse's death. The Australian Prime Minister, Joseph Lyons called it a 'great tragedy'. An autopsy found that Phar Lap's stomach and intestines were inflamed, suggesting possible poisoning. Soon rumors were circulating that the champion had been deliberately poisoned.
Investigation of the ranch showed that some trees had recently been sprayed with a lead - arsenate insecticide. It was possible that some of the deadly spray had drifted onto grass that Phar Lap had eaten. A second autopsy suggested that Phar Lap had died of a 'colicky condition' (bad stomach pains), possibly from eating damp feed. Many people, however, continued to believe that Phar Lap had been poisoned.
In 1989 some racing people claimed that Tom Woodcock had accidentally killed the horse by giving him a double dose of Fowler's Solution, a tonic containing arsenic given to horses to stimulate their appetites. Forensic scientists offered to test Phar Lap's hide and hair for arsenic, but as arsenic was probably used to help preserve the hide, the tests might not have brought us any closer to discovering the real cause of his death.
However a recent book suggests that Phar Lap was not mysteriously poisoned. Authors Peter Thompson and Geoff Armstrong asked University of Melbourne equine experts to examine the two autopsy reports. They concluded that Phar Lap probably died of a bacterial infection often found in horses who have traveled long distances. This type of infection was not identified until recent decades, so would not have been diagnosed at the time.
After Phar Lap's death his heart was donated to the now National Museum in Canberra ( his heart was twice the size of an ordinary horse) and his skeleton to the New Zealand National Museum in Wellington.
Jonas Brothers, a New York taxidermy firm, mounted Phar Lap's hide over a shell of timber covered with roofing paper, burlap and sawdust. Pieces of cord were used to suggest Phar Lap's veins. Phar Lap' mounted hide arrived at the Museum of Victoria (formerly the National Museum) in 1933. He has left the Museum only once since then, during Melbourne Cup week 1980, when he returned to Flemington Racecourse fifty years after his own Cup win. Phar Lap has drawn millions of visitors to the Museum, including Tom Woodcock, who donated several of his own mementoes of the horse to the Museum in 1979.
Phar Lap was on display for 67 years in the former Museum on Swanston Street. He was given a well-earned spell in July 1997 when the Museum was closed in the lead up to planning for the Melbourne Museum at Carlton Gardens.
While away from the public eye, Phar Lap has been installed in a new show-case in preparation for his exhibition at Melbourne Museum. Painstakingly crafted by Museum Victoria's cabinet makers, the case features elements from the Art Deco period of the 1930s, a time when the his legend spread across the world. Sponsored by Racing Victoria, the $15,000 case has been fashioned from 100-year-old planks of Queensland maple and pieces of 5000-year-old fossilized Murray River red gum.
Museum Victoria's expert conservators and preparators have conducted a careful study of Phar Lap's internal and external condition, and despite the age of the mounted specimen, he is in excellent condition. The information provided by this thorough assessment, will assist in his ongoing care, as well as in planning for his relocation to Melbourne Museum.
Phar Lap is on display in the Australia Gallery at Melbourne Museum.
Notes of Interest:
All copyrights to "The Greatest Racehorse Ever", written by Jack Reismiller, remain with the author.
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Leslie E. Robertson Associates (LERA) provides structural engineering services to architects, owners, contractors, and developers. The office is known for its innovative design and the development of new structural systems and concepts.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Eugene Fama - If Buffett Lucky or Skilled?
Fama isn't sure if Buffett's record is luck or skill. Not long enough of a track record I guess. We will have to check back when Warren is 90.
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To Avoid Breaching Loan Covenant Chesapeake Must Sell...
$7 billion assets. Or at least so says Moody's.
Of course you could always negotiate a waiver on a covenant, or restructure your debt or do something else......but that isn't interesting reading. We want drama !
Details: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/31/us-chesapeake-loan-assets-idUSBRE84U1CK20120531?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=56943
Of course you could always negotiate a waiver on a covenant, or restructure your debt or do something else......but that isn't interesting reading. We want drama !
Details: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/31/us-chesapeake-loan-assets-idUSBRE84U1CK20120531?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=56943
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Cequence Energy Acquires Open Range
For $1.37 per share, a company that had a share price of $2.00 six months ago. A victim of low natural gas prices.
Here are the details: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cequence-energy-ltd-open-range-203800408.html
Here are the details: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cequence-energy-ltd-open-range-203800408.html
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Why is Chesapeake going up?
Some progress with the activist shareholders? Asset sales? Mr. Market just being tricky?
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Is the Mississippian the Next Bakken?
Even CNBC is starting to pay attention!
CVI showcase company Petro River USA was in early on what is now becoming a boom.......
CVI showcase company Petro River USA was in early on what is now becoming a boom.......
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Sprott Asset Management - The Real Banking Crisis Part 2
Here we go again. Back in July 2011 we wrote an article entitled "The Real Banking Crisis" where we discussed the increasing instability of the Eurozone banks suffering from depositor bank runs. Since that time (and two LTRO infusions and numerous bailouts later), Eurozone banks, as represented by the Euro Stoxx Banks Index, have fallen more than 50% from their July 2011 levels and are now in the midst of yet another breakdown led by the abysmal situation currently unfolding in Greece and Spain.
Link to full article: http://sprott.com/markets-at-a-glance/the-real-banking-crisis,-part-ii/
Link to full article: http://sprott.com/markets-at-a-glance/the-real-banking-crisis,-part-ii/
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Notes From a Dinner With Prem Watsa and Others
Includes Prem's observations about Research in Motion (which Fairfax owns):
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Bill Gross on Wall Street's Food Chain
Wall Street Food Chain
- Soaring debt/GDP ratios in previously sacrosanct AAA countries have made low cost funding increasingly a function of central banks as opposed to private market investors.
- Both the lower quality and lower yields of such previously sacrosanct debt represent a potential breaking point in our now 40-year-old global monetary system.
- Bond investors should favor quality and "clean dirty shirt" sovereigns (U.S., Mexico and Brazil), for example, as well as emphasize intermediate maturities that gradually shorten over the next few years. Equity investors should likewise favor stable cash flow global companies and ones exposed to high growth markets.
The whales of our current economic society swim mainly in financial market oceans. Innovators such as Jobs and Gates are as rare within the privileged 1% as giant squid are to sharks, because the 1% feed primarily off of money, not invention. They would have you believe that stocks, bonds and real estate move higher because of their wisdom, when in fact, prices float on an ocean of credit, a sea in which all fish and mammals are now increasingly at risk because of high debt and its delevering consequences. Still, as the system delevers, there are winners and losers, a Wall Street food chain in effect.
Link to full letter from Gross: http://www.pimco.com/EN/Insights/Pages/Wall-Street-Food-Chain.aspx
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Spain's Pray and Delay
Assets Worth Less
"They aren't officially bankrupt because they have been refinanced time and time again," Fernando Rodriguez de Acuna Martinez, a partner at the company, said by telephone. "Their assets are worth much less than their liabilities, they struggle to repay loans and they haven't revaluated them to reflect today's prices."
In Ireland three years ago, developer Liam Carroll's Ronnie Rentals Ltd. was forced to value its assets to market prices. Accumulated losses at the company more than trebled to 541 million euros in the six months through March 2009 after it provisioned for all known liabilities and anticipated losses, according to accounts filed last year with Ireland's Companies Registration Office.
The Bank of Spain allows loans that are refinanced before turning delinquent and interest-only loans to be considered "normal" or "performing" on banks' books, according to Manso.
Masking Delinquency
"You won't find that data anywhere," Manso said. "There has been a lot of cheating going on where banks have lent developers new money, classed as new lending, so they can pay off their original loans." That's masking delinquency, he said.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Bond Mania Sweeps the Globe
The flight to safety on global markets is turning into a stampede, as skittish investors pour so much money into safe government bonds that yields in many countries have plunged to the lowest levels seen to date.
On Wednesday, the mania for bonds swept up countries as diverse as Germany, the United States, Britain, Canada and Switzerland. Yields on bellwether U.S. 10-year Treasuries sank to 1.62 per cent in late trading, while comparable German bonds, known as bunds, sagged to 1.27 per cent. Both are record lows. Canada and Britain also benefited, with their key government bond yields falling to 1.79 per cent and 1.64 per cent, respectively.
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Mississippi Lime - It Is Real and it is Spectacular
You may have noticed the banner for Petro River USA on this blog. In the coming months we will hear more from this company which is going to be a company to watch in the emerging Mississippi Lime play in the USA.
Here is an article with some detail on the play:
Recent new household names in Woods County include Chesapeake and SandRidge. Well, the next largest player in the "Mississippi Lime" exploration is Eagle Energy located in Tulsa.
Here is an article with some detail on the play:
Recent new household names in Woods County include Chesapeake and SandRidge. Well, the next largest player in the "Mississippi Lime" exploration is Eagle Energy located in Tulsa.
Steve Antry, CEO of Eagle Energy, told the Alva Rotary Club Thursday, May 24, that the oil boom in Woods and Alfalfa counties is only going to get bigger. Right now, Eagle Energy is drilling their 52nd well in this area, and they are expecting to add two more drilling rigs to their current collection of four by the end of the year.
In explaining their explosive growth, Antry said that Eagle Energy was formed about three years ago just when Chesapeake and SandRidge were starting their new efforts in horizontal drilling in this area.
The CEO told the audience, "I think you will find it interesting to get my view on how long this growth and play is going to last. I think this trend in this area will last five, ten, fifteen years because the numbers are right. I think it is just starting."
In developing Eagle Energy, Antry purchased about ten companies for $100 million to consolidate that group with their focus on the Hunton Formation in central Oklahoma. As they worked the Hunton Formation, they had what Antry called "a little blip on the screen," that as they drilled through the Mississippian formations to get to the Hunton, they kept finding oil in the pits and other good indicators so the Mississippian became sort of a secondary idea on the back burner."
"That quickly changed," he said, "Once we drilled the first Mississippian well, we completely forgot about the Hunton effort and it became a distant memory. I tried to pretend like I knew it was there all along," Antry joked.
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Don Coxe - Gold and Natural Resources Are Incredibly Cheap
Some easy listening:
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Petrominerales in the Green - A Bit Unusual Again
Still haven't seen anything other than the NCIB announcement which I doubt anyone cares about given that they were buying shares in the high twenties too:
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Chesapeake Valuation Seen Luring Major Deal
(CHK)'s depressed valuation is making the company a potential target for acquirers willing to bet that natural-gas prices will rebound from a decade low.
Chesapeake's equity and net debt are valued at $9.19 for each barrel of oil equivalent, the lowest among U.S. oil and gas explorers with market capitalizations greater than $5 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. While a stock purchase by Carl Icahn helped the $11 billion company's shares rebound in the past week, Chesapeake is still down 27 percent in 2012 amid investigations into Chief Executive Officer Aubrey McClendon's personal loans backed by stakes in company-operated wells
The second-largest U.S. natural-gas producer said it may face a cash shortfall as early as next year after prices for natural gas, which accounts for 83 percent of its reserves, reached a 10-year low last month. While a buyer would have to cope with seven joint ventures and $13.1 billion of debt, Exxon (XOM)Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. (CVX) may see a chance to scoop up the largest holder of onshore drilling leases before gas prices rebound, said SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc.Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) may also be interested, said Huntington Asset Advisors Inc.
"For any of the major integrated oil companies that want to pick up reserves on the cheap, this would be a good one," saidPeter Sorrentino, who helps oversee $14.7 billion at Huntington in Cincinnati. Chesapeake and other gas producers will be "worth a whole lot more than they are today. We'll look back on this and say, 'Wow, this was really an opportunity.' There may be some people that end up kicking themselves."
Link to entire article: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-30/chesapeake-valuation-seen-luring-major-oil-merger-deal-real-m-a.html?cmpid=yhoo
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Zuckerberg Nightmare Comes to Life
Poor guy...
As Facebook's stock price fell below $30 today for the first time, some of Mark Zuckerberg's worst fears are coming true.
Back in 2010, when Facebook was a mere Internet phenomenon (as opposed to the Universal Harbinger of All Capitalist Things, Good and Bad), bankers were already whispering in Zuckerberg's ear about the benefits of going public.
If Zuckerberg took Facebook public, advisers told him, early investors and venture capital firms would be able to cash out. Facebook could raise a slush fund to use for acquisitions. And the company could steer clear of the S.E.C.'s 500-shareholder limit, which would have forced it to reveal its financials anyway.
But despite the potential bonanza that awaited a public Facebook, Zuckerberg still didn't want to do it.
Link to full article: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/05/mark-zuckerbergs-nightmare-comes-to-life.html
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A Rather Spirited Petrominerales Today
Bromelia results?
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Ithaca Energy Shares Go Clunk - Maybe Time For a Look?
CALGARY - Ithaca Energy Inc. (TSX:IAE.TO - News) shares lost one-third of their value in trading a day after the energy developer announced it has ended talks with all parties interested in the potential acquisition of the company.
Shareholders sold off stock in the Calgary-based company Tuesday after a late Monday announcement that its board decided continuing takeover talks would result in an offer that does not properly reflect the company's value.
"In reaching this decision the board of directors has fully considered the company's current value, its growth potential, the future value that can be delivered to shareholders and the responses of the third parties with whom discussions have been held," the company said in a release.
It said its shares are currently undervalued both because of global market volatility and because oil prices have weakened significantly in the past weeks.
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How Hedge Funds Outsmarted JP Morgan
BOAZ WEINSTEIN didn't know it, but he had just hooked the London Whale.
It was last November, and Mr. Weinstein, a wunderkind of the New York hedge fund world, had spied something strange across the Atlantic. In an obscure corner of the financial markets, prices seemed out of whack. It didn't make sense.
Mr. Weinstein pounced.
As the financial world now knows, what was out of whack was JPMorgan Chase & Company. One its traders, Bruno Iksil, the man later nicknamed the London Whale for his outsize trades, was about to blow a multibillion-dollar hole in the mighty House of Morgan.
But the resulting uproar, in Washington and on Wall Street, has largely obscured a simple truth of the marketplace. Yes, Morgan lost big — but, as Mitt Romney has pointed out, someone else won. And that someone or, rather, those someones, turn out to be Boaz Weinstein and a wolf pack of like-minded hedge fund managers.
In the London Whale, these traders saw a rich opportunity, and they seized it with both hands. That, after all, is the way hedge funds roll. His cool calculus has made Mr. Weinstein a very rich man: he is in talks to buy the Fifth Avenue co-op of a reclusive heiress, Huguette Clark, for $24 million.
It might seem remarkable that someone like Mr. Weinstein, a man virtually unknown outside of financial circles, could deal such a stinging blow to one of the world's largest, most respected banks. Jamie Dimon, the chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan and a face of the banking establishment, is struggling to contain the damage from what he has called a "terrible, egregious mistake." The loss — JPMorgan put it at $2 billion, but it may turn out to be $3 billion or more — has renewed calls for stronger financial regulation.
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Director With "Midas Touch" Buys $3.7 Million Worth of Petrobakken
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Is Canada About to Face American Style Housing Collapse?
Actor and broadcaster Jeff Douglas says he knows there are "more responsible" things to do than take on a mortgage he will likely have to pay until he turns 70.
But that didn't stop him and his wife, interior painting contractor Ana Maria Diez, from charging headlong into the battleground that has become the Canadian real estate market.
Mr. Douglas and Ms. Diez fell in love with and purchased a 1,300-square-foot duplex in a middle-class west Toronto neighborhood last month for $632,000. Like an increasing number of Canadian buyers, they sealed the deal after duking it out with several other couples who also wanted the house. They placed no conditions on their contract and finally paid 112 percent of the original list price of $555,000
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Hedge Fund Manager Wins $710k in Vegas
Most attendees of a three-day hedge-fund conference in Las Vegas earlier this month left with a canvas tote bag, some free pens and a stack of business cards. One left with $710,000 in blackjack winnings.
Michael Geismar, who co-founded $4.6 billion managed futures firm Quantitative Investment Management, turned $300 and a $10,000 line of credit at the Bellagio into $470,000 in a six-hour stretch that began on a Tuesday night, the trade publication AR Magazine reported last week.
After a few losing sessions over the next two days, Mr. Geismar turned in another winning performance Thursday night, before the SkyBridge Alternatives conference ended. Betting on other players' hands and his own, with bets as big as $10,000, he racked up enough to bring his jackpot to $710,000. And that's after doling out tens of thousands of dollars in tips.
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EDG Sees Incredible Opportunities to Buy US Nat Gas Assets
The coming months will be a great time to be sitting on buying power as there will be producers who need to raise cash at desperate prices. I'm excited to see what Petrobakken does with the $1.2 billion in liquidity that it is sitting on:
Electricite de France SA's trading unit is looking at a "long list" of natural gas production assets in the U.S. as prices rebound from a 10-year low.
"In the U.S., opportunities are incredible right now," Steven Lewis, global head of gas at EDF Trading in London, said in a May 25 interview. "U.S. energy and gas markets are very exciting."
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New York State Comptroller Calls for Change at Chesapeake
Our collective voice grows every day.
Dear Fellow Chesapeake Shareholder:
I urge you to WITHHOLD your votes from directors V. Burns Hargis and Richard K. Davidson at Chesapeake's annual meeting of stockholders on Friday June 8, 2012. The two major proxy advisory firms, Glass Lewis and ISS, agree with my voting recommendation to withhold support from these directors.
The New York State Common Retirement Fund (the "Fund"), of which I am Trustee, is a substantial long-term shareholder of Chesapeake Energy Corporation ("Chesapeake" or the "Company"). For several years, I have engaged Chesapeake on a number of issues, including board independence and executive compensation, but to no avail. Like you, I am pained to watch our investment free-fall as shares plummet to lows not seen even during the recent financial crisis. The Company has lost over $1.49 billion in market capitalization since April 18. As the chart below illustrates, its stock performance has been dismal:
Chesapeake continues to be perilously overleveraged. On May 1, when it reported its First Quarter 2012 results, the Company indicated that it could run out of cash by the end of next year. On May 15, the Company announced it had secured a $4.0 billion unsecured loan that has an effective yield of 14 percent. While the loan might provide the Company with "breathing room" as it works towards executing an ambitious asset sale plan over the next few quarters, it is clear that negative free cash flow is expected for 2012 and 2013. (See Barclay's Research Report, Updated Liquidity Analysis, May 17, 2012). Chesapeake is in a difficult position financially and is therefore a motivated seller of assets; a factor that will work against it should gas prices continue to fall.
Chesapeake's falling share price and current financial condition are reason enough to WITHHOLD votes from the entire Board of Directors (the "Board"). However, since only two directors are up for re-election this year, our withhold votes against V. Burns Hargis and Richard K. Davidson should be viewed as a proxy for the performance of the entire Board.
Hargis and Davidson Are Members of Board Committees That Have Failed Shareholders
Mr. Hargis has served on Chesapeake's Board since 2008 and is Chairman of Chesapeake's Audit Committee. Mr. Davidson has served on the Board since 2006 and serves on the Board's Audit and Compensation Committees.
The Audit Committee is charged with overseeing the integrity of the Company's financial statements and disclosure, compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the Company's internal audit function and the Company's enterprise risk management program. The revelations of the past months serve to underline the Audit Committee's failure:
In the last three years, CEO Aubrey McClendon received over $1 billion in previously undisclosed loans secured by his stake in Chesapeake's oil and gas wells. The biggest loans were obtained from EIG Global Energy Holdings, which also serves as a major financier for the Company itself. At the same time Chesapeake was selling off assets to one firm, Mr. McClendon was taking loans from the same firm. These loans and inter-relationships were disclosed by the Company only after an exposé appeared in the press. Though the board was "generally aware" of the loans, it did not review, approve or disclose them to investors until after the appearance of the exposé. ("After McClendon's Trades, Chesapeake Board Gave Blessing," Reuters, May 8, 2012; Chesapeake Form 8K, April 26, 2012; "Board Turns on Chesapeake's CEO," The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2012).
Chesapeake reportedly has $1.4 billion of previously unreported liabilities that relate to ten "volumetric production payments" ("VPPs"), which are essentially debts, with payments made in fuel rather than in cash. Although Chesapeake has previously made representations about how much cash VPPs made available to the Company, it had never provided details about the costs to fulfill the contracts. The Wall Street Journal hassuggested that these costs will be far larger than analysts had previously estimated based on the Company's previous disclosures. ("Costly Liabilities Lurk for Gas Giant," The Wall Street Journal, May 10, 2012).
For too long, CEO McClendon has been allowed to dominate the Board and the Board has failed to perform its critical role in overseeing the Company on behalf of its shareholders. Even while promising to replace him as Chairman someday, the Board has allowed Mr. McClendon to continue to serve in this role while it claims that the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is searching for candidates to replace him. As members of the Audit Committee, directors Hargis and Davidson should be held accountable for the Board's significant failings in its oversight responsibilities.
Withholding your votes for the re-election of Directors Hargis and Davidson is a necessary first step toward reconstituting a Board that is currently entrenched and unaccountable to shareholders.
In my view, there needs to be an evaluation of the entire Board's competence and performance, including an assessment of whether the current directors have the necessary skills and attributes to continue to oversee the Company. This evaluation should be done both internally, by the Company, and by an independent third party. The Company's largest shareholder, in a letter dated May 7, 2012 and filed with the SEC, has publicly suggested that the Company should be "open to any offers to acquire the whole company." Now more than ever, shareholders need to be assured that the Board has the requisite independence and skills to evaluate any offer that might be received.
A fundamental restructuring of the Company's Board of Directors is essential if the Board is to regain the trust of stakeholders and regulators. The Board, which holds Chesapeake's future in its hands, must be held accountable to the Company's shareholders, and must protect the long-term interests of the Company instead of promoting parochial interests of maintaining incumbent control.
I hope you will consider these comments.
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Pacific Rubiales Acquires Another 18% of CGX Energy
Pure exploration company, looking for some big offshore discoveries:
Toronto-listed Pacific Rubiales, which has plays in Colombia, is paying some C$ 30 million ($29.29 million) for some 18% of CGX in an all-shares deal.
A private placement to pay for the stake is expected within a week and will bring Pacific Rubiales' holding in CGX to around 35%.
Crucially the share purchase will give the former an option to participate in planned and wholly-owned wells belonging to CGX in Guyana.
If Pacific Rubiales takes up the options, it will fund 50% of the exploration costs and some seismic costs for a 33% share in each well in the Corentyne and Annex licences.
Pacific Rubiales chief executive Ronald Pantin said: "This is a great opportunity for the company to expand its investment in the highly prospective offshore Guyana oil play.
"Through our ownership in CGX, the technical services agreement and a direct earning option, the company will be participating in an exploration campaign in an offshore basin with analogous geology to West Africa and Brazil."
Link to entire article: http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article1248256.ece
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Robert Rodriguez Q1 Commentary
Your portfolio underperformed its benchmarks in the first quarter of 2012. There were a number of stocks that substantially appreciated in the quarter, but the portfolio's cash position held back the overall performance. We have written many times in the past, and will continue to mention in the future, our absolute value investment strategy can lag the stock market indices when they are not only rising rapidly, but also richly valued.
As we mentioned last year when we exhibited strong outperformance, our objective is to generate superior returns over a full cycle, during which we expect to experience periods of underperformance. We are constantly assessing the risk-to-reward ratio of the portfolio's investments, and as stocks appreciate – all else being equal - the risk-to-reward ratios become less attractive. Hence, in order to protect against permanent impairment of capital, our strategy requires that we trim back or sell positions when stocks reach fair or premium valuations, based on our view of normalized revenues and profit margins.
With most of the major indices exhibiting strong gains in the quarter, it is clear investors are feeling more bullish on the U.S. economy and corporate profits. This bullishness translates into the high price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) that investors are paying for companies today. For example, the P/E ratio for the Russell 2000 and 2500 rose from 23.0x and 20.2x, respectively, at the end of 2011, to current levels of 25.2x and 22.6x. These are very high multiples, exacerbated by the fact that profit margins are near all-time highs. Your account currently has a weighted average P/E of approximately 13x. Remember, our fishing hole for investments includes only small-to-mid capitalization companies, not the large mega-cap companies like Apple, Exxon, or Wal-Mart, which today are relatively cheaper than smaller companies.
Link to entire report: http://www.fpafunds.com/docs/hc_capital/smav-commentary-and-outlook-2012-q1.pdf?sfvrsn=2
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Bill Ackman Tells CNBC He Was Motivated By Sex
Hey, he said it, not me:
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Oil India Interested in Chesapeake's Mississippi Lime Assets
(Reuters) - State-run Oil India (OILI.NS) is looking to buy stakes in U.S. gas driller Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s (CHK.N) Mississippi Lime basin and ConocoPhillips' (COP.N) oil sand assets in Canada, its head of finance said on Monday.
The cash-rich Indian explorer, whose assets in India's north-east account for its entire crude oil production and the bulk of gas production, has been aggressively scouting to bolster its overseas assets portfolio.
Oil India has earmarked 60-70 billion rupees ($1.3 billion) for overseas acquisition, T.K. Ananth Kumar told reporters after announcing the company's quarterly results.
He said the company had identified the U.S., Canada, Australia and parts of Africa for acquisitions and hoped to seal a deal in the current fiscal year that began on April 1.
When asked if the opportunities included Chesapeake's Mississippi stake, to which the company had earlier been linked, he replied "yes".
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Monday, May 28, 2012
Gulf Keystone Spuds Exploration Well
How many multiples of the current share price would this company be trading for if this oil was in North America?
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DealBook on the Venoco Management Buyout
Some interesting detail for those who have followed the story:
Some corporate decisions leave you wondering what the board might have been thinking at the time. That seems to be the case with the board of Venoco, a California oil company that is the subject of a proposed $770 million management buyout.
On Jan. 16, the Venoco board of directors agreed to let the company be acquired by its chairman and chief executive, Timothy Marquez, for $12.50 a share. The deal came after Mr. Marquez, the owner of 50.32 percent of the company, and the board had announced that he had made a bid in August 2011 at the same price.
Management buyouts are fraught with peril, and the reasons are fairly obvious. Management not only has superior information about the business, but studies have also found that managers can time a bid opportunistically to pay a lower price.
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Justin Beiber "Roughs Up" A Photographer
I have to admit that Beiber is one of the most intimidating 13 year old girls I've seen.......
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Iran Will Not Halt Uranium Enrichment
TEHRAN - Iran's nuclear chief, reversing the country's previous statements, said on state television on Sunday that the country would not halt its production of higher-grade uranium, suggesting that the Iranian government was veering back to a much harder line after talks in Baghdad with the West last week ended badly.
The official, Fereydoon Abbasi, said there would be no suspension of enrichment by Iran, the central requirement of several United Nations Security Council resolutions. He specifically said that applied to uranium being enriched to 20 percent purity - a steppingstone that puts it in fairly easy reach of producing highly enriched uranium that can be used for nuclear weapons.
"We have no reason to retreat from producing the 20 percent, because we need 20 percent uranium just as much to meet our needs," Mr. Abbasi said, according to Iranian state television.
Mr. Abbasi's statement will be of particular concern to the United States and Israel because Iran is producing more of its 20 percent enriched uranium in a deep underground site that is considered highly resistant to bombing. The site, called Fordow, is on a military base and was discovered by Western intelligence agencies several years ago, but Iran only acknowledged the work there in 2009.
The Fordow plant, near the holy city of Qum, is so deep that Israeli officials say if Iran makes progress there, it will have entered a "zone of immunity" where it would be safe from Israeli or American military action. Getting Iran to halt its 20 percent enrichment, and ultimately dismantle and close the Fordow plant, has been described by American officials as their top priority.
Mr. Abbasi's remarks, which included an announcement that Iran would start building two nuclear power plants in 2013, are bound to complicate the already difficult nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers, which are to be continued in Moscow on June 18. If the talks fail, the powers are planning to tighten sanctions on Iranian exports and financial dealings as early as July 1, including placing an embargo on all sales of Iranian oil to Europe.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Sheila Bair - Dimon Should Break Up JP Morgan
FORTUNE – When I was a child, my sister and I loved watching the goings-on at a chicken farm near my grandmother's house in rural Kansas. Chickens are interesting social animals, resembling, somewhat, the way we in Washington interact with one another. They were always on the lookout for one vulnerable bird that they would corner in the coop and then peck relentlessly on its head.
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase (JPM), is getting his head pecked these days. To be sure, he set himself up for it by very publicly leading the industry chorus of criticism against key financial reforms. He has made many good decisions for his bank, but Chase's recent serious missteps have provided reform advocates with loads of ammunition. I mean, really. Losing $2 billion (and counting) by "hedging" a bond portfolio against losses? What were he and his minions thinking? If Dimon wants to regain his place in the pecking order, he should take the initiative and shrink Chase to a manageable size.
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Why American Nat Gas Will Change the World
'It was the best of times; it was the worst of times' – never a truer word spoken for the gas industry. Whilst Chesapeake is fighting for its life in the US, spot gas prices are reaching all-time highs in Asia. In this 'Tale of Two Cities' you'll get $2/MMBtu inNew York (Henry Hub) and around $20/MMBtu in Singapore (Asian spot). The divorce between the Atlantic Basin and Pacific Basin couldn't be any starker – the question is whether these spreads will incrementally narrow under inexorable laws of economics, or whether politics will throw a spanner in the works. Depending on how you answer this 'convergence question' will have dramatic implications for hydrocarbon asset prices in the years to come. Not to mention the contours of international energy relations.
'Convergence' makes most sense for the US of course – Chesapeake's foibles merely mask a structural problem for American gas players; they are selling their gas for a pittance in the US when they could be making an absolute killing overseas, roughly to the tune of $1bn spreads a day in Asia. Whatever the economic merits of keeping 'US gas for US consumers' improving balance of payments, fast tracking coal to gas for emissions, as far as gas players are concerned, it's still a damp squib. Great, they'll get $5/MMBtu rather than $2/MMBtu with some unfortunate mothballing / defaults in between. Not exactly the giddy heights of Asian LNG.
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Aubrey McClendon - Billionaire Wildcatter
Before we sit down to a dinner of steak and fries, billionaire wildcatter Aubrey McClendonhandles the wine bottles arrayed on the table of Oklahoma City's well-worn Deep Fork Grill. "This one's okay, a $10 wine. Here's another $10 wine." He grins: "It's up to you, Chris: We can drink cheap wine, or we can drink good wine."
McClendon's proposition was rhetorical. He co-owns the restaurant and had already picked the wine, which was decanted two hours ahead of time. Only the royal stuff: a 1989 Petrus, a 1989 Haut Brion and, conspicuously, a 1982 Lafite Rothschild. Easily ten grand worth of tipple.
Erudite and confident, with rimless glasses pinned to a face that looks far younger than his 52 years, McClendon is charming. And he's not shy about spending money. Professionally, he's combined those attributes to stunning effect, building Chesapeake Energyinto the nation's second-biggest producer of natural gas after ExxonMobil, pumping 3 billion cubic feet per day out of the 13.7 million acres it controls—a landholding roughly equivalent to West Virginia.
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Chesapeake's Plan to Make Green Gasoline
In announcing his intention to shake things up at Chesapeake Energy, Carl Icahn said in his letter on Friday he was disappointed the company had not followed through on promises Icahn had extracted from Chief Executive Aubrey McClendon a year and a half ago. Icahn wrote that "the promises made in 2010 proved hollow, and the company quickly abandoned their new strategy and not only accelerated land acquisitions but also capital spending on non-core assets."
One especially puzzling example of this "non-core" spending was McClendon's formation last year of Chesapeake NG Ventures, a venture capital fund into which McClendon pledged to invest as much as $1 billion in shareholder capital into innovative strategies to increase the use of natural gas. Chesapeake with its high costs of capital and liquidity squeeze can't really afford to play at being a venture capital investor. Venture capital is something you get into when you have excess cash, not when you have to pay interest rates of more than 10% for emergency loans.
Link to entire article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2012/05/27/chesapeakes-green-gasoline-plan/
One especially puzzling example of this "non-core" spending was McClendon's formation last year of Chesapeake NG Ventures, a venture capital fund into which McClendon pledged to invest as much as $1 billion in shareholder capital into innovative strategies to increase the use of natural gas. Chesapeake with its high costs of capital and liquidity squeeze can't really afford to play at being a venture capital investor. Venture capital is something you get into when you have excess cash, not when you have to pay interest rates of more than 10% for emergency loans.
Link to entire article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2012/05/27/chesapeakes-green-gasoline-plan/
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Buffett and Gates Play Ping Pong
Warren moves pretty well for 80 plus
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Buffett's Idiot Challenge For Ajit Jain
Ajit Jain, who helped build Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) into a $200 billion firm by underwriting risks that others shunned, is hunting for insurance-premium growth that his bossWarren Buffett says may be a thing of the past.
The funds that Berkshire holds before paying out claims may decline after swelling to more than $70 billion last year from $39 million in 1970, Buffett said in a February letter to shareholders. The billionaire has used the premiums, called float, for acquisitions and investments to fuel expansion over the past four decades. According to Buffett, Jain took the letter as a challenge.
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The Chinese Resource Supercycle Slows Down
From the Globe and Mail:
In the far corner of the Haidian district near Beijing's North Fifth Ring Road highway, a young steel salesman, Sun Minglong, sits in the near-deserted storefront office for the Beijing Jicheng Heng Da Gang Tie Ji Tuan steel company.
The company's warehouse, once brimming with steel building components, is now only one-third full, Mr. Sun laments. Beijing's construction boom, in full force up until just a few months ago, has geared down sharply. Mr. Sun says sales are so slow these days, he no longer orders new stock unless a buyer requests it.
"The profits in steel are getting really bad now, because Beijing's housing market is slowing down. Nobody is building any houses because they don't make money anymore," Mr. Sun said. "Compared to last year there has been a real decline. Personally, I think it's going to get worse and worse."
The ripple effects from China's slowing economic growth are being felt from Beijing to British Columbia. At risk is a nearly decade-long run of unquenchable demand and high prices for a range of metals and other commodities, powered by relentless spending on homes, office towers, and transportation and communications infrastructure across China.
Link to entire article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/the-chinese-resource-supercycle-slows-down/article2444088/
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Farmers Hit Jackpot In Kansas Oil Boom
This emerging oil play is called the Mississippi Lime. You may have noticed the banner on this blog for Miss Lime player "Petro River USA". Petro River is one of Canadian Value Investing's Showcase Companies who you will be hearing more from in the future:
With a knock at the door, many local farmers who have been sitting atop their mineral rights for decades are suddenly seeing their lives change forever.
John Walker, a 63-year old farmer who has been harvesting wheat in the small town of Anthony since he was six years old, has received $1.5 million over the past year after leasing out mineral rights on 2,000 acres of his land.
Walker received $550 an acre for leasing out half of them last year, then received $1,000 an acre for the other half this year. He will also get royalty payments of 20% from any oil that is produced on that land.
"I've had to pinch myself every morning just to know I'm awake ... we've kind of hit the jackpot," said Walker.
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Wealthrack - Jason Trennert
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Chesapeake Responds to the Icahn 13D filing
OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 25, 2012-- Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) today issued the following statement regarding the Schedule 13D filed late today by affiliates of Carl Icahn with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing ownership of approximately 7.56% of Chesapeake's common stock:
"We share Mr. Icahn's belief that Chesapeake shares are substantially undervalued by the market today. The Board and senior management are executing a plan that we believe will deliver a higher stock price and better recognize the underlying value of the company's assets. The Board will carefully review Mr. Icahn's letter. The Board's immediate priority is to name an independent Non-Executive Chairman and it is proceeding expeditiously toward that objective having consulted with shareholders. After an independent Chairman is named, the Board's Nominating Committee will consult with shareholders and carefully review Mr. Icahn's request for Board representation.
"Chesapeake has built a premier collection of U.S. E&P assets and we are focused on developing the core plays in which we have a #1 or #2 position, continuing the transition from natural gas to liquids-focused production, reducing capital expenditures and paying down long-term debt. We believe successful execution of these initiatives will close the large gap between our current enterprise value and the total value of our premier assets."
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Mr. Icahn, Chesapeake Shareholders Stand Behind You
I've been writing repeatedly that we (shareholders) want change at the Chesapeake Board level. We don't want a change in how these Directors perform, we want new Directors.
I'm a disgruntled Chesapeake Energy (CHK) shareholder. I'm just a small shareholder, but I've been trying to share my message.
My message is simple. My message is that the current Board of Directors at Chesapeake must be held accountable for their abysmal performance representing (actually not representing) the shareholders of Chesapeake Energy.
As a shareholder I've been trying to tell this Board of Directors that I don't want them to represent me anymore.
I wrote this article for Seeking Alpha that spelled out the specific examples of how this Board of Directors has not lived up to its duties of representing shareholders. And based on the feedback I've received through the comment section on Seeking Alpha on this and other articles, and the e-mails I've received through my blog, I believe that many, if not most, of Chesapeake Energy's shareholders feel the same way that I do.
But I'm just a little guy and so are a lot of Chesapeake's shareholders. Our voices are small and our ability to create change limited. I'm not sure Chesapeake's Board has heard my message.
Link to entire article: http://seekingalpha.com/article/619301-mr-icahn-chesapeake-energy-shareholders-stand-behind-you
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New RIM CEO - 100 Days Into the Toughest Job in Corporate Canada
From the Globe and Mail:
On a brisk Sunday afternoon in late January, Thorsten Heins towers over a long boardroom table in RIM 10, one of the many sprawling low-rise buildings in Waterloo, Ontario, featuring Research In Motion's logo. The lanky, 6-foot-6 Bavarian physicist is about to officially replace two of Canada's most famous businessmen. He fiddles with one of the company's PlayBook tablets as he waits patiently for them to arrive. "I love this system," he says.
Mike Lazaridis, the man who founded RIM(RIM-T11.340.363.28%) in 1984, appears shortly after, his hair, as usual, combed into an immaculate silver wave above his distinctive heavy-set features. Long-time co-CEO Jim Balsillie, the driven, globe-trotting salesman, arrives last, removing his BlackBerry earbuds as he enters. Including PR reps and two Globe and Mail reporters (I'm one of them), there are seven of us in the room. Even other C-suite executives are said to have no idea that "Mike and Jim," the men who built the country's most valuable technology company—a firm that, in 2007, was worth more than the Royal Bank of Canada—are stepping out of the picture. Most will find out later today in an e-mail sent to senior executives. Some will say they are shocked; some won't be around for much longer.
Link to entire article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/thorsten-heins-no-good-very-bad-first-100-days-as-rims-ceo/article2441702/
On a brisk Sunday afternoon in late January, Thorsten Heins towers over a long boardroom table in RIM 10, one of the many sprawling low-rise buildings in Waterloo, Ontario, featuring Research In Motion's logo. The lanky, 6-foot-6 Bavarian physicist is about to officially replace two of Canada's most famous businessmen. He fiddles with one of the company's PlayBook tablets as he waits patiently for them to arrive. "I love this system," he says.
Mike Lazaridis, the man who founded RIM(RIM-T11.340.363.28%) in 1984, appears shortly after, his hair, as usual, combed into an immaculate silver wave above his distinctive heavy-set features. Long-time co-CEO Jim Balsillie, the driven, globe-trotting salesman, arrives last, removing his BlackBerry earbuds as he enters. Including PR reps and two Globe and Mail reporters (I'm one of them), there are seven of us in the room. Even other C-suite executives are said to have no idea that "Mike and Jim," the men who built the country's most valuable technology company—a firm that, in 2007, was worth more than the Royal Bank of Canada—are stepping out of the picture. Most will find out later today in an e-mail sent to senior executives. Some will say they are shocked; some won't be around for much longer.
Link to entire article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/thorsten-heins-no-good-very-bad-first-100-days-as-rims-ceo/article2441702/
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I had a beautiful Monday, and I have had some wonderful moments sprinkled throughout these last couple of weeks. Life is just plain fun! And I feel like recording it 🙂
I have received beautiful drawings from kids with hearts full of love, danced in the kitchen, sorted and said goodbye to toys that need to go to a new home, and I WENT ON A DATE! Say what? I'm so glad I took the plunge! A great man, a cup of hot chocolate, and fantastic conversation made for one of the sweetest times. EVER. I will forever be grateful for his kind heart and hearty laugh. Throw in some sarcasm? Love it!
Life is a varied and funny thing – and I'm happy to be in this season. Thrilled would be a better fit. As would elated, excited, and any ready to kick up my feet and have a good time-ish phrases 🙂
So party planning, taxes, and art projects aside – I'M HAPPY. Not because life is perfect, but because I get to live it 🙂 Really. Not survive, or cope, or any of those horrid things that sometimes entangle us – nope nope nope. Not me.
I get to sit in the car waiting for my daughter to get out of school, recline my seat completely back, and take in the wondrous creation. Le sigh. The wind singing with the leaves, the sun casting gorgeous shadows and highlighting the amazing details of each leaf, and the distant sound of traffic sounding like a deep river. Oh my. It was peaceful and soothing. I unplugged and let my mind wander – and I felt the youth of my soul revive.
So we sat and chatted for two hours. TWO HOURS. And it felt like nothing and everything at the same time. He listened so patiently to my ramblings, waited while I tried to gather my thoughts, and even let me finish my sentences. I was ME. And I could feel the blood of non-mom me start to flow in my veins again. And what I want, and what I fear, and what I dream – it's there. I saw it, and he gave me the chance to speak it. I loved every minute! Walking and talking – I heard his heart, his laugh, and I was perfectly happy. It's the chance to grow and be pushed – to listen to different music and appreciate the print you leave in this world – all at the same time.
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While liposuction, breast implants and eyelid tucks rank as the top cosmetic surgeries, non-surgical procedures like Botox and collagen injections were the overall most popular requests in plastic surgeons' offices last year.
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Acton Capital Partners, the Munich-based investor in consumer internet and mobile companies formerly known as Burda Ventures, has closed its new Heureka Growth Fund, worth €150 million.
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Western Australia's grain handler CBH has put a lid on rumours flying around the Mid West about the future of a Tier 2 rail line to Miling, which growers rely on to get their grain to port.
Last week Brookfield Rail, which leases the rail lines from the State Government, announced it will close the York to Quairading and Merredin to Trayning lines, which are part of the Tier 3 network.
There's now a lot of concern that Brookfield is refusing to fund line repairs of the Miling line.
At a time when growers are preparing to harvest a bumper crop, this makes Miling grain grower Tony White very anxious.
"It looks like we're either going to run half a train or no train this harvest by the sound of it.
"We've had enough out here in the country... it's hit a nerve with me today."
Mr White would like to see the lease agreement between the State Government and Brookfield tabled in Parliament to clarify the lease conditions.
"We need to get to the bottom of that because Brookfield doesn't seem to want to come out in public and talk about it."
General Manager of operations at CBH David Capper confirms Mr White's concerns that the line will only run at half capacity.
"Today there has been a performance downgrade on the Miling line from Bolgart up to Miling, there's about 400,000 tonnes on that line section that have been affected.
"Effectively we can only run half train on that line section."
As CBH will only be carting half the amount of grain, Mr Capper says it will certainly impact freight rates.
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Drowning Looks Different From What You Think
I am not going to sugarcoat this: approximately 750 children will drown this year, and of those 750, about half of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or guardian.
Children still run the risk of drowning, even if they are strong swimmers and the highest standards of safety are maintained at the pool, lake, or local beach. Children get cramps, get caught in rip currents, suffer exhaustion, or just panic, and a few hundred times a year, someone misses the telltale signs and the results are tragic.
Knowing what drowning looks like can, and will, make all the difference when a child (or adult even) is in jeopardy. First off, it doesn't look anything like it does on TV or in the movies. No one is bobbing above the water waving frantically and calling out for help. Drowning is most often a quiet and subtle thing, with the victim going into an instinctive mode (called the Instinctive Drowning Response) that puts them bobbing up and down just at the surface of the water.
Here is what to look for, as described by Francesco A. Pia, Ph.D., to identify someone struggling not to drown:
• Head low in the water, mouth at water level
• Head tilted back with mouth open
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• Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway
• Trying to roll over on the back
• Appear to be climbing an invisible ladder
As it is said in the Slate.com article that first caught my attention on the subject, sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don't look like they're drowning. (Click on the next page to view a video of what happens in an actual drowning.) The best thing to do is simple; ask them if they are OK. If you get no response, it is best to act, or find someone immediately to effectively address the situation and save the person in danger.
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Rumple's bed at home is trashed, so it was time to get him a new one. As always, I did all the research and found the best one – also known as NOT cheap. But the Rump is worth it. It showed up at work, and he instantly made himself comfortable. No surprise. Upon further inspection I realized I had ordered one that seemed a bit too big for 63lb Rumple – so I sent it back and ordered a replacement – actually, TWO. Yes, one for home and one for work. That boy is spoiled!
We've been friends with Michael and Julie Kennedy, and their son Hayden since 1999. But it's still rad to hang out, talk about radical first ascents by MK back in the day, and now by Hayden – and even get out and climb a few pitches together. The guy is a legend.
After the swap, a crew of us hit LCC for some perfect fall conditions climbing. It was THE day of the year – unreal. Then it was to the parking lot for a bit of a celebration. Tommy's wife, Shannon brought burritos, beer, cake & ice cream. Awesome
When Ellen and I were in Chamonix, we met some friends of friends – Luke and Tenee (sp?) (like Renee, but with a T). They showed us pictures of their two little girls – but I didn't believe it until I saw it in person. They were in SLC for the day and stopped by.
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DANBURY -- The state prosecutor in charge of the investigation into the Sandy School Elementary School shooting is objecting to a recommendation by a state Freedom of Information Commission attorney to make recordings of 911 calls from inside the school public.
Danbury State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky III is challenging the recommendation on numerous grounds, including that the commission lacks jurisdiction to hear the appeal by the Associated Press, Hearst Connecticut Newspapers and other news organizations of the town's refusal to release the records.
The news groups have requested copies of 911 calls to examine the response of law enforcement to one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history.
The full, nine-member commission is to hold a Sept. 25 hearing before issuing its final decision on whether the recordings should be handed over, as is generally the case.
Sedensky also claims that release of the information would violate the new state law specifically intended to exempt some information about the Dec. 14 shootings from the public.
In his nine-page brief, which was filed with the FOIC on Friday, Sedensky claims that the calls were placed by victims and witnesses "as the crimes were being committed," not from "an uninvolved member of the public."
Gunman Adam Lanza killed 20 first-grade children and six women inside the school with a semi-automatic rifle. He also killed his mother inside their Yogananda Street home before driving to the school; he committed suicide as police arrived.
When news organizations requested the 911 recordings, town police denied the request. The town cited FOI legal exemptions that allow the government to withhold documents if they're being used for an ongoing investigation and should remain secret.
But FOI hearing officer Kathleen Ross wrote that Newtown police and Sedensky did not back up the argument that releasing the records could jeopardize the investigation.
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Jamaica Plain pays tribute to JP Music Festival mascot: legendary albino squirrel of Jamaica Pond
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Jamaica Plain businesses are gearing up for the second-annual JP Music Festival with an array of events and promotions, including specially-made beer, cookies and cupcakes that pay tribute to the festival's mascot – a legendary albino squirrel that once scurried around Jamaica Pond.videographers.
On April 18, 2009, the squirrel was found dead by the pond's shores, according to the Friends of Jamaica Pond. She was six years old.
When the JP Music Festival launched last year, it selected a cartoon-style albino squirrel face, which wears a hat, as its mascot.
The free, all-ages event features music from artists and bands who either live or work in Jamaica Plain. About 1,000 spectators attended the festival last summer at Pinebank Field.
The second JP Music Festival is scheduled to be held at the same venue on Sat., Sept. 8 from 12 to 7 p.m.
Organizers said that neighborhood businesses have begun selling promotional products and are donating a portion of the proceeds to help cover the festival's cost.
To help promote the festival and the fair-skinned squirrel it memoralizes, Notch Brewing in Ipswich has produced a limited-quantity, 13-keg batch of "Squirrel Brew," according to a press release from festival organizers.
The 4.5 alcohol by volume brew is "an unfiltered blonde bitter and uses American hops (citrus and pine aroma) for a balanced hop flavor and dry finish," the release said.
It will be sold at the following Jamaica Plain restaurants and bars: Brendan Behan Pub at 378 Centre St.; Doyle's Café at 3484 Washington St.; Galway House at 710 Centre St.; The Haven at 2 Perkins St.; James's Gate at 5-11 McBride St.; and The Midway at 3496 Washington St.
To celebrate the special beer, festival organizers said they plan to hold a pub crawl at those locations on Sept. 5, starting at 7 p.m.
Ula Café will bake batches of sugar cookies shaped like the albino squirrel, the festival release said. The cookies will be sold starting Aug. 25.
Blue Frog Bakery will bake a JP Music Festival cookie "that any squirrel would love." The cookie, made with nuts, including pecans and walnuts, will be sold starting Aug. 27, according to the release.
And, Monumental Cupcakes will bake a special "Squirrel Cupcake" featuring chocolate cake with orange icing. It will be sold starting Aug. 27.
Others joining in the pre-festival festitivies, include the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, which will be hosting a "Music Instrument Workshop for Kids" on Aug. 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the school, event organizers said.
Using household items provided at the workshop, families can make "simple and fun" instruments, including "a paper towel tube rain stick, a cigar box guitar, and straw pan pipes," the release said. Children can then bring their homemade instruments to the festival. The workshop will also include live music and a raffle.
Meanwhile, City Feed, plans to offer a special JP Music Festival sandwich for sale, the release said.
And, Narragansett Beer has created and donated bar coasters to help advertise the festival. The coasters are available at bars across JP.
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A few days ago, I happened to be at the River Walk in San Antonio for having dinner at Casa Rio, so I thought I'd take some low light pictures of the beautiful scene.
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Here is some nature / wildlife photography I did while visiting the San Antonio Zoo with family and friends. My favorite creature has to be the "Okapi" from Africa, it looks like a living animal frankenstien that may be a hybrid between a Zebra, Horse, Giraffe and something else!
Desi Family Diwali Dinner
Friends and Family of Indian origin from the Austin TX metro area getting together for a Diwali Dinner at the Steiner Ranch club house, plus a movie for the Kids. Happy Diwali!
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Here's an interesting place I visited when I was in Dallas a few months ago http://tmah.org/ . They've got a lot of classic old cars from the 20th century. So I just shot pictures of some cool looking cars. I spotted a few unforgetably famous cars like the Ford Model-T, Back to the Future's DMC DeLorean and the 1st James Bond car, the Aston Martin previously owned by George Harrison. But my personal favorite has to be the 1913 Mercer 35 Raceabout, built in Trenton, New Jersey, from 1910 until 1925, its the "Yellow" car which looks like a contraption that came straight out from the movie set of a 19th century victorian era "steam punk" Film!