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Haines pilot Drake Olson was the first person to see the world's largest natural landslide since 2010. One face of Mount La Perouse collapsed, spreading debris across Brady Glacier.
Story last updated at 3/5/2014 - 2:02 pm
You missed the world's largest natural landslide since 2010.
Don't worry - you're not alone. When an estimated 70 million metric tons of rock and ice fell off Mount La Perouse, no one was there to see it. In fact, the sight went unseen for five days, even though seismologists knew from the first instant that something unusual was afoot.
"They saw a big signal and they knew it was somewhere in Southeast Alaska," said Martin Geertsema, a professor at the University of Northern British Columbia and a landslide expert for the British Columbian government.
The "they" in this case was a team of researchers from Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, N.Y.
In March last year, that team published a the results of an experiment using the world's network of earthquake sensors. Instead of looking for earthquakes, they used the sensors to search for the signals given off by landslides.
The results were astounding. From thousands of miles away, they could tell the size and duration of a landslide - even how far it traveled across the landscape.
That information had never been seen before, because seismologists weren't looking for it.
"Because all our sensors and computers are tuned for earthquake signals ... our particular organization, we are not looking for landslide signals," explained Natalia Ruppert, a seismologist at the Alaska Geophysical Institute.
Imagine a set of field glasses aimed at a distant ridge. Looking at that ridge, you'd miss what was happening on the next ridge over.
The Lamont-Doherty team shifted the field glasses and saw something new.
In June 2012, with their paper months from publication, they detected an enormous avalanche at Mount Lituya in Glacier Bay National Park.
According to the scientists' measurements, the landslide involved almost 30 million metric tons of rock - but no one saw it because of its remote location.
One month later, Haines pilot Drake Olson was running a flightseeing tour when he shot the first aerial photos of the slide. "I started getting excited," he said, "and (the passengers) were getting excited because they saw I was getting excited."
Olson sent his photographs to fascinated scientists and stayed connected with them.
When the ground moved on Feb. 16, the recordings indicated a slide three times the size of Lituya.
Four days later, word of the slide reached Olson. What he didn't know was where. "I said, OK, if it's three times the size of Lituya, where is it? And they said the Panhandle."
Olson had encountered one of the problems with the new system - as built, it lacks precision. Colin Stark, one of the key figures on the Lamont-Doherty team, said Feb. 26 that his group needed satellite imagery to confirm the slide's location.
Without that confirmation, they knew only that it was within a 30-mile by 30-mile space of Glacier Bay National Park.
Olson didn't want to wait. He called Geertsema, who he knew from the 2012 slide, and took off.
"I almost didn't go because it's cloudy and I'm so flipping busy I need to stay on the ground and do ground stuff," he said. "I got up there to about 12,000 feet, and I could see off in the distance that (the sky) was open."
He flew on, over the magnificent scenery of Glacier Bay.
"There was nothing obvious. I thought, I might as well just enjoy this," he said.
Forty minutes later, he saw it, smack in the middle of Brady Glacier. "It stuck out like a sore thumb," he said.
Snow had partially covered the avalanche, but 60 million metric tons of rock and ice is hard to hide.
According to pictures, the slide started about 9,000 feet up. It tore down a steep slope, ran up the side of the mountain opposite, then cascaded downhill, creating a streak almost 5 miles long on the glacier.
"It's an amazing mix of crushed snow and ice and rock in a slurry craziness," Olson said.
The debris is 30 feet thick in places, cemented in place with ice that melted under the friction of the slide, then refroze.
He landed his plane at the foot of the slide and took out his skis.
"When you're out there, and you know you're all alone ... It's really neat and scary too," he said. "I probably walked up two-thirds of it, then the mountain started shedding some more of it."
Olson took off, carrying his pictures back to Haines.
There's no telling what caused the slide, but Geertsema said it was probably a combination of factors. "Techtonics, thermal stresses ... all these things kind of combine," he said.
The area is prone to landslides, and January's mild weather may have been the straw that broke the mountain's back.
In the long run, he said, scientists are seeing more large slides in the mountains. "I think it's in part due to better detection, but we are seeing an increased trend of these things," he said.
That matters for Alaskans throughout Southeast. While this slide took place on a glacier, others are possible closer to tidewater.
"These kind of things happened in safe areas, but they just as likely could have been rockslides into inlets. That could impact coastal communities or cruise ships, for example," Geertsema said.
In 1958, a slide fell into Lituya Bay and created a tsunami estimated at 1,500 feet high. In May 2012, a landslide fell into Nepal's Seti River, causing a tsunami that killed 72 people.
To date, research has focused on detecting slides in remote areas. Detection will allow scientists to gather more data and come closer to predicting future landslides. "I guess one of the questions we have is where is the next one going to be? That question is a lot more difficult," Geertsma said.


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I had written up a long essay focusing on society's tendancy to absolutely ignore the problems regarding globalization to the point where the denial can only be considered a psychiatric issue. Instead of posting it I decided to just cover a couple of points that were in it and save the rest for another day.
Within the past few months a major hurricane nearly wiped out an American city. Now that the scenes of carnage are no longer extreme and the sound bits about poor people being used to living in horrible conditions have past so has the public's attention. Just as a car bomb in Jordan or Egypt or Iraq is just another car bomb, just as a school shooting is now just another school shooting, just as another chunk of ice the size of Delaware slipping into the ocean is just another chunk of ice... Where are we going?
In Pakistan an earthquake of epic perportions flattened town after town. There's a good article in Rolling Stone about where the poor people of that nation are. One short passage of the article states "The world watched the corpses pulled out of the rubble, sent a check (maybe) and said its prayers, and mistakenly assumed the worst was past."
Most of that magazine is full of ads, some even interactive, prompting you to purchase a music player through pop-up style promptions. The article after that was in regards to extras on the Star Wars DVD. Even the internet article has ads for a Garth Brooks CD and new video game releases. In that article there is a story about a woman needing transportation to a hospital. The fifty dollars worth of their currency needed to get there was far beyond what she could even imagine obtaining. Another man needed an operation and was given the luxery of Tylonol. He was sure to die and by now has been buried in a mass grave for sure.
The hundreds and hundreds of dollars on the average shopping list (hell, even thousands for some people), money spent on plastic crap for people who will enjoy it for the moment then toss it out or add it into their pack-rat style of possession collection... that money could save many many lives.
I went to Wal-Mart on Buy Nothing Day. The crowd was intense. The way people moved, the way people talked, the speed at which the system was pounding pushed the adrenaline through my veins, and I was only there to watch. I couldn't imagine being one of the people waking up at 4 am to go out on the battlefield of aisles and full parking lots, the muzac interrupted by announcements on how many minutes are left on the next level of sale. Right before I left there was an announcement that one of those major sales was being extended an hour. All the cashiers cheered in an obviously planned gimmick to get more stuff in the carts. It's a drug.
I bought something on Buy Nothing Day later on while at a discount store down the street. I'm letting you know this so you don't think I'm preaching from some high alter saying "Shame on you! You should burn in hell!" I needed a hammer. And while I got the hammer for a house project I saw chocolates in the impulse buy section by the cash register. I bought the chocolates as well. And there was a coffee cup warmer. When I read a book I'll forget about my coffee and it'll often get cold far before I even get a quarter of the way into it.
I rationalize just like the person who says "I need my Hummer" and like the person who says "It's my right to buy tons of plastic crap from Wal-Mart!" This is something we have to work through. An addiction we all have. Buy Nothing Day has come and gone, but you can have your own any day you like. Mine is today, and I might have another tomorrow.
Detox yourself. Spend a dollar to help your less fortunate neighbor, whether he's dying in Pakistan this winter or if he's got no place to go for Christmas dinner.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Happy Holidays.
-Clay for the ACIN
When Andre Agassi was the hottest tennis player to exist back in the 1990s, he made a Nike commerical. One of the slogans that became sort of a motto for him at the time was: Image is everything. I think that became the company's self-fulfilling prophecy, because these days in the entertainment industry, image is truly everything, especially when it comes to the music.
Why do I choose to focus on the musicians or lack there of good singers and songwriters? Because I'm sorry to say, but it's in baaaaad shape.
I've got a couple artists as my myspace friends that I really like because they write great songs and they have a great ear for music:
The music industry will and is following this same path. It's just a matter of time until we hear more established speakers speak out, and better songwriters come into gear.
(Untitled) by John Henry
Lately I have been looking at the power a social movement can wield, and power can be a scary thing. It can be good or bad. Actually, at one stage or another in the lifespan of said movement; it is both. Labor Unions were an absolute necessity back in Samuel Gompers day, [Look him up] and the concept of organized labor groups is still needed at times, but when said group becomes so powerful it forces change to benefit only its membership, and the hell with the rest of mankind, then it is time to start looking for the expiration date. All of us can think of businesses we would like to see unionized. I won't start naming names or this article will become way too long. I am not in the mood to wander off on Soapbox Ruminations anyway. We can also see unions that need to go away.
Social Movements are not that different from unions.
Social Movements are born out of need, just as unions usually are. However is it right for that movement's agenda to inhibit the right's and needs of others just for its own good? Green Peace has done many good things for those of us living on this planet. Of that I will agree. There are many things they have done of which I do not.
Case in point. Several years ago I was posted at a naval station in the Pacific Northwest that came under fire by the above mentioned special interest group. They had discovered we were about to integrate the use of dolphins in our routine operations, and the proverbial shit-hit-the-fan. It didn't matter we were using them in a peaceful fashion, as had been done for several decades. No, in their opinion, we were horribly mistreating them. We could not divulge to the public as to what the dolphins were being used for, but let me pose this to you, the reader. Do any of you have a pet that is also your protector? Do you not love and care for said pet? If injured or sick, do you leave it to hopefully heal itself? Do you neglect its nutrition? I think not. We ended up having to discontinue the program after we received international exposure. I personally preferred the company of the dolphin to many humans. Far more interesting, far more fun.
Are you starting to see the picture?
They fired up their zealotic engines with a fervor that was unreal to see, let alone experience. They tried to block entry to the naval base. No big deal. They followed us when we left the base. A bigger deal. They were starting to invade my privacy, not knowing what I did for a living, just assuming that I was one of the Evil Ones. There was more, but the straw that broke the camel's back was when my children came home upset and crying because the parents of their classmates had told them to ignore my children because their daddy was a bad man. Some teachers even treated my children scornfully. They were using children as a form of Moralistic Terrorism.
That type of action is wrong, wrong, wrong! Even today I feel myself getting steamed. I also saw the result of Green Peace activists hammering spikes into trees. Their aim was to keep loggers from encroaching on the habitat of the Spotted Owl. Their result was to damage the trees and cause injury to the unfourtunate logger who had the razor sharp chain come flying toward a body part as a result of hitting the spike.
I guess murder and mayhem is condonable. The logger had no right to make a living, and feed his family, even if his employer was involved in reforestation.
We here at ACIN are a social movement in its infancy, and I personally think this is a good thing, but if we are to become a viable voice, then both sides of the coin must be analyzed.
McDuff, hold me back because I'm taking off the gloves!
One of the cancers eating up our way of life, here in America, is the two party systems. We will not be able to survive unless this changes. The Republicans and Democrats fight one another for power, and we all become losers as a result. I listen to Air America, which is a largely Democrat oriented broadcast, but I do not listen to it exclusively. I listen to other venues as well. I even listen to Limbaugh until I become so nauseated I have to find some classical music to calm me down. I don't personally care for McDonald's, but they contribute millions each year to support something I passionately care about; Children's Hospitals. I still can't find anything good to say about EXXON, but I will keep looking. I don't care for war, and there are aspects of what is going on in Iraq, but I will not hesitate to take up arms against anyone who threatens the safety of my friends and loved ones.
Power is a giant see-saw, one side goes up; one side goes down. Power is a coin. It has two sides. We need the pros and cons. We need evil so we will know what good is.
I am not a Republican, nor am I a Democrat. I never voted straight ticket in my life. I am a meat eater, I always will be. I don't knock those who don't eat meat.
It is all about individual rights and freedoms. Thinking can bring about action and action can bring about change. How that change affects others is the most important thing. Are you willing to go through life looking at only one side of the coin? Are your beliefs the only ones that are correct? Are you in such a hurry to get up on your soapbox that you ignore how it will affect the rights and freedoms of others?
I don't expect, nor do I desire everyone to see things as I do. I personally love a pastoral view of life far more than the attraction of huge steel and glass towers; however I do enjoy the cultural advantages found in visiting the city.
I hope I shall always be able to look at both sides of the coin. It shows me the path to the center, to harmony.
Again, happy holidays from everyone here at the ACIN.

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¡HOLA TEQUILA! By Colleen Graham. Sellers Publishing. 128 pages, 75 color photographs by Shannon Graham. $15.95.
It's always a pleasant surprise to find a book that provides more than its cover promises. That is the case with "¡Hola Tequila!"
Colleen Graham, a professional bartender who writes the cocktails column for About.com, promises "Ninety creative cocktails and inspired shooters" — and that they are — in her subtitle, What she delivers, however, also includes 10 pages of how to set up a "tequila bar" that, in reality, can be the basis of any good home bar. She also provides variations on every recipe in the book, a true bonus.
In addition, Graham includes small essays on "Tequila Through Time," the distillery process for the agave specialty, and thorough explanations of each type of agave product — tequila, mezcal, sotol, raicilla, bacanora and agave spirits.
Dotted throughout are excellent photographs by her husband/business partner Shannon Graham, nicely enhanced by the glossy paper stock and handy 6-by-8½-inch format.
This is a nicely-done book, due for release in March, that should gain a toehold in a crowded publishing niche. And, it should go a very long way to erasing the long-held but misguided lore that tequila is only for college benders. The noble spirit can hold its own against any fine liquor, and Graham holds her own against any other cocktail recipe specialty writer.
1½ fluid ounces tequila
1 fluid ounce unfiltered apple cider
½ fluid ounce fresh lemon juice
¼ fluid ounce créme de cassis
Build the ingredients in an old-fashioned glass filled with ice. Stir well, garish with thin apple slices and serve.
1½ fluid ounces blanco tequila
¾ fluid ounces blue curaçao
¾ fluid ounce pineapple juice
Dash of orange bitters
Pour the ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into a frozen cocktail glass filled with cracked ice. Garnish with a pineapple flag or a single maraschino cherry.
Get all the latest news on my Upstate Restaurant Examiner column and check out what's coming up on my NY Drinks Events Calendar.


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Second Thoughts Game #162: Indians 5, Twins 1
Tribe clinches their first playoff berth since 2007, close out season winning 10 straight
Player of the Game: Ubaldo Jimenez (6 2/3 innings, 5 hits, 1 ER, 1 BB / 13 SO)
The Leadoff
For the first time since 2007, Cleveland, you will have an October to remember!
Winning their Major League best tenth consecutive game Sunday, it was the Indians that made quick work of the Minnesota Twins to clinch the top A.L. wild card seed and a playoff berth for the first time in six years.
The victory also gives manager Terry Francona and his team 92 wins, concluding his first season as skipper with a 24 win increase in just one year. The Tribe also sweeps their franchise-best seventh four-game series to close out the memorable regular season.
"U" did it
I can't say it enough, Ubaldo Jimenez (13-9, 3.30 ERA) single-handedly saved the Indians season this year.
Even with Justin Masterson back healthy in the bullpen, Jimenez has been the team's ace in the second half posting a MLB best 1.82 ERA over his last 13 starts. The No. 13 was lucky for the right-hander on Sunday as he finished the regular season winnning his 13th game, striking out a career-best 13 Minnesota batters.
Forget about whether or not Big U will be back with the Tribe in 2014, it's time we finally enjoy the real reason ownership went out and traded for the All-Star two years ago. Jimenez finishes 2013 with the tenth lowest ERA in the Amercian League at 3.30, and ninth in strikeouts with 194 through 182 2/3 innings.
He won't pitch in the one-game wild card playoff Wednesday, but I can bet you Jimenez's name is already inked in as Cleveland's No. 1 starter for Game 1 of the ALDS should the Indians make it there.
Buzz in the 216 Swishalicious
It was the bat of switch-hitter Nick Swisher that got the Tribe rolling from the very first inning Sunday, as he launched his team-leading 22nd homer over the left field wall off Twins starter Scott Diamond (6-13, 5.43 ERA).
The two-run blast gave the Indians the early lead they would never waiver, as the Mayor of Brohio finishes the month of September with seven home runs and 17 RBI. No, he may not have finished with his typical average year in terms of years past of average, but he's come up big down the stretch.
Over his last 40 games dating back to Aug. 16, Swisher hit .281 with seven doubles, 10 homers and 26 RBI. Let's hope the 2009 World Series champ can stay hot as we enter the month of October.
Celebration and Francona
Swisher said it best following the game, when he talked about the team going from 94 losses to 92 wins in just one season.
Even though I predicted the team would finish with 90 wins and a playoff spot in spring training, it really hasn't hit me until now when seeing the celebration and champagne fly how special this team really has been. Baseball is such a great sport, and to see the finally Indians popping bottles again is something to soak up living in the moment.
I don't think you could ask for a much better first year in Cleveland for Francona. The guy is a winner, plain and simple and for him to be leading the ship with his two World Series champioinships, is crazy to even think about.
It's almost as if the slate is completely cleansed from his collaspe with the Red Sox in 2011, and while the fans are without question estatic, nobody is happier than Francona himself.
Win the one-game wild card game Wednesday, and things could really get interesting as the Tribe would square off against Francona's former club the Boston Red Sox in the American League Division Series.
For now though, it's just like the motto Tito has been preaching all season long, focus on one game at a time.
Salazar slated for one-game playoff
The Indians announced shortly after Sunday's clinch that they will start 23-year old rookie Danny Salazar (2-3, 3.12 ERA) in the one-game wild card playoff at Progressive Field Wednesday. Who would have thought a starter that was in Double-A Akron less than five months ago would pitch the biggest game for Cleveland in the past six years?
If there is a starting pitcher who deserves that chance with Masterson and Jimenez unable to start, it's Salazar. With the hard-throwing rookie now slated to start a playoff game, it reminds me a lot of how the Indians used Jaret Wright in his rookie year in 1997 postseason.
You have to think Francona will be pulling out all the stops in this elimination playoff game, where I would almost bet Masterson will piggy back Salazar at some point Wednesday night. In a sense, this one-game wild card playoff essentially will be a Game 7 for both clubs, where the winner moves on and the loser goes home.
Closing Time
Finishing the regular season winning 10 straight, Cleveland (92-70) conclude the 2013 regular season up one game on both Tampa and Texas in the wild card. Surprisingly, the team also finishes just one game in back of the Detroit Tigers for the A.L. Central Division title. If only, if only, right?
The team improves to a franchise best 21-6 in September having won 15 of their last 17 to close out a magical 2013 campaign. It is their longest winning streak in the month of September since they won the American League Pennant in 1954.
Up next for the Indians: The Tribe will have to wait until Monday to find out their opponent for the wild card playoff game, as the Rangers and Tampa Bay play a tiebreaker elimination game in Texas. The winner will travel to Progressive Field Wednesday to take on the red hot Tribe.
Cleveland finished the season 2-4 against the Rays while owning a 5-1 record against the Rangers in 2013.
No matter what happens between now and Wednesday night, this has been one memorable ride.
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But I hope Jimenez leaves in style by helping the Indians to there 1 world series championship since 48.
Go Salazar on Wednesday. Let get this journey going. 12 wins needed!!! GO TRIBE!!!
I'm trying to be realistic and just be thrilled that his second half has all but guaranteed that we will be able to make a qualifying offer and get an extra first round pick next year. This team's track record in the draft is not exactly stellar but it couldn't hurt to have a bigger bonus pool and an extra pick.
Time to get it done on Wednesday!!!


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Vienna, 12 October 2012 – "By awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union, the Nobel Committee honours the historic feat of overcoming conflicts and animosities and appreciates the integration of the continent", Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said commenting on the award of this year's Nobel Peace Price to the European Union.
"In times when there is only talk about crises when referring to the EU, it is important to call this outstanding achievement to mind. The Prize is therefore an unmistakable riposte for those indulging in self-doubt and for the naysayers in the EU. While the world admires our achievements, we all too often dwell on self-doubt and anxiety about the future instead of looking ahead with healthy self-confidence. There are more than enough things to be proud of in Europe", the Vice-Chancellor said.
Great achievements have been made over the past sixty years: Generations have worked towards common and sustainable peace, security, the rule of law and solidarity in Europe. The member states of the European Union decided of their own free will to share sovereignty rights and to link their interests and fates with each other. This has led to the dismantling of borders; markets have been opened; common standards and regulations have been agreed in many sectors; a single currency has been created, and European citizens enjoy freedoms that are unique in the world as well as unprecedented prosperity. Moreover the Union will soon have 28 members. The Union has become a strong international force and a reliable partner to the world.
"These achievements have proven to be a strong common basis in times of crises and have laid a solid foundation for the future of Europe. Europe intends to continue down this path with resolve", Spindelegger concluded.
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This day is supposed to be the most beautiful day of your life. It also happens to be one of the most egregiously un-green traditions we have. I didn't even realize this--and I run a green travel website--until my boyfriend proposed to me in the middle of a rain forest five months ago and I began planning my wedding. Now that I am a bride-to-be, I figured I'd share some easy things we can do for the good of the planet (and our wallets) in anticipation of the big day.
According to a 2009 Real Weddings survey by TheKnot.com and WeddingChannel.com, 11% of couples choose to incorporate eco items--up only 1% from 2008. This statistic could use a boost. "You don't have to call it a green wedding, it's just being smart," said Anja Winikka, editor of TheKnot.com. "I do see that the eco chatter is more significant in 2010. Brides are opting for potted centerpieces and picking the caterers who recycle over those who don't. Just make sure you know that what you're buying is being used in the most efficient way."
Here are seven easy ideas for how to green your wedding:
1. Get Married in the Green Lane
You may already be planning to do something supremely eco without even knowing it. Pick a location that is near a train, bus, or ferry station to eliminate the need for guests to drive. Another option is to hold both your ceremony and reception in the same venue to minimize taking the car from one site to the next. If it's affordable, charter a bus to bring all the attendees to one hotel you've selected for overnight accommodations. (This way, you may also be able to negotiate a better group rate.)
2. Livin' La Vida Local
Start thinking of Mother Earth as your Matron of Honor. "To achieve an eco-friendly wedding, incorporate natural resources and materials, such as fallen trees, into table centerpieces," writes Charleston-based Tara Guérard in her newest Weddings book. The revered owner of Soirée by Tara Guérard offers simple, smart ways (like borrowing sand and shells from the beach) you can throw an eco-chic fête.
Work with a caterer who shares your conservationist sensibility by composting, recycling, and most importantly, providing a menu that locally-sources everything, from the basil leaves to the fish; a responsible menu will sprinkle around the word "farm" which your guests will recognize--and later appreciate when they taste each fresh plate. (You might even want to enlighten your caterer about a new online fish market, i love blue sea, that sells sustainable sushi-quality fresh seafood from anywhere in the U.S.)
The florals are some of the most visually stimulating points of the event, so don't be concerned that you'll have to skimp on the arrangements in order to be "green." Following an easy philosophy, the 100-mile diet, source flowers and plants within a close proximity to your destination to help minimize transport emissions. Reuse whatever vases your planner or designer may already have in-house, or get creative with mason jars, coke bottles, teapots, or even wine glasses--check out thenest.com's trash to treasure board.
3. Say Yes to the (Green) Dress
If you are the type of person who is always game to try something different, consider selecting a dress that has either been worn once before or has been made with eco-friendly fabrics--like a silky material with steamed milk fibers--ideally not flown in from China. Check out the Green Gown or eco couture collections by Adele Wechsler for beautiful, socially conscious designs.
4. Save the Date and the Paper
One day, virtual weddings will be all the rage. Until then, we can save a great deal of paper and CO2 emissions by providing the save the dates, announcements, maps and directions through a personalized wedding website or . . . an email. Consult pingg.com for free online services, shutterfly.com for setting up your own website, and stylemepretty.com for artistic and earthy ideas. If you have Photoshop-savvy or web developer friends, ask them for some guidance in getting started. When it comes time to send out formal invites through the mail, tap an invitation designer who will use tree-free or 100% cotton paper made from reclaimed fibers and vegetable or soy based inks.
5. Satisfy a (Sustainable) Sweet Tooth
Do not associate vegan and organic with crunchy or cardboard. Better to keep the following keywords in mind when searching for a pastry chef or bakery: fair trade, certified organic, locally sourced, in-season ingredients. If a cake maker says, "Sure, we can make it green, just requires a little food dye" that's your cue to exit. Truly talented eco cake makers, like Sarah Magid, Build a Green Bakery, and Baby Cakes NYC, will show you how inspiring, delicious, and guilt-free the "green" desserts can be.
6. Do the Planet a (Wedding) Favor
"We do give our clients a lot of options, be it plantable favors or recyclable décor," said Jennifer Crone of Private Receptions. "But people don't care. They think it's cute to have 1,000 plastic water bottles with their names on it." Forget the plastic bottles, they are not memorable or cute. At least consider choosing a water bottle with a longer lifespan, like the aluminum Sigg bottles ($1 per purchased item is also donated to the Sierra Club). If the $17 and up price is out of your wedding favor budget, impart guests with an Oboe bag, ecosystem journal, tree in a box--be it a Giant Sequoia or a Ponderosa Pine--or even something more personal like home-made caramelized nuts, which one newlywed Nikita Reese did. When you're on the tree in a box website, calculate how many trees you'll need to plant to offset the hundreds of thousands of pounds (or ten round trips from England to Thailand) of CO2 your wedding will emit.
7. And Vice Versa--Ask for a "Green" Gift
Don't be reluctant to move away from the traditional Target or Crate & Barrel wedding registries by asking your guests for something slightly offbeat, like carbon offsets (for just $30, you can retire five tons of CO2 or the equivalent of one year's worth of gasoline) a donation to the World Wildlife Fund, or an eco-friendly espresso maker. Even if your guest list includes global warming skeptics, this is what the couple wants so this is what the privileged guests should get.
More Useful Green Wedding Resources
National Green Pages
Organic Bouquet
Local Harvest
Dream Green Weddings
Recycled Bride
Eco Wedding
Earth Friendly Weddings
Wedding Gown Specialists
Are you planning or did you have a green wedding? Leave your tips in the comments section below.
Photo: Noah Sheldon; Sarah Magid's Cookbook, Organic and Chic (William Morrow 2009)


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I'm gonna spit some truth at you. You may not agree and you may even be offended, but that's ok. Sometimes our inability to be cut buffers the growth we could experience. Like the pruning of a plant, I want to offer you the same cruel luxury. The shears of truth.
You are not smart, strong, brave or creative enough to make it in this world alone.
I know, it hurts. But in the iconic words of Christ, "The truth shall set you free."
My Encounter with Truth
It was my junior year of college when I was gutted allowing years of egotistical self-confidence to pour out of me. I had just written a 20-page paper on an analysis of some Old Testament Jewish traditions. My paper was filled with the fluffy pontificating of my 21-year-old self. Such magnificent smelly fluff I had written, I was sure my professor was going to commend me. The happenings that ensued were far from my self-percieved reality.
I entered my professors office to receive my paper and my stellar grade. He beckoned me to sit in the chair opposite himself. Sitting, I watched him put my paper down and remove his glasses. The words that released from his mouth were not the words of encouragement or were they expectant. He said, "Hunter, you're an idiot. You talk and talk, but everyone has already said this stuff before. Stop thinking you're so smart, there are much smarter people who have gone before you. Use them." I was cut. I didn't know what to say to such an accusation. I left his office, with my "C" paper, a head full of conflicting thoughts and a bewildered disposition.
Looking back I have come to the conclusion I don't want to go through life a blinded imbecile. Only to wake up decades from now realizing all that self-empowerment propaganda was really just heaping piles of crap. Nor do I want you to experience the same. Save yourself the time and long-term disappointment. Now, prepare yourself to receive the simple truth my student debt afforded me:
You are most likely not as clever as you think.
Our Need for Wise Adventurers
You have gifts and skills. Your heart is hopefully laden with vision and passion. While those will get you far there will come a time when failure strikes when the weight of life slowly squeezes the passion out of your dreams. In those moments more than ever we could all use the whisperings of the battle-hardened veterans who have gone before us. I am talking about mentors.
A mentor is anyone who can help you take a step towards something based on their own journey and wisdom. You can find these relationships everywhere and in anyone. Whether a one-time encounter or a daily relationship with someone. These relationships ultimately help to propel us on a path towards our ultimate purpose and vision.
Whether you have a mentor or not. The truth is you could always have more.
Finding Your Next Mentor
1. Find one person who you think has something you don't.
Think of one person who you think could offer advice to your life, passion, or struggles. It helps if you know them, but feel free to chase the stars. Just don't get upset if they don't respond and you get burned.
2. Think of one question.
With all the happenings in the world, we often don't think people have time for us. The reality is that's not far from the truth, but you should never say no for someone. This method will allow them to engage you on their own terms and time.
Think of one question you want to ask this person. It could be as generic, but gleaning as, "What's one book you recommend I read?" Or you can make it specific to a real-life dilemma you need advice on. Now, Email them this question.
3. What to do with the answer?
When they respond to your question take the time to think on it. Let it teach and guide you. If you find yourself disagreeing remember to, "Eat the chicken and toss the bones." As in, take what you want from what they offer. Try, read or implement what they shared with you. Remember they are the veterans.
4. Follow up
The most important piece of all of this is to follow up. Reply to them, thank them and share how their advice has bettered your life. This step is important because it will show the person you are committed and desire growth. This could ultimately lead you to a more consistent and engaged mentor.
I promise if you try this you will be surprised at the success and wisdom it yields. People are always looking for an opportunity to share what they have learned. We all want to make an impact in those around us and by partnering with those who have gone before us that want can become a reality.
That moment with my professor has never left me. The idea that there have been others who have gone before me. Who have forged a path and procured wisdom I have never tasted. This is not to say you shouldn't dream dreams or run after greatness. Let this speak to the surging passion within you and allow you to harness it for the adventure ahead. Let this lead you to find others to encourage, cut and guide you. For a powerful steed is only as useful as the reins set upon it.


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I am integrating crystal reports with Struts.I could get the reporting data in the browser with crystal report viewer.but i cant dispaly reports that contain charts in the browser.when i am trying to execute,i m getting following exception.
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8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
The New Covenant, Summary:
(1) "Better" than the Mosaic covenant not morally, but efficaciously Hebrews 7:19 ; Romans 8:3 Romans 8:4 .
(2) Established on "better" (i.e. unconditional) promises. In the Mosaic Covenant God said, "If ye will" Exodus 19:5, in the New Covenant He says, "I will" Hebrews 8:10 Hebrews 8:12 .
(3) Under the Mosaic Covenant obedience sprang from fear Hebrews 2:2 ; 12:25-27 under the New from a willing heart and mind Hebrews 8:10 .
(4) The New Covenant secures the personal revelation of the Lord to every believer Hebrews 8:11 .
(5) the complete oblivion of sins Hebrews 8:12 ; 10:17 ; 10:3 .
(6) rests upon an accomplished redemption Matthew 26:27 Matthew 26:28 ; 1 Corinthians 11:25 ; Hebrews 9:11 Hebrews 9:12 Hebrews 9:18 23.
(7) and secures the perpetuity, future conversion, and blessing of Israel. Jeremiah 31:31-40 . See also "Kingdom (O.T.)," and 2 Samuel 7:8-17 .
The New Covenant is the eighth, thus speaking of resurrection and of eternal completeness.
I. The Eight Covenants, Summary:
(1) The Edenic Covenant (See Scofield "Genesis 1:26") conditioned the life of man in innocency.
(2) The Adamic Covenant (See Scofield "Genesis 3:14") conditions the life of fallen man and gives promise of a Redeemer.
(3) The Noahic Covenant (See Scofield "Genesis 9:1") . establishes the principle of human government.
(4) The Abrahamic Covenant (See Scofield "Genesis 15:18") founds the nation of Israel, and confirms, with specific additions, the Adamic promise of redemption.
(5) The Mosaic Covenant (See Scofield "Exodus 19:25") . condemns all men, "for that all have sinned."
(6) The Palestinian Covenant (See Scofield "Deuteronomy 30:3") secures the final restoration and conversion of Israel.
(7) The Davidic Covenant (See Scofield "2 Samuel 7:16") establishes the perpetuity of the Davidic family (fulfilled in Christ), Matthew 1:1 ; Luke 1:31-33, ; Romans 1:3 and of the Davidic kingdom, over Israel, and over the whole earth; to be fulfilled in and by Christ ; 2 Samuel 7:8-17 ; Zechariah 12:8 ; Luke 1:31-33 ; Acts 15:14-17 ; 1 Corinthians 15:24 .
(8) The New covenant rests upon the sacrifice of Christ, and secures the eternal blessedness, under the Abrahamic Covenant Galatians 3:13-29 of all who believe. It is absolutely unconditional, and, since no responsibility is by it committed to man, it is final and irreversible.
II. The relation of Christ to the eight covenants is as follows:
(1) To the Edenic Covenant, Christ, as the "second Man," the "last Adam" 1 Corinthians 15:45-47 takes the place over all things which the first Adam lost ; Colossians 2:10 ; Hebrews 2:7-8 .
(2) He is the "Seed of the woman" of the Adamic Covenant Genesis 3:15 ; John 12:31 ; 1 John 3:8 ; Galatians 4:4 ; Revelation 20:10 and fulfilled its conditions of toil Mark 6:3 and obedience.
(3) As the greatest son of Shem, in Him was fulfilled supremely the promise to Shem in the Noahic Covenant. (See Scofield "Genesis 9:1") Colossians 2:9 .
(4) He is the "Seed to whom the promises were made" in the Abrahamic Covenant; the son of Abraham obedient unto death Genesis 22:18 ; Galatians 3:16 ; Philippians 2:8 .
(5) He lived sinlessly under the Mosaic covenant and bore for us its curse. Galatians 3:10-13 .
(6) He lived obediently as a Jew in the land under the Palestinian Covenant, and will yet perform it gracious promises Deuteronomy 28:1-30:9 .
(7) He is the "Seed," "Heir," and "King" under the Davidic Covenant Matthew 1:1 ; Luke 1:31-33 .
(8) His sacrifice is the foundation of the New Covenant Matthew 26:28 ; 1 Corinthians 11:25 .
8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
Jehovah. Jeremiah 31:33 .
8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Jehovah. Jeremiah 31:34 .
merciful (Greek - i&lew ). (See Scofield "Romans 3:25") .
unrighteousness, sins
Sin. (See Scofield "Romans 3:23") .


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Digital advertiser Acquity Group Ltd. said it now estimates the initial public offering price to be between $8.00 and $10.00 per ADS. The company is offering 9.56 million of its ordinary shares in the form of ADSs and the selling shareholders named in the prospectus are selling 1.56 million ordinary shares in the form of ADSs.
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In a shocking move Greeks with disabilities took off their artificial limbs and laid them down in front of the Parliament. On the occasion of International Disability Day, disabled activists launched a rally in downtown Athens to protest the "inhuman cuts in benefits for disabled people".
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Protesters with disabilities started their rally from the Health Ministry and walked to Syntagma square. Their main demand is to stop the degradation of the public health system, which leads to social euthanasia of people with disabilities."
Vulnerable society groups saw immense cuts in the public health sector due to Troika imposed austerity.
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text: Eclipse Community Forums - RDF feed https://www.eclipse.org/forums/ Eclipse Community Forums SVN password dialog appearing on every operation https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/175162/557992/#msg_557992 Yesterday morning my login was moved from one windows domain to another. I'm still trying to recover from the symptoms that caused. I've fixed most of them, but I'm still having trouble with SVN/Subversive in Eclipse. I realized that I had to remove the "secure_storage" file and have Eclipse recreate it. When I did that, it fixed a problem with being unable to save settings in the "Network Connections" preferences page. I can now save those settings successfully. The remaining symptom is this: When I try to do any SVN operation it brings up the SVN password dialog. If I enter the correct password, the operation works, but when I do another SVN operation, it brings up the password dialog again. In fact, when I do "show history", I think that makes two SVN connections, because it brings up the password dialog twice. I'm finding that the password value set in the field is actually correct, because if I click OK, it appears to get past the dialog. In the case of "show history", I have to click OK on the dialog twice before it shows the SVN history. Looking in the "Secure Storage" preferences page, I'm not sure what I should expect to see here. The "Contents" tab shows three sections in the tree, being essentially "secure storage", "SVN", and "Network Connections" (those aren't the exact labels). The information in the first and third seem reasonable. The information in the "SVN" section shows 4 SVN URLs. When I click on any of them, the "ID/Value" table is empty. I would think I should see something in that table like "user" and "password". Strangely, the SVN login dialog does get populated with the correct information, but it shouldn't be prompting me.]]> David M. Karr 2010-09-09T17:32:27-00:00 Re: SVN password dialog appearing on every operation https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/175162/558423/#msg_558423 Someone had pointed out to me that we have an alias for our SVN server. I found that when I created a new SVN location using that alias, it didn't prompt me every time I did an operation. This was working fine. I checked out all of my existing projects using the new alias and removed the ones using the old name. This worked fine, until I restarted Eclipse. Then it went back to giving me the password dialog for every SVN access.]]> David M. Karr 2010-09-12T17:47:05-00:00 Re: SVN password dialog appearing on every operation https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/175162/630559/#msg_630559 Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.]]> Enrico Magen 2010-10-04T07:31:40-00:00 Re: SVN password dialog appearing on every operation https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/175162/631893/#msg_631893 As workaround you could try cleaning cached authentication information in the Subversion authentication information cache. For Windows-based systems it is located at: "C:\Documents and Settings\<user folder>\Application Data\Subversion\auth"]]> Alexander Gurov 2010-10-10T07:29:15-00:00 Re: SVN password dialog appearing on every operation https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/175162/645573/#msg_645573 I've tried to reinstall eclipse a couple of times, tried to vary the auth and subversion folders, but it didn't get me anywhere. Another machine works fine. Could it be, that the new versions published on december 3rd 2010 have such an impact? Until then I could install SVN without any problem. I am a little frustrated, I didn't get it to work within 10 hours... my configuration: win7 64bit, logged in as administrator Eclipse IDE for PHP Developers epp.package.php 184.108.40.20600916-1202 Native JavaHL 1.6 Implementation (Optional) org.polarion.eclipse.team.svn.connector.javahl16.feature.gro up 2.2.2.I20101203-1700 Subversive SVN Team Provider (Incubation) org.eclipse.team.svn.feature.group 0.7.9.I20101203-1700 SVNKit 1.3.3 Implementation (Optional) org.polarion.eclipse.team.svn.connector.svnkit16.feature.gro up 2.2.2.I20101203-1700 Thanks for any help!]]> longhour 2010-12-18T03:42:29-00:00 Re: SVN password dialog appearing on every operation https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/175162/649112/#msg_649112 I'm on Linux with eclipse Helios and subversion 1.6. Theres a bug in the gnome-keyring support. As a work around I made changes to the following in my ~/.subversion/servers file. in the section Password / passphrase caching parameters: set the following store-passwords = yes store-plaintext-passwords = yes Then i ran update on one of my repose from the command line. The next time I used eclipse to commit it worked just fine. ]]> William 2011-01-17T17:48:39-00:00


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Names of Davidson County elected officials on signs outside their offices could soon be a thing of the past.
The Metro Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday for a bill that would prohibit Metro from using city funds to purchase and construct permanent signs that name an elected or appointed official.
Under an amendment added to the legislation, however, the measure would still allow temporary signs outside Metro construction projects to identify the corresponding mayor, council members or others.
Councilman Josh Stites, the bill's lead sponsor who credited a constituent for suggesting the measure, said he introduced the bill to prevent Davidson County's various constitutional officers from "using public funds to put their names on signs instead of the office to which their holding."
Constitutional officers include the sheriff, trustee and various clerks, among others.
Many of these officeholders opt to identify their names on exterior signs where they work. Moving forward, they could only advertise their particular office or facility if the bill were approved.
"It's actually a Metro policy that we don't spend public dollars on signs like that," Stites said of the version with names. "But there was a recent officeholder who just bucked the policy and completely went against it, and spent public funds to put up signs that have their name on it."
Asked for this official's name, Stites said former Davidson County Clerk John Arriola, who resigned earlier this summer.
In other business
• The Metro Council on the second of three votes approved a bill that would offer temporary water and sewer fee reductions [1] to businesses and homeowners that have green roofs. By offering the financial incentive, Metro officials hopes to encourage more green roofs.
• The council, meanwhile, voted to withdraw legislation that would have reduced Metro's annual $300,000 subsidy [2] to the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce for its economic development assistance via Partnership 2020. The bill's sponsor, At-Large Councilman Charlie Tygard, said he proposed the bill to "initiate discussion" on the disproportionately lower contribution the nine other Middle Tennessee counties pay to the chamber compared to Davidson County.
• The council voted to appoint Councilman Carter Todd as its president pro tempore over council members Chris Harmon and Sandra Moore, who were both also nominated for the post. The president pro tempore fills presides over council meetings when the vice mayor is absent.
[1] http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/metro-council-considers-financial-incentive-green-roofs
[2] http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/council-consider-reducing-metro-subsidy-chamber


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On 17 Feb 2009, at 22:29 , Bharath Kumar Reddy T wrote: > According to spec. Two non-group particles overlap if > They are both element declaration particles one of > whose {name} and {target namespace} are the same as > those of an element declaration in the other's > ·substitution group·. I think this is true. > In the following schema, element ref = b and element ref = > c are both element declarations and c's name and target > namespace are same as b's substitution group's name and > targetnamespace. So, they both overlap. and both are under > <choice> model group. So, the content model is > non-deterministic. I think you are oversimplifying here. Element 'b' names 'c' as its substitution group head, but element 'c' is declared with block="substitution", which means that 'b' is *not* in the substitution group of 'c'. The substitution group of 'c' consists, according to the definition of 'substitution group' in XSD 1.0, of the elements which - are c, or name c or any element in c's "potential substitution group" as their substitution group head - have {abstract} = false - are validly substitutable for c subject to c's {disallowed substitutions} (i.e. its block attribute) Element 'b' fails that last test, so it's not substitutable for element 'c'. And similarly it's not substitutable for 'd'. > <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> > > <xs:element name="a" type="xs:short" substitutionGroup="b"/> > <xs:element name="b" type="xs:decimal" substitutionGroup="c"/> > <xs:element name="c" type="xs:decimal" block="substitution" substitutionGroup="d"/> > <xs:element name="d" block="substitution"/> > <xs:element name="foo"/> > > <xs:complexType name="base"> > <xs:choice> > <xs:element ref="b"/> > <xs:element ref="c"/> > <xs:element ref="d"/> > <xs:element ref="foo"/> > </xs:choice> > </xs:complexType> > > <xs:element name="doc" type="base"/> > > </xs:schema> If you see <doc><b> at the beginning of a document instance, how many content-model particles could you be matching? You could be matching the reference to 'b'. You cannot be matching the references to 'c' or 'd', since they both have block="substitution". You cannot be matching the reference to 'foo', since the names 'foo' and 'b' differ. So the particle to which the 'b' element in the instance must be attributed is uniquely determined. The content model thus satisfies, for this case, the Unique Particle Attribution rule. (For this case, and in fact for all cases.) > But one of the XML parsers is not giving any error about > the non-deterministic content model. One of the parsers is correct! > Please reply me whether the elements <xs:element ref="b"/> > and <xs:element ref="c"/> will overlap or not. and whether > the content model is non-deterministic or not. I hope this helps. -- **************************************************************** * C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, Black Mesa Technologies LLC * http://www.blackmesatech.com * http://cmsmcq.com/mib * http://balisage.net ****************************************************************Received on Thursday, 19 February 2009 00:51:05 UTC
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DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The highest-priority topic at this coming weekend's National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) conference in Orlando, Fla., undoubtedly will be the same as it is every year: "How do we sell more cars and trucks and attract more business for our service departments?"
One company, SCI Marketview, is in the business of helping dealers increase their business. SCI provides "clean, reliable and actionable information" to sales and service personnel and has been doing so for the past six years with more than 50 percent of General Motors' dealers. SCI announced today that its sales-and-service lead management tools only accessible to date by General Motors' dealers are now available to all other car companies as well.
SCI's three primary tools are: SCI ResponseDRIVER™, focused on helping dealers develop and prioritize sales strategy; SCI LaneDRIVER™, which helps organize data needed by dealers to most effectively manage their service departments; and, SCI CampaignDRIVER™, which helps dealers communicate with their customers via integrated, email, SMS texting, direct mail and voice messages.
SCI 24/7™, the company's recently launched mobile app included in the base program, provides easy, quick access to data on SCI ResponseDRIVER™ and SCI LaneDRIVER™ reducing response times to industry best. According to Alan Bird, SCI Marketview president and CEO, the SCI 24/7™ app was first made available in mid December and is being used by already more than 1,500 dealers.
Bird said, "Our tools have been tremendously popular and seen as great value for dealers with high ROI, and we look forward to the positive buzz at the NADA in Orlando including the SCI 24/7™ mobile app, since it has been so well received the past few weeks. It is all very exciting."
SCI's corporate headquarters is based in Markham, Ontario, and it has a major office in downtown Detroit. More information can be found at www.scimarketview.com, which was recently relaunched with new branding as well.


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Last night I was picking through the numbers, looking at Cemex's recent quarterly results. There was some good and a lot of bad, but after looking at them for a while I decided that it wasn't worth it. Looking at the third quarter results for this company is sort of driving a car while looking in the rear view mirror. Mr. Market is clearly focused on Cemex's massive debt load and the fact that it has the potential to choke on it if the world falls into a skull-crushing recession. Its acquisition of the huge Australian cement company Rinker has to be about the worst timing for an acquisition that I have seen. I'm trying to think of ones that were worse, Wachovia's buyout of Golden West, Daimler's purchase or Chrysler, and the Time Warner - AOL merger all come to mind, but there are only a handful. Of course, hindsight is 20-20 and not too many people, at least at the corporate level, saw this economic implosion coming.
I thought about Cemex a lot on my drive into work today and for me it all boils down to this...a simple Yes / No bet. Ignore all of last quarter's numbers and look at this company from a macro perspective.
Is the global economy doomed? Yes or No.
- If you think that we are headed into another Great Depression then Cemex is probably screwed.
- If not and things get worse, but do not fall off of a cliff then Cemex is probably OK and it will provide people who buy at today's price with outstanding returns.
Few companies are as directly tied to the state of the world economy than this huge cement company. One thing that I like about Cemex is that the President of its home market is trying his best to keep it afloat. Felipe Calderón plans to spend $4.35 billion on infrastructure in Mexico this year. Obviously all of that money will not flow into Cemex's pocket, but a lot will. That will help, but not if the global economy falls off of a cliff.
I personally believe that we are headed for a long, yet fairly shallow recession and that the U.S. governmet will "Print, Baby Print" (a modification of the stupid "Drill, Baby Drill" chant) enough money for us to avoid a depression and the credit markets will eventually unfreeze. If that is the case then CX will probably ultimately survive.
Especially infuriating for shareholders is the fact that the value of the evil derivatives that Cemex has on its books dropped from a positive $100 million to negative $500 million as of the end of September. It certainly is not alone in this regard. While I haven't seen any specific information on them, it seems pretty clear to me that its losses were a result of bets, or at least hedges, that the U.S. dollar would continue to fall. Tons of Latin American companies lost big bucks betting that the U.S. dollar will continue to decline. Bets like that have been absolutely hammered lately as the Mexican Peso entered a free fall and the dollar has soared.
Mexico's Peso Falls Amid Concern U.S. Bank Plan to Take Time
The strength of the U.S. dollar lately has been particularly perplexing to me and I have given it a lot of thought. The U.S. economy is weakening, the Fed is lowering interest rates, the government has been throwing money around like a bunch of drunken sailors, and the national debt is soaring...these ingredients are usually not a recipe for a strong currency.
However, in times of uncertainty people always seem to flock to what they know and to what has worked in the past. For all of its problems, the U.S. dollar is still the reserve currency of choice for most countries. Fear is driving people to try to protect their assets, hence the purchases of U.S. Treasuries at absurdly low interest rates. The rush into the dollar has been as much about fear and a search for safety than anything.
Furthermore, the extremely crowded long commodities / short U.S. dollar trade that the thousands of hedge funds out there had been pounding on for the past year is obviously rapidly unwinding both by choice and by forced liquidation. Add to this the unwinding of the famous carry trade where investors borrow money cheaply in countries that have low interest rates, like Japan where rates are close to 0%, and invest them in countries with high ones, like Mexico, where the benchmark rate is 8.25% AND the rapidly falling price of oil, which despite Pemex's incompetence is still very important for Mexico
...and viola the dollar has exploded.
The Mexican Peso has fallen significantly against the dollar lately. It is currently sitting at its lowest level since 1995. Mexico has been selling its dollar reserves in an effort to prop up its sagging currency. Just last week it liquidated $8.9 billion in U.S. dollar foreign currency reserves...more than a tenth of its total. The liquidation of Mexico's dollar holdings continued. It has said that it will auction $400 million U.S. dollars every day, at the previous day's closing price plus two percent.
I personally think that ultimately we will find that the U.S. dollar has overshot and it will drop some at first and ultimately quite a bit. For now, while the derivatives losses are annoying, they will at least make the cement that Cemex produces in Mexico cheaper and hopefully help to prop up demand some.
DeejNo position in CX
I looked closely at CS a couple of months ago. I like the company for the long-term.
But what I found in my research is that the Mexican government is in such bad shape right now I wouldn't invest in anything Mexican. Drug trafficking cartels are assasinating high-ranking government officials on a regular basis. Government revenue is falling off a cliff with declining oil prices and declining oil production.
Cemex is still tied too heavily to US construction. Rinker gets 80% of it's business from the US so the housing/construction downturn and poorly timed acquisition are killing them. They've recently started to expand into Eastern Europe with the aquisition of RMC... but Eastern Europe is getting killed by the current world financial crisis so I have to imagine that isn't going to be bringing in a lot of cash. Also my good friend Hugo Chavez jacked their Venezulean operations for the fair price of $0 cash money. All in all it's been a bad year for CX. Can't see them really rebounding until the US housing market does and that could be a while. I don't think they pay a regular dividend so I don't think a lot of investors are going to have a ot of incentive to ride out short(?) term pain for potential long term gains with this company when there are relatively safer options elsewhere. I think the compnay will survive and eventually this wil be a great investment, but why not wait for it to hit $5 (or lower) and jump in then.
I have been eyeballing the stock too, but haven't felt we are far enough through this mess to dip in yet, especially with the bath I am taking in energy and infrastructure.
I believe that if things get worse, there will be a degree of government sponsored infrastructure plays, and companies like JEC and MDR could benefit.
I'm trying to dealy my purchases over a period of months between now and mid 2009. I beneficted 0 from todays rally, but I will not buy after a large rally,. I keep telling myself to buy panic.
Deej, you gotta be kidding me. Even with a shallow recession, homebuilding and residential construction is hosed. Hosed! Roads and highways use asphalt, not cement. Maybe if there was some concrete used in buidling power plants or something, or to support the bases of wind turbines I'd be interested, but I just don't see the future growth. CX will follow the path of the ITB, and that would be close to if not all the way to zero - demand for their product is going to be drying up fast.
I just don't see investing in a company that makes one product that has basically one use, as opposed to investing in other beaten companies that extract, transport, or refine a product that has literally thousands of uses (ie oil), and will recover faster and be more profitable than cemex.
At some point the slide in oil will stop - now down well over 50% from the top. I cannot say the same for cement demand, or for residential homebuilding.
I will reiterate here what I said on a recent blog, if you want infrastructure without baggage, go with Siemens (SI), they are your best bet.
I definitely hear what you are saying, Doug. I don't feel strongly enough about my guess that Cemex will survive to even buy it in CAPS, let alone in real life.
Good reply there Demon.
I guess what I was saying that the answer to that proposition is a "no."
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Wow.Posted by Scott at May 11, 2004 03:38 AM
So, no one censures these publications? (I have to admit that my only experience with the Military Press comes from watching Full Metal Jacket.) The editorial gives away no military secrets, of course, but I thought that an article this... scathing would be watered down, as it is, essentially an internal publication first.Posted by MightyHunter at May 11, 2004 06:27 AM
They're independent, as is Stars and Stripes. In fact, I think Gannett publishes them.Posted by Linkmeister at May 11, 2004 08:43 AM
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We have always said here on inautonews.com that where ever there will be exotic cars there will also be exotic car crashes, and the latest example of such an unfortunate incident is coming from an airfield where a Lamborghini Murcielago has definitely seen better days. According to the guys at GT Spirit, the Italian supercar in question has been crashed while racing a remote control helicopter. Fortunately no one was hurt in the accident, except probably for the driver's ego, who will definitely think twice before speeding next time, even if it will be on another airfield.
As a quick reminder, the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 has been officially presented to the public back in 2006, during the Geneva Motor Show. The model is getting a 6.5 liter engine under its hood which is producing a total output of 640 PS (631 HP / 471 kW) at 8,000 rpm. The price for the Italian supercar in the United States was set at 318,800 USD MSRP. You can watch the aftermath of the crash below.
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A CAMPAIGN to plant thousands of trees across the Province is set to start – and some say this year it is more important than ever.
National Tree Week begins tomorrow, during which schools, clubs and individuals will be planting free batches of saplings.
But the annual bid to increase the tree population comes just days after ash die-back disease was found in Ulster.
The feared fungal infection has no cure, and was found last week at five sites – with the discovery of another possible 15 announced this Tuesday.
The Department for Agriculture and Rural Development said the results from these 15 sites will not be known until early next week.
In the meantime the Woodland Trust, which supplied the free batches, planted its first Tree Week sapling at Seymour Hill in Dunmurry.
Taking part in the planting was Dame Mary Peters, Ulster Olympic gold medal pentathlete, who said: "I really hope everyone, adults and children, will be inspired to get planting. And, with positive and collective efforts, we really can change landscapes."
Donald Wilson, 28, manager of Bloomingdale plant nursery in east Belfast, agreed that with the arrival of the killer ash disease Ulster "can use all the trees we can get" – but added that planting ash could be irresponsible.
Patrick Cregg, director of the Woodland Trust, said: "People, wrongly in our opinion, might be reluctant to plant trees at this time.
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The free batches of saplings have already been given out.
But the trust said others should still buy their own saplings from a garden centre to plant as part of the scheme.
Tree Week runs from tomorrow until Sunday, December 2.
It began in Northern Ireland in the mid-1970s before catching on in mainland UK.