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Hornbeck Offshore Announces First Quarter 2015 Results
The Company recorded income from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2015 of
Revenues. Revenues were
Operating Expenses. Operating expenses were
General and Administrative ("G&A"). G&A expenses of
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense was
Gain on Sale of Assets. Included in first quarter 2015 results from continuing operations was a
Interest Expense. Interest expense was
Vessel Sales to
Common Stock Repurchase. On
Future Outlook
Based on the key assumptions outlined below and in the attached data tables, the following statements reflect management's current expectations regarding future operating results from continuing operations and certain events. These statements are forward-looking and actual results may differ materially given the volatility inherent in the Company's industry. Other than as expressly stated, these statements do not include the potential impact of any significant further decline in commodity prices for oil and natural gas; any additional future long-term contract repositioning voyages; unexpected vessel repairs or shipyard delays; or future capital transactions, such as vessel acquisitions or divestitures, business combinations, additional stock buy-backs, financings or the unannounced expansion of existing newbuild programs that may be commenced after the date of this disclosure. Additional cautionary information concerning forward-looking statements can be found on page 9 of this news release.
Forward Guidance
The Company's forward guidance for selected operating and financial data, outlined below and in the attached data tables, reflects the current state of depressed commodity prices and planned decreases in the capital spending budgets of its customers in recent months.
Vessel Counts. As of
Contract Coverage. The Company's forward contract coverage for its current and projected fleet of new generation OSVs (including stacked vessels) for the remainder of fiscal 2015 and 2016 is currently 36% and 7%, respectively. The Company's forward contract coverage for its current and projected fleet of MPSVs for the remainder of fiscal 2015 and 2016 is currently 29% and 0%, respectively. These contract backlog percentages are based on available vessel-days for the guidance periods, not estimated revenue.
Effective Dayrates. Effective, or utilization-adjusted, new generation OSV dayrates for the Company's projected average of 21.6 active "term" OSVs are expected to be in the
Operating Expenses. Aggregate cash operating expenses are projected to be in the range of
G&A Expenses. G&A expenses are expected to be in the approximate range of
Other Financial Data. Projected quarterly depreciation, amortization, net interest expense, cash income taxes, cash interest expense and weighted-average diluted shares outstanding for the second quarter of 2015 are
Capital Expenditures Outlook
Update on OSV Newbuild Program #5. The Company's fifth OSV newbuild program consists of four 300 class OSVs, five 310 class OSVs, ten 320 class OSVs and five 310 class MPSVs. As of
The Company is monitoring production deficiencies experienced at two of the shipyards and employing all tools contractually available to improve progress and to ensure all possible efforts are made to meet the requirements of the contract. Production at the other yard remains on-time or ahead of schedule. The Company completed the conversion of one of its newbuild HOSMAX 300 class OSVs, the HOS Riverbend, that was previously placed in service under its ongoing newbuild program into a HOSMAX 300 class MPSV. This vessel was re-delivered into the active fleet as a new U.S.-flagged, Jones Act-qualified MPSV in
Update on Maintenance Capital Expenditures. Please refer to the attached data table on page 12 of this press release for a summary, by period and by vessel type, of historical and projected data for drydock downtime (in days) and maintenance capital expenditures for each of the quarterly and/or annual periods presented for the fiscal years 2014, 2015 and 2016. Maintenance capital expenditures, which are recurring in nature, primarily include regulatory drydocking charges incurred for the recertification of vessels and other vessel capital improvements that extend or maintain a vessel's economic useful life. The Company expects that its maintenance capital expenditures for its Upstream fleet of vessels will be approximately
Update on Other Capital Expenditures. Please refer to the attached data tables on page 12 of this press release for a summary, by period, of historical and projected data for other capital expenditures, for each of the quarterly and/or annual periods presented for the fiscal years 2014, 2015 and 2016. Other capital expenditures, which are generally non-recurring, are comprised of the following: (i) commercial-related vessel improvements, such as the addition of cranes, ROVs, helidecks, living quarters and other specialized vessel equipment, or the modification of vessel capacities or capabilities, such as DP upgrades and mid-body extensions, which costs are typically included in and offset, in whole or in part, by higher dayrates charged to customers; and (ii) non-vessel related capital expenditures, including costs related to the Company's shore-based facilities, leasehold improvements and other corporate expenditures, such as information technology or office furniture and equipment. The Company expects miscellaneous incremental commercial-related vessel improvements and non-vessel capital expenditures to be approximately
Liquidity Outlook
As of
Conference Call
The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2015 financial results and recent developments at
Attached Data Tables
The Company has posted an electronic version of the following four pages of data tables, which are downloadable in Microsoft Excel™ format, on the "Investors" homepage of the Hornbeck Offshore website for the convenience of analysts and investors.
In addition, the Company uses its website as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with disclosure obligations under SEC Regulation FD. Such disclosures will be included on the Company's website under the heading "Investors." Accordingly, investors should monitor that portion of the Company's website, in addition to following the Company's press releases,
Forward-Looking Statements
This Press Release contains "forward-looking statements," as contemplated by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, in which the Company discusses factors it believes may affect its performance in the future. Forward-looking statements are all statements other than historical facts, such as statements regarding assumptions, expectations, beliefs and projections about future events or conditions. You can generally identify forward-looking statements by the appearance in such a statement of words like "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "intend," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "remain," "should," "will," or other comparable words or the negative of such words. The accuracy of the Company's assumptions, expectations, beliefs and projections depends on events or conditions that change over time and are thus susceptible to change based on actual experience, new developments and known and unknown risks. The Company gives no assurance that the forward-looking statements will prove to be correct and does not undertake any duty to update them. The Company's actual future results might differ from the forward-looking statements made in this Press Release for a variety of reasons, including significant and sustained or additional declines in oil and natural gas prices; a sustained weakening of demand for the Company's services; unplanned customer suspensions, cancellations, rate reductions or non-renewals of vessel charters or failures to finalize commitments to charter vessels; further reductions in capital spending budgets by customers; the inability to accurately predict vessel utilization levels and dayrates; fewer than anticipated deepwater and ultra-deepwater drilling units operating in the GoM or other regions where the Company operates; the effect of inconsistency by the
Regulation G Reconciliation
This Press Release also contains references to the non-GAAP financial measures of earnings, or net income, before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA. The Company views EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA primarily as liquidity measures and, therefore, believes that the GAAP financial measure most directly comparable to such measure is cash flows provided by operating activities. Reconciliations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to cash flows provided by operating activities are provided in the table below. Management's opinion regarding the usefulness of EBITDA to investors and a description of the ways in which management uses such measure can be found in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
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Proclaim Gospel Boldly and Freely, Pope Tells Clergy
Pope preached July 27 at Rio de Janeiro's St. Sebastian Cathedral during a morning Mass for bishops, priests, seminarians and religious.
Pope Francis on Saturday urged Catholic clergy and consecrated religious to share the Gospel with young people boldly, "so that they may encounter Christ" and then form a better world.
"We are indeed here to praise the Lord, and we do so reaffirming our desire to be his instruments, so that not only some peoples may praise God, but all," the Pope preached July 27 at Rio de Janeiro's St. Sebastian Cathedral during a morning Mass for bishops, priests, seminarians and religious.
He encouraged them to "proclaim the Gospel to our young people" with the same freedom of Sts. Paul and Barnabas.
The Pope used the word "parrhesia," a Greek word with a special meaning. "Parrhesia" means the "freedom of speech" for a necessary truth to be proclaimed even, and especially, when doing so comes with a risk to the speaker. By using the word "parrhesia," Pope Francis was encouraging a determined boldness in sharing the Gospel.
Pope Francis then discussed the vocation of a consecrated religious person, focusing on how they have been called by God to proclaim the Gospel and to promote a "culture of encounter."
He began by emphasizing that clergy and religious should always be aware of "our Divine vocation," adding that "we often take (it) for granted in the midst of our many daily responsibilities."
"This means returning to the source of our calling," he said.
At the beginning of the consecrated vocation, the Pope reflected, there is a "Divine election" in which the person is called by God to "be with Jesus," so as to say, with St. Paul, "It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me."
Living in Christ marks "all that we are and all that we do," the Pope assured them.
"Life in Christ," he said, is "precisely what ensures the effectiveness of our apostolate, that our service is fruitful."
Pope Francis repudiated an approach to Christian ministry from a worldly, secular or business-based point of view.
"It is not pastoral creativity or meetings or planning that ensure our fruitfulness, but our being faithful to Jesus, who says insistently: 'Abide in me and I in you,'" he stressed.
The Pope encouraged the congregation to abide with Christ through contemplation, worship and "embracing him," especially through "our faithfulness to a life of prayer and in our daily encounter with him, present in the Eucharist and in those most in need."
Being with Christ is not isolating, Pope Francis said. Rather, it makes us more able to "encounter others."
He quoted Blessed Mother Teresa, who said: "We must be very proud of our vocation because it gives us the opportunity to serve Christ in the poor. It is in the favelas, in the cantegriles, in the villas miseria that one must go to seek and to serve Christ."
Pope Francis then urged the bishops and priests to help kindle within the heart of youth "the desire to be missionary disciples of Jesus."
He recalled that when he was young it was his dream to be a missionary in "faraway Japan."
"God, however, showed me that my missionary territory was much closer: my own country."
The call to be a missionary disciple, he stressed, is the call of the Christian, the call of the baptized.
"We must also help (young people) to realize that we are called first to evangelize in our own homes and our places of study and work, to evangelize our family and friends," he said.
He urged those in charge of forming the young to "spare no effort" so that they too will be able to go out and evangelize.
"We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel!"
Priests, and all Christians, must go out from their circles of comfort to seek and to save others, he emphasized.
"It is not enough simply to open the door in welcome, but we must go out through that door to seek and meet the people!" the Pope said. "Let us courageously look to pastoral needs, beginning on the outskirts, with those who are farthest away, with those who do not usually go to church."
"They too are invited to the table of the Lord."
The Pope then lamented that a culture of "exclusion, of rejection" is spreading. "There is no place for the elderly or for the unwanted child; there is no time for that poor person on the edge of the street."
The Bishop of Rome again repudiated the tendency to let human relationships be governed by models from the secular or business worlds. He criticized the view that sees human relations as regulated by the "dogmas" of "efficiency and pragmatism."
He encouraged bishops, priests, religious and seminarians to "have the courage to go against the tide."
The Pope implored them not to reject God's gift of "the one family of his children."
He said that "solidarity and fraternity," the "welcoming and encountering" of all people, are what make societies "truly human," truly personal.
"Be servants of communion and of the culture of encounter! Permit me to say that we must be almost obsessive in this matter."
He balanced his opening statement on bold, free speech with a warning against pride.
"We do not want to be presumptuous, imposing 'our truths.' What must guide us is the humble yet joyful certainty of those who have been found, touched and transformed by the Truth, who is Christ, ever to be proclaimed," he said.
Pope Francis prayed that the Virgin Mary might be the example for consecrated persons called by God to proclaim the Gospel and to "promote with courage the culture of encounter."
"May she be the Star that surely guides our steps to meet the Lord," he concluded. "Amen."


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Many people of color do not identify with the term sustainability because they don't see any necessary connection between a systems ability to sustain itself and overcoming racism. This is not surprising. History suggests that racism and inequality can be sustained for a very long time.
If sustainability is just the ability to sustain and activity or system in the long run, then what is the reason for including a bias toward equality and fairness in the definition of sustainability? A growing movement in Berlin hints at one reason why huge disparities of power and wealth are not sustainable in a free society.
Growing wealth in Berlin has lead to gentrification of areas formerly inhabited by artists. Rising prices drive many people out of their old neighborhoods. How do the dispossessed respond? They burn rich people's cars – over five hundred of them in the last three years.
According to Frank Millert of the Berlin police the number of politically motivated arsons has been close to doubling each year over the past three years.
This car burning is not the work of just a few. This phenomenon is part of a more general increase in leftist attacks on property. According to a German federal spokeswoman,
'It is not just anti-militarism we are seeing … it is anti-imperialism, a catalogue of anti-things … anti-fascism, anti-gentrification. The people we are seeing are the so-called 'autonoma', people operating in groups without hierarchy...'' The lack of hierarchy makes it very difficult to round them up.
One method of seeing the future is what Matt Taylor calls Weak Signal® Research. Small happenings at the periphery of society can provide early intelligence on what is to come. The Berlin "carsonists" point to what may become a serious challenge to current "capital dominated" version of the market economy. (Market economies can be a good for the common people, but not when most of the rewards and power flow to a tiny minority.)
In Berlin there appears to be a growing community of folks who believe carsonist form of protest is understandable. There is even a website lists and maps each car's demise. The radical left itself is probably no more than 12,000, but many others see the growing inequality of global capitalism and sympathize. Aysun Inci, Turkish immigrant, thinks burning cars is wrong, but she also says"
"The distance between poverty and wealth keeps getting bigger, I understand the anger, somehow."
In an earlier era of apparently unlimited resources, a social system ruled by capital (capitalism) allowed for rapid growth and change. In some cases the growth in productivity it produced was worth a temporary loss of equality. I others, Haiti comes to mind, the result of a capital dominated takeover of the society was to replace a vibrant egalitarian peasant society with a small rich local elite and utter poverty for the rest of Haitian citizens. (See Toward a Second Haitian Revolution by Steven Stoll on page 5 of Harpers, April 2010.) (If you subscribe click here to see it.)
As natural resources themselves, rather than the capital to extract them, become a major limiting factor in the world, one person's gain is more closely correlated with another's loss. If I catch a fish it isn't there for you to catch later. Investing in more fishing boats does not solve this problem, so the rationale for capital's dominance of our society is declining. In the long run, just as scarcity led to rationing during WWII, resource shortages will lead to stronger demands for more equal distribution of resources such as water, oil, raw materials, fish, land and the right to pollute.
If a growing egalitarian sentiment is matched with continued growth of inequality there will be an increase in acts of destruction like those of the "carsonists" of Berlin. What is being invented is a form of protest that demands attention, and yet will appeal to a far broader range of citizens than terrorism.
The carsonists pose a challenge to the sustainability of a great and growing inequality because:
- The attacks are not on people, rather they are on property, which makes them appealing to a broader segment of the population.
- The attacks are widely perceived to be political statements, not the meaningless vandalism of disaffected youth.
- Many of the carsonists are believed to be ethnic German bohemians and artists. Somehow this makes their actions more legitimate.
Property destruction does not inspire terror, so the carsonists are not exactly terrorists. Perhaps a perpetrator should be called a "polivand" for a politically motivated vandal. Time will tell if we need a new word with this distinction. Political vandalism is a powerful form of protest that can only be held in check by widespread belief in the legitimacy and fairness of the socioeconomic system or a brutal system for repressing dissent. The long term sustainability of a free society depends on keeping inequality closer to the moderate level needed to reward initiative.
In the long run, great inequality can only be maintained by brutal regimes that crush the expression of dissent and keep the population in fear or cringing respect. It helps if the authorities are willing to punish whole villages rather than having to find the perpetrators. This brutal tactic worked Saddam's Iraq. It worked in the hydraulic empires that could shut off the water supply of any village harboring dissidents. Absolute power kept inequality sustainable for feudal lords and slave owners in the Southern US.
The level of brutality needed to sustain a great and growing inequality is incompatible with the level of innovation and intellectual productivity needed in advanced economies. Knowledge work requires a high level of freedom, trust and responsibility that depends on and informed, ethical and willing population that believes in the system they are part of.
Faith in a system wherein the local economy is ruled by a remote capitalist elite is declining. If the gap between rich and poor continues to widen there is trouble ahead. Property destruction may become a very effective form of protest. If done intelligently and without the central coordination which simplifies police work, it will be very hard to stop.
If inequality continues to increase, political property destruction will be used not just against rich individuals, but against corporations and government agencies. It there is a huge population of the poor amidst great concentrated wealth, broad segments of the population may come to cheer for and support the perpetrators. For this reason, if our civilization is to persist, we will have to reduce the spread between the rich and the poor. If a corporation is to remain profitable, it will have to pay attention to its impact on the poor and powerless.
Greater equality is becoming a major sustainability issue. Other designs for a market based system are possible. Other forms of corporate organization and reward system are in use. It is time to begin learning how to operate in a fairer way that produces more egalitarian outcomes within the corporation, within the nation and between nations.
Despite the fact that I believe the logic expressed above will play a compelling role in the future, I do not believe that it explains the inclusion of social equity in the definitions of sustainability in wide use today. For this reason I will offer a historical explanation for its inclusion in most definitions of sustainability today.
The most quoted definition of sustainability is actually a definition of "sustainable development" created by the UN. The issues addressed by sustainable development are different than the needs of sustainability in general.
The Brundtland Commission of the UN, headed by Gro Harlem Brundtland, published a report in 1987 called Our Common Future. The concern was that much of the development taking place in the third world did not produce enduring benefit for those where the so called "development" took place. For example, suppose the World Bank helps a company build a mine in Africa.
The mine creates a lot of employment in the village for 30 years. GDP rises. Then the ore runs out and the company leaves. The community is left with unemployment and polluted ecosystems that can no longer support the people's earlier subsistence way of living. After the company leaves, the people are far worse off than before the company appeared. The mine produced development in the short run but the development was unsustainable in the long run.
The Bruntland Commission wanted push development activities in a direction that left people permanently better off. The report contained a definition of sustainable development that brought meeting the needs of all members of the community into the center of the sustainability dialog.
"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
Companies adopted the Bruntland definition of sustainable development because it aligned with their own long term profitability. If their operations developed a reputation for leaving poverty and environmental disaster behind them, governments might not permit them to operate. Or protests might shut down their operations.
For these reasons, the arguments that sustainability advocates inside major firms used to support sustainable ways of operating generally focused on the "social license to operate." To earn the good reputation needed to gain government licenses and community support, corporations need to offer communities in which they wish to operate development projects with enduring benefits. In this way the Bruntland definition and social benefit entered into the corporate dialog on sustainability.
Whether one looks at a corporations social license to operate, freedom from property destruction or the future of relatively free civilizations, greater equality will be necessary for long term survival of our major institutions. For this reason, a bias toward equality is a critical element of sustainability. Finding ways to combine a relatively free market economy with greater equality is one of the dominant challenges of our times.
(Credits: Photo of Prescribed Burn by lostmodern using cc-by-nc-sa, Champagne Glass Distribution of Wealth from Conley (2008) You May Ask Yourself), Data and picture derived from UNDP, Human Development Report 1992 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992).


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CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have developed a type of wearable, non-invasive electronic device that can monitor vital signs such as heart rate and respiration at the same time it records a person's activity level, opening new opportunities for biomedical research, diagnostics and patient care.
The device is just two inches wide, comfortable, does not have to be in direct contact with the skin and can operate for a week without needing to be recharged. Data can then be downloaded and assessed for whatever medical or research need is being addressed.
The technology has been reported at a professional conference, and research is continuing to make it even smaller and less costly.
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Birthdate: 1/22/1996
Height: 6'
Weight: 161lbs
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Hometown: San Diego, California
Club: San Diego Canoe Kayak Team
High School: American International School of Budapest
2013 U.S. Junior World Championships Team Member
Recent Results:
- 2013 Junior World Championships: 13th in Junior K2 200m, 16th in Junior K2 1000m with Dylan Puckett
- 2013 Lake Placid International: 1st in Junior K2 1000m
- 2013 National Team Trials: 1st in Junior K1 1000m, 1st in Junior K2 1000m, 1st in Junior K2 200m, 2nd in Junior K1 200m
At what age did you start paddling and how did you become involved in the sport?
I started paddling when I was thirteen years old. My dad's favorite sport is kayaking and he asked me if I wanted to try it just for fun, but I loved it so much that I started training every day right away.
Where and when was your first competition, and how did you do?
My first competition was the Budapest Championships. I was fourteen years old then, and I came in third.
What has inspired you to train and compete at an International level?
My coach and my teammates inspired me to compete. I couldn't stand when someone beat me in training so I trained very hard to beat all of my teammates. I realized that I loved competing.
What is your preference - individual or team boats, and why?
My preference is individual in the shorter distances (e.g. 200m) because I can only focus on myself and make sure that I achieve my maximum speed and keep it throughout the race. However, I prefer team boats in longer races (e.g. 1000m) because there I have to make sure that my stroke rate and my power input matches those of my team and I find that very exciting.
What race distance do you prefer, and why?
I prefer the 200-meter races because those require me to paddle at my maximum speed and I love doing that.
What has been your biggest accomplishment(s) in the sport?
I came in 6th at the Olympic Hopes Regatta with my partner Dylan Puckett in the K2 1000m. However, I'm also proud of being a four-time US national champion and a three-time Hungarian national champion.
What is the best advice you have been given and who offered it to you?
The best advice that has been given to me by my coach, when he told me that "the important thing is not how good you are, but how good you want to be".
Tell us about your current training schedule? Describe an average day for you?
I train eleven times a week. I have a training from 6 am to 7:30 am every morning from Monday to Friday, a training from 4 pm to 7 pm every afternoon from Monday to Friday, and a training from 8 am to 11 am every Saturday. I rest on Sundays. In an average day, I wake up at 5 am, go to training, then go to school, then go to training again, then go home at about 8 pm, and then I study until about 11:30 pm.
What do you do for fun and relaxation?
For fun I hang out with my friends and for relaxation I play the saxophone.
What would you like to do after your Canoe/Kayak career is over?
I want to become a doctor, so next to training, I also study about 3-4 hours every day, and even more on weekends.
What is your favourite thing about the sport of Canoe/Kayak? Do you have any special memory that you would like to share?
My favorite thing about the sport is how exiting and relaxing it is at the same time. I get fit by doing it, but paddling with my friends and teammates every day also calms me. One of my special memories that I would like to share is the morning after my very first kayak training. I was so tired and my muscles hurt so much that I couldn't get out of my bed.
What is your goal for the 2013 season?
My goal is to qualify for the Junior World Championships in Canada.
What is your dream goal?
My dream goal is to represent the USA at the 2016 Olympics.
Year in Review: Flatwater Sprint
Dec. 04, 2013
In the first season since the retirement of three-time Olympian Carrie Johnson, the battle for women's kayak supremacy was wide open. Among a host of Oklahoma City-based paddlers, Kaitlyn McElroy (Oklahoma City, Okla.) emerged as a potent threat in both kayak singles and doubles.
RECAP: 2013 U.S. Sprint National Championships
Aug. 08, 2013
Based in Gig Harbor, Wash., GHCKRT won its second consecutive Sprint National Championship team title under Head Coach Alan Anderson. The club takes home the Yonkers Trophy with 28 athletes accumulating 473.5 points.
RECAP: 2013 Junior/Under-23 Sprint World Championships
July 30, 2013
Six US boats record Top 20 finishes Sunday, making nine total boats on the weekend. Ryan Dolan's 11th place finish in men's Under-23 K1 200m punctuated Sunday's performances.
RECAP: 2013 Lake Placid International
July 12, 2013
The 2013 Lake Placid International also served as the U.S. ParaCanoe Team Trials. Team USA will compete at the 2013 U.S. ParaCanoe World Championships Team, to be held as part of the 2013 Sprint World Championships in Duisburg Germany, Aug. 28-Sept. 1.
2013 Senior, Junior, U23 and OHR Teams Announced
April 28, 2013
Congratulations to the athletes selected to represent Team USA!
McElroy, Hornsby Shine at 2013 U.S. Sprint National Team Trials
April 24, 2013
The 2013 Team Trials marks the beginning of a new Olympic quadrennial, in which there will be some big shoes to fill. In senior women's kayak, Kaitlyn McElroy (Oklahoma City, Okla.) will get the first shot at replacing replace three-time Olympian Carrie Johnson (San Diego, Calif.), who retired after London to enter veterinary school. McElroy finished first in both the 200m and 500m finals before teaming up with her Oklahoma City Boathouse District training partner Maggie Hogan (San Diego, Calif.) to win the K2 500m distance.


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A close up of the lower level of the Amy site. Dimetrodon fin spines extend from the bottom right of this image to the top left, with ribs and additional fin bones crossing them from a different direction. Only the right half of this layer was visible yesterday. Soon, they'll have to start excavating from the top of the hill in order to avoid a collapse. Dr. Bakker estimates this skeleton will take at least 16 people days to completely remove from the site.
Chris maps the bones on clear plastic as they are uncovered. Since even photographs can skew the direction of the bones slightly from their true location, this technique ensures accurate measurements, even after the bones have been removed from the site.
Close up of the bone maps. Later, they'll be digitized for analysis.
The team also investigated a mystery tooth that kept popping up - 4 times in all before they figured out what is was. Neal found the first one yesterday - a tiny, tiny tooth with microserration - visible only under magnification - that was much more delicate than any other tooth found at the site. 3 more were found this morning, including one about 190 mm above the main Dimetrodon layer at the Amy site. Then, we found this at the K2 site today:
"Look at that fang!" Dr. Bakker found this tooth in 2 pieces at the lower level of the K2 site, where the Diadectes vertebra was discovered on Monday. It's much sharper, more fluted and has a finer saw edge than most Dimetrodon teeth, and it has very fine serration on both sides. It was located close to the front of the jaw and would have created a very different kind of wound.
This is a shed tooth from an adult Dimetrodon loomisi - "the cheetah of Dimetrodons" according to Dr. Bakker. While most larger Dimetrodon were chunky, this one was graceful. Still, it was a "big, honkin' carnivore," and the tooth looks very similar to that of a saber-tooth cat. From the adult tooth, Dr. Bakker identified the tiny mystery teeth the team had found were actually the juvenile versions of this species.
So, no brand new species - but, a new type of Dimetrodon is now known to be present at this site. And - it was eating Diadectes - more CSI evidence of the Permian ecology. "We found a bullet, literally mm from where the Diadectes veretebra came out. This is pretty intimate crime scene documentation. We've got six other bullets in this area. But this one (loomisi) is more like a sniper bullet, or a rifle bullet. Dimetrodon grandis was more like a .45."
Dr. Bakker also revealed another set of Dimetrodon spines at another layer in the Amy site - bringing the total number of discrete layers in this one hillside to 6. "What we're looking for is the next thing - no matter what it is. We're interested in everything, so we can figure out the context of what was happening here."
New Dimetrodon vertebra in a new layer at the Amy site.
Later in the afternoon, 2 of Kim Beck's science students- Tarrington Rivers and Jacob Richardson - joined the team.
Kim Beck, Tarrington and Jacob look for fossils on the surface of the main dig site with Dr. Bakker.
Jacob and Tarrington even found a new spot that the team hasn't looked into yet, with a lot of Dimetrodon and Xenacanthus teeth on the surface. By the time they left, they were able to identify teeth, spine, claws, and skull fragments. According to Kim, "they did really well, especially since they were only on site for about two hours. They're looking forward to coming back Saturday." And they'll be posting their thoughts about the experience here, so check back soon.
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The United States of America asks us to inform Union member countries and their designated operators of the following:
As in the past, ground handler delays are again impacting operations at the five offices of exchange (OEs) of the United States Postal Service (USPS). All facilities are open and accepting mail, and are committed to processing inbound volumes as expeditiously as possible, ensuring all belts are running 24/7. However, USPS would kindly request that other designated operators inform their respective airlines conveying postal dispatches destined to USPS that all ground handlers at the airports in the United States are responsible for timely delivery to the OEs, the unloading of containers, and on-site ground handling supervision. In addition, ground handlers are responsible for removing empty and damaged equipment immediately so that inbound volumes can be processed. USPS counts on the extensive planning and coordination involving the origin Post and the airlines, as well as the ground handlers, to ensure the timely processing of inbound mail volumes.


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London's Genesis Publications and Amoeba Music are delighted to invite you to the worldwide premiere of Ringo Starr's new limited edition book, Photograph, and the unveiling of his series of artist-signed photographic prints, The Photograph Portfolio, on Wednesday, October 23 at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood at 10:30 am. A special selection of the photographs will be on view at Amoeba Hollywood before and after the launch event.
Ringo Starr's Photograph presents unseen images taken by Ringo, accompanied by his own words, giving an unprecedented insight into the life of one of the world's greatest musicians. He takes readers deep into his early life, through his days with The Beatles and beyond. Hear about his adventures, mishaps and movies, with appearances from family and an All-Starr cast of friends. Each book is signed by Ringo, master printed in Italy on archival paper, individually hand numbered and hand-bound in leather.
If you wish to purchase the Ringo: Photograph limited edition book only, it is available for sale on Amoeba.com here. UPDATE DEC 26, 2013: The Ringo: Photograph book is sold out.


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Photo of the Week #03
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Today I was surfing through Apple's web site to get some information about the new products shown at the WWDC 2008. Reading about MobileMe (a wonderful piece of software) I noticed they have started using Windows Vista. In fact, till the WWDC 2008, Apple web site used to show Windows XP's screens instead of Windows Vista's screens. In my mind I said "That's a great piece of news! After one year and a half they have finally discovered Vista (WOW!)".
Although Apple engineers have started using Windows Vista instead of Windows XP it's unclear the cause they are still using an "old hag" like Firefox 2 to surf the web instead of Internet Explorer 7 which is more secure (under Windows Vista thanks to the Protected Mode) or Safari 3 for Windows which is certainly faster and in addition to this it's also one of theirs products (they say "The World's best browser").
If these are the facts I've finally understood why Internet Explorer is always the worse browser or even not considered in Apple's comparatives. Although Apple engineers have discovered Windows Vista, it's clear Apple hasn't discovered Internet Explorer 7 yet. They are probably still using Internet Explorer 5 (the last version for Mac OS X) or even a previous version if it's possible. That's the truth!
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News of the day: Opera 9.5 has just been released, few days before Firefox 3. Opera's guys have won the race!
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Looking at the picture seems that at Cupertino the photocopier has been started again :-)
My friends are saying that mobile me is a great thing, with such a brother I can't tell them they're wrong!
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The keynote is coming and many European carriers are announcing their partnership with Apple to bring the iPhone to their country.
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As already written in our rumor roundup iPhone may come in colors.
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I just looked at the new GMail-labs settings, hoping to find the next-big-thing for my web based mail account.
I admit it, I was a bit curious about the feature developed in the 20% free time that Google left to its employees, and I was expecting to find something great.
Seems that this time the 20% free time had been a little wasted since none of the experimental feature did worth a try. Here is the list of the feature users should test (with my opinions):
If you choose to become a useless-function tester remember that big-G could remove what you're testing without saying nothing to you. The function will just disappear.
If you're looking for a real big thing, have a look at the new version of Windows Live Writer
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We already posted about this subject a few months ago, but now that WWDC banners have dropped "Mac OS X Leopard" in favour of "OS X Leopard", rumors of Cupertino's OS coming to every PC is becoming a little bit more consistent.
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So, what should you expect from Apple's World Wide Developers Conference 2008?
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Tutoring Websites
KHAN Academy - Volumes of video tutorials from linear algebra to ancient history.
ACT Test Prep - Provides access to sample questions as test preparation materials.
Discovery Education - Offers free student resources that bring learning to life both inside and outside the classroom. Check out their interactive games, videos, contests, virtual labs and activities designed to help you dive deeper into a topic —and have fun too!
Carnegie Library Homework Help - Get online with real tutors and browse through databases of information specifically for students.
Varsity Tutors - 100,000 professionally written problems and thousands of distinct practice tests across 150 subjects. This includes subjects like foreign languages, history, math, and science at all levels of sophistication. They also have practice tests and problems for common standardized tests like the ACT, SAT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, ISEE, and SSAT.
Study Skills Websites
Cal Poly Study Skills Library - Contains a variety of study skills topics with printable versions to take on the go.
Test Taking Tips - Information on note taking to test taking tips for parents.
How-to-Study - From motivation to reading to remember, this site offers detailed articles for improving your academics.
Study Skills Tip of the Month
Taking the Essay Test
1. Read all the directions and questions. Note the number of items, point distribution, range of difficulty, and time available. Jot down any immediate answers that come to your mind - lists, outlines, etc. Jot down any other key information you might forget.
2. Analyze the test question and divide it into its main parts and sub parts. From the parts quickly construct a rough outline. Note the instructional words included in the question, e.g., compare or contrast. Use the outline as a "map" to answer the essay question. If you don't have time to finish the whole test, this outline may give you some points. More importantly, the outline helps you to stay focused.
3. Make you answer as specific as possible. If you know the answer, write only what you are asked. Avoid generalities.
4. Use part of the test question in your test answer at the beginning of the paragraph. This signals to the reader that you are answering this part of the essay here! This will earn you points.Include an introductory statement at the beginning and a summary paragraph at the end. Review your answers. Your essay is written under the intensity of a deadline, but it is graded under much more relaxed conditions. Allow sufficient time to check for spelling, grammar, omitted words, incorrect dates, etc. This is when you will be glad you wrote in pencil.
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Dedicated and 'down to earth' firefighter dies in accident
A YOUNG woman, "loved by everyone she worked with", was one of two Victorian firefighters killed when a tree fell on their car on Wednesday.
Katie Peters, 19, and a man in his 30's who has not been named, were battling a blaze in the Alpine region when they were crushed by a falling free.
Department of Sustainability and Environment chief fire officer Alan Goodwin told the Herald Ms Peters, from the country town of Tallandoon, loved working with her mates and was "incredibly down to earth".
The man, from Corryong, was reportedly well known in his community.
The victims' colleagues were left with no choice but to continue to fight the fire until other emergency services arrived.
Victorian Police Superintendent Paul O'Halloran praised their efforts and told reporters the scenes were "very, very tough for those who attended".
The 27,000ha fire been burning near Harrietville area since late January.
Australian Workers Union Victorian secretary Cesar Melhem said DSE firefighters worked in difficult conditions, often with little recognition and the pair "have died heroes".


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23./24.5.: New Methods for Multimodal Research
International Workshop - HARTMUT STÖCKL & JANA PFLAEGING - English & Applied Linguistics / Department of English and American Studies - 23 and 24 May 2019 - UniPark Nonntal 1.009
The workshop aims to sample, showcase and critically look at available methods for studying multimodality. It will be firmly based on the conceptual trinity media, genres and modes and unites contributions that set out and show the applicability of analytical frameworks for the study of multimodal text and communication.


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April 29, 2016
#YourStoryIsOurStory: It's Never too Late to Fall in Love
Posted in #YourStoryIsOurStory by Tara Sharp
In November 2015, Windermere Real Estate agent, Vivian Peterson met some new friends that would teach her an invaluable lesson. At an open house, Richard approached Vivian about selling his current home. After almost 40 years in his place, a home he shared with his first wife until she passed away, Richard was looking to sell. This is a move uncharacteristic of Richard, but he had recently met...
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April 27, 2016
Keeping Up with The Joneses: Seven Yard Tools a First-Time Homeowner Needs
Posted in Living by Tyler Davis Jones
Did you know that gardening tools are really expensive? I didn't. We even priced out what it would cost to have a landscaper come every two weeks just to mow and edge our front and back yard (which would leave us to the weeding, sweeping, etc.) but alas… that is also expensive (about $100 per month). So… Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to Home Depot we go…
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April 25, 2016
An Incoming Tide Raises All Ships: How the Growth in Homeowner Equity Continues to Stabilize the U.S. Housing Market
Posted in Market News by Matthew Gardner, Chief Economist, Windermere Real Estate
With home prices rising and consumers not taking on additional mortgage debt, equity levels have grown substantially. The country went through a very painful period of negative equity during the housing recession, but the growth started returning in 2012, and we moved back into a period of positive equity again by the summer of 2013. In 2015, equity levels increased by an impressive 10.2 percent
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April 22, 2016
New Home Construction Trends to Watch Out For
Posted in Living by Tiana Baur
Earlier this week, at the Windermere Builder Solutions Breakfast, more than 100 Windermere brokers came together to listen to Windermere President OB Jacobi lead a panel discussion on new home construction trends in the greater Seattle area.
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April 21, 2016
Western Washington Real Estate Market Update
Posted in Market News and Western Washington Real Estate Market Update by Matthew Gardner, Chief Economist, Windermere Real Estate
Washington State has seen very robust growth over the past 12 months with the addition of 102,600 new jobs, which is 224,000 more jobs than seen at the previous peak in 2008. With this robust growth, it is unsurprising to see the unemployment rate trend down to 5.8%—well below the long-term average of 6.4%. As pleasing as it is to see the unemployment rate drop, it is equally pleasing to see...
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April 20, 2016
Windermere Foundation Quarterly Report
Posted in Windermere Foundation by Christine Wood
Thanks to you and the wonderful support that the Windermere Foundation has received so far this year, we have disbursed nearly $470,000 to non-profit organizations dedicated to providing services to low-income and homeless families throughout the Western U.S.
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April 14, 2016
#YourStoryIsOurStory: How Windermere Cup Changed Jenni Hogan's Life
Posted in #YourStoryIsOurStory and Windermere by Tara Sharp
Since 1987, Windermere Real Estate has partnered with the University of Washington to put on a one-of-a-kind rowing event called the Windermere Cup. For the last thirty years, Windermere and UW have brought some of the best rowers from around the world to Seattle to compete in this premier sporting event, and in the process, changed the course of some of the athlete's lives.
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April 11, 2016
What's the Deal with Condos?
Posted in Market News by Matthew Gardner, Chief Economist, Windermere Real Estate
The Greater-Seattle region continues to grow its population base but not its land base. As such, density needs to be embraced. Condominiums play an important part of the equation, but until this segment of the market regains its footing, there will be further pressure on housing of all types to accommodate the region's growth, and this will continue to put upward pressure on prices.
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April 06, 2016
8 DIY Fire Pits to Get Your Yard Ready for Summer
Posted in Porch.com and Living by Porch.com
If you're thinking about the changing seasons, think about making your own fire pit. This popular backyard feature is surprisingly easy to construct, and will bring your outdoor living to the next level. Make a quick trip to the hardware store, grab the kids to help out, and you can have one of these gorgeous backyard features by this weekend!
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April 04, 2016
How to Find the Right Real Estate Agent for You!
Posted in Buying, Selling, and Video Tips by Tara Sharp
If you are buying or selling your home, you will want to find a real estate agent that you like and trust. Windermere agents, Marguerite Giguere and Anne Jones have some great tips on how to find a real estate agent, make sure they will fit your needs and set expectations.
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As reported earlier, TNA announced that they will hold a live event at the NYCB Theatre in Westbury, NY on Friday, April 5, just two nights before WrestleMania 29. Posted below is the poster for the event.
The following matches have been announced to take place:
* Sting & Jeff Hardy vs. Bully Ray & Devon
* Bobby Roode vs. James Storm (New York Street Fight)
* Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe
* Kurt Angle vs. Wes Brisco
* Joseph Park vs. Robbie E
Hulk Hogan will announce a stipulation for the tag team main event at the show.
Tickets are on sale now at the NYCB Theatre box office and at ticketmaster.com.


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Sometimes we all want a miracle solution for our problems. Especially after getting out of a bad relationship, the natural desire is to just feel better, now. It may be a frustrating saying, but time does heal wounds. While counseling isn't an instant fix, the process is truly what's important. Taking all the time you need to explore the past and think about the future can be invaluable in strengthening and rebuilding your life.
Today we're continuing our conversation with clinical psychologist Martha Ramos Duffer to learn more about the ins and outs of deciding to start counseling, and how you can tell if it's working for you.
Some people want to know that therapy is working. What is a good indicator of this?
At the beginning of the therapeutic process, every therapist and client should work together to identify goals and specific ways that they will know they're moving toward those goals. This can be helpful in determining if therapy is working for you. Overall every therapy that is working will, over time, result in a person feeling increased self-awareness, capacity to choose, clarity and peace.
If you want to have the luxury of your own space to explore yourself then individual therapy is great for that. In individual therapy you can explore your own feelings and goals much more deeply.
Is therapy for everyone? When's the right time to start therapy?
If you feel that therapy might be helpful, sooner is always better. Therapy can be beneficial for everyone because it's a place where you can learn increased self-awareness, clarify your goals and look at the choices in front of you.
That being said, there are many things in life that can be therapeutic. If you don't feel comfortable with therapy there are other healing practices you can explore like journaling, spending time in nature, cultivating friendships and networks, being part of community groups or volunteering. There are many activities that can be as healing as therapy.
What are the differences between group counseling and individual counseling?
In general, both can be very beneficial, and I would recommend that people consider the type that they feel most comfortable in. If you want to focus more on interpersonal skills, want to know how you come across to other people, and want to hear from experiences from other people in their growth processes, then group counseling is wonderful for that.
What advice would you give someone who is apprehensive about counseling?
Entering counseling does not necessarily mean that you are mentally ill or can't cope on your own. Therapy is about how much you're putting in place to support yourself in healing and succeeding.
Have you thought that therapy might be a good choice for you? Whether you're struggling in an abusive relationship or trying to heal after leaving one, getting in touch with a counselor to strengthen your support system can have a powerful effect. Give us a call at 1-800-799-SAFE and our advocates can help you locate counselors in your area.
Further Reading
In our post on Counseling for Domestic Violence Survivors we talk more about breaking the isolation of domestic violence by seeking counseling and support.
This PDF brochure from the National Association of Social Workers has a helpful checklist of positive indicators when determining if your counselor is the right fit for you.


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It's been a long while since I have posted here but it has been awhile since I have had the time to do anything with this blog. but last week I made some time to move this site over to Drupal 7. Also I had months ago completed a mock up for a new site design and now that new design is up and running on this site. (It has a Koch snowflake in the logo, which is pretty awesome as far as I'm concerned.) Also I have written a few jQuery plug-ins on the site. Namely the the code preview block that you can see now on some of the blog posts, and the new slider for the portfolio.
I also have started work on a new Drupal module that retrieves bookmarks from your Diigo account. I'll post more on that later.


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My kegs are ball lock. I would like to eventually have 4 taps and have all of the kegs pressured independently. So, any suggestions on a regulator?
Quote from: fmader on July 24, 2013, 11:18:15 PMMy kegs are ball lock. I would like to eventually have 4 taps and have all of the kegs pressured independently. So, any suggestions on a regulator?http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0060NOX40/ref=ya_aw_oh_pitThis is the regulator I just got. I love it. I have a 2-way manifold which I have converted to 3-way by taking off the end cap and installing a cutoff valve. You could save money and get a 3-way and convert to 4-way, but remember one is going to stick out of the end. You'll need to make sure you have some swivel nuts for your gas and liquid hoses since you want to use the threaded disconnects. Get some extra o-rings for the poppits and dip tube. Also an extra for the lid may come in handy. I'll probably think of something more later.
Beer lines should be 4-5' and gas is usually not an issue in length.
Is there a reason why the gas lines should be 5/16" instead of 1/4"? The reason why I ask is because I'm seeing 1/4" barbed distributors. (After looking at the prices, I think I'm going with a 4 way distributor as opposed to a 4 way regulator). 1/4" swivel nuts, hose, and distributor are all cheaper than 5/16", so I was just wondering if there's a significant reason why 5/16" is the norm for a gas line.
I added the small plastic gaskets to the gas lines after fighting leaks, but Teflon tape should do the job just as well. The leaks come from the threaded ends of the barrel nuts coming loose after moving kegs around, so be sure to watch for that as you start out....there's nothing like checking in the morning and seeing the CO2 is out because of an overnight leak!


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Hand Sanitizers Will Not Save You From the Coming Plague
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a caveat today, reminding consumers that any hand sanitizer or antiseptic product claiming to be effective against antibiotic-resistant infection is telling you a Bald. Faced. Lie.
Consumers are being misled if they think these products you can buy in a drug store or from other places will protect them from a potentially deadly infection...FDA has not approved any products claiming to prevent infection from MRSA, E. coli, Salmonella, or H1N1 flu, which a consumer can just walk into a store and buy.
Warning letters have been issued to the appropriate parties — and names were named! In no particular order, the offending snake oil salesemen are:
- Staphaseptic First Aid Antiseptic/Pain Relieving Gel, by Tec Laboratories
- Safe4Hours Hand Sanitizing Lotion and Safe4Hours First Aid Antiseptic Skin Protectant, by JD Nelson and Associates
- Dr. Tichenor's Antiseptic Gel, by Dr. G.H. Tichenor Antiseptic Co.
- Clean Well All-Natural Hand Sanitizer, Clean Well All-Natural Hand Sanitizing Wipes, and Clean Well All-Natural Antibacterial Foaming Hand Soap, by Oh So Clean Inc., also known as CleanWell Company


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Siwa Oasis Travel Guide
Isolated by hundreds of kilometres of desert, Siwa Oasis remained virtually independent from Egypt until the late nineteenth century, sustaining a unique culture. Yet despite – or because of – its isolation, outsiders have been drawn here since antiquity. The legendary Army of Cambyses was heading this way when it disappeared into a sandstorm; Alexander the Great journeyed here to consult the famous Oracle of Amun; and Arabic tales of Santariyah (as the oasis was known) were common currency into the nineteenth century. In modern times, Siwa has received visits from kings and presidents, anthropologists and generals. Tourism only really began in the mid-1980s but has gathered steam since then.
The oasis offers all you could ask for in the way of desert beauty spots: thick palm groves clustered around freshwater springs and salt lakes; rugged massifs and enormous dunes. Equally impressive are the ruins of Shali and Aghurmi, labyrinthine mud-built towns that once protected the Siwans from desert raiders. Scattered around the oasis are ruined temples that attest to Siwa's fame and prosperity during Greco-Roman times.
Visitors are also fascinated by Siwan culture and how it is reacting to outside influences like TV, schooling and tourism. Nowadays, it is mostly only older women who wear the traditional costume, silver jewellery and complex hair-braids; younger wives and unmarried women dress much the same as their counterparts in the Nile Valley. But the Siwans still observe their own festivals and wedding customs; and among themselves they speak Siwi, a Berber tongue.
Though things are changing, the Siwans remain sure of their identity and are determined to maintain it. Siwans remain deeply conservative in matters of dress and behaviour. The tourist office asks visitors to refrain from public displays of affection, and women to keep their arms and legs covered – especially when bathing in pools. Women should also avoid wandering alone in places with few people around, especially palm groves (which is seen here as an invitation to sex). Local people are generally more reserved than Egyptians, and invitations home less common.
The best time to come is during spring or autumn, when the Siwans hold festivals and the days are pleasantly warm. In winter, windless days can be nice, but nights – and gales – are chilling. From May onwards, rising temperatures keep people indoors between 11am and 7pm, and the nights are sultry and mosquito-ridden. Even when the climate is mild you'll probably feel like taking a midday siesta or a swim.
Brief history
Beyond the fact that it sustained hunter-gatherers in Paleolithic times, little is known about Siwa Oasis before the XXVI Dynasty (664–525 BC), when the reputation of its Oracle spread throughout the Mediterranean world. Siwa's population seems to have been at risk from predatory desert tribes, so their first settlement was a fortified acropolis, about which Classical accounts reveal little beyond its name, Aghurmi, and its position as a major caravan stop between Cyrenaica and Sudan. The Siwans are related to the Berbers of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, and their language is a variant of the Berber tongues, so their society may have originally been matriarchal.
Shali and early Siwan society
According to the Siwan Manuscript (a century-old compilation of oral histories whose sole copy is seldom shown to outsiders), repeated Bedouin and Berber raids had reduced Aghurmi's population to a mere two hundred by the twelfth century AD. Around 1203, seven families left Aghurmi to found a new settlement called Shali, whose menfolk are still honoured as the "forty ancestors". Later, newcomers from Libya settled in the oasis, giving rise to the enduring distinction between the "Westerners" and the original "Easterners", whose historic feud began after they disagreed over the route of a causeway that both had undertaken to build across the salt lake of Birket Siwa. Nonetheless, both coexisted within a single town built of kharsif: a salt-impregnated mud which dries cement-hard, but melts during downpours – fortunately, it rains heavily here only every fifty years or so. Fearful of raiders, Shali's elders forbade families to live outside the walls, so as the population increased Shali could only expand upwards, with passageways regulated to the width of a donkey.
Bachelors aged between 20 and 40 had to sleep in caves outside Shali, guarding the fields – hence their nickname, zaggalah (club-bearers). Noted for their love of palm liquor, song and dance, they shocked outsiders with their open homosexuality. Gay marriages were forbidden by law in 1928, but continued in secret until the late 1940s. Today, Siwans emphatically assert that homosexuality no longer exists in the oasis – whatever may be said on w gayegypt.com – and resent foreign gays inveigling their youth (who may be ostracized or gaoled as a consequence). Local Salafists believe that gays should be thrown to their death from a high place.
Another feature of Shali was the tradition of violent feuds between the Westerners and Easterners, in which all able-bodied males were expected to participate. Originally ritualized, with parallel lines of combatants exchanging blows between sunrise and sunset while their womenfolk threw stones at cowards and shouted encouragement, feuds became far deadlier with the advent of firearms. Despite this, the Siwans immediately closed ranks against outsiders – Bedouin raiders, khedival taxmen or European explorers. The Siwan Manuscript relates how they considered poisoning the springs with mummies in order to thwart the Muslim conquest.
Modern Siwa
Paradoxical as it sounds, Siwa's biggest problem is an excess of water, Smelly, mosquito-infested ponds attest that the water table lies only just below the surface, and the water supply is saline or sandy, so residents have to collect water from springs by donkey. Engineers are installing a water-purification plant at Dakhrour, but it will be some years before it's finished.
The road to Mersa Matrouh (completed in 1984) has spurred exports of dates and olives, along with tourism to the oasis, Some five hundred Siwan women are now stitching traditional embroidery for an Italian company, earning twice the local wage for an agricultural labourer: the unmarried ones have saved so much money that they can be choosy about taking a husband.
Meanwhile, the Siwans' desire for breeze-block houses with proper bathrooms rather than the traditional dusty mud-brick dwellings has alarmed conservationists. Britain's Prince Charles is among the VIPs backing the Friends of Siwa Association, a conservation body set up by Mounir Nematalla. Many locals regard the Friends of Siwa as a scam to embezzle donations, and resent Nematalla for expropriating part of Shali for his own profit.
In 2002, Italian NGOs helped establish the Siwa Protected Area to safeguard some 7,800 square kilometres within and beyond the oasis. The three protected zones harbour mammals (two species of gazelles and four kinds of desert fox), birds (26 species breeding locally, plus seventy migratory) and prehistoric fossils. There are no restrictions on visiting these zones, though a permit is needed for some trips.
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Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Traveler Update on Coronavirus
Airports Authority Sets Dulles Toll Road Rates for 2013, 2014; Defers Decision for 2015
Increased Revenue Helps Fund Construction of Metrorail Silver Line
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors voted Wednesday to increase rates on the Dulles Toll Road, beginning in January 2013, from the current $1.50 to $1.75 at the main toll plaza and from 75 cents to $1.00 on ramps, with an additional increase in January 2014 to $2.50 at the main plaza. The Board deferred a decision on toll rates for 2015, citing the potential for additional funding sources for constructing Phase 2 of the Metrorail Silver Line.
Under the contract governing construction of the Silver Line, the Airports Authority is required to use revenues from the toll road to help fund the project. Funding also is supplied by Fairfax and Loudoun counties, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Airports Authority and the federal government. Airports Authority Board Chairman Michael Curto emphasized that the 2013 and 2014 toll adjustments are primarily necessary to help pay for Phase 1 Silver Line construction costs.
Proposed toll rates that were considered during hearings this fall also called for increases in 2015, but the Board noted the current uncertainties over the amount of revenue that would be needed in 2015 as the Authority pursues additional sources of funding.
Curto said the decision came "after careful consideration of public input received at the three recently held toll rate hearings, the public comments received on-line and the recommendation of the Dulles Corridor Advisory Committee." The Dulles Corridor Advisory Committee, a group that includes officials representing the Commonwealth of Virginia, local governments in Northern Virginia and the Airports Authority, reviewed and recommended the rates adopted by the Board.
"Since the 2015 toll adjustments are largely tied to Phase 2 of the Silver Line construction, and since the cost and funding of that project remains in a dynamic state, the Board decided to forego any 2015 toll increases at this time," Curto said.
"The Airports Authority is in the midst of a very competitive procurement for the contractor for the primary Phase 2 work, and the cost of this work will not be known until the procurement process is complete next spring," he added. "In addition, the Board remains hopeful of Phase 2 funding assistance from the Commonwealth and the federal government."
The Metrorail Project funding partners (Fairfax County, Loudoun County and the Airports Authority) have made joint request to the U.S. Department of Transportation for federal assistance under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, known as "TIFIA," which provides loans for major transportation projects
In deciding not to set 2015 toll rates, the Board noted that the potential for low cost financing afforded by a TIFIA loan, combined with the potential for additional financial assistance from the Commonwealth and possibly other sources, along with the potential for a competitively priced Phase 2 Silver Line construction contract at less than the estimated cost, could significantly reduce the size of toll increases needed in 2015 and future years. If the availability of additional funding, along with the contract cost of Phase 2 construction, becomes known prior to June 30, 2013, the Board indicated it may revisit the need to establish rates for 2015 using the current public record. However, any rates the Board then would set would not exceed the 2015 rates recommended by the Dulles Corridor Advisory Committee ($3.00 at the main plaza and $1.50 on ramps).
"The Board is grateful to the public and the Dulles Corridor Advisory Committee for their invaluable input over the past months in the Airports Authority's toll rate setting process," Curto said. "We also would like to thank the many Airports Authority staff and consultants for their efforts in exploring all options to keep tolls on the Dulles Toll Road as low as possible."
The Silver Line, a 23-mile extension of the existing Metrorail system being constructed by the Airports Authority, will be operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The extension will serve Tysons Corner, Virginia's largest employment center, and the Reston and Herndon areas, the state's second largest employment concentration. It will provide a rail link between Dulles International Airport and downtown Washington.
The project, which will include 11 new stations, is being built in two phases. Phase 1, which is more than 80 percent complete, will run from East Falls Church to Wiehle Avenue on the eastern edge of Reston. Construction is expected to be completed by the late summer of 2013.
Phase 2 will run from Wiehle Avenue to Ashburn in eastern Loudoun County. A construction date has not been set for the extension that will serve Reston Town Center, Herndon, Dulles Airport, Route 606 and Ashburn.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority was established in 1987 by the governments of Virginia and the District of Columbia to manage and operate Washington's Ronald Reagan National and Dulles International airports, which together serve more than 40 million passengers a year. The Airports Authority also operates and maintains the Dulles Airport Access Road and the Dulles Toll Road and manages construction of the Silver Line project, a 23-mile extension of the Washington region's Metrorail system into Loudoun County, Va. No taxpayer money is used to operate the toll road, which is funded by toll revenues, or the airports, which are funded through aircraft landing fees, rents and revenues from concessions. The Silver Line construction is funded by a combination of toll-road revenues, airport contributions and federal, state and local government appropriations. The Airports Authority is led by a 17- member board of directors appointed by the governors of Virginia, Maryland, the Mayor of Washington, D.C., and the president of the United States.


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The Arab Spring has brought dramatic change to the Middle East, some anticipated, some not, in the legal and constitutional structures in half a dozen countries. Egypt today is in the midst of a constitutional drafting and referendum process that offers lessons in both process and substance and that, for good or ill, may prove a precursor for similar developments in other countries. The instructor spent a week in Cairo in December 2012 during the tumultuous period just before the voters' approval of the new Egyptian constitution (replacing the 1971 constitution), interviewing a diverse range of officials, lawyers, academics and others. In addition, new parliamentary elections will take place in February or March, which will provide a contemporaneous context for the course. The course will draw on these developments as well as the Arab Spring experience over the last two years of countries from Morocco to Iran. (Note: depending on the number of students, and their interests, the course may be offered as independent study.)


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The American mechanism inside this watch is not a replica or an "inspired" piece. It was genuinely carried by an individual, 100 years ago, that depended on it. Each time you wear this watch, you will be transported through time, imagining who this individual was and the work they did to help build our country. Simply put, American Artisan Series watches make you feel something when you put them on. At Vortic, we tell customers that owning a watch isn't nearly as important as owning a story. And, this is an opportunity to be a part of a story that is bigger than yourself. You won't be the first to own this watch, and you certainly won't be the last, so make your chapter count.
The American Artisan Series is a line of fully American Made wristwatches powered by restored, U.S. made pocket watch movements. Individuals commonly scrap pocket watch cases for their precious metal, leaving the original mechanism orphaned. This watch contains the original movement (timepiece), dial (face), and hands from a vintage (1880's – 1950's) pocket watch made by Elgin Watch Company. We call this model "The Chicago" because of the company's proximity to the city.
Case Style: This case has been CNC milled from a solid block of aerospace grade titanium. The case is intentionally left unpolished so the intricate tool marks made during the milling process remain visible. Titanium is the ultimate material for strength to weight ratio. Titanium has a darker look than steel, and due to its low thermal conductivity, feels warm to the touch. These characteristics create an enduring, highly wearable, distinctive piece.
Movement: The manually wound, antique, pocket watch movement inside this watch has been meticulously restored to as close to original condition as possible. Vortic has an exclusive group of highly experienced watchmakers that specialize in vintage watches. Before its use in a wristwatch, each movement is completely disassembled, cleaned, oiled, and calibrated. Each finished Vortic watch is tested for at least a week before completion.
This watch's movement is serial number from the Elgin Watch Company. Also known as Elgin National Watch Company, Elgin wasn't only the largest watch manufacturer in the United States, but the largest watch manufacturer in the world for almost 100 years, operating from 1864-1964. The company often used a depiction of father time on advertisements. At one point, the company was making 7,500 watch movements per week and had 2,300 employees. The factory was demolished in 1966 and replaced with a shopping center.
The Chicago 136 is the 136th one-of-a-kind piece in Vortic's "Chicago" line of the American Artisan Series. This watch contains the original movement (timepiece), dial (face), and hands from a vintage (1880's – 1950's) pocket watch. The American Artisan Series is a line of fully American Made wristwatches powered by restored, U.S. made pocket watch movements.
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Target-date funds returned 5.3% for the quarter, slightly better than the S&P 500's 5.2%, according to the latest report issued by Morningstar-owned Ibbotson Associates. Plus, the funds are up "a respectable 12.3% for the 12-month period ending in September, driven by the strong performance of equities in developed countries," Ibbotson analysts say.
Still, estimated flows into target-date mutual funds were only $1.5 billion for the quarter. This is the lowest figure in more than a decade, explain Jeremy Stempien and Cindy Galiano, who wrote the target-date report. "The transition of some retirement plans from mutual funds to a collective investment trust (CIT) structure may have contributed to the muted flows," they note.
In the past 10 years, quarterly inflows into target-date funds have averaged $10 billion. This figure was about $13 billion per quarter over the past three years, the research group says.
As of Sept. 30, assets in target-maturity funds were about $577 billion, a 24% increase from a year ago.
As for their Q3 performance, target-date funds outperformed both U.S. large-cap stocks and bonds, which rose 5.2% and 0.6%, respectively, Ibbotson says. In the prior quarter, target-date funds didn't keep up with S&P 500 and declined 0.6% on average.
"Non-U.S. developed equities and small-cap equities helped push target maturity fund performance higher, while funds with greater REIT exposure tended to underperform this past quarter," the authors explain. Funds that had exposure to commodities, TIPS, emerging markets and REITs lost ground amid the poor performance of those asset classes.
Of the 420 target-date funds tracked by Chicago-based Ibbotson, 187, or 45%, outperformed their respective Morningstar index. As for target-risk funds, they ticked up 4.7% on average during the third quarter and 11.1% over the past 12 months.
This group had healthy fund flows of nearly $4 billion, with moderate-risk funds picking up the majority of the flows, Ibbotson says. As of the end of Q3, total assets in target-risk funds topped $675 billion, a 14% jump from a year ago.
Target-date assets continue to be dominated by Fidelity, Vanguard and T. Rowe Price, which have nearly 75% of the market. Groups with 2-4% of assets include American Funds, JPMorgan, TIAA-CREF, Principal, Wells Fargo and John Hancock.
Some 50% of assets are in 2016-2030 funds. But funds dated 2051 and beyond are seeing the highest growth increases, Ibbotson reports, as more 20-year-olds enter the work force.