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Nothing quite like an Incubus drum circle… mmm…
Yikes, I was just blogging about drumming, and suddenly this came down from heaven.
Incubus - Promises Promises
Here it is, my thousandth post - just shy of a year and two weeks after I started this blog. To celebrate, I'm looking back to that very first day, when I'd posted this video with a one-word comment: "Sexy." I want to say it wasn't the first time I'd heard something by Incubus, but it was definitely the first time I'd ever laid eyes on Brandon Boyd, and it's been nothing but constant misery ever since! ♥
Believe it or not, seeing Incubus wasn't the only thing I did in Las Vegas last weekend. There's a Monet exhibit at the Bellagio, and although impressionism isn't exactly my favorite cup of tea, art is a lot like Incubus - easier to appreciate when you see it in person.
Now help me out here Incufans, because you're the only ones who understand me. Do I have a one track mind? Is it because I have Brandon Boyd on the brain, or is this painting just a teensy bit erotic?
In answer to the following question: He just can't help it.
brandon boyd, why must you be so sexy?
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Date of News Release: 07/11/2013
(Hickory, Ky.) -- The Kentucky State Police is continuing its investigation into the shooting of Keith E. Dildine 56, of Fulton, KY. Dildine was shot, after he displayed a weapon towards local police officers and refused to comply with verbal commands. Dildine fired his weapon at the local police officers. No law enforcement officers were injured in the incident.
Senior Trooper Mark D. Franklin, a 13 year veteran with the Kentucky State Police, fired an agency issued weapon at Dildine. Senior Trooper Franklin has been assigned to the Mayfield Post for approximately three years. He is currently assigned to Fulton and Hickman Counties. Before coming to Mayfield post, Senior Trooper Franklin was assigned to the Madisonville Post for approximately 10 years. Senior Trooper Franklin served for seven years in the United States Army, before joining the Kentucky State Police. Senior Trooper Franklin remains on paid administrative leave, pursuant to KSP policy.
Local police officers involved in the shooting are Patrolman First Class Doug Love, with the Fulton City Police Department, and Patrolman Jason Pearcey of the South Fulton Police Department. Both officers fired their duty weapon during the incident. Patrolman First Class Love has eight years experience in law enforcement, and has served the last four years with Fulton Police Department. Patrolman Pearcey has been a police officer with the South Fulton Police Department for approximately four and a half years.
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(Fulton, KY.) -- The name of the subject that shot at police officers in Fulton is Keith E. Dildine 56, of Fulton, Ky. Dildine was flown to The Med Hospital in Memphis, TN where he remains in critical condition.
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(Fulton, KY.) -- On Sunday July 7, 2013 at approximately 11:20 PM, Kentucky State Police received a 911 call of "shots fired" in an apartment at the Royal Ridge Apartment Complex in Fulton County. The Kentucky State Police Dispatch center transferred the 911 call to Fulton County dispatch and notified a Trooper of the call.
A KSP Trooper arrived on scene at 11:42 PM to back up a Fulton City and South Fulton City Police Officers. A subject was barricaded inside his apartment and was refusing verbal commands to come outside. After a brief stand off, the subject exited his apartment and fired shots at the Officers. Officers and a KSP Trooper returned fire striking the subject. The subject went back inside his residence before exiting again without further incident. Subject was transported by ambulance to Parkway Regional Hospital, where he was later air lifted to a Memphis hospital for his injuries.
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- Publisher: Namco Bandai Games America
- Release Date: Jun 5, 2012
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Aug 15, 2012The campaign is a solid adventure that is best enjoyed with another person (rather than the AI!) and the game offers a certain level of "surprise" with some of its unique gameplay elements. It's just a shame that some of these unique elements are not incorporated better or injected more frequently in the campaign. While I wouldn't pay full price for the game, it's definitely worth checking out once the price goes down.
Jul 26, 2012Inversion might not be innovating in its field with the Gravlink mechanic, but get past the start of the game and you'll open up to a rather enjoyable and good enough shooter that fans of the genre should give a chance before writing it off as a poor man's Gears of War.
Jun 11, 2012Inversion had a neat idea, but the execution is lackluster at best. For genre connoisseurs, it's worth a look, but most can safely pass this one up.
Jul 11, 2012Overall, Inversion is a game that feels instantly familiar, and not in a good way. The game lifts heavily from more illustrious sources, while its own unique selling point, gravity powers, never feels fully exploited. But equally, the game is a solid and reasonably well-produced shooter that is fun to play, particularly with other people. As long as you don't expect a revolution, you will have a good time battling this particular alien invasion.
Jun 12, 2012Inversion won't win any awards for innovation, but once you push past the rubble and get into the meat of the experience, it's built on a surprisingly strong foundation that gets more right than wrong-more than I can say for several of this year's more polished action titles.
Jun 5, 2012By the time the final encounter came around, I wasn't looking forward to a satisfying conclusion. I was just ready for the game to conclude.
Jun 27, 2012Inversion is not a good game. It's an unpolished game with a single good idea, the Gravilink, and that's really not enough to carry the entire experience. The multiplayer alone makes Inversion worth a rental, but I suggest skipping the intensely boring campaign.
Oct 27, 2012Inversion is the epitome of uninspired game design, as even it's core elements never manage to be anything but mediocre. On top of that it does nothing to set itself apart from every other third person shooter on the market, and even the slightly entertaining gravity-powers doesn't do it much good.
Jun 19, 2012Inversion isn't terrible - its main obstacle is how many other games on the market handle this stuff much, much better.
Jun 11, 2012Overall I don't think it's a game that's really worth your time, unless you've literally nothing better to play within this particular genre. Worth a rental, maybe, but certainly not a purchase.
Jul 10, 2012Despite being a solid action game and having a good concept Inversion unfortunately fails to impress in nearly all aspects of gameplay and story.
Jun 5, 2012It's not a terrible game, but it's in those moments in which you glimpse it's unrealised potential that really brings it down.
Jul 3, 2012With the Gravlink - an alien, but poorly designed technology that Russ carries around on his back - you can pick up objects and throw them or lift enemies out of cover. Unfortunately the controls are so imprecise it takes ages before you get the right object to levitate. [July 2012, p.86]
Jul 10, 2012Inversion flirts with the idea of having ideas, but then gives up all pretence of inventiveness and settles for being a bland and forgettable third-person shooter. [Issue#220, p.80]
Jun 19, 2012Unfortunately, everything that could be used to make Inversion a unique and standout game - if not a sleeper hit - has such a small presence in the game that it just feels like a squad shooter with decent mechanics and some different ideas.
Jul 16, 2012Welcome to brown town, ladies and gents. Escape is impossible. [August 2012]
Jun 6, 2012Despite its presentational flaws – the script is married to some deeply underwhelming visuals – and lack of true inspiration, solid implementation of both the basic mechanics and the wannabe game-changer mean it floats our boat, even if we're not flipping out.
Jul 5, 2012In the end, you will likely finish the game in about 7-9 hours, but still feel like you didn't play it. It is that forgettable.
Jun 29, 2012On so many levels, Inversion is like a cheesy action movie. Yet just as there's some joy in losing ourselves to the Under Siege movies, Inversion has undeniable charm once we switch our brain to "simple." [Aug 2012, p.82]
Jul 2, 2012It's a decent enough shooter, but the lack of ideas and fiddly controls - especially through zero-gravity sections - make this a dead cert for the bargain bin. [Aug 2012, p.102]
Jul 30, 2012Inversion has a great premisse, an interesting story and an overall solid control scheme. This, however, isn't enough to save the game from mediocrity. Its biggest crime isn't the short campaign or the graphical flaws, but the fact that fooling around with gravity - supposedly the game's big hook - isn't at all necessary.
Jun 20, 2012Inversion isn't bad, but it isn't good, either. It's a generic, dull third-person shooter that is competent enough. Aside from some issues with aiming the Gravlink, everything works about as well as it should, but that's the kindest thing one can say about the title. Forgettable enemies, bland locations, boring gunplay and a clichéd story combine into a product that has little entertainment value.
Jul 26, 2012Inversion is a decent shooter with some fun gravity-gameplay. Unfortunately it is never memorable and offers no innovation or surprise, offering a mediocre overall experience.
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Jun 9, 2012Pretty cool game , Inversion is bringing shooter+gravity game style . its fun and it has brought something new to a shooter game.
Here's the game's strength , gravity control is awesome , and the shooting actually feels solid , multiplayer is lots of fun and modes are unique .the weapons are fun too.
The story isn't perfect ,but it is still fun to play, the character design is ok not the best and not the worst it would just have been a better game if they included co-op in story mode. So over all the game is fun and cool but the story isn't that good and there's no co-op.
an 8 for me.… Full Review »
Jul 10, 2012This is a cool game. Its major problem is the fact that many other games have done this before - and better. I could list dozens of games here; Gears of War being the most obvious, of course, but there's also Uncharted and the recent Binary Domain. It's the standard (and average) 3rd person shooter. From the reviews (both critics' and users') we have the (false) impression that Inversion is a bad game. It's not, trust me. It is a functional, fun, engaging game that will keep you hooked, specially with the whole gravity gimmick it involves. It's a shame that it's not as inspired as it could be - due to obvious lack of budget and production values. But unlike many other mediocre titles out there, this one really deserves a look. I had a lot of fun with it and, last time I checked, this is what games are all about.… Full Review »
Aug 13, 2014This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. I'm punishing this game for lack of refinement. I quit playing after chapter 5 (of13) because I just have no patience for games which are not adequately play tested. Just off the top of my head armored vehicles were killing me through walls, my AI buddies always got in the way and trapped me on crates constantly. Cover- its like a magnet just running by crates would get you teleported into cover...way too sensitive. Certain portions of the game were very cheap, the first time encountering snipers you are given the treat of finding out the zoom in this game sucks you literally have about 1 second to zoom to each target and hope you find the target by luck because its not really skill. Why do developers give you no place to snipe from when they introduce the sniper gun its comical. What else did I come across...well a lot of cinema there actually was not a lot of enemies. Oh now I'm reminded the enemies you do encounter can be while the game is trying to tell you something so you have to shoot through the message while you play. And another annoying AI thing, just as you are about to line up a head shot guess what, your AI partner thinks its time to send the enemy into the air with the gravlink. So much for plan A. Anyway, the action of the game wasn't brutal however I just gave up because this game is not clean and that just annoys me something fierce. I suppose if I had no choice I'd play it out but considering the motto "so many games, so little time" this one gets the jolly heave-ho… Full Review »


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Two friends enjoying a late-night stroll on the sands of South Beach were run over by an ATV, the impact breaking the man's leg and sending the woman to the hospital for months.
The driver and his passenger: An on-duty Miami Beach cop and a woman he'd just met at a bar.
The fun-loving cop's supervisors couldn't be counted on to notice he was AWOL — two of them had gone home early that night and a third came in late. The bosses also didn't catch that another on-duty officer who had been with the ATV driver at the bar had been out of his assigned patrol zone for hours.
The July 2011 incident showed just how badly things can go wrong when cops aren't where they're supposed to be and led to a sweeping effort by Miami Beach police to ensure that all on-the-clock officers are in the city and on the job.
"As tragic as July 3 was, it was a unique opportunity for us to make the changes we needed to make ... and we've done that," said Raymond Martinez, a long-time police officer who became chief in November 2011.
Internal investigations that followed the crash focused on the supervisors of the 11 p.m. to 9 a.m. shift, two of whom were demoted for regularly leaving early and coming in late. The Sun Sentinel found that practice extended through the ranks as well — a result of what the chief blamed on a decades-old "time-owed" system that was intended to cut back on overtime costs but got out of control.
In its review of SunPass records in the months before the ATV crash, the newspaper found 12 Miami Beach officers clocked at tollbooths on their way home before their shifts ended.
One officer left 30 minutes to more than three hours early 32 times over an eight-month period. A sergeant left at least a half-hour early on one of every four days he worked.
On handwritten daily logs of their activities, some officers reported they were working when toll records showed they had left Miami Beach, the Sun Sentinel found. The June 24, 2011, log for one officer who lived in Coral Springs, for instance, said he was transporting prisoners until 9 a.m. — but SunPass registered him passing through a tollbooth in northern Broward County at 8:32 a.m.
"Obviously, it's ugly before July 3," Martinez said.
The time-owed system began with good intentions, the chief said. Officers who put in extra time or did exceptional work were allowed to go home early on another day. Some started banking their time, Deputy Chief Mark Overton said.
"It becomes where now the officers feel, 'Hey Sarge, I stayed over an hour yesterday. You know I'm going to take it sometime this week,' and he doesn't tell us when he takes it. He just decides, 'I'm going home,'" Overton said. "You start getting abuses."
The consequences became clear over the July Fourth weekend last year.
Bride-to-be Adalee Martin of Harrisburg, Pa., and four friends had traveled to South Beach for her bachelorette party. The group wound up at The Clevelander hotel bar, where just after last call at 5 a.m., two uniformed cops showed up, Officers Derick Kuilan and Rolando Gutierrez.
"I made a joke — Oh my gosh, are these strippers?" one of the friends, Camille Campbell, recalled to police the next day.
The cops danced and posed for a photo with the women, and Kuilan offered to take Martin for a spin on his police ATV.
"He asked me if I wanted to go for a ride on the beach since it was my bachelorette night, that people pay lots of money to go for rides on the beach, and I was like, 'Sure,' and said I'd be right back," Martin recalled to police.
In the pre-dawn darkness, Kuilan steered the ATV down the beach, only occasionally turning on its headlights, Martin said in her statement. And then, she said, there was a collision.
"It just felt like we hit something, and I flew off of the ATV," Martin said.
On the sand, a woman, Kitzie Nicanor, lay motionless with injuries to her brain, liver, spleen and heart. Her friend, Luis Almonte, would require surgery and a steel rod to repair his broken leg.


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The American market is not exactly sizzling with demand as evidenced by muted holiday spending. Retail sales turned in their weakest ever growth during the holiday season since 2008, as consumer confidence remained dented due to the looming fiscal cliff and Hurricane Sandy. Despite such headwinds, Nike (NYSE: NKE) managed to perform very well and presented investors a stellar second quarter. Its results pleased the Street and sent its stock price soaring. But can Nike continue to run against the odds? Let's check.
A Stellar Performance…
Even though the footwear industry has been fighting problems of increased labor costs and unfavorable currency movements, Nike managed to register revenue growth of 7% and clocked $6 billion in the quarter. This was due to its efforts of increasing product prices and operational efficiency, which led to a better than expected bottom line. However, margins decreased slightly because of an increase in labor costs.
The key driver for Nike's performance was solid demand in the North American market, which accounts for 50% of its revenue. The region has been doing well for quite some time now with great revenue growth each quarter. However, both Europe and China have been a drag. Both regions are witnessing lower volumes as customers are not willing to spend.
Moreover, this is not the first time that the company is facing such as problem. Even its first quarter results were weighed down by low revenue from both Europe and China along with a decline in future orders. This metric is a key performance indicator in the footwear industry.
Europe has been an area of concern for not only Nike, but also its peer Deckers (NASDAQ: DECK). Deckers' last quarter's top line suffered mainly because of lackluster demand in the European market, leading to revenue decline of 9%. The primary reason for both has been price hikes, as a result of increased costs, which are not readily accepted by buyers. This led Deckers to not only lower its outlook, but also lower its prices in order to lure customers.
Although Nike's future orders in China have declined, the overall metric grew 6% mainly because of the American market. A reason behind growing American demand for Nike's offerings is its drive for introducing innovative products.
Its new products such as Nike+ and other kinds of sports shoes with new techniques have been doing really well. In fact, Nike has been the most active player in terms of innovating new products. Even peer Wolverine World Wide (NYSE: WWW) has adopted a similar path and has started focusing largely on innovation. It recently announced its plans to introduce M-Connect next year which has already added to consumer excitement. Additionally, it has been focusing on enhancing its products through providing more color variants, especially in the women's segment. These efforts seem to strengthen Wolverine's position in future.
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Nike has also been planning effective strategies to make competition tougher. It has already divested its Umbro brand and expects to sell Cole Haan soon so that it can focus on its core brands even better.
The footwear player is also eyeing expansion in a big way. Its expansion in Oregon is all set and should be online in a few months. This further expands Nike's addressable market.
Moreover, it plans to expand its global operations through direct-to-consumer operations which will give exposure to greater markets at lower costs. All these moves, along with its innovation, should enable Nike to perform better going forward.
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If you would have invested money in Nike three months back, you would have been sitting on a 10.7% return. Nike has been an exemplary performer with some new moves each quarter. This has made Nike a desirable company. Its strategic initiatives for tackling economic problems and continuous strive for innovation makes it a company worth noting. Moreover, input costs have also come down to moderate levels, making the footwear company's prospects even better. Investors should definitely take a look at this stock.
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Peaking and the tapering and stress associated with it is something that people either love or dread. I find that when a triathlete comes to triathlon from an endurance sports background the concept of peaking, reduced volume and resting seems to come easier. Many love to taper. But when an athlete comes from more of a general fitness background they seem to have a much tougher time accepting that they can sit home a little more instead of training. Peaking is a combination of physical readiness and psychological readiness. The athletes that do well manage to learn how to get ready in both areas. Physical readiness has been written about and in general a decrease in volume of as much as 60% down to the last two weeks is generally prescribed. The number of sessions and intensity is generally maintained as a reduction on these has proven to not have a significant effect on race performance. Psychological readiness however is something that is often ignored or we just assume that it does not matter too much and the body will take care of things. However, your mind can control your body in many ways and can prevent you from allowing your fitness to come out. In other words your mind can get in your way. Let me give you some tips on the areas and perhaps you can implement these for yur next race. Concentration - athletes need to concentrate on the task at hand and not let outside irrelevant things get in the way of their performance. The most effective way to deal with this is by developing routines in training that one will perform on race day. Some examples of these are transitions, swim starts, taking nutrition, breathing patterns or how to ride a hill. In racing you can do open water swims and swim close to people. Practice routines in training and later visualize all of these tasks on the days leading to the race. By concentrating on the tasks that are already familiar the athlete should feel comfortable and stay focused. Anxiety - Almost everyone has some pre-race anxiety. This is normal. Last month's blog was exactly about this. Check that post out as well. Most race anxiety is related to performance expectations. One tip that I learned to use was to picture my emotional state after the race all relaxed and free of any anxiety. The result was already accepted one way or another. I tried to accept the outcome even before I started. This freed me to go out, execute it and carry out all the little things. Goal setting - As competitive athletes we all have goals. Some athletes can have aggressive maybe unrealistic goals and some can have goals that are very easily attainable. Either way you want to have a set of goals. Start with the super aggressive goal and then have some less aggressive goals that you can still get some satisfaction from. By thinking of all the different levels of achievement you are now less stressed about not achieving your top goal. Goal setting is always really important as that creates motivation. Motivation - Motivation is something that comes from within. As a race approaches it is important to keep that motivation going by remembering your goal, your sacrifices and understand that there are many things to be done before the start of the race and during the race. There will be challenges and you cannot give up. Triathlon training is a long road and it ends at the finish line, not before or after. Just last week one of our athletes won the race in the last 200 yards. She needed to want it more than the other athlete and she did.
Confidence - Many successful athletes have great confidence and you know it. They have developed an ability to know that if they do the training nothing is going to get in the way. They will just do the best they can and it will all work itself out. On the other hand there are athletes that for one reason or another are not confident and say many negative things about themselves and get caught in a spiral of bad performances and stay in it. Athletes that lack confidence need to try to stay positive and use all that they did in training to give them confidence. If you know there is something that has not gone well in the past you need to recreate it in training and try to gain some confidence in that area. Negative talk does not get anyone anywhere. If you cannot be positive then try to not think about the negative things and think of the positive ones. The glass can be half empty or half full.
Some of the items above are interrelated and some feed others. Take a good luck at your personal situation and try to experiment with them in training and as you approach your next race. As I have mentioned in prior writings I have two young kids who are athletes and I can already observe many of these traits and I already discuss these with them to help their mental preparedness for some of their big events. I wish you the best of luck in your next big event.


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Oh okay then. Guys don't show an interest in me oh well who cares anyway :/
oh instead of saying "there" i said "that" in the previous comment
You can be so mean some time, do you know that!!!! Oh no I can't stop drooling hahhaa you drool every time you see a raven hair girl with dark eyes and all that! His name is jason, it's not that funny. I knew you will say something about that haha
Oh Heather and Linda will be that, that's great! yeah Brian must be really excited about it hahaha
yep had a good sleep, feeling much better now :) yes 4pm
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aw that sounds romantic and sweet. i haven't found anyone yet and they aren't interested in me :(
Oh really? *looks at you*
Yep was trying not to drool hahaha
like he doesn't shower? ew! and even though there are lots of girls after him, wow you must be so jealous of him hahhahaha
No I won't forget, and even if i do i'm sure you'll be reminding me of it hahaha
well I'll like some of you with your sisters and many of you alone :D
it does? she is not like me. yes i know haha I love you too
Yes she was hurt, I feel so bad you know. No she doesn't have a sis, I know you hate him, ok you don't hate but you don't like him right?
hahhaha yes your dad has 8 girls, poor him
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It is a little bit silly, and i don't think that they are thinking like that haha. but it's cute that you were thinking about it and trying to understand :) I love you
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In Deep
Indie game makers ranted today. Their rants were on subjects like "Why you should make a demo," "What is indie?" and "The IGF is flawed [for accepting PixelJunk Eden because it's clearly not a bedroom work]." The latter was an impromptu rant given by an eyepatch-wearing Phil Fish (of Polytron, who's making the really excellent-looking 2/3D platformer Fez) that turned into an existential rant about what it means to be indie.
Fish's sentiment was this: I like being indie. But when I pause to consider the word indie, I no longer know what it means.
As an artist I think I can extrapolate on Fish's dilemma: I like the process of finding an idea. I like the risk and adventure that comes with following it. I like the commitment of pushing it into the outside world. Chances are, I like feeling like an underdog, because that makes the reward so much greater when my idea works. Not just for me, but for everyone.
"What's $100 [the cost of entering the Independent Games Fetival] to Q-Games?" Fish said. "It's like a fart, it's nothing."
Indie's a buzzword now, and it's not just because big companies like Sony are creating the buzz with (to use Gus Mastrapa's phrase) "fake indie" games. There's a buzz about indie because, for all its identity crises, the scene has clearly become aware of itself as a phenomenon. Unfortunately it's that indie (to misuse a scientific phrase) "phenome" that makes the scene want to examine and deconstruct itself in search of its defining qualities.
This happens a lot in small music scenes. There's a period in which the scene's creative fertility is at its max. The scene's creators interact and feed off of the energy and ideas of the collective. Then, seemingly overnight, there's a transition into self-awareness. This tends to dovetail with corporate awareness. There's then an attempt to define "rules" that preserve the scene's original spirit. (Take punk or hip-hop as broad examples.) There's an extended, never-ending debate about what's "real" and what's "not real" in the scene anymore. There's maybe a bifurcation, or a larger split, in which dissenting camps can keep on doing their thing while minimizing their interaction with each other. The "scene" moves forward as a sort of umbrella floating over its collection of sub-scenes and micro-scenes.
I don't know that all this fully applies to games. But I think two contradictory things about indie developers having existential crises:
1. Overthinking the future and romanticizing the past aren't great for creativity.
2. It's a very good sign that there's an indie spirit that wants to be preserved.
There's a thread in indie games, from You Have to Burn the Rope to Where, that acknowledges the medium's history while looking ahead, looking deep into murkier waters. That's what a true artform does, much more than it creates auteurs with personal visions. And where nods to classic games intersect with new gameplay experiments, that's where you can find a sort of gaming spirit that is finding its outlet. As developers argue over the value of what they do and how they do it, you can see their arguments hovering around this energy. As the divisions begin to lay out their boundaries in this scene, you can see the whole thing growing fitfully, but growing nonetheless.


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Pitt Law alumni Ken Komoroski and Emily Beach Thomas are part of a highly-regarded six lawyer team that has joined the energy and environmental practices of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. This global firm has opened an office in Western Pennsylvania, the center of activity for Marcellus Shale natural gas production.
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Holiday dessert: cranberry cake
I was so thrilled to share this recipe with you! I think this is one of the best things I have ever baked (yes, ever!) and I can't wait for an opportunity to make it again.
I found this recipe on the Kitchn website (yes, that is spelled correctly, I promise - visit the site!), which is affiliated with Apartment Therapy. I was searching for a dessert to make for when my in-laws were visiting over the holidays, and this recipe seemed perfect. It is festive (cranberries are very Christmas-y, don't you think?) and simple (my in-laws don't like fancy stuff). It was also incredibly easy to make. Lastly, the best part was that I could make it ahead and freeze it - yes, the recipe even told me how to do this and that this cake freezes well. I can assure you that it does!
I made this cake exactly as indicated in the recipe, except that, after thawing it out as per the instructions, I added a simple glaze (a mixture of icing sugar, milk and a little bit of vanilla extract). This cake was absolutely delicious! My in-laws loved it, and so did I. The cake is Incredibly moist and tender, with pops of sourness from the cranberries to break up the sweetness of the cake and the topping. The whole pecans on top add fantastic texture and complement the flavour of the cake perfectly. Make this cake!
I will make two notes - the cake does not have any sort of baking powder or baking soda in the recipe. At first, I thought this was a mistake; however, after reading the reviews on the Kitchn's website, it is not a mistake at all. So do not worry! As well, this is a dense cake - it will not rise very much (if at all) once baked. Don't fret: it is supposed to be like that, and I assure you, it will be delicious!
I served the cake from my brand new cake stand, which I found at Ikea for only $9.99. I can't find it on the Canadian Ikea website, but you can see it here on the Ikea UK site (it also comes with a beautiful dome lid - gorgeous!).
Sunday supper: slow cooker cranberry-orange pork roast
We have been having a gorgeous fall season in Ottawa so far; most days have been sunny, warm and even summer-like. So I haven't yet been craving those hearty fall dishes like chili and soup and everything else that just screams fall cuisine.
I was, however, in the mood for some sort of roast, so when I came across this recipe for a slow cooker roast in the latest issue of Kraft's What's Cooking magazine, I decided to make it. Click here to link to the original recipe.
I made the roast exactly as described in the original recipe except for one small change. The original recipe uses 1/2 cup of Kraft Calorie-Wise Catalina dressing, but, since I did not have any on hand, the husband created a half cup mixture of dijon mustard, white wine vinegar, garlic and olive oil as a substitute. He put in quite a bit of garlic, so our roast was obviously quite garlicky, but we liked it that way as we love garlic!
The result was a moist, delicious roast that was very easy to prepare and cook. We served our roast with steamed broccoli and I also made some roasted acorn squash for myself.
Partaking in Thanksgiving lunch in my cafeteria at work is seemingly becoming an annual tradition! Judge if you will, but this traditional lunch, complete with roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, mashed turnip, cranberry sauce and turkey gravy is delicious! I look forward to it every year since it is not in my family's tradition to have turkey for big holiday meals. I'm already looking forward to next year!
Airport Fare: Heirloom Bakery Cafe at Toronto's Pearson International Airport
While waiting to depart for our honeymoon, the husband and I decided to have lunch at the airport terminal. There were so many options, we actually had trouble deciding on what to eat! However, we were incredibly intrigued by Heirloom Bakery Cafe - the sandwiches looked fantastic (and we LOVE sandwiches), and who wouldn't be intrigued by tables with iPads fastened to the tops? That's right, each table had an iPad for the same number of chairs at that table, so, if it was a four seater table, there were four iPads. Interestingly, you also viewed the menu, ordered your meal, and paid for your meal, all using the iPad!
We decided to split two sandwiches. I ordered the ham, brie and apple panini on cranberry focaccia bread, and it was amazing! I love the combination of flavours that made up the sandwich: the sweetness from the cranberry focaccia, the creaminess of the brie, and the tartness of the apple. The husband ordered the three cheese grilled cheese sandwich, with goat's cheese and two other cheese that I unfortunately can't remember. But what I do remember from the bite that I had was that it was delicious and the husband loved it, deeming it one of the best grilled cheeses he'd ever had! It was a wonderfully unexpected first meal of our honeymoon,
Weekday breakfast: (my) Bircher museli
I had eaten so-called Bircher muesli a few times at restaurants before I even knew what it was; I just remember thinking it was some form of cold oatmeal that was totally delicious. It wasn't until I came across this blog post on Peanut Butter and Peppers that I finally figured it out.
I was thrilled to read that making this concoction is incredibly simple and that it uses ingredients that I always have on hand like rolled oats, greek yogurt and an abundance of fresh fruit. Here is my version, adapted from the recipe on Peanut Butter and Peppers.
My Bircher Muesli - serves 2 (small servings)
- 1/2 cup organic quick oats (I used quick cooking and it worked fine, but most recipes say to use regular rolled oats and not quick-cooking oats)
- 1/4 cup shredded apple, cored and unpeeled (use your favourite - I used a Gala)
- 1/3 cup fat-free plain greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup 1% milk
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- a small handful of dried cranberries
- a big dash of cinnamon
- dash of vanilla extract
Mix all ingredients together in a sealable container (I prefer glass). Refrigerate overnight for best results! Top with fresh fruit (I used strawberries), nuts, seeds and more yogurt. Perhaps even some honey or maple syrup if you like yours sweet!
Happy New Year's Eve!!!
These two beauties come care of my sister; she made them for her Christmas party with her boyfriend's family. Sadly, I didn't get to taste any of either the apple pie or chocolate cranberry tart, but I heard they were both fantastic!
Baby Shower Eats
I had the pleasure and honour of helping to host a baby shower for my bff this past weekend, and, knowing the food lover that she is, we wanted to make sure that there were lots of delicious eats at her fingertips!
We aimed for a mini-food theme, and I think we did pretty well! I made three different things: mini curried chicken salad sandwiches, baby bocconcini bites, and bite-sized pieces of a bacon, shallot and roasted red pepper tart (more on the tart in a future post!).
The chicken salad sandwiches were my favourite of the three dishes that I made; they were so flavourful and looked adorable for serving. The recipe called for chopped apple and dried cranberries, which added a lot of colour and texture. I got the recipe from a friend who served them at the bridal shower I attended earlier this summer and the sandwiches were very easy to make. The mom-to-be loved them as did many of the other party guests-I got so many compliments! I will definitely make them again for myself but I would swap out the mayonnaise for non-fat greek yogurt.
What's your favourite recipe for a baby shower lunch spread? Or your favourite chicken salad recipe?
Ellie's Honey Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies
I went on a bit of a baking kick recently, which included a recipe for these cookies by Food Network Star Ellie Krieger.
Whenever I come across one of Ellie's recipes in my Food Network Magazine, I flag it to come back to when I get a chance. I loved her show, Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger, and her approach to healthy cooking and eating.
I have to admit, when I first looked at the recipe for these cookies, I was a bit surprised by a few of the ingredients, such as non-fat dry milk, whole wheat pastry flour, honey and unsalted almond butter. But I decided, what the heck, and made a trip to Bulk Barn to get the dry milk and pastry flour. I made three substitutions to this recipe, which was to swap dried cranberries for the raisins, peanut butter for the almond butter and olive oil for the canola oil.
As you can see from the photos, the cookies come out of the oven delightfully tall and puffy, and the flavour was fantastic. They're so chewy, with a hint of peanut butter and the sour zing of the dried cranberries every few bites. I will definitely make these again; next time I'd like to try them with the unsalted/unsweetened almond butter as a comparison.
I threw together this dinner for myself one night recently when I needed something quick, and I couldn't have done it without Farm Boy. They have such a great selection of in-house products, especially their Chef Prepared section filled with delicious freshly made take home items. One of my favourite items from their Chef Prepared section is this pearl barley and apricot salad with toasted almonds and a lemon vinaigrette. There is something about the texture of the salad that I find so addictive, and it has such a light, fresh flavour.
Two of my other favourite Farm Boy products are this cranberry pumpkin seed bread (and in this case in the form of a demi-baguette) and this in-house roasted turkey breast (from the deli). The cranberry pumpkin seed bread is so versatile - you can use it for sweet or savoury pursuits and it is incredibly tasty! Let me be clear that Farm Boy does not give me anything to say these things; I am simply in love with their amazing products.
Country Harvest Cranberry Muesli Bread
The boyfriend bought this bread on one of our recent grocery shopping trips. It was the first time he'd seen it in the store (and from the packaging, it appears to be a new product) so he decided to give it a try. As prepackaged bread goes, it's actually quite nice and flavourful. Studded with little bits of dried cranberry and flax seeds, and with a hint of cinnamon, it has excellent texture and taste. It's great when a new product comes along that is a little bit different and that is actually good! I think this bread would make for tasty French toast or a sweet grilled sandwich of some kind.
Yogurt Cake
I hate to admit this, but I came late to the Google Reader party. So, so lame of me! I can't believe I used to follow all the wonderful food blogs that I follow by clicking on them one by one by one…so crazy. But, the good news is that with Google Reader, I can endlessly scroll and scroll and scroll……
And all that scrolling almost always leads to the discovery of a few great recipes that I can't wait to try, and this yogurt cake was one of them. I came across it on the Mary Mary Culinary blog, which she had linked from Epicurious (click on the photo for a link to the recipe).
This loaf cake is delicious! It is moist, and the flavour is fantastic - the lemon zest really stands out. I made a few modifications: I used 0% greek yogurt in place of regular yogurt; I added a large handful of fresh cranberries; I used olive oil instead of vegetable oil; and I reduced the amount of sugar to 3/4 cup.
I will be making this light and delicious loaf cake again very soon, and I hope to try a number of different additions - can you say fresh raspberries?? Yum! Happy Baking!
Cranberry Apple Crumble Squares
I thought this would be a nice alternative to the classic crisp, and, as usual, Food and Drink can do no wrong!
These bars turned out delicious, and in my opinion, can be enjoyed either warm or at room temperature. A few hints: I had to let mine refrigerate before I could slice it into squares. As well, it was a tad sweet for me, so I'd ease off on the sugar a little bit next time. But I'll definitely be making these again!
Click on the photo for a link to the recipe.
Happy Thanksgiving! (to my Canadian friends, that is! haha)
The boyfriend and I didn't get to have a traditional thanksgiving meal this weekend, but we did make up for it by making this creation: thanksgiving in a grilled cheese! I have to give the boyfriend all the credit: this was 100% his idea!
We took a ciabatta bun, layered it with a slice of swiss, deli meat turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and another slice of swiss, then pan-fried it like a grilled cheese sandwich. It was delicious! The boyfriend made his signature garlic and chive mashed potatoes for the side and we finished off the rest of the stuffing (I'll admit, it was Stove Top).
As well, I'll be posting A LOT of pumpkin-related posts in the next few days as I've been doing a lot of pumpkin-based baking and cooking!
Ok friends and fellow foodie tumblrers! This is a moment for which I've been waiting a very LONG time!
I finally tried a French macaron! I've seen so many of your postings about these amazingly beautiful little desserts, yet I've never had the opportunity to try them until this past weekend. The boyfriend and I decided to check out our local farmer's market on Saturday, and to my disbelief, there was a little stand selling these beautiful, airy and delicious treats!
There were so many flavours to choose from, but we settled on the Madagascar vanilla (the Robin's egg blue one) and cranberry orange. Oh my gosh. The texture was incredible, and the filling so delicate and creamy.
The company making these and other foodgasmic-looking desserts is called Pretty-Fours, and they seem to be hitting the farmer's market circuit. I will definitely be going back to try more!
I'm so happy I finally joined the club! haha
It was such a warm and lovely day today, and while we were out this evening, we grabbed some ice cream. This is a mixture of cranberry and raspberry and triple tornado (Nestle ice cream).


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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy If you needed a pick-me-up for your Monday afternoon, here it is: 15-year-old Doug Wells of New Jersey pitched a no-hitter. Oh, and by the way, he's legally blind. The incredible youngster has had five surgeries to attempt to correct his glaucoma, but [...] [Read More]


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Combined Bedroom & Home Office: No-No or Necessity?
Living in a smallish two-room apartment (plus kitchen and bath) means our living room plays triple duty serving as living room, dining room and home office. After a recent frustrating afternoon of trying to work while the husband was passionately, and quite vocally, watching Sunday football, I caved and moved my "home office" (or desk as some call it) into our bedroom.
I once read that the bedroom should be your sanctuary and work should be kept far, far away, but after Sunday's episode I realized that my sanity was more important than the sanctity of our bedroom.
For all of you small space dwellers out there, where is your work space? If your home office is also your bedroom, how do you keep the workspace and sleep space separate? Do you have rules like no laptops in bed or late night checking of email?
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I live in a studio, so seperating sleepspace and workspace is especially important. I have my desk facing the wall so I can't see the other areas in my apartment while working and get distracted by them. I've found that making the bed is really helpful too, I make the bed as soon as I wake up and turn it down when I'm getting ready to go to sleep. During the day I sometimes will bring my laptop into bed for working (I work from home), but never under the covers. It's also important to be able to clean up your desk at the end of the day so you don't lie in bed staring at the mess and worrying about work.
No-no! Falling asleep within site of your workspace = bad.
I do have an office in my walk in closet, but why would I want to work in there when I have a nice living room? I plop myself on the couch with my laptop on my lap, right near the window.
It depends. If I had a bedroom like the one above, I wouldn't mind. My boyfriend and I are both web/graphic designers, so we're on the computer a lot. When we move in together next year, it probably wouldn't be a bad thing to have a small desk in the bedroom for a laptop so that we can be together in the same room. I currently am using my dining room as a workspace, and honestly, I miss having a dining table! (I just have a huge Galant desk in there instead.) But ideally, it would be in another room, like a spare bedroom, etc.
This is a tough one, and I think it depends on your work habits.
You can have your desk in the bedroom if you manage your workspace and work habits well. Ideally, when you've finished working for the day, you can close up shop: straighten up your desk, put things away, turn off the computer and printer, push the chair in, and walk away. Even better if you can actually close your working area off from view with a curtain, door, or screen.
But if you have difficulty closing up shop and walking away, having your desk in your bedroom can be a disaster. Before you know it, you've got a laptop and/or papers in bed with you. Maybe some food or drinks will find their way in, too. And the phone. Post-It notes. Pretty soon your bed is part of the workspace, and your sleep will be compromised.
I keep my desk in the bedroom because there's no space for it in the living room. I keep it as neat as possible (no messy stacks of papers and books) by tucking everything away in boxes, file folders or on shelves. I have a laptop and the only peripheral is a printer I keep in the closet (thanks to bluetooth) so there aren't a lot of messy wires or clunky electronics in view.
If you don't have the space then you don't have the space. In our current apt, we were able to put her workspace in the office/music room, and my workspace in the living room.
But in our previous 590 sq ft loft, there was no other choice. My workspace was downstairs in the walk space between the kitchen and living room, and her workspace was in the bedroom loft area.
You can't manufacture space, and if you can't live properly (by that i mean working while he's watching tv) without the desk in the bedroom then so be it. We can have our workspaces in the same room, because when she's studying for exams I'm usually listening to music or watching movies on my PC, so that doesn't work for us.
I think it's best if you can separate the spaces somehow. I lived in a small studio for a while. The bed went in the corner with a big bookcase to hide the rest of the living room/workspace from view.
Where I live now I couldn't FIT a desk in the bedroom, but if I did I'd have to make sure everything looked as classy as possible or it'd be flash backs to my college days.
Enormous no no for me.
oops edit: 'can't' not 'can' have our workspaces in the same room
I live in a studio so my desk sits literally across from my bed. I know that people preach that work and sleep should be separate and in an ideal world, I'd have an office.
But to ensure I get my sleep, I ensure the computer is off at least an hour before I go to sleep and I sleep facing the other direction so I'm not tempted to run back over and squeeze in some more work.
For me, it doesn't affect my sleep schedule at all. Actually, next to nothing can affect my body's ability to fall asleep within a minute of getting in bed. As long as it's not interrupting your sleep, I don't see a problem.
Both myself and hubby work from home. We have a full-length (all along one wall) home-made desk that we share... right next to the bed! :-) For the insomniac it's ideal - for the needs-more-sleep, the typing can get a bit noisy. But with the nature of our business (wireless internet suppliers), it's great to have that computer right at hand when something goes beep in the night and needs attention.
At other times I'd love nothing more than my own space, tucked far away in the corner of the (non-existant) yard - but the realities of a two-bedroom apartment with three people in it mean we work with what we have.
who makes these rules? is it the "no white after labour day" people? i do understand the need for no disruptions in your bedroom, but if your space is limited, so be it.
i think you can only play by the rules if you live in a suburban mcmansion with 3000 square feet of space, otherwise, there's this little thing called the real world.
just keep your desk tidy, hopefully with a bit of separation between it and the bed, and i have faith that you'll survive beautifully with very little psychological damage!
i don't see the need for a large home office, unless you work from your home. why such a big desk? i can pay bills from my sofa. why sit at a desk? i sit at one all day at work.
I think for a lot of us in small apartments, we have little choice of where to set up our workspaces. Our bedroom is so small we were barely able to squeeze our dressers in there! The room in our 700sf apartment which is supposed to be the dining room serves as my workspace/studio/computer room/ironing room/dining with our food in our laps room.
The point is, I dream of the day when I have a real dining room and a real home office space. But no matter what, I wouldn't blend it with the bedroom.
I have trouble falling asleep most nights and have had brushes with full-blown insomnia, so the fewer distractions there are in the bedroom, the better. Among other things, that means no TV and definitely no laptop. Even when I lived in a studio apartment, I kept my computer in a closet. I get that a work space in the bedroom doesn't bother some people (my husband, for instance, can fall asleep anytime, anywhere) but it's an absolute no-go for me.
Who can actually get some peaceful sleep w/ a computer, all that electronic stuff and paperwork/files in the bedroom constantly reminding you that there's work to be done?
Before taking sleeping pills, try getting the electronic stuff/exercise equipment/etc. out of your bedroom first.
Great comments! The compromise thus far has been that the desk is where I work, but once done the desktop gets cleared off and the laptop moves into the living room to get charged. So far, so good.
I so no. For a long time I have always felt the need to have a desk, chair, with all my art supplies super organized, printer, my mac and tablet, etc. Well soon after I graduated school I really cracked down on my minimalism and confided my supplies to a large Art-Bin box, hid my printer in my credenza, used my MacBook where ever I wanted, ditched the office chair and really like that since I'm a professional Designer now I don't have to feel like I'm at this work desk but rather able to enjoy the rest of my home (living room, dining room table, bed).
I think an office winds up being typically a whole room hog, or at least a substantial amount of space. And its kinda of an eye-sore because it screams WORK. Now I just keep all of my minimalized "office supplies" hidden in my credenza.
I'd love a convertible room. A murphy bed that folds up onto the wall by day, and an office (closet) with closet doors that close off when work is done.
If your bedroom is one of the nicer rooms in the house, with good windows and light, it seems a shame to not use it 24/7!
I think it just depends on the type of person you are. Clearly some people can't rest with work accoutrements in the room. But they don't bother me at all. Actually, I'm considering moving my work space out of the living room, because I'm starting to feel like I never leave work. If I worked from the bedroom I could walk down the hall to the living area when I finished, instead of just turning around or moving to another chair. And since I sleep in the dark with my eyes closed, I won't be looking at my work stuff.
If done right, I think some workspaces can be a nice opportunity for a living vignette, which is my compromise for mixing the spaces. I'm in a small studio, so it's either always there or it's not at all.
I have a writing/drawing desk that I'm constantly arranging as I work and whatever I pile there seems to make for good visuals:
I use a laptop, which I spread out on a dining table when I need it, and pack it up when I need to disconnect:
Overall, in small spaces in particular, I think you can separate live/work areas visually and mentally without really separating them.
i second the idea of a shoji screen if you have to place your workstation in your bedroom.
I think it works. Think of all the people in the world who have a family of 5 in a one room home and all sleep, eat, and even work from that space. The idea that we need to have these huge spaces with a separate rooms for everything (a breakfast nook AND a formal dining room?) is ridiculous. I think if you enjoy your work, then there is no reason not to have a calm soothing workspace right in your bedroom. If you really need the separation, then, you can use symbolic separation, such as a different color scheme, a screen, a rug to define the space, or even more intangible separation, such as rules (working only certain hours or days). Of course keeping everything clean and pretty is essential.
P.S. I think it looks great! Very bright and spacious. I'd love to work in there.
I work in my bedroom -- my bed is basically my home office. But I only need a laptop to work, so there's no desk full of papers to look at. I just tuck my laptop under the bed when I'm done.
My filing cabinet and stationery supplies are in a closet.
I think it's a must if you don't have the space to separate them. The San Francisco firm LSarc has mastered the art of combining the two in this 1915 home.
what a silly question! I think it's fairly universal... if one is able to have a seperate office (becuase they have the space), they WILL.
If a person or family lives in tight quarters, they simply have no choice. If they need a work space and there simply is absolutely no way it will fit elsewhere, it goes in the bedroom / sleeping area.
so the answer to the question "no-no or necessity" is YES.
In general I would say this is a no-no, but I think we are all aware that in reality its not always the case that we have extra space for a home office that doesn't interfere with either our bedroom, living room or kitchen. Sometimes you just have to double up! However, given the option I would say heck no- my bedroom is my sanctuary not my workspace!
I think it's a great solution! Moral of the story, if the whole things bothers you, don't think of such a combination, but if you like it, do it!
i couldn't do it. when i ran my business out of my two room apartment, i turned the "living room/kitchen" into my combined dining room and office/conference room. and i turned the "bedroom" into my livingroom/bedroom. i just couldn't face the work at night, it would lure me in!
If I had that desk I would work anywhere!
Who designed it? Is it vintage or do they still make it?
I would opt for kitchen area combination. keep bedroom separate
"Who designed it? Is it vintage or do they still make it?"
It's custom.
The reason I chose the RV I live in is that it gives me a whole room to devote to a home office. I actually posted some shots of my home office to my blog last night (http://travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca/?p=3199).
The compromise I make is that I don't have a bedroom, just a loft bed over the cab. I enjoy sleeping up high and don't mind climbing up and down, so it's not a sacrifice at all.
(A secondary reason why I picked my RV is that it has a dressing room, so I don't have to keep my clothes in the study, the living room, the kitchen, or, horror of horrors, the toilet room. :) )
I must be missing out on something... I don't understand the need for a desk at all unless you work from home. Is there some personal business everybody does there that I am supposed to know about...?
And some people might bring work home with them. I definitely do.
Bad feng shui -- must not have a desk in bedroom, etc etc -- this really *is* a high class problem in a world where 20% of our population does not have access to clean drinking water !
I finally had to say "no" to having my office in my bedroom. It was dragging down the quality of my work and my relaxation time. I've come to find that I need to have "compartments" both physical and metaphorical if I want to be productive and relaxed.
Custom made? Who do I call? I want that desk!
If you listen to these fine folks on AP and decide to move your home office out of your bedroom and no longer have a need for the desk I'll take it off your hands!!


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Hecla: A must-own speculation in silver
This 121-year-old company has among the lowest costs in the mining sector.
There is perhaps no better miner for your buck than 121-year-old Hecla Mining (HL) -- one of the lowest cash cost primary silver producers in the U.S. In 2011, Hecla produced 9.5 million ounces of silver at a cash cost of $1.15 per ounce, leading to record revenue of $477.6 million and earnings of $150 million.
With operations in Alaska, Idaho and Mexico, the company's primary asset is silver, but it also mines gold, lead and zinc in lesser quantities. Hecla represents a unique combination of a miner that is both developed and expanding, giving shareholders stability and a chance to speculate with one stock.
Production problems have resulted in a pullback, dragging the shares down to a two-year low. The company racked up $6.5 million in repair damage at its Lucky Friday mine. At the same time, Hecla witnessed lower grades at Greens Creek amid lower base metal prices.
Fortunately, the repairs are going smoothly. And because the rehab work on the mineshaft is running ahead of schedule, Hecla can expand work on a separate mineshaft at Lucky Friday. This expansion could result in substantially more capacity in 2013.
Hecla is likely closer to re-opening this mine than it's leading investors to believe. In fact, the company re-hired 20 workers in September. Meanwhile, Hecla continues to explore in Greens Creek, San Sebastian in Mexico and San Juan in Colorado.
Production should increase by more than 50%, to 9.5 million, in 2013. The last time Hecla mined that much silver in a year was in 2011 and resulted in a stock price above $10.
Better yet, management believes they can expand production by up to 50% (to 14 million ounces) in five-years as current exploration sites in Mexico and Colorado come online. That production could rocket HL above $20 per share.
The company boasts a strong balance sheet, with $233 million in cash and no debt at second quarter's end. Hecla also increased its revolving credit line to $150 million. With no debt and that available capital, Hecla may soon be in the market to buy out another miner.
Some investors recently wised up to Hecla's growth prospects and cheap stock. But though the shares have risen 70% over the past two months, the stock remains relatively cheap.
Although the shares trade at 36 times the 2012 EPS estimate of $0.18, the stock is priced merely 15 times the $0.44 forward EPS. The average silver industry P/E is 24.
Moreover, the company's board approved a stock repurchase program of up to 20 million shares (7% of the total shares outstanding) of common stock over the next two years. Hecla Mining is a great stock for all investors and a "must own" below $7 for silver seekers.
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The only human ages mentioned were Stefan's and the human turned vamp/hybrid MF crew. I'm not even sure that Damon's age was mentioned. Everyone just takes it for granted that he's either 19 or 20.
Didn't they mention that Damon is about 4 years older than Stefan? I don't remember if it was in the books or the tv show, but since Stefan is 17, Day-Day is 21
but really, what did she do? bonnie's dead i think and everyone on tumblr loves the villain in the originals and just ????????????
"what did plec ruin this time?" is my instant reaction everytime my thoughts wander to tvd
aaaahh, fuck
this isn't even related but am i the only one who is constantly transported to this weird account...??? like, i log on and i'm suddenly "neza" who likes two and a half men and PLL. and it.does.not.stop. it happens when i click on threads as well
Lol,that Jade Elise has a point,kind of.SPN is aired here in India too but i only heard about LG from your incessant fangirling.LOL at others tho.poor deluded fantards
SPN used to air on german tv as well, but then they just showed old episodes and i hardly doubt the network gave a fuck about it. they put it on at 4 am, lmao
Supernatural lost, what, 85% of its viewercount in last 3 seasons or so?
"SUPERNATURAL had a big night, with the series' second most watched episode of the season (2.42M, best since week two on 10/10/12) and its best W18-34 rating (1.1/3) in two years (since 4/29/11).
SPN was also up 25% versus its last original episode in A18-49 (1.0/3) and 14% in M18-34 (0.8/3)."
also lol at "shows like sherlock, doctor who and supernatural are really progressive because they show homosexual relationships between two main characters" THAT was the best one, i spit out my drink
ditto on taking shit way too seriously - they are actually STALKING tags of other shows to see wether someone has something BAD to say about their show, even if they di dnot tag it with it lol.
i said i hated spn pulling the "german joke" - fandom telling me i'm wrong and that i should feel gratitude because they acknowledge my country exists and that I shouldn't take things like that so serious (which i'm actually not, i just hate it).
oh, pleasseee, spn has an amount of like 2 million viewers left this season, last season it was even smaller. the PCA counts for jackshit
the only fandom i belong to atm (not active tho) is the avengers, hannibal (they are fucking annoying tho) and elementary
you missed around ~20 asks I got over today threatening to find m e and kill me for ruining their chances at winning. :P
ya know, i do find some fandom jokes funny but folks take some shit WAY too seriously and also latest spn seasons are shit, i rewatch older seasons, but not the rest.
Twitards have nothing on sntards.
actually, some (i'm not saying everyone) are actually pretty cool and they did make me appreciate itsy bitsy parts of twilight (probably because everyone mindlessly hates it)


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TropicAero.com has recently undergone a re-design of its on-line aviation retail store. The new website showcases portable aviation electronics, pilot supplies, training materials, cockpit accessories, apparel and safety equipment from manufacturers such as Garmin, David Clark, Telex, ICOM, Bose, and Lightspeed.
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Laminar Flow Systems, Inc. has extended the pre-production deposit program on their new Speed Pants for Beech fixed gear Sundowners, Musketeers and Sports. The special introductory price of $3,750, a $500 savings, is now available until August 31, 2008.
Weighing less than 20 pounds, the Laminar Flow Speed Pants provide a minimum five knot increase in cruise speed. Tests have shown that they also improve slow speed controllability by reducing drag. The new Speed Pants modernize the appearance of the Beech Sundowners, Musketeers and Sports, which have never before had pants available. The pants for all three wheels are easily installed and come in a white gel coat finish. For more information visit www.speedpants.com or call 1.386.253.8833.
Aircraft Spruce introduces Mag-It
Aircraft Spruce has added a tool for removing metal chips and debris from machinery and work areas. Manufactured by SteelMax and called the Mag-It magnetic pick-up tool, the wand-like probe quickly and easily picks up steel filings and shavings from drill presses, lathes, and from the surfaces of metal being worked on in aircraft. It is also very useful in removing items like screws that fall into an aircraft fuselage and are difficult to reach.
Once removed, the metal scraps or parts can be dropped from the tool with a slide action lever that demagnetizes the tip of the probe. Available with 10-inch and 15-inch wands, the Mag-Its are available for $24.95 and $39.95.
Mag-It pick-up tools can be ordered online at www.AircraftSpruce.com or by calling 866.4-SPRUCE; overseas call 1.951.372.9555.