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Another Coal Export Terminal Is Terminated As Chinese Developments Could End Business Case For Remaining Three
The fight over American coal exports continues to be dramatic. Yesterday, energy company Kinder Morgan announced that it is dropping plans to build its Port Westward Project near Port of St. Helens, Oregon. The export terminal would have transported 15-30 million tons of coal from Wyoming and Montana to Asian nations.
While the company attributed its decision to the logistics of the site rather than larger global energy dynamics or community opposition, environmental groups noted that residents of the region were stridently opposed to the terminal. "It's clear that our citizens have no interest in seeing their region turned into a conduit for dirty coal," as an advocate for Columbia Riverkeeper said.
Less than a year ago, six coal export terminals were under consideration in Oregon and Washington, but as of yesterday only three remain. These are: the Gateway Pacific Terminal near Bellingham, WA; the Millennium Bulk Terminals in Longview, WA; and the Morrow Pacific Project near Boardman, OR.
Coal exports from the United States to Asia are controversial for many reasons. One of these is that the coal that would be shipped abroad is primarily taxpayer-owned coal, from public lands in the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming. This region produces approximately 40 percent of our nation's coal. Recently, concerns have been raised that coal companies may not be providing taxpayers with a fair return for the extraction of their minerals, and are "dodging" royalty payments. This allegation has prompted an internal investigation at the Department of the Interior, interest by the chairman and ranking member of a key Senate committee, and concern from the governors of Oregon and Washington.
Additionally, moving the coal from the Rockies to the west coast requires significant new infrastructure, including trains that can be up to a mile long. Communities along those routes have worried about the noise, air pollution, and water contamination that come with transporting vast amounts of coal by trains. As one rancher whose property would be crossed by a new rail line put it, "They call us radical environmentalists because we want the laws enforced."
In 2012, U.S. coal exports were expected to reach their highest levels since 1981, and the potential for continued growth is high considering that the U.S. has more proven reserves that any other country. And, Wyoming recently mined its 10-billionth ton of coal, to which the Executive Director of the Wyoming Mining Association responded, "The industry looks forward to supplying power from Wyoming coal–affordably, reliably—for the next 100 years."
But, WyoFile's Dustin Bleffizer recently pointed out an important paradox regarding coal exports and climate change that will be important for policymakers to keep in mind:
… resource-based economies (and every nation is a resource-based economy in one way or another) rely on sustainable environments. Dealing with catastrophic weather events and a rapidly-changing environment is hardly good business for America's future in exports.
This seems particularly important considering that energy outlooks for key demand markets could be changing significantly. These coal export projects are banking on growing coal demand from Asia, particularly China, the world's largest coal importer. What U.S. coal exporters should recognize, however, is that China is doing everything it can to slow demand growth. China has suffered a wave of major air pollution crises in recent years, and as a result, the Chinese citizens are upping the pressure on the leadership in Beijing to reduce particulate pollution. The result is a wave of new regulations that could have big impacts on China's coal industry.
Beijing has already rolled out new emissions standards for coal-fired power plants and issued new particulate air pollution standards for major metropolitan areas. These regulations are already having an impact. To meet the new air quality standards, Beijing's municipal government is already taking radical steps to switch the city's electricity and heat generation from coal to natural gas, and other municipalities are likely to follow suit. Last year, although China added 83 gigawatts of new power generation capacity to meet the nation's growing demand, 94 percent of that new power came from renewables and nuclear energy.
When U.S. coal companies see steep market projections for Chinese coal demand, they see a market opportunity, but when Chinese leaders look at those forecasts, what they see is an energy and pollution crisis that must be avoided at all costs. If we ignore the changes underway in China, we could wind up betting on demand that never materializes.
— CAP's Melanie Hart contributed the China analysis.
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Great news! Truly fantastic. I'd like to suggest an even more powerful reason, and possibly better messaging, about the importance of this drawdown:|
Exporting coal to be burned elsewhere ERASES our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at home. It's as if every good effort, deed, and hard fought policy here in the U.S. never happened. It's the height of insanity and cannot be allowed.
Sounds like the coal industry all over the world is having a hard time understanding that their cover has been blown, ME
This cancellation effectively eliminates Boardman as well as Boardman is not a sea port and Longview can be serviced equally well by train.
This is both good and bad news. The good news is clear.
Kinder Morgan's proposal would have brought mile-long coal trains through North Portland. With that prospect off the table, however, a lot of local opposition will drop off.
Now there will be increased pressure to ship coal through the Columbia Gorge by barge, the proposal which is on the fastest track.
Ambre Energy is pushing its Morrow Pacific coal terminal proposal near Boardman at the East end of the Gorge, and billions of real dollars and the long-term future of the Columbia Gorge are at stake.
Ambre Energy hopes to begin barging 8.8 million tons of coal through the National Scenic Protection Area starting next year, and every year after that.
Proponents plan to build the coal barges in Portland, part of the job-creation argument they are using to buy off opposition and confuse the public.
The focus of the Columbia River Coal Wars is shifting to coal barges, barges that should never be built, and will never float on that River.
Organize now, Act now…be Idle No More….
The Columbia River at Longview, WA is not deep enough for ocean class coal ships. Dredging the Columbia River is problematic given Washington State's shoreline protection laws. Please correct me if I am mistaken.


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If this baby we are having is a girl I really want to use Charlotte either for fn or mn. My dad, who is in poor health, is Charles. The "Lou/Lu" names honor both my mom and MIL. Which mn is the best with Charlotte?
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The Ibis London Euston is located a few steps from Euston railway and underground stations, close to the shopping area of Oxford Street and Bond Street, and the City business district. Near the British Museum, 15 minutes from the Eurostar railway terminus, the hotel is ideal for weekend stays. It has 380 air-conditioned rooms, including eight rooms adapted for guests with disabilities, a restaurant, a bar and private covered parking.
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Urological Oncology
Accuracy of post-radiotherapy biopsy before salvage radical prostatectomy
Version of Record online: 13 MAR 2013
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12015
© 2013 BJU International
BJU International
Volume 112, Issue 3, pages 308–312, August 2013
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Meeks, J. J., Walker, M., Bernstein, M., Kent, M. and Eastham, J. A. (2013), Accuracy of post-radiotherapy biopsy before salvage radical prostatectomy. BJU International, 112: 308–312. doi: 10.1111/bju.12015
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- Issue online: 4 JUL 2013
- Version of Record online: 13 MAR 2013
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- Abstract
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- prostate biopsy;
- prostate cancer;
- radiation therapy;
- radical prostatectomy
- To determine whether post-radiotherapy (RT) biopsy (PRB) adequately predicts the presence, location, and histological features of cancer in the salvage radical prostatectomy (SRP) specimen. Before salvage treatment, a PRB is required to confirm the presence of locally recurrent or persistent cancer and to determine the extent and location of the prostate cancer.
Patients and Methods
- SRP was performed between 1998 and 2011 on 198 patients.
- All patients underwent a PRB. PRB and SRP specimens were evaluated by a genitourinary pathologist. Patients had external-beam RT alone (EBRT; 71%) or brachytherapy with or without EBRT (29%).
- Of the men undergoing SRP, 26 (14%) were clinical stage ≥T3, with 13% of PRBs with Gleason score ≥8.
- Cancer was unilateral in 120 (61%) biopsies, with contralateral or bilateral prostate cancer at SRP in 49%. In the SRP specimen, cancer was multifocal in 57%.
- Cancer was upgraded at SRP in 58% of men, with 20% having an increase in primary Gleason grade.
- The accuracy of PRB varied by region from 62% to 76%, with undetected cancers ranging from 12% to 26% and most likely to occur at the mid-gland.
- Radiation-recurrent prostate cancers were often multifocal, and biopsy missed up to 20% of tumours.
- More than half of the cancers were upgraded at SRP, and many that were unilateral on PRB were bilateral at SRP.
biochemical recurrence
(external beam) radiotherapy
(salvage) radical prostatectomy
More than 240 000 men in the USA will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012 [1], and half of these men will choose radiotherapy (RT) for their treatment [2]. Depending on risk status, 20–40% of men treated with RT for clinically localised prostate cancer will have biochemical recurrence (BCR) ≤ 10 years after treatment [3]. Without intervention after BCR, the rate of clinically detectable recurrence at 5 years is 75%, with half of these patients having distant metastasis [4]. Yet, >70% of recurrences that occur early after RT are due to persistent or radiation-resistant local disease [5]. Thus, timely salvage intervention after RT may be offered to patients with >10 years life expectancy, localised recurrence, and prostate cancer detected at post-RT biopsy (PRB).
The ability of the PRB to accurately characterise the extent and location of residual cancer is critical to treatment planning. If the PRB identifies a small focus of prostate cancer on one side of the prostate, some men will consider focal ablative techniques, whereas young patients with multifocal or high-grade disease may be best treated with whole-gland ablation or salvage radical prostatectomy (SRP) [6]. To date, no study has determined the accuracy of the PRB to predict histological findings in the SRP specimen.
Patients and Methods
A prospectively accumulated database of men who developed BCR after RT for presumed clinically localisedprostate cancer and sought surgical therapy at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was collected with Institutional Review Board approval. All men had a PRB with review of the biopsy and SRP specimen by a genitourinary pathologist. Our cohort (220 patients) consisted of patients who had had SRP after receiving RT. Patients who underwent SRP before 1997, who did not have PRB and consistent pathological evaluation of SRP specimens, were excluded (22 patients), leaving a final cohort of 198 patients. Most patients underwent biopsy at our institution and all patients had a prostate biopsy with ≥12 cores with assistance from a radiological technologist for consistency.
To determine the accuracy of the PRB, we compared the anatomical location and grade of the PRB with the corresponding regions of the prostate at SRP. These anatomical regions (apex, mid, and base) of both the right and left sides were compared with the corresponding regions of the SRP specimen. In all, 121 patients had detailed anatomical biopsies of the apex, mid, and base of the gland and were the primary cohort for the study. For the remaining 77, only laterality was recorded. In many cases, SRP specimens were sectioned en bloc (Fig. 1). Accuracy was defined as a positive or negative PRB result in a given region of the prostate confirmed in the SRP specimen. The primary and secondary Gleason grade of the PRB was compared with final primary and secondary Gleason grade of the SRP specimen. In addition, tumour multifocality was recorded in the SRP specimen.
The characteristics of the 198 men who underwent PRB and SRP are listed in Table 1. The median (interquartile range) PSA level was 3.7 (1.7, 6.5) ng/mL. The most common form of RT was external-beam RT (EBRT; 132/187 patients; 71%), with 55 patients (55/187; 29%) undergoing brachytherapy or both EBRT and brachytherapy. The most common clinical stage was T2 (89/186; 48%), whereas it was ≥T3a in 26 (26/186; 14%). Almost half of PRBs identified Gleason score 7 cancer (92/192; 48%), with 24 (24/192; 13%) Gleason score ≥8. Most SRPs were performed open (175/198; 88%). Surgical margins were positive in 14% (27/198), despite advanced pathological stage in 56% (109/195) of SRP specimens (≥pT3), including 26% (51/195) pT3b and 6% (12/195) pT4. Gleason score ≥8 was present in 35% (58/164) of SRP specimens.
|Clinical stage (n = 186):
|71 (38)
|89 (48)
|15 (8)
|11 (6)
|Clinical Gleason score (n = 192):
|76 (40)
|92 (48)
|24 (13)
|Pathological stage (n = 195):
|2 (1)
|84 (43)
|45 (23)
|51 (26)
|1 (1)
|12 (6)
|Pathological Gleason score (n = 164):
|Unable to grade
|34 (17)
|5 (3)
|101 (62)
|58 (35)
|Type of RT (n = 187):
|55 (29)
|132 (71)
|Type of SRP:
|175 (88)
|15 (8)
|8 (4)
|Positive surgical margins
|27 (14)
|Seminal vesicle invasion
|61 (31)
|Multifocal prostate cancer (n = 193)
|110 (57)
Table 2 describes the anatomical location of the positive PRBs. Overall, positive PRBs ranged from 38% at the right base to 46% of the right apex.
|Biopsy location
|All Patients (N = 151), n (%)
|Right apex
|69 (46)
|Right mid-gland
|64 (42)
|Right base
|57 (38)
|Left apex
|62 (41)
|Left mid-gland
|64 (42)
|Left base
|62 (41)
Each SRP specimen was evaluated for the location and grade of prostate cancer (Fig. 1; Table 3). Most (110/193 [57%]) of the cancers were multifocal. In multifocal cancers, the most common cancer location was the right mid-gland (55/88 [63%]) and right apex (53/88 [60%]), whereas non-multifocal tumours were most commonly located in the right apex (28/61 [46%]). The base was the least likely prostate cancer location.
|Pathological location
|All patients (N = 150), n (%)
|Unifocal (n = 61), n (%)
|Multifocal (n = 88), n (%)
|Right apex
|82 (55)
|28 (46)
|53 (60)
|Right mid-gland
|79 (53)
|23 (38)
|55 (63)
|Right base
|49 (33)
|10 (16)
|38 (43)
|Left apex
|69 (46)
|21 (34)
|47 (53)
|Left mid-gland
|73 (49)
|22 (36)
|50 (57)
|Left base
|49 (33)
|15 (25)
|33 (38)
Comparison of PRB with SRP Pathology
Based on final pathology, prostate cancers were categorised as multifocal (92) or unifocal (55). Tumours that were multifocal had higher frequency of positive PRBs among all regions of the prostate. In patients with multifocal disease, the left mid-gland was the most common source of positive PRBs (46/92 [50%]), whereas the right apex was the most common location of positive PRBs in unifocal tumours (23/55 [42%]).
Table 4 shows the agreement rates between PRB and SRP results. Agreement rates ranged from 62% to 76% between different regions of the prostate. Undetected cancer rates from PRBs ranged from 12% to 26%, with the right mid-gland having the greatest frequency of missed cancers (Table 5). The positive predictive value of PRB was 69% with a negative predictive value of 70%. There was a high rate of upgraded tumour grades from PRB to SRP specimen, with 58% (92/158) of patients upgraded from PRB, including 20% primary Gleason grade (31/158), 20% (32/158) secondary Gleason grade, and 18% (29/158) where both the primary and the secondary Gleason grades were increased. Only 3% (4/158) of PRBs were downgraded (4/158). In patients with unilaterally localised positive biopsies, final pathology was unilateral in only half (Table 6).
|SRP, n
|Overall (n = 121), n (%)
|Multifocal (n = 75), n (%)
|Unifocal (n = 45), n (%)
|92 (76)
|54 (72)
|37 (82)
|76 (62)
|45 (60)
|30 (67)
|90 (74)
|57 (76)
|32 (71)
|80 (66)
|47 (63)
|32 (71)
|82 (68)
|55 (73)
|30 (67)
|79 (65)
|46 (61)
|32 (71)
|Right, n (%)
|Left, n (%)
|22 (18)
|24 (20)
|31 (27)
|21 (17)
|14 (12)
|14 (12)
|Right unilateral positive (n = 64), n (%)
|Left unilateral positive (n = 56), n (%)
|Ipsilateral positive
|35 (55)
|26 (46)
|Contralateral positive
|1 (1)
|4 (7)
|Bilateral positive
|28 (44)
|26 (46)
The goal of the present study was to describe the accuracy of PRB to identify prostate cancer in a given location of the prostate before SRP. In a study comparing 250 non-irradiated RP specimens with prostate biopsies, the greatest accuracy was at the base (64%), followed by the mid-gland (53%), with the apex having the lowest accuracy (43%) [2]. We showed greater rates of accuracy for all regions of the prostate than previously reported for non-irradiated prostates. This may be because of the higher frequency of high-grade multifocal disease in patients after RT, or perhaps as a result of better sampling of the typically small post-radiation gland. In another study comparing 281 prostate biopsies with RP specimens, the only predictor that increased the accuracy of the prostate biopsy was the absence of multifocality [7]. In that study, multifocal tumours were present in 77% of patients, whereas tumours were multifocal in only 57% in the present study. The accuracy of PRB in the present study was slightly greater in four of six anatomical regions from tumours that were non-multifocal compared with multifocal tumours.
The cohort described in the present series is the largest single-institution series of SRPs. Pathological analysis of these previously irradiated prostates may further our knowledge of potentially radiation-resistant regions of the prostate. In this cohort, the most common area to harbour prostate cancer was the right apex in which more than half of prostates (55%) had persistent prostate cancer. This suggests that the apex may be particularly difficult to target with RT either because of shielding by the pelvis or because it receives less radiation to prevent damage to the rhabdosphincter. The least common location for tumours was the base (33% for both sides). A prior study of 47 SRPs similarly found the base to be the least common location of radiation recurrent prostate cancer [8].
In patients who have had prior RT, the role of PRB remains controversial. Currently, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology does not recommend routine PRB, but rather recommends following PSA levels as a marker for recurrent disease [9]. In an unbiased cohort (in regard to PSA), the rate of positive PRB was at 50% at 13 months but decreased to 30% at 30 months [10]. The management of patients with a positive biopsy result but normal PSA levels/kinetics remains controversial. The average time from RT to treatment of prostate cancer relapse is 5 years if BCR is dependent on the use of PSA by the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology criteria [11]. Thus, those selecting SRP may benefit from earlier intervention to reduce the rates of advanced disease [12].
The rate of upgrading at SRP was high at 58%, with 20% increasing at least one primary Gleason grade compared with the non-irradiated prostate, with a reported range of 25% to 57% [13, 14]. All samples, both PRBs and SRPs, were reviewed by a dedicated genitourinary pathologist at a high-volume institution. Previous investigations of upgrading suggest that the highest rate of upgrading occurs when the biopsy and prostatectomy are performed at separate institutions and, therefore, graded by different pathologists [15]. An important variable that is poorly understood is the effect of RT on the Gleason grading system of prostate biopsy. As the largest series of SRP specimens, the high rate of upgrading confirms the difficulty in making a Gleason grade on PRBs compared with final RP specimens. Two factors may have affected the rate of upgrading. First, there was a high rate of Gleason score ≥ 8 (35%) at SRP. Second, almost 80% of prostates had residual radiation treatment effects.
The rate of downgrading from prostate biopsy to prostatectomy is often lower than the rate of upgrading, but may be highly variable with a range between 5% and 25% [15]. In the present study, only 3% of biopsies were downgraded at SRP, suggesting a far greater likelihood that larger sampling of the tumour would show high-grade disease. This may also be explained by the difficulty in discerning low-grade tumours from normal prostate glands with altered architecture from RT.
The management of patients with recurrent prostate cancer after RT remains a difficult situation. Because most recurrences are local, salvage treatment directed at the prostate gland should be considered by the patient and physician because uncontrolled local disease has a high rate of metastatic spread [16]. One possibility for salvage therapy could be focal therapy directed at biopsy-predicted focal regions of the prostate. In the present series, unilateral biopsy predicted the location of the tumour in about half of cases. Thus, half-gland-directed therapy would result in missed tumours half of the time. For younger patients, the advantage of whole-gland removal by SRP remains a viable option of staging and cancer control [6].
Several limitations of the present study deserve mention. First, the location of the tumours was categorised by trained genitourinary pathologist, but interobserver variation in categorising the tumour location may vary by pathologist. Second, the grade of pathology may also be subject to interpreter variability. The PRBs recorded are standard 12 core template biopsies and more thorough mapping-guided biopsies, potentially through perineal approach, with or without MRI assistance may detect higher rates of cancer. Finally, the patients who were able to undergo SRP bias the study because they may have less aggressive disease. Men with more advanced disease may not be candidates for surgery and could alter the accuracy of PRB.
In conclusion, the accuracy of PRBs ranges from 62% to 74%, with the rate of previously undetected tumours ranging from 12% to 26% at SRP. Multifocal tumours occur in more than half of patients, and unilateral biopsy results are inaccurate in half of prostates after RT. Almost 60% of tumours are upgraded at SRP. Although PRB is useful for detection of recurrent prostate cancer after RT, far more accurate information is obtained at SRP. Thus, patients who elect salvage focal therapy may have higher rates of disease recurrence compared with those who choose whole-gland treatment or removal.
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have taken little Prince George Down Under for a royal tour like no other.
The world will be watching as the couple carry out a staggering 50 engagements with Kate needing more than 30 outfits across three weeks.
Just like their 2011 trip to Canada and the US and their 2012 visit to the Far East, the programme is whistle-stop, exciting and varied.
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As William, Kate and George recover from their long flight to New Zealand on a rest day, our royal reporter Victoria Murphy looks back on her favourite moments of Kate and William's last two tours.
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1. July 1 2011 - Ottawa: Canada Day
This was one of the hottest, most frantic and most exhilarating days I can remember. It was 30C heat in the Canadian Capital and William and Kate were the star attraction at the Canada Day celebrations .
The couple arrived to cheers from half a million people who had crammed the streets of the city, many waving banners and shouting "We Love Kate, We Love Will".
What wasn't so exhilarating, however, was the struggle I had with getting reception to send my story back home. I ended up having to fight my way through the crowds while holding my laptop in the air hoping to pick up some wifi.
2. July 2 2011 - Montreal, Quebec: Protesters
I include this as a memorable moment because it's one of the very rare examples of the couple getting a frosty reception anywhere.
Usually they are met by nothing but cheers and shouts of "We love you" (see above) but on this visit there was a significant crowd of protesters.
I thought it was interesting because it served to remind that the monarchy can be a divisive institution - both abroad and at home.
While the placards saying "Parasites go home" may be a bit harsh, there was a message to be told about the fact that not everyone agrees with a Monarchy and many Canadians want to be independent from the British crown.
Obviously Kate and William did nothing but smile as they were whisked past the angry crowd .
3. July 4 2011 - Prince Edward Island: Dragon Boat Racing
The weather was awful - it was chucking it down with rain and we were all standing on a grassy bank waiting for Kate and William to race each other across the river in dragon boats.
But it was one of those days when you just knew the event would be good - and it was.
I often think Kate and William are at their best when they're dressed down and able to have a laugh - and they are very competitive so this challenge suited them down to the ground.
The best moment was when she gave him a little shove because he beat her . It would have been even better if she'd pushed him in the water but that's probably going a little too far...
4. July 7 2011 - Calgary Airport: Kate meeting cancer patient Diamond Marshall
I love this moment because it's the best example of something seemingly routine and unexciting like an airport arrival turning into one of the highlights of the tour.
I remember standing on the dusty tarmac at Calgary Airport in the searing heat wondering if I should have skipped this one.
But what happened next went round the world as one of the highlights of the royal visit and reminded all journalists who weren't there that you never know when or where a sensational story is going to spring up.
Little Diamond Marshall, aged just six and fresh from grueling chemotherapy and radiotherapy, standing at the airport with her bald head only partially covered with a headband, saw Kate and couldn't contain her excitement.
In a totally unscripted moment she ran over to the duchess and couldn't stop hugging her . She kept hugging her then puling away and coming back for more and Kate, William and everyone else was enchanted by her.
Even the most hardened hacks around were almost blubbing.
1. September 13 2012 Kuala Lumpur, Hospice Malaysia visit
This was one of those poignant moments that make you realise the transformative power the royals can have.
Kate met terminally ill Zakwan Anuar who, according to his mother, spent most of his days sleeping or crying with pain.
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2. September 14 2012 - Kuala Lumpur, Mosque Visit after topless photographs published
This day was certainly memorable because it was the day we all woke up to discover that topless pictures of Kate had been published in a French magazine.
Kate and, in particular William, were still reeling from the news, and at this stage I think we were all still in shock too.
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She certainly gained my respect that day by the way she handled what was a real crisis so calmly. I think even her harshest critics would have been impressed.
3. September 16 2012 - Honiara: Arrival
I can honestly say I have never quite seen anything like the transportation that was waiting for William and Kate when they arrived into Honiara the Solomon Islands capital .
A Toyota white mini van had been transformed into a war canoe "chariot" using rush matting, bamboo and palm leaves.
As the royal couple grinned and waved, we followed them down the main road in Honiara where the 70,000-strong population had lined the streets to cheer their arrival.
Well at least I think they had - when we got to our destination of the city cathedral one woman excitedly asked me: "Are you with Princess Diana?"
And Father Henry Teho, an Anglican priest who took part in the ceremony, reminded us: 'When you would have come to our place in the old times you would have been killed and eaten straight away. But not today of course."
Happy days.
4. September 18 2012 - Tuvalu: Hula Dancing
By the time they got to their last stop of Tuvalu there wasn't much we hadn't seen and heard on this tour, but the couple really had saved the best till last.
One of the then Press Secretaries said to me before they went to the islands: "Sometimes we don't know exactly what's going to happen when we arrive at a place and you play it by ear a bit.
"But in Tuvalu we actually have NO idea what is going to happen."
But what happened was funnier than anything I've seen in ages - Kate and William hula dancing like they were at a teenage disco .
She was quite good but William looked like he was practising his embarrassing dad dancing before George was even conceived. The grass skirt didn't exactly go with his suit, but it was certainly memorable.


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- 2 -3 lbs red potatoes
- 1⁄2 cup ranch dressing
- 1⁄2 teaspoon butter
- 6 slices bacon, fried and crumbed
- 1⁄2 cup parmesan cheese
- 1⁄2 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
- Boil potatoes until tender. Drain.
- Add ranch dressing, butter, and bacon. Smash or whip until it's the consistency you like (I like mine with chunks of potato still present).
- Place in a casserole dish and top with parmesan cheese and bread crumbs. Bake or broil just until the top is lightly brown.
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Love it! I have made this twice now, and it's become a family favorite. Very easy to put together, especially since I cheated and used Real bacon bits! This recipe will be getting a lot of "plate" time in our house. Thanks for sharing!
Very good potatoes! I used a pkg. of dry ranch dressing, and added milk. I also about 1 tablespoon of melted butter instead of the 1/2 teaspoon. Served this with grilled salmon. Delicious!
This recipe was easy make and we all loved them. The only thing I changed I added chives and I didn't have bread crumbs, so I used crackers & added Italian season to the cracker crumbs. I will make this recipe again


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I missed this one on my first visit. Its beautiful! Oregon? I hope I can go there sometime. Thanks for sharing! Claire
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Yes, this is in Oregon.. about 24 miles North of Salem. and you are very welcome to vist anytime.
Una buena foto.
Thanks! Yes, I think this is one of my most beautiful flower shots as well. I was very happy that this one turned out so well.
Pero... qué bonito!!! Felicidades
Yes, the Wooden Shoe Tulip fields are very beautiful. This year the tulips are slow to bloom. We have had dustings of snow this past week.. Very odd for this time of the year..
Thanks for the compliments!
Essas fotos são muito bonitas!!! Tchau
Soon I'll be getting more beautiful tulips shots!
As long as the weather stays nice :)
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Michael, this is SWEET!! I will make a HUGE note to myself to visit this place next spring ! I love tulips, but the deer eat them right front of my nose... so, now I just get to enjoy other people's tulips... All your photos are beautiful! Best wishes Ilona
Thanks for the compliments!
The fields begin blooming daffodills(sp) as early as late Feb into March. The tulips begin their full display in mid to late March. If you go on the weekends you will have to pay to enter and park and you will end up fighting crowds of people. Weekday evenings are free for now. The crowds are less as well..
Hope you can visit! Have a Great Day!
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Riddle me this: A BT Quantum Phone system has a built in web server for administration and configuration. However it also contains a DHCP server that cannot be turned off and a static IP address that cannot be changed. I would like to put this device onto the network so that I can administer the phone system remotely; however the network already has a better and more manageable DHCP server and uses a different IP address range. The network also issues public IP addresses to internet facing devices. The network contains a layer 2 managed switch, so it is possible to put it on a separate vlan, and I suppose I could use a PC with a vlan capable network card, RDP into it and then use IE to connect to the phone system, however I am looking for a better solution maybe some kind of a bridge that allows translation between the two networks blocking each other's DHCP packets. Anyone have any suggestions?
I think putting the BT Quantum phone system on a seperate VLAN will solve your problem, but I don't see why you would need a VLAN capable network card in your PC or RDP. Simply ensure your router can route between the 2 VLANS (which will have different subnets, as you say they use different IP ranges). [ IE ensure your router is configured as the gateway for each network and have it route between them ]
I do find it questionable that a device has a DHCP server and Static IP address which can't be changed - you should definately explore the reasoning behind this as there is almost certainly "more to it" then meets the eye and it could be beneficial to know the limitations/logic upfront. (Maybe the phones need to be on the same subnet as the phone system to work ?)
Its a limitation with the Quantum - the port is used purely for configuration and as such is not designed to be networked. If you wanted to network the Quantum you should have bought the Fuse model which is designed to be networked.


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I believe Mr Gurnee is our biggest advantage because;
1) He knows which levers to use to appeal investors (increase dividends, increase buyback, clear communication to sharholders ie focusing on liquidity and profitability etc) and he is a good CFO
2) He is the CFO of a company listed in the NYSE and.. most important he is a US citizen and his family is in the US as far as I know, and as such he is himself a guarantee of compliance to US laws and accounting standards unlike many other Chinese companies listed in US having Chinese CFO's/CEO's residing in China. He would not put himself/his family and his assets at risk.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
@casey2, On the Pricing Model stuff, we only designed it for XIN, so to answer your questions directly: the assumptions behind the model require that it be a non SOE that listed using a true IPO, not an RTO.
I've made the model publicly available. If you want to access it, go to Google's documents page and search for "XIN Pricing Model: Discounted Cash Model" and it should come right up for you.
hmmmmm are you really sure you are a lawyer? CFO can be sent to prison for up to 20 years for falsely certifying financial statements. There is nothing to laugh about it, in particular if the CFO is a US citizen and might not get away with it like many Chinese CFO's seem to do. This is the biggest deterrent to Mr Gurnee if he ever had in mind of certyfing financial statements which are not correct and I am sure that he would never hide or conceal anything risking 20 years in jail..
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Hey, how did you get your post to double space like that? The one I just posted appears single spaced, for some reason.
Yeah, I know, and so did Palaschuk and Wu (Section 11 of the '33 Act, if memory serves; plus, analogous provisions in the '34 Act) It didn't stop them. In fact, Palaschuk (like Gurnee) has been given Immunity for the criminal side of Longtop, so in case he needed a great example of how you still WON'T have to go to jail in a Chinese fraud, his good friend Palaschuk (I mean that without sarcasm) is exhibit A.
Can I ask you an honest question, based on our disagreement over whether bulletin boards move markets? Are your posts intended to be "pump" type posts? If they are, tell me, because then I won't attempt to correct them. I only do that to make sure you know the truth, but if you already know the truth and are just trying to "spin" that truth to pump XIN, then I'll leave you to it.
I don't just say I completely don't believe BB posts move markets, that's genuinely what I believe, so if you want to head up XIN's propaganda department, just let me know. I'm unlikely to care, as long as people I like aren't being intentionally misled.
The new format doesn't allow LINKS, but if you want to read some of the Gurnee-only reasons XIN's price remains depressed, I'll bump forward a thread called "Fraud and XIN? Why the Market Worries."
In the first post, there's a still active LINK which will get you to the information.
I am sure I have not connected all the dots.
Longtop is a software company. Fraud was straightforward, increase cash, increase sales, and print a dummy invoice. "Are we having noodles or rice for lunch?"
Xinyuan is a real estate company. Fraud a little more complicated, increase cash, increase sales, owe the local government official paper work for LVAT, and owe paperwork to funding bank to get cash. Two independently produced third party documents for EY to check.
Technology is wonderful but China is China. In China, every legal document requires the customer's fingerprint in red ink with a copy of the front and back of their ID card. All bank officials have their own personal stamp, as well as a bank seal. Every page of every document is "chopped" by the bank official with the stamps. Three original sets of documents are generated and signed as indicated. The first day of an audit the audit team would only be worried about rice or noodles.
In the Q2 call, the company said a couple things about cash. They have 240 bank accounts. The internal audit staff is going spot check those bank balances twice between the annual audits. The other point made relevant to the following narrative is the company pushed back on a SAT to book reconciliation.
Cash fraud, at Xinyuan, is likely but it is not management stealing from shareholders. With 240 bank accounts, there is a site manager somewhere kiting between the operating and payroll accounts in the China I know and love.
The unsettling information from an internal control perspective was the mild push back on a suggestion to reconcile SAT to book. I would think that would be a routine control procedure. Routine enough that not doing so would be a material internal control weakness. I think management should institute this procedure immediately.
It is possible there are some off-balance sheet games with expense but if so, it is not effective currently.
Is that a joke? It'd have to be.
As we've seen time and time again (Derek Palaschuk, CFO of Longtop, and recently, Xiang Wu, CEO of CMED), having a few US assets doesn't give any guarantee against fraud.
In terms of whether Gurnee's a "good CFO," how do you know that? I personally don't have a clue as to what Gurnee's skills are vs the one million other potential people who could hold his job, but I do know this: those other one million don't come with the price drag that Gurnee comes with.
I've previously outlined, but never actually run, there is a research avenue to quantify the Longtop risk. Shall we bet, you and I, right now on whether or not that research will show that Longtop is damaging to XIN in a way that it isn't to XIN's peers?
As a XIN shareholder, I will vote against Tom Gurnee. He did zero due diligence on Longtop case, and very likely he has zero impact on integrity of XIN's financials.
I think if you were to see him leave, there would be a big correction in XIN shares. Investors still not comfortable with Chinese companies. When they do, our shares will go up.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Yes, I agree. Mr. Gurnee can only help the company. Dividends, buybacks, buying in the U.S., coming to the U.S. to get confidence in the company, he is doing what he needs too.
Up .08 yesterday, let's do it again today. Hopefully the company will come in and buy their 64k shares early.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
I am not sure I am connecting all the dots.
Tom is a solid CFO and expat businessperson, no doubt. He is fighting an uphill battle not of his or the company's doing.
Chinese companies have a long tainted history. More importantly, the vaulted Big 4 are also tainted because of the position of the Chinese regulators with the PCAOB. You mix in concerns whether VIE agreements are even enforceable under Chinese law and the renewal of 3 of the Big 4 JVs on the Mainland this year. There is more than enough to worry about.
If this was any other country than China, save North Korea, it might not bother a company like XIN. Which country would actual jump off the cliff closing themselves off to direct access to the western capital markets other than China?
I am not sure where Tom lives makes much of a difference. What does make a difference is the Big 4 on the Mainland can and have demonstrated they will play by rules not consistent with listing rules and SEC regulations. Until that issue is resolved, the big boys are not going to show up and move these prices to where they should be. If Tom manages to do it before then, he can wear the big red S and you have to wonder why superman is playing in China.
I am here because the Minster of Finance's May 2012 regulations looks like China is not going to dive off the cliff. China, US, Hong Kong, EY, and DT get Longtop and Standard Water resolved as grown-ups and China will be rock n rolling with XIN leading the way. I am thinking end of 1Q13 with the bounce in 2Q, still plenty of time to accumulate.
The fly in that ointment would be taking the company private. Curse you China Construction Bank. Let the laowai win one this time.
Tom Gurnee is a big plus in addition to all the reasons we have mentionede also because he is personally responsible and liable in case of false financial statement, frauds AND he is a US citizen, living at least partly in the US, with family and assets in the US, he might be easily convicted in case of fraud, no issues with extradition of Chinese nationals etc. This is just one additional reason to believe that XIN financial reports are fair and correct
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Continuous bioremediation of gasoline-contaminatedwater in a packed-bed biobarrier system underoxygen-limited conditions is discussed. This studywas part of an extensive effort to develop analternative technology for the in situbioremediation of hydrocarbons where there is alimited supply of oxygen. Protruded stainless steelpieces and granulated peat moss were used as packingmaterial to support microbial growth in twobiobarriers. The inoculum was an enrichment culture ofan indigenous microbial population from a soil sample.The biobarriers' inlet gasoline concentrations and thelinear liquid velocities were similar to thosecommonly found at in situ conditions. Gasolineremoval efficiencies ranged from 94% to 99.9% in thestainless steel-packed biobarrier, and from 86.6% to99.6% in the peat moss-packed biobarrier. Effluentgasoline concentrations below 0.03 mg/l were obtainedat gasoline loading rates less than 27.5 mg/l.d in thestainless steel-packed biobarrier. The remainingfraction of gasoline in the effluent consisted mainlyof three aliphatic compounds and not the aromaticcompounds. Both biobarrier packings supported nearcomplete removal of the most soluble aromatichydrocarbons of gasoline (BTEX) under all theconditions examined. The consumption of sulfate andthe presence of sulfate-reducing microorganismssuggested the presence of anaerobic metabolism duringthe degradation of gasoline. Up to 92% gasoline wasremoved during the first 3 cm of the biobarriers'length.
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