text: Cuba's Dictators Are More Harmful To National Security Than Iran'sMegan Carpentier4/14/09 10:00amFiled to: News At 10Cuba travel obamaIran nuclear weaponsClarence ThomasWayne Anthony Rosssarah palinAppic46EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkBarack Obama, in the most significant reversal of U.S. policy on Cuba in decades, will let Cuban-Americans visit the country and send relatives money. But don't think that means any American can visit. [NY Times]Given how that step towards ending ineffective sanctions has been hailed as a sea change with serious potential consequences, you're probably wondering why no one is freaking out that Obama is considering starting multinational negotiations with Iran before they cease enriching uranium. Or else you're not because making sure no one plays reindeer games with Fidel Castro seems more important. [NY Times]Or maybe you're just too focused on the fact that Spain is really going forward with criminal charges against former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Federal Appeals Court Judge and former Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee, University of California law professor and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo, former Defense Department general counsel and current Chevron lawyer William J. Haynes II, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff David Addington, and former Undersecretary of Defense Douglas J. Feith for creating the legal climate in which Americans were allowed to torture detainees — but they're only doing it because Obama's people won't promise that we will. [Daily Beast]We will, however, continue investigating Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. to figure out whether he new his top fundraiser was trying to bribe former Governor Rod Blagojevich to give Jackson Obama's old Senate seat. [Chicago Sun-Times]And let's not forget Todd Palin's half sister, who was just indicted on charges that she broke into some dude's house twice with her 4-year-old in tow. And, no, she didn't know the guy. [Anchorage Daily News]By the way, the first court to officially declare Al Franken the winner of the 2008 Minnesota race did so yesterday, so it's only a couple of years before the U.S. Supreme Court decides Norm Coleman really won and Minnesota gets its second Senator. [Politico]Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas thinks Americans have too many Constitutional rights. God damn that 19th Amendment anyway. [NY Times]Mexican ambassador to the US, Arturo Sarukhan, thinks the U.S. should legalize pot to stop the Mexican cartel violence. And if you think your ganja habit isn't supporting drug violence 'cause it's all coke, think again: half of the cartels' revenues come from pot. [Huffington Post]Oh, and that Crazytown marital-rape supportings, KKK-loving, abortion-hating dude Sarah Palin nominated for Attorney General thinks she's pretty hot.[Huffington Post] Reply46 repliesLeave a reply


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The oddsmaker at Caesar's must have made this line after a three-day coke binge. There's no other way to explain how the Vikings ended up only a four-point favorite against possibly the worst team in the NFL. The Browns have not even named their starting quarterback and Jamal Lewis is closer to collecting Social Security and qualifying for Medicare than he is to squeezing 1,000 yards out of those weary legs. Their best playmaker, Kellen Winslow, was traded to Tampa for the equivalent of a bag of old footballs and, oh, did I mention that their best receiver, Dante Stallworth, is serving a year-long suspension without pay because Roger Goodell is shocked, absolutely shocked and dismayed, that football players do stupid things and that he must crack down on the horrible behavior and irresponsibility of these wide-eyed lads/"role models"? My goodness, to be the beat writer for that God-forsaken team.
Considering that Minnesota boasts a defense capable of demolishing any one of the top teams in the league with or without the Williams Wall (Let's hear it for no suspensions this week!) and has the best running back in football, all Brett Favre has to do is remain upright and take his pick of wide open receivers because Cleveland couldn't cover Jerry Rice at age 50, much less the speedsters the Vikings will be deploying. I know, I know, the game will be outdoors, on the grass, on the road, and Favre is still building a rapport with his receivers. But let's be real, If you were on the Vikings would you feel worried about anything except making sure that you have a big enough lead by the end of the third quarter so Adrian Peterson can watch the rest of the game in a t-shirt?
But to be fair, let's see if we can find something Cleveland does well, shall we? They are fantastic at creating a quarterback controversy revolving around a flash in the pan and a guy who has taken less snaps than Akili Smith. They have done wonders for Denver's defense by shipping all their high-end draft busts to the Rockies and helped get Mike Shanahan fired bringing about the live-action comedy that is Josh McDaniels. Those things are fantastic and awesome and hilarious, but when it comes to winning football games, this franchise has been pure horse manure ever since they were reincarnated and this is not the year they turn it around.
Put me down for the Vikings winning 30-10 with Brady Quinn's perfectly sculpted biceps glistening on the sidelines earning him every penny he got from those awful Myoplex ads.
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RIM Announces the Dual-Mode Tour for Sprint and Verizon Wireless
Jun 16, 2009, 7:18 AM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper
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Today Research In Motion announced the BlackBerry 9630 Tour, a new QWERTY-equipped device that supports both CDMA EVDO Rev. A and quad-band GSM/EDGE plus 2100MHz HSDPA networks. The Tour also comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, autofocus and video capture. The Tour has a full HTML web browser, 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, supports microSD cards up to 32GB, an GPS. RIM said the device is expected to be available this summer from North American carriers. Both Verizon Wireless and Sprint have announced that they will sell the Tour. Sprint will offer it for $200 after rebate with new agreement. Verizon didn't offer pricing details right away.
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Finally we can truly compare a premium phone on Sprint vs. Verizon.
If you live in an area where sprint and Verizon have THE SAME coverage, and you will never use the phone outside of that zone, sprint's is cheaper. If you are in an area where one works better than the o...
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Verizon has so far been very cleverly shuffling away premium devices over to the "red" with iron-clad exclusivity agreements. Their phones are soooo appealing , modern, well constructed and flashy that consumers
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Verizon has so far been very cleverly shuffling away premium devices over to the "red" with iron-clad exclusivity agreements. Their phones are soooo appealing , modern, well constructed and flashy that consumers
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Kryger said:
looks just like the Bold from at&t. kinda disapointing..
or a Storm. Actually looks better than some of their past models.
Just my input.
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CDMA announces an "exclusive" phone that can be used on T-Mobile and AT&T as well. If you really want the Tour (and don't care about a lack of 3G in the USA) then it's all yours with a few tweaks!
Sign up to have Sprint inform you when it's coming
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It is ideally suited for those who want to stay socially connected, and lets you share moments through pictures and videos via MMS and instant message on popular IM services or BlackBerry® Messenger.
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If an unmarried couple has sex, does that mean they are married? The Bible gives us no reason to believe this to be the case. The act of sexual relations may have made them for a moment physically joined, but that does not mean God has joined them together as husband and wife. Sex is an important aspect of marriage, the physical act of marriage. Sex between unmarried people, though, does not equal marriage.
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Well, it's now official. After an appeal, the MPAA has weighed in and given William Friedkin's "Killer Joe" the dreaded NC-17 rating. And while this is unlikely to draw the celebrity and political support of the campaign Harvey Weinstein is putting behind the R-rated documentary "Bully," it's still a reminder of the MPAA's conservative viewpoint and the mysteriousness of the process by which they hand out ratings. And none of this is lost on "Killer Joe"'s star, Gina Gershon.
Playlister Cory Everett sat in with the actress and Emile Hirsch as they chatted with press at SXSW earlier this week, before the the MPAA made their decision on the appeal. And she was quite candid with her feelings on the ratings board. "The NC-17, it's so befuddling to me because there are so many movies that I've seen that are so uber-violent, you're 'If this is NC-17, why aren't those NC-17.' It feels so random to me," she said. "I dont' think it should be PG for sure, but it's a tricky thing. I just think parents should be able to decide what their kids are going to see, and it certainly isn't more violent than other movies that I've seen. I always wonder if [my character] were a guy, if it would've been an NC-17 — like when he hits her, and there's that violence — would it have been, 'Oh it's okay.' "
Citing "Saw," "Hostel" and "Casino" as films whose violence are far more explicit than anything in "Killer Joe," Gershon revealed that it's not the first time one of her films got under the skin of the MPAA. "[For] 'Bound' we had to change the love scene to make it an R. And the love scene that they didn't like was a really intense, beautiful love scene. And you didn't see any body parts, you didn't see anything, it was an intense [scene] between me and Jennifer [Tilly]. And they were like, 'Oh we can't have this.' And when we changed it to the other love scene, which was much more — not violent, but it had a hardness to it — they were like, 'Oh yeah this is fine.' I was like, 'I don't understand this,' " she said, adding, "[Paul] Verhoeven would tell a lot of stories about 'Basic Instinct,' how they kept saying, 'No no no' and one day they said 'Yes,' and he goes, 'I didn't change a thing.' "
Whatever the exact reasons for the rating, we'll never quite know. But "Killer Joe" is a pretty sizzling piece of work, so if it does manage to pop up at a screen near you, make the effort to go see it. But leave the kids at home, and you might not want to eat any fried chicken immediately before or after viewing…


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Any combo that doesn't include that BUM Legursky!
Any combo that doesn't include that BUM Legursky!
Doug struggled pretty much the whole year but last week when he was at LG he played pretty well. He seemed more at home on the left side than the right. I'm sure he wants to get more playing time but the dude in my opinion is so valuable as a utility lineman that if he is in the game and someone goes down then you're throwing 2 positions out of whack instead of just one. If he's on the bench and we lose a player he can step right in and not miss a beat.
I was down on Legs too, but agree last week he was pulling and doing a good job (I thought)!!
I think that is a very good point. With all the bashing of LEGS (most of which has been earned), it seems we may have over looked his value coming off the bench.
I know several people have made mention of this in weeks past, but I do think he is very valuable and a great option to come off the bench at a variety of positions.
I'm not high on Kemo either, but he is a good run blocker and actually pulls very well for his size. Kemo should be the LG, especially with Starks back. With Starks and Pouncey next to him, he will play just as good and most likely better than Legs did at LG. I'd like to see how well Legs could play LG with J. Scott next to him.
It also seems like Foster is the best choice for RG.
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Sweet...so does that mean we can get started before all the money is in? I think the club should definitely get hole 1 then, since that's now the sledding hill. Huge bomb drive on the first tee, like Beast! No biggie to still run tourneys from the pavillion.
Did they want to change hole 1 for parking reasons?


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'marble dry-stock spaghetti measurments' by studio lievito
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a marble spaghetti meter from the 'spaghetti rouge' collection by italian studio lievito was presented during milan design week 2013.
'type', the kitchen accessory measures dry-stock noodles in accordance to portion size. the white marble holders divide amounts for one,
two, three or four servings.
serving for two persons
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I wouldn't gratify my appetite.
But, a great accessory!
Do people really need to measure spaghetti!? Just use your hands and spend the marble money on feeding starving people.
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Over the years, as Barbara Pym replaced Nancy Mitford, Georgette Heyer, even Jane Austen, as my most loved author, I devoured all her books, but Jane and Prudence remains my favourite. Even an umpteenth reading this weekend was punctuated by gasps of joy, laughter and wonder that this lovely book should remain so fresh, funny and true to life" - Jilly Cooper
"The setting of this very funny novel, one of Barbara Pym's earliest, is an English village where Jane's husband is the newly appointed vicar, and where Prudence will pay Jane a visit and find herself courted by a fatuous young widower. Prudence, at twenty-nine, has achieved nothing in life but a dull research job in London and a string of dud affairs; Jane, now in her forties, was Prudence's tutor at Oxford. Jane cheerfully concedes that she is an incompetent housewife, but she hopes that the move to a rural parish may transform her into a Trollopean vicar's wife, as well as a crafty matchmaker. There are many comic complications here, as Jane learns that matchmaking has as many pitfalls as does housewifery" - The New Yorker
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"Understated hilarious comic writing"
Love Barabara Pym with whom we delight in the comic nature of the tiny things in our lives. The reader had just the right accent and collctions of voices for the characters but often spoke too slowly, so much so that you wondered if there was something wrong with these men. Apart from that, discover Barbara Pym.
Lightweight Jane Austen - a comedy of manners.
While good, I found the slow speed of her narration of dialogue distracting.
"Dreadful narration"
This is a very funny story, but is ruined by the narration. Her delivery is slow and over-emphatic, almost as if she were reading to people who are hard of hearing. This has the effect of erasing the subtlety of the writing.
"Hard to stay awake"
Unfortunately, I found it difficult to remember the characters and even more difficult to care. There didn't seem to be any plot development. I haven't managed to listen to the end.
"Great book, poorly narrated"
This is a lovely book, and if it the narration was up to the standard of the writing then this review would have been a 5 star. Maybe the reader thought that we readers would be too stupid to notice the subtleties of the story if she didn't telegraph them loud and clear. Whatever the reason for it, the emphasis of the reading was frequently all wrong, with quite mundane remarks being ridiculously over-dramatized. Too much playing to the gallery!
"A delight"
The book is a delight, though a shame to have a number of plot points revealed in Jilly Cooper's introduction (less easy to skip in an audiobook). Not overfond of Maggie Mash's narration – she over-enunciates, and simply misunderstands the tone of a considerable portion of the dialogue.
"I gave up"
I have enjoyed many of Barbara Pym's books and was so looking forward to hearing this one. However I gave up after about 6 chapters as the narrator was so irritating when she read men's speech - so slowly and ponderously I almost thought she was joking. However, she wasn't. Sorry Maggie Mash - your ladies are fine but you have to speed up your men.
Speed up the men's speech
Speed up the men's speech
"More Please"
A real joy to finally have some Barbara Pym here..if you've never read or listened to any of her books you are in for a real treat and if you have.. well you know already how good this is going to be. I'm keeping everything crossed that we get some more Pym...........please!!!
"Awful narration spoils a wonderful book"
Not the story, which has been one of my favourite books for years, but ruined for me in this reading by the awful attempts by the narrator to play the characters. I found it impossible to lose myself in the story as Barbara Pym's subtle and deliciously funny writing became a world inhabited by automata whose clockwork was running down.
There weren't any for me in this reading.
Juliet Stephenson or Lucy Scott.
The book is wonderful
Memo to self- avoid this narrator at all costs in future!
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Recruits step off the bus into a new world
MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO (Dec. 20, 2013) - Recruits kept their heads down, consumed with fear of the unknown, knowing that when the bus stopped, life as they knew it would be different.
Company B, 1st Recruit Training Battalion experienced their first taste of recruit training during receiving week aboard the depot, Dec. 2.
The minute the buses full of new recruits arrived at the depot, a drill instructor was ready to greet the recruits and give them their first commands.
They were instructed to move with speed and intensity at all times and to get off the bus onto the infamous yellow footprints.
From that point forward, the recruits were no longer allowed to use the words "I" or "me", they had to refer to themselves and each other as "this recruit" or "that recruit."
As they stood where thousands of Marines had stood before them, the recruits were taught the proper position of attention and read some of the basic articles of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice.
"We explain to them [recruits] the articles of the UCMJ that apply to them while they are in recruit training as well as what happens if they are violated," said Sgt Tyler T. Huber, drill instructor, Support Battalion.
Recruits were then filed into the Contraband Room where the drill instructors made sure they did not have anything they were not supposed to such as weapons, electronic devices, tobacco and more. During that time recruits received an amnesty period where they were allowed to hand over contraband without fear of punishment. Anything recruits were caught with past that point would result in disciplinary actions.
Recruits made one phone call home, reading off a pre-written sheet that told their parents that they had arrived safely to recruit training.
Next, the recruits were assigned to platoons and received their first haircuts to establish uniformity.
"We want them to know that they are not individuals anymore, they will from here on out be a team and work as one," said Huber, a native of San Diego.
Receiving week consisted of recruits checking in with medical, getting their gear issued and ends on Friday when the recruits meet their drill instructors that will train them for the next 12 weeks. The transformation from civilian to Marine starts here.
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"A war is raging that we don't understand…"
While reading some of Algy Ward's personal notes on the experience during and surrounding Tank's forth studio venture I can't help becoming enthralled in the tales told like a cat drawn to a faster small prey. Around a year hiatus after Tank's 1983 classic This Means War (which is really quite a while considering Tank released the previous three albums within an 18 month period) Tank return in a slightly revaluated form. Dropping Brabbs brother Peter and Mark due to internal person conflict, filling shoes are former White Spirit skinman Graham Crallan and Cliff Evans taking second man guitar duties. Considering the changes the chemistry is still very strong not seeming to have much of an effect on the songwriting.
The Music like usual is that fine mix of rough with finer points of melody. After almost completely finding their own sound and distancing from the Motörhead comparisons with This Means War. Tank continue to reinforce and progress into more mature minded territory. Honour and Blood seems to be made and arranged in a very similar way to its predecessor, but when you've got hold of a great formula why change it? The musicians themselves are all in great shape. Algy's vocals being perhaps the best in their career showing a wide range of different dynamics from his traditional semi drunk sounding guttural falsetto. There's definitely some killer guitar battle solos in vein of '83 – '84 era Priest compliments of Mick Tucker/Chris Evans probably the strongest Tank guitar duo to this day.
The War Drags Ever On starts the 12" off in similar epic war fashion to the predecessor's Just Like Something From Hell synth intro and all, Though not quite as sharp toothed as Just Like Something From Hell. The first noticeable musical change is the back-street style choir added for dramatic impact on the three war epics on the album. I think the harsh realization of war and what it actually is and means for soldiers involved is captured in a more captivating way this time around. W.M.L.A. (Wasting My Life Away) is probably the most impressive song if discussing exploring new avenues. A comtempory, melancholy sounding 5 minute piece showing a lighter side of Algy's wind-pipes with the gruffness of his usual throaty bellow dropped in favour of a more down to earth look at the virtues and desperations of searching for love. Trying to be as objective as possible it's not my favourite Tank song, I enjoy songs about war and kicking arse as much as the next guy. But you really have to sit back and enjoy the quiet resonance not often achieved. There's a human being inside the war-torn veteran, it's not all Blood, Guts And Beer. Too Tired to Wait For Love is the only other song on the album with the same contempory ideas explored. However straight after W.M.L.A. it almost seems like a "We haven't gone completely soft" statement, with it's more superficial view towards love. It's almost like two different viewpoint songs about love have been written, funny in an ironic way.
Apart from a hit or miss cover of Don Covay's Chain of Fools (originally made famous by "The Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin) Honour and Blood is one of Tank's most consistent efforts showing some of the most diverse material produced by the band to date. It could almost be considered Tank's best effort with it's stellar production qualities and perfected song writing. The unfortunate truth is it just doesn't quite hold up there against the amount of 5 star material on Tank's predecessor This Means War but is a close runner-up.
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An example of using Bishop:
require 'bishop' classifier = Bishop::Bayes.new { |probs,ignore| Bishop::robinson( probs, ignore ) } classifier.train( "good", "this is an interesting message full of good cheer" ) classifier.train( "bad", "this is a bad message and we hate it" ) classifier.guess( "what do you think of a message like this?" )The block passed to Bayes#new in this example shows how to replace the combiner algorithm. Bishop comes with Bishop::robinson and Bishop::robinson_fisher algorithms. If no block is supplied the default #robinson algorithm is used.
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Wait, you're talking about something other than this, right?
Or something within this?
Wait, you're talking about something other than this, right?
Or something within this?
Something within that zip c:
Well I've got the quote about quetzacaoeatadsfjadf the serpent thing and I have that image that denis posted... What else is there? I DONT KNOW WHERE TO GO FROM HERE!!!
Tsk tsk. Look more closely, mate! There's more than meets the eye c:
I swear to god if there are like hidden alphas or whatever I'm gonna do nothing because an entire ocean separates us and I can't afford a plane ticket and I don't have a passport anyway.
For the lazy asses around here.
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Indeed, these bolts dwell in all Reality's layers, whether ascended or buried deep within every mind. Few know what heavenly planes they call home, though some believe they may not be as alien as we make them out to be...
There isn't anything hidden, did you missed something
Focus not on meaningful voids within these words, but instead on the words themselves - after all, sometimes the answers to the greatest of life's mysteries are right under one's nose.
you silly cracker
I find it odd that "Reality" is capitalized mid-sentence...
Wallpaper I made for ya, mate :D
Artistic x 1
These screens are from the (still to be fully polished) first map, A1M1.
needs more pipes and beds and cardboard boxes that fly
WIP of a sort of spinoff of the prototype EP2 Eawan maps. Focuses on a different part of the story though still relevant to Eawan itself.
You'll see how it ties into Eawan once it's released if I ever finish this piece of shit in the first place because it keeps crashing :U .
i haven't been to this thread in awhile
hey there
howdy doo
Can you reupload the 2 maps? The links are kind of broken.
Should be fixed now.
Thanks a bunch!
But now another problem rose, when I try to play it via multiplayer in GMod, the sounds disappear (like the ceiling fan in the beginning) is there a fix to this or a specific gamemode I should try? I play it on sandbox mode.
Not sure if that's a problem with the map. It's never occured before.
Can't be a problem with the map, it plays fine when I select "Start Singleplayer Game" but when I start multiplayer...yeah the sounds bug out. Can you test and verify this for me?
Works fine for me. Odd.
What is real, and what is not? Tiles, bricks and tissue that I feel clearly, yet are nothing more than a virtual, artificial layer of reality. Nothing more than a pretty exterior painted over a crude mass of devtexture.
It's almost as if my life is... a game, for some wretched, sadistic cosmic monster.
I guess Iris is saying this. Maybe to a therapist?
Looks like a huge-ass GLaDOS or something like that. Maybe a robotic version of God.
Tile, stone... brush, devtexture.
I've ventured deeper into my mind, and yet I've risen above my world's understanding. I stand upon a stone starship as God Himself gazes upon me. I dread what I may find if I go further, further into the deepest voids of my thoughts, closer to the truth of my very existence. And yet, I have no choice.
Leap from the stone, land on the aether, and unlock the gate to an unwanted fact.
It's the Universal AC.
How can the net amount of entropy of the universe be massively decreased?
Enjoy the map.
Well, I just finished the Dear Esther remake. Now I'm DEFINITELY sure Eawan will never best it
Yes it will.
If I try real hard, maybe in terms of story.
Graphics? Hell naw. I'm a relatively amateur mapper, I can't go up against a guy who worked on Mirror's Edge
Looks like I'll have to compensate in even better story and gameplay!
Not with that attitude.
aww yeeah, my post got a box
are there any other eawan related maps, other than eawan_1 and eawan_2?
Eawan 3
Iris 1
Iris 2 (the two Iris maps were part of a tiny ARG-ish code hunt that led to the download link of a soundtrack)
This Is Reality (last year's Halloween special)
Misty Red Days
And finally, GOD (you'll need HL2DM for this)
There might be more but I can't be assed to look for all of them right now c:
Iris - Against all expectations, I have found a working laptop in this remote sector of Roland Asylum. Contact, at last? Interaction with the remainder of mankind after what feels like an eternity of solitude?
If anyone can read this, please send someone down here. I'm all alone, save for the fragments of my mind, the sentient figures that spawned from the guilt of my past, that prey that haunts me. I want to leave. I want to leave and never return, but the asylum won't let me. My thoughts stretch it out, expand it, build corridors before my very eyes where I could have sworn lies a door to society. It wants to keep me here. My conscious self wants to keep me here. But I won't let myself do that.
So please, even if you cannot come, stay with me... stay in contact.
Call for help.


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- Hair Length: Long
- Hair Elasticity: Straight
- Gender: Women
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- Hair Density: Thin/Medium
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- Age: Under 21, 21 - 30, 31 - 40, and 41 - 50
- Height: Any
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- Glasses: Suits with and without
- Styling Time: 30 minutes
- Products: Smoothing Shine, Hair Spray, and Moisturizer
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1 . Apply Moisturizer
Apply a small amount of hair moisturizer to the palm of your hand and distribute it evenly through the mid-lengths and the ends. Moisturizer will help your hair to maintain good condition and protect your strands from heat as you style.
2 . Part to the Left
Using the corner of your comb and standing in front of a mirror find the middle of your left eye and then drag the comb straight up slowly until you reach your hairline and then continue back in a straight manner to achieve an even left part. A side part is great for longer face shapes because it creates the illusion of width.
3 . Part Hair in a Zigzag
Using the corner of your comb, create a straight part and then place your comb at the hairline and drag it through your hair, crisscrossing from left to right as you go. When you reach your crown, lift the comb up and then split the hair to each side, pulling it down to reveal your zigzag part.
4 . Use a Blow-dryer and Fingers to Dry Your Hair Off
Using your blow-dryer, dry your hair using your fingers, separating the hair and allowing it to dry at the roots first then the mid lengths and then the ends. Making sure the roots are dry first will ensure that your hairstyle does not fall flat.
5 . Apply Smoothing Shine
Apply a very small amount of smoothing shine to the palms of your hands and then run it through the mid-lengths and ends of your hair. Be careful not to add any to the roots or a large amount to any section of the hair as smoothing shine can be very heavy on the hair, weighing it down and making it appear oily.
6 . Apply Hairspray
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Plenty to report about today including KeKe Palmer's poised to make TV history, Kenya Moore's considering leaving "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" and the "Today" show's Tamron Hall on People's "Most Beautiful" issue. Plus, check out my TV watchlist and what's hot (Outkast adding another lineup) and not (the KKK's plans for a Pennsylvania neighborhood). Enjoy!
KeKe Palmer to become the youngest TV talk show host? It appears that away. The 20-year-old singer-actress will be hosting "The Keke Palmer Project," a talk show aimed at millennials, on BET. The TV show has been picked up for an initial four-week run and will air Monday through Friday beginning in July, according to Deadline.com. Telepictures will produce it. "Judge Greg Mathis, whose long-time syndicated court show 'Judge Mathis' is produced by Telepictures, is executive producing after being instrumental in bringing together the Warner Bros TV syndication division and Palmer," Deadline.com continues. This news immediately brought back memories of "Teen Summit," a youth-oriented talk show that aired Saturday mornings on BET from 1989 to 2002. I loved "Teen Summit," whose slogan was "kick the truth to the young black youth!" Now, this show will probably skew a little older than the "Teen Summit," which was aimed at a high school and college-age audience. I wonder how many millennials will tune in for this? I'm sure college students may but will anyone else, especially if it's in the daytime? I still think it's good she's trying her hand at new projects. Remember when we first saw her in "Akeelah and the Bee"? Then she had her own Nickolodeon series,"True Jackson, VP," and starred last fall as Rozanda "Chilli" Thomas in "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story." She will next star in the Drew Barrymore-produced horror film "Animal," has a six-episode arc on Showtime's "Masters Of Sex," co-stars in the Queen Latifah–produced "Brotherly Love" and in the indie "Imperial Dreams," which premiered at Sundance, Deadline.com reports. Someone's keeping very busy. Congrats to KeKe for continuing to diversify her portfolio.
Kenya Moore says she's considering leaving "The Real Housewives of Atlanta." Yeah, right! Kenya Moore told the Associated Press that she's considering leaving the hit show after watching the televised dust-up between her and cast mate Porsha Williams during "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" season six reunion special. Kenya recently told the AP: "We all agree that we don't condone violence. We've become angry with each other, we've threatened each other and gone to the edge. But at the end of the day, we know there's a line. If there are no consequences, then where does it end?" While I don't doubt viewing the footage may have been eyeopening, I mean, all of the women (with the exception of Cynthia Bailey and maybe Kandi Burruss), behaved pretty catty and immature during the reunion special. It may have made for good TV but it wasn't a good look. And I'm sure Kenya realizes this. But I don't think it's enough for her to exit the show. She's probably making the most headlines now since she was crowned Miss USA in 1993 (why didn't her entertainment career take off?) and we know how intoxicating "fame" can be. Unless a better opportunity comes along (or her African prince puts a ring on it), her exit claims seem to be a form of damage control, to show she's disgusted with how the special unfolded (as she should be). But Mama (that's me) ain't buying it. Are you? Should Kenya leave the show? Hell, should they all call it a day? Watch part one of the "RHOA" reunion special below and let me know. Read more of Kenya's AP interview here.
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Who'll cover People mag's "Most Beautiful" issue? I haven't paid attention to People magazine's "Most Beautiful" list in years. But a "Today" show segment I saw this morning has me thinking about it again. Co-host Tamron Hall spoke with People's Jess Cagle about the issue, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. As a kid, I had been a fan of it, mesmerized by beauties like supermodel mogul Iman, supermodel Karen Alexander, singer-actress Brandy, Halle Berry and the late Whitney Houston (by the mid-1990s she'd already been featured in the magazine a then-record five times) who were featured inside. So when Tamron and Jess buzzed about who'd be this year's cover model, I (surprisingly) became intrigued, too. Who's big? Who'll sell issues? Let me clarify that I in no know way think that People is an arbiter of who's beautiful as many have argued about its cover picks and there are some BEAUTIFUL people who've never been featured and probably never will be. Along with looks, Jess said they also consider "who sells." For example, Julia Roberts' been featured on the cover four times and she sells issues. People are interested in her. For the 2014 issue, which unveils Wednesday, I would say it wouldn't surprise me if it was either Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence or, dare I say it, Lupita Nyong'o. These two women are hot and Lupita's been everywhere. Now, that would be news. Guess we'll have to check back with "Today" tomorrow as Jess will be back for the cover reveal. Who do you think will cover the issue? Check out the segment discussing this pressing issue below.
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On my watchlist? What I'm tuning in to see and what I'll catch up with XFINITY On Demand…
"Dancing with the Stars": My mother told me that NeNe did a mean salsa Monday night so I'll check it out. It airs Mondays at 8 p.m. EST on ABC. Watch it here.
"The Following": Apparently another major character dies? Well, I need to watch it fast before I run across a spoiler. It airs Mondays at 9 p.m. EST on Fox. Watch it here.
The Hot List: Who/What's Hot, Not
HOT: Lil' Kim is having a baby girl (I wish her and the child's father the best of luck in raising their daughter.).
NOT: The Ku Klux Klan starting a neighborhood watch in Pennsylvania (Well, they'll definitely need someone to watch them).
HOT: Outkast headlining the 2014 BET experience (I love this!).
NOT: Sharon Lenise Ferguson, 28, allegedly tossing her newborn in a trash can (o_O)
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Media access tightened in Parliament
I think the Speaker has over reacted by banning media access to the ground floor of Parliament House where the select committees meet. Following Brian Connell to outside the toilet was probably unwise by TVNZ, but the media should have access to MPs when they are going into and out of the House and Select Committees.
While it is not a co-ordinated programme, the cumulative effect of growing media restrictions is a cause for concern. Steven Price blogged last week on a public forum (I was going to attend but got too busy) by the Chairs of the NZ and Australian Press Councils and a member fo the NZ Law Commission. The comments below come from retired High Court Judge Barry Paterson who chairs the NZ Press Council:
He is worried that statutes and regulations may be chipping away at freedom of expression. Examples: restrictions on reporting about suicide in the Coroners Act; the proposal to restrict access to births, deaths and marriages registers; the restrictions on policitcal speech in the Electoral Finance Act (he was surprised that the Crown Law Office vet deferred to the government's political judgment, and that this "margin of appreciation" could tip a finely balanced freedom of expression issue in favour of allowing encroachment); the possibility of wide codes, and later regulations, aimed at non-communicable diseases, affecting the advertising, sponsorship and marketing of particular goods under the Public Health Bill; and the proposal to amalgamate regulation of various media platforms.
On numerous fronts, the right to know and the right to free speech get encroached.


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RIP Junior. Way too young. WAAAAAAY too young. *sigh*
Is it bad that this doesn't shock me?
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
Whats the chance the girlfriend did it?
Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
Cincinnati Reds - 75, 76, 90
Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
Chicago Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
Everything that happens before Death is what counts.
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
I feel awful for his family. But who cares about Seau? ESPN is going bananas today on their network showing their affection for a loser and quitter that he has now become.
ESPN is covering what a great player he was and how he was an even greater human being. Boring.
It's not news that he was a great player. We all know that. IF he did shoot himself, he's not a great human being. Great human beings don't do this to his kids and family. Anyone see what this did to his mother? You don't do that to your loved ones.
The story here is what actually happened and if it was indeed suicide, what was going on in his life? I heard Mort briefly allude to failed businesses but I heard others say that everything he did turned to gold so I don't know
With all due respect, I don't think it's fair to judge the character of the man. One of my best friends tried to kill herself two years ago, and she's been battling demons for quite a while. And I think it's grossly unfair to deem her less of a human being than someone else. I understand there are different perspectives on this, but IMO the man was ill. I don't think he was in a clear enough mind to deem whether he was acting selfishly or not. And football, and the violence of the sport, may have played a big part in the changing of his brain.
I agree. Years ago my neighbor, a Viet Nam War vet, committed suicide in large part because of the emotional trauma he suffered from as a result of his military service. He was ill and he made a bad decision, one that extremely hurt his family, but I never thought less of him as a human being.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
Great human beings make mistakes; even tragic ones. Great human beings can also get sick. Did he make a mistake, or was he mentally ill? In either event it doesn't mean he wasn't a great human being.
Anyway, here is a cool story about him:
EDIT: I took something out that was probably inappropriate. So I'll just say that I found SeaRay's post really offensive and leave it at that.
I do think there was something going on in his mind and that's the story I'm most interested in. Could be post concussion; could be something else. I'd like to know more about the demons he battled.
As I type this right now, I'm thinking about how good a football player he was; not about him as a great human being.
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List of Robot series characters
The following is a list of characters in Isaac Asimov's Robot series.
- 1 Kelden Amadiro
- 2 Milton Ashe
- 3 Bentley Baley
- 4 Daneel Giskard Baley
- 5 Elijah Baley
- 6 Peter Bogert
- 7 Susan Calvin
- 8 Gladia Delmarre
- 9 Han Fastolfe
- 10 Vasilia Fastolfe
- 11 Alfred Lanning
- 12 Clinton Madarian
- 13 R. Daneel Olivaw
- 14 Powell and Donovan
- 15 R. Giskard Reventlov
- 16 Lawrence Robertson
- 17 References
Kelden Amadiro[edit]
Kelden Amadiro is a Spacer and the main antagonist in the novels The Robots of Dawn and Robots and Empire. He is the head of the Robotics Institute on Aurora. He is known for being extremely against the expansion of Earth to other planets, and in the end even tries to destroy the Earth by speeding up the rate of radiation in its crust. His memory of this is erased by R. Giskard Reventlov and R. Daneel Olivaw; however they allow Levular Mandamus to destroy the Earth because his motives were more beneficial for humanity and were therefore allowable by the Zeroth Law of Robotics: a slow increase in the rate of radiation would drive Earthpeople to the outer worlds, but a quick death, what Amadiro wanted, would kill the Earth with its population still on it.
Milton Ashe[edit]
Milton Ashe appears for a short time in Chapter 5 of I, Robot ("Liar!"). He is described as "the youngest officer of U.S. Robot & Mechanical Men, Inc., and proud of his post".
Bentley Baley[edit]
Bentley Baley is a fictional character in Robot series. He was Elijah Baley's son.
Baley was credited with starting the second wave of interstellar space exploration. He was responsible for the founding of Baleyworld (later became known as Comporellon), the first colonized world of the "Settlers".
Daneel Giskard Baley[edit]
D. G. Baley is a seventh-generation descendant of Elijah Baley. Gladia Delmarre falls in love with him, and they travel to Solaria and Comporellon.
Elijah Baley[edit]
Elijah ("Lije") Baley is a plainclothesman, a homicide detective on the New York City police force. In The Caves of Steel, he called upon to help solve the murder of a Spacer. The Spacers assign him a robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, with whom he becomes lifelong friends, appearing together in two more books (and a short story). Though like all other Earthlings strongly agoraphobic, he starts a "club" on Earth for people to go outside, preparing the way for a second wave of Earth's expansion, led by his son Bentley Baley.
Peter Bogert[edit]
Dr. Peter Bogert was second in command after Alfred Lanning, he is many times characterized as trying to seize position from Lanning. He is, however, a brilliant mathematician and is many times successful in the novels where he is featured, mainly those with Susan Calvin as main character. In "Liar!", he asks the robot if Lanning is about to retire, and the robot says yes, and that Bogert is the obvious successor. Bogert uses this to increase his power on the plant, but Lanning gets enraged by this sudden change in hierarchy and makes sure Bogert understands who is in charge.
Bogert later succeeds Lanning as Director of Research at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men.
Susan Calvin[edit]
Dr. Susan Calvin is a character in many short stories. She was the chief robopsychologist at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc., the major manufacturer of robots in the 21st century. Typically, Asimov portrays Dr. Calvin as a highly driven woman, focused on her work and divorced from normal emotions, almost more "robotic" than her mechanical patients.
Gladia Delmarre[edit]
Gladia Delmarre, later known as Gladia Solaria and Gladia Gremionis (while personally preferring to use no last name at all), is a character from Isaac Asimov's Robot series.
She first appears in the book The Naked Sun, which is set on Solaria, a planet which has ten thousand robots for every human being and where most people cannot tolerate the personal presence of other people. When Gladia's husband is murdered, she is the chief suspect because he would not have allowed anyone else near him. After Elijah Baley solves the murder case, proving that she is not responsible (although she was the one who delivered the actual blow, she appears to be unaware of the fact, and Baley doesn't share it with others), Gladia moves to Aurora.[1]
In The Robots of Dawn, Elijah and Gladia meet again, this time on Aurora. They become lovers, and Gladia still has vivid memories of him 160 years after his death (as a Spacer, she has a lifespan of several centuries). In Robots and Empire she meets and falls in love with a seventh-generation descendant of Elijah Baley, named Daneel Giskard Baley, travels with him to Solaria and Baleyworld, and then decides to go to Earth and work for peace between Spacers and Settlers.[2]
In Foundation and Earth, one character tells a story to another concerning a Spacer woman who fell in love with a Settler captain, a reference to Gladia.[3]
Han Fastolfe[edit]
Dr. Han Fastolfe is a fictional character in Isaac Asimov's Robot series. A Spacer scientist from the planet Aurora, he specializes in creating robots which mimic the outward appearance of human beings—androids, although Asimov calls them "humaniform robots". His most significant creations are R. Daneel Olivaw and R. Jander Panell. R. Giskard Reventlov is another of his creations, though is not a humaniform robot, having a metal exterior. Fastolfe is Elijah Baley's chief Spacer ally; together, he and Baley are key figures in the human race's expansion into the Galaxy.
Vasilia Fastolfe[edit]
Vasilia Fastolfe (also known as Vasilia Aliena) is a character from Isaac Asimov's Robot series. She is described as short and of looks similar to that of Gladia Solaria.
The daughter of the famous roboticist Han Fastolfe, she is a great roboticist in her own right, famous for manipulating R. Giskard Reventlov, the robot assigned to her by her father, unwittingly giving him telepathic powers.
Later in life she was part of the robotics institute of Aurora and was in line to become the director. Her determination to not be in the planet during her father's death got her traveling to other Spacer worlds and therefore, when on Solaria, she came across specific mind patterns and associated it with telepathy, thereby discovering R. Giskard's powers. She tries to use the laws of robotics to get Giskard's possession in the duel scene from Robots and Empire. But with the help of R. Daneel Olivaw and their explanation of the three laws of Robotics, Giskard modifies her mind and she remembers nothing.
Alfred Lanning[edit]
Dr. Alfred J. Lanning (1971-2035) is a character from the short stories and movie of I, Robot. In the movie he is played by James Cromwell. Lanning is the Director of Research at U.S. Robotics. His assistant and assumed successor is Peter Bogert.
Clinton Madarian[edit]
Clinton Madarian is a robopsychologist. He is introduced as being Calvin's successor in the story "Feminine Intuition".
R. Daneel Olivaw[edit]
R. Daneel Olivaw is a humaniform robot (android). The "R" initial in his name stands for "robot," a naming convention in Asimov's future society; all robot names start with the initial R to differentiate them from humans which they often resemble. He is a major character in the Robot series, as well as having important roles in the prequels and sequels to the original Foundation Trilogy. Built by Han Fastolfe, he was first assigned to help Elijah Baley solve the murder of his co-creator Roj Nemennuh Sarton, and later teams up with Baley for other detective work.
With R. Giskard Reventlov, a robot with unique telepathic powers, he develops the "Zeroth Law of Robotics," a modification of/addition to the original Three Laws of Robotics, and is given Giskard's powers shortly before Giskard shuts down. He reappears later in the Foundation saga novels.
Powell and Donovan[edit]
Gregory Powell and Mike Donovan are fictional characters from Isaac Asimov's Robot short stories. They are practical engineers rather than theoretical roboticists, field specialists for U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, and are employed mainly on testing new or experimental robots in practical situations — either on planets or space stations (robots are banned on Earth). They regularly get into complex and potentially dangerous situations when trying to solve robot issues in the field. The issues typically involve the Three Laws of Robotics.
They are mainly comical characters, but they also explore the logical contradictions behind some of the applications of the Three Laws of Robotics. Their adventures stand out in stark contrast to the indoor exploits of Susan Calvin, a dour robopsychologist working for the same company. The characters Powell and Donovan appear in "Runaround", "Reason", "Catch that Rabbit" and "Escape!". Donovan also appears in "First Law". In the Foundation's Friends tribute anthology, they appear in Poul Anderson's story "Plato's Cave", and an elderly Donovan appears in Harry Harrison's "The Fourth Law of Robotics".
In "The Prophet", an episode of British television series Out of the Unknown, based on the short story "Reason", Powell was played by David Healy, and Donovan by Brian Davies. The character Mike Donovan from the V science fiction franchise was named after Asimov's character.[citation needed]
R. Giskard Reventlov[edit]
R. Giskard Reventlov is a pre-humaniform robot, designed and built on Aurora by Han Fastolfe, and a lifelong companion of Fastolfe. As an unintended result of experiments in programming carried out on him by Fastolfe's student daughter Vasilia Fastolfe, Giskard was given the ability to read and influence emotions [4] of humans and robots.
" I, alone, however, am aware of human emotions and of casts of mind, so that I know of more subtle forms of injury without being able to understand them completely [...] Emotions are readily apparent, thoughts are not."
With R. Daneel Olivaw he created the "Zeroth Law of Robotics," an extension/modification of the Three Laws of Robotics, which helped him prevent Kelden Amadiro's destruction of the Earth—though the same law led him to allow a gradual destruction of the Earth through radioactive increases, which would encourage the colonization of the Galaxy. Just before he shuts down, he transfers his telepathic abilities to R. Daneel Olivaw.
Lawrence Robertson[edit]
Lawrence Robertson is the co-founder of U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, the largest robots and advanced technologies company in Asimov's world. His first appearance is in the story "Liar!".
- ^ Asimov, Isaac. The Naked Sun. London: Collins. ISBN 0-586-01016-5.
- ^ Asimov, Isaac. The Robots of Dawn. Halmstad: Spectra. ISBN 0-553-29949-2.
- ^ Asimov, Isaac. Foundation and Earth. Halmstad: Spectra. ISBN 0-553-58757-9.
- ^ Asimov, Isaac (January 10, 1994). Robots and Empire. Collins. p. 10. ISBN 0-385-19092-1.


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Sharks have inhabited Earth's oceans for 400 million years, but today they are disappearing at an alarming rate.
Because they are very slow to reach reproductive age—anywhere from 12-15 years—and typically only give birth to one or two pups at a time, sharks have great difficulty recovering their populations after extreme depletions. Of the 465 assessed species of sharks living in our oceans, 74 are currently listed as threatened (including 11 species which are critically endangered) on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. The IUCN has estimated that one quarter of all shark, ray and chimaera species are threatened with extinction.
Shark Finning
While it is impossible to know how many sharks are killed yearly due to illegal and unrecorded catch, it is estimated that up to 73 million sharks are killed annually by "finning" alone—a brutal practice that involves cutting off a shark's fins, usually while it is still alive, and throwing the body back overboard where it either bleeds to death or drowns. The fins are then used to make shark fin soup, a traditional Asian delicacy.
In addition to being taken intentionally for their fins, sharks are often accidentally caught up in fishing nets and on lines – a practice called "bycatch." When lines are unattended, such as in some longline fisheries, the toll can be particularly high.
Size: The spined pygmy shark, a deep-sea shark, is one of the smallest at only about 7-8 inches, while the whale shark is the largest shark, and fish, at about 50 feet in length.
Lifespan: Although lifespan varies by shark species, most sharks are long-lived and generally tend to live for 20-30 years. Species like the spiny dogfish and the whale shark are believed to live for over 100 years!


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Newmont recently filed for international arbitration against the Government of Indonesia, seeking resumption of their mineral exports from the country. ((Arbitration Filed over Export Restrictions in Indonesia, Newmont Press Release)) However, Freeport continued negotiations with the government, seeking resolution of the situation. The company has reached an agreement with the government over a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a contract renegotiation. However, the MoU has not been signed yet and there is still no concrete timeframe for resumption of mineral exports. See our complete analysis for Freeport McMoran
The Indonesian Situation
A law enacted in Indonesia in 2009, banned exports of unprocessed minerals from the country with effect from January 12, 2014. The intent behind this law was to provide a boost to the development of the Indonesian mineral processing industry and simultaneously increase the value of the country's commodity exports. However, last minute changes to the law deferred the ban on exports to 2017. Exports of copper concentrate were permitted, but under new rules. The government introduced new regulations in order to get an export permit and also imposed an export duty of 25%, which will rise progressively to 60% by 2016. Freeport contends that the export tax violates the terms of its investment agreement, or contract of work, with the Indonesian government. The company halted its exports from Indonesia in January pending negotiations with the government over these regulatory changes. Though the Indonesian government has displayed some leniency in its stance on the tax issue, it has still not been resolved.
Freeport was awarded registered exporter status by Indonesia's Ministry of Trade in March. The company still needs a recommendation letter from the Mining Ministry in order to get an export permit, which would allow it to restart exports. ( As reported by Reuters, the draft MoU between Freeport and the government is set to be finalized within two weeks. Under the terms of the draft MoU, Freeport is to divest 30% of its Indonesian unit, pay a royalty of 4% for copper sales and 3.75% for gold sales – up from 1% previously – and agree to build a smelter. The company is to pay a smelter construction bond of $115 million to the government, post which the Finance Ministry will sign a lower export tax regulation and allow exports to resume. However, the Indonesian presidential election may cause a delay in the reaching of a deal.
Impact on Freeport
Indonesia accounts for around 22% of Freeport's consolidated copper production and nearly 91% of its consolidated gold production. Prior to the imposition of export restrictions by the government, Freeport expected to sell around 40% of its copper concentrate production in Indonesia to PT Smelting, Indonesia's only copper smelter and refinery, in which Freeport holds a 25% stake. The remaining copper concentrate produced in Indonesia was to be exported to international smelters.
As a result of the export restrictions, the company aligned its production rates in Indonesia with PT Smelting's operating plans. As a result, Freeport's milling rate averaged 118,000 tons of ore per day at its Indonesian operations, which is around half of normal rates. This was reflected in its Q1 2014 sales figures. Freeport's consolidated copper sales volumes decreased to 871 million pounds in Q1 2014, compared to 954 million pounds in Q1 2013. Consolidated gold sales volumes decreased to 187,000 ounces in Q1 2014, compared with 214,000 ounces in Q1 2013. Lower copper and gold sales volumes primarily reflected lower volumes from the company's Indonesian operations as a result of the restrictions on concentrate exports from Indonesia. This resulted in a deferral of approximately 125 million pounds of copper and 140,000 ounces of gold shipments in Q1 2014.
The Road Ahead
The delay in resumption of exports from Indonesia is expected to result in a deferral of approximately 50 million pounds of copper and 80,000 ounces of gold sales per month. To put this into context, Freeport expected 4.43 billion pounds and 1.75 million ounces of copper and gold sales respectively in 2014, at the time of declaration of its Q4 2013 results. Thus, any delay in the resolution of the stand-off in Indonesia will certainly have an impact upon Freeport's results. However, the extent of the impact will depend upon the duration of time for which exports remain suspended. A quick resumption of normal operations in Indonesia is vital for the company's business prospects in the region.
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