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Stan Lynde, creator of the iconic cowboy comic strip "Rick O'Shay," died Tuesday of cancer in Helena. He was 81 and leaves behind his wife, Lynda.
In a talk in December 2012 at the Western Heritage Center in Billings, Lynde read excerpts from his latest book, "The Big Open," one of eight novels Lynde wrote featuring U.S. Marshal Merlin Fanshaw. But it was his famous cartoon cowboy, Rick O'Shay, and his sidekicks, Hipshot Percussion and Tom Foolery, that got the crowd excited.
Chas Weldon, director of the Yellowstone County Museum, was there to finally meet his hero.
"I lived Rick O'Shay," Weldon said Tuesday. "I thought I was him."
During his WHC talk, Lynde announced his plans to move to Ecuador, where he said it would always be spring.
"The sun comes up at 6:30 and goes down at 6:30 all year long," Lynde said.
Lynde and his wife Lynda returned to Helena in late spring after he became ill. He is also survived by his children and his two sisters.
A memorial service is scheduled for Sept. 6 at 3 p.m. at the Spring Meadow Lake Pavilion in Helena. He will be buried at Mountview Cemetery in Billings.
Lynde was born in Billings on Sept. 23, 1931. He was raised among cowboys, sheep men and Crow tribal members. He began drawing cartoons in high school and attended the University of Montana until he joined the Navy during the Korean conflict. In the Navy, Lynde created the comic strip "Ty Foon."
In December, Lynde said he used to read comics in The Billings Gazette, viewing them "as natural wonders like Old Faithful."
"When I found out people created them, I thought, 'That's what I'm going to do,' " Lynde said.
A drawing Lynde made of a bronc has served as Senior High's school logo since the 1970s. In 2004, Lynde designed the new patch for the Montana division of the U.S. Marshals Service.
Lynde's talk in Billings was one of his last public performances before he and Lynda moved to Ecuador in January. Weldon joined about 50 other folks at the talk and Lynde sold so many books there that he ran out of a bound volume of Rick O'Shay cartoons.
Weldon, who grew up in the Blue Creek area, said his mother would make outfits for him to compete in the annual Rick O'Shay look-alike contest in Billings. He never won one, but it was fun to tuck his jeans in his boots and put on a tin star to become Rick O'Shay for a day.
"Stan's artistic creativity was one of the big contributors to shaping my future life," Weldon said.
In the 1950s Lynde moved to New York, where he worked for the Wall Street Journal. Lynde began publishing Rick O'Shay in 1958 because he said he wanted to spoof the "celluloid West." He used puns to name his characters "because I like puns." The comic strip ran for 20 years with an average daily readership of 15 million.
Lynde returned to Montana in 1962. He also created the comic strip "Latigo," which ran from 1979 to 1983.
Weldon said part of Lynde's strength as an artist was the fact that he got all the details just right.
"He was so precise. The guns were real guns and the saddles were real saddles," Weldon said. "It made you learn history."
Julie Dial, of the Western Heritage Center, called Lynde a kind and authentic man.
"In his work he captured the spirit and history of the West in a unique, accessible way," Dial said. "We are deeply saddened and our thoughts are with his family."

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The original Constitution was simply filed away and, later, shuffled from one place to another. When City Hall underwent renovations, the Constitution was transferred to the Department of State. The following year, it moved with Congress to Philadelphia and, in 1800, to Washington, where it was stored at the Treasury Department until it was shifted to the War Office. In 1814, three clerks stuffed it into a linen sack and carried it to a gristmill in Virginia, which was fortunate, because the British burned Washington down. In the eighteen-twenties, when someone asked James Madison where it was, he had no idea.
In 1875, the Constitution found a home in a tin box in the bottom of a closet in a new building that housed the Departments of State, War, and Navy. In 1894, it was sealed between glass plates and locked in a safe in the basement. In 1921, Herbert Putnam, a librarian, drove it across town in his Model T. In 1924, it was put on display in the Library of Congress, for the first time ever.
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Rich Frat Boy Gets a Conscience, Gets Attacked By Other Rich Frat Boys
"Fraternity life is at the core of the college's human and cultural dysfunctions." Lohse concluded by recommending that Dartmouth overhaul its Greek system, and perhaps get rid of fraternities entirely.
This did not go over well. At a college where two-thirds of the upperclassmen are members of Greek houses, fraternities essentially control the social life on campus. To criticize Dartmouth's frats, which date back more than 150 years, is tantamount to criticizing Dartmouth itself, the smallest and most insular school in the Ivy League.
In response to Lohse's op-ed, the Dartmouth community let loose a torrent of vitriol against him on The Dartmouth's website. Lohse, it was decided, was "disgruntled" and a "criminal." His "blanket and bitter portrayal of the Greek system" was not only false, complained one alumnus, "but offensive to tens of thousands of Dartmouth alumni who cherished the memories of their fraternities."
Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy: Inside Dartmouth's Hazing Abuses – Rolling Stone
John Roberts Blinked When He Saw His Legacy In The Mirror
Chief Justice John Roberts initially sided with the Supreme Court's four conservative justices to strike down the heart of President Obama's health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, but later changed his position and formed an alliance with liberals to uphold the bulk of the law, according to two sources with specific knowledge of the deliberations.
Roberts then withstood a month-long, desperate campaign to bring him back to his original position, the sources said. Ironically, Justice Anthony Kennedy – believed by many conservatives to be the justice most likely to defect and vote for the law – led the effort to try to bring Roberts back to the fold.
"He was relentless," one source said of Kennedy's efforts. "He was very engaged in this."
The Battle Over Climate Science
"There's really only about 25 of us doing this," Steve Milloy says, shortly after sitting down at Morton's, a Washington, D.C., steakhouse favored by lawyers and lobbyists. "A core group of skeptics. It's a ragtag bunch, very Continental Army." Milloy, a Fox News commentator and former tobacco-industry advocate, runs a website called JunkScience.com that is an outlet for attacks on those he calls "global-warming alarmists." Many of those who question mainstream climate science resent being called deniers; they say it unfairly equates them with Holocaust deniers. They prefer doubters, skeptics or realists. "Me, I just stick with denier," Milloy says. "I'm happy to be a denier."
Milloy is dressed in a striped pink button-down shirt and khaki pants, classic Potomac prep. He moved into climate denial in the 1990s as funding from the tobacco lobby began to dry up. At the time, conservative and libertarian think tanks were just starting to take aim at climate science. Milloy, who has received funding from entities controlled by oil billionaires Charles and David Koch, helps them get their message to the masses.
Making Twitter Follow Friday Useful
Following on the heals of Chris Brogan and moving his Twitter follow Friday meme to his blog, here's my shout out to people whose blogs or Tweets I read mostly religiously. I like Chris' logic in moving these little promotions to a blog post format: trying to put all this information into 140 characters strangles the language and creates a 140 character mess.
- @HolyokeHome — Their blog originates in Holyoke, Massachusetts (The Paper City), about the renovation of a new/old row house.
- @WritersVoice — A book radio show that I listen to. Great interviews, including this one I did with Chris Brogan!
- @StoneGreg — Co-founder of craft beer brewer Stone Brewing Co. Always has great links to interesting articles.
- @CenterOnBudget — The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a non-partisan institute that's always publishing great information about how the government is spending our money. If you want to be informed and don't mind being sort of a geek, check them out.
- @dankennedy_nu — Dan Kennedy is a journalism professor at Northeastern University and writes the blog Media Nation. A good source of information about the media business in general, especially around Boston.
UPDATE: Rob McGuire on how to recommend people and make yourself look good.
Do you have any suggestions but don't have a blog to publish them at? Leave them in the comments below.
Weekend Reading – Links For February 13, 2010
How the David Letterman, Jay Leno, Oprah Winfrey Super Bowl ad got made. All kinds of disguises and hijinks.
A chronology of Einstein's life in 1905 when he was 26 years old. How is it possible that one man could do so much in a year? Stories like this, and watching The Cove this week, make me worry that my life is less than it should be.
If you ever wanted to figure skate and do a triple lutz-triple toe loop, here's a video for your reference. Pretty cool with slow motion and graphics for details.
As the resident of a quiet village in Oxfordshire with a plummy accent to match, she makes an unlikely revolutionary. But she has become a key player in the unrest that is shaking Iran and is such an irritant to PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad that she has been subjected to a propaganda campaign by the regime's henchmen. [full story]
Can gay footballers ever come out? Story from the U.K.
Fill You Up With Smarts – Weekend Links For January 30, 2010
UMass Amherst has a new branding effort. Why don't they just improve the University instead of worrying about the brand message? How about stop cutting tenure track faculty? Considering one of your brand themes is "smart", you might want to stop the faculty slide. Tenure faculty at UMass Amherst has dropped nearly 250 since 1988 (pdf).
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is probably going to retire this year. At 90 years old, his work is going to be hard to replace. He's had some full throated opinions lately … on the campaign finance law that was overturned, Stevens said the current court was blazing through case law precedent. The final sentence of his dissent: "While American democracy is imperfect, […] few outside the majority of this court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics."
PGA tour starting to pay for the transgressions of Tiger Woods. – "It is a harbinger of what the PGA Tour may be without its most popular player. Three of the Tour's 46 tournaments scheduled for 2010 don't have a lead corporate sponsor, nor do 13 of next year's tournaments. Television viewership of the first two events of this year's Tour tumbled."
Margaret Talbot of The New Yorker is blogging the same sex marriage trial in California, Perry v. Schwarzenegger.
Terrorist Carlos The Jackal is in a French prison for life, but he's suing a film company for final cut of a documentary they are making of him.
Vermont has suffered more deaths per capita in the Iraq war than any other state. The state has a rate of 3.54 deaths per 100,000 residents, which dwarfs even those that follow right behind: Montana (2.87), Wyoming (2.57), Nebraska (2.50) and South Dakota (2.46). Why is the rate so hight? A few reasons, one of which is that their National Guard gets a lot of tough assignments.
After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions forNewsday's Web Site. After moving the newspaper Web site behind a pay wall ($5 a week), site traffic has dropped off a cliff; in December 2009 the web site had 1.5 million unique visits, a drop from 2.2 million in October.
Transcribing everyday conversations of Al Qaeda members. Other than the terrorism they like, they're regular guys!
Fill You Up With Smarts – Weekend Links For January 16, 2010
Looks like a good coffee maker, but not entirely environmentally friendly – do we really need to fill up the planet with unrecyclable trash, just for a tasty, convenient cup of coffee?
Funny photos of Jack Nicholson at basketball games. For Jack Nicholson, going to a Laker's game isn't just an event to watch. With seats that good, you've got to participate!
The Bogus Flight 253 'One-Way Ticket' Meme: Anatomy Of A Myth – From the beginning of attempted x-mass bombing story, I read stories how the Nigerian fellow bought a one-way ticket (which would have been a red flag … if true!). Here's how that false story took on its own life.
How a group of Texas conservatives is rewriting your kids' textbooks. – Â This is problematic because Texas' textbook buying power influences what books get published, which in turn influences the buying choices other states.
Why Hurricane Katrina Looms Over Obama's Relief Efforts in Haiti – Dumb pundits on parade! Apparently Howard Fineman from Newsweek doesn't know that Haiti isn't the 51st state, therefore we don't have both a legal and moral obligation to help Haiti, just a moral obligation.
Top 10 Places You Can't Go – I've walked by the number 2 place on the list, Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center. In 1990, I walked the Appalachian Trail, which follows the fence line for a bit. All very hush-hush, you know.
How To Create SPOT color swatches in Adobe InDesign
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US skeleton racer says family helps her succeed
Noelle Pikus-Pace, who traveled to Sochi with her husband and children, joins Matt Lauer in Sochi to chat about competing in the Games in the women's skeleton. She credits much of her success to having her family around. Her main goal? "This time, it's about getting on that podium," she says.


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Merchants of Death
But neither charity nor revamping existing meat infrastructure are among the primary foreign goals of U.S. agribusiness. What U.S. agribusiness wants is to clone itself abroad, especially in Asia. Explains Dennis Avery, director of global food issues for the Hudson Institute:
"Asia is now in the first stages of the biggest surge in farm export demand the world will ever see. It is also the last big surge in farm export demand the world will ever see. Asia is the land of opportunity, and it's happening fast. China's meat demand is rising by four million tons per year--but it has a feed shortage. India is trying to consume an additional two million tons of milk per year--but it has a feed shortage. Indonesia's broiler flock soared 25% last year to 750 million birds--but it has a feed shortage."
Avery argues that the U.S. grain export sector must bear the brunt of the need to increase global grain production 300% within the next 50 years, and that this is a positive, since it brings immense opportunity for profit. The alternative, he contends, is that much wildlife habitat abroad will be destroyed to faciliate additional grain cropping.
Avery's calculations may stand up, if, for instance, Russians start eating the 70 pounds of chicken apiece per year that Americans consume on average, instead of their present average of 15 pounds apiece. The catch is that the necessary water and topsoil may not be available.
Scrambling for position, agribusiness seems inclined to win market share now and figure out how to fill it later. Exporting $700 million worth of chicken per year, accounting for 12% of the company gross, Tyson grabbed the lead on May 1, 1997, announcing a deal with Kerry Holdings Ltd., part of the Hong Kong-based Kuok Group, to build up to 10 poultry complexes in China, each of which is to kill half a million birds per week. Construction of the first complex is to begin by February 1998.
Tyson is already selling breeding chickens abroad through a subsidiary, Cobb-Vantress Inc., which has distributors in 14 nations. Cobb-Vantress chickens have an edge in the marketplace, achieved through selective breeding, in that they gain one pound of body weight per 1.8 pounds of feed input, compared to the former industry standard of one pound gained per 2.1 pounds of feed input.
Earlier in 1997, Tyson announced it would invest $25 million in building a feed-and-hog complex at Luzon, the Philippines, and together with Hudson Foods and Simmons Foods announced a joint deal, partially financed by the USDA, to build a U.S.-style poultry facility in Russia.
Since the Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, Russian poultry inventories have dropped 45% and annual production is down 55%, but U.S. poultry exports to Russia climbed 26% in 1996, to 853,000 metric tons, worth $826 million, of which the Tyson share is $170 million. Hudson Foods is the next biggest poultry exporter to Russia, selling $132 million worth last year. But the export boom, at least in chicken as opposed to grain, is not going to last. The real rush is to establish production capacity within the purchasing nations. Further, since Russia has considerable unrealized grain production capacity, unlike the other purchasing nations, industry analysts see potential huge profits not only in developing the Russian poultry industry, but also in using Russian grain to produce poultry for export to Asia.
The major obstacles to global conquest by the American meat trade seem to be health and safety standards, often stricter abroad than in the U.S., but negotiated down when U.S. economic clout is brought to bear. The U.S. position, encouraged by agribusiness, is that the stricter foreign standards are not really necessary, not enforced against domestic producers, and are deployed only as defacto protective tariffs by foreign governments, on behalf of inefficient domestic producers. The U.S. won agreement from a World Trade Organization tribunal on May 12, when the three judges unanimously ruled that the European Union ban on the import of beef grown with the use of synthetic steroids is a defacto tariff, not soundly based on science.
Because the provisions of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs bar nations from using "process standards" that govern how an item shall be made to restrict imports, health and safety standards remain almost the only way for GATT member nations to slow displacement of peasant farmers by "vertically integrated" agri-business-- and at that, the U.S. can and does retaliate, with the advantage of leverage because every other trading nation wants the chance to export goods into the U.S. marketplace.
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If you employ one or more members of staff, then you will need to enrol that person(s) into a Work Place Pension scheme. The vast majority of businesses in the United Kingdom will be required to do so by 2018. A failure to do so results in a hefty penalty imposed by the Pensions Regulator.
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You must enrol each eligible employee on to an approved pension scheme. You, your employee and the Government all contribute to this pension. Assessing who is and who is not eligible is fairly complicated, although we offer guidance below.
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When you contact The Financial Management Centre in Leeds, our auto-enrolment and workplace pension advisors will answer all of these questions, and more.
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Discover Your Strengths
Assess your skills, values, interests and strengths by reading relevant sections of these books, which you can borrow from the Career Services Library:
- What Color Is Your Parachute by Richard Bolles
- The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success by Nicholas Lore
- Guerilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams by Kimm Walton
Once you have begun to understand your own preferences, begin to explore practice areas and specific employers to see how you might fit in to those environments. These two books may be of use to you:
- The Official Guide to Legal Specialties by Lisa Abrams (provided to all first-year students)
- America's Greatest Places to Work with a Law Degree by Kimm Walton
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Based on C. G. Jung's theory of psychological types, the MBTI can help you discover the career characteristics and job activities that are often rewarding to someone with your personality. It can also offer you insight into how people like you maximize career exploration as they gather information, set goals, make decisions and take action.
While this instrument can be helpful in your career exploration, it won't tell you what kind of lawyer you should be. Rather, it is intended to provide you with a new way of thinking about your job search in order to find work that is ultimately satisfying to you.
Karen Comstock, Assistant Dean for Public Service, and Elizabeth Peck, Director of Career Services, are qualified administrators and interpreters of the MBTI. Contact their Administrative Assistant, Molly Brewton, to make an appointment to discuss the MBTI with one of them.


text: Charles "Chuck" Ritter, 51, of New Buffalo, MI, passed away Tuesday, June 28, after a long and hard struggle with Multiple Myeloma. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, July 2, 2005, 10 a.m., at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, New Buffalo, MI, with Father James Morris officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery, New Buffalo, MI. A Celebration of Life visitation will be on Friday, from 3 to 9 p.m., at the SommerfeldSmith Family Funeral Home, 15 N. Barton St., New Buffalo, MI. The family is requesting memorial contributions be made to the St. Mary of the Lake School, New Buffalo, MI or to Multiple Myeloma Research, 51 Locust Ave., Suite 201, New Canaan, CT 06840. Chuck was born April 1, 1954, in Michigan City, IN, to George Charles and Nadja, nee Melgin, Ritter. Chuck was the owner and operator of New Buffalo Realty & Yachts, Inc. On April 4, 1992, he married Marsella "Marcie" Brown. He was a member of the National Association of Realtors, the Michigan Realtors Association, and the Southwest MI Realtors Association. Chuck was also a member of St. Mary of the Lake Church, New Buffalo, MI. He will be greatly missed by his loving family and his many friends. He is survived by his wife, Marsella "Marcie"; his two daughters, Natalie and Julia; his mother, Nadja Ritter; a sister, Staci Ritter all of New Buffalo; a sister-in-law, Juliana (Tom) McEvoy of Glendale Heights, IL; nieces, nephews, a great-nephew and many special friends. He is preceded in death by his father, George Charles Ritter.


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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct. 13, 2016) - Newmarket Gold Inc. ("Newmarket" or the "Company") (TSX:NMI)(OTCQX:NMKTF) is pleased to announce production results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. Full financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 will be released on Thursday, November 3rd, 2016.
All dollar amounts are in US dollars unless otherwise noted.
Third Quarter 2016 Highlights
Douglas Forster, President & Chief Executive Officer of Newmarket stated: "We are pleased to report record year to date consolidated gold production of 175,041 ounces and re-affirm our improved 2016 production guidance of 225,000 - 235,000 ounces of gold. Strong quarter performance from Fosterville, representing over 66% of consolidated production, has been the cornerstone of our improved financial position. Newmarket ended the quarter with a robust balance sheet with $82.5 million in cash (equivalent to C$108 million) and working capital of $64 million, a strong position to withstand gold price volatility."
"During the quarter, increased growth investment in our assets has continued to return significant high-grade gold intercepts outside of 2015 Mineral Resources and Reserves. Specifically, Fosterville has over 20 kilometres of potential gold-bearing structures on the 500 square kilometre property highlighting the exceptional potential of this premier gold district. The investment in near-mine exploration is a key part of our strategy to grow future free cash flow and returns for our shareholders."
"Prior to the quarter end, Newmarket announced a transformational business combination with Kirkland Lake Gold. This business combination achieves strong value creation for Newmarket Shareholders, providing a superior operating platform with 7 operating mines and total annual gold production of over 500,000 ounces in Tier 1 mining jurisdictions. The combined company will position shareholders for long term success, benefiting from a strong pipeline of development and exploration opportunities supported by a robust balance sheet with a combined cash balance of over C$275 million. We look forward to the completion of this transaction in Q4 2016 and believe there is significant valuation upside to be gained."
Third Quarter 2016 Operational Highlights
Fosterville Gold Mine
Fosterville has continued to deliver exceptional results, producing 36,967 ounces of gold in the third quarter, just 1% below the record performance achieved in the previous quarter. This marks a 13% increase over Q3 2015 production of 32,793 ounces of gold.
Mine production delivered 191,900 tonnes at an average grade of 6.64 g/t Au as compared to Q2 2016 of 160,889 tonnes at 8.30 g/t Au, representing a 19% increase in total mine production. Improvement in mining tonnage was the result of opportunistic investment in new larger-capacity haulage trucks and the opening up of new productive levels in the Lower Phoenix area. During the quarter, average grade was lower than the record grade achieved in the previous quarter, however in line with mine plan expectations. The operation continues to see high-grade stope production and development on multiple levels in the Lower Phoenix area where both west and east-dipping lodes were extracted.
Mine development advanced at an average monthly rate of 668 m (2,004 m in total), ahead of both Q2 2016 by 18% and Q3 2015 by 5%. Significant investment in diamond drilling continued with nine rigs operating at quarter end for exploration and resource definition programs. The focus of exploration activities was mainly on the Harrier South and Lower Phoenix Gold Systems, with each one yielding significant high-grade intercepts containing visible gold as reported on September 14 and September 20, 2016 news releases for Harrier South and Lower Phoenix respectively.
During the quarter, the mill processed 185,071 tonnes at an average grade of 6.91 g/t Au as compared to 169,884 tonnes at 7.50 g/t Au in Q2 2016, representing a 9% improvement in total milled tonnes from the previous quarter driven by higher mine productivity. Recovery for the quarter averaged 89.7%, slightly below the record recovery achieved in the previous quarter of 90.8% due to a slightly higher proportion of black shale-associated ore being milled which impacted flotation recovery. The gravity circuit continued to perform well in its second full quarter of operation with 5,099 ounces, or 14% of total production at Fosterville recovered in the circuit.
Cosmo Gold Mine
Cosmo produced 10,677 ounces of gold, resulting in year to date production of 42,459 ounces. Third quarter production was below expectations however, the mill reached a new record recovery of 95.3%.
Third quarter production was impacted by lower deliveries from the mine, with 141,091 mined tonnes at a grade of 2.50 g/t Au as compared to 155,737 tonnes at 2.97 g/t Au in Q2 2016. Mine performance was impacted by limited flexibility in the stoping sequence and higher than planned dilution and ore loss as a consequence of unfavorable ground conditions. Hangingwall failures resulted in unplanned dilution in the eastern lodes located around the F10 Fault. Going forward, flexibility and ground conditions will improve as recent drilling has identified additional potential ore sources near existing infrastructure. It is expected these new feed sources will be incorporated in the mine plan in the near term (see Newmarket News Release dated August 22, 2016).
Mine development was significantly higher than the previous quarter with 851m completed compared to 413m in Q2 2016. During the third quarter, the mine mobilised a second jumbo to assist with a ramp up in capital development to access new mining areas around the newly discovered Redbelly and Taipan lodes, as well as assist with the development of a new exploration drill drive to test the down plunge extensions of the Sliver Lode. Currently there are four diamond drill rigs in operation at Cosmo, following up on the new discoveries.
Process improvements in the mill continued to focus on quality performance with overall mill recovery improving to a record 95.3% during the quarter as compared to the previous record of 94.2% in Q2 2016 and 92.2% in Q3 2015. This second consecutive quarter of record recovery has been achieved through a controlled approach to processing of Cosmo ore with additional improvements in oxygen supply during the milling process.
Stawell Gold Mine
Stawell produced 8,150 ounces of gold, resulting in year to date production of 25,233 ounces. Low grade oxide stockpiles continued to supplement underground ore resulting in total mill feed of 218,702 tonnes at 1.45 g/t Au and recovery of 80.1%, consistent with the previous quarter. Mined tonnes improved 7% above the previous quarter, with reserve material from the Federal-Albion South and Upper South Fault, complemented with non-reserve material from the upper levels.
Growth activities at Stawell continued to improve the understanding of the Aurora B gold discovery and extending the Aurora B Mineral Resource reported in Q1 2016. The West Flank of the Stawell gold system has produced 2.3 million ounces over 30 years of continuous mining, whereas the East Flank has no recorded historical production.
Recent Corporate Developments Regarding Kirkland Lake Gold and Newmarket Gold to Combine to Create a New Mid-Tier Gold Company
During Q3 2016, Newmarket and Kirkland Lake Gold entered into a definitive agreement to merge the two companies, creating an exciting new mid-tier gold company with annual gold production in excess of 500,000 ounces across two Tier 1 mining jurisdictions in Canada and Australia. (see Newmarket News Release dated September 29, 2016). The new company will be anchored by production from the Macassa and Taylor mines in Ontario and the Fosterville mine in Australia, delivering high-quality gold production with low cost production and superior free cash flow generation.
Key Investment Highlights of the Combined Company Include:
Cash Balance and Working Capital Position
Newmarket Gold ended the third quarter with a cash balance of $82.5 million (equivalent to C$108 million), a $12.6 million increase from June 30, 2016. Working capital at quarter end was approximately $64 million and includes approximately $3.3 million in growth expenditures during the quarter.
Qualified Person
Simon Hitchman, FAusIMM (CP), MAIG, Exploration Manager, Newmarket Gold, is a "qualified person" as such term is defined in National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical information and data included in this news release.
Third Quarter 2016 Financial Earnings Conference Call Details
Full financial results and associated operating and all-in sustaining cash cost details for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 will be released Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 before the opening of the North American stock markets.
Douglas Forster, President and Chief Executive Officer, Darren Hall, Chief Operating Officer and Robert Dufour, Chief Financial Officer, will also host a conference call to discuss the results on Thursday, November 3rd, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT).
Participants may listen to the call by dialing toll free 1 (877) 648-7976 at approximately 10:50 a.m. (EDT) and ask to join the Newmarket Gold conference call. International or local callers should dial 1 (617) 826-1698 at approximately 10:50 a.m. (EDT) and ask to join the Newmarket Gold conference call.
The call will be webcast live at http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/dwwuctx9 and at www.newmarketgoldinc.com in the Events and Webcast section under the Investor Relations tab.
The live audio webcast will be archived and made available for replay at www.newmarketgoldinc.com.
Presentation slides which accompany the conference call will be made available in the Investors section of the Newmarket Gold website, under Presentations, prior to the conference call.
Douglas Forster, M.Sc., P.Geo.
President & Chief Executive Officer
About Newmarket Gold Inc.
Newmarket Gold is a Canadian listed gold producer with three 100% owned underground operating mines in Australia. The flagship operation, Fosterville Gold Mine, and the Stawell Gold Mine are located in the state of Victoria, and the Cosmo Gold Mine is located in the Northern Territory. In addition, Newmarket has a pipeline of growth projects within Australia, including The Maud Creek Gold Project in the Northern Territory and the Big Hill Gold Project in the state of Victoria. The Company is based on a strong foundation of quality gold production from its three Australian mines, producing over 220,000 ounces of gold annually. Newmarket Gold is dedicated to the development of its resources, targeted exploration, and prudent cost management practices, while continuing to generate free cash flow and maintaining a large resource base with reserve upside. Newmarket strives to enhance shareholder value through a disciplined approach to growth, focused on organic exploration success on near mine targets and accretive acquisition opportunities in stable mining jurisdictions.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Information
Certain information set forth in this news release contains "forward-looking statements", and "forward-looking information under applicable securities laws. Except for statements of historical fact, certain information contained herein constitutes forward-looking statements, which include the Company's expectations about its business and operations, and are based on the Company's current internal expectations, estimates, projections, assumptions and beliefs, which may prove to be incorrect. Some of the forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "will", "expects", "anticipates", "believes", "projects", "plans", and similar expressions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance or outcomes and undue reliance should not be placed on them. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management as of the date such statements are made and they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or forward-looking information. Although management of the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements or forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements or forward-looking information that are included in this press release or incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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Ski Season Starts This Weekend At Nemacolin Woodlands
Slopes open a week ahead of schedule; 100% operational
Farmington, PA (December 5, 2007) — Mystic Mountain at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort opens for the winter ski season on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007 – one week ahead of schedule and 100% operational for skiing and snowboarding. The facility is open to the public, and ski enthusiasts do not have to stay overnight at the resort to enjoy the wide array of offerings.
"We are really excited that Mother Nature is working with us this time around," says Jon Pitcavage, director of activities at Nemacolin Woodlands. "We've had a solid snowfall since Sunday (Dec. 2), and have added to that by running our snowmaking system 24 hours a day. This early in the season, to be fully operational for skiing and snowboarding on all slopes and trails shows promise for a very strong ski season."
Mystic Mountain is a 25-acre, complete winter sports complex offering downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, snow shoeing and snow tubing on ten slopes and trails. The mountain is serviced by three lifts: a quad chair, a beginner tow, and a surface lift in the snow tubing park. Additional offerings include equipment rental, a ski retail shop, ski and snowboarding lessons, and the Snow Monsters snow camp for children (ages 4 to 12). Night skiing is also a popular offering, with the slopes completely illuminated and reduced pricing offered on passes and rental equipment. The mountain is one of the most beginner-friendly ski mountains in southwestern Pennsylvania, with a gentle vertical drop of 300 feet.
Prices for winter sports at Mystic Mountain are as follows:
Lift Tickets
Day Pass (9:00 a.m. to close) - $38 for adults, $30 for Juniors (ages 6 – 11), and $20 for ages five and under.
Night Pass (Friday and Saturday only; 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.) – $20 for adults, $15 for Juniors (ages 6 – 11), and $10 for ages five and under.
Rental Rates
Daily – Skis (including boots and poles) are $29 for adults, $25 for Juniors (ages 6 – 11), and $20 for ages five and under. Snowboards (including boots) are also $29 for adults and $25 for Juniors (ages 6 – 11); helmets are $10 each regardless of skier age.
Night Session (Friday and Saturday only; 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.) – Ski rentals are $18 for adults, $14 for Juniors (ages 6 – 11), and $10 for ages five and under. Snowboard rentals are also $18 for adults and $14 for Juniors (ages 6 – 11).
Multiple Day
Two-day lift tickets – Skiing and snowboarding are $70 for adults and $55 for Juniors (ages 6 – 11), with equipment rentals available for $55 (adults) and $45 (Juniors).
Three-day lift tickets – Skiing and snowboarding is $100 for adults and $80 for Juniors (ages 6 – 11), with equipment rentals available for $75 (adults) and $55 (Juniors).
Addtional activities
Snow Tubing – $15 for a two-hour pass (price is per person). Reservations are recommended for snow tubing, and minimum height requirement is 42 inches.
Cross Country and Snow Shoeing – $20 per person, weather permitting
Ski or Snowboarding Lessons – Structured to be private lessons with no more than three people per instructor. Lessons for larger groups can also be arranged.
One Hour – $75 for one person; $15 per additional person; three person maximum.
Two Hour – $110 for one person; $30 per additional person; three person maximum.
Snow Monsters Snow Camp (ages 4 – 12) – Includes equipment rental and group lessons divided according to ski level and age group. Half-day Snow Camp is $65 ($75 with lunch); Full-day Snow Camp is $110 and includes lunch; Two-day Snow Camp is $175; and Three-Day Snow Camp is $250.
Area skiers and snowboarders can hit the slopes every weekend (Friday through Monday) through March 3, 2008 – weather permitting. For hours of operation for Mystic Mountain winter sports complex at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, call 1-866.344.6957, extension 6070 or visit www.nemacolin.com. The Ski Hotline for Mystic Mountain – with information on current weather conditions and slope openings and closings – is 724-329-6982.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Dog sledding and snow tubing will be available starting Saturday, Dec. 15 (weather permitting).


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Personal Coach for Planning, Development, and Career Transition
My clients and I work closely together to identify what they most want out of life and create a simple plan for them to achieve their goals effortlessly and in synch with their true values. My major strengths are that I am readily accessible and that I stretch my clients so they can reach their potential. My personal style is professional with a gentle touch. I love my work and want every individual I work with to fully appreciate their natural gifts and achieve fulfillment in their lives.
Coach for Personal Development
Career coaching can motivate clients to accomplish long sought after goals and help them to structure how to reach these objectives simply, effortlessly and joyfully.
Personal coaching helps clients develop interpersonal skills. Many clients have found the value of establishing true supportive and enduring relationships.
Personal Development
The goal is to enhance your life in all areas of development, ie: well being, relationships and personal surroundings. Using better organizational skills, my clients have cleaned up the clutter in their homes and lives.
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Career Transition
As a career coach, I can assist clients in determining the most suitable career choices for them based upon their needs, motivated skills, interests, current value system and personality style. Previous clients have made significant shifts in their careers and life planning decisions.
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Due to downsizing and rapid change in the world of work, individuals now need to constantly plan, strategize and recognize new and potential areas for career growth. In the coaching relationship, we focus on internal and external factors of the clients' present work environment.
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Through coaching my clients identify their values and needs; integrating them into their career and personal choices. This also helps clients to establish boundaries and define their personal standards.


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To find a comfortable rental home, list down your desired features, such as a patio, fireplace or spacious bathroom, and examine the locations where you spend most of your time. Discover available rentals in those areas by using online sites, such as PadMapper, which plots rental listings from other sites onto a map, recommends HGTV.Continue Reading
Visit your prospective neighborhood for a day to experience the environment; the type of people living in the area; and the availability of transportation, nearby schools for your children if any, grocery stores and other important services, suggests HGTV. Find out if your chosen rental home is conveniently located near restaurants, hospitals, fitness centers, churches and other places that are important to you.
Determine the rental type that meets your needs and budget after identifying your desired features, amenities and nearby services, advises HGTV. A townhouse offers more privacy, while an apartment in a high-rise building usually provides closer access to services in an urban area. A single-family home is suitable for a family with children and pets.
Research the crime incidences and noise complaints in your prospective neighborhood to decide on considerations such as renting in a building with 24-hour security, notes HGTV. After choosing a rental property, provide the necessary documents and fees to apply as a tenant, and negotiate lease terms and conditions, such as a lower parking fee or free cable television.Learn more about Finding a Home


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As we all know today they build houses with "normal" roofs, and you've probably never seen a thatched house which is a very old roofing method and is used in both tropical and temperate climates.
With thatching the roof of the house is built out of dry vegetation. The vegetation can be out of straws, water reed, heather and rushes that are layered so it can easily shed away the water from the inner roof.
Today you can still find houses with thatched roofs because it's still practical and cheap. In some developed countries some people order thatched roof on their houses on purpose just to be different or because they like that old fashion style.
It gives the whole house a fairytale look so if you're into that you should maybe consider getting your roof thatched.
Speaking of fairytale looking houses here is a great example on it; the Hobbit-looking house in Wales.


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Holy crap. I have horrible allergies, but I haven't always been this way.
I grew up on the Northwest side of Chicago — surrounded by rabid opossums, pollution, and cats — and I never had any problems. I moved to St. Louis in 1993 and adopted Lucy and my troubles started.
Seasonal allergies. Cat allergies. Food allergies.
My doctor suspects that I am a victim of the hygiene hypothesis. (This is different than hygiene theory, HR geeks.) My diet wasn't varied enough and I was never exposed to trees and flowers as a young child. It makes sense. I am allergic to anything that isn't manufactured in China or cooked at McDonald's, which totally describes my life.
How about you? Are you allergic to anything? Do you suffer from seasonal allergies? Let me know. It's Friday and I want to talk about your runny nose, itchy throat, and watery eyes. Tell me your problems.
FYI, I don't want to hear from you lucky SOBs out there who aren't allergic to anything. You can suck it.


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We are in the 21st century and yet there are millions and millions of people who demand proof about the existence of God. Ronald Regan, the former U.S. president, once said, "Sometimes when I'm faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there's a cook."
Then there are others who do stupid things in the name of religion and faith. What a shame it is! We are talking of 7 billion people and more with conflicts in their mind and the impact this negative energy has on the human race. How many people on earth exist who have found unity in their religion and faith and discovered that same unity amongst all religions? Which fool told you that religious scriptures prove the existence of god? All religions are representations of that great truth called God. Religions exist to help you remember truth not become one. The proof of God is in realisation of that great teachings handed out to us. That realisation is your responsibility not someone else's. You own the right to prove or disprove God. Not a scientist not a religious teacher.
I am about to reveal to you one of the many secrets from my latest book: "The Danger of Proof: How Science Influences Your Thinking, Limits Your Potential and Kills the God Within." This secret makes the argument of god delusion by Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and many other others redundant.
The Closely Guarded Secret: Two Important Words That Science Can Learn From Ramakrishna
Ramakrishna, Paramahansa one of India's greatest religious teachers used to say that everything in this world -- the sun, the moon, the stars, the nature of human beings, events in the world, everything that we see, touch, hear or feel -- is a fact not a reality. Reality is what happens inside of you in relation to the facts of the external world.
Let us understand this more clearly with an example.
If someone close to you dies you feel sad however chances are your neighbour might not feel anything bad about the event.
Fact: Someone close to you died.
Reality: You felt sad.
However your neighbour did not feel sad. He could not feel the connection which you felt toward the person who died and so the event of death was a fact for him not a reality.
So now we have two realities for one fact. You got sad however your neighbour did not feel the same towards the event. He could see the dead body before him but no tears flowed from his eyes. Why is that so?
Lets take another example. If you and your neighbour were walking in the forest and a tiger appears before you, how would both of you react. Obviously both of you would be terrified, right?
Fact: Tiger appearing before you.
Reality: Both of you felt the fear of death.
So in this case we have one fact and one reality. Why is that so?
When there are no conflicts in the mind between two or more people over the facts, reality is the same for everyone. However when there are conflicts over the facts reality no longer is the same for everyone.
Let's take another interesting example from the life of the great Ramakrishna.
When a cow was beaten, Ramakrishna felt the pain in his own body as if someone was beating him. He would jump with pain but others close to him would not feel the pain.
Fact: A cow was being hit.
Reality: Ramakrishna felt the pain in his body whilst others did not.
There are so many such examples in the lifes of great men and women like Jesus Christ, Buddha, Muhammad, Adi Shankaracharya, Ramana Maharishi and many others. They owned the pain of the world. They embraced the sorrow of humanity.
Science uses proof to bridge the gap between facts and reality.
Facts + Proof = Reality for science
That is the lowest definition of reality...
Ramakrishna gave a new definition to reality one that science should take note of.
Facts+ Level of consciousness = Reality
This is the greatest definition you can ever have of reality.
When a cow was beaten others did not feel the pain. However the consciousness of Ramakrishna was very broad. He was not holed up in his tiny little body. The pain of the world was the pain of Ramkrishna.
Science does not take into account the subjective development of human character. This is the biggest mistake science has been making and the reason why it has still not found unity whilst great teachers have.
A wise teacher once said, "To a nail everything is a hammer. To a frog everything is a snake. To a scientist everything is proof."
Scientists cannot think beyond proof. Fact plus proof does not equal reality. Science should better be aware of this. The reality of the universe presented to us by science based on the proof collected is not the greatest reality of the universe. There are higher realities in existence and these can be known and observed only when the level of consciousness changes. When the level of consciousness changes the proof collected by the scientists at a lower level of consciousness becomes redundant.
Reality is always what happens inside of you. Whatever happens outside is always a fact -- always. What happens outside is called a objective world and what happens inside your being is called a subjective world.
Great teachers like Krishna, Buddha, Christ and many others focussed on the growth of human character. The level of consciousness of a being -- the subjective growth. As the level of consciousness increases your reality changes. It is very important to understand this phenomena. We are not atoms and molecules. The discovery of the Higgs boson field, the black hole, the big bang helps you in understanding the evolution of the world but a scientist who feels it has got any co-relation to the non-existence of god has only to be sympathised with for his level of consciousness is at a lower level. If that same scientist improves his character, loves himself more, loves others more, is at peace with himself, is at peace with the outside world chances are he would not relate his discovery to the non-existence of God. The level of consciousness is the single most important factor in determining reality.


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3D home projector from ViewSonicFriday, February 13th, 2009
3D is poised to become the next big thing in home entertainment and movies. Keeping up with the trend, ViewSonic announced the new 3D ready PJD6220-3D home projector at CES in early January. This projector has been designed using the native XGA resolution that has the ability to accept HD video input to nearly 1080i and computer input to nearly SXGA+. The projector is rated at 2200 ANSI lumens with contrast ratio of 2500:1.
According to ViewSonic spokesperson, the PJD6220-3D projector shares most of the features with their other PJD6220 but with one addition. The JD6220-3D has the 3D feature, much similar to the Texas Instruments 3D DLP engine. The other great and perhaps the most noteworthy feature of the PJD6220-3D projector is its affordable price.
The fact that the PJD6220 is priced reasonably makes it an ideal purchase for the movie buff. This projector gives clear and sharp image displays in any type of environment. The projector has been designed using technology that produces more clarity of images and enhances the vibrancy of colors. However it essentially works the same way as the 3D technology used in IMAX theaters and in the vie theaters that have 3D capable projectors. It is believed that there are some 1,500 theaters in the US alone that have 3D DLP digital projectors. In order to create stereoscopic or ED images the right and left eye should see slightly different images from different viewpoints. Today the most common approach that is used by ViewSonic projector is to combine alternating images for the right and left eye with glasses built around the LCD shutters. These glasses allow for synchronization with the projector so that either of the eyes would see only the images that are meant for it. This synchronization is basically maintained by either using infrared light produced by additional hardware near the screen or by pluses of light over the screen that is produced by the projector.
The two video frames provided with the ViewSonic PJD6220 3D projector for image synchronization 'meet' at the projector in succession. Thereafter, the 3D engine divides them both into a checkerboard pattern giving them a four-framed appearance. The ViewSonic projector weighs only 6.6 pounds and thus, comes with the added advantage of portability. This projector can easily be mounted n tables or ceilings thus making it most suitable for corporate a well as classroom environments. The projector has been enabled with RJ- 45 remote network control. Apart from the 3D ready feature the PJD6220 3D projector from ViewSonic also offers stereo audio with 10-watt output quality and 1.1 to 1 optical zoom. Perhaps the most unique feature of the ViewSonic is that it has close captioning that makes it usable for those with hearing impairments. The PJD6220 is expected to be shipped in the month of February 2009.


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Bar Person
Job Reference: LD_BP
We are currently looking for a Bar Person to join our team at The Lodge at Ashford Castle.
Key responsibilities of the Bar Person will include:
- To warmly welcome guests into the Bar ensuring a warm, welcoming and friendly demeanour at all times
- To ensure the bar is always fully stocked and ready for service (prepare mis en place) adhering to set standards
- To ensure the Bar area is kept clean and tidy at all times and that cleaning schedules are adhered to
- To be responsible for the professional dispensing and serving of drink, with the minimum of fuss or delay
- To learn, fully understand and be able to describe accurately all drinks on the menus so that all guests; questions can be answered correctly and without delay
The ideal candidate for the Bar Person will be a motivated and driven individual, who has a passion for Food & Beverage, guest care and hospitality. This is a full time position, the successful candidate would need to be available to work five days a week between Monday and Sunday.
The ideal candidate for the Bar Person should:
- Have previous experience within a similar role
- Have excellent communication skills
- Be legally eligible to work in Ireland
- Have strong attention to detail
- Have a friendly, bubbly and flexible attitude
- Have the ability to handle busy situations and manage your workload effectively
This position has excellent progression opportunities within the renowned Red Carnation Hotel Collection, a company providing the perfect opportunity to those who are looking for an exciting career and job security within the Hotel industry.
Some of the Benefits available to our team:
- Complimentary meals on duty
- Discounted rates with Red Carnation Hotel Collection and The Travel Corporation
- Discounted rates with many local businesses and third party service providers (including Estate Activities)
- Professional training and development opportunities (79 in-house courses to avail of)


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Here Are the Faces and Voices of the Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV Cast
We are the Glaive.
Nyx Ulric - Aaron Paul (VA), Neil Newbon (MC)
Nyx's motion capture performance was done by Neil Newbon, who played Simon Walking in the the British soap opera Hollyoaks. He has also provided mocap work for other games such as Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2.


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Government UFO Projects & Studies
In October 1947, a U.S. Air Force document classified "secret" included the statement: "...it is the considered opinion of some elements that the object [sic] may in fact represent an interplanetary craft of some kind."
In the succeeding years, there were at least six U.S. Air Force projects and studies ostensibly aimed at solving the UFO mystery. Although these studies have been perceived by the news media and important segments of the public as having fully explained UFOs in "prosaic" terms, a closer study reveals their serious flaws and shortcomings. The following brief summaries describe the six studies.
Condon Report
The Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects
Dr. Edward U. Condon, Scientific Director - Conducted by the University of Colorado under contract with the United States Air Force
"The report of the study that was conducted over the ensuing 18 months is presented on the following pages. It is lengthy and diverse in the subjects it treats, which range from history to critical examination of eye-witness reports; from laboratory analysis to presentation of general scientific principles. No claim of perfection is made for this study or for its results, since like any scientific endeavor, it could have been improved upon -- especially from the vantage-point of hindsight. The reader should thus bear in mind that this study represents the first attempt by a group of highly qualified scientists and specialists to examine coldly and dispassionately a subject that has aroused the imagination and emotions of some persons and has intrigued many others. No one study can answer all questions; but it can point out new lines for research, it can cross off some ideas as not fruitful for further inquiry, and it can lay to rest at least some rumors, exaggerations, and imaginings."
> Click here to go (full report online)
An Analysis of
the Condon Report on the Colorado UFO Project
Seven UFO investigators presented a variety of physical evidence that they claimed was associated with UFO reports: photographic evidence; luminosity estimates; radar evidence; interference with automobile functioning; interference with aircraft equipment; apparent gravitational or inertial effects; ground traces; injuries to vegetation; physiological effects on witnesses; and analysis of debris. There was in addition a presentation of investigations into recurrent phenomena that occur in the Hessdalen Valley in Norway.
A review panel was composed of nine scientists of diverse expertise and interests.
> Click here to go (full report online)
Uncritical Publicity for Supposed `Independent UFO Investigation'
Demonstrates Media Gullibility Once Again
Project Sign was
the first U.S. Air Force investigation of UFOs and lasted from January
1948 to April 1949. Based at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, it
collected several hundred sighting reports from government and
non-government sources, and claimed to explain most of them. Due to its
unwillingness to accept UFO reports not sent directly to it, the Project
Sign files include only a few dozen reports from 1947, while newspapers
received more than 1,500 reports in just two weeks.
Sign Report: Abstract
> Go to Full Report from the Project Sign Research Center
Sign Research Center
Blue Book
"From 1947 until 17 December 1969, the United States Air Force actively investigated reports and sightings of unidentified flying objects - UFOs, under a program called Project Blue Book.
Project Blue Book investigated 12,618 UFO sightings and 701 of those sightings remained unidentified. Many UFO researchers feel that the investigations of the UFO sightings were unprofessional and unscientific. The program used poor research methods and researchers were too eager to label a mysterious sighting as "identified" phenomena.
Individual researchers and UFO organisations believe that members of Project Blue Book were pressured to "identify" UFO sightings to calm the public hysteria about UFOs. This theory has been supported by the recent release of CIA documents pertaining to UFOs. They also suggest that any report that was initially perceived as unexplainable or would cause public concern was never included in Project Blue Book. They allege that these reports were passed on to a higher authority that never reported the results to the public.
Project Blue Book, it seems, was just a low level collection and disinformation program created under Project Sign (of December 1947) which evolved into Project Grudge (of December 1948) to cover up the true investigation into the alien presence on Earth."
From "United States Air Force Project Blue Book", Above Top Secret Website -- > click to go
Following is a transcript of a Memorandum for the Press that was given by the Office of Public Information on April 27, 1949. Although Project SIGN's official report had been completed two months earlier, the American public was not aware of the official investigation's Code name. Project Saucer would not be known by its Code name for several more years. During the early years of the flying disc phenomenon the press and the general public was given the ad hoc name of Project Saucer to refer to the United States Air Force's investigation of UFOs. - Wendy Connors
> Go to Full Report from Project Sign Research Center, Wendy Connors
Early in 1948, Dr. J. Allen Hynek was contracted by the United States Air force to act as a consultant on astrophysics for Project SIGN, which was being undertaken at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio and under the auspices of the T-2 Intelligence Division. Dr. Hynek was also asked to submit a report to Project SIGN regarding the analytical data obtained from various reports of unidentified aerial objects. Although this report was slated to be included in the final Project SGIN Report on Unidentified Aerial Objects, it is not to be found in that report. Rather, the Hynek Report shows up in the Project GRUDGE Report 15 months later.
The Grudge Report was released in 1949, but Dr. Hynek's full report was edited prior to inclusion. Historical researchers had not been aware of this fact until recently when the unedited report surfaced in Captain Edward J. Ruppelt's personal files.
Perhaps the most glaring editing done to the Hynek Report by the Air Force was paraphrasing and eliminating sections of Dr. Hynek's conclusions.
Here, for the
first time publicly, the researcher can read Dr. Hynek's full report he
prepared for Project SIGN.
> Go to Full Report from Project Sign Research Center, Wendy Connors
UFO Briefing Document
The Best Available Evidence, by Don Berliner
This compilation of UFO cases and public statements by leaders in government and science has been prepared under the auspices of the UFO Research Coalition.
The "UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence" is aimed at informing leaders of the world's governments, scientific communities and press about the reality and serious nature of Unidentified Flying Objects. It urges a reduction in government secrecy, now that the Cold War is over.
The UFO Research Coalition is a cooperative body representing America's leading serious, private UFO groups: the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies in Chicago, the Fund for UFO Research in Washington, D.C., and the Mutual UFO Network in San Antonio, Texas.
The document details 18 major UFO cases from the "foo fighters" of 1944-45 to the 1989-90 sighting wave over Belgium. Cases illustrate some of the most intriguing aspects of the UFO mystery, including their being tracked on military radar, attempted intercepts by military airplanes, and landings which left physical traces.
Quotes are given from leading military and government officials, astronauts, and scientists from 17 countries. They support the contention that UFOs are real, baffling and worth far more serious study than they have yet received. The point is made that the people of the world have a right to know more about this long-term scientific mystery.
> Click here to go (full report online)
On Friday July 16, 1999 an important document was published in France entitled, UFOs and Defense: What must we be prepared for? ("Les Ovni Et La Defense: A quoi doit-on se préparer?"). This ninety-page report is the result of an in-depth study of UFOs, covering many aspects of the subject, especially questions of national defense. The study was carried out over several years by an independent group of former "auditors" at the Institute of Advanced Studies for National Defense, or IHEDN, and by qualified experts from various fields. Before its public release, it has been sent to French President Jacques Chirac and to Prime Minister Lionel Jospin.
The report is prefaced by General Bernard Norlain of the Air Force, former Director of IHEDN, and it begins with a preamble by André Lebeau, former President of the National Center for Space Studies (Centre National D'études Spatiales), or CNES, the French equivalent of NASA.
French Report on UFOs and Defense: A SummaryBy Gildas


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What a delightful surprise (7//5/07) to open the mail and find a doodle from my mom. What a clever idea she has--drawing a man with flying birds and calling him Birdman! A few weeks later Mom surprised me again with two more doodles. I do enjoy her creativity with making drawings out of flying birds. And that she would join in the fun.


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In May 2004, the Philadelphia Coalition held a press conference to release their call for justice. Click here for a video.
On June 20, 2004, the Philadelphia Coalition and the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church hosted a 40th anniversary memorial for James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. At the 2:00 pm service at the Neshoba County Coliseum, the Coalition read its resolution calling for justice in the case (see below for the text of that statement). At the 4:00 pm service at Mt. Zion, the church continued a tradition that they have honored each year since the three young men were murdered.
Click here for a program of events. Note that some speakers were unable to attend, while others, such as US Rep John Lewis, were fortunate late additions.
Forty years ago, on June 21, 1964, three young men, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, were murdered in Neshoba County by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
The state of Mississippi has never brought criminal indictments against anyone for these murders—an act of omission of historic significance. There is, for good and obvious reasons, no statute of limitations on murder. This principle of law holds that anyone who takes the life of another person for any reason not provided by law is never immune from prosecution, no matter how remote in time.
With firm resolve and strong belief in the rule of law, we call on the Neshoba County District Attorney, the state Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Justice to make every effort to seek justice in this case. We deplore the possibility that history will record that the state of Mississippi, and this community in particular, did not make a good faith effort to do its duty.
We state candidly and with deep regret that some of our own citizens, including local and state law enforcement officers, were involved in the planning and execution of these murders. We are also cognizant of the shameful involvement and interference of state government, including actions of the State Sovereignty Commission, in thwarting justice in this case.
Finally, we wish to say to the families of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, that we are profoundly sorry for what was done in this community to your loved ones. And we are mindful of our responsibility as citizens to call on the authorities to make an effort to work for justice in this case. Continued failure to do so will only further compound the wrong.
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I was struck the other day by the force of the words in Micah 6…
Mic 6:6-8
6 With what shall I come before the LORD and bow down before the exalted God?
… Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."
Realize with me that the word that NIV translates as "mercy" could also be translated "Kindness."
The call from the prophet is to not just do kindness but to "love kindness." This is worth considering in that it takes us beyond the occasional "random acts of kindness" that we often hear about and into a radically new way of living I believe a way that will turn out to be an effective method of Gospel witness in our age.
The fact is that combative Christianity is simply not working as a way to mitigate our secular culture. What has been called "the culture wars" has not been successful in changing our society, and as a result, the church is often marginalized and mocked by those who have never experienced the grace and love that comes in a true relationship with Jesus. In short, a combative and aggressive posture is not strengthening our witness but weakening it. And that is eternally dangerous for those to whom we must bring the Gospel. What should we do?
The answer is to love Bible saturated kindness. It is to listen to Micah and realize what kindness is and is not.
Kindness is not doctrinal drift. We dare not miss the importance of a pure doctrinal stance that gives us the message of hope once for all delivered in the Word of God. Otherwise, we will turn the church into a "do good" force that might just as well be a secular club. We stand on the foundation of the fact that faith in Jesus and following the Word of God is the way that we find peace in this life and hope forever.
Kindness is not niceness. Niceness is often only surface and cosmetic and harbors an unwillingness to make any waves in order to produce a better result. Niceness often separates people as it is reduced into a polite but distant avoidance of issues. Kindness is less timid, more involved and riskier.
Kindness is not random, it is radical. Loving kindness means engaging the problems of our world in a determined, consistent and honest way. It will call us to a new humility and a new willingness to be patient with those with whom we disagree in the hopes of winning them to the love of Christ through the kindness of His people.
Kindness is living with a Christ centered, Bible saturated core that overflows our lives, bringing us to see those who are antagonists to the cause of Christ the way that Jesus Himself would see them. Remember, he said…
Luke 23:34
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All of this undergirds our "GO" strategy as it relates to our city. We are seeking to do the kind of good deeds over the long haul of presence in our town that will render good will toward the people of God, and thus open the door for the Good News of Jesus in a way that combativeness will never accomplish.
It has been said that kindness is "the forgotten virtue." I hope that we at Quail will revive the memory!
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Published: October 11, 2013 at 8:46 PM [UTC]
I began violin at my local public school, and as was the custom of the day, I started learning to read music the same day as I started learning to play the violin. It's kind of a lot to explain: hold the violin this way, hold the bow that way, this note is an "A," this is a quarter note, GO!
Somehow I survived; it probably helps that I started at the ripe old age of nearly-nine.
These days I teach students to play first, then to read. It's a lot like learning to speak words before learning to read or right them. I find that if you put music in front of a violin student too soon, their scroll drops to the floor, their pitch goes out the window and the bow starts sliding around like a broken windshield wiper. Sometimes their tongues fall out of their open mouths, they have so many points of concentration to handle.
On the other side of the spectrum are students that come to me in Suzuki Book 3, having barely read a note. Just not good. Not as common as it used to be, but it still happens. I think reading needs to begin as early as possible, after a good set-up is established and the student is playing about a dozen tunes quite well.
But very few of us get the ideal! How did your music-reading happen? Did you begin reading simultaneously with playing, or were you playing a few months or years before you began reading?
And here, for your amusement, is a little video explaining how music reading works. Enjoy!
Yet when the violin muse soon got hold of me and I switched instruments, I first played by ear on a half-sized fiddle -- no printed music. Then I observed two other kids playing from my first instruction book before I started lessons. I got hold of the book, already able to read notes, and started figuring out some simple pieces -- partly on my own, partly by observing these kids. This paid off at my first lesson soon afterward and made a definite impression on my first teacher, who played accompaniment as I played the solo parts, reading from the music.
When I first auditioned for the Jackson Symphony Youth Orchestra (after 6 or 7 years of violin experience), the conductor put a piece of music on the stand and asked me to read it. After staring at it for 30 seconds, I began at a very slow pace, making tons of mistakes. The piece wasn't even difficult, but I couldn't read it correctly.
I realized at that point that, although I knew where the A was and where the D was, I couldn't sight read. You can imagine what I worked on that year. :-)
For me, reading music was just another variety of reading...words, notes? didn't matter. I learned what to do with them as I went on.
LOL! I so recognize this!
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Loganlea State High School 's filmmaking project for Year 10 students featured at the world's most famous film festival in Cannes earlier this month.
The school's innovative Footprints in Film project produced three scripts in 2005, two of which were accepted for viewing at the 2006 and 2007 Cannes Film Festival in France.
The project is a collaborative community response to the learning needs of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students who did not engage in the existing curriculum in Year 9 and were at risk of leaving school.
Students build their academic confidence and improve their ability to use Standard Australian English through script-writing and short film production under the mentorship of industry professionals and tertiary graduates.
All students involved in the program have substantially increased their results in English, with a 53-percent jump over two years in students achieving A and B, and 100-percent of students passing the subject. In addition, all participating students have continued onto the senior school, with the exception of one student who obtained a full-time apprenticeship and another who moved interstate.
Special needs are celebrated in an inspirational program creating real-life learning opportunities at Shailer Park State High School.
Sapphires Training Restaurant and Conference Centre uses the skills of two teams - the elite senior hospitality students of the SHINE team and Years 9 to 12 students from the Special Education Unit, who form the GLEAM team.
The SHINE team (Shailer High Industry Negotiated Enterprise) mentors the GLEAM team (Guided Learning Educationally Adjusted Mentoring) as its members plan, prepare and run external and in-house events.
This program recognises and values the diversity of students' talents. Barriers are swept aside as students with speech language impairment, intellectual impairment and autistic spectrum disorders work to achieve common goals. Vocational education and training, health, social and personal outcomes are enriched with tolerance, acceptance and understanding.
As a result of the program, students have achieved numerous work placements with support from six different local businesses, and the community for the conference centre is growing, with four major sponsors now on board.
Building the leadership skills of teachers is the key to supporting student achievements at Upper Coomera State College.
Established in 2003, the Teacher Professional Learning Teams initiative sees teachers collaborate on curriculum development, and share their skills and experience to ensure the best possible learning outcomes for students.
Regular team meetings, formal communication networks, term planning days and shared team spaces are practical components of the initiative that is achieving results in college leadership and student outcomes.
Twenty-five percent of staff are currently involved in leadership programs or seeking promotion, and teaching teams have received commendations for two national awards over the past two years.
In the Year 7 Core Skills Test, students recorded a 26-percent improvement in numeracy and a six-percent increase in literacy results over the past three years.
The first event of its kind in Australia, Dream A Better World is a film festival for primary schools throughout the country.
Initiated and hosted by Coomera State School, it gives students the opportunity to express ideas and dreams across a range of film genres.
This project challenges students to be socially aware and proactive in visualising a better world.
It enhances self-confidence and develops skills in drama, story-telling, interviewing and public speaking along with the technical elements of filmmaking.
While Coomera students are not able to submit entries into the festival, they perform a range of other roles, including camera operators, sound recordists, reporters, presenters, publicity management, event staff and entertainers.
Now in its sixth year, the program has the full support of Dreamworld, which held the festival, and has involved more than 2000 students since its inception. The number of entries has increased by 92 percent since 2001, and it is anticipated that 70 schools across Australia will participate in this year's festival.
Marsden State School has transformed the traditional classroom of the past into a dynamic learning centre offering a curriculum that is real, rich and relevant.
Integrated, interactive, digital classrooms of the future have become a reality at Marsden, with staff and students using interactive whiteboards, digital cameras, video recorders, scanners and other hardware to enhance learning.
A highly skilled teaching staff is a key factor in the success of the school's educational computing program, which has been in place since 2004. Numerous staff have won awards for their work in information and communication technology, with several invited to make presentations on technology in education to university and community forums.
In 2003, more than 82 percent of teachers were involved in professional development activities. This grew in 2005 to more than 86 percent of teachers, which is well above the state mean of 78.6 percent.
Two students have won prestigious BYTE Awards for their work in multimedia, and Marsden students have been invited to participate in university level technology events. According to School Survey data from 2005, student satisfaction with the technology skills they have obtained at school is well above the state mean.
Strong leadership, community partnerships, effective management of information and communication technology and a vision for the future has placed Marsden State School at the leading edge of learning.
Elanora State School 's Leaders in Learning program is inspiring staff and students to aim high and achieve excellence.
The program has established a framework that combines a skilled and valued staff with a curriculum that responds to the needs of all students.
School programs are reviewed every two weeks to ensure they continue to be effective and relevant to students. Elanora's early intervention program concentrates learning support in the early years to ensure difficulties are addressed quickly, while an active special needs committee monitors students requiring special education services. More advanced learners can take part in accelerated programs that also allow for selected Year 7 students to access particular subjects through the local high school.
These approaches are supported by a detailed behaviour management policy.
The Leaders in Learning program is helping students achieve outstanding results. A cohort of students tracked from Year 3 in 2001 to Year 7 in 2005 has shown an improvement of more than 20 percent in reading and numeracy skills, in contrast to falling standards at district and state levels.
With students from about 30 different cultural backgrounds, Woodridge State School is building literacy and numeracy skills with an innovative program.
Collaborating with Education Queensland district and central office staff and experts from Griffith University, the school has developed a curriculum framework to improve students' well-being and literacy and numeracy skills.
Specialist training has helped staff and volunteer tutors build their understanding of the needs of students, many of whom are refugees and students with English as a second language.
The program features daily literacy and numeracy teaching 'blocks', the increased use of technology, targeted student assessment goals, specialised intervention and opportunities for students to present work to the community.
With a 33-percent improvement in Year 2 Diagnostic Net results since the program was established in 1998, outcomes also include a five-percent increase in students achieving above the National Benchmark for Writing over the past two years.
All members of this primary school community, including staff, parents, community liaison officers and members of the broader community, are dedicated to improving future pathways for students.
What better way to introduce students to future careers in the construction industry than moving the classroom to the work site?
Boss Institute of Advanced Technology was established in 2005, giving the Gold Coast a practical competency based training facility to provide skilled employees, apprentices and trainees to the building and construction industry.
The partnership between Merrimac State High School and Boss Homes gives students a full-time education and training program, which enables them to gain certificate qualifications in business and construction. Students are likely to be offered apprenticeships and traineeships with local employers while still completing their studies.
Students from the Mid Coast Community of Schools Alliance are involved in the program, which is based off-campus at the Boss Homes Display Centre and Institute of Technology.
With the curriculum meeting all Senior Years of Schooling requirements, 98 percent of students are passing competencies in all subjects and 100 percent have obtained their Safety Blue Card.
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