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Haskap BerriesHey, those blue-rrr berries are not blueberries!
An exciting new development is taking place in Canada's boreal forests; a new berry crop has been discovered and is in the early stages of commercial development. Lonicera caerulea, a native plant species commonly referred to as "Blue Honeysuckle", has shown dramatic promise for development as a berry crop. Sweet and tangy with bright blue berries which boast an intensely colour-rich pulp, this looks like a door opening to new fresh berries at farmers markets, as well as novel jams, jellies, wines and juices.
Early investigations by collaborators at PEI's Food Technology Centre and NRC's Institute for Nutrisciences and Health have found that these blue-rrr berries (called Haskap in Asian markets) contain high levels of the antioxidant Cyanadin-3-glucoside. A series of trials is underway to fully evaluate berry antioxidant levels and methods of extraction of this biologically active component.
Phytocultures Ltd., Eastern Canada's licensed propagator of Haskap varieties, has planting stock available for sale starting August 2009. Contact the Phytocultures office at (902) 629-1229 or view their web site at www.phytocultures.com for their new developments.


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On March 15, 1820, Maine became the 23rd state in the United States of America. Let's Celebrate!
Are you a "Down Easter?" I hear that some citizens of Maine like to refer to themselves as such. Having somewhat of an inquisitive mind, I came to wonder why. I can certainly understand a person from Maine calling themselves a Mainer. Hey, I'm always going to be a New Yorker even if I did grow up a Long Islander:) And the only Downeaster I've happened upon is in a song by Billy Joel, another native Long Islander. So, what's going down? Does the nickname have a geographical connection perhaps?
State of Mainers may have sea captains to thank for their nickname.
Originally, sea captains had referred to Maine natives as "Down Easters", which was taken from the days of the sailing ships coming out of Boston going "down Maine", or mostly, "downwind."(source)
Keep in mind, for about 170 years before statehood, Maine was a part of Massachusetts, which gives some insight to the name of the state and its inhabitants.
The name Maine probably means mainland. Early English fishermen used the term The Main to distinguish the mainland from the offshore islands, where they settled. New Englanders often refer to Maine as Down East. They call people who live in Maine Down Easters or Down Easterners. These terms probably come from the location of Maine east of, or downwind from, Boston. Ships from that port sailed down to Maine, and ships from Maine traveled up to Boston. (source)
A Downeast Supper for Company
A Maine down east supper might include an array of dishes. Today, I have assembled a collection of recipes from an assortment of Maine recipe books for your enjoyment. This menu was harvested from The Early American Life Family Celebrations Cookbook published by The Early American Society in 1981.
Have you ever wondered how a native "Down Easter" would serve Lobster to company? Chances are, for entertaining at home, the lobster would be either broiled or the subject of a good ol' fashioned Lobster Bake. The broiled lobster pictured below was harvested from The State of Maine's Best Seafood Recipes published in cooperation with the Maine Dept. of Sea & Shore Fisheries copyright 1945.
|For 4 people split four 2 pound live lobsters. (directions here)
Lobster Dressing
Prepare a dressing of 1-1/2 cups cracker crumbs or cracker meal, and 1/2 teaspoon salt, moistened with two tablespoons of Worcestershire suace and four tablespoons melted butter. Spread dressing generously in cavity. Cut off four of the small claws from each lobster and press into the dressing. Place on buttered broiler and broil 8-10 minutes on Flesh side, turn and broil 6 to 8 minutes on shell side. Serve with melted butter. One lobster for each person.
Did you know, almost 90 percent of all American lobster are trapped in Maine? As a matter of fact, Lobstermen have a language all their own:
|What do you call a female lobster? .......A hen.
When is a lobster a chicken? .....When it weighs about one pound.
When is a lobster a pistol? .......When it has no claws.
Why shouldn't a lobster walk into the kitchen? ......It's the first chamber of a lobster trap. (The inner chamber is called the bedroom or parlor.)
Maine has the largest wild blueberry crop in the nation, raising 99 percent of all wild blueberries in the US. It is also the single largest producer of any blueberries (wild or cultivated) in America! That makes the Wild Blueberry the State Berry! of Maine.
Blueberry Buckle
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1-3/4 cups sifted flour
2-1/2 tsps. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2/3 cup milk
2-1/4 cups blueberries
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup butter
Cream butter with 2/3 cup sugar. Beat in egg. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Spread in greased 12 x 8 inch pan. Sprinkle berries on top. Mix 1/3 cup sugar, 1/2 cup flour and cinnamon. Cut butter into this and spread mixture over berries. Bake 55 minutes at 350 degrees.
|Wild blueberries are harvested from late July (Blueberry Month!) to early September in Maine. Harvesting is still mainly by hand rake a close-tined special Blueberry Rake invented by a Downeaster from Sugar Hill; Abijah Tabbutt in 1822 and modified in minor variations since then. The secret is in the wielding of the rake-a special pushing and twisting motion of the wrists designed to tease the ripe berries from their grasp of the vine without crushing. Hand-raking is increasingly being replaced by mechanized harvesting. Although the technology is getting very good, hand-raking will always have its place - due in large part to the hilly and rocky terrain that a lot of wild blueberry patches are found on. (source)
Next on our menu we have a few recipes for Brown Bread from the All Maine Cooking cookbook A Collection of Treasured Recipes from the Pine Tree State ©1967
Maine celebrated sesquicentennial in 1970 with Maine's Jubilee Cookbook. From the intro:
The history of food and the development of dishes peculiar to the State of Maine is a long and interesting one. It has all developed from the plain, down to earth "Mainer's" interest in filling his belly with whatever was at hand.
From the beginning the native was able to take the bounty of nature, add a little seasoning and common sense and come up with food fit for the Gods. The earliest settlements of this country were started on our coasts and it stands to reason that our ancestors use of the wild foods were the first to be eaten on these shores. Add to this the teaching of our Maine Indians and you find that the origins of some of our dishes and cooking methods go back for centuries. Our cooks have shown a great deal of ingenuity in developing a whole heritage of good eating.
Doughnut Trivia
Soaked in Maine history, there is a man by the name of Captain Hanson Gregory, the "Doughnut Innovator"? Legend has it, not only was he from Maine, he is the alleged inventor of the doughnut's hole! Who put the whole in the doughnut you ask? Go see:)
Here's a recipe in rhyme for Donuts from yet another Maine cookbook; Maine Cookery Then and Now published by the Courier-Gazette in 1972.
1. The History of Lobstering
2. Maine Lobster Buying Guide
3. How do you eat a Maine Lobster?
4. Wild Blueberry Recipes
5. Downeast Blueberry Cake
6. Egg Coffee
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Sea shells have long been used for ornament and for currency; examples of both, from across the world, can be found in Whitby Museum.
In the 18th Century, and through to Victorian times it was fashionable for aristocratic and house-ladies to make pictures, models, and even to decorate houses in shells.
In those times, ladies from the royal family downwards, and those who may have had the money and social position to have time on their hands – including those as portrayed in the BBC's Cranford series – would take up craft hobbies.
Amazingly, for such a popular pastime, there seems to be very little left, and although many museum collections have an example or two, this is only a fraction of the pieces made.
This may be because, although shells are appealing, easy to collect, and fun to arrange, once set into patterns or pictures they quickly become dirty, and difficult to clean.
This was the fate of our shell house, which had been consigned to the cellar by a long-past curator, and was only rediscovered when I was clearing out this cellar prior to renovation work.
A couple of our present volunteer team spotted it, thought it could be cleaned up and re-displayed, found someone willing to do this, and asked that it be placed in the library once the recent renovation work was complete.
The house in its case takes two to lift, but more usually, objects made of, or covered with, shells are easier to handle.
A popular 19th Century form was the 'Sailor's Valentine' which was two frames hinged together to make a box when closed.
Often these had hearts or a motto in the design, but were no as may be supposed made by sailors, but sold in ports on both sides of the Atlantic for sailors to take home to their sweethearts.
One main source of these love tokens was Barbados, and some even bear the motto Made in Barbados; but our house is possibly either English or European.


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Croatia to Thailand - Tips from our Delivery Trip
Published: 2008-10-03 17:29:14
Topics: Red Sea
Countries: Croatia , Egypt , Oman , Sri Lanka , Sudan , Thailand
Voyage of S/Y Nicola from Dubrovnik, Croatia to Kantang, Thailand.
26 July to 19 September 2008.
We have just completed a "delivery trip" of my Hallberg-Rassy 36 from Croatia to our home in Thailand. During the trip I made use of previous data posted on the Noonsite website, so this is my contribution to those who follow me.
Onboard was myself, my wife and a contracted commercial Ocean Master skipper from Professional Yacht Deliveries in UK (Hallberg-Rassy's preferred delivery company), who had transited the Red Sea twice before, and who's presence was a condition of my insurance company. This was a good decision in view of the tight schedule, as watchkeeping for just 2 of us would have been exhausting.
I picked the period of late July to late September to coincide with the end of the Southwest monsoons; as it turned out I was about 2 weeks late for any decent winds from the Red Sea to Sri Lanka, but perfectly timed for the Sri Lanka – Thailand leg.
Due to time restraints of work we had little time to make many stops and because of slight winds, we motored and motorsailed far more than I had anticipated.
Logged distance was 5958 miles in 39 days 2 hours underway + 10 days in ports. Average speed was 6.4 knots and we sailed 26% of the time and motor sailed 75%. Much of the trip involved favourable currents of up to 2.5 knots, so the logged distance was less than the great circle calculated distance.
Although our boat is extremely seaworthy, and at no time did we ever feel overstretched, 36 feet is uncomfortable for monsoon seas on the quarter and just sitting in the cockpit was very tiring, the seacots were the most comfortable places to be.
The following port information may prove useful for those doing the same route:
First leg: Dubrovnik, Croatia to Port Said, Egypt.
Logged distance 1135 miles in 7 days 4 hours.
Average speed of 6.6 kts; sailed 45 hours (26%) and motor sailed 127 hours (74%).
Port Said Data
Agent: Felix Maritime Agency, Port Fouad Yacht Centre. Agent's fee for the complete transit including assistance in Suez $150, Port Clearance $40, Boat measurement and Canal transit fee $272, Backsheesh $30.
Restaurant: El Borge on the West Bank a short taxi ride from the town centre.
Bar: Bar Cecil 2 minutes walk from the ferry.
Town centre: on the West Bank accessed by 24 hour free ferries outside Port Fouad.
Provisions: Several supermarkets within walking distance of Port Fouad.
Diesel: by boat's own jerrycans at $1.20/litre delivered alongside.
Second Leg: Suez Canal transit south, Port Said to Ismailiya and on to Suez.
Port Fouad to Ismailiya Yacht Club is 42 nm to be transited at 7 knots minimum speed. Electric and water on the dock included in the $21 mooring fee. Laundry and restaurant on site. Very comfortable marina berth.
We had to wait 2 days, one in Port Said and one in Ismailiya for warships as the Suez Canal is closed to all vessels smaller than 300 tons when a warship is due to transit the canal.
Ismailiya Data
Bar and Restaurant: George's 10 minutes walk from the marina. Not cheap but comfortable and good food.
Town centre: 10 minutes walk but not worth the effort.
Provisions: Several supermarkets within walking distance of the marina but the open market is very dirty.
Ismailiya to Suez day's run 47 nm to be transited at 7 knots minimum speed. We moored alongside the Suez Canal Yacht Club, water available, no electric. $21 per night for nothing.
Suez Data
Agent: Felix Maritime Agency, Suez Yacht Club. Agent's fee for the complete transit including assistance in Suez paid in Port Said, Exit visa $15/person, Backsheesh $75.
Bar: Summer Palace Hotel 10 minutes walk from the marina. Anywhere for a beer if you're desperate.
Town centre: 15 minutes by minibus – ask the agent to arrange a shopping trip as it's too far to the shops.
Provisions: Small shops can supply everything; the large open market is good for fresh vegetables.
Diesel: by agent's jerrycans at $0.80/litre delivered alongside. It is reported that there is also a fuel quay.
Third leg: Suez, Egypt to Port Sudan, Sudan.
Logged distance 731 miles in 4 days 18 hours.
Average speed of 6.4 kts; sailed 10 hours (9%) and motor sailed 104 hours (91%).
In the South Gulf of Suez beware of the oil platforms of the Ramadan field, many are unlit so use radar or wait for daylight.
Port Sudan Data
Agent: Redsea Enterprise ([email protected]). Contact Capt. Abdul Halim via Port Control. Agent's fee Euro 60 ($91 or 112 Sudanese Pound), Seaport Operation (Sudan boat registry) Euro 35 ($53 or 192 Sudanese Pound), Backsheesh $100 (to be able to leave the same day we arrived).
Town centre: We did not go ashore as we needed to press on and the town looked very dirty and uninviting.
Diesel: by boat's own jerrycans at $1.33/litre delivered alongside.
Fourth leg: Port Sudan, Sudan to Salalah, Oman.
Logged distance 1292 miles in 8 days 11 hours.
Average speed of 6.4 kts; sailed 6 hours (3%) and motor sailed 197 hours (97%).
Temperatures: 34ºC air, 33ºC sea; very humid. 2.5 knot south flowing current on east side of Bab el Mandib. Entered the Gulf of Aden and temperatures dropped suddenly: 28ºC air, 25ºC sea.
On 19 Aug Mayday heard at 1915 from chemical tanker Buga Milati being boarded by pirates at 12º45´.1N, 47º57´.7E. Near Ras Fartak we encountered a 2.0 knot east flowing current. Due to extended fast motoring we had to make an unscheduled stop for diesel in Nishtun (identified from Admiralty Sailing Directions).
Nishtun Data
Agent: Did not identify his company. Agent's fee to arrange diesel $30, Port fee $25, Backsheesh to return passports $55.
Town centre: None; fishing quay, very dirty and no facilities but port policeman from Aden and spoke English.
Diesel: by boat's own jerrycans at $1.20/litre plus $30 for delivery alongside.
Nearing Salalah the weather changed completely to cool and overcast, 25ºC air, 21ºC sea. Entered Salalah port and anchored as directed by RoRo slipway. Omani Customs and police came aboard, charming people and very polite. No agent necessary; at officials' request we paid all fees by Visa card: Oman Entry fee $15, Port fee $15 and $6/person for 30 day transit visa.
Salalah Data
Salalah is a huge container port with no facilities for small boats. The weather in July/August is exceptionally cool.
Agent: None necessary.
Bar and retaurant: Oasis Port Club 30 minutes walk from the port but usually someone will stop and give you a lift. Excellent international food, drink and ambience at a fair price.
Town centre: 15 minutes by taxi from outside the port gates – arrange the fare, about $5, before you get in.
Provisions: Small shops can supply everything; Lulu supermarket is best for food and KM Trading for department store items. The roadside market stalls are also good for fresh vegetables.
Diesel: by your boat's own jerrycans; I was charged too much at $1.25/litre but the service was excellent.
Mechanical and electrical repairs: on the dockside.
Haul-out: by crane.
Mooring fees in the port: free including water but no available quayside and no pontoons or jetty, you must anchor off in soft mud which is good holding.
Fifth leg: Salalah, Oman to Galle, Sri Lanka.
Logged distance 1535 miles in 10 days 21 hours.
Average speed of 6.4 kts; sailed 76 hours (29%) and motor sailed 185 hours (71%).
Galle Data
Galle is a small fishing and dry cargo port; there is a small naval base within the port and security is high due to the present conflict. Arrival procedure is to contact Port Control on ch 16, Port Control advised us to contact one of 2 agents on ch 69 or ch 71 and to anchor in the outer harbour and await boarding inspection by the navy.
Following inspection follow the navy tender through a labyrinth of security floats and wire cables to the inner harbour. The agent we contacted on channel 69, Don Windsor & Co. was on the dockside to meet us. Customs visited and inspected for munitions, drugs and alcohol. There is a guest house and a toilet and shower block on the dock but no electricity or water for boats. During our time there we parted a mooring rope due to the violent surges.
Agent: Don Windsor & Company provided all necessary services for $200.
Were also contacted by Dee Dee Yacht Services for tuktuk and
assistance ashore and we paid $50 (plus $50 tip) for the chauffeured
tuktuk for 3 full days including a trip into the rain forest. Both
companies were courteous and efficient.
Bars and restaurants: Take the tuktuk to one of several in Unawatuna Bay, about 5 kms from the port. We stayed 2 nights in the Peacock Hotel for $27/night. Excellent food, drink and ambience at a fair price.
Town centre: 10 minutes by taxi from outside the port gates.
Provisions: Small shops can supply everything; There are also supermarkets in the town centre. Roadside market stalls are also good for fresh vegetables but will cheat on price if you're unprepared. We used the services of Mike's Yacht Services nearby the port who can deliver all provisions alongside as he has a dock entry pass.
Diesel: Delivered to the dockside by truck and offloaded by drum pump at $1.45/litre.
Water: Delivered to the dockside by truck and offloaded by hose. Minimum delivery 500 litres at minimal cost.
Mechanical and electrical repairs: on the dockside.
Sixth leg: Galle, Sri Lanka to Kantang, Thailand.
Logged distance 1062 miles in 7 days 20 hours.
Average speed of 5.6 kts; sailed 94 hours (50%) and motor sailed 94 hours (50%).
Kantang Data
Kantang is a small fishing and dry cargo port; there are Port Police, Harbour Master, Immigration and Customs offices within the town. Formalities are relaxed. There is no quayside mooring for small boats and no diesel or water points. Anchor in sand/mud near to the ferry boat landing on the south shore.
Bars and restaurants: Many within 5 minutes walk. Excellent food, drink
and ambience at very low prices.
Town centre: At the ferry landing.
Provisions: Small shops can supply everything; There are also supermarkets in the town and a Tesco supermarket 2 minutes by motorbike taxi ride. The daily market stalls are also good for fresh provisions at low prices.
David and Pu Woods
S/Y Nicola
Kantang, Thailand.


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A church wedding ceremony, followed by the reception in a wedding marquee in Oxfordshire countryside. This always promised to be a fabulous day with lots of opportunity for some great wedding photojournalism! And that began at the Boyers Arms in the beautiful Oxfordshire village of Radley, the setting for the days celebrations. I met Graham and the groomsmen there, for a swift pint to steady the nerves (theirs, not mine!). It's great that I can include some coverage of the groomsmen before photographing the Bride for her preparations - it adds another element to the finished set of pictures.
Before joining Susie and her bridesmaids, I swung by her fathers farm where the wedding marquee company were putting the finishing touches to the collection of marquees that would provide the venue for the wedding breakfast after the marriage. It was a beautiful sight, seeing Tipi tents amongst the Oxfordshire countryside - so with one eye on the weather, I headed on to start my photography of the brides preparations.
Susie's hair and makeup were pretty much finished, so it wasn't long before myself and the bridesmaids headed over to St James The Great church in Radley for the wedding ceremony. It was unfortunate that Reverend Pam had made a blanket ban on photography from anywhere but the very back of the church. I'm a documentary photographer and never use flash or loud cameras during a ceremony. I respect the ceremony and the guests and want the couple's ceremony to be totally unaffected by the photography. It's a shame then that Susie and Graham will never have a picture they requested of Susie walking down the aisle looking past a nervous Graham. Or any quality photography from the actual marriage.
So it's lucky that my coverage from the rest of their wedding day is so complete, hopefully bringing back some brilliant memories from their St Georges Day wedding.
On to the wedding marquee back at the farm, and the weather was holding out, though a little blustery. Having the open Oxfordshire fields meant that my coverage was fairly varied, being able to follow the laughter outside the marquee and explore both inside and out during the reception. For the warmer months, especially if you have the space, a marquee wedding can provide the perfect venue for your celebrations. Check out a few more marquee weddings I've photographed including this great Winter Marquee Wedding, a Summer marquee wedding in Essex and this other Oxfordshire marquee wedding. And here's some Christmas Marquee Wedding Photography too.
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If you take the first antonym listed, "bad," and search for synonyms, you would be shown 73 synonyms for "bad." That would give you a lot of antonyms to choose from when looking for that perfect antonym for good, including words such as: awful, dreadful, hard, hopeless, inferior, lousy, painful, rotten, severe, stale, terrible, and tough.
There are three categories of antonyms:
The chart below shows examples of all three categories of antonyms.
Sometimes, an antonym can be easily made by adding a prefix.
Examples of antonyms that were made by adding the prefix "un" are:
By adding the prefix "non" you can make these pairs:
Lastly, adding the prefix "in" can make the following pairs:
If you want to find the perfect antonym, a thesaurus or antonym dictionary can be very helpful. These reference sources will give definitions and parts of speech, has lists of anonyms, synonyms, and sometimes will even show similar sounding words, homophones, rhymes, and will show examples from literature.
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UPDATE: Victim identified after crash at Eddy and Sunnymede in South Bend
Police say a crash at Eddy and Sunnymede Thursday morning was fatal.
This happened across from Jefferson Intermediate.
Investigators say 74-year-old Joyce Menzie was riding a moped when she stopped at the stop sign on Sunnymede.
Menzie then continued to pull onto Eddy Street where she was hit by a car in the southbound lanes, police said.
Officers say she died on scene.
The driver of the car and their passenger were not injured. Police say they remained on scene and cooperated with police.
Police do not believe alcohol, drugs, or speed were factors in this crash.
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Why should you choose CrossFit Madtown?
CrossFit Madtown has a long history in CrossFit, Opening in 2009, CrossFit Madtown was the first CrossFit gym in Madison and was one of the first few hundred CrossFit gyms in the world out of what is now 10s of thousands. Coach Skipp and Keysha Benzing have been involved with CrossFit since the very early days and were two of the first 50 individuals to be Crossfit certified by Greg and Lauren Glassman in June 2005.
At CrossFit Madtown, we focus on helping you reach your full athletic potential. Whether you have never lifted a weight before, or you have been swinging kettlebells for years, we help you improve your form and increase your efficiency.
We recommend starting with our Introduction to Crossfit class. Most members spend 8-10 weeks in our Introduction to CrossFit class before they begin in the regular sessions. However, it is not required, and depending on your athletic abilities, you may able to start regular classes sooner. The first class is free, so contact us today to sign up!
We offer a wide array of classes throughout the day to suit any schedule. You can view our current class schedule and rates here:
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CrossFit advocates a mix of aerobic exercise, gymnastics (body weight exercises), and Olympic weight lifting. CrossFit describes its strength and conditioning program as, constantly varied, high-intensity, functional movement, with a stated goal of improving fitness, which it defines as 'work capacity across broad time and modal domains'. Hour-long classes at affiliated gyms, or 'boxes', typically include a warm-up, a skill development segment, the high-intensity 'workout of the day' (or WOD), and a period of individual or group stretching. Performance on each WOD is often scored and/or ranked to encourage competition and to track individual progress.
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No previous experience is necessary! Many of our regulars started at CrossFit Madtown with little to no experience. We will guide you through each workout and help you improve your form and technique during every class. Our coaches train you in everything from strength, to agility, to flexibility, and much more.
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This class delivers a fitness style that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive for any level of athlete. It is a strength and conditioning program built on constantly varied, if not randomized, functional movements executed at high intensity. This program combines elements of gymnastics, Olympic Weightlifting and resistance training with traditional and non-traditional tools, combined to create a great workout for any person looking to get fit. CrossFit training challenges the body in a variety of ways and is completely scalable and easily modified to suit any exerciser. This program is guaranteed to improve cardiovascular endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, accuracy, agility and balance.
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This fundamentals-focused class is a great way to break your way into CrossFit style training. It has all that the CrossFit class has to offer but designed for the beginner or for some who may have some special training circumstances. We recommend taking this class for at least a month or two before moving into the CrossFit classes to gain a base knowledge and comfort with the different movements used commonly in class. Note: First class is free! Contact us for more information.
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With the 2015-16 season in the books in Chile, we catch up with Valparaiso University alum, Erik Buggs (Player Profle Page), about his third season playing overseas and his first season in Chile where Buggs finished with 14.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4 assists (ranked 9th in the league) and 2.1 steals per game (ranked 7th in the league), while shooting 52% from the field and 32% from 3-pt.
With the playoffs and season coming to an end in Chile, have you had time to look back and reflect on your season?
I would say overall I had a very good season. I set some career-highs in a few statistical areas, led my team to the playoffs, and gave the best team in Chile a good run while doing it. I think this may have been my best season so far in my young pro career. I'm definitely looking forward to getting back on the hardwood and continuing the success I have had from this season!
What are some areas where you feel you grew and developed this season?
I definitely feel like I grew a lot this season mainly in the area of rebounding and just experience overall. As I stated in my blogs earlier, a lot was required of the imports this year and that was something that was very different for me. Being asked to contribute in so many areas of the game was something I had to learn to get used to. As the season progressed I found myself flowing into everything a lot more naturally and it didn't require so much thinking as it did earlier on. This was also my first season as a professional making the postseason and it is always good to have that type of experience under your belt.
What did you learn the most about yourself during this season?
The most I learned about myself this season is, I'm not only just a scorer. Earlier in the year I attracted a lot of attention from the defense when I was posting big scoring numbers. I've always been a good scoring point guard but playing a lot in the off guard spot this season allowed me to see the floor in different ways. Shooting so well from the perimeter and not having the primary guard duties all the time allowed me to open up the floor for my teammates to have opportunities and also showed that I am a good rebounder as well.
What is harder – missing your friends and family when you are playing overseas or missing the competition of playing once you do get back home?
Wow, this is tough! I would say missing my family was really tough because there is nothing like spending time with them! The smiles on their faces are great over FaceTime and Skype but it is a completely different feeling being up close to them and experiencing their love up close. I am really happy to be back but the feeling of competition is definitely missed! After just a short time of being home I'm ready to get back out there and win more games. There is nothing like being at an away gym and lighting up the scoreboard to silence a crowd. That feeling is something that is burning within me every moment I'm away from the game.
What are your offseason training plans as you look ahead to next season?
As we know with playing internationally there is no telling how soon you can get a call to join a team who needs you so for me training is going to be about fine tuning things that I did well last season. Getting in the gym and getting up a lot of shots is a big thing for me. Also being in the weight room as much as possible is huge for me just to maintain the strength I have and depending on how long I'm back possibly increase it. Besides that, when I'm not training myself I have a host of younger players who look forward to having me back at home to help them train with Beyond Boundaries Basketball here in Memphis and work on their games.
You kept a running blog for Scorers 1st this season -- "Inside My Pro Basketball Life". How did chronicling your season and writing about your experiences impact you personally? What was that writing process like for you?
I definitely loved the Scorers 1st blogs I wrote this season. It helped me actually take the time to reflect on not only the moments on the court but the life experiences off the court that would probably have gone unnoticed. It was really a great experience and something I can actually go back and read and relive. I'm grateful for the opportunity to share my journey with others and I can't thank Scorers 1st enough for extending the opportunity to share the experience with those who want to keep up with me and my journey.
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We are rapidly moving into a media development market where our work is no longer tethered to the desktop computer. In fact, in many respects, the desktop computer is slowly changing from a development platform to a playback device as well. The rise of cell phones, handheld devices, and even tablets has expanded the reach of our development efforts.
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Let's Talk About... Mental Health
Mental Health affects us all. Whether we know someone who has been diagnosed with a mental illness or just have stress in our lives, living from a place of ease and knowing we all have innate health can change the conversation. Center for Sustainable Change is releasing the first in their Conversation Starter Series: Let's Talk About Mental Health!
The series contains the following downloadable audios:
- Mental Health with Dr. Linda Sandel Pettit & Dr. William Pettit
- Counseling Youth on Depression & Suicide with Sue Pankiewicz & Dr. William Pettit
- Stress - We Can Live Without It with Mark Howard & Ian Watson
- Nurturing Healthcare Professionals with Karen Miller Williams & Dr. Rani Bora
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- Over 5 hours of audio!
- Discussions will continue on the CSC Awakening Community Facebook Group and will be open to the community.
To make this widely available, this audio series is being made available for $19.95.
Your presenters:
William F. Pettit Jr., M.D.
Dr. William Pettit Jr. is co-owner with his wife, Linda, of 3 Principles Intervention LLC. He and Linda reside in the Irish Hills, southwest of Ann Arbor Michigan.
Dr. Pettit has taught the Nature of the Three Principles of Mind, Consciousness and Thought as the cornerstone of his psychiatric practice since 1983. He teaches the Principles in seminars; graduate courses, residential programs for individuals, families and small groups; and via phone consultations.
He is a recognized educator in the Three Principles intervention, has presented at many national and international conferences, and has consulted with numerous clients both nationally and internationally. He was certified by Sydney Banks as a teacher of the Three Principles.
Dr. Linda Sandel Pettit
Dr. Linda Sandel Pettit currently serves as Dean of the Graduate College and Director of Counselor Education for Siena Heights University, a Michigan-based Catholic University offering master's level degrees in counseling, leadership, and teacher education both online and on 6 Michigan-based campuses.
Along with William F. Pettit, MD, psychiatrist, she co-owns 3 Principles Intervention LLC, through which she provides 3 Principles-based consulting, coaching, and training.
Dr. Pettit has provided leadership, program development, and services in mental health for over 30 years. She has worked in business, university, hospital, community agency, and private practice settings. Previously, she enjoyed a career in PR management.
Sue Pankiewicz
Sue was a teacher for eighteen years, working in mainstream and special education. Since 2006 she has worked in a variety of settings, teaching and sharing the Principles with individuals and groups. Sue loves to organise and support events that bring people together to inspire, share and deepen understanding.
When her daughter was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia at the age of 17, Sue found herself and her family thrust into a traumatic and frightening world. Sue personally had immense hope and belief in the possibility of recovery, but there was little evidence or support of that vision within the traditional approaches to mental health that were available at the time. Sue's growing understanding of the Principles, along with that of her extended family, began the process of healing and the uncovering of peace of mind.
For the past ten years, Sue has collaborated, mentored, and shared her understanding of the Three Principles, whilst all the time embracing her own unfolding experience of life which never ceases to inspire and fascinate her as the transformative nature of this understanding works its magic.
Mark Howard, Ph.D.
Dr. Howard is founder of the Principles Institute in Burlingame, California, USA. He is a licensed psychologist and is recognized as one of the pioneers who first brought the Three Principles into the field of psychology. Since 1982, Dr Howard has been teaching private clients, families, and business professionals. Dr. Howard loves mentoring three principles practitioners to develop impactful and flourishing practices.
Dr. Howard has published a paper demonstrating the efficacy of the Three Principles in treatment. In 2008 he was awarded the "Outstanding Career Service" award by the Santa Clara Psychological Association for bringing Principles education to Santa Clara County in the United States.
Ian Watson
Ian Watson is an author, trainer, and consultant who has worked in the field of natural health and personal transformation since 1988. He founded The Insight Space in 2013 as a vehicle for his own Principle-based training programmes and seminars. Ian has written four books and many published articles, created numerous audio programmes, and travelled extensively giving seminars, courses, and retreats around the world.
He became widely known as a speaker and writer in homeopathy, which he taught and practised for fifteen years. Ian's work is now based exclusively on the understanding of mind, thought and consciousness, uncovered by the late Sydney Banks. Learning these principles has proven to be the "missing link," pulling together all of the threads that Ian has explored during the past three decades.
Ian has taught the Principles to many groups in the UK and Ireland, and also in Croatia, Canada, Egypt, Finland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and the Czech Republic. He also works as a consultant trainer for a multi-national company.
Karen Miller Williams
Karen was a stressed out intensive care nurse when she was introduced to The Three Principles. This understanding changed her life and career for which she is eternally grateful. Karen was fortunate to know Sydney Banks as a teacher, a mentor and a friend. She further trained in The Principles completing the first internship at the Advanced Human Studies Institute with Dr. Roger Mills. Karen then co-founded the Hawaii Counselling & Education Centre and trained with Christine Heath, Gordon Trockman and George Pransky. She continues to learn with bi-annual attendance at the Three Principles School with Elsie Spittle and Chip Chipman as well as attending numerous conferences and events around the world.
Karen is a networker connecting people up via social media and in person as well as an activist informing, promoting, and dispensing Three Principles information via social media. Karen's career in nursing has encompassed all ages, mental health, education, prisons, healthcare, communities & management. She has been called a cheerleader for her enthusiasm in sharing The Principles and the hope for all mankind.
Dr. Rani Bora
Dr. Bora is a Holistic Psychiatrist and Wellness Coach. She has recently given up her full time NHS job as a Consultant Psychiatrist in rehabilitation and recovery to pursue her passion in sharing about The Principles of Innate Health to a wider audience.
She had served as a Clinical Lead for Schwartz Center Rounds for NHS staff to promote compassionate care and as an Associate Clinical Director in her previous role. She has conducted several training and coaching workshops for both staff and patients on the concept of coaching and recovery, stress and anxiety management and psycho-education to name a few.
She has published articles and booklets around well-being, coaching for Mental Health Recovery and empowering people. Her approaches to treating mental illness and suffering are holistic and person centred, given her training as a wellness and life coach as well as her dedication to her work as a recovery-oriented Psychiatrist.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. _A violent weekend in the city of St. Louis intensifies after two murders overnight. Those killings are part of more than a dozen people shot over the weekend in St. Louis city.
The two overnight murders happened just hours apart; one in north city and the other in south city. At this point, police don`t believe the cases are related.
Police received the call for this shooting about 1 a.m. It happened on Minnesota near Hill. Police say a black man in his late 20`s was shot in the stomach. Authorities say he was conscious and breathing when he was taken from the scene but then died at a local hospital.
A woman who lives near the scene says the victim pounded on her apartment window asking for help. She told FOX 2 the victim said he had been shot and his SUV stolen. The woman also told us that the victim indicated he had been shot in his car.
That woman called police once she realized the man had been shot and needed help.
The other murder happened about 9:25 p.m. N. Grand. In that case, police say a black woman in her early 30`s was shot in the chest. She was rushed to a local hospital where she died.
The details surrounding what happened in that incident are still unclear.
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Had I stayed away from the news websites, I wouldn't have even noticed the federal government shutdown. Funny part about that is that I have a family member who works for the federal government, but she didn't get furloughed since she works in a government agency that actually turns a profit with its services. Naturally, when an organization makes a profit it doesn't have to furlough people when the rest of the federal government does.
I'm not going to debate whether one side is right or wrong or worse than the other in this blog. I'm just going to post a solution to the one problem that I saw most in the news and on social media: shutting down our national parks. I'm not going to debate if a 1000 square mile range of the ocean in Florida needs our federal government to stay open to fishermen or whether Mt. Rushmore needs federal employees to be open. This solution solves the debate. Here it is…
Have the National Park service issue multiple denomination certificates for the full amount of its annual budget that are a tax credit for those who purchase them and never have to be paid back. In essence, it's a donation to our National Parks, but rather than just being a tax deduction like a charity, this is a tax credit because our federal government is using tax dollars to pay for the National Parks. It's a $ for $ in tax money.
Obviously, the National Park service would incur some minor overhead for building and maintaining this system, so it can just add it to its budget. I'm betting that if you put it into an open bidding process you could easily find thousands of companies capable of building this platform.
This would help ensure that our National Parks remain open regardless of federal government wrangling. It would also serve as a model for other government entities for how they can become self sufficient and immune to federal government budgetary gridlock. There are numerous other benefits to this model such as helping to keep spending inline with revenue for the government as a whole and providing citizens with a greater say in how our tax dollars are spent. This idea isn't just about avoiding shutdown furloughs that are back paid anyway. It's a solution to an ongoing budget (or lack thereof) with our federal government.
Here are added incentives for our National Parks:
- Want that budget increase you could never get? Increase your budget and see if taxpayers are willing to pay for it
- If Congress acts now, there will be a flood of taxpayers willing to cover your entire fiscal calendar budget since there are just 2.5 months left in the tax year
Edit: Why not make a petition out of it? https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/taxpayer-direct-funding-national-parks/csP0c6Bh
I hear the cries of the supposed 99% (OCCUPY) folks. I'm in the 53%, the group of Americans that pays Federal and State income taxes. On top of that (like many Americans), I pay property taxes, gasoline taxes, sales taxes, and countless other government fees (including those 9/11 security fees on plane tickets). There are taxes upon taxes that I'm paying… and more taxes on top of all that.
While I think we should be on a bond-only system for funding our government programs, there's an interim solution to getting there. One that wouldn't be so radical: opt-out taxes. I'm not talking about being able to opt-out of Federal income taxes like my friend Jimbosway is likely to support. I'm talking about giving tax payers the right to opt-out of funding Federal programs with their tax dollars.
Where The Money Goes
This doesn't mean you get a tax refund right away and the government losses all it's money because nobody is going to want to fund any program. It just means that your tax dollars don't get spent on something you don't want them spent on. For example, if someone wants to not fund farm subsides for sugar in Florida, they opt-out of that program. If someone doesn't want to fund NPR, opt-out. Etcetera.
We could even take it a step further and allow someone to change their funding from say sugar subsides to NASA, so NASA would have additional funding. You'd have to lock in your choices for a year at a time. This way, each program will know what it's budget is for the coming year.
Now, what happens to the opt-out money? Well, let's just face it. That's a problem we're not going to have to worry about for another $1+ trillion dollars. However, eventually, there could be a budget surplus as government programs are defunded. There's nothing wrong with a government surplus. When that happens, and if it runs surplus long enough then the government will know how much money each taxpayer should receive back. That's pretty simple and fair.
This will also put a tremendous amount of accountability onto the shoulders of US (that's an emphasized us, not United States – well, United States citizens…) If we don't want to support programs like TARP and bailout programs, we don't fund them. Now, people will say things like: TARP was an emergency. We couldn't wait a year to get that funding. I'll just laugh at that argument. Unless you were John McCain, you saw it coming!
Another HUGE benefit of this is that it would give us massive government transparency. Rather than transparency being a punchline in an Obama speech, it becomes a reality! We'll know what programs are receiving how much funding, and more importantly we'll know what the hell the programs are! If someone is spending your hard earned money, don't you think you should know where it's spent? It's not like the government agencies need to send us postcards or pictures of the kids we're helping like a charity does. But we will at least know that our money isn't going to fund a program that we don't support.
Technology has advanced significantly over the last few decades. Yet, our political system and taxes are way behind on utilizing technology to better themselves. We can create and easily maintain massive databases that would house this information and allow our budgeting to be based upon democratic taxation.
Other Ways the Government Can Still Steal Our Money
And Congress members who love to spend money like it's going out of style need not fret. They can still work on pork belly programs! Pass whatever spending they want with the existing methods they now have. Fund it just like they do now. If we the people decide to provide them with the funding, the program can continue on. If we don't, the program dies.
Congress could also go about imposing "fees" instead of using income tax dollars. Just look at your cell phone bills or airplane tickets to see examples of those. They could go about imposing other use taxes (perhaps a national sales tax, since they're already talking about it anyway).
None of these worry me because if we did have an opt-out system in place and Congress did try to go about stealing more money from our pockets, we'd be more educated about what is going on with our government on a greater scale than we do know. We'd have a much greater vested interest in where our money is being spent/wasted. The second Congress tried to implement a national sales tax or additional fees, we'd put a stop to it.
More Accountability
I also think that our greater involvement with the spending of our taxes dollars would turn the tables on today's political thinking. Right now, Congress can just go pass any spending bill they want without much accountability to their constituents. With an opt-out system in place, Congress is going to have to go back to the people they serve and ask them to support their decisions. Congress is going to have to explain why they're voting yes on spending more money. Opt-out make Congress accountable to the people they serve!
It seems like everyone and their mother received money from the Federal Reserve in 2008. My dogs didn't get any from The Fed, but my cat certainly did! The dogs aren't too happy about it.
All joking aside, the lending to Verizon, Harley-Davidson, and countless foreign banks really helped prevent a "financial meltdown" and "Some have recorded healthy profits for taxpayers"… Oh wait! I said all joking aside. First, I don't see how returns to The Fed benefit taxpayers in any way. Second, I don't see how getting paid back money with interest when the USD has been devalued so significantly over the last two years is actually making a profit.
If I lend someone $10 and they pay me back $12 in two years but $12 is really only worth the equivalent to $9.60, I really didn't make a profit. That's what The Fed did on the scale of $9 trillion.
The logic of all this "stimulus" and "bailout" is flawed. The idea is that companies, banks, etc are "too big to fail". The biggest problem with this logic is that a company reorganizing its debt is not a failure. Sometimes this happens. I'm not talking about completely cooked books like Enron and companies like that. Bankruptcy protection allows a company to sit down with the folks it owes money to and say that instead of going through expensive collections processes and incurring massive attorney fees for our 3 year loan, we'll pay it back in 5 years instead. That's just one overly simplified example, but pretty much how it works.
There is no company that is "too big to fail". Unless there is egregious cooking of the books, the company can always be salvaged and work out deals with its creditors to solve the financial issues. The Fed just printed money and handed it out to people. So what if the money was paid back! The value of the USD has decreased so rapidly over the last 2 years that the money paid back is worth far less in terms of tangible value than it was when it was lent out.
The result of the $9 trillion money printing job is this stalled out economy. Rather than forcing businessmen to grow come cojones and take responsibility for their businesses, Bernanke dished out trillions because he read in a textbook that the idea would work. I'm sure in his mind it has worked because the alternative was a "financial meltdown" (which is patently false). I'm sure Congress and Obama won't do anything about his reckless action.
Obama is talking a talk that sounds great on the surface but can ultimately lead to a massive loss of jobs in America rather than creating jobs. Bernanke is helping to speed along this economically devastating Administrative policy with equally rash monetary policy. I understand where Obama is coming from. He wants to create jobs in America. The thinking by the Fed is that by the Fed devaluing the USD (US Dollar), American goods will become more affordable to China and other nations. Sounds great! On paper…
However, it is a clear indication that Obama and Bernanke don't understand the United States' position in the world economy. An import economy does create jobs, contrary to what the Obama Administration makes it sound like. Yes, manufacturing jobs have been lost in America. However, importing still creates jobs. A lot of jobs for that matter, and higher paying jobs! The major key to being a strong importing nation is having a strong currency. The stronger the USD, the greater the ability to import products from other countries.
The Federal Reserve, under Bernanke, has weakened the USD significantly over the least several years. The Obama administration is trying to create more manufacturing jobs in America on the backs of the import industry. Yes, import jobs will be lost as the USD continues to decline, but the result isn't going to be layoffs, it's going to be import businesses going bankrupt.
Now, this isn't a too big to fail claim about the import industry. This is a claim that America doesn't have the ability to produce all the same products that China does. What has taken decades to build in China is not going to happen overnight in America. Additionally, the typical Chinese worker makes a fraction of what an American worker would make for the same product. So, either American's are going to have to take lower paying jobs or the cost of products are going to skyrocket!
Some argue that China is manipulating the RMB (Renminbi/Yuan) so that it's export business continues to thrive at the detriment of America. There may be some validity to the claim the claim of currency manipulation, but it isn't much unlike Bernanke's QE and QE2, which are just fancy terms for devaluing the dollar. That is what Bernanke has done. He was devalued the USD. You can call it Quantitative Easing all you want, but a rose by any other name…
There is a large trade deficit between America and China, but it's not across the board. For instance, where are Chinese airliners getting their planes? Where are they getting their MRI equipment? The advanced technology comes from America. A weaker dollar will lead to lower real profits by Boeing, GE, and other leading American businesses. Here's the reality of a weaker dollar. So what if your widget sells for $500 when that $500 is only the equivalent to $300 from just 10 years ago!
A weak currency policy is a terrible monetary policy for America. An Administrative policy supporting exports is a good one when the focus is on exports that those other countries can't make. Is the US really going to compete with the Chinese with making knock off MP3 players and cell phones that get thrown away every 2 years? Those will only be high paying jobs because the value of the USD will have declined to much to make America competitive with China that we'll have gotten to the status of a 3rd world economy.
I'm being dramatic for a reason. The world economy has been centered on a strong America and strong USD for decades. The result of a devalued USD and trade restrictions with countries we've been importing from for decades is not what anyone in America is going to want. Enormous amounts of wealth has made its way to other nations like China, Mexico, and others. Those countries are seeing improvements in their quality of life. The US should continue to lead the world economy with a strong USD position and strong import position. The whole idea behind imports and exports is that countries export what they do/make best and import what other countries do/make best. The US still does and makes many products, services, and technology better than any other country.
The Solution: The Obama Administration should focus on leading technology industries (instead of rehashing dying industries in America) and creating greater tax incentives to grow those industries (just like Clinton did with the Internet)! Congress should act as well to impeach Bernanke. It is fully within the power of Congress to do so. Further, the Obama Administration can take action in the Treasury Department by not selling bonds to The Federal Reserve. These actions would send a sound message to the world economy that the United States is standing for a strong USD, strong US consumption, and leading the world economy out of this depression with swift action. These actions would take about 9 months to catapult the US economy and world economy out of this depression. The message to the rest of the world is that America wants to continue to *lead* the global economy rather than play a reactive role in the global economy.
Here's an idea for the government bailout program that the vast majority of Americans don't support. Give us an opt out clause on our taxes for the next 10 years.
Now, I'm not talking about opting out of our taxes. Those of us who don't support the bailout will still have to pay our taxes as usual. However, we can opt out of our tax dollars being used to fund this ridiculous scam.
If you limit the government's availability of funds, they can't be as spendthrift as they have been. If they want to come up with $700 billion to spend on some useless bailout, they will need to get it from some other source than the American taxpayer.
Years ago, this would not have been possible. However, with technology today, this is entirely possible. In fact, we could give taxpayers the ability to opt out of any irresponsible government spending. It would really make it simple for the government to determine how much they can waste on pointless bailouts like the automobile industry bailout. If 60% of Americans don't support the automobile bailout then they will only have access to 40% of the taxpayer funds.
This would make budgeting for the government much easier! Taxpayers don't support something, Congress can't just go spend the money whenever and wherever they want. I suspect that we could balance the budget within 4-5 years and keep it balanced indefinitely with a bailout opt out clause. In fact, I suspect the government would end up with considerable surpluses as government waste would now have a true checks and balance system in place. The total tax dollars collected would be the same, but the ability for Congress to spend would drop considerably.
Now, some might argue that this would create serious problems with because the funding for the bailout is something that is "necessary" to avoid a greater economic downturn or because it is something the public doesn't understand the importance of. I have two words December 2007.
I keep hearing about how the Bush Administration and Congress don't want the auto industry to fail. They don't want the banking industry to fail. Yet most entrepreneurs will tell you that they've learned more from when they failed than when they succeeded. I'm betting that banks would learn more from failing than from getting bailed out.
There is something humbling about failure. There are so many lessons that come with failure. Perhaps the biggest is that we can recover. We can rebuild. We have it within our capacity to go beyond what we have failed at. That is the biggest life lesson we can ever learn, and I think it would behoove our Congress and President to let some of these businesses learn these valuable lessons.
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About time!!! Redistricting has taken place in California to ensure that incumbents stay in office. It is the most absurd garbage to take place in government and erodes the value of democracy. It is also part of why we are in the mess we are in right now. Our Congress is failing us because we've allowed them to remap themselves to keep idiots in office. This will help solve that problem.


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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 9, 2012) - Spartan Oil Corp. ("Spartan" or the "Company") (TSX:STO), is pleased to provide the results of its 2011 year end reserve update, Spartan's 2012 capital program and an operational update.
The Company enjoyed a substantial increase in reserves, production and net asset value as a result of a successful drilling program in 2011. Highlights include:
The independent assessment of the Company's reserves prepared by Sproule Associates Limited ("Sproule") dated December 31, 2011 is summarized as follows (using forecast prices and costs):
The Company's Pembina Keystone area represents a significant portion of the overall reserves and net present value of the Company. In total, Sproule booked 21.3 Mmboe of reserves to the Company's Keystone properties, representing 98.4% of the Company's overall 2011 reserve bookings. On a net present value basis, the bookings attributable to the Company's Keystone properties accounts for 99.4% of the net present value before tax (PVBT10) of the Company's overall reserve base as reflected in the Sproule report.
Reserve assignments to the Keystone Cardium Unit No. 2 ("PKCU2") (STO WI 97.12%) were 17.3 Mmboe, representing approximately 81% of the overall corporate reserve base as at December 31, 2011. On a per well basis, Sproule assigned an average of 113 Mbbl of reserves (oil) to undrilled locations in PKCU2. On a net present value basis, the reserves assigned to PKCU2 represented 76% of the net present value before tax (PVBT10) of the Company's reserves.
Spartan's estimate of original oil in place ("OOIP") for the Company's Keystone properties is 459 million barrels ("Mmbbl"), of which 332 MMbbl is attributable to PKCU2. The recovery factor ("RF") to date in PKCU2 is approximately 6.1%. The reserves assigned by Sproule to PKCU2 as at December 31, 2011 represent an incremental RF of 4.3% (for a total estimated RF of 10.4% on primary production). Spartan estimates that an ultimate RF of 15% is attainable in PKCU2 on primary production.
Spartan's estimate of its net asset value per share is $5.26 (basic) and $5.09 (diluted) as at December 31, 2011. A detailed calculation of net asset value is provided below:
The Company has not released its 2011 audited financial results and accordingly the numbers included in the calculations below are currently estimates and unaudited.
As demonstrated by Spartan's year end reserve report, the Company's Keystone properties in central Alberta offer investors exposure to a world class resource which is characterized by a significant inventory of low risk, repeatable drilling opportunities that offer a high degree of predictability and robust economics.
Since commencing operations on June 1, 2011, Spartan has drilled a total of 16 (13.0 net) horizontal wells and participated in an additional 4 (1.1 net) horizontal wells targeting Cardium oil at Spartan's Keystone properties. Spartan currently has a total of 18 (11.8 net) Cardium horizontal oil wells producing in the Keystone area and an additional 5 (2.9 net) Cardium horizontal wells awaiting completion and/or tie-in. We are very encouraged by the results we have seen to date at Keystone, having achieved a 100% success rate on our drilling program.
Initial rates continue to meet or exceed Spartan's type curves. In the December 31, 2011 reserve report, Sproule typically utilized two type curves in evaluating the Cardium light oil resource play on Spartan's Keystone properties. Spartan also utilizes a third internal type curve with respect to the PCKU2 property which represents a hybrid of the Sproule type curves. The IP(30) rate and EUR profile for these type wells is as follows:
Spartan currently has a total of 15 wells that have at least 30 days of production. The average IP30 for these wells is 177 bbl/d (oil). Included in this number are 4 wells that the Company drilled in the interior of PKCU2. These latter 4 wells have achieved an average IP30 rate of 107 bbl/d, and a median IP30 rate of 116 bbl/d. This is in line with our expectations for the interior of the Unit, where Spartan expects to see modest initial production rates and lower declines than is typical in horizontal wells drilled into tighter reservoir on the exterior of the Unit. Based upon the technical work and drilling results we have observed to date, Spartan believes that our internal type well described in the above table is achievable and repeatable in the interior of PKCU2 over a representative sample size.
A comparison of the Sproule area type curves and the Spartan internal type curve for PKCU2, together with the economics associated with each is below.
In southeast Saskatchewan, the Company has remained active in both its core areas of Torquay and Ceylon. At Torquay, to date the Company drilled 3 (1.5 net) Midale wells. All of the wells have been successfully completed and are now on production.
At Ceylon, the Company drilled its first horizontal well (0.5 net) as a follow up to its recent Bakken discovery well. The well is currently being completed.
Spartan has approximately 54 net sections of undeveloped land in southeast Saskatchewan that is prospective for Bakken and/or Mississippian light oil targets. Approximately 60% of this acreage is on the southern trend between Viewfield and the U.S. border, where significant industry activity is currently taking place.
Based upon the 2011 year end reserve report, the Company's lender has provided an indicative term sheet providing for an increase in the Company's line of credit to $50 million, subject to final due diligence approval by the bank.
The Company has set an initial capital budget of $80.2 million. This budget will be reviewed, and potentially revised, on a quarterly basis depending on results and commodity prices.
Building on the success Spartan has enjoyed through 2011, the focus of Spartan's 2012 capital program will remain on the Cardium with targeted deployment of capital in southeast Saskatchewan to advance its projects at Torquay and Ceylon. Spartan expects to drill up to 30 (28.2 net) Cardium horizontal wells during 2012. We are continuing to work to reduce costs, and the average drill and complete costs for Spartan's Cardium horizontal wells is expected to average $2.0 million for 2012.
In southeast Saskatchewan, Spartan expects to drill up to 4 (2.0 net) wells at our Torquay property. The Company's partner will fund 90% of the capital for 3 (1.5 net) of these wells, up to a maximum of $4.5 million, following which all costs will be split equally. At Ceylon, the Company expects to drill up to 3 (1.5 net) wells as a follow up to its recent Bakken light oil discovery.
Spartan expects its 2012 budget to yield average production of in the range of 2,000 to 2,200 boe/d (83% oil and liquids) and exit production of between 2,600 to 2,800 boe/d (84% oil and liquids). Cash flow is anticipated to be between $38.3 to $42.7 million. Key budget assumptions include:
Spartan expects to finance its 2012 budget entirely from existing cash, internal cash flow and debt. Under the proposed budget, Spartan will exit 2012 with between $13.1 to $17.4 million of net debt (representing 0.31x to 0.45x estimated 2012 cash flow).
Spartan Oil Corp.
The Company is engaged in the business of acquiring crude oil and natural gas properties and exploring for, developing and producing oil and natural gas in western Canada. Spartan is uniquely positioned with a significant position in two of the leading oil resource plays in western Canada, being the Cardium light oil play at Pembina in central Alberta and the Bakken light oil resource play in southeast Saskatchewan.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements (forecasts) under applicable securities laws relating to future events or future performance. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon assumptions and judgements with respect to the future including, but not limited to, the outlook for commodity markets and capital markets, the performance of producing wells and reservoirs, well development and operating performance, general economic and business conditions, weather, the regulatory and legal environment and other risks associated with oil and gas operations. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "projects", "plans", "anticipates" and similar expressions. These statements represent management's expectations or beliefs concerning, among other things, future operating results and various components thereof affecting the economic performance of Spartan. Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements which are based upon management's assumptions and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including the business risks discussed above, which may cause actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers are cautioned that events or circumstances could cause results to differ materially from those predicted.
In the interest of providing Spartan shareholders and potential investors with information regarding the Company, including management's assessment of Spartan's future plans and operation, certain statements throughout this press release constitute forward looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based on the Company's beliefs and assumptions based on information available at the time the assumption was made. The use of any of the words "anticipate", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "project", "should", "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements. By its nature, such forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward looking statements. Spartan believes the expectations reflected in those forward looking statements are reasonable but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward looking statements contained throughout this press release should not be unduly relied upon. These statements speak only as of the date specified in the statements.
The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements contained throughout this press release.
Calculation of finding and development costs is based on estimates of capital spent in the field during the year ended December 31, 2011 and is unaudited and therefore subject to change.
Spartan's calculation of OOIP and RF are estimates only. Calculations of OOIP are inherently subjective and can be affected materially by normal assumptions relating to reservoir and fluid properties. Actual OOIP and RF may be greater or less than the estimates provided herein.
Except as required by law, Spartan does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Barrels of oil equivalent (boe) may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A boe conversion ratio of six thousand cubic feet (mcf) of natural gas to one barrel (bbl) of oil is based on an energy conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and is not intended to represent a value equivalency at the wellhead. All boe conversions in this press release are derived by converting natural gas to oil in the ratio of six thousand cubic feet of natural gas to one barrel of oil.
Spartan Oil Corp.Richard F. McHardyPresident & CEO(403) 457-4006(403) 457-4028 (FAX)Spartan Oil Corp.Michelle A. WigginsVice President Finance & CFO(403) 457-4006(403) 457-4028 (FAX)Spartan Oil Corp.1400, 606 - 4th Street SWCalgary, Albertawww.spartanoil.ca
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the things that make up by far most of the budget are too hard to cut, and we shouldn't be cutting them too much anyway. social security, medicare, interest on the debt, defense, all make up over ninety percent of our budget. even if you wiped out the rest of the government, which would be the height off irresponsibility, you still couldn't even balance the budget, which is five hundred billion dollars. the budget is four trillion, simple math proves my point.
if you were to cut into defense majorly and cut the rest by say ten percent, you might be able to balance the budget. but within the next ten years the deficit will double, and there wouldn't be enough places to cut.
tax increases are inevitable and will be the most responsible thing to do.
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