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How To Repair Calcaneal Step Deformities
Distal posterior heel pain is a deformity we see quite often. It masquerades as chronic Achilles tendinitis, when in fact a calcaneal step (aka retrocalcaneal exostoses) is present at the Achilles insertion. You must also clinically differentiate it from adjacent problems, such as Haglund's deformity, retrocalcaneal bursitis and intra-Achilles tendon tear. Often, these problems may be concurrent, however, you must treat the calcaneal exostoses for complete cessation of pain. Keep in mind that retrocalcaneal exostoses are most symptomatic in active individuals over 30. On inspection, you will usually note a red and irritated area across the entire posterior heel, not just the posterior superior lateral aspect, which is most commonly associated with Haglund's deformity. Lateral X-rays in the weight bearing position reveal the calcaneal step deformity at the area of the Achilles insertion, located at the distal two-thirds of the posterior heel. You may also see thickening of the Achilles near its insertion, pain during range of motion, and crepitation due to synovitis. Since you may also see some of these findings with Achilles microtears and chronic Achilles tendinitis, it is necessary to palpate in addition to getting an X-ray. Listening to your patient's complaints often helps to differentiate the distal posterior heel spur from a Haglund's deformity, which is usually bothersome when it rubs against the hard counter of a shoe. Complaints of morning pain, also known as post static dyskinesia, are more indicative of chronic Achilles tendinitis, which can be precipitated by a calcaneal step deformity. Know The Causes Of Calcaneal Step Deformities These deformities may be due to a longer horizontal calcaneus, excessive frontal plane motions of the heel and tight calves. Tension from tight calves and excessive frontal plane motions of the heel are exaggerated on softer surfaces and with increased activities. This causes abnormal tension at the Achilles insertion with subsequent reactive bone formation and hyperostosis. Subsequently, the calcifications can cause irritation, which leads to inflammation and possible microtears with resultant healing and fibrosis. Furthermore, the excessive motions may create cumulative stresses or microtrauma, which result in degenerative changes within the Achilles. It typically takes years for the hyperostosis to develop, which you most commonly see in active individuals during middle or older ages. After reading about the pathomechanics leading to the progression of the calcaneal step deformity, you can appreciate how similar it can be to the development of plantar calcaneal heel spurs and patellar tendinitis with insertional calcification. Assessing The Radiographic Findings The calcaneal step deformity is present at the insertion of the Achilles tendon. Sometimes, the posterior calcaneal spurring or exostoses may be a separate ossicle or it may fracture off and appear fragmented. Since the remaining portion of the calcaneus often obscures these, it is helpful to take several lateral X-rays of the heel with the foot angled approximately 10, 15 and 20 degrees away from the plate. I find these views more helpful than the axial calcaneal views. Keep in mind that calcaneal step deformities are often incidental findings on X-rays of patients who have other foot disorders. Recent literature suggests the calcaneal step deformity may not be within the Achilles tendon, but does irritate the overlying Achilles tendon. Getting an MRI or diagnostic ultrasound may be useful for making this determination.1 Checking the X-rays for other joint pathology or insertional calcifications should prompt you to test for any other arthritities, such as rheumatoid, psoriatic, gouty or ankylosing spondylitis-type arthritic disorders. When it comes to conservative treatment for retrocalcaneal exostoses, focus on resolving the cause of the problem. You can use the Silfverskiold test to clinically diagnose a tight calf. If indicated, put the patient on a stretching regimen, including the wall push, slant board or Pro Stretch device. Using a posterior splint or night brace along with heel lifts has also proven helpful. To help control excessive frontal plane motions of the heel, emphasize deep heel cups (14 to 16 mm) within the orthotic devices. Using prefabricated soft heel cups may also reduce irritation and limit motion of the heel bone within the shoe. NSAIDS, regular use of heat in the morning and ice in the evening, along with physical therapy modalities, have also proven helpful in many cases. I do not advocate the use of corticosteroid injections for calcaneal step deformities as there have been repeated cases of Achilles atrophy, which may lead to spontaneous rupture. Step-By-Step Surgical Tips Despite conservative care, results are often discouraging in athletes. I am now performing the extracorporeal shock wave therapy for Achilles insertional pain, but long-term results are pending. In a previous Podiatry Today article (see "Surgical Solutions For Treating Posterior Heel Deformities," January 2001, pg. 23-26), I described the surgical procedure for the Keck & Kelly osteotomy.2 I reiterate that for patients who have a long horizontal calcaneus and/or those who have a high calcaneal inclination, you must consider performing the calcaneal osteotomy. This reduces the posterior tilt of the calcaneus, preventing Achilles irritation and subsequent pain recurrence. After treating numerous retrocalcaneal exostoses through various surgical approaches, I favor a straight linear longitudinal midline incision. Begin approximately 1 cm above the posterior superior prominence of the calcaneus and extend the incision to the distal aspect of the calcaneus. Deepen the incision down to the level of the paratenon overlying the Achilles. Sometimes the paratenon is frayed due to the bony prominence of the calcaneal step or chronic synovitis. Meticulously dissect the paratenon and save it for closure. The deep incision is straight to bone, parallel with the initial incision. At this time, sharply dissect the tendon from the bone medially and laterally with a scalpel or key elevator. Using an osteotome and mallet, chisel redundant bone off laterally, including the calcaneal step deformity. Perform the same step medially. It is important to smooth out the posterior surface of the calcaneus to allow for a new insertional surface for tenodesis. It is also important to maintain the Achilles attachments, distal medial and distal lateral, below the calcaneal step deformity area. Proceed to palpate the posterior superior prominence of the calcaneus. Most of the time I resect any prominent portion of the Haglund's deformity. Use an osteotome and mallet from lateral to medial and rasp the remaining bone smooth to prevent irritation of the Achilles tendons. Intraoperatively, I have been aggressive in removing a large portion of the posterior superior prominence of the calcaneus without any detrimental effects. You should certainly be aware to stay well posterior to the posterior process of the talus so as not invade the posterior subtalar joint. Also look for a retrocalcaneal bursal sac, which is located just superior to the bone you just removed. If present and abnormal, remove the bursa. Lastly, examine the Achilles tendon. Palpate for any nodules and look for any frayed or damaged portions of the tendon. Remove any abnormalities. If necessary, you may thin the tendon when it is fibrotic in appearance. At this point, irrigate the surgical site well with sterile saline solution and examine the tendon again for intra-Achilles calcification and check the bone for rough areas that may irritate the Achilles tendon. Two or three bone anchors are placed within the distal insertional area at the posterior calcaneus. I prefer to use the Mitek super anchors or Wright Medical Anchorlok 3.5 mm tendon anchoring devices. While two are adequate, I use three anchors for heavier set individuals. The anchors have size 0 non-absorbable suture to firmly hold the Achilles onto the calcaneus. Your suturing technique is important since you want good tendon to bone apposition. Perform the suturing intra-Achilles so the suture is not stuck between the Achilles and the bone, and so the Achilles is not overly apparent between the Achilles and its covering. Additionally, you should reoppose the medial and lateral halves of the Achilles with a running suture from proximal to distal, using 3-0 vicryl or similar absorbable suture. If you remove large defects of the Achilles, then it is acceptable to repair them by using 3-0 non-absorbable suture in simple interrupted technique. Lay the paratenon and/or subcutaneous tissues over the Achilles and again suture with a similar non-absorbable 4-0 running suturing technique. Perform skin closure with a running 5-0 prolene or skin stapling technique at your discretion. What About The Post-Operative Course? Dress the patient's wound appropriately and place it in a below knee fiberglass cast with the foot positioned at 90 degrees to the leg for three weeks. Then remove the cast and put the patient in a below knee boot cast. These patients should remain non-weightbearing for one week while attending physical therapy. At this time, they progress to partial weightbearing in the boot cast. At approximately six weeks, place the patient back in sneakers. A course of physical therapy is absolutely necessary for up to three months. Please advise your patients the healing process does require three to six months of rest from sports. However, patients are usually walking well after eight to 12 weeks. Final Notes In summary, the beauty of this incisional approach is that while you retract the medial and lateral halves of the Achilles tendon with Army/Navy retractors, you get a clear view of the retrocalcaneal exostoses and can easily remove them. In addition, you can maintain the distal medial and distal lateral insertional areas of the Achilles. This procedure is technically easy to perform. However, you should perform meticulous dissection and evaluate the anatomical sites intra-operatively. Following the above guidelines should offer exceptionally good results as patients should be able to make a full return to sports.
References 1. Carter, Steven. A New Technique for Resection of the Posterior Calcaneal Spur. Podiatry Institute News, Page 2. October 2000. 2. Braver, Richard. Surgical Solutions for Treating Posterior Heel Deformites. Podiatry Today. Pages 23 – 26, January 2001. 3. Fiamengo, Steven and Warren, Russell. Posterior heel pain associated with a calcaneal step and achilles tendon calcification. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, No. 167, Pages 203-211. July 1982.


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Here Are Your Most Embarrassing Bar Mitzvah Photos
I asked you to immortalize your most embarrassing Bar Mitzvah photos by submitting them to this contest, and the results are in. On a side note: When my Dad saw the original post he was upset because he did not like that I was joking about my special day. Let it be known that I was not making fun of my Bat Mitzvah, or the Mitzvah tradition in general. I was celebrating what is truly a very special day in the lives of Hebe boys and girls- Men and Women- everywhere.
Also, the pictures are ridiculous and I think it is OK to make a little bit of fun of the tradition. While there were many commendable submissions, there can only be one winner. Congratulations to MCA, whose leather and lace piano portrait, not to mention self-styled hair, has earned her a victory. Email me for your well-deserved prize, MCA!
Honorable mention goes out to the following, in no particular order:

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Writing Wednesdays
Committed to What?
By Steven Pressfield | Published: January 2, 2013
We've been talking about depth of commitment for three weeks now. But one question has not yet been asked:
What exactly are we committed to?
Is it our art, our career, our family, our nation? Lemme take the long way around by flashing back to an earlier era in my own life.
For years I was committed to nothing. I mean nothing. I suppose if you tied me to a tree and threatened to bayonet me, I would've tried to talk you out of it. But even that, my own life, I wasn't particularly committed to.
I was bored a lot in those days. In the midst of otherwise exciting events, even in physical danger, I was still bored. I cared about specific things in the moment, but overall? Why? What for?
In other words, I had no concept of being committed to anything. The idea of commitment never even crossed my mind. At one point I found myself living in a basement room in a halfway house for mental patients in Durham, North Carolina. Here's the passage from Turning Pro:
Then one night I had a dream. In the dream I came into my room and found that my shirts had all folded themselves in the drawer (instead of being mashed together in their usual jumbled mess). My boots had crawled out from under the bed where I normally kicked them when I took them off and had set themselves upright and tidy. They had shined themselves.
When I woke up, I thought, "I'm ambitious! I have ambition!"
That dream was a turning point. The idea of "having ambition" was something I had run away from for years. I thought ambition was wrong. It was evil. People of ambition were the ones who were screwing up the world.
Now suddenly I saw things differently. What "ambition" meant to me in that moment was embracing my own life and trying to do something with it.
I thought, "I can't keep living this way. I have to do something."
Which brings me back to depth of commitment and the question, "What, then, are we committed to?" Here's how I answer that for my own life:
I'm not committed to any specific endeavor. Not a family or a cause or a field of enterprise. Not an ideal of service or sacrifice, not an art, not a people or a calling.
My commitment is to the spirit inhering within me.
Is an acorn committed to becoming an oak? An acorn can only respond to the imperative of life within it.
That's my commitment too.
I live in this body. I inhabit this mind. I didn't choose them. I don't know what they are, or what they mean, or how I came to be united to them. I don't even know what "I" means, or why an "I" exists that's distinct and separate from my body and mind.
But I believe (and experience has demonstrated to me) that there is an intelligence beyond my ego that does know. If Socrates were still around, he'd call it "soul." He might use the Greek word daimon. Or even the Latin word genius.
My job, I decided after that dream, is to wake up. It's not to "make the most of" my life in the sense of achieving or maximizing the experience of pleasure, happiness, power, whatever.
My job is to look out and look in, to keep my eyes open, to ask questions of the world and of myself. Who am I? Why am I here? What does it mean to be alive?
I realized after that dream that I had harbored ambition all along. Tremendous ambition. But I had been terrified to admit it to myself—and paralyzed by the thought of attempting to live it out. That's why I was bored. That's why my life felt so shallow. I had made it that way by the way I perceived it, as a means of protecting myself against striving and failing.
I know, I know, you have to be pretty high on the Maslow Pyramid to even be lucky enough to think about this stuff. But here we are. I'm there, and so are you.
What are we committed to?
It may be our calling, our family, a cause, a tradition, an ideal. But underneath it's to our one-of-a-kind spirit, whatever that may be and wherever it may lead us. When we possess depth of commitment, we are no longer bored with our lives or living them in a state of narcosis or ironic detachment.
When we possess depth of commitment, we are aligned with our Muse, our soul, our Self (or we're at least trying to be aligned).
The concepts of "amateur" and "pro" are just another way of asking ourselves how committed we are to conscious participation in the discovery of our selves. Is it a part-time gig? Or are we in it for keeps?


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Dietitians Dish: Eat healthy to prevent stroke
May 24, 2011 at 12:24 a.m.
By Loretta Cordes
May is National Stroke Awareness month. According to the Centers for Disease Control, stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and is the main cause of long-term disability. Some of the risk factors are having had a previous stroke, diabetes, TIA or mini stroke, high cholesterol, heart disease or high blood pressure. Other risk factors are obesity, smoking and excessive intake of alcohol.
The key to stroke prevention is to lead a healthy lifestyle. This includes controlling your blood pressure, cholesterol, managing your diabetes and being at a healthy weight.
The biggest way to prevent a stroke is to eat a healthy diet, which can help manage your diabetes, blood pressure and cholesterol. This will also help manage your weight. Here are some basic tips on how to eat a healthy diet:
1. Eat foods that are low in saturated fat. Choose lean meat, poultry and fish. Trim extra fat off meats and remove skin from poultry before cooking. Bake, broil and grill meats instead of frying. Limit high-fat meats, such as sausage, hot dogs, bacon and chorizo. Use low-fat dairy products, such as skim or 1 percent milk.
2. Increase intake of fiber. Aim for five or more servings of fruit and vegetables per day. Eat whole-grain cereals and breads, dried beans and peas.
3.Limit the amount of sodium. Avoid adding salt to your food during cooking, and do not add any at the table. Limit usage of high sodium foods, such as cured meats, salted snacks and prepackaged food. Buy the lower sodium version of soup and canned vegetables when possible. Avoid the use of seasonings and condiments, such as ketchup, celery salt, onion salt, pickles and soy sauce. Choose seasonings that are sodium-free and look for low-sodium versions of condiments. Fast foods are also high in sodium. You have better control of the sodium content of your meals if you prepare them at home.
4.Avoid excess sugar. This includes honey, syrups, white, brown and raw sugars. Use less candy, soft drinks, cake and other sweets. Read labels for hidden sugar. Look at the list of ingredients found on the label. If glucose, sucrose, dextrose, maltose, lactose, fructose or syrups are listed as the first ingredients then the product has a large amount of sugar.
Go to www.stroke.org for more information.
Loretta Cordes is a registered and licensed dietitian with a Master's of Science Degree in Human Sciences and Certified Diabetes Educator. Send questions or comments to email@example.com.


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text: My ultimate hope is this whole escapade is the extra leverage Paramount needs to convince CBS to get a series going. As I previously said in one of these threads, we are in an era where television has surpassed film in scope, depth, and all-around quality of storytelling, and there is no Star Trek show on the airwaves. I think that's a real shame. I think it's the perfect time to go back, and this might be just the kick in the rear TPTB needed.


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Regina, Saskatchewan... not surprised to be the first poster from here
Toronto first 30 years, Calgary past 5.
Aurora ,Ontario brother about 20 minutes or so from the cityyyy.
Oakville, ON
the hammer, but I spent my childhood in brampton.
The 'Peg. Manitoba that is.
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Magog, Québec! It's about an hour and a half further than Montréal from Toronto.
Ontario, Canada - HAMILTON!
However im currently living in Los Angeles, but ill be moving back!
It's interesting to see the differences between watching a raps game live and a lakers game live.
In Toronto the boos are fun when carter comes but its also fun being part of an MVP chant (Kobe), hopefully one day toronto can have an MVP chant.
We have one in Aaron Gray.
Nova Scotia!
ADD: Whoops, Puffer beat me to it. haha
I remember though, we were playing against Vince, and you could see him mouth the words "MVP?! C'mon man." or something to that effect. Was quite hilarious.
I've been living in Toronto for about 5 years now.
Yonge & Eglinton. The women up here are fantastic!
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Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia (few minutes from Halifax).
The only way to bag a classy lady is to give her two tickets to the gun show... and see if she likes the goods.
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, (about an hour from Halifax)
Whoever told you skies the limit is looking dumb because I'm 22 and i'm moonwalking on the sun.
The Big Apple - Ontario.
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It takes a minimum of 6 weeks on an average to achieve a noticeable change in cardiovascular fitness. Less fit individuals see progress even more rapidly and for more active individuals more time is needed. An average change in cardiovascular fitness for adults is 12-15% in 10-12 weeks if moderate intensity exercise is performed 3-4 times a week for at least 30-40 min each time.
The purpose of Polar Fitness Test is the same as that of all fitness tests; to monitor this progress. It is not so much the exact OwnIndex values, but rather the trend, that is the most important thing to follow.


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The Oil Rush in Alaska has Started Again
Posted by: Value Digger (IP Logged)
Date: December 1, 2012 11:15AM
The memories of the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in 2010 are still fresh. The death of 11 crewmen and the subsequent spilling of 5 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico have raised tough questions about domestic drilling. Can the safety assurances of oil companies be trusted? What risks are we and aren't we prepared to take in order to quench our thirst for oil? Oil companies are attempting to restore offshore drilling's reputation while simultaneously seeking access to environmentally sensitive Arctic regions.
Shell and Alaska
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope. It is the largest oil field in both the United States and in North America covering 213,543 acres and originally containing approximately 25 billion barrels of oil. The amount of recoverable oil in the field is more than double that of the next largest field in the United States, the East Texas oil field. The field is operated by BP (BP) and partners are Exxon Mobil (XOM) and ConocoPhillips (COP). Production from Prudhoe Bay and other North Slope oilfields has been in steady decline for years. It was down from 2 million barrels a day in 1988 to 560,000 barrels last year. Not only has that cut into local tax revenue, but continued declines could threaten the viability of the entire North Slope oil industry long before the oil actually runs out.
In late August 2012, Shell (RDS-A) was granted permission to begin preparatory work on its first well in the Arctic Ocean, moving the company a critical step forward on its tortuous quest to drill for oil off the coast of Alaska. Ken Salazar, the interior secretary, said that Shell could conduct the initial steps in drilling in the Chukchi Sea. Before sinking a single well, Shell will have already invested $4.5 billion in its Alaska project -- $2.3 billion assembling the necessary equipment and personnel on top of the $2.2 billion for the leases. The wells Shell will begin drilling in July are exploratory, not producing.
Typically, only one out of every two or three exploratory wells drilled strikes oil or natural gas. Such modest success rates make Shell's Arctic bet appear risky. However, Shell knows there is oil offshore in Alaska because it owned leases and drilled wells in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas in the 1980s and 1990s. It abandoned them only because the $20-a-barrel prices at the time did not justify the expense of further drilling.
"They would not have committed so many resources if they didn't believe this was a sure thing," says Eric van Oort, a former Shell engineer who is now a professor of petroleum engineering at the University of Texas.
One of Shell's strategies in recent years has been to deploy capital in politically stable regions where obstacles to oil and gas development are less daunting than in, say, Nigeria. Shell's Nigerian operations have been hindered by the hijacking of its oil rigs and the all-too-frequent kidnapping of its employees. In Alaska nobody is going to be brandishing guns at Shell workers. Nevertheless, the U.S. permitting process has proved more vexing than anyone at Shell headquarters in The Hague ever anticipated.
The prize that Shell is chasing is worth the ongoing frustration. We talk for an estimated 27 billion barrels of recoverable oil held in Alaska's outer-continental shelf plus another 130 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. At its peak, offshore oil production in the region could top 1.45 million barrels a day.
"Shell is making big bet there, but I think it's justified based on the geology," says Oswald Clint, an oil analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein and a geophysicist by training.
Shell says that it expects the 410 Alaskan offshore leases it holds in the Arctic to become the company's biggest source of crude oil globally within 10 to 20 years. The waters of the Chukchi Sea alone are believed to cover a store of up to 20 billion barrels of oil, well over 20 times the amount in the reserve .
Oil Spills in Alaska
[/b]Hopefully Shell will not be the third company whose exploration efforts will be associated with a major oil spill in Alaska. Let's check briefly the two oil spills in the history of Alaska:
1) The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989, when an oil tanker bound for California struck Prince William Sound's Reef and spilled 260,000 to 750,000 barrels of crude oil. It is considered to be one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters. The Valdez spill was the largest ever in U.S. waters until the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in terms of volume released. However, Prince William Sound's remote location, accessible only by helicopter, plane, and boat, made government and industry response efforts difficult and severely taxed existing plans for response. The region is a shelter for salmon, sea otters, seals and seabirds. The oil, originally extracted at the Prudhoe Bay oil field eventually covered 1,300 miles of coastline and 11,000 square miles of ocean.
2) On March 2, 2006, a worker for BP Exploration (BP) discovered a large oil spill in western Prudhoe Bay. Up to 267,000 US gallons were spilled, making it the largest oil spill on Alaska's north slope to date. The spill was attributed to a pipeline rupture. BP paid a $20 million fine for the spill. On Nov. 3, 2008, BP issued a response stating[b] that they "had no record that any concerns about corrosion leading to an oil transit line breach in the foreseeable future ever were communicated to BP." This spill raised a new round of questions from environmental groups about proposed plans to open more land in the region to oil drilling. The North Slope region of Alaska borders the Arctic Ocean and contains most of the state's petroleum reserves. It is also home to thousands of migratory birds, caribou, and other creatures.
The Arctic Failures
The region's challenges are formidable. They range from icebergs to storms, darkness and fierce cold. There is also no certainty of success as UK-listed explorer Cairn Energy (CNE) spent $1 billion exploring off Greenland and failed to find commercial volumes of oil.
The Pipeline Concern
Alaskan crude oil is transported south via the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, and a 2011 report by the pipeline's operator, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., raised doubts about whether the pipeline can operate safely if throughputs continue to decline. The slower the oil moves through the pipeline, the greater the risk that water will separate from the crude and freeze at the bottom of the pipeline during winter, causing corrosion and cracks. This and other risks, according to the Alyeska report, "decrease confidence that the pipeline can be reliably operated at throughputs lower than 350,000 barrels per day."
In Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost city in the U.S., it's hard to tell where the land ends and the frozen Arctic Ocean begins. The average temperature stays below freezing for eight months of the year. "It's not looking good," former North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta says of the production declines. "And if there's no oil going through the pipeline, that oil infrastructure becomes worthless, and our tax base goes down." All of Barrow's infrastructure was built by oil money, and all of it is now maintained by oil money. "I started realizing," Itta continues, "that my biggest responsibility was maintaining the economic well-being of the borough, and that largely has to do with maintaining oil in the pipeline." The low-flow threat to the pipeline is a huge state issue as well, given that over 90% of Alaska's state revenue come from oil and gas.
New Infrastructure is Needed
Alaska needs infrastructure to handle increased shipping through the Bering Strait. It needs infrastructure to get drilling done on its outer continental shelf. And, it needs infrastructure to deal with what happens if drilling goes wrong. Some of those pieces are already falling into place.
At its newly opened aviation center in Deadhorse, Fairweather LLC is already servicing oil and gas companies looking at offshore projects. The center boasts a 20,000 square-foot hangar, 11,000 square feet of office space, 24 individual housing quarters, a dining facility, a medical clinic and medevac support center, and a shared office area that could transform into an incident command center in short order. The company is getting ready to expand its facility to include a warehouse, hangar, office space and housing for between 200 and 300 staff and crew members.
Most of the existing facility has already been rented out, just three months after it opened, said Fairweather business manager Lory Davey. So far, what she's hearing from oil and gas customers is that they want more of what the aviation center offers.
"You've had BP and Conoco Philips up here a long time, and they've got their own infrastructure," Davey said. "New companies like Repsol, Great Bear, Statoil, all these new entrants up there don't necessarily have the infrastructure built out. A lot of companies don't want to invest in long-term infrastructure in their exploration period. Our building has everything one of those companies would need to operate, under one roof."
Deadhorse Aviation Center is situated mainly to support oil and gas activity in the Beaufort, Davey said, but could also be a base for operations in the Chukchi. Unlike many northern communities in Alaska, it has the advantage of being on the road system, which makes it cheaper to bring in supplies.
It's hard to guess where new infrastructure is likely to go as the Arctic oil and gas rush touches the state. But even without taking into account the United States' drilling program, the increase in shipping traffic alone, due in part from neighboring countries' drilling, means Alaska will need new facilities.
"There's a serious concern over lack of infrastructure to support shipping," Stotts said. "There are no ports, no fueling facilities, no search and rescue. They need to put in communications systems. And of course there's always a concern over oil spills or heaven forbid a wreckage."
This year, the U.S. Coast Guard launched Arctic Shield, a mission meant to increase its presence in northern Alaska where more shipping means more chance of someone needing the Coast Guard's help. But the Coast Guard didn't have a port large enough to host its cutter in the north. In order to conduct its Spill Oil Response System exercise, USCG Alaska had to float a barge alongside the cutter, and move supplies and equipment between the two vessels as if the barge were a port.
"Our buoy tenders can go into Nome to get supplies and fuel," said USCG Alaska public affairs officer Veronica Colbath. "But our national security cutter, she has to go all the way to Dutch Harbor."
The Alaska Department of Transportation is already searching for the best place to put an Arctic port that would serve state and federal agencies, as well as commercial shipping traffic. The first round of research for its Alaska Deep Draft Arctic Ports Study started in 2012 and will conclude this November, with additional investigations continuing in 2013 and 2014. According to the Alaska DOT's web page for the project, the port's design, construction and operations would most likely be funded through a public-private partnership.
The Other Oil Majors
1) Exxon Mobil, ENI (E) of Italy and Norway's Statoil (STO) have also signed deals to explore for oil in Russia's Arctic waters, while others have secured licences to drill off Greenland.
2) Total (TOT) has a number of natural gas ventures in the region, including a stake in the vast Shtokman field in Russia's Barents Sea. The Total chief executive said gas leaks were easier to deal with than oil spills. Total's Arctic projects are concentrated in Russia. As well as its stake in Shtokman, it has interests in a number of onshore developments, such as a big liquefied natural gas venture in Russia's far north known as Yamal LNG. It also operates a Siberian oilfield called Kharyaga.
Total says energy companies should not drill for crude in Arctic waters, marking the first time an oil major has publicly spoken out against offshore oil exploration in the region. Christophe de Margerie, Total's CEO, told the Financial Times the risk of an oil spill in such an environmentally sensitive area was simply too high. "Oil on Greenland would be a disaster," he said in an interview. "A leak would do too much damage to the image of the company."
3) Last spring, Marathon Oil (MRO) announced it was selling substantially all of its Alaska assets to Hilcorp Energy's Alaska subsidiary, including 17 million barrels of oil equivalent of net proved reserves across 10 fields in Cook Inlet, plus natural gas storage and interests in natural gas pipeline transmission systems. Marathon estimated the deal at $375 million. Marathon Oil has been exploring for, and developing hydrocarbons in Alaska for more than 55 years, with development activities focused on natural gas in the Cook Inlet region.
Marathon's Alaska manager said that the decision to sell is based on a strategic focus on unconventional U.S. oil shales such as Eagle Ford in Texas, and Bakken in North Dakota. Marathon has about 62 employees in Alaska. Some will transfer elsewhere in the company, but he says most will be retained by Hilcorp.
The Drillers
Bermuda-based Nabors (NBR) is one of the largest drilling companies in the state and it plans on selling its oil field service subsidiary, Peak Oilfield Services which is considered a non-core asset. Peak Oilfield Services specializes in rig moving, custom heavy hauling, crane and rigging services and oilfield transportation.
Involved in commercial drilling operations in the state since 1962, Nabors has a long and storied history in Alaska. Nabors Alaska drilled both the discovery well and the confirmation well in the giant Prudhoe Bay oilfield in 1968. It's also drilled the only well to date in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
It is worth noting that Nabors Alaska's CDR-2 rig was delivered to ConocoPhillips nearly three years ago at the Kuparuk River unit. It is the first purpose-built coiled tubing rig designed for the Arctic.
Nabors has also been known in Alaska for its tough, anti-union stances. In the mid-1990s, when it was the Slope's drilling powerhouse, a group of workers set out to unionize the company. It worked -- to an extent. They got the required cards in to the National Labor Relations Board and went on to win the election. But problems began during negotiations, according to Tim Sharp, who was a union organizer at the time and is now the manager Laborers Local 942 in Fairbanks. He says that Nabors dragged out the negotiations so long they ended up dropping the effort.
The switch is ON and the oil rush in Alaska has just started again. It remains to be seen whether this exploration effort will be beneficial for Shell and whether it will be combined with the lowest negative impact on the environment, the wildlife and the natives' lives.
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Date: December 1, 2012 08:23PM
Wow, your a smart guy, thank for such an article, the energy sector is my favorite sector and you just helped me by adding to my knowledge...
Keep up these great articles.
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IMHO GuruFocus should take note that this "author" is a plagiarizer and a copyright violator. Here's just a few examples of the stolen material that appears in this "article"; in fact almost all of the content of this "article" is stolen . Almost certainly the other "articles" from this source posted in the GuruFocus forums are similarly filled with uncredited material which the "author" pretends is his/her own work:
1) CNNMoney: [features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com]
" [The memories of the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in 2010 are still fresh.] Looming over the debate are still-fresh memories of the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in 2010. The death of 11 crewmen and the subsequent spilling of 5 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico have raised tough questions about domestic drilling. Can the safety assurances of oil companies be trusted? What risks are we and aren't we prepared to take in order to quench our thirst for oil?"
2) The New York Times: [www.nytimes.com]
" [In late August 2012,] The Interior Department granted Shell permission on Thursday to begin preparatory work on its first well in the Arctic Ocean, moving the company a critical step forward on its tortuous quest to drill for oil off the coast of Alaska.
Ken Salazar, the interior secretary, said that Shell could conduct the initial steps in drilling in the Chukchi Sea, putting down as much as 1,400 feet of well casing to support the required blowout preventer, a device meant to shut down a runaway well.
The move delighted the company, which has spent more than $4 billion and six years preparing for extensive exploratory activities in the Arctic. But environmental advocates expressed dismay, saying that neither the company nor the government was prepared to handle the risks of drilling in the fragile and unforgiving region."
3) [en.wikipedia.org]
"On March 2, 2006, a worker for BP Exploration (Alaska) discovered a large oil spill in western Prudhoe Bay. Up to 267,000 US gallons (1,010,000 L) were spilled, making it the largest oil spill on Alaska's north slope to date.[6] The spill was attributed to a pipeline rupture.
According to King 5, BP paid a $20 million fine for the spill. On November 3, 2008, BP issued a response to King 5 the report stating that they "had no record that any concerns about corrosion leading to an oil transit line breach in the foreseeable future ever were communicated to BP."
4) Anchorage Press: [www.anchoragepress.com]
"At its newly opened aviation center in Deadhorse, Fairweather LLC is already servicing oil and gas companies looking at offshore projects. The center boasts a 20,000 square-foot hangar, 11,000 square feet of office space, 24 individual housing quarters, a dining facility, a medical clinic and medevac support center, and a shared office area that could transform into an incident command center in short order."
5) Alaska Dispatch: [www.alaskadispatch.com]
"Nabors has also been known in Alaska for its tough, anti-union stances. In the mid-1990s, when it was the Slope's drilling powerhouse, a group of workers set out to unionize the company. It worked -- to an extent. They got the required cards in to the National Labor Relations Board and went on to win the election."
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Date: December 2, 2012 12:19PM
"LwC", I will strongly disappoint you once again and I ll be terribly sorry to make you look so foolish once again. So:
1) "LwC" is the alias who spent a ton of time trying to trash my recommendation, Arcan Resources (ARN.V) when I suggested it as a strong buying opportunity at $0.85 just 40 days ago. My article is here in Gurufocus, all can read LwC's clueless and unsustainable comments.
ARN.V is at $1.10 just 40 days later despite a declining market and a stable oil price.
This is a 30% yield in just 40 days.
2) Now "LwC" spends a ton of time once again trying to prove that I have taken some ideas from other posts. Fyi, these sources are FREE and without any subscription so they are accessible to all who can read and use them accordingly.
In addition, my article is an NON-EXCLUSIVE article. This is how it was submitted to Gurufocus. I am terribly sorry that I ruin your pathetic conspiracy comments.
3) U have been challenged several times by several other posters to show us YOUR articles. U obviously keep ignoring all these challenges although you have spent a ton of time to debate and argue in a provocative way with all the investing community.
What a pathetic poster you are. Disgusting.
4) I have been writing articles for 5 years now. My articles have always been a source of information for several other authors who have used parts of them into their own articles.
Many folks have also used my picks to make their investing choices and most of these folks have sent me a ton of congratulations after buying my recommendations and hitting high returns.
So I felt fine when my recommendations and my picks were so successful for them and my articles were used as a tank of information. As long as my articles are free, all can use them accordingly.
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Date: December 3, 2012 09:49AM
IMO what's pathetic is you trying to rationalize your plagiarism and violation of copyright law.
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thank you for pointing these out.
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A European Market Task Force comprised of member committees from across Europe are to meet on 22 February in Brussels with the European Commission. Our European Members have already carried out a survey to identify key areas of market design that are likely to become relevant in 5 -10 years time, but are not currently […]
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Einari Kisel, WEC Senior Fellow, commented on European energy market policies and discussed the role of the World Energy Council in a presentation at the Conference on the Baltic Energy Market Integration Plan (BEMIP) on 14 September in Vilnius, Lithuania. The BEMIP aims to connect the electricity and gas markets of the Baltic states (Lithuania, […]
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ECA434 - Arts Education Discipline Study 4
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Dance, Drama and Media offered Burwood (Melbourne) only
Visual Arts offered Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Warrnambool, and Cloud (online)
Music offered Burwood (Melbourne) and Cloud (online)
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|Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online)
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Burwood and Waurn Ponds: 1 x 3 hour Seminar per week
Warrnambool: 1 x 2 hour Seminar per week
Cloud (online): Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin
In this unit participatory studio-based experience informed by aesthetic and critical debate in diverse social and cultural contexts will enable students to further enhance their reflective practice in their arts specialism. Students undertake research projects in their arts specialism that may include: a practical arts teaching project; a project based in an educational setting other than a school; an action research project designed to improve teaching or solve a problem; or a review of literature on a particular issue related to the arts.
Two Assessment Tasks - Each 50%
Assessment tasks appropriate to the specific arts education area will be chosen from: Individualised research project, folio submission presentations, curriculum project with written report and presentation, arts practice performance and demonstrations, teaching simulations within a virtual learning environment. All assessment will be criterion referenced.
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Kipnis remains mum on All-Star team absence
By Justin Albers / MLB.com
"I wear this before every game," he said. "It's a comfy shirt."
But unlike the other days Kipnis wore the shirt, he did so this time with the knowledge he would not get to play in next week's All-Star Game in Kansas City. Despite solid numbers, Kipnis' name was not included when the rosters were announced Sunday.
The Yankees' Robinson Cano and Rangers' Ian Kinsler will represent the AL at second base.
When asked if he was disappointed he didn't make it, Kipnis declined to answer.
"I'm gonna leave that one alone," he said.
Entering Monday, Kipnis led all AL second basemen in RBIs (47) and stolen bases (20), and was second in home runs (11). His batting average (.275) fell one point behind Kinsler's.
"He has the numbers to be in the All-Star Game," said Indians manager Manny Acta. "It's easy to be biased because we see him on an everyday basis and we want him to be in there bad. But if you look around the league, there are some guys that they must also feel like they've been snubbed.
"He's gonna have an opportunity again because he's gonna be good for years to come."
Tribe hopeful Hafner can return on current homestand
CLEVELAND -- Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a right knee injury, was scheduled to resume his rehab assignment with Triple-A Columbus on Monday night at Toledo after Sunday's game was rained out. Indians manager Manny Acta said the team will see how Hafner feels after the game before making a decision on when he will return to Cleveland.
Hafner went 0-for-3 with a sacrifice fly for Columbus on Saturday.
"The rainout last night slowed down his rehab a little bit," Acta said Monday. "We're anticipating we're going to activate him on this homestand. I just can't sit here and tell you [it'll be] tomorrow, or the day after. He's got to go through today's game.
"It's a matter of how he feels. He knows his body very well. It's a good homestand with a bunch of right-handers that we're going to be facing, but it comes down to how he feels."
Hafner hasn't played since May 23, and he had arthroscopic knee surgery on May 31. He's hitting .242 with six home runs and 23 RBIs in 39 games this season.
The Indians have a couple of options if Hafner is ready to return this week. They could go the typical route and send a player down to the Minors, or they could place outfielder Shelley Duncan on the paternity list for a few days. Duncan's wife is in the hospital and is ready to go into labor any day now. The couple is expecting twin boys.
Pestano feels setup men get overlooked
CLEVELAND -- Vinnie Pestano has been one of the best setup pitchers in baseball this season. He had a 1.97 ERA in 34 appearances entering Monday, and he allowed only one earned run in 9 1/3 innings in June.
"He's pitched like an All-Star," manager Manny Acta said.
Still, Pestano's name wasn't included when the All-Star rosters were released Sunday. His teammate, closer Chris Perez, was one of four American League relievers selected, along with Texas' Joe Nathan, Baltimore's Jim Johnson and Tampa Bay's Fernando Rodney. All four players are closers.
Pestano spoke highly of the pitchers that were chosen, but he felt he deserved to be on the roster.
"My whole life, I've been kind of looked over, kind of brushed to the side," Pestano said. "[Setup men] don't get a whole lot of love. Until setup guys get seen as a vital part of the team, then that's just the way it's gonna be. It's just the way baseball is. What are you gonna do?"
Perez already sees setup guys as a vital part of the team. He knows that without Pestano he wouldn't have made the All-Star roster. If Pestano didn't do his job in the eighth inning, Perez would never get a chance to do his in the ninth.
"All the stars have to align for the setup guys to make it," said Perez, who entered Monday tied for the AL lead with 23 saves. "Whereas closers, we make it because we get saves or whatever. At the same time, I worked to get to this spot, to be the closer. It wasn't just given to me. I was a setup guy for a couple years.
"I think he knows how much I appreciate him being in front of me. I think we're a really good one-two combo."
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"I'm very proud. Those guys have been studs for us and came up huge all year. They've been doing their jobs, and I'm glad they got recognized for it."
--Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis, on teammates Chris Perez and Asdrubal Cabrera being selected to next week's All-Star Game.
Smoke signals
Catcher Carlos Santana (back, side) returned to the lineup Monday after missing all four games at Baltimore. Santana started at catcher and batted fifth against the Angels.
"The back is good," Santana said. "I expect to play every day. I expected to play [Sunday], but [manager Manny Acta] wanted to be sure that everything is perfect."
Thomas Neal, an outfielder at Double-A Akron, was named the Eastern League Player of the Week on Monday. Neal was 14-for-28 (.500) with six doubles, three home runs and 10 RBIs last week.
Duncan and Aaron Cunningham contributed home runs in the Indians' 6-2 win at Baltimore on Sunday, the first time all season the Indians have hit multiple right-handed homers in the same game. The last time Cleveland had multiple long balls by right-handed hitters was Sept. 19, 2011, when switch-hitters Santana and Cabrera homered from the right side against Seattle.
The Indians signed 16-year-old Venezuelan catcher Yoiber Marquina and Dominican catcher Francisco Mejiaon Monday, according to Baseball America's Ben Badler. Nikkan Sports in Japan reported that the Tribe also signed Naoki Hashimoto. No position was immediately available on him.
Monday was the first day teams could sign international free agents, with each team getting a $2.9 million allotment.
Justin Albers is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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1 large can of pumpkin
1 can (12oz) non-fat evaporated milk
4 eggs
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cloves
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 package (18.5) yellow or white cake mix
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup chopped pecans
Preheat oven 350 degrees (F) 175 degrees (C)
Grease and flour a 9x13 pan
In a large bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, sugar, sale, nutmeg, ginger, cloves and cinnamon.
Stir in the milk, then beat in the eggs one at a time.
Pour the pumpkin mixture into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the cake mix over the pumpkin mixture,
then sprinkle on the pecans
Drizzle melted butter over all.
Bake in the preheated oven for 55 minutes, or until the edges are lightly browned.
Allow to cool.
Start watching this after 45 minutes , and don't let it get too over baked.


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great game
how far that 99 finals team has fallen, we allow some1 to score 50 on us, put 128 on our faces, nd we have fans calling it a great game, sad thing is jpz is right. for the current team we r stuck watchin this is a great game. i think its funny how duhorribles best game is when he went 4-10 for 12 pts. the year looks bright for us...nott


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The widely anticipated Senate bill soon to be introduced by gun-banner extraordinaire Dianne Feinstein will do far more than eliminate "assault weapons" (AW's) and "high capacity" magazines.
According to a summary on the senator's website, concealed carry license holder Feinstein–who proposed an outright ban on all handguns while packing her own for self-defense—will demand that owners of guns affected by her legislation: pay a $200 fee for each banned weapon owned; submit pictures, fingerprints and register AW's with the ATF; have local law enforcement attest to the owner's identity and specify the address at which each weapon will be kept.
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But the NRA reports that the senator intends to go much further than bans or registration. For assessment of an acquired draft of Feinstein's bill reveals a provision demanding that guns defined as assault weapons be immediately turned over to the federal government upon the current owner's death.
Under existing Federal Firearm Legislation, owners of AW's are permitted to sell their weapons outright, modify them or pass them along to heirs. But not anymore. For should Feinstein's bill become law, AW's will be grandfathered into the possession of their current owners and "…[will] remain with [that] …owner until [his] death, at which point they [will] be forfeited to the government."
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In short, our political ruling class would literally appropriate millions of "assault weapons," rent the freshly acquired firearms back to their original owners and then seize them after those flagrantly cheated individuals have died.
It is a very clever scheme of mortality-based confiscation!
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Registration of the appropriated weapons will be conducted according to the National Firearms Act of 1934, the law which, among other things, regulates ownership of machine guns and silencers. Fortunately the $200 per weapon fee has historically been charged only on the transfer of a weapon rather than on a yearly basis. But of course those banned, "high capacity" magazines must also be taken into account—and taxed.
Feinstein's bill has yet to be completed, though she has vowed to read it on the Senate floor by January 3rd. Given the massive, nationwide dissent and bitter animosity which would surely result should the contents of the bill be published in an open and honest form, it's possible that, like ObamaCare, Congress will have to pass the legislation before the American public finds out what's in it.
One thing is certain–gun owners will undoubtedly acquire many new responsibilities while preserving very few rights.
For example, Feinstein and Co. might demand holders of "assault weapons" purchase some form of renter's insurance in order to protect themselves from legal responsibility should a gun be stolen and used in a crime. Naturally, the legal responsibility would be levied either by Congress itself or one of its partners in crime—the ATF comes to mind. After all, it would be a swell way to pick up a few bucks while encouraging a "pre-demise" weapon turn-in by owners who wish to avoid legal exposure or the expense of congressionally-mandated insurance coverage. Imagine the required purchase of an "ATF-approved" policy at $500 per year per weapon. A protection racket to make even Capone blush!
Will the Feinstein bill succeed? Almost certainly not. But consider how much closer it will likely come to passage now than a year ago. And what will happen after the next brutal murder spree deliberately facilitated by the left and its "gun-free zone" legislation? And the next and the next?
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Feinstein's legislation reveals what the left is determined to achieve, sooner or later and by any means necessary. Those who wish to remain free must be prepared to do anything necessary to defeat them.
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By Kristin Arnold, THELAW.TV
As the presidential election draws closer, the economy is clearly the issue creating the most debate. However, both candidates are attempting to attract voters by highlighting their differences on social issues. President Obama has tried to make headway in the polls by challenging Republican nominee Mitt Romney's views on women's rights.
For example, Romney has said that, if elected, he will cut off all government funding to Planned Parenthood, a national sexual and reproductive health care provider. The former Massachusetts governor, like the vast majority of his fellow Republicans, opposes abortion, a service that Planned Parenthood provides.
Planned Parenthood is legally prohibited from using federal funds to perform abortions, but the organization provides many other services to women, such as cancer screenings and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. But it is the abortion issue that has stirred this federal fight – one that is also occurring at the state level.
States receive federal Title X funding, a large portion of which goes to fund Planned Parenthood clinics. Several states have moved to block that funding:
- Last year, North Carolina lawmakers voted to block Planned Parenthood from receiving federal Title X funds. A federal judge struck down that law, which means for now Planned Parenthood offices in North Carolina continue to receive federal funding.
- Also in 2011, the Texas legislature passed a law prohibiting any organization that performs abortions from receiving Title X funds. Since the law went into effect, dozens of family planning clinics have closed in that state.
Lawmakers write legislation and vote on whether to pass that legislation, but ultimately the fate of some controversial laws lay with judges whose job it is to interpret the laws. Although a judge's job is not designed to be a political one, the ideological leanings of federal judges often have everything to do with the outcome of certain cases. For instance, the judge who struck down the North Carolina law prohibiting Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funds was appointed by President Bill Clinton, who was a pro-choice Democrat. In Texas, however, the federal circuit court is dominated by conservative judges who are pro-life.
"Federal judges are often asked to rule on cases that involve social issues which are more ideological in nature," says attorney Martin Sweet of legal information website THELAW.TV. "For example, nowhere in the Constitution does it state when life begins. Therefore, a federal judge's particular beliefs often factor into a decision."
In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court was asked to decide whether abortion should be legal in the United States. In its historic Roe vs. Wade decision, the high court struck down a Texas law outlawing abortion in all cases except those in which the woman's life was at risk. The decision legalized abortion all over America.
Conservatives have long sought to overturn Roe vs. Wade, and the presidential election could have an impact on whether that happens. Currently, five of the nine Supreme Court justices – who serve on the high court for life – were appointed by Republican presidents. Should Romney win the presidency, he could be in position to appoint a conservative Supreme Court justice or two should spots on the high court open up.
Of course, not every case reaches the U.S. Supreme Court. The majority of women's rights cases are decided at the state level. If the past year is any indication, government funding to Planned Parenthood and other organizations that provide health care for women will be challenged in other states.
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A's ride Crisp's bat, glove to win vs. Tigers
DETROIT -- This wasn't supposed to be a likeable matchup for the slumping A's, who sent homer-prone pitcher A.J. Griffin to the mound to face the homer-happy Tigers at Comerica Park on Monday.
Naturally, the inevitable unfolded, the Tigers taking Griffin deep twice for a total of four runs to put the righty's season total up to a Major League-leading 32 long balls.Full Game Coverage
DETROIT -- This wasn't supposed to be a likeable matchup for the slumping A's, who sent homer-prone pitcher A.J. Griffin to the mound to face the homer-happy Tigers at Comerica Park on Monday.
Naturally, the inevitable unfolded, the Tigers taking Griffin deep twice for a total of four runs to put the righty's season total up to a Major League-leading 32 long balls.Full Game Coverage
Both proved to be equalizers, but nothing more, as the A's got one of their own from a red-hot Coco Crisp, along with a handful of other runs courtesy of some timely hitting in an 8-6 series-opening victory that kept them 2 1/2 games back of the Rangers in the American League West.
Oakland had dropped four of its last five and 14 of 23 before fending off the Tigers, who threatened to take the lead in the seventh when manager Bob Melvin elected to have Dan Otero intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera upon a 2-0 count to load the bases with two outs for Prince Fielder in a three-run game.
Lefty Sean Doolittle, who hadn't pitched since giving up four runs last Tuesday, was awarded the privilege of getting out of the jam, and he did -- but barely, as Fielder drove the ball well to center field, with Crisp on the move to make the inning-ending catch.
"[Fielder] kind of just stood there, and I couldn't tell if he was watching it, thinking it was gone," said Doolittle. "I thought it was just going to be kind of like a routine play, but it turns out Coco made a nice running catch to get there."
It was fitting, since Crisp played a significant role in getting the A's to that point, falling a triple short of the cycle while collecting hits in three of his first four at-bats. His first was a leadoff double that led to a run when Josh Donaldson notched a one-out base hit off AL ERA leader Anibal Sanchez (2.61), who was at 29 pitches by inning's end and 112 through five.
"With the way that he's been pitching lately, I think it was big for us to be selective and lay off his changeup out of the zone," said Daric Barton. "And Coco saw everything off him tonight."
After Omar Infante tied the game with a two-run shot to left off Griffin in the second, Crisp regained the lead on his own with a long home run to right field, his 14th of the season -- 10 have given the A's the lead -- and the 100th of his career.
Oakland's center fielder, who added an RBI single in the sixth, has been unstoppable since receiving a cortisone shot in his ailing left wrist, going 10-for-26 in the two weeks that have followed, including 9-for-18 on this road trip.
"He's a huge catalyst for our team," said Griffin. "He had an outstanding day today. He's out there, playing hard, just a good sparkplug to have. He gets the offense going, he makes awesome plays out there. When he's going good, the A's are usually going good. He's a huge contributor, and I'm really thankful he's on our side. "
On this night, Crisp got plenty of help all around him, with the A's getting hits from all of their starting position players outside of Yoenis Cespedes, who is just 4-for-31 with 11 strikeouts in his last seven games, bringing his average down to .224.
Even Barton contributed two RBIs, on base hits in the fourth and sixth, after being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento on Monday for the first time since May to take the roster spot of the injured Josh Reddick.
"It was a big night for him," said Melvin, "and much needed for us to get that type of contribution."
Barton's second knock off lefty Jose Alvarez unlocked a 4-4 tie created by Cabrera, who drove a two-run shot to right off Griffin in the fifth, and the A's only kept adding on to their lead, with Alberto Callaspo and Jed Lowrie also contributing run-scoring hits.
"No matter how many runs you're up, you're down, we're still going to go out and try to score a run every inning, multiple runs if we can," said Crisp. "It felt nice to be able to go out there and put on a couple extra. We're trying to do that every game, and it just hasn't been happening, so it's definitely nice that we did, hopefully something we can continue."
Griffin lasted five-plus innings for the A's, giving up five other hits besides the homers with one walk and four strikeouts.
Doolittle allowed a leadoff homer to Victor Martinez in the eighth, notching one out before Ryan Cook came in to add some drama and load the bases. Cook eventually struck out Torii Hunter to end the frame, before closer Grant Balfour allowed an unearned run in the ninth but got through it for his 33rd save.
"That was really good energy today," said Melvin. "Early on, Coco gets us started, and a little demoralizing once we lose the lead and Cabrera hits the home run, but we came right back, had great at-bats throughout the entire game. That was good to see."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com.


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The Frescoes from the Villa of the Farnesina
The Villa of the Farnesina, sumptuous residence of the Augustan age, was brought back to light in Trastevere in 1879, during the regulation works of the banks of the Tiber.
The remains of the Villa were only partially explored and then destroyed, but the elevated quality of the decorations required the salvage of the frescoes, mosaics and stuccoes, since preserved in the Museo Nazionale Romano. In the exhibition space of Palazzo Massimo the stripped decorations have been recomposed within rooms of the original dimensions.
The goal was to recreate, to the extent possible, the sequence of the visual perceptions of the Ancient age, walking through the long gallery of the cryptoporticus (hidden portico) as far as the garden, on which faced the winter triclinium (dining room) and two cubicola (bedchambers) with vermillion walls, thence reaching, through another corridor, a third cubiculum.
The diverse references to the Egyptian world present in the decorations of the villa can be read as a celebration of the conquest of Egypt. In fact the owner of the residence is probably, according to reliable hypotheses, to be identified as the general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa himself, author of the victory at Actium. The frescoes, exemplars of the great painting of the Imperial age in Rome, are ascribable to the final phase of the Second style.


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A question for the Australians who shop on-line from overseas companies.
Which companies have you found to be the best with regard to quality of fabric, price, postage rates and service.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
A question for the Australians who shop on-line from overseas companies.
Which companies have you found to be the best with regard to quality of fabric, price, postage rates and service.
Hi Deecee, I have purchased from http://www.whittlesfabrics.com/ The quality was fantastic and I had my fabric in 1 week, they have great prices too.
Also http://www.wishuponaquilt.com/ great fabric and service also only took 8 days to get my fabric.
And http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/ I have always got great service from them usually only takes 1 week to 10 days to get my fabrics, (all quality fabrics) my last order arrived in 6 days. If you sign up for their newletter they let you know from time to time that they have free shipping which can include up to 2 battings if you spend over $100US I got 2 king sized battings, a ruler, thread and around 16 yards of fabric and a new olfa cutter for around $200, you cant beat that. PM me if you want more info.
Thanks for the info Woody. Will check these sites out.
I sometimes get excited looking at a site, then realise they don't ship international. Thought it might be easier to ask those who have more experience in o/s purchasing than my few transactions.
Ive shopped at www.fabric.com which are good, but dont fill up the postage satchels.
Also www.cottonloft.com are FABULOUS! such a great range and so very cheap. And the quality is really good too.
Also US ebay are great for fabric too. there is one person I buy from all teh time called casainthewoods. Not affiliated, just a happy customer.
Thanks tweetee. I will check these out also.
Hi Deecee,
Aside from the ones already mentioned I've bought from J & O Fabrics. Bought giraffe print and jellybean fabric, just love both and top quality.
Also have bought from several ladies on this forum and found the fabric top quality.
I have bought fabric from Favourite Fabrics (Board member) www.favouritefabric.com and it arrived within 2 weeks, very good quality.
Hi Deecee,
I have purchased fabric from Fat Quarter Shop, Shabby Fabrics and Loralie Designs. Fabric quality, prices and service have all been good.
Thank you for putting in a good word for us, Lynnie25... I really appreciate it!Originally Posted by Lynnie25
Thanks Lynnie and Moonglow - my list is growing.
I suppose if service and quality is good at all these stores it comes down to postage costs.
Favorite Fabrics - I do frequently browse through your posts re new fabrics and you seem to have a great selection.
We try to have something for everyone... including a lot of novelty prints (for people who are making quilts with specific themes) plus blenders in all sorts of colors. Something to go with everything.Originally Posted by Deecee


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This is my first (serious) attempt at an investing blog. There are numerous out there - some good - some truly dreadful.
I am a (semi) retired fund manager - but I can't seem to keep my thoughts to myself. So I have started this blog.
The investing blog I most admire is Jeff Matthews - who - as his title says - doesn't make it up - except when he says he is making it up!
If I can gather half the readers he does I will be happy.
Now is the task: quality ideas that people want to read!
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A hope to emulate Jeff Matthews - and not make it up
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- Jeff Matthews said...
Well done. Let's hope you emulate someone more deserving than Jeff Matthews!
- May 15, 2008 at 10:42 PM
- variantperceptions said...
John, I keep coming back to your old posts. They were truly excellent and way ahead of the curve.
- September 7, 2010 at 8:26 AM
Thanks for not keeping your comments to yourself.
- June 5, 2011 at 5:53 PM
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The content contained in this blog represents the opinions of Mr. Hempton. Mr. Hempton may hold either long or short positions in securities of various companies discussed in the blog based upon Mr. Hempton's recommendations. The commentary in this blog in no way constitutes a solicitation of business or investment advice. In fact, it should not be relied upon in making investment decisions, ever. It is intended solely for the entertainment of the reader, and the author. In particular this blog is not directed for investment purposes at US Persons.


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FAQ's for Visitors
When can I visit Salisbury Cathedral?
Salisbury Cathedral is open every day of the year. See our opening hours.
Do I have to buy an entrance ticket?
We ask all visitors to make a donation.
Can a guide show me around the Cathedral?
Our trained volunteer guides are here to show visitors around and any individual visitors may join in the regular tours which run between 09:30 – 16:00 (Monday-Saturday) and 12.00 - 15:00 (Sundays). We also offer specialist tours on specific subjects, eg history, heritage, architecture, music, flowers. Some foreign languages are also offered.
Groups are advised to book guided tours in advance.
Does the Cathedral have full accessibility and facilities for those with disabilities?
The Cathedral has a responsibility for providing access for people with disabilities. Read our accessibility statement.
What else can I do in Salisbury?
Salisbury is the quintessential medieval English city. The Cathedral is less than a 10 minute walk from the Guildhall and Market Square. The city offers excellent shops, cafes and pubs. There's a regular charter market (Tuesdays/Saturdays), Farmers' market (Wednesdays) and a Christmas market.
St Thomas Church is a fascinating late 14th and 15th century church of with a superb Doom painting.
There are 4 further attractions within the Cathedral Close - Mompesson House, Salisbury Museum, The Rifles (Berkshire & Wiltshire) Military Museum and Arundells.
To the north of the city is the English Heritage site Old Sarum, the location of the original Salisbury Cathedral and castle.
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How do I get to Salisbury Cathedral?
Salisbury is easily accessible in central southern England by car, coach, bus, bike or rail.
Can I get something to eat at the Cathedral?
Our glass roofed Refectory Restaurant, open every day except for Christmas Day, with views of the spire soaring high offers a wide variety of freshly cooked meals, snacks, cakes and pastries and hot and cold drinks throughout the day from 09:30 – 517:30 (until 17:00 on Sundays).
There's a well-stocked shop at the Cathedral, adjacent to the Refectory, selling souvenirs, books and music.
Where can I stay in Salisbury?
Information and bookings can be made through the Salisbury Information Centre, Fish Row, Salisbury, SP1 1EJ. Tel: +44 (0) 1722 342860. Email: email@example.com or Visit Wiltshire .
Salisbury Cathedral Library is a historic library with many very ancient books. Usually tours for members of the public take place once a month followed by a cream tea in the Cathedral refectory - see the events section of the website for details of dates and times. Enquries for permission to consult specific books and documents in the library and archive collections should be directed to the Cathedral Archivist, email firstname.lastname@example.com - a reference may be required.
Do you have the oldest clock in the world?
We believe we have the oldest working medieval clock in the world. It was made by 1386 and was originally installed in the detached Bell Tower. It is made from hand-wrought iron. As is usual for this period there is no face, the clock being designed only to mark time and strike hours. It was originally located in a separate Bell Tower (demolished 1792) on the north side of the Cathedral.
Tell me about the art installations at Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral seeks to offer a sense of the spiritual and the opportunity for spiritual transformation and prayerfulness. Living as we do in a culture that is more dependent upon the impact of the visual, it is difficult for us to witness something we have not seen – the transcendent. Art in collaboration with the wonderful architecture of the building and liturgy can open people to the opportunity of encountering the spiritual, whether that is an increased sense of something beyond them or God.
Our arts policy seeks to assist the Cathedral in increasing our spiritual impact and enhancing the experience of the Cathedral for visitors and worshipers whilst challenging injustice and fostering reconciliation.
The work is overseen by an Arts Advisory Committee under the watchful eye of our voluntary Arts Advisor and Curator Jacquiline Cresswell. We hope to create a programme of art exhibitions working three years ahead aiming to host a minimum of one significant visual art exhibition or installation each year. Art in the Cathedral


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'Time' Person of the Year: The Runoff
Scant days remain before Time magazine reveals their choice for the 2006 Person of the Year, and the excitement is palpable! Go ahead, palpate that excitement. You know you want to. In the meantime, you can submit any photo for a pretend Time POTY cover that may display above the rubes mobbing Times Square. (Send us your photos of anything interesting that pops up on that billboard, by the way.) Time is also running a reader poll, which currently puts Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the lead; Ahmadinejad is also a favorite among online bettors. However, he got scraped out of our own reader poll, narrowly missing the top-six placing required to make the runoff. After the jump, make your final POTY prediction, noting that first-round favorite Stephen Colbert already has one POTY (of a sort) under his belt.


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A BURNT ORANGE THOUGHT: The players on defense believe they've got something going on with Manny Diaz, and that's great news for Mack Brown because the D may have to hold things down until the Texas offense gets its footing.
And considering Texas opens with Rice (9 starters back on offense), BYU (10 starters back on offense) and UCLA (9 starters back on offense), the defense is going to need to be locked in.
The exciting news on defense is the veteran players I talked to Monday - Keenan Robinson, Emmanuel Acho and Blake Gideon - feel really good about the progress being made at corner by buys like Adrian Phillips, Carrington Byndom and Quandre Diggs.
They also feel like Kenny Vaccaro can help out at corner if needed because of the depth UT has at safety with Gideon, Christian Scott and Nolan Brewster.
"Kenny may be the best pure cover guy we have," Gideon said.
The players were singing the praises of LB Jordan Hicks, whose speed has come back after a foot injury knocked him out of the spring, and also LB Demarco Cobbs.
"Demarco ran a 10.6 100 in high school and can cover receivers in the slot on a post route and go stride for stride," Keenan Robinson said. "That kind of speed at linebacker is a real weapon that you just don't see very often."
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The team's most developed leadership is on defense thanks to Keenan Robinson, Acho, Gideon and Kheeston Randall, so you'd think that side of the ball will be equipped to handle some adversity early in the season should it arise.
WHISKEY, TANGO, FOXTROT: Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said he had 27-year-old QB Brandon Weeden teach the terminology of Dana Holgersen's offense to new offensive coordinator Todd Monken, so the Cowboys could keep continuity on that side of the ball.
Monken is even using the same signals the players used last year under Holgorsen.
"We just wanted to keep the continuity going so the players wouldn't be learning an entirely new offense in terms of the terminology and everything," Gundy said. "Todd is such a pro that he agreed. So our quarterback was basically teaching the coordinator the offense, which doesn't happen very often."
I WAS IMPRESSED: Five headlines that I think bode really well for Texas from Big 12 Media Days:
1. The confidence of the defense in Manny Diaz
2. The progress of CB Quandre Diggs
3. The weight room work of Desmond Jackson and progress of Ashton Dorsey and Calvin Howell
4. The defense's glowing review of Jaxon Shipley and Malcolm Brown
5. The progress of OT Luke Poehlmann
THINK AGAIN: Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville does not hold back when expressing his opinion.
Tuberville said he canceled a game with TCU this season (when Tech had to prune its non-conference sked from 4 to 3 games), in part, because TCU would be a tough game for Tech to win because of the Red Raiders' youth (7 new starters on defense and a new QB, RB and WRs).
"But I think that's a game we need to play every year," Tuberville said. "Gary (Patterson) has done a great job at TCU, and we should be playing them home-and-home every year."
We'll see how Patterson feels about that after being whacked from Tech's schedule.
Now, Tech has a bye in Week 2, which Tuberville said doesn't help his team at all.
"We'll have to play 11 straight weeks, and that will make for a long season," Tuberville said. "But that's what we have, and we'll be ready."
WHISPERS: Kansas State players say they never see coach Bill Snyder eat. He's never in team meals before games. Some even wondered aloud (we hope jokingly) if he had an eating disorder.
But Snyder told me he loves Taco Bell and goes through the drive-thru and orders from TB's 89-cent menu most every day.
"I really do love Taco Bell," Snyder said.
His players will be relieved to hear that.
ONE FOR THE ROAD: The Longhorns' early schedule is a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing in that if Texas beats BYU and wins on the road at UCLA, the confidence of the team will soar.
If the Longhorns run into trouble in those games and the confidence level dips, things could get ugly because two of UT's first three games in Big 12 play come against Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, who are favorites in the league this year.
I'll have my season prediction story - looking at the outcome of each game in 2011 - later in the week.
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