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The A7X from Adam Professional Audio is a professional-quality studio monitor speaker that delivers high-quality audio in a compact design, ideal for small professional studios. The speaker features a 7" carbon fiber/rohacell/glass fiber midwoofer and an X-ART tweeter to deliver crisp, natural audio with a wide frequency response. Each driver is powered by its own amplifier, combining to provide 150W RMS of total power for strong, distortion-free performance. Dual bass ports on the front of the cabinet help to extend the bass response.
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Clayton Vila is one of the hardest working and most accomplished street skiers in the world. On this episode of the "Sponsored" podcast, Vila and host Mike Powell discuss how he got into street skiing as a kid from Rhode Island, and the consequences of pursuing creativity over competition.
"The K2 team had a bunch of dudes and none of them competed," says Vila. "These people are backing people who are just doing what I want to do and skiing with the utmost integrity and pushing skiing in other ways beyond competition, which was why it was like, 'wow, if I get in with these dudes I might be able to make it."
In addition to being one of the most influential contemporary skiers in the world, Vila is also a filmmaker (at the 2015 Powder Awards, Vila took home Movie of the Year for his role starring and producing For Lack of Better. He now lives in LA and works on the show "Scandal," but he has no intention of not skiing urban.
"It may be one of the more wearing sports mentally, in terms of the work ethic, and just being in crappy cities, being in hotels, it being negative 20 in Minnesota filming your friends and your fingers are falling off and you have nothing to show for it at the end of the day," says Vila. "That whole thing wears on you, but I don't see myself stopping anytime soon."
You can listen to the full episode here.
Show Notes
2:00: Last Season
4:00: Block Island
5:00: How did Clayton get into skiing on an island?
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11:05: Meeting the Stept Crew
13:00: Getting on K2
15:55: It's not about skiing
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24:29: Finances
26:30: Powder Awards Movie of the Year
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- 65 years old
- Date of birth: Nov 20, 1949
- Place of birth:
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States
- Date of passing: Jan 28, 2015
- Place of passing:
Thorne Bay, Alaska, United States
|Let the memory of Terry be with us forever
Dearest Friends and Family:
Thank you to those who were able to join us for Dad's Celebration, it was beautiful. Seven months have passed now and it is still so hard to believe he is gone. He really was a dynamic character whose presence is so greatly missed.
We do love to read your stories, please share with us when you are able to. If you want to send personal correspondense to the family, please send it to: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Much love to you and yours in this healing process.
"When I got up this morning I remembered, today is the day we lost Terry one year ago. It still doesn't seem possible and I still miss Terry so much. Whenever I see a lake or river I remember and miss my great fishing buddy; not to mention hunting buddy, Harley buddy, coffee drinking buddy, and just about anything else all-around true friend. Lowell-osaurus-rex (the old dagget) "EASY!""
"We met Terry in Athens, Greece in 1999. He invited us to Alaska and we went in 2004. He showed us the beautiful country, drove us around for 2 weeks, so we could see the wonderful land he lived in. We will always remember our visit as an adventure and never forget the fun, giving, adventurous person he was. Fly Terry..."
"your dad was with me when I met my wife he came to Minnesota twice and saw us. We had a lot of great times in Fairbanks and up at the hot springs. What a friend fun and crazy times spent with the Caveman. you will be missed my friend. Hunk (Wayne & Polly)"
"I will miss your infectious laugh and the twinkle in your beautifull eyes!! GOD saw you getting tired and called you home! RIP my friend! Sending prayer for your family! We will all be together again!"
"Terry .....
My friend, my nieghbor, my co-worker, hunting partner, travel partner, schoolmate and there was more much more....there was genuine and there was real, uncommon and ever present with him. Adventure.... yes he loved them flying, building, creating, discovering and if you were with him you weren't in it to watch..... It was going to be thrilling and you were going to have one hand on the throttle and the other on your pulse! When it was done you would count your limbs and say, " Wow! That was fun let's do it again!" Then you did...or as was also common with Terry he would show that uncanny restraint and say, "Nah...I think once is enough". Then we would both laugh knowing he was right. See, if you had the courage, Terry knew how to take it to the edge and then also get you safely back to firm ground. We did and he did, respectfully so. You didn't so much join Terry in an adventure, (and I say with kindness and fondness) you lived it!...with him. We lived many together, tough...? yep...some, but most by far were thrilling, exciting, and spirited. Terry made it so...,he could squeeze the juice out of life and hand it to you with that grin of his...,as if it were a cool glass of lemonade on a hot afternoon. ThanksTerry, for sharing a positive, thrilling and spirited outlook on life. I always liked shaking your hand, you could feel the life pulsing in it and you always came away feeling like you had a hold of that spirit of yours for just a moment. Good memories....just the thing a man needs in later years, but that handshake...., I'll miss that.
With Love my friend,
and Fond wishes of comfort to you Betty, Tanya, Chris, and Jim.
Don Fairbanks"
"Lowell and I hadn't heard from Terry in weeks and that wasn't the norm. Lowell had been trying to phone him and we began to worry. Yesterday we got the sad news. We left Fairbanks in 1997 for aging parents and work-related reasons but now we're coming back soon as we sell our home here in Illinois. Terry called us often to check on how things were going and he and Lowell were making plans for when we are back. We were excited about meeting up with Terry at Thorne Bay and he was going to take us out for some fishing and show us the sites. Alaska won't be the same without Terry. We loved him, he was a special friend, and I thank God for bringing Terry into our lives and our hearts. - Karen"
"Everybody should have a best friend. Most people are fortunate enough to have one best friend but God blessed me with two best friends and Terry was one of them. When it was 40 degrees below zero in Fairbanks and I said to Terry, "Let's go fishing," Terry would look at me with that stern face and gruff voice and say, "Let's go, Young Buck!" No hesitation. It didn't matter if I was asking him to go to church with me, fly to Circle Hot Springs, or go driving down the Chena River in the little Toyota Celica, which he coined "the Silver Bullet," in January when it was 40 below to auger a hole through the ice to fish at the confluence of the Chena and Tanana Rivers, Terry was game to go. Terry was a true friend and I will miss him a lot. I love you, Terry. - Lowell"
"I can hear him now," how the heck are you, any how?" We sat through a solid year of A&P mechanic's school as class mates. (The old Don Berry School of Fraud at TVCC.)
Terry built houses, cars, airplanes, motorcycles, engines. He would loosen bolts with a twist and a wiggle of the fingers that left me amazed and wondering that anybody else would have wasted time looking for a wrench. A common compliment was that he could fix anything.
When his house burned down, he rebuilt it again, in the same spot. When it burned again, he built it again, in the same spot. When faced with adversity, he would hitch up his belt and wade right in. Life threw him some tough curve balls, granted, but he never stopped swinging.
It must be ten or more years since we last met up, but there would be occasional telephone calls to catch up and someone in our web of friends always seemed to know what and where he was doing. It is shocking and disheartening to hear that this wonderful soul is no longer living with us, but at the same time I believe that his spirit will be with us always.
And!,....up there in above the clouds, where it is always warm, the air is perfect for flying and the engines never drip oil, St. Peter just had his hand shaken like never before to the sound of a wonderful baritone "How the heck are you, any how?....I'll miss you good sir. Rest well and with peace."
"Remembering a young, good looking boy - a school friend from Dale Road... a long time ago, and then, the twists and turns of life, an unexpected meeting not so long ago. My thoughts are with your family."
"Life is like flying a plane... It has ups and downs, smooth and rough patches, with moments of fear, sadness and happiness. Life brings tears, smiles and memories. The tears dry, the smiles come and go, but the memories last forever. Terry, keeping you in my prayers and may you rest in peace. With Love, Alzbeta"
"Dad, May your floats be on the water and the fish ever at your hook. I love you. ~Tanya"
"Terry's loss has filled me with so many memories and gratitudes: from our many high school escapades to life on the Navy's most beautiful Isle of Midway, to building our first home together, and especially our two lovely children Tanya and Chris. Throughout it all, he had such a sense of adventure, fun, and open-heartedness and he never wavered from that his whole life. He was a friend to all and I will miss his presence. Rest peacefully Terry, love Gloria"
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We got a lot for help making an Ubuntu Eee feature page. Thank you! Dani's work is now not only a feature work but also our front page. Looks great – thanks Dani :)
Iuri has taken the time to make us a donation page where the Ubuntu Eee logo is filled up with donations in real time. This will go live soon as well
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Tapanades usually have anchovies and capers. But I really don't like either of those. Neither do most kids. But I do love olives and so do my kids. The bonus is that for the most part they are really good for you. So I have developed a number of olive tapenades that are perfect for snacks. You can use them as a dip with vegetables, or spread on thinly sliced baguette or crackers. My one piece of advice is get good olives. I buy Kalamata and Castelvetrano in big jars at Costco and get specialty olives at the olive bar at Whole Foods. Here is the first in many tapenades.
About 7 servings
About 90 Calories Per Tapenade Serving Only - Extra For Cheese And Bread
I served this on a whole wheat baguette thinly sliced with a low fat creamy Gouda cheese from Wisconsin. But you could use other ingredients such as crackers, vegetables, tomatoes or even serve it with eggs or steak. It is very versatile.


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Demolishing a highrise office building that has outlived its usefulness is a daunting task. As a general rule, tall buildings tend to grow in clusters, much like mushrooms, and the owners and occupants of the surrounding buildings usually frown upon having their own buildings damaged or destroyed in the process of bringing down a neighboring building. The trick then is to get the unwanted building to drop straight down, forming a neat pile that doesn't extend much beyond the structure's original footprint.
That is not something that tall buildings are naturally inclined to do. A large structure can be brought down in that manner, but it is an extremely difficult trick to pull off. A considerable amount of study, planning and preparation is required. Specific quantities of explosives have to be precisely placed at key structural locations throughout the building, and those explosive charges have to be programmed to detonate in a specific pattern. There is almost no margin for error. Only a handful of companies have the technical expertise to take on such a project.
When one of these highly specialized demolition companies does their job properly, the result is a spectacular show during which the targeted building seems to self-destruct and simply drop away from the skyline, as though it had never been there at all. The show is generally over in just a few seconds, making the entire process appear to be very quick and easy. But it is decidedly not easy.
When a building implodes (like the one to the left, which you can click on to view a short video of another controlled implosion), all that we as spectators see is the end result of months of research and preparation by a team of specialists with decades of training and experience. Buildings never implode by accident — at least they never did before September 11, 2001. But the south WTC tower did, at 9:59:04 AM that fateful day. And the north WTC tower did as well, at 10:28:31 AM. And then WTC7 did the very same thing, at about 5:20 PM. In less than eight hours time, three separate highrise office buildings allegedly did what no buildings in history have done before: spontaneously collapsed into their own footprints.
The inexplicable collapse of the twin towers has always been the single most compelling aspect of the events of that day — compelling because the controlled collapses point directly to inside involvement, and compelling because this evidence of direct U.S. sponsorship of the attacks has always been brazenly displayed for all to see.
The evidence suggesting that Flight 77 did not hit the Pentagon was not immediately available, but rather was developed over a considerable period of time. It was immediately apparent that routine procedures for responding to potential emergencies were not followed that day, but grasping that concept required exercising a little independent thought, rather than just robotically processing the propaganda blizzard of words and images that followed the attacks.
Most people, reeling from the media assault, were unable to connect the dots and recognize that a stand-down had occurred. And most people have never seen the body of photographic evidence that overwhelmingly suggests that a passenger plane did not hit the Pentagon. Even many skeptics have not seen that evidence, thanks to the zealous efforts of the 911 gatekeepers. But virtually everyone saw the twin towers brought down in controlled demolitions. In fact, most people have likely seen footage of the twin collapses replayed dozens of times.
Perhaps what is most compelling then about the collapse of the towers is that the very images that were seared into our brains as reminders of the horrific nature of the attacks are the same images that should have been presented as "Exhibit A" in the people's case against the real perpetrators of the crimes committed that day. The collapsed towers, in other words, are iconic symbols of the power of media and information control.
The tower collapses, airing as the dramatic final acts in the 9-11 production, were meant to be seen. And with the knowledge that we were witnessing, in real time, the tragic deaths of untold numbers of victims, the images were meant to horrify and traumatize. A traumatized subject, you see, is a receptive subject, and when you are trying to sell the need for a fundamental shift in our collective reality, it helps to have as many traumatized, compliant subjects as possible. And it helps to provide images that aren't easily forgotten.
Imagine if the twin towers had not collapsed that day. Imagine no endlessly replayed footage of the spectacular collapses. Imagine no footage of massive devastation. No "Ground Zero." No footage of dazed, dust-covered New Yorkers. No instantaneous revision of the New York skyline. No tributes to the scores of dead firefighters. No heart-wrenching appeals from family members desperately seeking information on relatives likely buried deep in the rubble.
Without the collapses, would the events of September 11 have had the same impact? Would Americans, with their notoriously short memories, still vividly recall the images and the human drama from that day, or would we have largely moved on, giving little more thought to September 11 than we do to the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building? Is it the loss of life that causes the events of that day to linger in our collective memory, or is it the harrowing and ubiquitous images of massive property destruction?
In order for the attacks of September 11 to serve as the catalyst for a realignment of the 'group mind,' the events of that day had to play out on a grand scale. The spectacular collapses of the towers were, therefore, undoubtedly the most important component of the production. But they were also the riskiest aspect of the production, since there was no way to disguise the fact that the collapses were, by necessity, the result of controlled demolitions.
The collapses then represented a fundamental weakness in the master plan. Were it not for the virtually complete control exercised by Washington over the media, both mainstream and 'alternative,' the twin collapses would almost certainly have been recognized as an obvious smoking gun. Of course, the perpetrators never had any reason to doubt their ability to thoroughly control the flow of information, both in the media and in the so-called 'skeptics community.'
Many in that community have harshly denounced those intrepid souls who have questioned the cause of the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, just as they have cast aspersions on those who question whether it was really a commercial airliner that struck the Pentagon. From the Wilderness set the tone very early on with a post that was up barely 48 hours after the towers hit the ground:
Credible Evidence, Expert Witness Testimony Convincing: No Explosives Hidden in WTCSept 13, 2001 — 1500 PDTFTW – Based upon a detailed review of an interview with a NY architect who is expert on high rise construction and upon today's BBC story which I have linked at the bottom of this page, I am now virtually certain that there were no explosives placed within the WTC buildings. The motive for such a move would have been unclear in light of the drama and the security risks for "pre-event" compromise posed by dual efforts that would have accomplished the same ends.Discovery of the explosives before the hijacking would have emptied the buildings and placed the nation on alert before the hijackings could have been carried out. The WTC towers would have been evacuated and that would have reduced the impact of the crashes.Gravity would have taken all of the unburned fuel down central shafts of the building and the physics in this story are consistent with both witness statements and other expert interviews I have read.In addition, my ex-wife Mary lives a block away and witnessed both the second crash and the collapse of both towers from a close distance. Neither she, nor any other person she knows, heard any explosions or believe that secondary charges were a factor in of the collapses.I will be posting a more detailed bulletin for my subscribers on this shortly.Mike Ruppert
The phantom New York architect was never identified. The alleged "expert interviews" never actually existed. The BBC report was shown to be littered with errors. And the "more detailed bulletin" never surfaced. Instead, Ruppert allowed his hastily assembled initial post to stand for over two years as his only commentary on the collapse of the towers. The dust from the World Trade Center hadn't even settled yet and already the 9-11 gatekeeper position had been established, courtesy of Mike Ruppert and the BBC.
Before the spin had fully set in, there was one early media report, published in the relatively obscure Albuquerque Journal, that accurately identified the cause of the collapse of the towers:
Televised images of the attacks on the World Trade Center suggest that explosives devices caused the collapse of both towers, a New Mexico Tech explosion expert said Tuesday. The collapse of the buildings appears "too methodical" to be a chance result of airplanes colliding with the structures, said Van Romero, vice president for research at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. "My opinion is, based on the videotapes, that after the airplanes hit the World Trade Center there were some explosive devices inside the buildings that caused the towers to collapse," Romero said. Romero is a former director of the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center at Tech, which studies explosive materials and the effects of explosions on buildings, aircraft and other structures … Romero said the collapse of the structures resembled those of controlled implosions used to demolish old structures. "It would be difficult for something from the plane to trigger an event like that," Romero said in a phone interview from Washington, D.C. … "It could have been a relatively small amount of explosives placed in strategic points," Romero said.(Albuquerque Journal, September 11, 2001)
That report would have been quickly lost in the blizzard of media coverage of the attacks were it not for the work of Internet researchers, particularly Jared Israel ofemperors-clothes.com, who first called attention to the story on September 14 (http://emperors-clothes.com/news/albu.htm 9-14-01). A week later, the Journal ran a follow-up report that found Mr. Romero radically reversing his position:
A New Mexico explosives expert says he now believes there were no explosives in the World Trade Center towers, contrary to comments he made the day of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. "Certainly the fire is what caused the building to fail," said Van Romero, a vice president at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology … Romero supports other experts, who have said the intense heat of the jet fuel fires weakened the skyscrapers' steel structural beams to the point that they gave way under the weight of the floors above … Conspiracy theorists have seized on Romero's comments as evidence for their argument that someone else, possibly the U.S. government, was behind the attack on the Trade Center. Romero said he has been bombarded with electronic mail from the conspiracy theorists. "I'm very upset about that," he said. "I'm not trying to say anything did or didn't happen."(Albuquerque Journal, September 21, 2001)
Those damn conspiracy theorists! What is it with them? They seem to be forever insisting that the stories told to the American people by our media guardians actually make sense and reflect some kind of objective reality. On September 14, the same day that the Albuquerque Journal article hit the Internet, The Financial Times added further fuel to the conspiracy fire:
The owners of the demolished World Trade Center in lower Manhattan acquired the buildings just two months ago under a 99-year lease allowing them to walk away from their investment in the event of "an act of terrorism." The owners, Silverstein Properties and Westfield America – a shopping mall specialist – purchased the buildings from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for $3.2bn in July and completed the financing just two weeks ago … It is understood that the buildings are insured for more than $3bn, enough to cover rebuilding costs.(The Financial Times Limited, September 14, 2001)
Though it seems to be forgotten now, it was only through their destruction that the twin towers were transformed into beloved symbols of America. Prior to September 11, 2001, most New Yorkers would have been quite happy to see the towers disappear from the city's skyline, albeit in a less deadly and destructive manner. Controversial when first proposed and considered an eyesore upon completion, the towers never really captured the hearts of the city's inhabitants. And they were never really necessary, judging by the chronically high office vacancy rates in lower Manhattan.
On the morning of September 11, the World Trade Center towers hit the ground at an estimated 124-miles-per-hour, less than ten seconds after they first began to collapse. They were, in other words, virtually in free-fall. Once the collapses had begun, the 200,000 tons of steel and nearly 500,000 cubic yards of concrete that supported the massive structures seemed to offer no resistance at all. In just seconds, 10,000,000 square feet of commercial office space simply ceased to exist.
We all watched it happen, just three short years ago, but it is still difficult to believe that two 110-story monoliths, stretching a quarter-mile into the sky, were reduced to a 1.8-million-ton pile of rubble that stood, at its tallest points, just 60 feet high. In under ten seconds.
What has never been in dispute is that the fall of the south tower, just 56 minutes after it had been hit, marked the first time in history that a steel-framed highrise structure had suffered a total collapse due to fire. Never before had such a building suffered even a partial collapse due to fire. At 10:28 AM, the north tower became the second steel-framed highrise structure to suffer a total collapse due to fire.
The twin towers were certainly not the first highrise structures to ever sustain significant damage from a fire. Nor were they the first steel-framed buildings to be struck by errant aircraft. Various buildings around the world, including the Empire State Building, have been hit by airplanes of various size. And countless steel-framed buildings around the world have been hit by U.S.-launched cruise missiles and guided bombs. None of them have ever suffered a complete collapse, even after sustaining multiple impacts.
To explain the unprecedented series of events that unfolded on September 11, 2001, 'experts' trotted out by the media have posited that the photogenic collapses resulted from an historically unique combination of three factors: the initial damage inflicted on the towers by the airplane crashes; the damage caused by what were said to be intense fires; and the unconventional "tubular" design of the twin towers.
These experts, however, have offered no explanation for why the building known as #7 World Trade Center – a conventional steel-framed highrise structure that was not hit by a plane – became, at approximately 5:20 PM on September 11, 2001, the third highrise structure in recorded history to suffer a complete collapse due to fire. FEMA struggled to find an explanation to include in a report on the collapses, but came up short: "The specifics of the fires in WTC 7 and how they caused the building to collapse remain unknown at this time." (http://www.fema.gov/library/wtcstudy.shtm)
Though dwarfed by the massive twin towers, WTC7 was an imposing structure that would have dominated the skyline of many large cities. Built in 1985, it was a modern, 47-story structure that housed 1,868,000 square feet of commercial office space, much of it occupied by governmental agencies bearing three-letter acronyms, including the CIA.
Some have suggested that WTC7 collapsed due to damage caused by debris from the falling towers, particularly the north tower. That does not appear to be the case, however, since photos and video of the building taken in the hours after the collapse of the towers show that WTC7 was quite intact prior to its collapse. There is also the curious fact that WTC6, which sat between WTC7 and the towers, somehow managed to avoid suffering a complete collapse that day.
Some reports, including the BBC report cited earlier by Ruppert, seemed to imply that the building's foundation had perhaps been "weakened by the earlier collapses." But if that had been the case, WTC7 would not have dropped straight down, as though sinking into the ground; it would have toppled over, taking out neighboring buildings in the process. The BBC report also warned that "more nearby buildings may still fall," as though it had suddenly become commonplace for tall buildings to spontaneously convert themselves into neat piles of debris.
Fires purportedly raged within WTC7 for hours before the building collapsed, but the source of the fires remains largely a mystery, as does the complete failure of the building's modern sprinkler system, which should have been more than adequate to contain any fires. Considering the intense media attention that was focused on lower Manhattan that day, still photos or video footage of WTC7 engulfed in flames are curiously hard to find. Photos of the building taken not long before the collapse (such as the one to the upper right) reveal only small pockets of fire that were confined to two floors.
World Trade Center #7 hit the ground, reduced to a neat pile of rubble, in approximately seven seconds. Like the twin towers, it was in virtual free-fall. Also like the towers, WTC7 collapsed into its own footprint with absolutely uncanny precision. It is no accident that the American people, although bombarded with images of the collapsing towers, have never seen footage of the collapse of WTC7. It is nearly impossible to watch video footage of the collapse and fail to recognize it for what it is: a deliberate, and perfectly executed, controlled implosion. [Click on the two small animated gifs to view video clips of the collapse from two different vantage points.]
The official explanation for the collapse of the twin towers (WTC7 is rarely mentioned) is that the steel and concrete floor slabs, in the areas of the towers damaged by the initial plane crashes, broke free and collapsed down upon the floors below, which then in turn broke free and collapsed, thus creating an alleged 'pancake' effect that quickly gained mass and speed. Once the floors broke free, so the story goes, the outer steel shells of the towers lost structural integrity and collapsed in upon the pancaking floor sections.
There are a few very obvious problems with this 'pancake' theory. First, there is the question of whether fires raged in the towers at sufficient intensity, and for a sufficient amount of time, to cause the failure of the floor trusses. All of the images captured that day show that at the time of the collapses, the towers were billowing copious amounts of thick, black smoke — indicative not of raging infernos, but of low intensity, smoldering office fires. Transcripts of fire department audiotapes indicate that firefighters on the scene reported only pockets of low intensity fire that posed no danger to the structural integrity of the building.
The graphic to the left, published with the previously cited BBC report, was supposed to help the public understand what caused the collapse of the towers. The illustration, however, contained obvious errors, including the claim that the fires reached "800° C – hot enough to melt steel floor supports." There is no indication that the fires burning in the towers reached such temperatures — and even if they did, steel doesn't actually melt at 800° C (about 1,500° F); it melts at about 1,500° C (about 2,750° F).
The text of the BBC report contained this curious claim: "the towers' ultimate collapse was inevitable, as the steel cores inside them reached temperatures of 800C – raising questions as to why hundreds of rescue workers were sent into the doomed buildings to their deaths." Actually, if the claim about the core temperatures were true, it would have raised questions as to how hundreds of rescue workers were sent into the doomed buildings to their deaths, since the only way up was through the building cores, where all the stairwells and elevators were located.
Perhaps the best evidence refuting the notion that the fires in the WTC towers were burning at extremely high temperatures can be found through close examination of the pre-collapse photos to the left. Near the center of the gaping entry wound (which looks much different, by the way, than the phantom entry wound in the Pentagon) stands the tragic figure of an apparently young woman still very much alive — and seemingly unaware that she is clinging to a piece of nearly molten metal.
Technically speaking, the 'pancake' theory does not require that the fires reached temperatures capable of melting steel; it requires only that temperatures were high enough to substantially weaken the steel floor supports. A 1500° F fire could conceivably accomplish that task, if that temperature was maintained for a considerable amount of time. But there is no indication from firefighter reports, survivor reports, or the photographic evidence that there were any fires of that magnitude that burned for any appreciable length of time.
Another problem with the 'pancake' theory is that it fails to address the fate of the cores of the two towers. Contrary to the deceptive BBC graphic, the cores of the WTC towers occupied a considerable portion of the buildings' footprints, as can be seen in the accurately scaled graphic on the lower left, and in the photo on the lower right, taken while the towers were under construction. These configurations of 47 massive steel support columns, heavily cross-braced, were designed to not only be self-supporting, but to support the floors and exterior walls as well.
Even if we accept that the floor slabs somehow 'pancaked,' and that the outer steel and aluminum shells then buckled and collapsed, we are left with no explanation of what happened to those massive concrete and steel cores. Clearly, the floor slabs were hardly the wide-open 'pancakes' depicted in deceptive media graphics. In truth, the 'pancake' theory, at best, offers only an explanation of how the floor and exterior wall sections may have collapsed. Even if such an extremely unlikely event had occurred, the end result would not have been a 60-foot-high mound of rubble; it would have been two 137′ x 87′ x 1,360′ towers standing in place of two 208′ x 208′ x 1,360′ towers.
Yet another problem with the 'pancake' theory is that it is wholly dependent on a perfectly symmetrical failure of the floor slabs, even though the initial damage to the buildings was clearly asymmetrical, and the fires certainly did not burn uniformly throughout the damaged floors. And yet we know that for the destruction to be complete, the collapse of the initial floor slabs would have had to be perfectly uniform; every point of connection around the perimeter of the core, and every point of connection around the exterior shell, would have had to fail at precisely the same moment in time. And each successive floor would have had to fail in exactly the same perfectly uniform manner, unerringly, all the way down the line. When the 'pancake' effect has to course through 110 floors, there isn't really any margin for error. And yet both towers, as we all know, 'pancaked' into oblivion in matching, perfectly choreographed collapses.
Remarkably enough, the two towers somehow collapsed in exactly the same manner even though the initial damage to each tower was quite different. The plane that hit the north tower plowed straight into the center of the north face of the tower, and then straight into the center of the tower's core. The south tower, however, was hit with more of a glancing blow, through the southeast corner of the building, in such a way that the plane likely did minimal damage to the tower's core. Nevertheless, the damage to the south tower may have been more significant than the damage to the north tower. In the north tower, the weight of the upper floors was transferred to the remaining structural elements of the north wall of the tower. But in the south tower, since it was a corner of the building that was blown out, there was nowhere for the load to be transferred. Also, the south tower was hit at a lower elevation, so there was more weight bearing on the damaged area.
It is interesting to note here, by the way, that in both tower crashes, the initial impacts caused structural damage on at least six floors. The south tower was impacted on floors 78-84, and the north tower on floors 93-98. The Pentagon, on the other hand, miraculously sustained impact damage on just two floors.


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Until Further Notice…
Since I've been spending precious energy on this site, I decided to temporarily suspend it until I decide whether to keep on with this effort, or to keep my own closed "captain's diary".
Drop me a line if I'm missed out there.
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Well, don't disappear completely! I just stumbled across your site and after reading one of your articles/posts (which I enjoyed), I read your "About" page and found the rough similarity of our overall stories kind of amusing. I'm bookmarking your site and emailing details.
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It's far too soon to say we're out of the kitchen woods just yet, but when you have a visible bit of final-product – like the floor and the cabinetry seen below, it gives one more joy that would reasonably be warranted. At the time of these photos, the contractor said they were about half-way through the project. That was quite the happy bit of news, as it seemed rather early. I was not about to complain about that though, and if things have progressed accordingly then by the time this post goes up we may be ready to have the granite countertop template set into motion.
At my insistence, we went with the large (24") tile size for the floor, set on a diagonal. Andy was against it at first, despite my explanation that it would make the space appear larger (he didn't believe me until the woman at the tile store said the same exact thing – story of my life). Now we're both thrilled with it, and the shininess, while making for a more slippery surface, reflects all the wonderful recessed lighting from above. My only concern with the darker wood color (I fought for white, but compromised my ass off whether anyone admits it or not) was that it would darken the space too much. Thanks to the floor and the lighting, however, my concerns were abated. Of course, I'm saying that before having seen the rest of the cabinets installed…
The way things look, however, is a jolt in the right direction, and though I still may have to visit Boston for a few more weekends, I feel like we're over the hump.
In a strange way, part of me will miss the planning and the in-between flux of construction. It's a nightmare and a headache and a dirty and dusty bit of work, but it carried with it the hope of what was to come. Once it's all done, that will be it. But then the cooking can begin, and the gathering of friends and family, and, finally, the warmth of a home centered around the kitchen.Back to Blog


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Cape Town - Civil Aviation Authority inspectors said on Wednesday they had "no idea" yet what could have been the cause of a helicopter crash at the University of Cape Town's main campus.The Robertson 44 helicopter, which had four occupants, went down at about 09:00, Cape Town Fire and Rescue's Theo Layne told News24.UCT said in a statement that the helicopter's pilot made an emergency landing. "Eyewitnesses said that the helicopter hit the top of some trees on the side of the road and then immediately afterwards attempted to land," UCT said in a statement."During the landing the helicopter tumbled onto its side. The pilot and three passengers were shaken but not visibly hurt." It crashed into a walkway on middle campus, completely destroying the chopper. Only the pilot suffered minor injuries. The crash site was cordoned off with officials keeping media and curious onlookers far back. Several ambulances, fire engines and disaster service vehicles were on the scene. According to a student on the scene, his friend claimed that the helicopter had "just lost power". `Layne said the wreckage can only be moved once officials are sure that it is safe following a fuel leak.
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According to a student on the scene, his friend claimed that the helicopter had "just lost power".
was the student in that chopper?
*sigh just to show that Propeller-heads can't fly
No this is clear.
These people wanted to go the but they didn't see an air port in the premises. Sure the driver decided to drop it. :)
The picture taken of the crashed helicopter on the campus looks more like a model/toy helicopter than the real thing.
Civil Aviation Authority inspectors said on Wednesday they had "no idea" yet what could have been the cause of a helicopter crash at the University of Cape Town's main campus.
Why dont they just ask the pilot !!!!
99% of aircraft crashes is due to pilot error and of course what goes up must come down. Do they question the pilot and check his credentials/experience or go straight to checking the remains of the aircraft?
Perhaps they mean from a TECHNICAL point of view. The pilot wont necessarily know what the EXACT cause is....
Can I have the wrekage please ????
It is clear! This is an attack on the imperialist, right-wing academic institution! They are imperialist because in classes they listen to `white masters', and they are right-wing because they cultivate knowledge imported from western civilizations.
Are you sure you are talking about the right university? UCT was known during Apartheid, and still is known, as 'Kremlin on the Hill' for its liberal ideology...
dude, we are a western civilisation...it was a helicopter that fell, not a "big metal bird from the sky". Did you not get in for honours eh? Bitterbums if you ask me...
and concerning "white masters", and i'm going to be very careful here...without their race they are still masters...and masters must teach. i would much rather be taught by a black master than a white fool..point is it's not the skin colour, the tradition or the social background...it's the knowledge imparted. get over the whole race thing already, it makes you sound desperate and sad.
aah spaffy, seems you are the only one up for fun this morning... relax mr. rhygin, i'm just mucking about. by the way, mr. rhygin, rumor now has it that P-Divy was the flight instructor responsible for coaching the pilot of this chopper. i'm sure it has nothing to do with skin colour ;-)
Revolutionary greetings to you @Sense, seems the years of colonial oppression on the white settlers, and natives by the western British Monarchy has void the South African populace of Humor....
I know what was the cause... It fell from the sky ...
I bet you the pilot moonlights as a minibus taxi driver...
Robbie's probably make up 90% of Sa's helicopter fails, I wonder why?
Maybe it has something to do with the fact they not running turbine engines or is because their "fan belts" are prone to snapping thus the fan above stops spinning and generally auto rotation isn't possible as they not a safe height to perform this important health and safety trick?
Also, perhaps Robbies are most often flown by student and inexperienced pilots?
Lets see... maybe that's because they make up 90% of South Africa's helicopters. It's really difficult maths this.
Wow, what uninformed comments! The v-belts are NOT prone to snap! Where the hell do you get your info?? If the heli is maintained to specification, those v-belts will never 'snap'! And turbine engines are NOT safer than reciprocating engines just because they are turbine engines!
Sources say he was smoking crack
Other sources say he messed his crack
Try to smoke crack once but the chicks ass caught alight. That was a crash of note.
Was the pilot really high?
I have it on good authority from the CAA that the Robinson R44 involved in this mornings incident was in fact shot down by Airwolf.
Airwolf lives in Table Mountain........you don't hear it because it's on whisper mode.
@onthefence I think we've just written the start to a great B-grade retro movie. The first scene starts with a bergie ranting about it, but no-one listens
@Honest_John ....I'm working on scene two but have writers block. Going to buy myslef a "papsak" to get into character - will let you know if I make progress....
Only the pilot suffered minor injuries
Yes - his ego
The underclothing of the passengers however.....
@Made in Sa - 2 reasons, they make up 90% of Heli fleet along with their 2 seater cousins R22 and also because they are used a lot in training.
the pilot was heard to say shortly after landing "smell it? I'm sitting in it"
a nice way of starting the day at UCT... with a lil drama!
its been a long time you have heard anything about UCT, what a publicity for a day
The report says "hit the top of some trees" - bet it screwed his tail-rotor, which meant it started to spin and the only thing you can do is put it down as fast as possible. Pilot error - should have stayed away from the trees!!
Stay away from the trees?
Sh8t, you clever
Wow Rod well done you obviously have thousands of hours in the cockpit.
Rod - I had my tail rotor screwed once...I nearly crashed but fortunately there were no trees around....
You guys got it all wrong! It was the new SA copy called the Robertson 44, soon to be inaugurated into the Taxi Cheep Airlines fleet, 'nyanies, read the articls again!


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Liquid metal infiltration into ceramic particle compacts chemically and morphologically heterogeneous
The threshold pressure P-0 for infiltration of Al-12 wt.% Si alloy into compacts of mixtures of alumina and silicon carbide particles having largely different size is investigated. The results are in line with those recently derived from infiltrations of Al into bimodal SiC compacts, namely, P-0 remains almost constant for fractions of coarse particles below that which gives the maximum particle volume fraction, decreasing there onwards down to the value corresponding to coarse particles. The experimental data for P-0 can be reasonably fitted by generalizing an approach, recently developed for SiC bimodal compacts, which gives P-0 in terms of the mixture specific surface area calculated by means of the linear rule of mixtures. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Descriptions Of Medical Specialties For L.A. Patients
Descriptions of Medical Specialties for L.A. Patients
Looking for a doctor – be it a new family doctor, general practitioner or a specialist – can be a challenge.
As Los Angeles Health Directory grows there will be sections dedicated to various branches of medicine. For now, here are a few brief descriptions of the areas of expertise of some of the most popular medical specialties.
Descriptions of Medical Specialties for L.A. Patients
- L.A. Internists – basically family doctors and general practitioners – have knowledge of the overall human body and its health. They are allies in your health management and disease prevention. It is only when a doctor finds something unusual or troubling that he or she will refer you to a specialist.
- L.A. Surgeons are doctors specifically trained to perform various forms of surgery; they have extensive knowledge of achieving health objectives by various (more or less invasive) methods. Be advised that the choice of method is not a matter of the surgeon's or the patient's preference but the condition and patient-specific factors.
- L.A. Plastic Surgeons specialize in corrective, anti-aging and beautifying procedures.
- L.A. Bariatric Surgeons perform surgeries that help morbidly and severely obese patients lose weight.
- L.A. Gastroenterologists are experts in the inner workings of the entire digestive tract.
- L.A. Dermatologists specialize in the care of skin.
- L.A. Ophthalmologists are eye specialists.
- L.A. Laryngologists are known also as nose, throat and ear specialists.
- L.A. Podiatrists take care of feet.
- L.A. Psychologists – usually not medical doctors – help manage their patients' mental wellness.
- L.A. Chiropractors help re-adjust injured or painful bones and muscles without surgery and usually, without medication.
- L.A. Pediatricians take care of children and adolescents.
- L.A. Cardiologists are heart health specialists.
- L.A. Gynecologists take care of women's reproductive organs.
- L.A. Urologists specialize in the care of the urinary system, including prostate health.
- L.A. Oncologists are experts in cancer care.
- L.A. Psychiatrists tend to mental conditions and mood disorders.


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Bamburgh castle is on the east coast of Northumberland England on the North Sea. The castle is high on a volcanic rock and is an impressive sight.It has imposing towers of a medieval fortress. The view of Bamburgh Castle is one of Northumberlands picturesque views. The castle dates back to 11th century. Visits take over two and half hours,a guide takes you through 14 rooms. Bus ArrivaX18 runs from Newcastle on way and Berwick the other.. There is a car park. Bamburgh Castle is well worth a visit even if you dont go inside.
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It once housed the powerful Kings of Northumbria, it now houses a lousy coffee shop! May 26, 2014
This review is part of my Northumberland blog. One of my main aims was to go castle spotting which I did, and loved every bit of it. But in the process, what I also realised was that the experience is so much better from the outside than paying through your nose for a quick dekko inside.
So coming to Bamburgh - you know the history - this has been handed over to more people through the years than my Frasier DVDs. It was in the hands of the native Britons (as per Wiki), and then to the Anglo-Saxons, then the Vikings destroyed it and finally a Victorian era industrialist bought it and restored it to its current situation in the late 19th century. The Armstrong family still retains ownership.
I thought the entry fees were quite expensive for what it has on show. One walks through the Gatehouse and the first is the mandatory Battery Gate with the guns facing the sea. There was some kind of Medieval Festival thing going on with several tents put up, staff dressed up in those uniforms and painting things on kids' faces. There was also some kind of cooking exhibition.
The inner ward was fairly interesting with exhibits of a lot of world war artifacts. There's also the UK's 2nd largest palatial tapestry (don't know where the largest is). The inner ward rooms are worth about 30 minutes leading to the dungeon, tea rooms and bookshop.
The Keep was closed, and we didn't hit the Library tower. the Stables have been converted into a toilet plus a room with an art exhibition (and selling photos of puffins for exorbitant prices).
The Armstrong and Aviation museum was fairly interesting. Lots of displays of war memorabilia.
We spent a little over an hour here. The views on the outside were so much more worth it than the inside. It's really ok if you visit this place, but frankly, there's more to be had from the outside!
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Bamburgh Castle Oct 07, 2012
Bamburgh Castle is located about 5 miles off the main A1 road, although can be done going the coastal route, if you have time.
Open all year round ( 10am - 5pm March -Oct & 11am - 4-30pm Nov - Feb). Last admission to the castle is an hour before closing time, and last entry to the state rooms is 15 minutes after that.
At first sight, it is an impressive, powerful defensive structure, set up on a hill overlooking the beach.
Cost £9 to get in, and when they offer you the wee booklet, for £1, at the desk you should take it, as pages 8 -21 are taken up entirely as a guide to the state rooms. We were running a bit later then planned, and arrived at 3-15pm, which gave us good time to see it, but it probably deserved a bit more, though not much, as it closed at 5pm.
The site has been occupied for over 10,000 years, and is home to the former Kings Of Northumbria. The Keep, which forms the centre of the castle, was built in the 12th Century.
We decided to head for the State Rooms first, stopping off to see the remains of St Peter's Basilica, a church dating back to Anglo-Saxon times.
First thing you come to when you enter the State Rooms is the Great Kitchen. Although it now has more modern displays in it, you can still see the set up of the original kitchen, with it's three large fireplaces.
The tour round the State Rooms is well set out, with easy to follow, one way, directional signs. You are free to take photos here, but no flash allowed, so all the inside pictures are from phones.
You then go through a couple of small rooms, to get to the King's Hall. A nice bright hall, the main thing that catches your eye is the ceiling, made from Siamese Teak and held together by 1300 18'' oak pins. Also, I thought, very clever here, is they have mirrors for you to hold that reflect the ceiling close up 8)
At the end of The King's Hall is the Crosss Hall, whch could be sperated by partition to make are more practical living space.
Tour then takes you through the Billiard Room and a passageway, where there is an interesting curtain made, at the time of the Crimean War, by Russian prisoners out of their uniforms, in recognition of the humanitarian treatment they received.
You then go through the Armoury, which isn't that big, and into the Court Room. Originally a guard room, it became the court of the manor around 1756.
You then head downstairs into the ''sevice areas'' which date from later times, but have a lot of the orignal equipment in them.
Outside of here you come to the gift shop, but on the way out here you can pop into the dungeon.
Once outside we headed down towards the stables, which now also contan the toilets, passing the Belle tower, with the clock, which is now a cafe.
You can head out through the arch, and the museum is down to the left, but we didn't have time to go in. Out here as well is an archaeological dig, that was started in the 1960's. There is a tower further along that are what remains of the windmill.
We walked back along the castle's batteries, which still have cannon on them, and give grat views down onto the beach below.
An beautiful location, an interesting history and the staff were really, really nice and helpful, directing us what to do and then pointing out little things as we did the tour. On the way out we were stopped twice, by different staff, just to ask what we thought of the place, not in a box ticking survey type manner but genuinely interested in the feedback.
Well worth the small detour, if you are passing by in that part of the country.
Part of the Geordie Shores - Newcastle Oct 2012 travel blog
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Visit the castle Aug 21, 2012
Bamburgh Castle stands on a massive outcrop of rock and towers over the sands below. Unlike many castles on this coast, it is still a family home, and thus far more complete than the ruins elsewhere. It is truly an impressive sight.
There has been a castle at Bamburgh since the sixth century, when the site was chosen as the Royal capital by the kings of Northumbria. And it is easy to see why this site would be chosen. It has commanding views over the coast – a coast that was vulnerable to attack from Vikings and others. And the basalt outcrop on which the successive castles have stood is one of the most prominent landmarks along that coast.
Talking though of the Vikings, in 993 they succeeded in destroying the original fort. The Normans built a new castle on the same site, which forms the core of the present one. It was a royal possession for centuries, and an important element in the defence of England against the Scots, with the border just a few miles to the north. In 1464, during the Wars of the Roses, it was the first castle in England to be defeated by artillery, at the end of a nine-month siege by the Earl of Warwick.
For 400 years the castle remained in royal hands, with the local Forster family serving as governors. Eventually the castle was made over to them. But in 1700 the then owner, Sir William Forster, died bankrupt and the castle, along with all his other possessions, was handed over to the Bishop of Durham as settlement of his debts. The castle fell into disrepair but was restored by various owners during the following centuries, and was finally bought by the Victorian industrialist William Armstrong, who completed the restoration. It still belongs to the Armstrong family, who maintain it and open it for the public to view. Its grandeur makes it much in demand as a film location, and it has featured in films such as Ivanhoe (1952), El Cid (1961), Mary, Queen of Scots (1972), and Elizabeth (1998).
If you like your castles to be romantically ruined, this is maybe not the one for you. But if you like to see a building largely intact and strong, still standing proudly above the coast it once defended so effectively, Bamburgh is indeed an impressive sight.
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Bamburg Castle Jul 30, 2009
I drive alot, perhaps too much since I now have a constant clicking in my clutch ankle and try to look in the rear view mirror when walking. Last year I drove over 30,000 miles. What perhaps is more surprising is that I drove over 30,000 miles within the UK only.
One thing I got majorly bugged with whilst on my travels was the boredom of pulling into motorway service stations. Of course to re-fuel it was kind of nessersary, but to stop and have a breather they are terrible.
One particular day whilst driving full speed to the Shetland Isles to take photos of the henge I was hungry, and thirsty, and the food was in the boot. I needed somewhere to stop and up came a little brown sign displaying a castle.
Without giving it too much thought I pulled off and went hurtling around a network of narrow countrylanes, still oblivious in my hurry to the beautiful countryside.
As the castle came into view I could hardly believe its beauty. A large castle stacked upon rock sediment, overlooking the most beautiful beach I have ever seen in the UK. I spent hours just sitting on the beach admiring the sand and surf like nature had intended.
Words cannot describe how utterly gorgeous this place is, at least for myself. Now whenever Im up north, I will always make time to stop there. Its worth taking the time on a nice day to just sit on the deserted beach, with the view of the distant lighthouse and castle on Holy Island. If this isnt what exploring is about, then I dont know what is.
Take a preview here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmewijyR01s
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As I am going through room by room cleaning I am also becoming inspired to actually begin decorating. Since moving into my new home in September I have done pretty much zero in the decor department. Hoping I will stay motivated as I complete this process and it naturally segues into the next step…
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Whole grains, watermelon and mango create dishes that are healthy and beautifully layered flavor bombs.
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Chefs use flavors like kids use blocks to build towers; they start with a solid base and layer flavor after flavor. Similar to toddler construction, the sturdy base a chef requires should be substantial yet not overpowering in taste. And, sometimes the most-sturdy bases come in really small pieces, similar to the size of a tiny teff grain.
Whole grains are grains that have three parts – the bran, germ, and endosperm – in the same natural state in which the grain was grown. Examples include amaranth, barley, oats, quinoa, wheat and wild rice, just to name a few. Many of these grains have a nutty flavor and sturdy textures, which make a great foundation that holds up to strong flavors, according to chef Dave Woolley, owner of culinary consulting firm CD Culinary Approach.
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The Colorado chef was introduced to the great taste of whole grains in 1998 when he owned a restaurant in Salida, Colo. A local farmer brought him quinoa and, "He opened my eyes to how great this grain tasted. I served quinoa before the current trend because of its flavor. And, by the way, it turns out it's one of the best foods to consume. It's like a tiny vitamin packed with nutrients that your body easily digests."
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By a lot of measures, 2015 was the worst year for Glencore Plc since the mining and trading giant became a public company.
Net income excluding some items plunged 69 percent to $1.34 billion during the year as prices for metals and oil collapsed, the Baar, Switzerland-based company said in a statement Tuesday. While that beat the $1.17-billion estimate from analysts, the firm suffered an adjusted loss in its mining division and plans to sell as much as $5 billion in assets.
Glencore executives struck an upbeat note on a call with reporters after the results, with Chief Executive Officer Ivan Glasenberg saying commodity prices have bottomed and sales into China are "pretty good." While the company's priority remains reducing its $25.9 billion debt load, a return to dividends is possible next year, Chief Financial Officer Steve Kalmin said.
The stock slipped 1.7 percent to 131.05 pence as of 8 a.m. in London.
Profits from the world's biggest mining companies are evaporating as prices for copper, nickel, zinc and iron ore plunge because of gluts and slowing demand from China, the biggest customer. To weather the commodities collapse, Glencore is trying to save money and plans to reduce debt to as low as $17 billion by scrapping its dividend, cutting costs and selling assets and new shares.
"All on eyes on the second quarter for asset sales," Ben Davis, a mining analyst at Liberum Capital Ltd. in London, said by e-mail. "It puts Anglo American to shame at the rate Glencore gets the important work done."
Adjusted earnings before interest and tax from the trading division was $2.46 billion, compared with the company's forecast of $2.5 billion and $2.79 billion in the previous year. Earnings from the mining unit swung to a loss of $292 million from a profit $3.9 billion in 2014.
Glencore reduced net debt to $25.9 billion from $30.5 billion, missing its target of about $25 billion. The company, which went public in 2011, plans to sell a stake in its agricultural division in the first half of 2016.
"Financial market sentiment weakened considerably during the course of 2015 amid concerns over slowing economic growth," Glasenberg said in the statement. "The commodity sector was particularly adversely affected by a succession of disappointing China macroeconomic data, declining oil prices, and the strong U.S. dollar. As a result, sector focus quickly switched from cash distribution to balance sheet concerns and cash preservation."
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BHP Billiton Ltd., Rio Tinto Group and Vale SA have all reported plunging profits and cut dividends this year, at the same time painting a gloomy picture for a near-term recovery in metals, with most still in oversupply. A measure of six metals traded in London tumbled 24 percent last year, the most since the global financial crisis of 2008. Oil plummeted 30 percent after dropping 46 percent a year before.
The commodities slump means Glencore now generates most of its cash from trading as its mines and smelters around the globe struggle for profitability.
Glencore shares have jumped 44 percent this year as the company worked to shore up its balance sheet and won a vote of confidence from lenders when it refinanced a $8.45 billion revolving credit facility last month. The stock is still down 56 percent in the past year.
As the stock recovered, David Herro, chief investment officer of Harris Associates LP, has added to his holdings. The investor now controls more of Glencore than CEO Glasenberg with an 8.5 percent stake, up from the 5.1 percent declared in a regulatory filing in September.
Peter Grauer, the chairman of Bloomberg LP, is a senior independent non-executive director at Glencore.
–With assistance from Agnieszka de Sousa and Thomas Biesheuvel.