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Rosa Luxemburg (also Rozalia Luxenburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist of Polish-Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen. She was, successively, a member of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL), the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD), and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).
- The self-discipline of the Social Democracy is not merely the replacement of the authority of bourgeois rulers with the authority of a socialist central committee. The working class will acquire the sense of the new discipline, the freely assumed self-discipline of the Social Democracy, not as a result of the discipline imposed on it by the capitalist state, but by extirpating, to the last root, its old habits of obedience and servility.
- The Russo-Japanese War now gives to all an awareness that even war and peace in Europe – its destiny – isn't decided between the four walls of the European concert, but outside it, in the gigantic maelstrom of world and colonial politics.
And its in this that the real meaning of the current war resides for social-democracy, even if we set aside its immediate effect: the collapse of Russian absolutism. This war brings the gaze of the international proletariat back to the great political and economic connectedness of the world, and violently dissipates in our ranks the particularism, the pettiness of ideas that form in any period of political calm.
The war completely rends all the veils which the bourgeois world – this world of economic, political and social fetishism – constantly wraps us in.
The war destroys the appearance which leads us to believe in peaceful social evolution; in the omnipotence and the untouchability of bourgeois legality; in national exclusivism; in the stability of political conditions; in the conscious direction of politics by these "statesmen" or parties; in the significance capable of shaking up the world of the squabbles in bourgeois parliaments; in parliamentarism as the so-called center of social existence.
War unleashes – at the same time as the reactionary forces of the capitalist world – the generating forces of social revolution which ferment in its depths.
- "In the Storm" in Le Socialiste as translated by Mitch Abidor (1 - 8 May 1904)
- Bourgeois class domination is undoubtedly an historical necessity, but, so too, the rising of the working class against it. Capital is an historical necessity, but, so too, its grave digger, the socialist proletariat.
- The Junius Pamphlet (1915)
- Public control is indispensably necessary. Otherwise the exchange of experiences remains only with the closed circle of the officials of the new regime. Corruption becomes inevitable. (Lenin's words, Bulletin No.29) Socialism in life demands a complete spiritual transformation in the masses degraded by centuries of bourgeois rule. Social instincts in place of egotistical ones, mass initiative in place of inertia, idealism which conquers all suffering, etc., etc. No one knows this better, describes it more penetratingly; repeats it more stubbornly than Lenin. But he is completely mistaken in the means he employs. Decree, dictatorial force of the factory overseer, draconian penalties, rule by terror – all these things are but palliatives. The only way to a rebirth is the school of public life itself, the most unlimited, the broadest democracy and public opinion. It is rule by terror which demoralizes.
- "The Problem with Dictatorship" in The Russian Revolution as translated by Bertram Wolfe (1918)
- Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party — though they are quite numerous — is no freedom at all. Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters. The essence of political freedom depends not on the fanatics of 'justice', but rather on all the invigorating, beneficial, and detergent effects of dissenters. If 'freedom' becomes 'privilege', the workings of political freedom are broken.
- Die russische Revolution. Eine kritische Würdigung (1920) p. 109
- This contains probably her most famous statement: Freiheit ist immer Freiheit der Andersdenkenden, translated as "Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters."
Variant: Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
- Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only deciding factor.
- Reported in Paul Froelich, Die Russische Revolution (1940)
- The modern proletarian class doesn't carry out its struggle according to a plan set out in some book or theory; the modern workers' struggle is a part of history, a part of social progress, and in the middle of history, in the middle of progress, in the middle of the fight, we learn how we must fight... That's exactly what is laudable about it, that's exactly why this colossal piece of culture, within the modern workers' movement, is epoch-defining: that the great masses of the working people first forge from their own consciousness, from their own belief, and even from their own understanding the weapons of their own liberation.
- "The Politics of Mass Strikes and Unions"; Collected Works 2
- The leadership has failed. Even so, the leadership can and must be recreated from the masses and out of the masses. The masses are the decisive element, they are the rock on which the final victory of the revolution will be built. The masses were on the heights; they have developed this 'defeat' into one of the historical defeats which are the pride and strength of international socialism. And that is why the future victory will bloom from this 'defeat'.
'Order reigns in Berlin!' You stupid henchmen! Your 'order' is built on sand. Tomorrow the revolution will already 'raise itself with a rattle' and announce with fanfare, to your terror: I was, I am, I will be!
- "Order reigns in Berlin", Last written words. Collected Works 4
- Marxism is a revolutionary worldview that must always struggle for new revelations. Marxism must abhor nothing so much as the possibility that it becomes congealed in its current form. It is at its best when butting heads in self-criticism, and in historical thunder and lightning, it retains its strength.
- As quoted in Quote Junkie : Political Edition (2008) by Hagopian Institute
Reform or Revolution (1899)[edit]
The Mass Strike, the Political Party and the Trade Unions[edit]
The Junius Pamphlet (1915)[edit]
- The scene has thoroughly changed. The six weeks' march to Paris has come world drama. Mass murder has become a monotonous task, and yet the final solution is not one step nearer. Capitalist rule is caught in its own trap, and cannot ban the spirit that it has Gone is the first mad delirium. Gone are the patriotic street demonstrations, the chase after suspicious-looking automobiles; the false telegrams, the cholera-poisoned wells. Fone the mad stories of Russian students who hurl bombs from every bridge of Berlin, or French men flying over Nuremberg; gone the excesses of spy-hunting populace, the singing through, the coffee shops with their patriotic songs; gone the violent mobs, ready to denounce, ready to persecute women, ready to whip themselves into a delirious frenzy over every wild rumor; gone the atmosphere of ritual murder, the Kishinev air that left the policeman at the corer as the only remaining representative of human dignity.
- Ch.1
Peace Utopias (1911)[edit]
- First published as Friedensutopien in Leipziger Volkszeitung (6 & 8 May 1911) Copyleft: Luxemburg Internet Archive (marxists.org) 2004. [1][2]
- What is our task in the question of peace? It does not consist merely in vigorously demonstrating at all times the love of peace of the Social Democrats; but first and foremost our task is to make clear to the masses of people the nature of militarism and sharply and clearly to bring out the differences in principle between the standpoint of the Social Democrats and that of the bourgeois peace enthusiasts.
- Die Friedensfreunde aus bürgerlichen Kreisen glauben, das sich Weltfriede und Abrüstung im Rahmen der heutigen Gesellschaftsordnung verwirklichen lassen, wir aber, die wir auf dem Boden der materialistischen Geschichtsauffassung und des wissenschaftlichen Sozialismus stehen, sind der Überzeugung, das der Militarismus erst mit dem kapitalistischen Klassenstaate zusammen aus der Welt geschafft werden kann.
- The friends of peace in bourgeois circles believe that world peace and disarmament can be realised within the frame-work of the present social order, whereas we, who base ourselves on the materialistic conception of history and on scientific socialism, are convinced that militarism can only be abolished from the world with the destruction of the capitalist class state.
- Militarism in both its forms — as war and as armed peace — is a legitimate child, a logical result of capitalism, which can only be overcome with the destruction of capitalism, and that hence whoever honestly desires world peace and liberation from the tremendous burden of armaments must also desire Socialism. Only in this way can real Social Democratic enlightenment and recruiting be carried on in connection with the armaments debate.
- The Utopianism of the standpoint which expects an era of peace and retrenchment of militarism in the present social order is plainly revealed in the fact that it is having recourse to project making. For it is typical of Utopian strivings that, in order to demonstrate their practicability, they hatch "practical" recipes with the greatest possible details. To this also belongs the project of the "United States of Europe" as a basis for the limitation of international militarism.
- Plausible as the idea of the United States of Europe as a peace arrangement may seem to some at first glance, it has on closer examination not the least thing in common with the method of thought and the standpoint of social democracy . . . At the present stage of development of the world market and of world economy, the conception of Europe as an isolated economic unit is a sterile concoction of the brain. Europe no more forms a special unit within world economy than does Asia or America.
- The times when the centre of gravity of political development and the crystallising agent of capitalist contradictions lay on the European continent, are long gone by. To-day Europe is only a link in the tangled chain of international connections and contradictions.
The Russian Revolution (1918)[edit]
- As the entire middle class, the bourgeois and petty bourgeois intelligentsia, boycotted the Soviet government for months after the October Revolution and crippled the railroad, post and telegraph, and educational and administrative apparatus, and, in this fashion, opposed the workers government, naturally all measures of pressure were exerted against it. These included the deprivation of political rights, of economic means of existence, etc., in order to break their resistance with an iron fist. It was precisely in this way that the socialist dictatorship expressed itself, for it cannot shrink from any use of force to secure or prevent certain measures involving the interests of the whole.
Quotes about Luxemburg[edit]
- Franz Mehring, the biographer of Marx, did not exaggerate when he called Rosa Luxemburg the best brain after Marx. But she did not contribute her brain alone to the working-class movement; she gave everything she had — her heart, her passion, her strong will, her very life.
- Tony Cliff, in his Introduction to Rosa Luxemburg, Ideas in Action (1972) by Paul Frölich, p. ix
- A passion for truth made Rosa Luxemburg recoil from any dogmatic thought. In a period when Stalinism has largely turned Marxism into a dogma, spreading desolation in the field of ideas, Rosa Luxemburg's writings are invigorating and life-giving. Nothing was more intolerable to her than bowing down to "infallible authorities". As a real disciple of Marx she was able to think and act independently of her master.
- Tony Cliff, in his Introduction to Rosa Luxemburg, Ideas in Action (1972) by Paul Frölich, p. x
- During a period when so many who consider themselves Marxists sap Marxism of its deep humanistic content, no one can do more to release us from the chains of lifeless mechanistic materialism than Rosa Luxemburg. For Marx communism (or socialism) was "real humanism", "a society in which the full and free development of every individual is the ruling principle".
- Tony Cliff, in his Introduction to Rosa Luxemburg, Ideas in Action (1972) by Paul Frölich, p. x
- Rosa was saved from personal, inner disaster during the great betrayals of the First World War by several, all rather tough-minded, characteristics. She had a tenacious orthodoxy: she was perfectly confident of the sufficiency of Marxism as an answer, though she was more humane about it than Lenin. She had a warm, purely human love of people — physically, their smell and touch and comradeship. And a kind of Jewish indomitable guts, that ultimate unkillability which comes only from grandparents in yamulke and horsehair wig.
- Kenneth Rexroth, in his essay "Simone Weil", in The Nation (12 January 1957)
- With a will, determination, selflessness and devotion for which words are too weak, she consecrated her whole life and her whole being to Socialism. She gave herself completely to the cause of Socialism, not only in her tragic death, but throughout her whole life, daily and hourly, through the struggles of many years ... She was the sharp sword, the living flame of revolution.
- Clara Zetkin, her closest friend, as quoted in Rosa Luxemburg, Ideas in Action (1972) by Paul Frölich, p. x
- Rosa Luxemburg is an outstanding example of a type of mind that is often met with in the history of Marxism and appears to be specially attracted by the Marxist outlook. It is characterized by slavish submission to authority, together with a belief that in that submission the values of scientific thought can be preserved. No doctrine was so well suited as Marxism to satisfy both these attitudes, or to provide a mystification combining extreme dogmatism with the cult of "scientific" thinking, in which the disciple could find mental and spiritual peace. Marxism thus played the part of a religion for the intelligentsia, which did not prevent some of them, like Rosa Luxemburg herself, from trying to improve the deposit of faith by reverting to first principles, thus strengthening their own belief that they were independent of dogma.
- Polish historian and philosopher Leszek Kołakowski, Main Currents of Marxism: Volume II: The Golden Age, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1978, pp. 94-5
- Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.
As is often the case, this quote appears to be something Luxemburg could have said or written, but searches for a source have been unsuccessful[1]. While Luxemburg often used metaphors of breaking or shattering chains, this, apparently, is not one of them.
External links[edit]
- Brief biography at Kirjasto (Pegasos)
- Rosa Luxemburg Internet Archive a free library of her works at Marxists.org
- Biography (Study on Rosa Luxemburg ) by Tony Cliff (1959)
- Website of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
German language[edit]
- Rosa Luxemburg Internet Archive on Marxists.org, also available in English, see above.
- Die Rote Fahne (The Red Flag).
- Short biography
- Zur Russischen Revolution (On the Russian Revolution), 1922
- Das Leben von Rosa Luxemburg (The life of Rosa Luxemburg).


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It's normal for Charles Bainbridge, Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard, to be called to the scene of a crime, but this is the third murder in quick succession where the victim's chest has been cracked open and their heart torn out. Bainbridge suspects there's a symbolic reason for the stolen hearts, so he sends for supernatural specialist Sir Maurice Newbury and his determined assistant, Miss Veronica Hobbes.
Unfortunately, neither of them are in much shape to take the case. Veronica has been hunting for some way to alleviate the mysterious forces that have been hounding her family of late, and Newbury has been retained by a private client: Edward, Prince of Wales, who's concerned that his mother, the Queen of England, is losing her grip on the nation.
However, the two detectives pull together long enough to determine that the killings may be the work of a mercenary known as the Executioner. French, uncannily beautiful, her flesh covered in tattoos and inlaid with precious metals, the Executioner is famed throughout Europe, with legends going back for hundreds of years. Something is keeping her in a form of living stasis, but her heart is damaged, leaving her an emotionless shell, inexplicably driven to collect her victims' hearts as trophies.
Who is the Executioner targeting, and who hired her? Why has Veronica stopped trusting Bainbridge? What does the Prince of Wales really want? These are just some of the mysteries that Newbury and Hobbes will confront on the way to unearthing the secret of the Executioner's Heart.
Though the fourth novel in Mann's Newbury & Hobbes series, a new reader would have no trouble picking up this book and diving in. Being the first I've read of the series, I had little trouble following the story or characters as any references to past events were explained sufficiently.
The only issue I had following the story was the lack of prologue use. It wasn't a huge issue and
really my own fault. I realize some authors dislike the use of prologues, but setting the first chapter at the end of the story and then jumping back in time with the second chapter threw me off a bit considering I didn't take note of the dates. Like I said, my own fault, but it did seem odd to lay the story out as if it had a prologue, but then not call it that. A nitpick I mention more so others don't make the same mistake than because it had any effect on how I felt about the story.
The pacing was a bit modest, but picked up as the story moved on. It could have moved a bit faster, but Mann seemed content to play in the moment as the characters engaged in conversations. As for those characters, they were somewhat interesting, if not overly familiar -- feeling a bit like Mann was writing Robert Downey Jr's, Sherlock Holmes fan fiction at times. Fortunately he took the characters and story to a different level, fleshing out the world around Newbury as the mystery played out.
The mystery wasn't terribly complicated, but character work carried the story more than the plot. The Executioner was a well developed villain, one you even feel a bit sorry for at times. The steampunk element was an integral part of the world, but not overly heavy. A reader new to steampunk should be comfortable trying it out and the elements of black magic that hover in the background will be familiar to fantasy readers.
Though the fan-fic line from the review may have sounded like a negative, fans of the new Sherlock Holmes movies probably would enjoy this series. The setting, the characters, all had the those familiar pieces while still being unique. Plus, I believe Mann's series did begin before the Holmes movie was released. The pacing and story could have been better, but it's still a relatively easy and enjoyable read and I look forward to more.

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Todos Caerán. (All will fall.),
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Accession number: 1946.D1.40.19
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Hours after the Sixers' worst season since 1996-97 mercifully concluded, the end officially came for coach Eddie Jordan.
Jordan's dismissal was announced this morning after a disastrous 27-55 season, with two years remaining on his contract plus an option for a fourth year.
The announcement was made by president and general manager Ed Stefanski, whose job status also has been in question.
"I met with coach Jordan this morning and relieved him of his duties as head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers," Stefanski said. "I thanked him for his hard work, professionalism and effort throughout the season. I will begin putting a list together and going through background checks and things. There is no time frame, there is no rush that I'm going to go in to hire our next head coach. We need the right direction. We need that head coach to put us on the right path and give the spark."
"What I thought would happen did not occur, the decision was not a right one. That's why I made the choice to go now in a different direction to get someone to get us the right path."
Stefanski met with chairman Ed Snider and chief operating officer Peter Luukko on Tuesday afternoon, but his status has not changed. He said Snider and Luukko endorsed the coaching change. He said that was the first time he had brought up the idea of a coaching change to them, denying that the decision had been made long ago.
Asked specifically if he expected to be running the coaching search from start to finish, Stefanski said, "As I speak today, yes."
"I have had nothing but commitment from them," Stefanski said of Snider and Luukko. "As long as I am president and general manager, I am going to try to win basketball games and win a championship … I have no control over people who will judge my performance."
More Stefanski:
"I would not agree with any statement that these guys don't play hard. They are extremely resilient. They play hard. Sometimes when you're not executing properly it looks like they are not playing hard. I thought there were times when we were not executing properly. The guys on this team, I don't see them not playing hard."
"I wouldn't say there is not talent in that locker room. We underachieved this year … The theme we could use all year is inconsistency. We had guys who played well in spots. Guys didn't come back from injury." Several times during the press conference he mentioned the potential of point guard Jrue Holliday, calling him a "gem." He also said Holliday will be the team's point guard of the future. He also mentioned Samuel Dalembert.
"The one thing I always felt with this team since I've gotten here was that defense fueled our offense. We got off to a very poor start. We talked about re-emphasizing the defensive end. We did emphasize it and our numbers, we got better statistically … We started to win some games and then we went away from that emphasis defensively and that changed."
"The qualities of the next head coach ... the qualities have to be a manager, teacher and motivator. Three qualities I would look for right away. When I got here, the players and the way we were built were built to play on the defensive end, got us out on the break and got into early offense … we emphasized that last summer but we're going to have to emphasize that again."
On the offensive system: "Obviously, it didn't work. We went through in the interview process all the personnel and what we had and the coach felt it would work. Because of the last two years in the playoffs, we were looking for that balance, efficiency in the halfcourt. We felt we had the defense, we felt we had the fastbreak … we needed the halfcourt system to control the game better. Obviously, it did not work."
On why the process will be different this time: "I am reviewing in my head and have been reviewing with all the paperwork we had and with the staff where we felt we did not go down the right line or didn't ask the right questions. We asked a lot of questions, we had an exhaustive interview with all these guys. We will look at it again and see if there is anything else we can do."
On where the team stands: "We are not starting over. We took a step backward this year. ... We can get back on this path very quickly to build what we want to build."
He described the process of selecting the new coach as "wide open." He said he would consider a large range of options, from college head coaches, to NBA assistants to former head coaches.
He also said the Sixers would look at all possibilites to improve via the draft, trades, free agency.
"I realize that we have to look at every option available to us and make changes where necessary," he said. "The first two seasons we were progressing nicely and moving in the right direction. This year we took a step back. It's unacceptable. We will rectify that. Our expectations and hopes this season were high. We did not meet them."


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Thursday, January 29, 2009
A Blue Willow-aholic
36 comments:
Blue will be the color of the Spring! It's funny I also wrote an article about this color in the French Internet fashion magazine.ReplyDelete
- Patricia9:56 AM
Carol: buy the miniature dishes.ReplyDelete
You'll be sorry if you don't.
Also, the cookie tin.
I had this years ago and lost it in a move. There is a crisper thingee in the top knob that can go in the oven, to keep the items inside nice and fresh.Replies
Hello from South Africa. Love my childreb's blue willow teaset. I enjoy so much passing it every day their where it hangs against the wall in it's lovely little wooden dresser. Just love my Willow Pattern set!Delete
Are these Willow pattern children's tea sets still easy to get? Here I struggle to find 2 more cups - have only 4 instead of 6 - very scarce. Just buy that set :-)Delete
lvetopaint the stack of flo bleu was at the Bastille Brocante...sighReplyDelete
- SusanG12:16 PM
Buy the Set! I've always loved the china too but I have also been fascinated by the story on the plate. It makes for great dinner conversation! For anyone not familiar with the legend you can find it at the spode website:ReplyDelete
For a visual treat the book "The Willow Pattern Story" by Alan Drummond is good-except I think the watercolors could have been done a lot better! Perhaps there's a new project in the wings for you Carol?
- Valerie1:14 PM
I so enjoy receiving your "Paris Breakfasts" -- I too, am a Blue Willow-holic.ReplyDelete
My everyday china is BW by Johnson Bros/ England.
When I was a girl my friend and I played "restaurant" w/ her set of children's BW -- it may be by the same maker as shown below.
Tres charmant!
A bientot et mais oui, bon bleu!
Where's the stone and linen????ReplyDelete
Blue Willow is a good habit to have. That painting is beautiful, Carol! I love it!ReplyDelete
Not only should you buy the minis but GET THE DISPLAY TOO!!!! I am in love with it! Or just buy the display! Anything will look good on it!ReplyDelete
- carol9:46 PM
hmmmm, i have had a family set of Blue Italian for over 25 years now, and I have yet to tire of them....I was lucky and inherited it...Villeroy & Boch has a nice set of Blue & Creamware too, can't remember the name. Have you seen the Carolyn Roehm book? Just out and she is a total blue & white fanatic...not sure about those blue macaroons though..ReplyDelete
Please join us,Paula, at the Over-Blue Willow Anonymous (OBWA) meeting where we confess and break much china.ReplyDelete
ooolala...that's all the french I know but love those flow blue plates and I say buy the set..you will not regret it...thank you for the book tips...I intend to buy two and wish I could buy those blue quilts...sigh..beautiful blog you have here and I must come back tomorrow and read the rest!ReplyDelete
thank you!
- Isabelle5:31 AM
Hello Carol!ReplyDelete
I'm new to your blog, and really like it. This is a great approach that
you have, drawing, and taking pictures of the places you visit. Very
May I ask you one favor though: on the right handside of your blog's
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spelling mistake:
it's merci and not merçi (c+i or e does the sound sss,so no need to use a ç). I will feel more comfortable looking at it this
way - lol!
Well, have a great day, à bientôt,
Hi, I'm Polly and I am a blue willowaholic too.ReplyDelete
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Lakes Region fire chiefs warn of cars, trucks on iceBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
February 11. 2013 8:08PM
CENTER HARBOR - After four incidents of vehicles going through the ice of Lake Winnipesaukee over the weekend, fire chiefs in the Lakes Region are urging drivers of cars and trucks to stay off the ice.
No one was injured in the incidents, but with water temperatures in the mid-30s and a strong but vulnerable layer of ice on the lakes, the potential for serious and deadly incidents is there.
"This winter, with all of the off and on weather we've had, cars and trucks probably should not be on the ice," said Center Harbor Fire Chief John Schlemmer. "I get nervous when I see people driving out there."
"The risk versus the benefit is not worth it," said Gilford Fire Chief Stephen Carrier.
At 5:30 p.m. Friday, a truck fell through the ice in Center Harbor Bay about 150 feet from the town docks in about 10 feet of water, Schlemmer said. The occupants were removed quickly by fire crews, who go on foot or by ATV to ice rescues.
Late Saturday afternoon, a truck fell through the ice of Big Squam Lake near a small island, but when firefighters arrived, the driver had left the scene.
Drivers are responsible for the removal of vehicles through the ice. The vehicle in Center Harbor had to removed quickly, he said, because if the ice fishing derby. Schlemmer wasn't sure if the vehicle had been removed from Squam Lake yet.
"For all I know that truck is still there," Schlemmer said.
There were also two snowmobiles that went through the ice Sunday in Center Harbor and in Gilford, neither of which caused any injuries as both were near shore, authorities said.
Snowmobiling on the ice is probably safe, but cars and trucks are probably not safe, Schlemmer said. Along the shoreline of almost every bay and inlet are aquatherms, underwater heaters that keep docks and shoreline installations safe from winter ice but leave areas of open water around them.
There are also rocks popping up through the ice in many spots, which create another obstacle for drivers. "The rocks catch the sun and warm up," Carrier said.
A recent problem was the Nor'easter last week, which left areas of soft ice covered and not visible to drivers, Carrier said.
"There are also a lot of pressure ridges out there, ice runs together and makes ridges that rise, which can be hard to see," he said.


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State and local officials will test the early warning siren system around the North Anna Power Station Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at approximately 11:10 a.m. A steady three-minute tone will be sounded by 68 sirens in Caroline, Hanover, Louisa and Spotsylvania counties.
The sirens are located within a 10-mile radius of the plant. Siren tests take place quarterly on the third Wednesday of February, May, August and November. The Virginia Department of Emergency Management, Dominion Virginia Power and the localities where the sirens are located participate in the quarterly tests. If there were an actual emergency at North Anna Power Station, residents would hear four separate three-minute activations, each separated by a one-minute silent interval. Total elapsed time for actual emergency notification is 15 minutes. When sirens sound, people should listen to a local radio or TV station that is broadcasting emergency information for instructions.
Additional information about the siren system and emergency notification can be found in the annual North Anna Power Station emergency information calendar mailed to households in the region. The next test of the North Anna siren system will be Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013.


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Research to better understand the impacts of biological invasions has been carried out across Europe. Governments and institutions have undertaken prevention and control actions, and the European Commission is expected to present a dedicated legislative instrument in the near future. However, despite these initiatives, the general public is rarely aware of what pests and invasive alien plants are, and what damage they can cause. Raising awareness among the society is an indispensable step for fully addressing the issue.
Communicating on the topic of pests and invasive alien plants is a challenging task, as it involves explaining what these species are, as well as describing their impacts. Also, often scientists and civil servants working on invasive species are not trained in the use of communication tools and strategies.
The European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO), in cooperation with the Council of Europe, the European Environment Agency and the IUCN Specialist Group on Invasive Species will organize a workshop focusing on the challenges faced when communicating on pests and invasive alien plants.
The workshop will present examples of different communication tools and explain which have worked well and which have not. Examples of communication actions on pests and invasive alien plants exist, but few of these are widely known and no inventory exists. A survey will soon be launched by the EPPO Secretariat on its website to gather existing communication cases. Ministries of agriculture and environment, national plant protection organizations, environmental agencies, NGOs and universities will be invited to contribute.
Time at the workshop will be also dedicated to discussing the perception which people have of invasive alien species which is very important when drafting communications guidelines in this field.
The workshop will take place on 8-10 October 2013 in Oeiras in Portugal at the kind invitation of the General Directorate of Food and Veterinary (Portuguese Plant Protection Organization), the Centre for Functional Ecology (University of Coimbra) and the Agrarian School of Coimbra (Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra). The workshop will be attended by civil servants, scientists, land managers, members of NGOs, and journalists.
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ELKHORN, Wis. (AP) — Two women found dead in suitcases along a Wisconsin highway may have died accidentally, perhaps during consensual sex, the defense attorney for the former police officer suspected in their deaths said Friday.
Steven Zelich, a 52-year-old security officer, is charged with two counts of hiding a corpse. Prosecutors convinced a judge to set bond at $1 million after saying they expected homicide charges to be filed in the counties where the women were killed, but Zelich's attorney said it's unclear how the women died.
"It could be anything from premeditated homicide down to accidental death that occurred through a consensual sex-related act," Walworth County public defender Travis Schwantes said after the bond hearing.
Investigators have said Zelich met the two women online.
Zelich was arrested Wednesday, when detectives wearing hazmat suits removed a refrigerator and large brown bags of evidence from his apartment in West Allis, a Milwaukee suburb. He appeared for Friday's bond hearing through a video from jail but did not speak.
Highway workers cutting grass discovered two suitcases on June 5. Police identified one woman as Laura Simonson, 37, of Farmington, Minnesota. Authorities have not released the identity of the second woman but describe her as a white female with long, dark hair, a pronounced overbite and a small heart tattoo on her lower left abdomen.
Investigators allege that Zelich said he killed both women after meeting them online and stored their bodies in his home and vehicle for months before dropping the suitcases in the Town of Geneva, some 50 miles southwest of Milwaukee.
A criminal complaint alleges that he killed the unidentified woman in Kenosha County, in southeast Wisconsin, in late 2012 or early 2013, and Simonson in Olmsted County, Minnesota, about 280 miles away, in November.
Walworth County District Attorney Daniel Necci justified $1 million cash bond request in part by saying he expected homicide charges to be filed in the counties where the women were killed.
Schwantes unsuccessfully argued that the the bond should reflect the charges already filed.
Farmington police detective Sgt. Lee Hollatz said previously that Zelich was long his main suspect in Simonson's disappearance. He said that after her family reported her missing, he learned she had checked into a hotel in Rochester, Minnesota, with Zelich on Nov. 2. Zelich left alone the next day. But Hollatz said all he had was a missing person's case until the bodies were discovered.
Jim Martinson, chief deputy attorney in Olmsted County, said Friday that he needed to see the evidence before deciding what charges to file and the "lion's share" of that was in Wisconsin. He said he hadn't received reports yet from the many law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation.
Martinson also said it could be a while before forensic evidence from the hotel was processed and Zelich was extradited to Minnesota.
Schwantes said Zelich has asked for a public defender in Kenosha County in anticipation of charges there, and would seek one in Minnesota.
Simonson was found naked except for a collar, with a rope around her neck and a gag in her mouth, according to the criminal complaint filed in Walworth County. The other woman's hands were bound behind her back.
Police have said that at least in Simonson's case, Zelich may have met her through a bondage website.
Zelich worked for the West Allis police department from February 1989 until his resignation in August 2001. From 2007 until his arrest, he worked as a licensed private security officer with Securitas Security Services USA. The company said he passed regular background checks to keep his state-issued license.
Associated Press writer Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis contributed to this report.


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Hurricane Sandy's impact on the commercial real estate market might not become clear for some time, but the storm has allowed some New Jersey developers and professionals to make use of some available space.
In Jersey City, SJP Properties is fielding inquiries at 95 Green St., where the firm has about 85,000 square feet of turn-key space available over two floors, according to a news release. The space is equipped with infrastructure, including a full-building generator, that makes the space move-in ready for firms affected by the storm.
Similarly, many other owners have connected with brokers this week to offer fast options for short-term space, said Robert Kossar, managing director Jones Lang LaSalle New Jersey's offices. Some of the demand is coming from tenants in markets like Jersey City and the Meadowlands.
"I think the landlords are being great in trying to accommodate whatever companies need for space," Kossar said, noting that brokers have spent the week coordinating temporary needs with clients.
Jeff Milanaik, president of Heller Industrial Parks, said developers have also been coordinating across the region to offer spaces for relief efforts when possible. On Wednesday, the firm placed the American Red Cross of New Jersey at a vacant 200,000-square-foot industrial building in the Somerset section of Franklin, which is now being used for the organization's disaster relief center.
The building was one of two unoccupied warehouses in Heller's 16 million-square-foot portfolio. And it had lost power by Tuesday morning, but was turned back on about 10 minutes before Milanaik toured the space with a Red Cross representative, he said.
"I said, 'I've been trying to get rid of this building,' " Milanaik said. "He looked at me and said, 'Do you believe in divine intervention?' "
Heller's New Jersey properties were unscathed. But many industrial users in hard-hit markets are now seeking short-term warehouse and distribution properties, Kossar said. So far, tenants have sought terms in the range of three to nine months.
"There's a lot of that going on right now, but a lot of it is short term," Kossar said. "A lot of what we're concerned about is sort of the longer-term impacts."
The longer term is tougher to gauge, though, he said. Industrial users likely will need to rally to meet the supply chain and logistics needs tied to relief efforts in the state. In the meantime, office users may be even less focused on hiring, instead working intently on getting their businesses back to normal, he said.


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The Congressional Medal of Honor Society said it chose Rachel D'Avino, Dawn Hochsprung, Anne Marie Murphy, Lauren Rousseau, Mary Sherlach and Victoria Soto to receive its Citizen Honors Medal, the highest award it gives to a civilian, after receiving dozens of nominations for their actions during the shooting.
The women exemplified courage, sacrifice and selflessness in trying to protect students from gunman Adam Lanza, the society said in announcing the honor.
The organization also planned to honor every other member of the school's staff with a Certificate of Commendation.
"Many teachers and staff members disregarded their own safety that day to hide and protect the children in their care," said Harold Fritz, the society's president.
The society honored four other people with the award this year. They received their medals during an annual ceremony on March 25 at Arlington National Cemetery.
The society decided to honor the Sandy Hook heroes separately and arranged to present the awards to family members at Monday's ceremony inside Newtown High School.


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Chanonry Point Sunset 01
Sunset over Inverness viewed from Chanonry Piont Lighthouse, Fortrose on the Black Isle, Scotland.
Bowfiddle Rock Surf 02
An incoming tide at Portknockie with Bowfiddle Rock on the Moray coast, Scotland.
Bowfiddle Rock 03
Bowfiddle Rock on a winter tide at Portknockie, Moray Coast, Scotland.
Cramond Spine 04
The 2nd world war anti submarine pylons running out to Cramond Island on the Firth of Forth
Cramond Spine 05
A Black and White image of the Cramond Island anti submarine pylons on the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
Oil Rig Grave Yard 06
The ever increasing oil platforms stand silent in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland.
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The ever increasing oil Rig platforms stand silent in the Cromarty Firth, Black Isle,Scotland.
Bowfiddle Sunrise 08
An early May Sunrise filters through the Bowfiddle Rock, Portknockie on the Moray coast, Scotland.
Bowfiddle Rock Sunrise 09
Glorious early colours at Bowfiddle Rock, Portknockie on the Moray coast, Scotland.
St Cyrus Surf 10
Washed up driftwood on St Cyrus beach north of Arbroath on Scotlands east coast.
Crovie Sunrise 11
Soft colours at Crovie on the Moray coast, Scotland.
Crovie Coastal Village 12
Crovie fishing village on the Moray coast, Scotland.
Belhaven Bridge or Bridge to Nowhere, Dunbar 13
A high tide and long exposure produce this classic image of the Bridge with Bass rock in the distance.
Elie Lighthouse on the Fife coast 14
Rough seas on the Fife coast at Elie with the solitary Lighthouse.
Elie Lighthouse Mono 15
This black and white image showing the white Surf at Elie with the Lighthouse.
Belhaven Bridge at Dunbar Mono 16
Monochrome image of the Belhaven Bridge or as some call it the Bridge to Nowhere at Dunbar, Scotland.
Crail Harbour Sunrise 17
All the fishing boats are out waiting for the next high tide at Crail harbour on the Fife coast, Scotland.
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An empty harbour at Crail, waiting for the next tide, Fife, Scotland.
Anstruther Lighthouse 19
Sunset over the Lighthouse at Anstruther on the Fife coast, Scotland.
Bellhaven Bridge 20
Belhaven Bridge at Sunset also known as the Bridge to Nowhere when surrounded by high tide water.
The Bowfiddle Rock 21
Monochrome image of the Bowfiddle Rock at sunrise on the Moray Coast, Scotland.
Longniddry Boat Wreck 22
Boat wreck on the beach at Longniddry, East Lothian
Longniddry Boat Wreck 23
Monochrome view of the boat wreck on Longniddry beach East Lothian.
Lossiemouth Beach 24
Lossiemouth Beach an early morning capture of the unspoiled golden sands
The Mine Sweeper, Montrose 25
Stunning sunrise at Montrose under the view of The Mine Sweeper (William Lamb)
The Old Boat Wreck 26
Old Boat Wreck at Dunstaffnage Bay north of Oban with Ben Cruachan beyond
The Old Boat Wreck 27
The Old Boat Wreck at Dunstaffnage Bay with Ben Cruachan beyond in monochrome
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What is the future of central banks? It will be busy, because they are now expected to deliver both monetary and financial stability. It will be controversial, because the decisions they make have a huge impact on the distribution of income, people's access to finance, the way the financial system operates and even the solvency of governments.
Before the crisis, the rise of sophisticated modern finance was thought to render redundant the role of central banks as guardians of financial stability. It had been long believed that their role as financiers of government brought only inflation. Thus, central bankers became priests of a monetary policy aimed at low and stable inflation .
This past is a foreign country. Central banks have not abandoned the religion of price stability, though some economists have muttered heretical thoughts about the need for higher inflation. Nevertheless, central banking has been transformed, in practice and theory.
The practical transformation is a direct result of the crisis. Central banks found themselves forced into historically unprecedented monetary easing, not just via extremely low interest rates but also via huge expansions in their balance sheets. Of the big central banks, the Federal Reserve was the most innovative, partly because of the role of non-bank institutions and partly because of the inability of the fiscal authorities to act. But the European Central Bank has been surprisingly innovative, too.
The huge expansions in central bank balance sheets are thought to be harbingers of hyperinflation. Those who live on income from savings are enraged by the low interest rates. Almost everybody is angry about the bailout of the banks. The fact that the central bankers saved the world from a second great depression is disregarded. Nobody gains credit for eliminating a hypothetical event. It is perhaps surprising that central banks have not been even more discredited.
The theoretical transformation is an indirect result of the crisis. The list of the assumptions that turned out to be false is lengthy: that the financial system would be self-stabilizing, that managers of banks would prove competent, that financial innovation would improve risk management, that low and stable inflation would guarantee economic stability. We have witnessed a bonfire of the verities.
In short, central banks are doing far more with less political capital. To be fair, not all are tainted by failure. The central banks of Canada and Sweden, to name two examples among high-income countries, can hold their heads high. But this is part luck: these countries had crises in the 1990s. Sooner or later, as Hyman Minsky warned, complacency breeds excess and crisis.
What, then, is to be done?
The immediate task is to manage an exit from the interventions. Critics exaggerate the difficulty of this task. The fears of imminent hyperinflation are idiotic. As Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, explained in an important speech on April 13, central banks have expanded their balance sheets because those of the private financial sector collapsed.* That is what a lender of last resort is supposed to do during a severe panic. We have known this since the 19th century.
Then, as and when private lending recovers, the central banks will reverse course, selling assets into the market and reducing their credit to banks. But this will be a lengthy and fragile recovery. A far greater danger exists of premature retrenchment than of excessive delay. The risk of inadequate action and premature retrenchment is greatest in the eurozone. If so, there is a chance that the euro and much of the fabric of postwar European co-operation will be swept away. Central banks are not playing for small stakes.
Then, if they manage the exit successfully, which we will probably not know until the 2020s, central banks will confront a new world. They will need to balance their old roles as formulators of monetary policy with new roles as guardians of financial stability. Making this still harder will be the dire fiscal legacy of the crisis. The higher levels of public sector debt threaten a return to "fiscal dominance" in which central banks will, willy nilly, be forced to finance the government, however inappropriate that may be.
The new world of post-crisis central banking will create significant institutional challenges.
Domestically, the issue will be how to secure needed co-operation among the fiscal authority and the bodies charged with oversight of individual institutions, oversight of financial stability and management of monetary policy. Even where, as in the UK, the last three responsibilities are all going to be part of the central bank, relationships with the ministry of finance will be crucial. Moreover, the centralization of authority in one institution carries its own risks of insufficient airing of differences, groupthink and ultimate failure.
Yet the world of macro-prudential policy will also generate cross-border overlaps. Banks operating in one jurisdiction have the capacity to generate large negative spillovers on to other jurisdictions. Managing these is going to prove very difficult, particularly within Europe.
Yet the most difficult challenges are not institutional, but intellectual. How, in practice, will policies aimed at securing financial stability interact with monetary policy? Consider, for example, the possibility that the committee charged with the former is trying to cool lending in, say, the property sector when the committee charged with the latter is seeking to heat it up in the economy. They could find themselves operating in contradiction.
More fundamentally, nobody can be confident that the propensity of the financial system towards huge crises can be halted. Indeed, the longer that success is achieved, the greater will be the complacency and the bigger may be the crisis. Yet the regulators, central banks foremost among them, are doomed to try. The price of past failures is their present increase in responsibility. It really is a strange and eventful history.
*'Some Reflections on the Crisis and the Policy Response', www.federalreserve.gov


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12.17.13PolyOne Corporation has begun production in a new facility in Turkey. The operations feature enhanced capabilities to better serve customers with an expanding portfolio of specialty polymer formulations.
The facility is located in Istanbul and provides high-level production, service and flexibility characteristics required by PolyOne's customers. The new location offers a specially designed layout for customer meetings, training and collaboration, as well as state-of-the-art manufacturing.
"Demand for PolyOne solutions and service in Turkey continues to increase," said Holger Kronimus, vice president of Europe, PolyOne Corporation. "These investments will further enable PolyOne's growth by providing customers a broader portfolio of offerings and even more efficient delivery times."


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PETIONVILLE, Haiti — Being in Haiti for the first time in his life, Army Pfc. Cameron Taylor of New York never imagined the country would be hurting as much as it is.
Assigned to a security detail with members of the 82nd Airborne Division at the World Food Program food distribution for earthquake victims in Petionville yesterday, the 27-year-old soldier shared a few impressions about what he's seen so far.
"I have family here that I haven't had the chance to meet because of the situation," he said.
He has also found devastation to be beyond belief.
While he has not been able to reach relatives in Haiti yet, he has heard from family in his native Harlem neighborhood in New York City that several likely perished in the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Taylor expects that he will be able to reach his Haitian relatives at some point because he said he has been told his assignment will last for three to six months. That's plenty of time to be of service not only to the U.S. but to injured and homeless Haitians as well.


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ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC: RGRX) ("the Company" or "RegeneRx") today announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance of a Chinese patent application for uses of Thymosin beta 4 (TB4) for treating, preventing, inhibiting or reducing heart tissue deterioration, injury or damage in a subject with heart failure disease. Claims also include uses for restoring heart tissue in those subjects. The patent will expire July 26, 2026.
About RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (www.regenerx.com)
RegeneRx is focused on the development of a novel therapeutic peptide, Thymosin beta 4, for tissue and organ protection, repair and regeneration. RegeneRx currently has three drug candidates in clinical development for ophthalmic, cardiac and dermal indications, two strategic licensing agreements in China and the EU, and has an extensive worldwide patent portfolio covering its products.
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Any statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made under the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Please view these and other risks described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including those identified in the "Risk Factors" section of the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, and subsequent quarterly reports filed on Form 10-Q, as well as other filings it makes with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements in this press release represent the Company's views only as of the date of this release and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update this information, as a result of future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.


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After starting with a list of 67 applicants, the Port Orange City Council selected its new city manager Saturday.
And then there was one.
After starting with a list of 67 applicants, the Port Orange City Council selected its new city manager Saturday.
Greg Kisela, a former Walton County administrator and Destin city manager, was unanimously chosen to replace longtime City Manager Ken Parker.
"It's probably the most important decision a council can ever make, choosing a city manager," Parker said.
Kisela, who also worked in Fort Lauderdale as a public services director and assistant city manager, said he and his wife are "absolutely thrilled" about their next chapter being in Port Orange.
Kisela said he was very impressed by the council's comprehensive efforts to make the best selection to replace Parker, who served 28 years on the job and announced his retirement last April, effective Feb. 28.
"He had a lot of Ken Parker in him," Mayor Allen Green said. "He's calm, organized, detailed and prepared, and he communicates well.
Green said he's glad the process, which started shortly after Parker's retirement announcement, is over, and he believes the council made the right choice.
Vice Mayor Don Burnette agreed.
"He just showed a high level of competence about all of our issues," Burnette said. "There was not one magic silver-bullet answer; there was just an overall competence with everything."
One of the most important issues Burnette and Green said Kisela seemed to understand was the need for redevelopment, which is something the incoming city manager is confident he can handle.
Kisela said he learned a lot from helping redevelop parts of Fort Lauderdale, especially its Riverwalk, and Destin's Harbor Boardwalk.
"It literally mirrors what Port Orange has been trying to do," Kisela said.
His first priority, he said, will be clearing up the major water-billing gaffe that cost the city more than $1 million last year. After that, he'll be able to turn his attention to more long-term goals.
"There's nothing that Port Orange has that I haven't addressed at some point in my career," Kisela said. "It's a matter of rolling up your sleeves, going to work and getting it done."
The City Council has agreed on a salary/benefit compensation range between $125,000 to $160,000, which will be negotiated and based in large part on "qualifications and experience." Parker made about $120,000 last year.
Today, Kisela plans to meet with the mayor and city attorney to discuss a contract. The new city manager is scheduled to start March 1.


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Vista Gold Corp. Announces Final Mt. Todd 2012 Drilling Program Results and Provides Update on Mt. Todd Development
By: PR Newswire
Feb. 11, 2013 07:30 AM
DENVER, Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vista Gold Corp. (TSX & NYSE MKT: VGZ) ("Vista" or the "Company") today announced assay results from the final ten holes drilled at the Batman deposit in 2012 as well as the results of the initial exploration hole at the Snowdrop exploration target on the Company's Exploration Licenses at the Mt. Todd gold project in Northern Territory, Australia.
The assay results reported below are from the final ten holes of a 31 core hole drilling program completed in 2011-12. The first 18 holes of the program were incorporated into Vista's updated mineral resource estimate announced September 4, 2012. The last 13 holes, including the ten holes announced today, are anticipated to be incorporated into an updated resource estimate targeted for completion in early March 2013, and used for the planned definitive feasibility study targeted for completion later this year. The Company also continues to advance the Mt. Todd gold project preliminary feasibility study targeted for completion in the first quarter of 2013.
Frederick H. Earnest, President and CEO of Vista said, "We continue to be pleased by the results of our recent resource conversion drilling program. The drill holes we announced in 2012 focused on resource conversion at the bottom of the economic pit in areas of projected higher grade mineralization. The latter part of the drilling program, including the ten holes announced today, focused on targets on the north and south ends of the economic pit. Based on the results from these holes, we expect there to be a modest increase in measured and indicated resources resulting from the conversion of inferred resources. Furthermore, we believe this will result in positive changes to the project, including improved mine scheduling and better overall economics, without significant changes to the preliminary feasibility study pit designs. We are working with a broad group of independent consultants to finalize the preliminary feasibility study, which we anticipate will be followed by the updated resource estimate and final feasibility study."
The assay results are summarized below.
The orientations of these drill holes relative to the deposit are shown in cross sections found on the Company's web site at http://www.vistagold.com/mt_todd.php?subpage=dr_20130211. The sample intervals are constrained by geology and range from a minimum of 0.2 meters to a maximum of 1.2 meters in length, generally averaging 1 meter in length. Mean grades are calculated at a 0.4 g/t Au cutoff with no upper cap applied. The maximum length of internal waste is 4.0 meters.
Snowdrop Exploration
One core hole was completed on the Snowdrop Target prior to the onset of the wet season. Snowdrop is located approximately 23 kilometers north of the Batman Pit. The target is defined by a soil gold anomaly that is 400 meters long and 200 meters wide. Although the hole did not intersect significant ore grade mineralization, assay results were encouraging and the Company's management believes that additional drilling is warranted. The highest grade intercept was 0.90 g/t Au with six intervals returning greater than 0.4 g/t Au. Three intervals of 31.4 meters, 14.8 meters and 23.3 meters contained detectable (>0.01 g/t) gold. True thicknesses of these intervals are uncertain. Two geochemical signatures are apparent in the assay data; one with gold associated with anomalous base metals and one with an association with As, Bi, Co, and Te.
Additional work is planned correlating gold mineralization with geology and in evaluating recent results from soil and rock chip sampling.
The drilling has been completed and the core has been logged, photographed and sampled by employees or contractors of Vista Gold Australia under the direction of Vista's Vice President of Exploration, Mr. Frank Fenne P.G., who is a "qualified person" within the meaning of Canadian National Instrument 43-101―Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101"). Samples were prepared and assayed by North Australia Laboratories, Pine Creek, Australia. Second lab check assays were completed by Northern Territory Environmental Laboratories (Intertek Group) in Darwin, Australia. Gold grades are based on a 50 gram fire assay method.
Core logging and sample custody, preparation and assaying were reviewed by Mr. Frank Fenne and Mr. Fenne is of the view that they are sufficient. Mr. Frank Fenne has verified and approved the data and approved the scientific and technical information disclosed in this press release.
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Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors Concerning Estimates of Mineral Resources
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") limits disclosure for U.S. reporting purposes to mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. This press release and the technical reports referenced in this press release use the terms "measured resources," "indicated resources," "measured & indicated resources" and "inferred resources." We advise U.S. investors that while these terms are Canadian mining terms as defined in accordance with NI 43-101, and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum ("CIM") – CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, adopted by the CIM Council, as amended (the "CIM Standards"), such terms are not recognized under SEC Industry Guide 7 and are normally not permitted to be used in reports and registration statements filed with the SEC. Mineral resources in these categories have a great amount of uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. "Inferred resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and, under Canadian regulations, cannot form the basis of a pre-feasibility or feasibility study, except in limited circumstances. The SEC normally only permits issuers to report mineralization that does not constitute SEC Industry Guide 7 compliant "reserves" as in-place tonnage and grade, without reference to unit measures. Under SEC Industry Guide 7 standards, a "final" or "bankable" feasibility study is required to report reserves, the three-year historical average price is used in any reserve or cash flow analysis to designate reserves and all necessary permits and government approvals must be filed with the appropriate governmental authority. U.S. Investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into SEC Industry Guide 7 reserves.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that Vista expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including such things as, the inclusion of drill data into an updated resource estimate, timing and results of the anticipated pre-feasibility study, updated technical report and feasibility study, continued advancement of the Mt. Todd gold project, expected conversion of inferred resources to measured and indicated resources, positive changes to the project including improved mine scheduling and better overall economics without significant changes to pit designs, additional drilling and work at the Snowdrop target, Vista's goal of becoming a gold producer and other such matters are forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. The material factors and assumptions used to develop the forward-looking information and the forward-looking information contained in this press release include the following: results of feasibility studies, mineral resource and reserve estimates, exploration and assay results, terms and conditions of our agreements with contractors and our approved business plan. When used in this press release, the words "optimistic," "potential," "indicate," "expect," "intend," "hopes," "believe," "may," "will," "if," "anticipate," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Vista to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Such factors include, among others, uncertainty of resource estimates, estimates of results based on such resource estimates; risks relating to completing metallurgical testing; risks relating to cost increases for capital and operating costs; risks relating to delays in the completion of anticipated feasibility study, updated resource estimates, and feasibility study, risks related to the changes in mine design, risks of shortages and fluctuating costs of equipment or supplies; risks relating to fluctuations in the price of gold; the inherently hazardous nature of mining-related activities; potential effects on Vista's operations of environmental regulations in the countries in which it operates; risks due to legal proceedings; risks relating to political and economic instability in certain countries in which it operates; as well as those factors discussed under the headings "Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" in Vista's Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed on April 5, 2012 and other documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Although Vista has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements and forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Except as required by law, Vista assumes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements or forward-looking information; whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For further information, please contact Connie Martinez at (720) 981-1185, or visit the Company's website at www.vistagold.com.
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It's appropriate that Videotape's debut full-length "This Is Disconnect" opens with a song called "Static"--the local quintet specializes in dreamy guitar-rock tunes bathed in layers of churning feedback.
Singer and Noble Square resident Sophie Leigh, 23, and multi-instrumentalist AJ Cesena of Logan Square first launched the group as a duo more than two and a half years ago, trading tracks through the mail while Leigh completed a semester abroad at Australia's Monash University. But the project really took off once Ian McDuffie, Sarah Sterling and Jenna Caravello completed the band's current lineup.
"Once we got everyone together, the music ended up being a lot louder," said Cesena, 29. "I've always been in loud bands in the past, so this fits in with it."
In a recent phone interview, Leigh and Cesena discussed the difficulties of launching Videotape while living thousands of miles apart, McDuffie''s "face-melting" guitar solos and which band member is most likely to creep everyone else out.
How'd you two first connect?
Sophie Leigh: Honestly, it was kind of a joke, and it's the only time I've ever done this, but I was looking at these listings on Craigslist (while I was in Australia) and saw AJ's listing for a vocalist. I answered him and said something like, "I'm from Chicago and I'll be back there in about four months if you can hang on for a second."
Is it true toilets flush counterclockwise in Australia?
SL: [Laughs] It sure is. Also, you know that circle on your head where your hairline goes? It's the opposite way there. It's true! Maybe it's the way the stars are aligned or the gravitational pull or something.
AJ, was it odd trying to start a band with someone who was living thousands of miles away?
AJ Cesena: It was kind of weird. Before that I was playing in all these noise-rock bands and I was getting tired of that so I decided to start writing more of my own pop-type music with verses and choruses and stuff. I started by trying to sing, but I'm a really horrible singer, so I was like, "I'm gonna go put an ad on Craigslist."
You mentioned the band has gotten significantly louder since those early days. Had anyone ever called the cops and made a noise complaint while you were rehearsing?
SL: We're about the lamest band, as far as that goes. AJ has a rule we stop practicing at 9:30 (p.m.). We've practiced in the same attic for two years, so we're always very considerate.
The song "No One" really gives off a "Gish"-era Smashing Pumpkins vibe.
AC: Yeah, totally. I'm a big Smashing Pumpkins fan, and Ian, our guitarist, is pretty much in love them. I wrote that song several years ago, before I even started Videotape, and I showed it to Ian one day and he was like, "This is great. We should play it." Then we collaborated on the lead guitar line and it became more of a Smashing Pumpkins-type sound.
Who do you think would win if you could challenge the Pumpkins to a "Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World"-style battle-of-the-bands?
AC: [Laughs] Ian's pretty good on guitar. I think he could melt some faces with his solos.
Sophie, on a handful of these songs your vocals take on an almost ghostly quality. Have you ever had a paranormal experience?
SL: I've never had a ghost experience, but I've definitely had things happen I can't explain. I realize that's a really vague answer.
So you've never considered a second career as a Ghostbuster or anything?
SL: If I had some skill there, I would consider it.
AC: Sophie does like really creepy stories. A lot of times after band practice she'll say something like, "I saw this TV show and this guy was hiding under this woman's bed and he had an ax..." When she finished everyone is like, "Uh, now I don't want to turn the lights off."
SL: It's because I watch way too much news. It's definitely become a problem.
You've got a song on the new one called "Between Me & You." In that spirit, would you like to tell me something you've never told another interviewer?
SL: OK. That song was written out of hatred for a roommate. Well, hatred is a bad word. Let's call it discomfort.
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Sophie Leigh and AJ Cesena personality test
What's the last album you bought?
AC: "I think it was the Broadcast album 'The Noise Made By People.'"
SL: "It's shameful, but I haven't bought anything in awhile—partially because I don't have internet at home."
Song you've listened to on repeat recently?
SL: "I can't stop listening to 'Cups in the Sink' by Emily Cross."
AC: "I really like that song by Kimbra called 'Settle Down.'"
Song you never want to hear again?
AC: "'Call Me Maybe' by Carly Rae Jepsen."
SL: "That's a good one. I agree."
Best concert you've seen in the last year?
AC: "Ooh. The first one that comes into my head is Wild Flag at Subterranean. They were awesome."
SL: "Lykke Li. That was awhile ago, though."
New band you don't know personally that deserves to be big?
SL: "Coffin Ships for me. I've seen them a few times around Chicago and I really enjoy them."
AC: "I'd have to say another Chicago band called Radar Eyes. They're great."
Favorite movie ever?
SL: "I really like this movie called 'Another Earth.' It's was so good. Really I read I a lot and don't watch that many movies."
Chicago's best music venue?
AC: "The best one to play it is the Empty Bottle. It's probably the best one to see bands live, too, because it's not too big."
SL: "I agree with AJ. I really loved playing at the Empty Bottle, and I love watching shows there."


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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A popular satirical musical about Mormon missionaries will play next year in Salt Lake City, just down the street from the worldwide headquarters of the faith it's mocking.
The "Book of Mormon" musical has been scheduled for a run at the Capitol Theatre from July 28 to Aug. 9, 2015. This will be the first time the show has come to Salt Lake City since it debuted on Broadway in 2011.
The Capitol Theatre is less than a half mile from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' flagship temple and headquarters.
The Mormon church on Friday reiterated its past statement about the show, saying it might entertain audiences for an evening, but the real Book of Mormon changes people's lives forever.
It's estimated that six in 10 Utah residents are Mormon.


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Amber Padilla, Pomona Catholic, Sr.
Padilla led Pomona Catholic to a second consecutive CIF-SS Division 7 championship, where she pitched a perfect game in a 1-0 victory over Bell-Jeff. Padilla went 24-7 with a 0.94 ERA and 260 strikeouts in 171 innings pitched. She also batted .567 with two home runs and 50 RBIs for the Pacers.
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Mike Smith, Chino
Smith led Chino to the CIF-SS Division 2 title, the first softball championship in school history. He also led the Cowgirls to the school's first Mt. Baldy League championship courtesy of two wins over city rival Don Lugo, which Chino defeated for the third time this season in the CIF championship game.
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P: Miranda Viramontes, Chino, So.
In her first season as a starter, she went 20-4 with a 1.20 ERA and 188 strikeouts in 162 innings
P: Nikki Innamorato, Chino Hills, Sr.
The four-year starter, who will play at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo next season, went 22-2 with a 1.00 ERA and 11 shutouts in leading Chino Hills to the CIF-SS Division 3 championship. The All-CIF selection won 79 games in her high school career, including 16 playoff games.
P: Belinda Renne, Don Lugo, Sr.
The All-CIF selection was clutch in the playoffs, winning a 10-inning quarterfinal game and a one-run semifinal contest in leading Don Lugo to the CIF-SS Division 2 final. Renne went 21-5 with a 1.69 ERA with 201 strikeouts in 169 2/3 innings and batted .333 with nine RBIs.
C: Janell Wheaton, San Dimas, So.
The Valle Vista League MVP hit .604 with three home runs and 31 RBIs for the league champions. Wheaton struck out just once in 106 plate appearances and had a .901 slugging percentage for a Saints team that reached the CIF-SS Division 4 quarterfinals.
INF: Delaney Spaulding, Etiwanda, Jr.
The UCLA-bound shortstop hit .490 with 13 home runs and 49 RBIs for Etiwanda, the second-place team in the Baseline League. The first team all-league selection had a .942 slugging percentage and scored 33 runs.
INF: Brandi Harkness, St. Lucy's, Sr.
The All-CIF third baseman hit .441 with 10 home runs and 45 RBIs to help lead St. Lucy's to the CIF-SS Division 3 semifinals. Harkness had a .903 slugging percentage, scored 27 runs and struck out just six times in 106 plate appearances.
INF: Leia Ruiz, Chino, Sr.
The CIF-SS Division 2 Player of the Year and Mt. Baldy League MVP batted .537 with six home runs and 35 RBIs. The shortstop also scored 44 runs scored in helping Chino to the school's first softball CIF-SS championship.
INF: Nikki Girard, Chino Hills, Sr.
The Arizona State-bound shortstop hit .423 with seven home runs and 37 RBIs as Chino Hills won the CIF-SS Division 3 title. Girard was named the CIF-SS Player of the Year in Division 3, the Sierra League MVP for the second time and All-CIF for the third time.
OF: Ashley Montion, Pomona Catholic, Sr.
The first-team All-Arrowhead League outfielder hit .453 with three home runs and 40 RBIs for the back-to-back CIF-SS Division 7 champions. Montion also scored 43 runs and had a .764 slugging percentage.
OF: McKenzie Long, Los Osos, So
The first team all-Baseline League center fielder hit .540 with 19 RBIs and 28 runs scored to help Los Osos to the first league championship in school history. Long also stole 19 bases and had five triples.
OF: Patricia Parks, Chino Hills, So
The sophomore left fielder, who has committed to Arizona, hit .479 with three home runs, 18 RBIs and 36 runs scored for the CIF-SS Division 3 champions. She also went 10-1 in the circle with a 1.07 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 65 innings.
DH: Melissa Taukeiaho, Etiwanda, Sr.
The All-CIF Washington-bound senior hit .543 with 16 home runs and 39 RBIs with a 1.259 slugging percentage. The Baseline League MVP also scored 41 runs, walked 23 times and struck out just four times in 106 plate appearances.
UTL: Krystel Gabbard, Kaiser, Sr.
The All-CIF pitcher saved her best performance for last, winning an 11-inning CIF-SS Division 4 championship game by the score of 1-0. Gabbard went 18-5 with a 2.10 ERA in the circle and batted .389 with five home runs and 30 RBIs.
P: Hannah Peterson, Los Osos, Sr.
P: Danielle O'Toole, St. Lucy's, Sr.
P: Anissa Sanchez, Bonita, So.
C: Madison Hernandez, Upland, Sr.
INF: Melissa Tullar, Los Osos, So.
INF: Celina Felix, Montclair, Sr.
INF: Autumn Bartholomy, Pomona Catholic, So.
INF: Kailey Palazzolo, Don Lugo, So.
OF: Celyna Lujan, Chino, Sr.
OF: Justine McLean, Rancho Cucamonga, Jr.
OF: Tannon Snow, Chino Hills, Fr.
DH: Jesslene Contreras, Kaiser, Sr.
UTL: Ronni Pettis, Summit, Sr.
P: Natalie Calderas, Jurupa Hills, So.
P: Marissa Young, Los Osos, So.
P: Cristina Alarcon, Chaffey, Sr.
C: Allison Dial, Calvary Baptist, Jr.
INF: Alyssa Cordova, Chino, Sr.
INF: Sarah Guillen, Pomona Catholic, So.
INF: Ashley Vinsonhaler, San Dimas, Sr.
INF: Katie Thompson, Upland, Jr.
OF: Britney Wilson, Carter, Jr.
OF: Rebecca Orozco, Bonita, Jr.
OF: Haven Villamarin, Montclair, So.
DH: Sarah Moore, Ayala, Sr.
UTL: Danielle Mavridis, St. Lucy's, Sr.