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Joe Thomas Rocks Harare
[Africa News Update: Music]
Top American R 'n' B singer Joe Thomas staged a thrilling performance here winning the hearts and souls of many with his sing-along tunes in a country hungry for international gigs.
Joe set the stage ablaze with his hit songs –Ghetto Child, Starter and I Don't Wanna Be a Player sending a bevy of beauties at the show wild. Ladies screamed and jostled to get a close glimpse of the star on the stage, at the recent concert.
It was an unforgettable night for many music lovers in Zimbabwe whose prayers for an international gig were answered when the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority managed to bring Joe to the country.
Joe performed before a packed hotel auditorium alongside Zimbabwe music maestro Oliver Mtukudzi, gospel singer Plaxedes Wenyika and young local urban grooves artists Mafriq, Roki and Dino Mudondo.
The mostly youthful audience paid a whooping $200 (Zimbabwe) million, about US$35, for the show. "I think this was the show of the year," said Melany Moyo, a university student. "I really enjoyed the show and I hope he will touch base again. I just want to say: 'I love you Joe, thanks for giving us this musical treat."
Joe arrived in the country last week for a one-off show in the capital. He visited the Victoria Falls, the National Heroes Acre, Harare Kopje, the sprawling ghetto Mbare township and the upmarket Borrowdale Brooke to sample different shades of Zimbabwean life.
"We had a wonderful trip to the Victoria Falls and I would like to say that all those who have not yet visited the resort town are missing a lot. I saw a lot of people from America and Britain and I want to come back to Zimbabwe to visit the Victoria Falls in March or May this year," he said.
"In America we have the Niagara Falls, but it's not like the Victoria Falls and my message when I return to America is that: 'You got to go and see it for yourself."
ZTA has chosen Joe as the honorary tourism ambassador to Zimbabwe. "We are happy that he has accepted to be our honorary ambassador to Zimbabwe. Our major concern is tourism promotion," ZTA chief executive Karikoga Kaseke said.
Zimbabwe has in the past few years received negative publicity affecting the tourism sector. Travel warnings issued by the US and Britain and other western countries have had a damaging effect on the choice of the country as a tourist destination.
Joe's visit has shored up the country's image and with more international shows, Zimbabwe will retain its position as a major tourist destination.
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So powerful are the emotions of Steven Patrick Morrissey that targets of the singer's rage and disgust often find themselves growing stronger after being condemned by the one-time Smiths frontman. The People's Republic of China, for instance, or the A&E series Duck Dynasty, which enjoyed its largest audience ever mere days after its stars were described by Morrissey as amounting to "animal serial killers." The show's third-season première drew 8.6 million total viewers last night, becoming the most-watched telecast in the history of A&E—a record previously held by… the second-season finale of Duck Dynasty. The show's audience grew by 2.1 million viewers between seasons, a tally that nearly equals the total viewership for Wednesday's installment of Supernatural. That show's Winchester brothers would do well to court the wrath of Morrissey: A future episode where Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki praise Margaret Thatcher over a steak dinner while listening to The Cure could turn out to be a Nielsen jackpot for The CW.
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The June bulletin covers the following items:
New publications
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Regulatory Reviews of Assessments of Deep Geologic Repositories - Lessons Learnt
Évaluation des dépôts géologiques profonds dans un contexte réglementaire - Enseignements tirés
ISBN 92-64-05886-9. 132 pages.
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Données de l'OCDE sur l'énergie nucléaire 2000
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Close to 400 participants from around the world gathered in Tokyo, Japan from 29 to 31 May under the auspices of the Nuclear Energy Agency to discuss and exchange information on technical and regulatory issues relevant to the safety of the nuclear fuel cycle.
An International Workshop on Regulatory Inspection Activities
related to radiation protection inspections, regulatory inspections required
for long shutdowns and subsequent restarts, and the use of objective indicators
by the regulatory authority in evaluating the performance of plants was organised
by the NEA and hosted by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US
NRC) in Baltimore, Maryland on 15-17 May 2000. Proceedings will be published
later this year.
At the 10th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA-10), held on 15-19 May in Hiroshima, Japan, the NEA Secretariat gave two presentations:
The Integrated Performance Assessment Group (IPAG) of the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) met in Toronto, Canada on 3-5 May 2000 to discuss approaches and arguments used to establish confidence in long-term safety and in the overall results of intergrated performance assessments of sites for geologic disposal of radioactive waste. Work is in progress towards producing a document reviewing these approaches and arguments. Nineteen organisations from NEA Member countries participate in this initiative, providing a variety of viewpoints, institutional interests and national experiences. This is the third phase of the IPAG initiative. The publication entitled Regulatory Reviews of Assessments of Deep Geologic Repositories – Lessons Learnt represents the work carried out in the second phase of the initiative.
On 29 May a report was released presenting the consensus view
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perform a peer review of Safety Report 97, a post-closure safety study
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The First Information Exchange Meeting on Nuclear Production of Hydrogen will be held in Paris, France on 2-3 October 2000. For more information, see www.oecd-nea.org/science/hydro/.
The JEFF Working Party on Nuclear Data Evaluation, Processing and Benchmarking held a meeting at NEA headquarters in Paris on 22-24 May. Several expert groups met to discuss the progress made in the areas of decay data, fission yield data, nuclear data for intermediate energy (up to 200 MeV), and nuclear data for fission and fusion applications. The status of the JEFF-3.T starter file is summarised at www.oecd-nea.org/dbdata/nds_jeff_status.htm.
The summary documentation of the JEF-2.2 file was published as JEFF Report 17. This free publication (both paper and CD versions) gives detailed information on the JEF-2.2 library including the origin of evaluations, measures of typical biases for different applications and indications on the changes needed to nuclear data in order to improve the predictive power of the file. All JEF(F) reports are available on the web for download at www.oecd-nea.org/dbdata/nds_eval_jefrep.htm.
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Ok, I'll just blurt it out:LA TRAVIATAis one of my favorite operas and I have seen several performances of it but NEVER like this. LA TRAVIATA is a love story of such beauty, only a LIVE performance can capture it. Never until now was I able to get my arms around Violetta's rich, complex, poignant, romantic, and tragic story. Lyric's Live presentation and pre-opera resources made all the difference.
Two terrific resources I highly recommend:
Before, visit Lyric's website and listen to the commentary. In the case of LA TRAVIATA, we had the pleasure of hearing Anthony Freud, General Director, share his reasons for loving the opera. Clarification of biographical and literary origins enriched our understanding of the actions of the characters and, importantly, Violetta's problematic "occupation." Here's the link Mr. Freud's fascinating insights: Lyric's website -Mr. Freud
On the day of the performance at Lyric, I attended the pre-opera lecture presented by Jesse Gram of Lyric's Education Dept. whose "insider information" alerted the audience to important details that greatly enhanced our understanding and enjoyment of LA TRAVIATA. The lecture is FREE and one hour before the performance. Here's the link to the schedule for all the lectures: Lyric's preopera schedule
The couple seated in front of us, John and Lori Iaconi, was so excited about their experience of LA TRAVIATA, we did an "intermission interview." Lori and John loved the costumes and were both impressed with Marina Rebeka's (Violetta's) voice. Even though this is only their second opera, Lori felt that the music so eloquently expressed the feelings of all the characters, she didn't even need to read the super titles. John felt the same way, adding that the dances completed the picture for them.
John was disappointed with the countryside scenery in Act Two. Thanks to Jesse Gram, I and my husband knew the reason the backdrop looked so flat: it was flat. It was just a painting of the countryside—there was even a very visible frame and, just behind the picture was Violetta's life in Paris. What a powerful way of expressing the fragile nature of their love!
Both Jesse Gram and Anthony Freud pointed out the fact that LA TRAVIATA is more than a little autobiographical: Verdi was living with a woman and, like Alfredo, was criticized and considered immoral. Verdi understood their pain.
Everything about this production was so perfect, it was magical! I have been attending operas at Lyric for about five years now and I have to say this was the most moving, most perfect in every way. Dramatically and musically it was stunning—the beautiful cast looked and sounded their parts. The orchestra seamlessly provided indispensible commentary: foreshadowing here, glorious dance music there, heart breaking tragedy at the end. The sets, lighting, the dancing all blended together in a gorgeous organic whole. If I missed anyone's contribution to this excellent work, it's because every part fit together so exquisitely into such an extravagantly beautiful whole.
To me, this production of LA TRAVIATA exemplifies the very definition of opera. We, like most of the audience at our performance, were on our feet cheering this magnificent performance of this passionate work.
Don't miss it. It will be at Lyric only until December 20.
For Lyric tickets and information.
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Columbus, Neb. – The Nebraska Public Power District plans to issue approximately $36 million of fixed-rate, tax-exempt bonds Tuesday, Dec. 11. The bond sale will include an order period for retail and institutional investors.
Proceeds from the bond sale will be used to refund a portion of the outstanding General Revenue Bonds. The proceeds will also be used to pay financing costs.
It is currently anticipated that the bonds will be issued in $5,000 denominations or any integral multiple thereof.
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May 3, 2013 (NEW YORK) -- PepsiCo is its cutting ties with Lil Wayne after the rapper made a crude reference to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in a song.
Lil Wayne, one of the biggest stars in pop music, had a deal to promote the company's Mountain Dew soda.
PepsiCo said in a statement late Friday that Wayne's "offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon does not reflect the values of our brand." It declined to provide any further comment.
A publicist for Lil Wayne, Sarah Cunningham, said in a statement that the split was due to "creative differences" and that it was an amicable parting.
"That's about all I can tell you at this time," the statement from Wayne's publicist said.
The controversy erupted after Wayne made the reference to Till on Future's song "Karate Chop" earlier this year. He refers to beating someone during a sexual act and says he wants to do as much damage as was done to Till.
The black teen from Chicago was in Mississippi visiting family in 1955 when he was killed, allegedly for whistling at a white woman. He was beaten, had his eyes gouged out and was shot in the head before his assailants tied a cotton gin fan to his body with barbed wire and tossed it into a river.
Two white men, including the woman's husband, were acquitted by an all-white jury.
Till's body was recovered and returned to Chicago where his mother, Mamie Till, insisted on having an open casket at his funeral. The pictures of his battered body helped push civil rights into the cultural conversation.
Wayne had sent the Till family a letter offering empathy and saying that he would not reference Till or the family in his music, particularly in an inappropriate manner.
Earlier this month, Rick Ross also lost his deal with Reebok after he rapped about raping a woman who had been drugged.
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First Rick Ross,..now Weezy. Who's next???
If there was an 11th Commandment,...it would go somethng like "Thou Shalt Not Offend The Hands That Feed".
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Everyman (ed. Lester)
Death summons a man to the reckoning of his life, and his journey towards judgement makes up the matter of one of the best surviving examples of morality plays. Everyman, the central character of the play, is not a person but a place-holder representing all of mankind.
As he converses with Knowledge, Good Deeds, Beauty and Goods, striving to secure a favourable account of his time on earth in order to reach everlasting life, a dramatic allegory is woven about the brevity of life and the necessity of living it well. The play is exceptional in its genre for this narrow focus on the last phase of life, and conveys its message with awe-inspiring seriousness.
The play is poised between the late medieval and early modern eras, recalling the medieval Biblical mystery cycles while anticipating the early modern period's focus on the individual. It is uncertain whether the original text was ever performed in its time, as it may have been read as a religious treatise. However, a hugely popular revival at the beginning of the 20th century led to many more recent productions, often with a woman in the title role, proving that the play's themes of mortality and spiritual pilgrimage have retained their power and resonance across the centuries.


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The Art Gallery presents exhibitions and public programs on modern and contemporary artists of regional, national, and international significance. Visitors to the Art Gallery can view stimulating and challenging works of art from important private and public collections as well as new work directly from artist's studios.
In addition to programs devoted to artists from around the U.S. and around the world, the Art Gallery presents exhibitions featuring the work of faculty and students. Annual exhibitions by graduating BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) students and the Juried Student Show, in which artwork is selected by noted artists and curators, are presented each spring. As part of its role as a teaching facility, the Art Gallery provides both Art History and Art Studio students hand-on experience in the fields of museum and gallery methods and arts administration. The Art Gallery hosts a variety of events, including the annual Art from the Heart benefit auction, which features work of art donated by emerging and nationally recognized artists from around the country.


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Phillies Showing Signs of Life
The Phillies had not won a series since June 20th, the last time they faced the Rockies. It is fitting then that almost a month later, their next series win also came against the Rockies.
On Saturday, Vance Worley led the team pitching 6.2 innings and allowing only 2 runs. The game was almost a rout as the Phillies led 6-2 going into the 8th inning. But the bullpen struck again, allowing 3 Rockies runs and cutting the lead to a very uncomfortable 6-5. Jonathan Papelbon was forced into the game for a 5 out close attempt. The Phillies gave him 2 more runs to play with in the 9th and they walked away with an 8-5 victory.
Then today, Cole Hamels led the charge, pitching 8 innings with only 1 run allowed. For the first time in a long time, everything was clicking for the Phillies. Even without Chase Utley or Ryan Howard in the line-up, as it had been pretty much all year, they still scraped out 5 runs.
Carlos Ruiz normally sits for Sunday day games, but he has been so hot, manager Charlie Manuel had to play him. Chooch did not disappoint and went 2-for-4 with an RBI. He is now hitting an unbelievable .353…in the middle of July. Wow.
And Hunter Pence finally broke and 0-for-13 streak with a 3-run homer in the 5th inning. That had to be a huge relief for him.
Speaking of relief, no one was more relieved to have a little success than Antonio Bastardo. After allowing 5 runs in his last 2/3 of an inning pitched, Bastardo finally pitched a 1-2-3 inning using only 7 pitches, all strikes. That 9th inning performance may be the injection of life Bastardo has been looking for all season.
Now I do not mean to be a Debbie Downer here, but keep in mind, the Phillies just beat the 2nd worst team in the National League. The Dodgers are up next and that team is hanging right in there with the Giants for first place in the NL West. This will be a much bigger test for the Phillies.
The pitchers schedule to go against the Dodgers are in this order: Joe Blanton, Roy Halladay (his 1st start off the DL!) and Cliff Lee. This looks like a very solid opportunity for the Phillies if they can continue to build on this momentum.
Game time Monday night is 10:10pm (yikes!). Bust out the caffeine…
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There's another twist in the drug case surrounding the death of Anna Nicole Smith.
Prosecutors brought more charges against her lawyer-boyfriend when the district attorney's office filed an amended complaint Wednesday in Los Angeles against Howard K. Stern. He is billed as an aider and abettor of two doctors charged with prescribing drugs that killed the former Playboy model in 2007.
The physicians and Stern pleaded not guilty in May to conspiring to illegally provide her with controlled substances.
The new charges against Stern include accusations he helped obtain prescriptions for opiates by using a false name. The doctors already face those charges.
Search warrant affidavits suggest Stern put his name on the prescriptions for drugs.
Anna Nicole Smith died of a drug overdose in February, 2007.
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Authorities claim that 44 different medications were prescribed for Smith under a number of other names, including Stern's.
Outside court, Stern's attorney said the additional charges were filed because prosecutors realized their case against him was weak.
"They are using a shotgun approach," Steve Sadow said. "They are throwing everything at him to see what sticks, and nothing will stick."
Prosecutors declined to elaborate on what prompted the additional charges against Stern.
Sadow argues his client should not be blamed for Smith's death because Stern was relying on the doctors to treat the former model, who he said was recovering from an illness at the time of her death.
"Anna Nicole was a very strong-willed woman," Sadow said. "She took the prescription medications because she thought it was in her best interest to control her pain."
A preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 5 but prosecutors asked for a delay until Oct. 13. A decision will be made following a scheduling hearing Oct. 1.


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For every athlete caught doing something nasty—drinking and driving, fighting, dropping a gun in a crowded bar—there are many more who use their free time to help others through charitable work.
Athletes are often moved to back a cause because of a personal connection. Lance Armstrong's epic comeback from cancer has spawned a nation of wristband wearers. Quarterback Doug Flutie's son is autistic and was the catalyst for the formation of Dougie's Team. Magic Johnson's foundation naturally started as a way to educate people about HIV/AIDS.
It's easy to be cynical and dismiss all this philanthropy as so much image making, or as a way to cut their tax bills and give jobs to family members and hangers-on, but AdvisorOne believes that most of the efforts are sincere (and even they aren't, it doesn't hurt to help a good cause).
As a kickoff to Thursday's Year-End Philanthropy Special Report on advisors and their clients running throughout December (see the coverage so far here), we present our favorite 10 charitable athletes.
10. Doug Flutie Sr.:
Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism
Doug Flutie was an exciting quarterback for Boston College. He was small (5'10) and used his ability to elude bigger defenders to make astonishing plays. One 1984 play was so magical it bears his name: the "Hail Flutie." The last-second bomb carried the Eagles past the Miami Hurricanes and cemented Flutie's legend as the little quarterback who could.
And Flutie, with his wife, Laura, has used that fame to help families get the help they need for their autistic children. The Fluties' son, Doug Jr., was diagnosed with the developmental disability when he was 3. The foundation has raised more than $13 million since 1998 and more than 80% of its funds go directly to programs.
One of the top NASCAR drivers for more than two decades, Jeff Gordon has won acclaim as a four-time Sprint Cup Series champ and as Daytona 500 winner three times.
But it was the challenge faced by a member of his crew whose son battled leukemia that spurred Gordon to start a foundation to help children with cancer. The foundation spends more than $1.4 million yearly through grants and work at the Jeff Gordon Children's Hospital in Concord, N.C.
8. Tiger Woods:
Tiger Woods Foundation
It would have been easy to leave Tiger Woods off this list. His problems are well documented: the string of extra-marital affairs; the Thanksgiving night row with his wife that led to a car crash that sullied his image; and the decline in his game.
The Tiger Woods Foundation has as its mission to help underserved children get a college education. Through scholarships and Tiger Woods Learning Centers in Washington, D.C., and Southern California, the foundation has helped give students a chance to get ready for, and then pay for college.
Raising money through events including golf tournaments, the foundation has an impressive score on CharityNavigator.com, which says it spends 93.5% of its money on programming.
7. Mia Hamm:
Mia Hamm Foundation
Mia Hamm was at the top of the soccer word: A gifted player helping Team USA reach the top, her ponytail swishing through the air as she made spectacular plays. There was even a Barbie doll crafted in her image.
She made more headlines when she married baseball star Nomar Garciaparra in 2003. Behind the scenes, Hamm started her eponymous charity, which is dedicated to raising funds and awareness for families needing marrow or cord blood transplants and continuing the growth of opportunities for young women in sports.
Both are near to her heart, the former because she lost a brother to aplastic anemia. Her foundation has raised more than a million dollars through charity events like celebrity soccer games. It makes grants to various medical institutions, including the SECU Family House at the University of North Carolina Medical Center.
6. Andre Agassi:
Andre Agassi Foundation for Education
Andre Agassi's story from wild child of tennis who squandered his talent all the way to beloved elder statesman has been well documented by him and others. His autobiography gave fans a look at a kid who gave up his chance at an education as he bent to the will of an overbearing father.
Once Agassi came to grips with his unhappy childhood, he started his foundation, which aims to make sure kids get a chance at an education. To that end, Agassi conceived and built Agassi Prep, a charter school in his hometown, Las Vegas. The charity took in $25 million in 2009, with 73% of that money going directly to programs.
5. Derek Jeter:
Turn 2 Foundation
Derek Jeter has led a charmed life with the New York Yankees. The captain of the team is lauded as a clutch player who leads by example on the field and off. He has been the heart and soul of five World Series champions. This season he rapped out his 3,000th hit.
But right from his rookie season in 1996, Jeter knew he wanted to help others. That's when he decided he wanted to start a foundation. His focus would be on children and helping them lead healthy lifestyles.
Over the years, Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation has distributed more than $12 million to "create outlets that promote and reward academic excellence, leadership development, and positive behavior."
During his career, Jeter has turned two on the infield countless times. And all along his Turn 2 has been making the big plays in life to help others.
4. Muhammad Ali:
Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center
He may have been "the greatest," but for all his floating like a butterfly, Muhammad Ali took some brutal beatings during his amazing career. All those shots took a toll, and possibly contributed to his being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Ali, once considered the most famous person in the world, has used his fame to help others with the disease. The Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center was established in Phoenix in 1997. An expansion project in 2009 doubled the size of the center to 10,000 square feet. An annual celebrity fight night hosted by Ali and his wife has raised millions for the cause. More than 800 patients are treated each year at the center, a National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence, and 2,000 take part in classes.
The former heavyweight champ also established the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Ky., which is dedicated to preserving and sharing his ideals and promoting respect, hope and understanding.
3. Cal Ripken Jr.:
Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation
Cal Ripken Jr. is baseball's modern day ironman. Known for a Herculean work ethic that allowed him to play in a record 2,632 consecutive games, he helped revive the game after a bitter strike.
Ripken has brought that same ethos to his charity work. His foundation, named for his father who was a coach and manager for Junior's Baltimore Orioles, seeks to help disadvantaged children through baseball and softball programs.
In fiscal 2010 alone, the charity took in more than $8 million, allowing it partner with cities from Maryland to Texas to build Youth Development Parks, which are designed to give young people a safe place to play.
2. Magic Johnson:
Magic Johnson Foundation
Magic Johnson was a basketball icon: Within four seasons he had won a state high school basketball title, an NCAA hoops championship in a titanic match-up with Larry Bird and an NBA title with the Lakers.
And then came the news in 1991 that transcended sports: Magic had contracted HIV. The superstar turned the devastating news into a teaching moment, educating the nation about a disease that at the time sparked fear among many people.
As he waged a personal battle with the disease and even made a celebrated comeback to the NBA, he declared a broader war with the establishment of the Magic Johnson Foundation. The foundation's mission is to not only to educate people about HIV/AIDS, but also to improve urban communities.
Over the years, it has helped hundreds of thousands of people through scholarships, outreach programs, the purchase of technology for classrooms and the distribution of toys at an annual holiday party.
Now that's a comeback worthy of a superstar.
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Lance Armstrong's celebrated battle with testicular cancer and subsequent rise to the top of the cycling world with a record seven victories at the Tour de France, became the bully pulpit for a foundation that has raised more than $400 million to help cancer survivors and their families. The foundations says 81% of the money it receives goes directly to its programs.
Donors to the foundation can be spotted by the yellow wristbands bearing the LIVESTRONG legend. Even as Armstrong fends off accusations that he used performance-enhancing drugs while competing, it's undeniable that his philanthropic group has helped ease the pain of millions through contributions that reached nearly $41 million in 2009.
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The Johns Hopkins Arrhythmia Service exists to provide patients with timely and accurate diagnoses and therapies. We do this by using advanced technologies and working as a team with you, your family and your physician to help you continue or return to your normal daily activities as soon as possible.
History and Goals
The Arrhythmia Service began in the early 1970's with two goals:
- to provide leading edge clinical care for patients with abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias)
- conduct research to determine the cause of arrhythmias and develop therapies for patients who have arrhythmia associated problems.
As the first such service in Maryland, and one of the first in the United States, the Johns Hopkins Arrhythmia Service rapidly took on a leadership role. An early success was the development and use of the first implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (ICD). In 1980, Dr. Levi Watkins first implanted this device, invented by Drs. Michel Mirowski and Morton Mower, in a patient who had experienced numerous episodes of life-threatening arrhythmias. Since then, ICDs have saved hundreds of thousands of lives and are currently recognized as the most effective treatment to prevent sudden cardiac death.
Doctors on our Arrhythmia Service also focus their efforts on catheter ablation, a minimally invasive technique that can cure a number of arrhythmias. Other areas of major interest include; the causes and treatment of atrial fibrillation, the diagnosis and treatment of inheritable arrhythmias such as arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, the prevention and treatment of both common and rare problems that may cause sudden cardiac death, device therapy for monitoring and treatment of congestive heart failure, as well as further improving pacemaker and ICD therapy.
Our staff of physicians, nurses, and technologists is available to explain tests and procedures to you and your family, answer your questions, and guide you as you proceed through the diagnostic and treatment process. Some of your questions may be answered by the information we have assembled here for you. But don't hesitate to ask questions: understanding your care is an important part of a complete recovery.
Electrophysiology is the study of electrical activity in the heart; how the heart beats. Our doctors are cardiologists who specialize in the electrical system of the heart.
Cardiac electrophysiologists (arrhythmia specialists) rely on a patient's medical history and the results of a variety of procedures to diagnose heart rhythm abnormalities. Once the electrical disorder is diagnosed, the arrhythmia specialist works with your doctor to determine the risk of the heart rhythm abnormality and recommend treatment. Together, you, your primary care doctor or general cardiologist, and the arrhythmia specialist decide on the most appropriate treatment for you.
To be evaluated for an abnormal heart rhythm, one of our physicians will first examine you at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center or Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, or at one of our community sites -- Green Spring Station, White Marsh, Odenton, Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) in Towson, or Columbia. If necessary, you may be asked to undergo one or more of the following tests:
- An electrocardiogram (called ECG or EKG), records your heart's electrical activity during rest to determining abnormal rhythms
- A Holter monitor to record your heart's activity during a 24-hour period or longer. Small sensors applied to your skin are connected to a small recording device that is strapped or belted to your body. This is useful for detecting abnormalities that may not occur during an electrocardiogram
- An event monitor, which records the heart rhythm only when activated and is usually worn for about a month.
- An exercise stress test also known as treadmill tests, help determine irregular heart rhythms during exercise. During this test, the heart's electrical activity is monitored through small metal sensors applied to your skin while you exercise on a stationary bicycle or treadmill.
- A tilt table test may be in order if you experience lightheadedness or fainting. You will be placed on a table that starts in a horizontal position and is then tilted upward at different angles while your heart rate and blood pressure are measured.
Based on your diagnostic exam and test results, our physicians will work with you on a treatment plan which may include:
- managing electrical abnormalities with medication
- using radio wave energy to destroy specific areas of the heart causing abnormal rhythm (See: Minimally-Invasive Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation)
- implanting a pacemaker that triggers the heart if it is beating too slowly (See: Pacemaker)
- implanting a defibrillator to keep the heart from beating too rapidly (See: Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators)
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Come join a group of young married couples as we go through our new series: Foundations – Building Blocks for Life & Marriage. It is a great time of sharing, discussion, learning from one other, and getting to know other young couples at Bridges. We meet in the Fireside room, located in the second floor of the Family Center (room 525) at 9:00AM on Sunday mornings. Engaged couples welcome!
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Married and previously married with kids of all ages. We study God's word; enjoy service projects, monthly socials, small group fellowship and great refreshments.
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Our 9:00AM elementary Children's Sunday School meets in two classes: grades 1-3 in Room 614 in Burkhart Hall, and grades 4 & 5 in Room 623. Our preschool/kindergarten Sunday School meets in the Fourplex across the parking lot from Burkart Hall. We use an engaging web-based curriculum called "Tru Story" by David C. Cook to show them that the Bible and even our lives today are united in one story – the Big God Story.
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It's not easy being green.
Life in the 21st century sure ain't easy. The price of energy has skyrocketed,
schools are no longer safe, and the President of the United States bears a startling
resemblance to a chimpanzee.
Each day when I drive home from work, I notice the poor folks who have fallen
on hard times. These unfortunate individuals are often forced to do degrading
things in order to survive this harsh, unforgiving world. Most resort to begging,
some steal, and the rest make Army Men games.
Army Men: Green Rogue marks the next chapter in the ongoing nightmare
that is the Army Men saga. The Tans have gained the upper hand in the
war and the situation for the Greens is looking grim. In an effort to create
a super soldier, DNA has been sucked from the Green's finest warriors and melted
into a single body known as Omega. In an "original" turn of events, Omega ends
up lost in Tan territory and must fight his way through hordes of enemy soldiers
single-handedly. Bet you didn't see that one coming.
The result of Omega's adventures in Tan land is a "High-Tech Arcade Shooter"
for the Playstation 2. High tech for the early 1980s, that is. In actuality,
Green Rogue is a low-tech vertical scrolling shooter that might have
been cool if it had only been released about two decades ago.
The problems start off early, as a horrific control scheme renders the game
nearly impossible to play. You use one analog stick for movement and another
to aim. While this scheme may have worked for other cool games like Virtual
On, Robotron and Cloak & Dagger, it wreaks complete havoc
in Green Rogue. In short, aiming your weapon is like beating Sal
Magicpants: it just can't be done without dying a lot.
This leads to an interesting assortment of weapons that fall into one of two
classes: totally inaccurate at close range and completely inaccurate at long
range. Using a rifle, grenade launcher, or bazooka basically guarantees that
you won't be able to hit the guy standing right in front of you. On the other
hand, using a flamethrower often renders you unable to kill any of the plastic
men more than a few steps away. This might not have been so bad had you been
able to carry several weapons at once, but players are forced to make due with
a single implement of war at a time. Looks like you'll just have to pick your
As you are forcefully pushed through 16 levels of excruciatingly painful gameplay
(no, you can't stop), you'll encounter brainless hordes of Tan soldiers who
can only kill with mass fire tactics. They don't really do much outside of standing
and shooting, but I suppose the developers decided that the pathetic targeting
scheme made the game difficult enough.
game's graphics are ultra-plain, leaving me to wonder if a PSX game somehow
snuck into a PS2 box. It's almost as if someone thought that "3D" automatically
makes graphics look "amazing."
On top of theese problems, plenty of other stupid mistakes come up. On one
occasion, I completed a level and was asked if I wanted to continue without
saving. Not wanting to waste any precious memory on this game, I answered "yes."
Wrong answer. I was not allowed to do any such thing. So when I finally gave
in and answered "no," it let me go on. And now my memory card is tainted.
There are even errors within the Army Men world. Just in case you didn't
know, the motto for the Army Men games is "Real Combat. Plastic Men." The story
goes that Omega was created from the DNA of Sarge and his heroes. The last time
I checked, there was no DNA in plastic, so can someone please tell me how you
extract DNA from plastic men?
Furthermore, Omega has the ability to execute a "Bio-Strike" that eliminates
all enemies around him. How can a biological weapon kill plastic men? It's like
giving the ebola virus to your left shoe. If you're going to create a fantasy
world, at least make it consistent.
It's hard to believe, but there are actually some genuinely good things going
on here. One is the CG. The cut-scene plastic men have never looked better,
but this is definitely the kind of thing that's fast becoming the norm for the
The best thing about Green Rogue, however, isn't even in the game.
It's the packaging! The box for Green Rogue contains a place to stash
you memory card! I've seen this before in Japanese PS2 games and have no idea
why more companies aren't doing this over in the States. The box guy gets the
genius award for this project.
Army Men: Green Rogue is a take on the old school vertical-scrolling
shooters gone horribly wrong. Its simplicity is shattered by terrible control
and the fun factor diminishes at the speed of light. Someone needs to recycle
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The individuals who have contacted me, all in their 50s, are in the 25% and 28% federal tax brackets and work in New Jersey or New York, which have high state income taxes and, like "Sam", treat 401(k) contributions as "pre-tax". This means that 30-35% of the money they have been contributing to a traditional 401(k) has been paid for by their "uncles". With the maximum 2007 contribution at $20,500 this means that electing to put all their money in a ROTH 401(k) will cost between $6,000 and $7,000+ in tax savings. This is a substantial amount of money – an amount that most cannot necessarily afford or want to give up in exchange for future tax savings.
Due to their age they have already built up a sizeable balance in their traditional 401(k) accounts – such that the Required Minimum Distribution they will be withdrawing at age 70½ will be most likely be more than enough to cover their retirement living expenses.
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(2) to pass your ROTH monies on to your beneficiaries tax free.
Younger employees just starting out, or who have only been contributing to a traditional 401(k) for a couple of years or have been contributing only a small amount each year, should certainly take advantage of the ROTH 401(k) option if offered. Assuming Congress does not muck up the ROTH down the road, they will reap huge benefits when they retire.
Older employees, like those whom I have described above, may want to put a small portion of their maximum contribution, say $1000 or $2000, into a ROTH account and put the rest in the traditional account.
Here's an idea. If 2007 is the year in which you will turn 50 and you intend to contribute the full $15,500.00 "normal" amount and, for the first time, the $5,000.00 additional "catch-up" amount to your 401(k) - put $15,500.00 in the traditional account and $5,000.00 in a ROTH account.
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During the High Park fire, air quality in Fort Collins — reputed as one of the cleanest — rivaled the pollution of some of the worst cities in the world, according to newly released data.
"It would be like breathing the air on the worst days in downtown Los Angeles as well as Mexico City and Beijing," said Chuck Henry, a chemistry professor at Colorado State University.
Henry and John Volckens, a professor of environmental and radiological health sciences, conducted the study during the fire and released some of the data Tuesday.
They found that the particles in the air around Fort Collins were very reactive and created oxidative stress in the human body. That means the pollution could trigger reactions such as asthma or other respiratory conditions, particularly in people who are at risk.
"We were surprised at how reactive they were," Henry said. "It really caught us off guard."
The data used for this analysis was collected from one graduate student, who carried a device developed to measure how particles she inhaled caused stress on the body. She wore the paper test device throughout her normal daily activity during the fire.
"She probably didn't even go into the worst polluted areas," Henry said.
The toxins were visible throughout Larimer County during the fire. An orange cloud settled throughout the region and fiery smells burned nostrils during three weeks in June.
Because of associated health risks, Larimer County's Department of Health and Environment repeatedly issued alerts for elderly, children and people with respiratory conditions to stay inside and to avoid exercise. That, according to Henry, was good advice for everyone because of the toxin levels and the stress they caused within the body.
Several people wore the paper test devices throughout the duration of the fire, however, Henry and Volckens have not yet analyzed all the data.
Once they do, they will be able to see how long it took for the air to clear and how the pollution affected different people in varying locations and situations.
Continued study with the technology could help scientists understand the effects of air pollution on people, how it leads to disease and how to target the worst pollutants. Next, the professors plan to expand the study with people wearing the device throughout the city to create a map of air pollution levels.
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During Liberty women's soccer championship run last month, Liberty Flames Sports Network was on the scene, capturing exclusive footage of the program's journey to a fourth title. The following video features interviews with seniors Megan Warner and Casey Norris, detailing Warner's amazing comeback story at the end of the season. The four-minute piece also includes highlights from the 2013 Big South Championship and behind the scenes footage from the team's chapel sessions. The Lady Flames captured their fourth Big South Championship and first since 2005, defeating Radford in the finals on Nov. 10, 5-0. Liberty's goal total marked the most goals in a Big South finals match. Head coach Jessica Hain's squad went on to square off with No. 1 seed North Carolina in the opening round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament on Nov. 16, dropping the contest, 4-0. Liberty concluded 2013 with a 16-6-1 mark, setting a new single-season program record for most wins. Defensively, the Lady Flames' program-best 14 shutouts also tied a Big South record.
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Cyprus' new finance minister is ruling out any notion that the cash-strapped country will abandon the euro as its currency.
Harris Georgiades says the government is not looking at any other alternatives and remains committed to implementing the terms of a bailout deal with its euro partners and the International Monetary Fund.
Last month, Cyprus agreed that bondholders, investors and savers with more than 100,000 euros in the country's two largest - and most troubled - banks will take significant losses in exchange for a 10 billion euro ($13 billion) rescue package.
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I plan on posting A to Z Pre K – K Bible story lesson plans that starts with a letter each week. I will be going through the whole alphabet starting with A and ending with Z. Wish me luck!
*Each lesson plan will consist of: Objectives, Word Wall, Bible Story with questions, Songs and/or Finger Plays, Activities, Crafts, Games, Snacks, Coloring/Puzzles, Handwriting Sheets, Mini Books, etc.
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Had a sleepover with Kate and Emma last night after going to Zoe's ZOMG lipstick launch. So lovely seeing your friends do exciting things! Was really well attended event and so nice to see people! I was left alone in Selfridges for far too long and I ended up buying something ridiculously naughty! I'll show it on here or Twitter in a few days! Its absolutely gorgeous though!


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...Iwnattos does a nice overview of the GDX and GDXJ ETFs, a couple of specific stocks that are worth following, plus his patented "Gold ex-US Dollar" chart that compares the shiny, malleable, ductile, expensive stuff to the rest of the world's currencies (I think...you'd have to ask him for an exact definition). Then rants a bit too, as special bonus. An interesting post, click here go see.
Peru's GDP in 2014 and 2015
Jürgen Schuldt deconstructs the numbers, points out just how poor growth in Peru in real terms was in 2014 (an even-worse reality hides behind the mediocre ~2.7% headline number) and then goes on to explain why Peru will grow at 4% in 2015. An excellent job of work on this link, with tables and numbers and all.
The Friday OT: Sibelius; Finlandia
Expect plenty Sibelius in your ears in 2015, it's the 150th anniversary of his birth.
So why not start with this; bite-sized length compared to many works, high-quality music and just to make it topical, anti-Russian Empire.
Water in Mendoza
For those of you expecting the San Jorge project to be approved shortly, a photo from this report:
That's the El Potrerillos Dam, with photo above November 2013 and photo below November 2014. And if Mendoza is refusing to give more water to the neighbouring downstream province of La Pampa, think about what it's going to say to the Russians who want to build that copper mine.
Nah, on second thoughts don't bother thinking. You far better off pretending in your own little fantasies about South America and what's good for the region. The people here don't understand how much wiser you all are up there and how you're only thinking of them when proposing more industrial development funded by your own cash. Right?
And the world's best performing stock market in 2014 was...
...Argentina's, with the main Merval index up 59% on the year. It must be true because CNBC says so and they're television and everything. I enjoy these little curveballs that capitalism throws at people, just to confuse 'em.
Chart of the day is...
...the US Dollar index, dailies:
Greenback continues to kick pure ass.
Happy New Year to all readers. Make an effort to look after your health in the year ahead.
Scottish Terriers and the concept of monetary reality
A disjointed rant to get some strange stuff off my chest on the night of New Year's Day. Feel free to ignore.
Here in the 21st century, the absolute arrogance we have on the subject of what is or is not real is something I've worried about without being able to get a satisfactory handle on the issue for a long time. The centre of my issue is money and why we think money is something that's real. I honestly don't understand it. There's been this whole thing in my head recently, ever since I happened to be flicking through the TV channels a few weeks ago, hit Discovery Channel while a documentary on The Greek Gods was on and heard some talking head or other tell us that back in the day, Greeks considered the Gods just as real as anything else because "their concept of real was different from ours today"*.
The obvious question was to ask just when our concept of "real" changed. And the answer is to that one is Aristotle. Go check for yourself at your own leisure, but I'd at least ask you to read Pirsig's ZAMM** as that covers the main points in a very digestible and fun way. But then there's all that empiricism thing that you have to buy with Aristotle too, unless you want to discount his philosophy entirely. Which means tabula rasa is part of the show (the name comes from Locke, but he's an ideas copycat). Which again came to mind a few days ago while watching my dog attack his stuffed rabbit toy. As with any terrier (he's of the Scottish variety) he'll play at attack by grabbing the toy by the neck and shaking hard, thus preparing himself for the moment when he catches the small mammal and kills it by breaking its neck. No other dog taught him how to do that and he never had the chance to watch other dogs before he, as a puppy, started the technique. It's instinct (I'd dare to say it's in his DNA but somebody's sure to jump on me for such biological presumption), it's not learned, it's some sort of hardwire. And therefore it gives lie to the whole concept of tabula rasa.
If tabula rasa is false, then so is empiricism and therefore the foundations of Aristotle are worthless. As Aristotle and his whole empirical hierarchy thing started this modern man ball rolling, our concept of what is real and what is not real is based on false assumptions. In the case of money, it's something that started as an idea in people's heads, it didn't exist before that. The tokens did (e.g. spondylus shells) but the concept of assigning a value (damn that's a hard word) to the thing is a mental structure, nothing "real" about it at all, just like assigning reality to a God and giving her or him a whole life history, anecdotes and all. It's a modern day ghost, but for some reason it fits into our concept of real and is therefore allowed to exist as a real thing. I'd very much like to know what that reason is and even more interesting, why we're not allowed to believe in the things that the ancient Greeks thought normal and natural. My stars it would be awesome, in the true sense of the word awesome, to assume equality in reality and give equal respect to a whole bunch of things we modern arrogant empirical human beings now discard as mere ghosts or figments of the imagination.
Another thing is how religious dogma of many shades, Eastern and Western, is built on the same hierarchical structure, but that's for another day.
*paraphrasing, but I stuck it in quotes anyway
**Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Frank Giustra, man enough to wear women's clothing in public
As noted back in November, over a year and a half ago Frank Giustra promised the world the following:
"If I am wrong, if this gold bull market is over, I will stand in the centre of Robson Square and I will sing Patsy Cline's So Wrong wearing ladies' underwear," Mr. Giustra said in an interview this week.
To date a roaring silence from Giustra, even though the gold chart looks like this compared to the S&P500 in the period concerned:
Frank Giustra, will you keep your word? Or are you going to duck out and be a coward?
President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil starts her second term of office...
..and Alonso Soto does a good job in this English language Reuters wire report of the day's proceedings, as well as background and things. FWIW I followed the main speech given by Dilma on this liveblog (Portuguese) that also stands up well as a look-back report on the day, if that's your kind of thing.
Also, her daughter Paula got to play at First Lady. Nice vintage Roller, too.
Copper average price for 2014: U$3.113/lb
According to the presser from Chile's reliable copper oversight people Cochilco today, copper averaged U$3.113/lb in 2014 and that compares to previous years in this way:
So now you know.
IKN recommends: Big Hero 6
Find some excuse to take children to the movies (your kids, your sister-in-law's kids, borrow your neighbours' kids, work it out for yourself) and do what we did yesterday afternoon, go watch Big Hero 6. Solidly entertaining from start to finish, it brims with mindbending ideas, premium level visual effects and it'll press emotional buttons (in a good way) on several levels.
Oh yeah, another thing: The kids will love it.
Oh yeah, another thing: The kids will love it.
Barrick (ABX) at Pascua Lama: The latest from the Chilean courtrooms
The judgment handed down from Chile's Supreme Court yesterday was on a majority, was largely technical in nature and it's still missing a ruling on a couple of key points, but the essence of the thing is:
- Barrick wanted to pay the ~U$16m fine that was slapped on it by Chile's Environment Superintendency (SMA), because it considered it a good deal under the circumstances and once paid, they could get on with reactivating their white elephant supreme.
- But the courts stopped them from paying it, saying it was badly done and too little. The case reached the Supreme Court a couple of months ago and the partial ruling came yesterday.
- And the ruling: The Supreme Court says ABX can't pay the $16m because it says the SMA went about its job incorrectly and should have fined Barrick for separate infractions, rather than lumping them all into one fine.
- With this ruling the chances are that ABX is facing a much bigger enviro fine, with estimates ranging between U$130m and U$300m. Yeah, seriously.
- Whether or not that kind of number happens, or whether ABX will eventually pay, is a question for 2015. What we do know is that the SMA has to come up with a new number to fine ABX.
Meanwhile, the lack of enviro resolution and green light that will come from a fine payment continues. This is why the JV deal with Zijin (and some say Citic is still in the wings) hasn't happened yet. After all, would you want to walk in on a large percentage of a $300m fine just for fun?
Bottom line: FUBAR meets SNAFU at Pascua Lama. Kind of ironic that Argentina is the one that's all happy and welcoming about this project while Chile causes all the problems, isn't it?
Nevada Copper's (NCU.to) financing deal
Yesterday post-close we got this, Nevada Copper (NCU.to) announcing it was re-booting its $200m financial loan facility with Red Kite (RK). Here's the interesting bit:
1) The facility originated in March 2013 when NCU.to borrowed $35m of the $200m total. Another $15m was advanced in October 2013. Therefore $51m came out of it.
2) NCU paid RK a $6.5m "origination fee" (i love the names they make up for these things, while we in the real world call them "legalized kickbacks") in March 2013 for the deal.
3) Yesterday, NCU announced that of the $90m advanced to RK, $57.1m was being "used to repay the Previous Facility". In other words, NCU borrows $51m in 2013 and repays $57.1m this year. Add in the "origination fee" and so far, Red Kite has managed to make $12.6m on a $51m advance in a year and a half.
4) BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! With yesterday's re-boot, NCU is paying another origination fee! This time $7m or so is legalized kickback that returns straight to the lender RK after having written a cheque for $90m to NCU.
5) So if you're following so far, it means that in the period March 2013 to December 2014, Red Kite has lent Nevada Copper $90m, but has already reclaimed $19.6m of that in cash. Meanwhile, the new $90m is collecting interest of LIBOR +10%, Red Kite won't have to mail the other $110m cheque until NCU has secured the rest of the financing it needs to build its mine (because unlike the message that Bonnyface tries to send in the NR yesterday, there's still a serious financing shortfall on this Pumpkin Hollow build-out) and as if mere detail, the RK deal is senior secured on the entirety of NCU's assets.
Red Kite? Nice work if you can get it
NCU equity holder? Back of the queue.
Say bye-bye to Petaquilla (PTQ.to)
This from Panama's "Critica" newspaper, linked here. Translation your author:
Don't say we didn't warn you.The government of Panama has initiated the paperwork to revoke the operating permit of the Petaquilla Gold mining company, due to its non-compliance in payment of social security dues to its work force, said the Minister of Work today, Luis Ernetso Carles. Carles said that the legal representative of the company, Richard Fifer, was now under criminal charge from the Social Security Office (CSS) due to the non-compliance of social security payments for the company's 604 workers, according to a government communique."The actions of the legal representative of Petaquilla stain the employment opportunities in the country", said Carles, while informing that Petaquilla Gold currently owes three months of salaries and employees debts that total around U$3.8m. The Panamanian Minister showed his concern of the situation faced by the workers, due to the lack of responsibility for the payment of dues by the Canadian capital company.The Petaquilla Gold company is located in the district of Donoso, in the province of Colón, some 130km West of the capital.
The five most popular Friday OT posts of 2014
Other websites can and often do review what they believe to be their best pieces of script at the end of the year, but as the vast majority of written words on this humble corner of cyberspace are total trash, guff and nonsense that's not a viable option at IKN. Instead, your humble scribe spent exactly 4 minutes trawling the stats tonight to find out which of the Friday OT music posts from 2014 had received the most direct hits from you people out there.
The answers give this top five (and indeed you are cordially invited to click on the names in order to experience the music delights contained therein once again):
For some reason, and even though I love the track, it's somewhat depressing to see U2 head the ranking; it won by quite a distance, too. Though I was happy to see the Sibelius post make the top five as that really kicks ass. The second spot has to be for the video as much as the song, it's the best video ever. Devo making it that high surprised me. For what it's worth, after putting this post together I clicked on the Beethoven Pastoral, then those first few bars strike up and....ahhhhhh...45 minutes of bliss.
Brent Cook does BNN
Cook talks explorers, gives us a key word for the sector in 2015 (spoiler alert, the word is "apathy") and gives recos on three stocks. All that and more in just ten minutes (or so) of video pleasure, aptly accompanied by the smooth and dulcet tones of Andrew Bell.
PS: the stock recos are on the second part, which is here.
PS: the stock recos are on the second part, which is here.
This Modern World 2014 review
Yes, yes and thrice yes you want to check out the 2014 review strip from the best cartoonist in The United States of America. And indeed you can by doing a click right here for part one doing a click right here for part two. Enjoy.
Chile copper mining electricity consumption forecasts, 2014 to 2025
An important industry paper out of Cochilco this morning, which you can download and read from this link, that goes into power consumption expectations for the country's key copper mining sector from now until 2025. Here's a chart ripped from (page 15 of) the report that gives an idea of contents:
Translation, your author. In a nutshell, with current electricity demand at 21.86 TWh and forecast consumption set at 39.47 TWh for 2015 we're close to a double on power requirements under expected circumstances (which goes much higher in best case, of course). But this report is detailed and deserves more consideration than just glancing at a single chart. Those in the sector need to get this info incorporated (particularly interesting are breakdown projections for the SING/SIC systems, quite a contrast being factored in and that's geographically important). Here's the link again, just in case.
Copper's now or never
So says Gary over at Biiwii and as he's the best chartist I know of he'll get no argument from these parts. Here's a monthly chart of the metal with just three lines to help the mind's eye (though in this case they're only underscoring the obvious):
PS: Elvis Presley's 1960 hit "It's Now Or Never" was of course era-code for "c'mon let's do the fuckyfucky one time, baby". The song was adapted from the 19th century Italian tune "O Sole Mio" which was all about a dude hanging out under the window of his muse and comparing her to a sunny day. Which was a direct rip-off of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Which was a play written in Elizabethan code that said "c'mon let's do the fuckyfucky one time, baby".
Get ready for a new round of ebola news, because...
...yes you guessed it, a white person has been infected. What's more she's an English language speaker. She even has a name that doesn't sound Asian/Muslim/suspiciously-brown-coloured.
We need to get comments on this from that world-renowned expert on ebola, Eric Sprott.
Ten IKN random predictions for 2015
Here we go with the blog's official forecasts and soothsayerations for the year to come. After the effort in 2014 (politics good, financials ok, sport calls crappy) we're sticking to the same general format, a bit from each. After that 5.5/10 in 2013 and 6/10 in 2014 we'll be batting for 6.5 or above this year to keep the trend rolling, so here come the big ten that carry the hopes, fear, dreams and stuff of your author in the 12 months to come. As usual, you get a mix of financial, political and sporting forecasts, most with a LatAm flavour:
1) Gold to trend up gradually, with a rough U$1,400/oz target for some time at the end of the year. For sure with the normal wobbly stuff along the way and I wouldn't bat an eyelid to see it go under U$1,100/oz again at some point or other, but talk of its utter demise (South of 1k) strikes this author as plain silly talk from people who don't get the sector.
2) The gold/silver ratio to stay high, by which we mean 1/70 or above. It can spike down briefly under that along the way, but I don't expect it to trend down meaningfully. When they call silver "the poor man's gold", the real message is "the choice that poor people make". Semi-on-topic, I'd definitely hold gold miner stocks over silver miner stocks this year.
3) Uranium will go nowhere again. We're in the high $30s today, it could fluctuate up into a 4-handle, down through to the 2s, but the prediction is to watch it flatline in general terms. Uranium's going the way of the buggy whip, the world has moved on from the fallacy of "near limitless/near free energy" and knows how expensive these things are to decom, the type of cost that's built into projections by serious countries (China an obvious exception to that category).
4) Barrick (ABX) will merge with Newmont (NEM). It's long past fusion date for these two. The sooner the outsized self-important egos on both boards start caring less about themselves and more about their shareholders, the better.
5) Copper to maintain around U$3/lb average for 2014. This is perhaps the toughest and most important commod market to call in the year ahead. Also (and to push my luck on the prediction) it wouldn't surprise me in the least to see Cu weak in the first part of the year, trending higher in the second part. If it exits between $3.10/lb and $3.20/lb I'd be a happy long.
6) Venezuela's government to be bailed out by China. It's no secret that Venezuela's finances are under severe pressure due to the drop in oil prices, but it's not going to lead to a fall in the government in 2015 (sorry haters, it's the way it is). China wants crude oil and has dollars, Venezuela wants dollars and has crude oil, the two countries get along just fine, the synergies are obvious. The question is how much Venezuela will have to cede for the bailout.
7) It's a difficult call this early in the process, but I'm contractually obliged to make a call on the Argentina presidential election so the forecast is for Daniel Scioli to be the next President of Argentina. Main opponent is Massa, in with a squeak is Macri, outsider Randazzo, the rest are just noise. But it's still a very fluid situation so this one is only tentative. For the record, the Argentina vote slated for October is the biggest single political event in LatAm this year and arguably the most important one in terms of regional repercussion potential for the last five or even ten. It's going to be big, noisy and full of FpV/CFK-hate in your English language press (who'll be rooting for Massa and/or Macri).
8) Argentina to win the Copa America 2015, the equivalent of the European Championships for the continent, held in Chile in June/July this year. If that doesn't turn out right, hosts Chile must be in with a strong chance and I'd place them as clear second faves today. FWIW it's easy to bet against a Brazil that will need a couple of years to re-build after its World Cup disaster (no other word for it).
9) River Plate to win the Copa Libertadores (for those of you who don't know, that's the LatAm equivalent of the Champion's League trophy). This is the easiest forecast of the year. Vamo lo millo.
10) Argentina to beat Ireland in the Quarter Finals stage of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, held in the UK in October. How about that for a specific forecast? (Also, the All Blacks for the cup).
Astur Gold (AST.v): and if you're wondering who Douglas Turnbull is...
...he's one of Chet Idziszek's lackeys. Today's news here, excerpt here:
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Dec 29, 2014) - Astur Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AST)(CDC.F) ("Astur Gold" or the "Company") announces the appointment of Astur Gold Director Mr. Douglas Turnbull as new Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company effective immediately. He is replacing Cary Pinkowski, who is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer and President to pursue other opportunities. The Board of Directors of Astur Gold thank Mr. Pinkowski for his efforts as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Pinkowski will remain on the Board of Directors."I have great confidence in Doug Turnbull to take over as CEO and President of Astur Gold," stated Mr. Pinkowski. "He was previously a Director of Astur Gold for several years and is very familiar with the Company and its projects."Mr. Turnbull stated: "Although the Company faces many challenges in these difficult times culminating in the recent news about Salave, my decision to take on this position is based on my belief that new opportunities can be sought out for the Company. In the meantime, we will wait to review the detailed report of the decision by the Commission for Environmental Affairs of the Principality of Asturias and to address the specific technical concerns expressed by the Cantabrian Hydrographic Confederation that lead to the recent denial of our permit application. Our immediate focus will be to protect our assets in Spain in the interest of our shareholders and our principal Salave financier, RMB Resources Limited."
Indeed, the people behind Petaquilla (PTQ.to) are perfect for the job of taking a project that's been refused environmental permits and moving it forward, because unicorns.
And how's Lydian International (LYD.to) getting on since it brought in an ex-ECU Silver guy?
"Associate with men of good quality if you
esteem your own reputation; for it is
better to be alone than in bad company"
George Washington
This post dated June 5th 2014 was the last time Lydian (LYD.to) was mentioned on this humble corner of cyberspace*. It was entitled "Lydian (LYD.to): Now officially untouchable" and celebrated the fact that LYD had just brought in one Stephen Altmann to its board, a person that used to be president and director of ECU Silver. Here's a small chunk from that post to explain IKN's heartfelt opinion of Altmann and all who sail with him:
"Anyone with a memory about how long ECU Silver bullshitted the world and what that bullshit managed to do with the naive idiot cash poured into it from the incessant GATA-centric pumps (Bill Murphy, Wistar Holt, "Mexico Mike" Kachawhatsit) will know what Altmann is about. The mere fact that the LYD management team is desperate or stupid (or both) enough to want him on board is testament to their business nous: it's zero. Scam pumper scumballs like Altmann shouldn't be on junior mining boards of directors. They should be in jail. Lay with dogs and get fleas, dumbass LYD people."
And here's the price chart of LYD.to from that date to this:
Any further questions?
*I made sure by running a search. Yup, not a mention since then
KORES, South Korean mining ambassadors to Latin America
At least when mining is the sector, it always strikes me as strange how people will shake their heads and warn about "those Chinese" coming over, working people to death, paying them pittances when in fact what we've witnessed recently from Chinese capitals companies coming to LatAm and setting up shop has been pretty good and responsible corporate culture that makes sure workers are onside. Meanwhile and for reasons that fly straight over my head, South Korea seems to get a free pass to treat anyone they come into contact with in the worst possible way.
Take KORES for example, the South Korea State run resources company, which has its fingers in many pies in mining operations and projects. Here's how workers at the KORES-owned Boleo copper mine in Mexico's Baja California Sur got to send their Christmas via this report (translated) dated December 25th:
Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur (BCS). A large part of the workforce of the El Boleo mining company, located in Santa Rosalia, were evacuated at around 11am today by order of management due to the escape of strongly polluting smoke that threatened to poison personnel at the plant.
According to reports from some of the workforce, several people left the zone with irritated eyes, nausea and stomach aches among other symptoms due to the smoke coming from chimneys that covered all work zones.
This is not the first time that the company has seen a similar situation, according to unofficial reports.
Employees were threatened with losing their jobs if anyone reported the irregularities of the Korean company, according to a reporter in the area.
We particularly like that last sentence. So that's how they do social relations in South Korea, is it? Cute.
Beats me why the people of Baja California Sur are so against setting up more mining operations in their state and fight companies such as Argonaut Gold tooth and nail to keep them from developing their patches of land.
Your updated IKN ebola news update latest report update
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Not thinking it through, ebola.
Not killing white people, ebola.
Nobody cares about you, ebola.
Turkey sandwich.
No, Bolivia is NOT nationalizing the San Cristobal and San Vicente mines
When you get to the third mail received, something needs to be said. I've been sent this report by worried readers today, because it's from Bolivia's decent newspaper La Razon and says Bolivia's President Evo Morales would today announce the nationalization of the San Cristobal (Sumitomo) and San Vicente (Pan American Silver) mines in the country.
It's false information.
The reason behind it all is the date, December 28th, which is "Day of the Innocents" ("Día de los inocentes", or sometimes "Día de los Santos Inocentes") in Spanish speaking countries, with innocent in this case meaning gullible or naive. The day works the same way as April Fool's Day (April 1st) in other places.
The Nationalization thing is a joke, a gag, a trick and nothing else. Promise. Relax.
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HONOLULU — The University of Hawaiʻi has selected six faculty members from campuses across the university system as the recipients of the 2007 Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. In memory of the late Frances Davis who taught mathematics at Leeward CC and UH Mānoa for 19 years, the award recognizes UH faculty members who demonstrate outstanding dedication and excellence as teachers of undergraduate students.
Susan Dixon is a doctoral candidate in Geography at UH Mānoa. Dixon has the ability to teach in a non-offensive yet thought provoking manner when talking to her students about ambiguous contemporary issues such as war; national security; foreign policy; society and environment; and nonviolence/peace/human rights. She educates without forcing her point of view on students, which helps them discover and form their own opinions. A student described her experience in Dixon's class as, "It was during this time that my major and ideals profoundly changed due to Susan's passion, enthusiasm and zest for life."
Davin Kubota is an instructor of Language, Linguistics and Literature at Kapiʻolani Community College. Kuboto is acknowledged for his dedication to the development of his students as a whole human being, both in and out of the classroom. He consistently makes time to meet with students outside normal office hours to provide them with the additional support. Kubota is also admired by colleagues who took note of his ability to teach the basics of English writing in way that students find enjoyable.
Donna Matsumoto is an assistant professor of English at Leeward Community College. Matsumoto teaches each student according to their specific needs and has been successful at making writing relevant to their lives. She co-founded the Mid-Semester Classroom Assessment Program and the Teaching Squares Program that provide students and colleagues in other disciplines useful feedback in order to increase their performance levels. In 2005, her writing expository course was recognized as one of six WebCT Exemplary Course Project awards given to higher education institutions across the nation. A colleague wrote, "Students learn more than how to write in Donna's classes; they learn how to take responsibility for their own actions."
Jason Turner is an assistant professor of marine science at UH Hilo. He challenges his students to attain high levels of knowledge and strives to present information in interesting and memorable ways. Turner's lessons on topics like marine mammal biology and connectivity of aquatic food webs can be confusing to students, but they note that he doesn't cause anxiety over complex material. Students appreciate his approachability and his "high, but not unreasonable standards."
Yida Wang is an assistant professor of art and art history at UH Mānoa. The primary goal of Wang's scholarly interaction with students is to create a culture of excellence through extensive group interaction, which stimulates individual critical thinking, artistic self-awareness and creativity. With a rich background in traditional western and Chinese drawing techniques, Wang has taught at all levels within the Drawing and Painting Program. She developed an omnibus curriculum that integrates Eastern and Western classical and academic disciplines along with contemporary approaches in order to accommodate the diversity of students' needs and interests. Her colleague described her as "a trekker across the universe of art, and a woman with a mission."
Patrick Woo is an instructor of Japanese in UH Mānoa's Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. As a multi-lingual person and a non-native speaker of Japanese, Woo understands the difficulties of learning a foreign language and often becomes a role model that students look up to. He encourages his students to appreciate the uniqueness of other cultures by cultivating tolerance of and sensitivity to peoples with different values and perspectives. His latest project focuses on developing authentic instructional materials using drama, films, news, documentaries, TV interviews and commercials. Woo served twice as Resident Director for the Study Abroad Program at Konan University in Kobe, Japan.
The recipients will be recognized along with other award winners at a systemwide awards ceremony in September.