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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant had 24 points and 13 rebounds, Serge Ibaka added 17 points and 11 rebounds and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped the San Antonio Spurs' 11-game winning streak with a 94-88 win Wednesday night.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant had 24 points and 13 rebounds, Serge Ibaka added 17 points and 11 rebounds and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped the San Antonio Spurs' 11-game winning streak with a 94-88 win Wednesday night.
Reggie Jackson matched his career high with 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting for Oklahoma City, which is 7-0 at home, the franchise's best home start since 2004-05, when it was in Seattle. The Thunder have won five straight games, their longest streak of the season.
The Thunder took control of a tight game with an 8-0 run in the third quarter and withstood a run by San Antonio midway through the fourth quarter.
Tony Parker had 16 points and seven assists for San Antonio (13-2), which was seeking the best start in franchise history. The Spurs also started 13-1 during the 2010-11 season. Portland, which entered Wednesday on an 11-game winning streak, is the only other team to have beaten San Antonio this season.
PHOENIX (AP) — Goran Dragic scored 31 points, Channing Frye added 25 and the Suns used their up-tempo style to recover from a poor start to snap the Trail Blazers' 11-game winning streak.
Markieff Morris scored 19 and twin Marcus Morris 15 for the Suns, who wiped out a 16-point second-quarter deficit to hand the Blazers their first loss since Nov. 5 against Houston.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 24 points and Damian Lillard scored 16 points for the Blazers, who had also won six straight on the road.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — C.J. Watson made five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and finished with 18 points to send Indiana past Charlotte for its fifth straight victory.
The Pacers (14-1) came in with the NBA's best defense and limited the Bobcats to 31 percent shooting.
Watson, who had made just 6 of 29 3-pointers this season, was 6 of 8 against the Bobcats.
Lance Stephenson had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Roy Hibbert added 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Pacers. Paul George had 15 points to surpass 3,000 for his career.
Al Jefferson had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Bobcats, who have lost six of their last seven at home.
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James scored 28 points and seemed more relaxed than in previous games back in Cleveland, leading Miami to its eighth straight win.
James added eight rebounds and eight assists in his fifth game as a visitor against the Cavaliers, the team that drafted him and the one he left as a free agent three years ago to chase championships in Miami. He improved to 11-1 against Cleveland.
Dwyane Wade added 22 points and Michael Beasley 17 for Miami, which coasted during long stretches and never appeared threatened.
Dion Waiters, the subject of trade rumors, scored a season-high 24 and Kyrie Irving had 16 for Cleveland.
The Heat opened a 15-point lead in the third and responded to every spurt by the Cavs, who got within eight in the final two minutes.
BOSTON (AP) — Jerryd Bayless scored 22 points and Mike Conley had 14 with nine assists to propel Memphis past Boston for its fifth straight road win.
Zach Randolph scored 13 points, Tony Allen 12 and Ed Davis had 11 with seven rebounds for the Grizzlies, who were coming off two straight losses at home.
Jeff Green led the Celtics with 26 points, Jared Sullinger had 23 and Avery Bradley 16. Sullinger added 12 rebounds.
The Grizzlies grabbed the lead in the game's opening minutes and never trailed the rest of the way — though Boston made a late charge in the last 2 minutes.
Memphis' five-game road winning streak is two off the club record set from Feb. 17-March 10, 2010.
Boston had won its last two games, both on the road.
NEW YORK (AP) — Wesley Johnson made the tiebreaking basket on a steal and dunk with 1:35 left, and the Lakers blew a 27-point lead before beating the Nets.
Nick Young scored a season-high 26 points to spark a huge effort from the league's most productive bench. Pau Gasol added 21 points for the Lakers, moving into second place on the NBA's career list for points by a European player 15,773 points. The center from Spain now trails only Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki
Joe Johnson scored 18 points after a cold finish for the Nets, who failed in their bid to win consecutive games for the first time this season.
MILWAUKEE — Marcin Gortat scored 25 points, John Wall added 19 points and Washington extended Milwaukee's losing streak to 10 games.
Milwaukee's O.J. Mayo hit a 25-foot 3-pointer with 6.9 seconds remaining to tie it at 87-87 and Wall missed a driving layup at the buzzer.
The win was the Wizards' third straight and fifth in their last six. Gortat hit 11 of 12 shots and grabbed eight rebounds. Martell Webster added 18 points.
The Bucks' losing streak is the longest since Milwaukee lost 15 in a row from March 4-30, 1996. Mayo led the Bucks with 21 points and Khris Middleton added 13 points.
Nik Vucevic had 21 points and 16 rebounds as the Magic beat the 76ers to post back-to-back wins for the first time since early this month.
Glen Davis had 19 points, and Arron Afflalo and Victor Oladipo each added 18.
The game was the first meeting between rookies Michael Carter-Williams and Oladipo, and both played big roles.
The Magic led by 15 points before fighting off several second-half surges by the Sixers, which they beat for 17th time in 20 meetings.
Thaddeus Young led Philadelphia with 26 points and Carter-Williams added 23. It was Young's first game in a week after missing three games while dealing with a death in his family.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Taj Gibson had a career-high 23 points and the Bulls pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Pistons.
The Pistons stayed close for most of the game, but managed only seven points in the first 10 minutes of the fourth quarter. That allowed Chicago to increase their lead to as many as 24 points as they ended a four-game losing streak.
Luol Deng led the Bulls with 27 points. Rodney Stuckey finished with 25 off the bench for Detroit but no one else had more than 13. Josh Smith had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Andre Drummond had 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Pistons.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ty Lawson scored 23 points, reserve Nate Robinson added 15 and the Nuggets held off the Timberwolves.
Kenneth Faried added 13 points and had three alley-oop dunks as Denver won for the seventh time in nine games after a horrible start.
Kevin Martin scored 29 for Minnesota and Ricky Rubio added 17 points and 10 assists. Nikola Pekovic had 21 points and Kevin Love finished with 19. All five Minnesota starters scored in double figures.
Minnesota's bench was outscored 47-10 and was overmatched by Robinson and Denver's high-octane reserves.
HOUSTON (AP) — Francisco Garcia scored a season-high 21 points, Aaron Brooks also had 21 and the Houston Rockets cruised to their third straight win.
Houston never trailed and again used a balanced scoring attack with James Harden out for the third straight game with a foot injury.
The Rockets went up by 12 on John Jenkins' 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter. Then Brooks outscored the Hawks 8-4 over the next 1½ minutes to extend Houston's lead to 90-74. Houston shot almost 52 percent from 3-point range with Brooks and Garcia combining to make seven of Houston's 14 3-pointers.
Paul Millsap had 16 points for Atlanta and Cartier Martin, who grew up in Houston, started in place of an injured Kyle Korver and had 14.
Chandler Parsons and Terrence Jones had 14 points each and Dwight Howard had 11 points and eight rebounds for Houston which improved to 11-5.
DALLAS (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki scored 22 points to offset a rough night for playmaking partner Monta Ellis, and the Mavericks held off a late charge from Golden State.
Nowitzki was 11 of 19 from the field and added three assists. He matched the team high with two steals.
Ellis finished with a season-low four points on 2-of-16 shooting, but he had 10 assists, including one to get Samuel Dalembert a dunk and push Dallas' dwindling lead to six at 101-95 with 1:21 remaining.
Stephen Curry led Golden State with 29 points as the Warriors stayed close a night after a tough one-point win in New Orleans.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Griffin had 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Chris Paul had 15 points and seven assists before leaving with a strained right hamstring in the Clippers' victory over the plummeting Knicks.
J.J. Redick also scored 15 points as the Clippers comfortably finished their eighth win in 10 games despite losing their superstar point guard late in the third quarter when Paul hobbled to the locker room favoring his right leg.
Darren Collison and Jamal Crawford capably handled playmaking duties while the Clippers ran away in the fourth quarter.
Carmelo Anthony scored 27 points and Andrea Bargnani had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Knicks, who have lost seven straight to drop to 3-11.


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|As if the risk of stroke, heart disease, and lung cancer weren't enough, smokers also need to be aware of the risks smoking can pose to their oral health.
As if the risk of stroke, heart disease, and lung cancer weren't enough, smokers also need to be aware of the risks smoking can pose to their oral health.
Tobacco products, including chewing and pipe tobacco, interfere with the normal function of gum cells, impairing blood flow to the gums and making them more prone to infections and slower to heal from wounds. In fact, according to the American Dental Association (ADA), smoking may be the cause of nearly 75% of periodontal (gum) disease. Gum disease is the leading cause of tooth loss, but it doesn't just affect the teeth: gum disease has also been scientifically linked to heart disease.
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Master limited partnerships (MLPs) have proven their value in the asset allocation mix. As an asset class, they generate reliable, growing distributions for income investors. Plus, their mid- and long-term total returns have outpaced other investments such as REITs, utility stocks and the broad market indices.
A recent study from New York-based Yorkville Capital Management sheds some light on the variable distribution MLP subcategory.
These MLPs have been in the news lately as one company that sells frac sand, Emerge Energy Services (EMES), has seen its units' price increase this year from the mid-teens in May to $40 by November.
The Yorkville study notes that there are several key differences between variable distribution (so-called "variables") and traditional MLPs (or "traditionals").
First, variables lack an internally mandated minimum quarterly distribution.
"Instead of generally maintaining or increasing distributions, variable MLPs will pay out distributions each quarter that vary with quarterly cash flows of the business," the report explains.
Second, variables can have a narrower business focus.
"The MLPs which have elected for the variable structures generally have single or few assets and often unhedged exposure to commodity prices," according to Yorkville.
Third, they encompass a smaller number of partnerships than traditionals. There are 100 publicly traded MLPs but only nine of them are variables.
Otherwise, Yorkville notes, variables are essentially the same as traditional MLPs found in the energy pipeline business.
Both types of MLPs own U.S. energy assets, act as pass-through entities in which unit holders receive K-1s and trade on public stock exchanges.
Variables' Origin
The report reviews variables' history, which is important for evaluating the group's performance.
The first variable, Terra Nitrogen (THN), a producer of nitrogen fertilizer, went public in 1994. The second, Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), emerged in 2003.
No new variables came to market between 2004 and 2011, when activity began to pick up.
There are now nine variables trading with a combined market capitalization of roughly $18 billion. It's a concentrated industry.
Two companies, CVR Refining (CVRR) and Terra Nitrogen, account for about 47% of that market cap. And MLPs in two industries comprise over 80% of the total market cap: refining (45%) and fertilizer (38%).
The Investment Case
Variables' past results are impressive, as the study notes:
- Historical performance: Variables have outperformed traditionals in 8 of the last 10 years and the S&P 500 in 9 of the last 10 years.
- Relative performance: On a rolling basis, variables have outperformed the broader MLP universe and the S&P 500 over one, three, seven and 10 years posting annualized returns of 35.4%, 48.1%, 35.6% and 35.6%, respectively.
- Historical yields: Variables have averaged a 9.3 % yield, while MLPs overall have averaged around 7.5%.
- Current yield: The average variable has a yield of roughly 14% vs. 5-7% for traditional midstream MLPs.
- Market cap growth: From 2010 to 2013, the variable segment has increased from two to nine MLPs, while its market capitalization has grown at an annualized rate of some 110%, from roughly $6 billion to $18 billion.
- Correlation: Variables have a correlation of only 0.37 to the broader MLP market and just 0.16 to the S&P 500. Correlation to the 10-Year Treasury was a negative 0.07.
Potential Downsides
These are impressive results, though there are several factors to consider when evaluating the numbers. Variables' short history and concentration, both in largest companies and industries, means that the returns aren't directly comparable to those generated by broad market indexes like the S&P 500.
As experts with Yorkville cautions: "Much of the structure's history consists of a 1-2 member index, far too small to be statistically significant."
Also, these aren't buy-and-hold investments, especially for conservative income-investors. Historically, variables "have exhibited more risk than MLPs with monthly standard deviations approximately twice the MLP universe," according to the report.
Where They Fit
Given that variables are further out on the risk-return spectrum than traditionals , how might you consider using them with clients?
Darren Schuringa, a managing director with Yorkville Capital, says that these MLPs can work well for active investors seeking exposure to a commodity and the economic cycle in one investment.
"Why wouldn't you invest in an MLP that is going to distribute 100% of its cash flow?" he asks. "We know what happens when you get the commodity right, as well as the volume right: cash flows explode.
Thus, Schuringa adds, investors can get a "deluge of cash over the period of the expansionary cycle (when) commodity prices are rising and volumes are rising. You're getting operating leverage and you're getting price leverage. You're going to get a lot of cash out of the investment and from what we've seen historically with the limited sample…"
In addition, the Yorkville managing director says investors can also "get similar price performance as you would get out of a C-corp but with much higher yield from this pass-through of income. So, you get better total returns, because you're getting the same price performance but you're getting much more income."
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His Highness the Aga Khan today announced the expansion of a new generation of financial products and services to help some of the world's most vulnerable populations. The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM), a new institution created specifically for this purpose, will deliver innovative services including micro-insurance, small housing loans, savings, education and health accounts, and support for small entrepreneurs seeking to develop businesses related to restored cultural assets. The Agency will be part of the Aga Khan Development Network. The Aga Khan was joined at a news conference announcing the launch of the Agency, by Jim Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank.
'Microcredit has helped millions of poor people in developing countries, but they remain at the mercy of a death or serious injury of a family member, the loss of a crop or livestock, or a natural disaster such as the recent tsunami,' said the Aga Khan, who is the 49th hereditary spiritual leader (Imam) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and founder of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). 'The assets of borrowers, accumulated through great effort over many years, can be destroyed overnight. Families are then forced to make the same difficult climb out of poverty a second or even a third time.
'By creating a wider range of better targeted products such as micro-insurance, the poor will have the ability to protect their assets. Other products such as savings accounts, education and housing loans will help them improve their quality of life,' explained the Aga Khan.
He said the new Agency will have greater collective capacity to understand the needs of the poor and to develop new products, to provide greater training for employees and customers and to expand into new markets.
'For example, we have found that restoration and improvement of cultural assets in a community can have as powerful an impact on development as a new road or bridge,' he said. 'But the poor living adjacent to these cultural assets need access to micro-finance, and to advice, to help them take full advantage of new opportunities that result, such things as greater neighbourhood tourist traffic.'
Mr. Wolfensohn said: 'Microfinance has a demonstrated, powerful impact in improving the livelihood of the poor, and a crucial role in reducing poverty. Access to financial services for the poor is a critical condition for the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.'
Recognising the central role of women, Mr. Wolfensohn stressed the need to support microfinance for poor women entrepreneurs. 'We must do more to increase women's access to credit,' he said. 'A Bank study of successful micro-credit programmes for women in Bangladesh , for example, has shown that - with a loan as small as $100 to a poor woman to develop her own business - she helps to double family income and, indeed, can lift her family out of poverty after five years.'
The Aga Khan noted that small loans for education and for health services can help lower the barriers to access to these services for the poor in large parts of Africa and Asia where government subsidies are limited.
The programmes of the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance, which currently operate in several countries including Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Egypt, India, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Mozambique, Pakistan, Syria and Tajikistan, are designed to 'graduate' the ultra-poor beyond subsistence while reducing their vulnerability to unforeseen events such as family crises or natural disasters. Next year the programmes will be expanded into India, Kazakhstan, Mali and Zanzibar .
The agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network have been involved in microfinance for over 60 years, starting initially with small-scale micro-credit schemes for the poor. The new Geneva-based non-profit agency, which brings together programmes formerly operated by the Aga Khan Foundation and other agencies, is already working with a number of partners, including: The World Bank Group, the European Commission, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) of Germany, the Norwegian and Netherlands Trust Funds, and the Japanese Social Development Fund.
The Agency's programmes operate in both rural and urban settings, and in a variety of cultures. They have helped returning Afghan refugees start and expand businesses. Residents of one of the poorest districts in old Cairo, Darb al-Ahmar, have used housing credits to improve their homes and small loans to expand production of local goods, such as lamps, furniture and floor tiles. In South Asia indentured workers have been helped in breaking the grip of multigenerational debts and liberating themselves from perpetual servitude to abusive money-lenders.
Credits have also enabled Tajik farmers to increase yields of critical foodstuffs and entrepreneurs to open vegetable processing plants, hardware stores, pharmacies and bakeries. In Syria modest financial aid has helped farmers to acquire machinery, livestock and fertilizer, and created cottage industries, handicrafts and tourism-related facilities.
Summing up his aspirations for the new agency, the Aga Khan said, 'it is my hope that through our microfinance programmes we will eventually create a virtuous circle of income generation in which the poor -- half of the world's population -- will break out of their economic and social exclusion and achieve a level of self-reliance that allows them, in turn, to help those less fortunate.'
The launch of the new Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance and its extension of microcredit to include these broader services coincides this year with the United Nations International Year of Microcredit.
Note to journalists: for interviews or additional information, please contact:
Sam Pickens, Information Officer
Aga Khan Development Network
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Tel: +41 22 909 7277
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The Aga Khan Development Network is a group of private development agencies working to empower communities and individuals, often in disadvantaged circumstances, to improve living conditions and opportunities, especially in Africa and Asia. The agencies' mandates range from the fields of health and education to architecture, culture, rural development and the promotion of private-sector enterprise. They collaborate in working towards a common goal - building institutions and programmes that can respond to the challenges of social, economic and cultural change on an ongoing basis. Active in over 30 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America, the Network's underlying impulse is the ethic of compassion for the vulnerable in society. Its agencies and institutions work for the common good of all citizens, regardless of origin, gender or religion.
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Joanne Marston necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 538 diseños de 74 diseñadores freelance.
Merrimack Public Library
Merrimack Public Library in Merrimack, New Hampshire, (USA) is looking for a logo to reflect its identity. Serving a population of nearly 27,000, with a median age of 37, the library provides services to everyone from cradle to grave.
Funded by the Town of Merrimack, and facing a decreasing budget, active volunteers and staff have a goal to increase overall visibility and awareness, and to promote the broad range of library services to the community. The desire is to instill a sense of pride in library patrons and the community at large.
Awarded for exemplary service by the staff, resources available include: programs for all ages, an extensive book collection, borrowing privileges for movies, books on tape, Wii games, and access to over 30 databases, such as: Business & Company; Ancestry; Consumer Health Complete; Kids Infobits, etc. The Merrimack Public Library is also a gathering place for the public, for students, groups and organizations that utilize meeting space within the building.
You can visit the library's website at http://www.merrimack.lib.nh.us to read more about its services and programs, keeping in mind that it does not necessarily reflect what we want our new logo design to be.
We are targeting our entire community, including our current patrons, residents who are not yet patrons, and groups such as schools, local businesses, non-profit organizations and visitors to the area.
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• Logo should be clean, strong and creative – not necessarily traditional. It must have a clear, positive visual impact that is memorable & easily recognizable.
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By popular request, a fine OT. Link here. Learn more about The Goat Rodeo Sessions, the album from which this comes, right here. For reader MG.
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Colorado Resources (CXO.v), the big winner at the Sprott Vancouver show
HudBay (HBM) (HBM.to): Federal agency recommends denial of key Rosemont Mine permit
"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Los Angeles regional office is recommending a denial of a federal Clean Water Act permit for the proposed Rosemont Mine."
More Dynasty (DMM.to): Keith Piggott in the house
Teranga Gold (TGZ.to) and the magic of words
IKN adores how TGZ takes a patently average quarter...
Dynasty (DMM.to): The process begins
Feel free to compare DMM's NR this morning, with the key point in bold-type...
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jul 28, 2016) - Dynasty Metals & Mining Inc. ("Dynasty" or the "Company") (DMM.TO)(DMMIF) received the following letter from Vertex One, the organization which provided Dynasty US$4 million in Notes in April 2015:"We are the manager for each of Vertex Managed Value Portfolio and Vertex Enhanced Income Fund (together "the Purchasers") with respect to certain notes (the "Notes") purchased by the Purchasers from Dynasty Metals & Mining Inc. ("Dynasty") under which Dynasty is currently in default (the "Default") and pursuant to which the Purchasers issued demand for payment on April 11, 2016.Notwithstanding the default, Dynasty has requested that the Purchasers forbear from enforcing the Notes and allow the Notes to remain outstanding.Upon acceptance of this letter by Dynasty, we agree the Purchasers have agreed to forbear from enforcement of the Notes for a period of 30 days from the date of this letter (the "Forbearance Period"), to allow Dynasty's board of directors and its special committee more time to assess the various liquidity offers that have been presented to them.In accepting this letter, Dynasty confirms the Default and confirms that the Note and the Note agreement remain valid and enforceable in accordance with their terms and are not released, amended or merged in any manner as a result of this letter and shall remain in full force and effect following the execution of this letter, save and except during the Forbearance Period."
...to the short IKN post on Tuesday:
"Will Ian Telfer buy Jerusalem from DMM, or will he buy it from Vertex? Because if he gets it from DMM he's going to want a rock bottom bargain price. Either way, think it through long enough and you'll see that the only remaining issue is when, and not if, shareholders get sexually intercoursed."
The IKN kung fu is strong.
Goldcorp under Garofalo
UPDATE: Reader L has some topical comment:
"If you feel a need to see your shrink, and need a push to get over the inertial forces, just tune in to the ongoing Goldcorp conference call.
I probably have listened to a thousand conference calls over the years in many industries and I must say that this call is the most depressing mess I have ever witnessed. What a clusterfuck Goldcorp has grown into over the last few years. Operational disasters all over the board. You could do an entire Weekly on this company and still not scratch the surface of land mines waiting to go BOOM!"
Barrick (ABX): Not really my thing...
...to follow the big caps closely, but those ABX 2q16 numbers look great at first pass. I'll have a better look when this road trip is done...couple of hours to go.
UPDATE: And we now know why Goldcorp (GG) has been trading like a dog for weeks on end.
HudBay (HBM) reports its 2q16...
...and the headline 2c/share loss looks in-line at first sight. The HBM numbers and what they mean will be the IKN377 analysis this weekend.
Chart of the day is...
...gold the last three days, marking the pre-FOMC mini-pop:
Capstone Mining (CS.to) and a cash costs explainer
"...C1 cash cost (1) of $1.51 per payable pound produced with copper sales for the quarter of 22,549 tonnes at a C1 cash cost (1) of $1.66 per payable pound sold."
- C1 for production
- C1 for sales
- AISC for production
- AISC for sales
- All-In for production
- All-In for sales
- Fully-Loaded All-In for production
- Fully-Loaded All-In for sales
Geology is difficult
"The lithology in the Florida Canyon deposit consists of a complex deltaic sequence of the Grass Valley Formation. The rocks are a complex and gradational sequence of silty and sandy rocks within dominantly argillites. The original lithology probably controlled the plasticity of the rocks and determined the degree of fracturing, which is the dominant ore control. Grade, however, is the more reliable and quantifiable method of defining the ore zones."
Who knew?
To clear up the IKN position on Continental Gold (CNL.to)
UPDATE: No more mails please, as the sense of entitlement now being displayed by the mouthbreather end of blog readers is deeply impressive. Oh noes! Otto told his paying subscribers about a winning trade without mentioning it here! Poor little blog reader missed out, oooh that nasty Otto person! Mailers on this subject are hereby referred to the reply given in the case of Arkell versus Pressdram.
McEwen Mining (MUX): Look into my eyes...you are tired...you are feeling sleepy...sleep...
Daniel Ameduri's paychecks (a re-post)
But to give Ameduri credit, he saves the best line until right at the very end of his mailer.
Future Money Trends LLC has been compensated one hundred and seventy thousand dollars for a one week marketing program, paid for by K92 Mining.We were previously compensated one hundred and seventy thousand for a two week program that has since expired. We have also been compensated one hundred and forty five thousand options by the company for a six month video advertisement campaign.We are also actively marketing First Majestic Silver, and received twenty five thousand options and up to eighteen thousand dollars.We are also actively marketing First Mining Finance, and have received six hundred thousand options, and and up to one hundred and seven thousand dollars.We are also actively marketing Nevada Exploration, and have received one hundred thousand options, and and up to two hundred and thirty seven thousand dollars.We are also actively marketing Golden Arrow Resources, and have been compensated one hundred and eighty one thousand dollars.We have previously been compensated by Brazil Resources, Auryn Resources, and MX Gold Corp., including fifty thousand options from Brazil Resources and one hundred thousand options from MX Gold Corp.
We own shares on both the public market and via warrants received through private placements in First Mining Finance, First Majestic Silver, K92 Mining, Golden Arrow Resources, MX Gold Corp., and Brazil Resources.
Gold Standard Media (GSM) is currently marketing Brazil Resources, GSM is a media company with the same members as FMT. We have received up to one hundred thousand dollars for our current program paid for by the company.
GSM is currently marketing K92 Mining, we have received two hundred thousand dollars for our current program paid for by the company.
GSM is currently marketing First Mining Finance we have received one hundred and sixty thousand dollars for our current program paid for by the company.
Wealth Research Group (WRG) is currently marketing K92 Mining, FMT has a majority ownership in WRG. WRG has been compensated forty thousand dollars for a two day investor awareness campaign.
WRG has been compensated by First Mining Finance forty thousand dollars for a two day investor awareness campaign.
FMT and its management may benefit from any increase in the share price of the profiled companies and hold the right to sell the shares bought at any given time including shortly after the release of the companies profile. When it comes to buying or selling shares. Please assume we are buying and/or selling before, during and/or after publication of the discussed Company. FMT will not advise as to when it decides to buy or sell and does not and will not offer any opinion as to when others should sell; each investor must make that decision based on his or her judgment of the market.
On that I can only agree.
UPDATE: Reader C sends in some visual commentary on the contents of this post:
Notice how words are superfluous sometimes? Nicely done, C.
The main question remaining around the Dynasty Metals & Mining (DMM.to) trainwreck
Tahoe Resources (TAHO) (THO.to)
A ticket I would vote for
Michelle Obama and Tim Kaine.
Seriously, is Hillary vs Donald really the best that the most powerful and influential country in the world can come up with? Asshole vs asshole? Sheesh.
Regarding the need to combat anti-mining propaganda bullshit (from IKN376)
Mexico: Anti-mining propaganda
This is the type of thing that drives me up the wall, not just because of its misinformation content but also because the mining industry never makes a concerted effort of rebuttal against the NGOs and knee-jerk treehuggers peddling this crap. Last week in Mexico, during a presentation by a group of anti-mining NGOs for a (13) "Manual for the defence of communities against the impact of mining in Mexico" (in other words, an instruction book on how to stop mining companies in your community), one of the presenters, a lawyer from Greenpeace, said the following (translation of direct quote):
"At the end of 2014 a total of 25,267 mining concessions were registered (in Mexico) which, according to the Mexican Geological Service, cover a concessioned surface area of nearly 26 million hectares. This represents around 12.7% of the national territory".
And how was this anti-mine coordination meeting reported by the press? Here are (translated) four examples of the headlines (and there were many more, play with Google and find out for yourself) (14) (15) (16) (17):
"NGOs: 12.7% Of Mexico's Terrain Is Concessioned to Mining Companies"
"Mining Companies Consume Mexico: They Already Have 12% of the Territory"
"Mexican Mining Companies Already Have As Much Terrain (12%) As The Country's Nature Reserves"
"Mining Companies Awarded 12.7% of the Nation's Land"
Of those four only the first one is in any way accurate, the others use inflammatory language and are deliberately trying to create the false impression that mining companies "own" 12.7% of Mexico. As you and I know (or you damned well should by now) the reality is nothing of the sort and owning a mining concession is a million miles from "owning" the land. So why doesn't the mining industry tackle this head on, because it's both a way into teaching a wider audience about how it works and a way to show them the BS they're being fed by the anti-mining industry? It would be simple stuff too:
1) Explain what a concession is
2) Explain how you get one and what you need to do to keep one
3) Most importantly, explain why a mining company will own concessions that are much MUCH larger than the mine therein contained. This last point is the one that's most played upon by the anti-mining screechers and it just by doing this, your average person would see the hypocrisy in the Greenpeace propaganda.
And of course it isn't just a tactic used in Mexico, I come across this "Mining owns X% of my country! How dare they!" argument all the time, with variants such as "Mining Company XYZ owns a concession that includes a graveyard! They're going to dig up my relatives!" and all sorts of others. The world of mining is hardly perfect and there are still some companies that give it a bad name, but it's long past the time that the good guys need to be painted as some sort of gang of land-rapists and property usurpers.
The IKN Weekly, out now
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UPDATE: It's also on a Youtube here. Though you never know, this one may be scrubbed soon too.


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It became much more than a senior design project when the engineering students set foot in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. In October, when on an initial trip to collect information for the project, most had never been to the museum, let alone New York before. On Thursday, May 15, after several months of work, their custom-made camera rig became a part of the museum's operations and imaging efforts.
Seven students from the Kate Gleason College of Engineering delivered and installed a Vertical X-Y Camera Rig they designed and built for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They had worked over the past academic year with Susan Farnand, assistant researcher in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, to upgrade a stationary, ceiling-mounted camera rig in the museum's imaging studio used to take high-resolution images of artwork. But the museum also had other works of art that needed to be imaged, and having a mobile unit to photograph these larger, permanent installations was necessary.
Farnand originally worked with Barbara Bridgers, general manager for imaging at the museum, on previous color reproduction projects. Being both an engineer and imaging researcher, Farnand was familiar with the imaging needed at the museum as well as the capabilities of the engineering college, particularly its multidisciplinary senior design program, where students are required to complete design projects over an academic year using engineering and product design methodologies.
She proposed the Metropolitan Museum project, and the students started work this past fall. Thursday, they saw their work onsite and ready to be used.
The students had traveled for the first time to New York City in October to meet with the museum representatives and developed the design requirements for the portable imaging equipment rig.
"I thought having the team actually see the works of art the museum staff was going to image would be really helpful," she said. "It was really exciting for the guys because there was one who had never been to New York before. They saw the city and the museum and what goes on behind the scenes."
Working closely with the museum staff, particularly Bridgers and Scott Geffert '84 (photographic illustration), the senior imaging systems manager, they designed a custom camera rig.
"The students met with the museum's engineering staff on Thursday morning to review the construction, operation and safety features of the rig. Other departments have collaborative relationships with students in colleges and universities," said Bridgers. "This, however, is the first time the Photographic Studio collaborated with a group of students to solve an imaging issue.
"Working with the students was great," she continued. "They were serious, grasped the problem we were trying to solve, listened carefully to our requirements and took those issues and concerns even further. They understood the implementation in the museum could not be taken lightly and undertook their work with seriousness of purpose."
The museum is known for its extensive collections of artwork, including tapestries and textiles from around the world. Having the portable imaging rig allows the group to take photographs in the galleries, and decreases the need to move delicate materials.
The overall system was designed around a winch-driven material lift, said Sam Brown, a fifth-year mechanical engineering student. It can be raised 22 feet, a few feet beyond the required 18 feet the museum requested. It also includes a customizable rail system that the main structure will move along, extending up to 29 feet. The mechanical systems—the horizontal and vertical traverse structures, the rails and camera mounts— as well as the electrical systems consisting of several motors and Arduino microprocessors—were all built and assembled at RIT.
"We lived in the machine shop," said Zack Sostack, a fifth-year mechanical engineering student.
The system is capable of doing precise position measurements that include the pan and tilt function for the camera base, and it can run automatically or manually.
"This rig allows them to wheel it to the artwork, to hoist up the lighting, for the rig to go up and down, back and forth across the artwork," Brown explained. Structural mounts will be able to hold more than 200 pounds of equipment and rigging on a base that weighs more than 300 pounds.
"It is elegant in its simplicity," said Farnand. "They worked really hard and I'm impressed with the whole team, and the senior design program in general. It's a great experience for the students. They get the opportunity to work with real customers and build things that these customers are actually going to use."
The camera rig will be tested throughout the summer by the studio and engineering staff at the museum. Bridgers expects the camera rig to be used to photograph one of the museum's exhibits of eighteenth-century rooms from English homes called the Croome Court tapestry room. It was part of a country estate in Worchestershire, England designed by Scottish architect Robert Adam (1728-1792). It featured elaborate tapestries on the walls that extend from floor to ceiling.
"The room is the art," said Brandon Strangman, a fifth-year industrial and systems engineering student. "This is where the need for our project came in."
Bridgers agreed. "Every surface area has to be photographed precisely, and the images have to be high enough detail to see the thread count. That's what we are trying to do with this type of work."
Between designing and building the rig, displaying it at the recent Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival, preparing for their formal senior design presentation about the project and disassembling the rig to get it to New York, the team members had little time to reflect on the experience.
"We've been thinking throughout the semester more along the lines of we have to finish this," said Strangman. "We haven't had time to stop and smell the roses. But, it's cool to think that something we've done is going to be used in the museum."
The team members are: Brandon Strangman (industrial and systems engineering, Shortsville, N.Y.), Samuel Brown (mechanical wngineering, Dryden, N.Y.), Zachary Sostack (mechanical engineering, Cooperstown, N.Y.), Kyle Bradstreet (mechanical engineering, Webster, N.Y.), Daniel Kearney (electrical engineering, Baldwinsville, N.Y.), Daniel Jang (electrical engineering, Queens, N.Y.) and Matthew Misiaszek (mechanical engineering, Stockbridge, N.Y.).
A video of the camera rig is available, produced by Matthew Misiaszek.
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LITTLE ROCK — Botched by Bubba Watson, the total boycott of all Super Bowl pre-game was made possible by an 11-year-old.
LITTLE ROCK — Botched by Bubba Watson, the total boycott of all Super Bowl pre-game was made possible by an 11-year-old.
No sooner did Watson fritter away a playoff with a too-aggressive second shot and a weak par putt than the youngest granddaughter called the cell from the back of the house. At 5:02 p.m., with the temperature at 33, she inquired about an ice cream run. She had me at "Poppy" and reconnaissance of one scoop chocolate peanut butter and one scoop chocolate mint took care of the next 24 minutes.
Mission accomplished.
The 48th Super Bowl was more anticipated than any in recent memory and the idea was to be football-fresh at kickoff.
Early Sunday, while CNN giddily counted down to kickoff, a check of the on-screen guide showed a four-hour block for a pre-game show on Fox. I'm guessing the script included something about Denver's No. 1 offense vs. Seattle's No. 1 defense, Peyton Manning's legacy, Richard Sherman's mouth, and Seattle controlling the ball with Marshawn Lynch.
Old news all the way around.
Part of a master plan to miss every minute, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. was gobbled up by gifts, grub, golf and granddaughter. A trip to Jacksonville to deliver a birthday gift to a friend took some time. So did a fruitless hunt for a particular Valentine's Day present. At the grocery, there was a line for the preferred meat for chili because the weather forecast and watch parties had wiped out the prepackaged stuff.
Back home, the first helping of golf from a desert was a condensed version of the final round of the Dubai Classic. An unknown 21-year-old made an across-the-green for an eagle on the final hole only to lose by one stroke to defending champion Stephen Gallacher of Scotland, who has won three times on the European Tour in 18 years.
Rory McIlory and Tiger Woods also played.
In Phoenix, the storyline was more compelling with a half-dozen players in position to win. Kevin Stadler was the beneficiary of Watson's final-hole bogey and will join his father, Craig, in the field at The Masters.
TV tray in place, the first image from New Jersey was referee Terry McAulay's interception of Joe Namath's premature coin toss, the first of three picks off aging quarterbacks. Namath's fancy coat offered more protection than Denver's offensive line provided Manning.
Pulling for Manning, but picking Seattle, I loved the defense — congregating at the ball in a hurry and technique tackling. I can't remember a matador miss by Seattle. The NFL has supposedly evolved into a passing league, but one of the best quarterbacks in history was helpless against a relentless pass rush and defensive backs who can both cover and tackle.
Apples and oranges, but think about Arkansas' limitations on defense in light of what Seattle can do because of big, fast people in the secondary.
Bored before halftime, I checked a friend's flight from Atlanta and found the scheduled arrival time had been pushed back 10 minutes to 8:47. The cue to leave was Malcolm Smith's fumble recovery at 7:56 p.m.
Facetiously, how could Smith be MVP after missing the goalpost dunk following his 69-yard return of a Manning interception.
The car radio was pre-set on '60s on 6 and I never searched for a Super Bowl update. Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Herb Alpert, Johnny Rivers, and Steppenwolf, and others entertained.
For those interested in off-the-wall prop bets, the odds on some winning wagers:
—40-1 that the first score of the game would be a Seattle safety.
—40-1 that Seattle's winning margin would be between 31 and 36 points.
—3-1 that Bruno Mars' first song would be "Locked Out Of Heaven."
—4-1 that Manning would throw a pick 6.
Harry King is sports columnist for Stephens Media's Arkansas News Bureau. His e-mail address is email@example.com.


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CPA Snack
Total TimePrep: 5 min. Bake: 30 min.
Makes6 cups
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 4-1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 3/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2-1/4 cups pecan halves
- 2 cups whole cashews
- 1-1/2 cups whole almonds
- In a large bowl, combine the butter, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce, salt and pepper. Stir in the nuts until coated. Transfer to a 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 300° for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Spread on waxed paper to cool. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts1/4 cup: 203 calories, 19g fat (2g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 246mg sodium, 7g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 2g fiber), 5g protein.
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I had prepared this recipe when it was featured in Taste of Home and I'd adjusted it by adding 1/8 to 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper and I added 2 cups mixed nuts since that was what I'd had on hand! I've also used a large roasting pan instead of a 15x10x1" pan. It's easier for me to stir the snack mix and the pan is deeper in that the mix doesn't fly out of the pan & into the oven! I'd made this snack mix for our coffee time on Sundays! This is a really great recipe, Betty Jean Jordan. Thank you for sharing this recipe! Dawn E. Lowenstein
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I have made this CPA snack recipe many times and have always been asked for the recipe !! The first time I made it was for an Income Tax Party and WHAT A HIT IT WAS !! A perfect recipe for and IRS Party Theme. Thanks so much for all the fabulous recipes Taste of Home readers.


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kustomcarcare necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 19 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
NuView Headlight Restoration/Restorer by Kustom Car Care
Kustom Car Care started business 7 years ago by supplying headlight restoration chemicals to auto dealers, tire centers, local auto shops, and car washes all over the USA. We currently have over 900 dealers nationwide and our NuView product is applied to thousands of car headlights every day.
Car Owners. People who own cars that are at least 3 years or older. Preferably 7 years or more.
Our goal when this project is said and done is to have a sharp, attractive, concise non mailable 4X6 postcard advertising our Nu View Headlight Restoration Service. We also offer the headlight restoration product for sale via the web and phone order(which we would like to include) but this job is specifically meant to design a postcard advertisement for the Nu View headlight restoration mobile service where we will come to you. Call for an appointment and we come to you for $59.95 your headlights will have a Nu View is the basic idea. Please dont use this exact copy, but you get the idea this postcard needs to catch the recipients attention!! We are just introducing our product to the web so for now our website is not 100% complete and currently located at http://www.levelsmedia.com/test/nuview, you can locate before and after restoration pics at http://www.levelsmedia.com/test/ where you will find start.jpg and finished.jpg and the color scheme of the website is the scheme we would like to have on the card in some way or fashion. The images attached to this project are not print quality. they're for ideas. Minor additions, subtractions, and adjustments are fine but nothing ugly please. Feel free to ask questions and use information from the website to support this design. Thank you for your interest. Be creative, make us shine, we cant wait until judgement time!!
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An excellent graphic from Anthony Smith via Mark Thompson and Liberal Democrat Voice. Nothing more need be said.
But I'll say it anyway – no matter how complicated the actual figures that we get in an AV election may be, they're understandable, simple maths, and can easily be worked out, especially with use of a computer. It's not complicated.
Tactical voting on the other hand, is a complication that should not be necessary in a true democracy. If we want a fair and just system, we must move away from First Past the Post.


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Top 5 ACA changes for 2014: Are you ready?
2014 will be a big year for health care reform, with many key parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) going into effect. Below are the top 5 ACA changes for 2014—and how each one will affect your practice—based on AOA analysis.
1. Health exchanges for insurance
These are new plans and newly insured people, so you should not lose patients because of the exchange. In fact, you should get new ones.
The insurance sold on health insurance marketplaces was implemented on Jan. 1, 2014. These marketplaces sell health plans primarily to people who do not have insurance. They include individuals and small employers of up to 50 or 100 employees.
What it means for ODs: Because these are new plans and newly insured people, optometrists are expected to gain new patients over time. Evaluate marketplace plans carefully, as you would any other business transaction for your practice. Marketplace plans will have an integrated pediatric vision benefit (see No. 2 below). Optometrists will be needed on provider panels to serve this population and provide medical eye care to the newly insured. Your state's access and nondiscrimination laws will apply to these plans, as will the landmark Harkin Amendment.
2. The pediatric vision care essential health benefit
The pediatric vision benefit is one of the 10 essential benefits that create a basic benefits package for all health plans sold in the marketplaces, plus some plans outside of them. Thanks to the advocacy of the AOA and state affiliates, this is a fully integrated benefit (not a standalone plan) that offers a yearly comprehensive eye exam, plus a materials benefit, for every patient up to age 18.
What it means for ODs: Potentially millions of new patients will have coverage they didn't have before. You may want to advertise to these potential patients and their patients and offer education about the services optometrists provide and the need for pediatric eye exams.
3. Medicaid expansion
Starting in 2014, many states will expand their Medicaid program to everyone under 133 percent of the federal poverty line. Mainly, this will expand coverage to childless adults who generally are not covered in the Medicaid program. States can opt into this expansion or not. It will be fully funded by the federal government for at least three years. States will be getting a lot of pressure from hospitals to adopt the expansion, and the list of states doing so is expected to fluctuate all year.
What it means for ODs: Optometrists who see Medicaid patients will see a significant increase in them. However, although states will get more money for covering this population, that will not necessarily translate into increased payments for providers. States will still face funding issues, which could lead to an increase in Medicaid Managed Care plans in states. If you feel payments are too low in your state, your local affiliate can help you fight to ensure greater access to this vulnerable population.
4. New payment methods
ACOs, PCMHs, care coordination, care transition and managed care—these are just some of the many ideas and acronyms being thrown around as ways to control the rising cost of health care. For example Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) attempt to save money by allowing providers to share in any cost savings achieved through better management of a patient's care. Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) pay primary care providers extra to better manage a patient's care, usually for chronic diseases such as diabetes.
What it means for ODs: These new delivery models are not necessarily closed systems; you may be participating in one and not even realize it. Organizations that qualify as an ACO or PCMH may refer patients for diabetes-monitoring eye exams to meet certain quality measures. To be an integrated partner in an ACO or PCMH, providers must show value and savings. The AOA is working on materials to help optometrists demonstrate value, but you will need a full-scope optometry practice and a robust medical practice.
5. Changes that affect small business owners
Optometrists will face many of the same health care changes as other small business owners.
What it means for ODs: The health insurance marketplaces may affect not only the patients you treat but also the people you employ. Visit the AOA's FAQ designed for small business owners—and be ready for coming changes.


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Choreography by: William Forsythe
Music by: Thom Willems
Forsythe's angular, contemporary choreography for this striking and inventive pas de deux is paired to an electronic score by his long-time collaborator Thom Willems.
William Forsythe choreographed Herman Schmerman, his second work for NYCB, as part of the 1992 Diamond Project. Originally choreographed for five dancers, Forsythe said at the time, "The ballet means nothing. It's a piece about dancing that will be a lot of fun." In 1993, Forsythe added a pas de deux to the ballet, and when NYCB revived the ballet in 1999, Forsythe decided to present just the pas de deux.


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In case anyone needs a little help......I would like to give credit to Coils for bringing this tutorial to our attentionUnderfolder Assembly Instructions
1. Position folder onto the receiver
2. Slide the sling swivel (5) onto the center support pin (3).
Put locking lug (6) in the receiver with it's lugs pointing to the left side of the receiver so the center pin will slide through it. From the left, slide the center pin through the folder making sure it also slides through the locking lug.
3. Slide the locking nut (7) onto the shaft of the external locking lug (8). Then slide the shaft of the locking lug into the right side of the center support pin.
4. Insert one of the pins (4), through the center support making sure it is also going through the slot on the shaft of the external lug. Try all three pins until you find the one that fits best. You want an equal amount of pin sticking out each side.
5. Grab the sling swivel and turn and push the center support until the pin you just installed slides into the cut outs in the trunion. This pin keeps the whole locking assembly from rotating.
6. Screw the locking nut onto the threads of the center support until it fits snug. Not too tight, not too loose.
7. Once snug drive one of the other pins (4) through the nut. This has to be in a vertical position so it will line up with the hole in the center support and the slot in the shaft of the locking lug.
8. Push both locking lugs so their tabs are snug with the trunion locking holes. The folder should now be locked in the open position.
9. Insert the push button spring (2) into the left side of the center support.
10. Insert the push button (1) into the left side of the center support. You should feel the spring compress. Make sure the holes are in the vertical position.
11. Push in on the push button until it's holes line up with each hole in the locking lugs. Insert the last pin (4).
12. Tap it down flush with the locking lug. In order to remove this pin you will have to drill a hole in the bottom of the receiver. Not to worry, because it will be covered up by the pistol grip. Your folder is now assembled.
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Shorty Da Kid (From 100.3 Beat)(Feat. Laudi) - Kill Yo SHHH [Actin A Fool - In Studio Footage]
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Chicago Mayor-Elect Rahm Emanuel names his transition team and there are no openly gay or lesbian appointments. That was not necessarily a "cause for alarm for the community" but the appointment of anti-gay mega-church pastor Rev. Byron Brazier (left) is "troubling", reports Windy City Times.
Bernard Cherkasov, chief executive director of Equality Illinois, indicated the lack of LGBT representation in Emanuel's transition team should not be a cause for alarm for the community. His organization's PAC joined a large coalition of LGBT community leaders in endorsing Emanuel's mayoral campaign last month.
"We look forward to working with the team of co-chairs to help identify the priorities for the city of Chicago, including the priorities of the LGBT community, and figure out a path to addressing them as soon as the mayor is in office," Cherkasov said.
Brazier's presence on the transition team is an eyebrow-raising choice, however. Brazier's father and the previous pastor of the Apostolic Church of God, the late Bishop Arthur, supported the Federal Marriage Amendment. Additionally, the church is affiliated with the Pentecostal movement, which generally condemns homosexuality as sinful. At press time, Brazier had not return Windy City Times' request for an interview.
Rev. Irene Monroe, coordinator of the African American Roundtable of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry at the Pacific School of Religion, said Emanuel's selection of Brazier while not including any LGBT co-chairs was an intentional, and troubling, choice. "It is a great concern," Monroe said. "Why that particular church when there are so many progressive churches he can choose from? Monroe added Emanuel's choice reminded her of President Obama's friendship with some anti-gay religious leaders.
The Apostolic Church of God is one of the city's largest and most prominent mega-churches. The church campus includes a television studio.
The Apostolic Church is a fundamentalist, charismatic branch of the Pentecostal movement that views homosexuality as sinful. The churches are overwhelming hostile to gays and gay rights, but have a long history in the Black community of attracting and being home to many Black gay youth and gay men. Gay members have been encouraged to pray, speak in tongues or even more.
Chicago's LGBT community was generally very supportive of Emanuel. Much of its leadership endorsed the mayor-elect. Can't say this news shocking in the least, tho.


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An A-3D Skywarrior, also called the "Whale" because of its immense size, arrived at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. It became the 30th aircraft to join the Museum's growing collection. It will be restored and put on display in Hangar 79. VIP guests will view it at a special "Whale of an Evening" reception at the Museum tonight, Friday, March 8.
On June 21, 2011, Raytheon flew Skywarrior #144867 from Van Nuys Airport, Van Nuys, California to the North Island Naval Air Station in San Diego, California. On February 3, 2012, the Whale started its journey to its next place in history at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor, Ford Island, Hawaii. The USS Midway Museum assisted.
The Skywarriors were first used as tactical nuclear bombers and were the heaviest aircraft ever to be operational on the Navy's aircraft carriers.
"This Skywarrior was removed from active Navy service in October 1968 and was on loan to Hughes Aircraft, now Raytheon, for radar and avionics testing for the Grumman F-14 program and as a B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber avionics test bed," said Museum Executive Director Kenneth DeHoff. "It has quite a history and we're pleased to give it a new home."
Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization. Its mission is to develop and maintain an internationally recognized aviation museum on historic Ford Island that educates young and old alike, honors aviators and their support personnel who defended freedom in The Pacific Region, and to preserve Pacific aviation history.
The Museum, located at 319 Lexington Boulevard in Hangars 37 and 79 on Historic Ford Island at Pearl Harbor, recently, was ranked one of the "top ten aviation attractions" nationally by TripAdvisor. The Museum is accessed by air-conditioned shuttle buses from the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. Phone (808) 441-1000 or visit www.PacificAviationMuseum.org for tickets and more information.
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Abraham (Biblical Figure)
Abraham [according to the Book of Genesis, Heb.,=father of many nations] or Abram (ā´brəm) [Heb.,=exalted father], in the Bible, progenitor of the Hebrews; in the Qur'an, ancestor of the Arabs. As the founder of Judaism, he is said to have instituted the rite of circumcision as a sign of the covenant between God and the Jews, who are descended from Isaac, son of Abraham's old age. Abraham also received the promise of Canaan for his people. In response to divine command, Abraham left Haran, taking his wife Sara and his nephew Lot to Canaan, where God promised him many descendants who would become a great nation. His devotion and trust in God and his promises are exemplified pre-eminently in Abraham's preparedness to sacrifice his son Isaac. The Book of Joshua confesses Abraham as a one-time worshiper of other gods before he entered Canaan.
Muslims believe that Arabs are descended from Abraham and Hagar through their son Ishmael. Abraham is further regarded as an ancestor of Muhammad. According to the Qur'an, Abraham and Ishmael built the Kaaba in Mecca and instituted pilgrimages there. The Qur'an depicts him destroying the idols of his father and of his clan; hence, Islam is the restoration of the religion of Abraham.
Other Abraham traditions are to be found in the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, especially in the Book of Jubilees. See also Josephus' Jewish Antiquities. Modern biblical scholarship has revealed anachronisms in Genesis that cloud attempts to place chronologically Abraham's historical existence.
See T. L. Thompson, The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives (1974); J. van Seters, Abraham in History and Tradition (1975); A. R. Millard and D. J. Wiseman, ed., Essays on the Patriarchal Narratives (1983); J. D. Levenson, Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (2012).


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The Hammers were trailing to Marouane Chamakh's first-half goal when Stewart Downing thumped in what appeared a perfectly good equaliser.
But the goal was chalked off for an apparent foul in the area, where James Tomkins and Joey O'Brien had challenged for the ball before it fell to Downing.
Allardyce's assistant manager Neil McDonald said: "Sam is still a bit livid after the performance, not just of our players, but the officials.
"We feel a bit hard done by with the goal that we scored that was given as a foul. That stopped us getting on the front foot and getting back into the game.
"We saw the replays and couldn't work out where the foul was. Decisions like that cost people points, we were on the front foot, we were attacking, we created a good chance and it's been chalked off.
"It's hard to take really. We felt it must have been for offside, but apparently not."
West Ham starlet Ravel Morrison's frustration boiled over after the final whistle and the midfielder was lucky to escape a red card for shoving Palace's Joel Ward in the face.
Mason showed Morrison a yellow card, which means he will be suspended for Saturday's trip to Liverpool, after which West Ham could be in the relegation zone.
"I've been told there was an incident but I wouldn't like to comment," added McDonald.
"I'm more annoyed that that's his fifth booking so that's a suspension.
"I think it's out of frustration that we didn't get anything out of the game."
West Ham are now just three points ahead of Palace, who looked doomed not so long ago.
Fresh from a 3-0 thumping of Fulham on Saturday, they are still yet to string together back-to-back Premier League victories since they were promoted last year, a statistic that could yet cost them dearly this term.
West Ham's mood was in stark contrast to their hosts, who celebrated their third win of the season in new manager Tony Pulis' first home match in charge.
Chamakh had only previously found the net once this season - which was still one goal more than he managed in five months on loan with West Ham last term.
But in the 42nd minute Barry Bannan whipped in a cross and the much-maligned Moroccan glanced in what proved to be the winner to lift the hosts off the foot of the table.
"It's a great result," said Pulis. "You have to win games to give the supporters hope and they were great.
"The more hope you give them the more they will back you.
"The players have been fantastic, absolutely wonderful from the first minute we walked in.
"Chamakh never stopped running. He's got good quality and is a good player, he just needs some confidence and hopefully that will give him some confidence to grow into the player we need."
Source: PA
Source: PA


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My husband poked his head around the door, took one look at me huddled in the corner on the floor and casually asked, "Uh, is there a reason you're eating chocolate ice cream in the bathroom?"
He was getting closer.
I ran down the hallway and ducked into the first room I saw, quietly closed the door behind me and cowered in the dark corner.
My heart beat frantically in my chest. My lungs chugged for air. I leaned against the cold surface of the door, my ear strained to listen for his footsteps.
Tap-tap. Tap-tap.
They were getting louder.
I bit my lip to hold back the scream that threatened to rip from my throat. I panicked and looked around for a quick exit. My shoulders slumped as I realized I'd chosen a room with no other way out.
I was trapped.
I looked down at the small, square box I delicately held and wondered how much longer it would be mine. Its precious cargo was the reason for my flight. To give it up would go against the very fiber of my being.
I clutched it tighter to my chest, its coldness clashed violently with the heat of my flushed body. It jarred my senses and spurred my resolve to fight.
"This is mine!" I silently raged. "Not his."
I ripped open the top of the box and reached inside with the small, silver object I'd tucked away before I'd made my escape.
The sudden knock froze my entire body.
My husband poked his head around the door, took one look at me huddled in the corner on the floor and casually asked, "Uh, is there a reason you're eating chocolate ice cream in the bathroom?"
I shot upright, grabbed his arm, pulled him quickly into the bathroom and shut the door.
"Shhh!" I ordered. "Did he hear you?! Did he see you come in here?!"
Like a junkie hopped up on a three-day binge and hiding from the narcotics squad, I twitched around the small space, praying my husband hadn't unwittingly led our 3-year-old son to my hiding place.
"He went upstairs to look for you," was his answer.
I freaked.
"No-no-no-no-no!" I held up the box in one shaking hand, showing him the contents and said, "Look! There's only a little bit left. Like two bites. That's all!"
I held the spoon in my other hand and stabbed the air with it. "And I am NOT in the mood to share today."
My husband, eyes wide with fright and perhaps thinking a psychiatric consult was in my near future, quietly said, "OK, I'll go distract him."
I lowered the spoon with an unsteady motion as the adrenaline surged through my body. I nodded and said with new-found bravado, "Yeah, you go do that."
I opened the door, peeked out and motioned him to get out.
He squeezed past me and headed down the hallway. Just as I stepped back to close the door, I heard a soft "boof."
I jumped back in shock and tripped over the toilet, dropping the ice cream into the sink and hitting my head on the wall.
You don't want to know where the spoon ended up.
"Son-of-a-#*&!" I howled, sat up and tried to shake my blurry vision back into focus.
Standing in the doorway was our golden retriever, apparently wondering why we were holding a conference in the bathroom. With food. Without her. "My invitation must have gotten lost in the mail," her chocolate-brown eyes said.
However, her bruised emotions were not my first priority at that moment.
I leaned over, grabbed onto the sink's edge and pulled myself up on shaky legs. I looked down and saw the soggy container on its side, dripping melted, chocolate goodness down the drain.
But before I could mourn its demise, I heard Stomp. Stomp. Stomp. Stomp.
Feet running down the stairs. So much for the helpful interference my husband had promised. I'd have had better luck sending a United Nations convoy upstairs.
I sighed, looked at my sad reflection in the mirror then back down at the mess in the sink. A part of me felt shame at my selfishness, leading to this brutal, tragic end. "Oh, screw it," I thought. "Life is too short."
I ran from the bathroom, grabbed my purse and headed for the garage just as a little voice behind me asked, "Mommy! Where are you going?"
To the ice cream aisle at the grocery store, I silently answered.
Where'd I put that spoon?
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. shoppers went to stores earlier this Thanksgiving weekend and bought online more than in years past, giving retailers a strong start to the holiday shopping season, data showed on Sunday.
The more successful retailers, analysts said, were companies such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Macy's Inc, which did better at combining physical stores with their online and mobile channels into a seamless shopping experience.
"The more you can make a shopper shop multiple channels, they are at least twice as likely to be a loyal shopper and spend tons of money," Patty Edwards, chief investment officer at investment firm Trutina Financial, said.
But shoppers also tried to stay disciplined during the onslaught of deals over the so-called "Black Friday" weekend, named for the day after Thanksgiving that traditionally kicks off the November-December holiday shopping season.
A total of 52 percent of Black Friday shoppers that answered a Reuters/Ipsos poll said they stayed on budget and 34 percent said they spent less than planned. Only 14 percent said they went over budget.
Of the 404 in the poll that shopped on Black Friday, 33 percent said the deals they found were better than last year and 39 percent found them to be the same, while 15 percent said the deals were worse.
While holiday shopping appeared to be off to a good start, analysts cautioned against reading too much into one weekend's numbers. Retailers have to sustain the initial burst through the November-December holiday season, which can account for a third of annual sales and 40 to 50 percent of profits for the year.
The impact on the U.S. economy is also sizeable as consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of all economic activity. U.S. employment has undergone a slow but steady recovery, but concerns remain about the "fiscal cliff" that threatens to produce tax increases and automatic spending cuts in January.
According to the Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted over the weekend, 59 percent of people who shopped on Friday said they had completed less than a quarter or none of their holiday-season shopping that day.
Total spending for the long weekend rose to $59.1 billion, up 12.1 percent from last year, according to a survey from the National Retail Federation. An estimated 139.4 million adults visited U.S. stores and websites from Thanksgiving through Sunday, up 6.4 percent from last year, the survey, conducted for the industry trade group by BIGinsight, said.
Staying open on Thanksgiving became more widespread this year as retailers such as Target, Sears Holdings Corp and Toys R Us Inc joined in, while others including Wal-Mart and Gap Inc either extended their operating hours or had more stores doing business.
Traditionally, stores had waited until Black Friday to make their big push.
In the latest sign of the growing importance of Internet-based retailing, comScore Inc said Black Friday online sales topped $1 billion for the first time, while IBM said online sales rose 16.9 percent year-over-year on Saturday.
Amazon.com was the most-visited retail website on Black Friday - the point when retailers in the past would turn a profit for the year - and it posted the highest year-over-year visitor growth rate among the top five retailers.
Wal-Mart's website was second, followed by sites run by Best Buy Co, Target Corp and Apple Inc, comScore said.
"Wal-Mart gets the most-improved prize. They invested and delivered in every channel - stores (opening early), website (very competitive deals, many delivery options), and mobile (bringing it all together for customers by making it easier)," said Fiona Dias, an executive at e-commerce company ShopRunner, which is part owned by eBay Inc.
Analysts said while some of the larger retailers such as Wal-Mart saw strong traffic through the weekend, traffic appeared to ebb at some smaller specialty retailers by Saturday.
One was Abercrombie & Fitch Co, where it looked like traffic "really slowed off on Friday afternoon and Saturday", Ken Perkins, president of data-monitoring firm Retail Metrics, said.
Several analysts criticized J.C. Penney Co Inc's decision not to open until Friday morning, losing shoppers to competitors like Target and Macy's that opened hours earlier.
"They blew it," Edwards said.
There are two extra days between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year and one more full weekend, so the opportunity for a lull between the holidays is greater.
"A big Black Friday, it's hard to read too much into that for the rest of the season," Scott Tuhy, vice president at Moody's Investors Service, said.
Retailers may have to discount more than they want sooner to help spur more shopping, which could cut into margins, Liz Ebert, retail lead at consulting firm KPMG LLP, said.
The National Retail Federation still expects sales in November and December to rise 4.1 percent this year, below last year's 5.6 percent increase.
Reporting by Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Brad Dorfman in Chicago; Additional reporting by Alistair Barr in San Francisco and Martinne Geller in New York; Editing by Dale Hudson


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Congrats! Those first steps of writing essays, paying application fees and sending transcripts are done. Phew! Now you can sit back, relax and wait for those acceptance packets to start rolling in, right? Wait, don't start relaxing yet! We know you are the type of incoming freshmen who wants to graduate with less debt—so listen up. Now is the perfect time to begin growing your understanding of the Financial Aid world. We are here to guide you through the months between applying to college and receiving Federal Financial Aid to go to college. So what can you do now to help better understand the "ticket price" of your future education?
Step 1) Do your research! –Know how much it currently costs a student to attend the Universities you're interested in. Keep in mind amounts for the 2013-14 academic year have not been set. You should be concerned over the four direct costs to attending college. They are:
1. Tuition and Fees
2. Housing
3. Food Plan (board)
4. Books
See you're already more financially aware. Baby steps!
Step 2) Now take those totals and use them to help you figure out how much you may need to pay out of pocket. Again, keeping in mind that the cost of attendance you researched is for this academic year and will likely increase. You can calculate an estimated Financial Aid Award using the FAFSA4Caster: https://fafsa.ed.gov/FAFSA/app/f4cForm.
Remember this is not your official application for student aid. You can begin completing your FAFSA, or FREE Application for Federal Student Aid, beginning on January 1, 2013. This application will be your access to Federal and State aid including grants and student loans.
Step 3) Now that you've seen an estimated guess regarding the amount you may need to pay out of pocket, let's talk SCHOLARSHIPS! Almost all scholarship applications are due six to nine months prior to the award year they are for. Time is of the essence! Let's get started:
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- Set up a meeting with your HS guidance counselor! Many high schools have generous alumni who have set up scholarship funds. These are worth your while because most likely only students from the school district are eligible!
- Check with community businesses and organizations such as credit unions, local grocery stores, or others like your local Red Cross.
- Use search engines, like www.studentaid.ed.gov, provided by the U.S. Dept of Labor to search for available outside scholarships.


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Upgrade from V3.x
COMFAR III V3.3 upgrade from V3.x
UNIDO is offering for registered licensees of COMFAR III software Version 3.x the possibility to download free of charge the latest release - Version 3.3.
Please select the program(s) you would like to download and follow the instructions given below:
- COMFAR III Expert V3.3 - all languages (22MB)
- COMFAR III Business Planner V3.3 - all languages (22.9MB)
- COMFAR III Mini Expert V3.3 - all languages (19.2MB)
- COMFAR III Expert V3.3 CD - ISO image file (195MB)
If you prefer to receive an original CD-ROM, we are pleased to offer this service for a fee of EURO 40.- only, which covers shipping and handling costs. To minimize the administrative efforts, we will send the respective COMFAR III CD including an invoice for EURO 40.-, which has to be paid AFTER the receipt of the CD only.
Should you choose this option, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Select from the list above the licenced program,
- Choose the option to save the file C3_V33.EXE to a temporary folder (e.g. C:\TEMP),
- Unplug the HASP-HL key during installation of COMFAR (including the newest HASP driver)!
- Select 'Run' from the 'Start-menu'.
- 'Browse' to the downloaded file C:\TEMP\C3_V33.EXE, select it and press OK.
- The setup program starts.
- After upgrading plug the HASP-HL key into a USB port of your computer. If the HASP-HL key starts flashing in red it is updated to a new firmware. Do not start COMFAR until the HASP-HL key stops flashing. In case it does not stop after 1 - 2 minutes unplug the HASP-HL key and plug it in again.
For downloading of COMFAR III Business Planner or COMFAR III Mini Expert the same commands have to be applied, with the exception of the file name.
If you should face any problems in downloading the new version, please do not hesitate to contact us for clarification.


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Larry David to write, star in movie for HBO
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Larry David is coming back to HBO -- but not in a new season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
The cable channel told the Television Critics Association on Wednesday that the 65-year-old will write, executively produce and star in an HBO film directed by Greg Mottola. The network didn't announce a title.
Network executives say it's not a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" film, and David won't be playing himself in the movie.
HBO programming president Michael Lombardo says the "Seinfeld" co-creator hasn't "closed the door" on a possible ninth season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
HBO has aired eight seasons David's art-imitating-life comedy series since 2000.


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If you've been hunting for the perfect accessory for those cold-weather pizza parties, consider this handmade Ninja Turtles beanie. The adjustable mask lets you live out your mutant sewer-dweller fantasies. (Bo staff sold separately.)
Etsy seller Charmed is knitting and crocheting up these beauties, which also come in Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Although they're listed as "Sold," she's still taking orders for the $30 chapeaux. But get your orders in quickly; I'm sure the line is get long.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Convertible Beanie [Etsy via Geeks Are Sexy]


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Re: The Grabner/Hodgson Combination thread
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:01 pm
I can see why every other Canuck likes Kassian. First, there will be no fathers demanding extra icetime. Second, Kassian makes everyone taller and bigger. Third, he kicked Eager's ass who most of the Canucks should hate. I just can't wait until the Canucks meet the Bruins again.Arachnid wrote:I don't think Zack is a locker room energy vampire the way the fat salmon was....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjgWWwxA ... e=youtu.be
I think they actually like him, right BD?
Still haven't watched a game, just the highlights, only 45 more to go in my boycott