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Virginia Key, Fla. -- Natural climate variations, which tend to involve localized changes in sea surface temperature, may have a larger effect on hurricane activity than the more uniform patterns of global warming, a report in this week's Nature suggests.
In the debate over the effect of global warming on hurricanes, it is generally assumed that warmer oceans provide a more favorable environment for hurricane development and intensification. However, several other factors, such as atmospheric temperature and moisture, also come into play.
Drs. Gabriel A. Vecchi of the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and Brian J. Soden from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science analyzed climate model projections and observational reconstructions to explore the relationship between changes in sea surface temperature and tropical cyclone 'potential intensity' - a measure that provides an upper limit on cyclone intensity.
They found that warmer oceans do not alone produce a more favorable environment for storms because the effect of remote warming can counter, and sometimes overwhelm, the effect of local surface warming. "Warming near the storm acts to increase the potential intensity of hurricanes, whereas warming away from the storms acts to decrease their potential intensity," Vecchi said.
Titled Effect of Remote Sea Surface Temperature Change on Tropical Cyclone Potential Intensity, their study found that long-term changes in potential intensity are more closely related to the regional pattern of warming than to local ocean temperature change. Regions that warm more than the tropical average are characterized by increased potential intensity, and vice versa. A surprising result is that the current potential intensity for Atlantic hurricanes is about average, despite the record high temperatures of the Atlantic Ocean over the past decade. Soden said. This is due to the compensating warmth in other ocean basins.
As we try to understand the future changes in hurricane intensity, we must look beyond changes in Atlantic Ocean temperature. If the Atlantic warms more slowly than the rest of the tropical oceans, we would expect a decrease in the upper limit on hurricane intensity, Vecchi added. This is an interesting piece of the puzzle.
While these results challenge some current notions regarding the link between climate change and hurricane activity, they do not contradict the widespread scientific consensus on the reality of global warming, Soden noted.
|Contact: Barbra Gonzalez
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science


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The New Yorker released a cover that requires little explanation, highlighting the historic Supreme Court gay marriage ruling while tugging at America's heart.
The image titled "Bert and Ernie's Moment of Joy" shows the "Sesame Street" duo nestled together on the couch and watching news of the Supreme Court rulings.
Jack Hunter, the cover artist, originally submitted the image to Tumblr, unsolicited, according to the New Yorker Culture Desk. He offered a brief comment about the piece on The New Yorker site and calls the landmark ruling "a moment we can all celebrate."
While "Sesame Street" has never publicly announced that Bert and Ernie are gay, the duo has long been regarded as such. Sesame Workshop, makers of the show, said in an email it is not commenting on the New Yorker cover.
The historic ruling struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, which denied federal benefits to gay couples who are legally married in their states, including Social Security survivor benefits, immigration rights and family leave. The decision has been celebrated by gay couples across the country.

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Penn State Democracy Institute seeks nominations for inaugural democracy prize
Penn State Democracy Institute seeks nominations for inaugural democracy prize
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Democracy Institute announces a call for nominations for the inaugural Penn State Democracy Medal to recognize exceptional innovations that advance the design and practice of democracy. The goal is to celebrate and publicize each year the best work being done by individuals or groups to advance democracy in the United States or throughout the world.
Medal recipients also will receive a $5,000 award. The first recipient will be selected and announced in spring 2014. The winning individual, or a representative of a winning organization, will receive the award and give a public talk at Penn State at a ceremony in September 2014. Nominations are being accepted now through Dec. 10, 2013.
There will be two categories: practical innovations, and democratic concepts and ideas, alternating the winner from one category each year. Starting in 2014, the Democracy Institute will select a medal recipient based on practical innovations, such as new institutions, laws, technologies or movements that advance democracy. Starting in 2015, the award will celebrate advances in democratic theory that provide richer philosophical or empirical conceptions of democracy.
The Penn State Democracy Institute promotes rigorous scholarship and practical innovations to advance the democratic process in the United States and abroad. The Institute examines the interplay of deliberative, electoral and institutional dynamics. It recognizes that effective deliberation among citizens has the potential to reshape both the character of public opinion and the dynamics of electoral politics, particularly in states and local communities. Likewise, political agendas and institutional processes can shape the ways people frame and discuss issues. The institute pursues this mission, in part, through supporting the work of the Center for Democratic Deliberation (CDD) and the Center for American Political Responsiveness (CAPR).
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Beautiful condo in a beautiful building! Very good location in Lionshead with many amenities, including heated pool, hot tub, fitness, ski room and underground parking. This condo is 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms and has very strong rental numbers, $78K in 2017 with owner use. Decorated nicely and sold fully furnished.
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It is well known that if $X$ is a first countable topological space and $Y$ is a topological space, then $f : X \rightarrow Y$ is continuous iff $$\forall x \in {\rm map}(\mathbb{N},X),\forall p \in X \quad x_{n} \rightarrow p \Rightarrow f(x_{n}) \rightarrow f(p)$$
It is also well known that if $X$ and $Y$ are metric spaces and $f : X \rightarrow Y$ is uniformly continuous, then $f$ maps Cauchy sequences to Cauchy sequences.
By analogy it seems plausible that if a function between metric spaces maps Cauchy sequences to Cauchy sequences then it must be uniformly continuous. However mimicking the proof of the analogous result for continuous maps doesn't work, which makes me think the result if false. Does anyone know any counterexamples?
Also on the uniform continuity wikipedia page, it says that the result is true if $X$ and $Y$ are subsets of $\mathbb{R}^{n}$. EDIT: It actually doesn't say this, I misread the page.


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Like potatoes, aubergines (one common name of Bruhati is the 'African eggplant'), and tomatoes, Bruhati (Solanum anguivi) is a member of the nightshade family with a long traditional use as both food and medicine in Ayurvedic India.
Bruhati is also commonly known as 'purple-fruited pea eggplant'. It is a thorny, creeping plant with a violet-blue flower which is similar to the flower of its relative, the potato, in shape.
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text: Top-ranked McIlroy, who has already won the European and PGA Tour money titles, will take on fellow Briton Donald in a head-to-head showdown on Sunday [Getty Images]World number one Rory McIlroy and second-ranked Luke Donald gave the organisers and fans what they wanted when the pair set up a classic duel in the desert after the DP World Tour Championship third round on Saturday. The two Britons shot matching six-under-par 66s to sprint three strokes clear of their nearest rivals on 17-under 199 and will engage in a head-to-head showdown for the $1.33-million first prize on Sunday. A rock-solid Donald took his outstanding record in the tournament to 100 holes without dropping a stroke while the big-hitting McIlroy was boosted by an inspired birdie-birdie-par-eagle burst from the 11th. South African compatriots and close friends Louis Oosthuizen (68) and Charl Schwartzel (67) were in a tie for third place on 202. Exciting duel There has been a sense of anti-climax all week at the final event of the European Tour season with McIlroy having already secured the money-list titles on both sides of the Atlantic. Billboards in the city have dubbed the tournament 'The Greatest Show on Earth' and, while that description is overdoing the hyperbole, the top two players in the world will be looking to put on a dazzling exhibition on Sunday. "I think everybody is looking forward to the duel between the number one and two tomorrow," said Northern Irishman McIlroy who is chasing his fifth victory of the year. "I know I'm excited. It will be a great way to finish the season." Asked by reporters whether he was concerned about Donald's remarkable run at the Greg Norman-designed Earth course, the 23-year-old McIlroy replied: "If you look at it logically it means he's due a bogey. "I've not had that many battles with Luke down the years - that's probably because the courses we do well on are different. He excels on the shorter, tighter ones and I guess I play better on the longer courses." McIlroy suffered from sunstroke earlier in the week and was again under the weather on Friday night. "I was up at about four o'clock and had a bit of a fever," he said. "But I had a good warm-up this morning and struck the ball really well on the practice range. "The heat here probably helps a little bit and the adrenaline of being in contention gets you through." Hard to fathom Donald is pinching himself at the thought of going 100 holes this year and last in Dubai without carding a bogey. "That's a little hard to fathom even for myself," said the 34-year-old Englishman who finished third here in 2011 to become the first player to win the money-lists on both sides of the Atlantic. "I bet my next run is not even close to that, probably something like 40 or 50 holes. I remember this time last year I was again just trying to play solid golf and minimise mistakes. "It's a testament to how I play the game. I kind of keep the ball in front of me and when I do get in trouble I've got a good short game to bail myself out." Donald, who is gunning for his fourth win of the year, knows he will be repeatedly outdriven by his Ryder Cup team mate in the final round. "My game is different to Rory's," he said. "He is a power player and I can't go out and try to hit the ball harder or anything like that. "I just have to play my own game. It will be a fun end to the season." The round of the day on Saturday belonged to Jeev Milkha Singh who dedicated a sparkling 64 to his ailing 76-year-old mother back home in India after equalling the course record to finish on 209. Singh, who became the first Indian to play in the US Masters five years ago, said his mother Nirmal was in intensive care in Chandigarh after having a bad fall in the garden. His round matched the record held by Britons Lee Westwood and Ross Fisher, Peter Hanson of Sweden, German Martin Kaymer and Sergio Garcia and his fellow Spaniard Alvaro Quiros who won last year's edition of the Dubai tournament. SOURCE: Reuters Sport Golf India Sweden


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The Australian Attorney-General's department has triggered a teacup-storm of speculation, criticism, and conspiracy-theorizing by issuing and then changing a discussion paper on copyright reform.
The story began last week, when the department flagged a review of the "safe harbour" provisions that are, among other things, at issue in the High Court appeal in the "AFACT versus iiNet" trial.
In its original discussion paper, however, the Department also raised the spectre of government greasing the wheels of copyright
trolls actions, in a section entitled Streamlining the process of seeking ISP subscriber details in copyright infringement matters.
In what looked like an industry-provided template, the paper echoed copyright industry complaints that complying with legal processes such as court orders is "cumbersome and expensive".
On October 14, however, the document was re-issued with this section removed, a move which suggests that a draft rather than a final version was first posted. Even so, the original version is being interpreted as reflecting the inside thinking of the Department.
The kerfuffle has also obscured other aspects of the discussion paper – in particular, its handling of the definition of "service providers" who enjoy safe harbour protection.
As Australian law now stands, safe harbour only extends to carriers and carriage service providers as defined in Australia's Telecommunications Act. However, the consultation notes, carriers and service providers aren't the only people who provide network access.
This appears to create an exposure outside the telecommunications / ISP industry. Is a company at risk because its staff download unauthorised material during work hours? What of university campus networks or search engines?
Australians have until November 22 to comment on whether "safe harbour" should be defined as "A person who provides services relating to, or provides connections for, the transmission or routing of data; or operates facilities for, online services or network access, but does not include such person or class of persons as the Minister may prescribe in the Regulations." ®
Upate: The Attorney-General's department has told The Register the inclusion of the user identification 'streamlining' was an error.
"A draft document which incorporated other issues not included in the Safe Harbour review was mistakenly posted on the Departmental website. It was removed as soon as the error came to light," a spokesperson told The Register.
"We believe that the ongoing departmental convened discussions between ISPs and content owners is currently the most appropriate forum to address these issues." ®


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Chuck Daly: A Winner at All Levels of the Game"It's a players' league. They allow you to coach them or they don't. Once they stop allowing you to coach, you're on your way out."--Chuck Daly
Chuck Daly, who coached the Detroit Pistons to NBA championships in 1989 and 1990 and who led the original--and only--"Dream Team" to the Olympic gold medal in 1992, has just passed away from pancreatic cancer. Daly, affectionately known as "Daddy Rich" because of his penchant for wearing fancy suits on the sidelines, was 78 years old. Coaches and members of the media have been honoring Daly throughout the playoffs by wearing lapel pins with his initials on them.
Many coaches--even some of the most successful ones--have skill sets and/or personality types that are best suited to a particular level of their sport; a great college coach will not necessarily thrive in the pro game, and vice versa. Daly proved that he had the right mindset to win at all levels of the game, from high school basketball in Pennsylvania to guiding an Ivy League team (Penn) to four NCAA Tournament appearances--including a Regional Final berth in 1972--to his great accomplishments in the NBA and with the "Dream Team." Daly was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994 and was also voted as one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA history.
Daly got his start in the NBA as an assistant coach for Billy Cunningham with the Philadelphia 76ers. Cunningham, then a recently retired great player with no coaching experience, relied on Daly's Xs and Os acumen much like Larry Bird later depended on Dick Harter with the Pacers. Daly left the 76ers in 1981-82 for a brief stint as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, who were at that time the NBA's version of the Titanic under the ownership of Ted Stepien, who made so many bad player transactions that the league actually had to step in and prevent him from making any more roster moves. After going 9-32 in Cleveland, Daly worked as a broadcaster for a couple years before the Pistons hired him to be their coach for the 1983-84 season. In his first season with Detroit, Daly guided the Pistons to a 12 win improvement and their first playoff appearance since 1977. The Pistons lost a memorable first round series to the incomparable Bernard King and his New York Knicks.
Daly's early Detroit teams were offensive juggernauts but defensive lightweights; the 1984 Pistons ranked third in the NBA in scoring (117.1 ppg, up from 112.7 ppg the year before) but they placed 18th (out of 23 teams) in points allowed (113.5 ppg). Daly understood that this was not a formula for championship success so he and Detroit's management worked together over the next few years to remold the team's roster and mentality. The Pistons made the playoffs in each of Daly's nine seasons with the team and in 1987 they made the first of five straight appearances in the Eastern Conference Finals. Larry Bird's famous steal of Isiah Thomas' inbounds pass in game five of the Eastern Conference Finals played a big role in helping the Celtics ultimately win that series in seven games but it was obvious that the Pistons had become an elite team. For most of the 1980s, only the Lakers, Celtics and 76ers won championships but Daly and the Pistons broke down the doors to that exclusive club in the latter part of the decade; they lost a tough seven game Finals to the Lakers in 1988 after a severely sprained ankle hobbled Thomas (the Pistons had led that series three games to two) but the next year they acquired the final piece to their championship puzzle, Mark Aguirre. Adrian Dantley had done a fine job for the Pistons but when they traded him to get Aguirre they obtained a player who had a better postup game and who was a better passer out of double teams. The Pistons went 31-6 with Aguirre--including 29-4 with him as a starter--and got revenge by sweeping the injury-riddled Lakers in the Finals. The Pistons earned back to back titles by beating Portland in the 1990 Finals. The Pistons won with team defense and employed a versatile offensive attack spearheaded by guards Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars and Vinnie Johnson. Thomas, the shortest Finals MVP ever, is one of a handful of players to win that honor without being paired with one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
Daly's success in Detroit helped him earn the opportunity to coach the 1992 "Dream Team," the first U.S. Olympic basketball squad that used NBA players. Daly never called a timeout during the entire tournament and he did a masterful job of managing the minutes and the egos. Ironically, Thomas--who had once lobbied Detroit management to keep Daly when some people wanted to replace him--was not selected to the "Dream Team" even though he had won more championships at that point than anyone on the team other than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. It has always been rumored that Michael Jordan, Thomas' bitter rival from Chicago, vowed to not participate unless Thomas was left out.
Daly left the Pistons after the 1992 season. He led the Nets to a pair of playoff berths in 1993 and 1994 and then finished his coaching career in Orlando in 1998 and 1999, guiding the Magic to the playoffs in his final season with the team.
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For the last three years, Andy Yan, a researcher and urban planner with Bing Thom Architects, has been mapping the assessed values of single-family residences in the city of Vancouver.
You see his latest efforts here today.
• CHARTS: Click here for Vancouver real estate values or go to the photo tab on this story
Using the symbolic but breathtaking figure of $1 million in assessed value, Yan has produced over these three years a progression of maps that have shown the runaway acceleration of real estate values in the city.
That acceleration has produced profound impacts beyond just the accrued creation of wealth for some homeowners. It has affected family life, school enrolment, the financial and cultural vitality of the city, neighbourhood ambience and livability, even race relations. It has left Vancouver with the stigma of being one of the most prohibitively expensive cities in the world.
But before I get to Yan's findings for the past year, it should be said that when those assessments were taken in July, 2012, the real estate market softened soon afterward, and for the first time in years people were talking about a new affordability — however relative a term that may be in Vancouver.
The question is, could these maps of Yan's be a snapshot of the real estate market's high-water mark?
Could the prohibitively expensive nature of single-family residences in Vancouver now be so onerous that it begins to transform the city with new forms of more affordable housing?
"I just don't know," Yan said. "The data set isn't there yet. If I did know, I'd be a rich man."
We'll have to wait until next year.
Here, however, is some of what Yan did find during the last assessment period:
• Over 2,200 single-family properties in the city crossed over the $1-million valuation line in the last year.
• The majority of those 2,200 properties were in the southeast of the city — mostly in the Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney neighbourhoods. (It should be noted that except for several dozen properties, all those new $1-million-plus properties were in East Vancouver, since practically all single-family homes on the west side of the city were already assessed above the $1-million mark.)
• Of the 70,000 single-family residences in the city, about 54 per cent, some 37,000 properties, were valued at $1 million-plus by July, 2012.
• From the 2009 to 2012 assessment years, the number of single-family properties valued at $1 million-plus grew by nearly 50 per cent to 37,768 in July, 2012, from 25,708 in 2009.
• There was significant growth in the really high end of properties, too. The number of properties worth more than $5 million increased by nearly 250 per cent over the same period, to 708 properties in 2012 from 274 properties in 2009.
• Single-family home districts still make up about 50 per cent of the city — by far the largest land use in Vancouver, which is significant for a city with such a constricted land base. But Yan found that with city policies allowing secondary suites and laneway homes, single-family home districts were increasingly accommodating multiple units within a single property.
• While about 50 per cent of the city's total population lives in these single-family districts, 64 per cent of the city's children under the age of 19 live in these areas, according to the 2011 census. Significantly, Yan said, 80 per cent of Vancouver's public schools are located in those districts.
Yan wondered if high housing costs weren't marginalizing these significant public investments in our children.
"As a legacy of planning from the 1920s," he wrote in his findings, "these areas have some of the most abundant levels of family supportive infrastructure in the entire city.
"For example, 90 out of the 113 Vancouver public schools are in these areas. From elementary and secondary schools to parks to playgrounds to community centers, there is a considerable amount of public investment found in these sections of Vancouver. This rich infrastructure has helped generations of Vancouverites raise children and set roots in the City.
"At the same time, this infrastructure was developed when the average household income in the City of Vancouver could readily afford to live in these areas. For the sake of reference, the average household income in the City of Vancouver is about $68,000 a year with a median income of $47,000 according to the 2006 census (latest numbers available) or $78,000 and $54,000 respectively in 2013 dollars.
"What is the future of these pieces of infrastructure (and neighbourhoods) in an era when the majority of the single-family homes in the City of Vancouver are now worth over $1 million?"
Questions only the future, and the real estate market, can answer.
Million-Dollar Properties in the City of Vancouver by gillianburnett


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As he looked across a room filled with civil rights veterans, White House officials and leaders from corporate America, Martin Luther King III said that the issues his father championed and died for have yet to be fulfilled in many communities across the country.
"My heart is heavy today! A people who do not remember their history are doomed to repeat their mistakes," said King, who spoke at a luncheon in the District, sponsored by the National Action Network, that was held on what would have been his father's 84th birthday.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, the group's president, hosted events in Washington and New York on Tuesday in honor of the slain civil rights leader, but he told community leaders to beware of reducing King's legacy to the commemorative events held around his birthday.
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A different Win
Well, Charlie won his 899th game as a major league manager last night. It was different and not easy.
When J-Roll's double in the bottom of the fourth tied the game, 5-5, it was the Phillies last hit until there were two out in the bottom of the ninth, a single by Ty. Before the ninth was over, the Phillies had their second walk-off win of the season. They've certainly been on the other end enough, eight times.
Helton's error in not touching first base allowed the winning run to score with two out as the Phillies rallied with two runs in the ninth after the Rockies had scored once with two out in the top of the ninth against Papelbon. He's a different pitcher when not in a save position. Consider he is 17-17 in saves with a 0.00 ERA. Such as last night, 1-2, 6.10 ERA.
Elias Sports Bureau: Prior to that rally, the Phillies had been the only team in the major leagues that had not won a game this season in which it trailed in the eighth inning or later.
Since May 1, the Phillies have scored 228 runs, the most in the NL while hitting .276. At times that is difficult to believe because they have spells in games when the bats go quiet such as last night. The difference lies in pitching and defense. A year ago, the Phillies had the lowest ERA and fewest errors. They're in the middle of the NL pack in both.
Joe-B gave up only six hits in seven innings but three of them left the park. He now leads the NL in allowing homers, 17. If you are wondering about the Phillies club record, it belongs to Robin Roberts, 46, in 1956.
The win boosted the Phillies record to 22-5 in the last 27 games against the Rockies, 13-2 in their last 15 games at Citizens Bank Park. Series ends tonight.
Down On The Farm
**Lehigh Valley won, 2-1, at Toledo on a SF by 2B Kevin Fransden in the eighth. LHS Pat Misch (5-8) won his second straight, allowing just 2 runs in 13 total innings.
**Reading dropped a 4-3 decision in New Hampshire. C Sebastian Valle, 2-4, including his eighth home run. RHS Trevor May (6-5) allowed 3 runs in the first inning and was charged with the defeat.
**Clearwater nipped Dunedin, 3-2, on a walk-off single by Zach Collier. Chase played eight innings at 2B; 2-3 as a hitter, including his first home run. Win went to RHR Tyler Knigge (4-1).
**Lakewood returns to action tonight following a three-day All-Star Game break.
**Williamsport pounded out 17 hits in whipping State College, 13-1. 3B Mitch Walding, 4-5, 4 RBI. 1B Christopher Serritella, 3-4, 2 RBI. LH Hoby Milner (1-0), second of 4 pitchers, was the winner, 4 strikeouts in 3 hitless, scoreless innings.
**Gulf Coast League Phillies lost, 9-6, at the Braves. LF John Taylor, 3-4. 2B Angelo Mora, 3-4, 2 doubles.
June 21, 1964, 1st game: RHP Jim Bunning (7-2) pitches the first perfect game in Phillies history when he blanks the Mets, 6-0, on Father's Day at New York. It is the major league's first perfect game during the regular season in 42 years. Gus Triandos catches the perfect game and becomes the first catcher ever to be behind the plate for no-hitters in each league. 18-year-pld Rookie RHP Rick Wise wins his first major league game in the second game, 8-2.
For more details on Bunning's perfect game, visit www.phillies.com/alumni. Rick Wise recounts his first win on the same day and also his no-hitter seven years later, also on the alumni page.


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Each fully loaded, magazines combined hold almost 18,000,000 rounds.
Prison Planet.com
August 16, 2013
The U.S. Army is buying almost 600,000 Soviet AK-47 magazines, enough to hold nearly 18,000,000 rounds of 7.62x39mm ammo which is not standard-issue for either the U.S. military or NATO.
A U.S. Army solicitation on the Federal Business Opportunities site asks for approximately 592,825 new AK 30-round magazines.
The solicitation even refers to the magazines as being for "non-standard weapons."
More specifically, they are for the AK-47 designed by the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War, which is now commonly used by opposition forces in proxy wars around the world.
This magazine order is an astronomical amount.
Assuming an individual, unloaded magazine weight of 0.95 pounds, all of these magazines combined weigh more than the operating weight of a Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy, one of the largest aircraft in the world.
The C-5 Galaxy wouldn't even be able to carry all of these magazines. Two trips would be necessary.
To put it in another perspective, all these magazines combined weigh more than seven 18-wheelers each carrying the maximum legal load of 8,000 pounds.
The U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) made the request for the immense amount of magazines, which seems excessive for only research and development purposes.
Chances are these magazines will end up in one of the numerous conflicts around the world.
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This isn't the first time that the federal government has made massive bulk purchases of guns, gun parts, and ammunition which are extremely popular with private gun owners but not in NATO use.
Last month, we reported that the army bought 2,550,000 live rounds of 7.62x39mm ammo.
The army is storing a portion of the ammo at Camp Stanley in Boerne, Texas, which is also supposedly a CIA outpost.
The Obama-backed Syria rebels could definitely use the 7.62x39mm for their AKs, especially considering that Congress has already cleared the CIA to openly ship munitions to them.
In 2012, ARDEC looked for a vendor who could "reach around the world at any given moment to gather and provide multiple types of weapons and weapon parts."
The weapons requested included both foreign non-standard and obsolete U.S. military weapons, such as the aforementioned AK-47, 1911s and M1903 Springfields.
Expect to see even more large orders for "non-standard" ammunition in the future.
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The event, celebrating the return of Starbucks national holiday launch of beverages, iconic red cups and merchandise, gave fans an opportunity to throw snowballs through wreath targets, housed in a three-dimensional
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Now in his 4th year as quarterback for the Chicago Bears, So far this season, Grossman has passed for over 2,200 yards with 18 touchdowns for the 9-1 Bears. The Bears are off to their best start since 1990.
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Written by: James Martin (former LDS and strongly against Romney for reasons as listed below)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: We're sharing this opinion of Mitt Romney, written by a former member of the LDS Church, unedited and uncensored. Addicting Info is not endorsing this article, or attacking the LDS Church, but we would like to give James Martin a forum to share his unique perspective.)
The first thing you need to know about Mitt Romney is that he is a Mormon, aka a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They call themselves Christians, but they have so thoroughly brainwashed their members that anything the church says…goes. No matter how much Mitt Romney says he would keep his church separate from Government, and how he would never let the church come in and run Government, commands of the church come first and foremost in Mormon minds.
If the church wanted Mitt to let them come in (AND THEY WOULD) and help or direct the Government, that is how it would be. Why? Because the church leaders would supposedly have a "vision" that it is God's will. The church is all about trying to prop up the image of its founder, Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith had a supposed vision (prophecy) that one day a Mormon would become President of the United States, FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE, of letting the Mormon Church take over the U.S. Government. You can take it to the bank, that if Romney were President, the church leaders would have another "vision," that a church takeover must happen. By the way, that prophecy was simple revenge for perceived wrongs done to Joseph Smith by the government. Nevertheless they treat all his prophecies seriously, no matter how ridiculous they are.
The only other church I know of that elicits such obedience was The People's Temple, and we all know what happened there, they drank the Kool-Aid. In other words, the Mormon religion is a cult of brainwashed souls.
Mormons duck out the back door of the church as quickly as they come in the front door. The number of people on the church rolls rises all the time, but that's because even if you join and then decide the church really isn't for you, they still continue to count you as a member. Unfortunately this trend doesn't apply to the "old school" Mormons like Romney. They're totally entrenched into the religion/cult.
Some of the freaky Mormon beliefs are:
Mormons have a member "stand in" for a dead person and they're baptized as a member of the church.
Mormons have a couple "stand in" for a dead man and woman and marry them into the church, and those count as a "twofer" in church membership rolls. Supposedly they're "sealed for time and eternity" as husband and wife. Mormons are also supposedly the only ones who will be allowed to have sexual intercourse in Heaven.
Mormons believe that God was once a man here on earth and that he attained God-hood due to his "good works" here on earth. He was then elevated to live on the planet Kolob. This is why the Mormons stress "good works" as part of their membership. But here's the rub! How could God create the earth according to the book of Genesis (which their other teachings do NOT dispute) unless he was ALREADY a God, and then attained God-hood through "good works?" If you truly are a Christian, does this all sound a bit weird to you? And no I'm not kidding you, these things are core beliefs of the Mormon Church. They all are from the false prophecies of Joseph Smith. You see, it's easy, if you know all the facts, to tell why Mitt wants the White House so badly.
One of the tenants of the Mormon Church is to have as many babies as possible. So this goes hand in hand with Romney's stand against abortion AND birth control. If you're not popping out a new "Mormon Unit" every 12-18 months, you're not having enough unprotected sex.
It also explains why they stress getting a good education, so they can make enough money to support all those kids with the mother being a "stay at home mom" like his wife Ann. Yet he wants to cut and privatize education. This is one of the Republican strategies to keep the voting public too dumb to see the truth.
Back when I was a youth in the church, we were taught that black people were descendants of Cain, and that the dark skin was the curse God put on him for killing Abel. Black people were to be shunned at all cost. We weren't to be rude about it, but we weren't to associate with them. This racist "teaching" is no longer part of Sunday School, because a few black people threatened to sue the church for racism and discrimination because they were not allowed to join. Suddenly the church elders had another supposed "vision" that blacks had paid their penance (still indicating they'd done something wrong) and they're now allowed to join. But they were not allowed to hold church offices, so the threat to sue was renewed and lo and behold another "vision" comes down the pike and blacks are now allowed full membership. I used to go to church with people like Donny & Marie Osmond and their family. I KNOW they were raised to be racist. In my opinion, to be raised racist and suddenly have your church tell you that you must do a full 180 and love and embrace black people is a total mind-fuck. (Excuse the one word, but nothing else seems to convey the gravity of the situation)
Christians don't believe that God changes his mind to fit the times, yet this is what the Mormon Church is saying he does. A further example of this is that Joseph Smith said polygamy was an "everlasting covenant" from God, but the government said that if Mormons continued to practice polygamy, Utah would not become a state. If you look up the words everlasting, and covenant, you can see once again that God SUPPOSEDLY changed his mind just to fit the times.
Mormons wear "special" undergarments. For reasons too long to go into, suffice it to say that they believe this underwear protects them from evil and gives them mystical powers, as well as making their bodies more visible to the spirits when the rapture occurs. There are symbolic cuts in the underwear that are the same as symbols of being a member of the Masons. Also many of the secret ceremonies, hand signals and handshakes are derived from Masonic rituals.
- Romney wants to be President to fulfill a cult prophecy. When Mitt Romney received his patriarchal blessing as a Michigan teenager, he was told that the Lord expected great things from him. All young Mormon men — the "worthy males" of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as it is officially known — receive such a blessing as they embark on their requisite journeys as religious missionaries. But at 19 years of age, the youngest son of the most prominent Mormon in American politics — a seventh-generation direct descendant of one of the faith's founding 12 apostles—Mitt Romney had been singled out as a destined leader. The Cougar Club — the all male, all white social club at Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City (blacks were excluded from full membership in the Mormon church until 1978) — was humming with talk that its president, Mitt Romney, would become the first Mormon President of the United States. "If not Mitt, then who?" was the ubiquitous slogan within the elite organization. The pious world of BYU was expected to spawn the man who would lead the Mormons into the White House and fulfill the prophecies of the church's founder, Joseph Smith Jr., which Romney has avidly sought to realize.
Economic goals according to Romney's own book, "Believe in America" Mitt Romney's Plan for Jobs and Economic Growth © 2011
- Wants to provoke China into war by labeling the Chinese government as criminals in the world court. Never mind that they own most of our money, they have nuclear capabilities and over a million soldiers. I'm sorry, but we wouldn't stand a chance.
- Wants to privatize Social Security and Medicare. They say Obamacare would create death panels, but that's nothing compared to what it would be if Wall Street controlled medical benefits. And with how well Wall Street has proven that they can screw up even a wet dream, do you really want them deciding how much your Social Security checks should be? I don't think so. Romney would privatize his next meal if he could.
General plans (from stuff he has said lately)
- Wants to cut education funding and oversight.
- As a vulture capitalist, Mitt Romney cost thousands of employees their jobs and their retirement pensions, while he made out like a bandit. If elected president, Romney will kill Medicare and Social Security and further subjugate women's rights, while destroying the EPA and other government services.
OBAMA is looking pretty good now, isn't he? Read on, don't just shut your mind and stop here.
Romney avoids mentioning it, but Joseph Smith ran for president in 1844 as an independent Commander in Chief of an "army of God" advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government in favor of a Mormon-ruled theocracy. Challenging Democrat, James Polk and Whig, Henry Clay – Smith prophesied that if the U.S. Congress did not accede to his demands that "they shall be broken up as a government and God shall damn them." Smith viewed capturing the presidency as part of the mission of the church. Smith's insertion of religion into politics and his call for a "theodemocracy where God and people hold the power to conduct the affairs of men in righteous matters" created a sensation and drew hostility from the outside world. But his candidacy was cut short when he was shot to death by an anti-Mormon vigilante mob. Out of Smith's national political ambitions grew what would become known in Mormon circles as the "White Horse Prophecy" — a belief ingrained in Mormon culture and passed down through generations by church leaders that the day would come when the U.S. Constitution would "hang like a thread as fine as a silk fiber" and the Mormon priesthood would save it. Mitt Romney views the American presidency as a theological office.


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Australia and New Zealand's bid for the hotly contested Square Kilometre Array (SKA) contract has been bolstered with a significant network stimulus via Southern Cross Cable Networks and AARNET.
The network alliance, branded SXTransPORT, between AARNET, Australia's research and education backbone network and Southern Cross Cable will result in the delivery of dual 40Gbps circuits in 2012 and upgrades to dual 100Gbps by 2016.
The network pump up is being positioned as an additional lure in Australia and New Zealand's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array. "Connecting internationally allows Australian scientists to collaborate on major international projects and make leading contributions to global science and research endeavours," said AARNet CEO, Chris Hancock
Hancock added that the existence of AARNet's thousands of kilometres of SKA-ready fibre-optic networks already in the ground would prove a highly cost effective solution for the SKA.
The AARNet's partnership with Southern Cross will assist in combining data from thousands of satellite dishes and will allow astronomers globally to access the hundreds of petabytes of data the SKA will produce. Under the proposed SKA submission the data will be housed in Western Australia and accessed by the world's research and education networks.
The Southern Cross Cable upgrade uses Ciena's 6500 Packet-Optical Platform taking total current lit capacity to 2 Tb and including the use of 100Gb transmission equipment for the first time.
Southern Cross has supported AARNET's international network reach since 2003.
"This arrangement is believed to be a world first relative to long distance undersea bandwidth at the very highest of capacities. We're proud to work side-by-side with Southern Cross to support international connectivity for Australian researchers. Increased international data connectivity will benefit many areas of Australian science including astronomy, climate modelling and high energy physics and demand will only increase," said Hancock.
The SKA board has repeatedly delayed its decision on whether to select Australia or South Africa as the host nation. In its latest announcement the board said that it would hold off on a decision until May.


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I've seen several dogs for sale on my Facebook buy and sell pages this week and another one just this morning. A beautiful black lab, a puggle, a lab-beagle mix..and it kills me. I get that in some cases, having to give up a beloved pet is unavoidable, due to ill health (yours, not your dog), having to move to a place that doesn't accept animals. These things I understand. What I don't understand, and never will, is people selling their supposed beloved family pets for money.
When you make a dog a part of your family, that's exactly the way you should be thinking of it. An adoption. This animal is going to be a part of your family for better or worse until one of you dies. You've done your research. You know the breed, you've talked to your vet, you've made sure you have everything that dog will need to live an active, happy life. You'd prepare yourself if you were adopting a baby, right? You'd make sure you had the financial ability, a home, time and love. Why is a dog (or any animal, for that matter), an animal who will depend on you for food and love, shelter and care be any different? In my mind, as an avid animal lover, it's not. Or at least it shouldn't be.
But what I'm seeing just flat out makes me angry. One woman said she had too many kids and was too busy to keep her dog. She wanted $150 for her furry kid. Another said her dog (who was 6 and had never known another home) was too big and she just didn't have the time. She wanted $200. This morning's entry in the "I don't want my pet any more" contest at least offered hers for free, but wasn't asking the really important questions. Like..
1. Why do you want a dog?
2. What do you know about the breed?
3. Can I get references from your vet?
4. Can I get a reference from your landlord (if you rent) and a statement saying that the dog will be allowed?
5. If for any reason you can not keep my pet, will you bring him back to me to rehome only?
Whenever I saw these posts this week on Facebook, I immediately posted a link to local dog rescue groups in our area. Dog rescue is a way to insure that your pet will go to a group that knows your dog's particular breed, his history and will foster your pet with a caring, knowledgeable person until they can find the best possible home for him. People who adopt from rescue groups love that particular breed of dog, have likely had one before and have been investigated thoroughly by the rescue group as well as had a home visit. I was blessed enough to have 2 rescue dogs in my life. Both were wonderful, huge-hearted dogs who were a part of our family until they passed away. They were wanted, spoiled rotten and very much my kids, before and after I had my own two-legged variety.
With the onset of the "pocketbook dog", or the toy breeds fad that everyone just had to have..the backyard breeders (don't get me started on THIS rant) flooded the market with dogs who were bought and then re-sold when the fad got boring, or the health of the puppy mill dog got expensive, as they are wont to do. Instead of trying to rehome the pets with a responsible owner, many of these dogs popped up all over Facebook. And it's first come, first serve. You have cash? The dog is yours. No references, no research, no offering the dog to a rescue group. It's all about the money.
What does it do to a dog, to go from home to home? Imagine the heartache and confusion of a small child who is shuffled thru the foster-care system. You are their everything, their leader, their pack, their best friend and oops! Sorry pup! No time for you, but this guy on FB who I've never seen or met has $200! You're out of here and Mama's getting a new Coach bag!
Do these people selling their dogs know that there are people on FB who look for those posts specifically so they can buy your pet as dog fighting bait? Or to sell to backyard breeders so it can spend the rest of it's life forcibly pregnant in a cage? Because there are. There are also sick, sick people who like to hurt animals who look for these ads. A new victim to abuse, they especially like the "free to good home" posts. And people who sell animals to research facilities are out there looking at these pet listings as well.
Many buy and sell groups online do not allow the selling of animals, but people do it anyway. They only need their post to be up for a short while and usually before page admins even see the post, the pet seller has half a dozen cash offers. Please, people. Please be responsible. If you can't keep a pet, do the right thing and give it up to a rescue society. Don't sell your furry family members for cash. Don't offer it free to a good home without really doing your homework and being vigilant about your pet's future. Just don't.


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SUNY Canton Builds the Best Bridge in Upstate CompetitionThursday, April 23rd, 2009
A year's worth of hard work, diligence, and practice has led a group of SUNY Canton Civil Engineering Technology students to another victory in the Upstate New York American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Regional Conference.
The SUNY Canton ASCE Student Chapter's "Steel Bridge Team" competed against eight of their closest rival colleges and universities this past weekend at the University at Buffalo.
The SUNY Canton American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter, known locally as the college's "Steel Bridge Team" builds their bridge during the recent Upstate New York Regional Conference. Pictured is Patrick Norton of Edmeston, part of the rapid bridge assembly team.
"SUNY Canton's team came through again," said Paul D. Hitchman, an ASCE Steel Bridge Team Advisor and SUNY Canton faculty member. "Now we will prepare to compete against the top teams in the country at the ASCE National Competition at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on May 22."
Students prepare for the annual competition for two semesters. They create new bridge designs and computer-generated drawings annually in preparation for the competition. The bridge is designed to satisfy the extensive rules outlined by the American Institute of Steel Construction and the ASCE. Students compute and analyze the structural integrity and engineer the bridge to be assembled as fast as possible.
SUNY Canton placed first in all five categories of construction speed, economy, efficiency, lightness, and stiffness.
Colleges finishing behind SUNY Canton included ETS of Montreal, University at Buffalo, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hudson Valley Community College, SUNYIT, Clarkson University, and the United States Military Academy at West Point.
SUNY Canton has been the team to beat and has swept up 13 regional wins in 15 years. In 2006 the College placed second in the ASCE national championships.
In addition to the steel bridge competition, SUNY Canton students participated in several other engineering activities that were judged for points and tallied for an overall team score for the weekend. SUNY Canton's entry in the Boomilever Competition also won first place. The objective of this event was to design and build the lightest cantilevered wooden structure that would hold a predetermined amount of weight.
In another event, Miao Zheng, a student in the SUNY China 150 program, received third place for her research paper on Sustainability and Civil Engineering. "Miao did a fabulous job with her power point presentation and a great job answering the judge's questions," Hitchman said.
Members of the ASCE Student Chapter at SUNY Canton include:
- Michael Bagalonis of Gouverneur
- Yong Ding of Sichuan, China
- Robert LeFevre of Morrisonville
- Jonathan Liberty of Pennellville
- Milton Skinner of Lacona
- Peter Martin of Saranac Lake
- Tyler Purdy of Stephentown
- Patrick Norton of Edmeston
- Kristine Williams of Ogdensburg
- Michael Woodruff of Vermontville
- Ying Yang of Sichuan, China
- Miao Zheng of Sichuan, China
The team now begins the difficult task of securing the necessary funding to pay for travel to the national competition. To support the team, contact the SUNY Canton Foundation at 386-7127 ro email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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This product is grown locally by the Farmship Growers Co-operative located at 13188 Doole Road, Ladysmith, BC, V9G 1G6. The Farmship Growers Co-operative pledges to grow as much ethical, healthy, and organic produce for our community as possible and to encourage and promote a food resilliant local economy. Thier mission is to materialize a dynamic and regenerative community farm and market garden. The value of our group as a growers cooperative is to rapidly create more opportunities in local agriculture and to advocate our communities food security. They have developed a partnership with Growing Opportunities Farm Community Co-op to broaden nearby access and education in agriculture and farming. Interested in practicing agriculture? They invite you to join us as a volunteer. Historically the success of the farm was dependent on the communities support and they seek to revitalize this farming model because of the importance of growing our own healthy food locally, in our community and for it.


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Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) - David Backes notched the second hat trick of his career as the St. Louis Blues held off the Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-3, on Tuesday. Alexander Steen and T.J. Oshie each posted a goal and two assists for the Blues, who have won two straight after dropping their previous two. Ryan Miller turned away 22 shots in the win. The win gives St. Louis 105 points on the season, one better than idle Boston for first overall in the NHL. Joffrey Lupul, James van Riemsdyk, and Carl Gunnarsson each had a goal for the Maple Leafs, who are one of four Eastern Conference teams with 80 points, but currently find themselves sitting out of the wild card chase. Columbus and Detroit currently hold the two wild card spots, with Washington and Toronto sitting on the outside due to playing more games. "The whole year we've thought we were a playoff team, and we still believe that now," said Lupul. "Realistically we're still right there with these other teams." Jonathan Bernier made 44 saves in a losing effort. Toronto trailed by three goals entering the third period, but made it a two- goal game 4:39 in as a turnover in the St. Louis end saw Gunnarsson one-time it from the slot for his third of the year and a 4-2 game. The Leafs then cut their deficit to one with 4:06 to play as a sequence in the St. Louis end saw Phil Kessel send a quick backhand from behind the net to the front where van Riemsdyk chipped it in for his 28th of the year. Toronto then pulled Bernier with under two minutes to play for an extra attacker, but Backes capped the hat trick with a shot down the middle for his 27th of the season. "I think he doesn't give himself enough credit for how good of a 200-foot player he is," said Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock about Backes. "I think that's one of the things that has really evolved in his game now. He's a really good 200-foot player. He's not just a checker, he's a guy that can play in both ends of the rink." The Maple Leafs drew first blood and they did so on the power play at 11:30 of the first period. Jake Gardiner's shot from the high slot was stopped and the rebound went to the right. Nazem Kadri swatted the puck while it was airborne over to the left side where Lupul slammed it in. St. Louis, though, tied the game at 15:55 of the opening period as Roman Polak's shot from the right point got behind the goalie and Oshie tapped it in for his 18th of the season. With just 32.3 seconds left in the first, the Blues made it a 2-1 game as a turnover near the blueline saw Oshie get it to Backes, who fired a shot on net from the right circle that trickled between Bernier's pads for a power-play goal. St. Louis took a 3-1 advantage at 7:32 of the second on Backes' second goal of the game, and made it a 4-1 contest at 17:35 of the middle stanza courtesy of Steen's backhander from the slot. Game Notes St. Louis hosts Minnesota on Thursday ... Toronto plays at Philadelphia on Friday ... The Blues have won the past two against the Maple Leafs ... Both teams were 1-for-3 on the power play.
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It's a Friday post-bell junior miner news release
Not only that, it's from our old pals at Metanor (MTO.v):
VAL-D'OR, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Aug 15, 2014) - Metanor Resources Inc. ("Metanor") (TSX VENTURE:MTO) announces that it has received a summons to appear in Court, November 10, 2014, in Senneterre (Quebec) to respond to charges of criminal negligence in relation to the accident which occurred in October of 2009 at the Bachelor Mine.Metanor strongly believes that these charges, filed 4 years after the accident, are groundless and it is confident that the facts will clearly show the absence of any wrongdoing. Metanor adds that a settlement was reached, through its insurers, with the all of the families involved in 2013, putting an end to all ongoing civil claims.About Metanor
The Friday OT: Smashing Pumpkins; Galapogos
Because it's beautiful, that's all.
Peru's dramatic drop in GDP growth: just 0.3% for June 2014
Rule One™ matters
*make a profit
Chart of the day is...
Beats me where all these Canadian brokerage anal ysts get their deep DD information from
Exhibit One: IKN Post dated August 12th 2014:
Bear Creek (BCM.v), arbitration, Peru, Santa Ana: The REAL need to know is simple (and not the BS long-winded-means-nothing-hot-air need to know)
I read the NR this morning, eyes rolled, decided not to say anything. But having just received the 5th mail on the subject, here's the need-to-know in one line:
The regional elections in Peru are on October 5th.
Ok? We clear?
Exhibit Two: Scotia Daily Mining Scoop, dated August 14th 2014 (i.e. today). Extract with redaction*
Bear Creek Mining Corporation: Commencing Santa Ana Arbitration (BCM-CN, SP...Trevor Turnbull): Bear Creek requested arbitration proceedings under the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement with respect to its Santa Ana silver project...Trevor does not expect a response from the government or progress on negotiations with the upcoming regional and municipal elections on October 5.
Exhibit Three:
*to protect Scotia client-sensitive information
Told you enough times about how good Frank Bajak of AP is, now you might even believe it
"... those being honored include Frank Bajak, chief of Andean news for The Associated Press; Tracy Wilkinson, Mexico bureau chief for The Los Angeles Times; Paco Calderon, cartoonist with El Heraldo de Mexico, and Giannina Segnini, until recently the editor of the investigating team of La Nacion in Costa Rica.
Columbia said Bajak is "fast on the keys when news is breaking, then quick to provide insightful background to the events."
Nobody deserves this more than Bajak. Full kudos, sir.
PS: Follow his twitter feed right here
B2Gold (BTO.to) $BTG and its crazy G&A
Seriously The Clive, WTF?
Here's a chart that maps out the quarterly G&A at B2Gold (BTO.to) (BTG):
In the six months ended June 30, 2014, G&A expenditures include discretionary cash bonus amounts totalling $3.8 million (Six months ended June 30, 2013 - $3.0 million).
Rule One
Luna Gold (LGC.to) chooses its fall guy
And it's Peter Mah, the (now ex) COO. Here's the NR, here are the contents and IKN highlights a couple of lines:
VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - August 13, 2014) - Luna Gold Corp. (LGC.TO) (LGC.TO) (LGCUF) ("Luna" or the "Company") today announced that Peter Mah has resigned from the positions of Executive Vice-President and Chief Operation Officer ("COO") of Luna Gold."We would like to thank Peter for his contributions during his tenure at Luna Gold. We wish him the best in his future endeavours," commented Geoff Chater, President and CEO, Luna Gold.In July, the Company engaged JDS Energy and Mining Inc. ("JDS") to provide operational and technical support to address mining and processing deficiencies at the Aurizona Mine. JDS will provide site management services and work with Luna employees to stabilize and improve operations, including operator training and the implementation of mining and processing best practices. JDS is a contract mining services firm providing engineering, construction, procurement and management solutions internationally (www.jdsmining.ca)About Luna Gold Corp.
BREAKING (UPDATED): Unconfirmed reports that Brazil presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was in the air crash in Brazil today
UPDATE: Beginning to look this way.
UPDATE 2: The Twitter account of Donna Bowater, EngLang journalist in Brazil, is a good place to get up to the minute news on this unfolding story. For those of you with enough Portuguese, this Google News feed will keep you informed quickly (along with hitting F5)
UPDATE 3: Sources now telling Reuters that yes, Campos was on the crashed plane. Oh crap.
UPDATE 4: Brazil's O Globo says he died in the crash.
A Flash update...
...has just been sent to subscribers, 45 minutes or so after the opening bell on this fair Wednesday morning. Adding to a position. All of a sudden, this is an interesting market.
Your murdered Colombian journalist of the day
- He was subject to death threats for four years (some reports say five years), due to his reporting at the time on corruption in local political circles and on the activities of far right wing paramilitary groups in the Antioquia region of Northwest Colombia, where he lived. Due to the seriousness of the threats, he had been under official police protection.
- Three weeks ago, on July 24th to be exact, his police protection was withdrawn. The reason seems to be connected with the fact that at his most recent job he was little more than a music DJ (he changed tack at the station after a previous death threat and when a grenade exploded just yards from the radio station in 2013).
- Soon after the police detail was withdrawn, he was visited by a known member of the far right wing 'Urabeños' (now also sometimes known as 'Los Úsuga'), the paramilitary group that's also deeply into narcotrafficking, protection rackets, etc.
- After refusing to give the Urabeño member some information he was after, he began receiving text messages that told to leave the area within two hours or face the consequences.
- He asked that his police protection be reinstated, but nothing happened.
- Yesterday afternoon he was shot dead by an unknown assassin. Another dead journalist in Colombia.
Fortuna Silver (FVI.to) $FSM 2q14 results
Liabilities have moved up a bit, but not a biggie, because...
...what really matters here is working capital and that's a decently liquid position. However, we can see that FVI has had trouble in adding to its current assets via this chart and we're still creeping up rather slowly.
This is confirmed by the net earnings chart. FVI seems to have been given a pass for quite a long time on these lacklustre bottom line numbers because of its growth profile and all that. Well folks, here we are with the back end of the throughput upgrades at both Caylloma and San José done and these net figures are still languishing. You net $2.87m and you're worth $790m? Something isn't right here.
Big sulphuric acid spill at a big copper mine in Mexico
Bear Creek (BCM.v), arbitration, Peru, Santa Ana: The REAL need to know is simple (and not the BS long-winded-means-nothing-hot-air need to know)
Ok? We clear?
Brazil: A dwarf with money
- Israel does its Gaza thing
- Brazil criticizes Israel
- Israel's Foreign Minister retorts, calling Brazil "a diplomatic dwarf"
- Hilarity ensues
President Reuven Rivlin apologized on Monday night to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff for the Foreign Ministry's criticism of her decision to recall Brazil's ambassador from Tel Aviv to protest the fighting in Gaza. High-ranking Jerusalem officials said that Rivlin gave his apology, which went against the Foreign Ministry's stance, because of a great deal of pressure from officials of Israel Aircraft Industries, who are dealing with a large tender in Brazil.
A Flash update...
...has just been sent to subscribers, bright and early on this Tuesday morning and an hour and bits before the opening bell. It's about the True Gold (TGM.v) deal with Franco Nevada (FNV) and Sandstorm (SAND).
Let me tell you who's been calling the broad markets accurately
Checking in on the Gordon Brent Pierce pump job Aldrin Resources (ALN.v)
Ram Dass to the rescue
"When you get frustrated because something isn't the way you thought it would be, examine the way you thought, not just the thing that frustrates you. You'll see that a lot of your emotional suffering is created by your models of how you think the universe should be and your inability to allow it to be as it is."
You have heard about the seven miners killed in Peru in July 2014. Haven't you?
- Three miners at the 'Virgen de Guadalupe' mining company in Oyon were killed in an accident on July 8th. Their names were Silverio Rivadeneira, José Clemente Martel and Rolando Cosme.
- At Pan American Silver's (PAA.to) (PAAS) Huaron mine, Dither Perez was killed while at work on July 16th. The official cause of death category being "intoxication, asfixiation or absorption of radiation".
- Then on July 24th, Julio Vargas, Franklin Puertas and Yurema Tintaya met their deaths while working at the Cerro Lindo mine, owned and operated by big Peruvian mining company Milpo, a subsidiary of Brazil's Votorantim.
The IKN Weekly, out now
IKN274 has just been sent to subscribers. With 34 pages and nearly 15,000 words, it's fun for all the family and guaranteed to break the ice at parties.
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"It was full moon the first time I came to Capri," he went on reflectively. "It might be the same moon as tonight.""It was, you know," I smiled.He grinned.
Your Yahoo! News Twitter hack of the day
It's here until it disappears, though of course we have the screenshot:
The Future of Disney
Via the evergood Mex Files, your author's eyes are drawn to this work by Mexican artist José Loaiza, including this image:
Plenty more from where that one came from, right here.


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OSTEEN, Fla. – A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was forced to shoot and kill a cow after the animal was hit by a car on a Central Florida highway.
The crash happened around midnight on State Road 415 near the intersection of Collins Road.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a woman was driving north when she came upon three cows in the middle of the road.
The driver tried to stop her car when she saw the cattle, but was not able to avoid hitting the animals, according to the FHP.
Troopers said another car came by seconds later and also hit one of the cows.
One cow was so badly injured that the responding trooper shot and killed the animal to prevent further suffering. Another cow was injured, but is expected to be OK. The third animal ran off before emergency crews arrived.
Troopers do not know where the cattle came from and were not able to locate their owner.
Neither driver was injured in the accident and troopers said no one will be cited.


text: As the name implies, the World Economic Forum (WEF) is not just an ordinary forum, but a high-profile gathering of leaders, men and women in Governments, Businesses, Non-Governmental Organizations and civil society throughout the world to discuss on the world's economic (past and present) challenges. WEF is one of the organizations which embraces globalization, trade liberalization, private sector participation and other related economic development jargon. WEF is a Geneva-based non-profit organization, wherein its Annual General Meetings are usually held in Davos, Switzerland. Apart from its Annual Meetings, WEF also holds regional meetings each year in a pre-identified location which is … Continue reading World Economic Forum: Will It Be Beneficial To Us?


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Truth or Consequences
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Truth or Consequences is located along Interstate highway 25 between Albuquerque and Las Cruces. There is a municipal airport servicing private and charter airplanes. The nearest major airports are located in Albuquerque and El Paso. The Albuquerque Sunport is served by most United States airlines and is a major hub for Southwest Airlines; it is located about 150 miles north. The El Paso airport is located about 150 miles to the south. The New Mexico Speed limit is 75 in most places, it's a quick and easy drive. Be sure and gas up at Socorro from the north or Las Cruces from the south, each about 70 miles away, as there are no gas stations located between T or C and these cities.
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There is no public transportation, but the entire downtown district is very walkable. That would include all 10 lodging options that offer hot mineral baths, plus the shopping/gallery district, plus 7 places to dine, at least 2 of which would be open for each meal of the day. There is taxi service for getting around town and from T or C to Elephant Butte and back. You can also rent a car ahead of time from Whitehead Auto for a day or two of exploration, and spend the rest of the time exploring the art of doing almost nothing--soaks in different bath houses, walks to the galleries or the river, getting a massage.
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Don't miss the Geronimo Springs Museum, or the Hamilton Military Museum at Veterans Memorial Park
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You'll find a number of watering holes in town. Couple of sawdust joints like the "Pine Knot Saloon" on 3rd street at one end to the Golf Course Brassie at Sierra Del Rio with four 50 inch plasma screens and a granite bar at the other. Places to get a drink are: BellaLuca (beer&wine), Pine Knot (beer,wine,&liquor), Raymonds (beer,wine,&liquor), Los Arcos (beer,wine,&liquor), Sierra Del Rio (beer,wine,&liquor), Casa Taco (beer&wine), Elephant Butte Inn (beer,wine,&liquor), Pacific Grill (beer&wine) and maybe a few others.
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Indian Motorcycle Unveils The 2013 Indian Chief Vintage Final Edition
International Motorcycle Show, Long Beach, Calif. — December, 2012 — Indian Motorcycle, the original American motorcycle company, today announced the 2013 Indian Chief Vintage Final Edition, the final version of the Kings Mountain era of Indian Motorcycle, which is available in very limited quantity. The new model year 2013 Indian Chief Vintage Final Edition was unveiled before a gathering of the motorcycle industry press from the floor of the International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach, California, which takes place December 7th through December 9th at the Long Beach Convention Center.
This announcement marks the end of the Kings Mountain era of the Indian Chief, and signifies an important milestone in the 111-year storied history of the Indian Motorcycle brand. With a paint scheme emulating the iconic Indian Chief on display at the 1939 World's Fair in New York, the stunning new collectible 2013 Indian Chief Vintage Final Edition is a fully accessorized motorcycle that befits its place in the history of motorcycling. The extremely limited number of these bikes available is sure to excite collectors and pave the way for the new era in Indian Motorcycle under the leadership of Polaris Industries.
The 2013 Indian Chief Final Edition comes fully loaded with the World's Fair-inspired paint scheme of Indian Red, Thunder Black, and Gold Pinstripe; auxiliary driving lamps; black leather solo seat with included detachable passenger seat; windshield; black leather saddlebags; chrome grab rail; leather fringe; engine guards; and chrome fender tips. Powered by the PowerPlus 105ci engine, this historic 2013 model will be manufactured in an extremely limited run and wears a custom-designed, numbered emblem on the frame to commemorate the brand's historic achievements.
"We are working hard designing and building the new Indian Motorcycle, but we knew it was important to honor and celebrate the long and proud heritage of Indian Motorcycle, and the Kings Mountain era played a key role in that continuing history," said Steve Menneto, Vice President of Motorcycles at parent company Polaris Industries. "When we acquired the Indian Motorcycle brand in 2011, our strategy was to retain the existing design, quality and high level of detail for which Indian Motorcycle has always been known, while making significant detail improvements in order to satisfy the continued demand from Indian Motorcycle dealers. The Final Edition is an acknowledgement of our gratitude to the team at Kings Mountain for sustaining the Indian Motorcycle story and its heritage as America's original motorcycle brand."
The Kings Mountain, North Carolina assembly line was transitioned to Polaris' Spirit Lake, Iowa production facility in 2011. The line was transported and returned to full operation in an astounding eight weeks, and continued to produce new units for the Indian Motorcycle dealer base. The state-of-the-art Spirit Lake plant also manufactures Polaris Rangers and Victory Motorcycles, though each brand is built on its own dedicated assembly line.
Pricing and Availability
The 2013 Indian Chief Vintage Final Edition is exclusively available for purchase in North America with a MSRP of $37,599 and $39,599 in Canada. Interested parties are encouraged to contact their local Indian Motorcycle dealer as soon as possible due to limited availability. Log on to www.indianmotorcycle.com for dealer and model information.
Indian Motorcycle, a wholly-owned division of Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII), is America's original motorcycle company. Founded in 1901, Indian Motorcycle has won the hearts of motorcyclists around the world and earned distinction as one of America's most legendary and iconic brands through unrivaled racing dominance, engineering prowess and countless innovations and industry firsts. Today that heritage and passion is reignited under new brand stewardship. To learn more, please visit www.indianmotorcycle.com.
Polaris is a recognized leader in the PowerSports industry with 2011 sales of $2.7 billion. Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures and markets innovative, high quality motorcycles, off-road vehicles including all-terrain vehicles and Polaris RANGER® side-by-side vehicles, snowmobiles and on-road electric/hybrid-powered vehicles.
Polaris is a global sales leader for both snowmobiles and off-road vehicles, and has established a presence in the heavyweight cruiser and touring motorcycle market with the Victory and Indian Motorcycle brands. The company continues to invest in the global on-road small electric/hybrid vehicle industry with Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) and Goupil Industrie SA, as well as internally developed vehicles. Polaris enhances the riding experience with a complete line of Pure Polaris apparel, accessories and parts, available at Polaris dealerships.
Polaris Industries Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PII", and the Company is included in the S&P Mid-Cap 400 stock price index.
Information about the complete line of Polaris products, apparel, and vehicle accessories is available from authorized Polaris dealers or by visiting www.polarisindustries.com.


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Vandersanden lays the foundations for sustainability
A clay paver has a lifespan of 125 years
With an average life span of 125 years, brick pavers are high-performing on a scale of durability. And there is more to it than that. Clay pavers are a durable product if we look at aspects such as the consumption of raw materials, environmental standards and reuse.
Pure and natural
Clay pavers are a 100% natural product, without any artificial additives. The bricks are made from clay, a natural product and during the manufacturing process no synthetic products or chemical treatment methods are applied. This makes it impossible for pollutants to contaminate the soil.
Responsible handling of raw materials
Clay is a virtually inexhaustible resource. To mitigate the exploitation of our clay quarries, we also use raw materials that are released during infrastructure and construction projects. Out of respect for our natural environment, after we have finished quarrying in the countryside, we reintegrate our clay quarry locations to make them permanently useful.
Reuse and recycling
Brick pavers can be easily extracted and can be used again or recycled. Since the weather has little or no influence on the quality of fired pavers, the color stays the same and will not fade. Many clay pavers also have a good quality which will sustain longer than a human life. Because bricks only consist of natural raw materials, they have no harmful side effects when they come into contact with ground or surface water.
Clean and energy-efficient production
All Vandersanden business processes are based on durability. We use energy-efficient tunnel kiln ovens and we reuse the heat from the ovens in our drying rooms. Additionally, we produce our own energy through co-generation. During the manufacturing process, we use the minimum amount of groundwater. We are able to do this because we collect our own rainwater and use it as process water. All the process water is reused in a closed circuit, which means we do not need to discharge any waste water. We bake our bricks using natural gas: the cleanest and most environmentally-friendly fuel. The combustion gases are purified by using flue gas filters, allowing our emissions to remain well below the statutory standard.
Minimum of packaging materials
Packaging materials are limited to a minimum. For the pallets we exclusively use untreated wood. On the pallets, the bricks are held together by a very thin, yet strong foil. All Vandersanden packaging materials represent less than 1% of the weight of the packaged bricks.
Sustainable collaboration
Our commitment to sustainability also means that we wish to establish lasting relationships with our employees and with you, our client or chain partner. We are committed to achieving this in every aspect.