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On Feb. 11, an explosion and fire at a shale gas well pad in Dunkard, Greene County, injured one worker and incinerated a second worker.
The photos and video footage of this fire were sobering. This accident reminds us that drilling for shale gas is an industrial process that comes with real risks from highly explosive gases and toxic chemicals. Some may say all industrial processes involve risks but I ask, should risky industrial processes be allowed to occur in most areas of our community?
Secretary of the state Department of Environmental Protection, Chris Abruzzo, said it was fortunate the well was in a remote area. The nearest home was more than a half-mile away. If a home had been 300 feet away — what current oil and gas regulations allow — a much more horrifying story would have been told.
Residents of townships in Butler County, where shale gas drilling is happening, should not have to depend on good fortune to protect them. Citizens look toward the good judgment of their local officials to designate areas that are off limits to all industrial processes, including shale gas drilling, that can cause the kind of fire and explosions we witnessed recently.
The property rights argument that everyone has the right to make a profit on his land must be challenged. No one has a right to endanger my health, my life and the enjoyment of my property to reap the profits of gas drilling.
I do not begrudge anyone the right to profit from their land if these activities do not put others in danger. Some say these explosions happen so infrequently, but if it happens in your community, you may regret not taking the initiative to do what is necessary to keep this highly industrial activity safely away from homes and schools.
A recent state Supreme Court decision on state Act 13 restored local control to local governments for zoning for gas drilling.
As citizens, we must petition local officials to use zoning to keep highly industrial processes like shale gas drilling and all its infrastructure like compressor stations, gas processing plants and pipelines in parts of our townships and boroughs that minimize the potential for harm to all residents.


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The fourth HST Calibration Workshop was held October 17-18, 2002 at the Space Telescope Science Institute. The workshop featured reports from the commissioning of Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the re-commissioning of NICMOS. New calibrations and advances in the understanding of STIS, WFPC2, FOS, and the FGS were also presented, as well as previews of calibration plans for COS and WFC3 which are scheduled to be launched in approximately two years. The workshop was designed to foster the sharing of information and techniques between observers, instrument developers, and instrument support teams. Approximately 120 astronomers attended the workshop which included 32 talks, 40 posters, and time for demos and splinter groups on various topics.
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Friday, 23 December 2011
And so this is Christmas
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a Wonderful, Happy, Healthy New Year. May all your wishes and dreams come true for you in 2012.
Life's fun if you don't weaken,
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- TNTcoach Ken said...
May 2012 be the year of your dreams.....
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- Born To Endure said...
And always to you too Laurel...hugs XXOO!!!!!!!!
- 23 December 2011 at 11:01
- Marlene said...
You are one of the strongest women I know! Merry Christmas and all the best to you and yours!
- 23 December 2011 at 11:23
Merry Christmas to you too!! I wish you, your family and friends all the best.
- 23 December 2011 at 11:32
- Wes said...
Merry Christmas, Laurel. Life is a journey eh? Let's hope everybody can be worn out and broken down by the time we get to the end of the road! Be safe!
- 23 December 2011 at 13:42
- Groover said...
We wish you a very Merry Christmas, too. Thinking of you and sending you lots of positive energy this festive season! Lots of hugs!
- 23 December 2011 at 18:21
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Try to find the small miracles in the daily activities for both your friend with cancer and your loved one with dementia. I work in the Alzheimer's industry, so I know all too well how overwhelming your life is right now.
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Things sure are looking beachy keen for Scarlett Johansson and Nate Naylor.
Quietly dating for the past five months, the We Bought a Zoo actress, 27, and NYC ad exec, 37, turned up at the beach in Hawaii on Friday. Showing off her world-famous body in a tiny, aqua-blue bikini, Johansson relaxed in the sand as her man leaned in for a kiss.
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Johansson and Phoenix, Ariz. native Naylor "really wanted to keep it private," another insider adds of the pair. (Johansson and Sean Penn, 50, split last summer after five intense months together.)
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Shadow Circus has announced the additional of their newest member, bassist Jason Croft, to the lineup of their new release, their follow-up to 2007s progressive rock debut, Welcome to the Freakroom. Jason is a veteran of the
Jasons experience and skill is escalating this bands sound to a whole new level, says Shadow Circus founder and guitarist John Fontana, not only as a bassist, but as a keyboard player and vocalist, we will be able to take this new album to even greater musical heights than we had even hoped for.
Does this mean that the new Shadow Circus album will lean more towards metal?
There are some parts of this album that are heavier than the first one, and theres no doubt that Jason can help bring that facet of it to life but there are also some parts of this album that are quite soft, some things are classically influenced and even involve orchestral instruments the full dynamic range is there, and Jason seems to excel at everything we throw at him!
Original bassist, Matt Masek, departed amicably due to his relocation out-of-state, but is expected to contribute cello parts to the recording.
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SOCORRO – New Mexico Tech's Joseph R. Skeen Library, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History, and the USDA Forest Service—Southwest Region are teaming up to present an ongoing exhibit and series of lectures on topics and issues concerning the Rio Grande's riparian issues.
The inaugural lecture in the series is scheduled for Wednesday, November 17, at 7 p.m. in the Skeen Library's Tripp Conference Room.
Rod Repogle, the primary photographer for the current riparian exhibit, which will hang in the second floor of the Skeen Library through February 2005, will kick off the three-part lecture series with an informal talk detailing the behind-the-scenes work that went into designing and constructing the multi-panel, bilingual exhibit.
"At Water's Edge," which originally was created in 1988 for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History, is thought to be the first bilingual exhibit focusing on riparian issues in the Southwest, with particular emphasis on the Rio Grande.
The other two talks being given at the Skeen Library in conjunction with the library's riparian exhibit will feature Gina DellaRusso, ecologist at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, speaking on "Riparian Ecosystems and Habitats" on December 18, and New Mexico Tech hydrology professor Rob Bowman and Paul Tashjian, hydrologist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, speaking on "Shallow Groundwater and Surface Water Geomorphology of the Rio Grande Basin" on January 26, 2005. Both of these presentations will also begin at 7 p.m. in the Skeen Library's Tripp Conference Room, with light refreshments served.
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Rhonna Krouse, a friend of Olga, is looking for women ultrarunners to fill out a survey to assist with her thesis. If you have a moment, please give her a hand! More details below...
I am contacting you because I am currently completing my thesis on the motivational patters and goal orientation of women ultrarunners. I am seeking women ultrarunners to participate in a web-based survey, which takes about fifteen minutes. The web site is HERE. There you will find an abstract of my research and a link to the survey. I am hoping to get to as many women as humanly possible because the population is pretty small. Could you help me disseminate this information and take the survey yourself. Also, any suggestions you have on people to contact or places to post the web site I would welcome. The survey will be open until November 1st.
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Sloan Fine Art in New York has a not to be missed exhibit celebrating Alternative Press Magazine's 25th anniversary. The exhibit features rarely seen photos, works of art from rock stars, past AP magazine covers and rock-inspired art. There's one slight catch: like rock and roll goes, this exhibit is only in town for 3 days – so you have no time to waste!
On display, you'll see works from: Adam Jones (Tool), Andy The Butcher Mrotek (The Academy Is), Black Francis (Pixies), Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), Greg Craola Simkins, Jayme Thornton, Joby J. Ford (The Bronx), Jordan Buckley (Every Time I Die), Justine Frischmann (Elastica), Marilyn Manson, Marina Chavez, Marc Porter McKnight (Atreyu), Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio), Morgan Slade (Miss Derringer), Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy), Ralf Strathmann, Roberto Chamorro, Sean Murphy, Shepard Fairey, Shirley Manson (Garbage), Tim Armstrong (Rancid) and Travie McCoy (Gym Class Heroes) among many others.
It's hard to pick my favorite works because there were so many cool pieces on display, but I liked two works from the Mansons alot. Shirley Manson of the band Garbage as well as Marilyn Manson!
Another one of my favorites was from Tim Armstrong of Rancid (see below).
You can also see The Worley Gig's favorites from this exhibit with many more pictures by clicking here.
Sloan Fine Art is located at 128 Rivington Street on the Lower East Side of New York City. The Alternative Press 25th Anniversary exhibition will be on display Thursday, October 21st through Saturday October 23rd only. Gallery hours are Noon to 6:00 PM each day.


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How To Make Rear Steer Work For You
Rear steer in a circle track race car is a condition caused by suspension movement. Under the right conditions, rear steer can be beneficial and enhance performance. Under the wrong conditions, it can ruin your handling.
We do not necessarily need to know the exact amounts of rear steer our cars are subjected to, but we do need to have a solid understanding of what produces rear steer and what effect rear steer has on the handling in our cars.
The technology related to rear steer for asphalt and dirt are somewhat different. There are a few similarities, but many differences in how we evaluate and use rear steer for each group. Since we cannot lump them together, we will analyze them separately.
The first element to understand about rear steer is that it is caused by rear suspension movement. As the rear corners of the car move, along with the controlling arms that locate the rear-end fore and aft, each side can move the wheel on that side forward or to the rear. Obviously, if both of the wheels did not move, or moved in the same direction by the same amount, we would have zero rear steer. When one wheel moves more than the other, we have a certain amount of rear steer.
Rear steer can either tighten a car or make it very loose. Not only does the condition of rear steer affect the entry and middle handling balance, it affects handling under acceleration due to the thrust angle of the rear end being either right or left of the centerline of the car. In dirt racing, it may be advantageous to incorporate a large amount of rear steer under certain conditions.
Tuning With Rear Steer
To see if rear steer is an important tuning tool, we turned to some experts. Joe Garrison of GRT Race Cars and Mark Richards of Rocket Chassis both said having rear steer capability in a dirt car was critical. "Rear steer helps the driver get the rear end around on dry, slick tracks without having to break the rear tires loose," said Garrison. Richards added that "if the driver has to countersteer the car a lot, you need more rear steer."
Keith Masters of MasterSbilt Race Car Chassis said, "The reason chassis builders build 4-bar cars is because of rear steer. The entry is more important to design for than the exit as far as rear steer is concerned." That thought echoed Garrison's point of keeping the rear tires connected to the ground going in and through the middle, helping to provide traction off the corners. A smooth entry provides a faster exit.
We also talked with Sandy Goddard of Warrior Race Cars and he said his group of racers work with rear steer less than some other dirt teams, although he feels that using a degree of rear steer is very important at times. "Rear steer definitely helps get into the corners on dry, slick tracks," Goddard said, "but you can put too much rear steer into the rear suspension. A lot of guys take that to extremes."
C.J. Rayburn of Rayburn Race Cars, a driver as well as a car builder, echoed much of what the other buiders had to say. "We have always wanted rear steer," he said. "Rear steer is important in any design of dirt car." Rayburn builds the swing-arm type of rear suspension. Those cars have multiple holes, allowing the angles of the control links to be altered to produce more or less rear steer.
A rear end steered to the left of centerline will cause the thrust angle to be left of centerline and make the car tighter on entry and tighter on exit under acceleration. A rear end that is steered to the right of centerline causes the thrust angle to be pointed to the right of centerline and makes the car loose on entry and loose on exit under acceleration. Knowing these basics, we need to look at each type of racing to see how rear steer affects each type of car and how we might improve our performance using rear steer.
Asphalt Rear Steer
The asphalt racing surface provides a lot of traction, even on those flat "slick" tracks. Because there is very little slip of the tires on asphalt, the range of useable rear steer is very small. We never need our suspension to steer the rear end to the right of centerline on asphalt. It has been a practice for teams to align the rear end-and/or have it steer slightly to the right-to fix a tight mid-corner condition, but this goes into the category of crutches, and should not be necessary if the car is set up properly otherwise.
Asphalt stock cars have four predominant rear suspension systems and all of them produce some amount of rear steer. They are:
1. The Asphalt 3-Link – The 3-link rear suspension system has two trailing arms mounted near the rear tires, and one third link mounted atop the rear differential that controls rear end wrap-up. The trailing arms can be mounted parallel to the centerline of the car, or angled with the front mounts closer to centerline.
Rear steer in this system is caused by chassis movement, which can produce several secondary effects. Usually, the right-rear corner of the chassis moves more than the left-rear. On most flat- to medium-banked tracks, the left-rear moves very little. This has been confirmed by studying data from onboard computer systems during testing that show shock travel amounts in the turns. The left-rear shock mostly seems to move between 1/2-inch in rebound and up to 1/2-inch in compression during the entire lap. The right-rear shock shows from 3 to 4 inches or more of travel, depending on the spring rates used.
On most asphalt 3-link cars, the right-rear trailing arm mostly controls rear steer due to body roll. We usually need to position the angle of the trailing arm so that the front mount is higher than the rear mount by roughly one third of the distance that the front mount will move down during cornering. The variation of height for the right-rear trailing arm is very small. Changes in the height of the front of the trailing arm as small as a 1/4-inch can be felt by the driver.
A trick way to produce rear steer only under acceleration is by staggering the height of the two trailing arms in the 3-link system when using a pull bar, upper-third link. If we mount the left-side trailing arm lower than the right-side trailing arm, then as the rear end rotates under acceleration due to the pull bar extending, the left-rear wheel will move rearward more so than the right-rear wheel, causing rear steer to the left to a small degree. This promotes forward bite without causing the car to be tight on entry or in the middle of the turns.
Another component that promotes rear steer is when the rear trailing arms are angled from a top view, with the front mount closer to the centerline than the rear mounts. With this design, lateral movement of the rear end causes rear steer. If the Panhard bar is mounted on the right side of the chassis and level to the ground, the rear end will be pulled to the right, and will steer to the left when the chassis moves during cornering. This is caused by the rear end swinging around the instant center, created from projecting lines through the arms to the front until the lines meet.
2. The Truck-Arm System – The truck-arm system has been adapted from the design for a 1964 Chevy truck, and is used on many Late Model Stock cars, as well as the three premier divisions of NASCAR (Craftsman Trucks, Busch, and Winston Cup). These systems only steer to the left and have a limited amount of steer. The roll of the chassis and the movement of the Panhard bar are the two components that influence the amount of steer in these systems.
As far as the geometry related to rear steer is concerned, this is an ideal system. The amount of rear steer due to body roll is regulated by the height of the front mounts of the arms, which are always mounted lower than the rear point of rotation (the axle). Rear steer amounts-due to the Panhard bar angle-are regulated by the angle. A downside to using the truck arms is not related to steering characteristics, but due to a narrow spring base when the springs are mounted directly on top of the truck arms, creating a narrow spring base in the rear.
3. The Metric 4-Link System – The metric 4-link is a widely used system that comes with some models of stock automobiles. It uses four links, as the name implies, that are not parallel to the centerline of the car. The top links are angled from a top view with the front pivots wider than the rear pivots. The lower links are angled from a top view with the front pivots narrower than the rear pivots.
With this system, the rear end stays located by virtue of the opposing angles of the upper and lower links. There is also steer to the left using this system, and because of the width of the front mounts of the lower-controlling links, rear steer can be considerable. Under most current rules, there is no adjustment for amounts of rear steer with these systems.
4. Leaf-Spring Systems – The leaf-spring rear suspension system locates the rear-end fore and aft, as well as laterally using the leafs. There can be a small amount of rear steer as the chassis rolls and squats, but it is both minimal and mostly fixed as far as adjustability. The advantage of this system is that it keeps the rear end squared up and the thrust under acceleration straight ahead, if that is what is needed.
Dirt Rear Steer
There are four types of rear suspensions used in most dirt cars that are significant to study regarding rear steer. Characteristics of the metric 4-link, one of those four, are the same as discussed under the heading related to asphalt cars. Let's expand on the other three systems.
Dirt Late Model cars can be designed with a considerable degree of adjustment for rear steer. Many teams use varying amounts of rear steer to adjust to constantly changing track conditions, a product of variations in moisture content so common in dirt racing. Other teams may just stick with a fixed location for the mounts in the rear end and adjust handling with other means.
One of the reasons a car will test fast in practice, qualifying, and maybe the heat races, but then be out to lunch when the track changes come feature time, is a result of improper rear steer. Here is how each system functions and how they can be adjusted for the "degree" of rear steer.
The Standard 4-Bar System
The 4-bar suspension is highly adjustable and can be made to steer both directions. The rule about never steering the rear end to the right on an asphalt car does not apply on a dirt car. There are times when we definitely want the rear to steer to the right.
Depending on the angles of the trailing arms or bars, each rear wheel can be made to move to the front or rear. The roll angles and vertical movement on a dirt car can be very pronounced. With so much movement, we can plan out our rear steer just about any way we need it.
The bars can be mounted on one side of the car so that only that wheel moves to create the rear steer. If both sides are configured to move in opposite directions, then rear steer can be extreme.
On a tacky track, the team would do well to limit rear steer on both sides of the car. These conditions call for a driving line that is more straight ahead. When the track goes slick, especially dry slick, rear steer is needed. In the past, drivers would set up the car for exit off the corners, throwing the car sideways by breaking the rear tires loose. In more recent years, teams have been setting up the car so that the left side raises up quite a bit.
The left-rear suspension is designed so that when that corner raises up, the arms are angled, pulling the left-rear wheel forward towards the driver. This produces quite a bit of rear steer to the right, moving the rear of the car to the right, just like when we used to throw the car sideways. The difference is that now we can maintain rear traction-having never broken loose-and the car is angled somewhat sideways, and pointed in the right direction to get off the corner.
How Much is Too Much?
There are limits to how far we go in steering the car this way. One disadvantage is pointed out by Masters. "High left-rear loading does not increase traction," he said.
As the left side of the car travels up, the front of both of the trailing arms are angled upwards so that the left-rear tire tries to drive up under the chassis, loading the left-rear tire considerably. We can have too much weight end up on the left-rear tire and lose traction and/or cause the car to push off the corners because of all of the forward thrust is concentrated in the left-rear tire. In racing, we have the maximum amount of traction from a pair of equally loaded tires on the same axle. Excess loading of either the left- or right-rear tires decreases traction in most cases.
Dirt Track Aero
One theory related to having the attitude of the car sideways involves the use of the aerodynamic aspects of the car. If you look at a modern dirt Late Model, the sides are made up of big, flat panels similar to the sides of a Sprint Car wing. We can see the effect of the Sprint Car wing in the turns-as the cars actually roll left due to the pressure differential developed on the flat wing sides-as the cars go sideways at a high speed. On a Late Model, this air pressure difference may help keep the car on the track by virtue of having the car go through the air at an angle, causing both a high pressure on the leading (right) side and a lower pressure on the trailing (left) side. Masters added, "Any time we can press air against the sides of the car, we can help the car to turn." His company has experimented with dirt track aero in the past.
The reason rear steer aero might be important comes on dry, slick surfaces, where the tires do not grip well. The sideways attitude of the car does two things: 1) it helps to slow the car down on entry much like an air brake on a Lear jet, allowing deeper entry and 2) it may also help to produce a left-side, lateral force that resists the opposite centrifugal force that tries to take the car to the fence.
The Z-link System
The Z-link rear suspension, or swing arm as it is also known, is another system used on dirt cars. Compared to the 4-bar cars, it has more limited adjustment for rear steer and historically has worked well on the tighter and more highly banked race tracks because the rear end is pointed more straight ahead. Some manufacturers have added multiple mounting points on the front and rear chassis mounts. This helps make the rear steer characteristics more adjustable for the changing conditions. Richards added that today, the Z-link or swing-arm suspension can have nearly as much rear steer as the 4-link, without the excessive loading of the left-rear tire.
Spring Motion Ratio
Most of the Z-link systems utilize a spring mounting system that attaches the coilover spring to the front link. This produces a motion ratio that causes the spring to move less than the chassis per degree of roll and/or inch of squat. Therefore, the rate the car feels is much less, usually around 50 percent, than the actual installed spring rate. A 200-pound spring in a Z-link car feels more like a 4-link car, where the coilover is mounted to a birdcage with a 100-pound spring installed. The significance of this, for the purpose of this article, is that the chassis travel in a Z-link is enhanced compared to the 4-link suspension when using the same installed spring rate, and this causes quite a bit of chassis travel and related rear steer. So, teams need to take this rate difference into account.
There are reports from the past of a team winning a race using four 400-pound springs on a Z-link type of car. The front of the car felt the actual 400-pound rate while the rears "felt" like 200 pound springs. The track in this case was banked and had a lot of grip. The car was set up and driven more like an asphalt car and it was fast. Those conditions rarely exist on dirt.
Tuning With Rear Steer
We should learn to read the conditions of the dirt tracks and tune the amount of rear steer-less for tacky and wet conditions, with more rear steer as the track gets slicker. On extremely dry, slick conditions, use lots of rear steer to the right. This is accomplished by causing the right-rear wheel to move back and the left-rear wheel to move forward as the car rolls. Soft springs, a left chassis-mounted track bar, and easy-up shocks on the left side all promote the body roll that produces rear steer to the right.
On asphalt, do not make large changes to components that influence rear steer. Make small adjustments if you feel a need. When you find the correct amount of rear steer, stay there and tune the handling with the other components. When racing on dirt, watch the conditions and be prepared to make changes accordingly, not just to the setup, but also related to rear steer. That way, the car will stay as fast and balanced as it can be throughout all of the changing conditions.


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Despite event being unprecedented in history
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Another video from 9/11 has been uncovered which proves that the collapse of WTC 7 was anticipated beforehand, despite that fact that the event was unprecedented – no steel framed building had completely collapsed from fire damage alone in previous history.
A widely publicized aspect of the collapse of Building 7 is the fact that news organizations received foreknowledge that it was coming down well in advance of its eventual collapse. Indeed, both BBC and CNN reported that the structure had collapsed nearly 30 minutes before it actually fell.
In the following clip, Fox News correspondent David Lee Miller states, "We are told by one firefighter source that a building identified as trade center number 7 is in danger of collapse, we are told that engineers have gotten as close as they can to the building and that this building is on fire and there is a chance that this building could give way and we are told that if it does they expect that it would collapse in a southerly direction."
Watch the video.
The notion that WTC 7, a structurally reinforced 47-story office building, would completely collapse from fire damage alone could not possibly have been anticipated on 9/11. Such an occurrence had never happened before in history. The sheer improbability of such a scenario unfolding was underscored in February 2005 when the Windsor building in Madrid burned like an inferno for over 24 hours and did not collapse, while WTC 7 suffered limited fires across a comparatively miniscule area and collapsed within 7 seconds on 9/11.
The fact that official sources told Fox News that the building would fall in a southerly direction is also highly suspect if one were to accept that notion that the collapse was accidental and not engineered with the aid of explosives. How would they know which way it would fall if the event was unprecedented?
This level of foreknowledge about an unprecedented event also arouses suspicious when one considers the fact that former New York City chief emergency manager Jerome Hauer, whose office was on the 23d floor of WTC 7, was also a building collapse specialist. Hauer has attracted suspicion from the 9/11 truth movement because of his zeal to push the official story in the hours after the attack when details were still sketchy.
Hauer was also Managing Director of Kroll Associates – the company that provided security for the WTC complex on 9/11 – and he also betrayed advance knowledge of the anthrax attacks a week before they happened by taking cipro, the anthrax-fighting antibiotic, well before the first anthrax letters were received.
Of course, this website has exhaustively documented eyewitness accounts of the preparation for a deliberate demolition of Building 7 and establishment media organizations have responded by embarking on an almost obsessive debunking campaign in an attempt to stymie growing interest in the subject.
People like former Air Force Special Operations for Search and Rescue expert Kevin McPadden are on record as having personally witnessed the countdown that preceded the collapse of Building 7 and others, like former NYPD officer Craig Bartmer, described hearing bombs tear down the building as he fled the collapse.
These people have been ignored in the midst of an organized effort to sweep the controversy under the carpet characterized most recently by a bizarre and completely unscientific NIST report which concluded that a "new phenomenon," and one that contradicts the very laws of physics, was responsible for the collapse of WTC 7.
This article was posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 6:09 am


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Reviewed by Devon R-C (age 8)
My favorite part was when the angel broke a piece of wood with her bare foot. It would be neat if we could do that!
The character I liked was Eddie because he was funny. Eddie was a kid who told jokes. I liked the angel because she had a black belt. It think it't strange for an angel to have a black belt in karate!
The illustrations were cool because there was a lot going on in them. The pictures were black and white sketches. I liked them because they had a lot of detail.
I liked reading this book because it was funny. It was funny when Melody was about to hit Eddie with a snowball.
I recommend this book to kids in second and third grade. I think they will like it because it is funny.


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Alonso denies rumours over F1 future
Fernando Alonso has taken time out of his summer vacation to deny speculation about his future.
Currently on a cycling tour in the Italian Dolomites, the Spaniard has obviously read rumours about his potential switch to McLaren, or perhaps his demands for $50 million a year to sign a new Ferrari contract.
Without referring specifically to either of the rumours, Alonso told his more than 2 million Twitter followers: "A thing that's not true, even if is copied a thousand times, will remain false.
"Always helpful to remember this," the 33-year-old added.
Another rumour floating about during the August break and F1 team factory shutdown period is that Honda, McLaren's returning works engine supplier for 2015, may be eyeing a Japanese driver for the foray.
26-year-old Naoki Yamamoto, currently carrying the number 1 for the Honda-linked Mugen team in Japan's premier open wheel Super Formula series, told Japanese TV it is "not impossible" he will play a role.


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Expert in Open Innovation & Business Models
Anna Baranskaya is an expert in strategy, innovations, business models and business development related to mass products in telecommunication and high-tech industries. She is based in San Francisco Bay Area, CA, and Moscow, Russia.
She participates in mentoring and consulting projects for start-ups and carries out research in areas of her expertise. For a long time, she was working at VimpelCom Ltd. (brand Beeline), one of the global telecommunication leaders based in Russia. She was responsible for trial launches in risky business areas including all aspects of product and project management, the discovery of white spaces, the elaboration of strategies for highly potential business areas, and partnership development. She was participating in different groups and expert committees held by the Russian Venture Company, Skolkovo foundation, and the Russian Association of Managers.
Anna has a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Moscow State University. She was also a visiting scholar at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, doing research in Dynamic Capabilities, Business Model Design, and Open Innovation.
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Justin Bieber Looks Dashing in a Blazer as He Boards a Yacht [PHOTOS]
Justin Bieber's fashion choices have sometimes been a little questionable (remember his saggy, low-riding pants and that skirt-like ensemble?), but the Biebs looked better than ever this weekend in Cannes, France, donning a smart navy blue blazer over a white, button-down shirt and jeans. And with his hair neatly parted and slicked to the side, the singer looked incredibly handsome as he attended a party on a yacht.
We love Bieber's clean-cut look, starting with all of the different shades of blue he is wearing, from denim to navy. And the deep side part and slicked-back hair give him the look of a dashing gentleman -- but his tattoo sleeve adds a little bit of that rocker edge.
While the Biebs may have been taken a little off-guard in this snap, you can't deny that he looks pretty fresh, continuing to flaunt that blazer with his hands on the lapels. Plus, this shot shows off his matching boat shoes, which also feed into the more casual side of the preppy look. We love it!
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I got an old photo showing a " Gökotta"
It is in the village Södra Säm, 1927.
A Swedish tradition, on Ascension day, is to celebrate by having a dawn picnic and listening to the birds singing early in the morning. It may be fairly chilly that early, it may rain but if you are lucky you might even see a fantastic sunrise.
When you listen to the birds you are supposed to listen out for the cuckoo. Apparently he might be telling you something about the future.
The folklore had lots to tell about the first call of the cuckoo in the spring. In what quarter is he cuckooing? And how many times does he call?
"Coming from west is best,
from east is comfort,
from north is sorrow
and from south is death"...
And how many times he is calling can predict things, e.g. ask him how many years you will stay unmarried, and await his answer....
The cuckoo is a migrating bird, moving to the south, usually to Africa, at winter and coming back to Sweden in May for the whole summer.
Read more here about the Cuckoo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Cuckoo
Among people in the picture is my grandmother Judith, and my grandfather Axel Andersson. They stand in the back row.


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You Would Not Recognise Merlin From Big Brother Now!
Can you believe it's been more than 10 years since Merlin Luck's silent protest on Big Brother?
The iconic moment in TV history went down in 2004, when Luck refused to answer any of host Gretel Killeen's interview questions following his eviction from the Big Brother house.
Instead, he covered his mouth in black tape and held up a sign saying "Free The Refugees", until he was escorted from the stage.
Well, 12 years later Luck is a married father-of-two - and couldn't look more different to his Big Brother days!
The spiky black hair and baggy jeans - the ones we all loved in the early noughties - are gone, and, in his own words, he's "well on the way to being a middle-aged corporate dad".
"I have a beautiful wife and we have a four-year-old son and a two-year-old daughter," the former reality TV star told news.com.au.
"I work for the largest enterprise cloud technology company in the world... Very grateful for the life I have."
But that doesn't mean he doesn't catch up with his old housemates from time to time.
"I bumped into Fitzy at a bar recently, which was fun.
"It was nice to reflect on what was an exciting moment in our lives - but more importantly, how far we'd both come with our families and our careers."
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Eagles Announce Andy Reid Era is Over [LIVE VIDEO]
The Philadelphia Eagles have officially fired head coach Andy Reid after 14 years at the helm.
According to a statement on the team website, Eagles Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Lurie will hold a press conference at 11AM to make the announcement and take questions from the media.
"Andy Reid won the most games of any head coach in Eagles history and he is someone I respect greatly and will remain friends with for many years to come," said Lurie. "But, it is time for the Eagles to move in a new direction. Coach Reid leaves us with a winning tradition that we can build upon. And we are very excited about the future."


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Watch the Final Full Length Trailer for Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
Before the MTV Video Music Awards last night (Sep 6), Twilight fans have been left with nothing more than a 14 second teaser trailer for the final installment of the Twilight Saga. But finally, a first look at the full length trailer for Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 was revealed during the VMAs.
The trailer shows the newly born vampire, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) fighting to protect their half-human daughter, Renesmée, from the Volturi. We also get a glimpse at the irregular teaming up of the Cullen clan and the werewolves in hopes of defeating the blood-sucking vampire authority.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 is set to be released to theaters on November 16 and it has been said that those who have read Stephanie Meyer's novels are in for a surprise as the movie is set to have a different ending than the novels.
Watch the full trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2


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Burgeoning Internet sales are damaging the traditional business models for many small-business retailers across America. It began to happen a few short years ago, with most brick-and-mortar shops feeling confident they could survive this disruptive innovation forever.
"Loyal customers will never desert us," they proclaimed. Sadly, their view was more hope than fact, and little by little, Web sales began to erode their revenues and profits. Now retailers wonder what they can do.
I know exactly how they feel. Back in 1997, I sat at a banquet table next to a young man named Jeff Bezos, a fellow Ernst & Young entrepreneurial winner from Seattle. "Jeff," I said, "Please tell me about your business. What do you do?"
"I have started a new business called Amazon. We sell books over the Internet," he explained.
"Really?" I replied.
I then turned to my wife and privately prophesied Bezos would be out of business within the space of two years. "Who would ever want to buy books over the Web?" I thought, "We all visit our favorite bookstores when we want to buy books. We've done it for decades. Why does he think we will change our buying behavior?"
Now, when my wife sees news about Amazon and Bezos she laughs. "Boy, Alan, were you wrong." Wrong indeed. Bezos not only sells millions of books but everything else a shopper wants to buy. He is also Fortune Magazine's Businessman of the Year.
This past week a local retailer called me and asked, "What can I do?"
"Local shoppers don't buy from me anymore," he said. "They would rather buy online. Alan, there is no way I can compete with Web retailers on price. They can sell the very same products I sell for less than my wholesale price. Even worse, their selection of products is vast. My offerings are limited. Furthermore, manufacturers who traditionally sold only to us are now selling directly to our customers. In effect, they have cut us out of the deal.
"At first I was furious about this change, then very disappointed and now deeply saddened," he continued. "I understand why this has happened. I get it. But I'm not happy about it."
My retailer friend said he had stopped selling products and moved to offering more value-added services such as personal training and informative classes. But he said, "Frankly, this won't cut it. I've done the math and I can't see how we can survive. I've talked with fellow retailers about the situation and we all share the same dilemma with no answer in sight. Alan, what should I do? What are my options?"
I told my friend that in many ways, today's businesses are like US Steel, a company that fell from its perch as the preeminent world producer of steel products to just 10th place. What happened?
Nucor, a reinvented company, entered the steel industry with new cost-saving technology, lower prices and low-end products that US Steel had ignored, and by and by it replaced the financial juggernaut. It happened ever so slowly, until on one dark morning, the biggest steel manufacturer on earth was no longer the king of American industry and shrank from 250,000 workers to a mere 50,000.
Many small U.S. retailers are in the same sinking boat with no life jackets. In so many ways, selected groups of retail shops are the dinosaurs of our lifetime.
That's the bad news. But shop owners and their crews could consider a few options:
1. Stay with your business until the bitter end; then retire. Hopefully you have been wise and will have saved enough money to live a comfortable life, including even buying a fifth-wheeler or taking a cruise. You deserve it. There is no shame in this approach. It's been the approach of many great business leaders in the past. For employees, be ready to find new employment before the doors close.
2. Develop a sustaining business model. Find and develop unique value-added services that will attract, retain and grow a loyal customer base. Talk to your present customers to learn what might be of interest to them. Or, as Steve Jobs would have done, surprise them with a novel idea they hadn't even considered. Current employees are also very savvy business people. If I were the shop owner, I would sit in council with them to discover what else might be done to survive and prosper.
3. Prepare to exit your business in the near term. In the process of doing this, find a new business opportunity to pursue. Given that you know how to operate a successful business, find a market niche with sufficient potential customers who will want to buy from you. This approach requires market research and a well-developed business plan.
Once again, I would gather my finest employees to discuss the future and the opportunities they see as attractive. This is the model I hope most small-business owners will take. Proprietors and time-tested employees should work together to launch new businesses and to save and create new jobs. Keep in mind that America needs you to get back in the game as soon as possible. Never forget that there will always be opportunities to establish a new business. So don't despair and quit. Quitting is not in your nature, nor in the hearts of your faithful employees.
As to my retail friend, he has chosen to explore his next business. I salute him, and I salute business owners everywhere who already have done or are planning to do the same. What has been your own experience about the current options small-business owners must face? As always, I welcome your ideas and thoughts. You can reach out to me here, via @AskAlanEHall, or at www.AlanEHall.com.
Alan E. Hall is a co-founding managing director of Mercato Partners, a regionally focused growth capital investment firm. He founded Grow Utah Ventures, is the founder of MarketStar Corp. and is chairman of the Utah Technology Council.


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INTERVIEW: U2 on Who 'You're The Best Thing About Me' Was Written For
U2's brand new full-length album Songs of Experience (their 14th studio album and followup to 2014's Songs of Innocence), is set to be released on December 1st. As an introduction to this new collection of music (which consists of 13 new songs), the band gave their fans the LP's lead single back in September, "You're The Best Thing About Me."
"You're The Best Thing About Me" was written by U2, produced by Jacknife Lee, Steve Lillywhite, and Ryan Tedder, and is for Bono's wife of 35 years, Ali. Bono tells iHeartRadio, "'You're the Best Thing About Me' is about the best thing about me, which is definitely, unarguably my missus, my partner, Ali. I started to go out with her the same week I joined U2. I was 16 years old. And there's a part of me still 16 when she's around. Unfortunately, there's another part of me that needs to grow up, and that's kind of what the song's about."
Bono adds of the song, "I'm always a little suspicious of love songs without a twist, because I've never met a great relationship that didn't have a turn in the road, or some kind of twist in it. I've never been more in love than I am now, but I would never want to do my missus the disservice of a sentimental love song. She would not like that at all. I want to make her laugh. I want to make her cry. In 'You're the Best Thing About Me,' I think I do a little bit of both."
"You're The Best Thing About Me" is Songs of Experience's first official single, and U2's Adam Clayton said of the decision to declare this song with this title:
"We chose the song 'You're The Best Thing About Me' as the first track from the album, because really, there's nothing like it on the album. It's very much a song that Bono wrote for his wife, Ali, and it's kind of a joyful song. I guess, in another lifetime you'd call it a pop song. And it's what we wanted to get people's attention with. We wanted to get on the radio with it. And that seems to have been what's happened. People really like this song, so that was why we went with it as the lead track."
The single art for "You're The Best Thing About Me" is shot of The Edge's daughter Sian, who is wearing an army helmet. Sian is also featured on the recently-shared cover of Songs of Experience, along with Bono's son Eli. Adam tells us of choosing Sian for their single art, as well as Eli on the album art:
"On the cover of 'You're the Best Thing About Me' is a picture of Edge's daughter, Sian. And she's such a beautiful girl, but something happened when she put on that American Army helmet. Suddenly, there was a kind of foreboding to the image. But yet, her innocence and enthusiasm still shines through. And that image that we use on 'You're The Best Thing About Me' is part of a compilation image because in fact, on the album artwork, there's a picture of her and Bono's son Eli as these sort of people of the future with their lives ahead of them, and on the road if you like, to experience. There's something wonderful when you see someone, a young person with that innocence and you know that life is gonna change them, and they'll never get that back. But hopefully, life will be kind to them."
Watch U2's official "You're The Best Thing About Me" music video below.


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Many months ago, I pitched an idea to my publisher.
I did over a hundred 'drive-by' signings last year. I'd drop in a bookstore unannounced, meet the booksellers, and sign any copies of Whiskey Sour that they had on the shelves.
I met a lot of bookstore employees, and I'm pretty sure the books I signed and branded with the "Autographed Copy" sticker eventually sold, but all in all it wasn't the best use of my time and money. With gas prices today, driving a hundred miles to sign three copies of a book is a tad counter-productive.
Enthusiasm and idealism trump logic for first-time authors.
For Bloody Mary, I considered my alternatives.
I've often seen books at stores that were pre-signed by the author. The industry calls them tip sheets. An author gets a big stack of blank book pages, or a bunch of stickers, and these are placed in the books and shipped to the stores.
Collectors don't like them, because the author never handled the actual book. I'm not a huge fan of them either. I like the book to be signed on the title page, and the tip sheets are usually inserted at the very beginning, sometimes even using a different type of paper. It looks like the book was assembled, if that makes any sense.
So I asked Hyperion if, on my dime, I could visit the distibutor and sign books there.
A distributor is a company that warehouses books and ships orders to bookstores. Large publishers have their own distributors. There are also independent distributors like Ingram and Baker & Taylor. Distributors are essential to the publishing business. Even a small print run of five thousand copies takes up a lot of space.
Here's a way to visualize it. Ten copies of a hardcover fit into a box the size of a case of beer (and I'm sure all my readers can picture that.) Imagine 500 cartons of beer in your house.
Besides being a pleasant image, it's also a crowded one. Many rooms would be filled, floor to ceiling, with boxes.
Now picture a 20,000 print run (2000 cases of beer). Or a 100,000 print run (10,000 cases of beer).
Most publishers have multiple authors, and multiple books in print. Where can they store all of these books, and who will fulfill the orders?
Hence the distributor.
I thought I could use this central hub of activity as an advantage, and asked my publisher if I could visit the nearest warehouse.
A few months pass. Then my editor gets in touch and I can, in fact, visit the distributor.
Which I did, yesterday.
The Time Warner warehouse is located in Lebanon Indiana, three hours away from my house (three and a half hours when you get pulled over for going 80mph in a 55 zone). I got a warm welcome, met several of the wonderful (and highly efficient) staff, and spent four and a half hours signing 3000 copies of Bloody Mary.
I'm proud to say I used up every bit of ink in a new ballpoint pen.
The books were placed in boxes that had "Signed Copies" printed on the sides. We filled three large pallets worth, and spent much of the time singing classic rock songs. Well, I spent much of the time singing. The staff spent much of the time giggling at me--though they did join in when I broke into "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-A-Lot.
After the signing, I was treated to a tour of the warehouse.
It was big.
How big was it? Over a million square feet. Remember the last scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark, when the government flunky pushes the boxed Ark into a massive warehouse, stretching back as far as the eye can see?
This was bigger. And this wasn't a matte painting.
I was awed when I looked down a single row, which stretched back hundreds of meters, crammed with floor-to-fifty-foot ceiling stacks of books... and that was just The DaVinci Code aisle.
The place ran like clockwork. With less than two hundred employees, they shipped 500,000 books that day.
Orders came in, boxes were put on a Dr. Seussish conveyor-belt network that looked like a giant roller coaster, while human beings, assisted by computers, filled and dispatched thousands upon thousands of orders, from a fifty box shipment of The Lovely Bones to Barnes and Noble, to a seven book shipment of different titles to a small indie in Colorado.
I was greatly impressed, and the admiration turned to glee when I saw more than a few copies of Whiskey Sour being shuttled around.
Then came the shocker. The warehouse shipped 97 million books last year. And 20 million were returned.
Many of the returns were remaindered (which an author doesn't earn a dime on). Many were pulped. A giant grinding machine shredded books by the hundred.
I knew about remainders, and about stripped paperbacks that were thrown away by the bookstore. But I didn't have a clue about how many books are literally recycled.
Answer: lots.
That took a little wind out of my sails. With the staff, I'd made jokes about putting remainder stickers directly on the copies I was signing, to save time and shipping costs.
The jokes didn't seem very funny anymore.
The VP proudly exclaimed that the pulping machine paid for itself in the recycled paper it produced.
It produced a lot of paper.
Which reminds me... I better get back to work. I'm sure there's some self-promotion I need to be doing.
Friday, May 27, 2005
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Alcoa's earnings report is out, and earnings season has unofficially begun.
The State Of The Global Economy In Two Huge Slides From Alcoa's Earnings Report >
The company recorded $0.06 EPS in Q4 2012, as expected.
However, the global aluminum giant reported sales of $5.9 billion in Q4, above analysts' estimates of a drop to $5.6 billion.
The stock is moving a bit higher in post-market trading.
Alcoa says that China demand is "coming back," and that the North American building industry is showing potential, but demand from the trucking industry is sluggish.
The company also has an "optimistic" outlook for 2013, but that the debt ceiling debate may slow economic growth, per Bloomberg.
Below are details from the press release:
4Q 2012 Highlights
- Income from continuing operations of $242 million, or $0.21 per share; excluding special items, income from continuing operations of $64 million, or $0.06 per share
- Revenue of $5.9 billion, up 1 percent sequentially, down 2 percent from 4Q 2011
- Cash from operations of $933 million, up $670 million from 3Q 2012
- Free cash flow of $535 million
- Strong liquidity with cash on hand of $1.9 billion
- Record low 24 days working capital
- Record results in Global Rolled Products, Engineered Products & Solutions
- Forecasting 7 percent growth in global aluminum demand in 2013
Full-Year 2012 Highlights
- Income from continuing operations of $191 million, or $0.18 per share; excluding special items, income from continuing operations of $262 million, or $0.24 per share
- Revenue of $23.7 billion, down 5 percent from 2011, on lower LME pricing
- Cash from operations of $1.5 billion
- Free cash flow of $236 million
- Debt-to-capital ratio 35 percent; Net debt-to-capital ratio 30 percent
- Debt of $8.8 billion; Net debt of $7 billion, lowest level since 2006
- Record results in Global Rolled Products, Engineered Products & Solutions
- 531,000 metric tons of smelting capacity taken offline to improve competitive position
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today reported income from continuing operations of $242 million, or $0.21 per share, in fourth quarter 2012. Excluding the net positive impact of special items, income from continuing operations was $64 million, or $0.06 per share.
"We overcame volatile metal prices and global economic instability to deliver on our targets for the fourth year in a row. We enter 2013 in a strong position to maximize profitable growth." Fourth quarter 2012 income compares to a loss from continuing operations of $143 million in third quarter 2012, and a loss of $193 million in fourth quarter 2011.
For the full-year 2012, Alcoa reported income from continuing operations of $191 million, or $0.18 per share, compared with $614 million, or $0.55 per share, in 2011. Year-on-year the realized aluminum price fell 12 percent, equating to roughly $1 billion in market impact.
Despite low aluminum prices, Alcoa generated full-year income and met all of its cash sustainability targets for the fourth consecutive year, ending 2012 in a strong cash position. The Company delivered $1.3 billion in productivity and overhead improvements, reduced days working capital by three days, and ended the year in a strong liquidity position with net debt at its lowest level since 2006 and $1.9 billion cash on hand.
"Alcoa hit record profitability in our mid and downstream businesses, and continued to drive efficiency in our upstream businesses in the fourth quarter, all while cutting debt and maintaining our cash position," said Klaus Kleinfeld, Alcoa Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
"We overcame volatile metal prices and global economic instability to deliver on our targets for the fourth year in a row. We enter 2013 in a strong position to maximize profitable growth."
In 2013, Alcoa sees global aluminum demand growth of 7 percent, up from 6 percent in 2012 and ahead of the 6.5 percent rate required to meet the Company's forecast of a doubling in global aluminum demand between 2010 and 2020. Aluminum demand grew 10 percent in 2011 on top of 13 percent growth in 2010.
In 2013, Alcoa projects global growth in the aerospace (9-10 percent), automotive (1-4 percent), commercial transportation (2-7 percent), packaging (2-3 percent), building and construction (4-5 percent), and industrial gas turbine (3-5 percent) markets.
Fourth Quarter 2012
Alcoa reported fourth quarter 2012 net income of $242 million, or $0.21 per share, compared to a net loss of $143 million, or $0.13 per share, in third quarter 2012 and $191 million, or $0.18 per share, in fourth quarter 2011. Adjusted EBITDA in fourth quarter 2012 was $597 million, an increase of $315 million over third quarter 2012 and an increase of $152 million over fourth quarter 2011.
Special items in fourth quarter 2012 delivered a net gain of $178 million, primarily associated with the closing of the Tapoco Hydroelectric Project asset sale, which resulted in a $161 million after-tax gain. Another $78 million in gains, including those associated with discrete income tax items and the positive impact of mark-to-market changes on certain energy contracts, were mostly offset by the negative impact of restructuring, primarily related to plant curtailments and asset impairments, and the Massena, New York site fire.
Revenue for fourth quarter 2012 was $5.9 billion, up 1 percent compared with third quarter 2012, but down 2 percent compared with fourth quarter 2011 revenue of $6 billion.
Sequentially, the higher fourth quarter revenues were primarily due to improved realized pricing for aluminum (up 5 percent).
Alcoa delivered outstanding results across all businesses in the fourth quarter. Alcoa's Primary Metals business delivered After-Tax Operating Income (ATOI) of $316 million in the fourth quarter, up $348 million over fourth quarter 2011 despite a 2 percent drop in realized metal prices. Fourth quarter 2012 ATOI was favorably impacted by the closing of the Tapoco asset sale. At the end of fourth quarter 2012, Global Primary Products had moved down the smelting cost curve by 4 percentage points.
The Company's midstream and downstream businesses continued to turn in record performance, hitting new profitability highs. Global Rolled Products achieved record fourth quarter ATOI of $69 million, up $43 million year-on-year, and record fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA per metric ton of $344. Engineered Products and Solutions delivered record fourth quarter ATOI of $137 million, up 12 percent year-on-year, and achieved record fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA margin of 17.7 percent, the fourth consecutive quarter a year-over-year record was established.
Alcoa ended the quarter with strong cash results. The Company generated $535 million in free cash flow in the quarter, with cash from operations of $933 million, up $670 million sequentially. Alcoa also maintained its strong liquidity position, ending the quarter with cash on hand of $1.9 billion.
Following the record low in days working capital achieved in each quarter throughout 2012, the Company also achieved an all-time low for the fourth quarter at 24 days, three days lower than the previous fourth quarter record set in 2011, and 19 days lower than fourth quarter 2008. This is the 13th successive quarter the Company has demonstrated year-over-year improvement.
In fourth quarter 2012, the debt-to-capital ratio stood at 34.8 percent, 130 basis points lower than the sequential quarter, while net debt-to-capital stood at 29.7 percent.
2012 Full-Year
For the year 2012, revenue was $23.7 billion, compared to $25 billion in 2011. Income from continuing operations was $191 million, or $0.18 per share, in 2012 compared with $614 million, or $0.55 per share, in 2011. Excluding the impact of special items, income from continuing operations was $262 million, or $0.24 per share, for 2012, compared to $812 million, or $0.72 per share, for 2011.
Full-year 2012 net income was $191 million, or $0.18 per share, compared to $611 million, or $0.55 per share, in 2011.
Alcoa's midstream and downstream businesses achieved record performance in 2012 with ATOI of $358 million and $612 million, respectively. Adjusted EBITDA per metric ton for Global Rolled Products was a full-year record at $390, 66 percent higher than the 10-year average and 19 percent higher than 2011. Engineered Products and Solutions ended the year with a record annual adjusted EBITDA margin of 19.2 percent, more than double where it was 10 years ago.
Alcoa turned in strong performance against its financial targets in 2012, delivering strong cash results in a challenging market. Despite a drop in both realized alumina prices and realized aluminum prices year-on-year, and $561 million in cash contributions to the pension plan, the Company generated $1.5 billion in cash from operations and $236 million of free cash flow in 2012. At the same time, Alcoa reduced net debt by over $450 million to its lowest level since 2006 ($7 billion), while maintaining a strong cash position of $1.9 billion.
Alcoa ended 2012 with a debt-to-capital ratio of 34.8 percent, within its 30 to 35 percent target range.
Alcoa exceeded its productivity and overhead target for 2012, delivering $1.3 billion in productivity and overhead improvements, 52 percent more than target.
Capital spending for 2012 was $1.26 billion, $89 million below the annual target. For the year, capital expenditures and cash investment in the Saudi Arabia joint venture were approximately $1.4 billion, more than $270 million below the 2012 target.
Sustainable improvements in days working capital reached an all-time low of 24 days. This reflects a year-over-year improvement of 3 days, twice Alcoa's target of 1.5 days.
Alcoa has taken significant action in the past four years to protect its investment grade rating and is in a stronger financial position today than 2008. Through a disciplined approach to capital spending and focus on liquidity in the past four years, the Company has generated $5 billion in productivity gains, reduced working capital by 19 days, contributed stock to the pension plan two of the last four years, and successfully monetized assets.
In addition, Alcoa has taken action to manage its debt maturity schedule. Excluding 2014 convertible debt, bond maturities have been minimized to $422 million over the next four years.
Alcoa has now completed its planned closure or curtailment of 531,000 metric tons, or 12 percent, of its highest-cost system smelting capacity, further improving the Company's competitive position.
Segment Information
ATOI in the fourth quarter was $41 million, up $50 million sequentially and down $84 million from fourth quarter 2011. The sequential increase was driven by continued productivity gains and positive London Metal Exchange (LME)-based pricing, somewhat offset by a slower rise in Alumina Price Index-pricing.
Primary Metals
ATOI in the fourth quarter was $316 million, up sequentially from negative $14 million, and up from negative $32 million in fourth quarter 2011. The $330 million sequential improvement was driven primarily by the closing of the Tapoco Hydroelectric Project asset sale, productivity gains within the segment, and positive LME-based pricing. Third-party realized price in the fourth quarter was $2,325 per metric ton, up 5 percent sequentially, but down 2 percent year-on-year.
Global Rolled Products
ATOI in the fourth quarter was $69 million, down from $98 million in the third quarter of 2012, but up from $26 million in fourth quarter 2011, a 165 percent year-on-year improvement. Sequentially, seasonal volume declines in packaging were somewhat offset by productivity improvements. The $43 million year-on-year improvement was driven by volume, productivity gains, and better price and mix, somewhat offset by cost increases. Global Rolled Products had record fourth quarter ATOI and adjusted EBITDA per metric ton. Days working capital was a record at 30 days, an improvement of 8 days compared with fourth quarter 2011.
Engineered Products and Solutions
ATOI in the fourth quarter was $137 million, down $23 million sequentially and up $15 million, or 12 percent, year-on-year. Sequentially, cost increases and unfavorable volume and price/mix were somewhat offset by continued productivity improvements. The year-on-year improvement was driven primarily by productivity gains, partially offset by cost increases.
Alba Update
Alcoa is actively negotiating with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC) to reach a resolution of their investigations of the Alba matter; however, we have not reached any agreement with either agency. Given the uncertainty regarding whether a settlement can be reached and, if reached, on what terms, we are not able to estimate a range of reasonably possible loss with regard to any such settlement. If a settlement of the government investigations is reached, we believe that the settlement amount would be material to Alcoa's results of operations for the relevant fiscal period. If a settlement cannot be reached, Alcoa will proceed to trial with the DOJ and the SEC and under those circumstances is unable to predict an outcome or to estimate its reasonably possible loss. There can be no assurance that the final outcome of the government's investigations will not have a material adverse effect on Alcoa.
Alcoa will hold its quarterly conference call at 5:00 PM Eastern Time on January 8, 2013 to present the quarter and full-year results. The meeting will be webcast via alcoa.com. Call information and related details are available at www.alcoa.com under "Invest."
ORIGINAL: Minutes away from Alcoa's earnings report after the closing bell, and hence, the unofficial kickoff of Q4 2012 earnings season.
Analysts expect Alcoa to report a profit of $0.06 per share, up from the $0.03 EPS recorded in Q3 2012.
Sales are expected to fall to $5.598 billion.
"With a global footprint and being the first cyclical name to report, investors will be keenly watching management's guidance for forward aluminium demand as a gauge of global economic conditions," wrote Deutsche Bank Head of Fundamental Strategy Jim Reid in his daily client briefing this morning.
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Discussion on Failures in Adopting Enterprise 2.0
I've been reading lately, a tonne of articles discussing why Enterprise 2.0 projects sometimes fall short and why sometimes what sounded so good at first suddenly fell in a big heap of over-hyped software. In this post, I'm going to discuss 3 reasons why Enterprise 2.0 can fail. Check out: 14 Reasons Why Enterprise 2.0 Projects Fail – for a more indepth discussion. A lot of my ideas for this post came from here and it has some very good links to other articles.
1. The tool isn't sharp enough
Every company has its own requirements when it comes to Enterprise 2.0. The fact of the matter is Enterprise 2.0 giants such as Microsoft Sharepoint (the most popular E2.0 tool on the market) are made to satisfy the masses and appeal to the largest audience possible. What they don't provide are solutions to individual companies that quite frequently need something specific to their business domain. More specifically, the tools are there, they just aren't customised enough making it an eternal struggle for the users to make it fit. If your business requires something different to the masses, it could be worth investing in something with more than just the default settings enabled.
2. Spend some money
Not usually what your CEO would want to hear but a lot of Enterprise 2.0 projects fail because no one knows what they are doing. Spend some money on giving basic training about social media tools and what Web 2.0 or Enterprise 2.0 is. Of course, this varies greatly on the context and employees in your business. Usually there will be a portion of a company's workforce who are keen forerunners in adopting these tools and will learn themselves. But the older ranks will be skeptic and giving them basic information about how "users add value" will get them interested and using the tools in the right way.
Dion Hinchcliffe puts it well, "Understanding what tags are and how they help users locate content later on, publishing frequently requested information in blogs, teaching that wiki editing is safe and that it's virtually impossible to harm them are all key learnings that many less-social media literate workers will greatly benefit from and can actively address many upfront barriers to adoption."
3. Why do we need this?
Starting an Enterprise 2.0 project without having a clear idea of what it is going to be used for and what problems it will address is like an 80 year old buying a high-end computer with quad-core processing to read emails. Don't get sucked in because everyone is doing it. Have a clear purpose and know what it is you are hoping to achieve. That way employees also know what to use it for. There will always be employees who invent great ways to use a tool however to encourage uptake, market it as a solution to an age-old problem that everyone encounters on a day to day basis. For instance, "Don't send each other a billion emails a day and spend your whole day reading emails. Instead, use a wiki or update your status to let your colleagues know what you are doing." Everyone hates a full inbox so the interest will rise.
These are just 3 reasons why Enterprise 2.0 projects fail. Of course every failure has its individual reasons but these ones I found quite interesting and possibly more fitting to a wider number of cases. And finally, slightly off topic but entertaining none the less.. here is a list of the "Nine worst social media fails of 2009…thus far".
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Hughton: Kamara adds another dimension
Norwich manager Chris Hughton hailed the impact of Kei Kamara after the Sierra Leone forward's first goal in English football helped spark a late comeback as captain Grant Holt scored a stoppage-time winner to beat Everton 2-1 at Carrow Road.
Kamara joined last month on loan from Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City and his introduction just before the hour breathed new life into the Canaries, who were trailing to a first-half goal from Leon Osman.
"Kei is a different type of player to whom we have up front and we are delighted for him," said Hughton, who had started with both Holt and January signing Luciano Becchio in attack.
"He had been here to England before (on trial at Stoke), but these things are all about timings and it was right for us. He has that ability to get beyond and is good in the air, he gives us good possibilities."
Hughton added: "Once you are 1-0 down and you get back to 1-1, you have to be honest and say you settle for that. But the lads wanted something different and showed great drive and determination to get the winner."
Defeat was, though, somewhat harsh on Everton, who had been the better side for long spells, with Marouane Fellaini central to all their attacking threat.
Everton manager David Moyes bemoaned his side's lack of a killer instinct in the second half, when they could have put the game out of reach.
"We had controlled the game, but were wasteful in the second half when we had chances to get another goal, and we were always going to be put under pressure at the end," he said.
"I cannot understand why he plays three minutes and 20 seconds for the stoppage time, but he has got that discretion, although I disagree with it.
"We passed it well enough and tried to do the right things, but we were not good enough in the final third - but one thing is for sure, we did not deserve to lose."


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NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Sophomore Colleen Kane (Arlington, Mass.) registered six points with five scores, one assist and eclipsed 100 goals in her collegiate career to power the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth women's lacrosse team over Fitchburg State University Thursday evening at Cressy Field, 15-10.
Kane reached the career milestone with 26:57 on the scoreboard in the opening frame when she slung a side-arm attempt past the visiting goalie to give the Corsairs a 2-1 advantage. The sophomore attack man proceeded to find the back of the net four more times and hand out a helper in the remaining minutes of the first half.
With a 5-3 lead, Kane had a hand in the ensuing four scoring plays. She wrapped around the net to register her 38th strike of the season. Under two minutes later, she set up teammate Taylor Corsano (Bourne, Mass.) to increase the Corsair's lead to four. Freshman Kelly Kryzak (Jeffersonville, V.T.) found Kane cutting towards the net for the home team's ninth score of the contest. Kane logged her 40th score of the season at 4:17 and notched her final mark of the game when she fired a shot into the back of the net with 34 seconds left until intermission.
For the UMass Dartmouth, Kryzak recorded two goals to go with three assists, while Corsano added a trio of scores. Freshman Jess Miles (Lynnfield, Mass.), Catrina Longo (Billerica, Mass.) and Kathryn Gibb (Georgetown, Mass.) each cracked the scoring column for the Corsairs.
Freshman Ali Laferriere led the Fitchburg State scoring attack with four goals. Erin Murphy and Brianna Dunn each added a pair of marks, while Kayla Panek and Markie Apple contributed a score, respectively.
Facing a 2-1 deficit in the opening ten minutes, Murphy and Laferriere beat the goalie within 40 seconds of one another to give the Falcon's their only lead of the game. In the proceeding 19:25 minutes of the half, the Corsairs outscored Fitchburg State by seven goals to take a 10-4 lead into the break.
In the second, Murphy brought the visitors within five (12-7) when she was setup by teammate Julia Gimenez at the 18:57 mark. UMass Dartmouth answered with three scores by Miles, Corsano and Kryzak to put the game out of reach.
In net, freshman Leah Wilkinson (Northford, Conn.) turned away nine shots en route to her third win of the season, while Elizabeth Darrigo stopped four attempts for the Falcons.
Fitchburg State held a big lead in draw controls (19-8) and the Corsairs held the advantage in ground balls (19-9).
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One of my all time favorite supplements for any RPG is Unknown Gods. I recently purchased the updated version from Judges Guild but was unhappy to see it did not include the Major Gods from the original source material. So, I have taken it upon myself to rework the supplement to include these deities. My question is, am I missing any? Please add to the list below and reference its source if you know it. Thanks in advance!
Armadad Bog, God of the Viridians, Water God of Death
Athena, Battle Goddess of Wisdom
Harmakhis, God of Death
Mitra, God of Justice, Fire and Law
Mycr, the Unknown One
Nephtlys, Goddess of Wealth
Odin, Battle God of Knowledge
Set, God of Evil and the Night
Thor, Battle God of Lightning and Storms
Seker, God of Light
Thoth, God of Knowledge and Learning
Adorak Tau, Sun God of the Gishmesh
Amala, Warrior Goddess
Aram Kor
Dunatis, God of Mountains
Hanuman the Accursed, Ape God
The Kutrilogy - Kutalagon, Kutabold, and Kutienna
Natch Ur, God of Deep Earth
Rosmerta, Goddess of Wealth
Selanii, Paldorian Goddess of the Sea
Shang Ta, God of the Sky
Tama Hama, Goddess of Passion and Lust
Ugtargnt, Demon-Goddess of Disease
Yezud, the Spider God
Yog, God of the Outer Darkness
Vala Tar, Sea-Mother
Angall of the Perpetual Void
Modron, Demi-goddess of the Estuary of Roglaroon
Mokmalla, Demi-goddess of Love
Morg, Demi-god of Order
Gods of Pegana
The Toad God of the Mermist Swamp
Zin Naou, Demi-god of Disease
Rash'l, God of Tyranny (by James Mishler)
Matu, the Sky God (from Wondrous Weapons)