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MPCA to Cottage Grove: 'We can't say 'no' to 3M incinerator plan
A Minnesota Pollution Control Agency official said there was nothing to keep the agency from approving new permits for the facility that would allow the company to burn non-3M waste. The company's plan is 'technically adequate,' the state agency said.
State pollution control officials painted a bleak picture for opponents of a 3M Co. plan to expand the sources of waste it burns at the company's Cottage Grove incinerator, telling more than 100 people at a recent public hearing that the agency is unlikely to reject the requested permit changes.
A Minnesota Pollution Control Agency public meeting on 3M's incinerator plan turned heated last week, with frustrated residents venting their anger at MPCA officials for allowing the amended permits to move forward.
Telling close to 150 residents who packed bleachers at Cottage Grove Middle School that the company's plan to destroy non-3M hazardous chemical waste at the facility is "technically adequate" and meets state and federal emissions limits, Jeff Smith, manager of the MPCA's industrial division, said there was nothing to keep the agency from approving new permits for the facility that would allow the company to burn non-3M waste.
"We cannot say 'no,'" Smith said to jeers during the more than two-hour-long meeting April 10. "If a facility can comply with federal and state environmental regulations we cannot say 'no.'"
Or, as Cottage Grove City Council member Justin Olsen phrased it in a question to MPCA officials: "There's slim to no chance you'll say no to this and slim just left town."
3M already destroys hazardous solvent materials from across its North American operations at the four-decade-old Cottage Grove incinerator. But more efficient production processes have led to a drop in waste, 3M officials have said.
To keep the incinerator operating efficiently it has used large amounts of natural gas to supplement its own waste; the non-3M solvents would replace that fuel, they say, saving the company up to $2 million per year.
In a statement released through a 3M spokesperson, Vickie Batroot, site director at 3M Cottage Grove, said: "[3M] want[s] the community to have as much information about this as possible. The incinerator is a state-of-the-art facility that is used to safely destroy waste materials in a way that helps keep our community safe and is environmentally sound."
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MPCA and 3M officials have characterized the up to one ton increase in emissions per year that will result as "minimal."
That wasn't a view shared by most of those in attendance, many of whom shouted their displeasure at 3M and state pollution control officials. Attendees asked — some with the help of a microphone, others amplified only by their shouts — why 3M officials weren't taking part in the question-and-answer session and wondered aloud why the company was being allowed to import more waste when it is already dealing with drinking water contamination issues in the east metro.
Representatives from 3M did participate in an informal question period before the meeting began. It did not answer questions during the MPCA-run informational meeting and public forum.
A group opposed to the plan, the Coalition of Concerned Citizens of Cottage Grove, last week filed a petition with the MPCA requesting a detailed environmental review of the health risks associated with the incinerator.
Marcy Nolte, a spokeswoman for the group, said she and others in the Coalition aren't opposed to 3M and what it has done at the incinerator since it first fired in 1971. The group, she said, is opposed to the additional waste that will be trucked into the city and destroyed in Cottage Grove.
"There's no benefit to Cottage Grove, I don't think," Nolte said in an interview. "The only benefit is 3M saving money. It's pollution for profit. There's no disputing that."
State pollution control officials are accepting written public comment on the proposed permit amendments until April 23. That input will be presented to Citizens' Board members prior to the May 22 hearing.
Ralph Pribble, an MPCA spokesman, acknowledged the strained relationship between Cottage Grove residents and 3M, which has operated its manufacturing facility in the city since 1948, during last week's meeting.
"We understand there is little to no trust of 3M," Pribble told the crowd. "We understand that."
The biggest applause line of the night came from Sen. Katie Sieben, DFL-Cottage Grove. In, 2010, Sieben authored legislation that would have halted the 3M plan. Under the threat of veto from then-Gov. Tim Pawlenty, the language did not reach the floor version of that year's omnibus environmental bill.
"I have so far failed to see how burning waste from outside the state would benefit us here and in the surrounding area," Sieben said.
Rep. Denny McNamara, R-Hastings, who at a past public meeting defended 3M over the proposal, thanked residents for offering their input.
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Stephen Jones went from villain to hero as the Scarlets spared their Pro12 blushes by earning themselves a late share of the spoils against local rivals Ospreys, drawing 9-9.
The Wales flyhalf's name was mud in the first half as he was sent to the sin bin but the veteran recovered after the break to kick the game-defining penalty to level the scores.
Dan Biggar's nine points, all from penalties, looked all set to earn the Ospreys the local bragging rights as well as their first win in four games.
But anything Biggar could do Jones was determined to do better, kicking nine points of his own, including his nerve-jangling 78th-minute effort to secure a draw.
The Ospreys wasted the perfect opportunity to wrestle the early initiative when Biggar missed a third-minute penalty only for fellow flyhalf Jones to repeat the unwanted trick nine minutes later.
That deadlock was broken however by Biggar on 25 minutes when, after Jones was sin binned, the Ospreys No. 10 duly slotted the first points of the game with a penalty.
The home side's numerical advantage didn't last long however with Justin Tipuric, returning from suspension, getting himself into fresh hot water by being sent to the bin.
With Jones absent fullback Dan Evans took over kicking duties but he failed with a 32nd-minute effort and the visitors went in at the interval trailing 3-0.
Just two minutes after the restart the Scarlets were level when Wales No. 10 Jones notched his first points of the game with a penalty only for Biggar to hit back almost immediately with a three-pointer of his own.
And on 48 minutes the Ospreys' three point advantage became six when Biggar took his tally for the evening to nine.
Nigel Davies' side looked to have wasted their chance to get back into it with a pair of missed penalties, Jones and Evans the culprits, in the space of five minutes.
But the veteran flyhalf made no mistake with a penalty just shy of the hour mark. And when the home side were penalised for offside with just two minutes left on the clock Jones duly slotted a penalty to level things.
With second-half replacement and Wales World Cup star George North running the Ospreys ragged Davies' side looked the most likely to nick a late victory in the final stages.
But the final play of the game saw the Scarlets knock on to leave the points shared.
The scorers:
For Ospreys:
Pens: Biggar 3
For Scarlets:
Pens: Jones 3
Ospreys: 15 Richard Fussell, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Andrew Bishop, 12 Ashley Beck, 11 Eli Walker, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Kahn Fotuali'i, 8 Jonathan Thomas, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Joe Bearman, 5 Ian Evans, 4 Alun Wyn Jones (captain), 3 Cai Griffiths, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Duncan Jones.
Replacements: 16 Huw Bennett, 17 Ryan Bevington, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Ryan Jones, 20 Tom Smith, 21 George Stowers, 22 Rhys Webb, 23 Shane Williams.
Scarlets: 15 Daniel Evans, 14 Liam Williams, 13 Adam Warren, 12 Scott Williams, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Tavis Knoyle, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Rob McCusker, 6 Aaron Shingler, 5 Damian Welch, 4 Dominic Day, 3 Rhys Thomas, 2 Matthew Rees (captain), 1 Iestyn Thomas.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Phil John, 18 Rhodri Jones, 19 Sione Timani, 20 Richie Pugh, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Jon Davies, 23 George North.
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Assistant Referees: Neil Hennessy, Jon Mason (both WRU)
TMO: Tony Rowlands (WRU)
Aironi 6-18 Glasgow Warriors
Duncan Weir's 18 points ensured Glasgow Warriors succeeded where Scottish rivals Edinburgh failed in the Pro12 earlier this season by seeing off Aironi in Italy.
Rookie flyhalf Weir defied the tricky conditions in Viadana to help the Warriors bag themselves an 18-6 win at the same ground where the Gunners went down to a 25-19 defeat at the end of September.
Aironi's contributions to the scoreboard came from the boot of Naas Olivier who kicked six first-half points but the Warriors - led by Weir - ultimately bagged themselves a comfortable win.
The Warriors drew first blood early on when Aironi were penalised at the ruck and Weir kicked the penalty but the Italians were soon level after Troy Nathan was caught offside.
Weir's opposite number Olivier made no mistake with the easiest of penalties on five minutes.
But his next points were far from comfortable. After a period of sustained pressure from the home side the South African flyhalf notched three points from a tough angle after the Warriors were caught offside after 11 minutes.
The kicking war continued with Weir taking the lead, first levelling things with another penalty before making it 9-6 on 22 minutes - a three-pointer again doing the damage.
After his dead-eye start with the boot Weir showed his human side with the half-hour mark approaching - missing a drop goal before coming up short with a lengthy penalty attempt.
But the 20-year-old flyhalf came roaring back from those disappointments and made sure his, and Glasgow's, first-half ended on a high by notching a drop goal with the last kick of the half to make it 12-6.
The Italian side were seemingly handed the perfect opportunity to get back into the game early in the second half when Johnnie Beattie's troubles continued when he was yellow carded for coming over the top of a ruck.
The Scotland international was overlooked for the World Cup squad earlier this year and having been dropped last weekend was looking for redemption in Italy but it failed to materialise.
Beattie took some solace from the fact that Olivier missed the resulting 48th-minute penalty and another three-point effort seven minutes later.
The Warriors stretched their lead to nine points on 62 minutes when Weir took his personal tally for the afternoon to 15 with another three-pointer after Aironi were caught offside.
And he was at it again ten minutes from time when the Italians were penalised for bringing down the scrum - this time slotting impressively from distance to make it 18-6.
Despite Weir missing a late penalty the Warriors easily saw out the final stages to take the win - their fifth of the season.
The scorers:
For Aironi:
Pens: Olivier 2
For Glasgow Warriors:
Pens: Weir 5
DG: Weir
Aironi: 15 Ruggero Trevisan, 14 Giulio Toniolatti, 13 Andrea Masi, 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Sinoti Sinoti, 10 Naas Olivier, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Nick Williams, 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Nicola Cattina; 5 Marco Bortolami (captain), 4 Quintin Geldenhuys; 3 Fabio Staibano, 2 Fabio Ongaro, 1 Matias Aguero.
Replacements: 16 Roberto Santamaria, 17 Salvatore Perugini, 18 Luca Redolfini, 19 George Biagi, 20 Josh Sole, 21 Tyson Keats, 22 Luciano Orquera, 23 Gabriel Pizarro.
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Peter Murchie, 14 Federico Aramburu, 13 Alex Dunbar, 12 Troy Nathan, 11 Tommy Seymour, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Chris Cusiter, 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 John Barclay, 6 James Eddie, 5 Al Kellock (captain), 4 Richie Gray, 3 Ed Kalman, 2 Dougie Hall, 1 Ryan Grant.
Replacements: 16 Finlay Gillies, 17 Gordon Reid, 18 Mike Cusack, 19 Rob Verbakel, 20 Ryan Wilson, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Graeme Morrison, 23 Stuart Hogg.
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Marius Mitrea, Stefano Roscini (both Italy)
Benetton Treviso 11-22 Edinburgh
Edinburgh finally recorded a first away win of the Pro12 as they put an end to Treviso's four-match winning run in a scrappy 22-11 win in difficult conditions at the Stadio Monigo.
The Gunners had come away with a bloody nose on their last trip to Italy, falling 25-19 to Aironi, but young stand-off Harry Leonard was on target from the kicking tee while Scotland flank Ross Rennie grabbed the only try for the visitors.
Treviso had led after Ludovico Nitoglia's try but eventually came away with nothing as they failed to recreate the form which saw them thump Newport Gwent Dragons a week ago.
The result sets up Edinburgh perfectly for next week's trip to London Irish as the Heineken Cup kicks off, while Treviso face the tough task of travelling to Premiership champions Saracens.
Leonard got his side off to the perfect start as he slotted an early penalty after just ten minutes.
There had already been time for Kris Burton to miss one penalty in the fourth minute, but the Australian-born Azzurri flyhalf made amends just before the quarter-hour with a well-struck drop goal to make it 3-3.
Leonard added his second penalty after 28 minutes, but Treviso took full advantage when Scotland centre Nick De Luca, in his second start for the Gunners this season, was yellow-carded.
Treviso fullback Nitoglia scored his third try of the season to put the Italians in front for the first time with two minutes to go before half-time.
But Leonard gave Edinburgh back the lead with a third penalty on the stroke of half-time to make it 9-8 after Lorenzo Cittadini had also been sent to the bin.
Having missed another opportunity immediately after the break, Leonard did manage to stretch the visitors' lead on 46th minute with his fourth penalty.
That was cancelled out by Burton's first penalty of the day, but Leonard matched him with another three points with just over 15 minutes to go to make it 15-11.
The Gunners then made the decisive break as Scotland openside flank Rennie burrowed over for only his third try in Celtic League history with ten minutes remaining.
And despite the Italians' best efforts they were not able to break through to earn even a losing bonus point.
The scorers:
For Benetton Treviso:
Try: Nitoglia
Pen: Burton
DG: Burton
For Edinburgh:
Try: Rennie
Con: Leonard
Pens: Leonard 5
Benetton Treviso: 15 Ludovico Nitoglia, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Ezio Galon, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Luke McLean, 10 Kristopher Burton, 9 Tobias Botes, 8 Marco Filippucci, 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Francesco Minto, 5 Corniel Van Zyl, 4 Antonio Pavanello (captain), 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Franco Sbaraglini, 1 Michele Rizzo.
Replacements: 16 Diego Vidal, 17 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet, 18 Pedro Di Santo, 19 Benjamin Vermaak, 20 Manoa Vosawai, 21 Fabio Semenzato, 22 Willem De Waal, 23 Brendan Williams.
Edinburgh: 15 Jim Thompson, 14 Lee Jones, 13 Nick de Luca, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Harry Leonard, 9 Mike Blair, 8 Netani Talei, 7 Ross Rennie, 6 Dave Denton, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Esteban Lozada, 3 Geoff Cross, 2 Ross Ford (captain), 1 Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements: 16 Steven Lawrie, 17 Kyle Traynor, 18 Lewis Niven, 19 Steven Turnbull, 20 Stuart McInally, 21 Chris Leck, 22 Greig Laidlaw, 23 Tom Brown.
Referee: Andy Macpherson (Scotland)
Assistant Referees: Alan Falzone, Stefano Marama (both Italy)
Ulster 22-3 Connacht
Ulster finally put an end to four straight Pro12 defeats with a hard-fought 22-3 win over Irish rivals Connacht at Ravenhill.
Despite the return of their World Cup stars last weekend they had fallen to another away defeat at the Scarlets, but they made sure the same would not happen again on World Cup winner John Afoa's debut as they went some way to improving their terrible record against Irish provinces that had seen them win just one of the last seven encounters against Irish opposition.
However Ulster did not find it easy against a Connacht side who were also struggling with three straight defeats coming into the game, and it was only two tries either side of half-time which sealed the win before Ian Humphreys try in the last play of the game.
Humphreys had given Ulster an early lead with a penalty after just two minutes but that was cancelled out by Miah Nikora on the quarter hour.
The home side finally managed the deadlock as Humphreys drifted wide before switching with Craig Gilroy cutting inside and the young wing flew over for his second try of the season as Ulster led 8-3 at the break.
Connacht's hopes took a decisive hit just two minutes after the break as Ireland prop Tom Court went over, with Humphreys' conversion stretching the lead to 15-3 for the home side.
And despite a lot of effort from both sides neither was able to find a breakthrough in a scrappy second-half until Humphreys last-gasp score.
After a period of concerted pressure the flyhalf collected the ball about 30 metres out and after drifting to the left he straightened and sliced through a weak Connacht defence to stroll under the posts unopposed.
His drop-kicked conversion sealed the win with the last action of the match but Brian McLaughlin's side know they will have to improve considerably ahead of the visit of Top 14 heavyweights Clermont in the opening fixture of the Heineken Cup.
Connacht will also be competing in Europe's premier competition for the first time as they welcome unbeaten Harlequins to the Sportsground.
The scorers:
For Ulster:
Tries: Humphreys, Court, Gilroy
Cons: Humphreys 2
Pen: Humphreys
For Connacht:
Pen: Nikora
Ulster: 15 Simon Danielli, 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Darren Cave, 12 Paddy Wallace, 11 Craig Gilroy, 9 Ian Humphreys, 10 Paul Marshall, 8 Pedrie Wannenburg, 7 Chris Henry, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Dan Tuohy, 4 Johann Muller (captain), 3 John Afoa, 2 Rory Best, 1 Tom Court.
Replacements: 16 Andi Kyriacou, 17 Paddy McAllister, 18 Adam Macklin, 19 Lewis Stevenson, 20 Robbie Diack, 21 Ian Porter, 22 Nevin Spence, 23 Adam D'Arcy.
Connacht: 15 Tiernan O'Halloran, 14 Fetu'u Vainikolo, 13 Gavin Duffy (captain), 12 Dave McSharry, 11 Brian Tuohy, 10 Miah Nikora, 9 Paul O'Donohoe, 8 George Naoupu, 7 Eoghan Grace, 6 TJ Anderson, 5 Mike McCarthy, 4 Michael Swift, 3 Rodney Ah You, 2 Adrian Flavin, 1 Brett Wilkinson.
Replacements: 16 Ethienne Reynecke, 17 Ronan Loughney, 18 Dylan Rogers, 19 Dave Gannon, 20 John Muldoon, 21 Frank Murphy, 22 Niall O'Connor, 23 Matthew Jarvis.
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Paul Haycock, Brian MacNeice (both Ireland)
TMO: Tony Redmond (Ireland)
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State Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson was in Southwest Florida Wednesday – attending the Citrus Expo and meeting with business leaders. He's also meeting with members of the state's legislative delegation to lobby for changes to federal Farm Bill.
Key provisions of the most recent Farm Bill, passed in 2002 are up for renewal next year. Commissioner Bronson says there are requests to extend the farm bill as it is with some minor changes. Speaking at luncheon with Chamber of Southwest Florida, Bronson said the agriculture community would be better served by making some significant changes to the legislation.
I think it still goes pretty heavy to the program crops. I would like to see, since specialty crops are now 55 percent of the total farm cash receipts, that speciality crops, not in subsidy payments but the ability to use money to help promote those subsidy crops around the world so we can sell them around the world would help tremendously.
Program crops are soybeans, wheat, cotton, corn, wheat and the like. 95 percent of crops grown in Florida are specialty crops – like oranges, strawberries and tomatoes.
The Federal Farm Bill is is up for renewal next year – and Florida's Agriculture Commissioner says he'd like to see it undergo some major revisions. Charles Bronson say right now the bill is skewed toward providing subsidies to farmers in the Midwest who grow wheat, soybeans, corn and the like. But Bronson says that formula doesn't reflect the state of agriculture today.
We are actually making more money now off the specialty crops like oranges and tomatoes and strawberries and the things that we have here in Florida.
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Go Green with Diesel.
looks fun
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you arent. " - M. Thatcher
it was a fun track, too many decreasing radius turns though
yeah, did u have a car out there?
This thing is a bucket of laughs!
It was a good time.....I must of put on 25 miles of laps before/after the races in my jetta (one of the benifits of volunteering). There was a few rubber to ice cars out there (no-studded tires), they were really slow, but it turns out they were on all-season tires! :O Watching the sprint races were stupid fun. The g/f and I were cheering on the rabbits, especially whent they out ran the awd Subie! Of coarse Utecht wasn't driving at that time. The Yellow turbo integra had the fastest straight line speed of 93mph, the entire track was 1.2 miles or so.
I also got to drive the Mazda 323gtx (turbo awd) for a lap or so which was stupid fun.
i was in the 22 blue rabbit, we were having a few issues with the car and running bad tires on front, we didnt want to use the new tires on that rough of a track(figured we'd save them for Canada this weekend)
you guys are going to thunder bay?!? Dave K. offered me a co-drive the mazda 323gtx for the enduro for that event if he goes....I am strongly thinking about it........i am kinda scared to pop my wheel to wheel ice racing cherry! :O
yeah I'm pretty sure we're putting Dave's car on our trailer, i would suggest going up, the races are a ton of fun up there and the people are really helpful, plus my dad was up there a few weeks ago and said they were hitting over 90mph in three spots on the track, so it should be a lot of fun!


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Shares of Sprint-Nextel (S) are down 18 cents, or 2.5%, at $7.14, after Dish Network (DISH) last night said it would end its $25.5 billion campaign to merge with the carrier as the deadline arrived for what Sprint requested would be a "best and final offer" from Dish. The bowing out of Dish seems to clear the way for Japan's Softbank (9984JP) to purchase a majority stake in Sprint, after jousting with Dish's competing offers since April.
Dish, meanwhile, said it will devote its resources to a tender offer it has put forth to purchase a chunk of Clearwire (CLWR), the broadband wireless provider of which Sprint owns roughly half, and which Sprint has also been trying to acquire. Sprint Monday filed suit to block that tender offer.
The Street has mixed views on what to do with the stock today. Janco Partners's Gerard Hallaren reiterates a Buy rating, arguing the stock is going to be under pressure for a bit, as arbitrageurs back away from it.
"However, using SoftBank's blended cost to value New Sprint equity, we calculate current Sprint shareholders will receive $7.51 of value per share after the SoftBank/Sprint's transaction closes," he writes.
"We expect the SoftBank transaction will close on Tuesday June 25, 2013. To some, that date may appear to be in an eternity."
However, Hallaren is reluctant to go to a Strong Buy rating, he writes, because the terms of Softbank's offer mean less carried interest for Sprint holders:
SoftBank's revised offer puts more cash in shareholder's hands and reduces shareholder's future carried interest. It also reduces Sprint's post deal value by roughly $4.1B primarily because SoftBank will put roughly $3.0B less into the company. SoftBank's New Sprint ownership grows to 78.8% up from 70.6% in the original deal. Netting the differences in the two offers against SoftBank's increased ownership implies that SoftBank paid roughly $1.5B for 8.2% of Sprint. We think this is a bargain for SoftBank.
Wells Fargo's Jennifer Fritzsche, who has an Outperform rating on the stock, advises investors to look ahead to upcoming key dates:
Next key dates to watch Monday 6/24 which is the Sprint / CLWR shareholder vote (recall CLWR Special Committee has recommended CLWR shareholders tender their shares to DISH for $4.40 / share) and Tuesday 6/25 is the Sprint / SoftBank shareholder vote. We believe the less anticlimactic of these two dates will be 6/25 as (with DISH now moving away), we believe there is a very high likelihood the S / SoftBank deal gains approval. The CLWR vote is much more of a nailbiter in our view. Recall, if DISH is not able to tender 25% of the shares its deal (at $4.40 / share) is no longer valid.
On the other hand, Kevin Smithen of Macquarie Equities Research cut his rating on the stock to Neutral from Outperform, writing that the focus will now turn to fundamentals, and that there are several challenges facing Sprint:
Lack of DISH counterbid on Sprint despite extensive due diligence; CLWR situation still unresolved for Sprint; Capex disclosure in proxy signals that cash burn rates could be higher than our and consensus estimates; Lower cash balance at Sprint after revised SoftBank offer could mean additional dilution for S holders down the road for network, spectrum and CLWR; T-Mo momentum on network and postpaid net adds.
Given momentum by T-Mobile USA (TMUS), Smithen cut his estimates for Sprint's net post-paid subscriber additions for this quarter and the following two quarters.
And BTIG Research's Walter Piecyk is even more skeptical of the stock price holding up in light of challenges ahead:
We think Sprint could fall below below $7 as the potential for a higher price from Masa or Ergen fades and the reality of the work ahead sinks in. In our note last week we noted that Sprint's stock could drop to $6.75 which "assumes we valued the resulting company at 6.0x an EBITDA estimate of $6.0 billion or 5.5x a 2014 EBITDA estimate of $6.5 billion." In the near term the stock could hold slightly above those levels on the hope of an additional move by Ergen [...] The new terms of the Sprint/SoftBank deal which reduced SoftBank's equity cash infusion into Sprint by $3 billion have lifted Sprint's pro-forma debt leverage above 3x ahead of what is likely to be at least 2 years of aggressive capital investment to catch up for years of under investment. Even if the Clearwire situation is cleaned up, Sprint will also likely have to spend at least $1.0 billion in the H-Block spectrum auction and Ergen could resurface to push the price of that auction up even higher. The high leverage could send Sprint's stock even lower if the company is unable to achieve the lofty EBITDA projections set out in its filings or if valuation multiples return to pre-deal speculation levels.
Update: Omega Advisors's Leon Cooperman, one of the largest Sprint holders, and a large Dish holder, was on CNBC's "FastMoney: Halftime Report," acknowledging that he is "losing money today" after increasing his Sprint stake around $7. "I would note count him out, because he's repeatedly said it's a very valuable asset," Cooperman said of Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen.
Until the shareholders vote on the 25th of June, it's not over. It looks like it's over, it's not over. We think this is a $10 billion Ebitda company the next couple years, and we think the stock is attractive, we think it's a good holding over the next few years. We just hope Charlie comes back. We think our Dish stock could be worth even more with Sprint. I don't want to micro-manage Charlie. Let him figure out what he wants to do. But the lead dog for the moment is Softbank, and this is a man, Masayoshi Son, who is very accomplished. We think it's going to be worth more than $7.85 [per Sprint share] in several years.
Shares of Google (GOOG) are up $3.78, or half a percent, at $904.40, after CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets's James Lee reiterated a Buy rating on the shares and raised his price target to $1,100 from $1,000, writing that a recent conference call with search engine market firm Performics suggests to him Google is making progress in monetizing mobile use of the Internet.
"We remain confident on the company's ability to improve mobile conversions over time with Enhanced Campaigns through dynamic ad delivery and deep conversion extensions," Lee writes of Google.
Lee notes that spending on search advertising for the whole industry has been a bit slower this quarter than last:
Search data from Performics appear to be mixed quarter-to-date. As
highlighted in Figure 4, the search engine marketing firm saw spending YoY growth decelerate from 12.4% to 4.5%. The SEM stated that the comp was tough due to lumpy ad spending for new product launches from several major advertisers last year. In addition, Performics did client projects on measurement and analytics for offline attribution last year. These nonrecurring revenues are wrapped into the client ad spending. This unfavorable comparison will persist into July. The SEM did not quantify what the normalized growth is but mentioned that the spending trend is company specific and it's not indicative of the overall spending on search.
Mobile is growing much faster as a proportion of total U.S.-based Internet paid search click impressions, notes Lee, up 34% on tablets and smartphones in May, way above the mere 2.5% growth in overall clicks. While now making up 36% of total paid search clicks, mobile is just 13.5% of total paid search spending in the U.S., given lower prices than on desktop browsers "smartphones in 2Q13 are priced at 40.5% of the desktop compared to 40.0% last quarter; tablets are priced at 64.2% of the desktop."
It's still early to see a boost from Google's "enhanced campaigns" product for search, but over time it can help boost mobile "cost-per-click" rates, he argues:
Performics stated that the adoption rate for Enhanced Campaigns has so far been slow, but is as expected. The SEM is migrating only a small portion of total ad campaigns managed on behalf of its clients. We suspect that advertisers are testing their non-core campaigns given the uncertainty in keyword pricing and the amount of time it takes to optimize ad spending. In addition, the new ad management system merges traffic for tablets and PCs, so there is a natural inflation to deal with. However, Performics is confident that its systems will be ready for a complete transition in late July. Google has already updated its products in Enhanced Campaigns, responding to advertiser feedback. [...] Over the longer term, Performics remains positive on mobile pricing as ads in Enhanced Campaigns can be directly attributed to ROI [...] Enhanced Campaigns can deliver ads dynamically with deep conversion metrics. That said, we expect the conversion rate for smartphones to increase over time, driving up the CPC.
Research firm IHS iSuppli this morning informs us that the DRAM memory chip market is finding propsperity by conducting the second year in a row of deliberate reduction in output, helping to firm up prices, and also helping to offset the slump in personal computer sales.
iSuppli figures the DRAM industry will produce 13 million 300-millimeter wafers this year, down 5% from 2012′s level, which was, in turn, down 8% from the 2011 figure of 14.9 million wafers.
The result last quarter was the highest revenue for the industry in two years, the firm notes, driven by a rise in price for 4-gigabyte DDR3 DRAM modules to $23 in March from $16 in December, on average.
After chronic oversupply and pricing weakness, "the DRAM industry has entered a more mature state, enacting structural changes that will allow it to grow even in challenging market conditions," observes iSuppli analyst Mike Howard.
As regards the "post-PC" era, the firm notes more and more bits are shipping into non-PC devices:
Nearly 65 percent of all DRAM bit shipments went to a desktop or laptop 10 years ago, but that figure is less than 50 percent today and will fall further to south of 40 percent by the end of next year. Meanwhile, servers and mobile gadgets like smartphones and tablets command an increasing share of DRAM bit shipments. The overall result is that the travails of one segment—like the embattled PC space—won't be able to disrupt the entire market, lacking the size and critical mass to do so. The server and mobile segments also help by using more specialized products that require a more involved design-in process, thereby reducing the commodity nature of the DRAM that the segments consume.
Another improvement is the elimination of some competitors:
The Taiwanese are no longer the powerhouse suppliers they used to be, while notable DRAM makers Qimonda of Germany and Elpida Memory of Japan have gone bankrupt and have been bought out by other players. By the end of this year, only three DRAM manufacturers will remain—Samsung and SK Hynix of South Korea, and U.S.-based Micron Technology. With fewer entities to influence the market, a more conservative approach toward capacity expansion is expected, and more stable growth can follow.
The firm notes that industry must not become too attached to undersupply, or it will ultimately drive customers toward other technologies: "Next year, manufacturers will need to seriously look at options for expanding manufacturing capacity to accommodate demand."
"But properly managed, DRAM prospects can remain healthy, IHS believes."
Micron Technology (MU), which reports fiscal Q3 results tonight, after the bell, has lately gotten a wave of positive reviews from the Street, in part because of a brighter outlook for DRAM.
Shares of Nvidia (NVDA) are up 46 cents, or 3%, at $14.86, after the company last night said it plans to license the "Kepler" graphics processing unit, or GPU, core that powers its video cards to other chip makers for a fee, as use of high-quality graphics spreads to numerous types of devices beyond personal computers.
Street observers have differing points of view on what the payoff will be.
Hans Mosesmann, of Raymond James, who has a Strong Buy rating on the shares, thinks the licensing path might give Nvidia a route into products from Apple (AAPL), and that it may curtail the advance of ARM Holdings's (ARMH) own graphics intellectual property:
If there was ever a way for Nvidia to get into Apple, the IP licensing angle is likely it. This is particularly true if Apple has ambitions in the datacenter (although nothing has been announced to date). In this case, licensed graphics from Imagination Technology (used by Apple, Samsung Electronics (005930KS), and Intel (INTC) in mobile platforms) are not suitable in higher-end computing. This also could limit ARM's Mali effort, which is just starting to gain traction. Regarding Intel's licensing agreement with Nvidia, we still believe that Intel will have to pay Nvidia for many years to come. Remember, Intel's Larrabee project was cancelled years ago and it now has a dual Imagination and internal graphics strategy that is not ideal in our view.
Lazard Capital Markets's Daniel Amir, reiterating a Neutral rating on the stock, thinks it may expand Nvidia's addressable market:
We believe that the licensing model provides the company with an additional revenue stream and the potential to attract new customers. While we do not see any near-term revenue impact, we do see a benefit of moving towards the licensing model for greater reach, similar to ARM's approach with its mobile processors.
Evercore Partners's Patrick Wang, who has an Underweight rating on the stock, writes that "While a seemingly incremental opportunity, we don't see licensing as a meaningful business or EPS contributor in the next few years."
"In fact, we think it will be challenging to design its high-end GPU into enough volume markets to drive meaningful revenues."
In contrast to Mosesmann, Wang doesn't see Nvidia as having much of a chance with either Apple or Samsung:
Mgmt is targeting high-end devices at vertically integrated OEMs looking to differentiate. Regarding the big two, we believe Apple (OW, covered by R. Cihra) is unlikely to adopt Kepler as our checks indicate significant internal GPU design efforts, perhaps looking to eliminate the royalty expense. Further, Samsung is possible but is cycling through IP vendors and chip suppliers today.
Wang also wonders about the potential rise in operating expense to support markets such as industrial or consumer electronics, where the customers based is very large and very specific.
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of Adobe Systems (ADBE) are up $2.71, or almost 6%, at $46.07, after the company last night narrowly exceeded fiscal Q2 expectations, and forecast this quarter's revenue and profit below consensus, but projected the year's results slightly above what the Street has been modeling. The stock has gotten one upgrade this morning, that I can see, from Merrill Lynch's Kash Rangan, who raised his rating on the shares to Buy from Neutral, with a $57 price target, up from $47, writing that he sees "Higher confidence in ADBE's ability to convert a large portion of its Total Available Market of ~12mn installed license base of Creative Suite customers eventually into a potentially large several bn $ recurring rev stream."
"This could arguably create one of the largest recurring rev streams in the software industry after MSFT, ORCL, SAP and CRM."
Shares of BlackBerry (BBRY) are down 42 cents, or almost 3%, at $14.42, after Bernstein Research's Pierre Ferragu cut his rating on the stock to Underperform from Market Perform, and cut his price target to $10 from $15, writing that "expectations have scaled upwards materially" since the stock hit a low of $6.22 last year, but that the company's sales of its BB10-based handsets will disappoint in the second half of this year, based on his "checks," as "The initial enthusiasm that we observed for Blackberry 10 devices now appears to be waning."
Ferragu models 10 million BB10 units the later half of BlackBerry's fiscal 2014, below his prior 11-million estimate, which, with lower service revenue, would produce total sales of $5.77 billion the latter half of the year, below the $6.66 billion the Street is modeling.
Ferragu's skepticism is joined by Pacific Crest's James Faucette, who writes that his own assessment suggests "BB10 production of 1.5 million to 2 million per month remains well above global sell-through demand, which we estimate at well below 500,000 per month."
In other BlackBerry news, AT&T (T) this morning announced it will start selling the Q10 in the U.S. on June 21st for $199.99 with a two-year contract.
Shares of Sprint-Nextel (S) are down 25 cents, or almost 4%, at $7.07, after Dish Network (DISH) last night said it would drop its bid to merge with the company after a months-long battle against Japan's Softbank (9984JP) for control of the carrier, instead focusing its attention on its battle for Sprint's broadband partner, Clearwire (CLWR).
Sprint stock got one downgrade this morning, that I can see, from Macquarie Equities Research's Kevin Smithen, who cut his rating to Neutral from Outperform advising that as attention shifts from M&A to fundamentals, the road ahead will be a challenging one, for "Given the uncertainty over CLWR, we think it will take at least a year to get Sprint's network to a level from which Son-San can offer some disruptive promotions.
"This, combined with T-Mo's recent postpaid sub momentum, are causing us to lower our Sprint postpaid net adds for Q2 – Q4 from (470k), 131k and 174k to (1,000k), (55k) and 134k."
Clearwire shares today are up 5 cents, or 1%, at $4.61.
Cisco Systems (CSCO) overnight released results of a new report on what it calls "the Internet of Everything," a combination of the concept of the Internet of Things, widely bandied about, and also interactions between people and things via networks. The survey, which was conducted online by panel organizer GMI, with design input from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, surveyed 7,500 respondents around the world in different industries over a three month period recently. Cisco concludes from the research that there is $613 billion in corporate profit that will be generated from such interactions this year, out of what it argues is a total $14.4 trillion in "value at stake" over the decade running through 2022. All documents pertaining to the study are available on the Cisco site.
Much of the value of the Internet of Everything will accrue to Cisco to the extent that it is able to bundle equipment and software together with services to achieve a variety of "use cases."
Cisco shares this morning are up 4 cents at $24.86.
Shares of satellite television operator Dish Network (DISH) are up 5 cents at $39.14 after the company this evening said it would drop its bid to merge with Sprint-Nextel (S) after the latter had made the process impracticable, it said.
"While DISH continues to see strategic value in a merger with Sprint, the decisions made by Sprint to prematurely terminate our due diligence process and accept extreme deal protections in its revised agreement with SoftBank, among other things, have made it impracticable for DISH to submit a revised offer by the June 18th deadline imposed by Sprint," said Dish.
"We will consider our options with respect to Sprint, and focus our efforts and resources on completing the Clearwire tender offer."
Japan's Softbank (9984JP), which has been pursuing regulatory approval to acquire Sprint according to a deal first put forth last October, a week ago sweetened its bid for Sprint with a higher cash component, an offer Sprint's board immediately recommended to shareholders. Sprint had said Dish had until today to submit a "best and final" offer for Sprint after Dish had initially bid back in mid-April.
Dish had also announced in April its intent to acquire broadband wireless provider Clearwire (CLWR) as a part of the Sprint bid. After Dish's initial bids met with disparaging remarks by Clearwire's board, that board last week reversed course and recommended the latest Dish offer, a $4.40-per-share tender offer, and suggested holders reject Sprint's own bid to buy the remaining half it does not own.
Cleawire shares tonight are up 8 cents, or 1.8%, at $4.64, while Sprint shares are down 13 cents, or 1.8%, at $7.19.
In a corporate blog post, graphics and mobile chip designers Nvidia (NVDA) this evening announced the company will be licensing the "Kepler" graphics processing unit, or GPU, "core" behind its various products for speeding up computer graphics, including the "GeForce" line of plug-in cards.
Nvidia said the proliferation of computing devices beyond the PC means, especially the explosion of devices running Google's (GOOG) Android software, mean that that there are more opportunities to license the Kepler core, the company asserts:
PC sales are declining with the rise of smartphones and tablets. High-definition screens are proliferating, showing up on most every machine. Android is increasingly pervasive. Yesterday's PC industry, which produced several hundred million units a year, will soon become a computing-devices industry that produces many billions of units a year. And visual computing is at the epicenter of it all.
Nvidia said the move has precedent: Nvidia licensed GPU core technology to Sony (SNE) for the PlayStation 3 game console in past, and also receives hundreds of millions of dollars per year from Intel (INTC) for the license to Nvidia graphics technology.
In other Nvidia-related news, Bloomberg's Ian King and Dina Bass this afternoon reported that Microsoft (MSFT) is going to make some new versions of its "Surface RT" tablet computer using chips from competitor Qualcomm (QCOM), even though it still plans to use the "Tegra" processor from Nvidia in production of some other versions, citing a single unnamed source.
Nvidia shares are up 5 cents, or 0.4%, at $14.45 in late trading.
Dell's (DELL) board of directors this afternoon replied to Carl Icahn's proposal, announced today, to pay $14 per share if shareholders will tender upward of 1.1 billion of the company's 1.67 billion shares outstanding, calling the proposal not something it can endorse.
The board, which just this morning urged holders to vote in favor of a proposed leveraged buyout of the stock by CEO MIchael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake at a special vote on July 18th, remarked,
The Special Committee and its advisors are reviewing the latest concept put forth by Carl Icahn, which is that Dell pursue a self-tender for its shares of approximately $16 billion. This is a further deviation from Mr. Icahn's original proposal of a buyout at $15.00 per share and, assuming all shareholders other than Mr. Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management tender, appears to equate to a dividend of approximately $10.00 per share rather than the $12.00 per share promised by Mr. Icahn in his letter of May 9. Furthermore, as in the May 9 letter, Mr. Icahn's current concept would likely force shareholders to continue to own shares in the highly leveraged company that would result. Mr. Icahn's concept is not, in its present state, a transaction that the Special Committee could endorse and execute – there is neither financing, nor any commitment from any party to participate, nor any remedy for the company and its shareholders if the transaction is not consummated. In addition, the concept does not adequately address the liquidity issues and other risks the Committee previously highlighted. More than a month ago, the Committee requested financial and other information from Mr. Icahn and Southeastern in connection with their previous recapitalization idea. Those requests remain outstanding and are equally relevant to this latest concept. The Committee will consider any and all such information provided by Mr. Icahn. However, in the absence of an actionable proposal that would create more value for shareholders, the Special Committee continues to recommend the pending, fully financed $13.65 per share cash sale transaction.
Dell shares are up 4 cents at $13.52 in late trading.
Shares of Adobe Systems (ADBE) are up $2.18, almost 5%, at $45.54, in late trading, after the company reported fiscal Q2 revenue and profit per share that slightly exceeded estimates.
Revenue in the three months ended in May fell roughly 10%, year over year, to $1.011 billion, yielding EPS of 36 cents, excluding some costs.
Analysts had been modeling $1.01 billion and 33 cents per share.
CFO Mark Garrett remarked that "adoption of Creative Cloud continued to accelerate and we drove strong Adobe Marketing Cloud bookings growth in Q2."
Adobe will host a conference call with analysts at 5 pm, Eastern time, and you can catch the webcast of it on the company's investor relations Web site.
Update: On the conference call, management forecast this quarter's results below consensus, and forecast the year's results in line with, to slightly ahead of, Street estimates.
For the current quarter, Adobe sees revenue of $975 million to $1.03 billion, and EPS of 29 cents to 35 cents. The Street has been modeling $1.01 billion and 35 cents, on average.
For the full year, the company sees approximately $4.1 billion in revenue and approximately $1.45 per share in EPS, which is more or less in line with Street consensus for $4.11 billion and $1.44.
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are up 4 cents, or 1%, at $$4.09, after the company this morning formally unveiled its processor roadmap for servers, discussing three parts coming in 2014 for mainstream servers and also the emerging category of "micro-servers."
AMD will offer an x86 part to go head to head with Intel's (INTC) mainstream X86 parts, called "Warsaw." AMD will also offer an X86 part and a part using ARM Holdings's (ARMH) instruction set, called "Berlin" and "Seattle," respectively, that will be designed for the lower power envelope needed in micro-servers for Web-centric data centers.
Here's the roadmap included with AMD's announcement today:
AMD bills Seattle as the first system-on-a-chip to use ARM's 64-bit processor extensions, the technology known as "Cortex-A57."
Street observers have had different responses today.
David Wong with Wells Fargo, who has an Outperform rating on AMD shares, thinks the strategy is a good one, but Intel remains his top pick given that he thinks AMD will prove less of a threat for traditional servers as it goes after micro-servers:
We think that AMD's latest roadmap is consistent with our view that AMD is focusing its R&D efforts on new niche areas in which it might be able to compete effectively, while reducing its investment in segments where it potentially faces competitive disadvantages. We think that this is an appropriate strategy which will help AMD reach a level of sustainable profitability in a reasonable period of time. We are reiterating our Outperform rating on AMD. We think that Intel's market share and ASP in the high end 2-way and 4-way server processor space might firm as AMD fades in this segment.
Doug Freedman of RBC Capital Markets, who doesn't formally cover AMD shares, and who has an Outperform rating on Intel shares, sees little here that will challenge Intel much:
We do not see material risk to Intel's lead in the server market. To us, AMD's vision is a bit perplexing given that the company appears to be going in multiple directions with a limited R&D budget. Thus to an extent, we feel that plans for its partnership with ARM could be more transparent via firm commitments. In regards to Intel, they have the ability to support its roadmap through balance sheet strength and world class manufacturing. For AMD, given what we perceive to be a lack of focus, it could be challenging to grow presence across its end-markets. Consequently, we view today's news as a mild positive for INTC.
In a follow-up note this afternoon, Freedman argued further that AMD could be hurt with the management shake-up announced this morning at Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), where PC chief Todd Bradley is giving up his post to assume a strategic role at the server giant:
We recognize that executive shifts often lead to strategy changes, and believe that this could lead to an opportunity for Intel to increase its presence at HP. Currently, AMD's largest customer is HP, listed as its only 10%+ customer in its recent 10K. Consequently, the change in strategy at HP can potentially have a material impact on CPU market share, where AMD likely has its highest market share. Thus we will need to keep close eye on change in management strategies at HP which could result in market share shifts between INTC and AMD.
I wrote a column in this week's Barron's print magazine, opining that AMD shares could double from their current level, helped by the micro-server strategy.
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Final year pupils studying for their A Levels were delighted to receive some outstanding results on Thursday 19 August. With a 99.3% pass rate and 80% of boys receiving A*, A and B grades, this year's set of results puts RGS as one of the leading boys schools in the country.
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Both Google Maps and Microsoft Streets and Trips plotted this fatal course. This gives a whole new meaning to the term "Killer Ap".
The mapping software should define regions as non plot-able. That means that they forbid plotting a destination inside of, or a path through these regions. I will bet that all states west of the Rockies that have regions where this should be true. As far as Oregon goes you would start by blocking out the whole state then allowing the few main thoroughfares. The problem remains and next week someone else somewhere else may attempt to follow Goggle map to their death. The question is, how do you safely use an internet maps? There needs to be a set of common sense rules to follow when using these maps. The road was marked as impassable in the winter, so Mr. Kim must take the responsibility for putting his family in danger. I do not see this as the action of a hero.. Sorry.. Let me share a bit of my history. I was born and raised in Roseburg Or, about 100 mi north of the Rogue River Valley. My dad loved the outdoors and driving, we had a Willys Overland in 1960 and spent a lot of time in the woods of Southern Oregon hunting, hiking and exploring the endless net of logging roads. So I am familiar with the terrain and conditions the Kims were facing. First let me address the snow and weather. this region is not snow covered for the winter until you are well above 5000'. During the day (and most nights) the temperatures are typically above freezing. the low average may be 35 and the high average 45. The Kims got caught in the last in a series of storms that passed over the region in November. it was a cold front that dropped the nighttime temperatures into the 20's. By Dec 1 the weather was beautiful (maybe day time highs in the lower 50's or upper 40's. It is not really very cold, frost bite is not a big problem in most of Oregon. If you look at the pics of their car when the wife and kids were rescued there is very little snow, if they had not disabled their car I bet they could have driven out. The Rogue River Valley did not get that name lightly. There is a hiking trail along the Rogue River that is known as the roughest most dangerous trail in the state. In the summer you must carry water, navigate narrow stretches of trial threading across cliffs with fatal drops to rocks and river below on one side, with your shoulder against a vertical cliff on the other. This region is world class rugged. It is very easy to go down and can be anywhere from difficult, to impossible to go back up. I am sure that in many regions going down is the right thing to do. Unfortunately in the Pacific Northwest that is the absolutely worst thing you can do. You need to stay high, the ridge lines are where the navigable game trails are, the creeks and bottoms are brush filled and usually impassible. In this day and age going up also can get you cell phone service. The mountains shield cell signals from getting into the canyons but if you can get to a ridge top it is very likely that you will get cell service. We will never know why James left the road. He should not have, had he kept walking the road he may well have found help and actually been a hero, now he is just dead. A good safety rule in the west would be: Do Not lose the center line. If you drive on for 2 miles with no center line you should turn around and return to a known point. In Oregon, and I am sure other western states, roads with no center line have no guarantee of coming out. They may not be used for weeks at a time between hunting season and spring. If you want to see first hand what getting to the Rouge River means check this link out Mailboat to Agness |
Dec9-06, 12:54 AM | #2 |
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I cannot get James Kim out of my head.
The death by technology aspect alone fascinates and horrifies me all at the same time. Then it happened in my back yard. I grew up in the Umpqua valley, that is the next watershed region north of the Rogue. Zane Grey wrote a story about the Rogue River, and fished the North Umpqua. I find it interesting that Mr. Kim had booked a motel in Gold Beach where the main attracting is a Jet boat ride up the wild Rogue river to Agness, its the mail boat ride. Mr. Kim left road and headed down to find the Rogue River, .. Oh why, oh why did he ever leave the road. |
Dec9-06, 01:26 PM | #3 |
There have always been what are called "paper roads" that show up on maps, but in reality, don't exist as a road because nobody paid the bill to finish the road. If you're traveling to a new area, you confirm directions on more than one map, get a larger map that includes alternate routes in case you need to take detours or the planned route is impassable (anything from weather conditions, to road construction, to the road doesn't exist or you missed a turn and wound up somewhere unexpected, or you're sitting in stand-still traffic on the interstate and need to get off to go around a major accident). Especially in winter, or when driving through mountains, you check weather forecasts. Taking back roads when snow or ice are predicted should be avoided if you don't know them, because you can't be sure they'll be clear or passable...stick to interstates under those conditions. In mountains, you also want to know if there is fog forecast. Again, taking unlit back roads that are hard to see in the first place can be really treacherous in heavy fog...better to wait until daylight. Those maps often give you a choice between the shortest route or fastest route...the shortest is not always fastest. So, that was the first part of the stupidity...not looking where he was actually going and using some common sense to decide the roads were not safe ones to be traveling in bad weather. The second part of the stupidity was that once lost and stuck, he left the car. If you haven't passed a house or gas station in miles, and 15 min of walking the other direction doesn't find one (maybe less depending on what the temperatures were like when he left the car), return to the car to wait out the storm, you don't just keep wandering aimlessly in snow (as evidenced by the fact that the wife and kids survived by staying in the car). Third part of the stupidity was leaving the road. It's stupid enough to leave main roads, but even more stupid to wander entirely off the road into fields or forests. Even if you ARE familiar with an area, in snow, things can look entirely different than on a clear day, and you're unlikely to recognize familiar landmarks. It also makes it harder for someone to find you when they do come looking for you. |
Dec9-06, 01:53 PM | #4 |
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Mr. Kim and his wife and children have paid a high price for his bad decisions.
This seems to be a case of someone from an urban area going out into Nature with little or no experience with the wilderness. It was reckless. I've visited several National Parks in the west. The rangers and staff are adamant about respecting the wilderness, which means keeping distance with wild animals. However, every year, someone gets seriously injured or killed by elk or bison, rather than bear, because they get too close and the animal reacts defensively. Also, people go hiking without sun screen, proper clothing or water. I saw a young woman hiking on the Bright Angel Trail in shorts and short sleeve shirt. Her thighs had a red/purple hue, which indicated severe sunburn, and she was about an hour down from the rim. She was already in a lot of pain. All I could do was suggest she cover her legs and get to the infirmary ASAP. James Kim--family man, gadget fan If I go to an area where I have never been, I get maps (particularly USGS or equivalent terrain maps which show contours) and study them. I learn landmarks and the terrain. I know orientation of the sun, moon and stars. And very importantly, I study the weather in advance, especially in winter time, and I know that ambient temperatures decrease with altitude. Integral, try not to obsess over this situation - we can't turn back time and the decisions of others are out of our hands. Hopefully, others will learn from Kim's mistakes. |
Dec9-06, 01:56 PM | #5 |
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I am running on the assumption that he never would have found the road if Google Maps had not pointed it out to him. As far as I know this is a relatively new phenomena, tourists finding there way back into our logging road network. If Internet maps can be shown a root cause then something needs to be done.
Signs don't work, turns out that the road they were on was gated, but the lock had been broken and the gate was open (or did Mrs Kim get out and open it?) Such vandalism is hard to deal with in this region. As the Kims discovered there is no traffic for weeks or even months up many of these roads. Then we have a large population of jerks with 4x4 s, chain saws, and rifles. How do you stop someone from breaking open gates in these conditions? Did you happen to check the jet boat link? Is it irony that this man, a technology guru, was heading for Gold Beach, whose main tourist attraction is a Jet boat ride up the Rogue River, the original purpose of this boat was (and it still does) run mail up the river to Agness....Why would they use a (now) a jet boat to get mail to Agness... Because there are no roads that the mail service will drive on! Mr. Kim choose to hike down into a river gorge that is virtually inaccessible from anywhere! Mr. Kims decision to leave the road cost him his life, and endangered dozens more in the effort to locate his body. |
Dec9-06, 02:31 PM | #6 |
I didn't know about this aspect of the story, but it is truly a cruel irony. |
Dec9-06, 02:44 PM | #7 |
I don't know much about this but it seems to me that due diligence was not paid to understanding the route. Now that we have things like Google Earth, I like to use it if there is some part of the route that I'm not sure of, like if I want to see what a junction looks like or whatever. It also helps to survey the terrain.
For instance, when I planned a trip to Liverpool from Lincolnshire, Google Earth was very helpful in helping me understand how the road lay around Sheffield, and how it ran through the peak district. So anyway, technology needs to be used well to work well. The onus is on us to use technology well because the people that sell it only care that we buy it, that's what disclaimers are for. |
Dec9-06, 02:48 PM | #8 |
Every bit of technology, whether a special-purpose machine, a gun, or a mapping system (in Kim's instance) carries positive and negative potentials. In the hands of the clueless, very bad things can happen, especially when compounded by emotion. Apparently, Kim lacked survival training and common sense. His vehicle was shelter, a source of heat, possible means of escape if weather conditions moderated, and a large target for aerial searchers. The smartest thing to do would have been to stay with his family, start a good bonfire and keep throwing fresh boughs on it to produce smoke. If he had done these things he would be alive. |
Dec9-06, 02:55 PM | #9 |
If the road was that bad anyone with common sense would have just turned back. I feel bad for the family but it's really hard to feel sorry for someone that acts so stupidly.
Dec9-06, 03:11 PM | #10 |
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Again I urge you to look at the Agness mail boat link in my first post. It has some good pics of the local terraine.. this is where James was headed. |
Dec9-06, 03:15 PM | #11 |
During winter, I keep a pair of insulated boots in the car, and I make sure I have a shovel. I usually take a parka and insulated mitten and gloves when I am out. I have an Artic parka which is very warm even at -30°F (-34.4°C) and moderate wind. It was designed for winters in northern Alaska. |
Dec9-06, 03:24 PM | #12 |
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What now concerns me, could MS Streets & Trips send me on an equally fatal route though the wilds of Los Angeles? In this terrain I am concerned about ending up in some neighborhood where the local gangs my resent my intrusion. How can I know? |
Dec9-06, 03:42 PM | #13 |
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It is very hard to dress appropriately, if you cover yourself with waterproof rain gear, you now run into the trouble that it is 45-50 deg out and you are soon sweating. So you get wet from the outside in, or the inside out.. take you pick. If you are planning on spending a night without a fire hypothermia is inevitable. |
Dec9-06, 03:51 PM | #14 |
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I am thinking that a basic survival rule for driving in Oregon is never leave the center line. If you do not know where you are going, ie have never driven the road, and have traveled for 2mi without a center line, turn around ASAP and go back to the last road with a center line. Follow the center line back to civilization. |
Dec9-06, 04:31 PM | #15 |
I did search and rescue for several years up in the mountains of Virginia, and still keep my full bivouac kit in my car here in sunny California. I can't imagine anyone driving on logging roads up in Oregon not having the presence of mind to realize it's a bad idea, or going so unprepared in the first place. The difference between survival and death can sometimes literally come down to having a half pound of gear.
I'm also amazed at his foolishness in continuing to walk, further and further, for days. Anyone who's done any real hiking knows what to do when you realize you're seriously lost: hug a tree. That's right, just sit your *** right down in the first sheltered spot you can find and try to take care of your basic survival needs without moving away from the spot you first recognized you were lost. Every step you make from that point dramatically decreases the likelihood that you will be found alive. The SAR people found all kinds of discarded items, like pants and so on, along the route taken by Kim. Perhaps he thought he was stringing them along like breadcrumbs, but I can't help commenting that if he had just stayed where he had left those pants, he would probably have been found alive. I can forgive him for not knowing the road was so treacherous beforehand. I can forgive him for not having the right kind of gear to survive unsheltered in that environment. I cannot believe, however, that an educated man would leave the shelter of a car, and walk down a ravine -- non-stop, for days -- ensuring that all the SAR people on his tail stay far behind him. - Warren |
Dec9-06, 04:50 PM | #16 |
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Dec9-06, 08:21 PM | #17 |
[see the video] Finley starved to death in his truck after waiting for 66 days "in almost the same spot". |
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