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Media Availability with Secretary Gates en route to Lima, Peru
Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates
April 13, 2010
SEC. GATES: This is a regional trip. I had intended to start with Brazil and sign the defense cooperation agreement there. Obviously, because President Lula came to Washington for the Nuclear Security Summit and brought his defense minister with him, I canceled that part of the trip to meet with the Brazilian minister yesterday afternoon.
Signing the defense cooperation agreement, which was to have been the highlight of my visit to Brazil, is clearly an important step forward in our bilateral relationship, our military-to-military relationship with Brazil.
The visits to Peru and Colombia are basically to recognize what's already been achieved in the relationship and explore opportunities for further cooperation. One of the aspects of this that we very much support and are prepared to facilitate is the growing regional cooperation that's going on among these different countries, Peru and Colombia -- and, I might say, Mexico as well. And so we have Colombia doing training for Peruvians and for Mexicans.
And I think this kind of cooperation is very important. They face similar kinds of problems with insurgents and narcotics and crime. And so figuring out how we can further help them in their own efforts and also in their cooperation with one another is an important opportunity.
Also, frankly, want to highlight the successes that Colombia has enjoyed over the past several years, and particularly under President Uribe: the success of Plan Colombia and the lessons learned in Colombia that it is now sharing with some of its neighbors and with others. Uribe, in my view, is a great hero and has been an enormously successful president of Colombia. And the key also will be to consolidate the achievements and particularly our partnership on an enduring basis so that -- so that this relationship continues to thrive and grow after President Uribe leaves office.
And then, finally, the meetings in Barbados. Again, a key element of this is really the regional cooperation among the seven Caribbean islands' governments and the regional security arrangements that they have working together, particularly on counternarcotics, but also crime, which has become a real problem in several of the islands.
And we have -- we have about $45 million in assistance that we're going to be able to provide during FY '10. The president last year at the summit in April promised 30 million (dollars). We found another 15 million (dollars). And about a third of that money will be used to help their -- enhance their regional security arrangements, particularly communications and boats for maritime interdiction.
So really an opportunity to encourage what we see as some very positive trends going on, both in South America and in the Caribbean.
Q We've now heard this morning that operations at Manas might be suspended, again this morning. What is the latest update on that? And what alternatives have you planned, if that base were to close?
SEC. GATES: Well, first of all, we -- I haven't heard that. So I don't know whether that's true or not.
We looked at a lot of alternatives last year when we were negotiating the new base arrangements. And obviously creating the Northern Distribution Network has been very important. We've now delivered over 10,000 containers by the Northern Distribution Network, which is a huge accomplishment.
We looked at -- there are other alternatives. I don't want to get into the details. But there are -- there are other approaches that we can use and facilities that we can use. They are more expensive and would be logistically more challenging than Manas.
Everything that I've been able to see or read suggests that there's a willingness to leave Manas open and to continue allowing our use of it in terms -- along the lines of the terms of the agreement.
Q (Inaudible) -- affected operations in Afghanistan so far?
SEC. GATES: Not yet, no.
Q Sir, Bryan Bender with The Boston Globe. Thanks for having us.
You mentioned Colombia and lessons there, their success story. Can you talk a little bit about what lessons you think would apply outside of the region and particularly in Afghanistan?
I know the U.S. has helped to foster at least some exchanges there maybe on tactics as opposed to sort of an overall strategy.
SEC. GATES: Sure. And in fact, the Colombians are working on sending a contingent to Afghanistan. They have clearly learned some very important lessons, in terms of counterinsurgency and how you -- how you deal with -- how you have a broad civilian-military approach to dealing with security issues.
And it kind of goes back to the broader comments that I was making, which is the other aspect of our assistance. This is really about more than just military-to-military relationships in these countries.
The -- we also want to work with them, in terms of addressing some of the root causes of these problems. And that obviously is the civilian component of our own strategy, with our embassies and AID [Agency for International Development]. But it's that piece of it that I think the Colombians have learned, over the last several years, and where they bring really unusual experience.
Q Mr. Secretary, on Latin America in general, there have been a lot of criticisms the U.S. hasn't -- it's been, you know, kind of distracted by Iraq and Afghanistan; it hasn't been paying as much attention as perhaps it needed to in Latin America; and countries like, you know, China or Iran have boosted their relationships to the region. What would you say to that?
SEC. GATES: Well, first of all, the president made a trip to the Caribbean just three months after he was inaugurated. I'd say that's a pretty high priority, given the list of countries that wanted him to visit around the world. Secretary Clinton made a major trip here last -- to the region last year. I'm coming down now.
I think that there's actually been a fair amount of attention and priority given to it. And just like the president finding the 30 million (dollars) in funds last year very early in the administration. So I think we've been attentive.
Q Mr. Secretary, as you know, the investigation now in Afghanistan into what happened in Gardez seems to have accelerated a bit. What is your understanding about who's leading the investigation, I mean what rank of officer, and what indications there may be about the claims that Special Operations troops killed people and dug the bullets out of the bodies trying to cover it up? What is your level of concern about that, and your understanding of what may have taken place?
SEC. GATES: Well, I don't know the particulars. I've been told that the allegations of a cover-up are questionable, but I just don't know the facts. And the investigation is clearly going on under ISAF [International Security Assistance Force] auspices, but also the Afghan government. So I think both are investigating it.
Q (Inaudible)
SEC. GATES: Not specifically.
Q (Inaudible) -- civilian casualties? There have been U.S. officers disciplined for force protection flaws, like Wanat and other places. There have not been officers disciplined for killing Afghan civilians. Why is that? And shouldn't that change? (Inaudible).
SEC. GATES: Well, I think that it -- I think that it would depend entirely on the circumstances. And I think no one has done more to try and reduce civilian casualties and to make the protection of civilians in Afghanistan a higher priority than General McChrystal.
And I'm sure that you all are aware yourselves of some concerns, on the Hill and with some of our troops, about the rules of engagement, that maybe we're going too far. I don't believe that. General McChrystal doesn't believe that. But by the same token, until you know the precise circumstances of each of these cases, then I think you're not in a position to judge whether somebody needs to be held accountable.
You know, the outcome of the investigation, for example, in Gardez is -- if somebody needs to be held accountable for that or if something happened that shouldn't have happened, then I think appropriate actions will be taken. But the problem is, in all of these cases, completing these investigations often comes weeks or months after the event itself, and so there's a gap there until you can know whether there was -- whether there was any kind of culpability.
But I can't -- every time I talk to General McChrystal, he talks about this. His view is, the civilian-casualty question is a strategic question in Afghanistan. And I think that he thinks that is one of the greatest risks to the success of our strategy, and it's why he has been as aggressive as he has. I think it's -- I think it's the right policy.
But let's also face the reality. We are in a war. And our adversaries, the Taliban, mingle with civilians. They use civilians. They purposely put civilians in Afghanistan in harm's way. And I think we'd better not forget that reality as well.
Q Follow-up on that? The Gardez incident involved Special Operations Forces. Some of the other civilian casualties have -- also of late have involved Special Operations Forces. Do -- does there need to be additional tactical directives for the Special Operations Forces to change their tactics, to put more care on civilian casualties with their operations?
SEC. GATES: One of the things that I've done is, in response to a request from General McChrystal -- and actually it's General Petraeus's action, but I approved it -- is to ensure that all of the forces that we have in Afghanistan have a chain of command that go to General McChrystal. And so both with respect to the Marines and also Special Operations, they now report to General McChrystal. So I think this will help. I hope this will help.
Q A quick follow-up to that. The WikiLeaks folks put out, you know, that video last week. There's apparently another video of a(n) Afghanistan incident coming out. Does the -- does the appearance of these videos -- the appearance of these videos coming late reopens these investigations in the public's mind. Is there a case to be made that, when you have a high-profile incident of civilian casualties, that the Defense Department should early on release its own gun-sight videos, bomb videos, this kind of stuff to put more information out about controversial events?
SEC. GATES: Well, I think the challenge that we face is getting all of the information. I mean, these people can put anything out they want and are never held accountable for it. There is no before and there is no after: It's only the present.
And, you know, it's like -- it's a little bit like embeds, in the respect that I've always believed embedding was a great idea, in part because it allows journalists to see what our men and women in uniform do every day, to see these situations that they face where they have to make these hard calls.
But the reality is, you end up looking at the war through a soda straw. And if the platoon you're with had a good day, then the war's going well, and if they had a bad day, the war's going badly. And that's the problem with these videos, is, you're looking at a situation through a soda straw and you have no context or perspective. And for us to put that together, to try and recreate all of that, is a challenge.
And so I just think that, you know, we take these things seriously. I've repeated what I said about General McChrystal's attitude toward it and his very profound belief that the civilian casualties are critical in hampering our efforts in Afghanistan.
And we will -- and we investigate every single one of these incidents, not only to determine whether there's accountability or what actually happened, but also to see if there are some lessons to be learned in terms of how to avoid it the next time around.
Q (Inaudible) --
STAFF: Okay. Hold on. Hold on. We're on our way to South America. Does anybody have any other questions on our trip to South America?
Q Yes. Assistant Secretary of State Arturo Valenzuela, he said that the U.S. is negotiating -- were negotiating two military agreements with Latin American countries, the one with Brazil that you signed yesterday; the other one could be Peru. That's why we're going over there, perhaps looking for an alternative for the Manta base?
SEC. GATES: We have no agreements to be signed at Peru.
Q Why Peru? I mean, you could go to any country and deepen your commitment to the region. Why Peru versus Argentina or --
SEC. GATES: Well, I think first of all, because Peru is engaged with Colombia and others in these -- in this regional effort, but also, frankly, because Peru has been a constructive influence, in our view, in South America in terms of trying to counter some of the propaganda and other things from Venezuela, and in terms of trying to represent what we're trying to do in a straightforward manner. You know, they have their own interests, but the reality is Peru has been a good friend to the United States. And that's a good reason to go.
Q Is there any take-away you want to get from the trip?
SEC. GATES: I think the big take-away, I mean the big deliverable, if you will, would have been DCA [Defense Cooperative Agreement] with Brazil. But I think that there are some opportunities to expand our bilateral arrangements in terms of military-to military, in terms of -- some of these -- several of these militaries, like the Peruvians, are trying to restructure themselves and be more focused on their internal challenges and figuring out a way -- there are ways we can help them in this respect.
Another area where Colombia has learned a lot of lessons has been in the human rights arena, and so we do a lot of training in that, so we may be able to help the Peruvians. There are a lot of allegations against the Peruvians that are often used -- these allegations are often used as a political weapon to attack the military. And so they can help protect themselves with the kind of training that we offer. And so I think there are some specific areas that we'll talk about where I think we can do more together.
Q This is a follow-up. When you talk about human rights, and you've got the media flurry of the bus incident, you have the video, what kind of challenge does that put on you personally ?
SEC. GATES: Well, first of all, in the civilian casualty incidents, I have not -- I don't recall a single -- in Afghanistan, I don't recall a single one where anybody has alleged the United States went in and did this on purpose. These are -- where there have been civilian casualties, they have been tragic incidents or places where they have been placed in harm's way by the Taliban or where there was some kind of a misunderstanding. So I think it's a completely different situation.
STAFF: Okay. Last one here.
Q I'll ask you to put on your analyst hat for a second. Look at these deepened ties that Iran seems to have with Venezuela, Bolivia, maybe Ecuador. Is that just simply these are nations that are hostile to the U.S., so therefore they're sort of buddies? Or do you see something deeper there in terms of Iran wanting to have more influence, more say, more activity in our hemisphere?
SEC. GATES: I think that -- I think it makes for interesting public relations on the part of the Iranians, the Venezuelans. These guys both have serious -- these -- both of these countries have serious internal problems. Both of them have serious economic problems. Both of them have huge unemployment rates, especially among young people. To a certain extent, I think there is an element of distracting their own populations from the -- from the difficulties that they have by strutting around, trying to strut around the world stage.
I don't -- I certainly don't see Venezuela at this point as a military challenge or threat.
Q What about a terrorism threat? Iran has a lot of proxies.
SEC. GATES: Yeah, but we haven't -- I don't -- I haven't seen much evidence of that in Latin America, in terms of Iran having proxies or terrorist proxies. You know, I think it was -- I think that Hezbollah was involved in the terrorist act in -- in Argentina years ago against the Israelis -- or against the synagogue. And -- but I don't see that as being a big part of the agenda.
Q Mr. Secretary, this morning an Iranian official from the nuclear agency said they're only a couple of months from joining the nuclear club. Do you believe that? What's your latest assessment?
SEC. GATES: I don't believe it.
Q And just, will you share any sort of a timetable in terms of -- (inaudible)?
SEC. GATES: Well, I think -- I think that most estimates that I've seen, you know, haven't changed since the last time we talked about it -- (laughs) -- which is, probably at least a year and maybe more.
Q (Inaudible) -- energy institute -- (inaudible) -- foreign policy or national security, is lithium and the importance of lithium to electric batteries, to electric cars, and the fact that lithium is so prevalent in Latin America, does that make the kind of energy question that we deal with in the Middle East potentially extend more heavily to Latin America as well?
SEC. GATES: I don't -- I don't think so at this point. To be honest, you're way beyond my level of competence on a question like that. (Laughs.)
STAFF: Okay --
Q (Inaudible) -- on Venezuela? Just on -- just on the arms sales in Venezuela. They've been ramping up their purchases quite a bit lately. What do you see -- why do you think they're doing that? I mean, they're spending a lot of money on Russian arms -- (inaudible.)
SEC. GATES: Well, they're -- first of all, they're getting very good terms from the Russians. The Russians are actually loaning them a fair amount of the money to buy the weapons they're buying. And my guess is that Venezuela could much better spend the money taking care of its own people.
STAFF: Okay. Thank you.
Q Thanks a lot.
Q Thank you, Secretary.
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If anything, get a duty holster that will allow for the light if you want to carry the full set up that you have. I would not have a IWB holster for that since the switches for the light would get caught on the clothing. Since it is being carried in the winter or at night, I would just cover it up with the added clothing you would be wearing. Safariland makes some holsters that is made for the Glock 23 with a weapon light. check them out.
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Posted onA Port St. Lucie, Fla. man filed a lawsuit against two boat dealers and a boat captain for injuries he says occurred during a test cruise.
In the lawsuit filed last week, Kevin Cope says he was with two business partners June 27, 2008 on a sea trial of a boat the partners were considering buying, according to an article in the Orlando Sentinel.
Cope, who described himself in the lawsuit as a "very inexperienced boater," said he was told by boat captain Kevin Cates to sit on the bow of the 27-foot World Cat 270SD catamaran bow rider, while Randy Stringer and David Bradley sat in the stern.
Cope, who says he was not warned to brace himself, was thrown in the air. He landed back on the boat and suffered injuries he says have required two surgeries.
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servings8 bowls
1/4 c. butter or coconut oil2 large leeks (whites only)
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2 Tbls. honey
1 28-oz. can pumpkin
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Chop leeks. Saute leeks until translucent. Add garlic and ginger root. Saute until fragrant. Add salt and honey. Simmer briefly. Transfer to soup pot or sauce pan. Add remaining ingredients. Bring to boil. Immediately reduce heat to simmer for 25 minutes (or put in slow cooker on med. or low heat for 1 - 2 hours, then keep on warm until serving time.my notes
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Sergt., Co. C, 80th Div., 318th Inf, Born in Pender County; the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Paddison. Entered the service Oct. 24, 1917, at Burgaw, N.C. Was sent to Camp Lee, Va., and from there to Hoboken, N. J. Sailed for France May 27, 1918. Fought at St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne and Albert Front. Returned to USA June 2, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., June 4, 1919.
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Federal crackdown on education standards creates state questions
Washington became the first state in the union Thursday to lose its No Child Left Behind Act waiver. But what does that really mean?
The answer is likely a few months away. The state will lose some flexibility in how it can allocate some federal dollars. But too many unknowns and variables still exist among Washington's 295 school districts to provide any clear-cut answers at this time.
Political shots were fired Thursday when U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sent a letter to Randy Dorn, Washington's Superintendent of Public Instruction, to remove the state's conditional waiver from some of the requirements No Child Left Behind Act. As expected, Duncan pointed to the failure of the Washington Legislature to pass a bill earlier this year to make certain student standardized test scores one part of teachers' evaluations. That failure stemmed from complicated and sometimes confusing Olympia political maneuvers.
"I think it's a significant concern. The Legislature knew this would happen if it didn't act, and it chose not to act," said Dave Powell, executive director of the education advocacy organization Stand For Children. He noted that while Washington argued itself into political paralysis, Oregon has installed such a system that met the federal requirements.
Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe, D-Bothell, who led the Senate's opposition against the evaluation system bill, said, "The sky is not falling."
Without the teacher-evaluations component, Duncan wrote, Washington became ineligible for the waiver that had allowed the state and local school districts more flexibility in allocating federal Title I money. The Title 1 program provides extra funding for high-poverty schools with poor performance scores.
The federal money involves amounts ranging from $38 million to $40 million in 2015-2017.
"Today's news from Secretary Duncan is disappointing but not unexpected," said Gov. Jay Inslee. "The loss of this waiver could have been avoided if the state legislature had acted last session. ... Loss of that funding means those districts now face potential impacts that could include laying off some of Washington's tremendous teachers or cutting back on programs that serve at-risk students."
Public Instruction Superintendent Dorn said, "Washington state has been doing great work under our waiver agreement. We have developed our own system that more accurately reflects the progress being made by schools across the state. But to get our waiver renewed for next year, the (federal) Department of Education was clear: The Legislature needed to amend state law to require teacher and principal evaluations to include student growth on state tests, when appropriate. I agree. Student progress should be one of multiple elements in a teacher's evaluation.
In an unusually clear statement for a Democratic elected official repeatedly supported by the Washington Education Association, Dorn added, "Unfortunately the teacher's union felt it was more important to protect their members than agree to that change and pressured the Legislature not to act."
Sen. Steve Litzow, R-Mercer Island, tried to get the evaluations installed in the last legislative session. However, his bill went down on the Senate floor by a surprise combination of minority Democrats and conservative Republicans. Inslee supported Litzow's bill.
"Losing our waiver will hurt student achievement in our state, which is why we repeatedly offered to compromise with the most simple fix possible," Litzow said.
But others countered that the No Child Left Behind Act and the proposed teacher evaluation system were too flawed to justify passing Litzow's bill — despite the fact that it was almost a clone of an earlier bill by McAuliffe, who led the Senate Democrats in their later opposition to Litzow's legislation.
Senate Minority Leader Sharon Nelson, D-Maury Island, said, "No Child Left Behind has proven to be ineffective — that is why 42 states receive this waiver. Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature were not willing to risk our kids' futures for policies that don't work. The reality is the feds want a one-size-fits-all system that doesn't fit Washington."
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I think there are two factors that point to this being overblown.
One is that 42 states have waivers from NCLB. What does that tell you that Sec'y Duncan believes in and enforces NCLB if that many states have waivers of one sort or another? (And, as has been pointed out elsewhere, what is the likelihood that all 42 are in line with the waiver as Washington State proved not to be?)
Two, when Washington State has about 95% of its schools declared "failing" under NCLB, what will that tell us? Those of us who know our districts know it is not true (and not even possible) that we have that many failing schools. Even Superintendent Dorn knows this as does the Governor.
Again, that "failing" tag for that many schools will only go to show how ridiculous NCLB really is (and the failure of the Obama administration, including Arne Duncan, to get Congress to review and renew it).
Our districts will lose some flexibility. Any dollars they don't spend - and Seattle and Tacoma fell into this category - go right back into their district's general fund.
The sky is not falling for Washington State. In my opinion, there is no shame in standing up to a bully. If you read Sec'y Duncan's letter to Dorn, the last line is something of a "if you do what I say, I'll think about giving you your waiver."
Duncan has taken something of a gamble here because if Washington State proceeds on its own and continues to make forward progress, then other states may follow suit and ignore NCLB.
Posted Fri, Apr 25, 8:18 a.m.
The point, to me, is the Bush era program NCLB is a total failure. It was of no help then, and it's of no help now. With The House doing everything possible to block any initiative that might make the current administration appear successful they have no choice but to continue support for this failed legislation. Unfunded federal mandates are a burden to the states and such poorly directed legislation only serves to make people think education is failing our students, when it is clearly not. As always some students fail. It's not necessarily the fault of education as a whole.
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"The National Flood Insurance Program is currently $24 billion in debt and taxpayers will be forced to pay for any additional payouts until that situation is solved."
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Washington should stop taking Homeland Security money and Social Services Funding until the Federal Government stops enforcing Immigration Laws completely too.
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Tempest in a teapot. This is all political theater that has almost nothing to do with students or education.
The money isn't lost. Anyone who says that it is lost is lying to you and you should disbelieve everything else they have to say on the issue. The spending will be directed by the federal government towards private tutoring companies instead of directed by school districts as they see fit.
The amount of money, $40 million, sounds like a lot, but it is a tiny, tiny portion of the public K-12 education spending in this state.
There is no consequence for a school getting a "failing" label from the federal government. It sounds bad, but it doesn't mean anything. Consequences are only supposed to kick in when a school fails to meet the goals for five years in a row.
There are no consequences of even missing the goals for five years in a row. While it is true that schools in Step 5 of NCLB are supposed to be re-invented or transformed or whatever, the reality is that the law is completely un-enforced. Here in Seattle Aki Kurose middle school has been in Step 5 for years and years. The staff hasn't been replaced, the school hasn't been closed, and the state hasn't taken it over. The District just submits an annual Continuous School Improvement Plan in which they promise to keep doing what they have been doing.
No students will be transported since there won't be any "non-failing" schools for them to be transported to.
In short, this is a non-event from an academic and budgetary perspective. It is all just political theater, allowing Arne Duncan, Jay Inslee, Randy Dorn, and a few members of the state legislature to puff themselves up and make pretentious statements that are utterly without any real impact.
Here's the really funny thing: Arne Duncan's position is that the students would be better off if the federal government didn't re-direct the spending of the $40 million, but he's going to re-direct it anyway because there is something more important to him than the best interests of the students. How's that for creepy?
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- Cartoon Characters: Felix the Cat, Kitty.
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- Produced By Jacques Kopfstein.
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Welcome to the forum. I think you'll be fine. Those blossoms still might form tomatoes, or possibly not. Blossom drop is when the whole flower falls off...breaks off at the little 'knee' area just above the blossom. Your plants look healthy. I know it's tough to be patient. Speaking of blossom drop, I have a Brandywine that is dropping blossoms like crazy, but I know it will set fruit eventually....just hard to watch. |
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Tomato flowers don't last long -- maybe only one day? -- before they are past the window for pollination. If pollination hasn't taken place (for whatever reason), the blossom will fall within a few days. (Don't mistake the yellow petals falling for blossom drop. If the end of the stem -- the part with the green sepals -- breaks off at edweather's "knee": that's blossom drop.) Unlike many other plants, tomatoes are usually self-pollinating. Many tomato flowers are shaped so that insects cannot access the pollen. Bees or other insects may be able to pollinate some tomato flowers, but pollination usually takes place without them. However, if the air is particularly still, a bee or other insect investigating the flower may, by vibrating the blossom, shake pollen loose from the anthers onto the stigma. [Some GWebbers -- on the "Better safe than sorry" theory -- visit each of their plants daily and give the stem (or the stake or tomato cage) a little shake. Fans serve the same purpose in a windless greenhouse.] Once a tomato flower has been fertilized, it will be several days before you notice the growing fruit. But more than pollination may be needed: sometimes even after successful pollination, the plant isn't ready yet to support a growing fruit. Maybe the plant was too recently planted, and lacks a large enough root system. Or maybe it's a variety with a longer DTM (days to maturity) -- the average number of days from the time a tomato is set out in the garden until the first fruit ripens. Temperatures too high can result in pollen that clumps, which will prevent pollination. Your daytime temps aren't too high yet; I'm not sure if the 50* nighttime temps are a problem. |
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The Bakken Formation has become a significant source of oil. It was first analyzed in 1951 by the USGS. They found the oil in the source rock would not be recoverable, but oil reserves below were. New techniques opened up formations that have been historically difficult to drill. In 2008, a USGS report stated recoverable oil in the Bakken ranged from 3 billion to 4.3 billion barrels. In 1999 they wrote total oil content was from 271 to 503 billion barrels. This formation covers 200000 square miles. Elm Coulee Oil Field in Montana is estimated to one day produce 270 million barrels. EOG Resourses reported a single well they drilled in Parshall, North Dakota is estimated to produce 700000 barrels. Although most investors know oil producers like Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), some can find it difficult separating which oil exploration and production companies by locale. The reasoning for this list is to identify what oil drillers are levered to the Bakken Shale. For convenience sake, I will identify the company by their market cap, and operated rigs running. Companies are listed in order of acreage owned in the Williston Basin.1. Continental Resources Inc. (NYSE:CLR)-Market cap 10.66B, 21 Rigs2. Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES)-Market cap 26.98B, 15 Rigs3. EOG Resources(NYSE:EOG)-Market cap 25.55B, 12 Rigs4. Exxon Mobile(XOM)-Market Cap 392.51B, 7 Rigs5. Whiting Petroleum(NYSE:WLL)-Market Cap 6.68B, 14 Rigs6. Newfield Exploration(NYSE:NFX)-Market Cap 9.51B, 4 Rigs7. Brigham Exploration(BEXP)-Market Cap 3.31B, 6 rigs8. Marathon Oil(NYSE:MRO)-Market Cap 30.24B, 6 Rigs9. Denbury Resources(NYSE:DNR)-Market Cap 7.66B, N/A10. Oasis Petroleum(NYSE:OAS)-Market Cap 2.67B, 5 Rigs11. ConocoPhillips(NYSE:COP)-Market Cap 99.5B, N/A12. Baytex Energy(NYSE:BTE)-Market Cap 5.36B, 3 Rigs13. Northern Oil and Gas(NYSEMKT:NOG)-Market Cap 1.41B, Minority Partner14. QEP Resources(NYSE:QEP)-Market Cap 6.72B, 2 Rigs15. Kodiac Oil and Gas(NYSE:KOG)-Market Cap 933M, 2 Rigs16. SM Energy(NYSE:SM)-Market Cap 3.69B, 2 Rigs17. Samson(NYSEMKT:SSN)- Market Cap 140M, 3 RigThere is considerable difference in acres owned by these companies. Continental Resources owns almost 870000 acres, while Samson (SSN) only owns about 3000. I did place an N/A by each company that I did not find a rig operating with that company's business listed. This does not mean that they don't have rigs operating, as they could have a subsidiary corporation that owns the wells. I also place minority interest by Northern Oil and Gas (NOG). Northern Oil and Gas(NOG) operates only as a minority partner. This means the wells they have interest in, another company will operate the rig lowering Northern Oil and Gas' risk. It also is less work intensive and why they can operate a 1.4 billion dollar company with just 8 employees. In summary, I think most of these companies on the list would be good to own. There should be plenty of catalysts in the near term to raise stock prices. Keep an eye on CLR and WLL as Mid-cap picks, and BEXP, OAS, and NOG as Small-cap picks. SSN is a very small company that is a personal favorite. I added it to the list even though they are a much larger play on the Niobrara. Disclosure: I am long BEXP, NOG, SSN.Additional disclosure: I will take positions in the names OAS and KOG at any given timeThemes: energy, oil, bakken Stocks: CLR, HES, EOG, XOM, WLL, NFX, STO, MRO, DNR, OAS, COP, BTE, NOG, QEP, KOG, SM, SSNBack To Michael Filloon's Instablog HomePage »Instablogs are blogs which are instantly set up and networked within the Seeking Alpha community. Instablog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors, in contrast to contributors' articles.
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If the numbers published today are correct, 74 barrels per well down from 77 barrels per well, then Bakken has already started its per well oil production decline.
If they would reinject the gas instead of flaring it, the oil production per well would stay higher if not climb and the total oil recovery would double. They would still have the gas when the oil gives out and by then there would be a market for the gas.
The Time Value of Money trap, but the removal of gas from the oil reservoir shale, flaring or sale, is NOT in the National or ND best interest. The flaring of gas is not allowed in Alaska.
NDs projected 3 billion or 4 billion barrels of recoverable shale oil that is less than half of the recoverable oil left in just the Alaska Prudhoe Bay resevoir.
The exploration by Great Bear of Alaska's oil shale will start this winter if they can obtain a drill rig. Great Bear of Texas said there is more of Alaska's oil shale and it will be more prolific than elsewhere in the US.
Graet Bear was formed just to drill and produce Alaska's oil shale.
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Re:Violent games (673 comments)
And people should ban racing games because it promotes speeding. etc.
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Re:Violent games (673 comments)
And people should ban racing games because it promotes speeding. etc.
Re:Bad write up. (673 comments)
Soon enough we'll be arresting people for looking at baby diaper commericals because they depict topless babies. Babies are children too!
I'm not really sure what good does this do (111 comments)
Isn't the point of the kindle to display static content really well, thus minimizing battery consumption? With games being developed for the Kindle, I can't help but wonder what that does do to the batter life expectancy of the device. On top of that, the Kindle has a monochrome screen - it'd be like shelling out $259 for a game boy all over again.
Add on the other restrictions, such as no VOIP or no generic reader software, and the whole endeavor seems kinda pointless.
Re:foot.shoot(); (619 comments)
delete foot;
Re:sounds familiar (422 comments)
I'm sure they can afford to throw out their broken wii balance board and buy a new on the event that one breaks down.
All they really need to do is to make sure the electronics does not interfere with the patients or any other critical equipment, it using Bluetooth and all.
Re:I haven't used DIVX in years (619 comments)
There was a time when intel indeo and codecs like that were so widely used. I've come across them again recently and could only remark how obsolete they've become.
The future seems to be H264/AAC.
Re:ok... (232 comments)
You see, the extra r in different exactly cancels out the missing r in correct, so the sentence is technically correct. Moving on...
Re:Maybe he'll make Chrome OS useful! (232 comments)
How about if you lose your connection to the cloud, you lose everything. This all boils down to control. If you own your Hard Drive, you own your data.
As the many examples in history shows, exchanging a little control for convenience will eventually leave you at the mercy of the software's owners.
Re:how many scientists are enough? (551 comments)
They should just create a new stream in Fraud Science. I'm sure people will be flocking to it.
Re:If I just happen to have 4 people over? (119 comments)
Girl gamers?
From my experience, they are pretty spontaneous when it comes to getting together and playing party games. While my sister's friends are staying over for a week, they literally played Mario Party non-stop for hours at a time.
Perhaps the wii is not as attractive to us teenage guys, but they do have a market in party games and casual gamers.
Re:*readies his version of IDA* (235 comments)
Think web clips in Gmail for Office - where they will scan your word documents and serve up links pertaining to pancake batter.
Will it accept adblock?
Not mentioned in the headlines (504 comments)
The topic of the year-long research project conducted by the workers is "The effect of sustained Internet pornography on the libido of the typical office worker".
All will be clarified by a press release later in the week.
Re:Not really... (267 comments)
If a user will fast-click through a EULA, he will fast-click through any page that will install additional software by default.
It's unsafe, but that's what the 5 page long EULA has conditioned the vast majority of users to do.
Re:Not really... (267 comments)
There we go again...
So that's why I get this "iPhone configuration utility" on my PC when I don't even have an iPhone.
Obviously Apple has learned that installing software without user consent will only earn a slap on the wrist from the users at the very best.
Re:Is this good news or bad? (239 comments)
Be careful of what you wish for...
Not having dynamic content both increase web page load times (as every action will now require a post-back) as well as bandwidth costs (more stuff now have to come from to the server to your page).
Slashdot alone will fall on it knees if dynamic content is not allowed.
It'd be really annoying.. (512 comments)
if this is taken seriously. Didn't the Dove commercial show that anyone can be "modified" to become a superstar?
All movies pretty much would have to have this notice tagged at the bottom right corner of the screen, as well as all advertisement posters.
I won't be surprised if this is not repealed soon.
Re:Wrong title. Or dramatization again? (444 comments)
RAID 0 does not offer any redundancy. Just a performance increase from reading simultaneously from 2 drives.
Re:There is only... Super Virus! (321 comments)
Only if you get bitten by it, that is.
I have a feeling that (656 comments)
"Well honey, would you like to see a live demonstration?" would be unwise to say to a child.
Re:It takes millions of years to make oil (101 comments)
Pardon me... but you're describing the process for making coal.
Oil is made by millions of tiny microorganisms. It would be hard to shovel fossilized lumps of wood into the car now would it?


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1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying , | 1 In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest: |
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17 and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him -- how doth the love of God remain in him? | 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? |
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I've never played an MMO except for Guild Wars (No fees/Low risk of disappointment), I'm more a console gamer, and I'm usually more a single player kind of guy.
1. Can I play the campaign without having to register for PVP?
2. Does the game compare to Knights Of the Old Republic and is it worth upgrading my computer just to play this game?
** I will stress that I am a HUGE KoTOR fan.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Would I like this game? (Huge KOTOR Fan)
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I've played both KOTOR games and bought this day one.
When playing this, I couldn't help but shake the feeling I'd rather have a KOTOR 3. This MMO does strive to replicate many of KOTOR's strengths, such as a dark/light system, companion interactions (w/ romance), story events, and the RPG battle system, but it all comes off a tad inferior to its console predecessors. However, that's not to say its bad. I love playing the dark side and seeing my actions have consequences, and companion interaction is the best in any mmo to date, which isn't saying much since most mmo companions act like zombies.
Since this game is now free, I would encourage you to give it a shot, as long as you don't obsess too much about losing out on what could have been KOTOR 3.
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Most likely not, because the lore has been "tampered" with to the extent where what we have done in KOTOR 1/2 just don't matter. And the daunting prospect that the decision to be a good sith, should actually be redemption to Jedi status in the world of KOTOR.
Revan has been ruined, to say the least. Without going into too much detail, what you would believe to have been canon, isn't. The Exlie is just as bad as the entire concept of a void in the force.
If you can look past that, and want to focus on indivisual development (i.e. Your created character) then you'd probably like it, considering you can play it for free.
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text: Well i just managed to get KDE working fine and some other software. And now my keyboard stops working, it works in the bios and in grub, but when my own boot program starts up samba and KDE. it stops working.... This is what my own boot program loads: winbindd & nmbd & smbd & /usr/kde-3.5.5/bin/kdm & /usr/kde-3.5.5/bin/kdesktop & /usr/kde-3.5.5/bin/kicker & /usr/kde-3.5.5/bin/kwin & startx & That's it... I had this working and i only installed some apps but they are not even starting ... Tijnema -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/blfs-support/attachments/20070227/b22ffb36/attachment.html>


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11 and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, [bound] by [the] four corners [and] let down to the earth; | 11 He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. |
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In terms of monthly figures, the Al Nabooda Automobiles, LLC, operation leads the way among franchises in the Middle East and Africa, having once again produced remarkable sales and delivery figures. February 2008 saw an unprecedented total of 200 customers take delivery of their new high-performance sports cars and SUVs; meanwhile Porsche Centre Dubai registered a net order intake of 200 models, covering the entire Porsche range
One of the most pleasing aspects of this success was that every single model in Porsche's comprehensive line-up registered sales, and this comprised all price ranges. While the new Cayenne luxury sports SUV showed its class to be the top seller, all other models – from the Boxster to the scintillating 911 GT2 – were represented on the sales chart.
In terms of deliveries, 148 new Cayenne owners received their vehicles, while a legion of Boxster, Cayman and 911 customers also took delivery of their new Porsches. Meanwhile, the 911 Turbo Coupé was particularly strong with 10 deliveries.
"We are very pleased with Al Nabooda's achievements at Porsche Centre Dubai," said Deesch Papke, Managing Director of Porsche Middle East & Africa. "These amazing results show how the combination of Porsche's remarkable range of cars and Al Nabooda's expertise make Porsche Centre Dubai a true record breaker."
K. Rajaram, CEO of Porsche Centre Dubai, Al Nabooda Automobiles, LLC, echoed these sentiments: "We are proud to establish a new standard for Porsche sales in the Middle East and Africa region. I congratulate everybody who worked together to achieve this fantastic result, and applaud Porsche for providing us with such a breathtaking line of vehicles."
Tuesday, March 18- 2008 @ 16:17 UAE local time (GMT+4) Replication or redistribution in whole or in part is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Mediaquest FZ LLC.


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