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The trough of the market for thermal coal has been reached, says the chief executive of Xstrata (LSE:XTA), the world's largest exporter of thermal coal used in power plants.
Commenting on the Swiss miner's half-year earnings report in London last week, CEO Peter Freyberg said, "I think the market probably bottomed about a month ago and there's been steady improvement over the last four or five weeks, where we've seen thermal prices increasing by $US5 or $US6 in the spot market."
Thermal coal prices have dropped about 18 percent since the beginning of the year, slipping under $90 a tonne in June for a two-year low, but have since recovered to around $93 a tonne according to data sourced on Business Recorder.
The softening in price for both thermal coal and metallurgical coal used in steelmaking — which is down over 20 percent since the beginning of July — can be traced to two main problems: slack demand and oversupply.
As Coal Investing News explained near the end of June, both Chinese and European markets, key consumers of the fossil fuel, have struggled to keep demand ahead of supply as economic slowdowns in Europe and China, as well as increased exports from coal-producing countries, have taken hold.
Australia, the largest coal exporter, has continued to load ships at its largest port, Newcastle, even as customers, mainly in China, dwindle due to slowing industrial output in that country. Inventories are piling up in China as utilities find they have more fuel than they need, further depressing prices.
However, according to Xstrata's Freyberg, a coal recovery is likely coming in 2013, and will be "underpinned by rising oil prices and a reduction in exports from the US, where some producers [are] now 'out of the money', and Colombia, due to industrial unrest."
That assessment is shared by commodities analysts at Macquarie Research, who noted that thermal coal prices have stabilized, mainly due to Chinese stockpiles falling as domestic shipments are curtailed, reported The Sydney Morning Herald.
BHP, Rio, Xstrata all cutting jobs in Queensland
As the market waits for that to happen, it appears that major coal companies operating in Queensland, the heartland of the Australian coal industry, are tightening their belts.
On Monday, Yancoal Australia (ASX:YAL), the largest Chinese-controlled company listed on the Australian stock exchange, announced that it is reducing costs across its seven mines in New South Wales and Queensland and is reviewing expansion plans. "The next few months will be difficult for the company as lower coal prices and the strong Australian dollar impact the business," said Yancoal CEO Murray Bailey.
Central Queensland News reported last week that BHP Billiton, facing the same problems as Yancoal, along with increased operating costs compared to competitors in South Africa and Colombia, is slashing 100 contractor jobs from the dozen mines it operates in the Bowen Basin through its BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA). BMA also closed one mine earlier this year.
Rio Tinto announced that it is cutting an unspecified number of contract jobs at its Kestrel and Clermont mines, and earlier this month said it will close the aging Blair Athol mine before the end of the year, a move that will affect 140 workers.
Xstrata also said last week that it is laying off contractors at its coal operations in Australia, without specifying numbers.
Colombian rail strike over
Adding to the supply glut, a 25-day railway strike in Colombia ended last week, softening European coal prices. Reuters said physical prompt coal prices moved down by 25 to 50 cents per tonne on Friday as the railway operated by Fenoco said it will resume moving freight.
The strike on the country's main railway cut exports by more than half. Drummond International, Colombia's fourth-largest largest coal miner, released a statement saying the strike prevented 80,000 to 85,000 tons a day from leaving its load-out facility and said that as a result it will be significantly reducing its operations in the country.
US coal exports hit record
In the United States, where cheap natural gas has usurped coal as the fuel of choice for many utilities, exports of coal and liquid fuels (gasoline and diesel) are set to break records this year, according to The Associated Press. The AP reported that coal shipments for export are rising because US demand for coal is falling. In June, shipments of coal reached a new record of 12.8 million tons. Gas and diesel exports are increasing because US refiners are able to source cheap crude oil due to booming production in Canadian and American oil patches.
India squandered billions by selling coal fields
India, which has faced a severe shortage of coal for power generation and last month suffered a blackout that affected a staggering 600 million, is now dealing with another barrage of criticism after it was revealed the government lost huge sums of money by selling coal fields to private companies without competitive bidding.
According to a report released Friday by the country's auditor general, private companies received $34 billion in windfall profits due to the low prices they paid for the 142 coal fields sold since 2004 to private and state-run companies.
Company news
Mining at Prophecy Coal's (TSX:PCY,OTCQX:PRPCF) Ulaan Ovoo operation in Mongolia has been temporarily suspended because the current stockpile of 187,000 tonnes is insufficient to meet contractual obligations for the rest of the year, the company announced on August 9. About 80 staff members were laid off, and the shutdown is expected to last about six months unless new agreements are entered.
US coal giant Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) took a $2.2 billion hit in the second quarter compared to a $50 million loss in the same period during 2011. Virginia-based Alpha, which acquired Massey Energy in 2011 for $7.1 billion after an accident at the Upper Big Branch mine, recorded an asset impairment charge of $1 billion partly related to the idling of operations in Eastern Europe. It also took a $1.5 billion impairment charge due to lower-than-expected shipments and poor market conditions.
Securities Disclosure: I, Andrew Topf, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.


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Huddled with seven colleagues in a dimly lit hotel room in Morgantown, W.V., and bleary-eyed from days of reviewing thousands of pages of documents, a clandestine plan was being hatched that I now regret.
We were a due-diligence team working on behalf of a multinational corporation engaged in discussions with another company about the possible acquisition of its Morgantown chemical manufacturing facility. The two companies agreed it was premature to disclose the talks to either plant employees or shareholders.
After poring through the documents in the data room, the only thing left for us to do was to visit the plant. Our challenge was figuring out how to do this without letting employees know who were were. The senior plant managers who were assisting us recommended we each assume a false identity. I was directed to pose as an engineering professor from the nearby West Virginia University.
Despite my misgivings, the plant tour went well until my escort introduced me to an overly inquisitive production unit manager. Clearly suspecting the ruse, the manager said, "Professor Nortz, it's so nice to meet you. My son goes to West Virginia University. What school do you teach in?" Not expecting to be subjected to such an inquisition, I was ill-prepared to respond and the manager took delight in the obvious discomfort his barrage of questions caused me.
I don't regret my participation in the false identity scheme only because it was a humiliating failure. I also regret it because, as corporate counsel, I should have known better. I should have recognized that there is a significant moral chasm between a principled decision to remain silent and deliberate deception.


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Preseason Notebook: Camp hits halfway point
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – As the Timbers moved past the midway point of their eight-week preseason schedule – and their 10-day camp at Grande Sports World – head coach John Spencer praised the effort of his first-year MLS club through the first month of training.
"I can't complain," Spencer said. "These guys have been great from Day 1 to now, giving everything they have. I am really happy for them."
In competition, the Timbers have earned three draws against three preseason opponents, including the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo. And above that, Spencer and his staff have been pleased with the intensity and attitude of the team during training sessions.
Spencer made no mistake that he was impressed by his players against Houston on Saturday, especially considering the less-than-ideal conditions created by a sand storm that at some points made it difficult to even see across the field. The Dynamo, Spencer's former team, came into the scrimmage having outscored their opponents 13-3 in four preseason wins over the likes of MLS clubs FC Dallas, Sporting Kansas City and Columbus.
Looking forward to Wednesday's match against the Montreal Impact, Spencer plans to feature players that were slated to play Saturday afternoon against the U.S. U-18 National Team in a scrimmage that was canceled due to the conditions. With two games in mind, the Timbers were split into two teams Saturday with limited subs utilized in the Dynamo game as a result.
"We're going to give guys that were meant to play against the U-18 National Team the other day a chance to get a look," said Spencer.
Away from the training fields at Grande Sports World, the Timbers have used their current trip to further strengthen team camaraderie and communication. Veteran MLS goalkeeper Adin Brown says this plays a big part in laying the foundation for a successful season.
"We've got a really good group here, and it's been important for us to be together," Brown said. "We've had some fun with each other…and that's a big part of a team. If guys are that close, you're willing to fight for each other on the field, and that just makes the team a whole lot better."
And as standard ritual, rookies have been put to the test a bit through a number of good-natured rites of passage. Yet, Brown says these rituals are pretty tame compared to his first-year experience.
"These rookies these days have it so easy," Brown smiled.
Timbers to Coach: 'Guilty as charged'
As it turns out, no one is safe from a bit of good-natured discipline in Timbers camp.
Not even the coaches.
With much to be gained in terms of team bonding during extended time together in Casa Grande, Spencer abruptly interrupted a team dinner over the weekend to address concerns that one member of the group had "put himself on an island" in terms of adhering to team protocol.
A multitude of charges were brought forth by a smiling Spencer, much to the amusement of the more than 30 team members and support staff in attendance.
The charges were numerous, and included unauthorized use of a communication device at the dinner table, slight tardiness and a recent fashion violation.
The accused – goalkeeper coach Adam Smith.
The overwhelming verdict of the amused team – guilty of all charges, of course.
With midfielder Adam Moffat heading up a 28-man jury of Timbers players, the decision was reached in record time, even as Smith presented a passionate defense and scrambled for corroborating witnesses.
And the sentence as defined by Smith's group of peers? The Portland goalkeeper coach is to grow a mustache not be shaved off before Sunday, March 20, the day after the team's much-anticipated, inaugural-season opener against the defending-champion Colorado Rapids. Yet another rallying point for a team looking forward to such an historic match.
Smith was given the opportunity to present a 90-second appeal, but safe to say no minds were changed. Plus, it was difficult to hear at times with chants of "mustache! mustache!" echoing throughout the dining hall.
One night later, strength and conditioning coach Karim Derqaoui was added to the now-famed "mustache list," after allegations of intentionally running the team too hard in training with insider knowledge of French fries being featured on the team buffet later that evening.
- Trialist Brian Umony rejoined the Timbers on Monday, giving the team 30 players currently in camp
- Wednesday's scrimmage against Montreal has been moved to 3 p.m. (PT)
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In the last month I've got a few emails from people asking me if I can find and post a few things and ideas for small apartments. I've searched a little and I've found Compact Living, a company that designs prefabricated easy-to-install lofts for just about any space. Just contact them with the dimensions of your space and they produce a custom loft for you. There are multiple options from sleeping lofts to larger extended living lofts. The ideas presented in this post are for very very small apartments. As you can see in these small places the only way to earn some additional space is to have a suspended bed. Personally I like the final results of these small apartments, but I don't think that I would like to live in a space so small.
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I think it´s a great idea for mini apartments.
Saludos from Madrid, Spain
Interesting idea. Reminds me of my college days.
I wonder what height ceiling one would need in order to make this work? And while its a great space saver, I imagine it would bring the ceiling down some – that may be why the designs pictured use light and simple looks.
Putting into practice : "crawling out of the bed"
Have a nice week,
Thanks for putting my story up on Freshome. If I find some other good small space stuff, I will let you know.
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thank u, very much. i was always looking 4 small apt ideas. once more, thankx.
Cute ideas – but yeah, I lived in an extremely small flat for one year (with a loft configuration much like those above, although those are much more attractive) to save money – and I wouldn't do it again. I know some people adapt well to tiny spaces, but I'm not one of 'em!
Kudos to those who made those small spaces much more liveable, though.
it is very good idea
Is this a place for the condemned ?
I don't think the flimsy set-up will survive a love making session
Disastrous idea. You won't be able to do anything else than sleeping on there and even then, one day the bed will fall down on your electronic devices, killing you. What happened to the idea of a simple bed sofa?
Compact Living Store is about tailor-made loft beds and wall beds, exclusively manufactured to meet with your needs and wishes concerning functionality and material.
WOW! I love the 3rd picture, I want to convert my room like that very nice in
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I like this collection for childs bedroom I would like to chande my son's room like this The first bedroom is very nice
this is EXACTLY what i've been looking for for my future room. thanks for the awesome idea!
i'm thinkin' of a simple bedroom… can you give me an idea
I Like the idea of a bed in the ceiling alot, cool idea!
Cool ideas for compact living. By keeping the bed up, you actually get a full living room. The fifth one is a real space saver and is very good for those who are continuing their studies.
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Title: William E. Vandemark to Walt Whitman, 25 December 1863
Date: December 25, 1863
Source: The transcription presented here is derived from Drum Beats: Walt Whitman's Civil War Boy Lovers, ed. Charley Shively (San Francisco, California: Gay Sunshine Press, 1989), 207. For a detailed description of discrepancies between this electronic edition and the print source, see our statement of editorial policy.
Location: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature at the New York Public Library
Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00154
Dear father
i1 now take the plesure of writing a few lines yo hoping they find yo well i am quite well and in the convalesent Camp i long to see yo and have a talk with yo thair hante inny news here we had a good dinner here to day
father yo must excuse me for not writing a long letter for my hand trembls so that i cant write well father write to me and if yo can come and see me good by for this time from Wm E Vandemark to friend Walt Whitman
i am in barick 43 Addres Camp Convalesint Elickazandry [Soldiers nicknamed Alexandria "Camp Misery".]
1. William E. Vandemark, a private in Company I of the 120th New York Infantry, was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863. Whitman noted that Vandemark was placed in bed 39Ward B at Armory Square Hospital, and Whitman may have written a letter to Vandemark's sister Sarah in Accord, New York (Edward F. Grier, ed., Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:644). Vandemark returned home on furlough and was briefly transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps during the summer of 1864 before returning to his regiment. He was killed on a skirmish line during the charge on Fort Davis at Petersburg, Virginia, on September 28, 1864. [back]


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'Game of Thrones' Season 4: Michiel Huisman says Daario is different, and that's OKAdd to Favorites | Game of Thrones
Michiel Huisman might be a new actor on "Game of Thrones" in Season 4, but he's playing a familiar character. The "Nashville" star replaced Ed Skrein as Daenerys Targaryen's new ally Daario Naharis in between Seasons 3 and 4, and his character has a very different look than the previous iteration.
According to Huisman, that was never a cause for concern with showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. They felt that the introduction of Daario 2.0 in the show is clear enough that the audience will be able to figure out quickly who he is, and Huisman agrees. Zap2it spoke with Huisman recently about his introduction to the series and what viewers can expect in Season 4 and beyond.
Michiel Huisman: I had watched a lot, but there were a few gaps. After I got cast, I started with a clean slate. I started watching it again; I binged [the first three seasons] in like a week just to really get a good understanding of the storylines and the world that "Game of Thrones" is.
Have you had a chance to read the books?
No, no. There was just no time. I got cast, and two months later I was on set. There was no way I was going to be able to prepare and read the books. There are so many ways to find out, if you want, to find out more than what's written in the scripts. Just go online and research storylines that are in the books; that was very helpful.
The character of Daario looks very different in the books with his blue hair and gold-tipped mustachios. Since you guys were sort of starting over from what Ed did in Season 3, was there any discussion of having your Daario look more flamboyant?
No, there were never any discussions of that sort. I think, obviously, the show follows the books, but it's not the books. It's the show. So no, it was very clear that there was no way, I think. Daario in the books even has a blue beard -- no. That character's translated to the TV show. And I don't think they ever considered a blue beard, just because he can be described in the book and you can have the image of the character and that's one thing, but then when you see on a TV show this brutal guy [ laughs], this tough guy with a blue beard, it might not work. You know what I mean?
Even in the book it didn't always work, in my opinion.
[ laughs] Blue? Really?
Speaking of the look, were you and David and Dan ever concerned that viewers might not realize that this is the same character as Daario in Season 3?
Um, no, because ... I don't know. I think it's just very cleverly written and very clear from the very first episode that I'm Daario. I think that's not a concern.
How in this season does Daario challenge Daenerys' existing relationships with the men in her life -- Jorah, Barristan and Grey Worm?
Daario is a very direct character, and doesn't necessarily tread lightly where other characters might be a little more politically correct when dealing with their leader. That's a little challenging for Dany.
In the books, Daenerys' thoughts on Daario are very obvious because we get her perspective. Since we won't get that in the show, can you tease how their relationship evolves?
[ Pauses] I think that's one of the things that will be exciting to see where it goes to. By the end of last season, we know that there's tension and that's it. I don't really what to say about it without giving anything away. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens there.
Also, I heard a few months back that if and when "Game of Thrones" gets picked up for Season 5, you'll be made a series regular . Congrats on that!
Thank you.
"Game of Thrones" Season 4 premieres Sunday, April 6 on HBO.
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Imperialism Reloaded: Obama and Libya
US, France and Britain launch war of aggression against Libya
By Patrick Martin
21 March 2011
The United States, France and Britain began air strikes and missile attacks on Libyan targets Saturday, initiating a war of aggression that threatens to destabilize North Africa and the entire Middle East. The first two days of bombing have already claimed many lives among the Libyan population that the imperialist powers falsely claim to be protecting.
The war is the first step in a campaign by Washington and its partners in crime to strike back against the popular movements that have overthrown US stooge regimes in Tunisia and Egypt and are threatening US-backed monarchies and dictatorships in Bahrain, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. (more …)


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Framing Question - Kinda
I'm in desperate need of cheap, temporary storage. I came across a chicken coop that I want to build but I'm not sure of the bottom frame.
The plans are here: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox
You can see the horizontal bracing. I plan on actually putting in a floor - probably nothing more than some 1x6 or 1x8's tacked down since it isn't going to be permanent by any means. I'm pretty sure the flooring will dispense with the need for diagonal bracing but I'm not positive. Is the bracing there for anything other than to prevent racking?
Thanks, guys!:)
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Your link just goes to the gmail homepage.
If you need a temporary shed, keep an eye on craigslist. They show up from time to time, cosmetically distressed, but still perfectly sound.
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Hmm, stupid PDF.
This one is to pics of a completed one - but the plan link is in the text.
Hoop Coops: How To Build a Chicken Coop from Lightweight Cattle Panels
The Craigslist idea is a good one but it won't work for me - unless someone wants to throw in shipping. I can't transport very large items - my Corolla with trailer has limits. I don't want to pay a lot transporting because I'm saving for the eventual (I hope) big move. Tractor Supply is only a few miles away and Lowes is even closer (we don't have a mall or a Chick Fillet, but we have massive home improvement center and huge farm supply - go figure) so I can transport building supplies far more readily than an actual building.
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I think that a standard grid of two-by-fours, secured with three inch drywall screws, and covered with plywood will be your best bet for the floor. What's in the drawing seems really flimsy, particularly if you're going to drag it around as a chicken tractor.
I think your biggest challenge will be to get it waterproof. If possible, you may want to consider overhanging the fencing material over the side walls, to give eves at either end.
Could be neat. Sort of an impromptu quonset hut.
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Or unit pavers / paving stones.
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Thanks, guys! :)
You know, I had thought of that on the way home today, Neil. I've even figured out the number of pavers and estimated the cost (Walmart's website is useless - but I'd bought one recently). I think I'll use the pavers as the foundation/floor (16x16 = roughly $98) and use a few 1x6's to keep it from racking.
The overhang is a good idea - I was gonna end up with a few inches anyway. I think I can wrangle a few more.
Thanks a lot - I really appreciate it!
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Hey Arch,
Here is a link for you to build your shed for nothing.... these guys are very imaginative Building a shed from recycled wooden palletsdo a google search for pallet shed and you will find a ton of plans... Around here we can get piles of pallets for free... and you can fit a lot on your trailer..
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Thanks, but I don't have a local source for pallets - believe me, I've looked. I couldn't even find one further afield. Same problem I have with Neil's 'tire as dog toy' suggestion - recycling is making it hard to find materials to recycle!
I had seen that link (and ScreenGrab*-bed it long since). I may build something like that someday - if I ever have a source of pallets.
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Nosepeg Tjupurrula (Pintupi c.1915–1990)
Nosepeg had an encyclopaedic knowledge of all desert Aboriginal lore and law, and from the 1940s to the 1980s became, I believe, the greatest traveller on 'Law business' and the most important ritual leader the Australian Western Desert people have ever known. His countrymen considered him so perfect in his knowledge of the finest details of ceremonial protocol that it was commented that he was as one with the Dreaming. (R. G. (Dick) Kimber, 2011)
Born in Winanpa (Southern Pintupi) territory south of Kaakurutintjinya (Lake Macdonald), where he grew up, Nosepeg Tjupurrula developed an intimate knowledge of his country before he moved to Haasts Bluff. Here he worked as a guide and interpreter on all Welfare Branch patrols into Pintupi country between 1957 and 1964. His brilliant acting ability was also recognised by film-makers and he became one of the most popular Aboriginal actors of the mid twentieth century.
Nosepeg was a leading identity at Papunya when the art movement started. He was one of the founding artists but his role in the community always took precedence over his painting. He was acknowledged as a ritual leader by Pitjantjatjara, Pintupi, Winanpa, Matjatjara and Warlpiri peoples and there was not a traditional artefact that he could not make.
An occasional painter, his works are imbued with his deep understanding of Pintupi law. His principal sites included Payarrnganya, Pirrymalnganya and places southwest of the Kintore Ranges.
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Practical Science on Movement and Pain
Who wants to attend a fun movement class? I am teaching a series of six classes that focus on developmental movements like breathing, rolling, squatting, and crawling. The classes are based on the Feldenkrais Method, and the concepts set forth in my book. That means the movements will be slow, mindful, non-threatening, curious, exploratory, fun,… Read More
Do you experience tension, discomfort, and a pervasive feeling of overall yuckiness while sitting in your chair staring at the computer hour after hour? Let's face it. You probably do. And you probably know that the best solution to this problem is to get out of your chair as often as possible and get moving. Your body… Read More
The pelvis is the largest bony mass in the body and all the strongest muscles attach to it: the glutes, the abs, the hamstrings, the quads, the back muscles. It is also in the center of the body, and therefore critically involved in all the the basic movements: walking, running, squatting, throwing, kicking. So good… Read More
A few weeks ago I posted a twenty five minute audio lesson on improving the squat. Below is a link to volume two. If you haven't done volume one already, I would highly recommend that you do that before moving to volume two. On the other hand, I think I saw Godfather Two before the first one, and the results were excellent.… Read More
Most people in the exercise world seem to agree that the squat is a very natural or fundamental human movement. Babies and toddlers learn to do it perfectly without instruction.Hunter gatherers squat like champs. Unfortunately, westerners tend to lose their ability to sit comfortably in a full squat by the time they are adolescents. But… Read More
I have written quite a bit on this blog about the practices I recommend for developing coordinated, comfortable and efficient movement. Finally, here is an example of what I am talking about. I've attached a link below to an audio recording of a movement lesson I created based on the Feldenkrais Method. I intend to… Read More


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Elizabeths story was moving, to say the least. Following a terribly humiliating experience in Massachusetts, she caught a bus to New Jersey to escape her embarrassment. Weeping uncontrollably, she hardly noticed that the bus had made a stop along the way. A passenger sitting behind her, a total stranger, began making his way off the bus when he suddenly stopped, turned, and walked back to Elizabeth. He saw her tears and handed her his Bible, saying that he thought she might need it. He was right. But not only did she need the Bible, she needed the Christ it speaks of. Elizabeth received Him as a result of this simple act of compassion by a stranger who gave a gift. Jesus is our example of compassion. In Matthew 9, we read, When He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd (v.36). Not only did our Lord notice the pain and hurt of broken people, He responded to it by challenging His followers to pray for the Father to send out workers to respond to the hurts and needs of this dying world (v.38). As we follow Christs example, a heart of compassion for shepherdless people can compel us to make a difference in the lives of others.
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'Chained CPI' is a bad idea
Feb 18, 2013 - Charlie Smith, Lander
One of the worst ideas to surface in Washington lately is the proposal to cut Social Security benefits by changing the way the cost-of-living is calculated.
This plan, the so called "chained CPI", is often portrayed as just a technical fix. In fact, it would cut our hard-earned Social Security benefits substantially, leaving seniors with less protection against increasingly expensive health care, prescription drugs, and utilities.
The only thing that is "cheap" is the talk of all the politicians who promised they would not cut Social Security benefits for current recipients.
The chained CPI breaks that pledge, cutting benefits for current seniors, and does it in a way that the longer we live, the more we lose.
In Wyoming, where there are 67,000 of us who receive Social Security, we would lose almost $190 million in benefits over 10 years.
The CPI already fails to take into account that seniors spend more on health care, which is rising much faster than overall prices. And this proposal assumes, wrongly, that when prices go up, seniors can simply plug in a less expensive substitute.
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No amplification in qPCR, but band in standard PCR
I'm having a bit of a strange problem with qPCR. I have been trying to replicate an experiment from a paper, using their primers and conditions. One of the primer sets work but the control never amplifies. I repeated the PCR exactly with the same polymerase and conditions etc, using standard PCR, and got a band on the gel. So the PCR does work, but won't work in qPCR. Any suggestions? Has anyone else encountered this? I'm using SYBR green.
Re: No amplification in qPCR, but band in standard PCR
how big the amplicon is, SYBR usually works on amplicon of 60-150bp, it won't work if if it is over 200bp
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qPCR mixes contain additives that lower annealing temperature. You have to go down by 5°C compared to the optimum for ordinary PCR.
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The Top 7 finalists took the American Idol stage last night to pick their favorite songs from the 21st century. Haley Reinhart chose to go with "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele.
This was a really solid performance from Haley. She's got some mad pipes, I'll give her that. I would pay good money to see her in concert right now. She does these little Mariah runs that are just crazy, and despite what the other contestants said about her, I kind of like that little growling thing she does every now and then. She had one or two very minor pitch problems, but vocally she's one of the best right now.
Steven Tyler loved it. He thought it was a little slow at the start but said it was beautiful. New drinking game: take a drink every time Tyler says "Good job." Randy Jackson was impressed, saying that Haley took a step in the right direction. Jennifer Lopez said it took a lot of guts to take on an Adele song, but loved it.
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The TSA has worked to convince the traveling public the images are not detailed, not saved, and the systems are safe for all.
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TSA's mission is to keep the traveling public safe and that is done by deploying multiple layers of security, including the best available technology, to detect and disrupt possible attacks before they occur. An important part of this strategy is ensuring that the technology used meets safety standards for [all travelers and employees] while detecting threat items.
Just six months before the December 2009 firecracker event TSA phased out the use of explosive detectors. [0] And has not returned the equipment to service that we paid millions for? Actually they just adopted x-ray scanner technology introduced into the prison systems in the late 90's designed to get around 4th amendment warrant search issues. Odd the bill of rights applies in our jails but not at the airports?
Over the nine years since the agency's inception, TSA has implemented stringent safety protocols to ensure that technology used at airports to screen people and property is safe for all passengers, as well as the TSA workforce.
In September 2011 DHS/TSA quietly exempted it's staff and personal from screening to enter secure areas.[] In this authors opinion it was to avoid over exposure from a single radiation source. This would have required reissuing radiation dosimeters to security personnel to meet federal (OSHA) requirement to track exposure. It would have also limited the time TSA staff could have worked in the radiation areas. See page NN of the 2001 presidential report. [13]
Not surprising TSA screeners abused the lack of security to take all sorts of things in and out "sterile" areas. Backpacks come and go into secure areas with no checks. One TSA employee was found carrying a gun into a secure area. Hundreds of TSA employees have been arrested for stealing items from the traveling public.[2] At the same time TSA exempts diplomats, pilots, flight crew, military, CIA, FBI, department of state, law enforcement, members of congress and others from searches. [1] For a fee a person can be come a "trusted traveler" and avoid the scanning process.[3] This program and policy creates a equal protection issues with a special class of people being exempt from the procedures. It creates an obvious security whole that a trunk could be driven through. It should apply to ALL or none. If members of congress and officials were scanned and frisked, soon sanity would return to travel.
Years ago TSA issued dosimeters to staff working around scanners and x-ray luggage equipment. The dosimeters were quietly phased out 3-5 years ago? Congress is revising this with TSA requesting dosimeter information. [17]
In addition to regular maintenance, each individual machine that uses X-ray technology is regularly tested to ensure the radiation emitted falls within the national safety standards. The testing is conducted by manufacturers and/or third party maintenance providers, per the terms of their TSA contracts.
As scanner manufacturers and DHS/TSA (customer) set the standards little wonder the equipment meets the "standards." The maximum exposure originally set at 10-urem was quietly increased to 25-urem. This "standard" change would accommodate the new high power transmission x-ray systems and higher-resolution backscatter systems. What is not discussed is the use of the whole body does or effective dose units that are NOT applicable to lower energy backscatter systems? Most of the backscatter exposure is to the skin; Whole-body dose calculations makes the exposure appear about 10 times smaller. As the measurements and math used in radiation are Greek to most people it is very easy to confuse and deceive the public, press and policy makers.
Contract requirements mandate that the manufacturer notify TSA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should any equipment appear to emit radiation at levels above the national standard. In the event that a radiation test for any technology were to reveal that the emission was above the standard, the machine would be taken out of service and repaired. The backscatter technology in use at airports is designed to be physically incapable of producing the amount of energy needed to emit radiation above the national standard in a single scan.
In the past, the TSA has failed properly monitor and ensure the safety of personal working around X-ray devices used on luggage. A 2008 report by the worker safety arm of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the TSA, and its maintenance contractors had failed to detect when baggage X-ray machines emitted radiation beyond what regulations allowed. They also failed to take action when some machines had been missing or disabled safety features, the report shows.[5]
systems Before TSA took over security states inspected airport x-ray equipment, s TSA state checked. author sold to they avoid FDA caved in and the placed "non-medical" and meaningful review and over site. The public health watch dog be came a lap dog.
In the spirit of transparency, TSA is posting reports for all radiation tests, including the annual TSA-mandated test of every X-ray based technology, on www.tsa.gov as they are completed.
Technology Safety Process
Since TSA's establishment, stringent safety protocols have been developed and implemented to ensure technology is safe for all passengers. This process begins prior to TSA's decision to use a new technology and continues throughout the life of each individual unit deployed in airports.
For radiation safety, TSA issues procurement specifications that require all manufacturers to comply with nationally-recognized safety standards to ensure the safety of all passengers – including special populations like children, the elderly, and pregnant women – and operators during equipment usage. That means TSA will not begin to test a new technology or consider deploying it to airports until manufacturers validate the technology's compliance to the relevant safety standards.
Talk to your dentist, radiologist chiropractor or general practitioner about x-raying an expecting woman you will find most are very reluctant to use x-rays unless it is absolutely necessary for the health of the mother.
The 2001 presidential report regarding ionizing radiation for security, [13] appendix A and in other locations specialty mentions expecting mothers and children should avoid exposure. It also recommends using methods that don't use ionizing radiation as preferred. But, x-rays are inexpensive to generate give very high image detail the temptation is too great public health takes a back seat to "security." Having the former DHS director as a consultant lobbyist for the industry does not hurt.[10]
The X-ray based technologies TSA deploys are required to be in compliance with national standards. For a number of systems, TSA has performed additional independent third-party testing to further validate compliance with these safety standards.
To date (March 2012) NO independent third-party has tested the systems. Unless you think the US Army or manufacture, and TSA is independent. What reports are available are so redacted review of the published results is impossible. Critical measurements of resolution, beam currents or how the dose exposure was calculated are missing along with the names of the engineers. Further confusing the issue measurements were done with spare parts not a production system?
Backscatter imaging technology units are required to comply with the national standard and the machines are designed to be physically incapable of producing the amount of energy needed to emit radiation above the standard in a single screening Like the protection a circuit breaker provides to a home, the machines contain safety systems that prevent the production of radiation levels in excess of established limits.
Comparing a x-ray system with many complex moving mechanical systems run by a computer to a circuit breaker is dishonest. The system uses a high voltage generator (50-150KV) to accelerate and focus electrons at a tungsten target. Two rotating wheels to generate a high speed sweeping beam and a third motor to drive the assembly from toe to head. Add detectors, power supplies, electronics, circuit breakers a few computers and you have a scanner.
After TSA makes an operational decision to use a technology, manufacturers are then required to perform radiation inspections on each individual unit before it leaves the factory and is shipped to TSA. The manufacturer also must perform a radiation test on each unit once it is installed in the airport.
After installation, TSA requires manufacturers and/or maintenance contractors perform periodic radiation tests in accordance with the applicable standards – this happens at least every 12 months.
Last time this was done the contractors/manufactures got confused with the simple math to average ten readings not very reassuring.[16]
Additionally, radiation tests are performed after any maintenance that could impact the X-ray sources, emissions or containment and if the unit is ever relocated from its initial installation position. At any time, TSA employees may also request a radiation test.
By conducting ongoing radiation inspection surveys throughout the useful life of the technology, TSA is going beyond regulatory safety standards to ensure passengers and operators are not being exposed to excessive X-ray radiation doses.
Third Party Testing and Analysis
Independent certified health physicists at the U.S. Army Public Health Command (Provisional) perform radiation surveys and inspections on carry-on luggage and checked baggage systems, as well as personal radiation dosimeter studies on TSA security officers. To date, the results of these studies and inspections reveal that TSA systems comply with all applicable standards for emission limits, and that radiation doses to TSA employees are well below the federal dose limits.
With DHS/TSA is a part of department of defense with the Army we fail to see how the Army testing can be considered a independent third party? As the "standards" panel was dominated by scanner manufactures, customs, prison, department of homeland security and TSA customers we can be assured they were all looking out for the public. Proposed equipment offered would meet the "standards".
Backscatter technology has also been evaluated by numerous third party health experts including the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL).
Security scanners are oddly classified by FDA as a non-medical device and have been put under a voluntary category. Never mind you can see bones and kidney stones with some systems. This gives the FDA a way to NOT to review or regulate the device. Standard procedure for a similar medical product would require a 510K and formal application and review. This has never to this authors knowledge happened. This author has worked for four medical device manufactures and is very familiar with the 510K process and FDA audits.
Regarding NIST ten years later we are still waiting to find out how a office fire could have brought down a modern steel 49 story class-A office building in nine seconds? [14] [15] The credibility of this wonderful scientific organization has been tarnished by caving in to political pressure to help cover up the real story of the events of that tragic day.
The Hopkins report never said the machines were 100 percent safe just that the risk was low. The Hopkins report and risk estimate was based on dubious scanner measurements and dose calculations. The questionably low measurements and risk estimates were parroted by FDA the media and security supporters. When the health risk is greater than the risk you are working to avoid what is the point? When you add in the loss of liberty, delays, and genetic damage to our DNA you have to say No to the process. We have lost our collective mind in the impossible quest for "security."
Radiation Testing Review
To verify these safety procedures, TSA recently conducted a review of the reports generated from manufacturer and third party maintenance provider radiation testing. Fifteen airports of varying sizes were selected and the last two years of radiation reports were reviewed for a sample of the X-ray based technologies we use in airports. TSA also reviewed the reports for every backscatter advanced imaging technology unit. The other technologies include multi-view advanced technology X-ray units, explosive detection systems, and single projection X-ray systems. The reports confirm that each piece of technology included in the review operated well-within applicable national safety standards when the testing occurred.
Congress has just called for a independent measurement but, the TSA has put that off. [16]
Due to public interest in security technology, and TSA's commitment to transparency and safety, TSA is posting original reports on www.tsa.gov.
Heavily redacted test results and FOIA law suits to sometimes reach public records is NOT transparent. The only thing transparent is you!
Evaluation of Contractor Testing Procedures
These reports confirm that each piece of technology reviewed meets all national safety standards. However, during TSA's review of these reports, inaccuracies were identified in contractor reporting that affected the documentation of some of the test results. These inaccuracies included:
TSA took immediate action to hold contractors accountable, including directing the contractors to re-test each backscatter imaging technology unit, as well as re-testing any other unit with an inaccurate report, by the end of March 2011.
Improvement Measures
TSA is taking immediate steps to build on the already robust safety protocols in place in an open and transparent way. Administrator Pistole has directed TSA to commission an independent entity to evaluate these protocols. Additionally, TSA is:
To provide additional transparency, reports for all surveys currently being conducted and all future radiation survey reports will be posted on www.tsa.gov after they are completed.
By the Numbers
While the above numbers are correct for natural sources. However scanning backscatter falls into a different class of radiation:
The radiation is focused not random thus delivering a very high skin entrance dose.
The x-rays are less penetrating (lower energy) concentrating the exposure to the skin and underlying tissues (breast, thyroid, testicles).
High dose rate of low energy x-ray will generate statistically more DNA damage some of which goes unprepared.
Cosmic sources received in flight are high energy and do not interact with matter as strongly as the lower energy backscatter x-rays. Also the random cosmic rays are distributed over the whole body not just the skin. This would appear counter intuitive but, this is how the physics works. In a nut shell chemical bonds are made with electrons and have specific binding energies. A photon (light/x-ray) that is slightly greater than the will strongly interact with that bond. The lower energy x-rays (23Kv mean) will break more bonds like potassium (2kv) that makes the sugar backbone of our DNA.
At the end of it all good intentions has turned into a monster. Corporate profits are more important than pubic health. Too many jobs are at stake to pull the plug on the monster that will bring down the house. It is easier to lie, irradiate, frisk and harass the traveling public than admit the current security system is not working.
Source: Radiation dose comparisons from the Health Physics Society (http://hps.org/documents/WholeBodyScanners.pdf (hps.org)) and other safety experts (http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-204_162-10005685-3.html (cbsnews.com)).
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The Dynamic Sarahuleh Association for Change and Development is set to play its traditional curtain raiser Super Cup final today at the Serekunda East Mini-Stadium. Madina Nfally, the defending champions and Demba Kunda will play in the final.
This was revealed to Observer Sports by the newly re-elected sports chairman of the Dynamic Sarahuleh Association for Change and Development, Muhammed Papa Touray, in an exclusive interview at his Churchills Town residence. He said that they have talked to potential sponsors of this year's championship who have demonstrated willingness to partner with them.
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Senior editor Jason Cohen has written for Texas Monthly since 1995 (and texasmonthly.com since its very first iteration). His 1997 story "The Ice Bats Cometh," about minor league hockey in Texas, was the basis of his book Zamboni Rodeo (Greystone Press, 2001). He also penned the magazine's first-ever Matthew McConaughey story, in August 1996. The co-author of Generation Ecch! (Fireside Books, 1994) and co-editor of SXSW Scrapbook (Essex/University of Texas Press, 2011), he has also written for such publications as Rolling Stone, SPIN, Details, the Austin Chronicle, the Austin American-Statesman, Portland Monthly, and Cincinnati magazine. His 1995 Rolling Stone cover story on the band Hole prompted Courtney Love to yell at him from the stage at Lollapalooza in Austin, while his 2007 profile of the Portland strip club Mary's won a Sex-Positive Journalism Award. As one of the two primary writers for the TM Daily Post, Cohen wrote approximately 500 stories for Texas Monthly in 2012. He has been a blogger since 2002 and been known to maintain as many as five Twitter accounts.
Friday's Cotton Bowl gives Longhorns fans a chance to decide which team they hate more: the University of Oklahoma, or Texas A&M.
Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy says the New England Patriots, which hosts Houston on Sunday, is "the first team in NFL history to get back-to-back byes before advancing to the conference championship game."
The University of Texas is still the state's last college football team to win a national championship, as Sam Houston State loses the FCS title to North Dakota State for the second straight year.
A&M QB Johnny Manziel has a little fun post-Cotton Bowl, to the delight of TMZ, and the distress of some prigs in the media.
Anybody (including many Aggies) who said they expected Texas A&M's first season in the Southeastern Conference to go so well is lying. But it's still funny to look back at all the naysayers.
Scoreboard! @DallasStars won Twitter Tuesday with their response to @DallasCowboys' accidental smack-tweet, which also dissed the Rangers.
Does Texas A&M's Cotton Bowl dominance of Oklahoma mean the Aggies would have had an even better season had they stayed in the Big 12? No.
What people are saying about Gary Kubiak, Matt Schaub, and the Texans defense after their 41-28 loss to the New England Patriots.
An ESPN analysis of "recruiting migration" trends among Top 20 college football teams found one thing never changes: Texas had the most players in both 1940 and 2010.
An ESPN analysis of "recruiting migration" trends among Top 20 college football teams found one thing never changes: Texas had the most players in both 1940 and 2010.
ESPN guru Mel Kiper Jr.'s first NFL draft projection of 2013 has Texas A&M offensive tackle Luke Joeckel as the top pick, followed immediately by Aggies defensive end Damontre Moore.
Eight things to know about It's Always Football Season, the new Texas Monthly sports blog.
There's a bit of a barbecue foul in H-E-B's "True Texan" Super Bowl ad, which features country star Jack Ingram.
This week, Texas A&M will beat the University of Texas in the only football contest that the two schools currently engage in: recruiting.


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Designs of the Year 2012: Graphics
Of all the Designs of the Year categories, it is graphics that has a special place closest to our collective heart. Quietly, sophisticatedly standing out are the AA Files by John Morgan Studio – a continued series of content-heavy yet cleanly composed journals of record for the Architectural Association School of Architecture. Much like the discourse that fills their pages, these editions are enormously considered – something that reflects throughout the rest of this studio's portfolio, so why have we not posted them before?!
Also nominated are Why Not Associates with Gordon Young and their very excellent Comedy Carpet (which incidentally just won the Grand Prix at the Tokyo Type Director's Club) and the indispensable and distractingly compulsive Photo-Lettering site. Also, and it was one of our favourite books we reviewed last year, Four Corner's Beauty is in the Street has been deservedly selected.


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Outdoor Season Kicks Off This Weekend
March 23, 2011
Indiana kicks off the outdoor season with the Big Ten/SEC Challenge and the Stanford Invitational this weekend. The Big Ten vs. SEC Challenge pits four Big Ten schools against four SEC schools in a battle for conference superiority. The Hoosiers will be joined by Big Ten competitors from Illinois, Ohio State and Purdue. The SEC will be represented by host Mississippi State, Auburn, Georgia and Ole Miss. The meet will feature a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring system with each conference scoring a max of four athletes.
The Big Ten will have to compete without many of IU's top distance runners this weekend. Several of IU's talented runners are competing at the Stanford Invitational. The Hoosiers head to the meet for the fourth-straight season. The meet annually produces some of the nation's best times, due to ideal conditions for distance racing. Flotrack.org will have coverage of the meet for IU fans looking to get up to the minute coverage.
The first team honorees for IU were Andrew Bayer (3,000m and distance medley relay), Kind Butler (200m), Drouin (high jump), Joe Holahan (DMR), Andrew Poore (3,000m), Faith Sherrill (shot put), Danny Stockberger (DMR), and Chris Vaughn (DMR). Second teamers were Ben Hubers (5,000m and 3,000m), Poore in the 5,000m, and Monique Riddick in the shot put.
Drouin claimed his third NCAA title in the high jump, and he did it in style. Drouin three more bars than any other competitor and broke the all-time Big Ten indoor record and tied the all-time Canadian indoor record with a clearance of 2.33m (7-7.75). Drouin was four inches better than the second-place jumper.
Bayer took third in the 3,000m, his second top-three finish of the meet. He matched his placing in the event a year ago. He finished in 8:04.70, which was just .05 out of second and 1.01 seconds out of the win. Bayer anchored the Hoosiers to second in the distance medley relay, splitting what is believed to be the fastest indoor 1,600m split in history, at 3:53.29. Stockberger, Vaughn, Holahan and Bayer combined for an IU record time of 9:29.65, which was just .37 seconds out of the win. Bayer's split, amazingly, moved the Hoosiers from ninth to second place.
Sherrill took fourth in the women's shot put with a throw of 17.08m (56-0.5). She had the best finish in the shot put indoors by a Hoosier since Angie Ryker and Katrin Koch went 1-2 in 1989. Her five points gives her 10 career points at NCAA meets, which is 13th-most in school history.
Poore finished seventh, to better his eighth-place finish in the 3K a year ago. He clocked a time of 8:06.00. Poore clocked a school record on day one in the 5,000 meters, posting the fastest time in meet history to not finish in the top eight. Butler narrowly got himself into the finals of the 200m dash, where he took eighth.
Hubers finished 12th in the 3,000 in 8:08.50 and he was 10th in the 5,000m, joining Poore as the fastest non-scorers in meet history, his time of 13:40.73 is second only to Poore's in IU history and was better than the winning 5K times from the past two NCAA indoor meets. Riddick took 13th in the shot put with a heave of 16.39m (53-9.25).
Weekly Youtube videos, previews, recaps, photo galleries, results and much, much more will be available all season long. You can get updates sent straight to your mobile device or computer via Twitter by following Johnson at twitter.com/KJatIU. You can also connect with IU track and field via Facebook at facebook.com/IUTrackXC.
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THE City Police have decided to wait a week before arresting Windhoek motorists with outstanding traffic fines.
The City Police were instructed by the Ministry of Justice to extend the deadline to February 14.
The announcement was made yesterday by Superintendent Helena Mootseng, the spokesperson of the City Police.
She said they decided to extend the grace period because of a public outcry and to give a chance to those who are out of town to get back and pay their fines.
According to Mootseng, there are about 42 000 warrants of arrest outstanding and so far only 8 000 have paid their fines.
Motorists with outstanding fines who do not pay by next week are guaranteed arrest, she emphasised.
"So people should make use of this period to pay. There will be no other extension after this one."
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