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Page two of my mini series on BoxPlots
Page three of my mini series on BoxPlots Excel 2007 Version
The mean and standard deviation of grouped data
The Normal Distribution Page
Areas in the tail of the normal distribution table
The Business Section
Box and Whisker Diagrams:
The Microsoft Excel 2003 Solution
See also pages two and three in this series for more up to date versions of this page: look at the menu on the left. The updated versions are also explained in fulll in Chapter Seven of my Excel Book: The Excel Project ...
This page takes us a stage further down the road of analysing the dispersion or variability of data sets. When we discussed the standard deviation, we worked with various data sets and found that some of them contained disperse data and others were hardly disperse at all.
We used the standard deviation as a measure that allowed us to compare data sets and say that if one data set had a standard deviation of, say, 3 and the other data set had a standard deviation of, say, 1.2, then we could conclude that the first data set was more disperse than the second data set.
The problem with the standard deviation, however, is that many people find it an abstract idea and because of that they find it difficult both to calculate and interpret. This page concerns box and whisker diagrams that are not only relatively straightforward to interpret but they are visually representations of the dispersion of data sets so that drawing them and applying them is not such an abstract process.
In order to make this series of pages as complete as possible, we have included coefficient of variation values for all of the examples we use here: we discussed this value when we looked at the means and standard deviations of grouped data.
A box and whisker diagram, or boxplot, provides a graphical summary of a set of data based on the quartiles of that data set: quartiles are used to split the data into four groups, each containing 25% of the measurements. We use the terms box and whisker and boxplots interchangeably.
The 'box', or rectangle, we can see in the diagram below contains 50% of the data, and the extremes of that box are the Q1 and Q3 quartiles: the median value of the data set is the Q2, second quartile, value. Each 'whisker' represents 25% of the data and the extremities of these whiskers are the minimum and maximum values of the data.
Quartiles are defined as being the 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles that contain 25%, 50% and 75% of the data of a data set respectively. More formally, for a percentile:
Let x1, x2, … xn be a set of n measurements … arranged in increasing (or decreasing) order. The pth percentile is a number x such that p% of the measurements fall below the pth percentile and (100 - p)% fall above it.
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Following an email discussion with Sajjad, here is a little more discussion on Quartiles and their derivation:
The solution to your problem has, unfortunately, several answers. Let me give you just two, though, and mention a third.
1 I used MS Excel's in built QUARTILE function to find the values for me:
Meaning to find the lower (25%) quartile of a data set, select the entire range of the data set that has been put into a spreadsheet in ascending order and then tell Excel to find the Q1, the lower quartile.
In your case, I entered all of your data starting in cell A1 so my quartile functions for Set 1 are:
Exactly as you found and note that the QUARTILE function has been part of Excel since at least Excel XP but i can't guarantee that it was included in earlier versions.
2 Defining the lower quartile as the median of lower half of a data set, I used MS Excel as follows for your Set 1 data:
Try these calculations for yourself for your set 2 data Sajjad.
A third method is to include the median of the entire data set in the Q1 and Q3 calculations if the total number of data points is an odd number; and you can read about that here:
An explanation from Dr Math
I know it's still a bit complicated and unclear but that's statisticians for you. Let me know if I can help any more.
Here is the data set that Sajjad sent me to work on:
We will see with the boxplots we work on here that some will look as if they have been squeezed into a tiny area and others look very long: the length of the whiskers and the boxes tell us the dispersion of the data set: much more clearly than even the best standard deviation value!
Boxplots are especially useful when comparing two or more sets of data.
Unfortunately, there is no boxplot utility in Microsoft Excel 5, 95, 97 or XP. However, boxplots can be drawn quite easily in Excel and this page will show you how!
The method that is demonstrated here works with Excel 97 and XP and we have left the method for Excel 95 at the end of the page: full credit is due to Neville Hunt who provides these solutions on his web site.
Box and Whisker Diagrams in Excel
What follows is largely based on the method given by Neville Hunt but the final two elements have been devised for this page … remember, you read it here first!
Suppose we have data from three groups, A, B and C for which we want to plot a box and whisker diagram.
Calculate the statistical functions quartile 1, min, median, max and quartile 3 in that order for each data set. Arrange the results on an Excel worksheet as shown below.
In Excel 97:
Highlight the whole table, including figures and series labels then click on the Chart Wizard … let me give you a Top Tip at this point: rather than clicking on the Wizard, just press the F11 key … your chart will appear instantly on its own sheet … then click on the Wizard and follow Neville Hunt's method. The reason for this is that if you use the Wizard straight away your graph will appear on your worksheet whereas by pressing the F11 key, your chart will open up in a screen by itself and will be much easier to work with.
select Line Chart
at step 2 make sure you select Plot by Rows, (otherwise Excel will use Plot by Columns and that's no good in this case), click on Finish now
right click on each line on the graph in turn and use Format Data Series to remove the connecting line
right click on any line on the graph and use the Format Data Series; select the Options tab and switch on the checkboxes for High-Low lines and Up-Down bars
The essential feature of up-down bars is that they connect the first and last series: hence the rather strange ordering of the statistics in the table!
This is what you should have:
We can see immediately how the three data sets are different in terms of the maxima, minima and so on. Group 3's dispersion is the least of all, as we can see from the much smaller box it has when compared with the other two groups' boxes.
What is missing from the box plot we have just seen is the median line: here is a revised version of that box plot with the median lines added.
This is how we added the median lines:
right click on the median data point on any of the three data sets and select the Options tab and then increase the Gap Width to 200
now click on the Patterns tab and select the Custom option for the Marker: choose the cross if it's available in the Style drop down box and 72 pts for the Size
now click Finish and see what you have.
The problem with the choosing the cross as the marker is that it gives a horizontal and vertical line that makes the boxplot look a bit unusual, well, it's not necessarily the end of the world and you can choose the hyphen like I did for the boxplot above.
We have to say that since each chart will be different, the appearance of what you now have will vary so you might need to choose a Gap Width of more than or less than 200 until you are happy with your boxplot. Similarly, sometimes the cross is inexplicably unavailable … chose the Dash, not the minus sign: the minus sign is too awkward, believe it or not!
Your Turn
Here is one of tables of data from our standard deviation page, prepare a boxplot of the two series and comment on your findings:
Did you get this?
Here are the variables we need and how Excel calculates the numbers we need for quartiles, minima, maxima and so on:
Can you see that we used the Cross as the marker for the median but we had to restrict its size to 20 points: this is because the upper whisker is very small and the cross would over write it and make a mess of it otherwise. We made the Gap Width 500 for this graph, too: even so, we did not get the median line to fill the whole box!
As we can see from this boxplot, we have two contrasting data sets: set 1 has a very high maximum value … exactly as we saw on the standard deviation page.
The added advantage of the boxplot is that it gives us the inter quartile range: Q3 - Q1 which is often a good indicator of the dispersion of a data set rather than the standard deviation. The standard deviations for sets 1 and 2 respectively are 19.92 and 5.37 respectively yet their inter quartile ranges are 2 and 4 respectively.
The plot also illuminates the shape of the distribution. The location of the median line and the relative length of the whiskers help indicate how symmetrical the data are. When the median lies far from the centre of the box or if one whisker is much longer than the other, you know that the distribution is skewed to some extent.
The results we now have tell us that although set 1 has a higher standard deviation, that value has been unduly influenced by an extreme value or outlier. We can see that set 1 does have an extreme value, 92, and this has provided us with an unfair view of the data set when we just take the mean and standard deviation into account when analysing the sets.
Further Questions
Both sets of data in this section are taken from the standard deviation page to be found on this site: draw a boxplot in both cases. We have added the standard deviation and inter quartile range and coefficient of variation values for you … now isn't that just kindness itself?
Did you get this?
The box and whisker diagram shows us quite clearly, virtually without any effort, what it takes a table filled with 8 variables for each data set confirm: in this case data set 1 is the least disperse data set, it has by far the lowest median standard deviation, inter quartile range and coefficient of variation.
Did you get this?
Box and whisker diagrams are a very useful addition to the statistician's armoury: they provide an instant insight into the dispersion of data in a data set; and they are brilliant at helping us to compare two or more data sets. What's more, preparing box and whisker diagrams in Excel is really easy, once we've tried them a couple of times or so!
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Appendix: Boxplots in Excel 5/95:
Please note: we have not worked through this method for Excel 95 so we present it here on an as is basis: we assume it works well enough, though, and recommend you check this with anyone who has access to Excel 95 if you have any difficulties with it. We'll help if we can, of course.
Highlight the whole table, including figures and series labels.
Use Chart-Wizard - Line - Option 7 - Data in Rows - Finish to produce something like the chart below. Option 7 plots all the series as symbols without connecting lines, but also includes high-low lines which connect the maximum and minimum points for each group.
Now activate the chart and select Format - Chart Type - Options - Options - Up-Down Bars - OK
The outcome should be a set of boxplots, as we have seen already, above.
Neville Hunt provides the following references that might be useful, although I haven't used them:
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Alzheimer's Foundation of America to Hold Inaugural 'Together for Care' Telethon
Historic TV Event Aimed at Rallying Nation to Address Health Crisis
Alzheimer's Foundation of America CEO Eric J. Hall (l) and actor Hector Elizondo announce Dec. 4 "Together for Care" Telethon. Click here to view multimedia news release.
NEW YORK, NY — The Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) will host an inaugural "Together for Care" telethon on December 4, marking the major focus of a comprehensive campaign by AFA to rally the nation to address this escalating health crisis and prepare to care for the projected surge in the number of Americans with Alzheimer's disease in addition to the millions of families currently affected by it.
The historic TV event will air in 16 major markets on NBC and be telecast online on AFA's Web site for national viewing, and feature a mix of education and entertainment. Al Roker of the "Today" show, who will serve as host, and actor Hector Elizondo, AFA's honorary celebrity chairman, lead the show's celebrity lineup.
"Now is the time to lift the veil off Alzheimer's disease. Now is the time to galvanize the nation to make giant strides toward tackling this health crisis," said Eric J. Hall, founding president and chief executive officer of AFA, a leading national nonprofit organization.
"While we all anxiously await a cure, care is all families can hold on to right now. Only by being proactive can we give them what they need to get through the day—and to have one more day with their loved ones," Hall said.
Roker said he hopes the telethon "raises the nation's consciousness about Alzheimer's disease to a whole new level. The disease is getting way too big for us not to come together and make a difference."
To shed light on Alzheimer's disease, the telethon will include a look at the current state of Alzheimer's disease from the perspective of medical experts and families who are caring for loved ones. Other celebrities and musical guests will be announced shortly.
For more details about the telethon, including air times, visit www.alzfdn.org or call 866-232-8484. Eisai Inc., a human health care company, is the telethon's platinum sponsor. The show is being produced by Al Roker Entertainment.
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With an estimated 5.1 million Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, the call to action comes as the nation's aging population, including the oldest baby boomers who turn 65 next year, is projected to fuel what some experts have dubbed a "silver tsunami." Advanced age is the greatest known risk factor. The disease results in loss of memory and other intellectual function and is now the sixth leading cause of death.
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It's been ages since someone landed at Chargers Park with this much fanfare, and here's where we insert "Ryan Leaf" and let the groaning begin.
But Te'o came off as the anti-Leaf, even if his every action was intercepted by the fourth estate.
Te'o was front-and-center when the team stretched. He was first to finish in competitions between linebackers. He likely helped some senior citizen across the street when we weren't looking and does anyone have a cat in a tree which needs retrieving?
That's Te'o and when he met with the press, everyone came away impressed. He was measured in his remarks, a mixture of gratitude and grace.
"I think I was more excited than I was nervous,'' Te'o said after practice. "It's a new beginning. It's a new chapter in my life.''
The manual on Te'o is filled with awards, accolades and an endless supply of giggles after being the victim of a hoax which included a fake girl friend. That tale is invisible to us today, although we're not sure of the over-under on press conferences before the story fades.
"It doesn't really matter what people say,'' Te'o said. "The only thing that matters to me is what I do on the field and what my teammates know me as. Know me as a guy who works hard and loves the game.''
Not sure if the game will return that affection, but the media's heart skips a beat with Te'o. The NFL has consumed and regurgitated many a can't-miss rookie, regardless of lofty reputations.
But Te'o, a second-round selection, has the inside track on the inside linebacker's job, and if he doesn't earn it by opening day, we'll reach for the smelling salts.
"When you take a player like we did and where we did,'' McCoy said, "you want him to come in and play.''
It's real now, for Te'o and the Chargers. If Te'o gets up to speed quickly, Manti Mania will be at Mach 5.
Although the NFL, and its veterans, have ways of bringing young men down to earth.
"I know a lot of things have been going on with him,'' Fluker said. "But other than that, he comes to work.''
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Landscaped medians and designated walkways to improve pedestrian crossing
Patients and visitors headed to the Emergency Department at Presence United Samaritans Medical Center will soon need to approach the entrance from the opposite direction.
Beginning Monday, July 8, all vehicles approaching the Emergency entrance on Logan Avenue will need to enter at the Medical Center's Main Entrance south of the Emergency ramp and follow the signs to loop back to Emergency. After dropping off passengers, vehicles will need to continue traveling north to then exit north or south back onto Logan Avenue.
"We know it will be a challenge for those that are familiar with our Emergency ramp and the traditional traffic flow," states Jennifer Cord, Vice President of Operations for Presence United Samaritans. "We've met with the ambulance services so they are aware of the plans, and we'll be sure to have ample signage to direct those arriving by private car."
The reason for the change has to do with a safety-improvement project between the Medical Center and the City of Danville for Logan Avenue in front of the hospital. In order to slow vehicle traffic and to improve pedestrian crossing safety in front of the hospital, a median is being installed on Logan Avenue. Because of the location of the median, cars would be unable to turn into the former Emergency entrance approaching from the south. The design will, however, allow for vehicles to turn either direction when exiting the Emergency entrance.
"Anyone who has attempted to cross Logan knows how dangerous it can be at times," states Cord. "With a median in place and a directed pedestrian crosspath, we anticipate a safer Logan Avenue for everyone."
While safety was the main driver for the changes, an improved aesthetics was also a goal. The median will be landscaped with greenery and flowers, and will be maintained by Presence United Samaritans, thanks to an agreement with the city's PRIDE Grows program.
"We're very appreciative of Mayor Eisenhauer and the City of Danville for helping to make this project happen," states Mike Brown, Regional President and CEO at Presence United Samaritans. "Between this project, the new multi-use path and new exterior facility signs planned for fall, we're looking at a much improved face to our campus."
In addition to the Logan median, a similar median will also be installed on Fairchild by the Lakeview College of Nursing, which that organization will maintain with a similar PRIDE Grows agreement.
"We hope that median will also slow down traffic at the corner of Logan and Fairchild, and improve safety for our employees, the nursing students, and visitors crossing at those intersections," states Brown.
Construction on the Fairchild median has begun, and the work on the Logan median will begin July 8, at which time the Emergency Department traffic change will take effect.
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Opponents of BART's $522 million plan to extend rail service 3.2 miles to the Oakland International Airport will make their case tonight to the Oakland City Council. BART officials, however, contend the City Council's support is not required, so the vote is symbolic.
Transform, an Oakland based group that supports public transit and transit-oriented development, contends that BART's plan for a light-rail people mover system from the Coliseum BART station to the airport is too expensive. The group favors a cheaper plan to upgrade an existing bus service along the same route to a bus rapid transit program with large buses running every few minutes.
Funding for the elevated rail service was approved earlier this year by the BART Board, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, and the Port of Oakland Commission.
The Oakland City Council is clearly split, as shown in stories by Kelly Rayburn in the Oakland Tribune and by Carolyn Jones in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Mayor Ron Dellums released a letter today expressing his support for the rail extension. "As Oakland's mayor in a time when the city is facing unemployment rates of 17%, I cannot in good conscience turn away this prospect for our residents,' he wrote.
The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza. It may be some time before the council considers the rail extension because it also is grappling tonight with a controversy over parking meter hours.
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Vorayuth Yoovidhya is taken by a plain-clothes police officer for investigation Monday, Sept. 3, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo)
BANGKOK: A dented silver Ferrari, a dead Thai policeman whose body was dragged for 200 meters under its wheels, a family driver ready to take the fall for the wealthy 27-year-old heir to the world-famous Red Bull energy drink empire.
This was the story splashed across the front pages in Thailand on Tuesday and a hot topic on web boards, where the common assumption was that a culture of impunity for the wealthy business and political elite would once again prevail.
Vorayuth Yoovidhya, a grandson of the late founder of Red Bull, billionaire Chaleo Yoovidhya, had initially fled the scene but later confessed to hitting the policeman, police said. He was released hours later on 500,000 baht ($16,000) bail.
Though Vorayuth has yet to appear in court, there seemed little faith among the public that justice would be served.
"Jail is only for the poor. The rich never get punished. Find a scapegoat," said one of a stream of comments posted on the popular Thai website, Panthip.com.
Another on news site Manager.co.th read: "He'll probably just get a suspended sentence. What's the cost of a life?"
Suspended jail terms do seem to be the norm for politically powerful or well-connected Thais.
In July, in the space of five days, two ruling party lawmakers and a former deputy prime minister were found guilty of defamation and received suspended sentences, while speaker of the senate Teeradej Meepien was adjudged to have illegally awarded himself monthly meeting allowances when he served as chief ombudsman. Teeradej won't be seeing a jail cell.
Neither will underage driver Orachorn Thephasadin na Ayudhya, given a suspended two-year prison sentence on Friday for causing the deaths of nine people in 2010 when the car she was driving collided with a passenger van.
That case caused outrage on social media over how a young girl with an aristocratic family name managed to escape jail and emerged with only a seven-year driving ban.
"What many of these cases have in common is that the immediate reaction of those responsible is 'how can I get away with it?'," said Voranai Vanijaka, a political and social commentator for the Bangkok Post newspaper.
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Encircle your wrist with this debonair and dashing design! Designed in 18K yellow gold embraced bronze, this gorgeous bracelet features five round shaped 10mm blue-green labradorite cabochon in adhesive settings. The stones are set at stations along and over a hammered finish rope.
The total approximate labradorite weight is 16.00ct. The bracelet measures 8"L x 7/16"W.
Complete the look with the matching ring J406371.
From the Toscana Italiana Jewelry Collection. All weights pertaining to diamond weights are minimum weights. Additionally, please note that many gemstones are treated to enhance their beauty. Click here for important information about gemstone enhancements and special care requirements.
Necklace & Bracelet Clasp Types
Lobster Claw Clasp: As a traditional clasp style found in bracelets and necklaces, the lobster claw is generally reserved for heavier styles that may need added strength. The closure's shape is more oblong, similar to a teardrop shape, and is controlled by a tip that opens and closes the spring in the clasp. This type is also considered a more expensive finding that can add to the overall value of the jewelry piece.
Magnetic Clasp: The popularity of the magnetic clasp has greatly increased in recent years. It is a quick and easy way to secure jewelry while not having to fuss with a tiny clasp, which can be difficult if you have long fingernails, arthritic hands or other mobility challenges. A magnetic clasp relies on a strong internal magnet that works to pull both ends of the clasp together. In most cases, a magnetic clasp is used for light to medium weight jewelry pieces that do not put excessive stress on the magnet.
Slide Insert Clasp: This type of clasp is exactly as it sounds. With a box-like shape that is hollow on the inside, the wearer will slide the nearly-flat tab into the box until it clicks, indicating a secure closure. On some jewelry, a slide insert clasp will be accompanied by a side safety catch, which adds strength and security to the clasp. Although this type of clasp is found on both bracelets and necklaces, it is particularly popular on bracelet styles. These types of clasps are often reserved for more expensive jewelry.
Spring Ring Clasp: One of the most common closure types, the spring ring clasp is typically used for light to medium weight bracelets or necklaces. It is round in its design and features a small tip which controls the opening and closing of the spring. The circle then closes around another smaller loop or link at the other end of the strand.
Toggle Clasp: A toggle clasp is a narrow piece of metal, usually designed in the shape of a bar, which is then pushed through a circular ring to act as a fastener. Unlike the lobster claw or spring ring clasps, a toggle clasp is not controlled by a spring. The pretty design is less secure than other closure types, but is usually meant to be a big part of the design and is meant to "show". The clasp is an attractive way to secure a chunkier link bracelet or necklace.
Vermeil Plating:
Pronounced "vermay," vermeil is an electroplating process in which 14K gold or higher is coated over sterling silver. Officially designated by the jewelry industry, items may only be sold as vermeil if they have a minimum thickness of 100 millionths of an inch (2.5 microns) of gold over the silver. Regular gold plating is less than 2.5 microns.
The "vermeil" technique of plating sterling silver with gold originated in France in the 1750s. It differs from "gold filled" or "gold plated" in terms of the thickness or thinness of the microns over sterling silver. "Gold filled" pieces have a much thicker layer, between 15 and 45 microns, which is mechanically bonded to the base metal with heat and pressure. Vermeil is a more expensive version of "gold plated". It does not wear off as quickly as gold plating does. However, over time, vermeil wears off and therefore will require re-plating.
Gold/Platinum Embraced Silver or Bronze:
Our platinum and gold embraced collections feature layers of platinum or gold over sterling silver or bronze for a lustrous, radiant finish everywhere you look and touch.
To care for your plated jewelry items:
Labradorite is a beautiful mineral whose charm is not fully noticed and may be overlooked if not viewed from the proper position. Generally a gray to smoky black color, it displays a strong iridescence when cut correctly. In fact, labradorite's value increases with the skill of the lapidary and strength of the iridescence. Ranking a 6.0-6.5 on Mohs Scale, its name is derived from Labrador, Canada, which is the main source of the stone. Modern folklore says that labradorite brings forth each person's strengths, originality and ability to relate to others.


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Advanced Math/Science Research Update
by Dr. April Burch, Director of the AMSR program
January 15, 2013
Since our last update, Berkshire School hosted student researchers from Belmont Hill, and all-boys prep school outside of Boston, for a 1-day mini-symposium on Student Biomedical Research. The goal was to foster collaboration, communication and community outreach with our students. AMSR students Liza Bernstein '13, Sissi Wang '13, Lars Robinson '13, Elsie Guevara '13, Ernest Yue '13, and Nate MacKenzie '14, gave short talks about their work in the new Bellas/Dixon Math and Science lecture hall. The talks were followed up by break-out sessions where Belmont Hill students described their research projects and students discussed commonalities between the projects and future goals.
The second semester of AMSR started with some terrific news. The AMSR program was awarded a grant from The Chinchester Dupont Foundation for the purchase of an EVOS fluorescence microscope. This piece of equipment will expand the types of experiments and analyses that can be done by AMSR students this and future years. The microscope should arrive shortly, and Dr. Burch has invited everyone to stop in for a look next time they are on campus.
One new, exciting project that is underway in the winter season of AMSR in the afternoons is being spearheaded by Elif Kesaf '14. Elif is from Turkey and seeks to identify novel viruses of non-pathogenic strains of Legionella bacterium from travertines in Pamukkale. In collaboration with Dr. Sunny Shin at the Perlman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, she will be working to isolate viruses of this bacterium with the hope of identifying new agents to combat Legionnaires' disease caused by a pathogenic form of Legionella.
Look for more news from Dr. Burch in the next issue!
This year's Commencement speakers are Chip Perkins '73, parent of Sam '14 and Lucia '14, and Adelaide Bullock, daughter of Bebe '86 and Bill Bullock.
Read the announcement here:
Berkshire School is pleased to announce Gilman C. Chip Perkins '73 as our 107th Commencement speaker for the Class of 2014. Mr. Perkins is the proud father of Lucia and Sam, both 2014 graduates. He has shown extraordinary commitment to the School as a member of the Advisory Board and is now serving on the Board of Trustees and acting as Strategic Planning Committee Chair. Mr. Perkins is the Founder and Managing Member of Perkins Fund Marketing, LLC.
Adelaide - Addie - Bullock is this year's recipient of the Weil Prize, chosen by her classmates to speak at Commencement. A four-year senior, she spent the first semester of this year in South Africa with the African Leadership Academy. She's been very active in Model U.N. and Global Initiatives and is forming an NGO with classmate, Tanner Tomasi, dedicated to finding and placing African students at secondary schools across the United States. She will attend Colby College - alma mater of both parents - in the fall.
We all look forward to hearing from both of this year's speakers.


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Good Morrow! (That's right I said it.) Did yet another photoshoot for Blanche Macdonald's aspiring stylists. I really like volunteering for these. Not only do I get to meet some great people but I also get photos to put here!
I've taken a real personal liking to this particular photoshoot. One reason is because I really liked Maxime's, (the stylist's) ideas. Neon Pink lips and leather (and leather…and leather) what a fun concept. But the main reason for me is that I'm starting to see what I'm capable of. If you look in my Practice makeup page, the first few photos are from the very beginning of my attending Blanche. I look back on what I did then and what I'm creating now and wow have I progressed as a makeup artist. Sometimes professionals mention that "light-bulb" moment and I think this one is mine. I'm just over halfway through my program. I've learned so much and I feel proud of my work when I do it. With being halfway through school that means I'm going to continue learning and improving even more to the moment I complete my program and beyond. How amazing is that?
In Oscar Wilde's The Importance of being Earnest, Jack Worthing tells his fiancé Gwendolen that she is "quite perfect." She replies, "Oh I hope I am not that. It would leave no room for developments, and I intend to develop in many directions."
This lovely quote pretty much sums up how I approach my life. By all means I am a perfectionist, but there's always room for improvement. I hope I never stop learning. Thanks for reading! ~Hang on little tomato.


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With additional guitarist Billy Rankin and keyboard maestro John Locke on board, Nazareth produced this potent live document during their 1981 North American tour. This version is augmented by bonus tracks drawn from the Seattle leg of the tour plus two further studio cuts by this new incarnation of the group. Whether you call Nazareth''s first live album It''s Naz or Snaz (sometimes ''Snaz, thanks to the somewhat ambiguous sleeve art), there is no denying its presence. On its release in 1981, they had been operating professionally for 13 years and were at the peak of their considerable powers. In fact, Nazareth were so at home on stage that they chose an entire show for the Snaz LP, feeling that one continuous performance would represent them better than a compilation of songs culled from a variety of gigs.
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Two miles into her hike, Jessica could finally see the ridge line up ahead. From there, she would have an amazing view of the valley below.
She heard her two dogs barking. A few strides later, she had her first glimpse of the clearing at the top of the ridge, and was surprised to see the dogs surrounding a man who was sitting cross-legged on a big boulder. Their tails were wagging enthusiastically, so she decided to trust their instincts.
"Hey," the man said with a big grin, "You found my secret hiding place."
"I didn't mean to bother you," Jessica responded.
"No worries, I just finished meditating. I'm Jake."
"Jessica," she said, shaking his hand.
She looked out over the vista, which stretched for dozens of miles. Nothing but wilderness and blue skies. Heaven.
"It's great that you meditate. I've tried it off and on."
"It's part of my job, literally. We're required to meditate and exercise consistently."
Jessica looked back at Jake. He was about 30, lean and strong, with close-cropped hair. She couldn't figure out what his line of work was, so she asked, "What sort of job requires meditation?"
"PreMergency crews."
"Pre Mergency? Like before an emergency?"
Jake smiled. He liked explaining his job, especially since less than 100 people in the world had so far been trained to do it.
"I'm part of a test program in Minneapolis where we respond to potential medical emergencies before they happen. The meditation and exercise requirement is because we're constantly showing up on people's doorsteps and telling them they are just minutes away from a heart attack or other life-threatening problem. We need to project calm assertive energy, or otherwise the person might freak and die."
Jessica narrowed her eyes. She was trying to decide if he was being sincere, or putting her on. But he really did project calm and assertive energy, so she decided to believe him.
"How do you know someone is about to face an emergency?"
"Lots of ways. We have almost two dozen wireless biosensors that monitor heart rate, pulse, and other vital signs. With elderly patients, we monitor movement – movement is good, by the way. We use different sensors for different patients. Over 35,000 patients are enrolled in the program, ranging from the very sick to some who are in better shape than you or me."
"No way."
"Yes way. All the signals go into an automated center, and when anything varies from normal, someone like me goes out to check. I'm somewhere between an emergency medic and God."
Jessica took a moment to digest this. She imagined a middle-aged man sitting in a big easy chair, rubbing his chest to wish away indigestion, when the doorbell rings. Jake is at the door and says something like: you're not going to rub away that pain; let's get you to the hospital and stop that heart attack before it happens.
"Why do you say God?" she asked.
"In the past three months, I've saved twelve people who most likely would have died if I hadn't rang their bell. One was a mother who gave birth three weeks later; she was going to name her child after me, but it turned out to be a girl. In most of the cases, the person didn't even know anything was wrong. It sure feels like divine intervention."
Jessica looked out over the valley. She couldn't help wondering if she had what it takes to play God, too.
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How do you transform a team that finished practically last in their league, fired their head coach and general manager, has spent way too much money on having an icon as a player and hasn't seen the playoff in four years, into a team that has not only made it to the playoffs, but has the potential to win the championship? You do exactly what Bruce Arena has done with the Los Angeles Galaxy this season.
In 2007 most MLS and Galaxy fans thought that the Galaxy were going to be the top dominating team in the MLS. Word hit the street that David Beckham was leaving Real Madrid at the end of the season to transfer to the Los Angles Galaxy. This was probably one of the biggest sports stories of that year. The idea that a "footballer" of that stature was coming to the US to play in the MLS meant a lot not only to the fans, but to The Future of US Soccer.
As time went on, and Beckham Jerseys started to sell, the Los Angeles Galaxy started bringing on more players, received new jerseys and even got a new coach, Ruud Gullit. Yet, things did not really seem to change when it came to the game itself. Though the Galaxy was actually in the headlines and finally on Sports Center, they were not making news for the games they were winning but rather for drama in the club. Such headlines as Beckham being injured and fights between the head coach and certain players were all we saw. The team that was supposed to reshape soccer in the US was not doing anything but giving sports commentators another opportunity to bash the world's sport. This went on for another season making fans and investors unhappy with the outcome.
In the middle of the 2008 season there were mixed feelings about what would become of the Los Angeles Galaxy. Many thought AEG (Owners of the Galaxy) would try something new but were not sure what that would be. News soon broke that AEG had fired both the General Manager, Alexi Lalas and head coach, Ruud Gullit along with waiving many players on the team. I must admit, this was a shock to me. In most situations when there are problems between players, coaches and GMs, you get rid of one or the other. I guess AEG felt they all were the problem and just wanted to start fresh. The Galaxy hired Bruce Arena as head coach for the team, which I personally felt was a great opportunity for the team. Arena, who has an extensive background in coaching soccer teams here in the states including the US National Team, would be a great success for the team. Because of many transfer rules and salary issues in the MLS, Arena was forced to just coach the team that he was given and not really reshape the team until after the season.
When you give an artist a canvas, he will paint a masterpiece. This is what Bruce Arena has done with the Galaxy. In the off-season, Arena quickly waived and cut players that were just not working out. He is not a coach that looks at problems in a team and then tries to fill those gaps. Instead, he fixes the problems, whether the problems are a player's abilities or a player's cockiness, Arena cut the fat and allowed the team to move as a team rather than individuals.
This season the Los Angeles Galaxy have made the playoff for the first time in four years. They have the potential to finish top in the west and go to the MLS Cup. I strongly feel that this has everything to do with the way Bruce Arena has coached and managed this team. The team is working great together for the first time in a while. They are having fun on the field and although there have been some bumps along the way, ultimately the team has come out on top. Thank You Bruce Arena for allowing my team to get to the point they are at today.
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The club has won the MLS Cup twice (2002, 2005), and the U.S. Open Cup twice (2001, 2005). L.A. plays its home matches at The Home Depot Center in Carson, which they share with arch-rival, Chivas USA.
In January 2007, the club made international headlines by signing English superstar David Beckham, to a record deal potentially worth $250 million. L.A. is currently MLS' most profitable and popular club and is among the top teams in the league in attendance.
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Nestled in the corner where Royal Hospital Road and Chelsea Bridge Road meet lies the Royal Hospital Chelsea. A Grade I listed building, it is the site for many of the capital's great events and this week it played host for the 10th Art London. With an international portfolio and profile, t5m sent Bella Crane down to the Royal Hospital to cover the best bits and get some artistic tips.
The event attracted celebrity personalities, musicians and, of course, the artists and collectors themselves. According to Ralph Ward-Jackson, director of Art London, 'We get 15,000 visitors a year, give or take. I'm guessing that in a typical year maybe ten per cent of those buy.'
And when it comes to buying it seems that the message is to buy what you love, 'You have to use your eye and not your ears,' says collector Julian Hartnoll. 'I have not ever bought something because other people were impressed by it or because it was a sensation of it's time. Just know yourself and be as true to yourself as possible,' smiles Tara Bernerd, interior designer and one of the founders of Target Living.
Though art, and galleries in particular, may seem intimidating Art London does a lot to dispel this fear and do away with the stereotypical stuffy view of the industry. Though as Kim Cohen of Mydeco rightly points out, 'The really important thing to remember is that they're there to sell art so they may look intimidating and scary, but at the end of the day they want to makes the sales.'


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The Drug Information Association (DIA) and the US FDA will host the first DIA/FDA CDER/CBER Computational Science Annual Meeting from March 22-23 in Bethesda, MD.
Experts from the US FDA Centers for Drug and Biologics Evaluation & Research (CDER, CBER) will deliver updates on:
In addition to the featured meeting topics, breakout sessions will drill down and explore the requirements, standards, tools, and activities needed to support specific aspects of drug development. These breakouts will form the nuclei of working groups that can collaborate on an ongoing basis to discuss issues and create solutions in these five areas:
"The ability to acquire, store, analyze, share, and report information is one of the most important and unrecognized issues that contribute to drug development and regulatory productivity and quality," says Program Co-chair Stephen E. Wilson, DrPH, CAPT. USPHS, Director, Division of Biometrics III, CDER, FDA. "We invite you to participate in a forum where stakeholders will review progress in areas such as data standards, best practices-driven analytical tool development, business processes driving information systems development, and user experience/evaluation of current tools."


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IDM: "Download This Video" Option Not Appearing for YouTube and Other Video Websites
I personally like to use IDM for downloading all types of files from the internet because it is the top download manager available with lots of pretty features. At present, IDM supports most of the available browsers on the internet. Internet users know very well that it is very difficult to download any video from video streaming websites without using any software but installing a lot of software on the computer makes it slow and hogs all of the internet bandwidth. If you install IDM on your computer then you will never need to install any other tool to download videos from the internet because it comes with video download as well.
When you open any video on YouTube or any other video streaming website, IDM automatically shows you an option, "Download this video" to download the running video on the computer. This is a great idea as you can perform two tasks with a single software download manager and video downloader. But sometimes IDM fails to show the "Download this video" option on the playing video files and this can be quite annoying for many users as they only rely on IDM and have been using it for a long time. It can become extremely frustrating when IDM stops showing the downloading option on YouTube videos because then you need to download some other video downloader from the internet specially to download that video file.
I read on many forums and websites that lots of users face this problem with IDM when they want to download a video from the internet. But I have a solution for this; actually its solution is available with IDM as well. You need to reconfigure some options in IDM to enable the "Download this video" feature on browsers.
If IDM is not showing any button on the video to download the video file on the computer then you should try these fixes:
1. First of all, open IDM, select Options from the Downloads menu.
2. In the Options window, click on the General tab and make sure all the required options are enabled, especially "Use advanced browser integration" and "Run module for monitoring IE based browser (AOL, MSN, Avant etc)". After that, check the browser list and make sure your browser is selected there. In my case, I use IE, Chrome and Firefox so I selected all these browsers.
3. Now, look down the same General tab and Edit button for the "Customize IDM menu items in context menu of browsers" option. There you will see two tabs 1. Internet Explorer and IE based and 2. Firefox and other Mozilla based. Click on both tabs and make sure all the options are selected as shown in the image bellow. Once you enable all the options, click on the OK button to save your work.
4. In the same General tab, you will find one more option to Edit called "Customize IDM Download panels in browsers". Click on the Edit button to check its options. Check all file types and make sure all the video file types are available there for download; if any specific video file type is missing, add it using the Add button. After that make sure the "Don't capture downloads from web-players automatically" option is not selected, otherwise it will stop the video downloading feature from the web player.
You have to configure all these settings in IDM. The next tip is only for Firefox users. In Firefox, IDM install one special IDM to enable all the IDM features in Firefox. Make sure the IDM extension/add-on is enabled in your Firefox browser. If the IDM add-on is disabled in Firefox, IDM will stop working with Firefox and won't download any video or other file automatically.
I have explained all the issues and their fixes and I hope they will help you to find the solution to the video downloading problem for IDM. Please let me know if your problem still exists after using all the above steps.


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The developer of a proposed Wawa and a freestanding pharmacy in Penndel said he has a signed agreement with Wawa and hopes to submit building plans to the borough by the end of the summer.
That was the word this week from developer Tom Verrichia, following the recent removal of a fence around the vacant lot at Lincoln Highway and Bellevue Avenue. He plans to erect the 4,500-square-foot convenience store and build the drug store on that lot.


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Patrick Malley has joined the Enventis subsidiary of HickoryTech as an account executive in Duluth. He will focus on selling VoIP, Ethernet, MPLS, Internet and other network solutions to business customers. Additionally, he will implement and support customer seminars on Enventis' products and services.
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Our Unique product line is manufactured in over 20 facilities on two continents. ABI combines the advantages of "buying direct" with freedom of choice in materials. We do the legwork of consolidating different styles of products in your shipment, so you do not have to worry about buying container loads of the same SKU just to get the best price.
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Roadworks can take weeks when crews dig up the wrong pipes and then have to start again. So Tempo Research of California has found a way to easily distinguish between buried power conduits and water or gas pipes (US patent application 2004/0178795).
The idea is to fit each set of buried pipes with radio-frequency ID tags that will respond to a different frequency beamed from above. The tags on a gas pipe, for instance, only respond to a signal on a dedicated "gas frequency". There is a snag - radio signals induce currents in all the tag coils and so all respond weakly regardless of the incoming frequency. To find the target pipe, Tempo simply seeks the strongest signal.
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Having a healthy summer on a budget
Finishing school, starting camp, and looking forward to family vacations all make summer exciting for children. However, because of unemployment or concerns about the economy, many families have postponed or canceled summer plans, disappointing children who were looking forward to the yearly family trip or other summertime activities. Yet, cutting back on family budgets does not have to mean cutting back on fun, nor do fun family activities have to break the bank. Summer vacation is an ideal opportunity for families to share in healthy activities, increase physical activity and make a greater effort to eat right.
"Summer is a great time for a mid-year resolution," says psychologist Katherine Nordal, PhD, the executive director for professional practice at the American Psychological Association. "Making physically and emotionally healthy decisions for your children and family is a positive way to start the summer and prepare for the coming school year."
Raising a child with healthy eating and activity habits is now more important than ever. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 17 percent of children are classified as overweight or obese in the United States. Changing behaviors around food and activity is a sometimes difficult, but doable process for parents. Making a commitment to having a healthy family will help children avoid the emotional pain and physical limitations that can come with being overweight.
Activities, such as playing Frisbee as a family or making healthy meals that you and your child cook together, are examples of some ways to put a fun spin on a choosing a healthier lifestyle.
"Children need a commitment from parents and caregivers to help them give up unhealthy behaviors and make more active and healthy choices." says Nordal. "And taking time to enjoy activities as a family is important to the entire family's emotional health. Exercising together by taking walks or riding bikes around the neighborhood or going to the community pool as a family are all healthy ways to reduce stress and anxiety and build stronger family relationships."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). "Data and Statistics". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Fox, K.R. (1999). "The influence of physical activity on mental well-being." Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 2, pp. 411-418.


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You can sometimes smell the dump. Not always, but in the heat after the rain... the air is less than fresh.
The cabinets are cheaply built and it is visually obvious. Some of the doors and units are mismatched on at least the few apartments I have been in. Overall, much of it feels just plain cheap.
The air does not circulate well. A couple rooms cool quickly. The living room feels really stuffy even after the a/c has been running for quite awhile. They will try to tell you that it is because you are over a garage, but I have lived over a garage before at a different complex and my place cooled just fine. I'm guessing it is just bad insulation and crappy a/c units. All I know, is that my living room is hot.
Both one and two car garages are tight fits. My friend w/ the one car garage has to navigate carefully to park to be assured that both he and his passenger have enough room to get out of the vehicle.
Guest parking is minimal. If you have a driveway, you will have at least those tandem spaces. If you do not, your guests are essentially left to search in hopes for a space somewhere in the vicinity. I have seen residents park in the guest spots even though they are not allowed to. This only makes it worse. (Park in your garages, people. You know you're supposed to.)
The microwave that has its own spot - it's very small. Only fits small plates.
If you leave any of the faucets w/o running them for awhile, it smells when you run them again.
Exterior doors can be in bad shape. Door knobs look worn and chipped. Dings. Bad paint.
All floor plans have attached garages. For this price - that is a GREAT feature.
The area is very safe. The prices are very reasonable.
Nice carpet. Nice crown molding.
Nice recessed lighting.
Because of the layout, many apartments don't share many common walls. No third floor, so no stomping around above you.
Nice and close to good shopping, eating. Easy access to the highway but out of the major traffic.
Office staff has been mostly helpful. Quick to respond, but sometimes they act like even asking politely for small tasks - is asking for something unreasonable. I don't like being made to feel like I'm putting someone out because I would like for something to operate properly.
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Cable is Comcast.
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This is an example of knocking off flakes from a chert core. The basic idea is to use a hammerstone (shown on the left) to hit the chert cobble with enough force to knock off a flake from the outer surface. The hammerstone should be dense.
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analysisBy Toni K. Aubynn
The nostalgia for underground mining
The past three decades have seen a tremendous shift in the way gold is mined worldwide. Gold which used to be mined mainly from deep the belly of the earth is now being done mainly in open pits.
In Ghana Manganese and Bauxite have been mined on the surface for nearly 100 years. However, large scale open pit gold mining in the country started less 15 years ago when Teberebi Goldfields Limited commissioned the first large scale surface mine in Ghana. Yet there is already some nostalgia for underground mining perhaps due to the intrusive surface reflectivity of surface mining operation as against the quiet, discrete but highly dangerous underground operations. Surprisingly, there have been inadequate efforts to debate, explain and understand the rational for the shift in the methodology of mining.
In the absence of clear explanation of the changing trends in the industry, discussion about mining in Ghana has been deluged in sentimentalism and emotionalism, especially on the part of mining communities and a section of the public, including the media and some NGOs who tend to create the erroneous impression that surface mining occurs mainly in poor developing countries. Some people have bluntly advocated a complete cessation of surface mining and an immediate return to underground mining in Ghana.
This article is an attempt to provide some dispassionate realist-based explanation of why surface mining is most likely to be with us if Ghana should maintain its place as major gold producer. This is not to suggest, necessarily, that surface mining is better than underground or vice versa.
Changing methods of mining
Ghana currently has seven operating mines gold mines and three others (Chirano, Akyim and Kenyaase) also at the stages of construction and soon to be on stream. Three world leading gold companies, including Newmont, Anglogold Ashanti and Gold fields operate over 90% of these mines. All of them operate opencast. To start with, it is simply untrue that surface mining occurs only or mainly in developing countries. This type of mining has been going on in the US continuously for more than 90 years and in many places, producing a number of different metals from low value ores including copper and iron as well as gold. Much the same is true for Australia and Canada, the world's third and forth largest gold producers respectively, where surface gold mines are far more typical than underground operations. In Ghana, Manganese and Bauxite have always been mine on the surface of the earth, not deep underground.
Mining, they say is an age-old activity. It is claimed to predate agriculture. The saying in the Bible that "silver and gold have I none " is perhaps a good indication of the use of such minerals in biblical times. Closer home, the ancient empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai have long been associated with gold and gold mining as far back as the 9th Century. What needs to be taken note of is the changing trend in the method of extracting the mineral from the rocks.
Technology has and will always continue to change the way humankind do things. Indeed the scratching of gold-bearing land surfaces and panning, as well as some simple dredging of riverbeds and banks are perhaps the oldest methods of mining. Gold produced via these methods were mainly in small quantities for domestic purposes. However, modern large scale production of gold has been undertaken through underground mining where, thanks to advancement in technology which has made it possible for miners to burrow deep into the belly of the earth, through long shafts, some as deep as several kilometres.
World gold production history
South Africa is perhaps the only major gold producing country in the world where underground operations still dominate. The country's gold mines have dominated world gold supply since the Witwatersrand was discovered in 1886. A look at the global gold production statistics clearly indicates that this dominance has been maintained even if its has been seriously challenged over the years.
As far back as 1970, South Africa produced 32million oz of gold, about 2/3's of the world's production of 47.5Moz. Russia was a distant second at 6.5Moz, whiles Canada, the US, and Australia, produced 2.4, 1.7 and 0.6 Moz, respectively. The rest of the world accounted for less than 9% of production. Thus the top five countries account for over 90% of the world's gold production. Ghana's total gold production during the same period was a little over 300,000 oz. Twenty-five years on, world production hit 72.3Moz with South Africa producing 16.8Moz (23%) while the US and Australia (25.4%) produced 10 and 8.2Moz respectively. Production of gold during the same period by the rest of the world had jumped to 5Moz (about 38%). Ghana alone produced about 1.5Moz. In line with this trend, in 2003, world gold production reached approximately 87Moz, but South Africa now produced only 14Moz. Indeed during that year, world gold production was equally split between the top 5 and the hitherto marginal producers (including Ghana).
Ore, Technology and cost An article in the July 2004 (also quoted in the August) edition of a leading business news magazine in South Africa, the Financial Mail South, described South Africa gold mines as a "dinosaurs in their death throes." The question is, what explains the downward trend in the production of Gold in the worlds No.1 gold producing country, South Africa, in the face of increasing world production? To answer this, we need to quickly discount the impact of gold price. It is of course a basic fundamental economic principle that ceteris paribus, the higher the price the higher the supply of goods. However, in a situation of a monolithic world market, i.e. where every producer faces the same price as is the case of the world gold market, price becomes a neutral factor. It must also be conceded at the outset that certain peculiar socio-political factors such legal, fiscal and general investment regimes may have significant impact on the mining industry of a country.
The key explanation for the trend of event discussed above can be found in two factors: availability of gold-bearing ore and technology, both of which combine to affect production cost. Gold, like other metals occur in situ and so if it is not there, it is not there. One cannot grow or propagate gold as may be for agricultural produce. This means that a country is either endowed or not endowed with gold. A study published in 2002 Beacon Advisers, a Minerals Consultancy Company, known resources associated with current mines were around 1,227 m oz or just over 38,000 tonnes. If all of this could be extracted economically this would amount to around 15 years production at current production rates. However, in practice the amount of known resources remains fairly constant over time since the results of new exploration finds replace those resources that are exploited. The problem is how to identify, locate and mine such a resource in economically, socially and environmentally viable manner. It must be emphasized that no mining operator worth its salt will decline to mine underground if it is profitable to do so. Indeed, it makes business sense to mine any mineral if the overall cost permits it, irrespective of its location: underground or surface. Therefore the decision to mine underground or overland in an era of liberalization is not political. It is mainly a function of cost and viability.
In South Africa where underground gold mines are getting deeper and the high cost of operations has largely become the bane of its declining production. Underground mining is so very expensive because everything must be done on a small scale and most work is done by hand. This requires many more people and where machinery is used, it must be small. According to the World Gold Council, the world average mining cost per troy ounce was around USD 235.00 in 2002 (based on figures published by Gold Field Mineral Services). These costs include depreciation and amortization but to get a true estimate one should add between 30 and 40 USD/ounce to cover exploration, head office costs and so on. However, costs vary widely between companies and the mines themselves. Over the years, the cost of mining underground worldwide has been growing steadily relative to declining gold prices. To move one tonne of ore from a typical underground gold mine cost close to US $30.00, while the cost to move the same quantity of ore in a surface mine is closer to US $4.00. This means that for an underground mine to be viable requires that the grade must be relatively high. Even if gold prices were at $500 per oz (gold price in December 200 hit $440, the highest in eight years), it would require an average of 6 grams of gold per tonne of ore for an underground mine to be viable.
Low underground mining prospects in Ghana
The grade of ore refers to the proportion of gold contained in the ore of a particular mine and is quoted in grams per tonne (g/t). The type of mine depends on the depth and grade of the ore. South Africa still has very deep and rich ores. They are too deep for surface mining and have a value high enough to pay the cost of mining. At a rough estimate, the larger, better quality South African underground operations are around 8-10g/t (Anglogold and Gold Fields), while the marginal South African underground mines run at around 4-6g/t. Many of the operations elsewhere in the world are open pit mines, which run at lower grades, from as little as 1g/t up to around 3-4g/t. A more significant piece of information than average gold mining grade is cost per ounce, which is a combination of grade (grams/tonne) and operating costs (USD/tonne).
Ghana has largely exhausted its high-grade underground deposits. Apart from Obuasi, there is hardly any known meaningful deposit of gold underground, which exceeds the 6 grams per tonne mark indicated above. This is not to suggest that the country does not abound in gold. In fact there is virtually no place in Ghana where traces of gold cannot be found. The fact is they are of low-grades and are mainly on the sub-surface not deep underground.
In spite of our historical name of the "Gold Coast," Ghana did not become an important gold producer in global terms until the early 1990s when surface mining began. Prior to that Ghana operated about four small underground mines at Obuasi, Tarkwa, Prestea and Konogo. The mines were small by global standards and very expensive to operate, so they produced very little.
The views of the writer are not necessarily the views of The Chronicle.


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** Update ** MPNP has reopened its Skilled Worker Overseas Stream for candidates with a connection to Manitoba. Read more here.
The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) nominates candidates wishing to settle in Manitoba to the federal government for Canadian permanent resident status.There are three paths to Manitoba: Manitoba Employment, Skilled Workers with a Connection to Manitoba, Investors and entrepreneurs. None of the categories have processing fees.
- Manitoba Provincial Nominee Immigration Program for Business
This program recruits and nominates qualified business people from around the world with the intent and ability to move to Manitoba and establish or purchase a business or become a partner in an existing business. In order to be eligible, candidates must demonstrate:
- A minimum personal net worth of $350 000;
- Three years of business or farm ownership experience (or in a senior management role);
- Intention to invest a minimum of $150,000 into establishing or purchasing 33.3% of a business in Manitoba.
- If approved, candidates must make a $75 000 deposit to the Government of Manitoba which will be refunded when the investment is made and the business/farm is operational.
The processing time for the provincial portion of the application is one to two months, followed by ten to fifteen months for the federal portion.
- Manitoba Young Farmer Immigration Nominee Program
The aim of this program is to recruit and nominate qualified farm business people who have the intent and ability to move to Manitoba and establish or purchase a farm, or become partners in an existing farm business. Applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Have a minimum personal net worth of $150 000;
- Be younger than forty years old at the time of application;
- Make a minimum investment of $150 000 into establishing or purchasing a farm;
- Have three years of farm ownership/management experience;
- Have marketable skills that would supplement a farm income.
- If approved, candidates are also required to make a $75 000 deposit.
- Manitoba Temporary Worker Immigration Program
Candidates may apply who are currently working in Manitoba and meet the following criteria:
- Have been working in Manitoba on a valid work permit for at least six months;
- Hold a long-term, full-time job offer in Manitoba from their current employer;
- Have the English or French language proficiency to fulfill their job duties;
- Their ties to Manitoba must be stronger than their ties to another Canadian province;
- Manitoba Working Graduates Immigration Program
Candidates in this category must meet the following criteria:
- Have successfully completed a post-secondary program of at least one academic year in Manitoba;
- Hold a post-graduate work permit;
- Have a long-term, full-time job offer in Manitoba;
- Have worked for at least six months for the employer offering them the eligible job.
- Have the English or French language proficiency to fulfill their job duties;
- Have ties to Manitoba that are stronger than their ties to any other Canadian province;
Skilled Workers with a Connection to Manitoba
- Manitoba General Stream
Candidates in this category are evaluated against five (5) factors according to a point system and must score a minimum of 60 points out of a possible 100. In order to apply under this category, a candidate must necessarily demonstrate a substantial connection to the province of Manitoba. They must also have points under each individual factor in order to be selected. The factors are:
- Language – Candidates must demonstrate at least basic language proficiency in English or French;
- Age – Candidates must be between the ages of 18 to 49 years old;
- Work experience – Candidates must have a minimum of one (1) year of documented full-time employment within the past 10 years;
- Education – Candidates must have completed at least a one year post-secondary program or have trade certification;
- Connection to Manitoba – Candidates must demonstrate some connection to the province of Manitoba, through friends, relatives, education, past employment or contact with the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program.


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Bob Levine
JNF Board of Directors, Vice President, Education and JNF Makor Member
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Topics:JNF's Work in Israel, Positively Israel
Bob Levine is a senior partner at the New York City accounting firm Levine Schaeffer Fink & Moss, P.C., and has a personal law practice as well. Involved with JNF since 1968, he has held a number of leadership positions including National Treasurer, Vice President of Campaign, and Executive Board member, and has chaired the Budget and Finance, Labor Relations, and Missions Committees. As a mission leader, he has brought over 600 individuals to Israel to see the country through JNF's eyes. Bob has served as President of his synagogue, Chairman of the Board of the American Zionist Movement, and Treasurer of Mercaz, the Conservative movement Zionist organization. Bob is the recipient of JNF's 2010 Heritage Award and a Negev Society and World Chairman's Council member.
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Makor (Hebrew for "source") is a specially-trained cadre of highly-involved Jewish National Fund volunteers. Our primary role is to support the core functions of JNF by direct fundraising. Thus, we identify prospective donors, conduct direct solicitations in our own communities and around the United States and assist in educating the public about the JNF and its projects.
Makor also serves as a source for lay leadership. We are leaders in our own communities, and provide training and inspiration for other community leaders on solicitation techniques, board development and outreach and on the work of the JNF. Makor members also assume JNF leadership positions on a national level.
We are proud leaders who are committed to the mission of the JNF, the caretaker of the land of Israel forever. In addition, Makor is a source of innovation within the JNF. Our diverse backgrounds, coupled with our common commitment, foster a free-flow of ideas to keep JNF as relevant and productive as possible.
Makor members travel to Israel each year to study JNF projects and programs in depth, and bring their insights and experiences to you. Members speak at no charge.


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