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I always seem to have the same foods for winter bday parties. Ham or sloppy joes, or meatball sandwiches. I had different soups at one party but dh's uncle informed me that wasn't food. I'm not very good a lasagna.
Any ideas??
I always seem to have the same foods for winter bday parties. Ham or sloppy joes, or meatball sandwiches. I had different soups at one party but dh's uncle informed me that wasn't food. I'm not very good a lasagna.
Any ideas??
Mary - mom to Alex 16, Shawna 15, and Adam 6
How about a taco bar! You could even do the meat in your crockpot and serve them with beans and rice and all the fixings. Easy!
Taco bar is great, we have also done baked potato bar - bake up a bunch of potatoes, wrapped in foil and placed in a large casserole or bowl after baking they will stay warm for a few hours. Then set out all the fixings - butter, sour cream, shredded cheese, bacon, chives, chili, broccoli with cheese sauce, etc. I love this option as it feeds everyone - vegetarians, vegans, carnivores alike all find something good!
When we have family luncheons over the holidays I do soups - two kinds, one a vegetarian style and one with meat. Then i just serve with a big basket of assorted rolls and either a tossed salad or a raw veggie tray. Easy, and seems to keep everyone happy. It's so nice just to be able to keep the soups on a low burner on the stove or on the crock pot and not worry about the food getting cold!
Mom of one brilliant college student (A), one dynamic high schooler (K) and one amazing preschooler with autism (I).
Yep, things are crazy here!
How about making a brisket in the oven overnight and then shredding it for sandwiches? I've done this a few times. It's easy!
Or a pork roast for pork bbq sandwiches. Can be done in the crockpot the day before so super easy.
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Mmmm a taco bar sounds soooo good.
Dani, married to Adam and Momma to Gwendolyn (3 yrs old)
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I've typically done lasagna and/or other baked pasta -- usually one meat lasagne, one veggie and one other, like baked ziti with sausage and peppers. Plus a few different salads and bread. Or, DH will smoke a few briskets or a bunch of ribs, plus a bunch of simple sides. We have also done chili -- one meat, one vegetarian, plus rice, some salads and bread.
I'm glad you guys like the taco bar idea! We also smoke meats alot! My neighbor is into competition BBQ cook offs and owns a local BBQ restaurant. He is getting my DH into Cop. BBQ, this weekend will be his first comp., So that being said, if you like to smoke meat get several Boston butts and smoke them, they are a cheep meat, but make awesome pulled pork sandwiches. We serve them with potato salad, coleslaw, and baked beans! SOOOO Good!
I second the taco bar. You can do most things in advance so that you can actually enjoy the party instead of being in the kitchen. I've made the meat the day ahead, and then before the party I reheat it and put it in the crockpot on warm. Serve w/ some fresh cut fruit (I like to do pineapple) too and that can also be done ahead.
Other ideas: Deli trays (make your own using Sam's or Cosco meats), Chili w/ cornbread & fixins, pulled bbq sandwiches, all appetizers (hearty ones if at mealtime)......
Mom to ds (12.8.05), dd (12.23.08), and dd (3.1.11)
Taco Bar is a fab idea!!! You could also Quesedillas!!! I have one of those machines and it has come in handy at times. You will have a lot of the same things for tacos so you could do both. Deli trays are also good...
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The New York Yankees' search for starting pitching entered a new phase Tuesday, as general manager Brian Cashman met with the agent for free-agent pitchers C.J. Wilson and Roy Oswalt, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Wilson is the top free agent pitcher on the market, and Oswalt is a reliable fallback option. Cashman and agent Bob Garber sat down to discuss the two pitchers Tuesday at the general manager's meetings in Milwaukee, though Cashman said the talks were preliminary and he has not made an offer. In fact, Cashman said he has not made an offer on any free agents so far this winter, though he has been actively involved in trade talks, as he tries to find ways to bolster his thin rotation. "I've had conversations, I've had some back and forth on trade stuff," he said, though he maintained that nothing was close. Teams have called to ask about Nick Swisher, A.J. Burnett and others, Cashman said. "Oh, yeah. I have teams calling me on Swisher. I have teams ca...
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Its nice to finally see players giving $20,000 to needy families instead of the strip clubs. Per My Fox Memphis, Zach Randolph of the Memphis Grizzles, donated $20,000 to Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association to be shared amongst 100 families. After practice on Thursday, Randolph, visited homes that get to reap the benefits of his donation. While visiting the homes, he signed autographs and gave encouraging words to kids. "Come from single parent home, mom was on welfare, struggled myself so I know what it's like," Randolph said. "Been fortunate, blessed. Just like to give back because I think this something the Lord has served me to do, give back, brings me blessings in other ways. I'm here to tell you you're a blessing to me." Not too far behind him is Charlotte Bobcats Brendan Haywood, Haywood has helped over a dozen working mothers in similar situations. Per the Charlotte Observer, on Sunday, the mothers met at the local Salvation Army, to update each other on their situations and looked in amazement as out of nowhere, the Bobcats mascot, Rufus, and several media cameras showed up. Rochelle Monroe, one of the recipients, watched as her child played with Rufus as she spoke with media. "They said they were going to give us help," she said. "I don't know what they mean." Haywood, gave the women his sympathy and told them the great news of paying their utility bill for the rest of the year. "I know it's hard going day to day making ends meet," Haywood said to the women. "One of the hardest things when my mom was trying to stretch that dollar was paying bills." "take this gift and have a great year."
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PUNTA ARENAS, Chile—They're the South American equivalents of Williams, Ariz.
And why? Because Williams only matters to us tourists -- and only has all those motel rooms -- because a well-known ditch called the Grand Canyon is an hour up the road.
Punta Arenas, in Chile, population 115,000, has the closest decent airport to Torres del Paine, the mind-blowing national park a day's drive away. That's reason enough to get down here.
But as towns, well . . .
Cruise ships sailing around Cape Horn stop at one or both, and they deserve that. They would even be worth an extra day if the big boats weren't in so much of a hurry.
That's about it.
Both towns claim to be the world's southernmost, which matters mainly to people who sell mugs and T-shirts and, this being South America, to passionate locals.
On local signage and souvenirs, Ushuaia declares itself fin del mundo -- end of the world. And yes, Punta Arenas, speaking latitudenally, indeed is north of Ushuaia.
Ah, but there are technicalities.
"Ushuaia is on an island," notes a veterinarian who happens to be Chilean, specifically Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. Punta Arenas, she further notes, is not. It's on the mainland.
"If we allow islands," she ultimately notes, "there is Puerto Williams." Which is a modest (population 2,000) settlement south of Ushuaia, on a Beagle Channel island, in Chile.
So Chile's Puerto Williams, strictly speaking (and not counting Antarctica, whose largest town is a few shacks with instruments), is at the fin del mundo.
But chances are you won't go there, though you can. The "southernmost" vote here is for Ushuaia, but the restaurants are a little better in Punta Arenas, which, in the fin, is all that matters -- aside from both being surrounded by Tierra del Fuego and the rest of Patagonia, which counts for something.
And one last point:
Both Ushuaia and Punta Arenas have accessible penguins.
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In the era before regularly scheduled airline service, it was home to a prison -- location, location, location -- and was a lively port for exporting wool, timber and a little gold. The prison closed in 1947 and is a museum, the gold didn't last, timber is scarce these days and the wool business isn't what it was, which leaves tourism as the primary local industry.


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Will Israel be energy independent soon?
November 30, 2014 by sspillman · Leave a Comment
Natural gas production from the offshore Leviathan gas reservoir should begin by 2018.
According to the Jerusalem Post,
"Delek Drilling, a member of the Leviathan partnership, made the announcement in the company's third quarter financial report for 2014. The 621-billion cubic meter reservoir, located about 130 km. west of Haifa, will eventually be used for both domestic and export purposes.
In addition to Delek Drilling – which owns 22.67 percent of the basin – another Delek Group subsidiary, Avner Oil Exploration, also holds 22.67% of the reservoir, while Houston-based Noble Energy owns 39.66% and Ratio Oil Exploration has a 15% stake."
Leviathan production is planned to involve two stages, the first going to domestic markets in Israel, the second going to export markets, with the first stage production at 18 billion cubic meters (635.7 billion cubic feet) per year.
As of a May 2013 the US Energy Information Administration reports that Israel's domestic natural gas consumption is about 245 bcf, up a whopping 300% from its previous year. Israel's coal consumption (used to power electrical generation plants) is planned to go down dramatically as more natural gas comes online.
The US EIA report also showed Israel's electricity consumption going up over the last year and it's petroleum consumption going down slightly.
This news brings up three interesting observations:
- Israel's natural gas consumption is going up dramatically and expected to climb further as it replaced imported coal for electrical generation. As more natural gas comes online for domestic use, Israel will rely less and less on foreign energy sources. Israel is becoming, right now, more energy independent.
- Leviathan alone, in it's first stage production, will produce more than two and a half times Israel's current natural gas consumption. Leviathan isn't the only potential source of Israel's natural gas; Delek's Tamar field produced 77.7 bcf of gas in just the third quarter this year – essentially 100% of Israel's 2013 consumption. Israel is already natural gas independent and will soon be energy independent for electricity production.
- As Leviathan, Tamar and other natural gas sources continue to come online, Israel will become a major exporter of natural gas. Letters of intent to supply natural gas to Jordan and Egypt.
Something not mentioned in the recent Jerusalem Post article, Delek's report or by the US EIA is the general assumption that oil reserves most likely lie under the gas fields. It's a very real scenario that Israel will become not only energy independent in the near future but also a significant regional energy exporter.
How do you think this would change Israel's current economic and political prospects?
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Israel Reverses Flow of Egypt Pipeline
November 5, 2014 by sspillman · 4 Comments
The Jerusalem Post reported recently that Noble Energy has signed a deal to supply gas to Egypt via the same pipeline that supplied Israel with Egyptian gas for years. Also in the JP article are mentions that Noble has agreed to sell gas to the Palestinians and to Jordan (my highlights in red below).
Turning the tables on the region's natural resource flow, Israeli gas may soon surge southward through the Egyptian pipeline that for several years provided gas to Israel – but fell victim to saboteurs in Sinai.
The developers of the 282-billion cubic meter Tamar reservoir, which has been supplying gas to Israelis since March 2013, have signed a letter of intent to sell 2.5 b.cu.m. annually to the Egyptian firm Dolphinus Holdings Limited, the Delek Group reported to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on Sunday morning. This gas surplus sold to the Egyptian firm from Israel's local supply will begin serving private industrial consumers already in 2015, according to the partners.
The move looks to revitalize Egypt's East Mediterranean Gas Company pipeline that for several years carried gas from Egypt to Israel. In 2008, EMG began supplying Israel with about 40 percent of its natural gas provisions, until saboteurs began thwarting the flow through Sinai pipeline explosions. Following 14 months of such attacks, the Egyptian government formally terminated the agreement between EMG and Israel in April 2012.
At Tamar, located about 80 km. west of Haifa, Noble Energy holds 36% of the basin. Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Exploration each own 15.625%, while Isramco owns 28.75% and Dor Gas owns 4%.
The neighboring 621-b.cu.m. Leviathan gas reservoir, about 130 km. west of Haifa, is expected to begin flowing in 2017. Noble Energy owns 39.66% of Leviathan, while Delek Drilling and Avner Oil – both subsidiaries of the Delek Group – each own 22.67% and Ratio Oil Exploration holds 15%.
The realization of the project will help maximize the production capabilities from the Tamar reservoir, and will strengthen the Israeli economy by increasing tax and royalty revenues, said Delek Drilling CEO Yossi Abu.
Sunday's announcement joins a number of other regional agreements and understandings that the Tamar and Leviathan partners have signed with Israel's neighbors.
In September, the Leviathan reservoir partners signed a letter of intent to sell 45 b.cu.m. of natural gas to Jordan's National Electric Power Company over a 15-year period.
Empty liquefaction plants in Egypt have become an attractive option for Israeli gas. The British Gas Group signed a letter of intent with the Leviathan partners for the 15-year supply of 105 b.cu.m. of natural gas to its Idku plant.
Meanwhile, in early May, the Tamar reservoir partners signed a letter of intent with Spanish firm Unión Fenosa, for the provision of 71 b.cu.m. to that firm's liquefaction facility in Damietta.
In January, the Leviathan partners signed their first export deal – a $1.2b. sales agreement with the Palestine Power Generation Company.
According to the agreement, PPGC is set to buy around 4.75 b.cu.m. of gas over 20 years, to fuel a future 200-megawatt power plant in Jenin.
A month later, the Tamar reservoir partners signed a $500 million deal to provide 1.8 b.cu.m. of gas to the Jordanian firms Arab Potash and Jordan Bromine, to power their Dead Sea facilities for the next 15 years, beginning in 2016.
As far as Sunday's letter of intent signed with Dolphinus is concerned, this latest deal is "another important link in a sequence of agreements that will enable the supply of natural gas to the domestic market in Egypt," said chairman of Delek Drilling and CEO of Avner Oil Exploration Gideon Tadmor.
"I have no doubt that these are agreements that will strengthen the relations between Israel and its neighbors," Tadmor said.
Israeli natural gas fields hold big promise for Noble Energy
(Reuters) – Noble Energy Inc (NBL.N) slashed the risks to its colossal Israeli natural gasproject by selling a stake to Australia's largest oil producer and sealing a crucial supply deal with a Palestinian power company in one of the world's political flash points.
Both steps, carefully choreographed over the past month, should help Noble achieve its goal of doubling production by 2018 and mitigate Wall Street's fears about the company's prospects in the politically unstable region.
In a deal worth $2.55 billion in cash and future revenue, Australia's Woodside Petroleum (WPL.AX) agreed last week to help Houston-based Noble Energy and three Israeli companies develop the offshore natural gas field Leviathan. The field, along with smaller ones nearby, holds nearly 40 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, the same amount consumed each year in the United States.
The deal came a month after the Noble Energy consortium signed a $1.2 billion contract to begin supplying natural gas to the Palestine Power Generation Co. in a couple of years.
The group is already shipping gas to Israel from a small field near Leviathan, meaning Israel and the Palestinian Authority will both rely on the same source for natural gas.
Woodside's experience in liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects will help regional exports begin sooner. Selling to a broad range of neighboring countries should reduce the project's appeal as a target for attacks, security analysts say.
Regionally, Jordan, Turkey and Egypt are hungry for natural gas supply and could be future buyers, analysts say.
In a sign of how vital the natural gas is to Israel, its military patrols the seas above the deposits to defend against any potential attacks.
Despite turmoil in nearby Egypt and Syria, as well as roller-coaster negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Noble insists it's not naive about operating in the region.
The company decided potential risks of developing the fields amid the geopolitical turmoil were acceptable considering the probable rewards, said a well-placed source who declined to be named, citing a policy of not speaking to the media.
"When you think of Middle East conflicts, Israel really is in the best place in terms of risk," said the same source, who is close to the company's board of directors.
Noble will remain the project's operator after the Woodside deal closes later this year, holding 30 percent to Woodside's 25 percent. The other three partners – Delek Group (DLEKG.TA), Avner Oil & Gas Exploration (AVNRp.TA), and Ratio Oil Exploration (RATIp.TA) – will each hold less than 17 percent.
For Noble, the enormous offshore project in foreign waters is one it must undertake, analysts and investors say, if it hopes to replenish declining reserves faster than fellow rivals such as independent energy producers Marathon Oil Corp (MRO.N), Anadarko Petroleum Corp (APC.N), and Apache Corp (APA.N).
Noble first began operating off Israel's coast in 1998, but it was not until 2010 that Leviathan was discovered. The company recently said there could be large oil deposits near the formation as well.
The cost to produce natural gas in the Mediterranean is only slightly less than market prices in much of Europe right now, suggesting that Asia – where prices are double Middle Eastern production costs – could be an attractive export opportunity.
That global export potential helped lure Noble and its partners to Woodside in the first place, given the Australian company's LNG expertise.
Indeed, Noble Energy Chief Executive Chuck Davidson flew to Perth last month to negotiate with Woodside, which agreed tentatively to the deal in late 2012, then cooled to the idea when it was unclear whether Israel would allow LNG exports.
Noble and its development partners fought aggressively for the right to export 40 percent of the natural gas in Leviathan and nearby fields, winning that right late last year in a decision from Israel's supreme court.
"You knew that Israel would be pragmatic about negotiations with Noble Energy on this," said Tim Rezvan, an energy analyst at Sterne Agee. "Leviathan is too important for the country as it works to produce more energy locally."
Expectations are high on Wall Street, where Noble Energy's shares have sagged in the past three months amid a dip in the price of crude oil and rising production costs. At current estimates, Leviathan is expected to begin operations in 2017.
"Assuming the project comes online, it'll be a big part of the pie at Noble Energy," said Rezvan.
To be sure, Noble is still investing aggressively in its United States onshore shale operations, planning to spend 70 percent of its $4.8 billion capital budget this year on projects in Colorado's Denver-Julesburg Basin and the Pennsylvania Marcellus formation.
But it's spending the remainder of that budget on deepwater projects in the Mediterranean and elsewhere, and hopes to use cash flow, not debt, to finance future Israeli expansion.
"The continued demand for our gas in both Israel and other regional areas combined with the potential for multiple LNG or FLNG solutions sets us up for some dramatic growth in this region over the next decade or longer," David Stover, Noble Energy's president, told investors early last week.
A rare snowstorm in Jerusalem in December sharply increased natural gas demand, giving investors a hint of the project's longer-term potential. Many Israeli power plants had to temporarily switch from coal to natural gas to produce power.
That storm helped Noble Energy's fourth-quarter sales volumes jump 16 percent.
"This whole region has a lot of potential due in part to the size of these energy reserves," said Emre Tuncalp of Sidar Global Advisors, a geopolitical risk advisory firm that specializes in energy matters. "Given all the components that need to come together to develop this area, I think it's moving forward pretty well."
(Editing by Terry Wade and Bernadette Baum)
Barclays bullish on Leviathan partner Ratio
August 2, 2011 by admin · 2 Comments
Ratio is the investment bank's stock pick in the energy sector.
2 August 11 12:15, Hillel Koren
Leviathan partner Ratio Oil Exploration (1992) LP (TASE:RATI.L) is Barclays Capital's top pick in Israel's energy sector. The bank reiterates it "Overweight" recommendation but lowered its target price from NIS 0.74 to NIS 0.71, still a 69% upside on today's opening price of NIS 0.41.After a four-day road show with Ratio CEO Yigal Landau and Geologist Josh Steinberg, Barclays analyst David Kaplan says that the company compares favorably with its European peers. "Even in our worst-case scenario where we drop the oil targets from our valuation entirely we still see 13% upside from the current share price," he says. Under the most optimistic scenario, which include the oil prospects and the LNG facility, Barclay's valuation is NIS 2.27 per share – 441% above the current share price
Kaplan says that Israel current offshore discoveries at Mari-B, Tamar, and Leviathan, are only the first in the Levant basin. While it is clear that there will be disappointing drills, he believes that current best estimate of 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas "is still the tip of the iceberg," citing a 2010 US Geological Survey report, which estimates 122 trillion cubic feet of gas and 1.6 billion barrels of oil in the Levant basin.
Kaplan says that Ratio, with $100 million in cash and no debt, is properly capitalized for its 2011-12 capital expenditure plan, which includes bringing in a marine operator for its Gal license (south of Leviathan), and the upcoming Leviathan 3 exploratory well and the resumption of the Leviathan 1 well to oil targets in deeper strata.
Ratio owns 100% of Gal, and 15% of Leviathan; Delek Group Ltd. (TASE:DLEKG) and Noble Energy Inc. (NYSE: NBL) own the rest.
Israeli Oil Could Have a Bigger Impact Than Gas
May 15, 2011 by admin · 18 Comments
The Jerusalem Post reported this week on an assessment from the Swiss based financial services giant UBS, that a significant oil find could have a greater impact to Israel's economy than the recent massive natural gas discoveries offshore.
UBS analysts, Roni Biron, Ziv Tal and Reinhard Cluse wrote in a report on the Israeli gas and oil sector that: "Our calculations suggest that, in the event of success, oil could potentially deliver a boost to GDP growth, the budget and the external balance that might potentially be even bigger than the impact from natural gas.
"This would also imply a larger appreciation potential for the shekel and an even greater requirement to manage the resulting macroeconomic challenges through a carefully managed sovereign-wealth fund."
Simply put, UBS analysts are saying that discovering oil could mean more to Israel's economy, trade balance, domestic budget, value of the shekel and long term national wealth than the recent gargantuan offshore natural gas finds that will make Israel both import independent and a major exporter. Not to mention (they didn't) that being oil and gas independent would add significantly to Israel's national security.
The UBS analysts reminded readers that the Leviathan and Tamar fields were the world's largest gas discoveries in the past decade, that Tamar would be sufficient for all of Israel's domestic needs, making Leviathan available for 100% export. They reported, "natural- gas exports from the Leviathan field will begin in 2017 at almost $3 billion per year, before rising to almost $6 billion in 2020."
$6 billion per year from natural gas exports – that's significant! What's more significant is that the UBS report was about how a oil could have a greater impact.
Israel could transform global energy markets
March 23, 2011 by sspillman · 5 Comments
In a March 11, 2011 Jerusalem Post article Dore Gold, president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and former Israeli ambassador to the UN stated that Israel's newly discovered fossil fuel reserves could 'revolutionize the global energy sector'.
Dor stated in the article, "Libyan oil accounts for less than 2 percent of world oil production, yet the revolt against Muammar Gaddafi has managed to shoot up the price of oil to more than $100 per barrel in the last month."
The article goes on to report that, at the same time Israel holds the world's third largest oil shale deposits and, because Israel's Tamar gas field is capable of supplying the country's domestic natural gas fields for the next twenty years, 100% of the gas harvested from the Leviathan field (estimate at twice the volume as Tamar) could go to export markets.
What does this mean? As Middle East oil supply from Arab countries becomes more expensive and more politically contentious, Israel's energy exports from existing and pending discoveries should be coming online.
Bottom line: Israel energy exports in the near future could very well change the political and economic landscape in the Middle East. With Arab political regimes falling apart at the seams and oil prices spiking with the evening news, the fact that the only stable democratic government in the region and America's best friend (yes, it's still true) in the Middle East may very soon be one of the world's energy exporters is a comforting thought. Go Israel!
Click here to read the full Jerusalem Post article.
Noble Energy delays Leviathan oil drilling
March 15, 2011 by sspillman · 3 Comments
Since its massive natural gas discovery in the Leviathan field offshore of Israel, Noble Energy has suspected that commercial oil reserves may lie beneath the gas find. Plans to begin oil drilling in Leviathan's two lowest strata have been delayed for a month due to technical concerns.
In a March 11 interview with Israeli news agency Haaretz, Epsilon Investment House energy analyst Ron Alkon stated, "A month's postponement of the results isn't, in itself, a sign that there is no oil. Since it is almost without precedent to be drilling for oil at these depths, and to avoid environmental problems and other possible malfunctions, they are taking their time to be prudent. It shows that there is still a considerable chance of finding oil. Just the fact that they intend to invest an additional $40 million in advance shows that the possibility is there."
The Haaretz article continues:
"Drilling from the Sedco Express platform at Leviathan 1 has reached a depth of 5,100 meters – to the first layer of sand where advanced geological testing was performed in discovering natural gas.
"The next stage is drilling 700 meters further, to the layer geologically referred to as the Lower Oligocene Age, where Noble estimates an average economic potential for usable oil reserves of about 3 billion barrels at a geological probability of 17%.
"After this stage the partners intend to drill deeper still to test another prospect at a depth of 7,200 meters. Here Noble estimated the economic potential at equivalent to 1.2 billion barrels of oil, but at a mere 8% probability."
Noble's oil exploration drilling into these strata is expected to commence in early May.
Leviathan Discovery Opens a New Era for Israel
January 5, 2011 by sspillman · 5 Comments
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — David Wurmser, Ph.D., founder and executive member of the Delphi Global Analysis Group, LLC (Delphi), today issued the following statement regarding confimation of the Leviathan field offshore Israel as a major natural gas discovery with 16 Tcf of reserves. Delphi specializes in geopolitical risk analysis and mitigation, with a focus on energy development in Israel and throughout the Levant Basin.
"The Leviathan discovery opens a new era of natural gas development offshore Israel. Production of so large a quantity of gas relative to Israel will trigger major political changes. A resource of this magnitude will allow Israel to implement an energy policy that advances security, economic growth, and the environment. From power generation to desalination to transportation, the benefits of significant Israeli natural gas production promise to be profound," said Dr. Wurmser.
"Israel is now positioned to become an exporter of natural gas. If encouraged by effective public policy, the fiscal, macroeconomic, and geo-strategic implications of developing offshore natural gas promise to rank among the most important advances in the history of the modern State of Israel.
"Accompanying a myriad of positive outcomes attached to Leviathan will be a series of serious political challenges. The temptation of excessive taxation and the internal battles over allocation of government revenue will intensify. Israel lacks energy-sector expertise and financing for large energy projects. Government officials have expressed concerns about concentrations of wealth and power in the hands of a few, as well as the impact of a stronger shekel on Israel's export-driven economy. Policy makers, energy companies, and the financial community confront a complex and volatile political landscape," concluded Dr. Wurmser.
Is there even more in Leviathan?
Leviathan will apparently be one of the largest natural gas discoveries in Israel.
29 November 10 16:26, Amiram Barkat
After the tough times he has recently gone through, Ratio Oil Exploration (1992) LP (TASE:RATI.L) CEO Yigal Landau had a more gentle moment this morning. After an extended period of quiet, Landau issued a notice to the press in response the discovery of signs of gas at Leviathan, and it began with "We were not surprised by the positive indications."
Landau, as is often the case, expressed in words what many others were thinking.
We have gotten used to gas discoveries. They are already fully priced in at the stock exchange, as in the financial press.
And still, it must not be forgotten that Leviathan will apparently be one of the largest natural gas discoveries in Israel, and in its giant belly about $80 billion worth of gas has accumulated. This astronomical sum would have evaporated in an instant if a second scenario would have occurred last night, and signs of gas were not discovered. The chances of that were even, and throughout the dramatic night last night the negative scenario seemed the more likely, until almost the last minute.
Beyond that, it is important to remember the potential for a large oil discovery at Leviathan, even if the chances six to one against. A discovery like that would have far-reaching economic, strategic, and geo-political consequences for Israel and the entire region.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news – www.globes-online.com – on November 29, 2010
Israel's Future as an Energy Exporter
August 27, 2010 by admin · 7 Comments
Will Israel become a major exporter of natural gas in the near future? Most likely. How about an oil exporter? Maybe. Is there any chance of Israel joining OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)? With Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Venezuela on the membership committee, probably not.
But the reality is that Israel has already made the largest natural gas discovery – ever – in the Mediterranean and the largest discovery worldwide in 2009. Of course those figures were based on the initial Tamar gas field reserve estimates of 5 trillion (that's 'trillion') cubic feet. Since then the Tamar estimates have jumped to 8.7 trillion cubic feet. But wait, there's more! The Leviathan field, discovered after Tamar, is estimated to hold an astonishing 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The piece of news offshore operator Noble Energy isn't ready to make too public yet is that they believe that underneath the natural gas fields, there could be oil. That's the story offshore.
Onshore, Givot Olam claims the field below their Meged #5 well may hold 1.5 billion barrels of oil (we'll find out how real that estimate is next month). By the way, the Meged #5 has been pumping oil in the midst of the latest arguments over how big the field may or may not be. Zion Oil & Gas, just yesterday, spudded (began drilling) their Ma'anit-Joseph #3 well. This is Zion's third attempt to discover commercial quantities of oil in the Ma'anit structure. The first two wells were frustratingly close; they actually extracted oil from the Ma'anit-Rehoboth #2 test well. Zion isn't going into the Ma'anit-Joseph #3 blind; based on results from the first two wells and their best science, this well will be at the location and depth they need to be to hit commercial oil.
Bottom Line: Israel is not waiting for a major hydrocarbon discovery – it's already happened – the largest natural gas discovery worldwide in 2009 (of course that was when they believed they only had 5 trillion cubic feet in the Tamar field and before the Leviathan discovery). The Tamar field is 90 kilometers (56 miles) offshore and Leviathan is 130 kilometers (81 miles) out to sea. Producing the offshore gas (bringing to market by building pipelines to onshore facilities) will take a few years (up to five). But it will happen. It's a pretty good bet that all of Israel's domestic natural gas needs (that includes electricity) will be fully supplied and that more than a few European and the Japanese households (at least) will be heating their morning tea with Israeli natural gas in the next decade. Up until 2009 nobody imagined that Israel could supply her own needs, let alone become a world exporter of natural gas. In 2019 it will be a major Israeli export.
Is oil far behind? I don't think so. If oil and gas is discovered onshore in the near future, it will most likely beat the offshore gas to market. If a lot of oil is discovered – beyond Israel's domestic needs – oil is much easier (and quicker) to export than natural gas.
Little old Israel, a major energy exporter – imagine that! Of course Israel has accomplished a lot of things in the last sixty-plus years the world never imagined. That may be because the world doesn't know it's Bible as well as it should. About 2,700 years ago Israel (the northern kingdom) was decimated by her enemies (ancestors of some of the same enemies Israel has today) and many in Israel were taken as captives back to conquering Assyria. Later the Babylonians conquered Assyria, but Israel remained captives in exile, away from their home land. In this dark time an Israeli living in exile, his name was Yechezk'el, saw a vision of his people's future. He saw dry bones coming together to form a nation of people, he saw a wasteland spring to life and become a garden. Yechezk'el's (we westerners use the name Ezekiel) vision of dry bones became reality on May 14, 1948 when Israel, after 1,900 years of exile, became a nation. In 1948, the Land of Israel wasn't too different from the 'wasteland' Ezekiel saw in his vision. Today the 'wasteland' has become a garden. In Ezekiel's vision G-d made a promise to the Land of Israel: "I will settle people on you as in the past and will make you prosper more before." (Ezekiel 36:11)
A nation of people from dry bones … wasteland springing into gardens … a nation in exile for 1,900 years returning to its homeland and prospering today more than in any time in history … imagine that!


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LEGO The Hobbit Review
Traveller's Tales brings us back to the brick-ridden Middle-earth for another dose of hobbits and orcs in LEGO The Hobbit, but with minimal enhancements since the recently released LEGO: The Movie Game and LEGO: Marvel Super Heroes, I can't help but begin to experience a little LEGO fatigue.
Unlike LEGO Lord of the Rings, LEGO The Hobbit is only based on the first two of the Hobbit films, An Unexpected Journey and The Desolation of Smaug. The third movie, There and Back Again, is absent at this point; however, it has been said that levels based upon its concluding narrative will be released around Christmas. As a result, the game currently exists as an incomplete experience, leaving you with a highly unsatisfying cliffhanger. Nonetheless, what's here though is well done.
Like most LEGO games, LEGO The Hobbit mixes the story of the film with a lot of slapstick humor to make the game "friendlier" to younger audiences. During this journey you'll take control of the hobbit Bilbo and a band of dwarves, as you demolish scores of Lego objects and rebuild them out of the debris, switch characters to solve puzzles, and find tons of hidden secrets along the way. It's standard series fare, however this time through, you can smash up environmental objects to find various objects and LEGO studs, which are used to unlock hidden characters and new features.
You'll run through 16 missions, experiencing moments like fleeing from an irate Smaug in the dwarven city of Erebor, battling the necromancer in Dol Guldur and making a daring river escape inside a set of barrels, but the game's pacing is uneven as some levels can seem short, while still other can drag on far longer than they should. As such, you'll blow through the campaign quickly if you stick to it and don't worry about doing any of the side missions or going after any of the series' familiar collectibles.
The combat is very much in tune with the latest Lego renditions and features simplified button mapping that keeps things fun and light. Albeit clumsy at moments, the fluidity of the combat is satisfyingly executed and never really disturbs the on-screen action.
As previously stated, one of the more distinctive features of the game is the crafting system. In addition to the usual studs, you'll collect various materials to create LEGO objects that can be used in the main story or side-quests. This new feature is neat, since you can watch a huge LEGO object be built in real time, and you can even slow it down to see each individual step. But the downside is that crafting can be tedious. If you don't have the right parts to craft something, you need to go around and smash things until you find them.
Other than a new crafting mechanic and a small handful of new abilities, LEGO The Hobbit is almost identical to previous entries in the series. That's not to say that the game doesn't offer a ton of stuff to do. In addition to the main story mode, there is also an open-world Middle-earth you can explore. There's plenty of side quests here – which usually consist of finding an item within a level for a character, killing hordes of enemies, or completing a small puzzle – as well as characters to unlock and purchase, and then many other secrets to be found, too.
There are also some new rhythm-based challenges, as well as the inclusion of the piece-finding mini-game from the recently released LEGO: The Movie Game.
During your adventure, you'll be switching between over a dozen different characters, each with unique abilities–and all of these are required at certain points in the game to progress. Although it's easy to switch between the many controllable characters using the pop up radial dial, it can be tricky to differentiate between them and know who has the skill you require. After a few hours, you'll get the hang of character swapping, but during some segments with 8+ characters, I still found myself confused as to whom I was switching.
Visually, it looks superb. The locations throughout the story are breathtaking at times, and seeing it on the new consoles really showcases how beautiful these areas are. The voice acting and narration is equally polished, making it instantly accessible to those familiar or new to Tolkien's epic.
Like a yearly sports release, the LEGO series has shown small improvements each year to the formula and LEGO The Hobbit is no different. Traveller's Tales did a great job of presenting the world and characters, but the mechanics and gameplay have seen very little in the way of evolving the franchise.
Editor's Note: LEGO The Hobbit was reviewed using a Xbox One copy of the game.


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Mr Freedman said: "I'd much rather it stayed together. It's hard to see what the gain is that would counter-balance all the risk and uncertainty with having a schism with our main trading partner, a large supplier of our labour, a large supplier of our customers and our suppliers, and soon to be a provider of our currency.
"It seems to be ridiculous. I really don't fancy it."
Mr Freedman also criticised the Scottish Government for watering down the concept of independence.
He said: "Although they talked before about having two questions on the ballot paper, the one that seems to be removed is independence.
"What seems to be there is devo max with a shared currency, shared monarchy, a shared defence and it feels like a lot of bother and a lot of work for no real gain.
"I think it is a huge distraction and a cause of real uncertainty and is hampering investment decisions. The sooner it is done and out of the way the better."
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The Smash star donned this strangely gathered floor-length dress at a recent event in Hong Kong. The deep, maroon silk against her fair complexion is gorgeous, but all that ruching throughout the bodice somehow adds more curves than this mother of three has ever had.
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|Plain flour
|8 Ounce
|1 Pinch
|1⁄2 Teaspoon, grated
|Ground cinnamon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|8 Ounce, cleaned
|4 Ounce, cleaned
|Chopped mixed peel
|3 Ounce
|4 Ounce, quartered
|6 Ounce
|Caster sugar
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|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Egg white/Apricot glaze
Grease and line an 18 cm (7 inch) round cake tin. Shape one-third of the almond paste into a round slightly smaller than the cake tin. Sift together the flour, salt and spices. Mix the currants, sultanas, peel and cherries.
Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy, then beat in the eggs, one at a time. Fold in the flour mixture, adding a little milk, if required, to give a dropping consistency. Fold in the fruit.
Put half the mixture into the prepared tin and place the round of almond paste on top. Cover with the rest of the mixture, spreading it evenly. Bake in a preheated cool oven (150°C/300°F, Gas Mark 2) for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, until the cake is a rich brown and firm to the touch. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
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I've been having major deodorant issues lately. I have no idea why, but I have 7 different deodorants in my cabinet right now. Each of them have been purchased in moments of desperation, followed by sweet, sweet success, followed again by the utter stench (literally) of failure.
Just to give you an idea of the range of products I've been through in the last 6 months or so: Certain Dri, Arid, Secret Platinum, Suave, Crystal Deodorants (2 of them, the solid rock and the roll on), Jason Tea Tree, *real* tea tree oil, and Kiehls deodorant.
I ran to the Kiehls display at Neiman Marcus based on the reviews here, and I have to say, the initial results were fantastic. No sweat, no smell, just perfect armpits. Fast forward (just a little bit) and we're back to utter disaster. Sweaty stinky mess by noon, and I work in an air-conditioned office. I think I've completely ruined my beautiful silk blouse.
This evening I picked up a stick of Mitchum, which in the past has lived up to it's tagline of "So effective you could skip a day".
I think there is something going on with my body though, and I may not be a good test of how well this works for the average person, since at this point in my life, Certain Dri can't even keep me dry.
The packaging is cute, doesn't look like deodorant. You squeeze a bit out and rub the rounded applicator along your armpits, though I found this annoying and used my fingers. It leaves you fingers feeling a little odd after you wash them, but it goes away soon.
I must say that the initial results were really wonderful, and if I can somehow return to those results again I would probably buy this product again. It is a little pricey for me though.
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Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
If I could marry this deoderent I would. I live in South Texas where our summers top out at about 100 and our humidity stays just as high. This deoderent works better then anything I've ever used.
on 5/10/2008 1:30:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Green
I have to say that this is one of the few anti-perspirants that work for me. Under normal days it keeps me almoust dry, but I don't start to smell at all. Works well at the gym, I don't sweat like a pig, and I'm absolutly smell-free:)
The best part is that this doesn't leave a white film under your arms, that you get all over your clothes when putting them on, or dry out my skin like past anti-perspirants have done. Can you wish fore something better. Thanks Kiehls!
on 4/18/2008 1:00:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I get sweaty during my morning commute and just generally, I worry about underarm stains. I was so sick of yellow on my white shirts! I bought this because of the reviews here and I'm liking it. Usually I use Mitchum's gel. Secret Clinical didn't do anything for me and although I think Certain Dri does a good job, it's so hard to remember to put it on at night and since that's when I shower, I have to not shave or do it in the morning (Certain Dri stings!!!). Kiehls is nice to apply - you don't have to use your fingers, there's no scent, dries fast, no stings after shaving, no white bumps at the end of the day. It keeps me dry in the metro, and pretty dry throughout the day. It did a good job keeping me odor-free. That said, re: dryness it could use a boost, so I think I'll try Certain Dri at night and Kiehls in the morning. Not perfect, but Kiehls is the best I've found.
on 4/1/2008 1:48:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
great product. i've tried many deodorants and nothing works for me quite as well as this one. it's unscented so there is no weird smell when i sweat, but it really minimizes my sweating. pretty expensive for deodorant ($16) but it works so well it's the only deodorant i use now. i recommend this product for people who sweat heavily
on 3/23/2008 12:47:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Olive, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Green
Fortunately, I do not sweat all that much and do not have problems with body odor or wetness...that said, my issue with deodorants has always been the impossible to remove yellowish tinge that most of them leave on my clothes. I have been searching for something that didn't react with my body that way forever, and that didn't have a strong scent (I dislike heavy perfume or powder smells). Last summer I discovered Kiehl's deodorant and decided to give it a try -- and I *love* this stuff. This deodorant does the job and not a yellow mark on my clothes since I started using it. Not the cheapest option out there, but a little bit goes a long way and I am only on my second tube in over six months. My only complaint: this product still contains aluminum, which I would rather do without. Still: I will stick to this deodorant, no question.
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being handed out. Only one player got in to the 25 based on his play at the WinCo Foods Portland Open, and that was Kyle Reifers at 25. Yeah, we thought that might be the case cuz there was a significant drop-off after Greg Owen down here
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36,400 26-75 Finisher 36 Mark Hubbard $192,787 2-25 Finisher 37 Nick Taylor $33,535 26-75 Finisher 38 Kyle Reifers $186,211 2-25 Finisher 39 Greg Chalmers $32,620 PGA Tour 126-150 40 Ryan Armour $183,216 2-25 Finisher
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Bowditch, Kevin Kisner, Mark Anderson 1:35 p.m. – Brendon Todd, Russell Knox, Tommy Biershenk 1:45 p.m. – Kyle Reifers , Edward Loar, Jordan Mitchell Tags: Related Articles By | Nov 5, 2013 5:28 PM ET See who our experts think will
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so much that he gave him a late invitation to compete in today's event. Hossler will tee off at 8:52AM ET with Kyle Reifers and Billy Hurley III. American Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III will get to observe two likely players for his squad
Expert picks: FedEx St. Jude Classic
Former champion in this event; he was T-8 here just two years ago. Plus he just got into the U.S. Open. Group 3: Kyle Reifers : Reifers has been in the top 25 in his last two starts. He tends to hover around par, which is good for the tough
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his last two worldwide stroke-play starts at The Players and the . 9. : He might not be making a lot of money, but Kyle Reifers is making money. He's missed three cuts all season and has been in the top 25 in his last two starts. 10. : Absolutely
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Sabbatini, D.A. Points 8:48 a.m. - Charlie Wi, Ken Duke, David Mathis 8:59 a.m. - Seung-yul Noh, Kyle Reifers , Kelly Kraft 12:10 p.m. - Troy Matteson, Kevin Stadler, David Hearn 12:21 p.m. - Brandt Jobe, Cameron
19th Hole: Stewart Cink's WD from the Crowne Plaza.
exactly the right thing to do is go out and honor the kid, play in the Pro Am, do the right thing. The alternate knew, Kyle Reifers knew that he was gonna get in. Well, this was basically-- it was set up from the beginning that this was gonna beplay in the Pro Am, do the right thing. The alternate knew, Kyle Reifers knew that he was gonna get in. Well, this was basically-- it was set up from the beginning that this was gonna
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prepare for his son's big day. Officials were notified of Cink's plans and this week's first alternate, Kyle Reifers , was advised to be ready to play on Thursday. Tags: , Related Articles By | May 27, 2013 6:00 PM ET Boo Weekley
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Gangluff, Ted Potter Jr., Richard H. Lee 2:15 p.m. - Brendon Todd, Will Claxton, Troy Kelly 2:25 p.m. - Kyle Reifers , Tommy Biershenk, Rick Lewallen Tenth tee 7:00 a.m. - David Duval, David Mathis, Tommy Gainey 7:10 a.m
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I tried this cheap hack and it worked. I bought the furniture sliders and built up a few layers until there was enough tension against the faceshield. Now it does stay open in the first and second positions even at highway speeds. Here is a picture of the felt pads with the faceshield removed.
Rich -- Thanks so much for posting this! I popped off the visor and figured a 3/4 or 1" diameter felt pad would work. Ran down to my local Ace Hardware and picked up a 12 pack for three bucks. I put two on each side, one on top of the other, to build it up as you described. I was worried that remounting the visor would be difficult, but it reinstalled just fine.
My visor stays where I put it up to about 55mph now, and I couldn't be happier!
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At the remodelled, rotated, commercially enhanced ground now known as Emirates Old Trafford, the perfect scene has already been scripted. "Jimmy Anderson could take the last wicket of the game, run off with a stump in his hand and England have won the series 3-0, it's all set up for it."
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When traveling into Mexcico, be sure to bring Pesos. Dollars work, but you WILL pay more with dollars than with Pesos in many cases. You only THINK you're getting a deal.... mwwwaaa-haaa-haaa-haaa.
We got off to a slow start. Getting through Customs is... slow.
We needed Visas since we were going to be going into Baja California Del Sur (BCS). You cross the border and stop at "immigracion" You get your paperwork, walk down the block and across the street to the bank to pay the fees, then walk back and get your visa issued and stamped.
Don't forget to do this! They were pretty lenient about whether we had our paperwork going down, but ultra-strict about coming back...
By now it's pretty late in the day, so it's through Mexicali (who farted?) and into the open areas leading to San Felipe. I always stay at Pete's Camp when I go down there for the races, but this time we were just passing through. This part is boring, so no pics.
The flats, as usual, were pretty cool.
DRRAGS had the excellent idea of trying to ride on them. I've always gone down with a truck and even with winches (plural) and 36" mud tires and a highlift, I've always wondered about getting stuck. But it's a bike, right? WTF!!
Under the top crust, it became mud, and, given enough throttle, that mud would make you slowly stop making as much forward progress as you wanted.
I went waaaaaay out there. And found the zoom was broken on my POS Kodak.
After I got home, I found out the date stamp was set, so PROFUSE apologies in advance. Some pics showiung up lkater would make excellent desktops except for that STUPID, STUPID fact. Oh well, guess I'll have to go back to take more!!!
The pic everyone missed was my Husky sinking over the front axle as I went over the embankment and hit the curved part where the roadway slope met the ground. Fortunately, WOT and all that weight in the back made for a non over-the-bars event!
San Felipe has changed dramatically in the past 12 years.
There's a Pemex after the Rockodile (see pics above), well stocked with booze. Clearly becoming an American's town. Fortunately, that Pemex meant SheepShagger was able to get gas on his own after tipping his 525 to the side to get all the fuel to the petcock side. Hmmm, maybe two petcocks on a tank (my stock Husky config) isn't as dumb as I thought... (but 4 (IMS tank)?)
Like many Mexican beach towns, San Felipe has its statues:
Here're the bikes parked. Wow, how clean they look!! Not a scratched or dented wheel on the lot!
Notice the JC Whitney topcase on my TE610 ($44!)? Get used to it, it made the whole trip in once piece. And as much time as that bike spent in the air, I'm shocked and amazed.
The extra straps I brought were unnecessary. They're in the topcase, btw.
This is at the campsite in Puertocitas. I was going to bring MREs, but passed (learned that from DRRAGS on a past trip). Fortunately, there's a store in town with a good selection (one of the best of the small towns on the trip) and I got bananas, corned beef, a can of peaches, and beer. Using a helmet net on the topcase to retain them on the way to camp was a bad idea since the pavement ends at Puertocitas. Some beer got
LOST. Bananas got squashed. And I lost the can of peaches I bought.
SheepShagger brought buns and sliced cheese and had cheese sandwiches while the rest of us had Cliff Bars (Thanks JWASHBURN!) and tuna sandwiches.
This is it for pics for from Puertocitas from me. I was still PO'd about my stupid KODAK. The white glow is my brand new ADV sticker.
Stupid Kodak.
The moonrise was FANTASTIC that night (pics DRRAGS?).
I learned a lot that evening. Fortunately, nothing about love.
JWASHBURN taught us about the fact that in the Sea of Cortez, the water can have a phosphorences when agitated. Pics were not good of that event, but it is cool. The rock throwing only lasted about 10 minutes, then we got bored again and decided to sack out.
DRRAGS explained why stars twinkled.
Later we all watched the UFO, though I was the only one seeing it move. I blame the corned beef...
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1)Sounds like the NHL has offered ~
$211 million for 'make whole', which they are characterizing as "paying it all, with interest, by year 3". Based on my earlier (back of the envelope, very rough) calculations, that is more like half of the overall loss to existing contracts, but, whatever, half sounds fair to me...
2)Betttman wants 50/50 immediately, with its attendant impact on the cap, plus all the other restrictions on player contracts (UFA age, length, etc). That would be a big win for the owners, esp those of small market market teams. Fehr should have been actively negotiating on this latter front a long time ago instead of playing coy. It would have meant more to the players, long term.
3)Russo seems to think the players still want ALL their salary even with the inevitably shortened season. That is just plain dumb and the owners will never stand for it, because most can't afford to give away $ they have not made.
4)Although it is looking as if the Owners are making concessions, it seems to me they are still holding firm to their fundamental demands. The players are in a box, because, aside from the upper echelon, who will benefit from make whole, the rest have little upside to not settling (no that this is much different from last week or the week before).
5)Almost forgot to add, now Fehr is being accused of deliberately withholding information from the players. I doubt that is true. Twisting and misrepresenting complex issues to their naive little minds, to their detriment, to further his grandiose ends....maybe.
Meanwhile, the lockout clock is still ticking. $309 million lost, and counting...
Actually it is almost 100% of it. 57-50 is a 12.28% decrease and 12.28% of 1.8 billion (roughly last years player share) is $221.040 million. So they have offered roughly 95% of the players salaries based on last years share of HRR.
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Sammy Sosa has joined Pinterest (and Twitter, as well). Looking at some of the pictures that he has pinned gives you a bizarre idea into what the former Cubs legend has been up to since retiring. Here's Sammy Sosa in a Mr Rogers-esque sweater. Here's Sammy Sosa, businessman, in a suit that looks like it was plucked straight out of the 1980s. Here's Sammy Sosa in the same suit (with a different tie), showing off a picture of him with President Obama. Here's Sammy Sosa showing off his Outlook inbox in that same hideous suit, with a portrait of him in the background. Of course, the largest image of Sosa in the painting pictures him as a member of the Rangers, where he started his career in 1989 and ended his career in 2007. Sammy Sosa: only on 12.5% Hall of Fame ballot, but in 100% of our consicousness thanks to his Pinterest. Thanks, Sammy! [follow]
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SEE MORE PHOTOS OF THIS VETTE AND 100+ OTHERS FOR SALE AT WWW.BUYAVETTE.NET! Code correct Silver exterior code correct Black leather interior. Numbers matching... More
CALL US FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE CAR! WE DO A 150+ POINT CHECK ON EACH VEHICLE AND ARE HAPPY TO SHARE... More
WORLDWIDE VINTAGE AUTOS CALL OUR SALES TEAM: 720-457-9145 MONDAY-FRIDAY: 10AM-5PM SATURDAY: 10AM-4PM AS ONE OF THE LARGEST... More
Gateway Classic Cars is proud to offer a fantastic example of a 1975 Chevrolet Corvette. Chevrolet redesigned the Corvette for the 1968 model... More
#S MATCH VETTE ROADSTER. VERY SHARP COLOR COMBINATION OF SILVER INSIDE & OUT. COLOR COMBINATION OF SILVER INSIDE & OUT. HAS NEW BLACK GERMAN... More
1975 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray65800 milesT Top carL82New and updated barsAuto transmissionV8Vehicle is located in Wilmington MA.Qualified buyers may be eligible for Financing Shipping and... More
1975 Chevrolet Nova SSPower steering Power brakes 383 stroker Edelbrock Aluminum high rise with 780 Holley Roller rockers Solid lifters HEI Line lock Turbo... More
Up for sale in our Tampa showroom is a very nice 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic convertible. The Chevrolet Caprice is a full-sized automobile... More
1975 Chevrolet Cosworth Vega VIN 1V77E5U196379 The Cosworth Twin Cam Vega was a limited edition model of the Chevrolet Vega hatchback offered for sale... More
Up for sale in our Houston showroom is a 1975 Chevrolet Corvette. The C3 Corvette was produced from 1968 until 1982 when Chevrolet decided... More
1975 Chevy C-10 HOT ROD (California smog exempt) Northwest Classic Auto Mall advertises this vehicle for the owner. If you are interested in this vehicle or... More
Great C3 Corvette Convertible with rare 4 spd. Seldom seen Steel Blue Exterior with Silver Leather Interior Matching #'s Clean Frame and suspension. Original,... More
This 1975 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Custom Coupe features a 327 V-8 8cyl Gasoline engine. It is equipped with a 3 Speed Automatic transmission. The... More
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1975 CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE . . . .CLASSIC WHITE PAINT. . . . STRAIGHT BODY WITH NO STRESS CRACKS. . . . NEWER . WHITE... More