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Ah, Mondays. Thank you, ABC for scheduling Castle on Monday nights so I have good reason to look forward to the end of the weekend and start of the new week!
We get right to it this week, when two hotel maids begin their rounds by stumbling over a dead body in Room 147. Boy, that's going to set the schedule off. Happily, we shift straight to morning bed banter as Castle wakes up to the smell of coffee. Only Beckett is asleep beside him, so not really any banter, and who's brewin' coffee in the kitchen? Turns out it's Alexis, who crashed there the night before when she couldn't catch a train back to her place. A place that Papa Castle is trying to get her to move out of, and back home again, now that she (and, mercifully, we) are Pi-less. She turns him down then takes off for an early class as Beckett informs him they have an early murder. Ah, Mondays.
Castle is still puzzling out why Alexis doesn't want to move back home, and from the look on Beckett's face, we're pretty sure she's worried the reason might be her. But dead men don't wait, and Espo pulls us into the murder scene.
According to Laney (yay!) Dead Hotel Guest Guy took a single bullet to the chest sometime the previous evening, between 10 and midnight. The 40% occupancy rate explains why no one might have heard the gunshot.
DHG checked in alone, no sign of forced entry. He grabbed a bottle of water from the mini fridge, turned and took one to the chest. But who? And why? Turns out DHG lives close by and his phone doesn't turn up any reason why he'd have checked into a hotel. (Well, I can think of a few, but hey, let's let them figure it out.)
Cut to the hotel employee who checked our DHG, in and she said there was nothing irregular about it, except that he specifically asked for the room he was in. All the rooms in the hotel are the same, throughout the chain, so there's nothing special about the room he requested and records show he'd never been a guest at any of their hotels. Hotel employee didn't think it was odd that he had no bags, assuming good-looking guy checking in for one night is there for ... well, exactly the reason I was already thinking. No one was with him at the time, but he was texting when he checked in, so she assumed his date would arrive momentarily. Only there was nothing on his phone. A look at the tapes show him texting on a flip phone, whereas the phone they found by the body was a smartphone.
Back at the precinct, Espo learns that our DHG had only one phone in his name, so oooh, secret phone! Apparently retrieved by the killer after the murder. No next of kin has been found, and there were no cameras in the hallway to his room, so no help there. Ryan finds out the guy had his own website. Seems he was a struggling actor currently appearing in an off-off-so-far-off-Broadway-it's-almost-in-Jersey play. It occurs to me as I scrape for humor here that we're registering very low to almost non-existent banter thus far this episode. No cute Castle quips, no outlandish theories ... the murder seems fairly pedestrian at this point. I'm feeling a little let down. But it's early times yet.
Castle and Beckett arrive at the playhouse during rehearsals and end up being the bearers of the bad DHG news to his fellow castmate and significant other. She reveals that he'd been working a series of temp jobs in addition to the play, but hadn't worked as much lately. She has no idea why he'd be at the hotel. He wasn't involved with anyone else or mixed up in anything. Then studly cast member guy recalls "that thing."
Turns out "that thing" involved a crazy woman walking up to DHG on the street and threatening him, rattling him quite badly. He claimed he didn't know her and refused to talk about it. Espo finds the barista at the café on the street where the confrontation took place. Turns out Crazy Threatening Woman was a café local with a member card. And cue interrogation room with said Crazy Woman awaiting Beckett's questioning. Only the first thing she does is admit that she not only knows our DHG ... but she killed him.
Well. That's going to make for a short episode.
Castle agrees that so far this has been a boring case, and I stop yawning long enough to agree with him, but before Beckett can say, "Not every case is shrouded in mystery," in walks Espo with a ruh-roh. Turns out Crazy Confessing Woman was at a restaurant with her AA sponsor until the wee hours, so couldn't have been the killer. Well, thank goodness for that! Not because we care about her. In fact, we haven't been made to care about anyone so far. Still, Castle perks up, even if we don't. Yet.
Cue music! Plunging pen! Hopefully a better-paced story after the break!
Hey, what can I say? The past few most excellent episodes spoiled me. They have only themselves to blame for setting the bar so high.
Laney confirms the time of death is correct, and there are enough eye witnesses to Crazy Innocent Confessor's whereabouts to make it certain she couldn't be the killer. Rather than tell her that, Beckett decides to go over her written statement with her instead. They ask her to just tell them what happened and ... she recounts the murder exactly, down to the last detail. Only ... how is that possible? They ask her how she knows the DHG, only she doesn't remember. They ask her why she killed him, and she says he was responsible for her drinking, only when they ask why, she doesn't know. (Finally! Now we're on to something interesting!) She claims to have been confused a lot recently, only when Castle asks her if it's because of the drinking, she says she's been sober for four years. She claims her last two weeks had been blurry, and when they ask if she'd been with her sponsor the previous evening, she seems surprised, but then realizes that it was the night before. Only ... how could she have been there and at the hotel?
They ask if she remembers the street incident, and she does, claiming DHG was talking to a bald guy and she had to warn him he was in danger. Only not from the bald guy, from her. The moment she saw him, she had a feeling she might hurt him. Castle looks both gobsmacked and happily intrigued.
So ... I'm thinking she's been drugged, or if we want to get all Castle-theory about it, hypnotized. We don't know what Castle thinks as we shift to the precinct room and Ryan telling Beckett that Crazy Confessor doesn't show up on any tapes anywhere at the hotel and no one working there saw her on the premises. Also, no forensic evidence in the room to prove she was there. Ryan theorizes that she's covering for the killer and knows the details because the killer told them to her. Only her alibi would obviously make faking it a sham, so ... why confess? All eyes turn to Castle, awaiting his crazy lady theory. Only he doesn't have one. He's theory-less. Blink.
Back to Espo, who says a look at her phone reveals zero contact between Crazy and DHG and no other connections have surfaced either. Beckett sends them to her apartment to look for clues. Meanwhile, enter the psychologist Beckett brings in to hopefully figure out what put the crazy in our Crazy Confessor. Only, zip, we're back at her apartment and no other clues, except her date book, which has had the past two weeks' worth of pages torn out. Her computer calendar also shows the same two weeks wiped clean. So, clearly she's being manipulated by someone, somehow, but who? And why?
Back at the precinct, the doctor is in with Crazy while Castle and Beckett confab. Beckett takes the moment to ask Castle if he has a theory on why Alexis doesn't want to move back in, but he says she won't talk about it, and we know from Beckett's expression that she definitely is worried it's her, but before she can say anything, the good doc comes out and says that though Crazy Confessor is somewhat disoriented, she appears to be telling the truth and is otherwise quite competent. He says he can't say if she killed DHG, only that she believes she did. Her disorientation could be due to an adverse reaction to drugs, or possibly even a traumatic event that triggered a kind of retroactive amnesia. Traumatic like...killing someone? Doc says he's going to do a full workup and takes off.
Castle asks Beckett what her opinion is, and she says that while she can't explain how the suspect could be in two places, at the moment, CC remains their best suspect. Uh ... until a detective escorts in this big dude who would also like to confess to the same murder.
The plot thickens! And it's a good-n-twisty one, to be sure, but I am missing our normal levels of jocularity between our two lovebirds and their team of trusty detectives. Just me?
New Crazy Confessor tells the same story as the old Crazy Confessor. He knows all the little details, too. Now, the room number can be explained away by the fact that the DHG specifically wanted that room, so that number could have significance. But the rest, the single gunshot, the water bottle, the mini fridge and tumbled chair ... explain how they both know about that! Could they both have been there? CC No. 2 also has all the rest of the symptoms, including the hazy two weeks, the inability to figure out why he was mad enough to kill the guy. And? He also has an airtight alibi.
The other twist? Neither Crazy Confessor claims to know the other and both claim the other is lying, that they did it. Castle loves this. I'm warming up to it.
Castle is finally theorizing, only Beckett has no time for his alternate-universe plots, and he's all offended she'd think so little of his theorizing abilities, and she's all remorseful for insulting him ... until he gives her, "No, it's because they're all psychically linked! With each other and the killer!" I'm thinking she's about to give him the dead eye, only instead she kind of giggles and says, "You got all excited there for a moment. It's cute." He agrees, I smile, and though it's way later into the hour than it should be, our show is finally getting on track. That track deepens when yet another detective escorts in yet another Crazy Confessor. Beckett isn't as excited about this as I am. For Castle's part, he deadpans, "All right. This is now officially outstanding."
Plot yes. Byplay-n-banter ... eh ... that needs a little more tweaking.
Ryan takes us to the techie office where they've finally found a link between the first two CCs — seems a red van was seen parked outside their places of residence approximately two weeks prior, which lines up with their disorientation windows. One of the neighbors took a photo of the van, and the driver? Yeah, that would be the bald guy who was talking to DHG when Crazy Confessor No. 1 ran up and yelled at him. So ... who is this guy?
Now it's time to connect CC No. 3 to Bald Guy. Beckett brushes off his confession, yadda yadda, much to the consternation of the confessor, but when asked about Bald Guy, he doesn't recall him. He does, however, recall the red van Bald Guy is driving. Castle notes CC No. 3 has the same doodle on his hand that CC No. 1 doodled in the margin of her confessional statement. CC No. 3 says he doesn't know what it means, just that the symbol has been floating around in his head lately.
They track the van to CC No. 3's location using traffic cams and find out Bald Guy is Miles Madsen, but hasn't been at his apartment in weeks and they haven't been able to track him down. Beckett instructs them to keep looking and heads out for an unspecified appointment. I'm guessing with Alexis, maybe? Yup!
They have a girl-to-girl heart-to-heart, and Alexis assures her it's nothing to do with her. She says that she realizes her father (and the entire viewing public) was right, that she shouldn't have signed a lease and moved in with Pi, so she doesn't want him paying to get her out of her lease. She's doing the tutoring on the side and whatever else she needs to do to make ends meet until her lease is up. Beckett tells Alexis she's running herself into the ground more to punish herself than to lighten the load on her father, something Beckett knows from personal experience, and urges Alexis to rethink her choice. She gets a call to return to the precinct pronto, so leaves Alexis to her thoughts.
Back at the cop shop, Ryan and Espo have traced Bald Guy to an organization that promises "enlightenment, sanctuary, and pathways to the ultimate self." So, yeah. A cult. Complete with creepy cult leader dude that Beckett and Castle watch via a YouTube-like video. He claims to hold a doctorate in trans-personal psychology from a university no one has ever heard of. The symbol of the organization is the same one the three CCs have been doodling. All three claim they aren't members of the cult, but then, they all claimed to have killed the DHG, even though there is proof they couldn't have been there when it happened.
Off we go to cult headquarters, located on prime Midtown real estate. The receptionist knows their names before they give them and since they didn't make an appointment, that's spooky. They are led into a room where Creepy Cult Leader supposedly is, only it's empty. But before they can call her back, one wall illuminates in the biggest FaceTime screen ever. Seems he's in Stockholm, so can't be there in person. He claims he doesn't know the dead guy, but that Bald Guy worked for him, though not for several years. He refuses to discuss what Bald Guy did for him since he wasn't in his employ at the time of the murders, also says the three CCs aren't members, and refuses to let them see his files on Bald Guy or his institution's members, without a warrant. He clicks off, leaving Beckett gaping at the rudeness, and our crime-fighting duo is asked to leave.
Back at the precinct, Beckett is turned down on the warrant, but is convinced that Creepy Cult Leader not only knows where Bald Guy is, but that BG still works for him. Castle opines that the institute claims they can help people overcome issues like smoking, drinking, etc., and that all three of the CCs have had personal issues, from alcoholism to anger management, and that perhaps they did seek out the institute's help. Beckett replies that the three claim they weren't members, but Castle wonders if they weren't brainwashed somehow to forget they once were. If the Bald Guy was the one cleaning their date books and calendars, maybe Creepy Cult Leader was also cleaning out their memory banks. The psychologist handily shows up at that moment to confirm that the tests he ran on CC No. 1 do show that she had a drug in her system that is a derivative of one used for blood pressure but that in high doses can alter memories or remove them. Tests run on the other two CCs show they had the same drug in their systems as well. So ... they were brainwashed! In the truest sense of having memories washed right out.
Castle wonders if the CCs couldn't also be made to think they committed the murder, that memories could be planted in their minds, too, not just removed, even if those memories didn't really happen. The psychologist concurs that with that particular drug, something like that could easily have been part of it. As to how all three CCs knew the exact same minute murder details, Castle wonders if the murderer didn't film the killing then show it to the three CCs while they were under the influence of the drug, making them think they did it, then erasing their memories of having been at the institute. And with three people confessing the same murder, the police wouldn't be able to charge any of them and make it stick. Beckett realizes that if this is truly how it happened, then the three CCs are actually witnesses to the murder and would know who the murderer was. Was it Bald Guy? Creepy Cult Leader?
But they each can only remember that they did it themselves. Beckett starts to walk them through the murder as they recall it, only they start to differ on tiny details, like how many water bottles there were. Beckett is discouraged, but Castle has an idea and they go back to the murder scene. Beckett wants to know why they are there and Castle is all, "Wait until I know for sure I'm right. And I am. You're engaged to a genius." And she's all, "A genius who annoys me." And he's role playing the murder, "I'll be DHG and you be the three people who claim to have shot me." She's all, "I'm starting to feel the urge." And I'm all, "Where was this banter all episode long, huh?" Just asking.
Anyway, I spark to the memory of the maids and hotel worker talking about how all the rooms are exactly the same just as Castle opens the mini-fridge door to reveal ... nothing, because the door opens on the opposite side of the fridge and blocks the killer's view of whatever might be inside. Which means ... the murder the three CCs claim they saw/did didn't occur in that particular room number 147 in that particular hotel.
Back at the precinct, Castle and Beckett inform the chief that they know that whatever the CCs were programmed to think they saw, didn't happen at that specific hotel. So Ryan checked out the other hotels in the chain and found one that the institute had rented an entire floor of, including the same room number as the one the DHG was found in. In that room, everything was exactly identical, except the mini-fridge door opened on the opposite side. SO that was where they were brainwashed to think they murdered DHG, though the real murder took place at a different hotel.
Still ... so even if Bald Guy and Creepy Cult Leader are the murdering cohorts ... why? Why did DHG need to die? Had he figured out what the cult — er, institute was really doing? And, if so ... what were they really doing that warranted killing a guy over? In scanning the film from the hotel where the institute rented a whole floor of rooms, Ryan finds footage of Creepy Cult Leader talking to DHG! So he lied, he did know our dead guy. That's enough for the warrant to seize the institute's files, much to the chagrin of the receptionist there. The chagrin might have to do with the fact that Creepy Cult Leader isn't in Stockholm as he claimed. In fact, the signal from the video chat was routed through Stockholm, but could be traced back to ... the very building they're standing in. Imagine that.
Espo kicks down the door to where the signal is originating from to find Creepy Cult Leader busily shredding papers. He finally confesses that he hired DHG to make the training film that each of the three CCs claim was actually a real killing, with them as the killer, but in fact it was a training film they merely watched in order to help them transfer their problems and anger onto the DHG and by shooting him, they "kill" their problems and cure themselves. Oookay. But while our cult leader confesses to hiring DHG and shredding documents that prove the three CCs were indeed members, he denies killing the DHG. In fact, he said that the film was working so well, that the members watching the film began to believe they really had killed the DHG and not just their issues, so the program was halted.
The folks who were adversely affected by the training film threatened to sue the institute, which had barely survived a round of lawsuits after some sweat lodge murders that are briefly alluded to, so they had to have those memories scrubbed. Creepy Cult Leader brought the affected members back one last time with the promise of fixing the problem, only he went so far as to remove their memory of ever being part of the institute. Bald Guy was sent to talk with the DHG, but only to remind him he was under a confidentiality clause, not to kill him. And ... why kill him and risk discovery when they were trying to erase the problem by removing the memories at the core? Creepy Cult Leader thinks it had to be one of the other test subjects, or someone on the film crew who did it.
Beckett gets a list of all the people who knew about the film then we cut to the rehearsal stage for the play DHG was doing. Turns out that the director of the play also worked for the firm that edited the training film. She claims not to know anything about it, except Beckett knows the director just bought the same phone DHG was seen using at the hotel the night of the murder, and that phone records show texts between them promising him 5K to reprise his role in a repeat of the training film. Only instead of being there to film again, she stages it to kill him in the exact same way as the training film. Turns out that one of the sweat lodge deaths briefly alluded to happened to be the director's brother. She found out about the training film, hired DHG in an attempt to bring down the institute that killed her brother.
OK ... show of hands. Who is less than thrilled with this conclusion? It's a whole lot of convoluted steps crammed in at the last minute to explain a murder that otherwise wasn't really directly connected to the dead guy, with huge leaps of logic and lots of broad conclusion drawing that all feels really kind of removed from the actual crime since we knew next to nothing about the previous lawsuit, which seems to bear no resemblance at all to the problems with the training film. In fact, other than the fact they happened at a sweat lodge, we don't know anything about them. I mean ... it was a complex crime, a good, twisty plot concept, but the ending wasn't satisfying. Just me? Was it the lack of banter and wit? Would I have cared less about gaping plot holes if I'd been in my happy Castle-Beckett Banter Place? Yeah. Probably. So sue me. Just, you know, without that training film and rented rooms and brainwashing and murdering a random actor part.
Wrapping it up details: Bald guy is found crossing the border and is being brought back to face charges, the institute is shut down pending an FBI investigation, we're not really sure why all three CCs confessed to the murder on the same day but it's attributed so some trigger that might have — really, let's just let that all go because the plot hole, it's getting really deep. The three CC's are free to go and head off together to reminisce about murder confession good times, aaaaand, we cut to Castle's apartment and some winding-down wine-sipping time. We get a little listless banter, but Castle just looks tired to me, then there's a knock on the door. Alexis is standing there ... and asks if she can come home. Castle melts, is beyond happy to have his only kid back under his wing again, figuratively and literally, and as they hug, Alexis mouths "thanks" to Beckett. It's nice to see Alexis and Beckett having a bonding moment this ep as we rarely see them interact at all, leaving the viewer to wonder just what is up with the two of them. So ... we do get one nice piece to the relationship puzzle. And ... roll credits.
If you're hoping for a return to the lighthearted couple we love next week, um ... yeah. You might want to hold off on that. Previews promise this one will be more of a white-knuckler. Hopefully it will make up with edge-of-your-seatness where it might lack in fun couple byplay.
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For fans who have been waiting since 2008 for a new Batman movie, Friday (or Thursday at midnight) will be superhero Nirvana. That's when The Dark Knight Rises finally hits theaters.
Early reviews are starting to roll in and so far, the critics love the new movie. The Dark Knight Rises has a 96 out of 100 rating on Rotten Tomatoes which aggregates reviews from around the country. That score is based on only 23 reviews but they come from some respected critics.
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone calls it "the King Daddy of summer movie epics." Todd McCarthy at The Hollywood Reporter says the film "raises Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy to the peak of big-screen comic book adaptations." And Drew McWeeny at HitFix says "this is a triumph, a victory for all involved, and one of the year's most impressive efforts so far in any genre, on any subject."
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Reviews usually don't matter that much when it comes to blockbuster films. Just look at the Transformer series. Each of the three films earned horrible reviews but the series has grossed $2.7 billion at the global box office. In this case of The Dark Knight Rises the reviews will help.
The film is going to have to live up to The Dark Knight which was one of the best superhero movies of all time. The fact that the film didn't earn a Best Picture nomination was instrumental in the Academy's decision to change the rules to allow ten films in the top category. (Those rules have since been changed again to let five to ten movies in.)
Heath Ledger, who played that film's villain, The Joker, won an Oscar for Best Supporting actor posthumously.
Because of the prestige of the last film, movie-goers will be closely watching reviews this time around to see if the film can live up to its predecessor. So far it looks like it can.
So will it live up to The Dark Knight at the box office?
The Dark Knight earned $1 billion at the global box office in 2008. Since then nine other movies have earned over $1 billion. The new movie could meet that threshold despite the fact that it's not in 3-D which would increase box office take because of higher ticket prices.
But the movie is going to have a tough time matching the revenue of this summer's biggest film, The Avengers. That movie earned $200 million opening weekend making it the biggest opening weekend of all time. The critics are all saying that the latest Batman film is very dark though and that's going to keep some movie-goers away.
I'll have more on box office predictions for the film later in the week.
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The Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System, known as Auto-GCAS, is a software-based technology that has demonstrated a 98 percent effectiveness rate at eliminating aircraft crashes into the ground. The system is ready for operational integration on several types of fighters: F-16 Fighting Flacons, F-22 Raptors and F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighters, officials said.
"We in Air Combat Command are excited about the promise of Auto-GCAS," said Air Force Maj. Gen. Jack Catton, director of requirements for Air Combat Command, at Langley Air Force Base, Va. "This isn't just a safety issue for us, it's a warfighting issue. This technology will allow us to save both lives and combat resources. It is clearly the right thing to do."
Auto-GCAS evaluates a variety of factors including aircraft weight, and performance, and uses aircraft navigation positional information, the Global Positioning System, and digital terrain elevation data to constantly calculate an aircraft's 3-D position relative to the earth, the amount of time available before impact, and the maneuver required to prevent a collision with the ground.
The program differs from current crash-avoidance systems in that it doesn't create nuisance warnings and activates only at the last instant to take control and recover the aircraft when it determines collision is imminent. The determination is made when the aircraft is within 1.5 seconds of the "point of no return" and no action has been taken by the pilot.
"Manual or warning-only systems don't prevent many of our (controlled flight into terrain) mishaps. That's because situations like pilot spatial disorientation, target fixation, loss of situation awareness, or G-induced loss of consciousness may render a pilot unable to process the warning and/or perform the necessary maneuvers to prevent a collision with the ground," said Col. "Tex" Wilkins, senior Air Force readiness analyst with the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. "Current programs rely on a pilot's ability to manually respond to its warnings. Auto-GCAS, however, is specifically designed to prevent a collision in situations where a pilot cannot."
Experts at the Defense Safety Oversight Council, formed in 2003 to help reduce safety mishaps within the Defense Department, believed the technology was worth pursuing, and the organization teamed with the Air Force Safety Center to find a cost-effective and efficient way to integrate the technology across multiple platforms. The collaborative effort became the Fighter Risk Reduction Program led by the Air Force Research Laboratory, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Backed by about $2.5 million in seed money for 2006-07 from the Defense Safety Oversight Council, the Fighter Risk Reduction Program is operating on schedule, officials said.
"Getting this program to the point it is at today has been years in the making. A lot of time and dedication has gone into this project, and I hope we can keep moving it forward," Wilkins said.
A team of specialists from the Air Force Research Laboratory, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and defense contractor Lockheed Martin realized the need for Auto-GCAS technology in the early 1980s while conducting research on other automated aviation systems.
"Initially, we put the (GCAS) program on aircraft for flight safety during other tests, but discovered it may have a lot more importance than for just the prime things we were asked to look into. We realized we might have a technology that's very useful and that nobody even considered was feasible at that point in time," said Mark Skoog, Auto-GCAS test director and chief engineer at NASA.
Initially, the technology only worked over flat terrain. Eventually, digital terrain was incorporated onto aircraft and later integrated into the Auto-GCAS program giving it all-terrain capability.
After about 2,500 automated recoveries over flat terrain and over 700 automated recoveries using digital terrain, the program was declared "technologically mature" in 2000, officials said.
"The main focus of our testing is to make sure we have a nuisance-free system that isn't going to come on when an aggressive pilot doesn't want it to," Skoog said.
He said tests have also helped provide information to pilots who may be skeptical about the system. "Our primary goal is to make sure people base their opinion (of the system) on good information and data," Skoog said. "I want pilots to realize this isn't someone trying to sell something, it's someone who's honestly trying to give pilots good, solid information to base decisions on."
Defense Department experts estimate that more than 130 fighter aircraft could be lost and their crews killed due to ground collisions over the next 25 years. Wilkins said the Auto G-CAS program could virtually eliminate "controlled flight into terrain" as a mishap category.
"That preserves a lot of combat capability and will obviously make a huge difference in the department," Wilkins said. "We're pleased the technology to curb this trend and save pilot lives is ready to go."
(Kim Sears works for the New Media branch of American Forces Information Service.)


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Chris Buckley, one of the more prominent conservatives (former conservatives?) to support Barack Obama discovers the president is ringing up one heck of a tab with a $3.6 trillion budget:
"$3.6 trillion budget" can't be right. The entire national debt is—what—about $11 trillion? He can't actually be proposing to spend nearly one-third of that in one year, surely. Let me check. Hmm. He did. The Wall Street Journal notes that federal outlays in fiscal 2009 will rise to almost 30 percent of the gross national product. In language that even an innumerate English major such as myself can understand: The US government is now spending annually about one-third of what the entire US economy produces. As George Will would say, "Well."
But one wonders whether those fiscal conservatives who, along with certain pro-life voters, convinced themselves that Obama really supported their views are now having second thoughts. Really, unless you are going to suspend all critical reasoning skills you have to suspect that Obama and his team are playing fast and loose with the budget. Or as Buckley offers:
Mr. Obama is proposing among everything else $1 trillion in new entitlements, and entitlement programs never go away, or in the oddly poetic bureaucratic jargon, "sunset." He is proposing $1.4 trillion in new taxes, an appetite for which was largely whetted by the shameful excesses of American CEO corporate culture. And finally, he has proposed $5 trillion in new debt, one-half the total accumulated national debt in all US history. All in one fell swoop.
He tells us that all this is going to work because the economy is going to be growing by 3.2 percent a year from now. Do you believe that? Would you take out a loan based on that? And in the three years following, he predicts that our economy will grow by 4 percent a year.
Were these conservatives duped — and do they now regret their role in launching the greatest spending spree ever? Most aren't saying, but there must, at least for the self-aware, be some sense that they didn't get what they thought they would. We won't know for a while whether these voters would rather pull back on the reins. But by 2010 the horse will be long gone — and with it any pretext of fiscal sobriety.


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Klong Klone Mangrove Forest
The return to life of neglected villages.
Klong Kone mangrove forest was once destroyed, harming the plentiful mangrove area, coastal ecosystem and marine animals. As fishing could not serve the local community sufficiently any longer, the youth turned to other occupations.
In 1991, villagers started to reforest the area to restore livelihoods and prosperity; however, many problems occurred during the first three years. There was a lack of knowledge of tree selection, tree-planting skills, and missing collaborative spirit from some villages. Nevertheless, H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn viewed mangrove reforestation as a serious issue and went to Klong Klone five times between 1997 and 2004 to plant mangroves.
Currently, Klong Klone mangrove area is revitalized. There are people living along the coast in numbers, local fishing can serve villagers sufficiently, migrants have come back to earn a living in their hometown and families stay together. There are many self-sufficient occupations for villagers. Some gather to provide occupational classes based on their skills such as fishing, catering, Kra-tang or shell farm huts in the sea, boat trip services, cork trees planting, and Don Hoi Lod sightseeing. Others have an eco-tourism service for both day tourists and overnight accommodation at Kra-tang.
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Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) - Former All-Star pitcher Curt Schilling said chewing smokeless tobacco gave him cancer.
Schilling, appearing on WEEI radio in Boston, said he is in remission after undergoing treatment for squamous cell carcinoma. He revealed his diagnosis in February with a statement through ESPN and spoke publicly about it for the first time on Wednesday.
The 47-year-old six-time All-Star said he chewed tobacco for about 30 years and firmly believes it is the reason he developed cancer.
"I'll go to my grave believing that was why I got what I got," Schilling said during the radio interview. "Absolutely. No question in my mind about that. I do believe without a doubt, unquestionably, that chewing is what gave me cancer.
"I'm not going to sit up here from the pedestal and preach about chewing. ... It was an addictive habit, I can think about so many times in my life when it was so relaxing to just sit back and have a dip and do whatever. And I lost my sense of smell, my taste buds for the most part, I had gum issues, they bled, all this other stuff. None of it was enough to ever make me quit.
"The pain I was in going through this treatment, the second or third day, it was the first thing and the only thing in my life that I've ever had that I wish I could go back and never have dipped. Not once. It was so painful."
Schilling said he lost 75 pounds during his treatment, which included radiation and chemotherapy, and added that his recovery is challenging.
"There are so many things that are damaged during the process," Schilling noted. "I don't have any salivary glands, so I can't taste anything, and I can't smell anything right now. And there's no guarantee they'll come back."
The news about Schilling comes just two months after Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn died after battling cancer of the salivary gland following his use of smokeless tobacco.
Schilling pitched 20 seasons in the majors with five different teams (Baltimore, Houston, Philadelphia, Arizona, Boston) before retiring following the 2007 campaign.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ: – Kosher food, a mainstay of Jewish homes for centuries, will get a fresh look in October when experts in the field of kosher supervision and sales explain how this ancient practice is quickly transforming the global food industry.
Two leading authorities on kosher food will offer their insights on kosher products during a one-day course, Demystifying Kosher: Using Kosher Food Production to Enhance Your Business, on October 24.
Presented by the Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education, this first-of-its-kind course will be taught by Rabbi Yaakov
Horowitz, a senior member of the Orthodox Union and the rabbi of the Manischewitz Company, and Jacob Rusanov, former category manager for the ShopRite/Wakefern cooperative supermarket chain and a former executive in Osem, one of the largest kosher food manufacturers and distributors in Israel.
"A basic understanding of the world of kosher food is rapidly becoming a necessity for mainstream American consumers and students of Food Science alike," said Horowitz, who also has lectured about kosher food programs at George Washington University, the Canadian Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Wal-Mart.
The manufacture, sale and marketing of kosher food have exploded over the last 50 years, now accounting for more than $12 billion in revenue annually. Since 1970 alone, the number of kosher products on supermarket shelves has swelled from 3,000 to 70,000, according to Chemical & Engineering News.
"Mainstream manufacturing and retail food leaders are very focused on their sales of kosher food," Rusanov said.
Beyond religion, food safety perception is the top reason for buying kosher products, according to Mintel, a market research firm that studied the kosher market in 2009. Mintel found that consumers believe that "because of the added inspections, kosher food is safer than non-kosher food."
Key topics to be discussed in the course include the kosher and Jewish marketplace, ingredient management, kosher certification, marketing plans and labeling and packaging.
"At Rutgers, we take pride in developing new courses to meet the ever changing tastes as well as the training needs of the food industry," said Donald Schaffner, extension specialist in food science at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and faculty coordinator of the kosher food course. "We value the practical experience that Rabbi Horowitz and Jacob Rusanov bring to the classroom," he added.
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The whole sequence is also a testament to Parker's still powerful sway within the state party -- he had enough support to reverse his resignation decision. It's also worth keeping in mind for the rest of the gubernatorial campaign that the chair of the state party is someone who Gregg initially wanted to replace with a closer ally, but later supported during a pivotal point in the process that decided whether he would stay on. Politics -- never a dull day.
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Don't get good at just one shot.
When I practice my short game, I try to simulate real golf. You don't get 50 balls on the course to hit one shot, so don't practice that way. Work on adjusting to different situations. My teacher, Pat Goss, calls this variability practice, as opposed to mass repetition.
I do this in one of two ways: Chip or pitch to several different targets, or spread the balls around and hit to one target from a bunch of different spots. Either way, I don't practice the same shot more than two or three times in a row. It's good to have a little repetition, because you're trying to learn the mechanics of hitting the shot, but more than three tries, and you're just grooving it.
This routine isn't only for chipping and pitching. I use it in the practice bunker and on the putting green, too. The reality is, you face a lot of standard tee shots and 5-irons, but around the greens, every shot is unique. When my practice reflects that, I feel like I can get up and down from anywhere.
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I had a cheap malfunctioning headset and a broken cellphone (cracked screen) and I needed a reliable solution to make calls with Skype... so I combined two ready-for-trash items in a good SkypeCell!
Step 1: What you need
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- A brand new well-performing headset
- Some basic tools (small screw drivers, knife, soldering station, etc.)
And you will end up with a so-so quality PC phone...
A) If you are !wealthy:
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- An old and/or broken cellphone (LG in my case)
- A cheap headset (chinese crap bought on eBay in my case)
- Some basic tools (small screw drivers, knife, soldering station, etc.)
And you will end up with a better quality PC phone :)
Step 2: Disassembling the phone and the headset
What you will do depends a lot on the brand and the model of your phone.
For the headset, it's really simple: just cut the two 3.5mm jack from the rest. Keep as much wire as needed. Strip of the insulators off each wire (about 2mm).
Step 3: Find the microphone and the speaker
Second, you need to find the microphone in the phone. It's usually located near where you place your mouth (another coincidence!). Then you will find its 2 connections to the PC board.
Now, you need to examine the phone to locate 1 or 2 places where you can enter the wires in the phone. I used an old tip on my soldering station to melt the case plastic, then I inserted the wires in the phone.
I think it's about using the phone as a mic and speaker if you don't already have those. Perhaps you can use the speaker-phone capabilities to do it hands-free...
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Segue Technologies is an information technology problem solver that puts client business first and technology second. Since 1997, the company has designed, developed and implemented customized technology solutions to help clients save money, improve performance and work efficiently. Segue provides results-driven IT solutions that modernize operations and optimize performance now and in the future. Taking a business-focused approach, Segue partners closely with clients to solve challenges and deliver the appropriate technology for the job.
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Climate Policy Under the Clean Air ActRFF First Wednesday SeminarMarch 3, 2010
While Congress continues working on new climate legislation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to identify a regulatory strategy under the existing Clean Air Act. EPA has finalized an "endangerment finding," after determining that greenhouse gases (GHGs) are a threat to public health and welfare, and will soon issue regulations for vehicle emissions. Regulations on stationary sources, such as power plants and industrial facilities, will not be far behind and President Obama has proposed significant funding for these efforts in his 2011 budget. Meanwhile, legislation has been proposed in Congress that would remove EPA's authority to regulate GHGs and cancel the endangerment finding.What will the policy impact of these moves be? Our panel focused on EPA regulation under its Clean Air Act authority. If EPA does regulate stationary sources, what will that look like? What kinds of sources will be regulated, and how? Will it be possible for regulation under the Clean Air Act to include emissions trading, offsets, and other policies that would make GHG regulation more efficient? However EPA chooses to regulate GHGs, it is likely to face litigation. What issues might such action involve? In short, can EPA build climate policy under its existing authority?
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Ford India sales decline 34% in Jan 2013: EcoSport launch nears
Ford India sold a total of 7,115 cars in India for the month of January 2013. Of these, 6,062 were sold in the domestic market while 1,053 were exported. Compared to 2012 January Ford India sales figures, they have started the year on a negative note.
Ford India says, that these figures were achieved in a market scenario which has been plagued by challenges arising due to hikes in fuel and interest rates. Despite these challenges being faced, Ford India hopes to create a widespread customer base over the next few years by bringing in vehicles from its ONE Ford stable later on. The Pongal and Makarsankranti festivities enabled many customers to buy their Ford vehicles as there were many offers and attractive benefits up for grabs during this period. Ford has a wide network of dealership outlets spread over India that cater to needs of their customers. Currently Ford has 250 outlets in 130 cities and looks to expand its network to 500 by mid decade.
Ford India now looks forward to the launch of new Ecosport with 1.0L EcoBoost engine, the launch of which is scheduled for early 2013. The EcoSport SUV has been in its final stage of test runs and has been already spotted by car enthusiasts across many Indian cities.
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Mr. George Cecil Orren, 87, of 915 Pine Grove Ave., died Monday, July 18, 2011, at his home.
A native of Johnson City, he was the son of the late Robert and Pearl Campbell Orren. Mr. Orren was a dealer representative with Volunteer Oil for 47 years. He was also a member of East Pine Grove Park United Methodist Church.
In addition to his parents; he is preceded in death by his wife, Martha Pauline Orren; three sisters, an infant sister Pauline Orren, Mildred Louise Durham, and Gladys Honeycutt; and six brothers, W. H., Albert "Dud", Robert, Elmer, James, and Vernon F. Orren.
He is survived by his daughter, Guilda Orren; son, George " Tommy" Orren; grandson, David Orren; former daughter-in-law, Patsy Orren, all of Johnson City, sister, Carolyn Orren Tipton of Piney Flats; brother, Robert E. Orren of Washington, Illinois; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends, Wednesday, July 20, 2011, from 11-1 pm, at Morris-Baker Funeral Home.
Services will be held, Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 1:00pm, at Morris-Baker Funeral Home, South Chapel.
Burial will immediately follow in Monte Vista Cemetery.
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The Helping Professions
Surrounded by the stale exterior of her hometown, Emily Piper hoped to find a more inspiring environment for her college years. "Peabody, Massachusetts is not very attractive; it's full of malls and big, ugly houses and big, ugly cars," Piper laughs. Aside from that, Emily was looking for a place that would complement her deeply-rooted love for the performing arts.
"A lot of my love for the natural environment comes from my dad's influence… he's a landscaper. I used to play out in the garden with him when I was really little," she says. "My mom really fostered the musical parts—I was in first grade when I started acting and in pre-school when I started dancing. I was always encouraged to work on being vocal since my mom was a singer."
Soon her passion for the spotlight would take a more definite form. "I remember coming home from my first summer at theatre camp when I was little and being so upset that our show was over. That's when my mom said I caught the bug—the theatre bug."
Additionally, the second-semester junior caught the "Vermont bug" during her younger years. After vacationing in Vermont with her family, she fell in love with its natural beauty. Eventually, Emily would make GMC her home away from home—and for good reason. "I would have floundered in a big city; I wouldn't be able to deal with being a number at my school," she says.
Although the GMC performing arts program is small, Emily saw this as advantageous in its own right. "I knew that having a small program would benefit me in some way," says Emily. Since coming to GMC, Emily has been in numerous plays and musicals—from her debut musical, The Last Five Years, to last year's production of Our Town—all of which have touched her in their own way. "When it comes down to it, I deeply admire my peers. I learn something from everyone I've worked with… as long as I have that level of interpersonal learning with it, that's why I never get sick of it."
Emily has also been an outstanding addition to the GMC choir where she has performed in the Cantorion, conducted her first piece, and visited Wales. She recently shared her experiences in that country in an interview with the BBC.
It wasn't just the opportunity to perform that motivated Emily to choose a liberal arts education. As epitomized by her warm smile and infectious laugh, her ultimate desire is not be in the spotlight, but to be in the company of other people. After completing her degree, Emily hopes to enter the helping professions. "I feel like I wouldn't be happy if went into theatre as my profession; I feel like it wouldn't feed my desire to help people in the way I would like," she says. "To be an actress is to help people in a very different way."
Emily is pursuing her degree in psychology and is interning at Poultney Elementary School. She will also be performing in the upcoming one-act play festival presented by the GMC Theatre Department. Whatever Emily does, she will be doing it in the spirit of her unofficial motto: "You have to feel comfortable in your surroundings and comfortable with the people you're with in order to learn to your greatest capacity."
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Bullring Cottage. Wheelchair-friendly. Overlooks what was once a parade ground for the farm's cattle auctions. Ground Floor: Spacious fully-fitted kitchen with breakfast bar, dining table and chairs, Lounge with double Bed-settee and further sofa, Bathroom with W.C., corner bath and seperate shower. First Floor: Double bedroom, (5' bed), with En-suite Shower room W.C., Twin bedroom with W.C and handbasin..
Lounge: with electric 'wood burner', flat-screen TV with Freeview, DVD / CD Player, Radio, double bed-settee and sofa. Spacious fully-fitted kitchen with Breakfast Bar, dining table and chairs, washing machine, dishwasher, microwave etc. Bathroom/W.C. with corner bath and shower cubicle. First floor: Double bedroom with 5ft bed and en-suite shower room/W.C. Twin-bedded room with en-suite W.C. Wooden floors with electric underfloor heating throughout. Pleasant patio with furniture and BBQ and nearby enclosed paddock with beautiful views - ideal for walking the dog or relaxing with a drink.
We have our own chickens and guests are welcome to visit them to feed them and collect warm eggs for breakfast!
We keep a dozen or so sheep and their lambs - they will come running over if you have some food scraps for them. We also have two micro-pigs!
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) - Today's Road Trip offers the perfect idea to keep little hands busy while they're home spring break.
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What is the most important thing to remember when you go for a tasting session? "Must remember to make my MasterChef face after every bite," said our burrper Farah J Chaudhary. While her comment led to all sorts of funny faces, it also set the tone for a fun evening. Café Pico is one of the first few restaurants to open at Phoenix Market City in Kurla. The décor is largely white with hints of green while the best seat in the house is the one with the high chairs near the door.
Bottles of pickled vegetables and chilli oil are stacked across an entire wall giving it a playful touch of colour. What we didn't like were the white, railway station-like lights killing the warmth that we are accustomed to in a café. Another teething problem was the defunct air-conditioning – apparently due to problems with the mall's central cooling system. They've installed large fans for the time being but and it will be a little while before it's fixed. A little birdie also told us that their chairs aren't very stable and replacements have been ordered.
Before we move on to the food, I must warn you, we were five of us at Café Pico out to taste as many dishes as we could. Yes we're guilty of being gluttons, but hey! cut our XXL appetites some slack. While we wanted to order little portions of almost everything on the menu, sadly much of it wasn't available. Clearly, hosting continuous tasting sessions took its toll and we were among the last to enter at 10pm. Nevertheless, we handed the reins over to the Manager and let him order for us.
For starters, we tried the Chicken Sambussa, Korean Pancakes and vegetarian Empanada. The Chicken Sambussa was just another name for chicken samosa's. The bland filling left us wanting Jeff Caterer's spicy kheema samosas instead. The Vegetarian Empanada shaped like karanjee or gujia was okay at best. The Korean Pancakes, yellow doughy triangles with diced vegetables, were a little like idlis steamed with diced carrots and beans. Dispte this rather tepid start, the Soya and Sesame dip served with the pancakes made a big difference. Of the three starters, this last one is the only one we thought was worth recommending.
Moving on to the salads, there was nothing exceptional about the Roast Chicken and Artichoke salad. As far as the Rocket and Mixed Herb Salad with Parmesan goes, the rocket was soggy and soaked with the oily dressing. The sweet potato wedges were interesting, but were horribly greasy. The crushed potatoes on the other hand reminded us of home-made jeera aloo, although we doubt the chef used any jeera. While the peeled and diced potatoes were supposedly sautéed with herbs, the flavour was completely amiss. Verdict on the first course - too much oil and everything was fried!
With that heavy start, we weren't even thinking of the next course when it arrived. Once again we decided to nibble our way through lots of different dishes. What would we recommend? For the vegetarians, we say the Semolina Pancakes with Lentils and Feta Cheese is a must try. The pancakes are stacked with layers of grilled vegetables, lentils and feta cheese in between and topped with a tangy tomato sauce. We don't really like aubergine, yet, we actually enjoyed every bite of the grilled slice that sat snugly within the pancake. The Summer Vegetable Risotto looked like something that you would prepare to appease The Incredible Hulk's. Although after a spoonful of the thick green sludge with Italian Arborio rice and diced yellow peppers, we decided, he probably wouldn't have liked either.
On the upside the Tangliata Di Manzo and Spicy Mozambique Chicken were delicious. The first one was sliced tenderloin served with a mixed herb salad and crushed potato. Beef lovers and steak addicts, this was truly a lesson in what great tenderloin is like, sans any gravy to drown the taste of the meat. The meat was cooked perfectly with a delightfully crisp crust that added that lovely charred flavour to the each bite. For once, we could actually taste the meat instead of an overpowering sauce. For those who can't do without the gravy I'm sure you can ask the chef for some on the side (*sigh*).
The Spicy Mozambique Chicken won us over with its crazy combination of grilled chicken served on a bed of sabu dana; yes, that 'bed of tapioca taboulleh' mentioned in the menu. Here, we would like to raise a toast to the chef for introducing this fun and novel combination.
The Fish Cakes we tried after this were large crispy Basa cutlets, which were a tad heavy but balanced well with the blanched spinach. The one disappointment was the Tobago Marinated Chicken. The menu describes it as a 'Chicken breast marinated with mixed herbs using a traditional Caribbean recipe'. Sadly, you can skip this one because it sounded far more exotic than it tasted.
After this strenuous eating, we almost skipped dessert. But the manager insisted we try an assortment even if it's just to taste. Unfortunately, we unanimously decided that the cakes served were a bit stale. We've tried better cheese cakes than the Polish Baked Citrus Cheese Cake and Ludy's Peanut Butter Cake was just passable. We enjoyed the cupcake, which tasted like home-made chocolate cake.
So while we won't make the trip to specially dine at café Pico, if we are at the mall we may just drop in. You know how we love a good deal and the high price coupled with small portions doesn't make this a value for money bet. We suggest visiting Café Pico if you are at Phoenix Market City anytime before 30th June. With 50% off, you just might come back pleasantly surprised!


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Weekend of 8/16/2014
This weekend we have John Koch back to teach his sold-out "Beautiful Borders: Using Silver Wire, Stone and Precious Metals." Talk about taking your final product up a notch!
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Steel & Bronze for the Woodworker with David Orth
Incorporating metal into your furniture designs requires a lot of brand new skills and there's nobody better suited to bridge the gaps between wood and metal than David Orth!
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Making a Windsor Settee Part II with David Wright
Earlier in the year, David Wright's class began making a classic windsor settee by riving the wood from logs and beginning the chair making process. Now the meet up again to put the final touches on their masterpieces!
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Hand & Machine Skills: Making Timeless Furniture with Doug Dale
Our own Doug Dale leads his class through the ins and outs of hand and machine skills as they make a classic shakers style wall clock.
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Weekend of 8/9/2014
This weekends classes were "Craft a Stereoscope and Learn Stereophotography with David Orth," "Scandinavian Style Figure Carving with Harley Refsal" and "Tools for Finishers: Choosing & Using the Right Brush with Tim Puro." Needless to say, fun was had by all!
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Classical Relief Carving with Mary May
We are always happy to have Mary May return to our instructor's bench and so was another group of new carvers in this sold-out class. Her students got a crash course in the fundamentals of classical relief carving and left ready to add carved details to their next project.
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Singapore has been said to be Asia's next new, big tech hub, and at South By Southwest Interactive, we decided to investigate that claim for ourselves.
VentureBeat caught up up with a few Singapore-based entrepreneurs and get the story straight from the horse's mouth. We talked about culture, competition, the talent pool, and venture capital in Singapore, and the entrepreneurs we met with were quite enthusiastic about their hometown.
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Endeavour Mining Corp. on the Way Up with 3 Mines and 3 Triangles
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GUEST COMMENTARY–Rockstone Research–On Tuesday, Chris Devauld from the Prospecting Journal wrote a readworthy article ("Goals Met, New Targets Set: Endeavour Mining Earns an A+ For 2011 Results") on Endeavour Mining Corp. (TSX: EDV; market cap.: $563 million).
In the article, it was noted that the 2 West-African mines, Youga and Nzema, produced around 177,000 oz gold in 2011 generating an operating cash-flow of $91 million. The mill grade from the Nzema deposit in Ghana, which produced 90,026 oz, averaged 1.7 g/t gold with cash-costs of $585/oz, whereas the Youga deposit in Burkina Faso averaged a mill grade of 3.1 g/t gold with cash-costs of $644/oz.
It was highlighted that both mines are set to increase their production in 2012 and beyond – also thanks to ongoing aggressive exploration programs that are continuing to increase both resources. For 2012, the company has budgeted $19 million for the exploration of Youga and Nzema, whereas an additional $11 million is directed towards the exploration of its other deposits in Côte d'Ivoire ($8 million), Mali ($2 million) and Liberia ($1 million). Around 80% of this $30 million budget is dedicated for near-mine projects and the remaining 20% for regional exploration. In total, more than 200,000 m of drilling is planned for 2012 alone.
In 2010, some 82,400 oz were produced, generating a cash-flow of $36 million. At a gold price of $1,600/oz, the 2012 cash-flow is forecasted to be increased by around 50% from the $91 million of 2011. This remarkable increase comes solely from the Youga and Nzema mines. The completion of the Agbaou mine in Côte d'Ivoire is expected to produce around 100,000 oz per year generating additional cash-flows of around $160 million per year at a gold price of $1,600.
Based on these prospective fundamentals, we value the company as undervalued considering its current market valuation of solely $563 million and its stock having traded 4-times higher some 4 years ago.
Technically, the stock fluctuated within the red-green triangle between 1999-2005, whereafter the resistive red leg was broken at approx. $3.50. The subsequent "breakout" went to around $10 in 2007, whereafter the so-called "classical pullback" started bringing the price back into the triangle in 2008-2010. Because this pullback breached the lower green triangle leg numerous times, the price undertook numerous breakouts and pullbacks in 2010-2011 – in order to finally confirm the (formerly resistive) red leg as new support. In late 2011, the apex of the red-green triangle was reached, whereafter the final movement of a triangular price formation typically starts: the so-called "thrust" – either a strong and longer-termed up- or downward trend. As the price started to rise after having hit the apex, we anticipate the thrust to go to the upside. We expect a strong acceleration of price increase once the uppermost red trendline at approx. $2.70 is broken. In general, the goal of a thrust is to rise above the high of the triangle (approx. $6.50) and its breakout (approx. $10) and to transform these former resistances into new support – in order for a new and longer-termed upward-trend to commence thereafter.
Putting the stock-price development since late 2008 into perspective, it strikes the eye that a (blue) triangle started to form in mid-2010, whereas strong price increases ("thrusts") were achieved predominately after having broken the red (parallel) resistances. In terms of the larger-scaled blue triangle, a breakout above the upper leg was accomplished in late 2011, whereafter numerous pullbacks successfully tested and confirmed the (formerly resistive) blue leg as new support. Recently, the red resistance was broken resulting in our anticipation that a thrust to the upside is near-by. The thrust to the upside is expected to accelerate sharply once the violet and blue-dashed resistances currently at approx. $2.70 are broken and transformed into new support. According to this chart, a sell-signal is not given until breaching the lower blue leg currently at approx. $2.10 and the lowermost green supports at approx. $2 and $1.80 – as only thereafter a thrust to the downside must be taken into account as a risk.
Looking at the stock-price since late 2011, a red-gray-green triangle can be noticed having developed and that the price tried numerous breakouts starting in late January. Yet it was only some 8 trading days ago, when the price conducted a clear breakout from $2.33 to $2.68, whereafter the pullback brought the stock back to the triangle apex at approx. $2.28. As having reached the apex yesterday, a thrust is anticipated to start any time now. Thus, a strong buy-signal à la thrust to the upside is generated when rising above the violet resistance currently at approx. $2.33.
Disclaimer: Please read the full disclaimer at www.rockstone-research.com as the above article is not be construed as an investment advise, consultation or recommendation to buy, sell or even hold the stock or any other securities or interests of the above mentioned company. The author did not receive any money or other kinds of tangible or intangible incentives from the above mentioned company or any one else to write the article. However, the author holds stock of the company and is therefore biased.


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|Americans call the Second World War "The Good War". But before it even began, America's wartime ally Josef Stalin had killed millions of his own citizens — and kept killing them during and after the war. Before Hitler was finally defeated, he had murdered six million Jews and nearly as many other Europeans. At war's end, both the German and the Soviet killing sites fell behind the iron curtain, leaving the history of mass killing in darkness.
Bloodlands is a new kind of European history, presenting the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes as two aspects of a single history, in the time and place where they occurred: between Germany and Russia, when Hitler and Stalin both held power. Assiduously researched, deeply humane, and utterly definitive, Bloodlands will be required reading for anyone seeking to understand the central tragedy of modern history.
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Samuel Woods sent an investigator to Pine Valley in 2007 to find his son, Dre. Dre, with the help of Colby Chandler, avoided his father's private investigator. However Samuel, who was running for a senate position, was invited to Pine Valley to appear on Erica Kane's talk show "New Beginnings". He flirted with Erica but was really gathering evidence to have her arrested.
At the Go Red Fashion Show, Samuel had Erica arrested on insider trading charges. Erica tried to flirt her way out of the charges but Samuel wouldn't play her games. She was sentenced to six months in prison. Sam visited her often and they developed a strong friendship and attraction. He was integral in getting Erica released and after she returned to Pine Valley, they continued their flirtation. Samuel called things off after Dre's arrest for the Richie Novak hit-and-run; although Dre was cleared, Sam decided to focus on his son. He and Dre left Pine Valley while Samuel finished his senate campaign.
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Sam stops by Erica's room at the Yacht Club to tell her that the charges against Dre have been dropped. Erica asks about his campaign. Sam says he is staying in the Senate race but that he is taking Dre on the trail with him. He asks Erica if she'll tag along, too! She is flattered but turns him down. He swears she won't hurt his chances in the polls. She says that isn't it; she says she needs time to come to grips with who she is outside of prison and who she wants to be. She says she has let too many people, namely Jack, hurt her in recent weeks. Sadly, Samuel accepts her words. He asks if they can see one another once the campaign is finished. Calling him Senator, Erica says they'll see what happens. Sam leaves. Jack calls, says he was an idiot for going out with Carmen because Mondo just convinced her to rob an ice cream truck. She hangs up on him - and then snaps back to reality. Josh barges into the room and begs her to help him escape Zach!
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Decorate your own gingerbread boys and girls with frosting bow ties and candy hair bows! Tea, luscious sandwiches and sweets will be served. Popular storyteller, Ms. Karen, will be spinning up some yarns about the Gingerbread Man and his mischief. Bring your favorite doll or stuffed animal. Registration is required and is on a first-come, first served basis. Space is limited. Children must be accompanied by an adult. To register, call 203.977.6521. Members: $45 per person, $25 for each addl. person |Non-Members: $55 per person, $25 for each addl. person. For more information call 203.322-1646, e-mail email@example.com, or visit www.stamfordmuseum.org
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