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The mere mention of lavender may bring to mind a dreamy spa; soft, scented sheets; or the extensive, aromatic fields of France. But lavender is known for much more than relaxation and a pleasant floral scent. Lavender's healing properties are powerful and extensive.
In fact, in addition to keeping a bottle alongside her bath salts, every mother's boo boo cabinet should be stocked with lavender oil! Lavender essential oil is obtained from Lavandula officinalis, a flower which produces a light, floral scent that has been treasured for centuries.
The History of Lavender
Records of lavender being used therapeutically date back to the early Egyptians. They wrapped their dead in lavender dipped shrouds. When the tomb of Tutankhamen was opened, jars filled with unguents containing something resembling lavender were found. These unguents were used only by the royal families and high priests in cosmetics, massage oils, and ointments.
The Ancient Greeks used lavender's amazing power to relieve back pain and sleep problems. They also believed it was helpful to the insane. The Romans used lavender in public baths, which is probably where its name came from. The word Lavender comes from the Latin word Lavare, which means "to cleanse." It's also highly likely that the Romans brought lavender to Britain.
Benedictine Monks cherished lavender as a precious medicine. Monasteries preserved the knowledge of herbal lore in their physics gardens. They copied ancient manuscripts and recorded the medicinal effects of various plants.
Under an edict of the Holy Roman Empire in 812 AD, they were charged with growing vegetables, medicinal plants, flowers, and trees.
In Tudor England, when Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries, lavender moved to domestic gardens. The ladies of the manor used lavender for all kinds of things. It was placed among linens, sewn into sweet bags, used to freshen the air, and mixed with beeswax to make furniture polish. Traditionally it was planted near the laundry room.
Ever heard of Lavender Water? The Victorians washed their floors and linens with lavender water and used it to repel insects. They would often use lavender water as a perfume, sprinkle dried lavender buds in their linen drawers, or rub the fragrant flowers on their stationary before mailing a love letter (I'm going to have to try this!).
Later, Lavender was used to freshen sick rooms and flowers were strewn on the floor to release their essence into the air when stepped upon. This practice continues to this day in areas of Spain and Portugal.
A Providential Accident
Rene Gattefosse, a French chemist who worked in his family's perfumery business, suffered a tragic explosion in his lab in 1910. His hand was badly burned and he instinctively plunged his hand into a vat of lavender oil. His pain was diminished and the burn healed quickly, with no infection or scarring.
As a result, Gattefosse turned his scientific attention to the medical properties of essential oils and their beneficial effects on skin conditions. His research led him to write the book "Aromatherapies", which was well received by other experts who went on to do their own research.
All through the ages, Lavender has been considered a precious natural remedy. It was a common ingredient in smelling salts; and, in both World Wars, soldiers carried vials of lavender essential oil onto battlefields.
Because it is one of the mildest essential oils in existence, lavender oil is often a "first oil" for children. Click HERE for a recipe to make your own diaper cream!
A few drops of Lavender oil in the bath also makes a nice, calming "bed time" soak for children. Spray a little on their sheets too! Imagine the memories they'll have one day of warm sheets, cuddly pillows, and their lavender scented linens!
The Dangers of "Cheap" or "Adulterated" Lavender Essential Oils
Today much of the lavender oil sold in America is a hybrid called lavandin, grown and distilled in China, Russia, France, and Tasmania. It is brought into France and cut with synthetic linalyl acetate to improve the fragrance. Propylene glycol, DEP, or DOP (solvents that have no smell and increase the volume) are then added and it is sold in the United States as lavender oil.
Often lavandin is heated to evaporate the camphor and then is adulterated with synthetic linalyl acetate. Most consumers don't know the difference, which is one of the reasons it is important to know about the integrity of the company or vendor from which you purchase your essential oils.
Adulterated and mislabeled essential oils present dangers for consumers. One woman who had heard that lavender was good for burns, unfortunately used lavender oil from a local health food store when she spilled boiling water on her arm. But the pain intensified and the burn worsened, so she later complained that lavender oil was worthless.
When her "lavender oil" was analyzed, it was found to actually be lavandin, a hybrid lavender that is chemically very different from pure Lavandula angustifolia. Lavandin contains high levels of camphor (12-18 percent) and can itself burn sensitive skin. In contrast, pure lavender is soothing and gentle to the skin.
The Young Living Standard
There is a significant difference between oils that simply smell good and those that are considered therapeutic-grade.
Independent laboratory testing proves that Young Living essential oils meet and often exceed industry requirements, and as stewards of nature's potent remedies, Young Living maintains higher internal standards built upon the magnitude of our own rigorous quality assurance requirements. This standard is known as "thearpeutic-grade". In order to achieve therapeutic-grade classification, each essential oil must achieve the designation naturally, without excess manipulation and refinement, and meet specific criteria in four key areas: Plants, Preparation, Purity, and Potency.
PLANTS: Young Living products are produced in exceptional soil, and harvested at exactly the right time.
PREPARATION: Honoring a strict commitment to respect and protect the time-honored methods of distillation, Young Living makes every effort to preserve "nature's living energy" in a manner as close to its natural state as possible. Using pure mountain water free of additives, Young Living has a proprietary, stainless steel distillation process that uses low temperature and low pressure to better preserve plant properties, capture the pure essence of the plant, and preserve the quality of the oils.
PURITY: Achieved through the use of quality plants and meticulous preparation, and not through ultra-refinement, our finished product is 100% pure. Young Living essential oils are unadulterated, uncut, and free of chemicals, pesticides, and heavy metals.
POTENCY: To guarantee our products exceed existing world standards and meet our own higher internal standards for potency, we analyze the finished oil's phytochemical profile to ensure it delivers optimal amounts of every key plant compound.
Suggested Home and Family Uses
Lavender oil may be used in a variety of different ways, the most simple of ways is to simply inhale the oil in times of distress or discomfort. For external use, try the remedies listed below:
* For sunburn relief, add 10 drops lavender essential oil to 2-4 ounces of liquid distilled Aloe Vera and mist onto the affected area with a spray bottle. Keep in the refrigerator for a cooling effect on the skin.
* For a peaceful night's rest, place 6 to 8 drops in an essential oil diffuser or cool vaporizer near the bed.
* For freshening clothing, add several drops to the rinse water of the washing machine, and/or several drops placed onto a clean cloth and tossed in the dryer load.
* For a more pleasant cleaning experience, add 10 to 20 drops of lavender essential oil to 1 gallon water and use to clean surfaces around the home. It's disinfecting properties will clean your home without the dangerous side effects of toxic chemicals.
*Apply a drop or two to your dishwater for a pleasant dish washing exprience.
*Add 10-15 drops of oil to a 2-4 oz. bottle of filtered water or vodka and make yourself a wonderful "pillow spray" or "air freshener." Spray pillows, sheets, towels, washcloths, stuffed animals, table clothes, and bedspreads. You may also choose to use it as a room or bathroom freshener. I spray the guest towels in the bathroom and it lightly scents the whole room!
Lavender is used for a variety of purposes today. Since I am limited in what I can share here due to governmental regulations, I urge you to do your own research. You'll be amazed!
To get started using therapeutic grade essential oils with your family, I recommend purchasing our Premium Starter Kit! This way, you'll enjoy wholesale prices all the time! It includes eleven of Young Living's most popular essential oil singles and blends, an ultrasonic diffuser (worth $100.00!), essential oil samples for sharing, and 2 NingXia Red immune boosting drinks! In addition, I'll send you a free essential oil reference book to help you learn how to start using your essential oils! Get started now!
By the way, I am not a doctor – just a mom who uses essential oils in her own family. Please know that any information provided on The Common Scents Mom is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to prescribe, diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. It is your responsibility to educate yourself and address any health or medical needs you may have with your physician. Please seek professional help when needed.


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I've saved my changes as the GBlur elf. psd and as you may recall we've got this GBlur layer, named for Gaussian Blur that where it turned on as it is now, it not only smooths over the surface details inside the image, but it also elevates the saturation levels and it tends to fill in shadows and result in overly bright highlights as well. So I was telling you that a friend of mine passed along a technique, which I'm going to pass along to you, because it's really great. The friend in question is Katrin Eismann, who is a well-known Photoshop expert out there and she was on my weekly audio podcast called Martini Hour, that you can get to at deke.com if you're so inclined, and we were doing a little bit of a tips and tricks show and she came out with this one and I tell you, it's an absolutely great trick, and the idea is you can fill in these skin imperfections essentially, so smooth over the surface details without modifying either the saturation levels or the ultimate level of contrast inside the image.
So let me show you how it works and it involves High Pass by the way. So I'll go ahead and turn off my GBlur layer. Click on the S/H layer to make it active, and I'm going to press Ctrl+Alt+J or Command+Option+J once again to go ahead and jump that layer, and I'll call it High Pass and I'll click OK in order to accept that new layer. Now I'm going to zoom in so that we can see the image at the 100% zoom level and I'm going to go up to the Filter menu and I'm going to choose the High Pass command down here from Other, choose High Pass or you can press Shift+F10 if you've loaded my dekeKeys and I am going to apply a Radius of 10 pixels for this image, and basically when you're applying this technique you typically go about in my experience anyway as I've been playing around with it, I typically go with a Radius value that's about twice as much as I would use for Sharpening.
So if I were to sharpen this image with a Radius value of 3-5 pixels for output for example, then I would set this Radius instead to somewhere between 6-10 pixels. Anyway, 10 pixels works well for this image. I'll click OK, and we need to get rid of the saturation levels obviously. So go up to the Image menu and choose Adjustments and then choose Desaturate and that will replace all of those colors with gray values and now we go to the Blend mode pop-up menu and change it from Normal to Overlay and at this point, you might look at this layer and think, wait a sec, okay, this is the image without the High Pass layer and this is the image with that layer.
First of all, this is not a new technique Deke, secondly this is just plain mean. We're bringing out more skin details inside of this image. This woman has aged like 15 years, thanks to the application of this layer. That doesn't seem like a good idea and it's certainly not going to make you popular with your clients if this is the kind of work you do. So here is the trick though. I'm going to invert this layer. So I'll go up to the Image menu and I'll choose Adjustments and I'll choose Invert, or you can just press Ctrl+I, Command+I on the Mac, and you get this effect instead.
Now it's over the top, we're going too far with it, but here is what I want you to understand. Notice that we're filling in surface details like crazy all over the place inside the skin and so I'm going to change the Blend mode back to Normal so that we can see what's happening here and notice what we've done by virtue of the fact that I inverted this High Pass layer. It used to look like this, so we were seeing dark halos on the dark side of an edge and light halos on light side of an edge, now when I press Ctrl+I or Command+I on the Mac, I am seeing light halos on the dark side of an edge, and dark halos on the light side of an edge.
So because what these contrast modes do from Overlay on down, they go ahead and use the dark shades to darken and the light shades to lighten, and the gray values don't have any contribution whatsoever. They go invisible. What's happening is that you're using the dark edge right there, that dark halo in order to darken the bright edge inside the image and then you're using the bright halo to brighten the dark edge so you're actually depleting contrast from those edges. So it's pretty much the opposite of a sharpening function, and as a result you're filling in these skin imperfections and it's unlike anything else you can do inside Photoshop.
Anyway, I'm going to go ahead and switch this mode back to Overlay, that's too much. Now you might think, well gosh, maybe I'll try Soft Light instead. That's not really going to do the trick for us. It just gives us this kind of blurry image. Instead, what I'd suggest is we stick with Overlay, go ahead and press the Escape key after you choose that option on the PC, don't worry about that on the Mac, and then I'm going to reduce the Opacity value, assuming that one of your Selection tools is active, press the 5 key to reduce the Opacity value to 50%. So this is the contribution of the layer now.
If I turn off High Pass, this is the way the image looked before, that is, after the application of Shadows/ Highlights and this is the way it looks now. So it's done a pretty darn good job, especially given incidentally that we haven't modified any of the overall contrast of the image, nor have we changed the saturation levels or the colors in general. So if the colors are basically sound in your image in the first place, this is a great technique. Unfortunately, inside of our image we have some color problems and I do want to increase the contrast a little bit.
So it seems like maybe we should go ahead and mix these two effects together, that is the Inverted High Pass along with Gaussian Blur. In fact, I'm going to call this layer by the way, Inverted HP. I didn't want to call it that at the time, because I didn't want to ruin the surprise, but that's what it is. We might want to marry the inverted high pass layer along with the Gaussian Blur layer and that is what we're going to do in the next exercise.
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Video:What Is an Erosional Landform?with John Swanson
Erosional landforms are formed from a long and slow process that involves the natural breakdown of rocks. Learn more about erosional landforms with this educational geology video.See Transcript
Transcript:What Is an Erosional Landform?
Hi I'm Geologist John Swanson and today I'm going to talk about erosional landforms. I'll be using some information form About.com's Geology guide site. Landforms are formed in many ways. One of the numerous ways land is formed is by what is called erosion.
Erosion is the Process of Breaking Down
Before we understand erosional landforms, we must understand first erosion. Erosion is the general name for the processes that break down rocks and the processes that carry away the breakdown products.
The physical processes of erosion are called corrosion or mechanical erosion; the chemical processes are called corrosion or chemical erosion. But most examples of erosion include some of both corrosion and corrosion.
Agents of Erosion
The agents of erosion are gravity, ice, water, and wind. Erosion is sometimes restricted to transportation, excluding weathering.So as rock is eroded away by one force or another, the landscape changes. If enough sediment is eroded away in one place, it can begin to form erosional landforms.
A bay at place where a river meets the sea is an excellent example of an erosional landform. The size, shape, and scope of a bay can vary drastically by the composition of the rocks and soil surrounding it. The waters can more easily erode softer, more porous rocks, thereby changing the landform more significantly.
Examples of Erosional Landforms
Florida is a state mostly composed of limestone and is quite susceptible to erosion by the high water table. This is why if you look at a satellite picture of Florida, it very much looks like a state of lakes or Swiss cheese. The land of Florida is effectively dissolving and eroding away.
Even places like the famous Haystack Rock off the Oregon coast is an example of an erosional landform. At one time, this magnificent piece of rock was once a part of a cliff-like shoreline. Over time, the force of the ocean eroded it away. But since this portion of the rock is harder than that of the land surrounding it, it survived.
As the rest of the land receded due to erosion, the Haystack rock was left standing alone. These formations are known, not surprisingly, as stacks.Hopefully you now have a better understanding of erosional landforms.
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Installing nvidia 1.0-4191 and upgraded kernel 2.4.21-pre3
I've a gforce2(go) in my laptop w/ linux rh 8.0.
I've recently made a kernel upgrade (2.4.21-pre3) and now I can't start X.
What i've done was:
1. upgraded kenel
2. install nvidia kernel and glx (1.0-4191) tar.gz (all went well)
3. tried to start X and the Xserver crashes.
my XF86Config is like this:
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Section "Device"
Identifier "NV AGP"
VendorName "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Finally the error is: (nvidia part of XFree86.0.log)
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xF0000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xE8000000
(WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs :confused:
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
:( Help me please
When you configured your kernel, you didn't say "yes" to CONFIG_MTRR. It's under "Processor type and features", at least in menuconfig. It's labeled "MTRR (memory type range register) support". Enable that and recompile your kernel. You will probably need to also recompile NVIDIA_kernel after you boot the new kernel.
But that should just be a warning... as for the error, it worked before the kernel upgrade, I assume? Is there anything in dmesg or /var/log/messages from NVRM about it?
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Before Kernel upgrade it was working.
I couldn't find anything in /var/log/mesages or dmesg related to NVRM
I'm rebuilding the kernel because the MTTR flag was off.
I've placed the entire /var/log/XFree86.0.log in attatch.
I've recompiled the kernel and nvidia kernela and the warning vanished but the server still crashes.
This was 2.4.21-pre3 from kernel.org, correct?
Are you sure DRM is disabled in the kernel config, as well? That MIGHT be a possibility, though I think it's kind of farfetched.
Try a tail -n 350 /var/log/messages >log.txt and post the log.txt here. It may actually not say NVRM, but there might be something informative in there anyway. I don't know of what else to look at, though...
Maybe try 2.4.20, since there is officially no support for the -pre kernels? I've never had problems with them, but maybe... Or maybe try -pre1 or -pre2, to see which version first had the problem introduced? Maybe try -pre4 as well? I don't know, I'm just throwing out ideas here...
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If removing DRM doesn't work, maybe adding an alias to load the apm module will? I noticed a couple of places right before X started up, where the log file said "unknown module char-major-10-134", and the character device with major 10 and minor 134 is /dev/apm_bios, which is the apm.o module.
Perhaps adding an alias char-major-10-134 apm to modules.conf and running /sbin/depmod -a might help? I sort of doubt that, but it's a slim possibility.
Could you attach a log.txt from dmesg as well?
Getting tired of trying..
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Actually I'm not using apm but insted I'm using ACPI w/ my laptop, and by that I don't have apm suport in kernel. Is there a way to remove that mesage?
here is the log you asked.
Was this dmesg run after you tried to startx?
If so, I'm running out of ideas... :(
do you by chance have 1gb (or more) of memory ?
No I don't have more than 1GB memory. Why do u ask b3x?
bwkas I'm not completly sure but I think so, I'll try again and get back to you. Do you know what module is char-major-10-135?
thanks both
There is a thread on the Gentoo forums regarding this same issue ... many of us who are experiencing the problem have over 1gb memory ...
Though, the other common denominator is a recent upgrade to 2.4.20 ...
I have a queezy feeling that the problem lies within 2.4.20
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David Aaronovitch, one of Britain's most perceptive commentators, had a lucid piece in the Times of London yesterday dispelling several dearly-held notions of the Left commentariat. The first myth is that
on the morning of September 12, 2001, George W. and America enjoyed the sympathy of the world. This comradeship was destroyed, in a uniquely cavalier (or should we say cowboyish) fashion, through the belligerence, the carelessness, the ideological fixity and the rapacity of that amorphous and useful category of American flawed thinker, the neoconservative. They just threw it away.
The corollary to this explanation of global attitudes towards America, of course, is that the junior senator from Illinois will be able to reverse all of the low poll numbers:
But there isn't anything that can't be fixed with a sprinkling of genuine fairy dust. What Bush lost, Obama can find. Where the Texan swaggered, the Chicagoan can glide. Emotional literacy will replace flat iteration, persuasion will supplant force as the preferred means of achieving what needs to be achieved, empathy will trump narcissism.
Aaronovitch argues convincingly that anti-Americanism is a persistent force in the world, due to our economic and cultural power, and that a significant segment of the planet's people will always tell pollsters they disapprove of this or that American policy or this or that American leader. It's connected to "runaway modernity," with America at the forefront. Aaronovitch explains: "So Barack Obama, en fête around the world, will one day learn that there is no magical cure for the envy of others."
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Is it racist or wrong to use the term "illegal immigrant?" That's a position that is getting more of a hearing these days as liberals seek to change not just the laws, but also the way we talk about the issue. To date, the New York Times has resisted the pressure to abolish the term, but the debate is heating up, and no one should be surprised if eventually the mainstream media replaces it with something more neutral like "undocumented immigrant" that makes the act of crossing the border without permission sound more like a bureaucratic oversight than an actual crime.
The latest blow struck on behalf of this effort came from NPR's Maria Hinojosa who claimed that Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel likened the term to the way Nazis treated Jews. Wiesel is a person who stands above politics, and his moral authority to discuss just about any issue is not likely to be challenged. But whatever one might think about immigration or the plight of those who come here illegally, the attempt to eliminate the term, much less compare illegal immigrants to the persecution of Jews during the Holocaust, is absurd. Illegal immigrants are called illegal not because Americans view them with malice but because they are in this country illegally.
Hinojosa spoke of a conversation she said she had with Wiesel on Chris Hayes's MSNBC show on Sunday:
If there is an authority, you [Wiesel] should be it. And he said, 'Maria, don't ever use the term 'illegal immigrant.' And I said, 'Why?' And he said, 'Because once you label a people 'illegal,' that is exactly what the Nazis did to Jews.' You do not label a people 'illegal.' They have committed an illegal act. They are immigrants who crossed illegally. They are immigrants who crossed without papers. They are immigrants who crossed without permission. They are living in this country without permission. But they are not an illegal people."
While anyone who grew up admiring Wiesel as a moral voice must approach any criticism of him with reluctance, if Hinojosa's recollection is correct, he has, unfortunately, done something that he has often criticized: made an inappropriate use of a Holocaust analogy.
The implicit comparison here between Nazi race laws and the simple fact that the United States, like any sovereign nation, has the right to control entry into its borders is an abominable misuse of the legacy of the Holocaust. The analogy is also false because the dehumanization of the Jews was a pretext for their murder. No one, not even the most radical Know-Nothing anti-immigrant rabble-rousers, want to harm the illegals or deprive them of their humanity or destroy them as a people. They just want them to be deported for violating the law. It should also be pointed out that the Jews were not only not "illegal" in Europe, they were a people whose citizenship was illegally revoked by a criminal regime.
This argument is also disingenuous. This is not about language or humanity, but the desire of some people to treat immigration law as a mere technicality the violation of which ought to be treated as no worse than a traffic ticket. We understand that people like Jose Antonio Vargas, the well known journalist who is himself an illegal (and who appeared on the same MSNBC show with Hinojosa) have a vested interest in our doing so. But when he argues as he did on MSNBC that "conversations about immigration begin and end with the word illegal," most Americans would be justified in replying that this is exactly as it should be.
Even those who believe that onerous restrictions on legal immigration ought to be loosened must acknowledge that violations of the law cannot be treated as trivial. While it is reasonable to argue that the laws should be changed, no one has a "right" to enter the United States illegally or to remain here.
The Democratic Party gave a full-throated defense of their right to be here at their recent convention, though President Obama has been shy about raising the issue at forums where he might have an audience that is not solely composed of adoring liberals. But whatever the country may ultimately decide to do about the situation, the attempt to treat a straightforward and descriptive term as a sign of racism that is reminiscent of the Nazis is unacceptable. If, as has often been said, the first person to invoke the Nazis in a political debate loses, it would appear Hinojosa, and by extension, Wiesel, has done just that.


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The official requests for bid proposals went out late last week, just before South Carolina's Jordan Montgomery threw the first pitch against Clemson in a three-game weekend rivalry series the Gamecocks swept.
After two years in Greenville, the neutral site games for the next four years are up for grabs. The minor league Charleston RiverDogs, which hosted the 2012 game at Riley Park, will bid aggressively.
So will Greenville.
Myrtle Beach and Charlotte are interested.
Once again, geographically speaking, Clemson head coach Jack Leggett prefers the convenience of Greenville. South Carolina head coach Chad Holbrook, like predecessor Ray Tanner, likes the idea of moving the neutral site game around - particularly to Charleston.
Riley Park should be as much a destination ballpark for Clemson as Charleston is for world travelers.
Everyone in the Clemson baseball program, and anyone with business interest in the school, should be lobbying for all the Lowcountry exposure they can get.
The Gamecocks aren't just winning in baseball (23 wins in the last 31 games against Clemson dating to 2007) and football (five straight), South Carolina is leading the branding battle in this half of the state.
Smart, sophisticated CEO types call this a "dangerous trend." Non-MBA degree holders are also aware that there is a major Gamecock gear retailer on King Street, but not much Clemson presence in the shopping heart of a destination city.
So what if many Clemson baseball players come from metro Atlanta. Hey, Jack, check with those parents: Bet they'd love an excuse to visit Charleston.
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The RiverDogs are eager to help.
"I have been, and am currently trying, to communicate with both schools to reiterate our position and desire to host," RiverDogs General Manager Dave Echols said. "They are aware of this interest."
Maybe Clemson owes the RiverDogs one. RiverDogs co-owner Bill Murray did a hilarious job as ESPN "GameDay" guest-picker before the Clemson-Florida State game last October. Murray was on hand to greet both the Gamecocks and Tigers before the 2012 neutral site game at Riley Park.
But this won't be easy.
The minor league Greenville Drive, with its sparkling Fluor Field and nearby restaurants, does an excellent job.
Charlotte has a new downtown stadium for its triple-A Charlotte Knights, set to be ready for opening day next month.
North Augusta, with a new minor league ballpark planned for the Augusta GreenJackets on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River, eventually wants into the competition. The ballpark probably won't be ready for a 2015 bid.
A South Carolina-Clemson neutral site rotation model, featuring Charleston and Greenville as anchors:
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Of course, it might be easier for Charleston if Clemson cooperated for its own sake.
Clemson's trustees didn't get to be trustees by making poor decisions in their professional lives. Surely, they understand the stakes of market share slippage on the South Carolina coast, where newcomers arrive daily with disposable income and no rooting interest in the Clemson-South Carolina rivalry - at least until they walk down King Street.
It's nice that Clemson's basketball team has appeared in the Charleston Classic twice since 2008, but not very significant.
The Tigers aren't about to sign up for a football road game at Charleston Southern, The Citadel or Coastal Carolina.
So it's up to the baseball program to spread Clemson's athletic message, and erase the notion that the Tigers don't really want to play a neutral site game in Charleston.
A few extra hours on the bus for a home state goodwill tour isn't much to ask for a school in need of a branding boost.
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Fishing Report: Reminder that snook can't be kept; gag grouper closed
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First of all this week, let's cover a couple of species and their availability.
While snook may be around in good numbers, it is still illegal to keep one of any size. We are supposed to hear something later this summer (?) about a possible fall season. Secondly, gag grouper are closed in both state and federal waters.
Thanks to some checking by sometime contributor Charle Haskell, there is documentation of a two-month season this fall for gags.
According to a letter from a Florida Sea Grant Extension Agent, the season will run from Sept. 15 to Nov. 15. As far as next year goes, there is no news as to what will happen with regards to gag grouper. As always with snook, gags, and any other fish to be released ... please release them gently and quickly.
This past weekend, we had a fair amount of strong wind, but that didn't seem to damper the fishing and catching done by local anglers.
From Estero down to the Caxambas Pass, area anglers report good catches of snook. Farther down in the Ten Thousand Islands, the snook are there, but not in the same numbers. Redfish that were in the 16- to 18-inch range a few months ago seem to be hitting around 19 to 20 inches, and responding well to shrimp on a jig. While throwing a jig for reds, a lot of good-sized trout are turning up on the hook.
Tarpon are around, and will actually eat a bait occasionally. Most reports have them ignoring baits, but around the bait balls of glass minnows, they seem to be more willing to eat.
Red grouper, kings, goliath grouper, barracuda, and an occasional cobia are providing steady action and some filets for the ice box. The water offshore continues to be beautiful in spite of the wind.
Speaking of barracuda, some of the larger ones have been quick to chomp on a nice 12- to 15-pound king that has been hooked. It is a race between angler and 'cuda for the prize. Lots of small sharks can also be had by the offshore angler. The captains have been using cut sardines, live shrimp, and squid for bait.
Naples to Estero Bay: After being blown out of the Keys this weekend, I fished with Bill Hickman on Monday in the Estero and North Naples area.
Getting lucky on white bait, we caught a few snook and a couple of mackerel before the tide started to come in. Once that happened, it got wild. Every time we threw out a bait, two or three snook would race to see who could eat it first. At the end of five hours on the water (and only one and a half of incoming tide), we called it quits at 40 snook, eight jacks, two trout, and three large mackerel.
Capt. Seth Hayes also reports a good snook bite while fishing Estero. He is finding fish in and around the passes, and they are hungry.
Most of the fish are in the 20- to 27-inch range. Seth has also been running outside looking for tarpon and permit on calmer days. Using threads, he is jumping tarpon found under the glass minnow bait balls. When found, permit are quick to gobble up a small crab tossed their way. Most of the permit run from 15 to 30 pounds. On a recent trip with Kevin Madison and his 11-year- old daughter, they landed over 40 snook.
Fishing out of Naples, Capt. Chris McCubbin took Tony Fontana out for a day of fishing, and they went looking for tarpon and to work the near shore ledges. In addition to the many short gags released, Tony landed a would-be keeper of 26 inches. Later, Chris went in to work the snook, and they quickly put a dozen in the boat. Bait has been spotty, but when you get it, the fish eat it like candy.
Ten Thousand Islands: Running out of Port of the Islands, Capt. Jesse Karen has been busy. Trout and reds are roaming the flats and points of the area south of Goodland, and Jesse is using the shrimp/jig combination on these guys.
He says the reds are running 17 to 18 inches, and that trout are also hitting the jig. The trout will run anywhere from tiny 12-inchers, up to respectable 23-inch fish. For snook, Jesse has been fishing around Caxambas Pass, and catching fish in the 25- to 30-inch range with an average of a dozen or so per trip. On a recent trip, angler Terry Moor of England landed a nice 34-inch snook using a DOA jig.
Capt. Andy Werner has been running the near-shore wrecks for some really nice fish.
He is finding big snook in the 30-to 40-inch range on these wrecks, and they quickly jump on a live bait. Cobia and permit are also on these wrecks.
On a recent trip, one of his anglers had a big cobia on that swam 200 yards away from the boat, and then did a 180-degree turn, and headed back to the wreck at warp speed. Capt. Andy finally broke it off before the reel was spooled. On a trip with Dave Rogers and sons Harrison (10 years old) and Oliver (19), they landed 30 trout over 20 inches off one of these wrecks. Five large snook, and a 35-pound cobia were also boated. Andy says that the reds and trout inside are biting well, too.
Farther down in the Islands, Capt. Brandon Acosta has been working the grass flats for trout, and doing pretty well.
Using Gulp shrimp, his anglers are landing over 20 trout per trip, with most of the fish well over the 15-inch minimum. Brandon also has been using a tipped jig for snook, and getting a few in the 20-inch range. He says the water continues to be on the dirty side even though we haven't had any rain.
Offshore: Onboard the "Sea Hooker," Capt. Chris took out Norm and his buddies for a half day recently. Using sardines, shrimp, and squid, they had a mixed bag of action. A number of short grouper were caught and released, as well as a few snapper.
Spanish mackerel and one king added some surface action, and a few three-foot long sharks added excitement.
Capt. Michael Avinon took out Dennis Church and family for a day on the water on board the "Capt. Marvel." Running out about 25 miles, they put 12 keeper red grouper in the box in no time at all.
Then they played with some medium-sized goliath grouper in the 70-pound range for a while. Rounding out the action were a couple of kings up to 15 pounds, a large amberjack (released), and some nice barracudas. Mike says the water is beautiful, and the wind seems to let up in the late afternoon, making the return to port a nice ride.
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Grace Goudy Distinguished Artists Series and Salem Chamber Orchestra Bring Conductor/Pianist for Residency
Internationally renowned conductor and concert pianist Xu Zhong will be visiting artist-in-residence at Willamette University for 10 days in February. Maestro Xu Zhong's residency will include a solo piano recital Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m., a piano master class Feb. 10 at 11:30 a.m., and two concerts with the Salem Chamber Orchestra (SCO) Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 15 at 3 p.m. All performances are in Hudson Hall in the Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center at Willamette.
The solo recital program, sponsored by the Grace Goudy Distinguished Artists Series, will feature two of Beethoven's monumental piano sonatas, "Sonata in F minor, Op. 57" (Appassionata) and the "Sonata in A Major, Op. 101." Also on the program are works by Liszt and Stravinsky.
Xu Zhong will be featured as both conductor and soloist with SCO. He will take the podium for Mozart's beloved "Overture to Don Giovanni," and then conduct from the piano as he performs Mozart's piano concertos K. 467 in C major and K. 595 in B-flat major.
One of China's most active and influential pianists and conductors, Xu Zhong is the executive artistic director of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and music director of the Shanghai Sinfonietta. He has enjoyed successful collaborations with many of the world's most renowned musicians and has appeared as guest conductor with Orchestre National de France, Moscow State Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Houston Symphony, China Philharmonic, Japan Philharmonic, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra and Netherlands Chamber Orchestra in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.
"Mr. Xu Zhong is outstanding among his generation," wrote the Rome Times in Italy. "His talent, fantastic skills, incomparable control and elegance will make him a star worldwide."
Xu Zhong claimed the first prize in prestigious piano competitions, including the 5th Tokyo International and the 10th Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow. "Xu Zhong has definitely become the greatest winner in the history of the Tchaikovsky International Competition," wrote Russia's Moscow Daily newspaper.
His concert career as a pianist and conductor includes regular performances in Europe, North and South America, and Southeast Asia. "La Folle Journee de Nantes au Japon," held in May 2005, cited him as one of the most exciting pianists to emerge on the world stage.
Tickets for SCO concerts are $10-$20 for adults, $10 for education employees and $5 for students, with reserved seating. Tickets for the Grace Goudy Distinguished Artists Series recital are $20 for adults and $12 for students and seniors, with general seating. A service charge will be added. The master class is free and open to the public.
Tickets for these events are available through the Pentacle Theatre Box Office, at www.pentacletheatre.org or (503) 485-4300. For more information contact the Salem Chamber Orchestra office at (503) 480-1128 or the Willamette University Music Department at (503) 370-6255.
Xu Zhong Residency Schedule
Sun., Feb. 8
Solo Piano Recital, 7:30 p.m. (adults $20, students/seniors $12)
Tues., Feb. 10
Master Class for Pianists, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (free)
Sat., Feb. 14
Salem Chamber Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. (adults $10-$20, education employees $10, students $5)
Sun., Feb. 15
Salem Chamber Orchestra, 3 p.m. (adults $10-$20, education employees $10, students $5)
All performances are in Hudson Hall in the Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center at Willamette University at 900 State Street in Salem, Ore.
SCO's performances of "Drs. William and Selma Moon Pierce Masterworks Series: Program II" are sponsored by DesignPoint, Inc., and George and Stephanie Puentes. Beautiful watercolor paintings by artist Sam Rouslin are available for sale in the lobby, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting SCO.
Salem Chamber Orchestra is a public benefit corporation operating in association with Willamette University to present professional level chamber orchestra performances, provide a performance platform for Mid-Willamette Valley musicians, and promote the performance, understanding and appreciation of music through artist training and music education programs.


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One small part of Gov. Mark Dayton's budget proposal is ruffling the feathers of a lot of snowbirds.
Dayton wants to start taxing Minnesotans who spend the winter in warmer places. The proposal sparked a colorful editorial from a Florida congressman, which was published in a Florida newspaper on Sunday.
Right now, you have to pay Minnesota income taxes if you live in the state for at least six months out of the year. Dayton wants to lower that threshold to 60 days, meaning that if you live in Minnesota for two months out of twelve, you would have to pay Minnesota income taxes.
Dayton says that would bring in $30 million in two years. The Department of Revenue said the tax would apply to dividends, interest and capital gains, and that it would be enforced like any other income tax -- through voluntary compliance.
Rep. Trey Radel, a Florida Republican, sees this proposal as an invitation to Minnesota snowbirds to move to Florida year-round because there is no income tax.
"I was upset to see that the governor was going to try and punish people who live and work and contribute to our community if they decide to go back to their home state of Minnesota," Radel said.
"They're very surprised that someone would propose something like that. These people already pay full-year property taxes even though they're only here part year. Now they want additional income taxes too. It's perceived as very unfair," said Todd Koch, an accountant whose clients include a number of Minnesota snowbirds.
Koch said this proposal has some Minnesotans thinking about moving. But he is advising his clients to wait and see what happens, because the budget proposal and the final budget are often two very different things.
A spokeswoman with the governor's office said this tax is all about fairness. She said if people live in Minnesota for even part of the year, they benefit from state services, so they should pay taxes to support them.


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Ok. I see where you're going with this, particularly since it's only been fairly recently that I've realized just how badly I need to buckle down and work on my transitions.
I think that as long as I can transition into a deep underhook after a failed tsurikomi, then following it up the way you've described should be fairly doable. Ist korrect?
Mileage may vary by user. I use what works for me.
There are a million set up for seoi. Heck, some guys can just jump right into that ****!
My buddy Mark Kompanyets (BJJ black belt) absolutely owns BJJ guys with drop seoi with no set up at all. BJJ guys who lean forward are ripe for this. He just jumps right under them and pulls. They practically throw themselves.
I like to get my opponent twisted and rotated for an entry. But I am tall and weak. If you are short and powefull you might want to think about other entries.
Smaller guys don't have as good a Tsurikomi in my opinion. They just don't have the limb length. But they can hop right in with a Kouchi attack and spin right into seoi, or attack with Ouchi into seoi.
Aaaaghh. I have to stop. Too much crap with too little expertise. I think one of the better Judo guys here on this site might be able to help more.
I know what you're saying about limb strength. There are subtle little things that I've been taught to do, like rolling the elbow outward, which help a lot. Howevery, they can also be really hard to apply.
As far as seoi goes, my natural -- and oh so conservative -- tendency is to fear it, but people who stubbornly try to double-leg have been begging for it, so that's a good place to practice.
Thanks for your input. And respond to my PM, dammit.
--Originally Posted by Repulsive Monkey
Tsurikomi refers to the actions of your hands, and is kinda hard to do, no-gi.
Most times, when I hear tsurikomi, I assume the goshi. And when you describe bringing the arm across, it sounds like a sode-tsurikomi variation. That can be done, no gi.
But what Yrkoon is talking about, is sasae.
Sasae is very commonly done, no-gi. I've seen it used in college wrestling, and MMA clips. Just use an overhook, and sasae the foot one the same side.
For shorter guys, sasae to the power grip side usually works better than to the pulling grip - you don't need as much length, and can get your power underneath better. It's almost a harai-tsurikomi-goshi.
I do this with a left grip. I first learned judo rightie, but have a bad shoulder, so I shifted grip. But I can still do sasae with the same foot (left) as I learned originally from the right grip. Then I might use it to set up a wrong-handed seoi - that is, keeping my left grip, turn into a right seoi (keep some slack on the lapel, right hand comes under).
Talking about the sasae version. Sorry; still trying to learn judo terminology, as no one knows what the **** I'm talking about when I say things like "Double Lotus."
I definitely like the idea of being able to go either direction with this one. I have a tendency to get an overhook and pin the arm deep under my armpit, so I can see this working toward that side, or -- with a really good offset step -- toward the side with a neck grip.
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What all the guys have said here is good to take into account. Ippon is a great throw and it feels so nice to pull it off crisp and clean. Keep in mind that you need to pull them to you. The off-balance is key in all throws, get them to want to move in the direction of your throw. Kizush, entrance, execution, remember.
Also, remember to turn all the way and "dissappear"--that is to say, get under them and your hips in deep. I'm not sure what your height is, but that's a general point. Be sure to get the crook of your elbow deep up there, and use your forward momemtum to fly 'em over.
Practice, as always, and focus on technique and fluidity before speed.


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Yearly Archive for 2012
A look back at the first Rampage team
A decade ago, the San Antonio Rampage opened their inaugural season at what was then the SBC Center. The top affiliate of the Florida Panthers, the new American Hockey League club was coached by San Antonio hockey legend John Torchetti for most of the season, used NHL veterans and young talent to reach the post-season, […] [Read More]
Rampage Ready to Rumble Saturday
It's opening night for the Rampage and here's the season roster as of today. As usual, the AHL is a "fluid" roster league and changes can be made at any moment, but here's what coach Chuck Weber and his assistant Jason Cipola have to work with this weekend in games vs. Texas Saturday and Houston […] [Read More]
Ready To Make His Mark
Almost didn't recognize Jacob Markstrom at the Rampage training camp Monday. Almost. As if his 6-6 frame wouldn't be a dead giveaway that he is who he is, the Florida Panthers netminder of the future clipped his long locks, sporting a military cut over the off-season. "I don't want anything to get in the way […] [Read More]
Selleck Means Business
There's a good chance that today will be the last day I see Eric Selleck without a mark, scrape, bulge, stitch or welt on his face. It's just the first day. Selleck, the Rampage's designated pugilist, otherwise known as muscle, was in rare form last season, piling up a team high 204 penalty minutes as […] [Read More]
A New Decade of Rampage Hockey Beckons
Hard to believe, but it's been 10 years since head coach John Torchetti lined up the inaugural San Antonio Rampage team as Alamo City hockey transitioned from the Central Hockey League to the American League in October, 2002. As current Rampage coach Chuch Weber gets ready to launch the 11th season of Rampage hockey Monday, […] [Read More]
Rampage Taking Shape
With the NHL labor issues just about ready to cancel the exhibition game between the Rampage parent club, the Florida Panthers and the Dallas Stars on Sept. 28, the target date of Rampage fans' attention is now Oct. 5. That's when the Rampage will play the Stars' AHL club in Cedar Park in pre-season action. […] [Read More]
Hockey Time is Near
The San Antonio thermometer peaked at a mere 98 degrees today. That gets me thinking one thing — it's getting closer to dropping the puck in the Alamo City! Forget all this football stuff. Hockey is right around the corner. And today's drop in temperature and the release of the AHL schedule makes me relish […] [Read More]
Panthers Ink OHL Player of the Year
Suddenly, the Florida Panthers have a logjam in the crease. Jose Theodore and Scott Clemmensen remain at the top of the netminder food chain in Florida, but Jacob Markstrom, Dov Grumet-Morris and Brian Foster are waiting in the wings. Enter Michael Hauser, bypassed by NHL teams come draft time, but no so much by Ontario […] [Read More]
Even More On MacLean
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Brett MacLean has been able to walk around his hospital room according to reports out of Owen Sound, Ontario after a surprising collapse during a pickup hockey game last Monday. Here's the link for the story by Sporting News reporter Sean Gentille. http://aol.sportingnews.com/nhl/story/2012-07-07/brett-maclean-update-hospital-phoenix-coyotes MacLean is on top of the Rampage leaderboard in goals (74), assists […] [Read More]
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The discovery and development of massive extra heavy oil reserves over the past decades has dramatically altered the energy landscape: Venezuela now claims to hold the largest hydrocarbon reserves in the world, largely because of the Orinoco Belt's extra heavy crude deposits. Canada, meanwhile, has become the world's sixth-largest oil producer thanks to the Athabasca oil sands. From a dispute standpoint, some of the most significant recent arbitral awards pertain to extra heavy oil projects and operations.
Even though the largest portion of the extra heavy crude produced today comes from Venezuela and Canada, a significant number of other countries have started to exploit similar resources in their territories. Energy companies and experts all agree that the importance of these unconventional resources is slated to increase considerably in the near future.
Extra heavy crude oil consists of liquid petroleum with an API gravity inferior to 10° and a reservoir viscosity not exceeding 10,000 centipoises. Extra heavy crude is so dense and viscous as to require special techniques and installations to be economically produced, transported, and refined. Albeit closely related, extra heavy oil, oil sands, and bitumen have different physical properties. This short article, however, does not distinguish between the different types, but instead focuses on indentifying their common vulnerabilities to disputes and suggesting ways for parties to mitigate these risks.
Increased Vulnerability to International Disputes
While extra heavy crude constitutes one of the major energy sources of the future, the magnitude of required investments, its economic and physical properties, and its specific place in the international oil trade all contribute to making extra heavy crude projects particularly subject to international disputes.
First, extra heavy crude projects generally require substantially larger investments than those required to develop and exploit conventional hydrocarbon reserves. Both in Canada and Venezuela, extra heavy crude projects have necessitated billions of dollars in investments: in Canada, for example, recovery of hydrocarbons in the Athabasca oil sands requires an expensive infrastructure to heat, collect, or separate the crude oil from the soil (surface mining or underground technologies). Both in Venezuela and Canada, operators of extra heavy oil projects have come to rely on large-scale upgraders (hydroprocessing plants) to convert the sour and heavy oil extracted from the ground to more valuable and easier to market synthetic crude. Examples of these facilities include the Syncrude, Scotford, Co-Op, and Husky upgraders in Canada and the Cerro Negro, Hamaca, Petrozuata, and Sincor upgraders in Venezuela. The sheer magnitude of these investments necessarily increases the impact of adverse domestic policy changes on the international oil companies developing and operating these projects. A number of significant arbitral disputes between foreign investors and the Venezuelan government over the Cerro Negro, Petrozuata, and Hamaca projects illustrate the negative impact of populist political decisions on extra heavy oil projects.
Second, extra heavy crude generally remains more expensive to produce and transform than most conventional oil resources. This added cost means that extra heavy crude projects present a higher economic limit than most conventional oil operations, rendering them more sensitive to price variations. Not only will extra heavy crude projects cease to be profitable if world oil prices drop below a relatively high level, but the size and complexity of their infrastructure generally prevent a reduction or interruption of production in order to respond to unfavorable market conditions. As a result, extra heavy crude projects might operate at no profit or even a loss for extended periods of time. Operating under these conditions makes for inevitable tensions between the different parties involved: operators, partners, lenders, buyers, and government authorities.
Third, the physical properties of extra heavy crude require a specific trading and refining infrastructure to bring it to market. Refining extra heavy crude or upgraded oil often requires considerable investment to build new refineries or adapt the existing ones to this new feedstock. As a result, refiners will be reluctant to undertake these investments in the absence of a long-term supply commitment. Conversely, extra heavy oil producers will need to secure refining and trading channels before investing in production and upgrading facilities. As a result, extra heavy crude will tend to be marketed on a long-term basis. This long-term structure will generally entail take-or-pay and deliver-or-pay obligations, increasing the financial impact of disruptive events on affected parties.
Fourth, higher production or trade barriers than for conventional oil might affect extra heavy crude. On the production end, the past decade witnessed OPEC repeatedly accusing Venezuela—its only member possessing significant extra heavy oil resources—of exceeding its production quotas. Intense negotiations attempted to determine whether the Orinoco extra heavy crude should be included in Venezuela's production quota, and whether Venezuela's quotas needed an update to reflect non-conventional reserves. Significant uncertainty ensued as to whether the largest extra heavy crude projects would be able to maintain production at sustainable levels.
On the trade front, Canada and the European Union have battled since 2009 over an EU proposal to classify crude extracted from oil sands as especially pollutant and to restrict its use throughout Europe. Although the EU represents a very limited portion of the market for Canada's extra heavy crude, Canada expressed concerns over the precedential value of such a decision and mounted a vigorous counter-offensive, culminating with Canada withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol and suggesting that it would take its case against the EU to the World Trade Organization. The EU ultimately decided not to adopt the proposed Fuel Quality Directive at that time, but the issue remains outstanding. This environmental and trade war illustrates a risk specific to extra heavy crude, i.e., that production cannot reach certain markets and buyers cannot access adequate supply.
In a nutshell, involved parties must recognize the risks associated with extra heavy crude and adopt a long-term outlook when anticipating the potential disputes and liabilities associated with their operations. In that respect, one can compare extra heavy crude to LNG projects. Both share very high initial capital costs, a need for specific infrastructure throughout the supply chain, and relatively illiquid markets favoring long-term supply and purchase commitments. Additionally, the environmentally sensitive character of extra heavy crude projects can lead to trade restrictions. These particular features increase the possibility and magnitude of disputes relating to extra heavy oil projects.
Available Risk-Mitigation Strategies
Facing these kind of challenges, parties engaged in extra heavy oil projects are advised to pay particular attention to ensuring that they will be able to navigate through potential disputes under the best conditions possible.
Thorough initial risk assessment and dispute planning will allow implementing these strategies and help ensure the viability and success of the projected operation.
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It's not every day that one of the world's most renowned sans serif type families welcomes new members into its fold – with serifs. The Frutiger Serif design is the new font family by Adrian Frutiger and Akira Kobayashi. It is a re-envisioning of the Meridien typeface, one of Adrian Frutiger's first – and always his favorite – designs which he created in 1957.
Now, some 51 years later, Kobayashi, with support from Adrian Frutiger, has adapted and expanded Meridien to create the Frutiger Serif family. Given his special appreciation for the metal version of Meridien, Kobayashi began Frutiger Serif from some of the earliest, letterpress specimens. The spirit of Meridien is still present in Frutiger Serif, although there have been many significant changes. New weights, widths, and styles not only come closer to Frutiger's original design, but they now also complement several of Frutiger's sans serif faces.
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Before making it to DVD (and before DVDs), we liked Lily Tomlin's Tony Award winning "The Search for the Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe." The play was better in San Francisco Curran's Theater than
Janet Yellen, President Obama's mutual funds. With a smattering of Fidelity funds augmenting Vanguard, one thing is certain, she's no sucker.
Many preferred, astonishingly enough, Wall Street insider Larry Summer over Dr. Yellen. In the 90s, Summers ignored Brooksley Born's repeated warnings regarding dangers lurking in financial derivatives — because girls know nothing about finance. In 2005, just before the housing market collapse, economist Raghuram Rajan warned excessive risk-taking by banks would lead to a major financial crisis. While Summers harshly dismissed those concerns, Dr. Yellen spoke out on the perils lurking in the financial industry.
Given our culture, many will cast scorn Yellen's way. Here's a novel idea; let's put
Maybe the South Walton building renaissance is a sign of an economy on the mend. Dr. Yellen understands raising interest rates is a "blunt instrument" to prevent asset bubbles. Jacking up mortgage rates will negatively affect local real estate sales.
Dr. Yellen had me from hello. When a client walks in the door with long held Vanguard mutual fund positions they simply understand how markets work. Statistically women are better investors than men and may make a better Fed Chair. Our granddaughter or yours could be Fed Chair one day, too.
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It goes against human nature to sell a losing position. We hate to admit failure and I'm guilty, too. However by selling a losing position you can offset long term gains or up to $3,000 of ordinary income. Sell a loss position then replace it with a low-cost exchange traded fund and increase diversification.
Couples need to be aware their combined income could put them over the threshold levels for new 2013 taxes. We recently worked with a couple where one made more than $250,000 but the spouse made significantly less. The higher earner's HR department could easily make the appropriate changes for his .9 percent Medicare surtax but the spouse was in the dark. High earning couples could also pay an additional surcharge (3.8 percent) on investment income so "harvesting" any losses will reduce your tax liability. Call your CPA and discuss any necessary changes.
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