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It's been millions of years in the making, serving up hues of red and rouge.
Then it served as a color palate for native Americans who needed it's red colors for their paints and dyes.
Then about 70 years ago, a family from Salt Lake named Maxfield spied the color in the cliffs clear above Moon Lake in the Uintah Mountains while hunting. They laid claim to it in hopes of finding copper ore. However, what was there was pigments; pigments of unusual grade and clarity.
In 1946, the Uintah Mountain Copper Company was formed with the intentions of developing a "paint mine." Local tile and paint manufacturers had found the sample brought down by early prospectors was of such good quality, organizers of the company started to see gold in their future rather than red.
Those early days saw the development of a primitive road, but one that was to difficult for haul vehicles. In 1951 control of the company was sold to a man named Tony Zito, and over the next 20 years he spent his summers ( about the only time a mine could be operated in the high Uintah's) developing a real road and hand mining ore and selling it to local paint manufacturers. But the road never got more than 500 feet from the actual mine so Zito strung an overhead cable from the base to the mine and hung an old boiler on it. He would fill the boiler with ore and then send it cascading down the cable until it hit bottom where it would spill it's contents on the ground, where it would be picked up and hauled out.
In the 1970's Zito felt he was getting too old to do any more mining and he turned the rights over to the Kandaris family, particularly Mike Kandaris, a native of Carbon County and a former business owner in Price. In 1976, a vehicle rolled up to the mine for the first time as the road, containing 13 switchbacks, was finally completed. It was also at that time that the full impact of the deposits were realized. High grade hematite deposits were uncovered during this time, and the realization that a good sized mining operation could be supported began to emerge.
It was also at that time that the United States Forest Service, and the company realized that the road was not only boardering wilderness areas, but was also becoming congested with recreational use such as horseback riding and backpackers. The road would not have served the mine well under the conditions, so a land trade was made and the road to the mine was moved to a less sensitive area, with the design of the Forest Service being used for the roadway and the cost of construction being paid by the company. Meanwhile the old road was reclaimed by the company.
With the approaching wilderness debates heating up, the idea of an open pit mine in the area made Kadaris' partners back off the project. However, by the late 1980's, Kandaris' children, Pam and Peter, began working with their father to make the dream of a producing mine come true.
After restructuring how the mine would operate and an intensive exploratory drilling program in 1994-95 that cost nearly $200,000, pin pointed the richest ore deposits via 36 holes that were punched in the earth. The pit itself was reclaimed by use of a structure called a "gabion" which son Peter designed from work as an engineer for years on the Salt River Project in southern Arizona. This gabion was installed without the use of heavy machinery and it reinforced the mountain side so that vegetation and grasses could be planted. While the idea for the structures is centuries old, and have been used in many places, including the Andes Mountains in South America, the use of these in this situation brought recognition to Peter in a paper he presented to the American Rock Mechanics Association symposium at Veil, Colo. in 1999.
Because of the change in plans, an environmental assessment is presently underway for full scale removal of the high grade hematite deposits that the drilling uncovered in the area. As of this week about another 30 days of comment period remain.
But the tie to Carbon County is not just with the family, part of whom resides here, but with what the deposits are bringing to the area.
Peter has developed a new way to process the pigments from the ore and the company is presently beginning construction of the processing facility in the Ridge Road Business Park, about four miles south of Price.
"The project had to be viable for the Forest Service to approve our applications, " said Pam Kandaris Cha at an interview on Tuesday. The drilling proved the mine could be a winning enterprise."
The exact process of deriving pigments from the ore is proprietary, making the plant that is being built in Price the only one of it's kind in the world. The pigments that are going to be produced there will be purer than any others made. This has made the cosmetic and artistic paint industry stand up and notice.
"Right now we are working with Aveda (cosmetics) about what we can do for them," says Cha. "They have seen enough from the test samples we have from the drilling that they are very interested. So are the paint companies."
Another group that is interested are medical doctors who use "body tattooing" during plastic and other cosmetic surgery.
"If the pigments are pure enough they will be able to use it in cleft palette repairs as well as in breast reconstruction after a mastectomy," states Cha.
The plant will initially only employ a few people, but as time goes on and the operation grows, more jobs could come to the area.
"This is an industry of the future for Carbon County," says Cha. "We have been involved in this for a long time and are serious about pursuing it and growing."
The process of extracting pigments from ore is not one of large tonnage being available, like in other mining industries. Cha says that since the mine is really only accessible three months of the year the company intends to mine enough ore in the summer months to run the plant all year long.
"We can run the plant eight to ten hours a day on 2000 tons a year," says Cha. "The mining will probably be done by a contractor, and we have already contacted local trucking companies to carry the ore to Carbon County."
The company is also being traded on NASDAQ and is a fully registered public company.
"We're on the OTC bulletin board," says Cha. "The day we were named a fully registered public company, was the day of my dad's funeral."
That was in November of 1998 and the dream, that started in the 1930's with one family seeking minerals from the craggy peaks of the Uintah Mountains, continues as another family works with high technology and new, more colorful dreams of the near future in mind.
The Christensen family of Richfield has expanded their tire business to Price and opened Big O Tires next to Albertson's in the Creekview Mall. This makes the 53 Big O Tire store in Utah.
Owners Rodney and Allan Christensen opened June 1 and are planning their grand opening in July. Each has eight years of experience in the tire business and their store in Richfield has been there for 20 years.
Special features of Big O Tires include sales and service for all tires and wheels, as well as state inspections, front end alignments, brake checks, lube, oil and filter jobs.
"We are happy to be here," said Allan this past week. "Service is our specialty and we look forward to being in the Price area."
Big O's website is www.bigotires.com, while the business address is 790 West Price River Drive.
Their phone number is 613-2446.
Percy and Janice Mounteer, new owners, are in the process of making many changes with the Star Theatre in Huntington.
The Mounteers took over as new managers on March 15 and plan to open the theatre to live performances, educational speakers, and have a variety of things during off-hours of the regular movie presentations they are presenting. They have also expanded their concessions and plan further expansions.
They plan on having the new doors open in time for Huntington Heritage Days and invite the public to see all the work that is being done on the building.
Janice has worked with the public for 20 years both in Carbon and Emery counties, while Perry has worked as a warehouseman and for the state road department. They raised two sons and are now foster parents along with enjoying their seven grandchildren.
"We love having the Star Theatre and enjoy the support of both communities," said the Mounteers, adding, "We would like again to give a big thank you to all of you and especially to those who helped us clean, paint and move."
Star Theatre is located at 163 North Main in Huntington. Their phone number is (435) 687-9026.
The Price City Council has approved the construction of a multi specialty ambulatory surgical center on Fairgrounds Road. The new facility will have two full operating rooms, a minor procedure room, and a dedicated laser room. It will be a state-of-the-art facility, with the capability to perform a variety of surgical procedures using both local and general anesthesia.
In approving the application for construction, members of the planning and zoning committee recognized the need in Carbon county for an outpatient surgical facility. Price City Mayor Joe Piccolo and his staff worked closely with the developers to ensure that the needs of the city and people of Price were met by the newly developed facility.
Groundbreaking for the new facility occurred on June 19. Completion is anticipated in December of this year. The facility will be licensed by the state and certified to perform procedures for both the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
The new surgicenter will be located on Fairgrounds Road directly above the Holiday Inn. The building will be designed for convenient parking and access by patients and families.
Carbon and Emery county residents will benefit in several ways from the new facility. In addition to easy access, the surgical center will be able to provide surgical services at lower cost than can be provided in a hospital. Many patients who have gone "over the mountain" in years past will now be able to receive services locally.
According to Jeffrey Hansen, M.D., Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Castleview Hospital, the surgical center will be helpful to provide outpatient surgical services in an economical way, but some surgeries will still require the inpatient facilities provided by Castleview Hospital. Dr. Hansen stresses the important contribution the hospital makes in our community, but he believes that the surgicenter will function to keep patients from leaving Carbon County for outpatient operations. Dr. Hansen is one of the surgeons who will be developing and using the surgical center.
There has been a national trend in the last 25 years to establish ambulatory surgical centers as a way of providing outpatient surgeries in an economical and patient-friendly way.
The Medicare program, private insurance companies, and patients all benefit by having outpatient surgeries performed in smaller, more user friendly and efficient facilities.
The sixth annual awards banquet honoring the excellence of the area's emergency medical personnel was held recently at the Castleview Hospital in Price.
The two incidents of the year that the awards were centered around included that of Jana Hoyt and a bird hunter who was shot in the face in Emery County.
The honored included Jennifer Stefanoff, dispatcher; Dr. Kurt King, Physician of the Year; Denise Sanchez, emergency nurse of the year; and Carla Caldwell, special award recipient.
The Hoyt incident began around bedtime on August 30 of 2001. Jana Hoyt had just returned from a week-long trip to Seattle and was preparing for bed with her husband, Steve when she collapsed. Steve began CPR, doing two breaths and 10 compressions. Realizing that he would need more help, he called 911.
Public Safety Dispatcher Becky Wilson answered the call and directed Steve to slow down the CPR and give two breaths to 15 compressions. Wilson asked Dispatcher Lisa Shook to send an ambulance to their home.
Shook dispatched the Carbon County Ambulance. Off-duty ambulance personnel Jerimiah Davies and Wade Marinoni heard the page on their hand-held radios and both were close by. They responded to the home within two minutes. They relieved Steve of CPR and ventilation.
Carbon County Ambulance personnel Larry Leonard and Don Marrelli arrived two minutes later. Upon attaching a defibrillator monitor they found that Jana was in ventricular fibrillation. They delivered two shocks and within minutes she had a strong pulse. At Castleview Hospital, Medical Control Physician Cameron Williams and his ER staff met Jana and the EMS team.
Williams started advance cardiac care and arranged for transport to LDS Hospital's specialized cardiac care unit. Jana was later diagnosed by doctors with Long QT Syndrome, a cardiac disease that would require a defibrillator, pacemaker implant. After eight days of hospitalization she was returned home. Six months later she was fully recovered and back to normal activity.
In the other situation, Mark Grace, was hunting on a bird farm in Emery county when, in the process of picking up a bird he had killed his 12 gauge shot gun went off hitting him in the face. Three EMT's responded and recruited a driver that was on the scene. They started two IV's and Grace was transported to Castleview Hospital. Later he was lifeflighted to the Wasatch Front. Grace has since recovered enough to go back to work.
The EMT's that responded were Chuck Ebeling, Gordon Larsen, and Etova Snow.
Dr. Kurt King, who was named physician of the year is the past chief of staff of the hospital. In presenting the award he was honored for his knowledge and skills, sense of humor, his activities as he is involved in medical staff issues, as the medical director of the blood gas laboratory and as a teacher and mentor.
Denise Sanchez was named emergency nurse of the year.
In the presentation it was pointed out that Sanchez goes the extra mile with patients, is non-judgmental about patient situations, proctors new students with patience, is knowledgable about ER care and is advanced burn life support certified.
Jennifer Stefanoff was named Price Communications Center employee of the year. In the presentation it was pointed out that she has done much for the center this past year. She keeps all the certifications updated and has trained as the alternate for the center.
"Jennifer has set an example for the newer dispatchers, as someone to look up to and go to for advice," said Martin Estrada, communications center supervisor.
Carla Caldwell was given a special award. She has been the abdominal aortic aneurysm "queen" of the year, according to the presentation. Carla has been on duty for at least five of the seven AAA cases diagnosed this year.
Also recognized were Sherry Hammond of Price Communications and Mike Milovich was given a special recognition for his commitment to the programs.
Originally established in 1998, Therapy Works has relocated to a new site in Price and is introducing their new therapeutic swimming pool similar to those used by professional athletic trainers according to Silvia Fassio. They are now located at 53 South 700 East. The phone number of 613-0330.
Besides the new pool the business also does individualized care, has fexible hours, which includes weekends and evenings.
Fassio has a bachelor of arts degree in psychology, a BS degree in physical therapy and has served as a therapists since 1998 and owned her own practice since 1988. She also teaches nursing at CEU.
The Southeastern Utah Association of Local Government's - Business and Economic Development Department has recently hired Brett Behling to facilitate in the growth of small business in southeastern Utah. Brett will help entrepreneurs and existing businesses plan development, financial analysis, as well as marketing research and strategies.
Behling also works with Jeri Hamilton and Delia Paletta to provide business start up training, and customized training programs for local residents and business owners.
Behling has worked with Emery county for the past four years in developing and streamlining irrigation projects. Furthermore, he conducted workshops on water conservation, conducted feasibility studies, and consulted with farmers on farm management practices and cost control. He has solicited, wrote, and managed multi-million dollar projects to preserve the agricultural heritage of Emery county by developing long-term irrigation infrastructure.
Behling is a lifetime resident of Emery county. He graduated from Emery High in 1990 and continued his education at Brigham Young University where he graduated with a bachelor of science in business management with an emphasis in entrepreneurship. He later furthered his education by receiving a Master of Business Administration from Utah State University.
Last year, in 2001, the Utah Legislature amended the Enterprise Zone Law and added a refundable tax credit to qualified companies in certain rural areas. This passed the legislature through the hard work of Senator Mike Dmitrich, Representative Brad King, and the Republican sponsor, Brad Johnson, from Aurora. Delynn Fielding, Carbon County Economic Development Director, helped formulate the legislation, based on similar law in Kentucky. The law is now in effect and available to Carbon county companies. It offers a total potential of $300,000 per year.
These funds can have positive impact on local businesses that qualify for the money. The law provides for refundable tax credits of up to $100,000 for each business that qualifies. Once a company has been approved and has been designated to receive the refund credit, funds will be released to the company over a period of 2 to 5 years. The company has specific subjective criteria to meet. If the criteria are met, the funds will be received. If the company fails to meet the criteria in a three-month period for example, but does meet them in future months, the company will not receive � of that year's previously committed allocation. In short, the business owner will know for certain if, when, and how much to count on receiving from the tax credit.
Now the good news. Economic development is actively looking for Carbon county businesses to qualify for the program! We would like to see the entire $300,000 allocated to Carbon County. Ranking of qualifying companies is according to economic impact per direct job. Criteria include:
The company can be an existing business or a start-up business.
Ranking is based on the number of full time equivalent employees projected over the next three years; the projected average wage of the full time equivalent employees; the projected amount of new or used equipment purchased or leased over the next three years; the projected amount of new building (owned or leased) or addition to an existing building (owned or leased) over the next three years. In addition the company must hire at least eight new employees over the next three years and the business cannot be engaged in construction, retail trade, or be a public utility. Manufacturing, repair, service, and wholesale businesses qualify for the credit.
Applications are being taken now and must be completed by July 31. Interested parties can contact economic development at 636-3295 for an appointment.
The office address is 90 North 100 East, room 154 in Price.


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In the Nevada desert, 126 miles north of Las Vegas, sits a military base that has been shrouded in secrecy since the Eisenhower administration.
It is widely known as Area 51, a fact the government finally acknowledged just last week, but a curious, little-known detail is a code name used by the spies who worked there: Watertown.
One of the creators of the installation, former CIA Director Allen W. Dulles, was born in Watertown and spent the early years of his life here.
But the story about how the site came to sometimes be referred to as Watertown is slightly more complicated.
According to a history of the U-2 and OXCART aerial reconnaissance programs released by the CIA in June, the dried lake bed selected for the testing of the aircraft and the training of their pilots would sometimes flood with rainwater runoff from nearby mountains, giving it the unofficial nickname Watertown Strip.
The U-2 program, which was developed to allow American forces to spy on the Soviet Union with the aid of long-range, lightweight, high-altitude aircraft that could avoid enemy fighters and radar equipment, was enacted with the signing of a contract between the CIA and Lockheed Aircraft Corp. on Dec. 9, 1954.
Mr. Dulles had gone to President Dwight D. Eisenhower several days before the contract was signed to propose that the CIA take over the program. The president agreed, and Mr. Dulles was closely associated with the program during his eight-year tenure at the agency, even when it brought him under significant criticism.
Perhaps for that reason, former CIA contractor T.D. Barnes, Henderson, Nev., told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the Watertown nickname was given to the area because it was the name of Mr. Dulless hometown.
Mr. Dulles was born in Watertown on April 7, 1893, to Edith Foster Dulles and the Rev. Allen Macy Dulles, who was pastor of First Presbyterian Church from 1888 to 1904.
Mr. Dulles spent the first 11 years of his life in Watertown, where he attended public schools with his elder brother, John Foster Dulles, because their parents could not afford a private education.
John Foster Dulles, who was born in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 25, 1888, and spent 16 years of his life in Watertown, served as secretary of state under President Eisenhower. The Dulles State Office Building on Washington Street was named for him.
The younger Mr. Dulles was said to be a frequent visitor to Watertown and Henderson Harbor, where his family maintained a summer home.
On May 1, 1960, in the final year of the Eisenhower administration, U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union and confessed he was a spy. President Eisenhower accepted personal responsibility for the flight and admitted that the U.S. had been conducting surveillance flights over the Soviet Union for four years.
In fall 1961, President John F. Kennedy ousted Mr. Dulles as CIA director after criticism over the Bay of Pigs operation.
In 1963, Mr. Dulles was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of the president who had fired him.
Nearly six years later, after a case of the flu turned serious, Mr. Dulles died Jan. 29, 1969.
His enduring contribution to the Cold War fell ingloriously into obscurity.
After a runway expansion, the Watertown Strip was converted in August 1959 for work on project OXCART, an endeavor to create a supersonic spy plane that would present a nearly undetectable profile to ground radar.
The result of that project was the Lockheed A-12, which was in service from 1963 to 1968 and was a precursor to the SR-71 Blackbird. The OXCART program ended after only 29 operational missions.
Financial burdens, technical problems and concerns about a reprise of the Powers incident made officials nervous about deploying the aircraft.
The OXCART was the last high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft produced for the CIA, according to its history of events. The remaining planes were given to the Air Force and Area 51 passed into legend, as far as we know.
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text: Cash machine: Could Wonga transform personal finance? Wonga 05 May 11 by William Shaw Leon Csernohlavek Damelin started talking to high-street banks: if he wanted to make this as instant a process as possible, he would have to find a way to get money into borrowers' accounts as quickly as possible. They were dismissive of Wonga's business plan. "They told us we wouldn't be able to verify customers accurately," he says. "There was unanimity about that. We could never be totally satisfied that the customers were who they said they were without seeing some kind of actual document from them."A new bank customer needs to show both a photo ID and a letter from another bank, a utility firm or government agency proving that they live where they claim. On its own, a mobile-phone account proves little. Wonga's hunch was that the net -- as a giant data source -- would provide deeper insights into consumer behaviour. What if you crossreference a standard form of ID against an email address, plus the organisations that the address is linked to, plus a plethora of other data sources, from the electoral roll to Facebook? The information that consumers consciously gave was just a starting point.The Wonga home page features two horizontal sliders. The first allows borrowers to adjust the amount of money they want to borrow -- up to £400 on a first loan, as much as £1,000 for returning customers. One slider moves in increments of £1. The second slider shows the period of the loan in days. As the sliders move, the site calculates the cost: a loan of £250 for 21 days would cost £58.42. Even though the loan is for three weeks, the site must also legally show that eye-popping annual-percentage rate (APR): 4,214 per cent. There are no other costs."We do small, short-term things, and the cost of delivering that service is high," Damelin says. "Catching a cab might be expensive, but it's convenient and nobody complains that being charged £15 for getting across London is immoral."Once a customer has decided on the size of a loan, he is taken through a series of questions. Within about 15 minutes, Wonga has retained around 30 pieces of simple information about a potential borrower. And, from those pieces of information, Wonga has found it can access a further 6,000 to 8,000 online data points that relate to the applicant. What exactly are those data points? Damelin won't say; the decision engine lies at the heart of Wonga's IP and he is reluctant to offer clues.Following first-stage funding of £3.7 million by Balderton Capital in 2007, Accel Partners joined Balderton and Greylock Partners in offering second-stage funding of £14 million in 2009. Hinting at the originality of the site's data capture, Accel's Sonali De Rycker, now on Wonga's board, says: "They use a lot of social media and other tools on the internet you don't even think about. That's where the magic is."The crux of the algorithm is less about the individual pieces of data -- your postcode, the colour of your car, how large your mortgage is -- but how these pieces of information relate to one another. Crucially, the data points are stacked against the other pieces of information gleaned from past Wonga clients. By the time Accel came aboard in 2009, Wonga had issued 100,000 loans. That's 100,000 data sets contributing to an ever growing net of information, and each comprising 6,000-8,000 pieces of information about a borrower. "You build the story by joining up lots of data," Damelin says. "We pay for that data, but we need it. It's about computing thousands of combinations to look for things that look wrong - or right."When it launched in 2007, the decision engine wasn't efficient. Half of the clients defaulted: investors were paying to allow it to fail. "We were happy to underwrite losses because if the engine didn't learn, then you'll never have a good business," De Rycker says. "The question was how much to underwrite. That was the decision."Until Wonga, the benchmark formula for estimating credit risk has been FICO scoring, which awards applicants a score between 300 (high risk) and 850 (low risk). Named after the company that developed the algorithm in 1956 -- Fair, Isaac and Company -- the FICO score is widely used in the US. Like British banks, American institutions take their information from credit bureaux such as Equifax and Experian in order to calculate whether a potential borrower is likely to default."I'll tell you something very interesting," says Damelin with a conspiratorial smile. "When we started our business, we were having to rely on credit scoring from agencies because we didn't have our own data."It was that conventional scoring that produced the 50-per-cent default rate in the first few weeks of the operation. Wonga soon found that FICO-type scores - which were designed for longer, larger debts - were next to useless for predicting behaviour of short-term debtors.While the data that Wonga accumulates becomes ever more complex, it no longer has to rely on the same systems as do the banks. Today its default rate for what is assumed by the banking industry to be the most high-risk market for loans - short-term lending - has fallen to single-figure percentages. The banking industry typically estimates around ten per cent of credit-card debt as uncollectable. (Damelin refuses to reveal his business's figure, but insists it's "definitely industry-leading".)"So we've built an engine that is dramatically more predictive for what we do than FICO," says Damelin. "Dramatically on a scale that's unbelievable. And that was always our thesis that we could."The company had started with same-day payments. "Same-day money was the bare minimum," says Damelin. "We wouldn't have started this business unless we could do that. As soon as we got it there the same day, it was, 'Oh, can we do it the same hour?'" Damelin remembers. He still believes that he can shave time off the current guaranteed time of 15 minutes. "We're aiming for instant," he says. Read page 5 12345 Read on one page Comments Interesting article. Although I find the section on speaking to customer's to be a little odd and somewhat contradicting. 'People prefer not to speak to our representatives' and then its followed up by a statement about someone who had emailed five times and rang several times without response??? Does this sound like the actions of a person who doesnt want to speak to anyone!??!?! From experience I can tell you that last year when I decided I could no longer repay Wonga on time it took about 50 days of ringing and emailing to get a response. In that time Wonga had turned an 800 pound loan into a near 1700 pound repayment, and during that time it was impossible for me to speak to the relevant people as when I rang collections I was told it must be passed onto another section who had no telephone number. It was only through emailing the media officer did I get any response. Secondly in my opinion I could be sent to sleep listening to all the talk of data collection and removing personal opinions from the system and what not - is this why the payday loan industry allowed me to take 64 loans within 18 months, many of them belonging to Wonga?? I guess so! steve perry May 24th 2011 In reply to steve perry Hi Steve, I'm researching problems with Wonga customer service and wondered if I could e-mail you? My address is email@example.com or i'm @lwhateley on twitter, if you're interested perhaps you could send me your address. Many thanks Laura Whateley Jul 21st 2011 In reply to steve perry "64 loans within 18 months"Bloody hell, limited sympathy there mate I'm afraid. Mr 0a May 11th 2012 Tarik Abdellah? Wasn't he convicted of fraud in his previous job? I'm sure he was! John Jun 4th 2011 Inappropriate comment Tarik Sep 13th 2011 lol - well where did you gain the experience at becoming a loan shark then? John Oct 16th 2011 lol - well where did you gain the experience at becoming a loan shark then? John Oct 16th 2011 shut up John trfhttrhtrhtr Jan 12th 2012 This article seems to miss one key fact - the payday loan industry had existed in the US long before wonga.com started. Which makes the article suspect at best - i was familiar with all of these concepts from advertisements in the US long before wonga.com started. This article seems to suggest that wonga.com has discovered a new industry but any american consumer would tell you otherwise - the concept of payday loans predates wonga by a few decades. Colm Nov 25th 2012 Reply to a comment Name Email Comment Submit » Latest on wired.co.uk


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text: Carl Taxwood | IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information Official Broadway League sites: - sites - broadway.org broadwayleague.com broadwayfanclub.com kidsnightonbroadway.com stagespecs.org tonyawards.com Quick Search For: In This Category: All Show People/Org. Theatre Season Carl Taxwood Performer Male Productions ProductionsDate of ProductionsThe Top o' th' World[Musical, Extravaganza, Original] Performer: Carl Taxwood [Gnome]Oct 19, 1907 - Feb 22, 1908The Duke of Duluth[Musical, Farce, Opera, Original] Performer: Carl Taxwood [Chorus]Sep 11, 1905 - Jan 06, 1906 Find out where Carl Taxwood and are credited together © 2001-2015, The Broadway League, All Rights Reserved. (Copyright and Disclaimer)


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The pulled pork popular in the South takes hours, even days to prepare; starting with digging a pit. Our barbecued pork has a similar flavor, but takes just minutes to make.
With sweet, smoky-tasting barbecue, it's a toss-up between an exuberant Californian zinfandel and a lush, jammy Australian shiraz.
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- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 pound pork tenderloin
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil, divided
- 1 cup bottled barbecue sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 6 ounces cheddar or Monterey jack cheese, shredded (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 4 9-inch flour tortillas
- 1/2 head romaine lettuce, chopped (about 2 cups)
- 3 tomatoes, diced
- 2 green bell peppers, diced
- 1 cucumber, peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded, and diced
In a medium bowl, whisk 1 1/2 tablespoons of the vinegar, the thyme, 3/4 teaspoon of the salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Add the olive oil slowly, whisking.
Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cut the pork into 1/4-inch slices, and then cut the slices into 1/4-inch strips. In a large frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon of the cooking oil over high heat. Add half the pork, sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and sauté until cooked through and just beginning to brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon cooking oil and cook the rest of the pork, seasoning it with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt.
Return all the pork to the pan. Stir in the barbecue sauce, cumin, the remaining 1 tablespoon vinegar and two thirds (about 1 cup) of the cheese. Spread some of the pork mixture in a line just below the center of each tortilla. Roll up the burritos and put them seam-side down in a small baking dish. Bake for 10 minutes, sprinkle with the remaining cheese, and bake until the cheese melts and the filling is hot, about 2 minutes longer.
Meanwhile, put the lettuce, tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumber into the bowl and toss. Put the salad on plates and top with the burritos.
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|It was during Love is in the Air, so yes those are rose petals
~Purchased from Baruma on Darkmoon Island with 75 Darkmoon Prize Tokens
Shoulder-Mantle of the Unforgiven
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Gloves-Replica Darkmantle Gloves
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We are writing to demand justice in the case of Kachin villager, Sumlut Roi Ja, aged 28, who has disappeared since being arbitrarily arrested by the Burma Army.
On October 28, 2011, Sumlut Roi Ja was arrested by Burma Army soldiers while farming near her village Hkai Bang, Momauk township, close to the China border. Her husband and father-in-law witnessed her being forced at gunpoint to carry corn to their camp, an outpost of Battalion 321 at Mubum. She was seen at the camp by several witnesses, but has since disappeared.
Even though Sumlut Roi Ja's husband attempted to bring legal proceedings against the troops responsible, on 23 February, 2012, the Naypyidaw Supreme Court dismissed the case for lack of evidence. Sumlut Roi Ja's husband was not permitted to speak at the trial, and the judge based his ruling entirely on the testimony of the military defendants. Falsehoods in the judge's report included the claim that the case was never reported to local officials. In fact, a week after the arrest, Sumlut Roi Ja's father-in-law had written appeal letters to the Kachin State Chief Minister, the Bhamo District governor and the Burma Army Battalion 321 commander.
This blatant perversion of justice brings shame on your government, and the independence of your judicial system. We therefore urge you to immediately authorize a re-trial of this case, to ascertain what has happened to Sumlut Roi Ja, and bring to justice those responsible for her arrest and disappearance.
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Sail of the Century
Four days sailing is better than three days sailing. And sailing in Thailand is better than sailing in somewhere that isn't Thailand. What other reasons do you need?
Day 1 - Phuket
We meet today at 1pm at the Lighthouse Restaurant at Chalong Pier.
Koh Ping Kan is a beautiful island. So is Koh Pan Yi. Today, you'll visit both. Koh Ping Kan is famous for being the setting of a certain movie about a certain English spy who likes martinis. Koh Pan Yi is home to one of the last remaining sea gypsy villages.
Sail to Koh Ping Kan after 3pm
After visiting the island sail to Koh Pan Yi and see a sea gypsy village
Explore the village and ride on a long tail boat through mangrove channels
Stay on an anchorage nearby.Dinner
Day 2 - Phang Nga Bay
After breakfast we start to explore by cruising into the famous Phang Nga Bay where the James Bond movie 'Man with the Golden Gun' was made. Enjoy lunch in remote islands with gorgeous kayaking and swimming spots. Tonight we anchor well off the 'beaten path' in the north-east part of the bay between Koh Klui and Koh Chang.Breakfast | Lunch
Day 3 - Kohn Hong & Railay
Head towards the lonely island of Koh Hong on a boat. If you don't get that reference, you don't deserve to be on a boat, or heading towards a lonely island. Swim and snorkel, then watch the sunset and get amongst the nightlife in Railay.
Sail to Koh Hong
Explore its sea caves on a dinghy
After a trip around Koh Hong stop on a tropical beach for swimming and snorkelling.
Sailing day ends in Railay
Watch the sunset and then dine ashore
Enjoy the nightlifeBreakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 4 - Koh Phi Phi
Koh Phi Phi is one of the most famous spots in all of Thailand. It's not hard to see why. There's heaps of marine life, shops, bars, restaurants and of course, beaches. There's a silly amount of backpackers here, but if you don't look them directly in the eye you should be alright. Head on to Phi Phi Le and visit the setting for the film The Beach, which is on a beach. Who'da thunk it?
Sail to the island group Koh Phi Phi
Stop at Phi Phi Don with its colourful marine life, shops, bars, restaurants and fire spectacles - tour ends here about 1pm.
If you have extra time to spend on the islands then head on to Phi Phi Le and visit 'Maya Beach' (from The Beach)Breakfast
What to Know
What's Included
• Gecko's expert English-speaking skipper throughout the tour
• Longtail boat ride through the Mangrove Channels in Koh Pan Yi
• Explore the sea caves of Koh Hong
• Time to relax in Koh Phi Phi
Not Included
- International flights, arrival and departure transfers, departure and airport taxes, visas, all other meals, all optional tours or activities during free time, transfers outside of the tour program, travel insurance, tips, national park fees and items of a personal nature.
Safety Information
WATER SAFETY AT SEA: Travellers that are able and confident swimmers will be able to enjoy swimming & snorkelling off the boat, but please always note the skipper's advise and instructions on when and where to swim and what precautions to consider. Travellers that are not able to swim are certainly welcome on this trip, but you will be required to wear a life jacket when we are sailing.
CLIFF JUMPING: We do not allow cliff jumping on our tours as it is a dangerous activity and against Geckos policy.
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January 10, 2007
Fairbanks Morse Pump, a division of Pentair Water, recently received a contract in excess of $20 million to provide a total of 3,850 cubic feet per second (1,724,800 gallons per minute) additional pumping capacity at the 17th Street Canal in New Orleans.
The pump station contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hurricane Protection Office (HPO) Division.
Fairbanks Morse Pump, through its local distributor, Parson and Sanderson, Inc., will provide eleven pumps each capable of pumping 156,800 gallons per minute, driven through a Philadelphia right angle gear by a Caterpillar 1500 horsepower diesel engine. The pumps will provide supplementary drainage for the City of New Orleans during the hurricane season.
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With the start of Ramadan only a few weeks away, Muslims worldwide are preparing for the month with many rituals, including stocking up on dates with which to break their fast. While this one practice is so revered by Muslims, the dates one buys may be contributing to human rights violations.
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by: Jericho Paul C. Santos
October-November 2011--Islam as a religion has long been established since the early A.D. 600s. Along with its emergence around the world, it also paved way for the development of its own unique stlye of art. Islamic art place emphasis on creating an artform that is built on the beauty and respect for the teachings of Islam.
Islamic Calligraphy
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Islamic art is characterized by designs of flowers, plant forms and geometric designs. It is used in calligraphy, architecture painting, clothing and other forms of fine art. As Islam spread around the world, this distinct form of art has become an integral part of the identity of its followers, including the Philippines.
The Development of Islamic Art in the Philippines
In the 13th century, traders and missionaries have introduced the religion of Islam in the Philippines. Islamic art meshed with ethnic culture and produced a Filipino Muslim art that reflects the ethnic background and Islamic identity of the people. During the Spanish colonization and American occupation, Islam has been concentrated mostly in the South but this did not halt the flourishing of Islamic art.
A Filipino-Muslim Boy
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Global development, however, exposed the Filipino Muslims to its Middle Eastern roots, who have become their main source of representation of Islam's art.
Art of Filipino Muslims
Islamic art in the Philippines is found predominantly in Muslim ethnic groups where every group offers their own distinct flavor of Islamic art. This distinct art is commonly seen in homes, clothing and places of worship of Filipino Muslims.
Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle East
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Mosques in the Philippines have a common architectural feature that is similar with its Southeast Asian neighbors. It is made of light materials such as wood, bamboo and cogon grass and was used in the building of the early types of mosques but these light materials did not last long. Today's mosques, however, are now structurally patterned after the design of its Middel eastern counterparts.
Philippine Mosque
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One characteristic of Islamic art is the absence of human form. This tradition comes from the belief that any figural representation should not be used for the purpose of worship. This is evident in the architectural design of mosques in Mindanao where calligraphy is used as the main form of expression. However, it is always kept in a minimum.
Philippine Mosque
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The only reminders of Filipino Muslim art inside mosques is the traditional art form known as Okkir. This art form is believed to be of Hindu and Chinese influences. Okkir uses geometric and floral artwork. One popular motif of this art form is the use of an imagery of a dragon or serpent.
Okkir Design in Ramil Tawasil's Painting
There are other figural representation in Filipino Islamic art such as the buraq, a winged horse with a head of a woman. This imagery relates Prophet Muhammad's ascension to heaven. There is also the other famous creature -- the sarimanok, a symbol for bravery and nobility.
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Philippine Muslim homes represents their identity therefore Islamic art is seen in their houses. These houses usually contains framed calligraphy of Qur'an passages in its walls. These ornaments usually are made from Muslim dominated countries like Malaysia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia brought home by overseas Filipino workers as mementos of their pilgrims.
Frames with Qur'an Passages
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Clothing reflects the stlye and colours of their ethnic background. A design related to Islam thatis used in the Philippines is the batik cloth design. This kind of design traces its influence from Indonesia. It contains abstract themes with geometric and floral design. However, human and animal depiction is a rare motif in batik.
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Today, Filipino Muslims believe that following dress requirements shows their Muslim identity. But they have now considered the Middle East as reference for the proper Muslim dress. Traditional design is still present in modern dresses however the overall look now follows according to how Muslims have dressed globally which is loose and more open to Western influences.
More Westernized Filipino Muslim clothing
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For a long time Islamic art in the Philippines has been linked to its ethnic background. But globalization has contributed to the changes in the visual expression of Islamic art. From developing an art that is centered in ethnicity, there has been a shift in the adoption of forms and styles. House ornaments have been imported from other Muslim countries and outfits. Dresses that was once limited to ethnic background has now been link to the global Muslim style referencing the Middle East. And even the reconstruction of mosques are now uses sturdier materials that is inspired by modern Islamic design.
With the continued increase employment and growing number of students going overseas, the Middle East continues to play a significant role in shaping the future of Islamic art in the Philippines.
Kolig, Erich. Identity in Crossroad Civilisations: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Globalism in Asia. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2010.
Levy, Janey. Islamic Art: Recognizing Geometric ideas in Art. Amsterdam: The Rosen Publishing Group, 2007.
Madale, Nasagura. "A Look at Philippine Mosques." National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 6 Oct. 2003. Web. 6 Oct. 2011.
Jericho Paul C. Santos is a graduate of Creative Writing from the University of the Philippines and Visual Communications Management from the Mapua Information Technology Center. His areas of interest are in the field of animation and film. He is also the creator of the comic strip, Mayclub (gomayclub.com).
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I've heard from too many people how they're scared to slide their camera's setting from Auto or Shutter/Aperture Priority over to the the big M. I was too! My settings didn't move out of Auto until a year after I got a DSLR. But, one day I decided to learn Manual and I haven't switched it back since.
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Among other things, Emmert wants to streamline the balky NCAA rule book. Not only does he want to clear up the language, he wants to make sure the penalties match the crimes.
Following the summit, Emmert acknowledged, "The rules are in some cases too complex, unenforceable; in some ways convoluted and some ways irrelevant.''
Alvarez couldn't agree more.
"The NCAA rules have gotten way out of hand,'' Alvarez said Wednesday. "The rule book is way too complicated and you just don't have enough people to enforce the rules. It has to be cleaned up.
"Here's what you want to ask your coaches, 'What rules do you need? What rules don't you need?' We have to eliminate a lot of the foolish violations and define what a secondary violation is.''
Emmert believes the NCAA is spending too much time trying to interpret and manage secondary violations; time and dollars that would be better spent focusing on the bigger rule violators.
"To a lot of coaches, a secondary violation is not a big deal; it's a slap on the wrist,'' Alvarez said. "If you really want to clear up secondary violations, take money out of their pay checks. Fine them.''
Addressing the current NCAA checks-and-balances, Alvarez said, "We need to move in a speedier fashion on how you punish someone and how long it takes. It's just too convoluted.''
Citing today's landscape in college athletics, Alvarez also suggested, "Instead of punishing schools, maybe we should start looking at punishing the individuals that are responsible.''
Could what is alleged to have transpired at the University of Miami, happen elsewhere?
"Sure it could,'' Alvarez said. "Potentially, it could happen anywhere.''
How difficult is it to identify and isolate a rogue booster?
"That's where you need everybody on the same page,'' Alvarez said. "Kids talk. Somebody will hear it; second-hand, or whatever, it will come back, whether it be to a strength coach or grad assistant.
"That's why you need somebody close to the players; somebody who knows what's going on. That's how you get your information. You have to have tentacles that go out in the community.''
Whenever there's such media scrutiny of a program -- like there is currently with Miami -- does it sound the alarm and help other programs educate their people on the inherent dangers?
"It does,'' Alvarez said. "Ohio State would be a good example of that.
"Bret (Bielema) met right away with his players and talked to them about what you can and what you can't do if you're still on the team as far as selling bowl stuff and different memorabilia.''
Does he think former deputy A.D. Shawn Eichorst knew what he was getting himself into at Miami when he left Wisconsin to take over as the Hurricanes' athletic director?
"No, I don't think Shawn knew that they were going to be investigated,'' Alvarez said.
How will he respond to the situation?
"Shawn will attack it; he'll find out what the facts are,'' Alvarez said. "He's an analytical thinker and he's smart. He has poise under fire. I know that he won't rattle under pressure.''
Meanwhile, under the proposed NCAA makeover, there's pressure on Emmert to elevate the academic standards, including raising the Academic Progress Rate (APR) for postseason competition.
Schools that fall short of the APR would not be eligible. "We want to make a decision to set clear academic expectations for participation in any of our tournaments,'' Emmert said in Indianapolis.
Also being considering is raising the minimum grade-point average for incoming student-athletes from 2.0 to 2.5. Alvarez is definitely on board with the academic revisions.
"I'd go along with that 100 percent,'' he said.
But Alvarez is less certain about increasing the value of a scholarship to include "full cost of attendance.'' Emmert said most of the schools presidents are in favor of doing so.
"It sounds like everybody is leaning towards that and I have no problem with it,'' Alvarez said. "I'd like to help the student-athlete. However, we have to be consistent in what they can get.
"If it isn't consistent from school-to-school, it can become an unfair recruiting advantage.''
Like everyone else, Alvarez is waiting to see what happens, if anything with Texas A&M in light of the speculation that the Aggies are thinking about leaving the Big 12 and joining the SEC.
"It sure looks like A&M is not hiding what it's trying to do,'' Alvarez said. "That's a domino and if they did leave that would start the domino effect.''
What about future Big Ten expansion?
"I think we're fine with 12,'' Alvarez said.
If other conferences expand to 16 would that put the Big Ten at a disadvantage?
"No, I don't think so,'' Alvarez said.
What about the prospect of four "super'' conferences?
"I wouldn't be surprised,'' Alvarez said.
What about naming a college football commissioner to oversee the sport?
"I haven't heard that proposed, but it might be something to think about,'' Alvarez said.


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To address this issue, House Republicans, led by National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee Ranking Member Rob Bishop (UT-01), have introduced legislation (H.R. 5016) to ensure that U.S. Border Patrol is permitted to assert operational control over the border. This commonsense bill would simply give Border Patrol both the authority and access to effectively monitor and protect our federal lands on the border.
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Nicole Stanton Appointed to Business Court Advisory Committee
The law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Phoenix office managing partner, Nicole Stanton, has been appointed to serve as a member of the Business Court Advisory Committee. This is a newly established committee, by order of Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch, which is dedicated to examining current processes for resolving business cases in the Superior Court of Arizona, as well as reviewing business court models, processes, rules, and procedures in other jurisdictions.
In addition to her position as office manager partner at Quarles & Brady LLP and now serving on the Business Court Advisory Committee, Stanton is a member of the firm's Commercial Litigation Group. She also serves as a founding board member and past president of the Women's Metropolitan Arts Council of the Phoenix Art Museum, as well as a member of Chart 100 Women.
Her experience includes defense of local and national law firms in legal malpractice actions and other business litigation disputes. She is an adjunct professor at Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, teaching professional responsibility.
As a graduate of Valley leadership Class XXIX, Stanton was the YWCA of Maricopa County's 2011 Tribute to Women honoree in the business leader category. She was honored as one of the 50 most influential women in Arizona. She received her law degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Arizona and her bachelor's degree from the University of Utah.
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