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Barrick met its gold production guidance for the 11th straight year in 2013 and maintained the lowest all-in sustaining gold costs of its peer group. As part of the disciplined capital allocation framework adopted in mid-2012, the company executed a number of initiatives to prioritize free cash flow and profitable production, including:
Under this comprehensive plan to strengthen the company, Barrick became a leaner, more agile organization, better protected against downside gold price risk, and well positioned to take advantage of gold price upside and attractive investment opportunities going forward.
The company retained its listings on the Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America indexes for the sixth and seventh consecutive years, respectively.
In December 2013, Barrick announced that its Founder and Chairman, Peter Munk, would retire as Chairman and step down from the Board of Directors at the company's 2014 Annual General Meeting (AGM). John Thornton, who joined Barrick as Co-Chairman in 2012, will become Chairman following the 2014 AGM.
In 2012, Barrick renewed its focus on maximizing shareholder value under a disciplined capital allocation framework to guide decision-making. This strategy and approach can be summed up as: Returns will drive production; Production will not drive returns.
Barrick's Board of Directors authorized a quarterly dividend of 20 cents per share1 in the first quarter of 2012, which equates to 80 cents per share on an annualized basis. This represented a 33% increase from the previous quarterly dividend of 15 cents per share. Over the last six years, Barrick has had a consistent track record of returning capital to shareholders, increasing its dividends by more than 260%.
Construction of the new Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican Republic was completed on schedule and within capital guidance. First gold was poured in August 2012.
2011 marked another successful year for Barrick. Gold production of 7.7 million ounces at total cash costs of $460 per ounce met original guidance as Barrick's high quality portfolio and effective cost management programs enabled the Company to deliver on its operating targets for the ninth successive year.
As a result of Barrick's positive outlook on the gold price, the Company's strong financial position and robust operating cash flow, Barrick's Board of Directors authorized an annual dividend increase from $0.48 per common share to $0.60 per common share
in October, 2011. Over the last five years, Barrick has had a consistent track record of returning capital to shareholders, increasing its dividends by more than 170%
on a quarterly basis.
In September 2011, Barrick announced two significant gold discoveries on our 100%-owned Cortez property in Nevada. Further infill drilling between the deposits showed that they merge into a single deposit. Known as Goldrush (formerly known as Red Hill-Goldrush), the deposit is located on highly prospective ground, six kilometers southeast of the Cortez Hills mine and 24 kilometers southeast of the Pipeline mine. A total of 468,000 feet of drilling ($64 million) is planned at Goldrush in 2012 to test the full extent of the mineralized system and further expand and upgrade the resource base and a scoping study has commenced.
In April 2011, Barrick announced an offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Equinox Minerals Limited for an all-cash offer of C$8.15 per share. This strategic, all-cash transaction, was accomplished without issuing equity or diluting our shareholder's exposure to gold and added two attractive copper assets — Lumwana and Jabal Sayid — to our portfolio.
In 2010, Barrick met its original operating guidance for higher gold production and lower cash costs than in 2009. The Company produced 7.8 million ounces of gold at total cash costs of $457 per ounce or net cash costs of $341 per ounce and produced 393 million pounds of copper at total cash costs of $1.11 per pound.
The average gold price increased 26% in 2010 while full year adjusted net income rose 81% to $3.28 billion and adjusted operating cash flow increased 65% to $4.78 billion from 2009, demonstrating the Company's exceptional leverage to the gold price. Full year adjusted net income translated to a higher return on equity of 19% from 12% in 2009. Reported net income and operating cash flow in 2010 were $3.27 billion and $4.13 billion, respectively.
Barrick was added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index – World for the third consecutive year in 2010 and maintained its listing on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index – North America, for the fourth year in a row. Barrick also became the only Canadian mining company to be ranked among the top 100 companies in the world for its sustainability and performance by the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index.
Other significant milestones in 2010 include: the creation of African Barrick Gold (ABG), an Africa-focused company, in which Barrick holds a 73.9% interest; the acquisition of an additional 25% interest in the Cerro Casale Project in Chile for an aggregate 75% ownership; the completion of the Cortez Hills project in Nevada; the advancement of the world-class Pueblo Viejo and Pascua-Lama projects; and the move from semi-annual dividend policy to a quarterly dividend policy with a 20% increase in annual dividend.
In 2009, Barrick met its original gold and copper production and cost targets and achieved some significant milestones. In addition to delivering the Buzwagi mine on time and on budget, Barrick significantly advanced its Pueblo Viejo project and advanced its Pascua-Lama project into construction. During 2009, Barrick also grew the industry's largest reserves which are now 100% unhedged with the elimination of the Gold Hedges in the last quarter of 2009. The Company reported record adjusted net income of $1.8 billion and record adjusted operating cash flow of $2.9 billion, up 9% and 29% over 2008, respectively.
Barrick was added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index – World in 2009 for the second consecutive year and maintained its listing on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index – North America for the third year in a row. The Company also achieved a 25% reduction in lost time injury rates over 2008.
In 2008, Barrick met original gold production guidance and generated record operating cash flow of $2.2 billion. Early in the year, the Company acquired the remaining 40% interest in the highly prospective Cortez property in Nevada. Three advanced projects, Buzwagi, Cortez Hills, and Pueblo Viejo, are in construction and are expected to contribute lower cost production over the next three years.
In 2007, Barrick met original production and cost guidance, and expanded its project pipeline with the addition of a 51% interest in the large gold-copper deposit, Cerro Casale, from the acquisition of Arizona Star.
The Company also expanded its footprint in the highly prospective region of Papua New Guinea with the purchase of an additional 20% stake in the Porgera mine (bringing total ownership to 95%) and an exploration land package of more than 5,300 square kilometers.
In 2006, Barrick acquired Placer Dome Inc., adding twelve new mines and a number of advanced exploration and development projects to its global portfolio. The combined Company has the size, scale and financial strength to capitalize on industry opportunities and deliver value from its assets, people and projects.
In 2005, Barrick met its original production and cash cost targets and completed development of three new mines on schedule and largely within budget, and continued to make progress with its other development projects. These new mines made a significant contribution to production, earnings and cash flow for the Company.
In 2004, Barrick met its original production and cash cost targets and made significant progress with its development projects. During 2004, the Company also increased reserves through the continued success of its exploration and district-development strategies.
In 2003, Barrick met its production and total cash cost targets for the year, advanced its development projects, and implemented a new organization design using Regional Business Units in keeping with the Company's growing global footprint.
In 2002, Barrick announced a significant grassroots discovery, Lagunas Norte, on its Alto Chicama District in north-central Peru, which it had acquired earlier. The Company also created a unified district, the Frontera District, which straddles the Chile-Argentina border and contains both Pascua-Lama and Veladero. Pascua-Lama is one of the largest undeveloped gold and silver mining properties in the world.
In 2001, Barrick merged with Homestake Mining Company, and added mines in North America, South America and Australia to its global portfolio. The Australian assets included Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM), a joint venture property, plus three operating mines and the Cowal Property, currently in development. The Barrick-Homestake merger created a combined company with the industry's only A-rated balance sheet, a portfolio of large, low-cost properties, and commanding land positions in prolific gold-producing regions of the world.
In 2000, in an extension of its district development approach, Barrick acquired Pangea Goldfields Inc., a mining exploration company with properties in Tanzania, Canada and Peru. As part of the acquisition, the Company acquired a 70 percent interest in the Tulawaka exploration property, located 200 road kilometres from the Bulyanhulu Mine. Barrick took Tulawaka through the development phase, and brought it into production in first quarter, 2005.
In 1999, Barrick expanded to Africa, acquiring Sutton Resources Ltd., an exploration company with mineral properties in Tanzania, including the Bulyanhulu Gold Project. At the time of acquisition, the project's gold reserves were 3.8 million ounces. Eighteen months later, Barrick had increased reserves to 10 million ounces and currently stands at 10.6 million ounces. Bulyanhulu began production in April 2001.
In 1996, Barrick expanded its South American presence, acquiring Arequipa Resources Ltd., which had exploration properties in Peru, including Pierina. Within four months, Barrick had confirmed 6.5 million ounces of gold into reserves. Pierina began production in November 1998.
In 1994, in a move aimed at ensuring growth in reserves and production, Barrick expanded beyond its North American base when it acquired Lac Minerals, Ltd., an international gold mining company with operating mines in Canada, the United States and Chile. The acquisition gave Barrick control of the El Indio Belt and an interest in the Veladero Project in Argentina.


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I'd never have spent the money on a wedding dress if I knew I was just going to a costume party.
Well, I'm sad that you lied to me, too.
Denial isn't the way to forgiveness. The Karma for screwing over a good girl is the Bitch you end up with.
The weak do indeed accept what ever "scrap" they can get since they are incapable of hunting on their own!
This made my day!
As a phoenix rises from the ashes I to shall rise from embers that were once my old life.I shall rise anew. Stronger, wiser.
The OW worked for me. I'm the President of the company. She was nothing. But nothing made him feel like something. How sad for them both.
I know my FWH is doing much better these days. Healthier in mind and soul. More whole. Not as broken.
At times of strength, I pray for the OW. How desperate and lonely she must have been. I am long past the days of desiring her demise. She lost everything for the "morsels" my FWH would toss her way. She lost her self-respect (if she ever had any); her job/income; her peers/friends at work. Probably her identity.
My life is forever changed because of what they did. But I'm okay. Two years later now... and I'm able to get through my nights without nightmares, and my days without tears. Well... some days I still cry. But I am loved. Always was. Even then. She wasn't... and never was.
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I know openly refer to her as Horseface and he knows who I am talking about.
"Oh, why do my actions have consequences?" ~ Homer Simpson
"She knew my one weakness: That I'm weak!" ~ Homer Simpson
What I don't know is how to compare me with the OMM other than my FWW said he was bigger than me.
Boy doesn't that make me feel good or what? You can tell where my self esteem is, Huh?
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Poor girl! She looks quite miserable. Good for her that she's not going with the fur. ____________________________________ Don't tick me off. Or you'll get it.
Luna13 8 years
i love DH its soo cool, and eva is fabulous!
ethiopian_princess 8 years
She looks constipated. I hate that animal-killing heifer
soccer_obsessed 8 years
she looks miserable :(
azucar_maddy 8 years
Perhaps she looks "older" b/c she has a lot on her mind, or is dealing with some difficulties in her personal life. She is human.
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Keith1 8 years
Desperate housewives is back at the top? What?
ohsuri 8 years
Can't stand her.
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She looks like she hasn't slept in days. She looks kinda bloated, too
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LOL Sica! She's def farting :smelly:
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i'm with you ima! she's no beauty in my eyes.. but my boyfriend, well thats a different story.. he loves this woman
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Gerald Babin, 25, died after suffering a heart attack on the first day of filming in a new season of the Koh-Lanta show, TF1 channel and Adventure line production company said in a joint statement.
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Marci's is a relatively new hot dog establishment serving primarily dirty water Sabretts. But they also serve sandwiches, subs, and grilled chicken breast with roasted peppers, fresh mozzarella and thin sliced garlic w/balsamic vinaigrette. As a hot dog fanatic who has reviewed hot dogs for the Star Ledger and runs the popular New Jersey Hot Dog Tour with my buddy Erwin Benz, I've been to literally hundreds of hot dog joints. Many of them specialize in "dirty water dogs" or hot dogs prepared in water. Let me say that Marci's is my favorite place that serves this type of dog.
There are many factors that distinguish one place from another. Although the brand and method of preparation is the same and the dogs should taste similar from place to place, the serious hot dog lover considers whether the dogs have a casing, how big they are, if they are hot enough, how fresh they are, and if they have been left in the water a sufficient amount of time. Too long in the water and the dogs lose snap and flavor. The bun is also important. Many vendors use cheap supermarket buns that fall apart. Toppings/condiments are important to most people. Not so much for me as I enjoy mustard only most of the time.
Rob Marciano is the owner of Marci's. What sets him apart as an owner is his generosity and willingness to please his customers. He cares about value, offering a bigger sized dog than most of his competitors. Rob serves a 10/1 Sabrett, which in hot dog speak means 10 to a lb. Competitors like Sal's in Clark and Steve's Hut in Linden serve tiny 12/1 franks and charge as much or more. Anything smaller than 10/1 is too small in my opinion. Most of those serving these tiny dogs don't think their customers will know the difference and are extremely thin skinned and defensive when criticized. Rob, although fairly new to the business, is related by marriage to Dee of Dees Hut in Roselle Park, who has been in the business for 50 years and also serves a great 10/1 natural casing dog. His dogs are the same high quality. But his chili is better. I don't usually have sauerkraut on a hot dog (I love it on bratwurst) but the kraut here is the best I've had. It came about because Rob listened to a customer who gave him suggestions about his sauerkraut. Unlike many of his competitors who think people like me should not dare to criticize them "because we don't know what the business involves." That's irrelevant. We are customers who are eating what they make so we have every right to voice our opinions, good or bad.. Sort of like complaining that we can't criticize a ballplayer who doesn't hustle because we never played pro ball. But I digress. Rob added his own touch to a recipe given to him by the above mentioned customer. The result is a sauerkraut that is by far my favorite. When this customer passed away, Rob donated a couple of hundred hot dogs to his son's school for a hot dog luncheon in his honor.
I respect that people who make an excellent product have their recipes and secrets that they don't want to share because it's what makes their product special. I can tell you that the bun used here is better than any hot dog bun I've had. Sabrett stopped making them. Marci's gets theirs from a top notch bakery and they are better than what anyone else is using. His dogs are always fresh, hot, and more substantial than most of his competition. Great with just mustard, but his chili is excellent and the kraut is the best I've had.
Marci's will be introducing an Italian Hot Dog soon. I was told it will be on excellent pizza bread and that the dogs will be Best's, which are better for an Italian Hot Dog than Sabrett. The ingredients will be fried as is proper for an authentic Newark style Italian Hot Dog. And the size of the dogs will be 6/1 which no one else is doing. Can't wait to sample this one. I don't usually give rave reviews since I've been to so many hot dog joints. But Marci's is exceptionally good.
Marci's will be a welcome addition to this year's Annual New Jersey Hot Dog Tour.
I had the Italian Hot Dog from Marci's Dog House yesterday. I was looking forward to it because I heard it would be special. Rare and unique bread, quality ingredients, especially 6/1 Best's dogs. And a few secrets in preparation that I could not persuade owner Rob Marciano to reveal. That's fine because it's what makes his sandwich what it is. I appreciate honesty, and as you know, too many people in this business are dishonest. And that's the good part. The bad part includes subpar ingredients, skimping on ingredients, and bad preparation. Not so here.
I can't give an in depth description of exactly how this sandwich is prepared, except to say that everything is fried as it should be in an Italian Hot Dog. In oil. An exception may be frying the peppers on a griddle as some do. There are frying pans here, a skillet, a griddle, and a deep fryer. And of course a compartment for water to heat the dirty water Sabretts. No water is used in making the Italian Hot Dog. I asked.
The pizza bread is from a bakery that Rob picked out after sampling the bread from numerous bakeries that make this unique product. The hot dogs are from Best Provisions in Newark and are 6/1 or 6 to a pound. No one I know of uses dogs this size. Mijo's Pizzeria did for a short time before they switched to a much smaller dog.I like that Marci's uses Best as it really is the best dog for an Italian Hot Dog. He serves Sabrett for the dirty water dog. The Best's are the standard recipe (Best has only one) and is not claimed by Marci's to be a "special recipe" or "made on the premises." That's good as I didn't have to search the truck for sausage making equipment. As you know the total sandwich is greater than the sum of it's parts. But I like to break down the parts.
The bread is perfect. Most bakeries that sell a lot of pizza bread do a good job of making it. They sell to places that for the most part specialize in Italian Hot Dogs. Bakeries like America's Bakery and DiPaola's, which incidentally was just sold to Calandra's. Good solid pizza bread. But the bread at Marci's is a cut above. It's crusty on the outside; sturdy as well, but light and fluffy on the inside. Not doughy like many pizza breads. And fresh. It's the best pizza bread I've sampled.
The hot dogs are Best skinless 6/1. Prepared well, they have that familiar taste I look for in an IHD. And in my opinion are the perfect size for this sandwich. I always liked the 8/1, but there is better balance and a better ratio of hot dog to the other ingredients with the 6/1. The dogs do not get lost in space. And even though this is a sandwich, no ingredient is more important than the actual frank. This is my favorite frank for an IHD. I had a double.
The peppers are also fantastic. I knew the dogs would be what they were, and I heard the bread was going to be good. I didn't know what to expect from the peppers and potatoes. Marci's uses red and green peppers. I requested them soft and they were prepared as I requested. I liked the long cuts. I was surprised at how good they were. I didn't get how they were prepared, only that they were obtained from a very good source. Maybe a farm? Again I have to say that these are my favorite peppers on an Italian Hot Dog. Rob doesn't skimp. Many do and at least 2 places I know of use canned peppers instead of fresh.
The potatoes were hard to characterize as far as shape. They aren't cut in silver dollar size slices, but they aren't exactly in chunks. More like slices and smaller than what you normally see. Golden brown, tasty, and with a nice little crunch. These are as good as any I've had. And that's saying a lot because several establishments making Italian Hot Dogs make excellent potatoes. Jimmy Buff's, Tommy's, Big Blues, Charlies Famous (on a good day), Uncle Petey's Weenies, and now Marci's Dog House. While Marci's other ingredients are better, in my opinion, than everyone else's their potatoes are as good as my 2 previous favorites, Uncle Petey's and Big Blues. All are different; all are great; and I can't pick one over the other 2.
Put this all together and you have my favorite Italian Hot Dog. It's great to see that now trucks such as Marci's and Uncle Petey's have the capacity to put out authentic, and high quality Italian Hot Dogs since they are equipped with fryers. I strongly recommend Marci's for a great Italian Hot Dog. They are an exception that proves that you can be new to the business and make a high quality product. Rob put in a lot of time and effort researching not only Italian Hot Dogs, but the ingredients and suppliers as well. My only regret is that this sandwich is only available on Friday. And Saturdays this month. Marci's is a truck that specializes in dirty water Sabrett's, but wanted to make a top quality authentic Newark style Italian Hot Dog, Rob did a lot of research, searched for the finest ingredients, listened to people in the business and potential customers; and, with his cooking background combined all this to make one heck of an Italian Hot Dog. He is the only one at Marci's who prepares it, and everything is done by hand. It's time consuming and labor intensive which is why it will only be served one day per week.
These will not be served on the New Jersey Hot Dog Tour for those of you planning to attend. So you have to stop by on a Friday. Or a remaining Saturday in May.
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Rumen Dobrinsky
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Rumen Dobrinsky is Senior Research Associate at wiiw and country expert for Bulgaria and Belarus. His main research areas include processes of transformation, growth and convergence and European integration as well as related policies. He was Head of Economic Cooperation and Integration Division, UN Economic Commission for Europe and President of the Centre for Economic and Strategic Research and has provided advisory services for the EC, OECD, and various governments. He holds a PhD in economics from IMA, Sofia.
List of PublicationsExternal Publications
- Articles in refereed journals (13)
- Books (Monographs and editorship) (2)
- Articles in books (12)
- Other working papers and discussion series (18)
External PublicationsArticles in refereed journals
- 'The Paradigm of Knowledge-Oriented Industrial Policy', Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2009, pp. 273-305
- 'Capital Accumulation during the Transition from Plan to Market', Economics of Transition, Vol. 15, No. 4, 2007, pp. 845-868
- 'Catch-up Inflation and Nominal Convergence: The Balancing Act for New EU Entrants', Economic Systems, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2006, pp. 424-442
- 'Price Markups and Returns to Scale in Imperfect Markets: Bulgaria and Hungary' (with László Halpern, Gábor Körösi and Nikolay Markov), Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2006, pp. 92-110
- 'Convergence in Per Capita Income Levels, Productivity Dynamics and Real Exchange Rates in the EU Acceding Countries', Empirica, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2006, pp. 305-334
- 'Social Security, Poverty and Economic Transition: An Analysis for Bulgaria' (with Robert Ackrill, Nikolay Markov and Stephen Pudney), Economics of Planning, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2002, pp. 19-46
- 'Fiscal Policy under a Currency Board Arrangement: Bulgaria's Post-Crisis Policy Dilemmas', Russian and East European Finance and Trade, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2001, pp. 36-77
- 'Corporate Financial Flows and Access to Bank Finance under Distorted and Perverse Incentives: Bulgarian Firms in the Eve of the Financial Crisis' (with Nasko Dochev, Nikolay Markov and Boyko Nikolov), Russian and East European Finance and Trade, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2001, pp. 78-114
- 'The Transition Crisis in Bulgaria', Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 24, No. 5, 2000, pp. 581-602
- 'Impediments to Exports in Small Transition Economies: The Case of Bulgaria' (with Ira Yaneva), MOCT MOST, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1997, pp. 33-55
- 'Enterprise Restructuring and Adjustment in the Transition to Market Economy: Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe', Economics of Transition, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1996, pp. 389-410
- 'Monetary Policy, Macroeconomic Adjustment and Currency Speculation under Floating Exchange Rate: The Case of Bulgaria', Economics of Transition, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1996, pp. 185-210
- 'The Problem of Bad Loans and Enterprise Indebtedness in Bulgaria', MOCT MOST, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1994, pp. 37-58
- Innovation Performance Reviews (Belarus, Kazakhstan), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, New York & Geneva, 2011-2012
- World Economic and Social Survey, United Nations, New York, 1994-1995
- 'Social Innovation as an Instrument for Social Change', Empowering Civil Society in the Black Sea Region: A Tool for Innovative Social Change, International Centre for Black Sea Studies, Athens, 2013, pp. 19-26
- 'Bulgaria and Political Economy of Transition', in: Paul Hare and Gerard Turley (eds), Handbook on the Economics and Political Economy of Transition, Routledge, London & New York, 2013, pp. 217-227
- 'Tax Structures in Transition Economies in a Comparative Perspective with EU Member States', in: Peter Mooslechner and Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell (eds), Structural Challenges for Europe, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2003, pp. 298-328
- 'Multi-speed Transition and Multi-speed Integration in Europe: Recent Economic Developments in the Balkans', in: G. Petrakos and S. Totev (eds), The Development of the Balkan Region, Ashgate, Aldershot etc., 2001, pp. 67-74
- 'Economic Growth, Reconstruction and Development in South-East Europe: What Prospects after a Decade of Decline?', in: Vladimir Gligorov (eds), Balkan Reconstruction Economic Aspects, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Vienna, 2001, pp. 67-74
- 'The Banking Crisis in Bulgaria', in: E. Thiel Blommestein (eds), The New Banking Landscape in Central and Eastern Europe, OECD, Paris, 1997
- 'Country Studies: Bulgaria' (with Ira Yaneva), in: Richard N. Cooper and János Gacs (eds), Trade Growth in Transition Economies: Export Impediments for Central and Eastern Europe, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham/Lyme, 1997, pp.30-60
- 'Trade Liberalization and Market Distortions: An Assessment of Bulgarian Manufacturing Trade', in: W. Biesbrouck and M. Jackson (eds), Marketization, Restructuring and Competition in Transition Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, LICOS Studies on the Transition in Central and Eastern Europe, Avebury, Aldershot, 1995
- 'Economic Transformation and the Changing Patterns of European East West Trade', in: Rumen Dobrinsky and Michael Landesmann (eds), Transforming Economies and European Integration, Edward Elgar, Aldershot/Brookfield, 1995, pp. 86 115
- 'Economic Transition and Industrial Restructuring in Bulgaria' (with Nikolay Markov, Boyko Nikolov and Dimiter Yalnazov), in: Michael Landesmann (eds), Industrial Restructuring and Trade Reorientation in Eastern Europe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994, pp. 213-241
- 'Reform of the Financial System in Bulgaria', in: John P. Bonin and István P. Székely (eds), The Development and Reform of Financial Systems in Central and Eastern Europe, Edward Elgar, Aldershot/Brookfield, 1994, pp. 317-345
- 'Discussion on the Issues of Privatisation and Competition Policy', in: David M. G. Newbery and István P. Székely (eds), Hungary: An Economy in Transition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993, pp. 128-130
- 'Innovation Performance Review, Armenia', United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, New York & Geneva, 2014
- Innovation Performance Reviews (Belarus, Kazakhstan), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, New York & Geneva, 2011-2012
- 'Launch of the MICRO-DYN centralised database including a report on experiences in developing and using firm level databases across EU member states' (with Johannes Pöschl), MICRO-DYN Working Paper, No. 12/11, 2011 link
- 'Innovation Strategy and Productive Efficiency' (with Nikolay Markov and Silviya Nikolova), MICRO-DYN Working Paper, No. 28/10, 2010 link
- World Economic Situation and Prospects, United Nations, New York, 2007-2011
- 'Wage Formation in Bulgarian Manufacturing: an Integrated Modelling Approach' (with Nikolay Markov), MICRO-DYN Working Paper, No. 10/10, 2010 link
- 'Understanding the Long-term Growth Performance of the East European and CIS Economies' (with Dieter Hesse and Rolf Traeger), UN Economic Commission for Europe, Discussion Paper Series, No. 2006-1, Geneva, 2006
- 'Domestic Savings and the Driving Forces of Investment in the ECE Emerging Market Economies', UNECE DISCUSSION PAPERS SERIES, No. 2005.2, Geneva, September 2005 link
- Economic Survey of Europe, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, New York & Geneva, 1996-2005
- 'Firms' Price Markups and Returns to Scale in Imperfect Markets: Bulgaria and Hungary' (with László Halpern, Gábor Körösi and Nikolay Markov), William Davidson Institute Working Paper , No. 710, July 2004
- 'Policy Regime Change and Corporate Credit in Bulgaria: Asymmetric Supply and Demand Responses' (with Nikolay Markov), William Davidson Institute Working Paper , No. 607, September 2003 link
- 'Convergence in Per Capita Income Levels, Productivity Dynamics and Real Exchange Rates in the Candidate Countries on the Way to EU Accession', IIASA Interim Report, IR-01-038, September 2001 link
- 'Mark-up Pricing in Bulgarian Manufacturing' (with Nikolay Markov and Boyko Nikolov), William Davidson Institute Working Paper , No. 389, June 2001 link
- OECD Economic Surveys, Bulgaria, OECD, Paris, 1993 & 1997
- 'Debt Work-out and Enterprise Performance in Bulgaria: Lessons from Transition Experience and Crisis' (with Nasko Dochev and Boyko Nikolov), CERT Discussion Paper, No. 97/15, May 1997
- 'Poverty and Social Security in Bulgaria During Transition' (with Nikolay Markov and Stephen Pudney), Discussion Papers in Public Sector Economics , No. 96/4, 1996
- World Economic and Social Survey, United Nations, New York, 1994-1995
- 'Trade Restructuring in Transition Economies: An Analysis Based on Trade with the European Union', United Nations, Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis Working Paper Series, No. 8, New York, 1994
wiiw Publicationswiiw Forecast Reports
- 'BULGARIA: New government's reform ambitions to face reality check', A Time of Moderate Expectations, wiiw Forecast Report, No. Spring 2015, Vienna, March 2015, pp. 49-51 link
- 'BELARUS: External shocks impose a painful macroeconomic adjustment', A Time of Moderate Expectations, wiiw Forecast Report, No. Spring 2015, Vienna, March 2015, pp. 109-112 link
- 'BULGARIA: In limbo, expecting a reset', On Thin Ice: CESEE Core Resilient in the Face of EU Stagnation and the Ukraine Crisis, wiiw Forecast Report, No. Autumn 2014, Vienna, November 2014, pp. 47-49 link
- 'BELARUS: Economy at a crossroads', On Thin Ice: CESEE Core Resilient in the Face of EU Stagnation and the Ukraine Crisis, wiiw Forecast Report, No. Autumn 2014, Vienna, November 2014, pp. 107-111 link
- 'BULGARIA: Economy seeking direction', Investment to the Rescue, wiiw Forecast Report, No. Spring 2014, Vienna, March 2014, pp. 33-35 link
- 'Bulgaria: Economy stalls as politics overshadows policy debates', Animal Spirits still Dimmed: Slow Recovery Expected, wiiw Current Analyses and Forecasts, No. 12, Vienna, July 2013, pp. 65-67 link
- 'Bulgaria: Economic stalemate continues', Double-dip Recession over, yet no Boom in Sight, wiiw Current Analyses and Forecasts, No. 11, Vienna, March 2013, pp. 61-63 link
- 'Bulgaria: Export-led recovery', Monthly Report No. 7-8/2015, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 7-8, Vienna, July-August 2015, p. 3
- 'Belarus: How deep will be the recession?', Monthly Report No. 7-8/2015, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 7-8, Vienna, July-August 2015, p. 21
- 'Bulgaria: upcoming early elections take centre stage', Monthly Report No. 7-8/2014, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 7-8, Vienna, July 2014, p. 3
- 'Opinion corner: How realistic is the construction of the South Stream pipeline in the present circumstances? ', Monthly Report No. 5/2014, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 5, Vienna, May 2014, pp. 2
- 'Bulgaria and the Russia–Ukraine conflict: rising risks for energy supplies and big investment projects ', Monthly Report No. 5/2014, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 5, Vienna, May 2014, pp. 3-6
- 'Bulgaria: negative economic sentiment prevails', Monthly Report No. 10/2013, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 10, Vienna, October 2013, pp. 1-3
- 'Real economic convergence within the EU', Monthly Report No. 6/2013, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 6, Vienna, June 2013, pp. 1-5
- 'Political turmoil and early elections in Bulgaria', Monthly Report No. 3/2013, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 3, Vienna, March 2013, pp. 1-4
- 'Bulgaria: economic sluggishness expected to drag on', Monthly Report No. 10/2012, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 10, Vienna, October 2012, pp. 1-3
- 'Economic Convergence and Structural Change: the Role of Transition and EU Accession' (with Peter Havlik), wiiw Research Report, No. 395, Vienna, July 2014 link
- 'What is Happening to Growth in Europe?', wiiw Research Report, No. 385, Vienna, February 2013 link
- 'Fiscal Policy Under a Currency Board Arrangement: Bulgaria's Post-crisis Policy Dilemmas', wiiw Research Report, No. 265, Vienna, March 2000 link
- 'Understanding Reform: A Country Study for Bulgaria' (with Dimitar Dimitrov, Nasko Dochev, Rumyana Kolarova, Nikolay Markov and Boyko Nikolov), wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Paper, No. 56, Vienna, October 2004 link
- 'Small Private Sector in Bulgaria: Labour Market Impact and "Grey Zone" Activity', wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Paper, No. 37, Vienna, March 2004 link
- 'Economic Growth, Reconstruction and Development in Southeast Europe: What Prospects after a Decade of Decline?', wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Paper, No. 4, Vienna, January 2000 link
- 'Coping with Macroeconomic Imbalances: Bulgaria's Experience during the Global Turmoil ', wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report, No. 8, Vienna, September 2012 link


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Barring unforeseen circumstances, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud-Yisrael Beytenu bloc will capture the most seats in the Jan. 22 Knesset elections and be given the chance to form a new Israeli government. But winning the election is the easy part for Netanyahu. The tough part will be forming and managing his new coalition government (and dealing with the challenges that the world will throw at him).
As things stand now in the polls, Netanyahu will lead a party with not much more than a quarter of the Knesset seats, and be forced to craft a complicated coalition with strong, confident and independent-minded partners on both the political Left and Right. Each of these factions will have sufficient seats to press Netanyahu and create a crisis for his government at any stage.
Some pundits think that Netanyahu's strategy will be a coalition with just about everybody as a partner, so that he will not be dependent on the support of any one faction. But imagine having to manage a coalition that includes disparate ultra-Orthodox, national religious, labor socialist, and liberal-left factions.
Another likely strategy is the formation of a government core and coalition platform with the Labor Party only. After that, Netanyahu will invite others to join but only on the basis of the existing Likud-Labor agreement. This primarily means financial cutbacks in the pork-barrel payouts to the ultra-Orthodox sector.
Obviously, Netanyahu would prefer a coalition in which his base is stronger and in which no partner has the power, alone, to collapse the coalition. In fact, that is what the remaining 30-day campaign is essentially about: How does Netanyahu stop his closest allies/rivals (Shas and Habayit Hayehudi) from siphoning off Likud's voters.
This is especially true given that the rest of the Israeli political map hasn't budged much over the past month, nor does it seem likely to. Shelly Yachimovich of Labor is stuck at 17-20 seats; Tzipi Livni at 7-11 seats; Yair Lapid at 8-10 seats; the three Arab factions at 9-11 seats; United Torah Judaism at 5-6 seats; and Zahava Galon of Meretz at 3-5 seats. Only Shas and Habayit Hayehudi are making gains, at Likud's expense.
Nevertheless, in the all-important "bloc" mathematics, Likud's natural bloc of right-wing partners clearly holds sway, with a minimum 63-57 advantage over a left-of-center coalition, and as much as a 69-51 advantage.
I would argue that this election is already over. The parties to Netanyahu's left and right are currently battling it out over a different election: The election they expect two or three years from now after Netanyahu steps down (or his government falls).
This explains why Yachimovich is careful not to attack haredim and the settlers. She'll need them to form a government several years from now.
This is another way of saying that Netanyahu will have a truly difficult time keeping the factions of his upcoming coalition in line.
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Preliminary: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 1. Rub salt, pepper and garlic salt into ribs. Place ribs in pan with a half-inch of water. Bake for 1 hour, then cover completely with water. 2. Cover with foil and bake for 2-1/2 hours. 3. Remove ribs from pan and place on serving platter to drain. 4. To make gravy, combine 1 cup pan drippings from baking pan and can of beef stock in a saucepan. Heat on medium heat to boiling. 5. In a separate bowl, combine cornstarch, 1/2 cup water and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Mix well. 6. Add cornstarch mixture gradually to beef stock and gently boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly as it thickens. Presentation: To serve, pour gravy over ribs. Contributor: Plantation Restaurant, Anaheim, CA Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by Jack Elvis
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Welcome to the Republic of Abkhazia
Since 2009 writer and filmmaker Arnold van Bruggen and photographer Rob Hornstra have been touring around Sochi (Krasnodar Krai, Russia), a small city on the Black Sea that will host the Winter Olympics in 2014. The choice of Sochi is not the most opportune one. Not only does the area boasts exceptionally mild Winters by Russian standards, it is also located in close proximity of some of Russia's most unstable regions. Hornstra and van Bruggen currently have a show at Foto8 gallery in London that focuses precisely on one of those regions: the Republic of Abkhazia.
You might never have heard of Abkhazia and that's probably because only a handful of countries regard it as an independent state.
Abkhazia broke away from Georgia after a short, violent civil war in '92-'93 and only Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua and the atoll of Nauru recognised it as independent state in 2008.
The 13 month long war killed between 20,000 to 30,000 ethnic Georgians and between 2,500 and 4,000 Abkhaz. Over 250,000 Georgian refugees were displaced. Abkhaz 20,000 became refugees.
The artists spent four years witnessing and documenting the country's attempts to repopulate with new immigrants a country that is ravaged by the war, almost empty and in great economic distress.
In 2007 we first visited a refugee centre in Tbilisi, where we interviewed Georgians who had fled from Abkhazia during the war in 1992-1993. An estimated 250,000 Georgian refugees have since been living in 'temporary' accommodation, such as former student apartments, old primary schools and abandoned hotels. Every Georgian president has promised the refugees that he would end the frozen conflict and that the refugees would soon be able to return to their homeland Abkhazia. When we visited these refugees in 2007 in a totally rundown former student apartment in Tbilisi, they had already spent 14 years in their 'temporary' accommodation. But we could still detect a faint glimmer of hope among the refugees we spoke to.
In 2010 we visited many of the refugees we had met in 2007. All hope was gone. It was distressing to see that the situation had not improved for any of them.
Small selection of images with text found on Time Machine (as well as on a leaflets inside Foto8 exhibition space):
Pitsunda is a resort town on the shore of the Black Sea. In October 1964 Nikita Khrushchev was vacationing in Pitsunda when he was deposed from power. There are many hotels for Russian tourists, who frequent the area in summertime.
A blue painted wooden kindergarten has been used as a shelter for refugees. In the early 1990s for the ethnic Georgians forced to flee Abkhazia were housed in student flats, hotels and schools across Georgia, with the promise that they would soon be able to return to their homeland.
A kommunalka is an apartment building in which dwellers share facilities like toilet and kitchen. Until the early nineties this building was used as student housing. Since the Georgian - Abkhazian war, the building has been occupied by Georgian refugees from Abkhazia.
The image that Abkhazia wants to present to the world is one of a real country, with all the institutions and infrastructure that it involves: schools, healthcare institutions, administration, police stations and a prison. That's right, the whole country has only one prison but then there are only some 240,000 inhabitants in Abkhazia.
In the shadow of the war between Georgia and Russia in August 2008, a small war is still playing out. With Russian support Abkhazia captured the officially demilitarised Kodori Valley, a remote mountainous region on the border of Abkhazia and Georgia. Since then, Georgia has attracted another 2,000 refugees. As a notable exception, Abkhazia allows journalists to visit the region.
The Sochi Project: Empty Land, Promised Land, Forbidden Land remains open at Foto8 in London through April 21, 2012.
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Chaco Culture National Historic Park
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The cultural flowering of the Chaco Anasazi began in the early AD 900s. We can see it most clearly in the architecture. They started building on a much larger scale. Using the same masonry technique as before—walls one stone thick with generous use of mud mortar—they built multistory stone villages with rooms several times larger than in the previous stage of their culture. Six of the large pueblos Pueblo Bonito, Chetro Ketl, Una Vida, Penasco Blanco, Hungo Pavi, and Kin Bineola were started at this time. This pattern of a large pueblo with oversized rooms, surrounded by conventional villages, caught on throughout the region. New communities built along these lines sprang up. Old villages built similarly large pueblos. Eventually there were more than 75 of these "towns," most of them closely tied to Chaco by an extensive system of roads.
By AD 1000 Chaco was firmly established as the political and economic center of the Chaco Plateau. There may have been as many as 5,000 persons living in some 400 settlements in and around Chaco or as few as 2,000, depending upon which assumptions are used to estimate the population. A new masonry technique the use of masonry walls with rubble cores and outer surfaces of shaped stones allowed walls to rise to more than four stories in height. Some large buildings show signs of being planned from the start, in contrast to the usual Anasazi custom of adding rooms as needed. Chaco at this time may have been the hub of an extensive political and economic system that drew in goods and commodities and directed affairs over a wide region.
How to account for this blossoming? One theory is that Chaco developed as an administrative and ritual center mainly in response to environmental fluctuations. The vagaries of weather made farming chancy. One year might be wet, another dry, one growing season long, another short. According to this theory, Chaco may have been a kind of capital that directed the agricultural life of the region, tempering good years with bad. Food could be stored here and redistributed as needed. The outlying towns can be thought of as satellites that performed for their locality the same function that Chaco did for the region.
The decline of Chaco apparently coincided with a prolonged drought in the San Juan Basin between 1130 and 1180. Lack of rainfall combined with an overtaxed environment may have led to food shortages. Even the clever irrigation methods of the Chacoans could not overcome prolonged drought. Under these pressures Chaco and the outliers may have experienced a slow social disintegration. The people began to drift away. They retreated to better watered regions, leaving behind impressive evidence of their former influence over a vast territory.
The Road System
Diagram of Ancient Roads
The true extent of the ancient Chacoan road system, as revealed by aerial photographs, impressed even veteran archeologists. There were more than 400 miles of roads connecting Chaco to some 75 communities. The longest road presently known runs 42 miles north toward the prehistoric towns now called Salmon Ruins and Aztec Ruins. On the north-south roads, settlements lay at travel intervals of approximately one day.
These roads were not simply trails worn by centuries of foot travel. They were the productions of relatively sophisticated engineering and required a great deal of energy and thought to plan, construct, and maintain. They were laid out in long, straight lines with scant regard for terrain. The roads averaged 30 feet in width. Construction was simple. On sloping ground the roadbed was leveled and a rock berm built to retain the fill.
Where the roads passed over bare rock, they were often bordered by masonry walls or a line of boulders. The roads appear to date from the 11th and 12th centuries, a time of expanding population. Several roads converged at Pueblo Alto from the north. From there well defined stairways led to the canyon bottom.
Aside from its obvious purpose of easing travel within the Chacoan world, this network could have facilitated communications and the transport of goods and materials between towns and helped bind Chacoans into a single society.
Details mentioned in this article were accurate at the time of publication


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Just gotta say, I got the new version in the mail today, and it's very nice looking! Can't wait to play with it...
George,Hey I just got back from a trip and when I picked up my mail I had the newer version of your stove. What a great thing. I bought the 1st verson and you sent me a free upgrade, Thanks! The new design sure helps with a curved bottom beer can pot. I was having trouble keeping it lit with the single row of holes of the old design, now works like a champ.So the stats: 2 cups of 60 degree F. water to 212 degree F. rolling boil in 9.5 min. and continued to boil for 1.5 more minutes for a total of 11 min. burn time on 0.5 oz. of alcohol. All at 750 ft. above sea level. Improved designed stove wt.= 11 gm. on my scale.This is an amazing little stove!Thanks again.-Mark
Edited by markhurd on 08/14/2007 20:46:32 MDT.
Mark, that's great! I haven't had much time for testing recently, but that certainly is better than I had witnessed in the initial testing. The stove was designed to boil 12 ounces and burn for a min. of 7 1/2 minutes, but I had gotten times of up to 9:45. The fact that you are able to boil 16 ounces even blows me away. Maybe you need to test all my stoves :)!
I think I may have the older version of this stove as mine does not seem to stay lite under a keg can but it works perfectly with my MSR titan kettle. The flame pattern coats the bottom of the pot perfectly. Just what I was looking for for my up and coming grand canyon trip :)
This thread has my wife all excited. Yes, my wife, not me, the geek. I don't know what's wrong with her. She wants (me) to start building and experimenting with these on our back patio. There's something about gear that involves being outdoors that turns her into a dweeb. You should have seen the rack we ended up with when we were rock climbing. Ugh.
Jonathan,How many rows of holes does your have. I intially sent out about 6 stoves before I caught the problem, and I thought I had sent everyone the updated stove. PM me and let me know.If it's the single row I'll sent you the updated stove right away.
Edited by hammer-one on 08/18/2007 12:32:42 MDT.
so what do i have to do to buy one of these stoves?
Do what George recommended that I do: go to his Web site and just order it online!I got my stove two days ago and played with it a bit; it's small but looks really rugged, more crushproof than any alky stove I've handled. At 30' above sea level I got boil times with 12oz. of tap water around 6:30...I couldn't get 16oz. to a roiling boil on the standard 1/2 ounce of fuel...I'm optimistic this could be different in the mountains, but with wind, who knows. On my next trip I'm taking both my AGG Caldera Cone/Kitchen/SUL500 mug and the gram weenie to have a high-altitude boil-off!Hats off to George for an insanely clever idea. The stove is minimal, built like a tank, hot as all getout, and a perfect fit for mugs and super-small pots. A Gram Weenie-based cooking system - all components except, ahem, except my BPL spoon! - fits inside a the SUL500 mug! :-)
Are you guys putting a row of holes around the bottom of your windscreens? If so, are they going all the way around--or just partially around? How much space between the pot/mug and the windscreen? (I'm new to alcohol stoves.)
Edited by ScottFree on 08/23/2007 23:16:39 MDT.
Scott, The windscreen included with the gram weenie is minimal to begin with, and you probably won't be happy putting holes in it. Because of the small size of the stove it is very responsive to adjustments to the windscreen, ie; if you want the stove to burn a little hotter close the gap around the pot, and open the gap a little to cool the stove a bit. That being said, if I were going to put holes in the screen I think I'd just put them on one side along the bottom, allowing you the option to turn the windscreen around for a total windbreak. George
Edited by hammer-one on 08/24/2007 15:48:40 MDT.
Geroge:I too am intrigued by your stove. Can your stove bring 2 cups (16 oz) of water to a rolling boil as a matter of routine -- using a FireLite 550 pot?
Ben,I've been playing with this stove today and using an MSR Titan pot I have gotten 2 cups of 60 degree F water to 205 degree's with 1/2 oz. of alcohol repeatedly. The elevation here is about 750 ft above sea level. I could not get a rolling boil, but 205 degrees is just fine for what I usually "cook." I've noticed a lot of folks don't post the starting temp of the water. Others start with 70 degree water. I assume that if I'd started with 70 degree water I would have gotten a rolling boil.I had posted my first test of this stove here and did get a rolling boil that one time, but have not been able to repeat my original results.Hope this is helpful.-Mark
Thanks for the feedback, Mark!
Ben, the gram weenie was designed to boil 12 ounces of water, and that it does well. I never expected 16 ounces to boil, but as Mark pointed out, it will under optimal conditions. I'm also in the camp that if I can get the water temp. close to boiling that's good enough for me, as I mostly reconstitute dehydrated/freeze dried meals. Unfortunately it's a tradeoff b/c if I made the stove taller to gain more fuel capacity it would lose stability and gain weight. While the stove works extremely well with a keg pot, it really does shine under the firelite 500 pot. I have to say, the more I use it the more I like it!
George:Thanks for the feedback. Your stove is both imaginative and impressive! :)
Ben, Mark & George: I've been playig around, making a few of these stoves and have been getting consistent 8:20 roiling boil times on exactly 1/2 ounce of fuel using measured 2-cups of cold tap water. I am also now getting total burn times of 11 minutes flat! (I live at 200' above sea level)Here's how: The trick was to simply use a hammer and with a couple of quick blows, flatten down the rounded inner bottom portion of the base so that it doesn't stick up into the chamber. That effectively gained me the extra space needed for the 1/2 ounce of alky and I didn't have to extend the height at all!
Steve,I am a little confused about the modification.As I see it there are two parts to this stove: the BASE which is a cylindrical cup cut from the bottom of the bottle and what I would call the INSERT which is the top of the bottle inverted into the BASE. So given this terminology which part do you hit with the hammer? Do you do this prior to assembly or after assembled?I have no problem putting in 1/2 oz and in fact can get about 0.1 oz more if careful.Finally, and most importantly what is the starting temperature of the water you are boiling?Thanks,-Mark
I just can't get a boil after more than a dozen tries (fiddling with the windscreen between tries.) I've got small bubbles on the side of the mug (Snowpeak 600 with lid) and I'm sure it's hot enough for my uses, but I'm jealous that everyone else is getting a boil and I can't. On my last attempt, I used 12 oz of tap water at 71 degrees. Still night at about 1800' above sea level. The windscreen is about 3/8 inches from around the cup. From the time I lit the alcohol until it went out was 6 minutes and 45 seconds. I'm using S-L-X denatured alcohol from Lowes. I'm wondering if the extra mass of the Snowpeak 600 is holding me back. Do I need the Firelite 550 or beer can in order to get a boil? Anyone else have success with the SP600?
Scott,I'm using S-L-X alcohol and the MSR Titan pot which is slightly larger than the Snowpeak. A wider pot bottom is pretty important for heat transfer from what I understand. I doubt the mass of the pot has much to do with it (see Roger Caffin's article at http://www.bushwalking.org.au/FAQ/FAQ_StovesTech.htm#CO for a great education on stoves). My own experiments with a 24 oz beer can pot and the gram weenie stove showed that I could only get the water up to about 180 to 190 with 1/2 oz. of alcohol. But the same stove with the MSR pot got up to 205. I think mainly it is due to the surface area of the bottom of the pot in greater contact with the flame. However, I am definately getting a longer burn time than you, but I've been doing it in my kitchen and not in the field.You might try a wider pot just to see if that changes the temps you get.-Mark
After lots of frustration trying to use narrow pots (snow peak 450/600/firelite500 etc) with alcohol stoves, I've reverted to an old standby: The Evernew 0.9L Pot. It's only disadvantage is the larger size/packability, but weight wise it's extremely light, especially considering it's capacity. My pot with the handles removed and without the lid weights 2.1 oz. That's lighter than a SP600 with the handles removed. Add a pie tin foil lid and the complete setup is only 2.2 oz. That's the same weight as my firelite 500, and the larger size and capacity is much easier to deal with. If you use the stock lid, it's still only 3.3 oz (handles removed).Additionally, I have been consistently getting full rolling boils with 20 ml of alcohol, (something I've never achived with narrow pots-excpet with the caldera cone) which actually weighs under 0.5 oz, so lighter than ESBIT (which I am a big fan of).
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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
|The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
|Studio album by Genesis
|18 November 1974
|August–October 1974
|Island Mobile Studios, Wales
|Charisma, Atco
|John Burns and Genesis
|Genesis chronology
|Singles from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is the sixth studio album from the English rock band Genesis, released as a concept double album on 18 November 1974 on Charisma Records. It is their last studio album released with Peter Gabriel as lead singer.
Following their Selling England by the Pound tour, the band went on retreat to Headley Grange to write and develop their next album. Used previously by Bad Company and Led Zeppelin, this was where the band hoped living together away from other distractions would help inspire creativity and develop unity between the members. The house, however, was in poor condition and infested by rats. Several band members had difficulty sleeping, believing the house was haunted.[1]
Peter Gabriel was absent from the album's writing and rehearsal sessions due to personal problems – his first wife was having difficulties with her first pregnancy.[2] Gabriel was contacted by filmmaker William Friedkin (at the time enjoying success with The Exorcist), about a possible film project after Friedkin read Gabriel's short story on the sleeve of the Genesis Live album.[3] Despite his bandmates' disapproval, Gabriel left them to work on some early script drafts. However, the project came to nothing (Friedkin instead working with Tangerine Dream to score his next film, Sorcerer), and Gabriel returned to the band.[1] For this reason, most of the music was written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett. One of the influences Gabriel had was the movie El Topo ("The Mole"), a surrealistic western by Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky and so insisted on writing the story and all the lyrics himself. This caused some friction as Rutherford had originally suggested an album based on The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry.
The album tells the surreal story of a half Puerto Rican juvenile delinquent named Rael, who lives in New York City and is forced to go underground, facing bizarre creatures and nightmarish dangers, to rescue his brother John.[3] Several of the story's occurrences and places were derived from Peter Gabriel's dreams,[4] and the protagonist's name is a play on his surname (Rael=Gabriel).[1] In reference to the live performance of "it.", Phil Collins remarked that the entire concept was about split personality.[2] In this context, Rael would believe he is looking for John but is actually looking for a missing part of himself. The individual songs also make satirical allusions to mythology, the sexual revolution, advertising, and consumerism.[4]
Plot summary[edit]
One morning in New York, Rael is holding a can of spray paint, hating everyone around him. He witnesses a lamb lying down on Broadway, and its serenity in the bustling New York morning has a profound effect on him. He is propositioned by a woman, since he is a hustler, but he spurns her. ("The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway") As he walks along the street, he sees a dark cloud come over the street and take the shape of a movie screen, which starts to slowly come towards him, finally absorbing him ("Fly On A Windshield"), seeing an explosion of images of the current day ("Broadway Melody of 1974") before waking up in a small cave underground and falling asleep again ("Cuckoo Cocoon"). He wakes up again to find himself trapped in a cage of stalactites and stalagmites which slowly close in towards him. As he tries but fails to escape, he sees his brother John standing there; he calls to him, but he walks away, upon which the cage suddenly disappears ("In The Cage"). He now finds himself within a factory, in which he sees people being processed on the factory floor as if packages; he sees members of his old gang from New York, and runs, fearing for his life ("The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging"). Exiting the factory, he finds himself in a reconstruction of the New York of his younger days; he remembers his history in the gang, as well as a time in which he studied a book on erogenous zones and tried to please his partner, but failed ("Back in NYC", "Counting Out Time"). As Rael's memories end, he finds himself in a long, carpeted corridor full of people trying to crawl to the door at the end ("Carpet Crawlers"); he easily makes it to the door and up a staircase into a chamber with 32 doors; surrounded by people and unable to concentrate, he finds a woman willing to guide him, who leads him out of the chamber and into another cave, in which he is trapped by falling rocks ("The Chamber of 32 Doors", "Lilywhite Lilith", "Anyway"). He encounters Death ("The Supernatural Anesthetist") and finally escapes.
Rael ends up in a pool with three beautiful snakelike creatures with which he has a somewhat sexual experience, but they die after drinking some of his blood ("The Lamia"). He leaves the room with the pool and finds himself in a colony of distorted, grotesque men who have all had the same experience with the Lamia; he finds that he has become one of them as well ("The Colony of Slippermen: The Arrival"). He finds his brother John among them, who reveals that the only way to become human again is to visit the notorious Doktor Dyper and be castrated ("The Colony of Slippermen: A Visit To The Doktor"); both of them do, keeping their removed penises in containers around their necks. Rael's is taken by a huge raven, which he chases after, but which John refuses to join him in ("The Colony of Slippermen: The Raven"). The bird drops the container down a ravine into a rushing underground river. Afraid to jump in, Rael walks alongside it, remembering his days in New York, until he sees his brother in the river, struggling to stay afloat; Rael chooses to dive in and save him, despite being deserted by him twice now ("The Light Dies Down On Broadway", "Riding The Scree"). He is able to save John, dragging his limp body to the bank of the river, but when he turns him over to look at his face, he sees his own face instead ("In The Rapids"). His consciousness drifts between both bodies, and he sees the surrounding scenery melting away into a haze; both bodies dissolve as well as Rael's spirit becomes one with everything around him ("It").[5]
"Fly on a Windshield" originally came about through a band improvisation, sparked by an idea from Mike Rutherford. Keyboardist Tony Banks said, "We used a lot of moods (on the album), at times things were little more than improvisations on an idea. For instance, Mike would say, 'Pharaohs going down the Nile', and he would just play two chords and instantly the rest of us would conjure up that particular mood. That one ended up on the album as 'Fly on a Windshield'."[6] Gabriel's then-wife Jill noted that her husband wrote the main melody for "The Carpet Crawlers", of which he is especially proud.[7] Tracks like "Anyway" and "Lilywhite Lilith" were developed from earlier unused 1969 compositions ("Frustration" and "The Light" respectively) which were likely to have been group efforts.[1]
Banks and Rutherford wrote the lyrics to "The Light Dies Down on Broadway", as Gabriel could not come up with a linking piece between "Ravine" and "Riding the Scree". In addition, when Gabriel put lyrics to a piece of music written by one of the other band members (such as Banks' "The Lamia" and Hackett's "Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist") the composer would often insist on adjusting the lyrics to better fit the music, an action Gabriel did not take kindly to.[4]
Sleeve design[edit]
The album's cover art, designed by Hipgnosis, depicts Rael in a number of situations from the album in a comic strip that graces the front and back. Rael has walked out of the last strip and is looking back at the others, displaying a concept of self-realisation.
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was released on 18 November 1974, reaching number 10 in the UK and number 41 in the US.
Critical reception and legacy[edit]
|Professional ratings
|Review scores
|BBC Music
|(very favourable)[9]
|Robert Christgau
|The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Writing in the NME in 1978, Nick Kent claimed the album "had a compelling appeal that often transcended the hoary weightiness of the mammoth concept that held the equally mammoth four sides of vinyl together".[12]
In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came No.14 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".[13]
The album came third in Uncut's "10 best concept albums", where it was described as an "impressionistic, intense album" and "pure theatre (in a good way) and still Gabriel's best work".[14]
In 2012, the album ranked fifth in Rolling Stone's "Readers' Poll: Your Favorite Prog Rock Albums of All Time".[15]
The album's dense lyrical and musical complexity is the subject of a book[16] authored by Kevin Holm-Hudson, a professor of music theory. Holm-Hudson writes, "...The Lamb emerges as one of the richest creative works of the 1970s."
In 2014, readers of Rhythm voted The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway the fourth greatest drumming album in the history of progressive rock.[17]
A digitally remastered version of The Lamb was released on CD in 1994 on Virgin in Europe and on Atlantic in the U.S. and Canada. The remastered CD's booklet features the lyrics and story that came with the original vinyl, though some of the inner sleeve artwork was not reproduced.
A re-recorded version of the song "The Carpet Crawlers," titled "The Carpet Crawlers 1999", was released on the compilation album Turn It On Again: The Hits, with both Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins contributing lead vocals.
A SACD/DVD double disc set (including new 5.1 and Stereo mixes) was released in November 2008.
Genesis supported The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway with a 102-date tour of North America and Europe, playing the album in its entirety. A hand injury suffered by Hackett delayed its start; the tour began on 20 November 1974 in Chicago, Illinois.[7] The tour ended on 22 May 1975 in Besançon, France. The last two scheduled concerts on 24 and 27 May in Toulouse and Paris, respectively, were in fact cancelled due to poor ticket sales.[2] Early into the tour, Gabriel informed the band of his decision to leave Genesis at its conclusion. Gabriel's decision was made public in August 1975.[1]
The tour became the high point of Gabriel's use of theatrics, masks, and costumes, which he initially used to help his on stage shyness. He dressed as Rael in a leather jacket, t-shirt and jeans. During "The Lamia" Gabriel was surrounded by a spinning cone-like structure decorated with images of snakes. For the last verse, the cone would collapse to reveal Gabriel wearing a body suit that glowed from lights placed under the stage. One of Gabriel's most notorious costumes was the Slipperman, a naked monster covered in lumps with inflatable genitalia that emerged onto the stage by crawling out of a phallus-shaped tube.[4] Gabriel recalled having a difficult time in placing his microphone near his mouth while in the costume.[2] For "it.", an explosion set off twin strobes lights and the audience was faced with both Gabriel and a dummy dressed identically, clueless as to which was real. "it." also featured an alternate ending where Gabriel would vanish from the stage in a flash of light and a puff of smoke.[2] At the final concert, roadie Geoff Banks wore nothing but the dummy's leather jacket and acted as Gabriel's double on stage for the intro to "it.".[1] During the show, three screens behind the band projected images to accompany the story.[4] Banks recalled the slides only came close to working perfectly on four or five occasions.[2]
The rest of the band became frustrated with press who focused on Gabriel's theatrics and not on their musicianship,[2] something that made them think they were merely Gabriel's backing band. Collins later said, "people would steam straight past Tony, Mike, Steve and I, go straight up to Peter and say, 'You're fantastic, we really enjoyed the show.' It was becoming a one-man show to the audience."[1]
No complete performance of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway has been released; the majority of 24 January 1975 show at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles was released as part of the Genesis Archive 1967–75 box set with some re-recorded vocals and guitar parts by Gabriel and Hackett and a re-mixed studio version of "it.", also with re-recorded vocals. The remastered edition of the album released in 2008 features a visual reconstruction of the concert using the original slides, audience bootleg footage, and photographs.
Genesis considered reuniting for a The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour. The five members met in November 2004 to discuss the idea, but Gabriel bowed out due to his solo commitments. In 2007, Banks, Collins, and Rutherford completed the 2007 Turn It on Again: The Tour, playing "In the Cage" and "The Carpet Crawlers".
Track listing[edit]
The music was written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford, while the lyrics were done solely by Peter Gabriel. (As traditional practice of the band at the time, all songs were credited to Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford)
|Side one
|"The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"
|"Fly on a Windshield"
|"Broadway Melody of 1974"
|"Cuckoo Cocoon"
|"In the Cage"
|"The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging"
|Side two
|"Back in N.Y.C."
|"Hairless Heart"
|"Counting Out Time"
|"The Carpet Crawlers[19]"
|"The Chamber of 32 Doors"
|Side three
|"Lilywhite Lilith"
|"The Waiting Room"
|"Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist[20]"
|"The Lamia"
|"Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats"
|Side four
|"The Colony of Slippermen"
|"The Light Dies Down on Broadway"
|"Riding the Scree"
|"In the Rapids"
- Genesis
- Tony Banks – Hammond T-102 organ, RMI 368x Electra piano, Mellotron M400, Generalmusic Elka Rhapsody synthesizer, ARP 2600 & ARP Pro Soloist synthesizers, acoustic piano
- Phil Collins – drums, percussion, vibraphone, backing vocals
- Peter Gabriel – lead vocals, flute, oboe, tambourine, experiments with foreign sounds
- Steve Hackett – electric guitar, classical acoustic guitar
- Mike Rutherford – bass guitar, 12-string guitar, bass pedals, fuzz bass, sitar
- Additional personnel
- Brian Eno – enossification (vocal treatments) on "In the Cage" and "The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging"[21]
|1 February 1975
|CRIA – Canada
|1 May 1978
|20 April 1990
- ^ a b c d e f g Collins, Phil; Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett (2007). Genesis: Chapter and Verse. New York City: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0312379560. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g Genesis (1991). Genesis: A History (VHS). PolyGram Video.
- ^ a b Daryl Easlea (23 April 2007). "Classic Pop/Rock Review – Genesis, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". BBC. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Platts, Robin (2001). Genesis: Inside & Out (1967–2000). Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 1896522718. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ http://www.bloovis.com/music/lamb.html
- ^ Fielder, Hugh (1984). The Book of Genesis. New York City: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312088809.
- ^ a b Bright, Spencer (1999). Peter Gabriel: An Authorized Biography. Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 0283061871. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011 [last update]). "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway – Genesis | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011. Check date values in:
- ^ Easlea, Daryl (23 April 2007). "BBC – Music – Review of Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2011). "Robert Christgau: Album: Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ Nathan Brackett; Christian David Hoard (2004). The new Rolling Stone album guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Nick Kent: "Gabriel: The Image Gets a Tweak". NME. 10 June 1978
- ^ Q Classic: Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, 2005.
- ^ Uncut magazine. May 2007. Issue 120.
- ^ Greene, Andy. "Readers' Poll: Your Favorite Prog Rock Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ Genesis and the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Kevin Holm-Hudson. Ashgate, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7546-6139-9.
- ^ "Peart named most influential prog drummer". TeamRock. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ The 1994 CD remaster of the album tracked "Fly on a Windshield" at 4:23 and "Broadway Melody of 1974" at 0:33. The songs merge together seamlessly and, in fact, the "Broadway" song actually starts at 2:45 of "Fly on a Windshield", an error by the manufacturer. Several other editions of the album repeat the error. The printed lyrics, however, give the division between tracks correctly.
- ^ Titled as "The Carpel Crawl" on the UK edition and "The Carpet Crawlers" on the US edition.
- ^ Credited as just "The Supernatural Anaesthetist" on the US edition.
- ^ Stone, Greg. "Tony Banks Interview April 1978". YouTube.
External links[edit]
- 1974 albums
- Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis
- Atco Records albums
- Concept albums
- Genesis (band) albums
- Rock operas
- Charisma Records albums
- Albums certified gold by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique
- Albums certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
- Albums certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry


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