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Helping to find a cure for breast cancer…
I participated in the Susan G. Komen Central Florida Race for the Cure yesterday morning and boy did it kick my butt!
I've been wanting to run in the Race for the Cure 5K for quite a while now, since before I did my first 5K. And it was everything I'd hoped it would be.
I didn't do the competitive run, I just did the fun run, but I timed myself. My time was about the same as my first 5K was. Weird. Because that was 8 1/2 months ago and I've run another 5K and a 10K since then and I really thought I'd be able to run a faster time. I really pushed hard, too.
After the 2 mile mark, I had to start speed walking because my left knee started hurting again. Darn knee! It'll usually start hurting after a couple of miles of running. But I speed walked for about 3/4 of a mile then I started running again. Pushed through the pain. Once I hit the 3-mile mark, I kicked it in gear and ran full out.
I thought I was going to die before I made it across the finish line. My heart rate went all the way up to 198. Ugh! I know, NOT good!! But I just wanted to push as hard as I could. I was totally inspired by the event and by the courageous women running with me.
They had these "back signs" that you could get (letter size pieces of colorful paper) that you could write down someone's name on who either died from (in memory of) breast cancer or who has survived it (in celebration of) and pin them to your back while you raced. And the whole time I was running, I kept reading the back signs of the runners who passed me. Most of them would have a woman's name but some said in memory of "my mom", "my wife", "my sister" and some said in celebration of "my mom", "my wife", and "my sister". Whenever I saw these, they just lifted me up and encouraged me to keep pushing. Running in a 5K and being completely exhausted and spent is NOTHING compared to what they each had to go through or are still going through.
So when my heart rate got up that high, I just pierced my eyes on the back signs and kept pushing.
Through the whole race, I kept hearing what sounded like someone following me, like their sneakers were scuffing on the pavement behind me. But whenever I'd look back, there was no one there. Kept bugging me. I thought there'd be someone there but then I thought maybe they got around me before I could see them or something. Then just before the finish line I figured out what it was. It was my back sign. It was scuffing up against my back.
I had written down my husband's aunt's name on my back sign. She died almost 20 years ago of breast cancer. She was one of those who knew there was something wrong and didn't want to go to the doctor for fear that there really would be something wrong. So it was way too far along to do anything about it by the time she went to the doctor.
Merle Odom was her name.
So about the time I realized that it was my back sign making me think there was someone behind me, it dawned on me that there was someone behind me—Merle. She was running right behind me in the race, I know she was. Then I knew I'd be able to finish and finish strong. And I did!
So what that my finishing time was a bit worse than my first 5K over 8 months ago. So what that my average heart rate was 178 beats per minute. So what that I just about passed out as I crossed the finish line. I did it! And I finished strong knowing that what I was doing was helping us get one step closer to the cure to breast cancer.
I think I'll run in the Race for the Cure every year from now on. It's really the least I can do, right?
If any of you would like to donate to the Susan G. Koman fight to find a cure for breast cancer, here's a link to my fund-raising page. I'm trying to raise $150 to help find a cure. Just click on the "Donate to Cara!" link under my picture to donate online. You can also print out a donation form and mail in your check. Thank you for anything you can give. <3


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Cody Zeller #40 of the Indiana Hoosiers dunks the ball during the Big 10 game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Assembly Hall on January 12, 2013 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
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Sophomore center Cody Zeller was named co-Big Ten player of the week today along with Ohio State's Deshaun Thomas.
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According to a survey by the Hydrogen Group, 72% of respondents said their employers viewed international experience as important or very important (63% last year) and 94% of the 2012 respondents are considering relocating or have already done so, recognising international experience as a key factor in career success.
The third "Global Professionals on the Move" study shows that the three most popular places for respondents to live and work remained the US, the UK and Australia, but their dominance is waning. Last year 18% chose the US as their number one destination; this year it was just 13%, a 5% fall in only 12 months. The UK and Australia suffered falls of one and two percentage points respectively. Other results are 6% Singapore, 5% Canada, 4% Switzerland, Hong Kong and France, 3% UAE, Germany, Spain and New Zealand , and 2% China, Brazil and Italy.
The main growth region was Africa. Whereas in the past African countries have been barely mentioned by survey respondents, this year they amounted to almost 8% of the responses. According to Hydrogen this almost certainly reflects the vast investment that China and other countries are making in the continent and the consequent growth in employment opportunities there.
There are however strong difference depending on the nationality of the respondents. For example, French respondents indicated that Brazil would be an attractive destination, given that Brazil already hosts 350 French companies and around 25,000 French citizens. Singaporeans however prefer to stay in their region, identifying Hong Kong, China and Australia as their preferred relocation destinations. This chimes neatly with the growing trend for corporates in Asia to prefer to recruit indigenous workers and demonstrates the global importance of the area.
The report's demographic data highlights the increasing dominance of the over 30s in overseas assignments. Conversely the report reveals that professional women working overseas do so much earlier in their careers than men. In fact, the report shows that of the women who were working abroad when responding to the survey, only 15% are over 40, compared to nearly 50% of the men.
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They were images of an aftermath from a rapid rise and equally quick fall of Rapid Creek. And 40 years later the pictures of KELO-TV archives prove you don't have to leave home to see war.
"It reminded you of a war; a battlefield, you might say, as bad as it was," Vern Brown said. "The only difference was there were no holes in the ground. The metal was all pushed in a pile."
Brown was a 32-year-old National Guardsman then. His week of summer training turned into the real thing in an instant when a wall of rushing water taller than most people swept through town, toppling homes and moving everything else in it's path.
"[The cars] weren't sitting on top the mud. They were sitting straight up and down with the nose down inside. All you could see were the rear door and the trunk; that's all you could see," Brown said.
But he remembers the people too. More than 200 bodies were recovered. Brown maintained the refrigeration trucks that housed them.
"When you opened the doors and you saw the bodies in there, that's what really got to me," Brown said. "They were little kids, infants, and adults. It's very hard to explain."
It was especially difficult for a man with children of his own waiting at home. And it's something Brown has rarely talked about.
"I will never forget," Brown said. "When I come back, I quit the Guard because I could not take it any more."
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Under clear skies shortly before dawn Wednesday, work crews fanned out into a vineyard along Napa Valley's Silverado Trail and began picking pinot noir grapes, marking one of the earliest starts to the North Coast grape harvest in years.
Approximately 40 laborers moved along rows of vines at the Game Farm vineyard between Yountville and Oakville, picking grapes that were trucked within hours to Mumm Napa to be pressed and eventually made into sparkling wine that currently retails from $22 to $100 a bottle.
The crews laughed, talked and shouted in Spanish as they cut off grape clusters that dropped into baskets. Those baskets, when filled, were rushed over to large bins pulled by a tractor. The workers finished harvesting 16 tons in the 4.5-acre parcel around 9 a.m.
Grape Harvest In Napa
"It's a nice little soft start," said Ben Vyborny, vineyard manager for Vyborny Vineyard management, which owns the vineyard.
The early morning activity is believed to be the first harvest on the North Coast, kicking off the annual grape crush for the multibillion-dollar wine industry. Growers are predicting a crop that will come from 10 to 14 days earlier than usual — if current weather patterns hold.
Mumm Napa has not picked grapes this early in 10 years, since the 2004 harvest started on July 26, winery officials said. Last year, Mumm Napa started crushing grapes on Aug. 1, two days later than this year's harvest. Despite the early start, the 2014 crop is still running a week behind the 1997 harvest, which started July 23, the winery's earliest ever, said winemaker Ludovic Dervin.
Harvest is also starting early in Sonoma County, where J Vineyards and Winery was slated to begin picking grapes late Wednesday night at Nicole's Vineyard above the Russian River's eastern bank.
Over the next three months, winemakers will log 14-hour days as they monitor weather patterns and constantly test, feel and taste the grapes remaining on the vines. Vineyard managers will juggle work schedules amid another tight labor market, which has already forced some vineyard companies to offer year-round work to keep the best laborers. And spouses will be dubbed "harvest widows" because they will see little of their wives or husbands until harvest ends at the beginning of November.
The crop will likely be smaller than last year's record yield, though average compared to previous years.
In 2013, Napa County's grape harvest exceeded 174,000 tons with a value of $656 million, while Sonoma County had a record-breaking crop of 271,000 tons with a value totaling $605 million.


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Joel Green, formerly of Pittston and B'nai B'rith Apartments, Wilkes-Barre, died Monday, February 4, 2013, in Golden Living Center-Summit, Wilkes-Barre.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Alex and Ida Shaprio Green and previously owned a Kosher Deli in Queens and most recently worked in Kosher Deli's in Miami and Las Vegas. Joel is survived by two daughters, Adrian and Cindy and former wife, Donna Cerza, Pittston.
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As 2012 gives way to 2013, it is expected to offer the year's final taste of winter.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Jason Schaumann said about an inch of snow has fallen in Springfield this morning and at least 1/2 inch more is expected to fall before it changes to freezing drizzle tonight. Douglas County and the southern parts of Webster County have a thin glaze of ice under the snow.
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I was drawn to her because of her amazing eyes and her fabulous style!
Her blog is fiery finish
Check her out!
Check out the 2 stylish Montreal girls!
I am ArianeL and Izzy is lebonbonmulticolore
First off, congrats on the win (again). How nice that must be to say- I won. Again. Cuz I rock so hard. And me gorgeous/talented/awesome daughter rocks it too. That is good news. I'm cooler just for knowing you-
No seriously. I AM cooler for that.
And how amazing is Crissi? Yes! Love her style- it's perfect and sweet and colorful and she is gorgeous. You know how to pick 'em!
Chrissi looks gorgeous, I will pop over and check out her blog.
Congrats to you and Izzy, what a stylish mum and daughter team you are!
Chrissi is wonderful! I must go check out her blog. Thanks, Ariane, for introducing her to us. Also,
CONGRATULATIONS on your win! That is so awesome, especially that Izzy won too. The eye runs in the family - you are both so talented!
you are great and izzy too!
chrissie is amazing, not only her eyes but also her wonderful red hair, her attitude and her style, very unique.
enjoy your week stylish lady!
Congratulations!! You so deserve to win..I love your photography! Chrissi is just gorgeous...I would love to see her smile! I will check out her blog!
Crissi is rather splendid, I think I'll stalk her...XXX
ongratulations again to you and Lizzy.You are both wonderful.
Thank you for spreading the love to new bloggers and introducing new inspiration to us.
You are such a good friend, Arianne.
Chrissi's blog is great - thanks for the introduction, Ariane. And big congrats to you and Izzy, a talented team : >
She is really cute and I agree with her in some things :)
CONGRATS on the win again!!! That is pretty special that you and Izzy won! Thanks for sharing Chrissi she is a beautiful girl with a funky style. I can see why you dig her, she sounds interesting too.
Congrats to you and Izzy!
Thanks for introducing Chrissi; she's unbelievably stunning, and I believe she might hold The Secret to Colored Tights :)
She is stunning! I love her sense of tights!
Hello! I could have sworn I've been to this blog before but after reading through some of the post I realized it's new
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Congratulations, you two! We all know you're a fabulous couple but it's nice to have it confirmed! xxx
thank you for introducing us to her!
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Thanks for all the nice words everyone, and thanks to Ariane for doing such a nice feature about me!
Great interview. Love Chrissi's red hair and freckles. Congratulations on your win. Xxxx
Congratulations on winning the Streets and People Contest for the second year, but no surprise. To win along with your daughter is even more special.
Thanks for the intro to Chrissi. Beautiful!
Yay! I love Chrissi, I had the pleasure of meeting/ hanging out with her in college. She's so beautiful!
Congrats to you doll, that is awesome!! So pleased for you, be very proud of yourself :DD She's gorgeous, shall check out her blog for sure, love the style!! I hope you have a marvellous weekend!! xx
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congrats and you are just sooo talented Gf--am I surprised you won? NNOOOOO!
What a cute blog!!
Congrats to you both... you take great pictures :)you daughters and guest blog's have wonderful style too so following them both as well :)
Congrats on your win!
I was following Chrissi already. She rocks.
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Crissi is fab Ariane - and I have to congratulate you and Izzy on that well deserved win .
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Prematurely retired in early 1940, Hobart was brought back at the personal insistence of Churchill.
John Young, director of admissions at Hobart, goes one step further.
We want to know what you know about Hobart and why it would be a good fit for you.
Hobart apparently threw his British heart and soul into his task.
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is Australian, born in Hobart, Tasmania of academic parents who were themselves born in Scotland.
"There is another reason why I fancy your boy, and think I can make an engineer of him," continued Mr. Hobart.
Hobart, which up to 1881 was called Hobart Town, has a most enchanting situation.
On the third day Mr. Hobart came, and it seemed to Glen like seeing one from home to meet him again.
He came here on Tuesday evening, and sailed the yacht round from Hobart.
They lasted a long time, too; I can remember Hanssen removing the last scab when we were coming into Hobart -- three months later.


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Police: Man charged in Missouri killings linked to Texas triple homicide
PINEVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A man charged with a double homicide in Missouri was linked to the slayings of a Texas family after a name tag belonging to one of the Texas victims was found in a truck he was driving, authorities said.
The bodies of Orlie and Dawn McCool were found by a relative in the couple's rural Pineville, Mo., home on Sept. 30, the same day that authorities in the Texas Panhandle discovered Brian Conrad, his wife, Michell Conrad and her 14-year-old son Zach Doan slain in their home south of Pampa. Michell Conrad was six months pregnant.
Levi A. King, 23, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder after he was caught the evening of Sept. 30 trying to re-enter the United States at the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas. He was driving Orlie McCool's pickup truck.
"During the course of our investigation, we learned about a triple homicide in Texas," McDonald County Chief Deputy Gregg Sweeten said. "The information we gathered so far links Levi King to those killings."
King has not been charged in the Texas slayings. James Egan, King's public defender, could not be reached by telephone for comment Wednesday.
Investigators with the Texas Rangers and the Gray County Sheriff's Office were en route late Wednesday to the McDonald County Jail, where King is being held without bail, Prosecutor Steve Geeding said.
Besides the name tag, Sweeten said the caliber of bullets recovered from the bodies of the victims in Texas matches the caliber of one of the weapons King is accused of stealing from his father's home.
King has not said why he tried to return to the United States, authorities said.
"We're guessing that he was out of money, couldn't speak the language and simply couldn't handle it in Mexico, so he headed home," Sweeten said.
Authorities believe the McCools were killed on the afternoon of Sept. 29. Investigators then believe King traveled Interstate 40 on his way to the Mexican border. The Conrad home is about 10 miles north of the interstate.
Michell Conrad's 10-year-old daughter called 911 Sept. 30 to report the shooting deaths. Texas authorities have not released any details about how she survived or what she might have seen.
There was no immediate connection apparent between the two murder scenes, which are about 375 miles apart.
King was released in July from prison to a halfway house in St. Louis, Sweeten said. He had served 17 months of a 14-year sentence for second-degree arson and burglary in 2003.
King left the halfway house on Sept. 23, saying he was going to work, Sweeten said. He never came back and no one at the halfway house called to notify authorities in King's hometown that he was in violation of his parole, he said.
"They should have called," Sweeten said. "That could have saved all these people."


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lol auburn is effed. the whole article goes into more detail
fair point that
lol auburn is effed. the whole article goes into more detail
Coming right from players' mouths
I'm not going to get too high and mighty because there could easily be some renegade boosters at Michigan doing cash handshakes. The difference with Auburn and maybe OSU is that there's some serious evidence that pay-for-play is systematic. Of course, the NCAA has decided to barely lift a finger in Auburn's case.
Can't stand the general idea that "everybody is doing it" or that a school that isn't under the gun shouldn't judge because chances are they are crooked too. The NCAA just pieced through Michigan's athletic department for the second time in 10 years. My guess is that anyone that had gotten a cash handshake like this would have surfaced or they would have found something.
How? If the booster keeps it from the AD how are they going to know? The players, would not be asked if they are receiving money from a booster since the investigation was for impermissable practice hours.
NCAA: "So how much have you practiced this week?"
Player: "20 hours, which is the legal limit"
NCAA: "Hmm ok good. By the way, have you received a cash handshake lately? Just curious"
Additionally, when players do come out saying that they received cash handshakes, the school can easily defend itself by saying there's no proof, and the player just has a bone to pick with the university.
I'm not trying to make a "everyone's doing it" argument. My point is that there's very little the NCAA can do to stop cash handshakes, so we shouldn't be surprised if it's happening everywhere. Because it's so hard to catch anyone, it is essential that the NCAA comes down hard whenever a school gets caught attempting to pay a player or recruit. Unfortunately, their idiotic handling of Cam Newton is only going to make matters about 100 times worse.
OMFG. If the NCAA doesn't strip Auburn of its BCS National Championship, and ban them from playing football for one year, then....you know what, they're really something else.
My guess: They're something else.
Stripped of the title? Sure. Death penalty? Hell no, not going to happen.
$1000 at Ohio State? Pryor is laughing.
Double parked asshole.
This is disturbing.... especially the part about ohio.
I searched the board and didn't see anything......espn radio in Philly (Baldinger) reported Tressel will be fired. Has this been debunked?
I'd guess that's an opinion. No one else is reporting that--including ESPN.
If you follow the link there is a poll that asks what would happen if both Tressel and Gee tried to fire each other. Ironically, the most bizarre answer given in the poll is also the most likely to happen (and the most popular answer):
I don't think Tressel survives this, and I wouldn't be surprised if Gee doesn't survive it either. He's a PR disaster.
a turd swirling around that toilet bowl. Whether Smith and Gee join him as trailing pooh logs is probably the subject of much jockeying and politicking. I think there are too many unkowns about their involvement and (lack of) oversight to say right now. If Smith knew, it will be hard to keep him around, NCAA darling or no. I'd wager both make it out if they weren't involved. OSU will consider the Tressel resignation payment in full.
Though Remo Gaggi (Casino) comes to mind: "Look... why take a chance?"
Ace: "And that's that."
Gee is like that annoying hanger-on that won't drop.
"The second segment focuses on "the money handshake" - the illicit payoffs talented players received to attend and stay at college sports factories. Stanley McClover, a former Auburn defensive end, talks about how he received not just cash but sexual services during a recruiting visit to Ohio State."
If sexual favors for recruits are going to be a problem, then every program that recruits is going to be up the creek.
The sexual services at Auburn were a lot better. *rimshot
The most interesting news from the segment comes from Rigo Nunez, a former UMass basketball forward who says many of the nation's top players planned a protest in 1995.
This is interesting. Remember the famous story about Mr. Webber walking past State Street shops selling $50 jerseys with his number on it, and the resentment the Fab 5 felt for not being compensated for their services?
"Well, how was that gonna happen?" Goldberg asked.
"We were not gonna play," Nunez said.
"We were just gonna go to the middle of the court and sit down. Every game, in the whole country."
"Because you weren't getting paid?" Goldberg said.
"Because it was not fair to us," Nunez replied.
a lot faster?
Sexual Services at Ohio State...mais non.
I fully expect (like most Auburn fans would admit) that the NC will be taken away from them sometime in the coming years, right after the NCAA is done cashing in that last advertising check they received from the bowl game.
Honestly, I don't even care what the NCAA does at this point - teams are going to cheat until they are caught, will accept the penalties and hide behind the sympathetic "you are punishing kids who had nothing to do with this" angle, then rather-rinse-repeat in a decade. People act surprised by the SEC is winning so much in football this past decade, how they manage to attract these top kids with shady pasts, how they manage to bring in 30+ student recruiting classes yet never exceed the scholarshhip limit, etc. and try to rationalize it away with demographic shifts and the natural "evolution" of football. But the reality is that people may be "haterz", but only in the sense that they are playing with different rules, and until the NCAA does something legitimate (like ban an Alabama, Auburn, or LSU for a couple of years), you won't see this practice change.
... he is a good family man:
He's not that interested.
Is this the big story that was rumored to be coming out a few weeks after the OSU Tressel incident?
Probably not. I believe that this *may* be the 6 out of 10 that they rumored would be coming out. Then again, why would Yahoo not break this? Maybe we're still in for a particularly juicy summer...
If Auburn, OSU, and half the SEC straight-up paying dudes is a "6 of 10", what on earth does it take to make 10 of 10? Florida State burning down the city of Gainesville and kidnapping the entire Gator football team for sexual slavery in Uganda?
The problem with the NCAA is the fact that these are allegations.
These could be disgruntled players saying the craziest shit they can think of to get back at their former school or schools that dropped them during the recruitment process.
Not that I believe that, but still, there's no physical proof, no Tressel-esque e-mails that serve as concrete evidence something fishy is going on. There isn't even an incident like Mateen Cleaves being in Mo Taylor's car when it crashed to spur on an official investigation.
Unfortunately. Because it probably is going on at select institutions and it cheapens the game.
Would the one kid mention the sexual favors at OSU? No agenda there, he took the money at Auburn.
But, I was illustrating the point that the whistle blower didn't have a bone to pick with OSU, so the whole jilted lover/ax grinder argument has no merit imo. Leave the sexual favors comment alone, and he STILL said he was getting $500 handshakes at OSU..
I can't see it being that big of a deal either...likely wasn't at the time, either
But I made the point that perhaps OSU pulled his scholly or something. All I'm saying is that conjecture and hearsay make for great television but can't exactly be proven.
Damn, tried to embed it!! Carry on...
I hope non of our boosters are stupid enough to do something like this.
I know that some of our boosters are stupid enough to do this, I'm just hoping they aren't stupid enough to get caught.
With fanbases this size, there are going to be incredibly stupid boosters.
They just had a blurb on the HBO show. They specifically made mention of OSU/MSU, means nothing but it's going to get spun up by WWL and main stream media.
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JT is having a spring practice press conf. at 1:00est should be fun. !!
The NCAA always acts in their own self-interest. Before, it was in their interest to let schools like USC and TSIO get away with stonewalling because it saved the NCAA the embarassment of having to suspend one of their "prestiege" programs.
With the internet/information age reaching "adulthood," it is almost impossible to hide abuses on the scale of those at TSIO or any of many chronic rulebreakers anymore. Consequently, it may now be in the best interests of the NCAA to continue to perpetuate shamateurism by making an example out of a big program.
TSIO could be in some serious, serious trouble here. The NCAA has a dilemma: continue to aid, abet, and enable TSIO's stonewalling or make an example out of them. I think it may finally be time for door number two.
Between the MSU allegation and the Det News story 3/26 about MSU distancing itself from it's booster club? Link:
another article lists the other benefits at Colombus as "sexual favors," now when I think of sexual favors on a recruiting trip I think of Jesus Shuttlesworth banging two white girls, so I think OSU can cook up something a little better.
In other NCAA compliance news it seems like Dez Bryant is getting into a reggie bush-like situation:
somewhere T. Boone Pickens is crying....or paying Bryant's bills
because they're already under investigation, and I can see the university itself being in criminal trouble.
OSU may get it, depding on when the NCAA begins an official investigation into Tressel and how wide ranging they make it.
MSU isn't going to get anything, because they're not currently under investigation, they are, by appearances, trying to clean up their act, and a couple of people saying, "I got money", isn't enough to open an investigation.


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Originally posted by Bear Bibeault: Do I detect someone volunteering to conduct a study?
Originally posted by Ben Souther: Because you're passing all of the functionality along in the CommandContext object (really nice idea)
I could probably just convert my component controllers into Command objects (chain commands instead of chaining controllers (servlets).
Originally posted by Bear Bibeault: Thanks. That decision solved a whole mess of problems and messiness and...
Exactly what I was going to suggest... With regards to command creation, now that I think on it, it probably should be pluggable not only for versatility but for testability. I think we have the primary feature of FrontMan 1.6.0.
Originally posted by Ben Souther: BTW: I built a small guestbook app with Frontman for my simpleServlet site.
Originally posted by Ben Souther: If it's pluggable, then it should be able to work in any of 3 ways.
It would be nice if this could be configured 'per component'.
All this being said, one of the things I like about FrontMan is its simplicity and smallness.
The other is that it doesn't try to abstract web development.
Again, a good test might show that all of this is unnecessary.
Originally posted by Rahul Bhattacharjee: Why we need CommandBroker from within a Command object?
Originally posted by Raghavan Muthu: It looks simple and great as Ben and Rahul mentioned. Its also nice to see the efforts you had put in to implement your thoughts.
Originally posted by greg buela: ... your CommandContext is tied to the web environment, as it knows about HttpServletRequest's, etc; therefore so are your Commands, which take a CommandContext.
Originally posted by Ben Souther: You're thinking of the commands as being part of the Model in MVC. Don't. Instead, think of them as a part of the controller.


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The huge number contributed to the total $9 billion that iTunes has managed to accumulate over the past, and includes software and services like the iOS App Store.
iTunes media sales reached $2.4 billion, up 28 percent year-over-year, while combined app and service sales bumped the figure up to $4.1 billion, up 30 percent from the year ago period.
According to Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer, research showed purchases from the iOS App Store accounted for 74 percent of app sales over all platforms, including Google Play for Android. The executive put that number into perspective, and said 800 apps are downloaded every second, which translates to nearly 70 million downloads a day.
The app store now reaches 90 percent of the world's population, Oppenheimer said, and is available in 155 countries. There are now over 850,000 iOS apps in the store, 350,000 of which are tailored for iPad.
As of the second fiscal quarter of 2013, iTunes now offers 35 million songs in 119 countries, 60,000 movies in 109 countries and 1.7 million iBook titles.
Apple also said that payouts to app developers has reached $9 billion since the App Store initiative launched in 2008, and the company is currently meting out some $1 billion per quarter to app makers.


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LAS CRUCES — Ex-Sunland Park Mayor-elect Daniel Salinas, 28, waived his right to appear in court today to face the newest round of allegations in what's now the fourth criminal case against him.
Also, an alleged phony lobbyist — who purportedly helped Salinas pay for a topless-dancer, extortion video using Sunland Park taxpayer funds —has been charged and arrested in El Paso in connection with the investigation.
Prosecutors leveled nine new felony-level counts against Salinas, including fraud and getting kickbacks. Those are added to the 24 other charges he faces from three other criminal cases, bringing the tally to 33.
Authorities accused city lobbyist Luis Rene Diaz, 37, of El Paso of providing $3,000 to Salinas to pay for a "private investigator," who turned out to be the man allegedly paid to arrange a blackmail video against Salinas' main contender in the city's March election.
Diaz first billed the city through his lobbying firm, Diaz Consultants, for $4,999 on Feb. 13, court documents alleged. Diaz received payment from the city and, about a day later, provided an envelope with about $3,000 to former City Manager Jaime Aguilera that was intended for Salinas, according to the criminal complaint.
The $3,000 then was paid to Jose "Pepe" Reyes, who's also facing criminal charges and arrest in connection with his alleged involvement.
Salinas's first court appearance happened today — a day after the new charges were filed —because he's still in jail from a previous arrest, said 3rd Judicial District Attorney Amy Orlando. Salinas waived his right to attend the hearing at the state district courthouse, but also pleaded not guilty to the charges, she said.
Also, state district Judge Jacinto Palomino set a bond of $50,000 secured, Orlando said. That's lower than the $100,000 secured bond the state had sought, but higher than the request of no bond that was made by Salinas' attorney, she said.
Diaz, meanwhile, was detained Monday night in El Paso County and either must go through an extradition process or waive his right to extradition in order to make his first appearance in a Doña Ana County court, Orlando said.
Once Diaz reaches Doña Ana County, his initial bond will be $50,000 secured, according to a warrant for his arrest.
Specifically, Diaz was charged with extortion, a third-degree felony; conspiracy to commit extortion, a fourth-degree felony; fraud greater than $2,500, a third-degree felony; conspiracy to commit fraud of greater than $2,500, a fourth-degree felony; and two counts of submitting a false voucher for payment, fourth-degree felonies.
New allegations against Salinas are fraud greater than $2,500, a third-degree felony; conspiracy to commit fraud more than $2,500, a fourth-degree felony; permitting a false public voucher to Diaz's consulting firm, a fourth-degree felony; conspiracy to permit a false public voucher, a fourth-degree felony; soliciting an illegal kickback, a fourth-degree felony; receiving an illegal kickback, a fourth-degree felony; conspiracy to receive an illegal kickback, a fourth-degree felony; and two counts of violating ethical principles of public service, fourth-degree felonies.
If Diaz and Salinas are eventually indicted by a grand jury on the same charges, they'll both have another proceeding similar to the one that happened today in Salinas' case.
The three other criminal cases against Salinas are an alleged blackmail attempt using the lap-dance video; alleged bribery, in which Salinas arranged for the hiring of an acting police chief, in exchange for that man pressuring his sister not to run in a city council race; and alleged fraud and kickbacks stemming from a spree in Mexico and donations made to his mayor's race campaign. He has pleaded not guilty in to those charges.
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When I watched the Trenton Thunder beat the Reading Phillies in the Eastern League playoffs in September, I knew it would be my last minor league baseball game of the season. I didn't realize that it would be the last time I'd watch baseball at Mercer County Waterfront Park, or that it was the last game in Reading Phillies' history.
The ballpark is still there, but next year we're all going to have to get used to calling it Arm & Hammer Park. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed when it was announced this week, but Jim Craigie, the CEO of Arm & Hammer's parent company, said "We figured it was time to start putting our name on things."
The Reading Phillies aren't going anywhere either, but they will be announcing their new name on Saturday as the team re-brands itself. There has been a bit of a fan backlash at the prospect of a new identity after 46 years – time will tell if it's just a vocal minority or if it will prove to be a real concern for the team's owners.
And Wednesday night, the New York Yankees' Triple-A affiliate announced their own new identity: RailRiders was the top choice in a fan contest to select the team's new nickname. You can already order your new RailRiders merchandise. There are seven different logos, most featuring a porcupine, and there will be a total of five caps. (If I make it to a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders game next year, I suppose I'll end up getting this one for my collection.)
Next year, I know I will find myself writing "Waterfront Park" on my scorecards every time I go see the Trenton Thunder. (But then again, I get confused when people talk about Rogers Centre in Toronto instead of calling it SkyDome and I could never keep up with all the different names for Joe Robbie Stadium when the Florida Marlins played there.)
I'm happy that the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre team has its own identity again, but I'm not crazy about the decision to use a porcupine in a logo that cries out for a train or trolley. (And I still think a return to the Red Barons would have been nice.)
And though I'm reserving judgement on the Reading re-branding until we see the new name and logo, I think the team was fine as the Reading Phillies.
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Football Puts 62 Student-Athletes On The PFL Academic Honor Roll
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A program-record 62 Drake University football student-athletes have been named to the Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll, the league announced Thursday.
Drake's 62 honorees were the second most in the PFL behind Dayton's 71 selections. In all, 470 PFL student-athletes earned the honor.
Following Dayton and Drake in total number of honorees was Butler (61) Davidson (59), San Diego (45), Jacksonville (45), Morehead (43), Campbell (42), Valparaiso (30) and Marist (22).
PFL athletic directors and coaches established the honor roll as a way to recognize the league's outstanding student-athletes. The academic honor roll consists of student-athletes who participated in football at member institutions during the fall semester and posted a 3.0 grade-point average or higher during the semester while enrolled full-time in accordance with NCAA rules.
Under head coach Chris Creighton, Drake has set program records for honorees each of the last two seasons with 61 earning the designation last season and has seen a consistent increase in the number of honorees each of the last four seasons.
Below are Drake's 2012 PFL Academic Honor Roll Selections
Matt Acree (So.), Biology
Braxton Angle (Fr.), Business Studies
Ian Beatty (Fr.), Computer Science/Finance
Blake Beauchamp (Fr.), Business Studies
Jack Beck (Fr.), Marketing
John Bloss (Fr.), Business Studies
Cam Bohnert (Fr.), Business Studies
Chris Busbey (Fr.), Business Studies
Mike Cardamone (Fr.), Pre-Pharmacy
Taylor Coleman (Fr.), Finance/International Business
Brandon Coleman (Jr.), Secondary Education
Danny Cox (So.), Management/Marketing
Jacob Dines (Jr.), Biology/Chemistry
Brad Duwe (So.), Health Sciences: Clinical and Applied
Evan Erickson (Fr.), Psychology
Joel Fuxa (Fr.), Marketing/Management
Anthony Gianaras (Sr.), Secondary Education
Seth Hedman (Jr.), Law, Politics & Society
Al Hern (Fr.), Business Studies
Kramer Howell (Fr.), Law, Politics & Society/Politcal Science
Vince Israel (Jr.), Biology
Aaron Johnson (Fr.), Law, Politics & Society
Justin Klieman (Fr.), Information Systems
Kolby Knuth (Jr.), Accounting/Finance
Alex Kramer (Fr.), Finance
Mike Kremske (Fr.), Pre-Accounting
Dillon Krotz (Fr.), Chemistry
Mike Labadie (Fr.), Pre-Pharmacy
Ryan Larson (So.), Biology
Spencer Lee (So.), Health Services Management
Kevin Marshall (Sr.), Biochemistry; Cell and Molecular Biology
Mason Massei (Fr.), Business Studies
Tyler McKay (Fr.), Law, Politics & Society
John McMahon (Fr.), Business Studies
Aaron Melton (Fr.), Business Studies
Travis Merritt (So.), Biology
Tyler Moorehead (Sr.), Pharmacy
Trey Morse (Sr.), Marketing
Tyler Mosier (NA), Entrepreneurial Management
Drew Ormseth (Fr.), Health Sciences: Clinical and Applied
Eric Pachter (Fr.), Law, Politics & Society
Brett Park (Jr.), Finance
Adam Peterka (Fr.), Health Sciences: Clinical and Applied
Bryan Pisklo (Fr.), Finance
Bob Quilico, Jr. (Fr.), Pre-Accounting
Mike Ratelle (Jr.), Accounting/Finance
Alec Recker (So.), Pre-Accounting
Andy Rice (Fr.), Marketing
Wyatt Sann (Fr.), Math/Physics
Sam Scherer (Fr.), Elementary Education
Jacob Schmudlach (So.), Elementary Education
Jeremy Stein (So.), Chemistry
Alex Thompson (Fr.), Psychology
Jake Underwood (Jr.), Marketing/Information Systems
Nick Underwood (So.), Marketing/Entrepreneurial Management
Michael Vankat (Fr.), Business Studies
Neal Walters (Fr.), Finance
A.J. Washington (Fr.), Finance
Al Wegener (Fr.), Liberal Arts
Troy Whitmer (So.), Computer Science
Ryan Wilbur (Fr.), Liberal Arts
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Pacific Rubiales, Other Indicators Confirm Majors Embroiled In Bidding War For InterOil's Assets [View article]
I am exceedingly confident that a deal which is significantly accretive to shareholder value will be announced shortly. The evidence of significant bidding activity among majors and of InterOil's expectation that it will be sufficiently capitalized to aggressively expand its drilling program following the transaction is overwhelming.Apr 24, 2013. 02:15 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Pacific Rubiales, Other Indicators Confirm Majors Embroiled In Bidding War For InterOil's Assets [View article]
You either missed or, more likely, decided to blatantly ignore this statement:
"InterOil chief financial officer Collin Visaggio confirmed to PNGIndustryNews.net that Mulacek's retirement was a part of the process to bring in a strategic partner to operate the Elk-Antelope field."
The implications are that a partner (or multiple partners) has been selected and Mulacek's resignation was a precondition for consummation of the transaction. I have heard about of several instances over the past few years in which companies in the industry developed a strong aversion to Phil and were unwilling to consider working with him despite being intrigued by InterOil's assets, so it's not surprising that his resignation was a precondition for closure.
Phil's decision to remain on the Board and continue to have the same restrictions in transacting his stock that he had as the company's CEO speaks volumes. He had an opportunity to escape and detach himself completely from InterOil, but he chose to maintain a greatly diminished role and consequentially will continue to file form 4's for any transactions that he conducts as long as he remains on the Board.Apr 24, 2013. 01:18 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Pacific Rubiales, Other Indicators Confirm Majors Embroiled In Bidding War For InterOil's Assets [View article]
I frequently reference quotes or reports of conversations in PNG Industry News, not unsubstantiated rumors with no accompanying sources. Even if the rumors reported in last night's article were accurate, the implications are unclear.
In contrasting InterOil with the "many many energy companies out there that have been clobbered and are trading at massive discounts to their asset base, but are much lower risk", my analyses indicate that most of the energy group remains slightly overvalued as FCF estimates for the companies over the next several years are too high if their reserve growth trajectory were to accelerate to positive low to mid single digits.
InterOil has a world class resource that bears many similarities to Ghana's Jubilee oil field, which XOM, CNOOC and BP were embroiled in a bidding war for a stake in several years ago at a >$20 billion valuation. The point isn't that the molecules, size or time to market were exactly alike, but rather that the majors suddenly latched onto the previously unrecognized world class discovery and bid the asset up to much higher valuations than the market ever previously contemplated. Of course, Ghana ultimately thwarted the bidding activity while PNG seems to be doing everything possible to attract a major operator for InterOil, but the point is that when low-cost world class hydrocarbon assets are discovered and the majors become engaged, the bidding activity typically results in tremendous and instant value creation.
InterOil is the global low cost producer with a confirmed string of pearls in the context of an LNG industry that is characterized by Australian capacity being shelved at an unprecedented rate, Qatar's growth having become stagnant, East Africa being >10 years out according to experts with whom I speak, and adequate new capacity to meet demand predicated on hopes that US and Canadian export projects will be approved quickly enough. Meanwhile, natural gas supplies only 4% of China's power needs and Japan's nuclear capacity will be shuttered indefinitely, so the appetite for LNG is insatiable at the right price. As the global low cost producer, InterOil's (or whomever acquires or partners with it) drilling activity is about to accelerate dramatically and the Gulf of Papua may very well fill in the gap being created by the reduction in Australian capacity growth. InterOil trades at a much more massive discount to its asset base than any energy stock that I've encountered, and I don't believe there's any risk to its Gulf Project being commercialized.Apr 22, 2013. 02:50 PM | 3 Likes |Link to Comment
Pacific Rubiales, Other Indicators Confirm Majors Embroiled In Bidding War For InterOil's Assets [View article]Apr 21, 2013. 09:47 PM | 4 Likes |Link to Comment
A Side By Side Comparison Of Cove Energy And InterOil's Bidding Processes [View article]Apr 3, 2013. 11:11 AM | 2 Likes |Link to Comment
Comparative Analysis Of Interoil [View article]
I do want to thank you, however, for strengthening the bull case on IOC by further demonstrating the lack of substance on the other side. Even this thread following your article is an embarrassment to the short case. Adam Gefvert, for example, wrote, "Oil Search is much different than InterOil. It's (note to Adam: it should be "its" not "it's) reserves are in a different section of PNG, where there actually is commercialized gas." Little does Adam know that PNG LNG is not scheduled to start up until next year, so while there are substantial "proven" gas reserves in the highlands, none of the gas with the exception of ~100bcf (in aggregate) used in the Hides Gas to Electricity Project from 1991 to today is being commercialized just yet.Mar 24, 2013. 03:20 PM | 2 Likes |Link to Comment
Adam, when you're dealing with an LNG project and billions of dollars of CAPX, it's all about confirming an adequate resource to underpin a project in order to convert it from "stranded" to economical and valuable. What's changed in 5 years? Antelope, the first onshore reef in the Gulf area ever to be discovered, was intersected, 4 wells were drilled across the reef to confirm its continuity, and 10 tcfe of gas was certified, more than enough to underpin a 2 mtpa plant. As importantly, the majors finally caught on to the reefal trend in the Gulf and have recently become very interested in committing capital to the region.
What were Cove's proved reserves? It was acquired for well over $1 billion. Not only was Cove lacking proved reserves, but also it didn't even have certified resources! Attaining FID and moving resources to proved reserves is more difficult if the monetization is through LNG conversion with a new plant relative to piping the gas, but it's very nearby for InterOil. That's why the US and Canadian exchange companies you're citing attain proved reserves much more rapidly - it's used almost exclusively to pipe to existing infrastructure. It's really not apples to apples. Look at companies like CIE with negative cash flow and an $11 billion valuation or OSH, which had its gas reserves in the resources category until FID was attained on PNG LNG.
Anyway, hope this helps. Good luck.Mar 20, 2013. 03:48 PM | 3 Likes |Link to Comment
Adam, here are some facts to evaluate - the AGL/Nippon transaction was announced in December 2008, after the collapse of the financial markets, things have improved materially since then, LNG prices have risen (even while Henry Hub prices have struggled!), InterOil has confirmed the continuity of its 10 tcfe reservoir, majors have become very interested in the Gulf region and in IOC's project, and binding bids have been received. The gas is about to move from stranded 2C resources to 1P reserves upon bringing on a partner and attaining FID this year. PNG's PM Peter O'Neill is meeting with Japanese PM Abe this week and with the PM of Thailand next week, a sign of how important the country's resources have become for the Asia Pacific region.
Oil Search trades at 3X the valuation of IOC with less BOE equivalent resources (ex-Triceratops), much higher F&D costs, inferior exploration acreage, and a much smaller portion of its LNG project than IOC has in the Gulf Project. I'm more optimistic on IOC now than ever, and I think that it's about to break out of its multi-year range and move towards $150-$200 in the next month or two if it isn't acquired first.Mar 20, 2013. 02:36 PM | 2 Likes |Link to Comment
Adam, thanks for that unhelpful link to varying natural gas prices from 1.5 years ago. You should focus your analysis (or lack thereof) on the Japanese, Korean and Chinese LNG import markets. Such prices have skyrocketed to close to all-time highs and have been 4-5X Henry Hub. Just look at the PNG LNG offtake customers.
Mar 20, 2013. 10:17 AM | 3 Likes |Link to Comment
"The report showed one deal in 2008 where AGL Energy sold its PNG upstream interests at $1.54/mcfe. The 2008 transaction was considerably higher because natural gas had reached a peak in mid-2008. Natural gas is worth about a third today of what it was worth in mid-2008."
Do you expect IOC to sell its gas to the US? Most of us anticipate that the offtake will be consumed by Asia, in which case prices are now essentially at all time highs. GS expects LNG prices to average $16.90 in 2013, slightly higher than Henry Hub prices.
Applying your logic using relevant LNG prices, IOC will garner a significant premium to the AGL PNG transaction. I think you're smart enough to know that the relevant natural gas price for IOC is not henry Hub, so I guess I'll chalk the error up to intentional deceit. Either way, it's nice to know that the lack of IOC's proven reserves and CBM transaction values comprise the remaining bear case. Both will be resolved very soon.Mar 20, 2013. 08:40 AM | 5 Likes |Link to Comment
Though most of your points are misguided simply as a function of ignorance and are not even worth addressing given the proximity of IOC's resources being transferred to proven reserves and its world class asset being transacted at what I estimate will be a significantly higher value than the almost completely unrelated comps you reference, I'm glad you wrote this article because it will give readers an opportunity to read the dialogue between Indoreservoir and Bonk following this article -
This dialogue will really be an eye opener and a critical educational experience for guys like you. For example, here's the latest back and forth on the comps you referenced:
Here's another list of separate deals put out by JP Morgan:
(Indo – I've annotated your list for ease of reference.)
1. 2010 RD Shell Arrow Energy Corp Arrow Australia: 0.47 CBM
2. 2010 TOTAL Santos / Petronas Asset Gladstone: 0.42 CBM
3. 2010 TOTAL Santos Asset Gladstone: 0.41 CBM
4. 2010 ENRG Inpex Asset Abadi: 0.09 FLNG not arms length
5. 2011 Sinopec Origin / COP Asset AP LNG: 0.66 CBM
6. 2011 Santos Eastern Star Corp Asset Gladstone: 0.48 CBM
7. 2011 TOTAL Novatek Asset Yamal: 0.12 Russia
8. 2011 Sinopec Origin / COP Asset AP LNG: 0.66 CBM
9. 2011 RD Shell Inpex / JOGMEC Asset Abadi: 0.25 FLNG
10. 2011 Various * RD Shell Asset Prelude: 0.34 FLNG
11. 2012 MIMI ** Woodside Asset Browse: 0.76 $40 billion project cost estimate; no FID
"Others have noted some higher transactions like PNG LNG but that is a "post deal" in-flight project so I doubt an SM is going to pay up for value the bring to the table."
Indo: I don't know what you mean by 'post deal' in-flight project – but my ignorance shows.
I have not checked the numbers but I expect a lot of slop by JP Morgan (look how bad the 'London Analysts' missed it above) but lets just look at whether we've even got a proper sample. Lets see if we're comparing apples and oranges and look at those 11 sales above.
Six of them are CBM based, and two of them are FLNG, and one of them was basically a forced sale (Abadi by Inpex to ENRG - Bakrie).
So are these relevant comparisons, or would a buyer put additional risk on unproven CBM and hugely expensive Queensland LNG projects? Ditto with unproven FLNG technology? I think the answer to those questions is yes, substantial additional risks and costs on these compared to the conventional reservoir and LNG project proposed by IOC. Only my opinion, however.
And on to Novatek/Yamal – mother Russia. Talk about PNG being corrupt, just ask BP or the Shtokman partners how Russia treats foreign investors. Not even comparable to IOC/PNG. And I see Total is now delaying an FID on the LNG project (Upstream – 23 Oct 2012). Maybe having second thoughts about the political landscape, you reckon?
And that leaves Woodside Browse, a $40 billion dollar yet to be approved LNG project (maybe FID in 2013 – FID date and project cost in Upstream, 24 Jan 2013) and then we'll see how that $40 billion price tag holds! And here again, I'd like to see how MIMI's purchase price was calculated.
So, overall I cannot see how any of the 11 projects compare to IOCs other than they're gas transactions linked to LNG. Overall you've presented an apples to oranges comparison which is not entirely relevant. IMHO
"I also note that producing E&Ps trade in the 4-6x cash flow range, so IOC is trading like a company doing $800M to $1B in operating cash flow today – but cash flow is years away even with a "deal" so whatever the ultimate CFs will be will have to be enormous to DCF out to the current market cap."
Indo – how do any exploration companies exist then? Look at Cove before the buyout, for example, with its $1.5 billion market cap and NO cash flow. Its an exploration company with a development project on-tap a long way off – maybe the valuation is too high, I dunno, but comparing it to producing E&Ps is incorrect as Resourcearb has already pointed out.Mar 20, 2013. 08:28 AM | 5 Likes |Link to Comment
InterOil's Increasing Value Proposition [View article]
"I also note that producing E&Ps trade in the 4-6x cash flow range, so IOC is trading like a company doing $800M to $1B in operating cash flow today – but cash flow is years away even with a "deal" so whatever the ultimate CFs will be will have to be enormous to DCF out to the current market cap."
I'd caution you that not all E&P companies are the same. Cobalt International Energy (CIE) for example, has a $10.4 billion market cap, and GS expects -$244mn in EBIT this year, -$205mn next year, and $159mn in 2015.
Meanwhile Shell (RDS.A) trades at 4.8X CF but only a 2.1% FCF yield on 2015 estimates! They're plunging money back into reserve replacement as their reserves rapidly deplete and such replacement is becoming much more expensive. This has been a consistent theme among the E&P space, especially for the majors you're referencing.
Hence when companies like InterOil can spend well less than $1bn to add 1.5 billion BOE of low cost natural gas and condensate reserves, they get ascribed significant premiums. It's hard to find any E&P company with F&D costs as low as IOC's. I expect that IOC will have a market cap of well over $10bn in the not too distant future.Mar 19, 2013. 02:26 PM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
InterOil (IOC +6%) rebounds from yesterday's selloff after providing an update on its liquefied natural gas activity in Papua New Guinea. IOC says final bids for the partnering process will close at the end of February. "Interest... remains strong, and bodes well for the conclusion of our sell down of interest in the Elk and Antelope fields and partnering in the Gulf LNG Project," CEO Phil Mulacek says. [View news story]
The story is finally coming to a head, and the reality that this project will garner FID and move ahead is about to set in. As it does, investors will start to predicate the share price on a calculated NAV, which I estimate is over 300% higher than the current share price.
Look at Cheniere (LNG) as a template for what to expect in the coming weeks.Jan 24, 2013. 11:08 AM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
InterOil: No Remaining Obstacles To An Imminent Blockbuster Deal [View article]
Also, while many of the comments on this board express pessimism based on the prolonged sell-down process, there have been several independent confirmations of bids having recently been submitted by majors for the resource.Dec 27, 2012. 06:25 AM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
InterOil: No Remaining Obstacles To An Imminent Blockbuster Deal [View article]Dec 26, 2012. 12:47 PM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
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Koch Lorber Films has acquired US rights from Big Beach to Ramin Bahrani's Chop Shop.The company has set a theatrical release at New York's Film Forum for February 2008 followed by DVD roll-out. Earlier this year Koch Lorber released Bahrani's previous film Man Push Cart on DVD this year.Chop Shop played at Cannes, ...
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Last edited by Henry Pashkov; December 9th, 2008 at 02:40 PM.
Wow dude. Looks pretty cool. Good stuff.
The Design of the ship in the second and third picture is great.
Carry on with that
great work man. love the renders. your assault craft is pretty nifty too. nice texturing work.
nice work. i've seen the last pic already somewhere.
Many thanks for comments. Here some more my works yet.
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And as the section call as CONCEPTS in 3D and SCULPTURE, example of my model, from my project above which now I work.
yeah thought it was that. should get back to that forum. it's a really good one.
again great work!!
that latest concept kicks as. great detail man.
out of curiosity, how long would it take you to texture something like that? like lay out all the uvs and then from there finish the textures?
this makes me miss freespace 2, seriouly good work in here
2 days
sweet jesus man....
your last ship turned out nice. frick....well done
Wow, these are some of the best ships and aircraft I have seen in a while. Gorgeous. A la Original Star Wars ship designs. Love em'
The last one is brilliant. But it reminds me on the Tripods from Star Wars Episode III
Great Work. Carry on with these
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Last edited by Henry Pashkov; October 13th, 2006 at 01:20 PM.
holy shit....you shuld make like a big space battle movie
After all, dog is a dog. A duck is a duck. But a cat is a person.
Will try.
Hey Henry,
Some really great designs. I really like how you blended together some classic sci-fi influences and made them all your own. The little VTOL airship bothers me though. It would never fly. The main wing and lifting fans are too far forward. To make it more plausible the main wing and the lifting fans need to move back on the fuselage. This will put them on the center of gravity your plane has and make it much more believable. Take a look at the V-22 Osprey and I think you'll see what I mean. Adding a cannard to the front one you more it back will help it keep in tune with the sweep back you have going with the wing and fans too. Keep up that fantastic work and I second the movie idea.
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Last edited by Henry Pashkov; October 15th, 2006 at 04:55 AM.
Some time ago I has seen on the Internet one picture. I very much liked a colour score. It has inspired me on creation of this work. I have named it ' Curiosity '.
Idea: Curiosity feature peculiar not only to Earthers, but also other races. And here two ships of different races meet on a orbit a far planet, for the sake of rare event. And suddenly find out, that a number is still someone.
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By the way. A question:
Whether instead of it is better without bottom. The truth the name should be replaced.
congratulations on your work, I really like everyone of the images.
What is the process like for doing your artwork?
wich programs do you use?
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Lonesome Road Blues
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Album: Eutaw
All the verse are the same chord progression
(G) (D) (Em) (C)
I walk down that lonesome line
Hung down my head I cry
(D) (Em) (C)
I wept I cried under the willow tree
About the deep blue sea
My mama my dead papa
Can be found
And my brother
On the county road
Now I've been down that long plank walk
I'm on my way back home
You cause me to weep you did cause me to mourn
You cause me to leave my home
Your fast mail train coming round the track
Come kill my little blue-eyed girl
They took her down that smoky track
Brought her back on that cooling board
I'm looking down that long tunnel light
Just as far as I care to see
I have no money lost my blue-eyed girl
These blues won't set me free
You did cause me to weep you did cause me to mourn
You cause me to leave my home
I cried last night and the night before
I swore not to cry anymore
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By Arturo R. García
It's been just over a month now since Trayvon Martin was shot and killed, and while his case has come to dominate national headlines, there have been other tragedies coming to light.
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By Guest Contributor Sana Saeed, cross-posted from Muslimah Media Watch
The burdens of poverty affect most, if not all aspects, of social relations. Most prominently (and unsurprisingly), women carry the greatest burden of the social predicaments that arise from a dire lack of economic security. Women in groups hit hardest by financial strain easily become seen as sources of further strain on their families. Education is often either inaccessible or seen as an unnecessary part of a young girl's growth and life.
This is not always necessarily the case, as there is much evidence that shows support of girl-child education by, specifically, mothers who realize the role education can play in providing a better life for their children. Yet, despite this, in many instances across the world (primarily in developing countries, but not limited to them), young girls are forced to accept the strain upon their families that they are perceived to pose. This position can lead many young girls, either by coercion by family or by "choice," onto the road towards prostitution, sex slavery, or even suicide. Yet perhaps the most common result is marriage.
An article published earlier this month on EurasiaNet explores the impact of poverty on "early marriage" in Tajikistan. The article cites a recent study by the Eurasia Foundation that looks at the issue of "informal justice" in Tajikistan. While looking at a variety of issues, the article dedicates a good amount to gender relations, specifically the issue of non-state-administered justice for women in unregistered marriages, which come in a variety of flavors, one of which is early marriage. Marriage before the age of 18 is illegal under Tajik law and subject to harsh punishment.
However, it is commonly practiced and encouraged by many religious clerics who not only feel it is sanctioned within Islam but also believe it to be a solution to the problems of poverty faced by women in a country ravaged by years of war. In its discussion of underage marriage, the report explores the relationship between the privilege (and burden) of education on poor families and marriage before the legal age of 17 for Tajik girls. According to the report (emphasis mine):
Early marriage is partially a result of poverty and, given the weak state of the economy and gender discrimination in hiring practices, there is little incentive to support daughters wishing to pursue higher education before marriage. As a result, a worrying trend associated with underage marriage is young women not completing their education. Tajik girls' access to education is impacted at the secondary level, and there are significant gender disparities at the high school and university levels.
In rural areas of Tajikistan, it is common for girls to leave school at grade nine due to inadequate educational facilities and economic constraints. Families have to contribute money for their children's education, including buying uniforms and renting textbooks…Due to limited resources, families make conscious decisions to educate boys over girls, as girls' education is not seen as a pragmatic investment.
According to a UN Report from 2004, an "estimated…12 percent of [Tajik] girls between 15 and 19 years of age were married, divorced or widowed." Given that the burden young girls may place on a poor family is characterized in economic terms, it is natural that the resulting solution to the problem would also be economic in character. Most, if not all, young girls, who are forced (or, in some instances, "choose") to marry at a young age, marry men far older than them.
While there is certainly the aspect of the attraction an older male may have towards a young, virginal woman, the economic security that he provides for both her and her family in this context cannot be understated. Given the nature of employment, maturity, gender relations, and poverty in many underdeveloped countries, men are considered mature at an age that comes far later than for women.
At the heart of this maturity is financial stability. Unfortunately, this stability often comes at the expense of a young girl's rights, sexual agency, body, reproductive and sexual health, and choice. These young girls also often do not only face domestic violence in their unequally leveraged relationships but also can once again return to a point of economic and social uncertainty if their spouse dies, bringing an added burden of being a widow.
The EurasiaNet piece (and the report it cites) on early marriage in Tajikistan, as well as other similar pieces on underage marriage elsewhere in the world, points to an important issue. Equally important is the ability to see the practice of early marriage as motivated by more than just religion or culture. But early marriage is not the only consequence of strained economic times. What is missing from this discussion is that marriage has often been traditionally as much an economic contract between two individuals and two families as a religious contract or a bond of love within legal parameters for reproduction and social harmony.
Thus, poverty cannot only lead to young girls being married off to much older men but also women, over the marriageable legal age of a particular country, marrying far older men, entering polygamous relationships (which the Eurasia Foundation report notes) or even temporary marriages. Marriage, for many women facing financial burdens or uncertainty, becomes seen as a refuge from the harms that follow being a single woman without an education in a social sphere where no other economic safety net exists (or is enough to meet increasingly costly demands of life). And this is certainly not exclusive to poverty- and/or conflict-stricken countries. Furthermore, there needs to be a clear differentiation between early marriage and 'child' marriage, the latter in which the framing of "child" needs to be clearly defined. Surely there must be a difference in betrothing an 8-year-old and betrothing a 16-year-old?
My concerns, however, aside–such pieces point to the unfortunate circumstances in which many early marriages emerge and highlight the abuses and injustices faced by these young women.
By Guest Contributor Aymar Jean Christian, cross-posted from Televisual
It's an old and uninteresting complaint: black characters on TV–and horror movies–get killed or written off too early. Clearly, that is what's been happening on The Walking Dead with T-Dog. (UPDATE: The arrival of a new character signals a possible shift in season three.).
I'm going to try to push the debate further, past "isn't it a shame characters of color get short shrift." The truth is the T-Dog Problem signals broader problems with The Walking Dead and some other prominent dramas. It's a symptom of an ailment the writers might actually care to remedy, beyond appeasing black viewers.
First, the basics. Earlier this season T-Dog told Dale he was concerned about being black and a weak link in the group. This was an insightful moment from the writers, foregrounding the idea that being different after the apocalypse might be a problem–after all, in times of stress, people stick to their own–and an interesting meta-commentary on the fragility of being a black character on TV. T-Dog was a great candidate for a quick kill. Then T-Dog disappeared. I literally forgot all about him until last week, when he had one line that was almost comically interrupted. This week T-Dog was similarly marginalized, leading Vulture's recapper to state: "By this point, the casual dismissal of one of two minority characters…on this show is feeling extremely suspect. The only thing saving it from being full-on offensive is that the same treatment is being given to Hershel's entire white family."
The problem isn't only about a tired debate over representation.
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As you'll recall, Nerdgasm Noire's Roxie Moxie shared this column about the problematic reactions to the casting of Lenny Kravitz and Amandla Stenberg in the film adaptation of The Hunger Games, the opening chapter of which has gone on to post an opening weekend take of more than $155 million at the box office.
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It makes perfect sense that a campaign to create widespread awareness of conflict in northern Uganda would want to simply this picture down to a narrative of good versus evil, and a call towards action. While I resent the emotionally manipulative video Invisible Children have produced, I admire the craft of it. They begin with a vision of a changing global world, where social media empowers individuals as never before. They craft a narrative around a passionate, driven advocate – Jason Russell – and show us the reasons for his advocacy – his friendship with a Ugandan victim of Kony. The video has a profound "story of self" that makes it possible for individuals to connect with and relate to. And Invisible Children constructs a narrative where we can help, and where we're shirking our responsibility as fellow human beings if we don't help.
The problem, of course, is that this narrative is too simple. The theory of change it advocates is unlikely to work, and it's unclear if the goal of eliminating Kony should still be a top priority in stabilizing and rebuilding northern Uganda. By offering support to Museveni, the campaign may end up strengthening a leader with a terrible track record.
A more complex narrative of northern Uganda would look at the odd, codependent relationship between Museveni and Kony, Uganda's systematic failure to protect the Acholi people of northern Uganda. It would look at the numerous community efforts, often led by women, to mediate conflicts and increase stability. It would focus on the efforts to rebuild the economy of northern Uganda, and would recognize the economic consequences of portraying northern Uganda as a war zone. It would feature projects like Women of Kireka, working to build economic independence for women displaced from their homes in Northern Uganda.
Such a narrative would be lots harder to share, much harder to get to "go viral".
I'm starting to wonder if this is a fundamental limit to attention-based advocacy. If we need simple narratives so people can amplify and spread them, are we forced to engage only with the simplest of problems? Or to propose only the simplest of solutions?
As someone who believes that the ability to create and share media is an important form of power, the Invisible Children story presents a difficult paradox. If we want people to pay attention to the issues we care about, do we need to oversimplify them? And if we do, do our simplistic framings do more unintentional harm than intentional good?
—From "Unpacking Kony 2012" by Ethan Zuckerman
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In reflecting on his tumultuous life and storied career, boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard recently told Guardian reporter Donald McRae, "I went through real darkness but the ring was my light. That was the one place I felt safe. I could control what happened in the ring. My heart turned icy" (my emphasis added). In his new autobiography, The Big Fight: My Story, Leonard reveals a painful past hidden behind the headlines of his historic ring victories–one of sexual abuse, a sense of rejection, and struggles with substance abuse.
What does it mean that Sugar Ray had to find safety in the violent confines of the boxing ring? What does it mean that he could only really feel empowered and free when fighting other men? McRae notes that back in the 1980s British boxing writer Hugh McIlvanney "spoke vividly of the hard chip of ice that Leonard stored in his fighting heart." It seemed as if "Sugar Ray must have endured terrible darkness to fight with such chilling brilliance." The turmoil of Leonard's life outside the ring made his career in the ring a matter of financial and spiritual survival.
Yet Sugar Ray's autobiography is much more than just a personal, singular story. His haunting revelations expose much about the racist society he lived in, and how little that society valued young black men like him in any other setting than the squared circle.
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By Andrea Plaid
Gina Torres reigns as the current Queen of Sci-Fi and Sci-Fantasy, true. And if it wasn't for Nichelle Nichols, we probably wouldn't be talking about Torres. Or Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko. Or Zoe Saldana as the new Uhura. Or my doing fan-dancing.
Nichols' iconic status in sci-fi results from a conversation with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Frustrated during her first year on the original Star Trek, she decided to leave the show.
It sounds like you put a lot of thought into the part. Why did you want to quit after the first season?
After the first year, Grace Lee Whitney was let go so it became Bill and Leonard. The rest of us became supporting characters. I decided to leave the show after the first season.
What convinced you to stay on?
I was at a fundraiser and the promoter of the event said there's somebody that wants to meet you. He is your biggest fan. I stood up and turned to see the beatific face of Dr. Martin Luther King walking towards me with a sparkle in his eye. He took my hand and thanked me for meeting him. He then said I am your greatest fan. All I remember is my mouth opening and shutting.
What was that like?
I thanked him so much and told him how I'd miss it all. He asked what I was talking about, and told me that I can't leave the show. We talked a long time about what it all meant and what images on television tell us about ourselves.


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First Known Use: 14th century
noun stom·ach \ˈstə-mək, -mik\
: the organ in your body where food goes and begins to be digested after you swallow it
: the part of your body that contains the stomach
: the desire, courage, etc., that is needed to do or accept something difficult or unpleasant
Full Definition of STOMACH
a (1) : a dilatation of the alimentary canal of a vertebrate communicating anteriorly with the esophagus and posteriorly with the duodenum (2) : one of the compartments of a ruminant stomach <the abomasum is the fourth stomach of a ruminant>b : a cavity in an invertebrate animal that is analogous to a stomachc : the part of the body that contains the stomach : belly, abdomen
a : desire for food caused by hunger : appetiteb : inclination, desire <had no stomach for an argument>; also : courage, guts
obsoletea : spirit, valorb : pridec : spleen, resentment
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Examples of STOMACH
- She has problems with her stomach.
- I've had enough to eat. My stomach is full.
- He was lying on his stomach.
Origin of STOMACH
Middle English stomak, from Anglo-French estomac, from Latin stomachus gullet, esophagus, stomach, from Greek stomachos, from stoma mouth; akin to Middle Breton staffn mouth, Avestan staman-
Related to STOMACH
- Synonyms
- abdomen, belly, breadbasket [slang], gut, solar plexus, tummy
- Antonyms
- inappetence
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transitive verb
: to accept or experience (something unpleasant) without becoming sick, upset, etc.
: to eat (something) without getting a sick or unpleasant feeling in your stomach
Full Definition of STOMACH
archaic : to take offense at
: to bear without overt reaction or resentment : put up with <couldn't stomach office politics>
Examples of STOMACH
- I could barely stomach the smell.
- I can't stomach raw onions.
First Known Use of STOMACH
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STOMACHED Defined for Kids
noun stom·ach \ˈstə-mək\
Definition of STOMACH for Kids
: the pouch into which food passes from the esophagus for mixing and digestion before passing to the small intestine
: the part of the body that contains the stomach : abdomen <The ball hit him in the stomach.>
Definition of STOMACH for Kids
: to bear patiently : put up with <I couldn't stomach their rude behavior.>
Medical Dictionary
noun stom·ach \ˈstəm-ək, -ik\
Medical Definition of STOMACH
a : a saclike expansion of the alimentary canal of a vertebrate communicating anteriorly with the esophagus and posteriorly with the duodenum and being typically a simple often curved sac with an outer serous coat, a strong complex muscular wall that contracts rhythmically, and a mucous lining membrane that contains gastric glands b : one of the compartments of a ruminant stomach <the abomasum is the fourth stomach of a ruminant>
: a cavity in an invertebrate animal that is analogous to a stomach
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