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It is a homeowner's responsibility for testing their well for microbiological contaminants such as coliform bacteria. Additionally, many homeowners want to know what other minerals and/or contaminants may be dissolved in their water supply. Private testing labs can provide complete inorganic analyses. Listed below are the most common elements and parameters which will typically be tested and reported.
AluminumAluminum, the most abundant metal on Earth, is found in soil, in water and in air. Its chemical and physical properties make it ideal for a wide variety of uses. For example, aluminum and its compounds are often used in food as additives, in drugs (e.g., antacids), in consumer products (e.g., cooking utensils, anti-perspirant and aluminum foil) and in the treatment of drinkingwater (e.g., coagulants).
Because aluminum is so pervasive in the
environment, to the point of being unavoidable, researchers have long been
studying its effects on humans. This research has revealed a link between
aluminum intake and neurological dementia in kidney dialysis patients (dialysis
encephalopathy). In recentyears, the public and the media have become concerned
about other possible adverse effects of aluminum on human health, including its
role in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease). In addition, questions have been raised about
the potential risks to infants who drink baby formula containing aluminum.
Arsenic Most arsenic enters water supplies either from natural deposits in the earth or from industrial and agricultural pollution. Arsenic is a natural element
of the earth's crust. It is used in industry and agriculture, and for other
purposes. It also is a byproduct ofcopper smelting, mining and coal burning.
U.S. industries release thousands of poundsof arsenic into the environment every year.
According to a 1999 study by the National Academy of Sciences, arsenic in
drinking water causes bladder, lung and skin cancer, and may cause kidney and
liver cancer. The study also found that arsenic harms the central and peripheral
nervous systems, as well as heart and blood vessels, and causes serious skin
problems. It also may cause birth defects and reproductive problems.
BariumBarium is a lustrous, machinable metal which exists in nature only in ores containing mixtures of elements. It is used in making a wide variety of
electronic components, in metal alloys, bleaches, dyes, fireworks, ceramics and
glass. In particular, it is used inwell drilling operations where it is directly
released into the ground. Short-term: EPAhas found barium to potentially cause
the following health effects when people are exposed to it at levels above 2 ppm
for relatively short periods of time: gastro-intestinal disturbances and
muscular weakness. Long-term: Barium has the potentialto cause high blood
pressure from a lifetime exposure at levels above the MCL.
BoronBoron is a naturally occurring
element. In the environment, boron is combined with oxygen and other elements in
compounds called borates. Borates are widely found in nature, and are present in
oceans, sedimentary rocks, coal, shale and some soils. There are several
commercially important borates, including borax, and boric acid, and have many
industrial uses in glass making, leather preservation, in welding and
Everyone is exposed regularly to small amounts of boron in food.
Generally the amounts pose no harm because boron is regularly excreted in feces
and urine over a period of several days. Children and infants on which boron
compounds are used for medication can become acutely ill with nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea, circulatory collapse, skin rash and confusion. Fatal poisonings often
involve kidney failure.
It is beneficial to plants only within narrow limits, and
excesses are injurious and even lethal to plants. Regular use of irrigation water
with more than 1 ppm boron is harmful to most kinds of plants.
Cadmium Cadmium
is released into the environment from mining and metal processing operations,
burning fuels, making and using phosphate fertilizers, and disposing of metal
products. Cadmium is not mined, but it is a by-product of the smelting of other
metals such as zinc, lead, and copper. Cadmium is used in nickel-cadmium
rechargeable batteries and for metal plating. It also is used in some
paints, plastics, and metal solders.
Cadmium is found naturally in small
quantities in air, water, and soil. Since cadmium is a metal, it does not break
down and can accumulate over time. Burning household or industrial waste and
burning coal or oil may release cadmium into the air. Cadmium can enter the body
from smoking tobacco, eating food and drinking water containing cadmium, and
inhaling it from the air.
Cadmium has no beneficial effect on human health.
Health effects caused by cadmium depend on how much has entered the body, how
long you have been exposed to cadmium, and how the body responds. Some workers
who breathe air with high levels of cadmium over a short time experience lung
damage and even death. Breathing cadmium in air does not usually cause immediate
breathing problems or any warning signs. Therefore, exposure may continue until
serious lung damage has occurred.
Most cadmium levels found in the environment
are not high enough to cause lung damage. Breathing lower levels of cadmium over
several years can result in a buildup of cadmium in the kidneys and lead to
kidney disease. It also can cause bones to become weaker. If you eat food or
drink water that contains large amounts of cadmium, stomach irritation, vomiting,
and diarrhea may result. Smallamounts of cadmium taken in over many years may
cause kidney damage and fragile bones.
ChlorineThe experimental use of
chlorine began in the 1890's to combat water-borne diseases such as cholera and
typhoid. It quickly gained wide acceptance because of low cost and high
efficiency in killing just about everything hazardous in the water. Chlorine
allowed population centers to spring up and thrive without any epidemic
The problem with chlorine is that it is a known poison and the safety
of drinking this poison over the long term (i.e. your lifetime) is
highly uncertain. Also, chlorine reacts with water-borne decaying organic matter
like leaves, bark, sediment, etc. to create a family of chemicals
called trihalomethanes and other highly toxic substances. Trihalomethanes, or
THM's, include chemicals such as chloroform, bromoform and dichlorobromethane,
all of which are extremely carcinogenic even in minute amounts.
If you are on a
municipal system with chlorination, theoretically you are protected against
bacteria. However, if the level of chlorination isn't high enough from the
municipal source to your tap, bacteria can re-infect the water anywhere along
the distribution system. The piping system -- whether it's the public water
mains or your house plumbing -- has bacterial growth in it happening all the
If you are on a spring or a well, with no chlorine, then you are very
vulnerable to bacterial contamination. Even the most pure sources cannot prevent
occasional contamination from animals either dying or defecating in the source,
or from neighboring pollution (i.e. septic tanks) traveling from an adjoining
watershed to contaminate the source. Also, the pipes are again a source of
bacteria. Many people do periodic testing on their well or spring source and
rely on this method to assure themselves that they have good water.
rarely occurs naturally in water. Most copper contamination in drinking water
happens in the water delivery system, as a result of corrosion of the copper
pipes or fittings. Copper piping and fittings are widely used in household
plumbing. Generally, naturally soft water is more corrosive than hard water
because it is more acidic and has low TDS.
At very high levels, copper can cause
a bitter metallic taste in water and result in blue-green stains on plumbing
fixtures. At low levels, copper in drinking water may cause no health symptoms.
At high levels, copper in drinking water may cause symptoms easily mistaken as
flu or other illnesses. Thus health symptoms are not a reliable indication of
copper in drinking water.
Although copper is an essential micronutrient and is
required by the body in very small amounts, excess copper in the human body can
cause stomach and intestinal distress such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and
stomach cramps. The lowest level at which these adverse effects occur has not
been well defined. People with Wilson's disease, a rare genetic disorder, are
more sensitive to the effects of copper.
FluorideWaters with high fluoride
content are found mostly in calcium-deficient waters in many basement aquifers,
such as granite and gneiss, in geothermal waters and in some sedimentary basins.
Fluorides in water can be detrimental or beneficial. It all depends on the
concentration. Surface water supplies are normally low in fluorides (less than
0.5 ppm). Some have no fluoride at all. Well waters may contain excessive
amounts of fluoride. There are some wells which contain the recommended amount
(1 mg/L) for drinking water.
Fluorides are important because they have a definite
relation to dental health. Research has shown that a concentration of 1 mg/L of
fluoride in drinking water reduces tooth decay. On the other hand, some children
under nine years of age exposed to levels of fluoride greater than about 2 mg/L
may develop a condition known as "endemic dental fluorosis." Sometimes called
"Colorado Brown Stain," this condition appears as a dark brown mottling or
spotting of the permanent teeth. In certain cases, the teeth become chalky white
in appearance. Further,federal regulations require that fluoride not exceed a
concentration of 4 mg/L in drinking water. This is an enforceable maximum
contaminant level standard, and it has been established to protect public
health. Exposure to drinking water levels above 4 mg/L for many years may result
in cases of crippling skeletal fluorosis, which is a serious bone disorder.
LeadLead rarely occurs naturally in water. Most lead contamination
takes place at some point in the water delivery system. Lead pipes and lead solder in the
distribution system are the main sources of lead pollution. Boston Globe
estimates that 98% of all households have lead in their plumbing. Houses older
than 20 years and less than five years are most at risk. Also, houses in areas
of soft (low mineral levels) water tend to corrode the lead from the pipes more
Lead is a cumulative toxin that stays in the tissue permanently,
especially in brain tissue. It also affects a person in relation to their body
weight. Therefore, an exposed adult can fend off the toxic effects for some time
but in children, brain and developmental damage occur quickly and permanently.
Exposure to low levels of lead over an extended period of time can have severe
health effects. Too much lead can damage your brain, kidneys, nervous system, and
red blood cells. Those at the greatest risk, even with short-term exposure, are
young children and pregnant women. According to the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), lead dosage that would have little effect on an adult
can harm a small child. Lead in drinking water can be a problem for infants
whose diet consists of liquids -- such as baby formula made with water. Since they
are growing, children absorb lead more rapidly than adults. That lead can then
impair a child's development, resulting in learning disabilities or stunted
Magnesium Magnesium is present in all
natural waters and enters the groundwater the same way as calcium by contact
with rock formations. Magnesium is associated with calcium and is also a major
contributor to hardness. As well, magnesium may contribute to undesirable tastes
in your water if the concentration is high. When present in water with sulfates,
magnesium may have a laxative effect or cause gastrointestinal
ManganeseManganese is a mineral that naturally occurs in rocks and
soil and is a normal constituent of the human diet. It exists in well water as a
groundwater mineral, but may also be present due to underground pollution
sources. You may suspect that manganese is in your water if the water is
discolored (brownish-red), causes staining of plumbing fixtures or clothing or
has an off-taste or odor. Exposure to high concentrations of manganese over the
course of years has been associated with toxicity to the nervous system,
producing a syndrome that resembles Parkinson Disease.
SodiumSodium is a
naturally occurring mineral which is found in water sources. While sodium is not
regulated as a contaminant in drinking water, it may have an effect on the
consumer's health. In general, the sodium contributed to an individual's diet
from drinking water is a small part of overall dietary intake. The American
Heart Association's recommended standard for daily sodium intake is 3,000
milligrams. Persons on severely restricted sodium diets may want to consult
their health professional regarding sodium levels in water. Water softeners can
add sodium to your household water supply as well.
ZincAlthough zinc occurs
naturally, most zinc finds its way into the environment because of human
activities. Mining, smelting metals (like zinc, lead and cadmium) and steel
production, as well as burning coal and certain wastes can release zinc into the
environment. Zinc is frequently used as a protection to galvanize steel. When
high levels of zinc are present in soils, such as at a hazardous waste site, the
metal can seep into the groundwater. Zinc can enter the body if you eat foods or
drink water or other beverages containing zinc, or if you breathe zinc dust or
fumes from the air. Very small amounts of zinc enter the body through skin
contact. Foods naturally contain zinc but vary greatly in their zinc content.
Very small amounts of the zinc in food are absorbed by the body. Drinking
beverages stored in metal cans or drinking water that flows through metal pipes
coated with zinc also are sources of zinc exposure.
Zinc is an essential
nutrient needed by the body for growth, development of bones, metabolism and
wound-healing. Too little zinc in the diet also can cause adverse health effects
such as loss of appetite, decreased sense of taste and smell,lowered ability to
fight off infections, slow growth, slowwound-healing and skin sores.


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Oil spill in the mind
I apologize for my absence yesterday from blogging. I had promised to return to the fray Tuesday but when it came around I had writer's block bigger than the Gulf oil spill. It extended to my column, which was one of the hardest I have ever written. Every last sentence and joke had to be pulled from the deepest recesses if my mind and it was painful.
One of the problems is that I am unusually depressed — the aforementioned Gulf oil spill strikes me as having the potential not only to sabotage the last hopes of the Obama administration but also the whole country. It is oilameggdon. It is the moment when "Can Do America" finally can't.
As our mutual doggy friend Rover Spot Fido etc. said, "The oil spill ain't Obama's 9/11, it's his Chernobyl. Ours too."
Actually, people are saying (mostly right-wing people) that it is Obama's Katrina. These are mostly the people who didn't think that Bush did a bad job during Katrina but they don't suggest a similar message when they use the phrase about Obama.
In this, they might be partly right. The federal government isn't in the oil drilling business and the remedy — if there is one — lies with BP. But the Obama administration appeared too detached from the problem early on and politics is often about appearances.
How depressed am I? On Saturday, I sought entertainment in a cemetery — Sewickley Cemetery, to be precise, which celebrated its 150th year as a bone yard.
A group of Civil War re-enactors, from the 63rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, were camped in the cemetery and concerts were performed. A group of pretty young women, Maidens IV, which is more maidens in one place than one usually sees in Sewickley, performed Celtic song and dance to great effect. And the Mockingbird Theatre Company put on an old-fashioned medicine show, with many jokes and banjo songs.
It was joyous entertainment to wake the dead but it apparently it did not wake my better thoughts in the long run.
Still, you didn't miss me much while I was away. The responses rivaled the old days, before Joomla.
Speaking of Joomla, I will take up the questions raised by Reg-ulators concerning strange asterisks appearing in text, as if a robot censor were at work. The PG's technical staff shall be notified. I hear they are every bit as good as BP oil engineers.
In old business, some of you raised a concern that a certain critic of this blog might have come on my tour of the PG. Some even though that it might be the quiet gentleman. To a degree of 99 percent certainty, I don't think so. The quiet guy's name was Mike and he sent me a great note of thanks afterwards, which would not be in character for our suspect.
By the way, Scarlet, thank you for the gift of the Aussie bottle of wine. I haven't drunk it yet but it looks to be a very fine drop and I will raise a glass in your honor. It was a gift not expected but much appreciated.

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Ben Bernanke
Watch breaking news videos and read news updates about Ben Bernanke on Crain's Chicago Business
Ben Bernanke becomes an adviser to Ken Griffin's Citadel
The former Federal Reserve chairman will consult with the Chicago hedge fund on developments in monetary policy, financial markets and the global economy.
Former AIG head Edward Liddy to testify in bailout trial
loan. The trial started Sept. 29. BAILOUT LEADERS The leaders of the bailout, Henry Paulson, Timothy Geithner and Ben Bernanke, all told the court last week that the rescue was needed because AIG's failure would have been catastrophic to the financial system
You know it's a tough market when Ben Bernanke can't refinance
Ben S. Bernanke said the mortgage market is still so tight that he's having a hard time refinancing his own home loan.
Dimon's cancer fight raises big questions at Chase
broker, Dimon is known for his charm and brusque manner. In 2011, he publicly challenged Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke over new regulations. In 2012, Dimon said the nation's housing market would have been fixed faster if he had been
Yellen: Fed stimulus still needed for job market
period, as in the past two decades in Japan, when falling prices can slow economic growth. After taking over from Ben Bernanke on Feb. 3, Yellen presided over her first Fed meeting on March 18-19. At that meeting, the Fed pared its monthly
Collapse of Bitcoin exchange spells trouble for the virtual currency
(AP) — The sudden disappearance of one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges only adds to the mystery and mistrust surrounding the virtual currency.
Illinois jobless rate tops not just U.S. but Midwest neighbors
A new study by a Federal Reserve economist here shows even industrial neighbors Ohio and Michigan outpace Illinois on jobs. What will the candidates for governor do about it?
Chicago Fed sees risk from high-speed trading in stock market
(Bloomberg) — Faster and less transparent markets pose risks that require more study, according to the Chicago Fed, which said high-speed trading may create dangers that aren't properly appreciated or policed.
New Fed chair's pledge of continuity reassures investors
the top Fed job last week, Yellen said today that she expects a "great deal of continuity" with her predecessor, Ben Bernanke. She signaled that she supports his view that the economy is strengthening enough to withstand a pullback in stimulus
Stocks fall sharply after Fed cuts bond buying
Market Committee said today in a statement following a two-day meeting in Washington that was the last for Chairman Ben Bernanke, who will be succeeded by Vice Chairman Janet Yellen on Feb. 1. "The unemployment rate declined but remains elevated
Consumer spending gains lift U.S. fourth-quarter growth
Fed said it would begin reducing its $85 billion-a-month in bond purchases by $10 billion in January. Chairman Ben Bernanke said that if the economy keeps improving, the bond purchases could be trimmed by similar amounts at coming meetings
Fed to scale back stimulus; stocks jump
85 billion a month in bond purchases by $10 billion starting in January. At a news conference afterward, Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed expects to make "similar moderate" reductions in its monthly bond purchases if economic improvements
Yellen gets Senate panel backing as Fed chair
path to take the central bank's helm. President Barack Obama nominated the Fed's current vice chair to replace Ben Bernanke when his terms ends on Jan. 31 and she had been expected to win confirmation with relative ease. The banking panel
Yellen stands by Fed's low interest rate policies
monetary policy." As chairman, Yellen would likely extend the low-interest-rate policies pushed by the departing Ben Bernanke. As vice chairman, she's been a key architect of those policies. And in her prepared testimony, she offers no
Consumer prices rise just 0.2 percent in September
(AP) — The figures are the latest evidence that slow economic growth is keeping inflation tame.


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The Dashcam Chronicles
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My Force Isn't Awake Yet
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Re: The Dashcam Chronicles
Trekker4747 wrote:
I never claimed to be innocent, however, as I said, I can see the point in them to talk about/point out the regular trouble-posters either "there" or out here. Then there's, "Oh, look, someone we kind of don't like posted a thread about something silly. Gang-up on him!"
Someone posting about their usual hatred towards Abram's Trek or post-TOS, trek, or some other nonsense? Sure. Someone continually posting nonsensical stuff about alien lizards and Rube Goldberg Perpetual Motion machines? Sure.
Someone posts a thread about dash-cam videos? Seriously?! THAT'S who you're going to call out and harp on?
Everyone around here is turning into a bunch of annoying, self-important, self-involved, self-loving, twats. This place is quickly filling up with assholes who just want to go around and continue to be assholes for the sake of being an asshole.
What's the matter,
? Was the conversation not about you for five minutes so you had to bring it back around to your favorite subject? You were an active participant in those threads. You started some of those threads. And now, in typical
fashion, you play the victim when you don't like how the threads have gone.
What's funny is, you two are trying to make it look like there's some sinister commentary going on behind the scenes when there's not. The one thing that was said is that
seems to be a masochist with the way he dredged this thread up from oblivion to post about another YouTuber and say "see, this guy's worse than me." Which would be funny considering you're now complaining about comments being made behind people's backs if you guys were able to see your own faults for even a second. How is that comment any different than what was said to him directly in this thread?
We all know you both read and occasionally post in that thread, so trying to portray it as going behind your back is a BS attempt at playing the victim for other people who don't know any better out here. It's pathetic.
And since you can't seem to shut up about TNZ after I told you to, we're done here. I'm not letting you martyr yourself any more. If you want to actually talk to anyone, quit being a coward and come talk to us instead of making up lies and exaggerations about what's going on behind the scenes to portray yourself as the victim.
This thread has completely left the topic anyway and just devolved into insults (which I'm guilty of as well), so there's no longer any point to it.
- There are stories about what happened.
- It's true. All of it. TNZ, Hulk, ModMan. They're real.
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Yukon-Nevada Gold – Coverage Update
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Brutal day for MMY stock. Wonder why they aren't funding through operations?
I am very surprised that they are issuing shares for the acquisition. I'll find out the rationale behind it.
I appreciate the update and had one quick question for you. Were you aware of the possibility of a spinoff? What are your thoughts on this idea? Also, do you know if yngff holders would receive the same shares in the spin as the ones who invest through the Canadian exchange? I guess that was more than one question. Thanks and keep up with great work with the blog.
Yes I was aware of the spinoff but I am not sure if it will actually happen. They kind of talked about it before and then weren't too excited about it anymore. It would be nice for us if they got rid of it. I can't imagine yngff holders not receiving the same shares in the spin off but I'll need to find out for sure.
A bit cokcy….""I expect none of them will send their dividend cheques back," Baldock quipped."
Mariusz, do you have any idea why they don't just to a regular rights offering instead of diluting the common shareholders
MMY's announced private placement is incomprehensible. This is a huge strike against Baldock and the inept board of directors. Throw some of those geologists off the board and put a couple of people on there who know freshman finance and decent corporate governance. Terrible deal for existing shareholders…a classic example of increasing the size of the empire at the expense of the citizenry.
Mariusz, I cannot imagine that they have a shareholder friendly explanation for this. If you find out something to the contrary please share. I plan on contacting the company but am letting my temperature cool off first. I know a couple of other funds who are invested in this name and based on my brief comments with them this morning, they are hot as well. I can't believe that they aren't putting this to shareholder vote unless it's required by the exchange. Baldock needs to align the company's interests with those of shareholders asap or he — with his insignificant ownership — is liable to have a mutiny on his hands.
I know I promised not to bombard you with questions anymore… but this really got my attention since I'm a YNG shareholder. If Baldock was willing to do this to MMY shareholders, what's to stop him from doing something like this to YNG shareholders? I'd really like to understand better how corporate governance works on these TSX-Venture listed companies. Do shareholders somehow have less protection against dilution (i.e., no shareholder vote unless "required by the exchange"… what did that mean) ? Or maybe it's just a matter of who controls the board of directors. If MMY's board is controlled by company executives who will later be granted new stock options to compensate for the dilution, it's pretty obvious why they would use that route to fund the acquisition of new assets.
I really cannot assure you of anything. I am looking at probabilities and I am shocked to see this on Monument even though the probability of this happening to this level was low. They are sitting on lots of cash and they are still trying to issue so many shares. I think the acquisition of the new property is good but the financing route is terrible. Now you are asking me if he will do the same thing with Yukon. How can I answer this with certainty?
I would love to see an article on your updated thoughts re: mmy.
As an aside, I really wish management would put out a piece showing a realistic vision for the future of the company, how they plan to achieve their goals, etc. Press releases that don't explain how their actions (like their most recent one) fit their long term plan add a big question mark around the quality of management and their ability to work in shareholders' interest.
I was going to write an update on Monument but I didn't because I don't know enough at this point. So far I realize that the management's actions hurt the stock in the short term but might actually be beneficial in the long term. But I don't even know what the long term is. Bob is coming from Malaysia on October 17. I don't see how I will be able to talk to him before this. I might talk to Richard after he comes back from Slovenia but he doesn't know as much as Bob.
I thought this might be of interest to you. I contacted Wolfgang Seybold, the European responsible for MMY investor relations. He is also not able to further explain why this financing strategy was favored by MMY – at least not by today. He seems to be working on the issue too.
I live in NW Washington state, less than an hours drive from MMY's offices in Vancouver BC. I am a small fund manager and MMY shareholder and would be more than happy to meet with them in person. I will fax them a letter today requesting to do so (although I am out of town from Oct 16-20).
Attached is a link to a brief article I wrote in MMY for the Value Investing Letter
I emailed the Americas Investor relations, Richard Cushing, last week regarding this and he told me that he did not have additional info on the financing, but that he would talk to me today, when he got back to the office.
Tim, can you share any useful info that you get from the meeting? tks
On another note. Did you happen to hear anything regarding the status of the winterization project at YNG? Is it finished? I am getting a bad feeling here too, since there was no official communication so far – at least as much as I know.
So I met with Richard from Yukon today. He was doing a presentation in Chicago. This was nothing new to me but it was mainly for the new potential investors in the room. I asked about the status of winterization and he confirmed that they are waiting for some equipment to arrive. They expect that it will be finished first week of November.
I will say that it will be done by the last week of December considering everything always takes three times as long.
I heard that they are waiting for some equipment to arrive. Tomorrow the investor relations guys from Yukon is coming to Chicago for a presentation. I will be attending it so I will ask about the progress.
hi mariusz-
what are your thoughts on idt after the last quarter numbers? thanks much in advance.
I didn't look at it because I sold IDT to buy my other positions after they got decimated.
Just in case others have no seen it yet. I just became aware of the following video-interview with Bob Baldock made on Sep. 29th 2011 at the 11th IRC Investor Relations Conference in Zurich. It's posted on a German web site. But the interview is in English.
Thank you for posting this. I have been waiting for this video.
Another interview with Bob Baldock. Again made at the 11th IRC Investor Relations Conference in Zurich. But this time about YNG.


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Later today at 4:05 ET, the Patriots and Seahawks will take the field. This is a very important game for the Patriots if they wanna keep there playoff chances alive. The Patriots sit at 7-5 and one game back of the AFC East leading Jets who are 8-4. The Seahawks on the other hand have had a rough season least to say and are currently 2-10. This should come out to be a great ball game.
Qwest Stadium, Seattle Washington
Light Rain, Overcast, 50 Degress, 9 MPH Wind South
Injury Report
There's a lot of players on the injury report, so I'll name some of the players that could have impact on the game.
Matt Hasselbeck, Back, Doubtful
Leroy Hill, Neck, Questionable
Walter Jones, Knee, Questionable
Koren Robinson, Knee, Probable
New England
Tedy Brushchi, Knee, Questionable
Ellis Hoobs, Shoulder, Questionable
Lamont Jordon, Calf, Questionable
Dan Koppen, Elbow, Probable
Ty Warren, Groin, Questionable
Pierre Woods, Jaw, Out
Well because of the chance of rain, this could turn into a sloppy football game, which from last week didn't favor the Patriots at all. The weather should be better then last weekend in Foxborough, so I don't see the weather conditions have a huge impact on this game. With the Seahawks out of the playoffs and Hasselbeck not playing 100% or at all, I don't like the Seahawks chances. I'm going with the Patriots in this one. I think Cassel gets back on track and throw for over 250 yards and 2 TD's. I'm picking ther Patriots to win this one, 28-13.


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June 2, 1924: The U.S. Congress enacts the Indian Citizenship Act. After 300 years of conquest and genocide, the law hardly reflects momentous change, but perhaps a slight reversal of U.S. attitudes. Slight indeed. The law leaves the issues of voting rights for Native Americans to the individual states, and American Indians do not have a nationwide right to vote until 1957.
June 2, 1970: The leatherback (at right), a massive sea turtle known to migrate for thousands of miles, is declared an endangered species in the U.S. Leatherbacks can weigh up to 1 ton and measure 8 feet from head to tail — and are imperiled by habitat destruction and accidental capture in fishing gear. The peregrine falcon and brown pelican are also listed, victims of contamination from the pesticide DDT, but both later recover.
June 2, 1990: An outbreak of 65 tornadoes tears through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan. Several of the twisters reach F4 intensity, but the relatively low death toll of 18 is testimony to improved forecasting and warning systems for severe storms.
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Volkswagen made the announcement shortly before Christmas: It officially sold more than 100,000 diesel-engined passenger cars in America in 2013. That should prove there's a market for them. So why aren't there more diesels cropping up here?
Fuel efficiency is a sought-after thing in the era of gas prices that can't seem to dip below $3 a gallon even when the price of a barrel of oil dips into the mid-$90 level or lower. So I'm not shocked Volkswagen and its upmarket brand, Audi, managed to sell a combined 100,000-plus diesel-powered passenger vehicles this year. Ruralites like me can see the appeal in ways city folk perhaps can't: On the highway, diesel will meet or sometimes beat a hybrid's fuel efficiency, and their prodigious low-RPM torque usually makes them a lot more satisfying to drive than the CVT-laden, slow-to-pull-away-from-a-stoplight hybrids with which we're all too familiar.
I'll be blunt: The fuel economy I experienced in several hybrids I've tested in 2013 has made me go, "Meh." I mean, I had a Toyota Highlander Hybrid that managed to eke out a 27-MPG average over the course of a week of gentle driving on two-lane highways as I commuted to work. That's just three MPG better than the non-hybrid Highlander's EPA highway rating A similarly seven-passenger Volkswagen Touareg, meanwhile, is rated for 29 MPG highway by the EPA, and some owners report breaking a real-world 30 MPG in their Touaregs TDIs, which are powered by a V6 diesel engine. Meanwhile, I averaged about 43 MPG in similarly easy driving with a Toyota Prius V. A VW Passat TDI would meet that figure, according to its EPA highway fuel economy estimate — and in this case, owners' reports are often beating that EPA figure by an even wider margin than the Touareg.
I say all that to say this: Diesels and hybrids offer similar buy-in costs versus a conventional gasoline-powered car. Being that diesel engines will cost the consumer more money, and given the fuel's not-so-stellar reputation in America that comes from the bad old days of smoke-belching, slow, trouble-prone oil-burners of the late '70s and early- to mid-'80s, I can understand why automakers have been tepid in their willingness to give diesel-powered passenger cars another try. It means developing new engines and/or jumping through hoops to get diesel engines used elsewhere in the world, where diesel is more common in passenger automobiles, and that ain't cheap. Which means the cost of buying a diesel vehicle will be quite a bit higher than buying a comparable gasoline-engined model — the aforementioned VW Passat carries a roughly $2,200 premium if you want a diesel engine.
That being said, I think the manufacturers are hedging their bets that the consumer will not spend that extra money for the extra efficiency the diesel engine will provide — and I think they're wrong for not at least giving the consumer a chance.
The skeptic will point to VW/Audi's 100,000 sales as a tiny slice of the 14.5 million cars sold in America in 2012. Normally, conservative business types are the first to bring up this criticism of diesel's future in the 'States. Those same types also often point out diesel's higher taxation and resultant higher price per gallon in most parts of the country, citing it as another reason diesel faces an uphill, nigh-on impossible climb to acceptance here.
I don't buy that anymore than I buy Volkswagens or Audis — and I don't buy the latter simply because of two things: (1) Volkswagen dealers are few and far between in rural Tennessee, and (2) I'm still not fully convinced of VW vehicles' long-term reliability. I say that only after a string of friends have had so-so long-term experiences mostly thanks to electrical issues and reliability review sites like TrueDelta have shown not-so-great ratings on VW products as they age.
So far, only two non-European brands have offered diesel passenger cars in America — and one is an SUV: The Chevrolet Cruze Diesel — itself based on a car whose short history of reliability reviews proves none too flattering, and the Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel, an SUV whose most recent model year has produced a lot of owner complaints. But it's my belief that if more manufacturers offered — and perfected — diesel engines for American passenger car use, those reliability concerns would fall by the wayside. When you're the only kids on the block slinging diesel engines, and you have a dedicated diesel fanbase willing to overlook minor imperfections to get the powertrain choice it wants, what's the incentive to improve?
Let me answer that for you: There's not one. It's the same reason the Nissan Frontier and Toyota Tacoma are dated, relatively inefficient midsize pickup trucks — nobody else has been competing in that market, giving those two no incentive to improve the existing trucks or develop new ones. A look at the products available overseas in either market — diesel passenger cars and midsize trucks — should show how much better the vehicles can be in an atmosphere of fierce competition.
Encouraging such competition domestically would do a few things:
First of all, it would get diesel in the minds of more consumers as a viable way to travel more efficiently — especially rural folks like me.
Secondly, it would by its very nature improve the cars themselves, making them more desirable. Inevitably — yes, I dared say that word — sales of diesel-powered cars would rise if a constantly improving mix of cars offered diesel engines. One need only look at the ever-growing proliferation of diesel-powered heavy-duty pickup trucks — and the decision by some to put diesels in lighter-duty pickups, as well — to see that.
Finally, it would eventually lead to a political attack on that secondary criticism of the conservative business types I listed above: Diesel fuel taxes. When more consumers choose diesel, as they inevitably will, they will voice their displeasure at having to pay a proportionally larger share of tax per gallon than their gasoline-burning counterparts. I think it would eventually end in some kind of two-tiered taxation system, where diesel-powered commercial trucks would be charged more tax per gallon than lightweight diesel-powered passenger cars. With all the RFID and other vehicle tracker technology on the market today, setting up such a tiered taxation system isn't so much a matter of how, but when.
A fourth possible outcome of manufacturers increasing the proliferation of diesel engines in their lineups — and of the inevitable increased proliferation of diesel-powered cars plying our roads — would be eventual standardization of European, Asian, and North American diesel emissions standards, which would only add to the snowball effect by making it more cost-effective for automakers to import diesel engines they already use in other markets with much success.
Granted, the above is a lot of pie-in-the-sky stuff. But VW's 100,000 diesel cars in 2013 have given fuel efficiency and alternative fuel supporters a reason to hope for a brighter future — one perhaps more accepting of diesel's ability to improve our nation's fleet fuel economy and exhaust emissions.
The true test of diesel's growing acceptance will come as Nissan and Ram bolt diesel mills into their half-ton pickup trucks in the next couple of years. Pickup trucks remain dominant sellers for domestic automakers, so it will be especially interesting to see how well-accepted the Ram EcoDiesel will be once it comes to market — and whether the Nissan Titan's Cummins diesel engine option will do anything to shake up the half-ton pickup truck segment. If either — or both — of those models go over well with truck buyers, I predict big things for diesel's future in America.


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In this unprecedented collection of science fiction and fantasy quotations, the reader revisits the stunning moment when Mary Shelleys Frankenstein monster first comes to life; witnesses the transformation of Robert Louis Stevensons Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde; is present when Bruce Wayne resolves to become Batman; and overhears the cosmic conclusions of The Incredible Shrinking Man. Drawing upon two centuries of the vast and provocative literature of science fiction and fantasy, this comprehensive book presents more than 2,900 quotations from wide-ranging sources, including science fiction and fantasy stories, novels, films, and television programs.The quotations are organized by topicalien worlds; darkness and light; robots, androids, and cyborgs; machines and technology; weapons; and more than one hundred others. The reader will encounter the wit and wisdom of renowned authors (H. G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin) along with definitive versions of such important statements as Isaac Asimovs Three Laws of Robotics and Star Treks Prime Directive.With its thorough index, this book is both an invaluable resource for the writer or scholar and an irresistible page-turner for the curious browser.
Gary Westfahl teaches at the University of California, Riverside. He has published extensively in the field of science fiction and in 2003 received the Science Fiction Research Associations Pilgrim Award for lifetime contributions to science fiction and fantasy scholarship.
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There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski, The Matrix (film, 1999)
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil.Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)


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Joseph Ippolito, a fourth-year student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, was 5 months old when he was diagnosed with cancer. The Emmanuel Cancer Foundation stepped in to help the West Orange family with the everyday details of family life.
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Includes letters (1847-1868) from Helen Rood to her brother Ogden Nicholas Rood and his wife Mathilde concerning family and friends in New Haven, Connecticut; religion; female education; Eli Whitney Blake, whom she married in 1860; her impressions of Heidelberg, where her husband studied; and German and English sentiment concerning the American Civil War. Letters (1859-1891) from Eli Blake to Ogden Rood concerning scientific experiments; his work as professor at Cornell University; and his work at Brown University as professor of physics. Other correspondence includes letters to Eli Blake concerning the National Bell Telephone Company, the University of Virginia, and Troy University.
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ALBANY, N.Y. -- Mitigation experts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be in two Westchester County home improvement stores this week to offer advice on ways to protect your home from future disasters.
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- Installing sewer backflow valves;
- Removing and replacing drywall and insulation;
- Channeling water away from foundations;
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- The permitting process required for rebuilding.
More information on ways to protect your home from future disasters is available at: www.fema.gov. Choose the menu for Recover and Rebuild.
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Sweetcakes: it's a term of endearment that only really old dudes can pull off without being slapped, and also a bakery/sandwich shop/late-night craving-ender that's smart enough to know you want all of its delicious eats -- including a line of blessedly boozy cupcakes -- delivered deep into the night.
Said food with booze includes the mojito 'cake, plus a raspberry Ciroc & vodka buttercream joint known as The Diddy, which you definitely shouldn't eat too many of before jet-skiing around in a tuxedo, because that's irresponsible. Those're bolstered by croissants, Key lime meltaways, and liquor-free/still delicious cupcakes you can custom build by choosing your cake type (red velvet, chocolate mint, orange vanilla...), frosting (chocolate ganache, salted caramel, maple butter), and fillings (Butterfinger/Oreo, toffee, Dulce de Leche), which will eventually send you right back to the dentist for more.
They've also got sandos ranging from tuna melts, to prosciutto & mozz, to brie-smothered chicken, and in the next two weeks, they'll have a lineup of vino and craft brews, yet another thing that often leads to young men getting slapped.


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Joseph Dead Feast Lodge--Nez Percé
This is the Native American lodge where the death of Chief Joseph was mourned.
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Information, tips, news and announcements about SQL Server Analysis Services and PowerPivot directly from the product team.
Probably one of the most frequently requested features we have had for PowerPivot V1 has been the request for a Diagram. As a result we are super excited that the Diagram View found its way through with CTP3
The Diagram View is - as the name suggests - basically a diagrammatic view of the model. This means that in CTP3 you will have two views available when working with your models:
· The Data View, representing the data grid you may know from PowerPivot V1 where you work directly with the data that resides in your tables
· The new Diagram View, representing the metadata view of your model for viewing and defining your model at an object level.
The Diagram View is available for both the Tabular project types in BIDS as well as for PowerPivot. The entry points for the two views can be found in the lower right hand corner of the modeling window as show below.
We aimed at having feature parity between the two views for the most common operations such as hide, rename and delete in order to prevent frequent switching between the two views. However, given the fact that one view represents data and other metadata there are obviously some tasks that do lent themselves better to be performed in one view versus the other. So there are some key differences in terms of modeling capabilities that are worth pointing out.
Features Specific to Data View
All data enriching operations using DAX such as adding calculated columns and defining measures are available in the Data View only. The same counts for creation of KPIs, which are directly tied to existing measures.
In future versions this may change, but for Denali we made the choice to only add these data driven operations to the Data View where the direct access to the data makes it very easy to verify the operations as they are performed. Other options where interactivity with the data is an advantage, such as sort and filter are also available in the Data View only.
Features specific to Diagram View
Creation of user defined hierarchies is a feature that you will find in the Diagram View only. It's a metadata driven operation, which simply made more sense in the Diagram, where each table is used as modeling surface for creating and editing the hierarchies.
Interacting with the Diagram
The Diagram is more than just a view that provides a great overview of the tables and relationship, though. It's a fully-fledged designer, which allows for greater interactivity and navigation across the entire model.
So despite the fact that most operations (the exceptions outlined above) can be performed in either view it's easy to imagine that many BI professionals will spend the majority of the time modeling from within the Diagram. Let's take a closer look at the Diagram:
Creating Relationships
You will often see the Diagram referenced as the Entity Relationship (ER) Diagram. So yes, you can obviously create relationships from the Diagram View. You can either use drag and drop of columns or use the table or column context menu to launch the Create Relationship dialog box.
When you mouse over an existing relationship the primary and foreign key tables and columns will light up for greater visibility. See above. This is particular useful when your model is zoomed out and a large number of tables makes the relationship lines more challenging to follow.
To edit a relationship you simply double click the relationship line on the Diagram surface.
Maximizing tables
You have the ability to maximize each table. The idea here is to provide a better modeling surface as you work with each table. When in maximized state only the particular tables active and the rest of the diagram is disabled
Creating Hierarchies
As mentioned earlier the Diagram View is where you will be creating user defined hierarchies. Hierarchies can be created either by using the column context menu or by using the Create Hierarchy button in the table header.
Using Display Filters
The Display Filters are located at the tool bar at the top of the Diagram.
They can be used for filtering out the different object types from the tables in the Diagram allowing you to narrow down your view to only display particular objects. The Display Filters are in particular use when working with larger models helping you better navigate your model.
Leveraging Perspectives
Another way to narrow down the view of your model is to use the Perspective selection. Perspectives are designed to enable you to define subsets of the model that represents only most relevant parts of a model to end users as they consume the model via client tools. However, once the perspectives are created you, as a model designer can also leverage the perspectives to narrow down the number of objects in the Diagram providing a simplified view of the model at design time.
Navigating using the Go to option
The Go To option is located in the context menu of every object that exists in both the Diagram and the Data view.
The Go To option will take you to the same object in the Data View allowing you an easy navigation path to exploring the data behind each object.
Obviously there are a lot more features available in the Diagram overall and as mentioned you will find (almost) all the features that exists in the Data View in the Diagram as well. But hopefully this post gives you a taste of what the Diagram will provide!
Enjoy your modeling using CTP3!
Where can we get documentation of the BISM file? So we can read/write the file directly.
thanks - dave
Hi David,
Whichread/write operations are you looking to perform?
Thanks Julie
Which read/write operations are you looking to perform?
Hi Julie;
We have a program where we want to use the BISM as a way to read from databases making use of the PK:FK links it has specified and the connections to each datasource. So we need to be able to read a file to get all that info as well as create them for some cases.
Is this documented like the OpenXML (DOCX, etc.) files are publically documented?
How do I get the diagram menu buttons to show on my copy of power pivot? Only see freeze and column width under view currently.
Second on Richard's comment. I only see freeze and column width options under view, no diagram button.


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The St. Baldrick's Foundation makes more grants for childhood cancer research than any other organization, except the U.S. Government. In July 2011, the Foundation announced a new round of grants, bringing the total to more than $21 million for the fiscal year. Every dollar came from the creativity and dedication of St. Baldrick's volunteers and the generosity of donors.
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Texas Rangers starting pitcher Ryan Dempster (46) takes a deep breath as he readies himself to pitch with bases loaded against the Cleveland Indians at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Wednesday, September 12, 2012.
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2014 Audi TT – Roadster and Coupe
Presenting the new 2014 Audi TT, the Audi was met with opposing impressions, their supporters and fans of this roadster. Model, which in 2006 was brought all the titles and was adorned with laurels as the first Audi sports car, today has brought very little new.
Available models for 2014 cars are the TT and TTS, as a Coupe and Roadster. Sometimes the fastest TTRS model is no longer available. They all agree with the fact that the third generation Audi TT, more than a necessary facelift, but it seems that this model will continue to be driven under the veil of an old glory.
New 2014 Audi sport models will be powered with the same 2.0-liter TFSI turbocharged, direct-injected, four cylinder engine. In the first model, engine delivers 211 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque and propel from 0-60 mph in 5.3 seconds and 5.6 seconds. While the TTS model is stronger and its 265 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque, launches from 0-60 mph in 4.9 seconds, while the Roadster completes the sprint in 5.1 seconds.
Speed and power are still unrivaled, and now the engine is definitely improved with 6-speed S tronic dual-clutch automatic transmision, by which the power goes to all four wheels via a Haldex Traction LSC system.
This two molels for 2014 year are built with the ASF construction, and high-strength aluminum frame structure, which is certainly reduced weight. There are couple things to celebrate with this Roadster and Coupe. Everything is included on twins from S-line trim is standard, MT, MRC and Quattro. As for equipment that offers the 2014 Audi TT and TTS models, unfortunately, there are many pointed to the failure. In addition to features such as: Audi Singleframe grille,Xenon plus automatic headlights with LED daytime running light technology, Front fog lights,Adaptive rear spoiler, ABS, EBD, ESC, ASR, LED turn indicator light technology integrated into the exterior side mirrors ect. The 2014 Audi TT is missing the latest driver assistance items including adaptive cruise and blind spot assist, what really need it because he has a huge blind spots.
Just when we thought that the 2014 Audi TT just perfect in terms of design, even there, when you look inside, compared to the new generation vehicles of Audi company, our roadster did not get everything he deserves. Sports leather seats are standard as well as the Navigation system and upgraded Bose audio. AudiConnect is not available in 2014 models. The Audi for the 2014 TT model still using luxurious materials and a gorgeous flat-bottom steering wheel with a small airbag under. The Roadster is still offered with the baseball glove stitched leather. No matter what, luxury and quality is not lacking, and for real fans Roadsters and Coupes of this manufacturer, and the most important thing.
Price of 2014 Audi TT
Finally to mention the price of 2014 Audi TT Coupe with the basic level of equipment costing $ 38.650, with luxury equipment $ 44.750, while the Roadster can be found at a price of $ 41.750. Hunters shortcomings and failures, we will point out that the new, higher price you pay is ectually for an old car , while they who want to enjoy the new model off course will not spare the new pets treated no matter what.
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Ideas contest for Tallinn Architecture Biennale opens
[Entries to be received by 30 April] The Tallinn Architecture Biennale has begun it's annual ideas contest with this year's theme of 'Re-cycling Socialism'
Open to both students and design professionals, proposals are now sought for the future of Tallinn's Väike-Õismäe housing district in Estonia.
The top three entries will receive a share of the £6,700 prize fund.
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Awards and exhibition open 7 September
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|Grace Santiago quit college due to a scandal she didn't want a fellow student to make public. Now though, she works for a senator and will do anything she can to help him get re-elected when the time comes. However, that's near impossible when Ethan Castle wanders back into her life as she can't concentrate when he's around.
Ethan Castle can't believe Grace left him all those years ago when they were together back in college. However, now that he's found her again he wants answers and if the only way to get them is to work on an opposing member's political campaign then that's what he'll do.
From the beginning I really liked this book and thought the plot and dialogue were great because it showed how headstrong both main characters were in helping to make sure the politician they worked for won the election. The sex scenes were great; however, I thought Grace over-reacted every time they were in public because she didn't want to get caught. Yet in saying that, I could fathom her anxiety to the situation perfectly due to the scandal in her college year that she's managed to keep hidden. What I liked so much about Grace was her determination to help the senator get re-elected and doing damage control whenever he got himself into sticky situations. While with Ethan, I liked that he wanted to be close to Grace and took a job knowing that no matter what the opposing member to Grace's senator that he was working for couldn't win.
Overall, Ms. Draven has done a great job in penning this novel of which I liked the secondary characters -- especially the senator -- as they bought life to the novel through their own back stories.
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Texas A&M adds two more national title, two more Big 12 titles to Kyle Field wall
For those heading to Texas A&M this weekend to open a new era of Aggies football against Florida, you may be surprised to find out that you won three national championships in the last era. RantSports.com, which provides the image, was surprised, too.
Texas A&M has always proudly honored their 1939 national championship. Now, the Aggies include national titles in 1919 and 1927 on their list of accolades. The Associated Press began deciding national championships in 1936. Before that, a variety of periodicals and associations handed out their teams of the year, which many teams have used to pad their football resumes, with Alabama and Pitt some recent examples.
From RantSports.com:
"In 1919, Illinois, Harvard, Notre Dame and A&M all received a national championship from at least 1 different publication, but Harvard and Illinois received the 1st place vote in more publications. In 1927, Texas A&M received a retroactive national championship from the "Poling System", a ranking method developed by a Mr. Polin in Ohio in 1935, but it was retroactively given to A&M for the 1927 season."
The Aggies also now claim two more Big 12 titles to their 1998 crown, won with an overtime victory over Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship game. Up on a wall of honor at Kyle Field now are the years 1997 and 2010. In 1997, Texas A&M won the South Division but was beaten by Nebraska, 54-15, in the championship game. In 2010, the Aggies had a three-way tie for the South Division lead, with Oklahoma moving on to the title game.


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Loami is located in Sangamon County South West of Springfield, between Chatham and New Berlin. A quiet and comfortable place to call home. Most of the photos at the top of each page are actual photos of our Village in the late 1800's. If you have a photo of our Village that you would like to see here E Mail it to our webmaster. We hope that this web site is informative and interesting to both our residents and visitors. You will also find a little bit of history on each page, along with current photos and events in the Village. Check the Village News section on the left as that is where current events and Village news will be posted, enjoy your visit!
According to Lee R Grahams statements in an updated Illinois State Journal article, "Loami is one of the oldest towns in the county." The first name given to the village was that of Lebanon, but since there was already a town by that name it was soon changed to Loami.
Wm Colburn built a steam saw and grist-mill in 1836 and around this mill grew up the village of Loami. The Village was incorporated July 30, 1875. The three-pound Village Seal (stamp) is still used by the Village clerk today on legal papers.
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Are you a major fan of Michael Jackson who's considered as the legend of pop music? Being a music fanatic will surely drive you to your level to seek out the best tracks of the billboard and have them stacked in your playlist. So if you consider having a look at this list of the top pop songs 2015 will be introducing then you might get an idea about the kind of music 2015 will be presenting. If you've heard of Maroon 5 then you should know that they're one of the most famous bands around apart from Adele and the boy band favorites One Direction who've earned themselves a massive fan following.
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Have a look at this list of the newest top 10 pop songs 2015 will be presenting this year with amazing tracks that will blow your mind away. Pop has always been the culture music of every individual that suits the mood. Right from Adele to Justin Bieber, we've got plenty of new artists pouring in with amazing greatest pop hits of 2015.
#1 – Raleigh Ritchie – Stronger Than Ever
#2 – Trey Songz – Na Na
#3 – Disclosure ft. Mary J. Blige – F for You
#4 – Sebastian Mikael – Forever
#5 – Jay Sean – Take That Off
#6 – Afrojack ft. Spree Wilson – The Spark
#7 – Luke James – Strawberry Vapors
#8 – August Alsina ft. Chris Brown & Trey Songz – I Luv This Sh*t (Remix)
#9 – Love Mansuy – Meant It
#10 – Justin Timberlake ft. J. Cole, A$AP Rocky & Pusha T – TKO (Remix)
#11 – Mike Posner – My Light
#12 – Shakira ft. Rihanna – Can't Remember to Forget You
#13 – Ashanti ft. Rick Ross – I Got It
#14 – Ne-Yo ft. Future – Luxurious
#15 – Mavado ft. Nicki Minaj – Give It All to Me
#16 – DRE – Rooms
#17 – G. Montana ft. August Alsina – Making Love (Remix)
#18 – August Alsina ft. Young Jeezy – Make It Home
#19 – Ro James ft. Asher Roth – Lisa
#20 – DJ Cassidy ft. Robin Thicke & Jessie J – Calling All Hearts
#21 – Eric Bellinger – My Queen
#22 – Jr. Hi ft. The Weeknd – Secrets
#23 – Jared Evan – If Dreams Could Talk
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Psy – Gangnam Style
Maroon 5 – Daylight
Kelly Clarkson – Catch My Breath
Lil Wayne featuring Drake & Future – Love Me
Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj – Beauty And A Beat
Baauer – Harlem Shake
Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
Hunter Hayes – Wanted
Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera – Feel This Moment
Demi Lovato – Heart Attack
Pitbull featuring TJR – Don't Stop The Party
Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch – Sweet Nothing
Imagine Dragons – It's Time
Selena Gomez – Come & Get It
Maroon 5 – One More Night
Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait
Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
Ariana Grande featuring Mac Miller – The Way
Ed Sheeran – The A Team
Drake – Started From the Bottom
Rihanna – Pour It Up
Florida Georgia Line featuring Nelly – Cruise
Taylor Swift – Begin Again
Kanye West, Jay-Z, Big Sean Clique – Clique
fun. – Some Nights
Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko – Stay
Flo Rida – I Cry
Ke$ha – Die Young
Alicia Keys featuring Nicki Minaj – Girl On Fire
Pink – Try
Nicki Minaj – Va Va Voom
Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
Justin Timberlake featuring Jay Z – Suit & Tie
Florida Georgia Line – Cruise
Bruno Mars – When I Was Your Man
Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX – Iconic
One Direction – One Way or Another
Ne-Yo – Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)
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In an industry where concrete innovation has been weighted down by steel and implementation measured by decades, it's refreshing to discover that enterprising leadership still has a chance to succeed.
There's a bond that's stronger than mortar linking block producers to the design community. This bond of confidence is an important link needed to develop and expand the concrete block market.
It didn't seem a big thing at the time to Steve Parker. So in 1998, when Doug Deno, the retiring chairman of ASTM C09.40, asked Parker if he would be interested in becoming chairman of the subcommittee, Parker said, yes.
Sometimes you hit on something and you just don't know how big it is or how big it's going to get. Just look at Frank Kozeliski's fateful experiment. The former owner and president of Gallup Sand & Gravel in Gallup, N.M., concocted a simple, rudimentary concrete mix that didn't even require an...
This year Top Influencers will receive unique awards symbolizing the industry they so effectively promote.
Ten more noteworthy influencers who have a significant impact on our industry.
The editors of THE CONCRETE PRODUCER are honored to recognize the people who are greatly influencing the concrete industry. These influencers, like Gene Martineau, have adopted leadership styles that are marked by consensus building. A desire to improve the entire industry, not just a market...
This year's results will be especially interesting. After several years of reduced revenues, was 2010 the year the concrete industry started to bulk up? We'll soon find out. This information will be included in the August TCP100 issue, which is always one of the most popular editions. Please take a...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
High Fives are the Top-5 performances by Westminster athletes during the previous week as selected by the Titan Sports Blogger.
#1--Anthony Thomas (Men's Basketball). Thomas led the Titans averaging 14 points, 6.5 assists, and 4.5 rebounds in two games this past week. In the senior day victory against Waynesburg, Thomas was a key part of the offense, leading the team with 22 points. He also had a team-high eight assists against Thomas More last Wed.
#2--Haley Gabor (Track and Field). Gabor led the women's track team with three top-10 individual finishes at Baldwin-Wallace. She tied for fourth in the pole vault (3.20m), placed sixth in the 400 meter dash (1:02.05), and seventh in the 200 meter dash (27.45). Gabor was also part of the 4x400 meter relay team that finished third with a time of 4:30.20.
#3--Katie Hughes (Women's Basketball). In her final game at Buzz Ridl Gymnasium against Waynesburg on senior night, Hughes earned a double-double with team highs 17 points and 11 rebounds. She rounded out the week averaging 13.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.
#4--Adam Carswell (Men's Basketball). Carswell averaged eight rebounds and 11.5 points per game last week. Carswell led the defense in his final game at Buzz Ridl Gymnasium with 10 rebounds. He also put up a team-high 19 points against Thomas More.
#5--Gabby Holko (Women's Basketball). Holko averaged 14 points per game last week. In last Wednesday's loss to Thomas More, Holko put up 15 points and in Saturday's senior night loss to Waynesburg, she had 13 points.
Honorable Mention--Mark Saylor (Track and Field). Saylor placed third in pole vault at the Baldwin Wallace Mid-Feb. Met with a height of 4.57 meters.


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On Monday, Mexico City's city council voted in a landslide to ban the use of animals in circuses. Under the new law, circuses have one year to remove all animals from their acts, or face fines of $45,000 – $60,000.
The law, however, does not apply to water shows (that includes dolphins and whales), bullfighting or Mexico's traditional rodeos, known as "charreadas."
Mexico City joins a host of other states and cities in Mexico, as well as other nations, which already have such bans in place.
Last June, Colombia became the fifth South American country to ban the use of animals in circuses. The other countries with a ban in place are Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Paraguay.
England currently has a bill on the table that would ban wild animals from appearing in circus shows, of which Prime Minister David Cameron promised to act on by the end of the year.
In the United States, Virginia Representative Jim Moran has recently reintroduced the 2011 Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act (TEAPA) to Congress.
Circuses, on the other hand, continue to claim that the animals in their care are treated humanely and that some even enjoy performing. That's not a surprising position considering that those who stand to make money off of animals almost always make that argument.
Though the new law in Mexico City is a victory for animal rights activists, so much more needs to be done in Mexico and around the world to prevent all animals, not just those performing in circuses, from being held in captivity and forced to perform.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Elephants for Monday on Wednesday!
Since I didn't post any elephants on Monday, here are some extra bonus elephants two days late. This drawing's about 20 years old, and it's from an image I'd remembered in a Time/Life book on evolution we had when I was a kid; a creation/universe myth with a bowl shaped world supported by elephants on the back of a giant sea turtle. Terry Pratchett uses the same myth, but his is of course a disc shaped world. It makes sense to me which ever way the world's shaped, as long as I don't fall off it. I think the title of this drawing was The Commuter.
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- markheath said...
Are you a Pratchett fan? Not every book works for me, but he's written a lot of them, and many do. You've probably heard that he's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
- December 19, 2007 at 5:33 AM
- richardcthompson said...
I did, and that shocked me as I'd just so recently started reading him. What a cruel thing to happen to such a creative mind.
We listened to Pratchett's "The Wee Free Men" on cd on the family Thanksgiving trip and enjoyed it very much (excellent Scots accents used throughout). For Christmas I'm giving my daughters several of his books so I can read them too. Which have you read? I started Color of Magic, the first Discworld book, a while back then got distracted, so I'll have to start it again.
- December 19, 2007 at 6:02 AM
- Mel said...
- December 19, 2007 at 10:01 AM
- Kid Shay said...
Excellent elephants.
I really like the designs on the turtle's shell.
- December 19, 2007 at 10:27 AM
- richardcthompson said...
Mel, I'm afraid the big turtle & elephants myth has been thrown down in favor of one with a big duck and some monkeys.
Thanks Josh; I owe you an email.
- December 19, 2007 at 11:16 AM
- Mike said...
I heard that too, but that seems like an iffy diagnosis - check back in a few months and I'll bet it's changed.
Actually, Richard, I'd start reading a bit later. In his first few books, he was finding his voice and setting up his world. I've liked his past 5 years worth, which are the most philosophical, immensely. And the Hogfather is out on DVD now - I saw an ...unofficial... copy last year, and it's a good one.
- December 19, 2007 at 3:56 PM
- Ponto said...
Great drawing! And you know, it's turtles all the way down.
- December 19, 2007 at 6:51 PM
- richardcthompson said...
Thanks, Ponto; and you're right, it's just like Yertle.
And glad to hear you're back on your feet again!
- December 19, 2007 at 7:46 PM
- CHB said...
Is the JSW (or possibly CSW) an intentional "easter egg"?
- December 19, 2007 at 9:54 PM
- Stacy Curtis said...
You drew just like this 20 years ago?
This is a great drawering!!
Like chb, I was wondering what's up with the "J(or C"SW" in the elephants' trunks.
- December 19, 2007 at 10:03 PM
- richardcthompson said...
Hey, I'd never noticed that before. I'd better think of a reason for it. It was just one of those doodled sketches that worked, y'know? I drew a copy of it and colored it with alkyd paint, but it just wasn't the same somehow.
- December 20, 2007 at 12:46 AM
- here today, gone tomorrow said...
I love this; you should send it to Pratchett. I love his Discworld books, and am hoping that diagnosis is not true...
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Um, hi guys! *nervous laugh* So one of my new friends (OMG I have a friend! Can you BELIEVE it?!) who's on my FFA horse judging team asked me if I would do the Chowchilla Fair horse show through FFA with her, because she didn't want to be alone. There's Showmanship, English, Western Pleasure, Trail, and Gymkhana divisions. Since Mudpie's still out, I can't do English, which is what, on any normal occasion, I'd do. I've decided that (now, this is just for kicks & giggles � I'm not getting all gung ho about this or anything) I'll do western pleasure and gymkhana with Cherry.
Miss Cherry and I are definitely not going to get anywhere with this shenanigan, but it will be fun and that's all that matters. Cherry has really rough gaits (her lope is worse than her trot � no joke) and I don't know her that well. I haven't spent a lot of time with her, and she only just recently got off of my sh*t list.
So Miss Cherry is definitely not a peanut roller. I can slow her down, but she's not going to do that half-lame-looking sloooooow gait that WP horses do. (and quite frankly I won't even attempt to teach/learn that gait since we have like 3 weeks to practice, weather & back allowing) But I'm not really concerned. I'll do my best & that'll be fine with us(:
How much will I be docked if I ride with two hands? Also, has anyone done anything with FFA before? If so, what am I supposed to wear? Any regulations I should know about? :) OH, and can I ride in a hackamore? It dawned on me that she might go waaay better in one!
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Shortly before noon on Thursday, October 18, deputies were sent to the area of 335 S. Highway 17 in East Palatka to reports of a suspicious person, according to a release from the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.
When deputies got to the location they witnessed an illegal drug transaction take place between two people. Those two individuals have been identified as Thomas McCaskil, 42, and Erin Davis, 30, the release said.
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