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DENVER, July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Augusta Resource Corporation (TSX/NYSE MKT: AZC) ("Augusta" or "the Company") announces an update on the project schedule for its Rosemont Copper project ("Rosemont"). The U.S. Forest Service ("USFS") is currently reviewing public input received during the comment period for Rosemont's Draft Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS"). Comments have been identified, coded and organized and nearly all responses have been developed. The USFS's response to these comments will be incorporated into future public disclosures for the project as required under the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"). In addition, the development of detailed mitigation and monitoring plans, which will also be included in the Final EIS, is well underway. The USFS now expects the Record of Decision ("ROD") for Rosemont to be issued by the end of 2012.Similarly, the responses to public comments and required mitigation elements for the Army Corps of Engineers 404 Clean Water Act Permit are also being developed. The Air Permit is being processed by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality ("ADEQ"). The Company expects to receive the air permit this quarter. The Company is also currently completing the final details for its updated feasibility study, in which it expects to announce results mid-July. The updated feasibility study will include finalized construction capital and operating costs, updated geologic model, mine plan and financial model. "We continue to work closely with the USFS and are committed to finalizing the EIS process as expeditiously as possible," said Gil Clausen, President and CEO. "We are focused on moving Rosemont forward. Starting with our updated feasibility study results, we expect to deliver a sequence of positive catalysts this year, culminating with the financing and permitting of what is expected to be a state-of-the-art, first class mine." About Augusta Augusta is a base metals company focused on advancing the Rosemont Copper deposit near Tucson, Arizona. Rosemont hosts a large copper/molybdenum reserve that would account for about 10% of US copper output once in production in 2014 (for details refer to www.augustaresource.com). The exceptional experience and strength of Augusta's management team, combined with the developed infrastructure and robust economics of the Rosemont project, propels Augusta to becoming a solid mid-tier copper producer. The Company trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NYSE MKT under the symbol AZC. 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Q3 2012 Earnings Call
November 01, 2012 5:00 pm ET
Anne M. Leschin
Ronald A. Sege - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Member of Stock Option Committee
William R. Slakey - Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
Sean K.F. Hannan - Needham & Company, LLC, Research Division
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Anne M. Leschin
Thank you, Operator. Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us this afternoon for Echelon's Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call. With me on today's call are Ron Sege, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and Bill Slakey, Executive Vice President and CFO, both of whom will present prepared remarks. By now, you should have received a copy of the press release that we issued a short time ago. If you would like a copy, please visit our website at www.echelon.com.
Additionally, we will refer to a set of slides that we have posted on the IR section of our website to help walk through the quarterly results and our outlook for the market.
Now I'd like to remind everyone that during the course of this call, we may make statements related to our business outlook, future financial operating results, accounting matters and overall future prospects. These are forward-looking statements based on certain assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. We encourage you to read the risks described in our press release, as well as those in our SEC reports, including our report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports on Form 10-Q for a more complete disclosure of the risks and uncertainties related to our business.
The financial information presented in this call reflects estimates based on information that is available to us at this time. Actual results can differ materially. Echelon undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements, and guidance will not be updated after today's call until our next scheduled quarterly financial release.
And now I'd like to turn the call over to Ron Sege. Ron?
Ronald A. Sege
Thank you, Annie, and thank you all for joining us on our third quarter 2012 earnings call. Before I turn to business, I want to wish those of you who have been affected by Hurricane Sandy a speedy and safe recovery.
Let me begin with the quarter's results and then give you an update on our strategic initiatives. Beginning with Slide 3, we delivered revenue of $29.1 million for the quarter. This was well below the $43.8 million in the third quarter of 2011 due to the winding down of our system projects with Duke in Ohio and Fortum in Finland. We had a non-GAAP operating loss of $0.06 versus a non-GAAP operating profit of $0.04 in the same period last year. We were cash flow-positive this quarter and are pleased to report that we have more cash in the bank today than we did at the beginning of 2012.
Moving on to Slide 4. The third quarter marked the 2-year point in my tenure at Echelon. While we have had some disappointments, we have accomplished a great many of the initiatives that we outlined during the last 2 years and have laid a solid foundation for Echelon's future growth and profitability as the market strengthens.
First, we have made the difficult but important strides in reducing our cost structure over the last several quarters with a reduction of more than 27% in operating expenses since the end of 2010. This has allowed us to reach non-GAAP breakeven in 4 of the last 7 quarters. While streamlining operations, we've been able to invest in crucial areas of our technology and in product cost improvements.
Second, we have redirected our sales and marketing efforts towards today's growing geographies such as Brazil, China and Japan, where the economic benefits of grid modernization are strongest. In Brazil, we now have multiple pilots up and running with more on the horizon. In China, our joint venture received Chinese state grid approval for our communication technology and embedded software, and it has begun to win pilot projects.
Third, we made the decision to re-emphasize our roots as an embedded, multi-application platform supplier, our subsystem strategy, which is allowing us to access more markets by effectively engaging with local development partners that need world-class technology.
Finally, by honing in on Echelon's real asset, our differentiated power line and embedded control system technology, we are enhancing partnerships such as eMeter, now a Siemens business, and recruiting new distribution partners like Kapsch, an energy services company in Europe. This focus on technology enables us to launch innovative new products to meet our customers' needs such as our Control Operating System, or COS applications, which are receiving good marks in the industry.
Our multi-application platform met with a very positive reception at Metering Europe a few weeks ago, where we hosted a record number of meetings with customers, prospects and partners. During this conference, we reiterated our vision of going beyond metering towards modernizing the low-voltage grid with applications such as transformer monitoring, loss detection, and outage and power quality monitoring. We demonstrated these applications running on our head-end software, our Edge Control Node an our latest Open Smart Grid Protocol, or OSGP advanced meters. We also participated in the industry's first multi-vendor OSGP showcase and exhibited interoperability with other smart grid standards such as DLMS.
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Looks great, whilst also being a great fit. not sure on how well the durability of the inner sock is, and time will only tell. to get true size, buy half a size bigger. but in all great looking boot and great to play in. one slight improvement would be the sock lining to be a bit more longer and also more of it in the shoe, as it jus mainly around the ankles at the moment. ... read more
this football shoe is a very good shoe. it feels very nice and good for kicking a ball. however if you have wide feet I wouldn't recommend it as the boots are quite narrow so make sure you get a larger size ... read more
My daughter had a pair of X15.1 shoes that she loved and literally was wearing them out. I purchased the primeknit model as a 2nd pair. She said she wouldn't change shoes but took to them right away. Very comfortable and minimal break in time. She hasn't worn her prior shoes since. I just wished they offered these shoes in youth sizes with different colors. ... read more
These shoes work great for basketball. I did get a little blister on the out sides of both of my large toes because they are a bit narrow... but other than that they are doing the job. definitely not my favorite pair of shoes. But I like how the pattern is not exactly mirrored on the shoes. both shoes have a unique but correlating pattern. ... read more
The trainers are made of a sturdy material unlike most of my other trainers I have had, they seem to be stronger therefore don't bend to your foot as easily meaning they'll last a lot longer. The studs are of good quality, long so they'll last longer than your average pair of boots. The only negative I would say is that they are not a true fitting to your size and are tight if you have wide feet like myself. ... read more
i thought they looked amazing till i looked at them up close the Adidas sign on the lip was faded out like what leather looks like when it is used up an other little things so i would not spend 120 on these shoes trust me! plus they kinda looks orange ...... ... read more
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My son had these for his birthday. He absolutely loves the trainers they are great (5 stars) but the personalisation is pretty poor compared to other retailers (zero stars). Adidas appear to 'stick' on the initials and team/country flag. After 3 wears (none of which have been in the rain!!!!!) the Ireland flag on my sons right foot is begining to peel off as is the Chelsea logo on his right....bit disappointing for an 11 year old, it makes me wonder how long his initials will last once he wears them training in the rain. Other companies embroider/stitch the names on which looks much better and is a permanent addition. Its a shame as I will think twice before buying personalised shoes from here again even though the actual shoes are a real hit!!!! ... read more
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Got these for my son who has worn them to 5 football training sessions now. For him comfort and flexibility are key and these shoes sure provide that. The sock part of the shoe offers a comfortable fit between foot and shoe. The texture on the shoe also helps create great ball curve. Overall these feel like a more expensive pair of shoes that the price tag would suggest, ... read more
Honestly of of the best take down models there is. I have had many low end models of many cleats and by far this is the most comfortable indoor shoe I've ever worn. The sock also makes the shoe very comfortable, in the past with take down models I always find the tongue moving around even with the laces pulled very tight. It might not be a big deal to most people, but for myself it is one thing that takes away from the comfort of a shoe. This shoe however I don't experience this issue because it has no tongue instead it has been replaced with the sock collar. Overall this is a great shoe, it is very comfortable and also cheap. ... read more
Everything about these shoes are perfect. The colour contrast make the boots really stand out on the pitch and with the little sock attached adds much more comfort than the other adidas products. Very comfortable look amazing and perform better than any other shoe I have purchased ... read more
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The 22nd century, defined in the calendar of Earth as the period from 2101 to 2200, was a period of change for Earth. In the early part of the century, Earth reshaped its society under the paternalistic guidance of the Vulcans. The mid-century was a particularly eventful time, with the launch of Earth's first starship capable of speeds up to warp 5, the Xindi attack on Earth, and the Earth-Romulan War. Contacts and alliances made in the 2150s paved the way for the founding of the United Federation of Planets in 2161. (Star Trek: Enterprise)
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- 2150: The last of Earth's nations joins the United Earth government. (TNG: "Attached")
- 2151: As a result of its successful Warp Five program, Earth launches the Enterprise NX-01, leading to numerous decisive first contacts over the coming years. (Star Trek: Enterprise)
- 2153: Lasting almost one year, the Xindi crisis begins with an attack on Earth costing the lives of seven million people. (ENT: "The Expanse", "Zero Hour", "Home")
- 2154: On Vulcan, the Romulan-influenced government is overthrown by the Syrrannites. Vulcan, together with forces from Earth, Andoria, and Tellar, jointly resolves the Babel Crisis shortly after. (ENT: "Kir'Shara", "United")
- 2155: The Coalition of Planets is formed by Human, Vulcan, Andorian, Tellarite, and other representatives. (ENT: "Demons", "Terra Prime")
- 2161: After jointly winning a war against the Romulans lasting from 2156-2160, Earth, Vulcan, Andoria, and Tellar found the United Federation of Planets in San Francisco. (ENT: "Zero Hour", "These Are the Voyages..."; TNG: "The Outcast")
- 2184: Jonathan Archer begins an eight year tenure as President of the United Federation of Planets. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")
Mirror universe
- January 2155: Jonathan Archer, and then Hoshi Sato, launch a coup against the Terran Empire on board the USS Defiant. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")
Events without year specification
- In the late 22nd century, the New World Economy took shape in the Federation, and money became obsolete. (VOY: "Dark Frontier")
- The Quadros-1 probe was launched by the Federation in the 22nd century. (DS9: "Emissary")
- Berlinghoff Rasmussen lived in this century, until he stole a time-pod from a 26th century-time traveler and left for the year 2368. (TNG: "A Matter of Time")
- Also during this century, a Bajoran ship carrying Kai Taluno was disabled in the Denorios belt. (DS9: "Emissary")
- The 27th century inventor and scientist Kal Dano hides his invention, the Tox Uthat, on the planet Risa. (TNG: "Captain's Holiday")
- A 22nd century ancestor of Elizabeth Dehner is noted for having an aptitude for extra-sensory perception. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before")
- On Cardassia Prime, burial vaults of the First Hebitian civilization are unearthed for the first time. They are plundered by impoverished Cardassians, and most of the artifacts are stolen. (TNG: "Chain of Command, Part II")
- The European Hegemony, a somewhat loose alliance in the European region on Earth formed in the early 22nd century. (TNG: "Up The Long Ladder")
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Mick Cronin had his moment, didn't he? The University of Cincinnati basketball coach spoke for the world during his postgame rant after his team and Xavier disgraced the floorboards with a nasty fight Saturday afternoon. He was embarrassed and disgusted and unhinged. He rattled on about the creation of Benadryl and curing cancer. It was inspired.
|Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin was vocal during and after the game, but his disciplinary actions didn't match his rhetoric.
It was the sanest bout of insanity we've seen in a while, and it was perfect because it was warranted. There's a social contract out there, and his team broke it. Xavier players talked to and taunted their crosstown rivals -- apparently Cincinnati's just not big enough for the two of them -- but Cincinnati responded with a brawl that included a vicious sucker-punch and a foot to the head. Judging by Cronin's self-ascribed moral compass, they'd all pay a big tab.
He said, "If my players don't act the right way, they'll never play another game at Cincinnati."
Mick Cronin, hero, the Howard Beale of big-time college athletics. This guy was an inch or two from outright derangement, and in a world of apologizing and child-worshipping coaches, Cronin was yanking jerseys and taking names.
By Tuesday, there might not even be a Cincinnati team. And by Wednesday, they'd be holding open tryouts on campus. Dudes who averaged eight a game in high school were running suicides in the rec hall two hours after Cronin finished talking. This guy -- by God, he got it. He thought the way you and I think. He spoke for us. He had priorities. Let's order 20 more of him.
Then well, something got lost between Saturday and Sunday, and I'm thinking it was courage. In the epic battle for his soul, Cronin's instinct for self-preservation won by TKO over his fortitude.
|Yancy Gates was apologetic on Monday. That doesn't mean he should play anytime soon.
He said he was going to decide who was on the team going forward, and 24 hours later he tossed around a few light suspensions. He went from the raging conscience of college sports to a guy who realized that, after the cameras went off, he was still Mick Cronin, a guy with a great job but no guarantee that it'd be his long-term. He rubbed his hands together and thought, Well, you know, I looked at the tape and I think that big kid from Xavier just kind of turned the wrong way when the punch was heading for his head. So that was quick -- everybody's still on the team, and the worst punishments were six-game suspensions for the guy who sucker-punched someone and the guy who stomped on the guy who got punched. And what the hell -- a round of Benadryl on Mick!
Oh, but now he says they have to earn their way back onto the team. By doing what, baking cookies? Saying they're sorry one more time? Maybe Mick can make 'em all learn the fight song by the second game of the Big East season, make 'em stand on a chair and sing it at the pregame meal so he can feel good about how they've all been learned up on the ethics and standards of being a University of Cincinnati student-athlete.
You know, the way guys like Ruben Patterson and Danny Fortson did. Speaking of which, here's an idea: Cronin can determine who returns to his team by their performance on a University of Cincinnati-based test.
Sample question: Which former Bearcat was once arrested for punching a police horse?
Answer: Art Long.
The system is fraudulent, and Mick Cronin is a fraudulent product of the fraudulent system. He's not a fraud because he backed down; he's a fraud because he never had the ability to stand up in the first place. He's not successful enough to take a bold stand and sacrifice a season for what's right. He's got a job and a profession to protect.
He's at the mercy of the sucker-punchers and head-kickers. He can't survive past this season without playing sucker-puncher Yancy Gates through the Big East schedule. He might not, anyway.
There's a lot to consider here. Why were Xavier's starters, including lead vocalist Tu Holloway, still playing in the final minute of a blowout? Why didn't the officials listen to Cronin, who claims he was begging them to put a stop to the yapping between the Xavier players and his bench?
Clearly, leagues and commissioners and schools and coaches have always been the absolute worst at handling anything bigger than a parking ticket. They shrivel up into their shells and weasel around the edges, rarely willing to back up their high-minded talk with anything but higher-minded talk.
And now that university authorities have proved incapable of handing out sufficient penalties, who can? A Hamilton County prosecutor says he'll look into pressing criminal charges against any and all players found to have committed criminal acts in the fight. And is there any doubt that at least two criminal acts were committed on the Xavier floor Saturday afternoon?
This is a place nobody ever wants to go. There's a certain level of decorum expected of athletes in the public arena -- the bar has gotten championship-level limbo low -- but when they fail to meet it, nobody wants to take the next step. Nobody wants to bring in the police to handle it, even though that's exactly what would have happened had the exact same brawl happened in an unsanctioned game on an outside court in downtown Cincinnati. Judging by what we saw, Yancy Gates and Cheikh Mbodj would have been led off in handcuffs.
|Todd Bertuzzi faced legal sanction for his hit on Steve Moore.
So why weren't the outside world's rules imposed inside the arena? Does the field of play provide asylum? Should it? We all know that emotions run high and guys say and do things in competition that they wouldn't do otherwise. We're willing to provide the kind of leeway that suits the situation. Nobody's suggesting that every guy that charges the mound should be arrested, just as we're not willing to press charges for two basketball players who get into a fight at practice.
But this was different. This fight was vicious, long and disturbing. The guys involved weren't children, either. It should be fully investigated by the DA's office, and real-world law should be at least considered. It's not unprecedented. Five players were charged with assault and given one year's probation for the "Malice at the Palace" player/fan brawl between the Pacers and the Pistons in 2004. In the NHL, Todd Bertuzzi pleaded guilty to assault after he sucker-punched Steve Moore in 2004. Kermit Washington of the Lakers wasn't prosecuted after sucker-punching Rudy Tomjanovich in 1977, but he was suspended for 60 days by the NBA.
Cincinnati president Gregory Williams, the guy Cronin said he hoped wouldn't ask for his resignation, released a statement saying, "We hold our student-athletes to a high standard and this behavior will not be tolerated." OK, Mr. Williams, so far you and Cronin have failed. So either prove it -- or step aside and let someone else do it for you.
ESPN The Magazine senior writer Tim Keown co-wrote the autobiography of Pawn Stars' Rick Harrison. "License to Pawn: Deals, Steals, and my Life at the Gold & Silver" is available on Amazon.com. He also co-wrote Josh Hamilton's autobiography, "Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back," available as well on Amazon.com. Sound off to Tim here.


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HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — Funeral services are set for a Kent State football player who was found dead in the bedroom of his off-campus apartment this week.
The university has said police believe 21-year-old Jason Bitsko passed away from an undetermined medical issue.
The Dayton Daily News (http://bit.ly/YKrWLU ) reports visitation is scheduled Sunday afternoon and evening at the St. Peter Catholic Church family center in his hometown of Huber Heights, a Dayton suburb. The funeral is scheduled at the church Monday afternoon.
Bitsko was in his fourth year with the Golden Flashes and was slated to start at center. He started all 12 games in 2013.
His teammates plan to wear his number, 54, on their helmets in his honor this season.
They start their season next Saturday at home against the Ohio Bobcats.
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Need Reliance Mobile Netconnect Dial Up Settings
Posted 04 May 2010 - 12:28 PM
I was trying to connect my office given reliance handset (LG RD3510) for using it as a modem with my laptop. As this is my first time of using reliance mobile as modem I don't know the Dial-up settings.
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Actually this was possible with a special type of data cable available in market that time.. this cable was unique kind of as it worked as usb to serial port converter, this cable got detected as a hardware whenever i inserted usb into laptop/pc that too without connecting to fone at other end of cable, also one need to install cable drivers instead of fone drivers, it used fone as connected to serial port and also old rconnect software was used to connect fone as modem successfully, i m talking abt that rocnnect software which connected as serial port and asked to dial *412 for activation of rconnect. i hope u guys remeber that ....if currently this type of cable is available in market then it may be possible to connect low end lg fones to be connected as modem successfully ....
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The dishes and ingredients are very authentic but unfortunately not great. Tamales were dry and the bistec was stringy and bland. I may have caught them on a bad day but I have had better.
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Standing on the right side of the photo and raising her hand is Rocky, the 23-year-old featured borrower. She is married and the mother of 3 daughters. With the loan she received, she will buy a cow at 100 000 francs CFA and restock her boutique with various consumer goods with the rest of her loan.
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Le banc villageois dont ce groupe fait partie a été créé le 18 Septembre 2010. Il est composé de membres ayant une bonne cohésion sociale. Leur principale activité est le petit commerce.
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Turning the iPad sideways actually makes it 4:3 (it's 3:4 in portrait, the homescreen default), so I was assuming you knew what I meant when I said the iPad was "4:3".
I'm sorry some of you had to suffer through 4:3 monitors in the past; it sounds like it was really tough having to wait for widescreen to become mainstream. I realize many people just accept whatever they get and hate it when people bring up the issues, but that's how it is. I'm considering upgrading computers and am seeing inferior, difficult to work with widescreen laptops everywhere, and they're a downgrade in most ways. Sorry I don't agree with you, but that doesn't make me a troll. I'm sure I'll have to conform and drink the Kool-aid at some point.
True, the widescreen format means less vertical space and therefore more need to scroll for long documents, large images, etc., but widescreen (for better or worse) isn't going away. According to DisplaySearch, nearly 90% of portable computer LCDs and over 50% of standalone LCD monitors have a 16:9 aspect ratio. I honestly don't know of any laptop manufactures that still use 4:3 or 5:4, so you'd better hold on to the one you have. Those aspect ratios were close to the 3:2 used in very early 35mm cinema, and were used in TV and therefore computer CRTs. Cinema went decisively widescreen in the 1950s and now most TVs are widescreen LCDs.
Why the movement toward 16:9? Most likely because flatscreen televisions are 16:9 for "Full HD" (i.e., 1920×1080) video content, and it's cheaper to scale those panels down into computer LCDs. Also, with the same diagonal length 16:10 and 16:9 panels have less area than 4:3 and 5:4 ones (which are closer to being squares) and that also makes them cheaper to produce. At least the 16:10 aspect ratio that Apple uses for their displays is closer to the golden ratio (1.61803…) than the 16:9 screens.
Thank you for the cogent and understanding response. While I already know most of what you've said, I've never seen or heard of a 3:2 TV (which is the same aspect ratio of the original iPhone through iPhone 4S), and I don't see much point to it. I just want people to know what they're losing with widescreen, and that they're getting ripped off by laptop manufacturers making widescreen displays (though 16:10 isn't that much of a trade-off), and that there's no reason to not want a 4:3 MacBook Pro when Apple makes a 4:3 iPad... honestly the aspect ratio was one deciding factor while I was considering a MacBook Pro, and the reaction here just irks me even more.
I can run perfectly fine all the work apps I need to on my old 4:3 laptop... it would just be nice to have it be faster and up-to-date, but so far I haven't found a cost-effective reason to do it. It's sad that we're all forced to choose widescreen when it's not the best option for all of us. Letterboxes never bothered me, and I don't watch movies on my laptop anyways. I gain very little as a web developer with widescreen, but lose a lot. Thanks for at least being able to rise above the mire and comment intelligently about this.
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- Some evacuations lifted near East Peak fire; progress made on others
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Fire officials say the 19-square-mile wildfire burning 10 miles southwest of Walsenburg was 10 percent contained Sunday. But officials say a portion of the fire is in heavily timbered areas and there's great potential for growth.
The East Peak Fire was caused by lightning Wednesday afternoon. Fire officials say structure protection remains a priority for crews.
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Ingredients2lbs. extra lean ground beef
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Roughed this one out tonight. Theres a lot of "could of's" with this one but I just wanted to rough this one out. Either way amazed to get off my lazy ass and paint something. Movie looks amazing, can't wait to see if its good or not. I'm optimistic.
one of my two favorite characters! Great work!
AWESOME!!! I love it
one of the most sadistic characters i know, I loved how complex he was
Stunning. Simply stunning. Great use of black and white, the yellow contrasts to it nicely.
one of the best comedians i've seen, the best i think!!!
Awesome picture!
That character was pure win, Awesome job
this is bloody amazing, this dark divine creature, the contrast of the yellow
The best character out of all of them! This is fantastic, i love how the face is in focus comapared to the rest of the body. Just emphasizes how gorgeous he is
great work!
did you end up enjoying the movie?
did you end up enjoying the movie?
Definitely enjoyed the movie. I don't think it was possible to be a 100% true to the book. Thanks for the kind words.
no problem! your art is fantastic.
yeah, I know what you mean. I didn't think it was a great adaptation or anything, but I really enjoyed it for what it was.
yeah, I know what you mean. I didn't think it was a great adaptation or anything, but I really enjoyed it for what it was.
My favorite character! <3!
good job home slice!
Wow it's amazing! I love the style - kind of a mixture between soft tones and impressive detail. Badass, just like the Comedian ;D
Thats fantastic! Great job!
OH! This is just amazing! Thank you for painting it and thank you even more for posting it for us to see.
Realy nice im a big fan of the comedian he's my personal fav!
I realy liked how you did the color the smily realy stands out!
I realy liked how you did the color the smily realy stands out!
jeffrey dean morgan is a sexy beast. this is great
Pretty cool dude, was it made with a digital paintig board or the classic way( like I do) with pencils or acryl???
Thanks appreciate it. The Comedian was all done in Photoshop. I still use pencils and paint "the classic way" but not as often these days.
I love the fact that the only colour you've used is on his button- it really makes the piece stand out.
I think this looks freakin amazing, and find it hard to believe that this was 'roughing it out'
Thank you for the kind words. Always appreciated!
veeery cool damn it u rock !
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Motorshow/Spotlight on Kenyan Music: Celebrating 10 Years of Impact, Sept. 19-20 2015 @ KICC
Date: September 19-20, 2015
Venue: KICC
The Spotlight on Kenyan musical journey is a discovery of Kenya's musical diversity, born of a cross-pollination of modern, contemporary music fused with local influences. It is a unique initiative in the region which has consistently developed, exposed and promoted local musical traditions as a resource for innovation and creativity. Its 10-year long span would not have been possible without the dedicated support of French cultural cooperation in Kenya and Total Kenya Ltd, the cooperation of the Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts as well as the partnership with Ketebul Music. It is fitting therefore that the programme's 10th anniversary is marked at the 2015 Total Motor Show coinciding with the 60th anniversary celebrations of Total's operations in Kenya.
Two afternoons of live performances by several Spotlight stars will celebrate this milestone which has become a platform for the development of genuine Kenyan musical identity ensuring that Kenyan music remains discernable on the international music scene.
Live Concert: by All Female Kenyan Quartet – Gargar, Mar. 7 2014 @ Alliance Francaise
Date: March 7, 2014
Venue: Alliance Française Gardens
Time: 7 pm
Entrance: Buy their CD going for kshs 300
About Gargar
Gargar, is an all-female Kenyan quartet which came to the limelight with their song Aids Wadilla through the 2008 Spotlight on Kenyan Music project. They are getting ready to leave for France where they have been selected to participate in the 2014 Babel Med Festival and the 'Couleursdu Monde' Festival.
Gargar means joining together in Somali. This quartet from Garissa is part of larger Somali women's self-help and economic empowerment group. Gargar's music can be described as contemporary folk and is a beautiful arrangement of traditional Somali music to modern rhythms. With a touch of Horn of Africa sounds, Gargar is the first Kenyan group to participate at the 10th Babel Med World Music Festival in Marseille.
Nominated for the "Orange" Award at the Babel Med Festival in Marseille (March 20-22, 2014) and the "World Music Award" at the Couleurs du Monde Festival in Brittany (March 27-30, 2014)
Spotlight on Kenyan Music: Focus on the Coast, Sept. 20 2013 @ Alliance Francaise Gardens
Date: September 20, 2013
Venue: Alliance Francaise Gardens
Time: from 7 pm
Entrance: Free
Performances by: Luworo Cultural Group from Taveta, Basuba Boni Group from Lamu, Nyerere wa Konde from Kilifi and Chakacha Musician Bado from Mombasa accompanied by Afro Simba Band
Spotlight on Kenyan Music – Focus on the Coast, Dec. 7 2012 @ Alliance Française
Date: December 7, 2012
Venue: Alliance Francaise Gardens
Time: 7 pm
Entrance: Free
Spotlight on Kenyan Music: Focus on the Coast, Oct. 26 2012 @ Alliance
Date: October 26, 2012
Venue: Alliance Française Gardens
Time: 7 pm
Entrance: Free
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The Honourable
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Pamela S. Williams
Judges who preside over these programs work in a collaborative environment where therapeutic and restorative practices are used to help people, often vulnerable and marginalized, who struggle with mental health disorders and addictions and who find themselves in conflict with the law.
Collaborative and creative problem solving are central to the work of these court programs. The "Court Team" is made up of dedicated people, from the fields of justice as well as mental health and addictions, who work closely with other community and government agencies.
These programs are voluntary; a participant can choose to leave it and return to the regular court system at any point in the process. The Court Team may also decide to return a participant to regular court if he or she is not prepared to follow his or her support plan.
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March in Whistler is traditionally one of the snowiest months of the winter, and April sunshine can make for the best days of the year. Faceshots and goggle tans: bring on the spring.
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Our question of the day comes from a helpful reader, who asks: Is Bill Ritter a lousy governor or is he just a lousy politician?
I'll confess that, at first, I was stumped. I mean, can't you be both?
Of course, the real answer is that the answer doesn't matter as much as the fact that some people — and not just our helpful reader — are asking the question.
As an inveterate seeker of truth — and because Post ace political reporter Lynn Bartels invited me along — I met with Ritter the other day. Bartels asked Ritter for a one-word description of his governorship. (Hint: The word he chose was not "lousy.")
Ritter thought hard, because — and you should know this about him — Ritter is the kind of person who always thinks hard. He's a policy wonk, which is not always a bad thing. There's the Barack Obama kind of outsized- personality policy wonk. And there's the kind like Ritter who insists he's a "quippy" guy, but only with the kids. I've met a few of his kids, and I just didn't have the heart to ask.
Still, he's a thoughtful governor, who thought and pondered before coming up with this description: "Leading."
For the record, that was not a quip. Ritter was as serious about the word as he is about running for re-election in 2010. And it's fair to note that no Colorado incumbent governor has lost since 1974 and, in that case, he'd never been elected. The last elected governor to have served only one term dates to the 1950s.
But here's the funny — if not funny, ha-ha — thing: Ritter would go on to make a decent case for leading. The legislature had made progress on energy and health care and education and transportation and jobs. In a year of the latest state budget crisis, which sucked a billion dollars' worth of energy from the session, there was the start toward a budget fix with the repeal of the Arveschoug-Bird Amendment, not to be confused with the Andersen-Birdman Accessorizor.
But if the year was a success, as Ritter claims, why all the questions?
OK, an easy answer: Ritter is — risking faint praise here — definitely a better governor than a politician.
Ritter doesn't seem to get much credit when he does something right — which may have to do with the fact that a) he doesn't know how to claim ownership of an issue that doesn't involve windmills and b) he's a political moderate who'd rather settle fights than win them.
He doesn't have the ear for politics of his predecessor, Bill Owens, who was a conservative who knew how to look moderate, except when he was on national TV railing against, say, JonBenet's "killers." Ritter also lacks the self-promotional chops of a Ken Salazar, who was a moderate who looked like a moderate but who seemed to always be immoderately doing something near a TV camera.
This is a problem for Ritter. It's one thing to claim the political center. It's another to be stuck, like Ritter, in the middle, somewhere between his union pals and business buddies. Meanwhile at the legislature, liberals grumble Ritter is not enough like them and Republicans grumble because that's apparently the party's national game plan.
If you look at the three high-profile issues that took up much of the time at the session, you can see Ritter's problem playing out, in full view. When Democrats decided to raid Pinnacol, the quasi-public insurer, Republicans went faux-apoplectic and Democrats looked like they were overreaching. And Ritter, who had been negotiating with Pinnacol, had to pull the plug on the negotiations and stop the madness, which would never have gotten quite so mad if Ritter had been seen taking control.
Then there was in-state tuition — Ritter was for it, but only so much for it — and the death penalty, on which the former district attorney apparently has no public stance. He looked like a politician, which is not the kind of look that any good politician is after.
The good news for Ritter is that the economy will probably improve next year, the Republicans will have sorted out a candidate between Scott McInnis and Josh Penry and Ritter has identified a defining issue — TABOR and a budget fix.
You're hearing more about this from the left and right. Ritter told me, "We're going to pull together people that we believe are mindful of the budget issues from both sides of the aisles . . . who understand what an awful problem TABOR is."
His plan is to "begin to untie the Gordian knot" that is the budget process and "deal with it in November 2011 on the ballot."
It's a move that could dominate the gubernatorial race in 2010. And for you mythology fans out there, yes, it was Alexander the Great who boldly cut the Gordian knot with his sword.
And so Ritter, who would settle, I'm guessing, for being called Bill the Good, has a chance at some minor myth-making of his own. If he gets TABOR on the ballot in 2011, it would answer our real question: Is he a good enough governor/politician/swordsman to have made it all the way through 2010?
In a word.
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The obesity epidemic is among the most critical health issues facing the United States. Although it has generated a lot of attention and calls for solutions, it also has served up a super-sized portion of myths and misunderstandings.
1. If you're obese, you can blame your genes.
As obesity rates have soared, some researchers have focused on individuals' genetic predisposition for gaining weight. Yet, between 1980 and 2000, the number of Americans who are obese has doubled — too quickly for genetic factors to be responsible.
So why do we eat more than we need? The simple answer: Because we can. At home and at restaurants, a dollar puts more calories on our plates than ever before.
Before World War II, the average family spent as much as 25 percent of its total income on food — in 2011, it was 9.8 percent. And people eat out now more than in the past. In 1966, the average family spent 31 percent of its food budget dining from home — in 2011, it was 49 percent. Because restaurant meals usually have more calories than what we prepare at home, people who eat out more frequently have higher rates of obesity than those who eat out less.
Meanwhile, the food industry has developed tens of thousands of products with more calories per bite, as well as new, effective marketing strategies to encourage us to buy and consume more than necessary. We should blame these business practices, which are modifiable, for obesity rather than our genes, which are not.
2. If you're obese, you lack self-control.
According to a 2006 study, "research on restrained eating has proven that in most circumstances dieting is not a feasible strategy." In other words: People won't lose weight by trying to eat less because they can't easily control themselves. Unfortunately, this puritanical view of personal resolve plays down how our surroundings and mental state determine what we eat.
Research shows that if we are overwhelmed with too much information or preoccupied, we have a tendency to surrender to poor dietary choices. In one study, for example, people asked to choose a snack after memorizing a seven-digit number were 50 percent more likely to choose chocolate cake over fruit salad than those who had to memorize a two-digit number.
3. Lack of access to fresh fruits and vegetables is responsible for the obesity epidemic.
The Obama administration's Healthy Food Financing Initiative is meant to help low-income communities that lack access to fresh food. Although the Department of Agriculture estimates that fewer than 5 percent of Americans live in these "food deserts," about 65 percent of the nation's population is overweight or obese. For most of us, obesity is not related to access to more nutritious foods, but rather to the choices we make in stores where junk-food marketing dominates.
Obesity is usually the consequence of eating too much junk food and consuming portions that are too large. People may head to the produce section of their grocery store with the best intentions, only to be confronted by candy at the cash register and chips and soda at the end of aisles. Approximately 30 percent of all supermarket sales are from such end-of-aisle locations. Food retailers' impulse-marketing strategies contribute significantly to obesity across the population, not just for those who do not live near a green grocer or can't afford sometimes pricier healthful choices.
4. The problem is not that we eat too much, but that we are too sedentary.
First lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign is based on the idea that if kids exercised more, childhood obesity rates would decline. But according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there was no significant decrease in physical activity levels as obesity rates climbed in the 1980s and 1990s. In fact, although a drop in work-related physical activity may account for up to 100 fewer calories burned, leisure physical activity appears to have increased, and yet Americans keep tipping the scales.
5. We can conquer obesity through better education about diet and nutrition.
According to a physicians' health study, 44 percent of male doctors are overweight. A study by the University of Maryland School of Nursing found that 55 percent of nurses surveyed were overweight or obese.
Education can help, but what's really needed is regulation — for example, limits on marketing that caters to our addiction to sugar and fat.
Cohen is a senior natural scientist at the Rand Corp. and the author of the forthcoming book "A Big Fat Crisis: The Hidden Forces Behind the Obesity Epidemic and How We Can End It." E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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