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Credit Spreads with Dynamic Debt
, with Sanjiv Das, 2015,
Journal of Banking and Finance
, vol.50, p.121-140
This paper extends the baseline Merton (1974) structural default model, which is intended for
debt spreads, to a setting with
debt, where leverage can be ratcheted up as well as written down through pre-specified exogenous policies. We provide a different and novel solution approach to dynamic debt than in the extant literature. For many dynamic debt covenants, ex-ante credit spread term structures can be derived in closed-form using modified barrier option mathematics, whereby debt spreads can be expressed using combinations of single barrier options (both knock-in and knock-out), double barrier options, double-touch barrier options, in-out barrier options, and one-touch double barrier binary options. We observe that debt principal swap down covenants decrease the magnitude of credit spreads but increase the slope of the credit curve, transforming downward sloping curves into upward sloping ones. On the other hand, ratchet covenants increase the magnitude of ex-ante spreads without dramatically altering the slope of the credit curve. These covenants may be optimized by appropriately setting restructuring boundaries, which entails a trade-off between the reduction in spreads against restructuring costs. Overall, explicitly modeling this latent option to alter debt leads to term structures of credit spreads that are more consistent with observed empirics.
Coming Up Short: Managing Underfunded Portfolios in a LDI-BPT Framework
, with Sanjiv Das and Meir Statman, 2014,
Journal of Portfolio Management
, vol.41, p.95-108
We employ a liability directed investment (LDI) framework built on behavioral portfolio theory (BPT), which we refer to as LDI-BPT, to prescribe remedies for an underfunded portfolio. Investors in the LDI-BPT framework face a risky asset, such as a stock index, and a risk-free bond. They begin with some level of current wealth and set their target wealth at the end of N periods, and their tolerance for shortfalls from that target wealth. Portfolio rebalancing in the LDI-BPT framework is quite different from the common fixed-proportions rebalancing, where portfolio allocations are rebalanced to ratios, such as 60:40, at the beginning of each of N periods. We consider critical issues of underfunding, where there is no portfolio that can meet the shortfall constraint, and we explore the effectiveness of portfolio infusions in resolving underfunded situations, relative to other measures such as increasing risk, cutting back on target liabilities/goals, and extending the portfolio horizon.
Going for Broke: Restructuring Distressed Debt
, with Sanjiv Das, 2014, lead article,
Journal of Fixed Income
, vol.24, p.5-27
This paper discusses how to restructure a portfolio of distressed debt, what the gains are from doing so, and attributes these gains to restructuring and portfolio effects. This is an interesting and novel problem in fixed-income portfolio management that has received scant modeling attention. We show that debt restructuring is Pareto improving and lucrative for borrowers, lenders, and investors in distressed debt. First, the methodological contribution of the paper is a parsimonious model for the pricing and optimal restructuring of distressed debt, i.e., loans that are under-collateralized and are at risk of borrower default, where willingness to pay and ability to pay are at issue. Distressed-debt investing is a unique portfolio problem in that (a) it requires optimization over all moments, not just mean and variance, and (b) with debt restructuring, the investor can endogenously alter the return distribution of the candidate securities before subjecting them to portfolio construction. Second, economically, we show that post-restructuring return distributions of distressed debt portfolios are attractive to fixed-income investors, with risk-adjusted certainty equivalent yield pick-ups in the hundreds of basis points, suggesting the need for more efficient markets for distressed debt, and shedding light on the current policy debate regarding the use of eminent domain in mitigating real estate foreclosures.
Structured Finance Deals: A Review of the Rating Process and Recent Evidence Thereof
, 2012,
Journal of Investment Management
, vol.10, 0.103-115
The pooling and tranching of assets into prioritized cash-flow claims has become a substantial source of revenue for issuers as well as rating agencies in the last decade. With the recent demise of vehicles used to operationalize these structured deals, a natural question arises as to the quality of standards applied in structuring, managing, and ultimately rating these products. The purpose of this paper is to review rating practices in the area of structured finance, and to summarize the research and empirical evidence pertaining to these questions.
It Pays to Have Friends
, with Byoung-Hyoun Hwang, 2009,
Journal of Financial Economics
, vol.93, p.138-158
Currently, a director is classified as independent if he/she has neither financial nor familial ties to the CEO or to the firm. We add another dimension: social ties. Using a unique data set, we find that 87% of boards are conventionally independent, but that only 62% are conventionally and socially independent. Furthermore, firms whose boards are conventionally and socially independent award a significantly lower level of compensation, exhibit stronger pay performance sensitivity, and exhibit stronger turnover-performance sensitivity than firms whose boards are only conventionally independent. Our results suggest that social ties do matter, and that consequently, a considerable percentage of the conventionally independent boards are substantively not.
Return Performance Surrounding Reverse Stock Splits
, with April Klein and James Rosenfeld, 2008, lead article,
Financial Management
, vol.37, p.173-192
We examine the long-run return performance of over 1,600 firms with reverse stock splits. These stocks record statistically significant negative abnormal returns over the three-year period following the month of the reverse split. The sample firms experience poor operating performances over the four years that include and follow the year of the reverse split, which suggests informational inefficiencies. Because these stocks have unique financial characteristics, we also show that they would be very difficult to sell short. Thus, arbitrageurs would be restricted in their ability to earn abnormal profits, even if they correctly anticipated a price decline.
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Measuring Joint Default Risk
, with Siamak Javadi, Tim Krehbiel, and Ali Nejadmalyeri, 2016
This paper presents a novel method to measure the time-varying correlation in default risk. Specifically, we extract information from daily CDS spreads to construct a measure of joint default risk, which we use to explore the determinants of joint default risk and its incremental explanatory power in fixed-income pricing. Joint default risk is more pronounced and commands a higher premium during periods of financial distress and for speculative issues. Overall, our paper provides compelling evidence as to the efficacy of our measure in capturing correlated default risk over time, and has important implications for future work in fixed-income pricing.
Rollover Risk and Capital Structure Covenants in Structured Finance Vehicles
, with Sanjiv Das, 2015
The shadow banking system comprises special purpose vehicles (SPVs) characterized by high debt, illiquid long-maturity assets funded predominantly by short-maturity debt, and tranched liabilities also known as the capital structure of the SPV. These three features lead to an adversarial game among senior-note holders, who solve for an optimal rollover policy based on the other senior tranches with varying rollover dates. This rollover policy is, in turn, taken into account by capital-note holders (i.e., investors in the equity tranche) when choosing the capital structure (i.e., the assets-to-debt ratio) of the SPV. Rollover risk increases in the number of tranches, resulting in a lower equilibrium (optimal) level of debt and higher cost of debt. The expected life of the SPV may also be shortened. We propose a covenant based capital structure that mitigates these problems and is Pareto-improving for equity and debt holders in the SPV.
Managing Risk in Structured Finance Vehicles: The Role of Contingent Capital
, with Sanjiv Das, 2015 (coming soon)
We model the design of a structured finance deal, specifically, its capital structure, leverage risk controls, asset quality, and the rollover frequency of senior debt. Instead of providing safety, stringent risk management controls may accelerate failure, and optimal risk management choices depend critically on the rollover horizon of the senior notes. The expected losses on senior notes become increasingly sensitive to pool risk (i.e., spread volatility) when risk controls become more stringent, particularly under shorter rollover horizons. Post the recent subprime financial crisis, we intend to inform the creation of safer SPVs in structured finance, and we propose avenues of mitigating senior note risk through contingent capital.
Directors' Decision-Making Involvement on Corporate Boards
, 2015
Using the full set of committee memberships for the directors of Fortune 100 firms (which I collect from annual proxy statements), I introduce a measure to capture the extent of a director's involvement in discussion and decisions that affect corporate strategy. I document substantial variation in directors' decision-making power both within and across boards, and I provide evidence that this more nuanced yet systematically available measure yields more powerful and better specified tests in examining the link between board composition, accounting performance metrics, and shareholder value. Overall, I argue that incorporating these differences in decision-making power has important implications for studies in corporate governance.
Measuring Luck in CEO Outperformance
, 2015
Firm performance is a crucial factor in how CEOs are evaluated. However, a CEO can be repeatedly lucky or unlucky, adding noise to performance outcomes as a measure of managerial ability. In this study, I examine how much of the observed cross-sectional dispersion in outcomes can be attributed to differences in luck as opposed to differences in skill. Using bootstrap simulations, I show that, even if all CEOs were equally skilled, we can expect substantial differences in performance outcomes. When comparing the simulated distribution of outcomes to the actual empirical distribution, I find that the best performing CEOs perform too well relative to the median to be completely explained by luck alone. However, the true underlying differences in skill are substantially smaller than suggested by simply looking at the raw performance differential.
Social Ties and Earnings Management
, with Byoung-Hyoun Hwang, 2012
We detect a significant presence of social ties between the CEO and audit committee members and our results suggest that these informal ties play a material role in audit-committee oversight. In particular, we find a substantially stronger, positive relation between abnormal (i.e., discretionary) accruals and the extent of an audit committee's connection to the CEO when we consider social ties in addition to the conventional ties. Moreover, we find that an audit committee's social affiliation is associated with an increased discontinuity in the earnings distribution surrounding earnings targets. Together, our findings suggest that informal ties play a material role in facilitating creative accounting practices.


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Samuel Jacob Bradford
Position: QB
Height: 6-4 Weight: 236 lbs.
Throws: Right
Born: November 8, 1987 in Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Putnam City North
College: Oklahoma (school history) (Bradford college stats)
Drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 33 (2960th overall since 1950)
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Dec. 2, 2008
WOODLAND, Calif. - Senior attacker Krsto Sbutega of the UCLA men's water polo team has earned first-team All-MPSF honors, and junior goalkeeper Chay Lapin has been named a second-team All-MPSF selection, as announced by the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) on Tuesday.
Sbutega captured All-MPSF honors for the third-consecutive season - Sbutega was a first-team selection in 2006 and a second-team honoree in 2007. Sbutega finished his senior campaign with 50 goals on 124 attempts, scoring at a 40 percent clip. The senior attacker scored in each of UCLA's final 12 games, totaling 28 goals in that span, and earned MPSF All-Tournament Team honors earlier this week.
Sbutega's 50 goals were the most by a Bruin since Brett Ormsby logged 70 goals in 2004. The product of Kotor, Montenegro finished third in the MPSF in scoring average (2.08 goals per game). With his three-goal effort against Stanford on Sunday, Sbutega moved into fifth place on UCLA's career goals list with 143.
Lapin earned second-team All-MPSF accolades for the third consecutive season. The junior goalkeeper compiled a 6.35 goals against average in 2008, registering 206 saves in 23 games (703 minutes, 39 seconds). Lapin totaled 10 or more saves in 12 contests, including a career-high-tying 15 saves in back-to-back efforts - against Long Beach State (Oct. 4) and versus Loyola Marymount (Oct. 9).
Lapin's 206 saves this season ranks eighth on UCLA's single-season saves list. The Long Beach, Calif., resident also owns the 10th-best single-season saves mark, having totaled 198 saves as a sophomore in 2007.
Stanford's Jimmie Sandman and USC's J.W. Krumpholz earned MPSF Co-Player of the Year honors. Pepperdine's Jack Kocur and USC's Jovan Vavic were named MPSF Co-Coach of the Year selections.
UCLA concluded its 2008 campaign with a 16-8 record, finishing fourth in both the MPSF regular-season standings and MPSF Tournament.


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Greenville Chamber to Host the February Upstate Minority Business and Professional Association Meeting with guest speaker James Jordon presenting a Dream Catcher's Workshop (FREE Event but Registration Required with Limited Seating)
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If you've got kids, drop them off at the Camp Dolphin child care service. Then mom and dad can relax on the balcony, go for a walk on the romantic white sand beach, head out onto the water on a swan paddle boat, or watch fireworks right from the resort's grounds Dine at one of the 17 restaurants and lounges right at the resort or head over to Epcot or Disney's Hollywood Studios. Both are within walking distance, or you can hop on the free boat transportation. Call 800-227-1500 and ask for the the Romance Package or visit www.swandolphin.com
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40 Pairs of Baby Names for Girl-Boy Twins
|July 21, 2014
A few weeks ago, The Stir posted a list of 20 pairs of baby names for girl-boy twins.
The problem with their list? Each matchy-matchy name-pair started with the same first letter.
Yes, most parents gravitate toward patterns when it comes to naming twins. This has been confirmed by at least one study and is easy to see when you peruse the (now discontinued) lists of popular twin names.
But should they?
No. Child development experts say twins should have dissimilar first names.
So I thought I'd improve upon their list by separating the pairings and giving each of the 40 names a new, non-matchy partner — different first letter, different ending, different number of syllables.
|Too Matchy?
|Much Better!
Hazel & Hugo
Emma & Evan
Madison & Mason
Taylor & Tyler
Vivienne & Val
Ava & Alexander
Chloe & Caleb
Sophia & Samuel
Eva & Ethan
Penelope & Pax
Savannah & Sebastian
Lily & Luke
Dylan & Dean
Naomi & Noah
Imogen & Isaac
Juliette & James
Christina & Christian
Grace & Gavin
Avery & Aiden
Claire & Clive
Hazel & Benjamin
Emma & Charles
Madison & Liam
Taylor & Grant
Vivienne & Phillip
Ava & Carl
Chloe & Gabriel
Sophia & Owen
Eva & Jack
Penelope & Duncan
Savannah & Zane
Lily & Cash
Dylan & Matthias
Naomi & Joseph
Imogen & Grey
Juliette & Simon
Christina & Thomas
Grace & Dominic
Avery & Beau
Claire & Julian
Hugo & Adelaide
Evan & Sabrina
Mason & Aria
Tyler & Addison
Val & Edie
Alexander & Daphne
Caleb & Lydia
Samuel & Hannah
Ethan & Amelia
Pax & Kira
Sebastian & Gemma
Luke & Maya
Dean & Harper
Noah & Abigail
Isaac & Johanna
James & Tabitha
Christian & Veronica
Gavin & Bree
Aiden & Katrina
Clive & Odette
Not only are the pairs in the middle and on the right smarter choices in terms of child development, but they're also less likely to cause embarrassment and/or confusion. Unlike, say, Christina and Christian.
What are your favorite non-matchy baby names for girl-boy twins?
P.S. Hate to nit-pick, but…the Stir post also included several bogus definitions. Caleb means "devotion to God"? Nope, Caleb means dog.
Source: 20 Pairs of Baby Names for Twins of the Opposite Sex
Image: Adapted from Kinley and Liam Photos (18) by love_K_photo under CC BY 2.0.
8 Responses to 40 Pairs of Baby Names for Girl-Boy Twins
So so so much better, Nancy! Nice work! I hated that article for the ridiculous matchyness. These are so very nice now!
Goodness those matchy twin names are an eyesore – and it's not just the initial letter (which I could cope with on a small scale), but the actual sounds are replicated as well, such as Taylor and Tyler,Madison and Mason.
And some of the twin sets are so odd as well – Claire and CLIVE? Penelope and PAX? It almost seems as if they have matched them at random.
Hugo and Adelaide is sweet.
Agreed, great job.
I really like Imogen & Grey as a pair, much more than each name individually.
Hope this post helps some twins get better names!
I agree, Rachel! Imogen and Grey seem compellingly compatible! It makes me wonder why no one's used that combo before… some author has got to snatch that up and run with it. Perfection!
Love your choices, and I think they all work so well together. (Ava and Carl is the only one I want to tinker with – only because I don't see Carl as appealing to someone who likes Ava.)


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Appartamento Centro Storico vicino al mare (9)
Massimo di ospiti3
Camere da letto1
Dimensioni35 m²
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Tutto il lungomare, il centro della città, il centro storico e pedonale zona hanno da offrire è a portata di mano! Se siete alla ricerca di una spiaggia a piedi sulla spiaggia, visite culturali, ristoranti tipici o moderno, shopping o la vita notturna, tutto è raggiungibile a piedi!
L'appartamento è stato ristrutturato nel 2013, con nuovi materiali e mobili. E 'molto ben attrezzata, luminosa, elegante, pulito, ha un bel bagno, una cucina completamente attrezzata, soffitti alti e può ospitare fino a 4 persone. Lenzuola, asciugamani, acqua, elettricità e riscaldamento inclusi nel prezzo.
Non esitate a contattarci se avete domande! Sperando che il nostro appartamento vi permette di sfruttare al meglio la nostra bella città di Nizza, a presto!
Come raggiungere l'appartamento:
L'appartamento si trova al di sopra Rue Alexandre Mari su un 3 ° piano con ascensore. E 'facilmente raggiungibile dalla maggior parte dei mezzi di trasporto. In auto, prendere l'uscita per Acropoli dalla corsia di sorpasso. In treno, ci sono due fermate del tram. In aereo, prendere l'autobus 98. Poi, sia in auto, in tram, in autobus oa piedi, è molto facile per voi di andare intorno a Nizza come la zona è ben servita. Visitate Nizza e tutti i suoi magnifici dintorni (Monaco, Cannes, Antibes, Italia, ecc) è un gioco da ragazzi!
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Ci incontreremo direttamente presso l'appartamento. L'orario di arrivo e di partenza deve essere concordato in anticipo. L'arrivo è previsto preferibilmente dopo 05:00. Le partenze sono preferibilmente prima 12:00. A seconda della disponibilità, si sarà in grado di lasciare i bagagli.
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We (3 girl friends) spent a very pleasant weekend in the appartment. The terrace is spacious, the appartment in a very good condition. Everything was clean, incl. towels and bed covers.
The host couldn't meet us but his helpful and very friendly cousin. He let us in earlier so that we could leave the luggage- a big help!
The location is good, the bus from the airport stops close by and if you want to take a bus to the center it is quick and easy.
We would come back any time and recommend the appartment.
The apartment was clean and in a great location. It was close to the airport, and just a short walk to the train station, the tram, and excellent shopping and dining. We arrived late to the airport (around 2130) so transportation to the apartment was a challenge. Salvatore suggested 2 busses, both of which didn't run after 2100. He also said that if we took a cab, we should contact his friend. Unfortunately, the friend didn't respond to our call. When we arrived at the apartment, the gentleman who greeted us with the key, Stefan, was very pleasant and helpful. Water pressure was great in the shower and we never ran out of hot water. Unfortunately, there were two aspects of the apartment stay that were not great. One was that we had a problem with the clothes washer. The problem was of our making. It was necessary for me to contact Salvatore a few times before the problem was addressed. The other problem which was very concerning is that the apartment had roaches. We would also note that the loft bedroom had a very low ceiling that we could not stand upright in. Not a huge problem but noteworthy. Overall, we enjoyed our stay but wouldn't stay in this apartment again because of the roaches.
The apartment is very good located, infront of the main entrance is a tramstation. You are on a main street filled with bakery, boutiques and stores, but you dont hear anything when you're inside the flat. we had at the start problem with the door, but salvatore took care right away, so when we came back from exploring nice, the door was working. I really can recommend the apartment!
we had a wonderful time at the cote d'azur :)
Apartment complety new, very nice, warm and comfortable, bigger than pictures.Excellent location, 1 minute to old Nice, tram stops in front of the door. Salvatore helps a lot answering very quickly and keeping the luggage last day. In the same street, avenue de la Republique, you can find bakery, supermarket,..Garibaldi place is closed the apparment. The only thing it can be improved is the light in the dinner room that the room needs a stronger light during the night.
Nice appartement in a good location; also if it takes a bit of walking to the old town.
All the appointments with Salvatore were perfect, we got the keys for the appartment and a few instructions.
OK. I liked everything. The apartment in the city center. All nearby. Recommend.
Thank you a lot! A great place near the sea where you can enjoy the seaview. Very cozy and charming!
We enjoyed our stay in this studio, however were disappointed by two things. If the weather is warm the windows need to be open and the street noise is very loud. The second disappoinment is that the ceiling height of the mezzanine is about 5ft (1.5m) which means that any Tennant has to stoop. This is not apparent from the photos.
Nice, tiny appartment which was clean and tidy, very close to the shopping strip and 10 min to get to the beach. We didn't meet salvatore, but his cousin who nicely explained everything and handed out the keys.
The apartment is absolutely brilliant - with a great terrace and a nice kitchen suitable for making breakfast and quick snacks. The host is very friendly and helpful – and quick to reply when contacted.
The apartment is located in the more quit part of Nice, and still only 700m from the beach very close to walking street and the old town. There is three Casino supermarket within 200-300m and two bakeries around the corner - the small funky organic "Bread" 50m up Gambetta and the big old school croissant pastry café on the of Gambetta corner. It's also quite easy to get there from airport if u take the cheap local bus 23 and get off at Alsace Lorraine (when u come from the airport it's the second stop on Gambetta). The apartment is also very close the Nice main train station – so u can get to Cannes in 30 min, and Monaco in 20 min.
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The West Virginia University Department of Mining and Industrial Extension provides on-site technical assistance and training to manufacturers and to the coal mining industry throughout West Virginia and the region. Working together with industry and government, the department offers two distinct programs, Mining and Industrial Extension, are making continued progress toward our joint goal of service to our state and its industries and people.
Mining Extension Program
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Academy for Mine Training & Energy Technologies
The Mining Extension Service was established in 1913 to extend the resources and expertise of West Virginia University to the coal miners of this state and consequently the nation.
We provide opportunities for personal, educational and industrial advancement through instructional courses. Instructors are certified to teach:
- Foreman/Fireboss Certification
- 80-hour Underground New Miner Training
- 40-hour Surface New Miner Training
- 40-hour Electrical Apprentice
- Electrical Refresher Training
- Rehire Refresher Training
- EMT Certification for Mining
- Mine Fire Safety
- Emergency Preparedness and other related courses as requested.
The WV Office of Miners' Health Safety & Training
The West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training is one of the oldest WV state agencies, tracing its roots to February 22, 1883 when the first West Virginia mine safety act was passed by the legislature. The first code section called for the appointment of a mine inspector to make certain the mines in the state were "properly drained and ventilated". Not until 1887 would any major revisions of the mining laws occur. In the decades since, many additional mining laws and regulations have been enacted as the industry has evolved. Our agency has gone through an evolution as well.
Prior to 1905, the state was divided into several inspection districts with a Chief Mine Inspector as head of the agency. From 1905 to 1985 our agency was known as the West Virginia Department of Mines, and the number of inspection districts grew from five to more than 50. In 1985 the Department of Mines merged with several other agencies to form the West Virginia Department (later Division) of Energy. In 1991 our agency became the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training.
Currently, our agency consists of approximately 135 employees assigned to four regional offices and the Charleston Headquarters. We employ Inspectors, Safety Instructors, and Administrative support personnel in each regional office. Our inspectors today are responsible for inspecting over 642 mines, quarries and coal handling facilities as well as approximately 2,300 independent contracting companies. Our inspection staff conducts regular inspections and investigates all serious mining accidents as outlined in our mission statement. Our safety instructors provide industry training, review safety programs for all facilities, and conduct certification examinations. We also maintain highly trained and well equipped Mine Rescue Teams. In addition to these activities, our agency issues permits and approvals, maintains industry statistics, and develops and publishes industry training materials.
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The structure of the Mining Extension Service consists of both on-campus and off-campus staff and faculty. On-campus support includes centrally-located administrators, instructional specialists, and clerical personnel. These individuals handle administrative problems, supply materials, develop new instructional materials, and conduct research relevant to miner training. Teaching is handled by the field instructors who live and work in the major coal-producing region of the state. Each instructor combines a strong academic background with an equally strong mining background.
The Mining Extension Service also encompasses the Emergency Preparedness Center.
Academy for Mine Training and Energy Technologies at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College
The Academy for Mine Training and Energy Technologies provides training for individuals who are interested in a career in the mining and/or energy technology industries. The classes are geared for enhancing students' knowledge of advanced modern processes and technologies to assist them with job placement in a variety of technical fields. Through the use of state-of-the-art training simulators and hands-on equipment labs, students will obtain industry certifications of which most are transferable to academic credit hours.
The academy operates at all Southern locations, as well as the new academy facility centrally located in downtown Logan. This one of a kind academy facility will enhance the student's career opportunities through specialized technology programs.
This product was funded by a grant awarded under the President's High Growth Job Training Initiative as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment & Training Administration. The information contained in this product was created by a grantee organization and does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Labor. All references to non-governmental companies or organizations, their services, products, or resources are offered for informational purposes and should not be construed as an endorsement by the Department of Labor. This product is copyrighted by the institution that created it and is intended for individual organizational, non-commercial use only.
Current Mining Classes are listed below:
- Surface Apprenticeship Course: February 20, 2012
- Surface Apprenticeship Course: June 4, 2012
- Underground Mine Apprenticeship Course: March 5, 2012
- Underground Mine Apprenticeship Course: April 30, 2012
- EMT-Mining Course: March 19, 2012
- EMT-Mining Course: May 14, 2012
- EMT-Mining Course: June 18, 2012
- Electrical Apprenticeship (Hazards of Electricity) 8-Hr. Class March 10, 2012
- Electrical Apprenticeship 40-Hour Course: March 17, 2012
Southern uses a first-class, state of the art, 3D simulator with a full-range motion based operator' seat, to provide training for surface mine equipment. This simulator is equivalent to those used by the military and commercial airlines for pilot training and can be used for many equipment scenarios. We can train new students, immerse them in real life situations without hazard exposure, cross-train existing employees on new equipment, and enhance management training through various operating conditions. The simulator enhances our time with the student. The more time the student has on the simulator, experiencing different types of scenarios, will enable the student to be more prepared for real work experiences.
Southern also has an underground mine simulation to provide hands-on training to prepare and enhance student knowledge of what to expect underground. This is the industry's first of its kind. This underground simulation feels and looks just like a real mine. Utilizing various work labs will increase the miners ability to be a safer, more efficient worker.
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Hale discussed that since movies are collaborative in nature, the interpretation of the book will be different for the entire crew, from set designer to make up artist to actor. The film stars Keri Russell as Jane Hayes and J.J. Field as Mr. Nobley.
"I sat in a chair ... put on headphones, and watched characters I invented speak lines I wrote," Hale recorded in her blog about her first day on set. She found it exciting to see how each person working on the film interpreted things.
"It was really cool to see some one else's vision," she said. "It was like watching your favorite movie all day long and seeing many different interpretations."
So while many would expect an author to be frustrated over the changes made in their story, Hale's biggest struggle was, as she said, being just an observer.
The hardworking mother of four now has 10 books under her belt and more on the way. She's not used to just sitting and watching. She called her filming experience a vacation.
Another difficult part of the experience was being away from her family.
Hale, who's added twins to the family since the Deseret News last profiled her, took the two babies and a trusted baby sitter with her, but she had to leave her husband and other two children behind.
"It was a really long time (to be away)," she said.
Because of that, unless circumstances are different and permit her to still have her family with her, Hale's counting this filming experience as once-in-a-lifetime.
Hale blogged frequently about her seven-week "vacation," pining for her family, but maintaining a pinch-me-I'm-dreaming attitude the whole time. As the filming wrapped up, she wrote:
"The movie! There will be a movie! How cool to be with dozens of professionals in various fields, all working together to make something. And it's something we can share with all of you."
Hale hopes the movie will come out next year, but she's not sure if they're going to go a festival route, studio route or some other route. There are many options.
With filming done, next on the busy mother's list is the release of a sequel to "Austenland" early next year.
Hale said that the book, "Midnight in Austenland," will feature a new main character with a bit of a darker, albeit just as witty, story À la "Northanger Abbey."
When asked about the possibility of her other books being made into movies, Hale admitted she couldn't help imagining things for her other stories while she was on the set of "Austenland."
She's even had a few offers for her Newberry Honor-winning "Princess Academy," but Hale is cautious.
"As much fun as it is to have one of your books made into a movie, seeing one of your books made into a bad movie is not worth it," she said.
While the success of the "Austenland" movie has yet to be determined, Hale's blog posts are evidence of an incredible movie-making experience for the author.
"The whole project just felt so blessed," she wrote.
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How can a family spend a time away from home and not have to spend a huge amount of their hard earned money? The number one key is to know how to pick a location to stay and book a room at a reasonable price. The second trick is finding entertainment options to please the whole family at little or no cost. Thanks to the technology of today you can search locations as well as hotels, right down to the neighborhood and distance to a landmark. Two of the best sites to find rooms are Hotels.com and Bookit.com. Both sites offer many of the same locations but there are a variety of hotel chains and boutique hotels that are only on one or the other site.
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Cinema audiences across North America have been delighted to experience this survey of timeless Japanese anime in newly struck 35mm prints. Classics such as Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and My Neighbor Totoro are complemented by more rarely seen movies from one of the world's most influential film studios. While Hayao Miyazaki is Ghibli's most easily identifiable auteur, his work emanates from the Ghibli house style developed by himself and Isao Takahata: a deceptively simple, gently-paced aesthetic that sets the studio's work apart from the more kinetic anime that dominates Japanese television. (Read an overview of the studio's film history here.)
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MEMPHIS - Despite a hard fought effort, the third-seeded Tulane men's tennis team fell to No. 6 seed Rice, 4-3, in the quarterfinals of the 2013 Conference USA Men's Tennis Championships on Friday afternoon at the Dunavant-Wellford Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Memphis.
"This was a real heartbreaker for us," Tulane head coach Mark Booras said. "Our guys all fought so hard today, and this year, and today it came down to the last match, like a great college match should."
Freshmen Dominik Koepfer and Ian Van Cott, along with senior Idan Mark earned the points for the Green Wave (12-8), the 66th ranked team in the nation.
Rice (11-13), the 74th-ranked team in the nation, won the doubles point to get the afternoon started and won on courts three, four and five in singles.
"Rice got the jump on us by playing a great doubles point and it turns out that was the difference maker," Booras added. "Dominik, Idan and Ian played very well today to put us on the board. Dominik got some revenge over the guy he lost to last week to get a huge win, and Idan got another win over one of their strongest positions. It was good to get Ian back in the wins column after being out of the lineup for a while."
Van Cott got past Leif Berger, 6-3, 6-2, on court six, while Mark earned a 6-4, 6-0 win over Adam Gustafsson on court two.
Koepfer defeated Rice's Jonathan Chang, 6-4, 6-3, on court one to give Tulane its third point to even the match at 3-3.
The clinching match came on court three where Rice's Tommy Bennett upended Joe Young , 6-7, 6-2, 6-2.
Rice advanced to the Saturday's semifinals and will face No. 2 seed Memphis.
Tulane's most successful season since 2005 came to a close on Friday.
"The guys worked hard all year and kept on believing in themselves and the results started to show halfway through the season to the end," Booras said. "I'm proud of this whole team for all of their investments this year. Everyone chipped in throughout the year and bought into our game plan for success. We put ourselves in a good position to compete for the conference title, but as we all know, in conference tournaments anything can happen and everybody has a shot. We knew we had a chance to go far in the tournament this year which makes this a tougher pill to swallow."


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HOLT, Fla State agriculture officials say a prescribed burn in the Blackwater River State Forest at Holt in Okaloosa County has yielded some colorful results.
Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam says a grouping of rare orchids and other flowers emerged after the prescribed burn.
Flower fans can spot Pot-of-Golds, Catesby's lilies, White Top Pitcher Plants, and several species of rare orchids, including four Yellow Fringeless Orchids blooming together. Officials say it's more than has ever been seen in the state forest since the program began.
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Boise, Idaho - Junior Hanne Lyngstad narrowly missed in her quest to become an individual national champion by finishing third in the women's 1,500-meter run Saturday night at the 1999 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Boise, Idaho.
Lyngstad, a native of Elverum, Norway, posted a time of 4:22.64 in the finals to finish third behind Mary Jane Harrelson of Appalachian State (4:21.06). Lyngstad's time was 1.31 seconds faster than her effort in Thursday's semifinal heat, which was the fastest qualifying time.
Lyngstad, the two-time defending Conference USA champion in this event, earned outdoor All-America honors for the second consecutive season. Last year she earned the honor with a fourth-place finish in the 1,500.
In her two-year track and field career, Lyngstad has set six school records, won eight individual conference titles, and earned All-America honors in each of the two NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships that she has participated.
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Non-Stop (2014)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore
U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks (Neeson) becomes engulfed in a conspiracy that threatens the lives of everyone on-board his commercial flight from New York to London. Marks receives a series of text messages from an unknown number threatening to kill someone on the plane every 20 minutes until Marks wires $150 million to a secure bank account. In a white-knuckle race against time, Marks must find the terrorist and stop them immediately if he wishes to save his fellow passengers.
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At its core, "Non-stop" is a "whodunnit?" thriller that will keep audiences guessing from start to finish. The drama unfolding on Marks' suspenseful flight allows viewers to "play along" with him as he attempts to foil the terrorist's plot, which is a lot of fun. Inevitably, the mystery winds down to a surprising revelation near the end of the film, but the action doesn't stop there. This movie is an adrenaline rush that should keep viewers entertained, involved, and attentive for the duration of the film.
Initially, the text messages between Marks and the terrorist are show as the camera trains in on Marks' phone screen, which isn't much of an issue, but the conversation is later displayed as a pop-up graphic, which is not only more unique, visually, but is also a pretty cool idea.
The host of supporting characters in the movie range from intriguing to annoying (which is probably just about right, as far as accurately portraying the wide variety of people you'd typically meet on any given flight). Several of the passengers are interesting and work well alongside Neeson's gruff Air Marshal, while others come off as generic and flat, producing some rather cheesy dialogue (looking at you, Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o).
After overlooking the lame dialogue and heavy-handed profanity (mostly "B.S." and "G.D."), the biggest concern viewers may have is the downright implausibility of the movie's plot. Post-9/11, there is no way that most of this stuff would EVER happen on-board an American airplane, and, surely, many people will find the second half of the show to be absolutely ludicrous. But guess what, people? It's a movie! With that being said, a large degree of suspension of disbelief will be necessary to properly enjoy "Non-Stop."
Finally, let's talk about Liam Neeson. Is this guy a baller or what? Aside from a couple flops ("Unknown" and "Taken 2," most notably), Neeson has probably pumped out more quality action movies than just about anybody in the last 10 years. It's a wonder that fictional terrorists continue to mess with him. "Non-Stop" is another stand-out performance for Neeson, who continues to develop into one of Hollywood's best tough guys.
The Verdict:
"Non-Stop" is a tense, suspenseful thriller that is a totally wild, fun ride - if you can turn off your brain long enough to enjoy it. While the hijacking premise is hard to take seriously in today's world, Neeson delivers an entertaining performance that fans of his work will enjoy. If you haven't seen it yet, head on over to Redbox and pick it up.
Similar movies: "Vantage Point" (2008), "Source Code" (2011), "Taken" (2008)
Blu-ray bonus features:
- Audio in English, French, Spanish, English Descriptive Audio
- Subtitle in English, French, Spanish
- No other features available on rental version.
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
Studio: Universal Pictures, StudioCanal
Running time: 106 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13 for "intense sequences of action and violence, some language, sensuality and drug references;" including two censored/blurred uses of strong profanity; some briefly-shown, suggestive photographs; several moderately offensive religious references; two references to male anatomy; some racial stereotyping ; and one use of the F-word.
Costars Michelle Dockery, Scoot McNairy, Nate Parker, Lupita Nyong'o, Jason Butler Harmer
Blu-ray release date: June 10, 2014
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Norma Bastidas is a Trafficking in Persons (T.I.P.) survivor that is raising awareness around human trafficking by doing a triathlon starting in Cancun, Mexico, and ending in Washington, D.C. She is expected to come through Laredo's Gateway to the Americas Bridge on bicycle.
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The long, rich history of Arctic marine explorations continues today with marine research conducted to the depths of the Arctic Ocean and in every coastal sea. An unprecedented search is also under way to determine the limits of the outer continental shelf and secure future, national seabed claims. This complex mix of driving forces, each directly influencing the many uses of the maritime Arctic, has generated global media attention and much speculation.
Few perhaps realize that the largest zinc mine in the world, the Red Dog Mine, is located in northwest Alaska. Several of the world's largest bulk carriers sail into the Arctic Ocean during a short, ice-free summer season and transport zinc ore to global markets from East Asia to western Canada. On the other side of the Arctic, the world's leading producer of nickel and palladium (and fourth largest copper producer) is located in the heart of Siberia at Norilsk. The Norilsk Nickel Complex is linked by rail to the port of Dudinka on the Yensiey River in western Siberia and is serviced by an advanced Arctic marine transportation system. Year-round operations between Dudinka and Murmansk have been maintained since the 1978-79 winter season, and today, a fleet of icebreaking container carriers, commercial ships designed as icebreakers that do not require icebreaker escort or convoy, carry nickel plates to domestic and foreign markets. Both mines for decades into the future will be solely dependent on marine systems to deliver their valuable commodities to global markets.
Important international fisheries are located in the Bering and Barents seas. Managed by the coastal states, the harvests for these productive Arctic regions also serve global markets. However, two key uncertainties confront the future of Arctic fisheries. Will these fisheries move northward with a continuing retreat of Arctic sea ice, and will the warming waters support healthy and productive ecosystems which will in turn provide robust fisheries ? No one knows what the trends will be.
Looking to secure their financial futures, Norway and Russia have taken active and strategic approaches to developing Arctic oil and natural gas. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Norway's Sn o hvit field has been sent in LNG ships during 2007 and 2008 from northern Norway to markets in Spain and the U.S. East Coast. LNG carriers from this source will likely transport gas to world markets for several decades.
Sovcomflot, Russia's largest shipping company, has established a fleet of three icebreaking oil tankers, all built in Korea by Samsung, for a shuttle system between a new offshore terminal (Varandey) in the Pechora Sea to Murmansk. Sovcomflot has ordered two additional icebreaking tankers from the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg to shuttle oil to Murmansk from the Privazlomarye oil field being developed in the offshore Pechora Sea. U.S. and Canadian federal lease sales in the Arctic offshore during 2008 represent long-term strategies to establish Arctic energy sources in the future.
Plans to ship high-grade iron ore deposits on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic to Europe indicate establishment of a future fleet of ice-capable carriers operating year-round. Investment in such a large project requires a relatively long life of the resource, and it appears the Baffin Island venture could operate for at least three decades. Future development would provide a viable economic link between the Canadian Arctic and European markets.
The global recession may in the short-term curtail some major Arctic developments. However, the scarcity and strategic value of Arctic natural resources, especially hydrocarbons and hard minerals, will certainly drive future requirements for offshore and marine transportation systems to facilitate development and carriage of these commodities to southern markets.
Another form of globalization is the recent arrival of the marine tourism industry off Greenland and other Arctic coastal areas. Larger numbers of cruise ships came to the Arctic Ocean in 2008 from their normal operating environments in warmer waters. Nearly all of these ships are on voyages where they sail north to Arctic waters for a brief two to three weeks.
The message from the recent surge in Arctic marine operations is unambiguous. The global marine industry has come to the Arctic driven by two primary factors—natural resource developments influenced by global commodities prices and scarce resources and the increasing presence of cruise ships responding to premium markets and the growing popularity of polar tourism.
Arctic Sea Ice and Marine Access
From a purely operational perspective, marine access for surface ships in the Arctic Ocean is increasing. The observed record of Arctic sea ice for the past five decades indicates substantial decreases in extent, coverage, and thickness and more rapid changes during the most recent decade. Sea ice is also getting younger, because less ice is surviving the summer melt season. The record minimum of Arctic sea ice extant in September 2007, visible in satellite photography, shows remarkably large, ice-free areas in the coastal and central Arctic Ocean. Even major navigation routes such as the Northwest Passage across the Canadian Arctic and the Northern Sea Route across the top of Eurasia were essentially open for brief periods in Arctic summer. The same satellites observed the September 2008 Arctic sea ice minimum to be slightly larger than the previous year. This year-to-year variability, both regionally and for the entire Arctic Ocean, poses a practical challenge to many of the key maritime industry planners, designers, shipbuilders, regulators, and insurers.
It is safe to say that as of spring 2009 greater Arctic marine access is a reality, especially in summer. Longer seasons of navigation are highly plausible for offshore hydrocarbon development, access to shoreside mining, marine tourism, and possibly fishing. But what about the future of Arctic sea ice and marine access ? Sea ice simulations using global climate models indicate increasing areas of the Arctic Ocean may be partially ice-covered or even open water in summer through the century. There is also the strong possibility of an entirely ice-free Arctic Ocean for a brief period of days or weeks. Such an event will mean that only new ice will grow through the autumn and winter months. However, the timing of this physical change is uncertain, but some scientists believe it will occur within the decade and probably well before mid-century.
What has been missed in much of the speculation about new trade routes and trans-Arctic navigation is that the future Arctic Ocean will remain ice-covered for much of the year. No credible science supports the argument for the year-round disappearance of the Arctic sea ice cover. To the contrary, model simulations show extensive coverage in winter, spring, and autumn for 8-10 months. The ice will most likely be thinner, and there should be less coverage, but the cover may also be more mobile. It is not certain that all regions will be more easily navigable.
The challenges of trans-Arctic shipping, whatever the route taken (Northwest Passage, Northern Sea Route or central Arctic Ocean right across the top), include economics, scheduling, cargo selection, regulatory futures, insurance, the variability of the sea ice operating environment, transit fees, and more. From a practical regulatory position, it is highly plausible most ships operating in the Arctic Ocean will be required to have some measure of polar-class capability. Most will be designed and built for at least limited ice operations. A key question for ships operating on longer Arctic seasons, when a significant sea ice cover remains, is whether they will be capable of independent ice operations or will they require icebreakers for escort or convoy.
Many of the unanswered questions relate to the shipping economics of trans-Arctic navigation. Can year-round routes be reliable and economically viable for even a three- to four-month season ? Would global shippers adapt their schedules to a seasonal Arctic operation ? The economic success of all trans-Arctic routes will be based in part on ship speeds maintained in both ice-free and ice-covered waters to take advantage of shorter transit distances using the Arctic Ocean. It is technically feasible that a modern icebreaking commercial ship could cross the Arctic Ocean today. The real unanswered questions remain about the cargo such ships might carry and the economic viability of the chosen routes.
Governance and Security Challenges
During the five decades of the Cold War the Arctic was a region where the two superpowers faced off and where NATO nations attempted to track naval movements of the large and capable Soviet fleet. Since the end of the USSR, the Arctic from a geopolitical perspective has undergone significant change. Today there is an intergovernmental forum, the Arctic Council, made up of the representatives of the eight Arctic nations and six Arctic indigenous groups called the Permanent Participants. The foci of the council are on environmental protection and sustainable development issues; defense and military security are not, however, on the table for discussion.
Renewed scientific cooperation is led by an International Arctic Science Committee, including many non-Arctic states such as the United Kingdom, China, and Germany. For governance of the Arctic Ocean, the central framework is the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), like it is for all of the global oceans. UNCLOS is a comprehensive, multi-lateral regime that provides the structure and general international rules for marine navigation (the principle of freedom of navigation is central), coastal state rights, the high seas, and other provisions for such issues as environmental protection, ice-covered areas, and determining the coastal country's rights to an extended continental shelf. UNCLOS provides stability to the Arctic and the five Arctic countries that rim the central Arctic Ocean.
A declaration signed in Greenland in May 2008 (the Ilulisaat Declaration) reaffirmed the importance of UNCLOS as an extensive legal framework. The countries agreed that there was no need for a comprehensive, multi-lateral treaty for the Arctic region, since the combination of UNCLOS and various international organizations provides global and regional forms of governance and regulatory oversight. For the global shipping industry the primary body is the International Maritime Organization (IMO) where any special Arctic shipping rules will be developed and negotiated. IMO also provides a measure of stability to the Arctic situation, since the Arctic countries must work with a host of maritime industry stakeholders and engage with a host of non-Arctic states that flag ships operating today in the Arctic Ocean or may voyage there in the future.
There is little doubt the Arctic today is a more complex marine region with many competing interests and a host of new stakeholders, principally from the global maritime industry. Many of the newcomers have little knowledge of the Arctic marine operating environment. Questions have arisen over whether this "new maritime Arctic" could become another region of tension and regional conflict. If the rhetoric continues, we might see a self-fulfilling prophecy. Perhaps many political pundits believe we are already there, but many believe otherwise.
For the United States and Russia, the Arctic region should be one of cooperation, not conflict, with shared concern for science, environmental protection, and marine shipping issues, all within the Arctic Council. The structures are in place today to enhance cooperation among the Arctic states to protect the marine environment and the Arctic people, improve marine safety, and collaborate in the sharing of ship traffic and environmental information. Greater cooperation is imperative, and highly possible, in dealing with the future development of international rules that should lessen regional disputes and develop a more integrated approach to Arctic marine affairs.
New U.S. Arctic Policy
On 12 January 2009 President George W. Bush signed a National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD-66) and Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-26) on "Arctic Region Policy." It is the first new U.S. Arctic policy statement since 1994. The previous statement, a Presidential Decision Directive (PDD-26), included both Arctic and Antarctic policies, but this new directive is devoted solely to the Arctic (PDD-26 remains in effect for U.S. Antarctic polices).
NSPD-66 is the result of a two-and-a-half year review process of U.S. Arctic interests led by the Department of State and the National Security Council. An interagency team worked in four subgroups focusing on: governance and scientific cooperation; security and shipping; environment and economics; and U.S. research and assets. The process was open and collaborative, as domestic stakeholders, including industry, indigenous groups and non-governmental organizations were asked for their views.
This non-partisan effort took a comprehensive look at U.S. Arctic interests in view of several key changes over the past 15 years such as climate change, the advent of the Arctic Council, homeland security challenges, new discoveries of potential resources, and concerns for the fragility of the Arctic environment and increasing human activity in the region.
The directive clearly spells out six broad policies of the United States relevant to the Arctic: meeting national security and homeland security needs; protecting the environment and conserving its biological resources; ensuring natural resource management and economic development are environmentally sustainable; strengthening institutions for cooperation among the eight Arctic nations; involving the Arctic's indigenous communities in decisions that affect them; and enhancing scientific monitoring and research into local, regional, and global environmental issues.
The statement includes seven thematic sections, each with directions for implementation by the responsible federal agencies: national security and homeland security; international governance; extended continental shelf and boundary issues; promoting international scientific cooperation; maritime transportation; economic issues, including energy; and environmental protection and conservation of natural resources.
For the maritime and naval communities, NSPD-66 highlights several significant national policies and issues. Not surprising to friends and foes alike, the document states "Freedom of navigation is a top national priority." More specific to the Arctic maritime region, the United States notes that the regime of transit passage applies to passage through the straits of the Northern Sea Route and the Northwest Passage, both of which have straits used for international navigation. NSPD-66 calls for the U.S. Senate to act favorably on U.S. accession to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to protect and advance our global and Arctic interests, including U.S. maritime mobility. A section is devoted to U.S. interests in defining a potential extended Arctic seabed and subsoil area so that the United States might exercise its sovereign rights over any natural resources, a procedure provided to nations that are party to UNCLOS.
Arctic marine transportation is addressed in part by possible actions by the United States in working at the International Maritime Organization to enhance marine safety and protect the Arctic marine environment. Necessary airlift and icebreaking capabilities are mentioned in the implementing strategy that also calls for establishment of a "risk-based capability" to address future use of the Arctic. The United States also supports the application in the Arctic region of the general principles of international fisheries management, an early move to protect the Arctic's living marine resource from over-exploitation.
What is perhaps most striking with the release of NSPD-66 is its transparency. The entire document of some dozen pages, not a brief synopsis like past releases, is out there for the Arctic nations, the Arctic Council, and the global community to see. It provides clear direction to the U.S. federal agencies and gives the international community a long-term vision of U.S. Arctic interests, a useful strategy in today's world. My impression is that it is a comprehensive and flexible policy, one the Obama administration will continue.
- Lawson Brigham


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I have an external usb hard drive enclosure. I'm attaching some very old IDE drives to from an old computer to see if there are any photographs or things worth saving on them.
I plug the enclosure in with the ide drive attached. Everything spins up, but nothing shows up in My Computer. However under Computer Management in the Administration Tools in the CP - I see the volume. It's labeled as Disk 2, Basic, Online, Healthy (Active, Primary Partition). However, It has no drive letter and I can't find an option to force it to mount.
I need advice on how to make this thing mount. I can see by looking at the device properties, the volume is a Master Boot Record partition style, and has no letter assigned.


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So Mitt Romney blames the president for giving "free stuff" to the minorities, and that's why he lost. I disagree.
Romney lives in a rich world and didn't have a clue of how the middle class and the poor strive to make ends meet.
But this is only one reason he lost. Here are others:
Everyone knows about the 47 percent Romney talked about and how he later admitted he made a mistake after the people disagreed.
Romney refused to divulge all tax returns as previous presidential nominees have done.
How much of his money was sent to overseas accounts?
Romney said he would have let Detroit automakers go bankrupt, in which case a million and a half people would have lost their jobs.
He worked for Bain Capital, which bought up factories and sent jobs overseas, leaving the employees stripped of pension funds.
Romney proposed changes in Social Security and Medicare.
Remember his many flip-flops?
Now we can move on and hope House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, decides to compromise.
Boehner keeps complaining about the lack of jobs, so let's get the president's job bill passed so we can get millions of people back to work.
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GRANGER TWP. — Two neighbors in Granger Township aren't sure how they're going to get to and from their homes on the south side of Ledge Road.
Denise Green and her neighbors, Chuck and Linda Materna, saw their driveways quickly wash away as floodwaters rose suddenly Monday night.
"I would say it was a matter of minutes and the water started coming up," Green said.
The waters also stripped away the grass and dirt that lined the south and north sides of Ledge Road. What was left is a cracked asphalt roadway with a steep dropoff on both sides and a deep gap between the road and their properties.
"It's really dangerous," Green said. "This is a bypass for (Interstate) 271 to (Interstate) 71, and we have lots of semis go by here every day."
Green has lived on the street for 57 years and never witnessed anything that comes close to the damage at the front of her property. She and the Maternas met Tuesday with representatives from the Ohio Department of Transportation, but they were told the roadway is safe, and it's up to them to fill in the ditch that blocks them from accessing their homes.
"I don't think I can afford it," Green said.
Even if they could afford it, both Green and the Maternas pointed to water lines and other utility access points that may have been damaged by the storm. An access pipe to the water utility has been bent by a slab of concrete that the floodwaters forced against it.
Chuck and Linda Materna said they can get rides to work with friends, but that doesn't solve their long-term problem of how to get in and out of their own property.
"I don't really know what our plan is," Chuck Materna said.
In addition to the driveway, Green also lost her Chevy Cobalt when the floodwaters advanced up her driveway without warning.
"I was thinking I should go move my car and looking out the window when I saw the water coming up," Green said. But before she could get outside, the water rushed up and around her car. Then, the lights went on inside the car — likely, the water affecting her car battery.
"It was too late. There was nothing to do but watch it, watch the headlights as it floated around the house into my backyard and away," Green said.
Thankfully, her insurance will cover the loss of her car after she pays a deductible. She laughed a little as she talked about her car now sitting in a soggy field.
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"I have to laugh, because what can you do," she said.
As bad as the situation was for Green and her neighbors, it was worse on Granger Road, where a dozen houses were flooded, Medina Township fire Lt. Brian Draiss said.
"Some people self-rescued and left on their own, some people sheltered in place, and we rescued four adults and two pets from three different houses," he said.
Draiss said the conditions became so dangerous that firefighters called for help from Swift Water Rescue teams from Summit and Cuyahoga counties.
"There was very little visibility, and the water was rushing really fast," he said. "The situation became beyond our ability to keep a safe environment for the rescuers and the victims."
Draiss, a 19-year-veteran of the Medina Township Fire Department, said Monday's storm was something new for him.
"I can't recall a storm this severe with the flooding," he said. "We've had problems on Granger Road in years past, but I think this is the largest amount of flooding I've seen."
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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback (R-KS) placed legislative "holds" on key Administration appointees to the Departments of Defense and Justice until they receive answers from the White House regarding recent press reports that decisions have been made to locate Guantanamo Bay detainees in Leavenworth, Kansas or Standish, Michigan. In addition to the holds, the Senators requested either assurance that Leavenworth, Kansas was not an option, or answers to the following questions regarding the safety and logistics involved.
The following requests were asked of the White House:
1. A brief conducted by Defense Secretary Gates and Attorney General Holder or the senior officials they have tasked with representing them on the task force.
2. A list of all the agencies and officials, or their designees, assigned to the task force, including any White House involvement.
3. A list of all the facilities and sites they have visited or that are under consideration for detention.
4. An explanation as to whether the task force has visited with the senior leadership at Ft. Leavenworth about the feasibility of holding the detainees on the fort, the impact such a change in mission will have on their current operations (particularly the education mission of the Army's Command and General Staff College and the impact housing detainees on fort will have on foreign nations' participation)? If this has not been done, why not?
5. A written estimation of the costs and needs associated with the remodeling and repositioning of Fort Leavenworth, including those of new housing, medical, and classified judicial spaces on base, security measures on and around the fort, and expansion of the fort's current property line via eminent domain to achieve appropriate stand off space.
6. A written economic analysis of the costs and needs of state and local government to adjust to a detainee mission, including but not limited to the cost and personnel associated with increased staffing of police, emergency response, judicial offices, and security for all public spaces. This also includes a security and economic analysis on the impact to Kansas City International Airport (MCI) and the local transportation system if detainees were to be transported through MCI to Fort Leavenworth and an analysis on the potential impact of international trade, for any state or region holding the detainees, with trade partners that may be opposed to the United States holding these detainees? How does the task force propose to pay for or reimburse these adjustments?
7. An explanation as to whether number 5 has been discussed with Fort Leavenworth officials and whether number 6 has been discussed with the community, including law enforcement, schools, medical facilities, and the Chamber of Commerce. If not, why not?
8. A classified list and background of every prisoner considered for placement in Ft. Leavenworth and the possible threats to community that either the prisoner poses or that his colleagues in the jihad against American culture pose.
9. A detailed explanation of where the task force plans to move the 430 military prisoners currently housed at Fort Leavenworth. Will they move to the federal system? If so, how does the task force plan to resolve lawsuits for those individuals that do not want to be discharged from the military? How will the task force ensure the military prisoners will receive the same quality rehabilitation in federal prison that they receive in military prison at Fort Leavenworth? Will these changes be permanent, and what will be the legal impacts for the Universal Code of Military Justice and all future military prisoners?
10. What is the time line for a final decision and movement of detainees? How will they be housed, tried and transported if the time line ends prior to adjustments being made at their final destination?
11. Does the task force recommend allowing a train to continue running through the post? If not, how does the task force propose adjusting train traffic, schedules, etc?
Senators Roberts and Brownback are vehemently opposed to the notion of housing the detainees from Gitmo at Ft. Leavenworth. The Kansas Congressional delegation is united against this idea and cited in a letter yesterday to President Obama the total lack of local support for such a proposal and the many security risks it raises for our Kansas communities.
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