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Palestinian kills Israeli settler famil
Israeli troops were today hunting a suspected Palestinian who killed five members of an Israeli family at their West Bank settlement, officials and media reports said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman told AFP the killer had entered Itamar settlement near Nablus in the north of the West Bank and murdered five people overnight.
Media reports said the five -- a baby girl of three months, two children aged three and 11 years old, and their parents -- were stabbed to death in their beds.
The army radio said two children in the house had been spared and a third, a girl of 10, had discovered the massacre when she arrived home late and alerted neighbours.
The radio said the killer or killers had managed to get into the settlement in spite of an electric fence surrounding it.
One paramedic at the scene told Israeli news website Ynet that one of the children still had a pulse when they arrived, but that they had been unable to resuscitate him.
"It's a very serious attack, a whole family has been massacred by terrorists," regional military commander General Avi Mizrahi said on army radio.
"We are hunting those responsible and we think we will lay hands on them very quickly and they will pay for it."
The radio said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been in talks with the heads of the military and security services.
Newly appointed Israeli military commander General Beny Gantz was on hand to direct the manhunt.
Palestinian security sources told AFP soldiers in jeeps had deployed in the sector, sending ambulances to the scene, and said an army helicopter was flying over the area of the attack.
The sources said the Israeli army had blocked all roads leading to Nablus, stopping all vehicles from entering or leaving the city, including Palestinian ambulances.
Israeli troops had entered the Palestinian village of Awarta, near Itamar, carrying out house-by-house searches and holding "many residents" for questioning.
Tensions between Palestinians and Jewish settlers in the area have been extremely high in recent days.
On Monday, Israeli soldiers fired live rounds at Palestinians after they clashed with settlers near Nablus.
Ten Palestinians and a Jewish settler were wounded during the violence, according to Palestinian medical sources and a spokesman for the settlers.
A week earlier, police clashed with settlers in the outpost of Havat Gilad west of Nablus as officers moved in to remove a caravan, a tent and another half-built illegal structure there.
That prompted settlers to firebomb a house in Huwarra village, which saw two Palestinian children taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.
They also smashed up shops and cars in the southern city of Hebron and cut down 500 olive tree saplings that had been planted on the site of a former settlement outpost.
The settlers routinely react when police and soldiers demolish structures in settlements or wildcat outposts in what are known as "price tag" attacks, taking it out on the Palestinians for what they consider "anti-settler" activity by the Israeli government.
Netanyahu on Tuesday warned hardline settlers that such attacks were unacceptable.
The last deadly attack on a West Bank settlement was on August 31 last year, when four settlers were killed near Hebron. Two other Israelis were wounded in an attack the next day in Ramallah.
The following month, the Palestinian Authority of president Mahmud Abbas said those responsible for both attacks had been arrested. They were identified as members of the rival Hamas group that controls the Gaza Strip.
In June 2002, a Palestinian killed five Israelis in an attack on the same settlement, Itamar, that was hit on Friday.
The international community considers Israeli settlements built in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as illegal, and 14 of the 15 members of the UN Security Council last month backed a resolution condemning the Jewish state for continuing settlement activity.
The United States vetoed the resolution, saying it did not think the United Nations was the appropriate forum to address the issue, but reiterated its opposition to Israeli settlement building.
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It's Tuesday, which means it's the day to celebrate your tattoos. Before we start, keep in mind that I WANT YOUR TATTOO PHOTOS! Send 'em to email@example.com, and look for them on the blog.
Today we'll start with some ink done at the Damm Nice Tattoos in Yonkers, N.Y. They were submitted by Karen M. and done by Damien Ramirez.
Here's a Tinkerbell tat requested by a customer:
And here's a Misfits logo your mother would love:
A customer named Jay got this image of Lady Death inked on his arm by Damm Nice:
Finally, we have a tattoo Pop reader Matt got a couple weeks ago in Seattle. "It's the symbol from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," he says. "The book opened up my mind to life, adventure, duality and joy at a time when none of those sensations existed."
Thanks for the photos, and keep sending them! Look for more ink in next week's installment of Tattoo Tuesday.
Previously in Tattoo Tuesday:
- Einstein, Coca-Cola, more
- Pearl Jam, Freddy Krueger, more
- Elvis, Grumpy, Bob Marley, more
- Mario, Family Guy and more
- X-Men, Lost, Jack Sparrow, more
- A Victrola, Disney, more
- Futurama, Speed Racer, more
- Donald Duck, Tabasco, more
- Homer Simpson, Green Lantern, more
- Vampira, Star Wars, more
- Monkey Island, Nick Drake, more
- M.C. Escher, Radiohead, more
- Doctor Who, Beatles, more
- Radiohead, Maniacs, Mole Man, more
- U2, Morrissey, DMB, more
- The Joker, X-Men, Twilight, more
- Spider-Man, Hannibal, Pokemon, more
- Conan, zombies, Michael Jackson, more
- DC Comics, Twilight, Big Star, more
- A killer Gorillaz tat
- Aquaman, Poison, more
- Watchmen, Thor, New Kids, more
- Alice in Wonderland, Fozzie Bear, zombies, more
- A Muppet, Homer Simpson, Scooby, more
- Magnum, P.I., E.T., Michael Jackson, more
- Swayze, Donkey Kong and more
- A woman's sweet Charlie Brown tattoo
- Impressive Wonka art
- A reader's 'secret' Lost tattoo
Whitney has been writing about pop culture for USA TODAY since 1999, when Pop Candy began as a weekly column. Her interests include music festivals, mustaches, Lost, comic books and Andy Warhol. She lives in New York City. More about Whitney | E-mail Whitney


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The sudden twenty-five dollar price spike in gold around 2:00 p.m. Hong Kong time...along with the commensurate price spikes in the other three precious metals...was the only price activity of note everywhere on Planet Earth on Friday.
After that spike, the gold price slowly got sold off...and shortly before the 1:30 p.m. Comex close in New York, the price was back to where it had closed at on Thursday afternoon. However, the subsequent rally after that, put the gold price firmly back in the black, with gold finally closing above the $1,400 spot price mark.
Gold closed the week at $1,406.50 spot...up $14.40 from Thursday's close. Gold volumes were way up there once again, this time it was 207,000 contracts.
The silver price action was very similar, but the intraday price move showed more 'volatility' than did gold...almost a dollar from high tick to low tick.
The low of the day [$22.83 spot] came at the 1:25 p.m. Comex close...which is five minutes sooner than the Comex close for gold. After that, silver rallied as well, closing the day at 23.29...up a penny on the day...and right in the 3 cent gap between Wednesday's closing price and Thursday's closing price...and only 5 cents below Monday's closing price. Whoever was riding shotgun over the silver price must have nothing better to do at the end of the trading day.
Silver's net volume was pretty decent as well...around 37,000 contracts.
The dollar index closed in New York late Thursday afternoon at 82.55...and then didn't do much until 8:00 a.m. in New York. The dollar had a small double bottom between then and around 9:30 a.m. Eastern time...and then a rally of sorts developed, which sort of faded in the last thirty minutes of the trading day. The index closed at 82.77...up 22 basis points on the day.
The gold stocks gapped up at the open, but couldn't hold those gains in the face of the shallow, but relentless price decline. However, once gold hit its low tick of the day shortly before the Comex close, a decent rally ensued...and the HUI close up a respectable 1.56%.
Even though silver finished the day virtually unchanged, most of its associated equities finished in positive territory as well...and Nick Laird's Intraday Silver Sentiment Index closed up 0.63%.
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Here's the longer-term silver chart, so you can put the current price action in some sort of context.
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The CME's Daily Delivery Report for Friday showed that 42 gold and 10 silver contracts were posted for delivery on Tuesday...and with the exception of a handful of contracts issued by Marex in both metals...it was all "the usual suspects" as short/issuers and long/stoppers. The link to yesterday's Issuers and Stoppers Report is here.
The withdrawals from GLD just don't stop, as an authorized participant withdrew another 319,167 troy ounces yesterday. And as of 11:55 p.m. Eastern time yesterday evening, there were no reported withdrawals from SLV.
The U.S. Mint had another sales report yesterday. They sold 14,500 ounces of gold eagles...and 2,500 one-ounce 24K gold buffaloes. No silver eagles were reported sold. Month-to-date the mint has sold 167,500 ounces of gold eagles...21,500 one-ounce 24K gold buffaloes...and 2,387,000 silver eagles. Based on these sales the silver/gold sales ratio for the month so far is only around 13 to 1.
I would guess the ratio is low for three possible reasons, a] they aren't meeting their production quota on silver eagles, and b] in lieu of not having any silver eagles to buy, customers are buying gold instead, and c] I would guess that a large portion of the gold sales from this month went overseas...especially the two tonnes of gold eagles that were reported sold on one day earlier this week.
Thursday was another big day over at the Comex-approved depositories. They reported receiving 1,807,345 troy ounces of silver...and shipped 904,002 troy ounces out the door. It was another monster week for in/out movement at these depositories...and I'm sure Ted Butler will have more to say in his weekly commentary to his paying subscribers later today. The link to yesterday's activity is here.
Well, I took one look at the numbers in yesterday's Commitment of Traders Report and knew immediately they weren't right. They weren't even close to what they should have been...in either silver, copper, or gold. Even Ted had to admit that he didn't know what to make of them. But he did point out that the numbers in the Nonreportable category appeared to be what one might expect considering the price action of the reporting week...and I agreed.
But the numbers that appeared in the Non-Commercial and Commercial categories were simply not believable...and unless it was a just huge reporting mistake, which they'll correct on Monday, it's my belief that the report has been tampered with. Ted certainly didn't rule that out, but was obviously not happy that it might have come to this...and I'll be more than interested in what he has to say about it later today. But if you wish to look them over, the link to the legacy COT report is here...and I'll have more to say about this in Tuesday's column.
Yesterday was the biggest sales day in the bullion store's history, even though we only had silver maple leafs and 100 oz. silver bars to sell...as these are the only two items that we were able to order and get delivery of in a timely manner. Over-the-counter sales were decent, but it was the huge order-in sales that were the standout.
Then at 2:00 p.m. local time, our supplier called us to say that silver maple leafs were no longer available...and from that point on, we only were selling the 100 ounce bars. But faced with buying that large a bar, or walking away empty handed, our customers bought them like they were party favours! Even when silver was approaching $50 the ounce back in April 2011, we've never had a week like we've had this past week. The psychology of the buyer today is totally different from what they were thinking two years ago. Back then they were buying to [hopefully] make a quick buck...now it's the Cyprus thingy, no interest on bank deposits, along with the new 'bail in' provisions for Canada's 'too big to fail' banks that showed up in Canada's recent budget. The people are finally starting to wake up...and not just in this country.
Here's an e-mail sent to a friend of Casey Research's own Dennis Miller earlier this week...and I can tell you that it's already out of date, because NTR isn't taking orders for anything now, either.
Yesterday, my good friend Richard Nachbar sent me the chart posted below, which updates the wholesale premiums bid by dealers for 90% U.S. silver coinage. As you can tell, it's taken quite a jump in the last week. [Richard, keep these Friday reports coming! Thanks in advance. - Ed]
Since their normal update day...the 20th of the month, falls on a Saturday...The Central Bank of the Russian Federation updated their website with their March numbers on Friday...and it showed that they purchased another 200,000 troy ounces of gold for their reserves, which now sit at 31.6 million ounces...very close to the 1,000 tonne mark. Nick Laird's most excellent chart below reflects that change.
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And here's your "cute quote" for the day...
I don't have a huge number of stories for you today, which suits me fine...and probably you as well. But the ones I do have, especially those relating to unprecedented world-wide retail demand for precious metals, are all worth reading.
Over the years, I've highlighted the thinking of the old codgers (including Andrew Mellon) in the late-twenties that had witnessed enough boom and bust cycles during their lifetimes to confidently warn of impending collapse. They were convinced that attempts by our central bank to sustain a protracted inflationary boom (that commenced with the "Great War") would risk destroying both the economy and the Credit system. These are Dr. Bernanke's disdained "Bubble poppers."
Well, we've been witnessing similar dynamics in real time. The more "money" central banks inject into the global system, the more this liquidity inflates and distorts securities markets. The greater the stimulus employed to combat deflation risk, the more the over- and mal-investment, especially in China and Asia. The more aggressively activist central banks work to inflate liquidity and market levels, the more encompassing the pool of global speculative finance working to profit from desperate policy measures. The more intensively policymakers in the U.S., Europe, Japan, China and elsewhere work to sustain ("terminal") late-cycle global Credit excess, the more prominent the inequitable redistribution of wealth to a relatively small group of beneficiaries. We're deeply into the phase where massive liquidity injections receive little real economy bang for the buck.
Here's Doug's weekly Credit Bubble Bulletin. It was posted on the prudentbear.com Internet site last evening...and it's always a must read in my books. I thank reader U.D. for sending it.
Fitch has just downgraded the U.K. from AAA to AA+...now lower than France's.
Fitch doesn't see the U.K. economy reaching 2007 highs until 2014 - so there's hope? As for debt: Fitch now forecasts that general government gross debt (GGGD) will peak at 101% of GDP in 2015-16 (equivalent to 86% of GDP for public sector net debt, PSND) and will only gradually decline from 2017-18. This compares with Fitch's previous projection for GGGD peaking at 97% and declining from 2016-17 and the 'AAA' median of around 50%.
What does it matter, dear reader, as both countries are totally bankrupt anyway, because these debts are never going to be repaid. This story appeared on the Zero Hedge website yesterday morning...and I thank West Virginia reader Elliot Simon for sending it.
The chaos gripping Italian politics deepened on Friday night as centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani announced his imminent resignation, lashing out at a rebellion which saw off both his candidates for president and exposed the deep divides within his party.
An angry and bitter Bersani told MPs he would stand down as leader of the Democratic party (PD) as soon as parliament managed to elect a new head of state – a contest that is crucial in deciding how and if Italy can extract itself from political gridlock.
The dramatic announcement came after the two men the PD head had backed for president – former union leader Franco Marini and two-time prime minister Romano Prodi – failed to attract the necessary number of votes in ballots.
This story appeared in The Guardian shortly after midnight this morning British Summer Time...and it's courtesy of Roy Stephens.
The yen fell for a fourth day against the dollar after the Group of 20 gave Japan leeway to reflate its economy by indicating the nation's monetary stimulus plan doesn't contravene a pact to avoid currency devaluations.
Japan's currency dropped at least 1 percent versus all of its 16 most-traded peers amid bets on more of the quantitative- easing stimulus from the Bank of Japan (8301) that has helped the currency slide to a four-year low versus the greenback. Sterling extended a drop versus the greenback after Fitch Ratings cut the U.K.'s credit grade by one level. South Korea's won climbed.
"G-20 and the BOJ have made it very clear to the financial community that Japan has the green light regarding continued QE and resulting yen weakness," Douglas Borthwick, a managing director and head of foreign exchange at Chapdelaine FX in New York, wrote today in a client note. "The global hope is that inflation will drive growth in Japan, finally awakening this sleeping giant. Yen weakness is now a given; the only uncertainty is the pace at which this unfolds."
This Bloomberg article was posted on their website mid-afternoon on Friday MDT...and I thank Manitoba reader Ulrike Marx for her first story of the day.
The first interview is with hedge fund manager William Kaye...and it's headlined "Central Planners Risk Having All Hell Break Loose Here". The second blog is with Jim Sinclair. It bears the title "The U.S. Will Be Cyprused and We Will See $50,000 Gold". And lastly is this commentary from Egon von Greyerz...and it's entitled "Refiners Can't Keep Up With Massive Global Gold Demand". The first audio interview is with Nigel Farage...and the second audio interview is with Rick Rule.
Several gold shops have decided to close temporarily, saying it would be their only chance to stem further losses after the price of gold sunk to a two-year low. The bearish trend is set to continue.
The owner of Aurora Gold shop on Sukhumvit Soi 103 said she decided to close shop yesterday and has yet to decide when to resume business.
"I took this chance to make minor renovations instead of opening the store only to lose more cash. Since the week began, the sharp fall in gold prices prompted people to rush to the shop to buy gold. Our gold bullion is out of stock and we are not going to place orders until the global prices settle," she said.
Normally, gold bullion buyers have to pay first and wait for a week to receive the products, but now demand has shot up and there is no guarantee how long they have to wait.
This article appeared in the Bangkok Post yesterday...and it's courtesy of Dan Alexander via Ted Butler.
The World Gold Council, which has been tracking the global gold market pattern, has found that there is a shortage for bars and coins in Dubai which is creating a supply shortage.
Aram Shishmanian, CEO, World Gold Council: "It has become increasingly clear over the course of the past week that the fall in the gold price was triggered by speculative traders operating in the futures markets. Their short-term view of generating a trading profit is in stark contrast to the views of long term investors in gold, as evidenced by the massive wave of physical gold buying that began over the weekend and accelerated following Monday's further decline.
The surge in gold purchases is spanning markets from India and China to the US, Japan and Europe. Buyers are viewing this as an opportunity to purchase gold at prices not seen in the past couple of years."
This story appeared on The Economic Times of India website during the lunch hour IST yesterday...and it's courtesy of U.A.E. reader Laurent-Patrick Gally.
The demand for Krugerrands has skyrocketed during the past week as investors tried to benefit from the weaker gold price.
Glenn Schoeman, chief executive officer of Gold Reef City Mint and chairman of the South African Numismatic Dealers (SAAND) also indicated to Moneyweb that the dramatic drop in the gold price during the past week has sparked off a "massive, massive buying spree".
Schoeman says Gold Reef City Mint's Krugerrand manufacturer – Rand Refinery – is currently unable to meet the demand for the coin.
"Quite honestly the supply does not even meet it (the demand) by any manner or means," he says.
This moneyweb.za.com article from yesterday was picked up by the mineweb.com Internet site...and falls into the must read category. I thank Ulrike Marx for her second offering in today's column.
As big investors rush out, consumers rush in...
Gold retailers struggled to cope this week as parents buying dowries, casual shoppers and tourists snapped up bars, coins, nuggets and jewellery as a slump in the price of the yellow metal released years of pent-up retail demand.
The price decline in the past week, the steepest in 30 years, has tarnished gold's appeal for the portfolio investors whose money had fuelled a 12-year bull run. As investors rush out, consumers that were priced out of the market for years have rushed in.
"It's just like the sales after Christmas," said Nigel Moffatt, treasurer at Perth Mint, which refines between 300 and 400 tonnes of precious metals each year at what it says is the largest facility in the southern hemisphere.
"My sales are 50 percent more than last year ... and we expect good business to continue as weddings will last till July," said Kumar Jain at his shop in Zaveri Bazaar, India's biggest gold market, in Mumbai.
This Reuters story, filed from Singapore, was posted on their website very early yesterday morning Eastern Daylight Time...and it's Ulrike Marx's final offering in today's column.
Hong Kong's Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society has been in operations for over a century, and it's President Haywood Cheung was interviewed by Bloomberg news earlier today. Whoever orchestrated the attack on gold and silver in the last week or so has gravely miscalculated, since the response to the drop has been surging demand for physical gold and silver.
While I [Michael Krieger] tend to be skeptical when I hear about silver shortages since these reports have been so exaggerated in the past, the lack of silver coin availability and premiums are the most extreme I have seen since the financial and economic meltdown of 2008. Now we discover that the Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society has essentially sold out of gold bullion, and must wait until Wednesday for shipments to arrive from Switzerland and London.
This short Zero Hedge article from early yesterday afternoon has a short 1:44 minute video clip embedded in it...and I thank Matthew Nel for sending it along.
The U.S. Mint in April has sold 153,000 ounces of American Eagle gold coins, the highest in almost three years, after futures prices started the week by plunging the most since 1980.
Sales have more than doubled from March and surged sevenfold from a year earlier, data on the Mint's website showed. The amount for all of May 2010 was 190,000 ounce.
The China Gold Association said that retail sales soared on April 15 and April 16, and the All India Gems & Jewellery Trade Federation said that demand climbed to the highest this year. Sales surged from Australia's Perth Mint, which refines almost all of the nation's bullion, Treasurer Nigel Moffatt said. He didn't provide precise figures.
This Bloomberg item was filed from New York...and posted on their website mid-afternoon on Thursday MDT. My thanks go out to Elliot Simon for digging it up on our behalf.
Back in 1980, just as the gold price blasted upwards past $800/oz, buyers reportedly lined up in droves at various bullion dealers to participate in the rally. Investment analyst Jay Taylor writes, "I remember 1980… there was panic buying of gold by people in the streets of New York City. They were lined up around the block to buy gold and Krugerrands at that time." That flurry of buying ended up representing a classic top. As gold failed to move higher, the speculative frenzy soon reversed into a despondency that dragged gold into a twenty year bear cycle. For those investors who bought at the top, it was a hard lesson learned.
Fast forward to today, and in the days that have followed this past Friday's (and Monday's) incredible gold price smash, the strangest thing has happened: physical buyers have come out in droves, but this time they're buying immediately following an unprecedented $200 price decline.
We still don't know what entity chose to crush the gold price with a 400 tonne sell order last Friday. Certainly no rational group would dump that much paper gold on the market without a pre-established desire to torpedo the gold price. Their efforts clearly worked in the short-term, but the reaction from physical buyers strongly indicates an official bifurcation between physical metals investors and the exchange-oriented investors who trade gold through financial products.
The days to come will prove if this surge in physical demand is an aberration, or the beginning of a new chapter for the physical gold market. If it represents the latter, precious metals investors may be wise to ignore the 'paper' price of gold altogether. The line-ups in 1980 represented the top of the gold bull market. But what do line-ups for gold represent when the price has already fallen 30% from its all-time high? That's the question, and we're guessing it means this current gold bull market isn't close to being over.
This most excellent must read article by David Baker was posted on the sprottgroup.com Internet site yesterday...and if I had to pick just one story for you to read today, this would be it.
GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk shakes his head at the recent "five standard deviation" move in gold and remarks that nothing has diminished the fundamental considerations arguing for higher prices for the monetary metals.
This short essay was posted on the goldmoney.com Internet site yesterday...and I found it embedded in a GATA release. It's definitely worth reading.
Video of Thursday night's broadcast of the documentary "The Secret World of Gold" on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's "Doc Zone" program has been posted in three parts at the goldseek.com Internet site.
I wouldn't wait around to watch it, as CBC may take great umbrage with the fact that it has been "stolen"...and ask that they remove it. It's a must watch.
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For now, all we can conclude is this: There is definitely a striking psychological disconnect growing between the buyers of physical gold and silver, and the financial community that trades precious metals through ETF's and futures contracts. While the latter have ostensibly turned their backs on gold (see the plethora of negative sentiment expressed by various pundits over the past three days), the former group has been spurred into action as if they know something the other group does not. Certainly we wouldn't expect individuals to be buying these metals if they believed the price was going to drop further, or perhaps they don't care either way and simply want to own something tangible. Nonetheless, it is a wholly peculiar phenomenon, and it is definitely not the same investment behaviour we have seen before. - David Baker, Sprott Asset Management...19 April 2013
Today's pop 'blast from the past' was the first number one hit of The Association the year I graduated from high school in 1966. You'll know it instantly...and the link is here.
The classical offering today is a bit more obscure, but any Jean Sibelius fan will know it instantly. It's a short piece entitled "Valse triste, Op. 44"...and the link is here. This is a particularly stunning performance...and it's just too bad that the youtube.com audio track is not up to producing the full fidelity of the orchestra.
I'm not sure what, if anything, should be read into yesterday's price action in all the precious metals, but I have to agree totally with what David Baker over at Sprott had to say in the above quote...and that there is a major disconnect between the price of the physical precious metals and the paper precious metals. It's a situation that remains unresolved, but I doubt very much that it will remain that way for long.
Like David, I was somewhat taken aback by the mind set of the buyers that have been showing up at the bullion store all week. Things really are different this time...and if the buyers are out in force on a $200 price decline, one can only imagine what the buying frenzy will be like as the precious metals being their inevitable rallies back to new highs...especially in silver.
I'm sure that "the powers that be" are just as surprised, as they certainly would have been caught even more off-guard than we were...and how this resolves itself in the days and weeks ahead will be interesting to watch. This is not just a North American phenomenon...it's world-wide...and amazing to read about in the stories posted in today's column.
It's still my opinion that somewhere in the not-too-distant future, we'll see a shockingly high price for all the precious metals...but whether it's by edict, or market action, is still unknown.
The other real concern I have is what appears [at least to me] to be the deliberate falsification of data in the Non-Commercial and Commercial categories of yesterday's Commitment of Traders Report. But I will give the CFTC the benefit of the doubt until Tuesday to see if they correct their figures, because what is posted in that report, just cannot be...considering the price action on Friday of last week and Monday of this week.
Before heading off to bed, here's one last chart from Nick Laird...and it's the usual "Total PMs Pool" graph that I post every week that shows the amounts and dollar values of all known precious metals in all known depositories. The value figure has taken a huge hit...but the total ounces have barely moved.
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Looking at the world today, I'm sure not looking forward to the 'end of all things' when that day finally does arrive...and the closer we get, the worse it looks. And as I've said before, I hope we've done enough advance preparation that we survive it.
I leave you on that cheery note...and I'll see you on Tuesday.


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The Unusable and Superficial World of Beer and Alcohol Websites
- By Louis Lazaris
- December 7th, 2009
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I was pretty excited when I came up with the idea of examining and showcasing some of the most famous beer and alcohol-related websites from a number of countries around the world. After all, who doesn't like the odd drink now and again? (Well, besides me — I can't stand alcohol in any form.) Surely this would make for an interesting article that would elicit quite a few comments. Well, if that's the result, it wouldn't be for the reasons I suspected when beginning to research this piece.
Instead, I've concluded — due to problems related to typography, accessibility, and usability — that the apparent "beauty" present on many of the websites related to this industry is merely "skin deep". To put it quite bluntly, the
designers and developers people responsible for decision-making in the beer and alcohol website industry should be ashamed of themselves for creating such horrendous user experiences. My analysis here will attempt to inspire modern-day designers and developers to avoid imitating the superficial design and development techniques employed by these web professionals.
You may also be interested in the following related posts:
- Web Design Showcases From Various Industries1
- Global Web Design Showcases2
- 60 Rare and Unusual Vintage Signs3
But I won't just focus on the negative. There are some positive things to be mentioned, and a showcase of some of the nice sites is certainly in order, so that will round out the article (and might even fool a few of the "I'm here for the pictures" visitors).
The Painful "Age Verification" Screen Link
Something that is common to nearly every site I found when researching this article is that all the sites require that you confirm your date of birth before you can view the content of the site. Obviously, alcohol is a very serious issue, and reasonable precautions must be taken to ensure that the owners of these sites are not encouraging underage drinking. So, typically, a site will have a "date picker" form where the website visitor can enter their date of birth (month, day, and year), as shown below on the Corona414 website:
A Legal Requirement? Or a Waste of Time? Link
Since it is impossible for such a welcome screen to actually ensure the user is really old enough to drink, then why not simplify this process? You'll notice that the welcome screen on the Corona website also asks the user to enter their country of residence, which further complicates the process of entering the site. But don't get me wrong; I am not suggesting that alcohol-related websites remove the age verification screen. In most countries, they're probably required by law to do this. I'm suggesting that they make this process easier for the user.
First of all, if you want to know what part of the world your website visitors are from, use Google Analytics (or similar technology), or track IP addresses. Don't waste your visitors' time with a question that they could lie about anyhow. I certainly hope the owners of these sites are not depending on those statistics for any serious demographic analysis.
But more importantly, since the user can enter any date of birth they want, and the site will never permanently block a person that enters a non-qualifying date, why not just have a simple screen that clearly asks if they are of drinking age in their country of residence? It was surprising how many sites did not have a simple means of entering. Below are two of the few examples that I found that had a user-friendly intro page:
At the very least, if you must ask for their age, why not just ask for the year? It's true that the person's exact day of birth could determine whether or not they're qualified to enter, but let's be honest here — this screen isn't stopping anyone. And you can't drink a website. So simplify the process and get on with what you really want people to see.
During my research, I wondered if there were any laws in Canada or the United States that required the use of such a splash page. I contacted Labatt Breweries of Canada8 and I was informed that there was no law requiring the age verification screen, but that it was a company policy to have the user enter their date of birth. Okay, that's fair enough. But I wondered why they would opt for the complicated version over the simple examples shown above. The woman I spoke to reemphasized that it was a company policy to have the user enter their exact date of birth. She suspects it's the same for most other companies as well. I had also contacted Anheuser-Busch9 but hadn't heard back from them.
Maybe the site owners are ensuring that they don't risk any legal trouble (regardless of laws), thinking that the more difficult the process, the better it would look in their behalf. But considering the age form isn't really stopping anyone from entering, it's more likely that these sites suffer from poor usability management and tend to fall back on bad habits that were carried over from the old days of the web design industry. Also, some sites did have a simplified version of the age verification screen (as shown above), so there really is no reason for the overly complex version of that screen. If anyone involved in the alcohol website industry would like to provide some feedback on this matter in the comments, I will make any corrections as needed.
Unnecessary Complications Link
Some age verification screens are complicated for no good reason, and certainly for no legal reason. Take for example the Budweiser10 landing page:
After selecting the month and day you were born, the years are shown in 10-year blocks, with the start of each decade representing each block. In order to select the specific year you were born, you have to hover over the appropriate block, then slowly move your cursor until the year you want appears. What a usability nightmare!
The Samuel Adams12 website goes beyond ridiculous in who it allows to enter. Initially the user is presented with this screen:
Then, after you've entered a date of birth, you're informed that you've "signed in" (which is not technically correct and can potentially be confusing) and now you have to reenter your year of birth:
It's safe to say the Samuel Adams' website architects have turned the bad intro page into an art form.
Yet another example that has two different age verification screens is the Rémy Martin15 website. When you first visit, you're presented with this screen, unnecessarily created with a barely usable Flash-based date picker:
Then you're redirected to a completely different domain, and once again are asked to enter your age:
The site colors and branding are different from the first screen, leaving the user wondering if they're even still on the correct website. I really don't know what they're thinking with this dual age verification system, but it's obvious that the site architects have little knowledge of modern website usability best practices.
Below is another overly-complex age verification screen, on the ZIMA18 website. Try to find your year of birth in this unnecessary mess:
Another problem with the age verification screen was that some sites required you to manually enter a 4-digit year, while others allowed you to choose a year from a
<select> box. The Busch Beer20 site is one of a few sites that expects the user to enter the year in just two digits:
After customarily entering a year in 4-digit text format, or from a familiar select box, this 2-digit option comes as a bit of a surprise. So naturally, when I tried to enter the site, I typed a 4-digit year beginning with 19 — and the "19" part stuck. I got this error message:
What if I was born in 1919? Well, after some experimentation, I discovered that anyone born before 1930 is considered "too old to drink" (which is fine), but despite initially receiving an error message, if you continue to attempt to enter a year prior to 1930, the site instead redirects the user to Worlds of Discovery23, "a place of enjoyment for people of all ages." All usability problems aside, that was pretty funny.
You may have also noticed the 1999-style "site requirements" notification in the above screenshots. Another strong reminder that the sites we're dealing with here seem to be managed and developed by people who have not done a whole lot of research on modern design and usability trends.
Overuse of Superficial Elements Link
What makes a website "cool" today, is not the same as what made a website "cool" 8 years ago. In fact, if you didn't know any better, after visiting 10 or more alcohol-related websites, you'd think it was 2001. It was astounding how many of these sites employed self-indulgent, superficial techniques that make the entire experience quite a drag.
While perusing some of these sites, I often had no idea what was clickable, when an animation was going to finish, or where a particular sound was coming from.
Too Much Flash Animation Link
Most modern developers understand that creating an entire website in Flash is rarely a good choice. Granted, in some industries Flash is useful for full sites. Kids websites24 and games sites are two good examples. But for the most part, the use of Flash in the alcohol web design niche is often unnecessary and seems to be used in a trendy way because of the false assumption that a complex Flash site equates to a "classy, upscale" experience. As mentioned, around 2001, that may have been the impression that users got, but that's not the case anymore.
The Seagram's Gin25 website is one of many examples of a full Flash website, an extremely common practice in this industry.
Why Not JavaScript-Based Animation? Link
For example, the Finlandia vodka27 website has a mostly-Flash interface with promo boxes that could have been done with plain HTML and JavaScript:
Another site that overused Flash is the Three Olives Vodka29 website. Take a look at the screen capture below:
The content section displays the different vodka flavors, with a Flash-animated rollover effect for each bottle — which is understandable since the animation is somewhat complex. But the entire site is created in Flash, including the very static logo, top navigation, and text-based footer. All of those sections could have been done using conventional coding methods, making the site cleaner and more usable. In fact, many of the animations on this site could have been accomplished with JavaScript, making the experience much more up-to-date, intuitive, and flexible for future development.
The BACARDI31 website is another one done completely in Flash, including the header, footer and dropdown menus — all of which could have been done with HTML and JavaScript without losing anything aesthetically:
The Outdated "Skip Intro" Link Link
Another 8-year-old web design trend used on many commercial alcohol sites is the "skip intro" button, which is obviously a symptom of what was discussed in the previous section — overuse of Flash. Below are a few examples of sites with Flash intros that have the option to be "skipped".
Even worse, after verifying your age, the Jameson Irish Whiskey39 website loads up a Flash intro of a super-fancy animated 3-D cube that does not even have a "skip" button:
Auto-Playing Sounds and Video Link
When Flash is overused, it's inevitable that embedded sounds will be also. Sound should generally only be triggered by the user, and should always have an obvious method for toggling or reducing the volume. Many of the sites I investigated failed miserably in this regard.
After passing the age verification screen, the Corona414 website plays an intro-style photo animation with music playing. As seen in the screen shot below, there is no way to skip this animation and no way to turn off the sound.
The Bud Light43 website doesn't even wait for you to pass the age verification screen to trigger automatic "ambient sounds" (people talking in the background, like at a party). The sounds are mildly annoying — but at least there's an easy-to-locate on/off switch in the top right corner of the screen.
The Blue Moon Brewing Company45 website is a very beautifully-designed but nightmarishly-unusable site. It's done with a book-style look that has nice animation, but is really out of place on the modern web. After verifying your age, a lightbox-style overlay initiates to advertise something about New Year's Eve. This overlay is accompanied by the sounds of Auld Lange Syne46 — with no apparent method to disable the song.
The Michelob48 website plays a video during the age verification, and again when the site loads. In both cases this is done without initialization from the user. In this case, they weren't annoying and obtrusive, and they were very brief — so I'll give them credit for a much nicer and more usable experience than some of those we've already considered.
A better option would have been to have a large play button to indicate the video is there, and allow the users to initiate it at their leisure.
The SKYY Vodka50 website plays a series of videos after you verify your age. At first glance, there is no apparent way to disable the videos or the sound. But when you roll your mouse over the video area, a video toolbar appears allowing you to pause the video and/or turn off the sound. Better than some of the other options we've considered, but considerably less than user-friendly.
And now for the Russian Standard Vodka52 website. What can I say about this horrendous, irritating, and unusable monster of a site? It's a full Flash, fluid-width site that embeds a giant video as the background in the Flash movie, and, as is common, does not have an obvious way to disable this annoying video that shocks you to your very core — until you realize that clicking anywhere on the background of the movie will toggle the pause/play option. A true usability nightmare, and one of the most self-indulgent techniques you'll ever see on a web page.
They weren't the only ones to implement this bad practice, however. The Hennessy54 website similarly has a giant auto-playing background video with no apparent method to pause or stop it. The sound can be muted, but the background plays a series of videos with no end in sight.
There were so many more examples of sites that embedded sounds and videos. It's amazing how the sites in this niche hold so much in common in the area of bad practices. The designers and site architects seem to live in their own little world of "trendy" web design and have, for the most part, failed to break out of many old-school techniques from which most modern designers have moved on.
"Mystery Meat" Navigation (in 2009?) Link
Until I started researching this article, I thought mystery meat navigation56 was an old-school practice that was overcome by a modern-day movement of user-centric design — but that is obviously not the case in the commercial alcohol website industry.
Because of the many superficialities, the overuse of Flash, and other self-indulgent design tendencies, many of the sites in this industry suffer from this "mystery meat" or "Where's Waldo?" phenomenon — that is, pages where the user has no idea what is clickable and what is not. Take a look at some of the screen shots below and see if you can clearly identify the clickable elements. Below each screen shot I've included some explanations to decrypt the "mystery" elements so you can see how unusable some of these sites really are.
San Miguel Beer
On the San Miguel Beer website (above), in addition to the navigation bar links, nearly all the graphical elements in the content area are clickable, including the car, the truck, all the doors on the building, and signs. Who knew?
On the Widmer Brothers Brewery site (above), there is a "mystery" link associated with each of the following elements: Both Widmer brothers, the big glass of beer, the lemon slice, the bottle cap, the keychain, the laptop, and the dart.
After enduring through the auto-playing "island" sounds, repeating animations, and the obtrusive "drink mixer" overlay advertisement, the Malibu Rum site visitor is presented with a semi-underwater island scene with "mystery meat" navigation as the focal point of the page. The five primary page elements (the mirror ball, the binoculars, the coconut, the bottle, and the drink mixer), however, are not the only clickable items; there's also the satellite dish in the background.
Up to this point, all the examples of "mystery meat" navigation display a graphic or text hint, on mouse over, that explains what the clickable item points to. The next example doesn't even go that far.
The Mount Gay Rum site (above) is all Flash, and the main content area is a book with pages that turn when clicked. First of all, finding the exact spot to click on the corner of each page is not the smoothest experience. But there are other clickable elements outside of the book object; you can click the liquor bottle (the barely-visible object in the top left, not the one in the content area), the glass of rum with ice, and the red hat (top right). In my experience, after turning the pages and clicking the mystery items multiple times, I still don't know what those extra mystery links are for, and why they're not labelled.
Outdated Design and Typography Link
From my research, many of the sites that do not suffer greatly from the problems discussed above, and are actually fairly usable, incorporated outdated trends and layouts. A few examples are shown below.
The Miller Lite63 website is too small for modern screen resolutions.
The Martell Cognac65 website has tiny font sizes and other small elements.
Beefeater Gin67 has small navigation text and even smaller drop-down menu text.
The 4Copas Tequila69 site is somewhat old-looking, uses small typography all over its pages, and has an outdated vertical navigation bar.
The Jack Daniel's71 site is too dark, and many sections are almost unreadable because of the small typography.
Showcase of the Best Sites Link
As promised, although this article did come down quite hard on the designers and developers of many alcohol-related websites, there are many sites that are well-designed, usable, and do not overuse Flash animation and other obtrusive techniques.
Many of the sites I've already considered are actually nicely designed (usability issues aside). Therefore, this last section is not necessarily showcasing sites that are "pretty", but instead taking all factors into consideration to compile a list of the highest quality sites, in line with modern web design and development standards and best practices.
Some of these sites have a few of the weaknesses I've discussed, but generally are more intuitive, non-obtrusive, and easier to navigate.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery91
Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey103
Conclusion Link
In no way does this article mean to imply that the designers of these sites are not talented. In fact, most of the designs presented here are far beyond anything that I could personally accomplish. But, as web developers have learned in recent years, beauty in web design does not guarantee success — and in many cases, a quest for a more visually appealing experience can often weaken the more important aspects of a website.
As shown by the final showcase in this article, not every site in the beer and alcohol website niche is unusable or superficial. But the number of poorly-executed design and navigational techniques and the overwhelming amount of self-indulgent elements I've discussed here make it clear that this industry has some important ground to make up in usability, accessibility, and best practices.
If you're reading this and thinking that I've chosen a few specific examples to serve as a basis for an overblown opinion, you should know that there were dozens of other examples of poor usability and downright annoyances that I didn't include. I also did not discuss special needs users, graceful degradation, semantic markup, and table-based layouts — any of which could have provided further evidence that these sites, for the most part, are downright awful.
Maybe there are underlying reasons for many of the decisions made in these designs. Those reasons could be due to business politics, legal issues, or even a failure to encourage forward thinking — so I will acknowledge that some of these criticisms could be, upon further analysis, overly harsh.
Or maybe these problems have something to do with the possibility that these designers are exposed to a lot of free alcohol…? Hmm…
Footnotes Link
- 1 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/web-design-showcases-round-up/
- 2 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/global-web-design-showcases/
- 3 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/60-rare-and-unusual-vintage-signs/
- 4 http://www.corona.com/
- 5 http://www.corona.com/
- 6 http://www.christianiavodka.com/
- 7 http://www.christianiavodka.com/
- 8 http://www.labatt.com/
- 9 http://www.anheuser-busch.com/
- 10 http://www.budweiser.com/
- 11 http://www.budweiser.com/
- 12 http://www.samueladams.com/
- 13 http://www.samueladams.com
- 14 http://www.samueladams.com
- 15 http://www.remy.com/
- 16 http://www.remy.com/
- 17 http://www.getinteresting.com/
- 18 http://www.zima.com/
- 19 http://www.zima.com
- 20 http://www.busch.com/
- 21 http://www.busch.com/
- 22 http://www.busch.com/
- 23 http://www.worldsofdiscoveryblog.com/
- 24 /2009/11/27/designing-websites-for-kids-trends-and-best-practices/
- 25 http://www.seagramsginlive.com/
- 26 http://www.seagramsginlive.com/
- 27 http://www.finlandia.com/
- 28 http://www.absolut.com/
- 29 http://www.threeolives.com/
- 30 http://www.threeolives.com/
- 31 http://www.bacardi.com/
- 32 http://www.bacardi.com/
- 33 http://www.zyrvodka.com/
- 34 http://www.zyrvodka.com/
- 35 http://www.bombaysapphire.com/
- 36 http://www.bombaysapphire.com/
- 37 http://www.mountgay.com/
- 38 http://www.mountgay.com/
- 39 http://www.jamesonwhiskey.com/
- 40 http://www.jamesonwhiskey.com/
- 41 http://www.corona.com/
- 42 http://www.corona.com/
- 43 http://www.budlight.com/
- 44 http://www.budlight.com/
- 45 http://www.bluemoonbrewingcompany.com/
- 46 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne
- 47 http://www.bluemoonbrewingcompany.com/
- 48 http://www.michelob.com/
- 49 http://www.michelob.com/
- 50 http://www.skyy.com/
- 51 http://www.skyy.com/
- 52 http://www.russianstandardvodka.com/
- 53 http://www.russianstandardvodka.com/
- 54 http://www.hennessy.com/
- 55 http://www.hennessy.com/
- 56 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_meat_navigation
- 57 http://widmer.com/
- 58 http://widmer.com/
- 59 http://www.malibu-rum.com/
- 60 http://www.malibu-rum.com/
- 61 http://www.mountgay.com/
- 62 http://www.mountgay.com/
- 63 http://millerlite.com/
- 64 http://millerlite.com/
- 65 http://www.martell.com/
- 66 http://www.martell.com/
- 67 http://www.beefeatergin.com/
- 68 http://www.beefeatergin.com/
- 69 http://4copas.com/
- 70 http://4copas.com/
- 71 http://www.jackdaniels.com/
- 72 http://www.jackdaniels.com/
- 73 http://www.guinness.com/
- 74 http://www.guinness.com/
- 75 http://www.coorslight.ca/
- 76 http://www.coorslight.ca/
- 77 http://www.sleeman.com/
- 78 http://www.sleeman.com/
- 79 http://www.molsoncanadian.ca/
- 80 http://www.molsoncanadian.ca/
- 81 http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/
- 82 http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/
- 83 http://www.svedka.com/
- 84 http://www.svedka.com/
- 85 http://www.mikeshard.com/
- 86 http://www.mikeshard.com/
- 87 http://www.aviationgin.com/
- 88 http://www.aviationgin.com/
- 89 http://www.silveroak.com/
- 90 http://www.silveroak.com/
- 91 http://www.ste-michelle.com/
- 92 http://www.ste-michelle.com/
- 93 http://www.rombauer.com/
- 94 http://www.rombauer.com/
- 95 http://www.eljimador.com/
- 96 http://www.eljimador.com/
- 97 http://www.cuervo.com/
- 98 http://www.cuervo.com/
- 99 http://www.1800tequila.com/
- 100 http://www.1800tequila.com/
- 101 http://www.bushmills.com/
- 102 http://www.bushmills.com/
- 103 http://www.tullamoredew.com/
- 104 http://www.tullamoredew.com/
- 105 http://www.admiralnelsonsrum.com/
- 106 http://www.admiralnelsonsrum.com/
- 107 http://www.captainmorgan.com/
- 108 http://www.captainmorgan.com/


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Smith was one of three wrestlers with Penn State connections to move on to Saturday's PIAA AA individual wrestling championship finals with a semifinal victory Friday night, as he held on for a 2-1 nail biting decision.
It was exciting, I can't even put it into words, Smith said on the GIANT Center floor before heading to the locker room. I have to give credit to my coaches. They worked with me on escaping when I'm down, and that's exactly what I did.
I'm thankful I didn't have any stall calls or warnings from before, and I'm just thankful for this opportunity.
There was not much action in this particular semifinal bout, as both wrestlers were credited with escapes but nothing more after the first six minutes of regulation plus a minute of OT. Smith rode first in the tiebreaker period, and twice reeled a nearly escaped Avella back to the mat, before getting his turn on bottom. '
On the whistle, Smith scrambled to his base and was nearly caught by Temple with a hold that would have likely resulted in a throw that led to a turning combination and back points. But instead, he bellied out, reset, and finally got back to his feet with less than 15 seconds to wrestle. He slipped away from Temple's grip. From there, he immediately scurried to the far end of the mat, where Temple drove him out of bounds with four seconds to wrestle. The Avella junior had one final opportunity to score a takedown off the re-start, but Smith fended it off, clinching his spot in the final. He'll wrestle Southeast region top-seed Ray O'Donnell in Saturday's final, after O'Donnell stopped Cochranton's Cam Cyphert with a 25-second fall in the other semifinal.
I'm going to go get something to eat, and just hang out for the rest of the night, Smith said. I'll get back in here tomorrow and start getting focused a little before 2 p.m, [when finals action gets underway with 106-pound action] and really get my mind into it.
Retherford & Law Firm
Zain Retherford scored the first points in his 138-pound semifinal with Brookville senior Brock Zacherl. In fact, he was the only one who scored.
The Benton senior advanced to the championship round with a 5-0 victory over the Northwest region champion, escaping 10 seconds into the second to take a 1-0 lead he never relinquished.
I hit my attacks, and I wasn't letting the moves and the big crowd get to me, Retherford said. I'm real excited. I'm going to miss that finals match after this year, but it's still going to be awesome, and even more of a packed house.
After coming back to neutral off the escape, Retherford scored his first takedown of the match by gaining wrist control before lowering his level and circling behind Zacherl, and then finished the scoring with a third period takedown, this time snapping down on the Brookville junior's right leg and squeezing behind him.
The atmosphere is just awesome, and there's nothing that compares to it, Retherford said. A lot of kids are ready to go right away, and I felt he was feeling pretty good right away. But I was hitting my fakes and my moves and seeing what he was falling for, and toward the end of the match he started getting more tired and stuff started opening up. I sensed that and corrected on that, and as soon as he'd do that, that is when I took my shot.
Retherford , who transferred from Line Mountain to Benton, will face former teammate Seth Lansberry in the final.
Cody Law punched his ticket to the final three weight classes later, topping Northeast region No. 1 seed Tyler Walter of Mifflinburg 5-1 in a 160-pound semifinal bout.
The future Nittany Lion recorded a pair of takedowns, both by dropping to the mat and pulling in on Walter before circling around him. He reached the margin of victory with an escape. The Forest Hills senior will face Evan Delong in the finals, after Delong beat Tri-Valley's Ty Schoffstall 7-6 in the other semifinal bout.
Geiger Can Count on Placing
Trinity High senior Adam Geiger dropped his first bout of the tournament Friday night, falling victim to a pair of Garrett Vulcano takedowns in a 5-2 loss to the Chartiers-Houston senior.
The future Nittany Lion football run-on athlete briefly led 1-0 in the second period, but Vulcano got on the score sheet shortly there after with a forceful double-leg takedown that he drove through, forcing Geiger to belly out and giving Vulcano his first lead of the bout at 2-1 in the second period.
The Southwest region champ then added to a 3-1 third-period advantage by finishing a wild flurry that saw both Geiger and Vulcano have shots to finish a scoring move, with Vulcano winning the battle and taking control with less than a minute to wrestle. Geiger would only add an escape in the dying seconds.
The loss didn't deter him, though, as Geiger won a pair of consolation bouts late Friday night to set himself up for a chance at third place. He'll meet James Stoudart of Moshannon Valley in Saturday's third-place bout.


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Madelle E. Towers, nee Boehmer, 95, of Freeburg, IL, born August 19, 1911, in Hamburg, MO, died Wednesday, December 27, 2006, at Freeburg Care Center, Freeburg, IL. Mrs. Towers was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Freeburg, IL. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene R. "Bud" Towers, whom she married May 17, 1933, and who died August 27, 1974; her parents, Anthony and Katherine, nee Engelmeyer, Boehmer; a brother, Sylvester Boehmer; and two sisters, Estelle Sammelman and Florence Skrivan. She is survived by two sons, Gary (Bonnie) Towers and Dale Towers, both of Freeburg, IL;three grandchildren, Brad (Kim) Towers and Connie (Rick) Trout, both of Freeburg, IL,and Tracy (Robert) Waller of St. Libory, IL;and seven great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to St. Joseph Catholic School. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.rennerfh.com. Friends may call from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Friday, December 29, 2006, at George Renner & Sons Funeral Home, Freeburg, IL. Funeral procession will leave at 10:45 a.m. Friday, December 29, 2006, from George Renner & Sons Funeral Home, Freeburg, IL, for an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Freeburg, IL, with the Rev. Mark Reyling officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery, Freeburg, IL.
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The South African government has made a submission for an extension to explain to the International Criminal Court (ICC) why it did not transfer Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir to The Hague when he attended the European Union (EU) summit in Johannesburg in June 2015.
The ICC has an arrest warrant out against the President of Sudan for his alleged involvement in the atrocities in Darfur in 2003, which left approximately 300 thousand people dead.
South Africa's ministry for justice says the ICC must wait for details of what happened when President Al Bashir was in the country until after the issue has been processed in national courts.
The ICC has released the document submitted by the South African government, which is calling for a three months extension to explain why ICC indicted Omar Al-Bashir wasn't transferred to The Hague.
The document calls on the ICC to wait until after an appeal regarding this matter has been processed through the Supreme Court in South Africa.
"There are also simultaneously court proceedings in South Africa where the South African government is trying to appeal or is appealing a decision issued by its own judges saying that it was under an obligation to arrest Al-Bashir," says Human Rights Watch's Liz Evenson.
The prosecutor has indicated a concern that Al-Bashir could travel to South Africa again as he did for the African Union summit - but the South African submission directly disputes that
The report dated 21 December 2015, but only being released publicly now says that this issue is not urgent and that rushing to provide the requested explanation could mean relevant facts are not obtained.
South Africa is also challenging the ICC for saying in previous documents that court processes in South Africa are quote "unpredictable".
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — On the court, Colorado State volleyball is among the nation's best, earning annual top-25 rankings and competing in 18 consecutive NCAA tournaments. The Rams are also leading the charge off the court, being selected as recipient of the 2012-13 AVCA Grant Burger Media Award.
The announcement was made Wednesday by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. CSU was originally nominated for its expanded social media efforts, including inside access to the program through daily updates and photos, promotional videos, and online contests. The honor recognizes those who have been involved in the advancement of the sport of volleyball.
"Today's social media applications have changed the landscape for sports like volleyball," said AVCA executive director Kathy DeBoer. "The innovative gang at Colorado State really understands the concepts involved in engaging their fans and have found ways to include them in matches and the volleyball program. Colorado State University is at the head of the pack and gives us a model well worth emulating."
This is the first time a social media account has received the top honor, which began in 1997-98.
Head Coach Tom Hilbert, entering his 17th season this fall, is a strong proponent of the use of social media, understanding the impact it has on fan support.
"It gives us a connection with our fans and a daily window for them to look into our program," Hilbert said. "People want to be able to open up their computer or turn on their phone and see what their friends are doing; CSU volleyball is one of their friends, and they want to know what we're doing."
The support is displayed online as well as at Moby Arena. CSU annually is ranked among the national leaders in attendance figures, and last year drew a crowd close to 6,000 for its match vs. UCLA; just two programs drew larger single-match crowds in 2012.
Examples of CSU volleyball's presence on social media include releases, photos and press conference video. The program takes it a step further, adding trivia contests, behind-the-scenes images and Social Media Night, which took place during the Rams' Nov. 8 match vs. UNLV and included several perks, culminating with a trip for two to watch the Rams play in Boise, Idaho. Additionally, CSU first released its 2013 schedule to its Twitter followers, and fans got an inside look to the 2012 Final Four in Louisville, Ky., as the All-America banquet, youth clinics, autograph sessions and national championship match were all documented through photo galleries and video.
"What this award shows is that CSU volleyball is on the cutting edge of what people are doing for the sport of volleyball," Hilbert said. "There's a respect for the sport here, which means we get full commitment from the department as a whole."
The award is named in honor of Grant Burger—former director of sports information and associate director of the AVCA from 1988-92—whose hard work, innovative mind, knowledge and enthusiasm took the areas of media relations and publications at the AVCA to a higher level and increased awareness of the sport of volleyball nationwide. Past winners of the award include BYU TV, The Net Live, MaxPreps and Rich Kern, among others.
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Is the gas valve bad?
I have a small boiler that the pilot light will not stay lite. I have replaced the thermocuople and the the mila volts DC current on the thermocuople while it's under a load. I have 30 mila volts of current. I have held the lite pilot button in for several minutes and when I let it go, the pilot light goes out. Do we have a bad gas valve or what else may be causing this.
Thanks ahead of time for any help.
If the pilot is enveloping the top quarter of the t'couple than I would say the valve is bad. But make sure that the flam is a nice soft blue flame and not hard and blowing.
Thanks for the reply HVAC lover. The flame is like you described. I also forgot to mention that this is a propane gas, but the pilot flame is good and strong and is engulfing the thermocuole fine. Think I need a new gas valve.
The gas valve may or may not have an ECO.
If it has 2 wires at the thermocouple fitting, it has an ECO.
Meaning it could be the gas valve, or a safety doing its job do to a control failure, or wiring short.
Interesting thought beenthere. It does not have two wiries at the thermocouple fitting though . An ECO? does this stand for elecronic cut-out.
A left overfrom GE furnac production.
He's measuring 30mv at the vavle. If the ECO was tripped there would be no reading and the pilot would be out. (OK Been, tell me where i missed the boat lol).:laughing:
He never said how he was reading the voltage at the valve under load.(what is he connecting his meter to?)
He also said the pilot goes out when he leaves the pilot button go. Which is what an ECO would do in a safety mode.
The ECO breaks the t'couple circuit so would it not read zero with the pilotknob pressed in?
When I do test a thermocouple, I use a J block, and read across its terminals to see what I read under load.
I just unscrew the thermocouple, screw the block in, and the thermo into the block. Hook my meters alligator clips to the block terminals, light the pilot, and read my voltage, or lack of.
Using clips, I can hold the button down with one hand, light the pilot with the other, and read the thermo at the same time.
After the pilots lit, I can scratch my head with my free hand, while still watching the readings. :)
I seldom test thermos anymore.
I install a new one.
If the valve is bad instead. No problem. I don't install new valves and leave old thermos in.
No customer wants to pay for a new vavle, and a week or so later. Pay another fee to have someone come out and install a new thermo.
Let alone, I don't want to get out of bed at midnight for free because I left an old thermo in. :)
LLOOOOOONNNGGG time ago was interviewing for a position and the SM asked how to check a t'couple. What I told him he didn't like (I described measuring the mv) he said no. He told me you blow out the pilot and if it's good the operator would close in three minutes and the t'couple was good too. I remember reading that in Honeywell. But you and bot h know that test leaves a lot of room for error.
LOL, yea, that was the old old way.
HW then came out with disposable t couple testers.
Never used them. But I thought it was, a bit of a bogus thing to sell.
The initial call was a pilot light that would only stay lite for 10 minutes or so on a residential boiler. Upon arrival I found that the thermocouple had been replaced by the home owner. The problem was the thermocouple's reataining clip had slid up on the thermocoples probe and the flame was not engulfing the thermocouple correctly. I fixed this problem and whlie I had the pilot assembly out of the unit I thought even though the thermocouple was new and the pilot flame appeared good and strong I should check the current and clean the pilot assembly , orfice, and tube. With the end of the thermocouple out of the gas valve I hooked the aligator clip here and the other aligator clip from my meter leads to the thermocuoples wire for a ground. This measured 30 mili volts DC current while holding the pilots button in to keep the pilot lite. So i reassembled the pilot assembly back into the unit, switched the gas valves knob to "on" , burrners come on and everything looks fine. I stayed and cycled the burrners threeor four times and watch the temp. heat the water to 180 degress. This was three days ago. I get a call from the home owner today and he says that is cannot keep the pilot lite. he holds the pilot button in for several minutes and the pilot always goes out.
Burner concussion maybe?
BeenThere your turn LOL
That is not testing it under load.
Under load, would be while its hooked to the gas valve.
I found a lot of t couples that will test good that way, but are weak. When tested underload, they test out at 20 or less mV.
The clip could be bad, and letting the t couple slide away from the pilot flame.
If its not.
Install a block, and check it while under load. If it test ok then. You probably have a bad gas valve.
Keep in mind, that if it is a gas valve. You should still install a new t couple.
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My old bath fan worked off two wall switches, one for the lights (heat lamps) & the other for the vent fan. Those two 12/2 lines met with the power line in a box on the fan/light enclosure. I have NO IDEA whatever possessed me to think I knew what the devil I was doing when I disconnected everything after deciding my memory was as good as any photographic image.
I unpacked the new unit that fit the hole in the ceiling. The new unit comes complete with lights/fan/ AND HEAT. Each of these three items has two lines coming out of the plug ins.
So now I have a total of six separate sets of wires. And grey hair. What's left of it after working most of yesterday trying to get the thing to work properly without burning down my house or frying the new unit.
My plan is to extend each set of wires from the bath unit to a junction box that holds the two sets of wires for the bathroom switches and the power wire because there is simply not enough room in the fan enclosure to hold all those wires and wire connectors. Once I have everything in the junction box I have no idea how to make all those connections.
As I only have two switches in the bathroom I am going to have to wire two of the three sets of fan unit wires to work off one switch. My wish is to wire the lights and the heat unit to one switch and the vent fan to the other switch. I have made a drawing as well as taken a photograph of a drawing. Don't know which will properly show here so am trying both.
Unless you can pull a third wire, you can go with the two NM's. Whites get tied together for the Fan & Light, and as for the heat, it would go to the other. Keep in mind, if the NM is 14/2, it may not be up to the spec's that the manufacturer uses for the heat, if they recommend 12/2.
What's an NM?
Thanks for the prompt reply. I understood a bit of this but no idea what an NM is. I'm thinking perhaps non-metallic?? All the wires are 12/2 except of course for the ones coming from the bath unit. Believe me, I wish I could pull a third wire, would make my life some much simpler I think. Will crawl back into that attic in the morning and give it another go seeing as how I don't have enough bruises already. Thank you Greg.
Are the two switches in the same box or are they in two different spots.
Switch location
Thanks Darren. The switches are both in the same box. The issue I have with that box is that the whoever wired it left no, and I mean NO, extra wire to work with beyond what would be used to attach the switches. And the box is an older one with not much room in it. Were you thinking of some kind of jumper or something? No idea if that's even possible, practical or safe but if so it would not work due to the lack of room issue with the box.
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In sitting and staring at your answer for an extended length of time to make certain I have it right in my head, a question arises. I noted where you have the heat on a switch by itself while the fan and light work off the other switch.
Does your answer imply that it would be unwise for some reason to make the hookups such that the light and heat would be on one switch and the fan by itself on the other switch?
NM is the wire trade name.
What is the wattage of the heater?
Once this is know it can be determined if the 12/2 conductor is suitable in size to feed power to both the light and the heat lamps.
NM= nonmetallic (refers to jacket on cable)
typical brand name is Romex.
Heater Wattage
Thanks guys. I rather thought that NM meant non-metallic but wasn't positive. As for the wattage of the heater it's 1400 watts. The light is a recommended 60 watt bulb per the packaging.
That's a total 1460 watts. The capacity of 120V 15A breaker with 14AWG is 1440 watts (rated at 80%). I'd put the light/fan unit on a dedicated 20A breaker wired with 12/2.
Well the light and heater or the light and fan, could be put on the same 20 amp circuit, that if it is indeed a 20 amp circuit as they are both wired with 12/2.
1400 w heat x (125% of the largest load + the sum of all other loads) 1.25 = 1750 + 60 = 1810 Watts or 15 amps Safe to go on a 20 amp circuit.
The next question you have to ask yourself, do you want the heat on when the light is on or the fan on when the light is on?
Is this the only light in the bathroom?
20 amp circuits
Thanks to all of you who have helped me out with this issue. When I had the house rewired years ago I specifically made certain that every circuit was a 20 amp circuit and that 12/2 being the smallest wire used for the wiring. I have a huge 200 amp panel. I made sure there were extra lines on 20 amp circuits put in boxes in the attic as well as under the house so they'd be there in case of any future need. Turns out I was right. But this fan unit had me flustered.
So. Finally my daughter happened to stop by, heard me grunting and swearing in the attic, called her father in law who is a millwright and he came in and in about 10 minutes the light was finished. And the thing works. So now I owe him a beer but after that it should be a six pack of micro-brews.
I did as he instructed while he watched over my shoulder, (only room for one hanging over that rafter) and hooked all the wires up. STILL don't have it straight in my head but it's done and with so many other worries on board I think I can safely let this one go and just accept it.
So again gentlemen, thank you so much for all the offered assistance. it is greatly appreciated. I can only hope that as time goes on I'll be able to be of assistance to some other poor guy like me.
So what did you end up doing light and heater or light and fan?
Switch choice settled
Good morning. I went with the light and heater on one switch and the exhaust fan on the other. Things are working well and I'm glad to get out of the attic! I can't thank you all enough for the help. I will hope that one day I can be of assistance to someone else. Just so long as it's not about wiring.. ;-)
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The Senate on Tuesday passed H.R. 6531, the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act Amendments of 2008. The amendments, passed in July by the House of Representatives, will provide boatbuilders with increased protection from intellectual property violations made through hull splashing.
Certainly its better than what we had before, Scott Deal, president of Maverick Boats, told Soundings Trade Only this morning.
Hull splashing is the process of replicating an original hull by making copies using a mold made from the hull of another builders boat. The Vessel Hull Design Protection Act of 1998 was supposed to protect boatbuilders from this. However, because of the way a hull was defined in the original legislation and subsequent court opinions, enforcement has been curtailed because of the difficulty in proving infringement.
Deal knows about hull splashing first-hand. Fort Pierce, Fla.-based Maverick filed a lawsuit in March 2002 in U.S. District Court against two boatbuilders for infringement of an original hull design. Deal lost in District Court and the subsequent appeal, the courts ruling there was no infringement because the other builders changed the deck design.
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