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Alan Mulally is also trending as Ford's ( F) CEO has received a $34.5 million bonus as shares granted two years ago vested this week. Mulally was given 4.8 million stock units for his performance in 2009, the year Ford posted its first annual profit in four years. Ford withheld 1.9 million shares for taxes. The remaining 2.85 million units were converted to shares worth $34.5 million at Tuesday's closing stock price of $12.09. While this was disclosed in a regulatory filing, Mulally's salary for 2011 and other compensation will be revealed later in the year. Mulally also received 376,000 stock units for his 2011 performance that will convert to shares in 2014 and 1.2 million stock options that will fully vest in three years. While Mulally is given credit for turning around the automaker, he is also criticized for his high pay. Ford factory workers noted the CEO's pay when they rejected contract changes in fall 2011. Ford defends Mulally's pay, saying it is tied to the shares' success.
Molson Coors ( TAP) is another popular search. The brewing company announced it is launching new beers and products in attempt to drive sales. Molson Coors is coming out with Coors Light Iced Tea, which will go on sale first in April in Canada, where Molson said consumers are especially interested in flavored beers. Molson said it will focus on emerging markets like China, Russia, India and Ukraine and hopes to accelerate growth in beers including Coors Light, Carling and Cobra.
The chatter on Main Street (a.k.a. Google, Yahoo! and other search sites) is always of interest to investors on Wall Street. Thus, each day, TheStreet compiles the stories that are trending on the Web, and highlights the news that could make stocks move. -- Written by Brittany Umar.


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Eva Longoria would like to have Kenny Chesney sings at her upcoming wedding.
With her wedding day about to come, Eva Longoria has had a big plan about it. The "Desperate Housewife" reportedly would like to have country star Kenny Chesney sings at her wedding.
"My friend Kenny [Chesney] is going to sing at my wedding." And there's only one way that the dream would not come true, "He just doesn't know it yet," Longoria tells Cosmopolitan for its April issue, on newsstands March 13.
Is going to tie the knot with fiance Tony Parker July 7th later this year, Longoria isn't in a hurry to have kids though. "I do want to have a family at some point. I also want to adopt. I don't feel pressure to have kids because I know there are so many out there."
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Urkel's Hitting Women, Too
Because Mel Gibson's always been a trendsetter, Jaleel White is under investigation for allegedly punching the mother of his child in the implant, according to TMZ:
Sources familiar with the police report tell us … the alleged victim claims White allegedly punched her in one of her breast implants while they were driving on Pacific Coast Highway two weeks ago, with an infant in the car. We're told, she claims when they got home White allegedly slapped her, and pushed her into a toilet so hard it broke the tank.
Jesus! What's in the water out there? Also, how the hell did Urkel have a kid? I could've sworn I read somewhere those suspenders left him sterile. Or is this just what he told
me hot chicks get me HOT so he wouldn't have to use a condom? Someone should probably give him the chair. — For the women's sake. Yes, the women…
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Mr ORGAN (11:13 AM) —I rise today to speak to the Marriage Legislation Amendment Bill 2004 with much sadness, for it is a bill I would have hoped would never appear in this place. I should say at the outset that the Greens oppose this bill. We object to such blatantly discriminatory legislation being brought before the parliament and we oppose the discrimination against individual Australians based upon their sexuality. The bill before us has two main purposes: firstly, to define marriage in the Marriage Act and therefore `delegitimise' same-sex marriages which may take place either overseas or in Australia and, secondly, to prevent same-sex couples from adopting children from overseas countries. The bill raises complex and controversial issues relating to the definition of marriage, the recognition of validly contracted foreign marriages for the purposes of Australian domestic law, and adoption by same-sex couples.
The government has stated that this bill is necessary because of significant community concern about the possible erosion of the institution of marriage. But where is the evidence for that? It is obvious that there is homophobia out there in the community, but to say that gay marriage will erode the institution of marriage is rubbish. This is not the reason for this bill at all. The reality is otherwise. The government has admitted during this debate that the bill aims to head off court challenges in regard to the recognition of overseas marriages. We only have to look back to the Prime Minister's comments of August last year that gay marriages `do nothing to support the survival of the species' to realise where the government is coming from.
As I said, the Greens are fundamentally opposed to the position taken by the Prime Minister and the government on these matters. The Greens have developed detailed policy positions on the many issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in Australia. I suggest that members of the House visit our web site and read those policies. There are many issues in there, and it would be very informative. These policies were developed over many years in close consultation with the community. The issue of marriage is just one of the many elements of discrimination these people face on a daily basis in this country. The Greens do not believe that allowing members of the LGBTI community to marry fundamentally undermines marriage. Indeed, such a desire can surely only strengthen it. If two people wish to make a public declaration of their love and longterm commitment, then their gender is irrelevant. We should remember that we are dealing here with the emotions, feelings and relationships of ordinary Australians. I am sure that there are many here in this place who feel that such issues should not be politicised, but they are being politicised.
It is obvious that there is a degree of homophobia behind the position taken by the government. Homophobia, for the members' interest, is defined as a fear of homosexuals, be they male, female or transgender, and is usually linked with hostility towards them. But I ask: why the fear? There is no reason for it, and there is no reason for the bill before us, apart from a desire to discriminate against ordinary Australians based upon their sexuality. A desire to commit to spend your life with another person and to have that commitment publicly recognised is an important tradition in our current social and cultural context. The government and opposition both suggest that we should blatantly discriminate in the area of marriage. How would people react if the parliament suggested that two people could not marry because of the colour of their skin or because of different religious beliefs? Members would say: `What an outrageous suggestion.' Yet we are clearly faced with discriminatory legislation here today. This is despite the fact that on 24 August 2001 the Prime Minister stated:
... people shouldn't be the subject of discrimination if they choose a particular lifestyle.
... ... ...
... I don't think people should be in any way penalised or discriminated against if they are homosexual. I mean I certainly don't practice any kind of discrimination against people on the grounds that they're homosexual, I think that is unfair.
This is inexcusable hypocrisy, for this bill clearly discriminates against homosexuals in our community. It is, in the words of the Prime Minister, therefore unfair. Has the Prime Minister's position changed since 2001? Does he now believe that we should actively discriminate against homosexuals—against the LGBTI community? Obviously the answer is yes, and this bill is evidence of that.
We have heard many worthy speeches in this debate, especially from this side of the House, on the issues of the history and status of marriage, on LGBTI relationships, on discrimination and on related issues in this country and overseas. The members for Gellibrand, Grayndler, Melbourne Ports and Fremantle covered these issues eloquently and in much detail, and I agree with many of their statements. It is therefore disheartening that the opposition will not be opposing this bill in total—that they will not be supporting those thousands of Australians in the gay community who want to live as a married couple, whether it be called a civil union or some other term, and who do not want to be discriminated against because of this. These people are not single; they are not living in de facto relationships. They are, for all intents and purposes, living in relationships as a married couple. We cannot stand here in this place and deny that. The ABS tells us that there were almost 20,000 such couples in Australia at the last census and that those numbers were probably substantially less than the real figures due to the nature of the census form, so we are talking about some 40,000 Australians at least.
At this point, it might be useful to make reference to an Alan Ramsey article which appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on 29 May this year and which outlined just one aspect of the government's highly problematic approach towards recognition of same-sex partners. Ramsey outlined the case of Colin Hollis, a former Labor MP from the Illawarra, who went to New York to represent the Australian parliament at the United Nations in the same year the member for Makin took her now infamous study tour. Ramsey wrote:
... the besieged Howard Government now argues, in panic, that what Draper did four years ago was entirely proper and "within the rules", while it insisted in July 2000 that Hollis must pay the air fare of his live-in partner of 36 years to go with him, even though his partner, a bloke, so scrupulously met all the rules of an MP's "nominee" that Janette Howard hosted him one year at her annual afternoon tea at The Lodge for MPs' "spouses and partners".
How's that for hypocrisy fit to choke.
Ramsay's article quoted Colin Hollis directly on this issue. Mr Hollis said:
We took out a $10,000 bank loan and paid for Gordon's ticket ourselves. ... But what was so galling was the other MP who was going to the UN ... took his wife ... and they had their fares paid, yet while I met all the guidelines of a `genuine domestic relationship'—I mean, 36 years we've been together, joint bank accounts, joint ownership of our home, joint names on the bills, everything—I gave all this documentary evidence to the Department of Finance. ... They just wouldn't have it. ... everyone else has taken their partner on this trip over the years ... because you're away several months. Everyone, but not us.
Hollis took his case to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission in 2001 but lost on the strict definition of `spouse' in the legislation. Again, the government fought Hollis all the way. This blatant discrimination is an affront to fair-minded people everywhere.
For centuries, gay and lesbian people have made a phenomenal contribution to our society in all fields of endeavour. To suggest that by acknowledging gays and lesbians in marriage we will fundamentally erode the institution, and ultimately society, is ridiculous. To suggest that gays and lesbians cannot raise children with the same successful result as heterosexual people is also ridiculous. As we are all well aware, every family is different. If the government are so concerned about children having parents of different sexes perhaps they feel that single mothers or single fathers should have their children taken away from them. To judge a person's parenting ability with such a broad brush on the basis of their sexuality is ludicrous. And to suggest that these relationships are not worthy of the recognition of marriage is also ridiculous.
As I have suggested, the contribution of gay and lesbian people to our community has been enormous. Despite this, we still seem to be determined to discriminate. Some are willing to give in to the rantings and ravings of homophobes. For centuries many gay and lesbian people have been forced to hide their sexuality through fear of discrimination. Let us make no mistake: this legislation sets their cause backward—back to the fifties, I would suggest, a time period that the Prime Minister is obviously very comfortable with. I believe that acknowledgment and acceptance of the legitimacy of gay and lesbian people and of their love is inevitable; the community is very much supportive of that. But the government and opposition are today making that journey that much harder.
Graham Willett, in 2000, published a book called Living Out Loud: A History of Gay and Lesbian Activism in Australia. A description of this work by Paul Sendziuk, from the Department of History at Monash University, in 2001, provides a brief overview of gay and lesbian rights and cultural acceptance in Australia—and I think it is worth bringing this to the attention of the House. According to Sendziuk, Willett provides a chronological narrative which traces the construction of a homosexual `community' and the movement towards gay `liberation' and homosexual law reform in Australia. The book's three parts titled `Living', `Out' and `Loud' broadly characterise the emergence of homosexual visibility and vibrancy between 1950 and the present day. It surveys the so-called camp scene in the 1950s, a decade in which fear of violence and arrest stifled homosexual life and any ideas of political action—and we do not want to return to those days at all.
Although fear of bashing, employment discrimination and arrest kept most homosexual activities hidden, this did not prevent homosexual men or women from finding each other. By the late 1960s decriminalisation was on the minds of politicians, the clergy, newspaper editors and liberal reformers, both male and female. Not surprisingly, given the history of repression and violence, homosexuals were not among the many voicing their dissent publicly. As Dennis Altman has contended and Willett echoes, the arguments of these small `l' liberals were propelled by the emerging discourse of multiculturalism, which would also come to have a dramatic impact on public policy and attitudes concerning Indigenous people and immigrants.
The first gay rights organisations—the Daughters of Bilitis and the Campaign Against Moral Persecution, CAMP—were established in this country in 1970 and, from that point on, political activism became a permanent part of Australian homosexual life. These organisations and their leaders gave the inspiration for thousands of people—gay and straight—to become politically involved. Willett keenly relates the way in which they organised community meetings, established single--issue lobby groups and ran for parliament on a policy platform of gay rights. He also notes their opposition, the leading voice of which was the Reverend Fred Nile, a member of parliament in New South Wales, and his Festival of Light organisation. In the transition from `Out' to `Loud', Willett explains how homosexual activity between consenting adults was first decriminalised in 1975 under the Dunstan Labor government in South Australia, to be followed by reform of Commonwealth and Victorian legislation in 1978 and 1980 respectively. He also charts the growing support for the `gay agenda' in the community and the way in which a visible and vibrant homosexual community—nurtured by gay businesses, gay press, gay bars and sporting competitions—emerged in Australia's two largest cities. The author cautions however against assuming that the experience of Sydney and Melbourne gay men and lesbians and other members of the community was shared by their brothers and sisters in rural areas and provincial cities, some of which even now have still to form `communities' of homosexual men and women in any real sense.
I have certainly been made aware of the homophobia that has existed in the community in my electorate of Cunningham. Vile letters to the editor on this issue have appeared in the Illawarra Mercury since the Prime Minister raised the issue last year, and recently in response to my same-sex relationships bill—though I should point out to the House that the letters in support of gay marriage and gay rights have far outweighed the homophobic. This legislation does nothing to progress the rights of gay and lesbian people in this country; indeed, it deals them a blow. At present there is no definition of `marriage' in either the Marriage Act or the Family Law Act 1975. The issue of defining `marriage' in the Marriage Act was raised when the Marriage Bill was being debated in the Senate when it was first introduced in 1961. A Country Party senator unsuccessfully proposed that marriage should be defined and made a number of suggestions including:
... `marriage' means the union of one man with one woman for life to the exclusion of all others, such union being contracted in the manner provided in this Act ...
... `marriage' means the voluntary union of one man with one woman, for life to the exclusion of all others ...
The last amendment was put to the vote and defeated by 40 votes to eight. While it can be argued that for the purposes of Australian law `marriage' does not include unions between persons of the same sex, it is also true that our understanding of who can contract a valid marriage under Australian domestic law is changing. For example, the Full Family Court was recently asked to make a declaration that a marriage between a post-operative transsexual person, `Kevin', who had been born female and a woman, `Jennifer', was a valid marriage. Both a single family court judge and later the Full Family Court declared the marriage valid. The Commonwealth intervened in the first proceedings and then appealed the single-judge decision to the full Family Court.
The amendments contained in schedule 1 of the bill will also mean that marriages between same-sex couples validly contracted overseas will not be recognised for the purposes of the Marriage Act. There have been newspaper reports in recent months that some Australian same-sex couples who have married overseas may seek a declaration from the Family Court that their marriages are valid in Australia. A number of overseas jurisdictions now allow same-sex partners to marry or enter civil unions.
Australia is a party to the Hague convention. Under article 9, the convention obliges Australia to recognise marriages validly entered into in foreign states. However, article 14 provides:
A Contracting State may refuse to recognize the validity of a marriage where such recognition is manifestly incompatible with its public policy (ordre public).
Same-sex marriages are not specified in the convention as marriages to which the convention does not apply, nor are they listed as an exception to the general obligation to recognise foreign marriages that are set out. Countries where gay marriage is allowed and where registered partnerships or civil unions are granted include the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada and the United States, where, this year, Massachusetts was the first US state to allow gay marriages. Countries considering gay marriage legislation include Spain, France and Sweden; while US states considering gay marriage legislation include California, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
It is an unfair and ridiculous situation that same-sex relationships all over this country—despite their longevity, despite their passion and love and despite their profound commitment—must be treated as `different' relationships. Australia has an opportunity here to be one of the most progressive and forward thinking in the world in relation to a whole range of issues, the recognition of same-sex relationships being just one of them. However, the government and opposition bury their heads in the sand, refusing to accept and support same-sex relationships as a normal part of Australian life in 2004. For this reason I cannot support this bill and I condemn the government for bringing it before the House.


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Jonathan Herbert Newman and Maureen Morioka Makaiwi, both of Reno, Nev., were married in August.
Newman graduated from Green Valley High School in 2001, and then from the University of Nevada, Reno with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree in 2007. He is employed by the Peppermill Resort and Casino. He is the son of Donald and Joanne Newman, of Reno, Nev.


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This will be our sketchbook for team CHOW 2.
Camsyko and myself.
This will be our sketchbook for team CHOW 2.
Camsyko and myself.
Quick sketch of the brawler.
I approve of this team.
Good luck brathas.
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Ok here's the style I believe the team should aim towards. Realistic, gritty, painterly, moody, dark fantasy.
disclaimer: The following images are purely reference and mood boards. They remain copyright of their respective artists.
I by no means claim ownership of the artwork in these reference boards. Amongst the artists in these who produced these images that I can recall are justin sweet, jaime jones, stian dorslett, aleksi briclot, jason manley, puddnhead, jean-luc gerome, daarken, puddnhead, kekai kotaki, jason chan, frank frazetta, donato giancola, john singer sargent, vorace, william bougereau, kemp remillard, zhanglu. my apologies to those artists names that I forgot.
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Here's a document I wrote up last night and today to get the ball rolling,
and was mainly a way to compile a list of races/classes/archetypes related
to the high/dark fantasy genre, with a few I invented but has probably been done before. None the less I think this should help us break the sterotpyes to really come up with some original ideas.
My thoughts are that it should fit within a RPG/MMORPG game world.
The games that I see closely realted to such a game world would be
Ultima Online/Ultima Series, World of Warcraft, Age of Conan, Darkfall, Baldur's Gate,
Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights, Everquest, Lionheart, Diablo, Warhammer, The Witcher and so on.
Being that these are playable characters there should be a relatable backstory to each character and a distinct personality.
I see the world the characters dwell in as being an enormous planet with extraordinary diversity of climate, species, environments and cultures.
The factions/clans/races are divided or united by their culture, environment, religion, land/resource fueds, good/evil alignment.
Some of the main themes that bias a character would be
Nature vs Corruption (Natural Forces against Forces of Destruction)
Light vs Dark (Holy vs the undead/demonic)
Race vs Race (Supremacy)
A more solid overview of this World will be developed over the week to aid in the clarity and consistency of the characters that populate it.
Genre: High/Dark Fantasy
Task: Create 6 character portraits, 3 per person, light + dark version of each. equates to 6 pieces per person.
Extra: Include a paragraph about each, break the sterotypical archetype.
Gender: Male/Female
Race: human, elf ,half elf, orc, half-orc, orc-elf, dragonborn, avian (birdman), lizardman,
ratman, skeleton, lich, undead, ent, dwarf, catman, frogman, minotaur, buffaloman, demon, horseman, centaur, reptaur,
goblin, dryad, merfolk, sprite, fairy, gnome, dark elf, ogre, troll, vampire, giant, imp, golem, angel
Archetypes: Rogue, Asassin, theif, warrior, brawler, mage, battlemage, paladin, druid, cleric, priest, samurai, ninja, necromancer, archer, monk, tinker, medic, sapper, berserker, poisoner, guardian, knight, dark knight,
conjurer, ranger, tamer, blacksmith, scout, hunter, bard, spy, shapeshifter,
witchdoctor, sage, tempest, gravedigger, trapper, shaman, savage, headhunter, bounty hunter, barbarian, pirate, seer, alchemist, beastmaster,
executioner, gladiator, enchanter, guard captain, huntsman, king, queen, mercenary, peasant, physician, prostitute, gypsy, temptress, scribe, scholar,
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Characters chosen by Cam
1. male/frogman/rogue bounty hunter
uses poisons
prefers close range takedowns, but also uses poison darts
Can shift skin colour for extra camoflage
services his brethren to take out high profile targets
In his good state he only kills those that oppress his brethren
In his evil state he goes on genocidal missions poisoning whole towns
2. female/reptaur/battlemage
similar to centaur but with reptililian features
wields a long polearm that doubles as a magic staff
is decorated with a faction banner and leather barbed armour
not heavily armoured as skin provides tough protection
long hooked tail
expert in both magic and melee combat
highly brave, charges right to the forefront of a battle
Is highly ranked amongst her army
In good state she fights against the demonic and undead armies
In evil state she has been corrupted by black magic and has become part demon
3. female/dryad/shapeshifter tinker
uses shapeshifting to gain secret information
can roam freely amongst other races in the appropriate shifted state
her guise helps in selling her tinkered goods to different races
her tinkered goods can be used by her as offensive/defensive tools
most of the parts she uses are stolen on her travels or gained through trade
In her good state she is a travelling salesperson and nomad, that enjoys exploring the lands
In her evil state she sells tinkered goods to townsfolk that eventually form clockwork armies and turn on their owners.
hopefully gee will have chosen his characters he will be doing in the next couple of days.
Last edited by Cam Sykes; August 8th, 2009 at 10:32 PM.
been brewing ideas in my head over past few days. JUst started on ym good frogman rogue today. Here's the progress, about 2 hours so far because I redid the pose and composition a few times. Running behind schedule so will alocate time tomorrow and the weekened to get the rest done. Might have to reduce it to 2 characters for each of us cos deadline is quite soon, will see how we go.
Gee has alot of sketches done but no internet atm so should see some stuff from him soon.
Aaaaaargh! Need to get my ass into this more! Damn you school work! Bah!
Alrighty, anyway this is my Barbarian.
Working on colors tonight.
So, I'll try and do human barbarian and Wizard orc and if we have enough time ( I doubt :p ) then, I'll try doing Elf beast master.
Alright, gotta get movin'!
Took some time off homework to do this. Nice weather too today! :p
Anyway, this guys is a berserker/ bodyguard of some important person, perhaps the wizard.
He's a straight up fighter who doesn't really rely on techniques. Just smash his way through anything in his way.
Can't wait to see what you come up with, Cam!
looking good gee, I rekon you can push it more, plus add some background too, so it's more illustrative. His legs look a little undefined in comparison to his torso. The thing on the base of the hammer weapon is throwing of the perspective jsut becasue there's no elipse there. A few more things that I rekon you'll notice and can fix, and add too if you spend more tiem on it. Don't forget to constantly flip canvas horizontal to spot mistakes. Even flip upside down helps sometimes too.
Anyway here's the progress on mine. Spent a couple more hours on it. I plan to add some natural camoflage as his gear, to make him look more sneaky and also boost his silhoutte profile. Kind of like the Vietcong sticks and leaves get-up.
Edit: a few quick changes I've made with his anatomy that I noticed as soon as I posted the original image/
Last edited by Cam Sykes; August 23rd, 2009 at 08:00 AM. Reason: Quick fix of some anatomy
here's about 10 mins in on my next character, this is female reptaur batlemage. I want to continue but I'm really sleepy, so it's a start at least. GOnna have to smash out the remaining illustrations on the weekend plus finish my frog dude.
I'm blown away by what other teams have been producing, especially studio moinoi because there's so much personality in their characters.
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|13th September 2013, 02:06 PM
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This is a great idea that isn't . The Valhalla will happily run on a 320V DC supply or battery . As a DC supply has mains ripple that is of small advantage . Here the idea is to charge capacitors with a relay . The Valhalla supposedly never sees the mains . Well if does as the graphs prove . I could totally isolate by not having the - VE direct connected and two extra relays . This has proved the improvements are at a conclusion . Do not try this at home , very dangerous . The discharge curve is to help me calculate the best switching time . I used 253 V so as to have the greatest chance of success . The DC must not go below 295V or about 87% ( 0.87 ) . 10 seconds is correct for my Valhalla , normal Valhalla discharges quicker .
If wondering this was about checking out Linn's claims . I had a Lingo . I suspect before nearly anyone else in the world ? I was never totally convinced about is being better although certainly more refined . My feeling is the hum can be dealt with easily and is a part of a 45 RPM modification worth doing . It must also help 33 1/3 . My No 1 turntable is a Garrard 401 with Nam Aro . This is in Germany . This bit of fun will get the LP12 back into use , I guess anyone can see I wanted to do this for my own use . I have a hunch it will be very OK . Next to make my own chassis I think .
|15th September 2013, 11:57 AM
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Look how much the Valhalla needs to float . Metal behind it bad . Take that metal to ground for the worse ( like an LP12 ) . Same improved circuit in each ( 220 uF ) .A wood box seems best . LP 12 might do well with a Paxolin ( Phenolic paper ) strut to replace the metal . Still earth the black bolts as usual . 33 1/3 is not so bad because at least the hum is at the same frequency more or less . In 60 Hz countries debatable . Plywood if no Paxolin . Copy the LP12 metal piece . Paxolin chassis would be an excellent idea . Logic turntables tried one . Might rival the new upgrade ?
|16th September 2013, 11:49 AM
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Very unhappy over my discovery I set about a simple solution . I add other ideas because people pontificated too easily . One of these would be external DC . Mostly it makes it worse ! . When better it is technically dangerous . I would advise a transformer for those wanting this up grade . The problem is simply the LM324 op amp Linn use is unhappy on a two wire PSU . It needs three wires ( + 0 - ) . Neutral and Ground are almost the same wire . This allows very little common mode rejection . Strangely what would be suspected to work makes it worse in most cases . It is Earth ( GROUND ) - Neutral related . DC + no GROUND is a NO-NO ( shame as it is working very well ) .
THE GOOD NEWS .The solution turns out to be very cheap . I am using 12.5 MM x 4 mm nylon stand-offs . This puts valuable extra space between Valhalla and the chassis brace / Valhalla support . Only 3 dB off of what Jay has in an external Valhalla . My 220 uF caps are about 22 mm diameter . Later this week thus will be installed , I will see if larger stand-offs are possible ( longer = better ) .
This is my friends present . It has to be right .
|16th September 2013, 05:35 PM
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Sorry about photo quality .
Output control gives 66 to 86 V rms red phase ( as did Lingo prototype I was told ) . Yellow and white wires go into the PSU and soldered to R13 .
Red is always on and says 33 1 /3 . Blue in addition 45 .
12 v + does not go to a Valhalla pin . I added it ( 1 mm VERO pin ) . It goes via 130 R to vacated R3 hole . R2 and R3 68 K . These do not get hot . Mostly this is a mod for engineers .
The DIN assists setting up LP12 as it makes removing parts easier .
The 0V is using the unused Valhalla terminal .
Relay runs on - 12 V and + finds 0V on PCB .
Finished . Happy Christmas Malcolm .
|25th September 2013, 04:28 PM
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Christmas present installed and LVV lift lower fitted to his Ittok ( LVII mk 2 + Troika , still working great ) . It just about clears using the Ittok rubber platform . Mr Ito added a shot that fits a treat . The original died years ago . It clears the weight dial by about 2 mm . Not a problem really .
The new Valhalla sounds better ( 50 % ? perhaps greater ) . Less mechanical and very sweet without being soft . Less one note bass ( Linn chassis resonance circa 25 Hz ) . In fact brighter without harshness . We used 80 V rms 33 1/3 and 90 V rms 45 . It starts at 45 a treat . It is an LP 12 , a better one . Not as good as Linn's Keel upgrade but in that direction . To my ears better than an early Lingo .
The capacitors did force the bottom down a bit . Two wood screws cured that . I am sure there will be ones that fit better . If not make a DC box and house it externally ( cheap and good ) .
|25th September 2013, 04:48 PM
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I must say what is said here I feel unable to endorse . However I see the main things have been done . Fast soft recovery diodes are good because they don't dump RFI back into the mains ( less anyway ) . If Eithernet over mains wasn't around it might be worth the effort . As for their capacitors ( same make I used , i.e . cheap ) having less ripple that is nonsense . The uF determines that . I found 220 uF to be optimum . No mention of floating supply working better . Sad to do a good job then let a wordsmith say how it works .
|26th September 2013, 02:51 PM
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Now that Im back from the land of wonderful & I might ad cheep coffee.
I thought it time to order the parts for the Valhalla upgrade.
Oh dear.... with a min order of 50 for the caps the total came to £ 94.30p thats without the relay, switch or psu thats a bit steep by any standards for a half dozen or so components.
|27th September 2013, 11:17 AM
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Jay . If Rapid they wouldn't want that . I am busy toady I will do a search when I can .
BTW 220 uF 200 V is acceptable . Linn sometimes used 200 V 47 uF . 250 V gives better life . I think CPC or RS had them in axial as Linn used .
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|27th September 2013, 01:45 PM
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This is a perfect fit for those who have the Valhalla in the standard place . Being radial and the original axial an insulated extension wire is required to one connection per capacitor .
Buy Aluminium Capacitors Al Capacitor KXJ 250V 220uF 16x35.5 Nippon Chemi-Con EKXJ251ELL221MLP1S online from RS for next day delivery.
This relay if buying from them ( the crystals are in multiples of 10 alas ) .
Buy Non-Latching Relays Telecom relay 2c/o 2A, 12Vdc 150mW TE Connectivity MT2-C93402 online from RS for next day delivery.
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|27th September 2013, 05:04 PM
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Have now ordered most of the parts from Rapid.
The Relay & caps I can pick up from a local ish RS during the week.
Can you suggest a 'small' Switch that i can use for the psu also from RS please.
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A few nights before our meeting, Te Kanawa sang to Prince Philip and 25 of his guests at Frogmore House near Windsor Castle. The international travel begins again in earnest this month with shows in New Zealand and Australia. In Sydney, she is singing at The Concourse in Chatswood, a new, relatively intimate venue where she will perform a tailored repertoire that is "smaller and a little more popular".
Upcoming concerts in Cardiff, Lima, Vienna and Buenos Aires mean Nyack's paws will barely touch the ground.
Te Kanawa isn't ready to retire because she still enjoys singing and wants to tutor and encourage a new generation of talent. She does this via masterclasses in cities around the world and at weekend sessions at her house near Lewes for talented young singers identified by her charitable foundation.
What does she wish she had known when she started out?
"Just about everything," she says, wincing. ''I would have liked to have the guidance, but I had to learn it the hard way. I don't want them [the students] to make the mistakes I was making: things like not thanking sponsors and not taking care of the business side of things."
Finding a place at opera's top table was always a monumental struggle, but it is even harder nowadays. Te Kanawa says the relative ease with which she studied and sang in the great opera cities is a thing of the past.
"The borders are closing," she says. "It's hard if you don't have a European or a US passport."
A case in point: her foundation lobbied hard recently to obtain a British work permit for a talented young South Korean tenor called Jung Soo Yun.
"He's really, really good," she says. "And now he's covering at Covent Garden and he's going to have a career that we did something to foster. I don't care what nationality they are, I'm just looking for the voice. This is the payback for me, it's a joy."
Less joyful is the rise of television talent quests and the instant celebrities they spawn. To Te Kanawa, who has been outspoken on the issue, this kind of vocal talent endures for "about a minute and a half" and diminishes the years of hard work required to perfect a great opera voice.
"There's a place for X Factor and all of this, absolutely," she says. "But don't kill our world of hard work - the art of perfecting a voice and keeping it trim. All the sacrifices we make over the years to get that one part at Covent Garden."
She smiles a conciliatory smile.
"I love some of the pop singers," she insists. "Except the Eurovision Song Contest."
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performs at The Concourse, Chatswood, on April 13 and 14.


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Raouf Reda
Biography of Raouf Reda
Post graduate studies in the American university of Cairo
• 3rd part in the CMA (Certified Managerial Accountant)
Post graduate studies in Boston College USA.
• Studied advanced marketing methodology.
• Studied stock market.
• Financial analysis.
Bachelor of Arts, the Arab Academy of Science and Technology and Maritime, Egypt, June 2005
• Major: Business Administration English Section
• Specialization: Marketing Management & Finance
• Overall Grade: Good
• Related Academic Projects:
o Graduation Project, Feasibility Study of Exporting Fruits & Vegetables Overall Grade: Excellent, awarded 1st Place
Worked with a team to create this feasibility study.
Assigned by the team to handle the marketing plan.
Created and present the Power Point presentation for the project.
o Advertising and Promotion Project
Awarded 1st Place in the university projects
Created a bill-board advertisement on Photoshop for Volkswagen (VW) . "That actually was sold to Automotive"
Studied extensively the product and the target market.
Brainstormed for new advertisement ideas and created the slogan.
o Study case of ISO standards for environment preservation
International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) , St. Fatima Language Schools, Egypt, June 2001
• Trainee, Boghdadi Company, Importing and Exporting, Cairo, Summer 2005
o Trained in the Marketing, Distribution and Sales Departments.
o Attended seminars about the processing and marketing of spare parts in domestic market.
o Visited retailers on site as a field representative to open new markets.
o Prepared a marketing research about the target market/clientele.
o Developed my teamwork skills by working on a study about "Consumer Behavior."
o Presented with the team, the final results of the research in a presentation to the clients and the company board.
o Contacted directly the foreign suppliers and was involved in on-going negotiations.
• Trainee, U.S. Naval Medical Research unit no.3 (NAMRU-3) , maintenance
Division, Cairo, Summer 2002
o Trained in Maintenance and Human Resources divisions.
o Worked with foreign experts, this developed my language and communication skills.
o Sorted and filed incoming documents.
o Assisted in developing a database for the spare parts and inventory of the project.
• Worked for Yougo trade as a Marketer July 2005.
o Made a research of the domestic gas market (supply and demand forecasting) .
o Involved in all the legal papers for constructing the company.
o Made a research on the customer behavior.
o Worked on the forecasting budget on a research basis.
o Full responsibility to communicate with the advertising agents.
• Worked in CEPSA Egypt for Oil & Gas as an Accountant December 2005.
o Made a Study & a presentation about the domestic market of Gas & Oil in Egypt. "http: //www.scribd.com/doc/85983/Domestic-Natural-Gas-Market"
o Was totally responsible for the Purchasing department. (Beside being An Accountant)
o Financial Auditing on all the incoming invoices.
o Voucher & Payment entry.
o Forecasting budget.
o Responsible for the monthly Accruals for the company.
o Responsible for the monthly Amortization & Capitalization.
o Involved in the pre-contract negotiations to be able to cost control the project.
o Direct Assistant to the General Manager.
• Participant, in advance taxations course in Egypt related to the new Tax law for 2005
o Sales tax
o Income tax
o Stamp tax
• Participant, Negotiation and Contracting Skills Conference, Arab Academy of Science and Technology and Maritime, December 2004
o Divided into teams, trained on negotiation skills in the business field.
o Studied contract writing and formatting.
o Focused on business laws.
• Participant, Powerful Presentation Skills Conference, Arab Academy of Science and Technology and Maritime, December 2004
o Trained on professional writing and presentation skills.
o Focused on communication skills and targeting specific audiences.
• Delegate, Model United Nations (MUN) , Cairo University, Spring 2002
o Participated in several debates over political issues
o Attended leadership, negotiation and communication seminars
• Participant, Leadership Camp, Boston U.S.A, July 2000
o Focused on management and leadership skills to develop our natural charisma when making contacts in business relations.
o Learned how to utilize our motivation skills in dealing with the labor force and creating more efficient production.
o Learned to create our own business philosophy.
o Developed our public relations skills.
• Managed & organized fund raising for the new cancer hospital in Egypt
o Communicate & worked with different organizations "Example: OT.V & Government authorities for permits"
o Shared my own talents in those events (playing the guitar & singing)
o Participant in many T.V show to market those events in Egypt and overseas
• Nominated as a best poems writer from poems Hunter association.
o http: //www.poemhunter.com/raouf-reda/
Contact Information
Activities: Playing the guitar and singing, writing poems, composing songs and Drawing
Love to travel, reading and summer time.Interests: Stock market & business news.Favorite Music: Country music.Favorite TV Shows: Friends.Favorite Movies: Brave Heart.Favorite Books: In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do? Favorite Quotations: For everything you have missed, you have gained something else; and for everything you gain, you lose something. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
We must either find a way or make one. -Hannibal
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
You can let bad times make you bitter -or better.
Raouf Reda's Works:
Domastic Oil & Gas 'Egypt'
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Raouf Reda Poems
A Letter That I Didn't Send
Dear, For the last few months I was the happiest person on earth Because finding you at the end of this wild road is really worth…
I Am Waiting For Her.
I am waiting for her to lighten my dreams. A Heaven's gift that will drive to the extremes. It's written that it's not good for me to stay alone. And I don't want to close my self in a sealed zone.
Lord Have Mercy.
All of my days, I was searching for you. They told me that I was made from you. And that you created every thing around. Sun, moon, Sea and me.
A Prayer From A Broken Heart
Dear lord lift me up over my sadness Make me strong in front of these crises Calm the storm and give me peace
It's Only You Who I Love
It had been always you. And you don't have a clue. My eye kept chasing you
The Clown Is Always Sad
I always hide my tears behind my clown face Because deep inside I know there no better place My aim to make people smile, a smile that is true
God Bless You My Dear Friend
As we have been friends for all of these years We had experienced both happiness & tears You was there for me in my journey
A Lover From The Past!
When I saw her that night I tried to act like I'm aright It was an echo from the past
The Tears Of Warrior
Like a defeated warrior, I stood in the rain Each dropp a symbol, of my devastating pain Showered by Tormented, Hurt by fear
In My Dreams I Saw An Angel
She stole my heart with a blink of an eye that is a fact that I can not deny That I fall in love on this sweet day
In A Blink Of An Eye!
In a blink of an eye I had to say good bye
Dear Future Son,
Since I was a teenager I thought about my further, I thought about you. I dreamt of having my own family, praying that one day this dream will come true. Although life wasn't that easy, but I kept the faith inside.
The Thoughts Of A Drunken Loser!
Yesterday I went to a pub to drink a couple of beers I can't recall last time I did that, I think from years! The music was fine the people where great
A Poem Especially For Yoyo Happy Birthda...
Dear Yoyo what else could bring us so much joy? It's your first birthday sweet young boy! Your sweet charm smile captures us.
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New Year :)
It's a cooled lonely New Years Eve.
Thinking about life and what I believe
Then out of silence, I saw her face
Full of beauty from heaven's grace
And suddenly without warning
my soul start a joyful Dancing


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"Now, I must say, you've got to dig in your pockets and give me $50, because that was one hell of a speech, one of the great ones! If you paid me $10,000 to repeat it, I'd be $10,000 poorer because I can't remember what I just said..."
So ended my chat with Bernard Hopkins, former middleweight king, American boxing legend and one of the most charismatic men I've met in sport.
Continue reading to find out what Hopkins had to say about this weekend's clash between Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather - it's almost 100% verbatim, and it's absolute gold!
(A little tip: Hopkins has a similar delivery to Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson, so try using the Pulp Fiction star's voice to get the most out of this piece.)
"I see something in Hatton, I think he's the focused fighter out of the two.
"I saw something at the press conference without physical punching, in their body language and demeanour, that gives me a reason to believe that Ricky Hatton is more up for this fight and the challenge than Floyd.
"Floyd has made things look so easy over the last three or four fights, which isn't his fault. But I don't believe he thinks Ricky Hatton has what Oscar de la Hoya had or Zab Judah had.
"But what Ricky Hatton has that none of those fighters had is constant energy, punching and pressure - and he's got good whiskers.
"Ricky is not just a slugger, when a guy is putting pressure on you and he's willing to take four or five punches to give one or two.
"That's not Ricky. Ricky is willing to be that slugger, but to throw punches in bunches, and that's rare in boxing today.
"Henry Armstrong [the only man to hold world titles at three different weights at the same time] fought that way, Wayne McCullough [Belfast's former bantamweight world champion] fought that way.
"They never backed up and that's a dangerous guy because you can't keep him off you.
"[Former three-weight world champion] James Toney was famous as a middleweight for rolling the right shoulder, hiding the right hand and taking your head off.
"It works great against one, two, three punch guys, but Ricky is throwing non-stop punches, and it's hard to come back.
"And I've never seen Ricky get tired. So I believe Mayweather's style of rolling and baiting, that's not going to work against Ricky.
"I don't think I've seen Floyd fight against anyone who throws rapid punches, with sting on them, coming at him top to bottom, from different angles.
"I believe Ricky Hatton is going to throw more punches than Floyd Mayweather ever did. Floyd Mayweather throws a lot of punches, but Ricky Hatton throws a lot of punches.
"Ricky is A+ in the energy category, he's the Energizer Bunny. He throws punches even when he's getting hit and befuddles you.
"And you've got to remember, we're in Vegas, and Vegas doesn't necessarily believe in who's throwing the hardest punches should win the round. The busier fighter, the more aggressive fighter will win this fight.
"Mayweather is a slightly bigger puncher, but he has bad mitts, and when you have bad mitts, you're always thinking, 'if I punch this guy, I've got to go eight more rounds with a sore hand'.
"Ricky Hatton throws so many punches, Floyd can't afford to hurt any knuckles on his hand.
"That will be the difference in this fight. There will be some exciting moments early on, but at the end of the day, Ricky Hatton out-hustles Floyd Mayweather to a 12-round unanimous decision.
"Floyd will realise he has a little bit more power than Ricky and will be looking for power shots when Ricky is throwing four or five shots. As the rounds go on, that will be a big factor.
"It will be an exciting fight. We'll all be on our feet, whether you be from England or from the project across the block.
"It will be about whoever is busier and who sticks to the game-plan even when it ain't working. That sounds contradictory. But even though your plan is not working in the first round, you've still got 11 to go.
"It's a fight for Ricky to win, it's a fight for Floyd to lose.
"Floyd is considered to be the best fighter in the world, and I echo that. We all know he can fight. But can you still fight like a hungry man, even though you're considered to be the pound-for-pound best boxer in the world?
"How can you separate yourself from Dancing With The Stars [Mayweather was still competing on the show in October], the undefeated record, the world titles at five different weights? When do you become soft, mentally and spiritually?
"Can you fight like a hungry man when your refrigerator is full? Can you keep that fire lit? Because I'm telling you, when that fire's not lit, you can't train the same, you go through the motions, you can't think the same, spiritually you're not the same.
"And when it comes down to that cut on your eye in the eighth round, when you're tired and it's a ball-burner of a fight, you've got to reach within and fight like a hungry poor man instead of a rich famous man.
"That's going to be the biggest factor on Saturday night. Who's going to be able to suck it up, forget about all the medals they've won, all the belts, all the pound-for-pound accolades and the 'zeros' on their records?
"Who wants to cross the line and knock on the door of greatness? That's what we'll see Saturday.
"The boxing world and boxing's hype is on Floyd's shoulders. That can be positive because there are perks that come with that. But it can be a heavy load to carry. When you become the pound-for-pound best, everybody's looking for more than the norm."
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Today's Lady News: Watch "Miss Representation" On OWN Tonight
- Tonight is the television premiere of "Miss Representation," a new documentary about how women are depicted in the mass media. The doc was written, directed and produced by Jennifer Siebel Newson and features commentary from Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Gloria Steinem, Nancy Pelosi, Condoleezza Rice, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson, and my friend Jennifer L. Pozner, who runs a feminist media watchdog group called Women In Media & News. "Miss Representation" is airing at 9 p.m. (EST) on OWN, Oprah's network — make sure you watch! [MissRepresentation.org]
- An FBI subcommittee voted unanimously yesterday to change the official definition of "rape" so it includes a broader range of rapes other than just "forcible" ones against women. The existing definition did not encompass rapes committed against men or rapes that were not physically aggressive, such as those committed after slipping roofies in a person's drink. The definition still needs to be approved by FBI Director Robert Mueller, however. [Feminist.org]
- Domestic policy advisor Melody Barnes announced today she will be leaving the White House. Prior to that, Barnes was a senior domestic policy advisor for Obama's presidential campaign and former executive vice president for policy at the Center For American Progress. [Madame Noire]
- Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is bashing Herman Cain for suggesting women have the right to choose, even though he has previously said he is against abortion even in the case of rape or incest. But Santorum slammed Cain at a campaign stop in New Hampshire, prompting Cain to tweet, "I'm 100% pro-life. End of story." UGH. [Think Progress]
- Lord, are we still arguing over whether women are funny? [XX Factor]
- Is Siri — the new assistant feature on Apple's iPhone 4s — feminist? [Think Progress]
- Readers in Ireland may want to check out a debate on abortion rights at Trinity College in Dublin by Jill Filipovic of the blog Feministe. It'll be held on Wednesday, October 26. [Feministe]


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By Janet McGurty
NEW YORK, April 4 (Reuters) - In 1902, the S.S. Paraguay set
sail from Texas carrying the first shipment of 400,000 barrels
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By Janet McGurty
NEW YORK, April 4 (Reuters) - In 1902, the S.S. Paraguay set
sail from Texas carrying the first shipment of 400,000 barrels
of oil from the Spindletop field to a new refinery on the
Delaware River.
The Pew family, which had large holdings in Texas, built the
plant to help absorb the gusher of crude that had unexpectedly
emerged in east Texas, which lacked refining capacity and
sufficient demand for the fuel. The Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania
plant, perched at the tip of a spit of land, would provide both.
Amid another U.S. oil market upheaval more than a century
later, the roles are reversed: a new kind of oil from Texas and
North Dakota may rescue some East Coast refiners from the brink
of oblivion, providing a local alternative to the costly
imported crude that had threatened to put them out of business.
While it appears too late to spare Marcus Hook, which has
been shuttered since December, evidence of new buying interest
has emerged this week for two other major plants, potentially
saving the Northeast region from a summer fuel squeeze that had
unnerved politicians all the way to the White House.
Sunoco Inc, which owns Marcus Hook, received a
handful of bids this week for its 335,000-barrels-per-day (bpd)
Philadelphia refinery, the region's biggest, sources familiar
with the bidding process said. It has threatened to shut the
plant if not sold by July 1.
One of those bidders is counting on the boom in light, sweet
shale oil to help resuscitate the ailing sector, which has been
squeezed between costly, imported light crude, falling gasoline
demand and new, more sophisticated overseas rivals.
Preferred Sands LLC, which has grown in five years to become
the third-largest supplier of sand and proppants to the
hydraulic fracturing industry, touts its deep connections in the
shale patches of Bakken, North Dakota, and Eagle Ford, Texas,
plus more than 1,500 rail cars with connections to major
"We will continue to run it as a refinery and use our
substantial logistics experience and leverage our oil industry
knowledge," said Mike O'Neill, founder and chief executive of
Preferred Unlimited, the parent company.
ConocoPhillips' 187,000-bpd Trainer refinery, also
for sale, is said to have attracted some interest.
The sales have become charged on a political level over
potential job losses and regional fuel shortages. But concerted
efforts of federal and local legislators, union workers and
others may now be paying off.
"It's gratifying to know that there are serious,
well-financed prospects to purchase the Philadelphia refinery,"
Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey said. "I also know Mike O'Neill
to be a successful and sophisticated entrepreneur."
The Marcus Hook, Trainer and Philadelphia refineries were in
many ways casualties of the surge in U.S. shale oil production,
an unexpected boon that emerged from the hydraulic fracturing
technology first applied to natural gas fields.
As production in landlocked North Dakota and Canada surged,
crude prices plunged in the Midwest, giving refiners there a
profit advantage that allowed them to chip away at the East
Coast market. Some of that oil made it as far south as Louisiana
and Texas by rail, but little of it moved east.
But late last year, Sunoco and Conoco tested light, sweet
Bakken crude from North Dakota at their plants, with an
estimated 10,000 and 20,000 bpd of Bakken oil railed to Albany,
New York and then barged down to Philadelphia, traders said.
However, Lynn Elsenhans, then Sunoco's chief executive, said
in November that Sunoco Logistics lacked the assets to
bring enough crude east to make it economical.
Enter Preferred, which says its train connections give it a
leg up over other bidders. It already hauls tonnes of sand or
silica from plants in Nebraska and Arizona to the shale patches
in other states, where the "proppant" is injected into wells to
allow oil and gas to flow out.
That diet of cheaper, domestic crude would help the
Philadelphia plant wean itself away from the Angolan, Azeri,
Nigerian and Norwegian oil that is now its mainstay -- and which
costs some $20 a barrel more than U.S. benchmark West Texas
Intermediate and $35-plus more than North Dakota's Bakken
crude, according to Reuters data.
In January, Sunoco imported 10.3 million barrels (about
343,000 bpd) of crude from those countries, U.S. government data
shows, enough to run the Philadelphia refinery.
"Any drop of midcontinent crude which replaces Brent is a
drop in the right direction," said Mark Routt, senior analyst
with Houston-based KBC, a refinery consultancy.
Oil output from U.S. shale oil plays will top 800,000 bpd by
2016, according to estimates by energy consultancy Bentek
Energy, doubling over four years. While initial results from
five Utica shale wells last year in Ohio disappointed some
analysts this week, that is unlikely to dim enthusiasm
substantially for the sector.
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PFLP-GC Leader to Meet Arafat in Damascus
A senior official of the Damascus-based Palestinian opposition movement, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC) has confirmed that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and leader of the movement Ahmad Jibril will meet in Damascus during the upcoming visit of Arafat to Syria.
In a statement to Albawaba.com on Monday, member of the front's central committee, Sami Sayyed, said that that "the awaited meeting comes within the framework of attempts made by both sides to reach an understanding in their relation," noting that his movement has repeatedly met with Farouq Kaddoumi, head of the PLO Political Department during his visits to Damascus.
The PFLP-GC opposes the 1993 Oslo peace accords signed by the PLO and Israel.
However, Sayyed voiced his optimism over the meeting, accusing President Arafat of "retracting any agreement before the ink dries up on paper."
"Arafat goes back on agreements, even those he reaches with his allies; he does not respect agreements and never values the opposite opinion" the official charged.
But according to Sayyed, the current circumstances in the Palestinian lands drives all Palestinian movements to reconsider their relationships.
On the other hand, the Palestinian official hailed the PNA-Syrian rapprochement, yet stressed that the consent that Jibril gave to meeting with Arafat was not due to pressures by Damascus on the movement.
The Palestinian President is scheduled to meet also with Nayef Hawatmeh, leader of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and former speaker of the Palestinian National Council, Khaled Fahoum – Albawaba.com