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Dominion Brewing & Dawson's Liquor Present: Monk Czech Beer Release Party
Leroy Justice
Zooks, Ben Guernsey
DC9 Nightclub
1940 9th St. NW
Washington, DC, 20001
Doors 7:00 PM (event ends at 12:00 AM)
This event is 18 and over
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Above The Weather is the next level for Leroy Justice, and a potential career breakthrough for the New York City quintet with roots in the Wyoming Valley (Scranton/Wilkes Barre) region of Pennsylvania. Here is a multi–hued portrait of a band that reaches back to the American musical bedrock – and the best qualities of the American character – to create contemporary rock music that may question our troubled present but also points to the better world that may yet be possible.
My father was a big influence on my life and when it came to music he had such diverse taste. I was a 45 fiend growing up in the 70s and when I first discovered Rap music in the 80s I was captivated. The culture, the message, the lyrics, the art, the story-telling.
I was in a few bands before myself, Sharkey, and Mr. Kyte founded The Crownsayers in 1996. We signed w/ Elektra Records in 99 and worked w/ producers Mario Caldato, Jr and Mickey Petralia. We loved the record but the label thought it too diverse. After many months of deliberation we were dropped from Elektra in December of 2000.
After a few months of reflection and solitude Sharkey, myself, and Steve Cooper embarked on a new journey founding a band called, The Spark. We worked tirelessly to create a unique sound that had pop elements but a raw hip-hop edge. Our live shows were a direct reflection of the passion each of us shared for the music and the dream.
Our run ended when Clive Davis decided to pass on our project the same day President Bush declared war on Iraq. Life goes on and so does music....just approach it in a different way now.
Ben Guernsey
Benjamin Guernsey has been playing guitar since he was eleven years old. He started off learning eighties glamour rock guitar riffs and grew to learn the finger picking styles of Elizabeth Cotton, and John Frusciante. The Americana influenced guitar playing and the sound of Ben's smoky voice take you to a small Irish pub on a gray misty day. At seventeen he began singing and has not turned back since. His simplistic and honest song writing abilities developed from listening to artists such as Lucinda Williams, Blaine Fielding , and Shane MacGowan.
Originally, Ben is from Garrett Park, Maryland. Tom Guernsey, his dad, grew up in the Washington D.C. area playing music for most of his life. Together they wrote the majority of songs on Ben's album, Everybody Knows, and recoreded in Tom's in-house studio. The album features many well know artists from the Washington, D.C. and Maryland area. Ben Guernsey currently resides in
Seattle, Washington & plays with the band "Tugboat Country" & Acordion down at the pike street market.
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The Plum Line writes Exit Poll: Only 38% Said Opposition To Obama Policies Drove Mass Vote. This seems to be a more reasonable analysis of the Tony Fabrizio exit poll than as reported by Politico (which I won't link to).
"When voters were asked if their vote was motivated by Obama's overall policies and the direction he's taking the country, only 38% said they were motivated by opposition. Meanwhile, 32% said they were motivated by support, and another 27% said his policies were not a factor — a total of 59% who were either for Obama's policies or indifferent.
Meanwhile, 44% of independents said they were motivated by opposition to Obama's overall policies, an uncomfortable number, to be sure, but smaller than the 53% of indys who either supported his policies or were indifferent to them.
One other interesting tidbit: The poll also found Obama's job approval running at 55%, and 48% among independents, versus 47% who disapprove.
Bottom line: These exit numbers do paint an uncomfortable picture for Obama and Dems on health care. But if this exit poll is to be believed, it's way too simplistic to paint last night's results as a wholesale repudiation of Obama and his entire governing agenda."
So people in a state with 98% health care coverage didn't want to support a health care bill with some obvious flaws (like paying for Nebraska in perpetuity). People won't vote for crap.
And it's important for the Dems to learn how to point out the good and effectively dispute the inevitable bad that the Republicans will point out (e.g., death panels) so that people know the difference. Coakley certainly didn't do that. Saying Ted would have wanted this wasn't enough.
Notes from Howard's Sabbatical from Working. The name comes from a 1998 lunch conversation. Someone asked if everything man knew was on the web. I answered "no" and off the top of my head said "Fidel Castro's favorite color". About every 6-12 months I've searched for this. It doesn't show up in the first 50 Google results (this blog is finally first for that search), AskJeeves says it's: red.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Exit Poll: Only 38% Said Opposition To Obama Policies Drove MA Vote
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You're a fan of data sets. Although not the prettiest presentation of the information, there are some graphs at http://www.boston.com/interactive/graphics/20100119_turnout/ which try to correlate voter turn out to party affiliation.
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Forever linked in conversation with the Air Jordan IV thanks to their shared tooling, the Nike Air Flight '89 is back in a new colorway that should only serve to deepen that connection. This newest Air Flight 89 comes in that familiar palette that's synonymous with Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls, a style whose mix of tumbled and microperforated leathers offer a throwback to a time when basketball sneakers weren't dominated by synthetic materials. The white/black split midsole is an interesting look that hopefully we'll see on more colorways, and you can check out this pair in depth below before buying from Nike Sportswear dealers like Size?
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In spite of the importance of registered pension plans (RPPs) in discussions of Canada's retirement income system, very few studies have examined the financial outcomes experienced by registered pension plan (RPP) members and RPP non-members. One exception is Ostrovsky and Schellenberg (2009), which provides a broad overview of financial outcomes, focusing on average incomes and average replacement rates achieved by RPP members and non-members.
This study builds on the Ostrovsky and Schellenberg (2009) analysis by examining the range of outcomes experienced by male RPP members and non-members—specifically, the distributions of earnings replacement rates achieved by each group. The earnings replacement rates of RPP non-members are far more dispersed than those of RPP members, reflecting a greater diversity of financial outcomes. Larger shares of RPP non-members than members have earnings replacement rates below various thresholds (e.g., less than 0.50 or less than 0.60), but, at the other end of the distribution, larger shares also have earnings replacement rates of 1.0 or more. While the average earnings replacement rates of the two groups are comparable, the median earnings replacement rates of RPP non-members are lower than those of RPP members. Among retired men from the middle of the earnings distribution, the median replacement rates of RPP non-members are seven to nine percentage points lower than the median replacement rates of RPP members.
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Etete Ethiopian Cuisine
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Etete Ethiopian Cuisine Restaurant Review: Sleek and sophisticated are not two words generally applied to Ethiopian restaurants, which usually get their atmosphere from ethnic décor such as large enamel basins for serving food. All that changes with Etete, a place that looks as good in its U Street neighborhood as it might downtown. But in buffing-up the ambience, the kitchen has lost some of this wonderful African food's powerful, sensory-jolting edge.
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This is Wolfclaw. It's not very good, so I'm going to another that will show the whole body or head. ^^
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Thx! I'm going to do a whole body one soon that will include a background. :)
Award: So much effort. Liked: Very beautiful! :D I love wolves! . Tips: A background would be nice.
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…The Eat Clean Queen, that is!!
Not only did I have an amazing time at Tough Mudder on Saturday, but the party continued into the late evening with some pretty special people. The CanFitPro Health and Wellness Show was going on during the day and though I was bummed that I couldn"t work the Eat Clean Diet booth with Tosca Reno (since I was at the race), I was able to attend a special dinner in the evening. All of the fabulous people at Robert Kennedy Publishing were there as well as several other Eat Clean Diet Ambassadors like myself.
We went to e11even restaurant located in the heart of downtown Toronto and shared some pretty amazing moments. There was so much positivity in the air and I felt, as Tosca would say, "so much love in my heart." I felt like I was in a dream, it's so hard to explain. I have been idolizing Tosca for so long and now I am part of their "weird little family" (Kiersten's words, not mine!).
We talked, we laughed, we ATE. Oh my word, did we ever eat!!! That will be a whole separate post on it's own! I finally got to meet Theresa, who was my partner in crime in the Sisters in Iron Contest. She is such a beautiful person, inside and out.
I also got to meet Tosca's trainer, Rita Catolino. I didn't get to chat with her for too long but I love this woman. I mean, who else asks you to lay down beside them at a dinner table to take a picture? How can you not love her? I have been following all of her updates about Tosca's progress (in training for her fitness competition) and it was just so cool to meet her in person. She is gorgeous!
There were so many other amazing and inspiring people there that touched me in ways I can't even explain in words. I am just so grateful to have been given such a wonderful opportunity. Thank you Tosca, The Eat Clean Diet Team, and Ambassadors for making it such a memorable evening!
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Dear Editor:
Commenting again upon the miserable Postal Service in Pagosa Springs. This summer I mailed in my local box two payments that were never delivered, incurring late payment fees. Of course, the problem could be on the other end, but that is doubtful since I have not had any problems at other locations. In the past, I ordered tools on Oct. 15 with less than 10-day delivery promised. I called the company and they said they were delivered. Since it was too big for the box, I called the post office about Nov. 3 and they said there was no such item. On April 15, six months later, I received a call on Saturday by the weekend supervisor asking when I was going to pick up the box. By then, I had repurchased the tools. No notices in my box. There are 80 mail boxes on my property, but they assign me one three blocks away and will not change.
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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Police are looking for three suspects after they say a Domino's delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint late Monday night.
They say it happened just after 10 p.m. when the driver was sent to deliver pizza to 217 Davie Drive.
Police say when the driver got out of the car, he was approached first by a man in an orange hoodie, and then by two more men also in hoodies.
That's when police say one of the hooded men pulled a gun on the driver, taking personal items out of his pockets, and then the pizza he was delivering to the house.
According to police, one of the suspects then threw the driver's keys across the street to him, and told him to leave. They say no one was hurt during the robbery.


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The Barbarian and the Geisha
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- November 13th, 2012
- Movie Release Year:
- 1958
- MPAA Rating:
- Unrated
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Length:
- 105 Minutes
- Release Country
- United States
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Drama, History
John Wayne
John Huston
Plot Synopsis:John Wayne stars in this historical drama of one man's successful struggle to open Japan to the western world. "The Barbarian And The Geisha" is the true story of Townsend Harris, who in 1856 was appointed by President Pierce to be the first American consul to Japan. Headquartered in Shimoda, Harris discovers that the Japanese thoroughly mistrust the Americans. Slowly, Harris earns the respect of the local power brokers and townsfolk and is permitted to enter the city of Tokyo. A beautiful Geisha, originally sent to thwart Harris' mission, falls in love with him and finally decides to protect him from harm.
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text: In this documentary, director Seth Kramer follows a pair of language scholars as they journey through rugged lands in order to find isolated civilizations and hear rare tongues. The linguists, who speak a combined two dozen languages themselves, go to Siberia to listen to a language that will most likely disappear in the next few decades. They trek to India to explore how English colonists altered the nation's culture, and they also visit the American Southwest to talk with Native Americans.


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Marginal Costing as an Essential Tool for Decision Making
The concept of marginal costing was adopted from the economist concept of marginal costs. It has employed in the early part of this century, particularly by the famous economist Alfred Marshall. The concept is known as the addition or incremental cost of producing extra one unit of a product. When accountants begin to employ the term " marginal cost" the idea was extended to corner not only the difference in cost resulting from the increase or decrease in the output which is the marginal cost. [Read more…]


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Mumbai: Mumbai police on Friday arrested a 36-year-old Uber cab driver, from near his home in the Pydhonie area of South Mumbai, for molesting an Italian national. The victim, who had come to Mumbai two months ago for work, and was residing at her friend's palce in the Pali Hill area of Bandra.
According to the police, she had booked a cab at around 11.30 pm to head to Versova from Khar. She was staying at a friend's place in the Pali Hill area of Bandra. Sherwani, who was driving a Swift Dzire with registration number MH-47C-7349, had reported to pick the victim up. Since the roads in Mumbai are horrible, he welcomed her to sit in the passenger seat up front with him. Although the victim refused the offer, it is learnt that Sherwani, claiming to be unable to see through the rear windows, subsequently stopped the vehicle at Juhu on the pretext of cleaning the dirty window. However, the accused just got into the rear seat where the victim was seated and tried to touch her inappropriately.
Following the alarm raised by the doctor, the driver got out and then dropped her off at her destination in Versova. She soon approached the Santacruz police station. Meanwhile, Sherwani has been charged under sections 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of IPC and will be produced in court.


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I'm ashamed to say that I haven't played the original BG yet. I had it, but it didn't run on my windows 7 and I got busy with other games. Now that the game is out, can someone say if this is identical to the original game or not? I mean voice acting, characters, item descriptions, etc. Is there anything that has changed from the original BG, even a little bit? Can I play this and automatically assume that I have played Baldur's gates?
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14 May 2014 – Pastor Maldonado led the way as the post-Spanish Grand Prix test came to an end on Wednesday. The Lotus driver's 1:24.871 on Super Soft tyres put him comfortably clear of nearest rival Nico Rosberg.
Having led the way in the morning session, Maldonado's switch to Pirelli's softest compound served only to strengthen his advantage over the rest of the drivers in action, many of which did not trial the product.
Rosberg closed in with a lap in the final hour of running, but ended the day the best part of a second adrift.
With Rosberg improving his best time, Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen slipped back to third, the Finn having to be pushed back to his garage by mechanics after a failed attempt to complete another run late in the day.
Sauber's Esteban Gutiérrez took fourth, just ahead of Williams tester Susie Wolff, whose preparation for her outings in Britain and Germany stepped up a gear in the afternoon in the form of a short, Soft tyre run.
Having been sidelined for most of the afternoon, Marussia's Jules Bianchi completed a late lap to go sixth.
Sebastian Vettel followed, the Red Bull man enjoying slightly more running in the day's second session.
Force India tester Daniel Juncadella wound up eighth, with McLaren youngster Stoffel Vandoorne – who led the mileage charts on his first F1 test day – and Toro Rosso rookie Daniil Kvyat the last of the timed runners.
Robin Frijns and Caterham were out of action following Kamui Kobayashi's heavy crash 24 hours ago.


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Jennifer Lawrence is the sexiest woman in the world, according to FHM magazine.
"The Hunger Games" actress took the top spot for the first time, with the publication calling her "so freaking awesome."
I'm picturing an editorial board full of 17-year-old boys.
Mila Kunis, who won the big enchilada last year, dropped to No. 6 this time (thanks for nothing, Ashton Kutcher). Other past winners include Halle Berry (2003), Britney Spears (2004), Keira Knightley (2006), and Megan Fox (2008), according to Us Weekly.
Finishing second and third were British actress Michelle Keegan and Rihanna. Rounding out the top five was Emily Ratajkowski and "The Big Bang Theory" actress Kaley Cuoco.
Other big names on the list include Beyonce, Scarlett Johansson, Taylor Swift and Kendall Jenner.
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Amit Gupta of ICICI Direct says in this series whenever Nifty sees any intermediate profit booking for one or two sessions, one should ride the Put options rather than panicking and looking for an upward target.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Amit Gupta, Head- Derivatives of ICICI Direct spoke about the outlook for the F&O market.
Below is a verbatim transcript of the interview:
Q: What would you watch out on the Nifty and the Bank Nifty, are you expecting now the bulls to get bolder and go to higher strikes and on the Bank Nifty will there be more covering you think?
A: We have remained quite positive in Nifty in this particular series because we believe that the traders who made the money in the previous series were the Call writers and in this series if anybody is making money is the Put writer.
The Put open interest (OI) is climbing higher. Since the starting of this month, we are seeing Put-Call ratio (PCR) OI continuously moving up. It has moved up to 1.3 now. I feel that the way the volatility has come down over the period from 20, now it is coming down to 19, possibly it can come down to 17.5 also, slowly the Put writers are making money.
In addition, if you look at the foreign institutional investment (FIIs) positions, they expired a lot of short positions in the previous series. In this particular series on three-four occasions, we have seen more than Rs 1,000 crore of index future buying by the FIIs. If you look at Nifty futures OI also, it is slowly inching up. The long formation is definitely done and that is why whenever the market is coming down is finding a lot of support. The volume weighted average price (VWAP) of this series, which is at 5,900, was one of the reasons why Nifty didn't breach this level this time when it was coming down.
We have seen the rollover of the short Put positions from 5,800 to 5,900 now. So that has become an intermediate support. In this particular series whenever market is seeing any intermediate profit booking for one or two sessions, you should ride the Put options rather than panicking and look for the upward target. Within one-two months, it is possible that the Nifty may go towards 6,200 or 6,300 levels also on the higher side.
Q: What is your strategy on the Reliance Capital for the day?
A: Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) stocks are absorbing the selling pressure pretty nicely. If you look at Reliance Capital, all the major 50-days and 100-days moving averages are placed around Rs 350 and we have seen the OI started moving up. It seems that people are forming long positions in the stock and Rs 380 level is possible where the Call option base is pretty higher.


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One of the many unfortunate effects of Barack Obama's misguided 2012 threat about "red lines" in Syria is that the whole debate about helping Syrians has been boiled down to the question of whether the United States will drop bombs on that country. Surely, the Responsibility to Protect is about more than the Responsibility to Blow Things Up.
[np_storybar title="Kelly McParland: Potential Syrian intervention risks limited gains against enormous costs" link="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/08/26/kelly-mcparland-potential-syrian-intervention-risks-limited-gains-against-enormous-costs/"%5DThere are lots of good reasons for western powers to stay out of Syria, and one supporting intervention.
The argument in favour of military involvement is a strong one: basic human compassion. During the genocide in Rwanda almost 20 years ago, countries that had the power to intervene did little. The reasons probably seemed persuasive at the time, but the result was horrific: the slaughter of at least 500,000, and perhaps many more.
Countries that consider themselves civilized are still trying to come to grips with that failure. In its aftermath, there was much vowing to prevent anything similar from happening again. The UN indicated support for "Responsibility to Protect," the notion that the international community had a duty to prevent genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. As with many UN pledges, it's been all talk and little action, but it's a worthy position to hold.
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Last week, I sat down with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada Executive Director Stephen Cornish, who is just back from his latest tour of MSF's humanitarian medical operations in Syria. MSF operates health programs and surgical facilities in many parts of the world — but Syria now dominates much of Cornish's attention. Aside from the 100,000-plus who have died in that country, more than 2-million Syrians are refugees, and more than 4-million are internally displaced within Syria. Combined, that's more than a quarter of the Syrian population — the per-capita equivalent, here in Canada, of the entire populations of Alberta and British Columbia being slaughtered or displaced. Like many of the people he met in Syria, Cornish is more concerned with feeding and caring for these fleeing masses than with Sunday-morning talk-show debates about how Syria has affected the stature of Obama or Vladimir Putin.
One heartening thing that Cornish told me is that aid is getting through to most refugees — including those in Jordan, Turkey and the Kurdish areas of Iraq. For various reasons, not every Muslim nation that is providing aid is anxious to advertise this fact. But most of the Syrians in these areas at least have enough to eat and some semblance of medical care.
In Syria, itself, meanwhile, the situation varies from region to region. Groups such as MSF typically operate at the mercy of local security conditions. And the art of convincing warlords access to the sick and wounded can have varying results from one village to the next.
It is in next-door Lebanon that the situation is especially frustrating. Lebanon is a relatively wealthy and sophisticated place by regional standards. But its long history with restive Palestinian refugee camps and miniature cities has made the country wary about new refugee flows from Syria.
Officially, more than 700,000 Syrians have crossed into Lebanon — but the unofficial number is believed to be substantially higher. Many of these people have been left to fend for themselves in the Lebanese hinterland, where they can be found squatting in abandoned properties. There is no truly comprehensive system to provide these wretched souls with medical care: In many cases, these penniless Syrians are expected to come up with 25% of the cost for basic medical services, including obstetrics, as per the standard Lebanese health-care funding formula. What little money most brought with them from Syria is gone.
Winter is coming, and many Syrian refugees in Lebanon have nothing to protect them from the elements except sheets of plastic or canvas. What's needed is an international effort to bring winterized tent accommodation and proper health care to these people — alongside a diplomatic push to make Lebanon drop its barriers to foreign aid groups and governments.
Canadians, who know a thing or two about protecting human skin from the bitter cold, could take a more prominent role here — especially given the large Lebanese Diaspora population living in our country.
Helping desperate Syrians doesn't have to involve scenes of destruction. It could mean something as basic as keeping a displaced family warm, healthy and well-fed. No one's talking about that on the Sunday Morning talk shows, of course. But perhaps they should.
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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Nov 30, 2012) - Alhambra Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ALH)(AHBRF)(A4Y.F) ("Alhambra" or the "Corporation") announces its financial and operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. All amounts related to the financial results are expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise indicated.
- Received approval from the Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and New Technology ("MINT") to proceed at the Corporation''s discretion with the issue of new shares
- Executed a non-binding term sheet to complete a financing
- Suspended mining operations in the quarter; no fresh ore was stacked on the heaps
- Gold sales were realized from the drawdown of recoverable gold inventory from work in progress ("WIP")
- Revenue from gold sales amounted to $2.4 million based on the sale of 1,452 ounces ("ozs")
- The estimated recoverable gold in WIP as of September 30, 2012 was 38,619 ozs
- Cash operating costs were $751 per oz of gold sold
- Kazakhstan mining operations recorded net income of $0.1 million ($0.00/share)
- The Corporation recorded a net loss of $0.4 million ($0.01/share)
- A reverse circulation ("RC") exploration drilling program was completed at Shirotnaia and a RC drilling program was initiated at Zhusaly
- Exploration expenditures were $0.4 million
- Announced board of director changes
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For the third quarter of 2012, the Corporation recognized $2.4 million in revenue from the sale of 1,452 ozs of gold at an average price of $1,686/oz. This compares to $7.0 million in revenue from the sale of 3,858 ozs of gold at an average price of $1,817/oz during the third quarter of 2011.
Kazakhstan mining operations recorded net income of $0.1 million for the third quarter of 2012. This compares to net income of $3.5 million for the third quarter of 2011. The Corporation recorded a net loss of $0.4 million ($0.01 per basic and diluted share) for the third quarter of 2012. This compares to net income of $2.6 million ($0.02 per basic and diluted share) for the third quarter of 2011.
During the third quarter of 2012, no fresh ore was stacked on its heap leach pads (2011 - 257,003 tonnes ("t")) nor was any waste mined during the same period (2011 - 279,846 t). Gold sales were realized from the drawdown of recoverable gold inventory from WIP. As of September 30, 2012, the estimated recoverable gold classified as WIP was 38,619 ozs.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Corporation mined a total of 403,952 t of waste and stacked 136,220 t of ore at an average gold grade of 0.57 grams/t ("g/t"). This compares to 1,178,980 t of waste mined and 570,068 t of ore stacked at an average gold grade of 0.85 g/t during the nine months ended September 30, 2011. The reduction in tonnes mined for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 as compared to the comparable period in 2011 is a result of issues with the mining contractor. Earlier in 2012 the mining contractor had mechanical issues with its equipment which impacted their ability to mine ore. In addition, because of the Corporation''s constrained financial resources, both the mining contractor and the Corporation agreed at the end of the second quarter of 2012 to suspend mining operations in order to conserve cash during this period of financial hardship. As previously announced, the Corporation has executed a non-binding term sheet to complete a financing and is currently completing the due diligence process related to that financing. Should this financing be successfully concluded, a portion of the use of the proceeds will go towards resuming the mining of ore.
The decrease in revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 over the comparable nine month period in 2011 was a result of a 37% decrease in sales volume which was offset partially by a 2% increase in the average price of gold. The majority of the decrease in sales volume occurred in the first and third quarters of 2012 as a result of the Corporation not mining any fresh ore to stack on the heaps due to the contractor equipment issues and the Corporation''s current financial constraints described above. Revenues from gold sales were also negatively impacted by a 7% decline in the average price of gold in the third quarter of 2012 as compared to the third quarter of 2011.
Operating expenses consist of all costs associated with the production of gold, (including direct costs incurred in the mining, leaching and resin stripping processes ("Process Operating Costs"), Mineral Extraction Tax ("MET")), transportation and refining of the cathodic sediment. All process operating costs are charged to WIP and are expensed on the basis of the quantity of gold sold as a percentage of total recoverable gold mined.
Operating costs for the three months ended September 30, 2012 totaled $1.2 million or $831/oz of gold sold as compared to $3.2 million or $819/oz of gold sold for the same period in 2011. Included in this amount is $0.1 million or $80/oz (three months ended September 30, 2011 - $0.4 million or $107/oz) related to the amortization of the bump-up to fair value from the estimated cost of WIP. Cash operating costs for the third quarter were therefore $751/oz (compared to $712/oz for the third quarter of 2011). This was $48/oz higher than the $703/oz incurred during the second quarter of 2012.
Operating costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 totaled $4.1 million or $840/oz of gold sold as compared to $6.5 million or $853/oz of gold sold for the same period in 2011. Included in this amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 is $0.4 million or $74/oz (nine months ended September 30, 2011 - $0.9 million or $120/oz of gold sold) related to the amortization of the bump-up to fair value from the estimated cost of WIP. Cash operating costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 were therefore $766/oz as compared to $733/oz for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.
Nine months ended September 30, 2012
During the three months ended September 30, 2012 the Corporation recorded capital expenditures of $0.4 million which relates to the Corporation''s 2012 exploration program which is detailed below.
During the three months ended September 30, 2012, Alhambra completed a reverse circulation ("RC") drilling program at Shirotnaia, one of its advanced exploration projects, and initiated a RC drilling program and completed a soil sampling program at Zhusaly, one of its early stage exploration projects.
Since the beginning of 2012, two batches of core drill samples (totaling 5,146 samples) from Shirotnaia and Zhanatobe have been sent to the Kyrgyzstan Stewart Group laboratory for assaying.
As of the end of the third quarter of 2012, there were 1,987 Shirotnaia assay results pending (1,978 core and 7 QA/QC core re-sampling) from the Stewart Kyrgyzstan laboratory.
In addition, as of the end of the third quarter of 2012, 3,942 samples were being prepared for export as follows:
- Shirotnaia - 2,525 (RC samples),
- Vasilkovskoe East - 844 (soil samples),
- Zhusaly - 573 (soil samples).
During the third quarter of 2012, 1,596 assay results for eight of 18 core holes (3,691 metres ("m")) completed in the first half of 2012 were received. The assays were being interpreted. All drill holes encountered intervals of strong chlorite sericite alteration and sulphide mineralization as well as intervals of carbonate-quartz veins and veinlets.
Late in the third quarter of 2012, a RC drilling program which was initiated earlier in the quarter, was completed. The objective of this drilling program was to check for possible extensions of gold mineralization to the north where it is marked on the surface by anomalous soil and trench samples taken earlier. This area has significant potential according to the recently prepared structural model. A total of 26 (2,434 m) RC holes were completed and 2,525 samples were taken which have been prepared for export.
Alhambra''s independent consultants (Micromine and ACA Howe International) continued to work on updating the Uzboy National Instrument ("NI") 43-101 resource estimate and Preliminary Economic Assessment. Upon completion of these studies, the Corporation will press release the study results.
In the third quarter of 2012, soil sampling on the Zhusaly early stage project, which commenced in the second quarter, was completed. 573 soil samples were taken along 15 lines. They have been dried, screened and prepared for export.
A planned seven hole (1,050 m) RC drilling program was initiated at Zhusaly prior to the end of the third quarter. The purpose of this drill program is to check the soil anomaly established in 2011. Two NW orientated RC lines are planned. The proposed drill lines will be 250 m apart with the planned distance between holes being 150 m along the SW line (scissor holes) and 75 m along the NE line (fence holes).
The assay results from the Zhanatobe diamond drilling program were received late in the quarter and were being interpreted. The drilling program included nine holes totaling 1,449 m. The assay results will be released once interpreted.
Capital Expenditure Activity Subsequent to September 30, 2012
Assay results for eight of 18 diamond drill holes completed were interpreted and released. They were very encouraging. Diamond drilling intersected higher-grade gold mineralization (+1.0 grams per tonne gold ("g/t Au")) over core intervals ranging from 6.4 m to 135.6 m (down-hole). These higher-grade intervals define a core gold mineralization zone interpreted to be at least 1,200 m long enveloped by an aureole of lower grade (<1.0 g/t) gold mineralization with dimensions of 1,800 m by 750 m which remains open in three directions and at depth. These assay results included one of the best drill holes to date on the project which entered strong mineralization from surface and returned an interval of 135.6 m averaging 1.12 g/t Au. Seven of the holes returned intercepts with gold grades greater than 1.0 g/t Au and in four of the holes these grade intervals have core lengths greater than 6.0 m. Thirty eight mineralized intervals (of variable widths) with gold grades of greater than 0.2 g/t Au were intersected in the eight holes assayed. The best mineralization intersected included: 1.12 g/t Au over 135.6 m, 1.47 g/t Au over 27.4 m, 1.73 g/t over 17.5 m and 1.56 g/t Au over 18.2 m.
Currently, Alhambra''s focus is on financing. With the receipt of MINT''s approval on September 11, 2012 of the Corporation''s application requesting the pre-approval of possible future equity financings, one of the hurdles related to financing has been overcome. Alhambra previously announced that it had negotiated and executed a non-binding financing term sheet complying with the financing terms approved by MINT. The due diligence is progressing toward the completion of the financing which, if and when completed, will allow the Corporation to proceed with its objective to accelerate exploration and development activities in Kazakhstan.
Alhambra''s exploration focus will continue to be its advanced exploration targets (including Uzboy, Shirotnaia and Dombraly) as well as the seven other early stage projects. Production development will focus on advancing Uzboy through Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility Studies and to assess the other advanced targets for production potential and follow-up as appropriate with Pre-Feasibility assessments.
During the third quarter of 2012, two Alhambra directors Mr. Mike Hriskevich and Mr. Mr. Clarence K. Wagenaar, retired. Appointed as their replacements were Mr. John I. Huhs and Mr. Robin M. Merrifield.
Mr. John I. Huhs, fluent in Russian, is a lawyer and graduated with honours from both the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Law School. He is a retired Senior Partner and Special Counsel of Dewey & LeBoeuf, and chaired the Firm''s International Practice for almost two decades and founded the Firm''s practice in the former Soviet Union, including the Moscow and Almaty (Kazakhstan) offices. Mr. Huhs has over 40 years of experience in energy, mining, aerospace, hi-tech (including intellectual property) and manufacturing. He has focused on negotiations, concluding and implementing hundreds of international mergers and acquisitions, production sharing agreements, joint operating agreements, financings, joint ventures and other complex transactions worldwide. He lived in the Republic of China from 1954 to 1957.
Mr. Merrifield, a chartered accountant, has over 30 years of experience in the international mining industry of South Africa, North America and in a number of Central Asian countries including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Georgia and Tajikistan. Mr. Merrifield has gained his experience both in the corporate offices and on operating sites of a number of major international mining companies focused mainly on the uranium, gold and copper/nickel businesses. Mr. Merrifield is a Director of a number of junior exploration mining companies. He currently continues to assist Uranium One Inc. in regard to their Kazakhstan operations as a senior staff consultant. He previously served as its CFO for four years. Prior to this position Mr. Merrifield was an international consultant focused on financial and general management and was the Vice President, Finance of the Kumtor Gold Company located in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 1997 to 2001.
The Subsoil and Subsoil Use Act (the "Act") in Kazakhstan grants the Government of Kazakhstan the first right of refusal to purchase any direct or indirect interest in any subsoil license or legal entity holding that license or the legal entity controlling the holder of the subsoil use license at market prices should the license or shares or instruments convertible or giving rights to shares (joint, the "Subsoil Use Assets") come up for sale. As a result, before a company can accept an offer to sell its Subsoil Use Assets, it must first get approval from relevant Kazakhstan authority (MINT). The Act extends this obligation to require a company whose main business is connected with subsoil use in Kazakhstan to get approval should it desire to issue any common shares or issue any derivative instruments that are convertible into common shares. On April 21, 2011, the Corporation completed and filed an application with MINT to have pre-approved, any shares that may be issued upon conversion of outstanding warrants and options as well as requested that MINT pre-approve a private placement that the Corporation would contemplate doing in the near future to finance its exploration and development activities. This application was amended on August 16 and October 25, 2011 which included responses to certain questions received from MINT. On September 11, 2012 the Corporation received MINT''s approval. This approval is effective for six months. Under Kazakhstan legislation the Corporation can apply to have the effective date extended a further six months.
Alhambra''s original application included a floor price for the issuance of common shares of $0.60 per share. Unfortunately, during the time period that MINT was considering the Corporation''s application, the trading price of Alhambra''s common share dropped below that floor. The Corporation has applied to MINT to have that floor price reduced. The Corporation is waiting for MINT''s response on this request. While the Corporation is currently negotiating a potential financing that''s in compliance with the terms approved by MINT, this price reduction should provide additional financing opportunities.
The Corporation''s third quarter 2012 financial statements and MD&A are available on the Corporation''s website, can be obtained on application from the Corporation and are available under the Corporation''s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Alhambra is a Canadian based international exploration and gold production corporation with NI 43-101 gold resources as per ACA Howe International UK and Micromine Consulting Services UK as noted below:
|Measured (M)
|Indicated (I)
|Uzboy (1)
|Dombraly (2)
|Shirotnaia (3)
|Effective as of Dec 31/07 as per ACA Howe per news release dated Apr 8/08 at a 0.40 g/t cut-off.
|Effective as of Nov 27/11 as per ACA Howe per news release dated Feb 7/12 using natural cut-off grades of 0.13 g/t, 0.1 g/t and 0.2 g/t for the low grade stockpile, pit infill and in-situ mineralized zones respectively.
|Effective as of Jan 9/12 as per ACA Howe per news release dated Feb 28/12 using cut-off grades of 0.1 g/t for oxide gold mineralization and 0.2 g/t for transitional and primary gold mineralization respectively.
Alhambra holds exploration and exploitation rights to a 2.4 million acre (9,800 km2), 100% owned license called the Uzboy Project, located in the Northern Kazakhstan Metallogenic Province which hosts numerous world-class gold deposits. Over 100 mineral targets, including three advanced exploration areas, are contained within the Uzboy Project.
Alhambra common shares trade in Canada on The TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ALH, in the United States on the Over-The-Counter Pink Sheets Market under the symbol AHBRF and in Germany on the Frankfurt Open Market under the symbol A4Y. The Corporation''s website can be accessed at www.alhambraresources.com.
Elmer B. Stewart, MSc. P. Geol., a technical consultant, is the Corporation''s nominated Qualified Person. Mr. Stewart has reviewed the technical information contained in this news release.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements" as such term is used in applicable Canadian and US securities laws. These statements relate to analyses and other information that are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of management. In particular, completing a financing, availability of capital to fund drilling programs, initiating the Uzboy pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, and other factors and events described in this news release should be viewed as forward-looking statements to the extent that they involve estimates thereof. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "plans, "estimates" or "intends", or stating that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and should be viewed as "forward-looking statements". Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Corporation to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and other factors include, among others, completing a financing, availability of capital to fund drilling programs, initiating the Uzboy pre-feasibility and feasibility studies; political, social and other risks inherent in carrying on business in a foreign jurisdiction and such other business risks as discussed herein and other publicly filed disclosure documents. Although the Corporation has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could vary or differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements contained in this news release.
Forward looking statements are made based on management''s beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date the statements are made and the Corporation undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements and if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, except as required by applicable law.
This news release contains forward-looking statements based on assumptions, uncertainties and management''s best estimates of future events. When used herein, words such as "intended" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions by and information available to the Corporation. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated. The forward-looking statements contained herein are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Wednesday stood by his view that the economy will avoid recession this year and grow at a slower pace, and that the Treasury will act quickly to distribute tax rebate payments.
"The U.S. economy is diverse and resilient, and our long-term fundamentals are healthy. I believe our economy will continue to grow, although at a slower pace than we have seen in recent years," Paulson said in prepared testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee.
President George W. Bush on Wednesday is expected to sign into law a $152 billion fiscal stimulus package that will provide tax rebates to some 130 million Americans, with most about $600 for an individual and $1,200 for a couple.
Paulson said the Internal Revenue Service would simultaneously manage the spring tax filing season and preparations for issuing the rebate payments starting in early May.
"Payments will be largely completed this summer, putting cash in the hands of millions of Americans at a time when our economy is experiencing slower growth," he said. "Together, the payments to individuals and the incentives for businesses will help create more than half a million jobs by the end of this year."
Paulson also called on Congress to aid the housing sector by passing legislation that will modernize the Federal Housing Administration and create a new, stronger regulator for Fannie Mae <FNM.N> and Freddie Mac <FRE.N>, the government-sponsored housing finance enterprises.
Under the stimulus plan, Fannie and Freddie will be temporarily allowed to invest in larger mortgages, providing more resources for refinancing troubled mortgages in costly coastal housing markets.
He also urged Congress to pass legislation that will allow states to issue tax-exempt bonds for innovative mortgage refinancing programs.
Paulson also repeated that he would work to help markets reprice risk and work through their current stress.
"While we are in a difficult transition period as markets reassess and reprice risk, I have great confidence in our markets. They have recovered from similar stressful periods in the past, and they will again," he said.
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I'll admit that I have not been paying close attention to the increasing popularity of vinyl over the past year. Past multiple years, actually. Even now, I wonder how the heck those keywords of 'LP' and 'vinyl' escaped active thought, even though they were clearly registered through my eyes as I browsed music on Amazon.
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Palo Alto's seventh-grade National Junior Basketball All-Net team is a national champion again after defending its title with a 4-0 run through the national championship tournament in Orange County last weekend.
In a field of the region's 16 best seventh-grade teams, Palo Alto was placed in the top grouping of six and swept its division, winning by an average of 23 points. They beat San Clemente, Southern California's top-ranked team, 65-38 in the final.
"This truly is a special team that has all the attributes of an outstanding team," coach Ken Morgan said. "We have very talented players at every position, and we have outstanding depth. When one player comes out and another comes in, there is no dropoff in team play."
In the first round of pool play, Palo Alto faced a one-loss La Mirada team that was ranked second in Southern California. La Mirada had beaten many teams with a physical and aggressive style. Typically more of a finesse team, Palo Alto quickly adjusted to La Mirada's style, rising to the physical challenge by turning the tables on La Mirada and attacking with its own brand of aggressive play. By pounding the ball inside on offense and relentlessly pressing on defense, Palo Alto surprised La Mirada in a 69-42 victory.
Next up was Team Jordan of Chino Valley, and Palo Alto continued its dominant level of play, triumphing 59-31.
"They are able to make their own adjustments both on offense and defense," Morgan said. "This allows them to always play their best game with real-time decisions. They make their own adjustments on the court as the game is being played. They are great at anticipating and reacting — not waiting to hear what I will tell them to do. When the game starts, it is in their hands as to what they are going to do. This truly is a TEAM team."
After pool play, Palo Alto faced its toughest competition of the tournament, Willow Glen, in a semifinal. The teams met for the fifth time this season, having recently battled in the Silicon Valley Sectional, when Palo Alto won the title by beating Willow Glen 46-34.
"There is no sneaking up on Willow Glen, they are a very good team," Morgan said. "Having played them so many times this year, Willow Glen knows exactly what our team is going to do. The key to our success has been the ability of our team to do things better than the other team has scouted. Each time we have played Willow Glen, our Palo Alto boys have reached a little higher."
Palo Alto's 52-43 victory in the semifinal secured a spot in the final for the second year in a row.
Palo Alto headed into the championship game Sunday afternoon against San Clemente, the only team to beat La Mirada coming into the tournament. San Clemente also plays a finesse style, a style in which Palo Alto thrives. The championship game provided a showcase for the talented Palo Alto team as it held San Clemente to three points in the first period and three points in the fourth period.
Leading 32-21 at the half, Palo Alto adjusted to San Clemente's strengths and weaknesses and steadily increased its lead by relying on consistently strong, unselfish offense and tough defense and outscored San Clemente 33-17 in the second half.
"It was a very exciting, well-played tournament for us," Morgan said. "We definitely peaked at the right time. The boys really stepped up and played the best basketball they have played all year. And, they all seemed to have a lot of fun doing so. It was a real pleasure to coach all of these boys and watch their skills improve individually and as a team over the course of the season. They really have something to be proud of."
Palo Alto went 15-2 in the regular season and postseason leading up to the national championships, averaging 54 points per game in league play while giving up an average of 39, consistently demonstrating offensive potency and defensive strength.
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Your Thanks: Many play large roles in running Janesville's Freedom Fest
Freedom Fest 2014 is now behind us. The event had another record-breaking year. I want to thank the better than 500 volunteers, as well as the 20 churches who served together as one.
I am especially grateful to Faith Community Church and its 50 volunteers and financial support and the Orchard View Alliance Church, who oversaw the Day of Compassion clothing giveaway. I would also want to tip the hat to the 60 sponsors who carried much of the financial burden of the project. Without their help, Freedom Fest could not be a free event.
This year we had some 20 different service agencies help, including the Blackhawk Community Credit Union, which oversaw the free food giveaway. Once again, Mercy Health System put on a great free clinic. Hundreds of people received health screenings, and children received free bicycle helmets. How neat is that?
I would be remiss if I didn't commend the city of Janesville, the Janesville Police Department, the Janesville Fire Department, RECAP, as well as the Rock County Sheriff's Office. I couldn't ask for the city and county to be more helpful or cooperative.
True, Freedom Fest is hosted by New Life. At the same time, this giant patriotic rally is bigger than any one entity. It is an example of what can happen when a community comes together to serve, to care, to be one. Freedom Fest is a picture of Janesville at its best.�
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Well, this might explain the dismissal of Alfredo Pedroza and Alex Randolph from San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's Office of Neighborhood Services: They weren't big supporters of Newsom's failed campaign for governor of California financially, with one donating only $200 and the other nothing at all.
Yashar Hedayat, the wealthy son of a rich Chicago family with only a high school diploma and no experience as a public servant, however, donated both time and money generously to the campaign -- and is now the mayor's Deputy Chief of Staff.
Pedroza and Randolph will be replaced by Nicholas Panagopoulos, who also worked on Newsom's campaign. Other Newsom campaign veterans with no municipal government experience getting City Hall appointments are new Government affairs assistant Joaquin Torres and mayoral policy advisor Jason Elliott.
All four are getting paid less than their predecessors, and Newsom told the San Francisco Chronicle the staff reductions and pay cuts are "how I lead by example" as the city continues to face massive budget deficits.
If only we could all take his example and jet off to Hawaii for the holidays! Newsom will be spending time with wife Jennifer Siebel-Newsom, baby daughter Montana Tessa Newsom at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on the Big Island over the holidays.
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Savage 720 barrel w/Weaver variable choke
Actually, I have 2 questions. I have a Savage 720 12ga. which has a Weaver interchangeable choke on it. Apparently, the choke tubes can be unscrewed and changed from Full- to "whatever". The one in it, now, is marked "FC" (full choke?) My question on this is "Are these choke tubes still available anywhere"? The choke is marked Weaver, El Paso, Texas and, as most of you probably know, Weaver hasn't been doing business in El Paso for a good many years. A phone call to Weaver's Customer Service revealed no one there even knew Weaver ever built a shotgun choke. Can anyone shed some light on this thing or point me in the right direction?
My second question is barrel interchangeability. Since the Savage 720 was a licensed copy of the Browning A5, will a barrel from a Browning fit my Savage a function safely? I just don't know anyone that owns a Browning so I can't try it myself. Any suggestions here?
I've had this gun for a good many years, never use it much (I have an 1100 Remington, also), but it shoots as nicely, if not nicer, than my 1100 Rem. and there's a certain classy sexy look to the old square-back Browning-style autoloaders. I'd love to get this old classic back out in the field a bit more.
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I've never heard of a Weaver choke. It sounds like a version of a Cutts with screw in choke tubes. Perhaps Cutts tubes would work. You could contact Briley or Corsons Barrels and ask what they know about the Weaver unit.
Sorry, I don't have a clue about the barrel interchangeability.
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by InvestorPlace Staff | November 12, 2012 10:30 pm
[1]In spite of all her credentials — chair of the Congressional TARP oversight panel, special adviser and spearhead for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Harvard law professor — there is a good chance that incoming Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will not get the committee seat that makes the most sense for her.
Which seat might that be? The Senate Banking Committee[2].
Right now, there are two Democratic seats open on that committee, since Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl and Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka are retiring. However, committee seats are usually given out by seniority, with the plum spots given to senators who have been in office longer. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chris Coons, of New York and Delaware, respectively, apparently want those spots and have been in office longer than the newly elected Warren.
The reality is that the seniority rule for committee seats is not hard and fast. What it really boils down to is whether or not Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants her on that committee or not.
What makes things complicated is Warren's reputation for being tough on big banks, particularly while overseeing the TARP bailout. Staffers who serve senators on the banking committee apparently dislike her, and lobbyists have been suggesting her as a better fit for the Judiciary Committee, which handles bankruptcy oversight.
Those staffers and lobbyists work very closely together, with many former staffers moving on to become lobbyists later. There is a lot of incentive for both sides to maintain the status quo[3], and Warren could potentially threaten that.
We will have to wait until next year to find out if their efforts succeed, as it is unlikely Reid will make committee assignments until then.
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The Message of the Caesarea Conference
The real message sent by the Caesarea Conference, which drew to a close last Thursday in Jerusalem, was a consensus displayed by its participants: They all agreed the economy could not be rescued from its current stagnant state unless a dramatic diplomatic-security breakthrough comes about.
The real message sent by the Caesarea Conference, which drew to a close last Thursday in Jerusalem, was not the prime minister's announcement of a secret understanding which he supposedly reached with the U.S government about principles of an agreement with the Palestinians. Rather, the true message of the conference was a consensus displayed by its participants: They all agreed the economy could not be rescued from its current stagnant state unless a dramatic diplomatic-security breakthrough comes about. Laden in this diagnosis is the key to breaking the vicious circle of violence which has plagued Israeli-Palestinian relations for the past 22 months.
In the best possible case, question marks hover over Ariel Sharon's diplomatic message. Has he really put together a plan that has a chance of being accepted by the Palestinians? Does he mean it when he says the Bush administration has accepted his plan? Does the plan have sufficient teeth to serve as a long term agreement, or is it merely a ploy which will survive only for a brief period? Can a leader who declares that the Netzarim settlement in the Gaza Strip has the same status as Tel Aviv really produce a proposal that meets Palestinian expectations and thus promises viability?
Meanwhile, all participants at the conference - the finance minister and the governor of the Bank of Israel, economics professors, bankers and industrialists - concurred that without a major change in the conflict with the Palestinians, Israel's economy will not recover. This Caesarea Conference consensus was not comprised of statements about secret understandings or hints about global plans. Instead, participants were fully aware of palpable, unequivocal reality: Almost two years of intifada violence has caused losses of NIS 36 billion and mired the economy into a state of deep stagnation.
It is no coincidence that the only person at the conference who denied this grim economic analysis was the prime minister. He asked participants to hope for the best and to believe the sun is about to rise. The economy is fundamentally sound, Sharon claimed, though there is a danger that gloomy forecasts could turn into self-fulfilling prophecy. Due to this danger, Sharon called on participants to shake away their pessimism.
Ariel Sharon is one content prime minister. His term is sweet compensation for the injustice which, he believes, was served to him in the past. He looks proud and pleased; he is happy about his tactical gains, and ignores his basic, continuing failure to extract the state from its woes.
When Sharon acknowledges that security and quiet is needed to attract investors and tourists, one fears he is yet again hoping to notch up a tactical victory. Perhaps he seeks a cease-fire, but not a fundamental solution; he might be trying to stamp down the Palestinian uprising by force, instead of seeking a stable agreement. Such tactical results (assuming they arise) would not clear away the primary factors which now prevent economic growth.
Grim analyses regarding the country's economic state are not foreign to the prime minister and the finance minister. They have heard such forecasts in recent weeks, in closed discussions of the socioeconomic cabinet. They learned that security expenditures grew NIS 6 billion in the last year, and that another NIS 3 billion will have to be allocated to this sphere next year. They have been told the conflict with the Palestinians has eradicated a decade of economic growth potential.
Five weeks ago, Sharon didn't believe holding a cabinet discussion on the economy was worth the trouble. Three weeks ago, he changed his tune when he was apprised of the financial crisis, and blunt positions voiced by Bank of Israel Governor David Klein. So too did Finance Minister Silvan Shalom surrender the pose of serene confidence regarding the economy.
These are commendable developments. They show that both Sharon and Shalom understand there is an economic reason to bring about real change in the security-diplomatic situation. Such knowledge doesn't guarantee there will be immediate change in the approach toward the Palestinians, but there is always hope that when morality and wisdom fail, economic incentive might breed better policy.
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Oddly, while the ads screamed, "The bristling best seller comes to angry life," the novel's author, Stephen Becker, isn't even mentioned on the posters, though screenwriters Larry Marcus and Saul Levitt are. I was drawn to the film for its cast, one chock-full of terrific character actors and up-and-comers, such as Gene Hackman's early screen appearance, in a role just prior to his star-making part in Bonnie and Clyde.
This Warner Archive Collection title offers a good anamorphic widescreen transfer and is region-free, though without any extras.
The story takes place in a small town in the American Southwest, sometime in the early 1920s. (Maharis's character drives an automobile with 1923 plates.) The notorious town slut is found strangled in her bedroom, and circumstantial evidence points to her insanely jealous and famously violent husband, Bryan Talbot (Earl Holliman). He's quickly tried and convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to be hanged. Immediately after the verdict is read, presiding Judge Hochstadter (Arthur O'Connell) is off on a fishing trip, leaving it up to junior Judge Ben Morealis Lewis (George Maharis), a Mexican-American, to oversee the hanging.
The film then gets terribly bogged down in Ben's love life, his relationship with his domineering Mexican mother (Katy Jurado, who in reality was only four years older than Maharis), and vaguely defined concerns about Ben's loyalty to his Mexican heritage. In the film, the townspeople, particularly District Attorney Dietrich (John Anderson), are mildly condescending toward the judge for his youth and lack of experience. I've not read the novel, but I wonder if in the book this condescension was instead explicitly racist, which is only barely hinted at here.
Meanwhile, Ben is having an affair with a "Swedish woman," Rosemary Berquist (Laura Devon, speaking with unaccented English) but later becomes attracted to una senorita guapa, Rafaela (Wende Wagner), the daughter of Ignacio (Emilio Fernández, The Wild Bunch).
(Major Spoilers) The picture finally starts to get interesting when, at the gallows, Talbot freaks out as the hangman tries to put a hood over Talbot's head. Both fall from the gallows and the hangman, hitting his head on a rock, is killed instantly. Shortly after, Talbot's neighbor from across the street, Bruce Donnelly (Whit Bissell), commits suicide, leaving a note confessing to the murder of Talbot's wife. While this exonerates Talbot of the first murder, what about the death of the hangman?
Despite the interesting legal quandary introduced too late in the film, A Covenant with Death never quite works, despite an all-in performance by Earl Holliman, and nice little character vignettes from Jurado, Anderson, O'Connell, Gene Hackman (as the lawman who arrests Talbot), and others.
The romantic triangle business is extremely trite while the townsfolk's apprehensions toward Ben are too vaguely and sheepishly defined to be of much interest.
Most of the picture was shot on the Warner Bros backlot and probably the nearby Columbia Ranch, though some location footage was taken near Santa Fe. It's not a cheap film though the period setting, with its costumes, antique cars, and elaborately dressed backlot streets, add little.
Video & Audio
A Covenant with Death is presented in 1.78:1 enhanced widescreen, approximating its original 1.85:1 original aspect ratio. The region-free transfer looks quite nice, with good detail, contrast, and color. Several fleeting frames are severely damaged and have not been digitally repaired, but that's a minor issue. The Dolby Digital mono audio (English only, not subtitles) is adequate. No Extra Features, not even a trailer.
Parting Thoughts
A minor "A" when it was new but all but forgotten today, A Covenant with Death has little in its favor, playing as it does like a minor league TV-movie bumped up to theatrical release status. Rent It.


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Crown Castle International Inc. (CCI - Free Report) plans to take possession of 2,300 ground lease-related assets from Wireless Capital Partners LLC for $180 million in cash. The proposed acquisition may increase the company's debt position by $320 million. The deal is expected to be completed by the end of March, 2012.
The lands to be purchased by Crown Castle includes carrier-owned towers. Therefore, with the completion of the deal, the carriers will automatically become tenants of Crown Castle and is anticipated to generate an annual cash flow of $42 million.
At the end of the third quarter of 2011, Crown Castle possessed $76 million of cash in its balance sheet. Therefore, the company will utilize the available $450 million of revolving credit facility in order to finance the recent deal with Wireless Capital.
In December, 2011, Crown Castle also entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held NextG Networks Inc. for approximately $1 billion. NextG is the largest provider of outdoor Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS). The deal is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2012. Hence, the acquisition of NextG Networks will facilitate the company to expand its reach into remote areas.
Moreover, growing popularity of smart-phone and tablet devices is expected to propel demand for wireless data and video services. Therefore, in order to meet this huge demand for data consumption, tower companies are expanding their tower portfolio.
In December, 2011, one of Crown Castle's closest peers, American American Tower Corp. (AMT - Free Report) , has purchased 2,500 towers from Pegaso PCS, the Mexican arm of Telefónica, for $500 million.
We believe that strong financial outlook and continuous share repurchase plan will act as tailwinds for the company going forward. However, huge debt and stiff competition from other tower companies will act as negative catalysts for the stock in the near future. We thus maintain our long-term Neutral recommendation on Crown Castle.
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AUSTIN, Texas -- Charlie Strong finally put an end to all the confusion on Tuesday. Or did he?
The great question is who exactly is responsible for calling the offensive plays at Texas, a topic that seemed fairly cut and dried when Strong first addressed it on Jan. 15, following the hiring of his staff.
"Joe Wickline will call plays on offense," Strong said then. "He's the offensive coordinator; he will call plays."
Wickline is indeed the offensive coordinator after nine years of coaching the offensive line at Oklahoma State. Shawn Watson was hired as the assistant head coach of the offense and quarterbacks coach after serving as Strong's offensive coordinator and playcaller at Louisville, and Strong insisted in January that Watson will be heavily involved in influencing the Longhorns offense.
This seemed like a simple plan at the time, but then a different message started to spread.
Earlier this month, Strong told CBS' Jeremy Fowler that Watson is "gonna be in charge" of play calling and will run the game planning and organization of the offense.
This came just days after Wickline and Watson each met with Texas reporters for the first time and explained that their efforts to oversee the Longhorns offense would be a collaboration. (Wickline discussed his relationship with Watson in this Q&A.) And Strong's quotes to CBS led to a Texas spokesperson confirming to multiple outlets that, yes, Wickline was still expected to call plays on game day.
There are some off-the-field aspects of this story, too. Watson will be paid more than Wickline. And as the Austin American-Statesman reported in January, language in Wickline's contract at Oklahoma State demanded that Texas would have to pay OSU a sum of $600,000 if Wickline wasn't named "offensive coordinator (with play-calling duties)."
So, what's going on here? Strong was given a chance to clarify Tuesday after his first spring practice.
"The one final voice will be Shawn," Strong said. "Joe is the offensive coordinator. Shawn is the assistant head coach in charge of the offense. Two guys work together."
Strong went on to explain that such a split is, in his experience, not uncommon. He was co-defensive coordinator with Greg Mattison for three years at Florida, from 2005 to 2007, and they both made calls. Sometimes those calls were overruled by Urban Meyer. They all made it work. He believes his offensive coaches can handle this.
"When you talk about play-calling duties, they're mature enough. They've been around it enough. Neither one has an ego," Strong said. "Wickline is going to be involved in it. He's going to make some calls. Shawn is going to make some calls. When we go down the stretch and we have to have a call made, I think Shawn, because he's been doing it for a long time and I'm comfortable with him.
"I don't think it will ever be an issue because those two guys have been around too long for the egos. I'm not going to put up with it and they know that. We're not here for ourselves; we're here for these players. And if you have an ego, you're working at the wrong place. Check your ego at the door and let's get going around here. We're here to win and get these young men graduated."
So there's your answer. Watson has final say. Both coaches will contribute play calls. It might sound like a convoluted plan, but that's the plan.
It's not that Strong is attempting to play a shell game and fool everybody. More likely, he's just working with two coaches he knows and trusts and is trying to give both the responsibilities they want.
This may be causing consternation with the fan base, but that doesn't seem to be the case internally. Wickline and Watson publicly act comfortable and confident when talking about their respective roles and about this collaboration process.
Of course, this scheme also threatens to cause issues in the moments when Wickline and Watson have conflicting views on what needs to happen. Wickline acknowledged this month that you never really know how a staff will work together until you hit the season, run into problems and must fix them. That's when Texas truly needs to know who its offensive "voice" is, and that title belongs to Watson.
Right now, all Watson and Wickline care about is getting this Texas offense assembled and up to speed. They'll continue to collaborate and cooperate. That's Strong's story, and he's sticking to it.


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Defense officials from the United States and Russia held a 90-minute video conference call on Saturday to discuss safe flight operations over Syria, according to the Pentagon.
"The discussions were professional and focused narrowly on the implementation of specific safety procedures," the U.S. Department of Defense said in a statement released on Saturday.
"Progress was made during the talks, and the U.S. agreed to another discussion with Russia in the near future," the statement added.
Russian air strikes hit 55 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group targets in Syria in the past 24 hours, the defense ministry said Saturday, as Moscow ramps up its military campaign in the war-torn country.
"In 64 sorties in the past 24 hours, the Russian air force hit 55 ISIS targets in Syria," the defense ministry said in a statement.
The Russian military said the latest strikes — conducted in the provinces of Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, Raqa and Idlib — destroyed 29 training camps for "terrorists," 23 defensive positions, two command centers and an ammunition depot.
"In the initial stage of our operation, our aircraft destroyed the principal and largest logistical hubs of the ISIS terrorist group," the statement said.
"This has led to a significant reduction in the fighting potential of armed groups, and a reduction in their mobility and their capacity to launch offensives."
Russia claimed that fighters are running out of arms, ammunition and fuel, leading them to become demoralized and leave their combat positions for the country's east and northeast.
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Lobsters, Cheesecake, Burial Plans: Summer 2011 2
It's turning out to be kind of a crazy summer around here.
Z. turned six two weeks ago. He'd been planning his birthday for a year, and actively fixating on it for at least six months, encouraged by the constant flow of birthdays in his kindergarten class.
After extensive negotiations we decided to go camping, and that I'd go into a nearby town and find him a cheesecake. And I'd get him lobster. So we went camping. I had contacted the Barnard General Store, who ordered and cooked lobsters for us at a ridiculously cheap price. I picked them up and brought them back to our campsite to eat with corn and potatoes for dinner.
I had been worried about the boys' sensitive little hearts. This was going to be the first time that they had eaten something while actually looking at its face. I placed a lobster on each plate, and started helping the boys crack them open to get to the meat. After I had removed a claw and handed it to E. to start to get the meat out of, he took it, pinched the lobster's still-attached antenna eand started singing,
Why are you pinching yourself, why'd you do that?! Why you pinching yourself, huh, huh?!
And cackling wildly. I realized they were made of tougher stuff than I had given them credit for.
After dinner it was on to dessert. I hadn't been able to find a cheesecake in even one of Woodstock's precious little bakeries and stores. So I had bought gelatin and sugar and cream cheese and, along with crushed up pretzels and fresh cherries we had back at camp, turned it into one of those silly no-bake ones.
And I got out the candles and we sang and there were presents and then we tried the cake. I thought it was pretty good, considering how it came into being.
Z. tried it, and then set me straight, looking earnestly at me and saying, Mommy, I wanted a cheesecake like this (shows me both thumbs up), but this one is like this (thumbs sideways, reproachful look). I think I sort of mumbled something about how it may not have been perfect but wasn't it cool that he had a mom who cared enough to make him cheesecake? While camping? With no oven?
Whatever. He was right. The only cool thing about it was that it actually happened.
And then a few days later, just about the time I had gotten the camping stuff put away, the boys hit me with this beaut as we were leaving the Y after swimming:
Mommy, when you die do you want to be all burned up or buried in the ground in a coffin?
What the hell? Can they hear the hypochondria streaming between my ears? My mental reviews of the state of my will because my foot hurts and PT isn't working and my restless leg syndrome is getting weird again?
I asked them if they really wanted to know. They assured me they did.
I could have done what the textbooks say, which would have been to answer the question as it was asked and then shut up.
Instead, I took a different route.
Instead I said something like,
Well, you know how I really care about other people and about recycling and taking care of planet Earth, right? See, you can be what's called an organ donor when you're done with your body and that's really cool because they take like your eyes or your liver and they give it so someone else so they can use it. And you can even let people learn from you after you're done living by letting them use your body for experiments and stuff and then they get to be really good doctors and help other people and that's super great because it's like you helped those people too. And then when everything useful is gone I want to be all burned up and put on the compost pile at cohousing so I can be part of the garden forever. Cool, right?
You're probably as surprised as I was to learn that they didn't think it was cool at all. They started wailing and yelling with their eyes all wide and welling up and everything, and then they swore they'd use swords and guns to defend my dead body so it could be in the ground in a coffin like it should be. And that they could put their own coffins next to mine when they died. And that we'd all spend eternity lying in our boxes next to where their dad buried his dead pet rats.
I'm pretty sure I agreed to all this.
After the crappy cheesecake, it only seemed fair.


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In what's expected to be one of the last storms of the winter, a low pressure trough will swoosh through San Diego County Sunday night and early Monday, producing winds that could gust 60 mph in the mountains, particularly the Cuyamacas, says the National Weather Service. The system also will bring up to a half-inch of rain on the western slopes of the mountains. Most of the winds will be in the 20-30 mph, with gusts to 55. But some winds could hit 60 and there's an outside chance of 70 mph in San Diego County, and father north, in the San Bernardino Mountains. A high wind watch goes into effect at 10 p.m. tonight.
A weather advisory says,"winds will make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Gusty winds may impact travel along Interstate 15 in the high desert, along Interstate 10 through the Banning Pass, and along Interstate 8 through the mountains. Watch for broken tree limbs and downed power lines."
As the satellite image below shows, moist air is already flowing into Southern California,. It will cause the marine layer to thicken through the afternoon. Daytime highs will be in the mid-60s at the coast and low 70s inland, in communities like Escondido.
Since the rainy season began on July 1, Lindbergh Field in San Diego has recorded 10.51'' of rain, which is 2.64'' above normal. The Ramona Airport has recorded 20.83'' of rain, which is 8.95'' above normal. Campo has gotten 15.31'', which is 3.49'' above normal.
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