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A Century of Mining
Idaho was not yet a state when Noah Kellogg and his jackass discovered the rich outcroppings of silver ore in the mountains east of Lake Coeur d'Alene. In time, thousands of miners were hauling silver from deep below the surface.
In its heyday, there were nearly 100 mines operating throughout the length and breadth of Silver Valley, from Burke and Mullan and Wallace to Kellogg, Wardner and Pinehurst.
This was mining on a gigantic scale: more than one billion ounces of silver, 8 million tons of lead, and 3 million tons of zinc. The wealth generated here in the Coeur d'Alene mining district sustained Idaho and the nation through two World Wars. Workers in Shoshone County had the highest per capita income in the State.
One of the most important mines operating in the valley was Bunker Hill. The miners called it "Uncle Bunker." What made Bunker Hill so important was that it was more than a mine; it was also a zinc plant and a lead smelter. This allowed other mines in the area to save shipping costs and remain economically viable.
But there was a darker side to all this prosperity. One could see it in the rivers and on the landscape. Nearly 100 million tons of mining waste stretched to the old Cataldo mission and beyond. Lead, zinc, cadmium, mercury and arsenic -- a lot of this mining waste eventually landed at the bottom of Lake Coeur d'Alene, the state's second largest lake.
As early as 1900, farmers downstream from the mines realized that this new industry was no friend of theirs. Frequent spring floods pushed the noxious brew of mine tailings onto their fields, poisoning crops and livestock. The farmers sued, but the mining companies had the law on their side, at least in Shoshone county.
The south fork of the Coeur d'Alene river became a dead zone for fish. The lead tailings near the Cataldo Mission routinely poisoned some migrating waterfowl. Parents told their children to stay away from the river.
The Bag house fire
In 1973, a fire at the Bunker Hill smelter marked a pivotal turning point in the environmental history of Idaho. To get the metals out of the ore, you have to melt them. That's what the smelter does. A filtration system called the bag house filtered out the emissions, like lead oxide, before they could be released into the air. Lead oxide is the culprit in lead poisoning.
A fire in the bag house in 1973 damaged the ability to filter out the lead oxide. The management of Gulf Resources -- a Texas company which owned Bunker Hill at that time-- decided to continue running the smelter because the price of silver was up, knowing full well that there would be a tremendous increase in emissions of lead oxide out of the stacks.
"It was illegal what they did in 1973," says Earl Bennett, former State Geologist. "It's illegal now. And I don't think there's anybody mining related or not that would try to justify what they did." It's estimated that 40 to 60 tons of lead oxide per month were dumped out into the air, before the bag house was completely repaired, almost a year later.
"By the time of the bag house fire, Gulf Resources had taken over the Bunker Hill mine," noted historian Katherine Aiken, "and so it no longer had the kind of local connections it always had. People in Texas were making decisions, and I think that makes a huge difference."
In 1974 Panhandle Health district began testing the Silver Valley children for lead poisoning. What they found was pretty scary: some of the highest blood lead levels in the world. In children, even mild lead poisoning can have a permanent effect on attention and IQ levels.
The Sunshine mine disaster
It's hard for most of us to imagine what it was like to be a silver miner back then. Sometimes you would travel for an hour just to get to your work station, located a mile or more below the surface. And then, one false move, one moment of inattention, and it could be your last.
To a miner, a rock burst miles underground seemed a more deadly and imminent health risk than the lead tailings above ground.
In May of 1972 the unthinkable happened. Fire broke out deep in the Sunshine mine, near Kellogg, trapping 93 miners far below the surface.
For one week the eyes of the world were transfixed on this remote region of idaho. When the smoke cleared, ninety one miners were dead, overcome by toxic fumes.
It was the worst workplace disaster in Idaho history, one of the worst in the nation, and it led to the creation of important safety reforms.
The mines close their doors
By 1981 sinking silver prices had slipped below the break even point for most of the region's mines. Threatening to close its doors was a ploy mining companies had used before to get concessions. But this time it was for real. Bunker Hill closed up shop. The impossible had happened. Uncle Bunker was no more.
Two years later the Environmental Protection Agency declared Bunker Hill and the 21 square mile area around it a superfund site. Silver Valley, once the most prosperous region of Idaho, slipped into a deep, deep depression.
In 2005, several mines are again operating. Mining will probably never again be the main attraction in the Silver Valley, but as geologist Earl Bennett explains, "I'm like all the other geologists that have worked in this area. We all think there's much more there than has been mined so far. We think the Silver Elephant still sits in these hills out here."


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West Lothian IBC's challenge in the play down stage of the gents Scottish Fours Championship came to grief with a last hurdle fall after the rink of Blair Mackie, Raymond Logan, Cameron Greer, and Calum Logan had build up encouraging momentum from three wins in a row.Read More
The 23-15 defeat from Falkirk in the section final played at The Alex Marshall Arena in East Lothian was a major disappointment but judged to be a fair outcome given that the stars from the Inveralmond Stadium failed to sparkle."We played good stuff to win our first three games but failed to fly out of the traps in the section final and that allowed Falkirk to streak into a 13-2 lead that kept us against the collar from start to finish", reflected Calum Logan the 27-year old West Lothian skip.
Logan and his front-three lunched their campaign at Midlothian IBC and their 21-16 win in the prelim round over Headwell was followed by nail biting 22-21 success over Tweedbank then the WL domestic champs dealt a 20-13 exit to Coatbridge.
Falkirk's section win takes them into the Last Four stage at Aberdeen IBC on the weekend of Marsh 25/26 where East Lothian, Blantyre, and Garioch are the other semi finalists.
The rink comprising Davie Ross, Jimmy Mallon, Jim Speirs, and Walter McDougall represented the Balbardie IBC banner and a strong first round performance saw them crush Berwickshire, 29-10. The move from Midlothian to East Lothian for their second round clash against Falkirk set the scene for an epic battle that ended in a dramatic 18-17 defeat for McDougall and Co.
The ladies version of the national fours championship ended in the failure of both West Lothian and Balbardie to qualify for the final stage that will be contested by Headwell, Abbeyview, Arbroath, and Blantyre. The WL rink of Sandra Purdie, Irene Wright, Carole Clarkson, and Margaret Russell did show promise with good opening wins over Tweedbank (26-14) and West of Scotland (21-16) at East Lothian IBC. But the strongly formed East Fife rink of Lesley Doig, Havanna Clark, Julie Sword, and Lynn Stein always had the measure of Russell and Co in their second round clash and dealt WL a 24-8 exit.
The Balbardie rink of Betty Johnston, Angie Uttley, Helen Wilson, and Margo Duff had a bye into the first round where any further progress was halted by a narrow 16-14 defeat from Falkirk.
Balbardie gents resume their Premier League campaign this weekend with a crucial foot of the table battle against Lanarkshire at Bathgate and the team line up reads as follows, Rink 1. Duncan Smith, John Ellis, Mark Bonar, and Sandy McDougall. Rink 2. Tam Whitfield, Jimmy Mallon, Jim Speirs, and Walter McDougall. Rink 3. Calum Black, Lindsay Forrest, Davie Ross, and Ewan Shearer. Rink 4. Graham Keery, Scott McMaster, Brian Craig, and Gary Orr.
The high flying gents team from West Lothian IBC are bidding to make it six wins out of six when they visit foot of the table Arbroath in Division 1 North. Ace figure Neil Speirs is ruled out by an injury and the team lines up as follows. Rink 1. James Greenock, Ian Drysdale, Craig Moss, and Thomas Mann. Rink 2. Jamie Gracie, Ray Logan ©, Cameron Greer, and Mark Allison. Rink 3. Paul Lynas, Blair Mackie, Des Hagart, and Calum Logan. Rink 4. Bryan Cooper, Connor McKendrick, Stuart Johnston, and James Speirs.
The ladies of Balbardie face a tough visit to Midlothian in the East Premier League while their West Lothian counterparts parade their skills at Livingston against Teviotdale in Division 1 East – note a 12noon start.

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ESa is currently providing masterplanning and design services to help transform the Rapid City Regional Hospital campus. Expansion goals include the addition of patient beds to transition to all private rooms, connected parking, improved wayfinding and the addition of integrated physician spaces. Given this is part of the largest construction project in the healthcare system's history, the client also desires to rebrand and reinvest in the local community.
On-going, phased improvements at the existing campus include 260,000-square-feet of additions and renovations and a new integrated 80,000- square-foot, four-story hospital office building. Culture-based design aesthetic is incorporated into the design to acknowledge the 30% of the patient population who is Native American. Focus groups consisting of caregivers, physicians and the community contributed to the clients' rebranding efforts.
Flipping the main entrance from the north to the south, the campus is reconfigured to better accommodate future growth. Providing registration and waiting areas at the main entrance, the atrium lobby offers improved wayfinding and connectivity to the new bed tower and the hospital office building. Adjacent to the lobby are gift shop and retail spaces and an integrated two-story parking structure that will provide patients and staff with convenient parking during inclement weather. Improvements include a newly relocated and expanded Emergency Department, new bed tower (adding 32 critical care beds and shell space) and a Central Utility Plant expansion. The additions have also been designed for future interior buildout, vertical and horizontal expansion.
A joint venture between a large national healthcare contractor and a local contractor have partnered with the architect and other team members since the masterplanning phase to help determine cost-effective, realistic design solutions from the project's onset.


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PORTLAND, Ore. - The Santa Clara University women's basketball team dropped a 69-61 decision to Portland tonight in West Coast Conference action at the Chiles Centre in Portland. Junior guard Quinn Thomas netted 17 points, but Santa Clara falls to 6-14, 2-5. Khalila O'Rielly-Williams scored 20 points to lead the Pilots to victory and improve their record to 9-11, 4-3.
Three Bronco freshmen also performed well. Forwards Ashley Gonnerman and Jenni Gottschalk finished with 13 and 12 points respectively, with Gottschalk recording a new career high. Point guard Ashley Graham posted her first double-digit assist game, dishing out a career-high 12 tonight.
Portland also saw a strong performance from Ashlee Orndorf, who recorded 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Whitney Grant and Lauren Himmelspach, who also notched 14 points each.
The Broncos' offense got to work immediately, with Gonnerman converting a three-point play, and Thomas hitting a baseline three to cap a 10-0 Santa Clara run and open a 16-6 lead. Portland responded with a run of their own and pushed ahead 21-20 on an O'Rielly-Williams drive. The teams traded leads, but back-to-back lay-ups from Gottschalk put SCU ahead 30-28 heading into the final two minutes of the half. Neither team scored again, and the Broncos had their eighth halftime lead of the season. Gottschalk had 10 at the break to lead Santa Clara, while Gonnerman had nine and Thomas eight to spread out the scoring. Orndorff paced the Pilots with 11.
The Broncos extended their lead to four, but Portland took the lead again with 12 minutes remaining, on a three-pointer from Whitney Grant. O'Rielly-Williams hit a baseline jumper to extend that lead to 45-40 at the 10-minute mark. Second-half foul trouble for the Broncos put the Pilots on the line early and often, with Portland finishing the night 27-34 from the charity stripe.
Portland pulled ahead by 10, 57-47 on two free throws with five minutes remaining. Santa Clara kept the contest exciting, going on a quick 9-0 run to make it a one-point game with less than four minutes to play. It started with a drive by Graham, who converted a three-point play. She then hit from long range from the right side. Redshirt freshman forward Tori Markey kept the momentum with the Broncos with a steal and a feed to freshman guard Anna Martin, who found Thomas outside. Thomas hit a three from the same spot where Graham had just scored.
Graham kept the hot hand, hitting from the opposite wing to pull SCU to 61-59. Hanna Seltzer hit a pull-up jumper, but senior forward Jennie Rondel responded to keep Portland's lead at two. A Bronco foul put O'Rielly-Williams on the line, where she converted one of two shots to give the Pilots a three-point lead heading into the final minute. However, two Bronco turnovers in the final minute of the game put the contest out of reach for the visitors.
Thomas made five shots from behind the arc, with her third giving her sole possession of second place in the Broncos' career listing, and she now has 144. She passed 2002 graduate Becki Ashbaugh (141), who was in attendance tonight, as she is attending law school at the University of Oregon. In fact, 10 former Broncos held a mini reunion in conjunction with tonight's contest.
Santa Clara will return to the courts next Thursday, for a 7 p.m. tip-off at the University of San Diego in continuing league action.


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SUMMER OF '69: Woodstock festival marks 45th anniversary
Forty-five years after some 500,000 people gathered on Max Yasgur's farm in New York's Sullivan County, the property's current owner is welcoming visitors to enjoy music, camping and other activities.
For three days in 1969, from Aug. 15-18, Bethel, N.Y., was site of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair – billed as "3 Days of Peace & Music" -- that showcased such talent at Joe Cocker, the Grateful Dead, Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Santana, Janis Joplin, The Who, Sha Na Na and Jimi Hendrix, among the myriad acts that took the stage.
In recalling her performance there for Forbes, Jefferson Airplane lead singer Grace Slick countered the cultural romanticism that surrounds Woodstock.
"Woodstock was basically a mess," she tells the magazine. "We really didn't get to see anybody. We were in a hotel and the roads were all clogged, so they sent a helicopter to pick us up and drop us backstage a half an hour before we were to go on."
"Woodstock was basically a mess."
The festival took place about a month after the U.S. sent a man to the moon, and as the Vietnam War was still raging.
Events held this weekend at the site include a "Hippie Thanksgiving" and a showing of the Academy Award-winning "Woodstock" documentary at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
According to the Poughkeepsie Journal, Hugh Romney, known as Wavy Gravy, was working at Woodstock alongside fellow members of the Hog Farm commune. The group served food to the concertgoers and aided those whose LSD trips had gone bad.
Romney delivered famous stage announcements, the paper reported, including, "We must be in heaven, man!" which became a rallying cry for the festival.
Woodstock "was a miracle. It was the real jelly. There was an energy prevalent at Woodstock, and if you surrendered to it, you didn't need to sleep much, you could do amazing things. It would move you," he told the Journal.
Michael Lang, who staged Woodstock, told the Journal that he understands why the area is still a draw, nearly a half-century after the event.
"The thing that comes to mind is that it really represented a moment of hope in what was a very dark and tumultuous period, and sort of represented that around the world," said Lang, who also staged Woodstock anniversary concerts in 1994 and 1999. "I think that has been imprinted on us all. Woodstock has become synonymous with the possibility of a better world."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Frequently Asked Questions About Dioxins
We occasionally receive questions about dioxins from architects and designers. It's one of those words that people find very scary – and reasonably so. Based on laboratory animal studies, dioxins have the potential to cause cancer, reproductive and developmental problems, and damage to the immune system.
Almost every living creature has been exposed to dioxins or dioxin-like compounds.
Today people are exposed to dioxins primarily by eating food, in particular animal products, contaminated by these chemicals. Dioxins are absorbed and stored in fat tissue and, therefore, accumulate in the food chain. More than 90 percent of human exposure is through food, mainly meat and dairy products, fish and shellfish.1 Very little exposure comes from manufacturing – and an even tinier amount is attributable to the vinyl industry.
While dioxins are a health concern, they're largely not a building materials or interior products health concern because human exposure overwhelmingly comes from the food we eat.
What are dioxins?
Dioxins are a family of chemicals that are a byproduct of incomplete combustion when halogen-containing substances are present. Halogen containing substances include common table salt (sodium chloride) and common farmland nutrients (potassium chloride). With incomplete combustion of organic materials in the presence of halogen containing substances and compounds, chemical compounds – including dioxin – have the potential to be emitted. Even common materials such as wood can produce dioxins during incomplete combustion. Think, for example, of the leftover pieces of logs in your fireplace or the remnants in your backyard fire-pit. Both are examples where the fire wasn't hot enough to incinerate everything. In a larger scenario, a forest fire likewise results in incomplete combustion.
If you visualize dioxin as being in small airborne particulate matter like soot, it comes out of a fire and into the air. It lands on the ground and can end up in groundwater and in vegetative growth. Cows and chickens and other livestock eat from the ground and absorb dioxin. Dioxins do not break down easily so they accumulate in animals in fatty tissue– and then in our bodies as well once consumed in certain foods.
Where do dioxins emissions come from?
Manufacturing sources of dioxin include diverse industries, such as metals, wood, brick, concrete, chemicals and plastics, petroleum refining, and certain combustion-type power generation.
Strict regulatory controls on these major industrial sources of dioxin have reduced emissions into the air by 90 percent, compared to levels in 1987.2 According to the National Institute of Health, dioxins are produced through a variety of incineration processes, including improper municipal waste incineration and burning of trash in addition to being released into the air during natural processes, such as forest fires and volcanic eruptions. Exhaust from diesel and gasoline engines, and smoke and ash from wood-burning fireplaces, have also been shown to contain dioxins.3 Cigarette smoke also contains small amounts of dioxins.4 Even fireworks displays produce dioxins.5
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According to 2014 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data, 4.5 grams of toxic equivalent (TEQ) of dioxin released into the air and water came from the chlor-vinyl industry. Contrast that to the 190.2 grams TEQ released to air and water from all U.S. industrial sources during that same period– and 472.6 grams TEQ of dioxin estimated by the EPA for its 20066 Dioxin Assessment released into the air from the combination of forest fires and backyard burning events.
The vinyl industry has significantly reduced its ambient environmental (air and water) dioxin emissions over time. In fact, based on the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory reports, dioxin ambient emissions to air and water from the chlor-vinyl chain have been reduced by 87 percent during the period 2000–2014.
Why is there so much focus on dioxin?
Back in the 1970s, dioxin levels peaked, and prompted new safeguards and regulations to be put in place to reduce dioxin levels in the United States. At the same time, vinyl manufacturers along with those in other industries started to tackle the problem with new technologies and new environmental controls. Much progress has been made in reducing manmade exposures over the past 40 years.
Indeed, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences says that "the extent of the hazard has diminished in the U.S. as environmental controls significantly reduced the introduction of new industrial sources of dioxin."7
- EPA website: https://www.epa.gov/dioxin/learn-about-dioxin, accessed Dec. 13, 2016
- Dioxins, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, June 2012, https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/materials/dioxins_new_508.pdf
- An Inventory of Sources and Environmental Releases of Dioxin-Like Compounds in the United States for the Years 1987, 1995, and 2000, US EPA, November, 2006
- https://www.epa.gov/dioxin/learn-about-dioxin
- Schmid P., et.al., Releases of chlorobenzenes, chlorophenols and dioxins during fireworks. Chemosphere. 2014 Nov;114:158-64. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.03.088. Epub 2014 May 14.
- Ibid. 3
- Ibid. 2


text: NYSE:HAL - Halliburton Stock Price, News, & Analysis Sign in or create an account to add this stock to your watchlist. Get Started $23.51 -1.23 (-4.97 %) (As of 05/24/2019 04:58 AM ET)Previous Close$24.74Today's Range$23.03 - $25.4852-Week Range$24.33 - $52.95Volume23.36 million shsAverage Volume9.92 million shsMarket Capitalization$20.55 billionP/E Ratio12.37Dividend Yield2.81%Beta1.14 ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on StocktwitsPrint this articleShare by Email Halliburton Company provides a range of services and products to oil and natural gas companies worldwide. The company's Completion and Production segment offers production enhancement services, including stimulation and sand control services; and cementing services, such as bonding the well, well casing, and casing equipment. It also provides completion tools that offer downhole solutions and services, including well completion products and services, intelligent well completions, liner hanger and sand control systems, and service tools; production solutions comprising coiled tubing, hydraulic workover units, and downhole tools; and pipeline and process services, such as pre-commissioning, commissioning, maintenance, and decommissioning. In addition, this segment offers oilfield completion, production, and downstream water and process treatment chemicals and services; and electrical submersible pumps and progressive cavity pumps, as well as artificial lift services. The company's Drilling and Evaluation segment provides drilling fluid systems, performance additives, completion fluids, solids control, specialized testing equipment, and waste management services; and drilling systems and services. It also offers wireline and perforating services, including open-hole logging, and cased-hole and slickline; and drill bits and services comprising roller cone rock bits, fixed cutter bits, hole enlargement, and related downhole tools and services, as well as coring equipment and services. In addition, this segment provides integrated exploration, drilling, and production software, as well as related professional and data management services; testing and subsea services, such as acquisition and analysis of reservoir information and optimization solutions; and project management, consulting, integrated asset management, and well control and prevention services. Halliburton Company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Receive HAL News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for HAL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Oil & gas field services, not elsewhere classified Sub-IndustryOil & Gas Equipment & Services SectorOils/Energy Current SymbolNYSE:HAL Previous Symbol CUSIP40621610 CIK45012 Webhttp://www.halliburton.com/ Phone281-871-2699Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.07 Current Ratio2.22 Quick Ratio1.57Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio12.37 Forward P/E Ratio16.91 P/E Growth1.38 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$24.00 billion Price / Sales0.86 Cash Flow$3.4271 per share Price / Cash Flow6.86 Book Value$11.01 per share Price / Book2.14Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.90 Net Income$1.66 billion Net Margins7.34% Return on Equity16.26% Return on Assets5.76%Miscellaneous Employees60,000 Outstanding Shares873,980,000Market Cap$20.55 billion Next Earnings Date7/22/2019 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) Frequently Asked Questions What is Halliburton's stock symbol? Halliburton trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HAL." How often does Halliburton pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Halliburton? Halliburton declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 17th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 5th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Wednesday, June 26th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.06%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 4th. View Halliburton's Dividend History. How were Halliburton's earnings last quarter? Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) posted its earnings results on Monday, April, 22nd. The oilfield services company reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.23. The oilfield services company earned $5.74 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.53 billion. Halliburton had a return on equity of 16.26% and a net margin of 7.34%. The firm's revenue was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.41 EPS. View Halliburton's Earnings History. When is Halliburton's next earnings date? Halliburton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Halliburton. What price target have analysts set for HAL? 26 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Halliburton's stock. Their predictions range from $33.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Halliburton's stock price to reach $44.4348 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 89.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Halliburton. What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Halliburton? 26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Halliburton in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 22 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Halliburton. Has Halliburton been receiving favorable news coverage? News headlines about HAL stock have trended neutral on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Halliburton earned a media sentiment score of 0.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the oilfield services company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. Who are some of Halliburton's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Halliburton include Schlumberger (SLB), Core Laboratories (CLB), Propetro (PUMP), Liberty Oilfield Services (LBRT), Oceaneering International (OII), RPC (RES), Franks International (FI), Select Energy Services (WTTR), SemGroup (SEMG), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), C&J Energy Services (CJ), Keane Group (FRAC), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), FTS International (FTSI) and KLX Energy Services (KLXE). What other stocks do shareholders of Halliburton own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Halliburton investors own include Schlumberger (SLB), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), Noble Energy (NBL), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Gilead Sciences (GILD), General Electric (GE), Boeing (BA), Netflix (NFLX) and Citigroup (C). Who are Halliburton's key executives? Halliburton's management team includes the folowing people: Mr. Jeffrey Allen Miller, Pres, CEO & Chairman (Age 55)Mr. Lawrence J. Pope, Exec. VP of Admin. & Chief HR Officer (Age 51)Mr. Robb L. Voyles, Exec. VP, Sec. & Gen. Counsel (Age 61)Mr. Joe D. Rainey, Pres of Eastern Hemisphere (Age 62)Mr. Lance Loeffler, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 42) Who are Halliburton's major shareholders? Halliburton's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.77%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.48%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.66%), Sanders Capital LLC (2.65%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (1.42%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.20%). Company insiders that own Halliburton stock include Anne L Beaty, David J Lesar, Eric Carre, James S Brown, Jeffrey Allen Miller, Lance Loeffler, Lawrence J Pope, Murry Gerber, Robb L Voyles and Timothy Mckeon. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Halliburton. Which major investors are selling Halliburton stock? HAL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Management Group LLP, Toronto Dominion Bank, FMR LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Cacti Asset Management LLC, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and State of Wisconsin Investment Board. Company insiders that have sold Halliburton company stock in the last year include Anne L Beaty, James S Brown and Lance Loeffler. View Insider Buying and Selling for Halliburton. Which major investors are buying Halliburton stock? HAL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pzena Investment Management LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Macquarie Group Ltd., SG Americas Securities LLC, Sanders Capital LLC, Natixis, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and Highland Associates Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Halliburton. How do I buy shares of Halliburton? Shares of HAL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab. What is Halliburton's stock price today? One share of HAL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.51. How big of a company is Halliburton? Halliburton has a market capitalization of $20.55 billion and generates $24.00 billion in revenue each year. The oilfield services company earns $1.66 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.90 on an earnings per share basis. Halliburton employs 60,000 workers across the globe. What is Halliburton's official website? The official website for Halliburton is http://www.halliburton.com/. How can I contact Halliburton? Halliburton's mailing address is 3000 NORTH SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY EAST, HOUSTON TX, 77032. The oilfield services company can be reached via phone at 281-871-2699 or via email at [email protected] MarketBeat Community Rating for Halliburton (NYSE HAL)Community Ranking: 3.6 out of 5 ( )Outperform Votes: 1,658 (Vote Outperform)Underperform Votes: 645 (Vote Underperform)Total Votes: 2,303MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Halliburton and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe HAL will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe HAL will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. This page was last updated on 5/24/2019 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: What is a stock buyback? Receive Analysts' Upgrades and Downgrades Daily Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of analysts' upgrades, downgrades and new coverage with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter.


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TAIYUAN, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- A movie jointly made by five directors from five BRICS countries was previewed in north China's Shanxi Province on Wednesday afternoon.
The movie, named Where Has Time Gone, will be screened nationwide in China next Thursday, said Jia Zhangke, its Chinese director. It was previewed by film critics and mass media in Taiyuan, Shanxi's capital.
The other directors are Walter Salles from Brazil, Aleksey Fedorchenko from Russia, Madhur Bhandarkar from India and Jahmil X. T. Qubeka from South Africa.
Jia, a native of Shanxi, told the press that the movie is in five parts. The Brazilian part shows the aftermath of a dam collapse. The Indian part tells the friendship between an old man and an orphan. The Russian part depicts a couple living in a valley. The one from South African director is set in the future. Jia's story is about a couple who want a second child.
According to the Chinese director, the five BRICS countries are all rapidly developing and the lives of people have similarities. "But different cultural backgrounds and history result in different ways of thinking," he said.
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I have been making creeping progress with my Alhambra scarf. The pattern is not thrilling, but it is satisfying in a geometric way to watch the yarn overs and decreases curl apart and curve back together. Since I memorised the lace pattern, I can easily pluck it out of my bag to work on it in snatched moments waiting to get somewhere, waiting for people to arrive, or waiting to go onstage, such as here, in the peculiar Green Room-cum-nursery we used for the Vagina Monologues.
All of those moments have added up over two feet of scarf.
The last scarf I made was right at the beginning of my knitting career, and was an agonising 2x2 rib that so tested my newly acquired skills it made me want to garrotte myself with it. This is an altogether more mellow experience, partly because it is probably for myself (I am not sure it is a good colour on me, so it may end up around the neck of a more autumnal friend) or at least does not have a deadline, and partly because, well, I have just got better at knitting since then. It is nice to feel I am making progress over all in this craft, even if the foolish mistakes I still make sometimes obscure this fact. It is also nice not to have to worry overly about gauge - as long as I end up with a rectangle long enough to wrap around my neck who cares about the exact dimensions? Talking of gauge and mistakes, I have another tale of woe to blog about soon, but for now I think I shall just revel in simple, forgiving scarf-making.


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Here is a place that is worth visiting, any time of year!
This site will describe some of the places and features of the Lake Almanor area in Plumas County, California.
Lake Almanor is a man-made lake created by damming the North Fork of the Feather River at a location now known as Canyon Dam. It is approx. seven miles wide by 15 miles long with an area of approx. 65 sq. miles. The lake has roughly a "U" shape with the Almanor Penisula projecting into it from the north. It was originally built by the Great Western Power Co. to provide a source of water for a hydroelectric generation plant built in the Butt Valley approximately 4 mi. to the west. The water transits a tunnel and penstocks in getting to the plant. The Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) bought the facility in (tbd) and has operated it since that time. The Butt Valley powerhouse is the first in a series of seven owned and operated by the PG&E that utilize the Feather River watershed. More information on the lake will be provide on subsequent pages. Thanks for visiting and be sure to sign our guestbook below.
This is a view of Mt. Lassen Peak and its neighbors from Lake Almanor (vicinity of Prattville). Mt. Lassen is the centerpiece of Lassen Volcanic National Park and is rated as an active volcano due to the fumeroles at areas like The Sulphur Works and Bumpuss Hell that still spew steam and fragrant aromas :-). The Park is approximately 30 mi. distant from the town of Chester via Calif. Hwy 36 and 89.


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Young's Double Slit Experiment Aparatus on a Water Budget
I've been asked to prepare a presentation on a number of topics including multi-path induced fading. I wanted a practical demonstration and remembered Young's classic experiment from my collage days. I don't exactly have access to that kind of apparatus anymore. The Internet to the rescue! There is an amazing teachers reference which includes a way to make optical diffraction slits at home. It works very well. Now I just need something to hold the laser pointer and the slide. I'll post some pictures when I can get a stable setup.
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When I brought out the guitar and the keyboard, I knew I had everyone's attention. The props were for a training on GarageBand, and by the time I was ready to use them and begin with Event #4, I had already done the following:
- Gained their attention - I used a storytelling technique for this approach, telling of a young musical team that will need to use the software to record.
- Informed the Learner of the Objective - I briefly mentioned what we would accomplish in training, emphasizing that this was just an intro course.
- Stimulated Recall - I told learners that we would be recording the song "Heart & Soul," allowing them to recall what the song is supposed to sound like so that they can compare it to the recording.
After that, I was ready for Events Four through Seven.
Now that we were ready to open the application and begin recording, it was necessary to give a short tour of GarageBand and demo what the program could do. Presenting information can take on many forms depending upon the type of material you are presenting. In this case, I was presenting a piece of software, so the information I was giving to learners was more visually based. If this had been a training on procedural information, the presentation would have been more aural.
Now that you've given the learners the information they need, this is the time for them to provide feedback. Training often incorporates group discussion, games, or roleplay and all of these provide opportunity for the instructor to provide guidance to the learner. In my GarageBand training, I provided guidance while learners added a new instrument for recording. They had just seen my demonstration, and now I would walk them through the process.
At this stage, you will see the variations in how your audience learns. For some, just seeing the demonstration is enough - those are your visual learners. For others, they will need to perform the motions themselves before committing anything to memory - those are your tactile learners. No matter what, it can be agreed upon that the more practice available, the more likely attendees will retain the information.
By the time I had demonstrated the process and walked the participants through the process, they were ready to repeat the process on their own. This is where eliciting performance comes in to play. Typically, you will see this aspect of training in the form of role playing. In the case of technology, practicing the use of the software or equipment is the equivalent of role playing.
I've written in the past that I am not a huge fan of role playing in the traditional sense and I still stand by my reasoning. There are other ways to elicit performance that are not as gut wrenching as performing in front of your peers. I challenge you to think out of the box and let me know which ways you get your learners performing during training.
You cannot, in good faith, let a trainee leave having not followed up with them on their performance. Ultimately, you want to let people know how they did. Are they getting it right? Do they need some extra practice? Are they struggling with a specific concept? In order to provide feedback, you will need to be observant so that feedback is detailed and tailored to each individual.
Giving feedback to participants to help them grow does not need to be a formal conversation, but should be conversational and fit the scope of the course. Anything from "Good Job" to "You may also want to try it this way" or "If you would like more practice" will be perfect for most training courses.
It is important to note that Eliciting Performance and Feedback should be continual, going on even after the training is complete. Once the learner is back in the trenches, they will be expected to use what they learned (eliciting performance) and receive feedback from their supervisor. And this sets us up for the final steps of Gagne's 9 Events of Instruction - Assessment and Retention.


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Gardaí have confirmed that skeletal remains discovered at Killakee Mountain in Dublin on Friday were those of a woman.
The remains were discovered by a woman out walking in a wooded area.
Detectives are awaiting the results of DNA testing and dental records following a post-mortem examination carried out today.
They are examining the possibility that the body could be that of one of 20 women who have been reported missing.
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New Delhi, June 14: The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) can now conduct main exams for different positions as the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed its appeal challenging Allahabad High Court order directing re-evaluation of the answer-sheets.
The high court had ordered the re-evaluation of the answer sheets of the candidates on the basis of the correct answer to the questions. The Supreme Court order on Thursday effectively ruled out the re-evaluation as was ordered by the high court.
A vacation bench of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Deepak Gupta allowed the UPPSC plea.
The preliminary examinations were held in 2017 and main exams were scheduled to be conducted on June 18.
Earlier, main exams were slated to be held on May 18 but because of the High Court order directing re-evaluation of the answer-sheet, the exams were re-scheduled for June 18.
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Taiwan's Hsieh Yu-hsing coasted to a 21-16, 21-12 win over Iranian Kaveh Mehrabi yesterday and although China's leaders have repeated the mantra, ad nauseam, that the Olympic Games should not be politicized, its badminton fans had other plans yesterday.
When Hsieh took to the court, the Beijing crowd treated him as one of their own.
At one point during Hsieh's match against Iran's Kaveh Mehrabi someone in the crowd tried several times to start the chant "Go Team Taipei!" but the other spectators were not having it.
Moments later, a spectator on another side of the gymnasium started shouting "Go Team China!" and it caught on and was repeated throughout the match.
"It felt like I was back on my home court, like I was competing in Taiwan," Hsieh said. "The crowd was really into it."
But wouldn't they be chanting something slightly different in Taiwan?
"Yes, yes," Hsieh said. "But I wasn't really thinking about it, I was just trying to be serious and play each game well."
In other the matches, Canadian Anna Rice overcame opening-day nerves yesterday to defeat Eva Lee of the US in three sets at the Olympic badminton tournament.
Rice defeated Lee 21-15, 19-21, 21-19 in the first round of women's singles at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.
In earlier matches, Maria Kristen Yulianti of Indonesia rallied to defeat Juliane Schenk of Germany 18-21, 21-13, 22-20, setting up a second-round showdown with Spain's Yoana Martinez. Martinez was a 21-9, 21-16 winner over Australia's Erin Carroll.
Other first-round winners included Japan's Eriko Hirose who defeated Iceland's Ragna Bjorg Ingolfsdottir 21-6, 19-7.
Ingolfsdottir was forced to retire in the second set after twisting her left knee.
Larysa Gryga of Ukraine downed Italy's Agnese Allegrini 21-15, 21-11. Egypt's Hadia Hosny beat Mexico's Deyanira Angulo 21-18, 7-21, 21-14.


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What is up my dudes, today, we are going to be talking about The Mountain, Montagne himself. Now if you've seen my previous video on Blitz, there's going to be a lot of similarities, because uh, guess what they both have shields, plot twist. Now how do you control a mountain? Montagne is, montagne, montagnee? Montague? Uhh. Don't take your shield down, face directly at the enemy, and only aim for a strike when you know you're safe! As said in my Blitz video, you should really only be aiming to shoot at the enemy when you now they're distracted or when you know you won't get shot at in the shnozz when you lower your shield.
Now some people are a little more aggressive with Monty some aren't. If you like to play an aggressive Monty I would really recommend bringing flashbangs, because throwing a flashbang from under cover allows you to secure a time period where you are guaranteed safety to aim at the enemy while they're blinded. Imagine a boxer keeping his arms up protecting his face waiting for the right time for his opponent to let down his guard so you can strike and get a perfect blow, and that's really how you should be engaging enemies with Monty. Now when you're with your teammates, that's a little bit of a different story, but you still take the same principles. Monty is character that can control avenues and flanks and provide cover for his teammates because of his extendable shield. He can provide a ton of cover for his teammates in areas where there wouldn't otherwise be any cover. A strategy that goes along with this is extending your shield to give cover while leaving a narrow gap that your teammates can shoot through, but take this strategy with a grain of salt because Montagne's shield is transparent, so enemies can see your teammates behind you, and will notice them trying to peek that narrow gap.
Despite the risk, this strategy can often yield incredible results. The key necessity for this strategy and Monty in general though is our next point. Montagne is a source of information. When you're going through the map and blocking doorways and flanks for your teammates, you should also be calling out for them. You are their eyes into the room in front of you, and also you're blocking their view, so they don't know what's going on on the other side of your shield ya fuckin dingus, so let them know what's going on. This includes letting your teammates know in what corner of the room they are, and also using your tag button to actually show a physical area. Beyond this, Monty can be used to actually secure objectives really well. Not only can he push into a room safely, but he can also let your remaining teammates know where the enemies are holding out in the room.
So if you are a Monty and it comes down to the wire in an objective match, really support your teammates in securing that win, because ultimately Monty IS a support character that works well with other operators, and taking the previous into consideration, another recommendation I have for Montagne is that you roll with another player, preferably someone with an automatic assault rifle or an SMG. Part of the reasoning for this is because as a shield operator, you don't have that great of a gun; you just have a flimsy little wittle pistol, and when heading towards the objective with a high powered operator with an assault rifle, you really have a better chance to take on any defenders in your way. So make sure you pair up Monty with a buddy. Other than that, some tips for taking on an enemy Monty would be to gauge where he's at, use explosives behind him, and fake him out.
So by gauging where he's at, I mean sometimes a player who's operating Monty is not very aggressive and he kind of just stands there, so in that situation you should really revert your priorities to his other operator friends that are near him. Here's an example where this Monty really wasn't doing shit, but I knew he had a friend outside the door. I actually ended up losing, because I'm not used to this Call of Duty dropshot doof, but the concept still applies, trust me. As far as using explosives behind him, a while ago Rainbow Six updated shield operators so that C4s do not completely kill someone if they're in the blast radius. The C4 has to be behind them to fully kill them, and if it blows up in front of the shield operator, it will only damage them. So if you're a defender, be sure to throw your C4 behind Monty's extended shield, and if you are Monty, if someone throws a C4 at you, make sure your shield is facing that C4. The last tip I have involves the all too common situation where a Monty blocks you from entering a doorway by he himself standing in that doorway with his shield extended.
The way to counter this situation and others where Monty has his back against a wall, is to fake him out. By catching an angle on him when he's scared and trying to keep cover from you, you will secure a win, and that's pretty much it. By using these tips and skills, Monty will not be an obstacle for you, and you will also be a master of the Monty.
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There are two places we could go locally.
One of these, a heavily advertised bath showroom (Simon's) with multiple locations, is not open on Sunday. This means that since Mike works Saturday, each of us would have to go there and look at the product separately. (Pain in the butt.) Or, one of us would have to entrust the other to pick something out. (Not gonna happen - he wants durability that only he can determine by actually "touching" the thing. I want stylish and economical.)
I tried to get a look at some of their products on their website... but their website only leads me to various manufacturer's websites, where I have to hunt and peck for products... The whole process was cumbersome and I tired of it after running into a brick wall at the first ill-performing manufacturer's website.
Forget that.
The other place is FW Webb, a store geared towards professional plumbers. Mike and I have both been there separate times, and each time, found them completely unwilling to service the humble homeowner - completely unhelpful and almost downright rude in fact. In my personal experience going there, I needed a simple baseboard end cap. No one who worked there would take the time to show me where they were. In fact, they made in blatantly obvious that they did not care.
The plumbers who were in there shopping were so much more courteous and helpful then the employees. (Never met a plumber I didn't like - I don't know why they have such a dubious reputation. I've found every single pro plumber to be a really great and down-to-earth sort of guy.) One plumber dude helped me look, and even cornered another employee for me until we got an answer and found the end cap I needed.
And of course, I paid up the wazzoo for the thing.
But they don't have anything on display, they are a supply house. We'd have to pick something from a catalog and order it - this eliminates Mike's ability to "touch" it.
No freakin way.
By Sunday we concluded that the Lowe's shower was the only shower. A plumber friend of ours gave us some tips on how to best install it for sturdy durability and we felt ok with that. Argument over.
With that out of the way, we decided to go and purchase the thing on Sunday afternoon. Sunday morning, we decided to strap the ceiling and walls. (Why work around a shower, was my reasoning.) But, as it usually happens, things took longer then expected. But, unlike it usually happens, that turned out to be a good thing.
Mike originally planned to just strap the ceiling. But while he was in a strapping mood, he strapped portions of the walls - uneven as they were - in prep for drywall. His hammering attracted our carpenter, who just happened to be working at our neighbor's house. The two guys talked for a little while - mostly trying to brainstorm a solution for our continual leak. (The bathroom roof was leaking - or so we thought. When we re-did the roof, it still leaked. We then guessed it was an incorrectly-installed upstairs window. Fixed that. Fixed one leak. The other is still as leaky as ever.)
Now, the plan is to re-shingle around the new wood stove chimney, where they're guessing now that the water is coming in. Needless to say, Mike will be visiting the HD this week for more shingles, ice and water, and lead. (Know what I hear - $$$$$$$$$$$$. Oh well, it's almost time for tax returns anyway.)
After that conversation, Mike finished up the strapping and decided that he wanted to just keep right on going. He cleaned up and started running the electrical.
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Of course, we're adding a fan with light and an outlet next to the sink. Mike installed both yesterday, even cutting the hole for the vent to the outside. By dinnertime, everything was working. Lights, fan, action!
Needless to say, there was no time to go shopping. But that was a good thing. Check plenty of items off the to-do list and, nothing spent for once! Everything we needed, we already had in stock.


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In this VideoCreative tutorial, author Stephen Petrany will demonstrate how to use various techniques to create a winter-themed holiday card in Photoshop.
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Create a new document 1500 px by 1500 by and add a subtle blue gradient
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Create a second document 2500 px by 2500 px and add the Clouds Filter (Filter > Render > Clouds). The large document will give us a lot of cloud variation to work with.
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Next, Copy (Command/Ctrl + C ) and Paste (Command/Ctrl + V) the cloud pattern in to our original document. Scale the clouds downs so they fit the 1500 px by 1500 px canvas. Name this layer "Base Texture."
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Treatment with immediate hormone therapy may not improve outcomes compared with conservative management among elderly men with prostate cancer. These results were recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Early prostate cancer refers to prostate cancer that has not spread from the prostate to distant sites in the body but is limited to the prostate and nearby lymph nodes. Standard therapy for early prostate cancer may include surgery, radiation therapy, conservative management (no treatment until disease progression), and hormone therapy. Optimal treatment for early prostate cancer is still under debate, though it appears that individualized approaches may provide the best outcomes. Several variables are considered when selecting treatment options for early prostate cancer; these include age, aggressiveness of cancer, extent of spread, other existing medical conditions, and side effects of therapy.
Prostate cancer is stimulated to grow from exposure to the male hormone testosterone. Androgen suppression therapy, also referred to as hormone therapy, reduces the amount of circulating testosterone, which ultimately reduces the growth stimulus of prostate cancer. Studies have suggested that androgen suppression therapy (AST) benefits patients with early prostate cancer that is considered aggressive (fast-growing). Side effects of AST, however, must be weighed against its benefits, and researchers have been exploring individual variables that may be associated with different outcomes of specific therapies. For example, more results have emerged indicating that elderly men with slow-growing prostate cancer may not achieve any improved outcomes with immediate therapy compared with delayed therapy.
Researchers from the Cancer Institute of New Jersey recently evaluated information from the Medicare database that included 19,271 men aged 66 years or older who had been diagnosed with early prostate cancer. Patients were treated with either initial AST or conservative management (no treatment until pre-specified signs of progression).
The researchers concluded that initial AST "is not associated with improved survival among the majority of elderly men with localized prostate cancer when compared with conservative management." It is important that men diagnosed with prostate cancer speak with their physician regarding their individual risks and benefits of all treatment options.
Reference: Lu-Yao, G, Albertsen P, Moore D, et al. Survival following primary androgen deprivation therapy among men with localized prostate cancer. Journal of the American Medical Assocaition. 2008;300:173-181.
Related News: Androgen Suppression Improves Outcomes in Some Patients with Early Prostate Cancer (01/23/2008)
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When I repainted the entrance corridor and stairs this summer, on my to-do checklist was to additionally clean up the small little cabinet that holds the mail. The Olsen's mother virtually made them stop after the primary season because she wanted them to have a traditional childhood. It is forty five X 80 X 17. We initially planned to build a house at a later date, but have lately determined to simply tear out what we now have performed and re-do it and are on the lookout for design concepts. The houses called the Painted Ladies are seen within the opening credit of Full House.
When I was a girl rising up in the late 1950s, my Auntie's row house nonetheless had a coal bin and a basement kitchen that was warm within the winter and funky in the summer. His mom was out of state along with his dying father, and he instructed me that she agreed i might stay on the house (he was watching it for them) and was speculated to be dwelling out of state even after the father handed away.
What I thought was nice about that was choosing the house collectively, relatively than considered one of us having a home and the opposite dwelling in a home s/he wasn't involved in choosing. This hub lists the top promote your individual house websites, so you have a handy checklist and can quickly make a decision as as to if it is best for you or not. Dad's stint within the Army had made him cleansing loopy and so my earliest reminiscences are of an almost overly-clean home.
I've all the time needed to go to Pendleton, but I've solely been to South Carolina once, on a quick drive-by many years in the past – and it's such a great distance from here that my historic house tour will have to be a vicarious one, though you do make it fairly tempting! The residence was snatched up fairly rapidly and the present owner is lovingly restoring it. I was capable of see some of his work during the Cathedral Area Preservation Association's annual House Walk in September 2012. It can also be the home of brothers and sisters and the way your communication with sibling relationships shall be. Short journeys, equivalent to the kind where you run your day by day or weekly errands are Third House considerations, something that brings you into contact with individuals you affect mentally and who influence you.
The Ninth House embodies the love precept, where people can gain a lot from non secular inspiration to govern their consciousness and be taught to live in harmony, and develop a social conscience. The Fifth House is dominated by Leo, so is a sunny place filled with kids, amorous affairs that probably not be too critical, parties, and all pleasurable feelings. That earlier property, where my grandfather had also build a house of his personal design, was taken away by the state by way of eminent area for the creation of a state park that the federal government had hoped would usher in crucial vacationer dollars.


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Universal Remote Controls
Universal remote controls are the way to stay organized and in control of your home. The clutter of multiple remotes — five or six crowding each other on the coffee table — is enough to frustrate any homeowner. The simplest of tasks — such as turning on the television and adjusting the volume — may prove difficult to family or guests who may not be familiar with your system.
Universal remotes are one-point solutions that can control every component of a system from a single, easy-to-use device — replacing multiple individual remotes, but often also adding increased functionality, such as eliminating the need for line-of-sight or integrating additional devices such as phones and tablets.


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I confess up front: I am a numbers guy. Philip K Dick wrote the novel on which the film Blade Runner was based: it was called Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? I don't know the answer, of course - and I am an extreme sceptic of artificial intelligence. But in any case, I dream at times about systems of linear equations, which is perhaps the next best thing.
I came across a link today in my daily feed from the aggregator upworthy.com. The site purports to provide "uplifting" news and information. In this case, the site asks the rhetorical question:
Don't Believe In The War On Women? Would A Body Count Change Your Mind?I've long been critical of the talking point about a "war on women," created in the 2012 election cycle by the Democratic party to draw support from female voters, who are a fairly reliable demographic for them.
Previous attempts to frame political debates about wars on women had focused on policy - restrictions on access to contraception, opposition to federal laws regulating pay, Title IX in the schools. One can debate the motivations and implications of these policy differences, but calling murder a "war on women," with a specific reference to body counts, is a measurable quantity. The data can be examined, sifted, and assessed.
In the analysis offered, between 2001 and 2012 (the time of the article), just short of 12,000 American women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends.
That is, of course, a shockingly high number. That more American women have been killed at home by partners than the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined is shameful, to say the least.
But is it a "war on women?" Does violence in America have an exaggerated impact on women? What do the numbers say?
As it were, the FBI collect data on all sorts of crime in the US - homicide among them - and it is possible to look at the makeup of the victims and the offenders.
Based on the 2015 data from the FBI in the Uniform Crime Report for that year, men were the victim in just under 80 per cent of the homicides for which data are available. That is to say, men are four times more likely to be killed than women. At least where "murder" is concerned (justifiable homicides are not included;given that violent crime is overwhelmingly the domain of men - males committed 62% of the murders in 2015, based on the same data source - and thus it's likely that these killings skew more extremely).
The "upworthy" link does not describe how many men are killed by their wives/girlfriends for context, but the FBI data indicate that wives are more likely than husbands to be the victim of the crime by about 5-1. Similar trends are seen comparing boyfriends/girlfriends, where women are about 3.5 times more likely to be the victim of a murder than a man is.
So, the specific charge about domestic violence is correct - women are far more likely to be killed by a partner.
On the other hand, sons are more likely than daughters (50%) to be the victim, brothers 3x more likely than sisters. Not sure what to make of that.
The US is a violent country - far more violent in terms of murder than other western democracies (there were more murders in the city of Chicago in 2016 (762) than in the whole of France (682). By comparison, France is a nation of 65 million people, whereas Chicago is home to just under 2.7.
But a "war on women?" Using a "body count?"
Doesn't add up.


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Breast Augmentation or Breast Lift?
The Benefits of Breast Lift
Fat Transfer Instead of Breast Implant
Knowing about Tissue Expansion System
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You are about to watch Dr. Wolf perform a rhinoplasty. A rhinoplasty, or nose job, can be performed to improve the aesthetics of the nose as well as for reconstructive purposes including the restoration of nasal function. The procedure involves a change in length, contour, width or definition. Rhinoplasty is the most commonly performed facial plastic surgery in the United States.
You are about to watch Dr. Kelly perform a blepharoplasty. Blepharoplasty, or eyelid surgery, is a procedure that involves the removal of excess skin and fat and is designed to restore a more youthful appearance to your eyes. It will not, however, affect crow's feet or deep wrinkles. Blepharoplasties may involve the upper lids, the lower lids, or both.
Blepharoplasty incisions are made in the fold or crease of the upper eyelids. With the lower lids, the incision can be made either right at the lash line of the lower eyelids or through the inside of the lid. Through these incision sites, I am able to eliminate skin and fat.
Blepharoplasties maybe also be performed in conjunction with fat grafting. Fat grafting, or fat transfer, is the process of taking small amounts of fat from one part of the body and re-injecting it elsewhere, to restore a plump, youthful look.
Endoscopic Breast Augmentation
You are about to watch Dr. Kelly perform an endoscopic breast augmentation. Endoscopy is a surgical technique that involves the use of an endoscope, which is a special viewing instrument that allows a surgeon to see images of the body's internal structures through very small incisions. The endoscope consists of two parts: A tubular probe fitted with a tiny camera and bright light, which is inserted through a small incision; and a viewing screen, which magnifies the transmitted images of the body's internal structures. During the surgery, Dr. Kelly watches the screen while moving the tube of the endoscope through the surgical area.
The advantage of using endoscopy is that your scars are smaller and more likely to be hidden in a less visible place like the navel or underarm. Because the incisions can be smaller, bleeding, bruising, and swelling can be significantly reduced. You can recover and return to work more quickly.
Tummy Tuck
You are about to watch Dr. Kelly perform a tummy tuck. A tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty, is a surgical procedure used to remove excess skin and fat from the abdomen and to tighten the muscles of the abdominal wall. Most tummy tuck patients are dealing with the effects of pregnancies and weight loss and find themselves with loose skin in spite of exercise and weight control. Each year, thousands of Americans undergo a tummy tuck to tone, firm and define the abdominal area.


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A while ago, I made two "kits" using scraps of papers. I used the first one quickly but only now attacked the second kit, which has mostly pink/green with a touch of cream and black:
This was inspired by a layout by Wilna Furstenberg in the Pop Of the Page class I am taking.
The layout is lovely but the page was looking a bit boring until I added the butterflies which I punched from tracing paper. Still not a patch on the original but much better.
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Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge, but I'm going to send it to a little boy that I know is going through chemo after having a brain tumor removed. The card base is Recollections A2 Kraft. The sentiment is a Dreamweaver stencil that I bought from Stampendous. I embossed it with my Cuttlebug on to a scrap of pink paper and it didn't show up very well so I traced over it with a purple ink pen. The stickers are from Sticko Everyday Stickers.
Stampendous Love You Candy rubber stamp. I stamped it with Versafine Onyx Black pigment ink and colored it in with Spectrum Noir Primary Essentials Blending Colored Pencils, the same purple ink pen for the words "I Love You", and Crayon Primary Colored Pencils. I used decorative edging scissors to cut around the image off of a sheet of typing paper. TFL, I'll be doing some more scrapping soon I'm sure. Have a great Wednesday! :)


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Monday, October 10, 2011
It wasn't until the very moment he heard his named called that Dr. Marion Robinson realized he was Alpha Kappa Psi's advisor of the year. Those who accompanied him to the national convention in Phoenix, Ariz. didn't give any notion that he would be receiving the highest honor awarded by the oldest and largest business fraternity in the U.S.
"At the banquet, we were all sitting at the table and I said we were going to the Cheesecake Factory, but they said let's wait because we want to support other universities from South Carolina," explained Robinson. He complied, and as the two final awards were being announced, Robinson listened while his biography was being read. Still, he didn't realize they were speaking of him. Then his name was called.
Mr. Mario Ricoma, faculty advisor of SC State's Kappa Upsilon chapter, and Anthony Ford, student president, both laughed as they recalled the events of the evening. "He almost forgot he had to get up to accept the award," chimed Parker. "It took about five minutes for him to go up there," he joked.
"I had no clue. I was thinking Cheesecake Factory," laughed Robinson. "When they called my name, I was in shock. My counterparts didn't say anything." After getting over the initial shock, Robinson says, "I was excited and then I said, 'oh but I still owe them.' I looked and turned to anger on these two (Ricoma and Ford) and Shieka (Glenn) and Robin (Moss) because they didn't say one word. They kept it a secret the entire time. For me to be speechless, that's a rare moment."
Receiving the award for the first time, Robinson reflected on his journey with Kappa Upsilon, which began more than 30 years ago. As the first predominantly Black chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi, Kappa Upsilon originated on the campus of SC State in 1981 when Robinson was a sophomore studying business administration. After obtaining both his bachelor's and master's degrees from SC State, Robinson headed to the University of Georgia to pursue his doctorate degree in business education. During this time, Kappa Upsilon began to face many challenges.
"When I graduated, the chapter had some problems and was removed," said Robinson. "When I came back to SC State, I researched getting it back on campus." This effort ignited in 1991 when Robinson became assistant professor of business education at his Alma Mater. He also dedicated countless hours to ensure Kappa Upsilon was reinitiated on campus, creating a sense of purpose for many students.
"Dr. Robinson always shares his knowledge with us and he's always there for us when we need him," shared Ford, also a senior business management major from Philadelphia, Pa. "He is definitely deserving of this award. It doesn't matter if he's involved with a lot of different organizations, classes or students, he's always there. We all have a personal relationship with him and we all have a business relationship with him. We know what he expects," adds Ford.
"The benefit is that you get to see the students openly, because they can sit there and pretend and read out of the textbook, but when you are advisor of an organization, you see them at their best and at their lowest," acknowledges Robinson. "As advisor, you are really their parent, teacher, doctor and lawyer. You're the whole thing."
In April 2011, during the Kappa Upsilon alumni banquet, Robinson was met with yet another surprise. "Again I'm sitting at the table and the sectional director, Larry Stevens, and Augustus Dicks, who was the former student president, went up to the podium and started talking. I'm like, why are they up there? What's going on again?"
Robinson learned that a scholarship for Kappa Upsilon was being named in his honor. The Marion Robinson Scholarship will be combined with Kappa Upsilon's freshman book scholarship to assist students with the cost of textbooks and other learning materials. During the fall semester, the business fraternity members will also be involved in activities to include Adopt-a Highway and nursing home volunteering. "This year, we are also going to engage in more educational projects," noted Robinson. "We will bring in additional speakers and set a goal of reaching 100,000 points plus, showing everyone that we can be a phenomenal chapter."
Ricoma, who received the chapter's Volunteer of the Year Award in 2009, humorously said that it was a pleasure not telling Robinson about being advisor of the year, and it became excited when the news was finally revealed. "I was really happy for Dr. Robinson," shares Ricoma. "Since I've been with the chapter in 2005, Robinson has done a lot for this chapter. He's here whenever needed. If he's not here, I am. We work together to make the chapter better."
The two advisors have grown Kappa Upsilon to one of the largest student organizations at SC State. While it was once exclusive to business majors, Kappa Upsilon now attracts students from various academic disciplines, to include nursing, education, speech pathology, military science and biology.
"Kappa Upsilon sharpens your skills. It will make you become more professional," noted Robinson. "In most instances, no matter what you are going into, you have to be a professional. You have to have good interviewing skills and be able to network."
According to so many, Robinson is deserving of the award that truly exemplifies Alpha Kappa Psi. He has shown his dedication and commitment to the fraternity and his chapter, giving freely of his time, talent and treasure. He goes above and beyond the call of duty and does what is in the best interest of the chapter and fraternity as a whole. What started as a passion more than three decades ago continues to inspire Robinson today.
"Looking back from 1981 until now, I felt that South Carolina State would be represented positively, and to know what we had to go through to get the chapter back on this campus, proved that we could do it. All the hard work, sweat, tears and fussing has paid off."


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From the front, as you can probably see, they look "granny" to me. Not that that's a bad thing, but it was not the look I was going for. The front isn't appealing and after a few hours they become very uncomfortable. It's not because of the heel but because of the straps. The straps get very tight on your feet and when you take them off you can see the marks left on your foot from them.
I think the straps would be tight with any size that you purchased, but I think I purchased a half size too big. So between the slipping in the back and the tight straps, they are uncomfortable when worn a long period of time. But hey, they look good! :)


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Discussion in 'News' started by TEG, Jul 17, 2010.
Tesla Breeding Devotees Even Before Electric Cars Are Built
I've always been curious about who's going to get P1 of Model S. It's nice to know it's someone with an obvious passion for EVs:
I think Model S production number one will became a Smithsonian piece which may explain why E. Musk is getting car number 2.
I also saw in a video of when the Model S was being debuted at the Space-X plant; Elon Musk was stating that the gentleman in the Model S with him was going to get the first Model S. Only time will tell.
There will be many Model S' made before number 1 is sold. All will be prime candidates for museums.
How many VPs and EPs of the Roaster were there?
That's true. I just said Mr. Adelman was getting P1 because of this:
I'm not sure on the Roadster. I've seen VPs as high as ~17 mentioned on the forum but I can't recall an EP number.
The Model S will probably have a similar number of VPs and EPs as the Roadster but I guess we'll know in the coming months as they start tickling out of the Tesla Factory.
:tongue: You probably meant "trickling", but I guess "tickling" works, too! :biggrin:
Right you are. I will be giddy enough upon hearing P1 has rolled out of the factory that "tickling" will fit just perfect. :biggrin:
AZcentral copy of the story
Excellent use for their money! Better than donating it to loon farms like the WWF, etc.
Adelman gets the first customer Model S. He's on the Board, and as soon as the vote had been taken in the meeting confirming production and price, he wrote a check for the full amount and slapped it down in front of Musk.
Jurvetson, not Adelman


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I presented some of my new research work on 'Real-time Biofeedback of Heart Rate Variability Measures to Track and Help Improve Levels of Attention and Relaxation' at the ACM Creativity and Cognition Conference in Singapore in June.
Talk on Community Creativity at A*STAR in Singapore
I gave a talk at the end of June on 'Community Creativity in Venture Creation' at the Singapore government's commercial arm of their Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) – Exploit Technologies
Talk on Creativity in STEM Education
I was recently invited to give a talk on 'Integrating design ideas into
the creative curricula' at the 'Creativity in STEM Education' Higher Education Academy event held at Imperial College London in June.
Innovation training for companies across Wales
I recently secured a 3-year contract (as part of my work at the Centre for Creativity) to provide training on management and business innovation for organisations across Wales. The training is part of the Leading Business Growth programme, jointly run by Bangor University and Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Findings of Innovate Uk study on attention tracking
I recently completed a technical feasibility project (as part of my work at the Centre for Creativity) part-funded by Innovate UK showing that it is possible to track and improve attention and relaxation levels in real-time using biofeedback of heart rate variability (HRV) measures. The software solution I developed, together with Dimitrios Zampelis, runs on an iPhone and communicates wirelessly in real-time with 'Bluetooth smart' heart rate monitors such as the Mio Alpha 2 and Mio Fuse watches.
You can see more details on the results of the study on the Centre for Creativity website.
Innovate UK funding for feasibility study to track attention levels
I recently started a new project at the Centre for Creativity to design, develop and evaluate a new way of using biofeedback of a person's heart rate to track their own attention and relaxation levels and to help train and improve their levels of relaxed focus, sometimes referred to as 'flow' and 'mindfulness'. The hope is that such a solution could be used to help children suffering from attention deficit disorders, but could have applications in much wider areas of use.
The project will run from September 2015 to March 2016 and is funded by Innovate UK.
Press coverage of People's Journeys project
We (Spencer Jordan and I) had some nice press coverage on the recent location-based mobile app that we developed showcasing eight World War 1 stories from Grangetown, Cardiff.
People's Journeys – CEWN Funded Project
People's Journeys is a new collaborative project being undertaken by Gareth Loudon and Dr. Spencer Jordan from Cardiff Met exploring how mobile technology can address issues of alienation and estrangement within our cities, specifically through the spatial mapping of community 'teithiau' or 'journeys'. The project is funded by the Creative Exchange Wales Network.
You can see more details on the project and Spencer's other work at:
Presentation of new creativity model at R&D Management Conference
I presented a new model for supporting creativity called our LCD (Listen, Connect, Do) Model at the R&D Management Conference in Stuttgart in June 2014. The model builds on the ideas of Design Thinking by Kelley et al at IDEO and on Theory U by Scharmer at MIT. You can find more details on these ideas at: http://www.centreforcreativity.co.uk/project/lcd-model/
Postgrad course at the University of Agder, Norway
I ran a course together with Professor Frank Reichert from March through to May at the University of Agder in Norway for research students and staff on how to write successful project applications. The course was run in three blocks. The first block of work in March covered idea generation, research methodologies and proposal writing. During April we introduced project planning and management, negotiation skills and budgeting. In the last sessions in May we covered areas such as confidentiality and intellectual property, dissemination, marketing and network building. It was a great experience to bring together a range of topics and try to help research students and staff develop high quality research proposals and funding bids.