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January 04, 2007, 06:40:05 PM »
Alright so the other day my mom was like "did you see that blockbuster is doing that Netflix thing now as well? I guess Netflix getting close to kill video renting" First of all, nothing will end video rentals as long as there are families in the world and guys on dates (no guy would netflix a movie 3 days prior to his date just for the date...except of course me). Next my mom decided to suggest that this blockbuster thing would put an end to netflix which is even MORE unrealistic... people didn't start doing netflix because theyw ere lazy (well most of them) in my opinion it was because Netflix offered a more mom and pops store choice than blockbuster ever did.
Honestly I don't miss renting videos at all. When I was little there was a mom and pops video store that I used to rent b-movies from ALL the time but that went out of business before I even got into high school so after that I had to deal with blockbuster's lack of options... I'm curious of what other people's perspectives on this.
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January 04, 2007, 06:52:20 PM »
It will never replace the experience of going to the video store to pick out something to rent.
Either with a girlfriend, the wife or some good friends, choosing a movie or movies in a video store is a fun social experience that no online video site can ever duplicate.
I personally love going to the video store. Always have.
Netflix or Blockbuster online could carry every single title in the world and I would still go to the video store.
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January 04, 2007, 07:00:22 PM »
Well, we all know how wonderfully efficient our mailing service is...
So that's one strike against Netflix putting an end to rental stores. Why wait for what could possibly be several days for a new release, when you could take a chance, go down to Blockbuster or Hollywood Video, and try to rent it right now? Plus take into account that most people can only afford the "one DVD at a time" delivery plan, and that can get annoying, especially with multi-disc sets.
Netflix IS useful, however, when you want to get something really obscure that many video stores don't have. Netflix was how I was able to see Bad Taste, XTRO, and Street Trash on DVD, among other films.
But rental stores aren't going anywhere...at least not at this point in time.
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January 04, 2007, 07:27:12 PM »
I'm just the opposite from Ash in that I hate going to the video store. There is a Blockbuster really close by our house - I swear it would only take me about 2 minutes to drive there, yet I have not set foot in there in well over a year. I just have no reason to do so. We don't entertain, so any movie renting is for our own enjoyment, and we're content to wait until our choice shows up in the mail. That way we can watch when we want, without having to feel pressured to have it back at a certain time. Plus, Netflix made all sorts of movies available that I would never find in the video store, so it has been a real convenience.
That all being said, I don't see video stores disappearing any time soon. Many people enjoy the experience and I totally get that, which is the same reason why I insist on seeing some movies in the theater rather than waiting for the DVD - just for the experience. Plus, Netflix is no good for those spur of the moment times when you decide to rent a movie. I think a lot of rental activity falls into that category, so the video stores are here to stay...for now.
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January 04, 2007, 07:30:38 PM »
Quote from: SaintMort on January 04, 2007, 06:40:05 PM
Alright so the other day my mom was like "did you see that blockbuster is doing that Netflix thing now as well? I guess Netflix getting close to kill video renting" First of all, nothing will end video rentals as long as there are families in the world and guys on dates (no guy would netflix a movie 3 days prior to his date just for the date...except of course me). Next my mom decided to suggest that this blockbuster thing would put an end to netflix which is even MORE unrealistic... people didn't start doing netflix because theyw ere lazy (well most of them) in my opinion it was because Netflix offered a more mom and pops store choice than blockbuster ever did.
Honestly I don't miss renting videos at all. When I was little there was a mom and pops video store that I used to rent b-movies from ALL the time but that went out of business before I even got into high school so after that I had to deal with blockbuster's lack of options... I'm curious of what other people's perspectives on this.
The Mom and Pop selection is why I've been a Netflix member for over a year and will never go back to renting at a store. I can see what I want when I want.
Also, most video stores are about an hour from my home. Not worth the trip.
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January 04, 2007, 07:43:17 PM »
Amazingly, I have yet to establish a Netflix account, but the lure is strong. What prevents me from doing so is that I always seem to have a movie or two lying around that I own, but have yet to see. That an the DVR, because I have a few films recorded on there that I need to watch.
The great thing about Netflix is the huge selection. I know that many people have seen some wonderful b-movies due to their ability to stock such a wide range of films.
I do miss the independent chains of rental stores. Places link Blockbuster and Hollywood video are fine, but they never have the selection of strange or weird films that the independent stores would stock. I discovered many a film due to mom and pop stores. There is something fun about wandering the aisles, looking for a "special" cover.
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January 04, 2007, 07:45:54 PM »
Quote from: Andrew on January 04, 2007, 07:43:17 PM
That an the DVR, because I have a few films recorded on there that I need to watch.
There is something fun about wandering the aisles, looking for a "special" cover.
I just recently got a DVR and it's been cutting into my "Netflix Time". I've been keeping films out longer and longer because I've been recording so much stuff. It's a blessing and a curse.
Amen to looking for "special" covers. There are many films I'd never had considered if it wasn't for the boxart.
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January 04, 2007, 08:54:56 PM »
I never rent, I always figure, for a couple bucks more I could own a used copy from Amazon or in stores like Rasputin and Amoeba (popular used CD/DVD stores here in the Bay Area, I discovered a lot of obscure stuff there). Even new copies of movies are cheap, especially on Deepdiscount with free s/h and occasional sales (their Buy 1 get 1 free deals are amazing!). I've contemplated getting a netflix account before just so I could rent stuff that's out of print and expensive (like Begotten and Salo) but I got some buddies that can hook me up with copies of that stuff. Sure it's a DVD-R copy, but if I rented the movie it's not like I was going to own the actual thing anyways. Plus I heard it takes forever to get that hard to find stuff on Netflix cause everyone is trying to rent it at the same time.
Netflix and renting will both exist I think, but I'll stick with my hunting for cheap copies to own. I do wish there were some more small rental stores though that specialized in obscure stuff, Hollywood Video and Blockbuster are pathetic as far as selection goes.
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January 05, 2007, 12:04:02 AM »
While rental stores won't disappear, Like ShadowFrye I don't want to go out and rent. I canwait for movies. But I understand spur of the moments and stuff like that.
Netflix does have a great selection. Its mops the floor with alot of bigger rental places.
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About the new BlockBuster thing where you can bring back a dvd you get in the mail to the store, its not all that great if you think about it. The stores have sub-par selection and if your a die hard movie buff I doubt you will find the movie you want (Unless new release or made after 1990) at the store compared to online BlockBuster.
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Quote from: Shadowfyre on January 04, 2007, 07:27:12 PM
I'm just the opposite from Ash in that I hate going to the video store.
Ditto that.
But I don't think we need a one-size-fits-all system. Why not both rental stores AND web based mail rental? The current numbers as well as this impromtu poll seem to suggest there is a market for both.
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January 05, 2007, 01:55:53 AM »
I didn't mean to say that I would never try Netflix. I would.
Matter of fact, I have a free 1 month subscription to Netflix in my e-mail inbox. I just haven't activated it yet. (I'd better get on that)
I think that I would use Netflix for the more obscure and hard to find movies and go to Blockbuster for the new stuff.
Still, there's nothing quite like asking some friends or a girlfriend, "
Hey, you wanna go to the video store and get a movie?
And then jumping in the car, going there, looking around and eventually getting into discussions with the clerks or even other customers about how this or that movie either totally sucked or was awesome.
In many ways, it's like the conversations we all have here...just in person.
I tend to do that in video stores. I'll overhear someone asking someone else if a movie is good or not and if I'm standing near them, I'll jump in on the conversation.
I once had a BS session for over an hour with a random customer and a clerk in a Blockbuster store and it was a good time! We must've talked about 10 different movies.
The clerks at my local Blockbuster know their stuff when it comes to all kinds of movies...unlike some other Blockbuster stores.
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January 05, 2007, 10:02:03 AM »
The version here that seems the most common, Quickflix, is quite handy.
Like most people, having the huge list to choose from is the main positive for Net-based DVD stores. I've seen many reasonably obscure/harder to find DVDs that I otherwise wouldn't have watched if it wasn't for Quickflix, and being bad movie fans, we would probably tend to hire the ones that aren't as popular and therefore have more of a chance of getting a positive hit on what we want quicker.
My basic theory is, if it's hard to find, it's on my Quickflix que, if it's reasonably easy/new release, I'll go down to my local store and browse for about half an hour, and pick up some great packages [the one near me has some really good deals on New Release and Weekly combos.]
The downside to the net based one is that I currently have about 5 dvds sitting here I either haven't touched or haven't bothered returning, since I've been too busy and too lazy, and therefore I'm essentially paying too much since my turnover rate isn't what it should be [I used to be quite thrifty, now it's terrible]
Therefore, to save a bit of money, I'm probably going to cancel my account once my stand by list has been completed. It's a while off yet, but eventually if I kept it, it would probably cost more than it really is worth to me.
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January 05, 2007, 01:20:07 PM »
As I've been in the video rental biz for a number of years, I can tell you that Netflix isn't really killing off rental chains (in Blockbuster's case, severe mismanagement and outright lies concerning the "end of late fees" did the most damage). What NetFlix is doing is forcing the rental business to change, and all those that can't change (or refuse to change) will just die out. There's still a good number of small chains and mom and pop shops that still do decent business and there's still two giant rental chains that are going fairly strong. The one thing that NetFlix can't offer you (although their movie catalogue is gi-normous and they keep the movies coming at a pretty good clip) is that bit of socializing you do with fellow movie seekers and video store clerks. (Some of which can be know-it-all jerks.) That's the one thing I enjoy about working at a video store: Talking with the customers. At the peak of my career (yeah, how lame am I, right? LOL!), people were coming in and asking me what to rent rather than bother looking on the shelves, some just came in to say hello before going home or going to work, and others just came in to argue the finer points in film (such as what female celebrities give us the most wood or, which is better "The Cave" or "The Descent?" That one's an easy one, "The Descent" wins, hands down!)
In closing, Netflix is a good alternative if your local video store doesn't have what you want, but I don't think it will (or should) become the only way to rent a movie. Us Americans are fat enough, we should at least get a bit of exercise and go stroll around a video store for a bit.
Also, there was a NetFlix-type store online but I can't seem to find it anymore. I think it was
, and it had a huge variety of horror and sci-fi films for rental. Hmmm.... where did it go?
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January 07, 2007, 07:38:37 PM »
I've never used Netflix, but I have Blockbuster Online and use that all the time. The thing I like about Blockbuster over Netflix is that after you get your online rental you can return it to the store for a free rental in the store, sort of a 2 for 1 thing. So the hard to find movies I rent online and the popular "long wait" movies I can get at the local store.
But to answer the question .. no I don't think it will. There will still be brick and morter stores as there are still a lot of people that will not buy/rent anything online. Those that still have net-o-pobia.
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January 08, 2007, 03:43:01 AM »
I don't think that video rental stores will die out any time soon. There are still a LOT of folks who don't have the internet. I don't have any plan to get a Netflix subscription, although I tried the free trial.
As dorky as it sounds, I've been renting a lot of DVDs from my local public library and then burning copies. They're free! I'm not sure if everyone has access to a library with a decent selection of films, but mine carries the majority of the Criterion Collection (I've got a copy of
Naked Lunch
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Five (5) issues of "Camera: the Digest of the Motion Picture Industry" (fragile). Includes 1922, Vol. 5 no.'s 16, 24, 26, 28, 29.
Sixty-nine (69) negatives of clippings in scrapbooks and photographs in this collection. Negs are numbered DA1-DA69. Availablity is marked on verso of photographs or on the page of scrapbooks. STORED IN Performing Arts Special Collections - NEGATIVE FILES.
One (1) 8x10 negative of Dorothy Arzner with film strip, two (2) strips of La Quinta home, four (4) strips Morgan Dancers, one (1) strip of young Dorothy Arzner. six(6) contact strips of outings with friends.
Nine (9) pencil sketches, one (1) ink sketch (all unsigned). Orignal envelope labeled "Sketches by Dorothy Arzner and Marion Morgan".
Eight (8) items including seven (7) pencil sketches and one (1) pastel. Four (4) items signed D. Arzner.
Oversized portraits of Dorothy Arzner. Seven (7) items, (2) inscribed by Dorothy Arzner.
One (1) oversize photograph labeled "Entrance Atrium 2249 Mountain Oak Dr. Home of Marion Morgan and Dorothy Arzner 1930 - 1951".
Forty (40) items including small snap shots of Dorothy Arzner and friends. Includes snap shot of Marlene Dietrich holding Dorothy Arzner's Siamese cat.
Fifty-seven (57) items. Includes small photos of young Dorothy Arzner, family, and friends.
Twenty (20) items. Includes photographs of Dorothy Arzner and family from childhood to adolesence.
Twenty-one (21) items. Includes (1) portrait of a young Dorothy Arzner and Marion Morgan, two (2) snap shots of Dorothy Arzner bust by Alice Bush Lewis, and photos of older Dorothy Arzner at Diablo College.
Fifteen (15) items including portraits of Dorothy Arzner early in her career.
Twenty (20) items including photographs of Dorothy Arzner at work on various projects.
Fifty-six (56) items. Includes several photographs sent to Dorothy Arzner by Marion Morgan from [Europe]. [Items are not dated, possible date 1920's or 1930's].
(Dates unknown) Seventeen items including cards, letters and postcards. Includes (8) postcards from Aunt Emma addressed to Emma [Dorothy's middle name] and Dave.
(1930'S - 1940's) Twenty-three items including postcards and letters to Dorothy Arzner.
(1970'S) Forty-three letters, cards, and post cards to Dorothy Arzner. Includes personal and professional work related correspondence. One Christmas card from Marion Morgan dated Christmas 1969.
(1920's - 1940's) Forty-four postcards from Marion Morgan to Dorothy Arzner dates spanning 1920's - 1940's.
(1930's) Forty-three postcards from Marion Morgan to Dorothy Arzner dates spanning 1930's.
(1971) Ten (10) assorted letters, cards, and postcards to Marion Morgan. Most dated 1971.
Fifty-three (53) postcards, letters, cards, and telegrams. Condolences to Dorothy Arzner concerning the death of Marion Morgan.
Seven (7) items including (2) coat of arms for Arzner, (1) Westlake School for Girls Record, death certificates for Dorothy Arzner, David Arzner, Mabel Arzner, and Lois Arzner.
One (1) red scrapbook (fragile). Includes photos of young Dorothy Arzner, family, and friends.
Three (3) items (fragile). One "Presented to Dorothy Arner from Joe Dill" includes small snap shots from "Old Ironsides". Two remaining include photos of Dorothy Arzner, family, and friends.
"Dorothy Arzner Press Book", hand made (fragile). Clippings spanning 1926 - 1980.
"ANYBODY'S WOMAN (1930, Paramount). Six (6) items including photographs of Dorothy Arzner at work.
"BEHIND THE MAKE UP" (1930, Paramount). One (1) photograph of Fay Wray and William Powell.
"THE BRIDE WORE RED" (1937, MGM). Twelve (12) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work, Joan Crawford, and Franchot Tone.
"THE COVERED WAGON" (1923, Paramount). Three (3) photographs.
"CRAIG'S WIFE" (1936, Columbia). Nine (9) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work, John Boles, Rosalind Russell, Billie Burke, and Mary McCall.
"DANCE GIRL DANCE" (1940, RKO). Eleven (11) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work and home, Lucille Ball, and one inscribed photograph from James Anderson.
"FASHION FOR WOMEN" (1927, Famous Players Lasky/Paramount). Three (3) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work.
"FIRST COMES COURAGE" (1943, Columbia). One (1) photograph of Carl Esmond, Merle Oberon, and Brian Aherne.
"GET YOUR MAN" (1934, Paramount). Eleven (11) photographs including shots of various scenes.
"MANHATTAN COCKTAIL" (1928, Famous Players Lasky/Paramount). Six (6) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work.
"MERRILY WE GO TO HELL" (1932, Paramount). Four (4) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work.
"NANA" (1934, United Artists). One (1) photograph labeled "Anna Sten in the Samuel Goldwyn Production of NANA". Shows Dorothy Arzner at work.
"OLD IRONSIDES" (1926, Paramount). Fifty-six (56) photographs including Dorothy Arzner working, Esther Ralston, Wallace Berry, George Bancroft, George Godfrey, and Charles Farrell.
"TEN MODERN COMMANDMENTS" (1927, Paramount). Four (4) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work.
WAC'S TRAINING FILM (1944). Two (2) publicity stills of Dorothy Arzner with WACS World War II.
WORKING GIRLS (1931, Paramount). Two (2) photographs including Dorothy Arzner with telephone operators, and Dorothy Hall and Judith Wood.
Five (5) miscellaneous photographs. Includes (2) photographs of Billie Burke, (1) photograph of drapes in a hotel suite, (1) photograph of Charles the Second, and (1) unidentified group of actors.
Five (5) photographs from the Director's Guild Tribute to Dorothy Arzner. Includes Dorothy Arnzer, William Wellman, Fay Wray, Robert Wise, Daisy Gerber, Francis Ford Coppola, Lucien Ballard, Mary McCall, Jr., Margaret Lindsay, and Francine Parker.
Two (2) programs: "Director's Guild of America A Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Pioneer Director". One with picture of Dorothy Arzner.
Twenty-six (26) items. Correspondence to Dorothy Arzner about the Director's Guild Tribute. Includes telegrams and letters from Katherine Hepburn, Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Rosalind Russell, Fredric March, Lucille Ball, Frank Capra, and others.
Fourteen programs for film festivals. (4) programs featuring Dorothy Arzner's work specifically. (10) programs featuring women film makers in general including Dorothy Arzner.
"Starlight", [n.d.], 3 page writing philosophy on the influence of movies on people's lives.
Four (4) studio biographies. (1) untitled, (1) Director's file Publicity, (1) M.G.M. Director's file, (3) M.G.M. Publicity Director's file - (1) annotated.
Senior thesis, 91 pages. "What Is This We Hear - A Broad Is Gonna Direct?" by Deborah Derow, May, 1976.
"The Work of Dorothy Arzner: Towards a Feminist Cinema" edited by Claire Johnston. Published by the British Film Institute, 1975.
"Approaching the Art of Arzner" by Francine Parker, [n.d.], 14 pages.


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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb 28, 2013) - Liberty Silver Corp. (LSL.TO) ("Liberty Silver" or the "Company") announces that it has submitted to staff of the Ontario Securities Commission ("OSC") its technical report to support the updated resource estimate announced on January 7, 2013 with respect to its Trinity Silver Project. As a result of a review by staff of the OSC, the Company is providing the following update and clarification, regarding its disclosure on the Trinity Silver Project.
The report prepared by SRK Consulting (US) Inc. ("SRK") and submitted by the Company to staff of the OSC, built upon a previous resource estimate contained in the National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") technical report dated December 1, 2011 and filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). The December 2011 inferred resource estimate utilized historic results from over 400 drill holes on the property, the data from which have been included in a GIS database. During 2012, the Company drilled 18 RC holes near the main Trinity Silver deposit area which assisted in validating the December 2011 inferred resource estimate. The new technical report prepared by SRK, and submitted to staff of the OSC, includes the results of Liberty Silver''s 2012 RC drilling program and the unverified historical drilling on the Hi Ho Property, which is located immediately adjacent to the historical open pit area. The Hi Ho Property and the Company''s 2012 drilling results were not included in the December 2011 technical report.
The staff of the OSC expressed concerns with the uncertainty related to the mid-1980''s historical drilling from the Hi Ho Property acquired in 2012. It has been determined that additional confirmatory drilling, which was identified and recommended in the new technical report, be completed to verify the historical drilling prior to preparing an updated resource estimate. As a result, the new technical report will not be filed by the Company on SEDAR.
The Company is evaluating an appropriate confirmatory drilling program to support the use of historical results in an updated resource estimate to be prepared in accordance with NI 43-101. The Company has engaged SRK, the Company''s independent engineering firm and one of the largest global firms of its kind, to prepare an updated resource estimate when the confirmatory drilling program is completed. There can be no assurance that any confirmatory drilling will be successful or that any results of confirmatory drilling will support an updated NI 43-101 resource estimate for the Trinity Silver Project.
Accordingly, the Company retracts the announcement of an updated resource estimate made on January 7, 2013 and cautions investors that no reliance should be made on this resource estimate disclosure. Please refer to the December 1, 2011 technical report for the inferred resource estimate on the Trinity Silver Project.
This release has been reviewed by Tim Percival, CPG, Reno, Nevada, consultant to the Company and a Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101.
About Liberty Silver Corp.
Liberty Silver Corp. is focused on exploring and advancing mineral properties located in North America. Liberty Silver is led by a skilled, experienced management team and board of directors with significant experience managing exploration, development, and mining projects. Liberty Silver is committed to creating value for its shareholders by advancing its current projects utilizing its mitigated risk approach to developing new resources on its current properties, and acquiring new properties that have the potential to increase their resource base. The Trinity Silver Project, located in Pershing County, Nevada, is Liberty Silver''s flagship project. Liberty Silver has the right to earn a joint venture interest in the 10,940 acres Trinity property pursuant to the terms of an earn-in agreement with Renaissance Gold Inc.
Information about the Company is available on its website, www.libertysilvercorp.com, or in the SEDAR and EDGAR databases.
Cautionary Statements
Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors concerning estimates of Resources: This news release uses any one or more of the terms "Measured, Indicated, and Inferred Resources." The Company advises U.S. investors that while these terms are recognized and required by Canadian regulations, the SEC does not recognize the terms. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of Measured or Indicated Mineral Resources will ever be converted into Reserves. Inferred Resources have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an Inferred Mineral Resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimates of Inferred Mineral Resources may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies, except in rare cases. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of a measured, indicated, or inferred resource exists, or is economically or legally minable.
Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Mineral resource estimates do not account for mineability, selectivity, mining loss and dilution. The assessment in the 43-101 report is preliminary in nature, includes inferred mineral resources that are considered too speculative geologically to have economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves and there is no certainty that these inferred mineral resources will be converted to the measured and indicated categories through further drilling, or into mineral reserves, once economic considerations are applied.
Due to the uncertainty that may be attached to Inferred Mineral Resources, it cannot be assumed that all or any part of an Inferred Mineral Resource will be upgraded to an Indicated or Measured Mineral Resource as a result of continued exploration. Confidence in the estimate is insufficient to allow the meaningful application of technical and economic parameters or to enable an evaluation of economic viability worthy of public disclosure. Inferred Mineral Resources must be excluded from estimates forming the basis of feasibility or other economic studies.
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are within the meaning of that term in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to the Company and the Company provides no assurance that actual results will meet management''s expectations. Forward-looking statements include estimates and statements that describe the Company''s future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that the Company or management expects a stated condition or result to occur. Forward-looking statements may be identified by such terms as "believes", "anticipates", "expects", "estimates", "may", "could", "would", "will", or "plan". Since forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results relating to, among other things, results of exploration, project development, reclamation and capital costs of the Company''s mineral properties, and the Company''s financial condition and prospects, could differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements for many reasons such as: changes in general economic conditions and conditions in the financial markets; changes in demand and prices for minerals; litigation, legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; technological and operational difficulties encountered in connection with the activities of the Company; and other matters discussed in this news release. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of the Company''s forward-looking statements. These and other factors made in public disclosures and filings by the Company should be considered carefully and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company''s forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by the Company or on its behalf, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.


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Experience the Central Plateau, land of legends
The Central Plateau is full of Maori culture and history. Follow the paths of ancient ancestors through stunning landscapes as you explore the region.
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The Central Plateau region and Lake Taupo, tribal lands of Ngati Tuwharetoa for hundreds of years, are steeped in history. Visitors to the region are drawn to explore not only the land, but the rich cultural history of the area.
The tribal homelands of Ngati Tuwharetoa are full of historical landmarks – the legendary mountains of Tongariro National Park and Mt Tauhara, and the soul-stirring home of the Ka Mate haka on the shores of Lake Rotoaira. It's impossible not to have a sense of the powerful history and the cultural importance of these places when walking on the same lands that the high priest Ngātoroirangi would have walked on hundreds of years ago.
The earliest Tuwharetoa settlers in the Central North Island are said to be descended from Ngātoroirangi who arrived in New Zealand on the Te Arawa canoe from Hawaiki. He journeyed down through the North Island to claim the lands of the Central Plateau for his people. Another figure central to Ngati Tuwharetoa's history is 'Tia', an explorer who also arrived in New Zealand on the Te Arawa canoe, and later became chief of Tuwharetoa. Many of the region's significant geographical features were named after the chief Tia, including Atiamuri, Aratiatia Rapids and the great cliffs around Lake Taupō-nui-a-Tia (the great cloak of Tia).
Tongariro National Park – World Heritage Area
To get a true insight into the Taupo region's history, a good place to start is with a visit to Tongariro National Park. Here lie the maunga (mountains) Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu. Together with the mountains further to the north of Pihanga, Tauhara and Putauaki (Edgecumbe), and Mt Taranaki to the east, they are the centre of the story of the battle of the mountains to win over the beautiful Pihanga. Legend has it that the courageous and strong Mt Tongariro won the battle. It is therefore somewhat fitting that the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, New Zealand's greatest one day walk, traverses the mighty Mt Tongariro.
Tongariro National Park was formed after an insightful move by the paramount chief of Ngati Tuwharetoa, Horonuku (Te Heuheu Tukino IV), to gift the peaks of the mountains to the people of New Zealand. Horonuku saw that the mountains could end up under private ownership if he did not do something, and so Tongariro National Park was born. The cultural importance of these mountains to the Tuwharetoa people and their unique volcanic landscape formed the basis for Tongariro National Park's recognition as a World Heritage Area in 1993.
The Treaty of Waitangi
The gifting of the mountains to the people of New Zealand came not long after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document, in 1840. This document was an exchange of promises between the British Crown and Maori, and essentially laid out the rules by which the British Crown would acquire New Zealand as a colony.
Whakapapa Visitor Centre
The Whakapapa Visitor Centre, located in Whakapapa Village at the foot of Mt Ruapehu, has information, displays and audiovisual shows relating to the park, the volcanoes and local history. It also has all the information you will need to undertake the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, as well as details of other walks in the area. The Whakapapa Visitor Centre is open from 8am every day except Christmas Day.
Opotaka - The Home of the Haka
Most people have heard of Ka Mate, New Zealand's most famous haka, particularly those who follow rugby. What most people don't know though, is how and where the Ka Mate haka transpired. The Taupo region is home of the Ka Mate, with its origins at Opotaka on the shores of Lake Rotoaira, amongst stunning scenery. The original haka was composed by the great warrior Te Rauparaha, a chief of Ngati Toa Rangatira, who lived in the 1820's.
Te Rauparaha had many enemies and found himself fleeing his homeland of Kawhia to find a new place to live. It was on the shores of Lake Rotoaira that Te Rauparaha was given refuge in a food storage pit by the local chief Te Whareangi to conceal him from his enemies who were in hot pursuit. In celebration of escaping his enemies after they passed by without detecting him, Te Rauparaha leapt from the pit and performed his 'Ka Mate' haka. So in fact, contrary to popular belief, Te Rauparaha's haka is actually a celebration of life over death and faith over despair, rather than a war dance.
These days, the site of Te Rauparaha's first haka is marked by the original food storage pit in which he hid, fenced off and protected by a small shelter erected above it. The local hapu of Ngati Hikairo are working towards developing the site into a cultural tourist attraction to be called 'the home of the haka'. This site of the old Maori settlement is well worth a visit to soak up the history and imagine Te Rauparaha performing the spine-tingling 'Ka Mate' haka for the first time. The scenery around the area is stunning, the trees are full of birdlife, particularly kereru (wood pigeons), and the views across Lake Rotoaira to Mt Tongariro and beyond are incredible. Incidentally, Opotaka now affords a rather spectacular view of the active Te Maari crater, the site of the most recent eruption on Mt Tongariro.
Wairakei Terraces and Thermal Health Spa
Walking into Wairakei Terraces and Thermal Health Spa is like stepping back in time. Maori have used the clays and silica waters of Wairakei for healing and general wellness for hundreds of years. It's easy to see why Wairakei was world-renowned, even over a hundred years ago. The spectacular terraces with cascading silica waters were surrounded by lush ferns, trees and rare native plants, and this natural phenomenon was likened to the pink and white terraces of Tarawera that were once considered the eigth wonder of the world.
The beautiful setting for the thermal pools, silica terraces and magnificent (man-made) geyser provide the perfect backdrop for relaxation, and people with arthritis and other rheumatic complaints have reported great relief from spending time in the waters. Massage, hot stone therapy, reflexology and reiki are wonderful additions to a soak in the thermal pools, and a stroll through the Wairakei Terraces Walkway will provide an insight into the unique thermal world that once existed here.
Central to the Wairakei Terraces encounter is a Maori Cultural Experience Tour. This three hour tour includes an official welcome by the local Maori hosts onto their marae (meeting house), the telling of stories and the history of New Zealand and Ngati Tuwharetoa, a guided walk through the geothermal walkway, a traditional meal cooked in a hangi (ground oven) and a concert of song, dance and haka. The experience is said to be powerful, emotional at times and unforgettable, and it reinforces the Maori culture as truly alive and growing.
Wairakei Terraces and Thermal Health Spa is located at Wairakei, on the Thermal Explorer Highway, 5 minutes north of Taupo. It is open from 8.30am to 5.00pm seven days a week, and Maori Cultural Tours operate on specific evenings from 6.00pm to 9.00pm. Enquiries and bookings can be made by emailing email@example.com or by calling 07 378 0913.
The Taupo district is full of opportunities to learn about New Zealand's Maori culture and history. Perhaps the icing on the cake for any visitor is that these culturally significant places lie within stunning landscapes and scenery as diverse as you'll find anywhere in the world. From the beautiful Lake Taupo to the native forests of Mt Pihanga and the volcanoes of Tongariro National Park, the region is well worthy of exploration and discovery of its rich history.
Ko Tongariro te maunga Tongariro is the mountain
Ko Taupō te moana Taupō is the sea
Ko Ngati Tuwharetoa te iwi Ngati Tuwharetoa are the people
Ko Te Heuheu te tangata Te Heuheu is the man
This pepeha (proverb) defines the local Ngati Tuwharetoa people, their mountains, their waters and their people.
For more information on the Great Lake Taupo region visit GreatLakeTaupo.com


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"My Love Is Showing"---Bettye LaVette (LimeLinx)
"My Love Is Showing"---Bettye LaVette (YSI)
Over the course of the past five years, it's been unimaginably uplifting to behold the wonder of Bettye LaVette as her gracious persistence in the music industry has finally begun to show its worth. With a few highly acclaimed studio releases under her belt, as well as a string of powerhouse live performances, the Great Lady of Soul is poised to show the world what she's made of now that she has our undivided attention. Critics are unanimously singing the praises of her latest LP, Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook, and the stunning vocalist is likely to turn even more heads as she opens for Robert Plant on his July tour (maybe even some metalheads, which...I dunno...would fuckin' rock, dude).
Having released her first single as a teenager in 1962, LaVette followed with numerous failed attempts at attaining commercial viability. While her records were fairly popular on the UK northern soul scene, it took most of America 40+ years to even begin to fathom what they were missing. This probably wouldn't be so frustrating if I hadn't recently witnessed a bunch of people getting misty-eyed about some kid on American Idol who had to work in a fuckin' paint store for a few years before being catapulted into superstardom. Our conceptualization of what it means to pay dues seems increasingly skewed as it becomes infinitely more facile to achieve fame with only the slightest moronic effort. We're all suckers for a good fairytale I guess, but if Justin Bieber gets inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame before Ms. LaVette, (in deep, ominous, psycho-killer voice) I don't know what I might do...
At any rate, as much as I'd like to offer up one of the many great selections from her Interpretations LP, I'm really hoping that you'll show the hardest working woman in show business some true love and actually purchase it. While the album debuted at a rather impressive #56 (all factors relating to the idiocy of the record-buying public considered), she still has a long-ass way to go before she can pull a tortoise move on all the spastic little hares who are blocking her way to the finish line.
"My Love Is Showing" is one of my favorites from her phenomenal repertoire, culled from her Child Of The Seventies LP. The album, slated to be her first full-length release, was recorded in the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama in 1972 for Atlantic/Atco Records. At the last minute, the label made an abrupt decision to shelve the material and chalked it up as a loss. Although the Great Lady was understandably devastated, she soldiered on with her career in hopes that she would finally catch a break.
Decades later, she played her personal mono recordings of the album for Gilles Petard, who located the masters in 1999 and released them as Souvenirs on his Art and Soul label the following year. Rhino subsequently reissued the album in 2006 under the original Child of the Seventies title, including four Atlantic singles and a handful of unreleased material.
Despite the hardship and woes she's had to endure, LaVette is truly honored to finally be having her moment in the sun. At age 64, she's as dynamic, energetic, and fully charged as ever:
So much about Bettye to know and love, soul children: dig deeper
This is a clip of LaVette's jaw-dropping tribute to The Who at the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors. The performance made Pete cry, had Barbra snappin' her neck (although, was she listening to a different song?), and ultimately served as the inspiration behind the Great Lady's Interpretations LP. Also...for those who may be concerned...it's my understanding that Roger Daltrey had that sharp stick removed from his ass shortly after the show:
"Now"---Numaads (LimeLinx)
"Now"---Numaads (YSI)
Numaads is the brilliant fusion of two radiant stars who hail from the Netherlands. The duo's Now EP dropped a few short weeks before summer officially started, and its slow-burning vibe has provided a near-perfect complement to the sultry evening air these past few weeks. Esperenzah's enchanting vocals are as haunting as they are curiously inviting, while SENSE's multi-dimensional production enriches the atmosphere of their sound with layers of sampled and organic instrumentation.
One could easily rattle off an exhaustive list of probable influences, but what makes this record fresh is that the duo yields a uniquely beautiful creation from the diverse elements they incorporate into the mix. In that sense, listening to Now is analogous to being in a dream state: components of reality are certainly present, but they're colorfully enhanced by otherworldly illusions, fabrications, and textures.
Dig deeper: Esperanzah; SENSE
This video highlights Robert Koch's remix of "Now" (a lush redux by J. Rawls appears on the EP as well):
"Mulatu"---Skeletons (LimeLinx)
"Mulatu"---Skeletons (YSI)
I admit to having a markedly unusual fascination with imaginary bands that are essentially the handiwork of a lone knob twiddler (I see you, Madlib). Okay...I inadvertently made that sound dirty...but actually it can be quite exciting when left in wildly creative and fully capable hands. {Hmmm...no matter how I phrase this, it appears to bear some unintentional sexual overtones, so I think I'll tap the enter key and make a more wholesome attempt at my next paragraph...}
Benedic Lamdin is a musician, producer, label boss and engineer who is perhaps best known to music lovers as the mastermind and ringleader of Nostalgia 77. Although I know that some of you will opine that such an undertaking is shady as fuck, Lamdin was commissioned some time ago to play forgeries and pastiches of African jazz for a library music company. Numerous musicians passed through his house to play during the sessions, but evidently they were never in the same place at the same time. Lamdin compiled various fragments of sound that were left behind, merged them with his own creative musings, and the highly infectious Skeletons project was born.
The politics of forgery get complicated to say the very least, but in an overall sense, I genuinely respect Lamdin's contributions to music culture. He's an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, one hell of a slick producer, and the material he and his compadres issue on their Impossible Ark label tends to be pretty freakin' amazing. Unlike artists who pilfer the archives of their musical ancestors without so much as a casual nod towards their inspiration, Lamdin maintains credibility by being forthcoming and giving credit where it's due. As just one example of this transparency, the song "Mulatu" on Smile outrightly pays homage to the great Mulatu Astatke, the father of Ethiopian jazz and a profound influence on Lambin's work.
When I first heard this album, I had no background information or contextual cues to base my opinion on, and my instinctual reaction was to bust some heartfelt (and perhaps humiliating) dance moves. Uhhh-ohhh, though...that means you should prolly forget all that shit I just talked so you can get loose without over-thinking it (I mean... no lie...even my own moms has to tell me to shut the fuck up sometimes). Strike my remarks from the record and proceed to get your undisturbed groove on, soul babies! Haha...
Dig deeper...
"Baby"---The Phenomenal Handclap Band (LimeLinx)
"Baby"---The Phenomenal Handclap Band (YSI)
I should have written about The Phenomenal Handclap Band a while ago, but the very lifeblood of Souled On is the staggering volume of past, present, and future records that demand their turn in the rotation. It's kinda obvious at this stage that I'm routinely grappling with thoughts of retirement, but nawwww...there's no feasible exit strategy as long as the crates keep stacking themselves to infinity and beyond. So much for chillin' on the couch in a diaper with a cocktail of Centrum Silver....I can't quit you, babies!
PHB rolls eight members deep for touring purposes, but friends such as The Lady Tigre, John Spencer, and TV on the Radio's Jaleel Bunton frequently stop by the studio to make a musical contribution or lend their support. The group is currently on a world tour that includes gigs in Sweden, Spain, Portugal, and the UK. I've read nothing but wildly favorable reviews of their live performances, so you might want to hit up one of their shows if the opportunity ever presents itself...and as always, dig deeper.
"Tristess"---Dutch (LimeLinx)
"Tristess"---Dutch (YSI)
Dutch is the stunning result of a collaborative effort between Liz Fullerton and Jedi Mind Tricks' prodigious beatsmith, Stoupe. The two Philadelphia residents originally conceived of doing an album together many moons ago, and they actively worked on the project for a few years prior to Bright Cold Day's release last month. Music that's cultivated under the pretenses of intense forethought often loses its luster and spontaneity over time (Chinese Democracy, anyone?), but this eloquent recording is a breath of fresh air in every sense imaginable.
Born in California and raised in Mexico, Fullerton lived a nomadic lifestyle as a young adult, traveling the United States and accumulating life experiences that she would later transform into a lyrical medley of emotions and ideas. Her official breakthrough came when she relocated to Philly and laid down vocals on a Jedi Mind Tricks joint in Stoupe's apartment, but the ethereal songstress was still an apprehensive neophyte when the duo began sinking their teeth into their full-length creative endeavor. You wouldn't know it by the way Fullerton confidently rips through most of the tracks on the LP, but she unabashedly admits to having felt anxiety about everything from her lack of professional training to her tendency to express overwhelming sadness through her songs. After one of her first shows in Philly, an audience member reportedly asked her why she didn't just pass out razor blades. Say what you will about her melancholy nature, but Fullerton is easily one of the most sultry and mesmerizing fledgling vocalists to emerge on the scene in recent memory.
It's no small wonder that Stoupe's dark, atmospheric production style integrates so exquisitely with his partner's deeply cathartic musings. For those who are unfamiliar with Jedi Mind Tricks, suffice it to say that violent, brooding, and apocalyptic would all function as suitable adjectives to describe their overall aesthetic. Stoupe has always come across as sort of a strange motherfucker, infrequently consenting to interviews and almost always refusing to show his face. People have hated on his shadowy persona for as long as I can remember, but I come from the perspective that dude is probably weird because he's a genius. His beats are perhaps best described as lavish orchestrations, and few producers parallel his ability to make a living, breathing entity from the obscurest of sample sources.
I've been a longtime fan of JMT's work primarily on the strength of Stoupe's beat wizardry, because...if I may be honest...Vinnie Paz's lyrics are often too aggressive/disturbing/deranged to make for everyday listening. My favorite Tricks records will probably have to be pried from my cold, dead hands (I still don't like you, Charlton Heston)...but I'm beyond pleased to hear Stoupe spreading his expansive wings on this project, running with a sound more along the lines of Portishead or Bjork. JMT fans shouldn't despair, though~ I'm sure that Stoupe and Paz will reunite long before all of their cataclysmic prophecies come true.
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"Too Much Pain"---Eugene Evans (LimeLinx)
"Too Much Pain"---Eugene Evans (YSI)
King's Serious Soul: Too Much Pain compilation has turned out to be one of my favorite recent discoveries. It was released nearly six years ago, but I never checked into it until one of the soul kids brought it to my attention a couple of months ago. As the title might suggest, there are a host of gritty southern soul offerings on this LP, the majority of which are rare recordings by relatively obscure artists.
I had honestly never heard of Eugene Evans prior to copping Serious Soul, and I was disappointed to eventually learn that he only cut a couple of sides throughout the entirety of his career. Both singles were originally issued on Hollywood Records, and may have even been recorded during the same studio session.
Evans himself is credited as the songwriter on "Too Much Pain", but the James Brown influence is palpable, emulating the Godfather's more tormented and highly emotive material. I'm not the least bit mad at the fact that this track borders on being derivative~ its familiar essence fits as comfortably as a worn pair of kicks. Never, ever hesitate to get up on your good foot, soul bambinos!
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Ankara is planning development of a national satellite launch system capable of delivering military and civil spacecraft to orbit, according to Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz.
Following a Jan. 3 meeting of Turkey's Defense Industry Executive Committee, Yilmaz said the government will enter negotiations with Turkish weapons builder Roketsan Inc. for the early concept design phase of a new launch system "to ensure that military and civilian satellites can be sent into space," Yilmaz said in a Jan. 3 statement.
During the meeting, attended by Yilmas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the committee also approved the beginning of contract negotiations with Turkish Aerospace Industries for domestic development of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) spacecraft dubbed Gokturk-3, with support from defense electronics manufacturer Aselsan and state research institute Tubitak.
With a space segment comprised of a single satellite equipped with SAR payload and a fixed main ground terminal and mobile backup ground station, Gokturk-3 is to provide high-resolution radar images from anywhere in the world in day/night, all-weather conditions, according to defense ministry requirements.
The pending contract negotiations are part of Ankara 's broader effort to develop a national space program by the end of the decade that would include several civil and military telecom satellites and payloads in addition to dual-use surveillance spacecraft and the new launch system.
In December Turkey lofted its second domestically produced optical imaging satellite, Gokturk-2, a medium-resolution optical imager launched atop a Chinese Long March 2D rocket. Gokturk-2 incorporates a solar generation system developed in Germany and an optical instrument furnished by South Korea. The mission follows the August 2011 launch of a Turkish microsat equipped with an optical payload launched on a Dnepr rocket from Yasny Launch Base in Russia.
Over the next year or so Turkey plans to launch Gokturk-1, a larger and more powerful optical imaging spacecraft capable of sub-meter resolution that is similar to the French Pleiades Earth observation satellites built by EADS-Astrium. Gokturk-1 is currently under construction under an agreement with Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space that includes construction of a satellite assembly, integration and test facility in Turkey.


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EARLIER: Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk just blasted a New York Times review of the company's new Model S sedan, calling author John Broder's claims "fake."
In the review, Broder (who's covered practically every subject for the Times since starting in the late '90s) tested the car's battery life, and found it wanting.
The gist:
- Tesla's battery life did not last the length of the trip, which went from DC to NY
- Broder said this was despite doing everything Tesla advised doing to conserve the battery
- Broder also said some of the poor performance may have been due to the low temperatures he was driving in
Musk just went on CNBC and accused Broder of not having charged the battery all the way, going past the advisable speed limit and taking a detour in Manhattan.
Broder started his trip in Washington. As he reached New Jersey he "noticed that the estimated range was falling faster than miles were accumulating":
At 68 miles since recharging, the range had dropped by 85 miles, and a little mental math told me that reaching Milford would be a stretch.
Eventually, the car's heater shut off and the dash ordered him to "Recharge Now."
Before going on CNBC, Musk 'scritique came via Tweets. Of note is that the company says it has the data logs of the car, which forms the basis for the criticism of the review.
Courts tossed out a lawsuit Tesla filed against the BBC last year after the show Top Gear gave a similar review.
Update: The New York Times responds:
"The Times's February 10 article recounting a reporter's test drive in a Tesla Model S was completely factual, describing the trip in detail exactly as it occurred. Any suggestion that the account was "fake" is, of course, flatly untrue.
"Our reporter followed the instructions he was given in multiple conversations with Tesla personnel. He described the entire drive in the story; there was no unreported detour. And he was never told to plug the car in overnight in cold weather, despite repeated contact with Tesla."
Tesla's stock dived this morning, post-review, but has come back a bit.
SEE ALSO: How The Most Ambitious Auto Venture In A Century Nearly Collapsed And Then Came Back From The Dead >
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NCSF Survey on Consent
NCSF Survey on Consent
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) wants to hear from you! Please take our Consent Counts survey and tell us what you think about consent: www.ncsfreedom.org/survey.html
As part of decriminalizing BDSM in the legal codes, we need to be able to articulate a clear definition of consent that the BDSM communities believe in. The results of this survey will assist in the creation of a statement on consent that will be presented for the consideration by the BDSM communities at LLC in Seattle in 2013.
NCSF needs your input on defining consent. What do we mean by consent? When is consent invalidated? Does "safe, sane, consensual" still work as a community creed? Are there behaviors that the BDSM communities don't accept? What is your experience with consent in the BDSM communities?
To participate in discussions of consent online with kinky people both in the US and around the world, join our Consent Counts group at https://fetlife.com/groups/46202 NCSF is committed to supporting and encouraging people to discuss ethical consent so we can move to a more thorough understanding of what consent is, and can provide better education for people who are interested in exploring their sexuality.
NCSF has actively participated in changing the social discourse of BDSM since 1997. The term "consenting adults" is a commonly accepted standard for sexuality today due in a large part to our work. NCSF has pledged to continue to lead the change in political discourse until all consenting adults need not fear prosecution or victimization because of their sexual behavior.
California Senate Bill 430
Senator Kehoe Letter SB 430
SB 430 Bill Introduced - California
An act to add Section 249 to the Penal Code, relating to strangulation. SB 430 - Read the bill's introduction in a PDF
Action Alert - Take Action Californians!
Our BDSM communities could be adversely impacted by a well-intentioned, but overly broad, piece of proposed criminal legislation that has been introduced by Senator Christine Kehoe in the California Senate. NCSF is asking all of you to sign and send to NCSF letters (a draft is attached below) that we can introduce if necessary at a hearing likely to be held in April, 2011.
The purpose of the bill, SB 430, is to permit effective prosecution of strangulation or suffocation "in domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and elder abuse cases." But the bill's application could go far beyond those situations and result in felony prosecutions for use of hoods, gags and the like in BDSM play. There would be no requirement of "an intent to kill or injure," or of "visible injuries," and there is no mention of consent as a defense.
NCSF has been in touch with Senator Kehoe's staff, which has seemed sympathetic, and has proposed modifications of the bill's language that would address our concerns. Now we need to follow up by presenting at the hearing as many letters as possible that support the goal of prosecuting domestic violence, but only if language is inserted that protects our communities.
We urge you to sign the attached letter, modified as you see fit, and send it back to NCSF.
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
822 Guilford Avenue, Box 127
Baltimore, MD 21202-3707
Read - NCSF's Letter to Senator Kehoe
Read - California SB 430 Strangulaiton Cover
Read - California SB 430 Bill Strangulaiton
Re: SB 430 (Kehoe) Strangulation
Dear NCSF:
I fully support the worthy goal of Senator Kehoe's proposed legislation, to ensure that strangulation and suffocation can be effectively prosecuted in cases of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and elder abuse. But I am very concerned that SB 430 as now worded might be used to prosecute elements of non-harmful, consensual BDSM (Bondage, Domination/submission, Sadomasochism) activity between adults, such as the use of gags or hoods. This could subject millions of tax paying, law-abiding Americans to criminal prosecution, merely for engaging in erotic, mutually pleasurable conduct.
Therefore I and thousands of other Californians would be able to support this otherwise valuable legislation only if it is modified by specifically excluding non-assault activities.
I join you in urging Senator Kehoe to incorporate in this bill the language NCSF has proposed.
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The law is interpreted – sometimes to our favor, and sometimes not.
The NCSF believes that sexual behavior between consenting adults that does not result in serious physical injury should be legal. However there are those that have a differing opinion and will intentionally interpret the law in an unfavorable way. That's why it's extremely important to have an understanding of the laws that may affect us.


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Members of the Fulton Lions Club recently spread new mulch and cleared trees and brush recently as part of a cleanup project at Fulton's Oswego Falls Park on South First Street, said David Dingman, Fulton Lions Club president. This is the fifth consecutive year that the club has made work at the park one of its annual projects.
"The Fulton Lions Club, working in cooperation with the City of Fulton Parks and Recreation Dept., tackled removing heavy layers of brush, trees, vines and stumps that had overgrown the western perimeter," Dingman said. "We also spread new mulch under the swing set, slide and other playground equipment.
"During the past four years, the Fulton Lions Club has resealed the basketball court, painted the basketball backboards and added new nets. We've also cleared brush from the northern perimeter chain link fence, removed stumps, removed an old chain link backstop, and filled in lawn ruts and depressions with topsoil.
"This project was very fulfilling for our members and it was a pleasure to help a community park become even more inviting to children and families."
Lions who participated in the project were: Steve Chirello and Bob Weston, project co-chairs; Len Kellogg, Dr. Brett Tallents, Kevin Michaels, Don LaBarge, Roberta Boteler, and Dingman.
The Fulton Lions Club is part of Lions Club International (LCI), which was founded by Melvin Jones in 1917. It is the largest service club in the world with over one million members in more than 170 countries. The Fulton club, with more than 40 members, is one of the largest and most active Lions clubs in Central New York.
Lions Clubs are committed to sight and hearing projects. Fulton Lions have joined with LCI to support Campaign Sight First II to help prevent blindness worldwide. Fulton Lions provides financial assistance for those in need of eyeglasses, eye exams and hearing aids.
In addition, the Fulton club collects used eyeglasses for refurbishment and redistribution at Waby Opticians, Empire Vision Center, Wal-Mart, PathFinder Bank and The Medicine Place. The Fulton club also supports the Guiding Eyes for the Blind program that trains Seeing Eye dogs for the blind, and the Finger Lakes Lions Hearing Foundation.
Anyone interested in membership in the Fulton Lions Club, or seeking more information can visit the club's web site at http://e-clubhouse.org/sites/fultonny/index.php Correspondence can be mailed to Fulton Lions Club, c/o Steve Chirello, P.O. Box 727, Fulton, NY 13069.


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Historic Belmont: Official designation in the works
Once a humble blue-collar neighborhood, Belmont keeps racking up trendiness points. In March, Dave Matthews Band manager Coran Capshaw reportedly purchased Mas restaurant. And now comes the City to suggest that Belmont– one of the last sources of in-town affordable housing– might soon become a historic district. Whaa?
"It's got one of the original working neighborhoods in the community," says chief City planner Jim Tolbert.
A 1994 study identified Belmont– along with the Corner, the Rugby area, North Downtown, the Martha Jefferson neighborhood, Tenth and Page streets, and Gildersleeve Woods– as potential historic districts. Now the City's planning department is ready to launch studies and pitch the idea of historic designations to the neighborhoods.
"The purpose is to protect historic resources," says Mary Joy Scala, a planner who's assigned to the Board of Architectural Review. "It's a type of rezoning."
First, a consultant surveys all the buildings in a potential district to determine what's historic and what's not. The boundaries are firmed up, and property owners are notified that rezoning is taking place. The historic district must pass muster with the BAR and the planning commission before City Council votes to adopt it.
"There are lots of opportunities for public input," says Scala. "I like property owners to be involved way up front and to get their support."
Not everyone thinks a historic district is a good idea. Hogwaller Rambler band member Jamie Dyer used to live in a section of Belmont around the stockyard known to some as Hogwaller. "The city designating it historic is presaging a Starbucks," he says. "It's the first step in gentrification."
"I don't know it's in fact gentrification," counters Tolbert. "It doesn't have any negative effect on property values, although some will say it does."
"It's way too premature for a historic district," says Joan Schatzman, who's lived in Belmont since 1978. "It inhibits creativity, it inhibits development, it inhibits progress. There's already too much government regulation. I couldn't have done the things I've done on my house that make it more attractive. I think Belmont will be ready in 175 to 200 years. It's still evolving."
Schatzman adds one other point: "There are some crappy houses in Belmont. I know because I'm a builder."
In a historic district, any kind of exterior changes have to be run by the BAR for approval, says Scala. That means additions, and things like changes in the type of roof, windows, and doors all have to have the BAR's blessing.
However, anything that doesn't require a permit can skip going to the BAR. Instead, Scala can administratively approve changing the paint color or adding awnings.
"The very idea somebody can tell me what kind of siding or what color of paint or whether I can build or remove a porch offends me to the core," says Emmett Boaz, who, as a child, spent many a Saturday at the livestock auction in the heart of Belmont. "I regard historic districts as naked power grabs by government," declares the unemployed libertarian.
"I think a neighborhood that values historic resources in the neighborhood will be in favor," says Scala.
Dyer predicts the controversial Hogwaller moniker– "some old-time Charlottesvillians really hate the name"– will be the first to go once real gentrification sets in under a historic district designation.
But perhaps not. "The stockyards are not necessarily in the historic district," says Scala, "just north Belmont."
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THURSDAY, Dec. 3, 2009 (HealthDay News) -- Many people think evolution takes hundreds, if not thousands, of years, but it can happen much faster and new research shows exactly how: The simple act of feeding birds in winter appears to be having an effect on a population of birds.
Researchers, who report their findings in the Dec. 3 online edition of Current Biology, said a single population of blackcap birds has split into two distinct groups in fewer than 30 generations. The population of birds did this despite breeding next to each other in the same forests; now the birds are as different from each other in some ways as those separated by hundreds of miles.
The difference between the groups can be found in their migration patterns, which changed after humans began feeding some of the birds during winter. "The new northwest migratory route is shorter, and those birds feed on food provided by humans instead of fruits as the birds that migrate southwest do," study author H. Martin Schaefer, of the University of Freiburg in Germany, said in a news release from the journal's publisher.
"As a consequence, birds migrating northwest have rounder wings, which provide better maneuverability but make them less suited for long-distance migration," he explained.
"Our study documents the profound impact of human activities on the evolutionary trajectories of species," Schaefer said. "It shows that we are influencing the fate not only of rare and endangered species, but also of the common ones that surround our daily lives."
In the big picture, "this is a nice example of the speed of evolution," Schaefer noted. "It is something that we can see with our own eyes if we only look closely enough. It doesn't have to take millions of years."
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Administered by the Major League Baseball Players Trust and Volunteers of America, the Action Team program encourages young people throughout the United States to volunteer in their communities. To date, Action Teams of high school students and Major Leaguers have inspired more than 17,000 high school students across the country to help over 75,000 people in need by volunteering in their communities. An Action Team service-learning curriculum created by the Players Trust in partnership with The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition teaches valuable community service skills to 700,000 high school students in more than 5,000 classrooms across the country. The Association of Educational Publishers named this innovative service-learning program a finalist for a 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award.
Receiving signed certificates of achievement from the players tonight are Washington D.C. Action Team Captains Brian Bracey, Taurus Brackett and David Budway of St. Stephens & St. Agnes School (Alexandria, VA); Maggie Kennedy, Ilana Mooney and Toni Sharp of TC Williams High School (Alexandria, VA); Annie Budway, Caroline Clements, Catherine Frendorf , Mary MacLaughlin and Daniela Olocco of H-B Woodlawn Program (Arlington, VA) and Sean Hickey of Bishop OConnell High School (Arlington, VA). Also, Taurus Brackett receives a $1,000 college scholarship from the Major League Baseball Players Trust in recognition of her dedication to community service.
Action Teams are working together in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Maui, Minneapolis, Mobile, New York City, Oakland, Philadelphia, Portland (Maine), San Francisco, San Juan (P.R.), Santa Fe, Seattle, Tampa and Washington D.C.. Beginning in September 2009, virtually every high school in America will be able to join the Action Team by participating in a new Internet version of this unique service-learning program. Action Team applications and additional information can be received by sending an e-mail request to email@example.com.


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At the Home of Interiors, we sell a wide range of curtain tracks to suit different window styles. These include: corded, hand drawn, wave tracks, electric tracks, bay windows and many more. Please call if there is a specific track you need and have been unable to find it in our online store, we will have a solution for your requirements. Download our made to measure quotation/order form for bay and L shaped windows. We also offer free delivery on orders over £97.50.
For more information on Wave Curtains please refer to our YouTube video and blog post. Please call us on 01590 615775 if you have any questions or need any advice.
Our popular brands include: Silent Gliss Curtain Tracks and Silent Gliss Metropole. Click here to see the full range of brands.
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