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With half a billion dollars up for grabs today, Jacksonville residents are lining up to buy Powerball tickets.
With half a billion dollars up for grabs today, Jacksonville residents are lining up to buy Powerball tickets.
N.C. Education Lottery officials issued a new estimate Tuesday, increasing the jackpot to $500 million, based on strong ticket sales for the drawing.
�Every time the number gets high more customers buy tickets,� said Pam Potts, manager at Wilco Hess on N.C. 53. �That�s just the way it is.�
Potts said almost every customer in the last few days has purchased a ticket.
Convenience store clerks across Jacksonville echoed the same sentiment, saying that as a Powerball jackpot grows so do sales. And as customers buy tickets the jackpot grows bigger, which attracts even more players.
If taken as an annuity, the jackpot would be an estimated $500 million; and if taken as a lump sum it would be $327 million.
�Whoever wins this jackpot, it would truly be a life-changing event,� said Alice Garland, executive director of the state lottery. �But it would be great if it is a North Carolinian. We�ve seen five jackpot winners so far in our state. Powerball sales will certainly help us raise money for education, but it only takes one ticket to win so we hope our players will play responsibly.�
Playing responsibly has different meanings for different people.
Jacksonville resident William Strand said he buys one ticket when the Powerball is more than normal.
�Big numbers get my attention,� he said Tuesday after buying a ticket at a Southwest area convenience store.
Richlands resident Kim Anderson said she always buy at least one ticket. When the jackpot swells toward record numbers she buys around a dozen. She purchased tickets Tuesday from three stores including the Exxon on Wilmington Highway.
�I always play the same numbers,� she said, declining to identify those numbers.
Anderson said she knows always playing the same number doesn�t increase her odds, but she would really hate it if she picked different numbers and the ones she has been playing for years hits the jackpot.
Lottery officials are asking players to check their numbers closely if they buy tickets for the drawing. Garland said the Powerball game offers a variety of significant prizes in addition to the jackpot. The Saturday drawing produced 68,017 winning tickets in the state. Prizes ranged from $4 to $40,000 and totaled $527,442.
Powerball drawings are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 p.m. EST. On the nights that drawings are held, Powerball ticket sales stop in North Carolina at 9:59 p.m., said Van Denton, director of corporate communications for the lottery.
Powerball is played in 42 states, Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
From the beginning of the Powerball jackpot�s roll on Oct. 6 through Monday, North Carolina Powerball sales have totaled more than $28.1 million in North Carolina. During those 15 drawings, more than $2.6 million was paid out in prizes, including 12 $10,000 prizes and three $40,000 prizes. An estimated $10.7 million from those sales will go to education in North Carolina.
The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are 1 in 175 million.
North Carolina players have won three Powerball jackpots. Jackie Alston of Halifax won $74.5 million in November 2006; Jeff Wilson of Kings Mountain won $88.1 million in June 2009; and Frank Griffin of Asheville won $141.4 million in February 2010.
If won, today�s jackpot would be the largest in Powerball history.
The three largest jackpots so far were $365 million on Feb. 18, 2006, won by a group of ConAgra Food co-workers in Nebraska; $340 million on Oct. 19, 2005, won by Steve and Carolyn West and Bob and Francis Cheney of Oregon; and $337 million on Aug. 15, 2011, won by Donald Lawson of Lapeer, Mich.
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Joe Thornton had a goal and an assist during a second-period scoring flurry and the San Jose Sharks beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Monday night for their fifth straight victory.
San Jose broke a scoreless tie with three goals in a span of 2:13 against Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider, then held on and completed a season sweep of Vancouver.
It didn't come easy, as the Canucks got goals from Chris Higgins and Alexandre Burrows to pull within one. But the Sharks prevailed and extended their longest win streak since taking seven straight to open the season.
Trade speculation continues to swirl around Sharks forward Ryane Clowe, who was a healthy scratch, but the Sharks are grabbing enough attention for what's happening on the ice. They remain in the No. 6 playoff position in the Western Conference but trail Los Angeles by just one point for the fifth spot.
The Sharks dominated the first period, outshooting Vancouver 14-6, but they couldn't convert a couple of prime opportunities.
Things changed quickly in the second period.
Andrew Desjardins beat Schneider from the left side at the 7:41 mark to break a scoreless tie, and less than a minute later Thornton outfought a Canucks player for a loose puck just inside the blue line and blasted a wrister that found the net for a 2-0 lead.
The Sharks then sent a sellout home crowd into hysterics with an electrifying sequence after a penalty to Vancouver's Kevin Bieksa. San Jose goaltender Antti Niemi made a terrific save on a short-handed breakaway opportunity for Jannik Hansen, and the Sharks immediately headed back the other way.
Patrick Marleau sent a pass to Logan Couture in front of the net, and Couture appeared to knock the puck into the net with his skate at 9:54. The play was reviewed but the goal was upheld, as it was ruled that Couture didn't intentionally kick the puck in.
Just like that, the Canucks were behind 3-0, and the Sharks' scoring blitz had to provide a bad case of déjà vu. On Saturday, the Canucks allowed four goals on their first five shots allowed in a 4-0 loss to Edmonton.
Vancouver, currently holding the No. 4 seed in the West, tried to shake its recent offensive slump, calling up highly touted winger Nicklas Jensen. The 20-year-old made his NHL debut and played on the top line alongside Henrik and Daniel Sedin. Winger Bill Sweatt also was called up from Chicago of the AHL and played in just his third NHL game.
NOTES: The Sharks activated G Thomas Greiss from injured reserve and he served as Niemi's backup. Alex Stalock was reassigned to Worcester. . With speculation swirling around Clowe, the Sharks pulled the trigger on another deal, sending C Michal Handzus to Chicago for a fourth-round pick in this season's draft. . D Matt Tennyson became the first product of the Junior Sharks youth program to appear in a game for San Jose. He spent part of his youth in Pleasanton, just a 30-minute drive from San Jose.

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"Water technology testing facilities" - The Center for Irrigation Technology
"Water technology testing facilities" - The Center for Irrigation Technology
Since 1980, the Center for Irrigation Technology (CIT) has been the leading independent testing laboratory and applied research facility for the irrigation industry. With state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor testing facilities, CIT works with the public and private sector to advance irrigation technology, water/energy management practices, and equipment standards. All activities reflect the need to integrate agricultural, environmental, and urban concerns.
Pumping Efficiency E-learning module is now available
For over ten years CIT has operated the Advanced Pumping Efficiency Program (APEP). In an effort to bring the program's important educational messages to a wider audience, e-learning modules are being developed. CIT commissioned Ag H2O, a member of the Water, Energy and Technology (WET) Center at Fresno State, to assist in the development.
The first of four modules, Pumping Efficiency, is now available. It was developed to help farmers understand the factors that affect the cost of pumping water and to analyze pump efficiency and energy usage. To access the site go to http://www.californiawater.org/elearning/story.html and select #2 Pump Efficiency.
CIT is seeking feedback on WATERIGHT with a short survey
The WATERIGHT interactive irrigation water management web site was developed by the Center for Irrigation Technology and designed to be a multi-function, educational resource for three audiences: homeowners, commercial turf growers, and agriculture.
An effort to update the site is under way and will occur in different phases. The first phase begins with a short online survey. You will be asked to answer a few questions and are given the opportunity to provide any additional feedback.
The WATERIGHT site and survey can be accessed at http://www.wateright.org/.
International Center for Water Technology (ICWT) information
Presentations 2014 Water Technology Conference
Advanced Pumping Efficiency Program Information
(an energy efficiency program funded by the Public Goods Charge as a result of CPUC R.01-08-028)
Agricultural Water Use in California: A 2011 Update (Staff report)


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Band hired yet again for NYE Party in Eastbourne, East Sussex
Prestigious New Years Eve Party
The Devonshire Suite, The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4EQ
A fabulous venue with the biggest star cloth you've ever seen.
This is the sixth successive time we've been booked to play for NYE here.
This is from their website page last year ….
"For those of you who wish to celebrate New Year in the Grand style, then look no further than the Gala Dinner and Dance in the Devonshire Suite with the fantastic 'Famous Five Band'; back by popular demand and famous for keeping the dancefloor full all evening! Includes Champagne on arrival and again at midnight and a suitable Grand dinner!"


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Last week I finally had the opportunity to see a play I have been anticipating for quite some time, Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth at the Goodman Theatre. The play, directed by David Cromer, focuses primarily on two characters: Alexandra del Lago (Diane Lane) and Chance Wayne (Finn Wittrock).
At the outset of the play, we meet Alexandra and Chance in a hotel room. How they know one another is not clear, but it isn't long before their relationship is revealed to us. Alexandra, as we soon find out, is a drug-dependent, anxiety-ridden actress whose comeback attempt appears to have failed spectacularly, prompting her to check into a hotel along the Gulf Coast -- St. Cloud, Florida, to be exact -- under the alias "The Princess Kosmonopolis." Chance, her companion, is a St. Cloud native and, as we learn, a gigolo. He never really had a proper career, opting to rely on his looks -- which are now fading, along with his youth -- in order to get by. His "relationship" -- for those who wish to call it that -- with The Princess is one of convenience. He remains with her, taking care of her, listening to her, and following her orders with the expectation that she will, at some point, promote him as a new, up-and-coming talent, launching his film career. She is his vehicle to stardom.
For Chance there are a couple of very specific reasons for returning to St. Cloud. First, he has come back to show the townsfolk that he has finally become the success, the soon-to-be star he had always hoped to be. Why else would he be in town with movie star Alexandra del Lago? Second, and more importantly for Chance, now that he is a success -- or thinks himself one -- he has returned to reclaim his first love, Heavenly Finley (Kristina Johnson). The only problem? She is the daughter of Boss Finley (John Judd), a powerful, corrupt, bigoted politician who practically owns the town, and who still holds a grudge against Chance for sleeping with his daughter (when they were still teenagers). As a result of his anger with Chance, Boss Finley makes it his business to run Chance out of town and makes it clear that if Chance does not leave St. Cloud, he will be castrated.
As the play progresses it becomes clear just how misguided both Alexandra and Chance are. They are so self-absorbed -- Chance so much so that he is unaware that his own mother died, and couldn't be bothered to pay for a proper funeral -- interested in only their wants and needs, that they frequently go back on promises they make to one another and resort to blackmail to get what they want in that particular moment. Neither appears to have any real regard for the other and no consideration of the potential consequences of their actions. Neither one "needs" someone so much as uses them. Just how recklessly Chance goes through life is also made crystal clear. Despite the warning (or threat), Chance is determined to stay in St. Cloud in order to be with Heavenly once again, hoping to recapture his youth.
I found Sweet Bird of Youth an engaging play with powerful acting with a well-designed set (particularly the projection), but the extremely bright lights that are aimed at the audience coupled with the revolving stage, compete at times with what is actually taking place on-stage, never quite allowing me to forget that what I was watching was a performance.
Sweet Bird of Youth is currently scheduled to run through October 28, 2012 at the Goodman Theatre,170 N. Dearborn St. in Chicago. Post-show discussions with the Goodman's artistic staff take place after Wednesday and Thursday performances. To purchase tickets to Sweet Bird of Youth log onto the Goodman Theatre website, www.goodmantheatre.org, or call the Box Office at 312-443-3800. To learn more about Sweet Bird of Youth, the Goodman Theatre, the 2012-2013 season, special events associated with this or any other production and much more, log onto the theatre's website, www.goodmantheatre.org.
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RENO, NV -- Should transgender high school athletes be allowed to decide for themselves whether to play on the boys' team or girls' team? The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association is considering granting transgender students the allowance to choose.
High school sports can be gender-exclusive, but for those athletes who identify with the opposite sex, those eligibility lines can be blurry. More than half a dozen states, including Washington and California, have adopted the policies to allow transgender students to compete on teams of their choosing and Nevada could be next.
"Issues with respect to high school athletics has become somewhat of a larger and open issue on a national basis," Paul Anderson, NIAA legal counsel, said.
Transgender students are a small but growing group across the nation, and Nevada plans to stay ahead of the curve.
"We don't have the policy out there and those types of students may not know that they have the ability to come to us to seek eligibility."
From choosing the sport they want to play to the locker room they want to use, the policy will give transgender students the right to choose.
"At least we have something to reference at this point. It may not be officially adopted but we have a working document that we can use should this situation arise at this point," he added.
The policy has already been adopted at the college level, but now high schools across the nation are looking to do the same. Students will have to provide medical documentation and a statement from both the student and the parents on their gender identity.
"There are some concerns that some student athletes may abuse the policy from the standpoint of participation rules or for other reasons," Anderson said. "The policy will be written in a way that will weed through those situations and the only cases that might be considered under the policy would be true situations of transgender student athletes."
A revised draft of the policy with specifications will presented to the board in January to be finalized.


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Maybe "The Day of the Doctor" is an alternate universe Friends, where the Tenth Doctor is Chandler or something, I don't know. But watch this alternate opening credits, see how perfectly it works with the Friends theme song, and tell me there's not something otherworldly going on here. You can't.
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To watch Encounter Point for free, please email email@example.com.
Encounter Point is an 85-minute feature documentary film that follows a former Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who risk their lives and public standing to promote a nonviolent end to the conflict. Their journeys lead them to the unlikeliest places to confront hatred within their communities. The film explores what drives them and thousands of other like-minded civilians to overcome anger and grief to work for grassroots solutions. It is a film about the everyday leaders in our midst.
For 2 years, the Just Vision crew followed the stories of ordinary people who feel driven to work for an end to bloodshed and occupation in favor of peace. We traveled from Tel Mond to Tulkarem, from Hebron to Haifa documenting the courageous, painful and moving stories of regular people who refuse to sit back as the conflict escalates. These civic leaders navigate suicide bombings and checkpoints to confront militancy on both sides, the wounded and apathetic masses.
Encounter Point's Israeli/Palestinian/North American/Brazilian production team includes: director & producer Ronit Avni (formerly of WITNESS), co-director Julia Bacha (co-writer/editor of the award-winning documentary, Control Room), producers Nahanni Rous and Joline Makhlouf, the first Palestinian female pilot. Encounter Point was edited in Jerusalem and Park Slope, Brooklyn, and features original music by Kareem Roustom, who combines classical Arabic melodies and instruments with traditional Jewish Klezmer to form a harmonious fusion that mirrors the subject matter.
Encounter Point's World Premiere was at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. The Canadian premiere was at Hot Docs, and the West Coast premiere was at the San Francisco International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. Encounter Point has subsequently won the 2006 Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Rencontres Film Festival in Montreal, the Best Musical Score Award at the Bend Film Festival and the 2006 Spirit of Freedom Award at the Bahamas Film Festival. It has screened in Dubai, Jerusalem, Jenin, Gaza, Ramallah, Amman, Sderot and more than 200 cities worldwide. It appeared on CBC in Canada as well as on Al Arabiya, one of the largest Arabic satellite stations in the world as well as on TV in Brazil, Poland, Korea, Australia and beyond.


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"The choice has to be made: Is Batman going to return?" The choice was always clear externally after The Dark Knight earned a billion dollars. The decision is more difficult for Bruce Wayne in the universe of the movies, as Christian Bale points out in a new 13-minute TV special for The Dark Knight Rises. The featurette covers a lot of ground, enough to prepare you for all 2 hours and 45 minutes of the movie. In addition to Bale, they talk to co-stars Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as well director Christopher Nolan and other behind-the-scenes crew members.
We have published a lot on The Dark Knight Rises, but this is the single most comprehensive source of information you're likely to see before the release on July 20. This is not for those who want to go in fresh, but for the rest of you, hit the jump to watch.
Around 2:50, we see Nolan touching up a chalk drawing of the bat symbol on top of a skyscraper. I get so much pleasure from that image.
Official synopsis:
Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' "The Dark Knight Rises" is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.
It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act.
But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane.
Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar(R) winner Christian Bale ("The Fighter") again plays the dual role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Anne Hathaway, as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy, as Bane; Oscar(R) winner Marion Cotillard ("La Vie en Rose"), as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as John Blake. Returning to the main cast, Oscar(R) winner Michael Caine ("The Cider House Rules") plays Alfred; Gary Oldman is Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar(R) winner Morgan Freeman ("Million Dollar Baby") reprises the role of Lucius Fox. The screenplay is written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on "Batman Begins" and the record-breaking blockbuster "The Dark Knight." The executive producers are Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull, with Jordan Goldberg serving as co-producer. The film is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.
Click here for all of our previous coverage or browse the links below:
- New Footage in Latest TV Spot for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES plus Bane Viral Poster
- The Dark Knight Rises Trailer from the MTV Movie Awards Officially Goes Online
- The Dark Knight Rises Figures and Toys Reveal New Vehicles and a Mystery Character
- A New TV Spot for The Dark Knight Rises Features Banter between Batman and Catwoman
- Bane's Weapon is Revealed!
- Viral Campaign for The Dark Knight Rises Reveals a New Character and Plot Points
- Fan-Made The Dark Knight Rises Banner
- Viral Campaign's Gotham Observer
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- Newest TV Spot for The Dark Knight Rises
- Create Your Own Dark Knight Rises TV Spot for Christopher Nolan to Judge
- New Footage Galore in Latest TV Spot
- New Images of The Bat
- Listen to Samples of Hans Zimmer's Score from The Dark Knight Rises
- First Teaser Trailer for The Dark Knight RisesMobile Game
- Batman Begins to Be Converted to Digital IMAX for Trilogy Marathon
- Soundtrack Listing and New TV Spot
- Advance Tickets Now On Sale
- New footage from the MTV Movie Awards
- Trailer 1, Trailer 2, Trailer 3, Trailer 4
- Warner Bros. Initially Wanted Leonardo DiCaprio as The Riddler for The Dark Knight Rises
- Gotham Rogues Wide Receiver Hines Ward Action Figure
- Christopher Nolan Says He Was "Nervous" to Include Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises; Christian Bale Talks the Future of the Franchise
- TV Spot "Retired"
- 20 Things to Know from our The Dark Knight RisesSet Visit
- Limited Edition The Dark Knight Rises-Themed Nokia Phone
- TV Spot, Banners, Images, SDCC Action Figure, and Promo Posters
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McFaddens rise to the occasion in San Antonio
Tatyana McFadden won four gold medals at the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships in San Antonio, Texas, on June 15.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Tatyana McFadden dominated on the second day of the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships in San Antonio, Texas. In the four events the Clarksville, Md., native raced Saturday at Trinity University, she won all four.
"Today was hard because we had the storm last night," said McFadden, a 10-time medalist at the Paralympic Games. "I was only supposed to have the 100 today because tomorrow was supposed to be a pretty tough day. It is difficult doing four events but it is almost like another training day. We train high endurance and high intensity for days like this."
McFadden is the champion in the women's 100 meters (T54), 200m (T54), 800m (T54) and 5,000m (T53/54), which was her final competition of the day. She has the 1,500m (T53/54) and the 400m (T54) remaining in San Antonio.
Hannah McFadden, a newcomer on the track who represented the United States at the London 2012 Paralympic Games at 16, finished second to her older sister in three races. Hannah did not race the 5,000m.
"My mom likes to say it's her cooking that makes us do well," Tatyana smiled.
The McFadden sisters meet on the track in the 400m Sunday, which is the final day of action in San Antonio. "She's just another competitor," said Tatyana, who is favored in the 400m.
While Day 2 belonged to the McFaddens, Jerome Singleton (Irmo, S.C.) proved his worth by winning the highly anticipated men's 100m (T44) with a time of 11.28. The defending International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Champion in the 100m topped Jarryd Wallace (Athens, Ga.), who clocked 11.45 to secure second place.
"I just got to have faith that I am where I need to be come worlds," Singleton said. "Every day is a struggle. Everybody has issues that they have to go through. Whoever has the least amount of issues at the world championships has the best chance at winning."
Favorite Richard Browne (Jackson, Miss.), who tied the 10.85 world record June 8 at an unsanctioned competition in Florida, only a week off crutches, aggravated his leg injury in the first steps of the race today. He finished last with a time of 18.96.
Blake Leeper (Kingsport, Tenn.) woke up Saturday to find his world record in the men's 100m (T43), which he shared with South African Oscar Pistorius, broken by Brazil's Alan Oliveira at a meet in Berlin, Germany. Oliveira ran 10.77, 0.14 seconds faster than the previous record of 10.91.
"I am not going to lie, I was upset when I read that Alan broke the record," said Leeper, who learned of the defeat on Twitter. "It took me years to tie Oscar's record, which stood for a few years. I took pride in the world record. To be able to represent my country as a world record holder, it was an honor."
Leeper ran an 11.39 in San Antonio.
"The good thing about the Paralympic Movement is that world records are being set every day," said Leeper, who won a silver medal and a bronze medal in London. "It lights a fire under me. I am fired up to face Alan in Lyon because he is a great competitor."
Leeper said he can run a 10.77, to match Oliveira, but he is aiming for a 10.6.
"It is not anything that I can't do," he said.
In the women's shot put (F32-34/52/53), San Antonio's Kate Callahan, an F57, won with a 9.39m throw. But Cassie Mitchell (Warner, Okla.), an F52 who finished second, set a world record for her classification, throwing 6.14m. The previous world record for the F52 classification was 5.82m, thrown by Croatian Antonia Balek in 2009.
"I have been very close to a world record in my last few meets, like within centimeters," Mitchell said. "I knew it was possible to set a world record here but with my other meets, I went in thinking about setting the world record and that didn't go well. For this meet, I decided I wasn't going to come in for the world record. I was coming here to let loose and throw it. Whatever happened, so be it."
Hagan Landry (Delcambre, La.), competing in the newer F41 classification, threw a 9.1m in the men's shot put (F40-44/46).
David Prince (Sarasota, Fla.) started the action on June 15 with a world record in the men's 200m (T44), running 22.47. He runs in the 400m, which he also holds the world record in, on Sunday.
More than 130 athletes are competing at the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships. The event serves as the U.S. qualification opportunity for the 2013 International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.
The U.S. world team will be named by June 18.
For more information the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships, June 14-16, in San Antonio, including a schedule and results, click here.


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Skanderbeg Capital hearts IKN
One of the Vancouver pumphouses behind the Lithium-X bullshit scam, Skanderbeg Capital, has decided that it loves IKN so much that it wants to come and read its contents every single day on multiple occasions. For what it's worth, Skanderbeg's Carson Seabolt is also a regular on the CEO.ca chat board where, using a chat handle, Carson keeps the name on everyone's lips by exchanging LIX pleasantries with Tommy Humphreys and the others getting paid to push this worthless scam at the naive and stupid.
Oh Mister Giustra, your petticoat's beginning to show...
The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
...in reverse order:
Third Place: "Peru Presidential election: Final week voter intention polling says Keiko and PPK into the run-off", which may turn out to be a headline too soon. Or may not. What we do know is that since then the situation has become very fluid and plenty of Peru political insiders are calling lefty Veronika Mendoza to pip PPK to the coveted second spot. We'll find out first preliminary numbers around 9pm Sunday evening Peru time.
Second Place: "Regarding Dynasty Metals & Mining (DMM.to) debt and misconceptions (a rant) (from IKN360)", which is pleasing. I got some nice mail feedback from this one too.
First Place: "Three of the 15 stocks Porter Stansberry is pumping (maybe four...or now more)". This one won the count by a mile. Trust me on this one, the whole mine stocks commentary community is abuzz with this promotion with people pro/contra about what's going on, but only a tiny few are talking about it in public because the pissant tipsters are insanely jealous of Porter's heft and reach. And yes I am one of the pissants, but no I'm not jealous, just highly amused.
I'll give Porter Stansberry credit too, he sure knows how to run one of these and makes the rest look like pikers. More information on the details (eg. we're up to seven names) and some of the interesting background to this whole pumpo in this weekend's edition of The IKN Weekly, subbers. It may stink to high heaven but hey....it's capitalism, baby.
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The Friday OT: Alain Souchon and Laurent Voulzy: Bad boys
Catching up with Voulzy this week, the guitar riff he put together for this 2014 song with Souchon got me. And the video's fun.
Cool, class, Voulzy makes it sound easy. It's not.
Intergra Gold (ICG.v): George Salamis tells IKN...
...this, on the record, after all that ICG and Eastmain and Columbus hoo-hah rtoday:
"Integra is happy with today's outcome. Now investors can get back to getting excited about the rocks again. Onwards and upwards".
Quote ends. Have a weekend.
Word on the street in Lima...
...late Friday afternoon, among journalist and reporter pals who are well-placed to get the latest readings and pulsa, is that most people "inside politics" are expecting Veronika Mendoza to beat PPK for the coveted second spot and make it to the run-off against Keiko.
So now you know.
UPDATED: A logical assumption about Lundin Gold (LUG.to)
We're getting a placement announcement soon.
UPDATE: My mistake, it turns out that LUG.to is also one of the Stansberry pumpo picks. And be in no doubt, this is now crazy-expensive.
Three of the 15 stocks Porter Stansberry is pumping (maybe four...or now more)
Porter Stansberry is pushing hard at the suckers, with his new $1,500 service* that gives out 15 names for greenhorns to buy. So far I've nailed down three, maybe four. Interested in hearing your views if you have others names on the list identified, nice and pretty IKN audience:
- Almaden Minerals (AMM.to) (AAU)
- Brazil Resources (BRI.v)
- Midas Gold (MAX.to)
The possible to join those three is Pan American Silver (PAA.to) (PAAS).
Undoubtedly, Porter's picked BRI.v to give Casey and Marin a liquidity event in which to dump their positions before the dog implodes. And for what it's worth, I actually think he's right about AMM.to, it's just that people are now paying way too much for this paper as its only exit strategy is to sell to a larger miner and nobody's going to pay a premium on top of this new market cap. The others, who knows...
UPDATE: Try this scenario out for size...
1) Porter is now in cahoots with Paulson
2) Porter pumps MAX.to, Paulson gets a 58c (and counting) print on his $55m worth of 35c convertibles on MAX
3) They all live happily ever after.
So if you want to know which world famous hedge fund manager rang our scammu little retail pumper and then met with him in New York for Kobe beef and carrots, while talking book on gold and gold miners, take a deep breath and think who might fit the bill....
UPDATE 2: Other suggestions as pumped names so far are Yamana (AUY), NovaGold (NG) and New Gold (NGD). All reasonably logical and have shown strength these last two days. However and same as PAAS, these aren't thinly traded explorecos being manipulated for the direct benefit of Porter's pals.
UPDATE 3: Add Newmarket Gold (NMI.to) to the list of suspects. Readers are smarter than I am.
UPDATE: Try this scenario out for size...
1) Porter is now in cahoots with Paulson
2) Porter pumps MAX.to, Paulson gets a 58c (and counting) print on his $55m worth of 35c convertibles on MAX
3) They all live happily ever after.
So if you want to know which world famous hedge fund manager rang our scammu little retail pumper and then met with him in New York for Kobe beef and carrots, while talking book on gold and gold miners, take a deep breath and think who might fit the bill....
UPDATE 2: Other suggestions as pumped names so far are Yamana (AUY), NovaGold (NG) and New Gold (NGD). All reasonably logical and have shown strength these last two days. However and same as PAAS, these aren't thinly traded explorecos being manipulated for the direct benefit of Porter's pals.
UPDATE 3: Add Newmarket Gold (NMI.to) to the list of suspects. Readers are smarter than I am.
*servicing his back pocket very nicely
Peru Presidential election: Two days to go, everyone's attacking Veronika Mendoza
Really interesting to see how Peru's media channels are out in force this morning and they all have one message: "Stop Vero". It's pretty clear that the late polls out yesterday which either have her just behind PPK or in a dead heat means there's everything to play for and being the only real lefty in the pack, she's scaring the moneypeople.
Here come a couple of comments. First this from Scotia this morning, which reflects the standard gringo view of what's going on:
- ELECTION WATCH: Show and "Peru"-ve: Strong Showing for Mendoza Could Be Negative for Mining Stocks with Peru Exposure: Our Mining Research Team saying that Peruvians will head to the polls on Sunday April 10th to elect their national congress and president. The presidential election is a two-round process with the first round this Sunday and the second round run-off vote scheduled for June 5. A run-off is widely expected, with no individual candidate polling near the 50% threshold required for an outright win in the first round. In the latest polls, front-runner Keiko Fujimori came in at ~37% while contenders Veronika Mendoza and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski were neck-and-neck at around 15%. Recent polls also show that Ms. Fujimori is expected to only have a slight edge in a run-off scenario with either of the other two candidates, so each of these three candidates seems to have a legitimate chance at the presidency. Ms. Fujimori and Mr. Kuczynski appear to generally advocate for continuity in the country's economic and mining policies while Ms. Mendoza promises to introduce a new economic model for the country, which would rely less on extractive industries. More specifically, she proposes to halt a scheduled cut to the corporate tax rate and tighten Peru's already-strict environmental regulations for miners. Ms. Mendoza has been surging in the polls lately. A result on Sunday that puts Ms. Mendoza in a run-off could be perceived negatively for mining stocks with Peruvian exposure. We flag the companies in our precious and base metals mining coverage with exposure to Peru.
Now this from your humble scribe, from The IKN Weekly IKN360 out last weekend.
Come the evening of April 10th the most likely scenario at this point is:
- Keiko Fujimori wins the first round with over 30% of the vote (it could be as high as 38%), which won't be enough to win outright.
- Pedro Pablo Kuczynski comes second with around 18% to 20% of the vote and runs off against Keiko in the ballotage set for June.We can consider the potential outcome of a PPK vs Keiko run-off in due course, let's make sure it happens that way first though I can say at this point that voter intention polls have it very close between those two in the run-off, with some pollsters giving a slight edge to PPK, others an edge to Keiko (12). The potential fly in the ointment of this scenario is Veronika Mendoza, the only true left wing candidate who has made late strides in the intention polls and in some surveys is now in a technical dead heat with PPK. There are two things to say on that:1) Veronika Mendoza will not win against Keiko in round two. All voter intention polls show that clearly, the country collective is scared of "lefties" (it's very easy to conjure images of lefty Commie terrorists in the mind of the average Peruvian). So even if she makes it, you up there will get your miner-friendly administration.2) As round two is going to be all about Keiko Fujimori vs "No Keiko" (or perhaps better said "No Fujimori"), I expect many "No Keikos" to switch from similar candidates such as Barbanchea and García to PPK, in order to keep Veronika out and give the "No Keiko" option a real chance at victory.
Bottom line: If Mendoza squeaks into the second round you should consider it an investment opportunity, not an investment risk. What is important is to have patsies such as the ones at Scotia and their clients, the ones who can't see beyond four days into the future and raise country risk without seeing the bigger picture
Updating the Bloomberg gold headline generator
Been a while since we did this, time to bring it up to 2016 levels:
It's always fears...why is it always fears?
Gold bullion holdings in GLD, 2016 to date
NB: Please note the cut down Y-axes used in these charts, done to highlight the changes, not to try and fool you.
Here's 2016 to date in gold bullion holdings in GLD, the world's biggest gold ETF:
Here's the last month isolated, from the same dataset:
Yesterday came as a relief for bulls.
Gold inside a trading range, copper falls off a cliff
Yup goldbugs, I know gold's up U$20/oz this morning but I also know that it's been stuck inside a tight trading range for plenty of days and today isn't much of a change. I as a precious metals miner anal yst and long didn't care when it dropped to 1215, why should I care about this move to 1240?
No people, the real move today is in the copper pit. This...
...is a new thing. It's also very welcome at IKN, because subscribers know that I called short on a well-known copper name last Sunday with one of the reasons being perceived weakness in the world copper market. That trade is now around 18% up, which isn't bad for four days. Decent sized position, too.
Peru Presidential election: Final week voter intention polling says Keiko and PPK into the run-off
What happens in Peru is that in the last week before an election, polls are illegal to publish. But that doesn't stop the polling companies from getting out there, taking voter opinion readings and then leaking them to the public. This is the one that's doing the rounds in Peru this morning, daisyfresh:
It predicts Keiko without the votes to get to 50% +1 vote and an automatic round one win. Then PPK improving to over 20% as people move away from the also-ran candidates (Barnachea has seen his numbers fall considerably) and into the two-horse second round run-off. Veronika Mendoza's late surge in the last few weeks won't be enough to get her into the second spot and the run-off...or so this polls says.
The vote's Sunday, we'll have a decent idea of the result by Monday morning Americas time.
UPDATE: This morning, Latin America Daily Briefing has a note on the election run-up, the issues and implications, link to that right here. As always, an excellent job of compilation and comment from LADB, those of you who want access to LatAm current affairs in English language should read this every day (hint: get the free daily mailer)
UPDATE 2: Two more unofficial polls this evening put it at level pegging between PPK and Veronika Mendoza.
UPDATE: This morning, Latin America Daily Briefing has a note on the election run-up, the issues and implications, link to that right here. As always, an excellent job of compilation and comment from LADB, those of you who want access to LatAm current affairs in English language should read this every day (hint: get the free daily mailer)
UPDATE 2: Two more unofficial polls this evening put it at level pegging between PPK and Veronika Mendoza.
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After Wisconsin
Here's an interesting website for numbernerds who also happen to be election junkies. It shows the latest numbers, post-Wisconsin wins for The Bern and Flat Tax Ted. Screenshot here:
The world's biggest copper producer: Codelco vs Freeport
I am asked to adjudicate, it's an easy one:
This is the last five years of annual production at the big two (BHP does less, around the 3.3Bn Lbs level) according to the two company websites and please note the cut down Y-axis, done not to fool you but to show the differences more clearly. I choose five years because it cancels out any influence from the 2008/2009 financial crisis and also cancels out any influence from when FCX was Phelps Dodge and Freeport and McMoran and things. And we need to know the story now, not back then. So...
- Codelco beat out Freeport (FCX) in four of the last five years and has produced a total of 20.01Bn lbs copper in the period.
- Freeport beat out Codelco in one of the last five years and has produced a total of 19.41Bn lbs copper in the period.
And 600m Lbs Cu is a lot of Cu. Codelco is the biggest. The End. Reader BH, you owe reader SH a beer.
Mailbag on Continental Gold (CNL.to)
Reader 'P' (an industry professional) has kindly given permission to publish the mail he sent into IKN Nerve Centre this morning. It goes like this (names removed, rest as-is):
"...an excerpt from Continental Gold's recently published 43-101 FS on the Buriticá project (Section 4.6.3):On December 23, 2013, the company submitted an EIA to Corantioquia, representing the final modification to the environmental license for the entire surface infrastructure required to build a mine in the Higabra Valley.On September 15, 2015, the company announced that it had requested the National Government of Colombia to assume responsibility for reviewing the application for modification to the EIA for the Buriticá Project as a PINES Project (Proyecto Estratégicos de Interés Nacional), as contemplated under Colombian law. Consequently, the company withdrew its application for the modification of the EIA from Corantioquia.Isn't it the case that Corantioquia had actually rejected the Continental application in September 2015? (which would make the last phrase nonsense).Reading the report, they are quite gung-ho on the project and seem to think that it's a goer. Your thoughts?
Your humble scribe replied:
Indeed (name removed), it's all here including the quote from the head of Coriantioquia, stating that his office had denied the permit for CNL at Buriticá on September 11th.
And why that matters now is here because CNL has to go back, cap in hand to that very same person, and get the permit approved from Coriantioquia before anything can happen. As I noted in the Weekly on Sunday while writing up on the last three months in Colombia...
The Constitution Court, which has ruled in favour of the Páramo protection laws and against companies such as Eco Oro at Angostura. In the same ruling the court also said that the country's PINES program for fast-tracking specific projects was all well and good, but the projects will also need permits from regional enviro people. This part didn't go down well in the offices of Continental Gold (CNL.to).
Re-read that section of the 43-101 script you sent to me. Note how it tells no lies. That's lawyer-speak..."
I may have spelled it wrong in my mails to P but, oh to be a fly on the wall when the CNL team meet up with the
Coriantioquia Corantioquia people again.
Singing in the shower
The Lithium X (LIX.v) pump continues. An object lesson in mass hypnosis, fuelled by paid pumpers and deep pockets ($50k here, $40k there, access to cheap shares for the anointed) hitting the greed buttons of the naive, we breached the $1.50 line this morning:
It's also interesting to note how the people at the centre of this scam are acting, too (my thanks to reader T for sending this one in, who doesn't want to be banned from the chatroom so gets just one initial here by request). This was written by Tommy Humphreys over at CEO.ca this morning when the subject was the rise in LIX share price:
That links to the video below, which is fun. I assume the other people mentioned by Tommy Humphreys are also critical of LIX, they're not the only ones. You know what they say about catching yourself singing in the shower, don't you now Tommy?
For the rest of you, the word of caution: The only people who know when a classic pump turns to dump are the people at the centre of it all. Tommy Humphreys is only one degree of separation from the very centre, being a regular on Frank Giustra's private jet these days. It's like musical chairs with money, don't be left dancing when the music abruptly stops. In the meantime, feel free to do with your money what you wish and trust it to a expanding chain of Vancouver stock promoters playing a larger game than you might imagine.
Regarding Dynasty Metals & Mining (DMM.to) debt and misconceptions (a rant) (from IKN360)
A small section of IKN360, out last night
Regarding Dynasty Metals & Mining (DMM.to) debt and misconceptions (a rant)Reader 'FS' sent the following in after reading my succinct appraisal of the fast-deteriorating situation at DMM.to last week (13), one that even came before the company's second NR Friday afternoon (14) that told us of its employee walk-out (reason is simple: don't pay people and people don't work for you). Here's FS:"Hi Otto. I read your note about Dynasty being insolvent and no longer a viable economic entity. But I would like to know why you don't think there is at least some value in its 3 projects with 6 million oz of gold and the Zaruma plant, equipment and mine development plus all the technical work that's been done over the past 10 to 15 years."I would have thought competitors would be willing to pay say $10 per ounce in the ground for the whole company. That would be 60 million dollars and would leave some money for shareholders. What is wrong with this rationale?"And here's what I wrote back to FS:Shares are better understood by their formal name 'equities' and they get crushed to death by financial debt, it doesn't matter what price is put on the supposed and apparent fixed assets. Look at what happened to Jaguar Mining (JAG.v) shares during the re-structuring there. Or look at Colossus. Or Atna. Or Allied Nevada (aka Hycroft). A company like Vertex One will not play cute and pay their money to third parties when they can get the assets for no money. Equities are behind in the queue, debt creditors are first.Also, DMM has no money, 2700oz Au shipped or not. No money is very very not good.Many many years ago, somebody much smarter than I gave me a wonderful definition of company shares, i.e. equities: "The small sliver of hope that sits between assets and liabilities on a balance sheet". To expand a little on that, I understand where reader FS is coming from on certain levels, he sees the potential for a third party to move into DMM, pick up "cheap assets" by "only" paying $10/oz, paying off the debtors, injecting capital, getting the company running on a positive cash flow basis, reaping the rewards of acting on a "bargain basement opportunity".Which may be so but first we need to ask questions. Who knows more about the DMM assets, a third party or the people developing this company for over a decade? We need to consider the never-ending delays, screw-ups and broken promises delivered by Robert Washer and his team. We need to wonder about the high cash cost, the succession of operating losses and the way the company can never seem to deliver on its development programs. And why workers have had enough and walked out. And Ecuador (let's not even go there today). To cut to the chase we need to consider the word "value", the one used by FS in his mail, a little more carefully. When it comes to balance sheets and fixed assets, within reason a company can claim the asset value it likes and if it decides not to cut the value of the thing it owns from time to time (i.e. impairment or write-down) it'll stay that way. Examples:
- If Argonaut Gold (AR.to) thinks its Magino project is worth the same (in fact more) than the $341m it paid in October 2012 for the property, when gold was at over U$1,700/oz, and doesn't write down a bean of its value because it claims that if gold stays at U$1,142/oz over the long-term it will be able to re-coup all the price paid...well, they can do just that if they want (and my stars, they have).
- Topically (15), if Kaizen Discovery (KZD.v) magically makes its $4m purchase into a $12.5m asset without adding a single drill hole to Pinaya then we can sit back and applaud (or laugh).Two examples, we could play around with dozens but the point should be clear: Just because a company says it has an asset, it doesn't mean that it is an asset. An asset that does nothing for your company apart from level charges and lose money isn't one, it's a liability (or at best a non-performing asset). Or as stated in IKN351:A billion ounces of uneconomic gold is worth zero dollars and zero cents because if it costs more to get out the ground than you can sell it for, it's worthless. But hey let's up the ante because according to USA's oceanic people NOAA, there are around 20 million tonnes of gold in the world's seawater (3). In old money, that's 643 billion ounces (yeah, with a B). Not only that, but about twenty seconds on Google will show you that people have spent time working out successful methods for extracting that gold (4).* But despite there being oodles and oodles of ounces of gold, out there, identified and available, they're all worth nothing.Combine the misconceptions of "in-situ gold value" and the magical accountancy so prevalent in the junior mining world and I find myself naturally circling back to DMM to wrap this rant up.After making decent money in a DMM trade way back when, then losing about the quarter of the profits in a bad second trade afterwards, it just so happens to be a company I've studied carefully, watched over the years and...yup I've never been back. But rather than me again, here's what A. Mining Professional told me just a couple of weeks ago because he nailed it so well. He'd met with Washer at PDAC, was on the receiving end of a romancing, knew I knew a bit about DMM and asked me for an opinion which I gave in no uncertain terms. He looked more carefully and..."... I downloaded the three 43.101 reports on Friday (and) had a glance through the attached on their operating Zaruma mine this evening. Shocked, gobsmacked, appalled… take your pick… there are so many deficiencies in this report I wouldn't know where to begin. That this is the basis for the mine plan and business is shocking….BTW, the Dynasty Goldfield vein target, there great hope is comprised of 110 veins in a polygonal resource. Yikes!There are sometimes interesting fights that go on when a company implodes on debt but has an asset hanging around. A few examples that come are San Gold, Rubicon, Gran Colombia, and even Pacific (PRE.to) in the O&G sector. People swoop in on the distressed, pick over the asset book and try to find value. More often than not they don't and that's largely because of something of the utmost simplicity; If the assets it has were (or are still) good ones, the company wouldn't have got into financial trouble in the first place!Bottom line: DMM is going bankrupt because its assets are not assets, nobody will jump in to save them from their creditors, those creditors will hit the non-compliance button and people holding equities that day will get a sharp lesson in why balance sheets are the single most important financial documents for companies. Perhaps they'll end up selling the mill to INV Metals, or perhaps somewhere down the line after a restructuring a newco rises but if it does, you can bet any money you like that the current equity holders will have been diluted to a Pacific Ocean scale.
The IKN Weekly, out now
IKN360 has just been sent to subscribers. It's over 18,000 words long it was fun to write, it felt like writing 4k. In my humble opinion it's also one of the better editions for a while.
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Louis Lobito Little Wolf James of Casey Research: His 2015 track record is rolling straight into 2016
You have to admire consistency.
Back in 2015, Louis Lobito Little Wolf James told us about his Top Pick stock early in the year and assured us all that, "If I could buy only one stock this year, Rubicon would be the one". Those of you who follow the mining market closely will know that Rubicon (RMX.to)...well...errr...let's just say the trade didn't quite work out the way Lobito planned:
But that hasn't put our intrepid Little Wolf off calling Top Pick trades for 2016, oh no. Here's what he gave as the splashy headline of the first edition of his International Speculator in 2016, out January 21st:
Move to the contents of the letter and we get the formal reco (also a direct clip from the letter, ain't no faking it at IKN):
And to make sure you fully understood the timescale...
...yup, no doubt about it, this is the Lobito Top Pick trade for the year we know as 2016. So how is that Casey Research Top Pick trade in SDS getting on since it was published on January 21st 2016?
Answer: It's down 21%. Keeping your track record intact, Lobito. Good man!
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This luxurious home created by stunt architect Adam Kalkin is actually just 12 shipping containers stacked up, surrounded by a greenhouse-like glass frame, and stuffed with furniture. It's a perfect insta-mansion, or compound for your next Singulatarian cult.
The house is currently for rent — you can live there for a week for $6,000-$10,000 according to Kalkin. Now that's some upscale cargo action.


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Highlights of the paintings in the University Museums permanent collection include the twelve painting series America in the Making by N.C. Wyeth, paintings commissioned in the 1930s, and contemporary paintings by significant American artists. Commissioning portraits of high level administration positions such as President, Vice President, Provost, Dean, Department Head, etc. has been a long standing tradition at Iowa State that continues in to the present. The portrait collection represents a group of individuals who have had a long standing impact on Iowa State and have left behind a legacy of dedication, hard work, and accomplishment.


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Secret Service Investigating Womans Facebook After Posting "Maybe He Will Get Assassinated This Term" (Calls Obama N-Word, Claims Not To Be Racist)
"The United States Secret Service is investigating a Turlock woman over a post she made, using the N-word, about President Obama on Facebook." - 40 News
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Regional airports were on heightened security while some accepted redirected flights Friday after a man with an assault rifle opened fire inside Terminal 3 of Los Angeles International Airport, killing a Transportation Safety Administration employee and wounding six other people.
The shooting impacted operations at LAX, one of the busiest airports in the nation, diverting 46 flights to other Southern California airports, including LA/Ontario International and Long Beach airports, according to LAX.
Both Bob Hope Airport in Burbank and John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana reported receiving no diversions from LAX.
"We have heard that people have come to John Wayne Airport to fly to their destination because they could not get out at LAX," said Jenny Wedge, spokeswoman for John Wayne.
Three American Airlines and two Southwest flights were diverted to ONT while JetBlue announced Friday afternoon its LAX service would operate to and from Long Beach airport.
Passengers were advised to check the status of their flight online, said Sharon Jones, spokeswoman for the low-cost carrier.
Three JetBlue flights from LAX to Boston Logan International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport were canceled, she said.
"If customers are booked to travel today to or from LAX, they can rebook their flight for LAX tomorrow, Nov 2, or change their flight to Long Beach or Burbank," Jones said.
Cassie Perez-Harmison, spokeswoman with Long Beach Airport, said at least five JetBlue flights were diverted to the airport.
"It's been busy but it's not overwhelming," she said. "These flights have been spaced out."
Travelers were urged to arrive earlier than usual due to heightened security activity, Perez-Harmison said.
"We are experiencing increased security, but our operations are normal," she said.
Bob Hope and Long Beach airports both reported increased security while John Wayne airport police services and security partners also responded.
"There are security measures that are taken during situations like this, (that) may or may not be visible to (the) traveling public, but passengers and visitors and employees at the airport should feel assured they are safe," Wedge said.
More security was visible at ONT, spokesman Harold Johnson said.
"While ONT does not give out security details, passengers can expect to see a visible presence of officers and K9 units on patrol," he said.
Johnson urged ONT passengers to keep all belongings with them and not accept items from people they don't know. Passengers should immediately report any unattended items to security personnel, Johnson said.
"While ONT does not give out security details, passengers can expect to see a visible presence of officers and K9 units on patrol," he said.
New Mexico residents flying into LAX for the Breeders Cup found themselves diverted to ONT.
"They diverted our plane 15 minutes before landing at LAX," said Jake Quoncha of Albuquerque.
Passenger Vanessa Gonzalez said someone came on the intercom, informing them someone at LAX had been shot.
Some of the travelers at ONT did not seem fazed by the incident.
"Just another day in LA, I guess," said Karen Quoncha.
Jake Quoncha's biggest concern was reuniting with his luggage: "Now they're trying to reroute that," he said, as the group went to rent a car.
Actress Bella Thorne, who was also on the flight from Albuquerque, thought she was at LAX when her flight from Albuquerque landed in ONT.
Thorne said she had to rent a car so she could drive to LAX and pick up her car there.
Arlene Peña of Oakland heard they were being diverted to ONT "when we were about to land."
"Luckily, my in-laws live really close and they're being dolls and picking me up. Going to spend some quality time with them" in San Bernardino, Peña said.
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It would be tough to top Adrian Pynenberg's freshman year at Wabash College. But that's what the sophomore linebacker hopes to do.
Pynenberg came to Wabash from Oswego Community High School in Montgomery, Illinois, where he led the Panthers to the Class 7A state football title as the team's defensive MVP. He stepped into a starting role at linebacker for the Little Giants, leading the team in tackles with 86 as a rookie.
"It was a very fast learning curve," said Pynenberg. "I had to pick everything up from day one. I was fortunate to have excellent upperclassmen to learn from last year."
This year he's become the instructor, working with other players on the Wabash squad as they prepare for the 2005 season.
"It's a different perspective this year," he said after the first few days of camp. "Lat year I was learning all the schemes and was the recipient of some great advice from experienced players like Aaron Selby and Tim Parker. This year I get to join them. I hope some of what I've been able to pass along to the freshmen during practice has been helpful. I hope they get a chance to learn something from me and the way I play."
Learning has never been a problem for Pynenberg. An Academic All-State player in high school, he was a Dean's List student in both semesters as a freshman while earning a place on the football team's Academic Top-Ten list.
"Two of my most memorable moments as a freshman had to be stepping onto the field for my first Monon Bell game and receiving that first letter from the Dean's office letting me know I'd made the Dean's List," he said. "Even though we lost to DePauw, to be a part of that rivalry, to see the crowd, and to experience the game as a player was incredible. And to know that I made the Dean's List my first semester at Wabash meant so much to me. It was an unbelievable moment when I knew I had achieved that."
Pynenberg wants to make sure he keeps up his scholarly effort. He took a chemistry course over the summer so he could keep his fall schedule clear to include his regular class load, football practice, and fraternity activities as a member of Lambda Chi Alpha.
Brent Harris is the Wabash College sports information director.


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From Mobile, Ala., to Venice, Italy, the same debate on the cruise industry is heard: How can historic cities balance the economic benefits of the industry with impacts such as congestion and pollution?
This week, Charleston - where cruise ships have sparked headlines and lawsuits in recent years - will host an international conference on the topic. The event is called "Harboring Tourism: A Symposium on Cruise Ships in Historic Port Communities."
"Our interest is to raise the dialogue and to really understand how do historic ports manage cruise tourism, how do they do that effectively and what are some of the challenges they face," said Erica Avrami, research and education director for the World Monuments Fund, a sponsor of the event.
The three-day conference begins Wednesday and also is sponsored by the Preservation Society of Charleston and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Charleston, which for years had seasonal cruises, became a year-round cruise embarkation point in 2010, when Carnival Cruise Lines permanently based its 2,056-passenger liner Fantasy in the city.
The growing industry and plans by the South Carolina State Ports Authority to build a $35 million cruise terminal have brought lawsuits in state and federal courts.
Plaintiffs are concerned that pollution and congestion threaten Charleston's historic district. City leaders say that the industry is being handled appropriately and that Charleston will never be a major cruise destination.
Concerns over the year-round industry prompted the National Trust to place Charleston on its "watch list" of endangered places and the World Monuments Fund to put the city on its Monuments Watch list.
Avrami noted that cruise tourism has been around for a long time and called tourism an "important partner with historic preservation," with tourist dollars helping historic cities thrive. "Our interest in Charleston is it is where the issue has been coming to a head," she said. "Because it was so polarized, it was a timely location and opportunity to push the dialogue forward."
Concerns about the industry also have been raised in Venice, where critics worry about accidents, air and water pollution, and the 2 million additional visitors that cruises bring each year to the city. UNESCO, the U.N. cultural organization, says the liners cause swells that further erode the delicate foundations of the city's historic buildings.
Sam Jones, mayor of Mobile, Ala., is scheduled to speak at the conference. In his city, $20 million was invested in a cruise terminal in 2004. But later, Carnival Cruise Lines moved the liner serving the city to New Orleans. Now, Mobile has the challenge of paying for a terminal no longer used for cruises.
John Hildreth, the director of the Charleston office of the National Trust, said the organization is not opposed to cruises. But, he said, cities and residents need to make sure rules are in place.
"The communities and the tourists alike benefit from proper management," he said.
Evan Thompson, executive director of the Preservation Society, said the conference will put Charleston in a global context.
"We want to build a network of the people who have been grappling with the various issues related to cruise ships in historic ports and people who can offer expertise as to what is the way forward," he said.


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Michelle Obama put a heckler in her place after she interrupted the First Lady's speech during a Democratic fundraiser in Washington on Tuesday, June 4, prompting cheers and applause from the crowd.
Obama was more than halfway through her address, held at a home in Northwest Washington, when a woman "at the front of a crowd of about 200 people began shouting for President Obama to issue an executive order" barring federal contracts that would discriminate against employees "based on sexual orientation or gender identity," the New York Times reports.
The First Lady promptly stopped her speech and told the crowd, "One of the things I don't do well is this," before stalking over to the spot where the protester was shouting and telling the woman that she could either "listen to me or you can take the mic, but I'm leaving."
Obama then turned to the crowd and said, "You all decide. You have one choice."
At that, the audience began to chant for Obama to stay and continue, and one woman told the protester, later identified as GetEQUAL activist Ellen Sturtz: "You need to leave."
Sturtz managed to get in one last message as she was being escorted out of the home, however, shouting that she was a "lesbian looking for federal equality before I die," according to NBC News.
The crowd cheered as Obama returned to the lectern and continued with the remainder of her speech.
Sturtz later told the Washington Post that she was shocked at Obama's reaction.
"She came right down in my face," she said. "I was taken aback."
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Well, that's one thing off her plate.
Lindsay Lohan, who is stuck in the midst of a legal struggle, will not be charged with criminal battery for an alleged attack on a Betty Ford Center staffer, Entertainment Weekly reports.
The Riverside District Attorney's Office says there wasn't enough "sufficient" evidence to charge the "Mean Girls" star with the alleged battery.
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With Tina and Jann Lee returning to the ring in Dead or Alive 5, there are just too many pretty characters in the game to choose just one. Luckily there's Tag Mode.
Taking place inside an electrified wrestling ring surrounded by screaming fans (hopefully not screaming because they're being electrocuted, but I'll take it), Dead or Alive 5's Tag Mode teams up pairs like masked wrestlers Mariposa and Mr. Strong, Jann Lee and obsessed girl, or Tina and Tina's dad in no-holds-barred round of Fighting Entertainment.
That's what they call the cage: Fighting Entertainment. If only all video games utilized such straightforward naming conventions.
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Too much of what's called computer science in the public education system involves basic IT skills. That's one of the complaints about precollege education lodged by the Association for Computing Machinery in a statement on computer science in the K-12 education system. The ACM has listened to president-elect Obama discuss plans for improving and expanding education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and wants to make sure computer science isn't left out. But integrating computer science into earlier phases of education may be a longer-term challenge than the ACM's statement indicates.
The ACM's document lays things out right at the start, stating, "We believe that computer science education should be an integral part of our education system." Bobby Schnabel of Indiana University, who chairs the ACM's Education Policy Committee, elaborated on that theme in a statement announcing its release. "Computing education benefits all students, not just those interested in pursuing computer science or information technology careers," said Schnabel. "But students often do not have many opportunities to engage in rigorous computer science study at the K-12 level."
The ACM points out that people with computing skills remain in demand on the job market, even as the number of students focusing on computer science has plunged in recent years. Computer science is also doing very poorly at attracting participation from women and minorities. Part of this may arise from problems with the public education system. At the high school level, computer science courses are generally treated as optional or electives, rather than a college preparatory course. Those who teach these classes have typically had a broad range of educational experience, and the certification programs are spotty, meaning that the course material and quality of instruction can be all over the map.
Partly as a result of this lack of standards, and partly as a result of a lack of public understanding of computer science, the ACM suggests that many classes bearing the label computer science simply aren't. "The distinctions have blurred," the report suggests, "between what is called computer science and what is, in fact, information technology literacy and the use of technology to support learning."
The solution, according to the ACM, is to treat computer science as a core part of a modern education. Detailed instruction should start at the junior high school level, as that's where long-term interests are frequently fostered. Studies should determine how students wind up engaging with the field, and the education and certification of teachers, as well as the course design, should be revamped in accordance with the results of these studies.
In general, I support efforts to improve STEM education, and I'm certain the ACM is right in suggesting that there is plenty of room for improvement in CS education. Nevertheless, it seems that the ACM is running the risk of overstating its case.
"Computer science also provides an important skill set for students entering any career area," the statement reads. This is true to the extent that basic math and logic skills, as well as an organized approach to problem solving, should be part of any general education. But a lot of actual computer science involves the development of skills that are significantly abstracted from, and far more specialized than, these basic skills. Teaching skills like logic and problem solving are only generally useful if the instruction includes some way of relating those skills to issues outside the field; any revamp of computer science instruction would need to ensure that it does that.
This isn't an insurmountable problem, but it does suggest that the restructuring of the CS education process may be more challenging and take longer than the ACM might like. But the group also neglected to make the case for one of its major claims. The document correctly draws a distinction between basic, IT-level computing skills and actual computer science education, but neglects to discuss the relative value of the two. Education has often focused on the former, because it's perceived by many in the public as being the more important skill. If the ACM really wants an emphasis on the latter, it's going to have to try harder to convince the public of that perspective.


text: Courts of appeal reject Belgian tax authorities' stern approach to the notional interest deduction Global Tax News Share this 22 MAR 2016 By: Gregory Komlosi For the second time in eight months, a Court of Appeal has rejected the Belgian tax authorities' stern approach to the way that some intragroup financing companies have been using the notional interest deduction. This jurisprudence should raise further interest in Belgium as a jurisdiction for intragroup financing activities. NOTIONAL INTEREST DEDUCTION – HOW DOES IT WORK? The notional interest deduction (NID) was introduced more than 10 years ago with the aim of limiting the difference in tax treatment between debt and equity financing of companies. Belgian companies and permanent establishments of foreign companies may deduct a fictional or notional interest that is computed on the basis of their (adjusted) accounting equity. The government determines this percentage annually, by averaging the monthly reference indices of the interest rate on 10-year linear government bonds in the second year before the assessment year. The NID rate for assessment year 2017 is 1.131 percent (1.631 percent for SMEs). APPEALING TOOL The NID is an efficient planning tool that has attracted a lot of investment to Belgium. Many MNEs placed their internal financing vehicles in Belgium. This tool is even more appealing in combination with the comparatively lenient Belgian thin capitalization rules, which allow financing with "bad" debt (mainly intragroup debt − bank debt is in principle not subject to thin capitalization limitations) for an amount of up to five times a company's equity. The NID lost some of its appeal pursuant to the 2012 tax reform, which resulted in capping the NID rate by law at 3 percent and abolishing the carrying forward of excess NID. Another significant factor which reduced the attractiveness of the NID was the aggressive approach used by the tax authorities to tackle certain financing structures used by MNEs. A recent decision by the Court of Appeal of Antwerp (12 January 2016) in the Fortum case has dealt a major blow to the tax authorities' approach. FORTUM CASE Facts Fortum, a Finnish MNE, financed a large acquisition in Russia by having its Finnish parent company grant a loan to a Belgian group company (Belco). Belco, in its turn, granted a loan to a Swedish group acquisition vehicle. Shortly thereafter, the Finnish parent company performed a debt-equity swap by contributing its receivable against Belco into Belco's capital. The debt-equity swap resulted in a very large increase of Belco's NID, which allowed it to offset the interest income on its receivable held against the Swedish acquisition vehicle. Belco had no other activity other than holding this single receivable. It had no personnel and rented one office together with another group company. Tax authorities' approach The Belgian tax authorities challenged the benefit of the NID on the basis of Article 207 of the Income Tax Code, a specific anti-abuse rule stating that profit that originates from "abnormal or benevolent advantages" may not be offset with the NID. Referring to well-established jurisprudence of the Supreme Court, they claimed that the whole operation had been exclusively driven by tax considerations and was performed under abnormal economic circumstances. The tax authorities claimed that the interest gathered by Belco on its receivable therefore stemmed from a received abnormal or benevolent advantage and that the company could not offset that income with the NID. In a rather concise decision of 25 June 2014, the Tribunal of First Instance of Antwerp ruled in favor of the tax authorities. The Tribunal was of the opinion that the equity financing of Belco, given the circumstances, constituted an abnormal or benevolent advantage granted to Belco. The Tribunal denied the company the right to use the NID to offset its interest income gathered from its receivable. Court of Appeal of Antwerp The decision of the Tribunal of First Instance has been reversed by the Court of Appeal of Antwerp. In its decision in January 2016, the court ruled that the debt-equity swap did not qualify as an abnormal or benevolent advantage. Belco was therefore entitled to offset its interest income with the NID. The court was of the opinion that the tax authorities' broad interpretation of the concept of abnormal or benevolent advantage only applies to situations where profit is shifted by transferring profit-making enterprises to entities with large tax attributes. As a consequence, the court considered that the manner in which Belco was interposed was not abnormal. 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A noteworthy article on Alternet last week, written by Dr. Roslyn Fuller asks "Technology brings new ways of working, but what has really changed?" Referring to "A Guide to Our Future" by British journalist Paul Mason, Fuller writes:
"…Mason's main premise, that information technology will bring with it profound new ways of work and perhaps a new economy—a post-capitalist economy if you will—is an interesting one. Unlike so many others on the political left—and Mason is definitely and unapologetically on the left—he has grasped that a return to the glory days of widespread union membership and workplace solidarity is impossible. People simply do not live and work in the rooted communities of the past—they are more disaggregated, hopping from job to job and city to city, working on contract, freelance or as self-employed "entrepreneurs" of the digital age. At the same time, the scarcity model of economic understanding is at least partially unraveling, with social enterprise and the sharing economy blurring, as the author puts it, the distinction between work and play."
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Apart from the imposing Samaria Gorge, Chania area includes several more gorges which are smaller in size, but as beautiful as the aforementioned. Their crossing constitutes a unique experience for visitors.
Nibros gorge is 6-7 km long and is one of the narrowest and deepest in the country. At some points its two slopes have just two meters distance from each other and its depth is 300m. In other parts they come so close that you cannot see the sky. Cypress and other trees, holm-oaks grow here on the slopes and depth of the gorge. The roadway leading to Chora of Sfakia goes through the gorge.
Topoliano gorge is 1.500m long. It has very high, vertical slopes where you will be able to see many cavitary hollows. One of them is the explored Aghia Sofia cave at an altitude of 80m. It is located on the right side of the road that passes through the gorge. It is full of stalactites and stalagmites of amazing formations. The cave is also of archeological interest as scientists found there conches from the Neolithic Era.
Anopoli gorge is located between Anopoli and Aradena ends up in Dialiskari beach (7km long)
Epanochori, the lush green Aghia Irini gorge which ends up in Sougia beach (4 hours route). There is a way from Aghia Irini (12km) that leads to Omalos.
Theriso. The imposing Eleftherios Venizelos gorge connecting the village with Chania. The road goes through the gorge which was used as base of Cretan rebels.
Malaxa, is the small gorge (400m deep) located close to the village.
Paleochora is the small Anidri - Gianiskari gorge (30 minutes route).
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The War on Wolves Continues
At press time, the wolf body count continued to rise in the West. Hunters have killed 258 wolves in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming since late August, including eight known to spend time within Yellowstone National Park. Five of them were wearing radio collars. Though no hunting is allowed within the park, wolves often cross the invisible park boundary in search of food or mates. Once out, they are no longer protected. In early December, the alpha female of the Lamar Canyon pack (#832F) was shot 16 miles east of the park. She was a "famous," visible wolf, currently being filmed by cinematographer Bob Landis, who has produced many films for Nature and National Geographic programs.
The Yellowstone wolves are some of the most intensely studied wild animals on the planet. For years, scientists have monitored wolf activity under conditions where humans were not a threat to wolves' survival. Now it appears these wolves will face the same risks as wolves elsewhere in the Rockies, potentially jeopardizing research on their natural behavior in the wild.
Defenders filed a lawsuit in November to challenge the premature delisting of wolves in Wyoming, arguing that the Interior Department illegally stripped wolves of Endangered Species Act protections and is allowing the state to treat wolves as unwanted vermin across the majority of the state, including in national forests.
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It's a win-win at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, where a new rule in place since February is preventing off-road vehicles from crushing beach-nesting sea turtles and imperiled shorebirds, while not discouraging tourism as some had feared. Turns out that a record-breaking 222 turtles nested as of September and 11 endangered piping plovers survived to fledge. The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau reported that gross occupancy during the bird- and turtle-nesting season was the highest on record, underscoring that wildlife protection doesn't hurt the economy and that it may even help it.
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To help Montana landowners live with free-roaming bison outside Yellowstone National Park, Defenders is helping out with reinforced fencing—reimbursing landowners for 50 percent of costs up to $1,000 per landowner—to keep bison out of gardens and landscaped yards. Bison often travel beyond park boundaries in search of food, particularly during harsh winters with deep snow. Until recently, bison were hazed back inside the park, shot on sight or shipped to slaughter houses. But in the last couple of years, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and state and federal agencies have agreed to let bison roam beyond the park boundaries. Additional changes may soon create year-round bison habitat outside the park, but only if landowners agree to share their space. Stronger fencing is one way everyone can coexist.
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Sometimes a garden may be a bower of flowers. At other times just a tiny blossom can cheer the eye and maybe even the soul. It's the sequence of changing form and color, always something new, that makes a real garden different from a static painting of flowers.
This is for serious gardeners. Are there times when your garden is paradise, and at other times it's just bare? If so, what you don't have is a continuous succession of bloom, which means something is flowering all the time.
Sometimes a garden may be a bower of flowers. At other times just a tiny blossom can cheer the eye and maybe even the soul. It's the sequence of changing form and color, always something new, that makes a real garden different from a static painting of flowers.
A succession of bloom simply requires plants that bloom sequentially. But it takes some planning to figure it out exactly. When your yard is bare, check your neighbors' yards to see what they have that you don't. Or use a list of plants with blooming dates.
Here is a general overview of the spring flowering sequence in New England. Its opening blush comes in April with magnolia, pear and cherry trees, complemented by daffodils, early tulips, scilla and grape hyacinths.
Underplanting is with early PJM rhododendrons. (Always pick them in bloom. You may not like all the colors.) These will last for several weeks. As they fade, another group dominates: crabapples, dogwood (Cornus florida) and redbud trees. Also ones whose young leaves are red, like Japanese maple, and beech. Azalea vaseyii and early Japanese azalea varieties burst forth, followed soon by exuberant later blooming azaleas.
Large flowered rhododendrons open. Underneath grow late daffodils, late tulips and early perennials. This is the period when the garden is most like paradise, usually in mid May.
It's important to note that there are early, mid-season and late varieties of almost every plant species.
Quickly follows another great burst of new color, rhododendrons, mostly tall and from Asia. Old reliables are Catawbiense album (white), Nova Zembler (red) and Roseum Elegans (lavendar-pink). When they get too big, they can be pruned up into small trees, which is what they are in their native habitat. And of course, it's lilac time as well.
Come June, more blooms follow. Mountain laurel, Kousa dogwoods, late rhododendrons, perennials galore and old fashioned deciduous shrubs.Everything is full of flowers.
Then, in a grand finale of the succession of bloom, the roses burst forth.
If one started with magnolias in April and a careful plan, there would have been almost 3 months of flowers continuously unfolding. Not easy to do but fun to try.
To plan better, keep a yearly calendar of what's blooming on which date in your yard. And your neighbors' too. Weather is important because the exact dates vary from year to year, but the succession of bloom remains the same.
Check for exposure (sun, shade). Also try to leave enough space for the eventual full size of each tree or shrub. Initially fill in with low growing plants or ones that will be gone in a few years.
When the garden starts to look too green, which it will in July, add some easy annuals to liven things up again.
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~I love winter. I love winter especially on the weekends when I don't have to go out. I love staying in my flannel pj's and lazing about.
~Eating yummy salads.
Yummy winter salad. xoxo it.
~Starting a new quilt, using my stash. Make do and use it up~
~Sewing for a new little boy named Finn.
The best baby newborn pattern for pants. So darn cute.
~Knitting for same little one.
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I hope it fits!
I love winter!