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Tembo Gold President's Update
January 08, 2013
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- Tembo Gold Corp. ("Tembo" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TEM) (FRANKFURT:T23) (OTCQX:TBGPF) - David Scott President & CEO reports: It is with great pleasure that I update you on the progress and developments of Tembo Gold Corp. In 2012, we made significant progress on a number of key objectives on the Tembo gold property in Tanzania's Lake Victoria goldfield, most importantly we made substantial progress with our exploration program such that we look forward with confidence to continuing deeper drilling and resource definition drilling in 2013;
2012 Highlights:
- 35,000m of drilling completed: 15,000m of diamond drilling (DD) in 57 holes and 20,000m of reverse circulation drilling (RC) in 139 holes
- Gold mineralization intersected in 53 of 57 DD holes with up to 93 g/t Au intersected
- Mineralized strike length of over 1,600m defined in two main project areas
- Land tenure strengthened
After the completion of the 2012 drill campaign we are more confident than ever in the quality and potential of the Tembo project. The amount of high-grade gold mineralization encountered throughout the property, and the consistency with which our diamond drilling intersected these structures, provides us with geological confidence in our approach and methodology. The potential for early and phased mine development, with low capital and operating cost production, presents a very real opportunity to maximize shareholder value and minimize future financial risk. In view of this, we look forward to the next phase of our exploration program and are thankful for the hard work and support of our employees, contractors, board members and shareholders in 2012.
Target Selection and Drill Program
Artisanal mining activity is recognized as a key indicator of the extent of high-grade gold mineralization on the Tembo project. A LIDAR (light detection and ranging) survey delineated the extent of such workings and defined more than 10km of aggregate strike length from historical and current workings. Some 2,800 hard rock artisanal exploitation shafts, with average depths between 30m and 50m, occur as linear trends that correspond closely with linear magnetic anomalies. The magnetic anomalies are considered to indicate concealed, potentially mineralized, shear structures which extend well beyond current or historical workings. Less than 10% of the magnetic lineaments have associated artisanal activity suggesting that there is extensive target potential both along strike of these and along numerous parallel lineaments. From the above findings, seven priority target areas were identified for Phase I drilling; Ngula 1, Ngula 2, Nyakagwe East, Nyakagwe Village, Buly, Iyenze and Mgusu. Targeting areas beneath artisanal workings has proven extremely successful with 53 of 57 diamond drill holes encountering gold mineralization.
Comparing the 2012 Tembo project drill results with the early drilling at African Barrick's Bulyanhulu mine is informative. Bulyanhulu drilling at depths shallower than 200-300m showed inconsistent grades, but as drilling depth increased, grades and grade consistency showed a marked improvement, and this is what we have encountered thus far at Tembo. The Tembo project mineralizing event would have developed under similar pressure and temperature conditions as at Bulyanhulu. If such conditions contributed significantly to the gold distribution at Tembo, it is hypothesized that gold grade and grade consistency may improve with depth as it does at Bulyanhulu. We are very excited to undertake the next drilling phase to test this hypothesis and deep diamond drilling has already commenced at Ngula 1.
Ngula 1
Initial drilling at Ngula 1 delineated a 150-200m wide zone of multiple east-west striking shears and northwest and northeast crosscutting structures as indicated by artisanal workings and magnetic lineaments. Mineralization has been intersected over a strike length of over 600m and the zone is open in both directions and down dip. Drilling beneath active artisanal workings demonstrated the potential to encounter significant gold mineralization as it intersected robust mineralized shear zones in places hosting wide and high-grade gold structures. Deeper drilling to test the extensions of these structures at depth has commenced, and in-fill drilling to provide data and geological information to determine a resource is planned in 2013. The best results at Ngula 1 (previously reported March 13, June 7 and September 26, 2012) include:
- TDD0004: 3.13 g/t Au over 25.89m from 41.00m including 9.38g/t Au over 6.30m;
- TDD0005: 8.50g/t Au over 5.14m from 152.85m including 15.59g/t Au over 2.68m, and 93.30g/t Au over 0.38m;
- TDD0054: 8.17g/t Au over 11.05m from 116.95m including 12.90g/t Au over 2.20m and 12.56g/t Au over 4.03m; and
- TRC0013: 17.23g/t Au over 4.00m from 19.00m including 22.53g/t Au over 3.00m and 48.8g/t Au over 1.00m, and 13.00g/t Au over 1.00m from 104m.
Nyakagwe East
Drill results at Nyakagwe East combined with historic drilling demonstrate a mineralized strike length of over 1,000m along at least one structure within zones that contain multiple structures. DD targeted the area under the northern structure of two extensively mined northwest trending zones containing multiple structures, exploited along approximately 750m of strike. RC drilling where no mining has been carried out showed that the northern structure continues and is mineralized over 300m to the northwest and into the next target area, Mgusu. Historical DD and RC drilling showed the target potential with highlights including:
- DD001: 10.25g/t Au over 3.50m from 38.50m;
- DD005: 9.73g/t Au over 3.40m from 81.94m; and
- RC056: 36.70g/t Au over 1.00m.
To complement historical drilling, the northern zone was targeted with DD to intersect 50m to 100m underneath the workings. Highlights along the Nyakagwe East target northern structure (previously reported July 24, 2012) include:
- TDD0019: 4.69g/t Au over 1.67m from 67.35m;
- TDD0029: 61.80g/t Au over 0.68m from 277.24; and
- TRC0234: 5.46g/t Au over 2.00m from 109.00m.
The zone is open at depth and along strike in both directions and further drilling is planned to test along the northern zone and the parallel structures. The drill holes also show potential for sub-parallel deeper structures that will be targeted in a future deeper drilling program. Deeper and closer spaced in-fill drilling is also planned in 2013 as Tembo commences resource definition.
Other Targets
Preliminary drilling was conducted at the Mgusu, Nyakagwe Village, Ngula 2, and Iyenze targets. RC drilling at Mgusu (results announced September 5, 2012) intersected significant gold mineralization in an area with numerous artisanal shafts along east-west, northwest and northeast trending magnetic lineaments. At Nyakagwe Village (results announced September 11, 2012), a major artisanal mining area exploited by vertical shafts became a large artisanal open pit extracting high-grade material. Initial drilling intersected two high-grade veins south of the workings and an extremely high-grade zone at depth to the north on an unrelated structure. Follow-up drilling along strike intersected the primary zone to the east and further drilling is planned to test both high-grade prospects. Highlights from the Mgusu and Nyakagwe Village targets include:
- TRC0423: 10.17g/t Au over 6m from 36.0m including 19.1g/t over 3m.
Nyakagwe Village
- TDD0107: 16.58g/t Au over 3.55m from 43.88m and 27.88g/t over 3m from 65.90m; and
- TDD0101: 78.1 g/t Au over 1.00m from 294.00m.
At Ngula 2, initial structural DD holes failed to intersect the high-grade mineralization being exploited by artisanal miners. RC fences along the Iyenze trend intersected low-grade mineralization and further drilling along the structure will be considered.
License Tenure
When the NI 43-101 was submitted in May 2011, the Tembo project consisted of six valid prospecting licenses and 28 prospecting license applications. Subsequently, all applications (with one exception in a non-priority area) were granted. There are currently 95.5km2 of valid prospecting licenses and approximately 5.5km2 under application. This is a significant improvement in the license tenure status and ensures that all current targets fall within secure license areas. There are four pending license applications for new licenses, none of which fall within the current target area where the drilling program is focused.
Corporate Update
Tembo has achieved significant corporate accomplishments since July 15, 2011 when the new management and Board of Directors assumed control. Tembo was successfully recapitalized in the fall/winter of 2011/2012 with over C$17M of funds raised and all outstanding debts cleared. A successful relisting of the company on the TSX Venture Exchange in February 2012 followed and additional funding was successfully raised at the end of 2012.
In Tanzania, the company successfully established an office and working camp, and has built key relationships with government and local communities. The exploration program has been executed by geologists from The Mineral Corporation, and we recently strengthened our exploration team with the addition of Peter Haworth as Exploration Manager and Jann Beresford as Senior Geologist.
Expert Consultant Engaged
Professor Nick Oliver (Director and Principal of Holcombe Coughlin Oliver, former Director and Professor at the Economic Geology Research Unit at James Cook University), a specialist in hydrothermal gold mineralization systems such as those of the Lake Victoria Goldfield, visited the Tembo project in November 2012. Professor Oliver recognized that Ngula 1 has potential to develop into a world-class gold deposit. He describes Ngula 1 as follows:
"The high quality geophysical datasets provide confidence that several E-W trending, metre- to 10m-scale wide, steep gold-rich envelopes will be continuous to significant depths, but the distribution of shallow gold domains within and around the steep zones requires ongoing attention."
Professor Oliver's findings have contributed to a fuller understanding of the controls and nature of the Ngula 1 mineralization and he provided important technical recommendations that are assisting targeting the next drilling phase and 3D modeling of the deposit in order to define a resource. Professor Oliver's assistance to the Tembo project has been invaluable and we plan to continue working with him as the project moves forward.
Community Integration and Engagement
Tembo, within its limited means as a junior exploration company, endeavors to be a responsible member of the communities within which it operates and seeks to establish strong, positive and mutually beneficial relationships. In so doing, it aims to achieve its social license to operate. Experienced consultants were engaged to assist the Company develop practical strategic plans to ensure continued, effective and open communication, and well-defined corporate participation in sustainable development projects. Our approach is strongly based on cooperative agreement and participation by all stakeholders. To this end the Company commenced initial support activities that included assisting with school construction and similar projects. A key endeavor is to help end the needless deaths of artisanal miners by improving unsafe mining conditions and practices, and the severe health damage they suffer from occupational hazards including noise, dust and the use of mercury.
Moving Forward
Following on the successful 2012 exploration results, Tembo will continue to explores and develop the 7 target areas on the Tembo Gold property. At Ngula 1 and Nyakagwe East, where a combined mineralized strike length of over 1,600m had been identified deeper drilling to test the extension at depth has commenced, and in-fill drilling to provide data and geological information to determine a resource is planned in 2013. Further RC exploration drilling is planned to follow the exceptional results encountered at Mgusu and Nyakagwe Village.
About Tembo
Tembo Gold is a Canadian public company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSX-V") under the symbol TEM. The Company currently has 100% interest in the Tembo Gold Project that is located adjacent to African Barrick's 20Moz Bulyanhulu Mine in the prolific Lake Victoria Greenstone belt in Tanzania. Our focus is the discovery and development of world-class gold projects in Africa. The company has assembled a highly experienced team with a proven history of developing, financing, and operating mining projects in Africa.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information set out in this news release constitutes forward-looking information. Forward looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate", "plan", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "intend", "could", "might", "should", "believe" and similar expressions. In particular, this news release contains forward-looking statements in respect of the use of the net proceeds from the Private Placement, the completion and timing of additional closings of the Non-Brokered Private Placement, the payment of certain finders' fees and the listing of the Common Shares on the TSXV. Forward-looking statements are based upon the opinions and expectations of management of the Company as at the effective date of such statements and, in certain cases, information provided or disseminated by third parties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, and that information obtained from third party sources is reliable, they can give no assurance that those expectations will prove to have been correct. With respect to forward-looking statements contained in this news release, the Company has made assumptions regarding, among other things, the ability to develop the Company's properties, the economic climate in the jurisdictions where the Company carries on operations and commodity prices. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this document, and the assumptions on which such forward-looking statements are made, are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements included in this document, as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which the forward-looking statements are based will occur. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties that contribute to the possibility that the predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will not occur, which may cause actual results in future periods to differ materially from any estimates or projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, a significant drop in the price of gold, political turmoil in Tanzania and other risk factors set forth in the Company's continuous disclosure. Readers are cautioned that this list of risk factors should not be construed as exhaustive. These statements are made as at the date hereof and unless otherwise required by law, the Company does not intend, or assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements.
Tembo Gold Corp.
Marc Cernovitch
Director & VP Business Development


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Small Business and Government Grants for Starting a Business
Very often the problem for a budding entrepreneur is the capital while initiating a business. Different types of government grants for starting a business, especially small business, are available as a solution for them.
In a highly competitive world where the scope of employment is dwindling pretty consistently, the most plausible alternative is small business that offers the scope of self employment. However, for most budding entrepreneurs the problem is that of getting the capital for running the business. Good news for such people is that the federal government has been providing resources in form of government grants for starting a business.
Learning about the ProgramsIt would be good for the prospective entrepreneurs to learn about the government grants for starting a business that are available for them. One of the programs is the Federal and State technology partnership program. Objective of this program is to boost as well as strengthen the technological capabilities and competitive vigor of the small business enterprises across the country.
Value Added Producer GrantsAnother program that could come up very handy for the small enterprises is the value added producer grants program. Basic features of the program are as follows.
- It is geared towards helping independent producers of agricultural commodities.
- Target groups for the program are the agricultural producer groups, majority controlled producer based business enterprises, farmers and ranchers cooperatives, and other community small business enterprises.
- Main objectives of the program is to create adequate marketing opportunities as well as to establish efficient business plans that will involve viable marketing opportunities for the small entrepreneurs; and
- Involvement of production of bio-based products from the agro based commodities.
In order to facilitate government grants for starting a business, the United States Small Business Administration or SBA was created in the year 1953. It was an independent agency that worked to help small businesses offering aids, counseling, assistance, as well as protection. Another major objective of the concern is to preserve free competitive enterprises in order to maintain as well as strengthen the overall economy of the nation. Most of the programs of the SBA are carried out through the state agencies and they include grants, loans, as well as counseling programs.Major SBA Programs
While the government grants for starting a business varies from state to state, the SBA has initiated some common programs. Major programs among them are the followings.
- Business Development Program that aims to foster the ownership of business by such individuals who are either socially or economically disadvantages. The objective of the program does not end up with giving grants alone but also promoting the competitive viability of the firms by providing assistances for business development to them.
- Technical Assistance Program aims at providing business development assistance and grants to the socially and economically disadvantaged enterprises. Grants and cooperative agreements are provided under the guidance of SBA for such small business organizations.
- Disaster assistance loans are provided by the SBA to victims of declared disasters or for uninsured as well as uncompensated physical disasters faced by the business organizations.
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Gallery Opening - David Flores: Nueva Bronx
Thursday, June 13, 2019
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
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Family, in all of its beautiful forms, stands as a cornerstone of the human experience, creating intersections between past, present, and future, simultaneously weaving larger connections in the community. During August and September 2018, David Flores offered free family portraiture in Railroad Park and the greater Morrisania neighborhood with on-site photography, printing, display, and digital sharing. This project is a response to recent nationalist movements that have attempted to remove and erase familial representations of immigrants and people of color. Parents, children, elders, extended family and friends all participated in the making of formal images and left with a large format print of themselves free of charge.
This project is a collaboration with ArtBuilt, Queens Museum, DreamYard, WHEDco, Bronx Defenders and NYC Parks.
This exhibition is an extension of ArtBuilt Mobile Studio in the Park, made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, Surdna Foundation, and The New York Community Trust. Additional support is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
David Flores' Nueva Bronx is on view at the Arsenal Gallery on weekdays on June 13 through August 30. Closed on the Fourth of July.
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Proposition 3
Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Athletics Improvements
69 projects | $79,125,293
This proposition authorizes the City of San Antonio to issue bonds, the proceeds from which will be used to acquire, construct, equip, and renovate various park, cultural, recreation, open space and athletics facilities. This proposition also will provide park additions and for the acquisition of lands and rights of way necessary for such purposes.
Bond Election Terminology Guide
The following acronyms reflect organizations or terms used throughout this brochure:
LF = Leveraged Funding, meaning that the City anticipates partnering with one or more non-City entities to share in the cost of completing the designated project; in such a scenario, the City's share could be reduced if the designated project's scope is modified or its partner does not produce the full amount of funding promised or expected.
ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act
MPO = Metropolitan Planning Organization
TxDOT = Texas Department of Transportation
Apache Park – Pavilion $150,000
Development of a park pavilion.
Arnold Park $550,000
Basic park improvements.
Avenida Guadalupe Complex $150,000
Renovate existing facilities and improve infrastructure.
Botanical Gardens $600,000
General improvements to the City-owned conservatory.
Claude Black Community Center $200,000
Facility improvements and mechanical repairs.
Collins Garden Park - Lighting and Amenities $275,000
Development of lighting and basic park improvements.
Concepcion Park Pool $350,000
Rehabilitate the pool facility to include ADA modifications.
Culebra Creek Park Land Acquisition and/or Park $1,393,490
Acquire park property and/or develop general park improvements.
Denver Heights Park $60,000
Development of a playground.
Ella Austin Community Center $500,000
General facility rehabilitation.
Elmendorf Lake Park $500,000
Park rehabilitation, including stage and boat dock structure, ball field lighting, and ADA modifications.
Fairchild Park Pool Facility $500,000
Rehabilitation of the pool facility, including ADA modifications.
Flores Park Pool $500,000
Rehabilitation of the pool facility, including ADA modifications.
French Creek Park $58,182
Development of general park improvements.
Gateway Terrace Park $100,000
Development of general park improvements.
George Gervin Academy Wellness and Fitness Center Facility LF $500,000
Partner with non-profit entity to construct a gym to be available for public use. The total cost for this project is currently estimated to be $3.5 million, with the City's share expected to equal approximately 14.5% of this total.
Golden Community Park $150,000
Development of park improvements.
Guadalupe Theater $500,000
General rehabilitation of facility.
Harlandale Park Group Pavilion $100,000
Development of a park pavilion.
Hausman Park $500,000
Development of park improvements adjacent to John Igo Branch Library.
HemisFair Park $2,000,000
Redevelopment of the park.
Heritage Neighborhood Pool LF $950,000
Rehabilitation and renovation of an existing facility including ADA modifications for use by the general public (contingent on Heritage Neighborhood Association deeding more than 2 acres, including pool, to the City).
Hillside Acres Community Gardens $200,000
Development of park and facility improvements.
Ingram Hills Park $100,000
Development of lighting and basic park improvements.
Japanese Tea Gardens $500,000
Renovation of facility infrastructure and ADA modifications.
Joe Ward Park $350,000
Development of a pool bathhouse and ADA modifications.
Kingsborough School Walking Track Lighting LF $200,000
Development of lighting improvements.
Lackland Terrace Park and Skate Facility $350,000
Development of general park improvements including a skate park.
Land Acquisition and Park Development in Council District 8 and/or 9 $2,666,833
Acquisition of park land and/or general park improvements.
Lockwood Park Gym $100,000
Replacement of the existing gymnasium building with a covered basketball court.
M.L. King Park $250,000
Development of the park north of Salado Creek to include a group pavilion and parking lot.
Magik Children's Theater LF $100,000
General rehabilitation to theater.
Market Square $1,140,000
Improvements to public plazas.
Market Square El Mercado Building $850,000
General facility rehabilitation including ADA modifications.
McAllister Park $100,000
Rehabilitation of park trails.
Medina Base Road Park $200,000
Basic park improvements.
Miller's Pond Park $100,000
Basic park improvements.
Mission del Lago Area Park Development $200,000
Development of general park improvements, including sport courts, on park land adjacent to the Mission Del Lago Golf Course (project contingent on private developer's donation of land).
Mitchell Lake Wetlands Conservation & Education Center Facility LF $125,000
Expansion of the center's parking, pavilion, and restroom facilities. The total cost for this project is currently estimated to be $250,000, with the City's share expected to equal approximately 50% of this total.
Monterrey Park $100,000
Development of parking lot lighting.
Nani Falcone Skate Park $400,000
Development of a skate park.
Northampton Park $300,000
Development of basic park improvements.
Northeast Area Recreational Facility $4,000,000
Public recreational facility (to include multi-purpose rooms and gymnasium).
Officer John R. Wheeler Park (Chestnut Springs Park) $500,000
Development of basic park improvements.
Oscar Perez Park $300,000
Development of trail lighting and a playground expansion.
Palo Alto College Soccer Field LF $200,000
Soccer field development at Palo Alto College. The total cost for this project is currently estimated to be $400,000, with the City's share expected to equal approximately 50% of this total.
Palo Alto Terrace Park $100,000
Development of basic park improvements.
Pearsall Park $1,000,000
Development of the northern portion of the park.
Pershing Park $100,000
Development of basic park improvements.
Rainbow Hills Park $550,000
Rehabilitation of basic park facilities to include the trails and park amenities.
Regional Sportsplex and Special Needs Park LF $6,200,000
Development of a soccer field complex and a special needs park. The total cost for this project is currently estimated to be $14 million, with the City's share equal to approximately 44% of this total.
River Walk $500,000
Rehabilitation of the historic River Bend including ADA improvements.
Roosevelt Park – Playground $225,000
Development of basic park improvements to include an additional playground and shade cover.
Rosedale Park - Skate Park and Other $400,000
Development of basic park improvements to include a skate park and electrical upgrades.
Southside Lions Park Lake Area and Amenities $550,000
Rehabilitation of general park facilities around the lake to include playgrounds, trails, lighting, and other park facilities.
Spanish Governor's Palace $775,000
General facilities improvements.
Spicewood Park $100,000
Development of basic park improvements.
Stablewood Park $250,000
Development of basic park improvements.
Sunrise Park $200,000
Development of basic park improvements to include a playground.
Sunset Hills Basketball Court $200,000
Renovate the existing basketball court.
Swimming Facilities Improvements (City Council District 7) $1,600,000
Rehabilitation of existing pool facilities at Sunset Hills, Garza, Woodlawn Lake and Joe Ward Pools including ADA modifications.
Tom Slick Park $706,788
Development of basic park improvements.
University of Texas at San Antonio Athletics Fields and Facilities LF $5,550,000
Collaboration with other entities to develop venues for youth tournaments and competitions, including baseball, softball, track, soccer, tennis, and various practice fields. The total cost for this project is currently estimated to be $60 million, with the City's share expected to equal approximately 9.3% of this total.
Villa Coronado Park and Community Center $250,000
Development of a walking trail and general rehabilitation of the community center.
Vista Verde Park $250,000
General park improvements.
Voelcker Property Park Acquisition and Development $33,525,000
Acquisition of 204 acres of land for use as an urban park including Phase I development.
Westside YMCA - Building renovations $525,000
Design and construction of general facility rehabilitation.
Witte Museum $1,250,000
General improvements to museum, possibly including parking improvements.
Woodlawn Lake Park - Pedestrian Bridge and Playground $400,000
Development of basic park improvements including a pedestrian bridge and playground expansion.


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Chapter 3, page 62-66.
A Brunswick resident wrote to the Reverend M. Baxter in 1717, requesting that he become the town's minister.
The letter describes the relationship between the townspeople and the local Indians, the inner-workings of early Brunswick, and the importance of religion to early communities.
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Chapter 3, page 62-66.
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Chapter 3, page 66-67.
Thomas Burnam in 1692 accuses Rachel Claptonof milking his cows and then turning one into a cat.
An addendum states that the cow was later found dead.
Many people believed in the power of witches as this depostion documents.
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Chapter 3, page 63-64.
Ferdinando Gorges, hoping to lure more settlers to his colony, granted land to people who promised to develop it.
In 1634, he allocated land to Thomas Cammock.
Despite grants like this, Maine remained sparsely inhabited during Gorges's lifetime.
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Chapter 3, page 63-64.
This map of Cape Elizabeth and Richmond Island (true copy from a 1631 map) can be used to help show how land was allotted in Maine. Thomas Cammock's land, as is discussed in an 1634 deed (shown above), is at the bottom.
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Chapter 3, page 63-64.
This map shows the land chartered from King James I to the Council for New England. It also shows smaller plots allotted from Gorges to different people. This can be used to show how land was divided up and is a good accompaniment to other land deeds found in the Maine Memory Network.
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Chapter 3, page 66.
This 1642 Petition to Parliament from George Cleeve (and signed by others) describes what he saw as breaches of authority by Maine Governors Vines and Godfrey, ca. 1642. Cleeve was eventually successful in displacing these governors, and as a result, he became one of the most powerful men in Maine of his time.
With Cleeve having to petition the far off British government, this document shows the difficulty of mediating disagreements in early Maine. It also makes clear that Maine was a frontier. Government and Church authority did not have strong influence in the lives of the earliest settlers simply because Maine was so far from the governing bodies of Massachusetts.


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Europe's financial winter isn't overFebruary 5, 2013: 1:03 PM ET
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I realize that Groundhog Day is mostly an American phenomenon. But if there were any furry, prognosticating rodents peeking out of their holes in Europe over the weekend, they probably didn't like what they saw.
Madrid Mariano and Milan Mario would have witnessed an enormous shadow. Let's be honest, there are probably six more weeks (if not more) of economic winter for the troubled eurozone.
European stock markets plunged Monday due to concerns about alleged corruption in Spain's government and worries about banking problems in Italy. With Italy facing key elections in a matter of weeks, and the popularity of the Spanish government plummeting, investors may have reason to fear a dilution of fiscal reforms that have helped boost confidence in European markets.
But even if you toss those worries aside -- and investors in Europe and the United States seemed willing to do that Tuesday with stock prices moving higher again -- there is still plenty to be nervous about in Europe.
Sure, the euro currency crisis may be over for now. The euro is hovering around $1.35. That's actually just 15% below its all-time high from 2008. Nobody's talking about parity with the dollar anymore. And predictions of an imminent break-up of the currency are waning too. (Farewell "Grexit." We hardly knew ye!)
Related: Europe's next challenge: A strong euro
Retail sales in the eurozone (i.e. the 17 nations that use the euro currency) plummeted in December. For the full year, the volume of retail trade fell 1.7%.
Unemployment remains disgustingly high. It was 11.7% in December for the euro members. In Spain and Greece, the jobless rate is above 26%. With many European nations still trying to fix their economies through budget cuts and higher taxes, as opposed to measures to stimulate growth, it's hard to imagine how consumer spending and the labor market can turn around anytime soon.
"The economic concerns have not gone away. In the beginning of the year, there was a consensus belief that we got past the fear stage in Europe and we were moving back toward growth," said Frances Hudson, global thematic strategist with Standard Life Investments in Edinburgh, Scotland. "But when you say 'austerity', people feel terrible."
What's more, several big European banks across the continent -- such as Santander (SAN), Deutsche Bank (DB) and UBS (UBS) -- have all recently reported dismal results.
Hudson said confidence is still fragile and that it might not take much to rattle investors again. Political problems in Spain could force the government to ask for more help. Investors were able to deal with the fact that big Spanish banks needed aid, but a full-blown Spanish rescue might be a different story.
"If Spain does actually have to request a bailout, it could expose flaws in the system," she said.
Related: Dutch bank rescue shows Europe's problems continue
The fact that a significant chunk of Europe is in recession is troublesome news for other developed nations as well as for emerging markets. As long as Europe's woes continue, it will be difficult for Europe's largest trading partner, China, to start growing more rapidly again. A slowdown in China, combined with Europe's malaise, will put more pressure on the United States, which is hardly a picture of economic health either. Don't even ask about Japan.
For those reasons, Hudson thinks that global stock markets should cool off after a torrid January. She said that economic growth is not strong enough around the world to justify the types of earnings increases that investors are clearly expecting this year.
So is there near-term hope for Europe on the horizon? The European Central Bank holds its next policy meeting on Thursday. But it's unlikely that ECB president Mario "whatever it takes" Draghi will cut interest rates just yet. Still, if Europe's economy continues to flounder, Draghi might have to reverse course.
There are already growing concerns that the euro might be too robust and that the ECB should be joining the Bank of Japan, Federal Reserve and other central banks in the Great Global Easing party. A rate cut could weaken the euro. While that would probably be viewed as yet another shot fired in a currency war, it could also help the struggling manufacturing sectors of France, Italy and others. Still, until Draghi hints that he's willing to change gears, investors might need to be nervous.
Related: No retreat from austerity for Europe
Paul Christopher, chief international strategist with Wells Fargo Advisors in St. Louis, wrote in a report Monday that "policy mistakes" by the ECB were a significant risk. He noted that the ECB's "more restrictive policy" could lead to even higher bond rates and a stronger euro ... which will make it even tougher for European companies to compete with American, Japanese and Chinese competitors.
The good news about Europe, if you want to call it that, is that the worst is probably over. But that doesn't mean it's time to celebrate.
"We are not expecting much of a recovery in Europe this year," said Alexander "Sandy" Cutler, CEO of Eaton (ETN), a Dublin-based manufacturer of industrial components. (Eaton had been headquartered in Cleveland but recently incorporated in Dublin after its purchase of Irish electrical equipment maker Cooper Industries.)
"Europe is struggling with the same issues of debt as other developed markets. Growth will be slow. A fiscal crisis s not going to be resolved in just a year's time," Cutler added.
Try telling that to investors though. They seem to think that Europe's economy and stock market have already emerged from the cold.


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Military intervention nears even as Obama administration prepares to launch full ground war in Libya
Paul Joseph Watson
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Even as the Obama administration prepares to launch a full ground war in Libya while expanding its drone attacks inside Yemen and Pakistan, US warships are being moved towards the Mediterrenean coast of Syria, precisely in line with forecasts that the Bilderberg Group intended to launch a massive new war in the Middle East, with Syria being its prime target.
In addition to information received by Infowars from military sources at Ft. Hood who tell us that troops are being readied for a full-scale U.S.-led ground invasion of Libya by October, the Obama administration is simultaneously considering opening up yet another front, by moving the USS Bataan amphibian air carrier strike vessel, along with 2,000 marines, 6 war planes, and 15 attack helicopters to a location just off the Syrian coast.
"This huge concentration of naval missile interceptor units looks like preparations by Washington for the contingency of Iran, Syria and Hizballah letting loose with surface missiles against US and Israeli targets in the event of US military intervention to stop the anti-opposition slaughter underway in Syria," reports DebkaFile.
Another indication that the US is planning an intervention in Syria is the fact that Hizballah has moved its rockets from northern Lebanon to areas in the center of the country, acting on a warning from Iranian intelligence to move the weaponry "out of range of a possible American operation in Syria".
Veteran reporter Jim Tucker's warning, provided to him by his routinely accurate inside sources, that the powerful Bilderberg Group was planning a gargantuan new war in the Middle East to outstrip anything taking place in Libya, is now moving forward.
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On Monday, journalist Adrian Salbuchi also told Russia Today that Bilderberg's "hidden agenda" towards Syria would make itself visible after the conclusion of the elitist confab in St. Moritz, Switzerland, a forecast already coming to fruition.
Syrian rights organizations say that around 1,300 civilians have been killed since the start of the uprising in March against President Bashar Assad. Around 300 soldiers and police have also been killed. Thousands of Syrians fled the town of Maarat al-Numaan yesterday as government troops and tanks moved north.
The US military-industrial complex has been very choosy about who it targets for regime change under the umbrella of "humanitarian intervention". Despite the fact that protesters in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have been the victims of similarly brutal government crackdowns, the US has turned a blind eye.
Quite how the Obama administration believes the United States can afford to prosecute yet another war while it is still engaged in two major occupations and a number of other regional conflicts, and as top ratings agencies warn the country is about to lose its triple A credit status due to insurmountable debt problems, is a mystery.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.
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SAVE THE DATE! The 2017 Experts Forum on Corporate Governance in Indonesia will take place in Jakarta on 20 July 2017. Discussions will focus on the role of institutional investors in corporate governance.
Launched in 2011, the Indonesia-OECD Corporate Governance Policy Dialogue supports policy makers by assessing key market practices and policy trends that may be detrimental to sound corporate governance. It also supports implementation by offering recommendations and policy options based on a comparative analysis. Furthermore, the programme facilitates closer engagement in the regular work of the OECD Corporate Governance Committee and continued involvement in the Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance. The Financial Services Authority of Indonesia, the stock exchange and other relevant non-governmental organisations are partners to this dialogue.
Corporate Governance of Financial Groups
At the request of the Financial Services Authority of Indonesia, the Indonesia-OECD Policy Dialogue addressed the corporate governance of financial conglomerates. On 2 December 2015, policy makers, regulators and experts met in Jakarta to discuss the roles and responsibilities of corporate governance players in financial groups, the supervision and corporate governance of financial groups as well as the supervision and corporate governance of cross-sectoral conglomerates. Download the agenda and background report.
The meeting was followed by a launch event for the new G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance.
Rules on Backdoor Listings: a Global Survey
The second phase of the Indonesia-OECD Policy Dialogue focuses on the issue of transparent and fair rules governing market discipline, specifically back-door listings. A Technical Seminar on Backdoor Listings was held in December 2013 to discuss the challenges and different regulatory approaches to backdoor listings and subsequently a follow up Workshop on Transparency of Backdoor Listings was held on 30 October 2014. This report was used as a background document for the workshop in October. It provides a comparative study of regulatory responses to backdoor listings in other markets, and discusses whether there is a need to promulgate specific regulation for backdoor listings in Indonesia.
Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership and Control
The first phase of the Policy Dialogue concentrated on enhancing disclosure of beneficial ownership and control as part of overall efforts to improve corporate governance standards and practices in Indonesia. It facilitated a comparative analysis of how disclosure of beneficial ownership is handled by other jurisdictions; highlighted the costs, benefits and practicality of various approaches in the Indonesian context; suggested options to better identify ultimate beneficial ownership to enhance the securities regulator's capacity to monitor related party transactions.
Board nomination and election
Indonesia is one of 4 jurisdictions who participated in an in-depth peer review published in November 2012 on Board Member Nomination and Election. The chapter on Indonesia describes the ownership structure of listed companies and then considers the board nomination and election processes, including disclosure practices and obligations.
Building on this peer review, the future work of the Policy Dialogue will focus on this issue.
OECD-Asian Corporate Governance Roundtable
Indonesia has participated in the OECD-Asian Corporate Governance Roundtable since 2004 and hosted the Roundtable's 2011 annual meeting.
Improving Corporate Governance in Indonesia - Policy Options and Regulatory Strategies for Tackling Backdoor Listings, 2016
Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership and Control in Indonesia, 2013
The Indonesia Corporate Governance Manual published by the IFC refers extensively to the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance and mentions OECD recommendations on disclosure of beneficial ownership.
Reform Priorities in Asia: Taking Corporate Governance to a Higher Level (pdf)
Brochure on corporate governance in Asia (pdf)
Fianna Jurdant, Senior Policy Manager, OECD Corporate Affairs Division (email@example.com, +33 1 45 24 79 25).
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In just one day, sources revealed, New York state regulators subpoenaed 22 Bitcoin-related companies, and a United States Senate committee wrote a letter (PDF) to the Department of Homeland Security asking for "policies, procedures, guidance, or advisories" pertaining to Bitcoin.
The letter from the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee—dated Monday, August 12, 2013 but published on its website on Tuesday—cites an ongoing case in Texas involving Bitcoin Savings and Trust (BTCST). The BTCST was a virtual Bitcoin-based hedge fund that many suspected of being a scam. Earlier this month, a federal judge declared Bitcoin a "currency" and subject to relevant financial regulations.
The committee's letter also asks for:
information related to any ongoing coordination of your agency with any other federal agencies or state and local governments related to the treatment of such currencies; and,
any plans or strategies regarding virtual currencies and information regarding any ongoing initiatives you have engaged in regarding virtual currencies and the name of the person most knowledgeable about any such plans, strategies, or initiatives.
The federal government has certainly accelerated its policies on Bitcoin in recent months.
"Talk to anyone in Silicon Valley or in New York—we don't have the best reputation here of being ahead of the curve on a lot of these issues," an anonymous committee aide told Politico.
In July, the Drug Enforcement Agency is believed to have seized its first cache of bitcoins in a criminal case. Earlier this year, a US federal agency, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), published new guidelines stipulating that Bitcoin-related businesses should be considered as Money Services Businesses under US law.
UPDATE 3:01pm CT: Patrick Murck, the attorney for the Bitcoin Foundation, wrote Ars to say that complying with the demands of the subpoena would costs tens of thousands of dollars:
"Legislators and regulators seem to understand that they must come to terms with a world in which Bitcoin and other digital currencies play a significant role in our economy. It seems to be a good time to have an open dialog about what regulation is feasible and what regulation is desirable. This is particularly so in the US, where New York's recent actions, issuing subpoena's to an entire industry, demonstrate the need for oversight, so it's good to see a Senate committee stepping up to provide it."
"[The subpoena] is extremely broad and onerous. Everyone I've spoken with who received the subpoena is amazed at the scope of the document request. While the [Department of Financial Services] says they want to have a conversation with the industry, their actions speak the language of aggressive litigation. It appears that the burden is on the industry to negotiate a narrowing of the scope of NY's request and shape a productive conversation."


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Coincidentally, my TBR Challenge read for December is A Regency Christmas, a holiday anthology from Signet. It was published in 1989, theoretically the heyday of more historically appropriate regency romance. Apart from the issue of the value of money, which no one seems to get right,* there's enough of the flavor of the Regency period. For example, The Kissing Bough by Patricia Rice has two gentlemen soldiers returning from the Peninsular Wars. Gayle Buck's Old Acquaintances turns on a misunderstanding between the hero and heroine that resulted in her ending their engagement (four years before the story starts) without much discussion. That seems consistent with the lack of contact even engaged couples had back then; at one point Judith tells her erstwhile fiancé that there's been no opportunity to discuss anything: "Whenever we were private, we either fought or you kissed me."
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Alas, for all their sense of time and place, four of the five stories aren't romantic enough. Hell, one of them--Edith Layton's The Duke's Progress--literally doesn't identify the heroine (!) until the last two pages (!!). Drawn-out misunderstandings, the inconvenience of far too many extra characters (lecherous in one story and larcenous in another), and downright dawdling all add up to slow pacing and a distinct feeling that historical accuracy isn't enough on its own.
Mind you, I didn't need blatant sex. I needed romance. I needed the hero and heroine to meet each other quickly and have a relationship. Admittedly a troubled relationship, but one of interest or intrigue that leads to love. You'd think in a novella, this wouldn't have been hard, but it isn't until the very last story that the reader gets all the angsty goodness and charm of love rekindled.
Mary Balogh's The Star of Bethlehem makes up for the other four stories. It's got its own problems--we're asked to believe that a husband and wife can have marital relations for TWO YEARS and never discover that they love each other (well, maybe that's historically accurate, who knows)--but it's charming and sweet. And very romantic. I can't say much about the plot because I liked its surprising elements for just that reason: they surprised me. Period detail, a lovely romance, and even some surprises? Skip the other five stories, but don't miss this one.
* Here's the Parliamentary white paper on the subject, now updated to 2002. Yes, £1 in 2002 was the equivalent in absolute terms of £8 in 1812, but £1 in 1812 had the same purchasing power as £50 pounds in 2002.
So when the innkeeper decides to charge £2 for each member of a party of 8 stranded in a snowstorm--because, you know, there was a blizzard every single Christmas during the Regency--that would be the equivalent of £800 in 2002 terms. And they didn't all get separate rooms, either. For a night's lodging in a 3-star hotel, maybe, but that seemed a bit extreme for the coaching inn equivalent of a Red Roof Inn, even allowing for the market forces at work with insufficient choice and ultimate demand.
Me? I'd have had the innkeeper charge them two crowns per head--a crown for lodging and another for their meals. That's half as much and it strikes me as exorbitant but not nonsensical.


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The Climate Group's Head of US Policy, Evan Juska analyzes the latest US climate policy developments and trends in his new blog, here focusing on the challenges President Obama will need to overcome to achieve his second-term plan to address climate change.
By Evan Juska, Head of US Policy, The Climate Group.
President Obama's plan to address climate change, centered on new carbon emission standards for power plants, is being billed as one that he can implement on his own. But there are several significant hurdles the plan must overcome before taking effect.
Here are the three biggest:
3. Congress
No, the President doesn't need Congress to approve new carbon emission standards, like he does for new legislation. But that doesn't mean that Congress can't have a significant impact on the process.
Using the Congressional Review Act, Congress can vote to prevent a new government agency rule from taking effect within 60 days of its introduction, with only a simple majority vote.
The Republican-controlled House has already voted to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gasses (GHG) in general, and would certainly reject any new carbon standards for power plants.
To date, the Democrat-controlled Senate has upheld the EPA's authority to regulate GHGs - but it could also secure the simple majority needed to strike down new carbon standards. In a non-binding vote last March, 47 Senators voted to strip EPA of its authority to regulate GHGs – four votes shy of the 51 that would be needed to reject a new rule. And currently, there are at least four additional Senators who might oppose new carbon standards. The most likely include Senators Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) - who have all expressed concern about such standards in the past. (You can read their wary responses to the President's plan here, here, here, and here.)
The mid-term elections next year could change this. But because Democrats will be considerably more exposed in the elections than Republicans – that change could mean more opposition to the President's plan – not less.
If Congress did vote to reject the new standards, President Obama would have to use his veto power to keep them alive – something he has vowed to do. But in such an outcome, Congress would likely redouble its effort to stop or slow them through other means, like the appropriations process.
2. Courts
Because the Clean Air Act was not written with carbon in mind, implementing new carbon emission standards for power plants requires making certain interpretations of the law as it is written – and those interpretations will make the standards vulnerable to legal challenges.
First, there are still questions as to whether the Clean Air Act actually gives the EPA the authority to regulate GHGs from existing power plants. In a somewhat rare occurrence, the House and Senate versions of the bill include different language on the issue. According to the DC-based law firm Van Ness Feldman: "The Senate language alone would allow EPA to regulate GHGs from existing power plants. The House language, on the other hand…if read literally, would preclude [it]."
The Obama Administration has obviously determined that the law does give them the authority to regulate existing plants. But whether the courts (specifically the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia) will agree is still to be determined. A negative ruling by the Court on this issue would stop the new standards in their tracks.
In addition, further uncertainty surrounds what kind of standards the EPA is allowed to adopt. Regulations of this kind usually focus on reducing emissions at individual facilities, using the best available technologies. But because technologies that directly control carbon, like carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), are still not commercially viable, the Administration is likely to take a different approach – focusing instead on reducing emissions across the entire power sector. This approach would enable more emissions reductions, but it would also make the rules more vulnerable to legal challenges.
As Van Ness Feldman explains: "Virtually any program EPA adopts will be subject to legal uncertainty. There is little or no instructive judicial precedent on implementation of section 111(d). The extent to which a court would defer to EPA on its interpretations of the key statutory terms is unclear."
1. Time
The likelihood of Congressional attacks and legal challenges mean that the EPA's new carbon standards would ideally be able to undergo some trial and error. But this is not a luxury the agency will have. As outlined in his official Presidential Memorandum, President Obama has set a very aggressive timeline for proposing and finalizing the rules - in order to get them on the books before he leaves office.
Carbon standards for new power plants are scheduled to be re-proposed by September 2013, and finalized shortly thereafter. (EPA recently sent the new proposal for inter-agency review.) Rules for existing plants are to be proposed by June 2014 and finalized one year later. In the final step, states would be required to submit their plans for meeting the regulations by June 2016 – six months before the President leaves office.
Hitches in the rulemaking process can take months to reconcile. If this type of delay were to occur in the rulemaking process for existing power plants, it could linger into 2017 – when a new President might be less motivated to finalize them.
As former EPA General Counsel Roger Martella recently told E&E Publishing: "There is no margin for error here. They cannot afford to miss these deadlines and still get this done, even a little bit, before the end of the administration."
So while the President's new plan to address climate change may not have to go through Congress, it doesn't mean that implementing it will be smooth sailing. Just like most legislative efforts, it will still have to overcome its share of challenges.
Read more by Evan Juska in his US policy blog.
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Ohio State Buckeyes fired up for season finale against Michigan Wolverines
COLUMBUS -- It all comes down to this. Ohio State-Michigan. Noon kickoff. Ohio Stadium. As cliche as it might sound, it is a "There is no tomorrow" game for the Buckeyes because, well, there isn't.
The 11-0 Buckeyes will play their final game of the season today against its most disliked rival, the Michigan Wolverines.
Win, and Ohio State has the 12-0 season it aimed for when the season started.
Lose, and the Buckeyes settle for 11-1 and head into the bowl-less month of December with a tinge of regret while the Wolverines keep alive their BCS bowl game hopes.
So yeah, there's a lot riding on this game.
"This is the Super Bowl," senior linebacker Etienne Sabino said. "This is the bowl game. This is the national championship. This is everything for us."
Michigan's football program is pretty good at spoiling undefeated seasons against Ohio State, defeating five undefeated teams from OSU over the seasons -- 1969, 1973, 1993 and 1995 and 1996.
Ohio State has dashed Michigan's hopes for an unbeaten season five times, also -- 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975 and 2006.
Ohio State's undefeated record -- they are one of two unbeaten teams left (the other being Notre Dame -- puts more focus on this edition of the OSU-Michigan rivalry. But Sabino said records won't matter when the Buckeyes and Wolverines hit the field.
"I think it is what college football is all about. The two biggest schools and crazy fans on both ends," Sabino said. "Two great teams. It's college football at its finest. The fans are going crazy and you also have the respect-slash-hatred for each other, in a sports sense it is the epitome of college football."
Ohio State is still smarting a little from last year's game, in which Michigan defeated the Buckeyes, 40-34, at Michigan Stadium. A late rally by the Buckeyes fell short when then-freshman Braxton Miller barely overthrew senior DeVier Posey on a long pass pattern, forcing OSU to swallow a six-point loss as part of a bitter 6-7 season.
The returners from that OSU team, particularly the seniors who returned for the final years, haven't forgotten that game.
"It wasn't our game," defensive back Orhian Johnson said. "It wasn't the kind of game we wanted to go out there and play. They definitely won, and that's the situation that happened, but we aren't the same team anymore and they aren't the same team anymore, so I'm looking forward to seeing the battle."
The game has the potential of being a shootout.
Ohio State enters the game averaging 426 yards and 38 points per game. The Buckeyes struggled through a 21-14 overtime win at Wisconsin last Saturday. Coach Urban Meyer said the goal this week against the Wolverines would be to "open things up" offensively.
Michigan comes into the game averaging 395 yards and 30.8 points per game. However, the Wolverines (8-3, 6-1) will not play in the Big Ten Championship Game next Saturday after Nebraska clinched the Legends Division title on Friday.
Ohio State's defense has given up only seven touchdowns over the past four game. The Wolverines' offensive game plan for this weekend remains a mystery, with senior Denard Robinson returning from an arm injury to play more of a running role last week with Devin Gardner doing the throwing part in the Wolverines' offense.
Sabino feels the OSU defense is geared to handle whatever is thrown at them.
"I think we will be fine," Sabino said. "We've gotten a lot more disciplined with our techniques and just getting back to tackling. That's helped us to get to where we are now. We have to keep doing that if we want to win this game."
In seasons past, the OSU-Michigan game served as a springboard into the bowl season. When the Buckeyes defeated the Wolverines, the momentum was carried over into the three weeks of December practice that led to the bowl game.
When the Buckeyes came up short against the Wolverines, it served as a motivator to improve during December practices, with a chance at redeeming themselves somewhat in the bowl game.
No bowl game on this horizon this year means Ohio State is heaping a lot into Saturday's game.
"We don't control who we play, we don't control how many games we play in a year. We do what we're supposed to do," senior linebacker Zach Boren said. "We've taken each week one week at a time and taken care of business and that's all we can control.
"I think it is kind of unique that my last college game is against the team up north. It should be fun."


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BOB CARR has been writing a book about his time as Foreign Affairs Minister as he carries out the job - raising eyebrows among officials and colleagues because of his time-consuming recording of events and discussions.
A spokesman for Senator Carr confirmed on Monday the book was a ''work in progress'', intended to be published soon after the Foreign Affairs Minister finished in the dream job that unexpectedly drew him out of retirement in February.
But later, the spokesman said Senator Carr had ''postponed all work on the book and will not be doing further work while he holds his ministerial job''.
The spokesman said the book was intended to be more like Senator Carr's intellectual 2002 tome Thoughtlines: Reflections of a Public Man than Marilyn Dodkin's racier biography Bob Carr: The Reluctant Leader, which included excerpts from the then NSW premier's lively, self-reflective and often very revealing personal diaries.
There was ''interest'' from publishers but, as yet, no final publication deal, the spokesman said. Like Thoughtlines, all proceeds from the new book will be given to charity.
Some officials have commented on the time the Foreign Minister has spent keeping notes for the book, and some Labor colleagues are concerned about what he might say about internal political machinations.
But the spokesman reassured it would be ''reflections on foreign affairs and world events'' and not be about ''the cut and thrust of daily politics''. ''It is not a diary or an autobiography,'' he said.
Senator Carr unexpectedly entered the Senate and was immediately elevated to Foreign Affairs Minister in February after Kevin Rudd's unsuccessful bid for the Labor leadership left the former prime minister relegated to the backbench and led to the sudden resignation of NSW right powerbroker Mark Arbib.
Senator Carr explained his decision to make his diaries as premier public by saying it would give ''people a clearer idea of what it is like to ride the roller-coaster'' and would provide a ''more effective record of one's time''.
Senator Carr was recently critical of former Labor minister Lindsay Tanner for writing about what was wrong with the ALP.
Lenore Taylor is chief political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. She is a Walkley Award winner, a winner of the Paul Lyneham Award for excellence in press gallery journalism and a former foreign correspondent, based in London. She co-authored a book, "Shitstorm" on the Rudd government's response to the global economic crisis. She has covered federal politics for more than 20 years.


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How big? Imagine a Watson-powered system that could uncover data-driven insights to help medical professionals identify those who may be suffering silently from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, provide lawyers with faster research capabilities to improve their cases, and help businesses hire the best talent in the job market.
This is the magnitude of ideas sparked by more than 100 University of Southern California students who gathered recently to compete in the IBM Watson Academic Case Competition. A debut on the West Coast, the Case Competition put USC students in the spotlight to create business plans for applying Watson to pressing business and societal challenges -- and IBM business leaders were present and listening carefully.
IBM partners with thousands of universities to offer curricula, internships and hands-on experiences to help students learn first hand about new technologies in the fields of Big Data, analytics and cognitive computing. The company is at the forefront of creating a new workforce of Big Data trained professionals, from IBM's collaboration with Cleveland Clinic, which provides Watson as a collaborative learning tool for medical students, to its public-private partnership with the New York City Department of Education and the City University of New York to create the Pathways in Technology Early College High School program (P-TECH), which allows students to participate in a six year science and technology program and graduate with an associates degree for free in computer science or engineering.
To kick-off the competition at USC's campus, IBM provided students with a crash course on Watson's breakthrough capabilities, including a demonstration of how Watson is helping WellPoint, Inc. and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center improve the speed and quality of treatment for cancer patients. As the first cognitive computing system of its kind in the marketplace, Watson is able to understand and process the subtleties of human questions, sift through vast amounts of data, and use sophisticated analytics to generate fast, accurate answers for its human users. Watson also learns from its interactions, constantly improving with each use. This represents a major shift in organizations' ability to quickly analyze, understand and respond to Big Data, in industries such as healthcare -- and this is where student minds were put to the test.
As part of the competition, students were assigned into 24 teams and given 48 hours to define a new purpose for Watson, develop a business plan, and present it to a panel of judges comprising school officials, IBM executives and local business leaders. The challenge was unique among USC competitions because students worked toward a common goal with peers from other disciplines -- similar to how IBM combines the talent of business leaders and research scientists to develop its patented innovations.
To foster interdisciplinary collaboration, each team was required to have at least one business and one engineering member, from USC's Marshall Business School and Viterbi School of Engineering.
The student teams faced two rounds of judging based on four areas of criteria: how well the concept and supporting plan articulated and supported the team's vision; the feasibility of bringing the product or service to market and the supporting elements; the extent the proposed solution leverages Watson's key capabilities; and the team's presentation. Three winning ideas were selected by a panel of eight industry and faculty judges, including representatives from Bank of America, Ernst & Young, and IBM.
· 1st Place - Legal Research: Let Watson Do the Discovery for Your Next Legal Case - For corporate legal departments, building a case -- or defending one's own -- relies heavily on fast and accurate research. Past legal trials, court documents, articles and digital evidence: all of these materials can make or break a case, and together they comprise a sea of unstructured data that is both time-consuming and costly to pore through. The first place USC team proposed using Watson to process its users' research needs, based on its ability to think like a human, quickly sift through online legal documents for facts, and not only identify evidence to support a case -- but forecast its probability of success. The first place team's viewpoint: by placing Watson in charge of research, firms can recover time and costs, while delivering better legal outcomes. In turn, firms that leverage Watson's speed and efficiency can address the growing legal trend towards "flat fee" billing and research outsourcing.
· 2nd Place - Employee Training: Watson Uncovers the Keys to Success for Your Employees - According to the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), 41 percent of employees at companies with inadequate training programs plan to leave within a year, versus 12 percent of employees at companies who provide excellent training and professional development programs. Conversely, the ASTD also states that effective employee training can lead to 218 percent higher income per employee and 45 percent higher shareholder return than market average. The second place USC team proposes that corporate human resource departments use Watson to optimize employee training, by crunching data pertaining to the employers' HR needs, the employees' career goals, and the range of training options available that can help both parties succeed. The second place team's viewpoint: by improving employee satisfaction and retention, a Watson-powered employee training system can also drive higher shareholder value.
· 3rd Place - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Watson Helps Doctors Find Patients – It is reported that Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder affects nearly 7.7 million U.S. adults aged 18 and older. This includes people who have served in combat, experienced domestic violence, have been in car accidents, or other traumatic events. Many with PTSD suffer silently, including the 400,000+ U.S. veterans who have yet to be identified and treated, per the U.S. Veterans Administration. Thankfully, the catalysts behind this illness need no longer remain invisible -- due largely to Big Data. For example, there are now unprecedented amounts of data that accompany soldiers who return from war, from medical histories to information on combat experiences. The third place USC team proposes that physicians use Watson to identify people who may develop PTSD, by uncovering insights from data that can help piece together their personal story and shed light on pain he or she may be experiencing. The team's viewpoint: by helping physicians find and diagnose those suffering from PTSD, Watson can help medical professionals offer patients the treatment they deserve.
This competition is the latest example of how IBM is fueling innovation and working with students in higher education to hone valuable business skills that will shape the next generation of industry leaders.
"Partnering with universities such as USC gives IBM a unique opportunity to tap into the minds of our next-generation of leaders, whose training, skills and ideas for changing the world are all forward-thinking and based on a desire to make a meaningful impact," said Manoj Saxena, IBM General Manager, Watson Solutions. "These students see what Watson is doing right now and think -- how else will cognitive computing impact my life and career in the years to come? To us, that's exactly the mindset that should be fueling IBM innovations, and the very reason we host Watson Academic Case Competitions."
Due to the overwhelming response from USC students seeking to participate in the Watson Academic Case Competition, students had to join a waiting list, once the 24-team maximum had been reached. One faculty sponsor, noting that the level of interest was unprecedented for a campus case competition, predicted registration could reach 500 next year.
"For USC students, the opportunity to share their own ideas with IBM on how to commercialize Watson is truly a unique experience," said Ashish Soni, Executive Director of Digital Innovation and Founding Director of the Viterbi Student Innovation Institute at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. "As educators, we're quite pleased to see students getting excited about cognitive computing innovation, because we know there's a business demand for the types of skills they get to showcase in Watson Case Competitions."
Watson - Building a New Big Data Workforce
It's no secret that employers across the U.S. are seeking job candidates who can analyze and build strategy around Big Data, or the 2.5 quintillion bytes of information gleaned from sensors, mobile devices, online transactions and social networks, to name just a few sources. A recent Gartner report estimates that 1.9 million Big Data jobs will be created in the U.S. by 2015.
The Watson Case Competition at USC, the third in a series hosted by IBM, is the latest example of IBM's work with academia to advance interest among students in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) curriculums that will lead to high-impact, high-value careers. The competition is in keeping with IBM's Academic Initiative which delivers course work, case studies and curricula to more than 6,000 universities and 30,000 faculty members worldwide to help students prepare for high-value future job opportunities.
IBM worked closely with academic institutions during the development and introduction of Watson. Eight leading universities around the world participated in the development phase of the system; and more than 10,000 students watched Watson triumph on the Jeopardy! quiz show in February 2011. Most recently, IBM announced it would provide a modified version of an IBM Watson system to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, making it the first university to receive such a system that will enable leading-edge research by faculty and students.
The competition at USC marks the latest collaboration between the university and IBM. Over the last two years, students at the school's Annenberg Innovation Lab have been using Big Data analytics technologies to conduct social sentiment analyses and determine public engagement on topics such as sports, film, retail and fashion. Two of the biggest projects looked at Major League Baseball's World Series and the Academy Awards, projects developed for students to explore and expand their skills as they prepare for new data-intensive careers. IBM also collaborated with the USC Marshall School of Business for "The Great Mind Challenge," a global academic initiative focused on providing students with an opportunity to turn their social networking savvy into business ready skills to prepare for the jobs of the future.
For more information on the University of Southern California, please visit http://www.usc.edu
For more information on IBM Watson, please visit http://www.ibmwatson.com
For more information on the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, please visit http://viterbi.usc.edu
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Christmas Unwrapped
26 Nov, 2012, 17:42 GMT
LONDON, November 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
- Home retailer Littlewoods.com unveils the true cost of Christmas in 2012 -
- The hidden costs of Christmas shopping on the high street reveals petrol, car parking and impulse buys add a whopping £505.54 to the festive budget
- 68 per cent of British mums are worried about the cost of Christmas this year
- The average Christmas present budget is to be cut by £45.76 - 8 per cent reduction on 2011
- 98 per cent of mums to go without party clothes, hair do's and beauty treatments to ensure the family get what they want
- WARNING TO HUSBANDS AND BOYFRIENDS - You'll be the first left off the Christmas present list if someone has to budge!
The hidden cost of Christmas
Gifts, twinkly trees, turkeys and a few tipples: there are some costs that mums expect when Christmas comes. However, it would seem that they're just the tip of the iceberg, as new research from leading online retailer Littlewoods.com[1] reveals millions of mums will rack up an additional £505.54[2] of hidden costs during their high street Christmas shopping sprees.
From filling-up the petrol tank to paying for car parking tickets, grabbing lunch and a trip to Santa's Grotto, Britain's mums are spending an average of £72.22 per shopping trip in hidden costs during the festive period. And with the majority of mums shopping 7 times during the joyous season, the cost of Christmas is getting very expensive indeed, before a present has even been bought.
The hidden costs of Christmas present shopping this season:
Food and drink - £178.78
Travel and transport - £133.70
Impulse buys - £110.67
Santa's Grotto - £45.50
Christmas donations - £36.89[3]
Gary Kibble, Brand Director at Littlewoods.com said "With pennies stretched this year, it's more important than ever for mums to keep track of where their hard-earned cash is being spent. Additional extras can soon mount up without putting further strain on the gifting budget and with 32 days to go, the pressures of Christmas for the nation's mums is starting to be felt."
Tightening the spend on Christmas 2012
The economic hardship, stretches in income and job risks have forced Brits to re-consider their spending patterns more than ever before - a major reason why over two thirds of the nation's mums (68 per cent) are worried about the expense of Christmas indulgence and are cutting back on Christmas present spending this year.
Infact, the research revealed how, on average, belts are expected to tighten by £45.76 - down from £592.74 (2011)[4] to £546.98 (predicted spend 2012).
With cutbacks planned, there's no surprise that 77 per cent of mums feel great pressure to get Christmas festivities right and ensure they're economising in the right areas.
WARNING: Who's crossed-off the Christmas present list
When quizzing Britain's mothers about who in the family would be the first to be left off the present list if push came to shove, it was surprising to see it's actually their partners (19 per cent) who'd be struck off in the first instance, behind uncles and aunties (12 per cent), their sisters (11 per cent) and cousins (10 per cent).
Interestingly, 96 per cent of mums said they wouldn't dream of leaving their in-laws off the list for fear of the arguments that could arise between them and their partners and the way they might be perceived as a result.
The same can be said for the kids. Despite reducing their overall Christmas present budget, the amount they spend on the kids is not expected to take the same drop. The research revealed that the average mother will spend £202.93 on the kids this year, only £1.54 short of what they said back in 2011 (£204.47) and £1.71 short on 2010 (£204.64).[5]
Mum's go without
True to a mother's nature of putting their family first, 98 per cent of the 2,000 mums surveyed by Littlewoods.com said they would be going without treats, new party clothes and beauty treatments this Christmas to ensure that everyone else received what they wanted.
State of the Christmas Nation
The research was commissioned by online retailer Littlewoods.com to establish the 'state of the Christmas nation' and determine how the tough economic climate will effect families' Christmases in 2012.
Gary Kibble, Brand Director at Littlewoods.com commented on the research findings, "The research has shown us that despite it being a financially difficult time, Mums are doing what they can to make sure their families have the best Christmas possible. At Littlewoods.com we want to help our customers make Christmas as magical as possible with the ease and convenience of shopping from home and avoidance of hidden extras."
Notes to Editors:
[1] Research carried out on behalf of Littlewoods.com by One Poll; November 2012.
[2] The average mum will spend £72.22 in hidden costs per shopping trip and expects to go shopping 7 times during the festive period. Therefore, calculations would indicate that each UK mum will spend on average £505.54 in hidden costs.
[3] Christmas donations refer to donations to charities, carol singers, festive performers and homeless people during the festive period.
[4] The same survey was run during the same timeframe in November 2011, where 2,000 British mums surveyed. The average cost that British mums expected to spend on their Christmas presents was £592.74.
[5] A similar survey was run during the same timeframe in November 2010, where 2,000 British mums surveyed. The average cost that British mums expected to spend on their children at Christmas in 2010 was £204.64.
SOURCE Littlewoods.com


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Hoping to capitalize on conservative men's possibly-lingering collective crush, a Tampa Bay strip club has hired a Sarah Palin lookalike to headline during the Republican National Convention in an attempt to draw in business. But this Faux-Palin just any exotic dancer — she's adult film star Lisa Ann, who played Sarah Palin in several pornographic films about Sarah Palin. See? Republicans love women!
The doppelganger hire isn't all that Tampa Bay's strip clubs are doing to prep for the onslaught of men looking to watch boobies bounce around while thinking dirty thoughts about the pure, lily white thighs of the Second Amendment. Clubs have set up online chat rooms so that potential convention attendees can get a sneak peek at the women they might want to watch dance a month from now, when they're away from their wives or secret shame boyfriends.
Nothing more American than tucking bills containing faces of dead white guys into the thong of a woman who looks a lot like the first female Republican nomination for Vice President. Except maybe if the strip club were built on a Native person's house, without their consent.


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Happy Weekend!!
It's Scrappy Saturday time with Paula!! and she has outdone herself agan with some fabulous layouts!!
I used the "Under The Sea" Background, Starfish, Seahorse, Crab and Happy Fish. This is an all digital design. If this were a paper layout, I would pop dot the seahorses and happy fish for a little dimension. You could even add a little starfish to the mermaid's hair.
I used the Clam, the Octopus in the distance, and the Water Turtle from the "Under the Sea" collection to accent this peaceful layout. I used a pale lavender cardstock for my background and scraps for the rest. I also used Thickers letters for the title. I thought the Clams were perfect all nestled in the title. I used my own sketch #42 (can be found at http://www.thescrapbookspeedway.blogspot.com/).
I realize this is a little different than what you've had here, but I wanted to show that you can use this great images to accent your pages perfectly and easily.
Have a great weekend


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Anti-bullying campaign urges parents to teach children to be more than bystanders
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Parents are urged to teach their kids to speak up if they witness school bullying in new ads that target an issue that top Obama administration officials vow to make a national priority.
A long-term campaign featuring television, print and web ads was unveiled Monday and will start running in October. The campaign is a joint effort by the Ad Council, a nonprofit that distributes public service announcements, and the Free to Be Foundation, a group that includes entertainers Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda and Mel Brooks.
In one television ad, two girls are seen bullying a schoolmate, mocking her appearance and telling her that nobody likes her. A fourth girl looks on but doesn't intervene.
"Every day, kids witness bullying," says a narrator. "They want to help, but don't know how. Teach your kids how to be more than a bystander."
Online and print ads will warn parents that their kids regularly encounter negative messages such as "you're worthless" and "everybody hates you."
The ads were unveiled Monday at an annual anti-bullying summit hosted by the Department of Education in Washington, where lawmakers, educators and government officials convened to develop a national strategy aimed at ensuring a safe, healthy learning environment for students. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius addressed the summit Monday.
Once considered an unpleasant but inescap-able part of adolescence, bullying has been thrust into the national conversation by a string of high-profile suicides by students who were later revealed to have been bullied.
Of particular concern to education advocates is bullying directed against students perceived to be gay or lesbian -- such as Tyler Clementi, the 18-year-old who killed himself in 2010 after allegedly being bullied online by his college roommate, who was convicted of invasion of privacy and other charges for using a webcam to film Clementi and another man kissing.
Sebelius told the summit that suicides by teenagers and children had served as a national wake-up call.
"Bullying is not just a harmless rite of passage, or an inevitable part of growing up," Sebelius said. "It's a systematic situation that threatens the health and well-being of our young people. It's destructive to our communities and devastating to our future."
Sebelius said school districts and states are aggressively working to quell school bullying, noting that 36 state anti-bullying laws were enacted in 2009 and 2010. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added bullying to its regular survey of risk behavior in schools.
She added that cyberbullying has become a top concern as students increasingly communicate through social media, text messages and the Internet.
"We are all responsible for our children's safety," Sebelius said. "And no one can afford to be a bystander."