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"Americans now walk the least of any industrialized nation in the world," says writer Tom Vanderbilt. To find out why that is, Vanderbilt has been exploring how towns are built, how Americans view walking — and what might be done to get them moving around on their own two feet.
Talking with Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep about what is wrong with Americans' relationship with walking, Vanderbilt says, "The main thing is, we're just not doing enough of it."
"We've engineered walking out of our existence and everyday life," Vanderbilt says. "I even tried to examine the word 'pedestrian,' and it's always had sort of this negative connotation — that it was always better to be on a horse or something, if you could manage it."
In a series of stories for Slate about "The Crisis in American Walking," Vanderbilt writes about pedestrian life in America, from "sidewalk science" to possible ways to make the U.S. less car-centric. And he finds that what started as a push for convenience has become a difficult problem, as many parts of the country are now designed specifically for cars, not pedestrians.
And while Americans have cut down on walking, they've been putting on some pounds. A recent study found that about 35 percent of adult Americans are obese, as NPR's Shots blog reported in January. That equals "more than 78 million adults and more than 12 million children."
As one example of how people can take a technological advance and turn it into a reason to stop exercising, Vanderbilt points to the moving sidewalk.
"Go to an airport, and look at people on the moving walkway," he says. "I mean, the engineers who built that walkway — it's meant to speed you up, by walking on it. You're not meant to just hop on it and go on a slow, sort of moving ride."
Americans' reluctance to be pedestrians has not gone unnoticed — and there are efforts under way to get us walking more. The group America Walks, for instance, promotes walking in our daily lives with its "safe routes" program and other initiatives. And the Walk Score website rates neighborhoods based on how easy it is to walk around in them.
Those ideas also contribute to the rising trend of "mixed-use" real estate developments, many of which approximate the feel of an old village square by building cobblestones, sidewalks and lampposts into outdoor malls or apartment buildings.
Vanderbilt says of the movement, "I think the impulse is correct, and it does speak to this hunger that I think people do have, to walk."
But, he adds, while such developments offer a way to treat the symptoms of inactivity, they don't address the core problem — of too many people living too far away from the things they need.
"It's been argued by certain planners that people will drive to where they want to walk," he says. "But, can we walk to where we want to go? Does it always have to be a matter of jumping in a car?"
"Walking is really as natural as breathing," Vanderbilt says. "We're all born pedestrians."
Talking with Steve, Vanderbilt cites a thought on walking from philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, who said, "I've walked myself into my best thoughts."
"I think we've all had that experience, of just taking a walk to clear your head. And it lowers your stress," Vanderbilt says — then adds, "hopefully, it lowers your stress. Some places we have to walk in the U.S., it doesn't lower your stress."
As he writes in the final installment of his series, "There is not a single dollar in the U.S. federal transportation budget dedicated strictly to walking."
Later in the same paragraph, Vanderbilt writes: "As a Federal Highway Administration study noted, 'In 2009, about 2.0 percent of federal-aid surface transportation funds were used for pedestrian and bicycle programs and projects. However, those two modes are estimated to account for almost 12 percent of all trips and represent more than 13 percent of all traffic fatalities.'"
If you're listening to MORNING EDITION while in your car, we appreciate that. If you're listening in earbuds while walking, we also appreciate that. And the writer Tom Vanderbilt appreciates you. Vanderbilt wishes we would all walk more and that our cities were built so that we could walk more. In a recent series for Slate, Vanderbilt says our culture's decline in walking is a tragedy.
What is wrong, in your view, with the way we're walking?
TOM VANDERBILT: Well, I think the main thing is we're just not doing enough of it. I mean, number one, Americans now walk the least of any industrialized nation in the world. And this is something that has been true for a while, but you know, since my childhood, we've basically had this kind of loss of walking, whereas about 50 percent of people walked to school when I was going to school. That number is down to about 13 percent.
INSKEEP: Why on earth would that be?
VANDERBILT: Well, one thing is just that people began living further from schools. I mean this is a real number you can track, and you know, the further you are from school, obviously the harder it is to walk, despite what your grandfather told you about all those miles he walked through the snow. So...
INSKEEP: Uphill both ways.
VANDERBILT: Exactly. So I mean, that's problem number one. I mean another problem was the streets that were between the home and that school became not only more crowded with cars, but, you know, increasingly were built without things like sidewalks. So it became, you know, sort of dangerous for kids to walk - or the perception that it was dangerous. And once you go down that path, it becomes hard to reverse something like that.
INSKEEP: You illustrate your article with a rather powerful photograph of a grandmother taking her granddaughter to school, I believe.
VANDERBILT: Yeah, I mean she's basically being driven to the end of her driveway to get to the school bus. And the school bus brings up something, you know, important here, which is we're kind of undergoing a crisis in America with funding.
For example, a lot of school bus routes are being cut, and what you find is kids living about a mile or two from school no longer have this option of a school bus. Yet it's become unfeasible for them to walk because they're living in places without sidewalks, without adequate crossing facilities.
INSKEEP: Now, we're talking about children here, but of course the same patterns apply, if even more so, to adults.
VANDERBILT: That's right. And you know, I think we've engineered walking out of our existence in everyday life. Go to an airport and look at people on the moving walkway. I mean it's meant to speed you up by walking on it. You're not meant to just sort of hop on it and go on a slow sort of moving ride.
I think humans like to - as one phrase put it in an engineering study, you know, minimize dissatisfaction. So you know, if we can sort of cut this walking out a little bit, it makes us feel better, but in the long run, it actually doesn't make us feel better.
INSKEEP: You seem to think that entirely aside from the health benefits or whatever else, that something really fundamental is being lost here in human life.
VANDERBILT: I think so. I mean it's almost just a way of relating to the Earth. I mean, walking is really as natural as breathing. It's - we're all born pedestrians, and we stay pedestrians. We don't walk as much as we should, but philosopher Soren Kierkegaard said, you know, I have walked myself into my best thoughts.
I think we've all had that experience of just taking a walk to clear your head and it lowers your stress - hopefully it lowers your stress. Some places we have to walk in the U.S., you know, it doesn't lower your stress.
But it kind of gets back to, for example, what Michael Pollan says about food. You know, it's like going back to what your grandmother knew to just be good food: simple, unprocessed, local, natural. You know, what did your grandmother know about walking? She probably did a lot more of it than you do.
INSKEEP: I want to ask about one other thing. So-called mixed-use development has got to be one of the trendiest things in building cities now. And even you can go into very distant suburbs and find people who are doing new developments where they will try to put stores and housing and offices all in the same development so that at least in theory someone could walk everywhere they needed to if they lived there or lived nearby.
VANDERBILT: You know, I think the impulse is correct. I mean, and it does speak to this hunger, I think, that people do have to walk. I mean the building of these so-called lifestyle centers, which are essentially shopping malls, but in places from Los Angeles to, you know, just about every city nowadays, where you sort of drive to this parking garage and then you sort of get out and then enter this idealized small-town sort of vision and you walk around and there's cobblestones and iron lampposts.
And it's been argued by certain planners that, you know, people will drive to where they want to walk. That's the kind of state we're at in America. But can we walk to where we want to go? Does it always have to be a matter of jumping in the car?
So any development that can sort of make walking just more pleasurable, more possible, I think is welcome. I think a lot of those things are sort of, you know, Band-Aid fixes that, again, speak to this cultural hunger, but don't really get at the ultimate problems.
INSKEEP: Tom Vanderbilt, thanks very much.
VANDERBILT: Thank you.
INSKEEP: Vanderbilt's series for Slate.com is called "America's Pedestrian Problem." Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The romantic notion of starting a car company in your garage is a folly from a bygone era. Even when the government is handing out billions of dollars to help electric-car startups get off the ground, the costs can be overwhelming.
Just ask Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla Motors. His company, which sells the $100,000 battery-powered Tesla Roadster, is probably the best-known of a crop of fledgling electric car companies including Fisker Automotive, Coda Automotive and Aptera Motors that are looking to reinvent the auto industry.
But Musk, who sold his previous company, PayPal, to
"About four months ago, I ran out of cash," he wrote in a court filing dated Feb. 23, and first reported by VentureBeat, a Silicon Valley blog. Musk, whose other business interests include SpaceX and SolarCity, said he's been living off personal loans from friends since last October.
Of course, Musk's disclosure came in a filing as part of his divorce from novelist Justine Musk, so perhaps it is advantageous to be out of money at the moment.
His personal money troubles raise questions, though, about Tesla's ability to continue financing its aggressive growth ahead of a planned IPO. The share offering has not yet been scheduled. A Tesla spokeswoman did not return a phone call for comment.
Until his recent liquidity problems, Musk had been pumping much of his personal wealth into Tesla, whose investors also include the founders of
According to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Tesla burned through $37 million in cash in the last three months of 2009. In the first quarter, it slowed that burn rate to $8.4 million.
Tesla has incurred about $261 million in net losses since its inception in 2007, including $55.7 million last year, according to the registration documents.
Designing and manufacturing automobiles sucks up capital like no other business. "Developing competitive cars for global markets costs several hundred million dollars, no matter how you cut it," Fisker Automotive founder Henrik Fisker told Forbes. "Incorporating the latest technology, meeting crash and emissions regulations and providing a solid warranty program are just a few things to be factored in."
Says David Cole, director of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Mich: "People have tended to underestimate the complexity of doing a car. This has been true for the ages."
Indeed, there's a long history of failed entrepreneurs in the automotive business, including Preston Tucker, John DeLorean and Malcolm Bricklin.
Ray Lane, managing partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, an early-stage investor in Fisker, told Reuters that given the capital required to mass-produce automobiles, he expects a shake-out among the small EV companies.
What's different now, however, is that the U.S. government is offering a helping hand, with $25 billion available to help both large and small companies develop more fuel-efficient vehicles.
Last June, Tesla received a $465 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund development of its next car, called the Model S, and to manufacture battery packs for Tesla vehicles and others.
And last week, Tesla got a shot in the arm from
"He's trying to set the table (for an IPO) by saying we've got money. We've got this government loan. We've got a big investor in Toyota. He's trying to get the white knight to stand beside him to give legitimacy to the concept he's talking about," says Cole.
"A lot of folks have tried this. He'll be lucky if he succeeds."

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text: Live music fans and clubbers in Britain are currently petitioning the government over its plans to introduce sound control devices as a legal requirement for entertainment venues.Although unconfirmed at this point, the organisers behind the online petition believe the devices cut-off point will be "dreadfully low", at around 70 dB. Unsurprisingly, the petition already has 32,000 signatures and is likely to gain many more supporters in the coming weeks. The government wants to introduce the sound control devices to protect the hearing of staff who work in bars, clubs and live music venues, but those opposed to the plans believe it'll cause irreparable damage to the nightlife scene in Britain. Some are even saying it's just another step towards a nanny state. A 2004 study by the University of Edinburgh found that the average sound level for nightclubs in the UK was 96 db, with some even reaching 108 db. It states... "Noise exposure, hearing loss and associated otological symptoms have been studied in a group of 23 disc jockeys using a questionnaire and pure tone audiometry. The level of noise exposure in the venues where they work has also been studied using Ametek Mk-3 audio dosimeters. Three members of the study group showed clear evidence of noise-induced hearing losson audiometry, 70 per cent reported temporary threshold shift after sessions and 74 per cent reported tinnitus. Sound levels of up to 108 dB(A) were recorded in the nightclubs. The average level for a typical session was 96 dB(A) which is above the level at which the provision of ear protection is mandatory for employers in industry. It can be concluded that DJs are at substantial risk of developing noise-induced hearing loss and noise exposure in nightclubs frequently exceeds safe levels." This is of course based upon DJ's and not live music so the damage this will do to U.K. live music is unthinkable. New bands, underground music and smaller venues will be damaged most, Not to mention our fledgling pubs and clubs in the U.K. Listening to music on your headphones causes much more harm to the hearing than other devices combined. Why don't we delegalise headphones then? It's worth noting the actual volume of a drum kit. At drummer ears 21inch ride = 102 db 21inch ride (bell) = 112 db Bass drum = 105 db Toms = 110 db Snare 5×14 single roll all rimshot 120 db Snare (maximum rimshot) 125 db 16inch crash = 111 db 14inch hats (maximum/open) = 117 db 18inch china (maximum) 118 db Interesting facts: Quiet groove: drummer ears 105 db - 5 feet 100 db - 25 feet 96 db medium groove: drummer ears 110 db - 5 feet 105 db - 25 feet 102 db Solid groove: drummer ears 115 db - 5 feet 110 db - 25 feet 108 db Maximum (snare): drummer ears 125 db - 5 feet 120 db - 25 feet 116 db These are the results from the January MD issue, all measures were taken with the Metrosonics DB-2100 digital SPL meter. So as you can see, this could make it very difficult indeed to play in public! Listening to music on your headphones causes much more harm to the hearing than other devices combined. Why don't we delegalise headphones then?


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Global Youth Forum recommendations will be highlighted in UN General Assembly report in 2014
BALI, Indonesia — The ICPD Global Youth Forum concluded in Bali, Indonesia Thursday producing a set of recommendations which outline the vision of young people around the world for their future.
600 youth leaders from more than 130 countries attended the Forum, with over 2500 virtual delegates participating online. Representatives of governments, UN agencies, non-governmental and private sector organizations also took part.
"This has been a groundbreaking engagement of young people around issues they have identified as key to their futures," said UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin. "This Forum has provided enormous insights into where the youth agenda stands twenty years after the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The world has changed dramatically since then, and so have young people. I have been inspired by their passion and their vision for their future, and I am determined that UNFPA will continue to lead the UN system in ensuring that this vision is fully incorporated into the discussions and design of the next development agenda."
The three-day Forum, co-hosted by the Indonesian Government and the UN Population Fund, UNFPA, generated recommendations on health, education, employment, families, youth rights, civic participation, well-being including sexuality. The recommendations include calls for governments to:
- Provide non-discriminatory, non-judgmental, rights-based, age appropriate, gender-sensitive health education including youth-friendly, evidence based comprehensive sexuality education that is context specific.
- Provide, monitor and evaluate universal access to a basic package of youth-friendly health services (including mental healthcare and sexual and reproductive health services) that are high quality, integrated, equitable, comprehensive and affordable.
- Ensure universal access to free, quality comprehensive education at all levels, and allocate sufficient funds to achieve universal access to comprehensive education.
- Eliminate harmful traditional practices (such as forced circumcision and genital mutilation, early and forced marriage, gender-based violence and violence against women.
- Guarantee an environment free from psychological, physical and sexual violence, including gender based violence and bullying in the home, school, workplace and community.
- Develop and strengthen multi-stakeholder partnerships to collect, analyze, use and disseminate reliable, disaggregated, qualitative and quantitative youth data to support evidence-based national youth health policies and programmes.
- Prioritize creation of jobs and a skilled workforce by increased investment, along with the private sector, in programmes that foster youth entrepreneurship and job training including paid internships.
- Ensure equal and equitable access to decent work free from discrimination, respectful of diversity and promoting human development for all young people, particularly young women with children and other marginalized groups.
The Forum also called upon the United Nations to "urgently appoint a Special Advisor on Youth who is a young person".
The final recommendations from the Forum will be included in a UN Secretary-General report to the General Assembly in 2014 and will feed into discussions on UN development goals for the next 20 years.
The Global Youth Forum is part of a formal UN process to review progress, gaps and challenges in achieving the objectives of the Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The ICPD was a landmark event that made a fundamental connection between advancing the rights and health of young people, in particular young women, and delivering effective, sustainable development. The Forum is the first of three thematic meetings to review progress and produce recommendations. The two other global meetings will focus on Human Rights and Women and will be held in 2013.
"It is our hope that this Forum, in addition to producing substantive recommendations will also generate the momentum for ongoing youth engagement globally, regionally and nationally to support and advance the aspirations of young people and their communities in the post-2015 agenda," explained Kwabena Osei-Danquah, Executive Coordinator of the ICPD Secretariat.
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About ICPD Beyond 2014
ICPD Beyond 2014 is a mandated review of the Programme of Action that was agreed by 179 member states who attended the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994. The ICPD review process will assess progress, gaps and new challenges in achieving the goals of the Programme of Action through process which engage all stakeholders including governments, civil society and youth. For more information about ICPD Beyond 2014 visit www.icpdbeyond2014.org
About UNFPA
The United Nations Population Fund is the international development agency that works to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person achieves their potential. UNFPA helps countries use population data to anticipate tomorrow's challenges. It provides empowering technical guidance, policy advice, training and support and ensures that the reproductive health and rights of women and young people remain at the very heart of development. UNFPA has been mandated by the UN General Assembly to facilitate the ICPD review. It established the ICPD Beyond 2014 Secretariat to conduct the process on behalf of the UN system. For more information, visit www.unfpa.org


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Easiest Pasta and Broccoli Recipe Recipe
This is one the easiest pasta dishes I make for my family, I make it at least twice a month when I need a quick meal and they all devour it. With just a few ingredients and only one pot, this recipe will put dinner on the table in 15 minutes.
I'm really not sure why I haven't posted this sooner, this is the recipe my daughter wants to learn how to make when she is away at college. In fact, as I was photographing this today, she was standing right next to me with a plate and bowl in hand.
A few quick tips for making this perfect every time. Don't overcook the pasta, there is nothing worse than mushy pasta. Reserve some of the pasta water before draining, you'll add some of it back in after without having to add too much oil. And most importantly, use good cheese! I like Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano Reggiano, don't buy the cheap stuff, it just isn't the same. If you like a little spice, add some crushed red pepper flakes.
Easiest Pasta and Broccoli Recipe
Servings: 6 • Size: 1 1/2 cups • Points +: 8 pts • Smart Points: 8
Calories: 289.2 • Fat: 7.1 g • Carbs: 48 g • Fiber: 4.9 g • Protein: 11.7 g • Sugar: 1.0
Sodium: 103.7 (without salt)
12 oz uncooked pasta (use brown rice or quinoa pasta for gluten-free)
6 1/2 cups fresh broccoli florets, no stems
5 cloves garlic, smashed and chopped
1/4 cup grated Parmesan or Romano
2 tbsp olive oil, divided
kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. When water boils, add pasta and broccoli at the same time and cook according to pasta instructions for al dente. When pasta is almost done cooking, reserve about 1 cup of the pasta water and set aside. Drain pasta and broccoli.
Return the pot to the stove and set heat to high; add 1 tbsp olive oil, when hot, add garlic. Cook until golden, reduce flame to low and add pasta back to the pot.
Mix well, add remaining olive oil, grated cheese, salt and pepper to taste mixing well and smashing any large pieces of broccoli to break up.
Add 1/2 cup of reserved pasta water and mix well adding more if needed.
Serve in pasta bowls with additional grated cheese on the side.
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Autonomic Names Nine New Rep Firms
Autonomic Controls announced Monday that it has named nine new rep firms in an effort, the company said, "to grow its US dealer base and offer current dealers more opportunity to grow their businesses."
The new firms are:
C&E Marketing (Florida)
Clarity (Southern California and Arizona)
Hill Residential Systems (Chesapeake/Mid-Atlantic)
McKinney Sales (Southwestern)
Oliver Marketing (Pacific Northwest)
Performance Plus Marketing (Rocky Mountain, Rio Grande and Pioneer)
PSG Inc. (Carolinas and Dixie)
Rich Jackson (Northern California)
Roberts Associates (New England)
Several other areas are open, including Chicago, Indiana/Kentucky, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, St. Louis and Ohio. Those interested in repping those areas are invited to email firstname.lastname@example.com.
"We are very excited to be able to work with these prestigious firms," Michael de Nigris, CEO of Autonomic Controls, said as part of the announcement. "As Autonomic continues to grow, it is imperative that we continue to offer our dealers the best support possible, whether it is sales or technical. The addition of these firms will allow us to do so in a more efficient manner, and provide our dealers with everything they need to ensure success."


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The Gold Report: When you spoke with us last year, you talked about Europe's financial problems being a policy issue. Are they any closer to a solution to the debt crisis there and is the situation in the U.S. parallel to that?
Vikas Ranjan: I think there's been progress made toward solving the debt crisis in Europe and also in the U.S., which is a different ball game. When I said Europe is more like a policy problem, I meant that it's not a problem that just came up one fine day. A monetary union without any proper fiscal union creates a situation where weaker countries can hide under a stronger currency and run big deficits, and at the same time don't have the flexibility of using cheaper currency when they get into trouble. That has been the case with countries like Greece, Italy, Portugal and Ireland.
"I believe gold has a good upward trend, especially due to QE3."
Now there's a realization in Europe that if they want to save the euro, they also have to have some sort of fiscal union with a sovereign type of debt facility, which they are working toward. Even countries like Greece have done better than what some people expected and are trying to resolve the crisis. The European Central Bank (ECB) has clearly stated that it would do whatever is required to keep the euro in place. The market is giving some credence to that, with bond yields on stronger countries such as Germany creeping up, whereas weaker countries are seeing a fall in those yields. We are probably moving toward some sort of solution, which is going to take some time.
Since the U.S. election is over, we will see more systematic talk about reducing the deficit and the debt. We may see some differences in approaches, and some give-and-take, but ultimately a solution will have to be found.
TGR: You were relatively optimistic last year about the gold price finally going through $2,000/ounce (oz), probably this year. What's your forecast for gold going into the coming year?
VR: I remain optimistic about the price of gold, at least for the next two to three years. I believe gold has a good upward trend, especially due to Quantitative Easing 3. Now the ECB is following what the Federal Reserve Bank has been doing for the past three or four years, an easy money policy. The next target for gold prices is that $2,000/oz barrier. I would not bet on that happening this year, but early next year, yes.
When economies start to recover, people begin to think about inflation coming into play. Gold has traditionally done well when inflation is expected. It does well in the short term because of economic uncertainty and currency debasement, and also when there are inflationary expectations. I would be a buyer of gold and gold-related securities at these prices, and the trend is good.
TGR: You were also quite positive for the prospects of the junior mining shares when we last spoke. Even with higher gold prices, a lot of them have not been doing all that well. Is there going to be a point when people finally jump in and take them higher?
VR: There has been some decoupling between gold and the share prices of both junior and senior mining companies. The juniors have a harder road to climb. While we may see another situation like 2010, when everything went up, I do feel there will be a flight to quality, especially among junior companies. The emphasis is on companies that have a definitive plan for what they expect to achieve in the next two years or so, and a definitive exit strategy.
"Gold does well in the short term because of economic uncertainty and currency debasement, and also when there are inflationary expectations."
That short-term goal will be to create something that will be appealing to somebody else. If you're a junior with an advanced asset that somebody can see being developed into a mine in the next four or five years, you're in a good position. If you have something closer to production, you're in a good position. But, investors have to be choosey in the junior market. Just because the gold price is going up doesn't mean that every junior explorer will go up. Good juniors will see some life coming back to them, and it's happening to some extent already.
TGR: It's been a pretty tough year or two for a lot of junior companies that don't have cash flow or feasibility/prefeasibility studies and the ability to finance operations. There have been some casualties along the way. Do you think the higher gold prices are going to be able to rescue some of these companies, or are some just not going to make it?
VR: There will be companies that are not going to make it. Higher gold prices will not salvage every company out there. A good one-third to one-half of junior companies with sub-$50 million (M) market caps will have to consolidate or do something creative to get to a stage where they will be appealing, or they will go out of business. There is not enough money for exploration plays for every company out there.
TGR: There do seem to be a lot of small companies with promising properties, but the cost of continuing exploration and overhead is going to make it tough for some of them to survive. Do you expect some merger and acquisition (M&A) action or joint ventures (JV) on some of these smaller projects, or are companies going to abandon properties and move on?
VR: I would say both. We will see a lot more M&A and JV-type actions happening. I personally feel that JVs are a very good route for companies that have good projects but lack the capital to advance them. Instead of losing the entire project, they could still keep 4060% and find a funding partner. We will see a lot more of that happening, at least with companies that have good assets.
M&A would also happen on that front, but more so with junior companies that have advanced projects closer to feasibility in places where people can see production happening. A great project in a geographical location that is very hard to reach and will take five years to develop, forget about that, no matter how good the project
TGR: So, let's talk a little about your Ubika 50 Index. How's that done over the past year and what have been some of the better performers in your index?
VR: Well, it has been a bit difficult the past year, and not surprisingly because companies in our index are mostly juniors. Many of those are very early stage exploration companies, so they have been battered. There have been some names that have done well, even in this market, but overall the index has underperformed gold prices. That's not surprising, because most of the gold shares have underperformed gold, as an asset class.
Still, we have managed to outperform the TSX Venture Index by a big margin. Since inception, our index is up about 4142% in the last two years, whereas the Venture is down 13%, while gold is up 55%. So, we were outperforming gold until recently, but of late we haven't. There are several companies that have done very well, such as Kaminak Gold Corp. (KAM:TSX.V), which is a Yukon play. So have Northern Gold Mining Inc. (NGM:TSX.V), which is an Ontario play, and Belo Sun Mining Corp. (BSX:TSX.V), which is in Brazil. Now we also have several companies under more detailed research coverage that we can talk about, as well.
TGR: Tell us about some you like now.
VR: At the top of the list is Rye Patch Gold Corp. (RPM:TSX.V; RPMGF:OTCQX), a Nevada junior. It has been in the news frequently over a legal case that is going on with Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. (CDM:TSX; CDE:NYSE) and a subsidiary, over the Rochester claims. Coeur failed to pay its annual fees for these claims on time and the land became open for staking, which Rye Patch did. Now Coeur is claiming that it went back and overstaked those and that it was just an oversight and it still has legal right to them, which Rye Patch is obviously disputing. If Rye Patch wins this case, we believe that it will have access to huge resource and reserves on those claims. But, that's just one piece of opportunity for Rye Patch.
Rye Patch has several other opportunities, including a big land package on the Cortez Trend in Nevada. It has a 100%-owned project called Garden Gate Pass on Cortez and also a big land package and joint venture with Barrick Gold Corp. (ABX:TSX; ABX:NYSE) and McEwen Mining Inc. (MUX:NYSE; MUX:TSX) called the Patty project that it's exploring as well. It has more advanced projects on the Oreana Trend called Wilco and Lincoln Hill with total resources of close to 3.2 million ounces (Moz) in the NI 43-101 category. Most of that is in the Measured and Indicated category, defined mainly in two open pits on Wilco and one on Lincoln Hill. Defined resources within a constrained pit are very significant for a junior company. We really like that play and think it's undervalued. If the legal case goes in its favor, that will be a significant catalyst for the stock and a bonus to everything else it has going for it.
TGR: Where is the stock now and where are you expecting that might go?
VR: Rye Patch is trading in the $0.450.50/share range. Our model price is close to $1.50/share. Depending upon drill results, Cortez and the legal case, the opportunity to go back up to its high level of $0.850.90/share is not that farfetched. The stock could double in the next couple of quarters if those things work out.
TGR: The legal case still shouldn't have that big an impact on the overall long-term valuation.
VR: Our valuation is actually based on the other projects. We think that this is a stock that should be north of a dollar in price. You're right that regardless of the legal case's outcome, I think it's undervalued.
TGR: What else are you looking at now?
VR: We have a very interesting company called Highvista Gold Corp. (HVV:TSX.V) under coverage with a big land package in the Sonoran Gold Belt in Mexico. The management team, especially its CEO, Rick Adams, put into production two mines before and he's trying to do the same here. It has one target, called Chanate North that is in close proximity to AuRico Gold Inc.'s (AUQ: TSX; AUQ: NYSE) Chanate mine. Highvista believes that the mineralization from that Chanate structure goes onto its project.
"You have to go for quality and to look for companies that have a great defined plan in the next two years."
Highvista also has a target called Republicana, where it had some very good success drilling this summer. That's a very simple and potentially heap-leachable resource, right at the surface. If it can develop 0.51 Moz in resources and can show decent metallurgical results, it should become a very desirable takeover target. Everyone with a near-surface heap-leachable resource of around 1 Moz has been taken out, including Grayd Resources in that area. We see Highvista as a good takeover play in the next couple of years, as it builds its project.
TGR: There's certainly a lot of action in Mexico these days. What about some of the other ones that you think are interesting?
VR: We have a company called West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc. (RLG:CSNX), which is a Red Lake play in Ontario. It has a 60/40 joint venture with Goldcorp Inc. (G:TSX; GG:NYSE) on one of its flagship projects called Rowan. We expect it to list on the Toronto Venture Exchange in the coming year. It has really big potential for defining an open-pittable gold resource north of 2 Moz. Not many companies can claim to have a fully owned JV partnership where Goldcorp pays for 40% of the exploration costs, with Red Lake in its backyard.
With $45M in drilling in the next year or so, it could define a pretty powerful resource that will be very attractive to someone like Goldcorp or an upcoming producer like Rubicon Minerals Corp. (RBY:NYSE.MKT; RMX:TSX). Red Lake has had many success stories, including Gold Eagle Mines, which was snapped by Goldcorp in 2007 for $1.2 billion when it didn't even have an NI 43-101 defined resource and was based only on the potential. West Red Lake has properties in the same area where Gold Eagle originated. It's a very interesting but not well-known story, so the valuation does not reflect the true potential.
TGR: What else do you like in other areas?
VR: We're also covering a West African story in Ghana called Abzu Gold Ltd. (ABS:TSX.V; ABZUF:OTCQX), which has a joint venture with Kinross Gold Corp. (K:TSX; KGC:NYSE) on its open-pit potential Nangodi project. Ghana is probably the best place for gold mining in Africa, at least in my opinion. Abzu has several projects there, but this is the focus. Its management did a smart thing, which many juniors should take a lesson from. It obtained a $2.5M strategic investment from a company called Stonehouse Construction, a mining equipment and operations company that builds mines. Stonehouse has taken the responsibility to build the open pit and become the operator. If Abzu can define a target resource in the range of 0.751 Moz, that is good enough for Stonehouse to then define the pit and, we believe, even provide the off-balance sheet financing for construction.
The stock was as high as $0.80/share in the last 1214-months. Now it's at $0.09/share. This is an example of people ignoring good assets in a bad market. Abzu has a clear focus to advance the project. As it takes the story back to the Street to show the drill results and the plan to get to production with Stonehouse's help within two years, I think it will resonate well in the market.
TGR: Any other ones you want to talk about?
VR: Victory Gold Mines Inc. (VGO:CNSX) has a near-term opportunity in developing a past-producing mine in Timmins, Ontario. Its project is surrounded by three producers, Brigus Gold Corp. (BRD:NYSE.MKT; BRD:TSX), St Andrew Goldfields Ltd. (SAS:TSX) and Lake Shore Gold Corp. (LSG:TSX). The Gold Pike mine is a past open pit that produced about 100,000 tonnes at 3.4 grams per tonne (g/t). It has been drilling the last 1218 months to extend the open pit. We believe that it has internally defined an initial pit resource to 150 meters (m) depth. The original pit only produced to 22m.
It can probably define 150,000200,000 oz (150200 Koz) in that open pit. The next phase is to go about 300m. It can open-pit mine as deep as 200m for sure, and if it wants to go deeper, it can use a ramp down to 500m. The plan is to produce ore that could become the feed for nearby operating mills. That would also make it an attractive target to be acquired by one of these companies. So, here is an example of a company with a very clear goal and timeline in mind, that doesn't take a lot of money to reach. I think that its management will create a lot of value for the shareholders.
TGR: It just intends to be a mining company and not build a mill to process the ore?
VR: The real goal is to get attention. For example, St Andrew's mill will run out of ore in three years and would need feed. Victory is only about 3 kilometers from that mill and would be a perfect source of feed. Lake Shore is developing an open-pit mine that will be in production in 2014. The ore from that open pit is expected to be lower grade, averaging less than 2 g/t. Victory's material is averaging above 3 g/t and Lake Shore can potentially use that to sweeten its ore. So, Victory's angle is to be acquired by one or more of the nearby companies.
TGR: What else would you like to mention?
VR: We also have a company called Meadow Bay Gold Corp. (MAY:TSX.V; MAYGF:OTCQX) in our coverage, which is revising an older mine project called the Atlanta gold mine in Nevada. Gold was produced there in the late 1980s and it still has a milling facility and complete infrastructure. Kinross Gold had this project before. When Meadow Bay acquired the project, it wanted to get to a resource in the main Atlanta zone of about 1 Moz. Kinross' internal estimate was roughly 400 Koz at 3.4 g/t.
Early drilling started to find evidence of a porphyry. Suddenly the project scale became much bigger and Meadow Bay wanted to chase that porphyry and it now appears that there may be two porphyry systems. It also decided to consolidate its land position and now has a larger land package. It's now focusing more on the porphyry and just announced that drilling has commenced there to develop a resource estimate on the main zone. While financing has been a challenge, as with every junior, Meadow Bay has good people involved and this is another project to really keep an eye on.
One more story that we are following is called Eagle Hill Exploration Corp. (EAG:TSX.V). The company has a very interesting project in Québec called the Windfall Lake project, which it initially acquired from Noront Resources and where it's finding really high-grade material. In the last four or five years Eagle Hill has managed to get a resource of 1.5 Moz in the Indicated and Inferred category. The grades are really high, around 10 g/t gold, with 538 Koz in the Indicated category and 800 Koz at 8.7 g/t in the Inferred category, with continued expansion of the mineralized zone. The near-surface mineralization makes the project more interesting because it can be open-pitted before going underground.
Québec is probably one of the best mining jurisdictions in the world. I have been on the site. It has a great mining camp with an underground ramp that Noront spent $20M building. Eagle Hill is expecting to do a feasibility study in the first half of 2013. Noront does have a back-in right on that project and we believe there are negotiations to resolve terms that makes sense to both parties.
Now the share price has not done that well lately, probably due to share dilution from capital raises. But as far as projects go, it's probably one of the best for the quality and grade. Projects with high grade have attracted a significant acquisition premium because they have a better margin of error if the costs go up. That's something that makes Eagle Hill very interesting.
TGR: Where's it selling now and where do you expect it might go?
VR: It's selling about $0.13/share right now. We think it should be north of $0.50/share, based on its scope and potential. But if it can get to the prefeasibility stage and really show the project potential in terms of net present value, then that may change.
TGR: What are you suggesting our readers do to make some decent profits or recover some of their losses in the coming year?
VR: Nobody has a crystal ball, but I would say readers would do well by being focused. Precious metals are a good place to be in the next year, especially gold. I think you have to be choosey. You have to go for quality and to look for companies that have a great defined plan in the next two years, and a path to achieving that plan by spending a reasonable amount of capital. If they can show those catalysts, then I think there is a good possibility that stock will do well.
If investors have stocks in their portfolios that do not fit those criteria, I would say that taking a loss and getting out of those is probably going to save some money, which can be redeployed into better quality names. I think markets will move higher in the new year, regardless of what has happened in the U.S. elections. It always happens when you have an easy money policy, which should continue for the near term. So, I would be more optimistic about the market's prospect, especially for precious metals juniors in the next year.
TGR: Thank you for that optimism and for joining us today, Vikas.
VR: Thank you very much.
Vikas Ranjan, a co-founder and principal of Ubika Research, has over 18 years of experience in investment management, finance, customer analytics and research. He is also a co-founder and principal of Gravitas Capital Corporation, a merchant bank based in Toronto. His experience includes management positions with TAL Global Asset Management and Bank of Montreal. He holds a Bachelor of Art degree in economics and a Master of Management Studies from University of Mumbai and an MBA in Finance from McGill University. Before founding Ubika Research, Ranjan co-founded P2P Systems Inc., which was acquired by Microforum Inc.
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1) Zig Lambo of The Gold Report conducted this interview. He personally, and/or his family, own shares of the following companies mentioned in this interview: None.
2) The following companies mentioned in the interview are sponsors of The Gold Report: Rye Patch Gold Corp., Highvista Gold Corp., Goldcorp Inc., Rubicon Minerals Corp., Brigus Gold Corp. and St Andrew Goldfields Ltd. Streetwise Reports does not accept stock in exchange for services. Interviews are edited for clarity.
3) Vikas Ranjan: I personally and/or my family own shares of the following companies mentioned in this interview: Victory Gold Mines Inc., West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc. I personally and/or my family am paid by the following companies mentioned in this interview: None. I was not paid by Streetwise Reports for participating in this interview. Ubika Corp, the parent company of Ubika Research, holds positions in West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc., Victory Gold Mines Inc. and Abzu Gold Ltd. and holds options in Highvista Gold Corp., Rye Patch Gold Corp. West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc. and Victory Gold Mines Inc. Ubika Corp, the parent company of Ubika Research, has received fees from companies mentioned in this report for capital market exposure and advisory services.


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Wayne Wong showing off his signature "Wong Banger."
ISHPEMING, MI - Freestyle skiing pioneer Wayne Wong and world champion freestyle moguls skier Jeremy Bloom lead an outstanding class of six inductees elected to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. Joining them will be Alpine World Championship medalist Kirsten Clark, world champion and snowboarding pioneer Craig Kelly, acclaimed international ski instructor and leader Horst Abraham and ski resort developer Hans Geier. U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Chairman Bernie Weichsel made the announcement.
Wayne Wong is regarded by many as a living legend. He was the leading and most popular skier of his day when hotdog or freestyle skiing was emerging on the scene. The inventor of the famous "Wong Banger" and a star of countless skiing movies, Wong packaged his fame into being a true ambassador for skiing and continues to this day to convey his passion and enjoyment for the benefit of ski sports across the country. Both SKI and Powder magazines have named him among the most influential skiers in the 20th century.
Jeremy Bloom was also a star of freestyle skiing who won two World Cup titles and a World Championship and was one of America's most visible skiing stars in the mid-2000's. In 2003 he won gold in the dual moguls event at the World Championships and a silver in the individual moguls. Two years later he won his third World Championship medal as well as earning the moguls and overall World Cup titles. His six straight wins in World Cup competition set a record that stood for seven years. Bloom was also a football star at the University of Colorado and played for two years for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers.
Kirsten Clark started racing at the age of seven, developing her skiing skills at Maine's Sugarloaf Mountain. During her 13 year career on the U.S. Ski Team she won 12 U.S. titles and reached the World Cup podium eight times. In 2003 she won a World Championship silver medal in the super G. From 1998 to 2002 she strung together five straight U.S. downhill titles. A three time Olympian, Clark was respected for her quiet leadership and the high standards she set preparing for competition. Lindsey Vonn said of her, "Clarkie was always someone I looked up to."
Craig Kelly is the third snowboarding honoree to be elected to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. A winner of four world titles in the early days of the sport, Kelly was one of its most influential pioneers working with Jake Burton Carpenter to open countless ski areas to the sport in the 1980s. He also played a key role during the early years of Burton Snowboards. The holder of an honors degree in chemical engineering, he starred in numerous skiing and snowboarding films over 20 years. The first true professional snowboarder, he was awarded TransWorld Snowboarding's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. He died a year later in an avalanche while seeking to become the first fully certified Canadian Mountain Guide as a snowboarder.
Horst Abraham is an Austrian native who rewrote the script for American ski instruction that had a significant impact internationally. Through his work America's ski instructors emerged as world leaders in their field. Starting with the Aspen Ski School and later the technical director for the Vail Ski School, he eventually became the education vice president for the Professional Ski Instructors of America. As the developer of what became known as the American Teaching Method in 1980, focusing on teaching skiing skills instead of skiing turns, he led the U.S. to become the world leader in snow sports education.
Hans Geier was a leading manager and developer of ski areas across the United States for nearly 30 years. From the time he completed Pennsylvania's Ski Round Top in 1971 until his retirement in 1998, he had a large impact on the growth of the sport. Most notably he was the general manager of Steamboat Springs resort in Colorado from 1981 to 1990 when he led it through a $43 million expansion, growing annual skier visits from 360,000 to over a million and putting the resort's finances in the black. In 1994 he was hired as president of Doppelmayr Corporation for North America, a position he held until his retirement in 1998. He also served on numerous ski association boards including the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) and chairman of Colorado Ski Country. In 1988 the NSAA presented to him its Lifetime Achievement Award.
The induction of the Class of 2012 will take place at the Marriott Vail Resort in Vail, CO on April 13, 2013 as the concluding event for Skiing Heritage Week celebrating Vail's 50th anniversary.
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame provides highly respected perpetual national recognition to athletes competing in skiing and snowboarding and of the builders of these sports who have made the highest level of national and/or international achievement and contribution to American skiing and snowboarding. It is located in Ishpeming, MI, the birthplace of organized skiing in America, where it also serves as the headquarters for the International Skiing History Association.
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Reality Check: We Try Burger King's New Rodeo Sandwiches
Would you like fries (or onion rings or chicken tenders) with that?
Oh, Value Menu. You are a fickle mistress. You are a proving ground and a retirement home. AAA Ball and a Hall of Fame. A goldmine and a minefield. You are both hub of innovation and a stark reminder that in today's Jumbo/Mega/Ultra-sized world, "small" = "weak." The people want VALUE, dammit, so you get out there and give it all you got. You let us down, and often. But we keep coming back to you.
Because more often than not, you deliver. Maybe it's because we hold you to a different standard. "Hey, it was on the Value Menu," we tell ourselves when the sauce is applied so haphazardly you'd think it was supposed to be on the outside of the sandwich. Maybe it's because it's difficult to think of anything that you can buy for a dollar nowadays. (Challenge: ask your friends what the first thing they think of that cost $1. I'll bet you they say, "something from the value menu." Stakes: $1).
So what if I told you that for $1 you could get a value-sized burger or chicken sandwich and a side order of onion rings with barbecue sauce? Too good to be true, right? Well it is, sort of. Burger King's new Rodeo Chicken Sandwich and Rodeo Burger are exactly that, just all under the same bun. Call it a 'mashup', if that helps. Better yet, call them unexpected jewels in the King's crown.
There isn't anything particularly innovative about putting onion rings and barbecue sauce on a sandwich. In fact, these sandwiches are essentially a cheaper, cheese-less alternative to Burger King's failed BK Toppers. (It's a great review; read it.) But a properly toasted bun, 3 well-positioned onion rings, a proper dollop of tangy sauce, and your choice of patty for $1 is a winner in my book. Since a value-sized order of onion rings contains roughly 9 pieces, perhaps it helps to reframe the sandwich in these terms: For every 3 Rodeo Burgers/Chicken Sandwiches you purchase, you get a free order of onion rings. Additionally, Todd Brock's onion ring profile provides a better analysis about why Burger King may be the only major fast food restaurant where these sandwiches would work. And work they do.
The onion rings retained a surprising level of crispness given that they were direct contact with the barbecue sauce. And though I'm generally not a fan of barbecue sauce on a burger, but this sauce was applied sparingly enough to provide a pleasant sweetness without the harsh syrup, smoke, or spice notes that are commonplace in many industrial versions. As expected, the sandwiches are small (easily consumable in 3 bites), but I found that I enjoyed the balance of flavors more if I stuck with half-onion-ring-size mouthfuls (for a total of 6 bites per sandwich). Maybe I'm overthinking it, but hey, it's my job.
So in the grand crapshoot that is the Value Menu, these sandwiches are 5s (or 4s...or whatever a good number is in Craps).
And no, I don't accept Bitcoin for that dollar you owe me.
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Top 10 Crazy Black Friday Photos
Black Friday is often held as an example of American consumerism at it's worse. Some people think it points to a systemic economic and moralistic flaw in our society. Still others say it promotes greediness over sharing and represents the exact opposite of what Christmas is really supposed to be about.
I just find the crowds and traffic annoying and a way to get awesome deals online instead of leaving the house.
No matter what you think of Black Friday, it's always funny to see photos of crazed shoppers literally hunting for a bargain and that's what I have for you today: Top 10 Crazy Black Friday Photos
With these photos, we have made a slideshow and a video slideshow, enjoy!
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They said it didn't exist. They said it couldn't be found. They said it might just be a myth. Oh, but it exists—out there, in the spoilery land of spoilers.
This is your chance to turn back and not be spoiled on one of GTA V's coolest secrets.
Okay, so. For the longest time, Grand Theft Auto players have searched for Bigfoot in older titles in the franchise. Just like real life, there are a lot of stories, lots of myths, and even blurry, likely fake pictures.
But now? Now there's footage that Bigfoot exists...on GTA V, at least. RocketofRice obtained the footage that's proof—you, too can see it on a mission called "Predator" in GTA V. (This video has a more clear shot of Bigfoot, but its thumbnail also says BIGFOOT on it, and I didn't want to spoil people...also, it's proof this isn't a fluke, since footage is coming from multiple sources.)
Still skeptical? Here are some stills, courtesy of OscarTheSwede.
Players report that Bigfoot tends to disappear right away, so you have to be quick.
And there you have it. Bigfoot exists, and you can see him if you're on the appropriate mission. But then again, Los Santos hides things like aliens in it too, so, there you go.


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Audience members at the "Best of IMCA" seminar series in Denver were once again reminded that they'll soon report to their Chinese overlords. While Dr. Paul Tiffany was quick to note in his Thursday morning session that he "is not a bull on China" due to structural issues that will soon metastasize within the country, he nonetheless pointed to startling statistics that make the case for a "Chinese century" over the next 100 years.
The presentation, titled "The United States and China in the Global Economy—Where Are We Going?" began with a topical question about the impending fiscal cliff the domestic economy will encounter, and whether or not the United States will take the plunge.
"We've gone from the Greatest Generation to something akin to Japan's Lost Decade, which is now a Lost Generation as it's gone on for 20 years," Tiffany, adjunct professor at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley, explained.
Echoing recent comments from PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian, he added that we are "currently witnessing the greatest global economic shift in 100 years, with assets and growth moving from the developed world to emerging economies."
These emerging-market countries were left behind during the Industrial Revolution due to political, economic and cultural barriers. But with globalization, in conjunction with a revolution in communication and Internet technology as a "game-changer," they are now catching up.
"China began to move under the radar in 1978, and over the last 10 years its economic power has really been felt," Tiffany said. "Emerging markets like this are the markets of the future and have begun to dominate, while developed countries are stagnant."
He then noted that Spain dominated in the 16th century, Holland in the 17th century, France in the 18th century, Great Britain in the 19th century and the United States in the 20th century.
"Who will be the dominant power in the 21st century?" he rhetorically asked before naming several possibilities including China, the rest of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia and India) and even Turkey, Indonesia and Vietnam. "In fact the game might be over already, as China's share of the world's GDP will reach that of the United States by 2016."
After sharing a brief history of the People's Republic of China, beginning with Mao (a revolutionary) to Deng Xiaoping (a statesman) to Jiang Zemin (a modernizer), Tiffany noted the aforementioned problems he believes will hamper China's growth, including:
- 4-2-1—Most Chinese families have four grandparents, two parents and one child. With the "one child" policy still in place, the demographic burden is increasingly a concern
- A possible bubble in the banking and financial sectors
- Questions over the country's long-term energy supply
- Corruption throughout the government that is leading to civil unrest
- Taiwan and its future, as well as historical friction with Japan
"We have to ask ourselves if China is already in a secular decline," he added. "GDP growth from 1995 to 2010 averaged 9.9%. By 2026 through 2030, it will have declined to an average of 5%."
He then listed his top 10 key issues to watch for in China's future. They are:
- The level of political participation by the general population, as well as transparency in government
- The social unrest in rural regions due to the growing inequality that's resulting in "two Chinas"
- Trade tensions with the USA, EU and other nations
- Revaluation of the Chinese currency (over 20% since 2005)
- The boosting of internal consumption
- The level of infrastructure development
- Relations with its Asian neighbors
- Establishment of a value system beyond wealth
- Cultural issues that include more freedom of expression and individualism
- Aging of the population, along with gender and health issues
"So where is China going?" he asked in conclusion. "Sure, it could have a hard landing or a soft landing, but it might just have no landing and be able to continually refuel in midair."


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The Swindon town centre January Farmers' Market has been cancelled over poor public support and bad sales forecasts for the month.
The weekly market, which takes place every Thursday in Havelock Square, was brought back to the town last October by popular appeal, but despite the initial excitement and steady flow of shoppers stallholders noticed a dramatic drop in trade since the first couple of weeks.
In an attempt to stem the dropping morale in stallholders, market manager Kardien Gerbrands said he has postponed the market until the end of February.
He said: [The market] hasn't been at all well supported by the members of the public.
"If we had run it now we would have had three stalls, and my feeling is that that isn't good for the market either.
"Swindon is a notoriously bad place to run a market. But I know that there are people in Swindon who want high quality fresh produce they can get from a Farmer's Market."
Morale has dropped so low among stallholders that Kardien fears that continual poor turnout could result in stallholders leaving.
He said: "Most of the stallholders run very small businesses, and if you are going to take a break the best time is in January.
"Hopefully after the break the stallholders will return with a renewed enthusiasm, especially as we head into spring and the strawberries and raspberries and other soft fruits come out."
The bad weather has also had an adverse effect on footfall, damaging market sales.
Kardien said: "There is never an easy time on the farm, but the wet months of winter are exceptionally tough.
"With this in mind a decision was made to give those committed to the market a breather and to return at the onset of spring."
The inSwindon BID Company and organisers of the Havelock Square Farmers Market still have hope for the market's success and support from the public.
BID Manager Rebecca Rowland said: "It is early days for the market and we are committed to making it a long term success, despite a string of farmers markets failing in the town centre over the years.
"We will return in February with renewed vigour and do our utmost to make the market a success."
The market will return with 15 stalls on February 27 from 9am to 2.30pm.


text: You know that moment you get – if you're lucky – while watching a movie when you suddenly realise, 'I'm flipping into this!'? Well, in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, it happened to me when the wolf thingys were chasing the old man on the sled being pulled by bunnies. For all the hushed tones in which adaptations of JRR Tolkien's famous works are spoken of, it's easy to forget sometimes that they are fun. A load of bunkum maybe, but fun. Here's five reasons why we thoroughly enjoyed Peter Jackson's return to Middle-earth. Continue reading


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Former police chief won't be charged
Investigation finds evidence room irregularities, but no laws broken
By Daniel Silliman
http://www.news-daily.com/local/local_s ... ndarystory
Former Jonesboro Police Chief Jim Roberts may not have carefully reviewed documents he signed, but there is no evidence he did anything illegal, according to the Clayton County District Attorney's office.
In a report filed Friday summarizing the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's two-month inquiry into the disposal of a moped from the department's evidence room, District Attorney Jewel Scott said her office will not to press charges against the former chief or the sergeant in charge of evidence.
But while it recommends not seeking an indictment, the report, prepared by chief assistant DA Todd Naugle, outlines evidence room irregularities brought to light by the GBI, including the discovery of several guns and $6,000 cash without documentation.
The decision not to press charges doesn't, however, feel like a vindication to Roberts' supporters, who have questioned the length of the investigation.
"It still seems kind of questionable the way things happened,†said Rick Yonce, a Jonesboro City Councilman and friend of Roberts.
The GBI began an investigation on Oct. 17 after a confidential informant notified the district attorney that posters had gone up around the Atlanta area advertising the sale of a moped that was supposed to be in the department's evidence room, Scott said.
After interviewing Sgt. Brian Fornal and Roberts, the GBI suspected the men may have falsified paperwork.
Two documents signed by both officers were dated Oct. 19, 2005, but had actually been created and signed a year later, on the morning they were interviewed.
"After some questioning about the authenticity of the documents,†Fornal told agents the paperwork had been filled out and approved the year before, but couldn't be found, the report said. The new paperwork had been made as a replacement.
Roberts told the GBI agents the documents requesting and approving the moped's disposal "were probably signed on the date reflected on the document,†but later admitted he had signed them that day.
He said the document had been brought to him by Fornal in an attempt to create a paper trail for the investigation. He then said he didn't know when the documents were signed, the report said.
"Roberts' claim is curious to the extent that an approval for the disposal of the moped dated that morning does not put JPD in any better light with regard to the GBI investigation. The moped had long since been released,†the district attorney's report said. "An approval document dated that morning would not accomplish much more than lock the barn door long after the horses had fled.â€
According to the district attorney's office, Roberts may have signed an official police document without reading it, without considering its merit, or without understanding how the paper work was supposed to be processed, but it was not a crime.
"No matter how unflattering this defense may be to Roberts' reputation for competence as a police chief, the state cannot prove he has violated the law regarding the document he signed,†the report said.
The police chief and the sergeant in charge of the evidence room sent letters of resignation to Jonesboro Mayor Joy Day three days after being interviewed by GBI agents.
The GBI seized the department computers used by Roberts and Fornal and found the original document requesting approval for the disposal of the moped in 2005. They didn't find the document approving the release.
It is not illegal to reproduce a lost document, if it is identical to the original, according to the report. It is a normal part of business to lose documents if they are kept for any length of time, the report said, but it is "not an acceptable practice†to label the recreation "COPY†without pointing out that it is a replacement copy and noting that it was generated later.
The DA's report said that without evidence the documents generated and signed were intentionally fraudulent or inaccurate, no crime was committed.
The GBI and the district attorney also found, during the course of the investigation, that four stolen guitars in the department's evidence room had been donated in October to a church Fornal was affiliated with, while the theft case was still pending. There is no evidence Fornal or Roberts intended to improperly dispose of evidence in an active case, but they may have misunderstood the law, the report said.
"Both Fornal and Roberts may have labored under the mistaken belief that property held by the JPD for more than 90 days was eligible for disposal at the whim of the agency,†when actually evidence room property can only be gotten rid of 90 days after prosecutors no longer need it, with court approval, and if it is still unclaimed by the owner, the report said.
The report also notes about $6,000 in cash found in the evidence room without any paperwork, and several guns without any paperwork. The DA noted a prior drug case had to be dismissed because of the department's failure to honor repeated requests to have the drugs sent to the GBI for examination.
The report said there was no indication of what happened to those drugs.
Roberts sent a letter to the city council on Jan. 5, Yonce said, saying he didn't want to be reinstated to the police chief position even if no charges were filed.
Roberts' attorney, Steve Frey, said the chief never believed he had done anything wrong.
"There was a cloud and the cloud's broken up now and the sun's shining on his back,†Frey said.
A new police chief is expected to be sworn in by the end of the month, Yonce said.


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Self-esteem and Neuro-urological Follow-up in Patients With Spina Bifida or Spinal Cord Injury (ESTIME)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01606618
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : May 28, 2012
Last Update Posted : September 11, 2018
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With improved life expectancy over the last fifty years, spina bifida has become a disease of the adult. One of the major stakes for these patients is the preservation of a regular follow-up of uro-nephrologicals risk factors and of a respect for the rules of self management of their neurological bladder.
The main objective of this study is to highlight a difference in the level of global self-esteem among a population of adult patients with spina bifida and a population of adult patients with traumatic spinal cord injury gained the same level of neurological.
|Condition or disease
|Spina Bifida Aperta Acquired Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
With improved life expectancy over the last fifty years, spina bifida has become a disease of the adult. The risk of developing a terminal renal insufficiency is eight times higher than the risk in the general population and twice as important as in acquired spinal cord injury. This risk continues to evolve with advancing age.
One of the major stakes for these patients is the preservation of a regular follow-up of uro-nephrologicals risk factors and of a respect for the rules of self management of their neurological bladder. However, some studies report that nearly two thirds of these patients are not monitored at regular neuro-urological in the adulthood. Different psychosocial determinants were analyzed as potential markers of the impact of chronic diseases from childhood to adulthood and could account for the disparity of follow-up and access to healthcare. Among these, the self-esteem is a psychological dimension of analysis particularly relevant within the framework of chronic states inherited from the childhood.
The investigators formulate the hypothesis that global self-esteem and lower perceived self-efficacy may be a causal predictive factor of a reduced access to the continence and a lower compliance monitoring in adult patients with a spina bifida.
|Study Type :
|Estimated Enrollment :
|330 participants
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|Official Title:
|Analysis of Psychosocial Determinants of Observance of Monitoring Neuro-urological in Spina-bifida Adult Patients and in Spinal Cord Injury Patients: a Prospective, Comparative, Multicenter With Parallel Groups Study
|Study Start Date :
|January 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|September 2020
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|March 2021
|Spina bifida aperta
|Acquired traumatic spinal cord injury
- Measure of the global self-esteem by the Rosenberg scale (RSES) [ Time Frame: At day 0 ]Score range : 10 - 40. High scores indicate hight self esteem.
- Evaluation of depression and anxiety by Hamilton's scale (HAD) [ Time Frame: At day 0, at month 6 ]Score range : 0 - 21. High scores indicate a hight level of symptoms.
- Neuropsychological evaluation (WAIS-III battery composite GREFEX, CVLT) [ Time Frame: At day 0 ]Battery of test exploring executives functions. High scores indicate high level of executive functions.
- Rating Scale vesico-sphincter and anorectal function (ISCOS) [ Time Frame: At day 0, at month 6 ]High scores indicate high vesico-sphincter and anorectal dysfunction
- Evaluation scale for the achievement of self catheterizing [ Time Frame: At day 0, at month 6 ]14 binary items
- Scale functional mobility and transfers (SCIM III) [ Time Frame: At day 0 ]
The SCIM is a disability scale in order to describe patients' ability to accomplish activities of daily living and to make functional assessments of this population more sensitive to changes.
SCIM-III is comprised of 19 items in 3 subscales, which are:
(i) self-care (sub-score 0-20); (ii) respiration and sphincter management (sub-score 0-40); (iii) mobility (sub-score 0-40). The mobility subscale is further sub-divided to assess mobility "in room and toilet" and for "indoors and outdoors, on an even surface".
The total score ranges from 0 to 100.
- Measure of the global self-esteem by the Rosenberg scale (RSES) [ Time Frame: At month 6 ]Score range : 10 - 40. High scores indicate hight self esteem.
- Observance of the appointment [ Time Frame: At month 6 ]
- Observance of holding of the mictionnel catalog [ Time Frame: At month 6 ]
- Measure of auto-efficiency experienced scale for Medullary Injured (MSES) [ Time Frame: At Day 0 ]
- 16 items ranging from 1 to 7
- Range 16 - 112
- High scores correspond to low level of percieved auto-efficiency
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with a spina bifida aperta or an acquired traumatic spinal cord injury dating more than two years, the level of injury being below D12 and higher S1 (Score ASIA A).
- Age between 18 and 60
- Knowing how to read, write, count
- Having given their free, informed and in writing consent (an information is also given to the reliable person when it exists)
- Affiliated to the National Health Service
Exclusion Criteria:
- Psychiatric history requiring an hospitalization in a specialized unit during more than two months
- Score MMS lower than 27 ( GRECO version)
- Serious associated pathology or associated pathology which could interfer with the management of vesico-sphincteral disorders
- Neurosurgery, dating from less than one year
- Symptoms of dysfunction of ventricular bypass valve at the time of inclusion
- Clinical epileptic attack within six months prior to inclusion
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Simultaneous inclusion in an another therapeutic protocol or period of exclusion from an another protocol
- Traumatic spinal cord injury acquired before age 16
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01606618
|Contact: Jacques Kerdraon, MD
|2 99 28 97 63 ext +33
|CHU de Besançon
|Besançon, France, 25000
|Contact: Bernard Parratte
|Principal Investigator: Bernard Parratte, MD
|Clinique Saint Augustin
|Bordeaux, France, 33000
|Contact: Marianne de Sèze, MD
|Principal Investigator: Marianne de Sèze, MD
|CHU de Lille
|Lille, France, 59000
|Contact: Anne Blanchard Dauphin, MD
|Principal Investigator: Anne Blanchard Dauphin, MD
|Urologie CH Lyon Sud et Hôpital Henry Gabrielle
|Lyon, France, 69000
|Contact: Alain Ruffion, MD
|Principal Investigator: Alain Ruffion, MD
|APHM - Hôpital de la Conception Service de chirurgie urologique et transplantation rénale
|Marseille, France, 13005
|Contact: Gilles Karsenty, MD
|Principal Investigator: Gilles Karsenty, MD
|MPR neurologique CHU de Nantes
|Nantes, France, 44000
|Contact: Brigitte Perrouin Verbe, MD
|Principal Investigator: Brigitte Perrouin Verbe, MD
|APHP Raymond Poincaré
|Paris, France, 75000
|Contact: Pierre Denys, MD
|Principal Investigator: Pierre Denys, MD
|APHP Rothschild
|Paris, France, 75000
|Contact: Gilberte Robain, MD
|Principal Investigator: Gilberte Robain, MD
|Neuro-urologie et explorations périnéales, APHP Tenon
|Paris, France, 75000
|Contact: Gérard Amarenco, MD
|Principal Investigator: Gerard Amarenco, MD
|Centre Mutualiste de Rééducation et de Réadaptation Fonctionnelles de KERPAPE
|Ploemeur, France, 56270
|Contact: Jacques Kerdraon, MD 2 97 82 60 60 ext +33
|Principal Investigator: Loïc Lemoigne, MD
|CHU de Rennes CR Spina bifida
|Rennes, France, 35000
|Contact: Jacques Kerdraon firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Jacques Kerdraon, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Andrea Manunta, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Isabelle Berkelmans, MD
|Hôpital Pontchaillou - CHU de Rennes
|Rennes, France, 35000
|Contact: Isabelle Bonan, MD
|Principal Investigator: Isabelle Bonan, MD
|MPR St Hélier
|Rennes, France, 35000
|Contact: Philippe Gallien firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Philippe Gallien, MD
|Urologie, CHU de Rouen
|Rouen, France, 76000
|Contact: Philippe Grise, MD
|Principal Investigator: Philippe Grise, MD
|MPR CHU Rangueuil
|Toulouse, France, 31000
|Contact: Evelyne Castel Lacanal, MD
|Principal Investigator: Evelyne Castel Lacanal, MD
|Urologie CHU Rangueuil Toulouse
|Toulouse, France, 31000
|Contact: Xavier Game, MD
|Principal Investigator: Xavier Game, MD
|Principal Investigator:
|Jacques Kerdraon, MD
|CHU Rennes
|Study Chair:
|Reymann Jean Michel, PhD
|Rennes University Hospital
|Responsible Party:
|Rennes University Hospital
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|First Posted:
|May 28, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|September 11, 2018
|Last Verified:
|September 2018
Spina Bifida
Spinal cord injury
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Dysraphism
Spina Bifida Cystica
Wounds and Injuries
Spinal Cord Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Trauma, Nervous System
Neural Tube Defects
Nervous System Malformations
Congenital Abnormalities


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Welcome to Ward 4
The 4th Ward is located in the northwest corner of Minneapolis and includes 7 residential neighborhoods: Shingle Creek, Lind-Bohanon, Victory, Webber-Camden, Cleveland, Folwell and Jordan. See the Ward 4 Profile (pdf). In addition to its many parks, schools and libraries, the 4th Ward is home to several new developments with various public and private partners.
- 42nd & Russell Av. N. Storm Drain and Pond Project
- Bottineau Boulevard
- Historic Designated Victory Memorial Drive
- Humboldt Industrial Park
- Lowry Avenue Bridge Project
- Lowry Avenue Corridor
- McKinley
- Penn-Lowry Development
- The Humboldt Greenway
- West Broadway
For more information about any of these projects, please call my office at (612) 673-2204.
- North Mississippi Regional Park
- Bohanon Park
- Cleveland Park
- Creekview Park
- Folwell Park
- Victory Park
- Webber Park
- Webber Natural Swimming Pool
Minneapolis Public Schools
Visit the Minneapolis Public Schools website
- Jenny Lind Community School
- Loring Community School
- Lucy Laney at Cleveland Park School
- Olson Middle School
- Patrick Henry High School
Last updated Mar 18, 2019


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Ambiancé print 45. September.
Ambiancé 45
September 2017
This is a photographic print from the 720 hour long film.
After the one time screening of the full 720 hour "Ambiancé" the film will be deleted. Nothing will be be kept.
The only thing that will remain except the memories is the prints from the film.
Each month up until the screening a frame from the film is sold as a photographic print in a very limited edition.
100 pieces, numbered and signed.
All photos are 6in x 6 in high-quality prints on 8in x 8in (21cm X21cm) archival paper.
The print is only available in the month that it's released. Then the original frame is deleted so it cannot be sold again.
39$/including postage worldwide.
that equals around 34 Euro but check before if you wanna be sure.
The prints are shipped all at the same time in the end of the month sold.
Ambiancé is 720 hours long (30 days) and will be shown in its full length starting december 31 2020 on a single occasion syncronised in all the continents of the world and then destroyed.
In the piece Ambiancé space and time is intertwined into a surreal dream-like journey beyond places and is an abstract nonlinear narrative summary of the artist's time spent with the moving image . A sort of memoir movie . (Film memoir ) . This in the visual expression that is constantly characterized the work throughout the artists career.
As a small tease until the premiere in 2020 shorter teaser/trailers will be presented at different occasions.
2014 – Short teaser which is 72 minutes long and that has the intent to convey the mood and tempo from the full piece. http://nolongeravaliable ..
2016 – The first short trailer with duration 7 hours 20 minutes. https://vimeo.com/160627722
2018 – Longer trailer with duration 72 hours. n/a