query: Which U.S. states possess gold minerals?

positive: California California (/ˌkælɨˈfɔrnjə/ KAL-ə-FORN-yə, /ˌkælɨˈfɔrniə/ KAL-ə-FAWR-nee-ə) is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is the most populous U.S. state, with 38 million people, and the third largest state by area (after Alaska and Texas). California is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and the Mexican state of Baja California to the south.

positive: California Gold Rush The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a period in American History which began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought—mostly by sailing ships and covered wagons—some 300,000 gold-seekers (called "forty-niners", as in "1849") to California.

positive: Colorado Colorado (/kɒləˈrædoʊ/, or /kɒləˈrɑːdoʊ/) is a U.S. state encompassing most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is part of the Western United States, the Southwestern United States, and the Mountain States. Colorado is the 8th most extensive and the 22nd most populous of the 50 United States.

positive: Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine, formerly and historically the Cresson Mine, is an active gold mine located near the town of Victor, in the Cripple Creek mining district in the US state of Colorado. It is the largest current producer of gold in Colorado, and produced 211,000 troy ounces of gold in 2014. It was fully owned and operated by AngloGold Ashanti through its subsidiary, the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company (CC&V).

positive: Dakota Territory Resource Corp Dakota Territory Resource Corp, a Reno, Nevada corporation, is a publicly traded gold development company owning land in the historic Homestake District of the northern Black Hills of South Dakota, an area that once produced the second largest amount of gold in U.S. history. Otherwise known as the Homestake Mine or the Homestake Deposit, the 100-square-mile area yielded approximately 44 million ounces of gold in its 136-year-history, placing it second in U.S.

positive: Gold Country The Gold Country (also Mother Lode Country) is a historic region in the U.S. State of California, primarily located on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. It is famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines that attracted waves of immigrants, known as the 49ers, during the 1849 California Gold Rush.

positive: Gold mining in Colorado Gold mining in Colorado, a state of the United States, has been an industry since 1858, and played a key role in the establishment of the state of Colorado.Explorer Zebulon Pike heard a report of gold in South Park, present-day Park County, Colorado in 1807.Gold discoveries in Colorado began around Denver, traced the placer gold to its source in the mountains west of Denver, then followed the Colorado Mineral Belt in a southwest direction across the state to its terminus in the San Juan Mountains.

positive: Gold mining in Nevada Gold mining in Nevada, a state of the United States, is a major industry, and one of the largest sources of gold in the world.  Nevada currently mines 79% of all the gold in the United States, which is equivalent to 5,640,000 troy ounces (175 t) in 2009.  Total gold production from Nevada recorded from 1835 to 2008 totals 152,000,000 troy ounces (4,700 t), worth over US $228 billion at 2011 prices.

positive: Gold mining in the United States Gold mining in the United States has taken place continually since the discovery of gold at the Reed farm in North Carolina in 1799. The first documented occurrence of gold was in Virginia in 1782. Some minor gold production took place in North Carolina as early as 1793, but created no excitement.

positive: Golden Fleece Mine (Colorado) The Golden Fleece Mine is a gold mining site in Hinsdale County, Colorado, 5 miles (8 km) south of Lake City. The mine is located half a mile west of the north end of Lake San Cristobal. By 1904 it had produced $1,400,000 in silver and gold ore. The mine operated intermittently until 1919.

positive: List of active gold mines in Nevada Gold mining is a major industry in the U.S. State of Nevada. In 2013 mining overall contributed $9.04 billion to the state's economy, $8.1 billion from gold and silver mining. Gold production from Nevada is higher than any other U.S. state, 5,436,430 troy ounces (169,090 kg) in 2013, accounting for 75% of all gold produced in the United States and 6.1% of the world's total production.

positive: List of countries by gold production This list of countries by gold production for 2014.For many years until 2006, South Africa was the world's dominant gold producer, but recently, other countries with large surface area have surpassed South Africa, including China, Russia, the United States, Peru and Australia, although none have approached South Africa's peak production which occurred in the 1970s.

negative: Adamite Adamite is a zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn2AsO4OH. It is a mineral that typically occurs in the oxidized or weathered zone above zinc ore occurrences. Pure adamite is colorless, but usually it possess yellow color due to Fe compounds admixture. Tints of green also occur and are connected with copper substitutions in the mineral structure.

negative: Akrochordite Akrochordite is an exceptionally rare hydrated hydrous arsenate mineral of the formula (Mn,Mg)4(AsO4)2(OH)4.4H2O and represents a small group of rare in the nature manganese (Mn) arsenates and, similarly to most other Mn-bearing arsenates, possess pinkish colour. It is typically associated with metamorphic Mn deposits.

negative: Allchar deposit Allchar deposit (alternative spellings Alsar deposit, Alšar deposit or Alshar deposit) is a low-temperature hydrothermal gold–arsenic–antimony–thallium deposit in southern Macedonia. For some time, the thallium-rich part of the deposit was mined. The Crven Dol mine yielded thallium and the ore body still holds estimated amount of 500 t of thallium. The mineral lorandite from this ore deposit is being used to determine the solar neutrino flux.

negative: Arsenopyrite Arsenopyrite is an iron arsenic sulfide (FeAsS). It is a hard (Mohs 5.5-6) metallic, opaque, steel grey to silver white mineral with a relatively high specific gravity of 6.1.  When dissolved in nitric acid, it releases elemental sulfur.  When arsenopyrite is heated, it becomes magnetic and gives off toxic fumes.  With 46% arsenic content, arsenopyrite, along with orpiment, is a principal ore of arsenic.

negative: Astrophyllite Astrophyllite is a very rare, brown to golden-yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral. Belonging to the astrophyllite group, astrophyllite may be classed either as an inosilicate, phyllosilicate, or an intermediate between the two. It forms an isomorphous series with kupletskite, to which it is visually identical and often intimately associated.

negative: Atheneite Atheneite is a rare palladium, mercury arsenide mineral with formula (Pd,Hg)3As associated with palladium–gold deposits. Its composition parallels that of arsenopalladinite (Pd8(As,Sb)3), isomertieite (Pd11Sb2As2) and meritieite-II (Pd8(Sb,As)3)(Cabral, 2002).

negative: Auricupride Auricupride is a natural alloy that combines copper and gold. Its chemical formula is Cu3Au. The alloy crystallizes in the Cubic crystal system and occurs as malleable grains or platey masses. It is an opaque yellow with a reddish tint. It has a hardness of 3.5 and a specific gravity of 11.5.A variant called tetra-auricupride (CuAu) exists.

negative: Aurostibite Aurostibite is an isometric gold antimonide mineral which is a member of the pyrite group. Aurostibite was discovered in 1952 and can be found in hydrothermal gold-quartz veins, in sulfur-deficient environments that contain other antimony minerals. The mineral can be found in Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and the Timiskaming District in Ontario, Canada. Antimonides are rare and are normally placed in the sulfide class by mineralogists.

negative: Barrick Gold Barrick Gold Corporation is the largest gold mining company in the world, with its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Barrick is currently undertaking mining projects in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Saudi Arabia, the United States and Zambia. For 2013, it produced 7.2 million ounces of gold at all-in sustaining costs of US $915/ounce and 539 million pounds of copper at C1 cash costs of $1.92/pound.

negative: Blackmer v. United States Blackmer v. United States, 284 U.S. 421 (1932), is a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.Harry M. Blackmer was a United States citizen resident in Paris. Blackmer was found guilty of contempt by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for refusing to appear as a witness for the United States in a criminal trial, which is related to the Teapot Dome Scandal, after being subpoenaed.   Blackmer was subsequently fined $30,000 and the costs of the court.

negative: Boussingaultite Boussingaultite is a rare sulfate mineral of the chemical formula: (NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6(H2O). The formula of boussingaultite is that of Tutton's salts type. It was originally described from geothermal fields in Tuscany, Italy, where it occurs together with its iron analogue mohrite, but is more commonly found on burning coal dumps. The mineral possess monoclinic symmetry and forms clear, often rounded crystals.The mineral is named after the French chemist Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1802–1887).

negative: Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior that administers more than 247.3 million acres (1,001,000 km2) of public lands in the United States which constitutes one-eighth of the landmass of the country. President Harry S. Truman created the BLM in 1946 by combining two existing agencies: the General Land Office and the Grazing Service.

negative: Calaverite Calaverite, or gold telluride, is an uncommon telluride of gold, a metallic mineral with the chemical formula AuTe2, with approximately 3% of the gold replaced by silver. It was first discovered in Calaveras County, California in 1861, and was named for the county in 1868.The mineral often has a metallic luster, and its color may range from a silvery white to a brassy yellow.

negative: Candelaria, Nevada Candelaria was a town in Mineral County, Nevada, approximately 121 miles southeast of Fallon.  Today the site of Candelaria is dominated by the Kinross Gold Candelaria Mine on Mt. Diablo, and security guards strictly enforce a "no trespassing" policy in the town site.

negative: Chrysocolla Chrysocolla is a hydrated copper phyllosilicate mineral with formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x<1) or (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·nH2O. The structure of the mineral has been questioned, as spectrographic studies suggest material identified as chrysocolla may be a mixture of the copper hydroxide spertiniite and chalcedony.

negative: Cleusonite Cleusonite is a member of the crichtonite group of minerals with a chemical formula of (Pb,Sr)(U4+,U6+)(Fe2+,Zn)(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)18(O,OH)38.  This group of minerals contains approximately thirteen complex metal titanates. The structures of minerals of this group is complicated by frequent fine-scale twinning and metamictization due to radioactive elements.

negative: Coliseum Mineral, Fossil, Gem, and Jewelry Show The Denver Coliseum Mineral, Fossil, Gem and Jewelry Show is an annual public trade show hosted at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. It runs in conjunction with nine other independent shows in mid-September.  This group of gem, mineral, jewelry and fossil shows is second in size (in the U.S.) only to the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show.

negative: Conflict resource Conflict resources are natural resources extracted in a conflict zone and sold to perpetuate the fighting. There is both anecdotal and statistical evidence that belligerent accessibility to precious commodities can prolong conflicts (a "resource curse").

negative: Copper Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu (from Latin: cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; a freshly exposed surface has a reddish-orange color. It is used as a conductor of heat and electricity, a building material, and a constituent of various metal alloys.The metal and its alloys have been used for thousands of years.

negative: Dewan Mushtaq Group Dewan Mushtaq Group is an industrial group based in Pakistan. Its main fields of business cover textiles, sugar, automobiles, polyester staple fibre and equity participation in a private bank. The group is owned by Dewan Yousuf Farooqui. The mentor of this group has been the Sindh Minister for Local Bodies, Industries, Labour, Transport, sanitation, Mines & Minerals.

negative: Dvoinoye Gold Mine The Dvoinoye Gold Mine is an underground gold mine in the Bilibinsky District of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia. The mine is owned by Canadian mining company Kinross Gold and is approximately 100 kilometres (60 mi) from their Kupol Gold Mine. Originally the site of a surface mine, Kinross acquired the property in 2010, and built the underground mine at a cost of US$360-million. The mine began production in 2013.

negative: Economy of Guinea Guinea is richly endowed with minerals, possessing an estimated quarter of the world's proven reserves of bauxite, more than 1.8 billion metric tons (2.0 billion short tons) of high-grade iron ore, significant diamond and gold deposits, and undetermined quantities of uranium. Guinea also has considerable potential for growth in the agricultural and fishing sectors. Land, water, and climatic conditions provide opportunities for large-scale irrigated farming and agroindustry.

negative: Equal opportunity employment The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was established by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to assist in the protection of US employees from discrimination. The law was the first federal law designed to protect most US employees from employment discrimination based upon that employee's (or applicant's) race, color, religion, sex, or national origin (Public Law 88-352, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 253, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000e et. seq.).

negative: Erhardt v. Boaro, (113 U.S. 527) Erhardt v. Boaro, 113 U.S. 527 (1885), was an action for the possession of a mining claim in Pioneer mining district, in the County of Dolores, and State of Colorado. The claim was designated by the plaintiff as "The Hawk Lode" mining claim, and by the defendants as "The Johnny Bull Lode" mining claim. It contains two counts.

negative: Eudialyte group Eudialyte group is a group of complex trigonal zircono- and, more rarely, titanosilicate minerals with general formula [N(1)N(2)N(3)N(4)N(5)]3[M(1a)M(1b)]3M(2)3M(4)Z3[Si24O72]O'4X2, where N(1) and N(2) and N(3) and N(5) = Na+ and more rarely H3O+ or H2O, N(4) = Na+, Sr2+, Mn2+ and more rarely H3O+ or H2O or K+ or Ca2+ or REE3+ (rare earth elements), M(1) and M(1b) = Ca2+, M(1a) = Ca2+ or Mn2+ or Fe2+, M(2) = Fe (both II and III), Mn and rarely Na+, K+ or Zr4+, M(3) = Si, Nb and rarely W, Ti and [] (vacancy), M(4) = Si and or rarely [], Z Zr4+ and or rarely Ti4+, and X = OH−, Cl− and more rarely CO32− or F−.

negative: Ferrihydrite Ferrihydrite (Fh) is a widespread hydrous ferric oxyhydroxide mineral at the Earth's surface, and a likely constituent in extraterrestrial materials. It forms in several types of environments, from freshwater to marine systems, aquifers to hydrothermal hot springs and scales, soils, and areas affected by mining.

negative: Fluckite Fluckite is an arsenate mineral with the chemical formula CaMnH2(AsO4)2·2(H2O).Fluckite's mineral crystallography is triclinic meaning it has three axis of different length and three different interior angles that do not equal 90°. Because fluckite possesses three axes with different angles and lengths it is an anisotropic mineral. This means that it has more than one optic axis.

negative: Fort Knox Gold Mine The Fort Knox Gold Mine is an open pit gold mine in the Fairbanks mining district of Alaska.  It is owned and operated by Toronto based Kinross Gold.  Originally staked in 1913, the property sat idle until being restaked in 1980, and purchased by Amax Gold, who brought the mine into production.  Ownership transferred to Kinross Gold following its 1998 merger with Amax.

negative: Garnet Garnets /ˈɡɑrnət/ are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives.All species of garnets possess similar physical properties and crystal forms, but differ in chemical composition.  The different species are pyrope, almandine, spessartine, grossular (varieties of which are hessonite or cinnamon-stone and tsavorite), uvarovite and andradite.

negative: General Mining Act of 1872 The General Mining Act of 1872 is a United States federal law that authorizes and governs prospecting and mining for economic minerals, such as gold, platinum, and silver, on federal public lands.

negative: Gold Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from Latin: aurum) and atomic number 79. In its purest form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements, and is solid under standard conditions. The metal therefore occurs often in free elemental (native) form, as nuggets or grains, in rocks, in veins and in alluvial deposits.

negative: Gold certificate A gold certificate in general is a certificate of ownership that gold owners hold instead of storing the actual gold. It has both a historic meaning as a U.S. paper currency (1863–1933) and a current meaning as a way to invest in gold.Banks may issue gold certificates for gold that is allocated (non-fungible) or unallocated (fungible or pooled).

negative: Gold placer claim In the United States, a placer claim grants to the discoverer of valuable minerals contained in loose material such as sand or gravel the right to mine on public land.  Other countries such as Canada, Mexico, and Australia grant similar rights.  In the United States, the valuable mineral in a placer claim is almost always gold, although other nations mine placer deposits of platinum, tin, and diamonds.

negative: Golden Grove Mine The Golden Grove Mine is a copper, lead, silver, zinc and gold mine located 52 km south-south-east of Yalgoo, Western Australia.It is operated by Minerals and Metals Group, which was formed after its parent company, China Minmetals, bought the mine from OZ Minerals in June 2009.

negative: Granite, Colorado Granite is an unincorporated community with a U.S. Post Office in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.  The zip code of Granite is 81228.  According to the 2010 census, the population is 116.Situated between the Mosquito and the Sawatch mountain ranges, Granite is ahigh mountain town located on the Arkansas River midway between Leadville to the north, and Buena Vista to the south.

negative: Granite Granite /ˈɡrænɨt/ is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture. Granites can be predominantly white, pink, or gray in color, depending on their mineralogy. The word "granite" comes from the Latin granum, a grain, in reference to the coarse-grained structure of such a holocrystalline rock.

negative: Greed Definition (Adam Thompson)Greed (Latin, avaritia), also known as avarice, cupidity, or covetousness, is the inordinate desire to possess wealth, goods, or objects of abstract value with the intention to keep it for one's self, far beyond the dictates of basic survival and comfort. It is applied to a markedly high desire for and pursuit of wealth, status, and power.As secular psychological concept, greed is, similarly, an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs.

negative: Honduras–United States relations Honduras – United States relations are bilateral relations between Honduras and the United States.According to a global opinion poll, 81% of Hondurans viewed the U.S. positively in 2002. According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership Report, 38% of Hondurans approve of U.S. leadership, with 13% disapproving and 49% uncertain.

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I Will Follow You into the Dark "I Will Follow You into the Dark" is a song by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, the third single from their fifth album Plans, released on August 30, 2005.Written and performed by Ben Gibbard, it is a solo acoustic ballad, and was recorded in monaural with a single microphone and little editing.The single was released on Atlantic Records, becoming one of Death Cab for Cutie's lowest-charting singles, peaking number 28 on the Modern Rock Tracks, number 66 on the UK Singles Chart and failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100; however, "I Will Follow You into the Dark" was certified as gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, and is the band's best-selling single to-date. @en <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_Follow_You_into_the_Dark?oldid=674354246> .
<http://dbpedia.org/resource/Doug_Smith_(ice_hockey)> <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment> Doug Smith (born May 17, 1962 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian retired former professional ice hockey player who played for the Los Angeles Kings, Buffalo Sabres, Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins over the course of his career. He was selected second overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.Smith suffered a career-ending injury to his neck, rendering him a quadriplegic. He relearned how to walk again and forged himself a new career in business.

negative: I Will Possess Your Heart "I Will Possess Your Heart" is a song by American band Death Cab for Cutie, the lead single from their sixth studio album, Narrow Stairs, released on March 18, 2008 and was released to radio on March 24, 2008. The single was released commercially in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2008. The single consists of the full song and two edits: The full song is over eight minutes long, opening with a lengthy instrumental that takes up more than half the song.

negative: Information Dominance Corps The U.S. Navy Information Dominance Corps (IDC) leads and manages a cadre of officers, enlisted, and civilian professionals who possess extensive skills in information-intensive fields. This corps works in information, intelligence, counterintelligence, human-derived information, networks, space, and oceanographic disciplines to support US Navy, Joint and national war fighting requirements. The IDC is part of a U.S.

negative: Iron Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from Latin: ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is by mass the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust.

negative: John Taylor of Caroline John Taylor (December 19, 1753 – August 21, 1824) usually called John Taylor of Caroline was a politician and writer. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates (1779–81, 1783–85, 1796–1800) and in the United States Senate (1792–94, 1803, 1822–24).  He wrote several books on politics and agriculture. He was a Jeffersonian Democrat and his works provided inspiration to the later states' rights and libertarian movements.

negative: Kostovite Kostovite is  a rare orthorhombic-pyramidal gray white telluride mineral containing copper and gold with chemical formula AuCuTe4.It was discovered by Bulgarian mineralogist Georgi Terziev (Георги Терзиев) (1935–1972), who named it in honor of his professor Ivan Kostov (Иван Костов) (1913–2004). In 1965 kostovite was approved as a new species by the International Mineralogical Association. The type locality is the Chelopech copper ore deposit, Bulgaria.

negative: Krebiozen Krebiozen (aka Carcalon, creatine, substance X, or drug X) is an alternative cancer treatment. While the substance has been marketed as a cure for cancer, Krebiozen is not known to possess any therapeutic value.

negative: Krennerite Krennerite is an orthorhombic gold telluride mineral which can contain a relatively small amount of  silver in the structure. The formula is AuTe2 varying to (Au0.8,Ag0.2)Te2. Both of the chemically similar gold-silver tellurides, calaverite and sylvanite, are in the monoclinic crystal system, whereas krennerite is orthorhombic.The color varies from silver-white to brass-yellow. It has a specific gravity of 8.53 and a hardness of 2.5.

negative: Lead Lead (/lɛd/) is a chemical element in the carbon group with symbol Pb (from Latin: plumbum) and atomic number 82. Lead is a soft, malleable and heavy post-transition metal. Metallic lead has a bluish-white color after being freshly cut, but it soon tarnishes to a dull grayish color when exposed to air. Lead has a shiny chrome-silver luster when it is melted into a liquid.

negative: Leadville mining district The Leadville mining district, located in the Colorado Mineral Belt, was the most productive silver-mining district in the US state of Colorado.  It is located immediately east of the town of Leadville.

negative: List of active gold mines in Western Australia This is a list of the major gold mines in Western Australia.Western Australia produced approximately 50% of all Australian mineral and petroleum sales, which made up 89% of the state's merchandise exports in 2008. In 2008, gold was ranked fifth in the list of resources exported by Western Australia in regard to value, behind iron ore, crude oil, alumina and LNG, with a value of A$4.4 billion. In 2008, the state produced 4,200,000 ounces of gold, or 131.421 tonnes.

negative: List of countries by gold exports The following is a list of countries by gold exports. Data is for 2012, in millions of United States dollars, as reported by The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Currently the top twenty countries are listed.

negative: List of gold mines in Australia This list of gold mines in Australia is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines in the country organized by state.

negative: Magnesite Magnesite is a mineral with the chemical formula MgCO3 (magnesium carbonate). Mixed crystals of iron(II) carbonate and magnesite (mixed crystals known as ankerite) possess a layered structure: monolayers of carbonate groups alternate with magnesium monolayers as well as iron(II) carbonate monolayers.    Manganese, cobalt and nickel may also occur in small amounts.

negative: Mariposa County, California Mariposa County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,251. The county seat is Mariposa. It is located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, north of Fresno, east of Merced, and southeast of Stockton.The county's eastern section is the central portion of Yosemite National Park.There are no incorporated cities in Mariposa County; however, there are communities recognized as census-designated places for statistical purposes.

negative: Mineral, Virginia Mineral is a town in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. The population was 424 at the 2000 census.

negative: Mineral, Washington Mineral is a small unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington just off State Route 7 near the Pierce/Lewis county line. Mineral originally began as a mining town. Prospectors searching the area for gold instead found coal and arsenic. Though the mines failed early in Mineral's history the town found new life as the site of a logging camp and sawmill, both of with are no longer in operation. Today, Mineral's main industry is tourism, primarily through recreational fishing.

negative: Mineral Point, Wisconsin Mineral Point is a city in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The city is located within the Town of Mineral Point. Mineral Point is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wisconsin's third oldest city, Mineral Point was settled in 1827, becoming a lead and zinc mining center during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Today the city's historical character has made it a regional tourist destination. The population was 2,487 at the 2010 census.

negative: Mineral Springs High School Mineral Springs High School is a comprehensive public high school in Mineral Springs, Arkansas, United States that serves grades 7 through 12. It is one of three public high schools in Howard County and the only high school managed by the Mineral Springs Saratoga School District.In September 2012, the school district's other high school, Saratoga High School, was closed after the state Board of Education discovered the high school did not provide the required 38 courses.

negative: Mineral Township, Bureau County, Illinois Mineral Township is one of twenty-five townships in Bureau County, Illinois, USA.  As of the 2010 census, its population was 484 and it contained 241 housing units.

negative: Mineral industry of Armenia The mineral industry is one of the main sectors of the Armenian economy and as of 2011 accounted for over half of the country's exports.Armenia is a major producer of molybdenum. The Zangezur copper-molybdenum complex possesses large molybdenum reserves that are concentrated in the Kajaran deposit.

negative: Mineral industry of Colombia Mineral industry of Colombia refers to the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials in Colombia. Colombia is well-endowed with minerals and energy resources. It has the largest coal reserves in Latin America, and is second to Brazil in hydroelectric potential. Estimates of petroleum reserves in 1995 were 3.1 billion barrels (490,000,000 m3). Colombia also possesses significant amounts of nickel and gold.

negative: Mineralization (geology) In geology, mineralization is the deposition of economically important metals in the formation of ore bodies or "lodes" by various process.The first scientific studies of this process took place in the English county of Cornwall by J.W.Henwood FRS and later by R.W.

negative: Mineraloid A mineraloid is a mineral-like substance that does not demonstrate crystallinity. Mineraloids possess chemical compositions that vary beyond the generally accepted ranges for specific minerals.  For example, obsidian is an amorphous glass and not a crystal. Jet is derived from decaying wood under extreme pressure. Opal is another mineraloid because of its non-crystalline nature.

negative: Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. Hyde Minerals Separation v. Hyde, 242 U.S. 261 (1916), is a United States Supreme Court case.

negative: Mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, or reef, which forms the mineralized package of economic interest to the miner.Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay.  Mining is required to obtain any material that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or created artificially in a laboratory or factory.

negative: Mining in Ethiopia Mining is important to the economy of Ethiopia as a diversification from agriculture. Currently, mining comprises only 1% of GDP.  Gold, gemstones (diamonds and sapphires), and industrial minerals are important commodities for the country's export-oriented growth strategy. Tantalum mining has also been profitable. It was reported that in the late 1980s, the mineral industry lacked importance given that it contributed less than 0.2 percent of Ethiopia's GDP.

negative: Mining in New Zealand Mining in New Zealand began when the indigenous Māori quarried rock such as argillite in times prior to European colonisation. Mining by Europeans began in the latter half of the 19th century.New Zealand has abundant resources of coal, silver, iron ore, limestone and gold. It ranked 22 in the world in terms of iron ore production and 29th in gold production. The total value of mineral production in New Zealand was $1.5 billion in 2006 (excluding oil and gas).

negative: Mining in the United States Mining in the United States has been active since colonial times, but became a major industry in the 19th century with a number of new mineral discoveries causing a series of mining \rushes.\""

negative: Mining industry of Botswana The mineral industry of Botswana has dominated the national economy since the early 1990s. Diamond has been the leading component of the mineral sector since large-scale diamond production began 25 years ago. Most of Botswana’s diamond production was of gem quality, which resulted in the country’s position as the world’s leading producer of diamond by value. Copper, gold, nickel, and soda ash production also has held traditionally significant, though smaller, roles in the national economy.

negative: Mining industry of Egypt Mining in Egypt has had a long history that goes back to predynastic times. Egypt has substantial mineral resources, including 48 million tons of tantalite (fourth largest in the world), 50 million tons of coal, and an estimated 6.7 million ounces of gold in the Eastern Desert. The total real value of minerals mined was about £E102 million (US$18.7 million) in 1986, up from £E60 million (US$11 million) in 1981. The chief minerals in terms of volume output were iron ore, phosphates, and salt.

negative: Mining industry of Ghana The Mining industry of Ghana accounts for 5% of the country's GDP and minerals make up 37% of total exports, of which gold contributes over 90% of the total mineral exports. Thus, the main focus of Ghana's mining and minerals development industry remains focused on gold. Ghana is Africa's 2nd largest gold producer, producing 80.5 t in 2008. Ghana is also a major producer of bauxite, manganese and diamonds.

negative: Moon rock Moon rock or lunar rock is rock that is found on the Earth's moon, or lunar material collected during the course of human exploration of the Moon.Moon rocks on Earth come from three sources: those collected by the US Apollo manned lunar landings from 1969 to 1972; samples returned by three Soviet Luna unmanned probes in the 1970s; and rocks that were ejected naturally from the lunar surface by cratering events and subsequently fell to Earth as lunar meteorites.

negative: Murdochite Murdochite is a mineral combining lead and copper oxides with formula PbCu6O8-x(Cl,Br)2x(x ≤ 0.5).It was first discovered in 1953 in the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine in Pinal County, Arizona by Percy W. Porter, a mining engineer who handpicked a 401.5-mg sample. Porter would later submit for analysis and it was then that Fred A. Hildebrand suggested that the sample was a new mineral after taking a powder x-ray picture. It was named for Joseph Murdoch (1890–1973), American mineralogist.

negative: Nagyágite Nagyágite (Pb5Au(Te,Sb)4S5-8) is a rare sulfide mineral with known occurrence associated with gold ores. Nagyágite crystals are opaque, monoclinic and dark grey to black coloured.It was first described in 1845 for an occurrence at the type locality of the Nagyág mine, Săcărâmb, Hunedoara County, Romania.It occurs in gold–tellurium epithermal hydrothermal veins.

negative: Narrow Stairs Narrow Stairs is the sixth studio album by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, released on May 12, 2008 in the United Kingdom and on May 13, 2008, in the United States, on Atlantic and Barsuk Records.Four singles were released for the album: "I Will Possess Your Heart", "Cath...", "No Sunlight", and "Grapevine Fires". "I Will Possess Your Heart" reached number six on the U.S.

negative: Olivine The mineral olivine is a magnesium iron silicate with the formula (Mg+2, Fe+2)2SiO4. Thus it is a type of nesosilicate or orthosilicate. It is a common mineral in the Earth's subsurface but weathers quickly on the surface.The ratio of magnesium and iron varies between the two endmembers of the solid solution series: forsterite (Mg-endmember: Mg2SiO4) and fayalite (Fe-endmember: Fe2SiO4).

negative: Ore An ore is a type of rock that contains sufficient minerals with important elements including metals that can be economically extracted from the rock. The ores are extracted from the earth through mining; they are then refined (often via smelting) to extract the valuable element, or elements.The grade or concentration of an ore mineral, or metal, as well as its form of occurrence, will directly affect the costs associated with mining the ore.

negative: Pascua Lama Pascua-Lama is an open pit mining project of gold, silver, copper and other minerals. Pascua Lama is located in the Andes mountains, in the southern reaches of Atacama Desert, straddling the border between Chile and Argentina at an altitude of over 4,500 metres.  Toronto-based Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold mining company, is developing the project.

negative: Pebble Mine Pebble Mine  is the common name of a mineral exploration project investigating a very large porphyry copper, gold, and molybdenum mineral deposit in the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska, near Lake Iliamna and Lake Clark. The proposal to mine the ore deposit, using large-scale operations and infrastructure, is controversial. Proponents argue that the mine will create jobs, provide tax revenue to the state of Alaska, and reduce American dependence on foreign sources of raw materials.

negative: Petroleum Petroleum (L. petroleum, from early 15c. "petroleum, rock oil" (mid-14c. in Anglo-French), from Medieval Latin petroleum, from Latin: petra: "rock" + oleum: "oil".) is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface, which is commonly refined into various types of fuels.It consists of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other organic compounds.

negative: Petroleum fiscal regime The petroleum fiscal regime of a country is a set of laws, regulations and agreements which governs the economical benefits derived from petroleum exploration and production. The regime regulates transactions between the political entity and the legal entities involved.

negative: Petropavlovsk plc Petropavlovsk plc (LSE: POG) (formerly Peter Hambro Mining plc) is a London-based gold mining company with operations in Russia. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

negative: Petzite The mineral petzite, Ag3AuTe2, is a soft, steel-gray telluride mineral generally deposited by hydrothermal activity. It forms isometric crystals, and is usually associated with rare tellurium and gold minerals, often with silver, mercury, and copper.The name comes from chemist W. Petz, who first analyzed the mineral from the type locality in Săcărâmb, Transylvania, Romania in 1845. It was described by Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger in 1845 and dedicated to W.

negative: Placer mining Placer mining (/ˈplæsər/ or /ˈpleɪsər/) is the mining of stream bed (alluvial) deposits for minerals.  This may be done by open-pit (also called open-cast mining) or by various surface excavating equipment or tunneling equipment.Placer mining is frequently used for precious metal deposits (particularly gold) and gemstones, both of which are often found in alluvial deposits—deposits of sand and gravel in modern or ancient stream beds, or occasionally glacial deposits.

negative: Polyvalent DNA gold nanoparticles Polyvalent DNA gold nanoparticles are colloidal gold whose surface is modified with thiol capped synthetic DNA sequences.  They were co-discovered by Chad Mirkin et al. at Northwestern University in 1996  and Paul Alivisatos at University of California, Berkeley. Due to the strong interaction between gold and thiols (-SH), a single monolayer of DNA around the gold particle can be obtained.

negative: Prospecting Prospecting is the first stage of the geological analysis (second  -  exploration) of a territory; physical search for minerals, fossils, precious metals or mineral specimens, and is also known as fossicking. Prospecting is a small-scale form of mineral exploration which is an organised, large scale effort undertaken by commercial mineral companies to find commercially viable ore deposits.

negative: Public company A public, publicly traded, publicly held company or public corporation is a corporation whose ownership is dispersed among the general public in many shares of stock which are freely traded on a stock exchange or in over the counter markets. In some jurisdictions, public companies over a certain size must be listed on an exchange.

negative: Pyrite The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2.  This mineral's metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue give it a superficial resemblance to gold, hence the well-known nickname of fool's gold. The color has also led to the nicknames brass, brazzle, and Brazil, primarily used to refer to pyrite found in coal.Pyrite is the most common of the sulfide minerals.

negative: Quartz Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust, after feldspar. Its crystal structure is a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO2.There are many different varieties of quartz, several of which are semi-precious gemstones.

negative: Quintinite Quintinite is a carbonate mineral with the chemical formula Mg4Al2(OH)12CO3⋅H2O.The mineral was named after Quinitin Wight of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (b. 1935), who was a significant contributor to mineral studies at Mont Saint-Hilaire.Quintinite is found as 2H and 3T, or 2-hexagonal and 3-trigonal, polytypes, which were originally approved as separate species, but have not been considered species since 1998.

negative: Red Lake Mine The Red Lake mine is one of the largest gold mines in Canada and in the world. The mine is located in the western Ontario at Red Lake. The mine has estimated reserves of 3.23 million oz of gold.The Red Lake Mining District has produced over 22 million ounces of gold through 2004, worth over $US 35 billion at 2014 prices.

negative: Rhodite Rhodite or rhodian gold is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and rhodium found in gold ore. Gold ore containing 34 to 43% rhodium was reported from Mexico and Colombia in 1825. The alloy displays brittle tendencies and has a density of 15.5 - 16.8 g/cm³.

negative: Rodalquilarite Rodalquilarite is a rare iron tellurite chloride mineral with formula H3Fe3+2(Te4+O3)4Cl or Fe2(TeO2OH)3(TeO3)Cl. Rodalquilarite crystallizes in the triclinic system and typically occurs as stout green prisms and encrustations.

negative: Rubicon Minerals Rubicon Minerals is a Canadian company active in gold exploration. Rubicon owns more than 65,000 acres (26,000 ha) of exploration ground near Red Lake, Ontario, Canada, and has made significant discoveries of gold on this property.The property is near to Goldcorp's Red Lake Mine.As of 25 October 2011 the company had a market capitalization of US$888 million.

negative: Silver Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag (Greek: άργυρος árguros, Latin: argentum, both from the Indo-European root *h₂erǵ- for "grey" or "shining") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it possesses the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and reflectivity of any metal. The metal occurs naturally in its pure, free form (native silver), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.

negative: Skrat In folklore, a Skrat is a mischievous creature often possessing gold and other riches.  Stories about Skrats often revolve around the Skrat being tricked out of its treasure or else the Skrat fooling the treasure seeker by unexpectedly making the treasure disappear.  Skrats can aid farmers with whom they are living, although this is usually at the expense of the farmer's neighbours from whom they steal.In Scandinavian mythology the Skrat is a form of Myling.

negative: Staurolite Staurolite is a red brown to black, mostly opaque, nesosilicate mineral with a white streak. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, has a Mohs hardness of 7 to 7.5 and the chemical formula: Fe2+2Al9O6(SiO4)4(O,OH)2. Magnesium, zinc and manganese substitute in the iron site and trivalent iron can substitute for aluminium.

negative: Sylvanite Sylvanite or silver gold telluride, (Ag,Au)Te2, is the most common telluride of gold.

negative: Tetradymite Tetradymite is a mineral consisting of bismuth, tellurium and sulfide, Bi2Te2S, also known as telluric bismuth. If sulfur is absent the mineral is tellurobismuthite and the formula is then Bi2Te3. Traces of selenium are usually present.Crystals are rhombohedral, but are rarely distinctly developed; they are twinned together in groups of four; hence the name of the mineral, from the Greek for fourfold.

negative: Trimorphism In biology, trimorphism is the existence in certain plants and animals of three distinct forms, especially in connection with the reproductive organs. In trimorphic plants there are three forms, differing in the lengths of their pistils and stamens, in size and color of their pollen grains, and in some other respects; and, as in each of the three forms there are two sets of stamens, the three forms possess altogether six sets of stamens and three kinds of pistils.

negative: Turquoise Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gem and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue.

negative: United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

negative: United States Park Police The United States Park Police (USPP) is one of the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agencies in the United States.  It functions as a full-service law enforcement agency with responsibilities and jurisdiction in those National Park Service areas primarily located in the Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and New York City areas and certain other government lands.

negative: United States v. Freed United States v. Freed, 401 U.S. 601 (1971), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the National Firearms Act's registration requirements do not violate the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Additionally, the Court held that the Act's restrictions against a person's "receiv[ing] or possess[ing] a firearm which is not registered to him," did not require the recipient to have the specific intent to possess an unregistered firearm.

negative: Uytenbogaardtite The mineral uytenbogaardtite, Ag3AuS2, is a soft, greyish white sulfide mineral, occurring in hydrothermal Au-Ag-quartz veins. It occurs as tiny crystals, visible only with a microscope.  It has a metallic luster and a hardness on the Mohs scale of  2 (gypsum). It forms, together with petzite (Ag3AuTe2) and fischesserite (Ag3AuSe2) the uytenbogaardtite group.

negative: Walfordite Walfordite is a rare tellurite mineral that was discovered in Chile in 1999.  The mineral is described as orange with orange-yellow streak, and is determined to have a chemical formula of Fe3+,Te6+Te4+3O8 with minor titanium and magnesium substitution resulting in an approximate empirical formula of (Fe3+,Te6+,Ti4+,Mg)(Te4+)3O8.

negative: Wulfenite Wulfenite is a lead molybdate mineral with the formula PbMoO4. It can be most often found as thin tabular crystals with a bright orange-red to yellow-orange color, sometimes brown, although the color can be highly variable. In its yellow form it is sometimes called "yellow lead ore".It crystallizes in the tetragonal system, often occurring as stubby, pyramidal or tabular crystals. It also occurs as earthy, granular masses.

negative: Yogo sapphire Yogo sapphires are a variety of corundum found only in Yogo Gulch, part of the Little Belt Mountains in Judith Basin County, Montana, United States, on land once inhabited by the Piegan Blackfeet people. Yogos are typically cornflower blue, a result of trace amounts of iron and titanium. They have high uniform clarity and maintain their brilliance under artificial light.

negative: Zinc Zinc, in commerce also spelter, is a chemical element with symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element of group 12 of the periodic table. In some respects zinc is chemically similar to magnesium: its ion is of similar size and its only common oxidation state is +2. Zinc is the 24th most abundant element in Earth's crust and has five stable isotopes. The most common zinc ore is sphalerite (zinc blende), a zinc sulfide mineral.


query: Which professional surfers were born on the Philippines?

positive: Mara Lopez Mara Isabella Lopez Yokohama (born on 20 May 1991), known as simply Mara Lopez, is a Filipina actress and surfer. She is a member of Star Magic Batch 13.

positive: Marcus Adoro Marcus Antonius Corpuz Adoro (born December 31, 1971) is the (former) lead guitarist of the Eraserheads, one of the most popular bands in the Philippines during the 90's alternative rock explosion.He currently goes under the stage name or band name, Markus Highway, or "markups" to his closest friends

negative: Alana Blanchard Alana Rene Blanchard (born March 5, 1990) is an American professional surfer and model. Blanchard has surfed on the ASP World Tour, though she has indicated she may take a break from competitive surfing in 2015. Blanchard also designs and models Rip Curl swimwear, particularly a line of wetsuits specifically for surfing.Alana is the daughter of Holt Blanchard.

negative: Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) The founding of Alpha Phi Omega in the Philippines in 1950 was preceded by an APO service project conducted just after World War II. Manila, the capital of the former Commonwealth of the Philippines, had been devastated during the war. Many universities, utilised for military purposes, were in ruins.

negative: Balaram Stack Balaram Stack is a native Point Lookout, New York professional surfer. He was born on September 5, 1991. The youngest of three surfing brothers, Stack was born in Sebastian, Florida, where he began riding waves on a boogie board at three. His family relocated to Long Island when he was five, settling a half-block from the beach in Point Lookout. By 11 he developed a reputation as a ripper in local lineups and was sponsored by unsOund, a Long Beach surf shop.

negative: Baler, Aurora Baler is a second-class municipality in the province of Aurora, Philippines. It is the provincial capital of Aurora. It is located some 230 kilometres (143 miles) northeast of Manila via a mountain pass accessible by bus and private vehicle. It is host to spectacular geographic formations and is situated on a vast plain at the south end of Baler Bay, a contiguous segment of the Philippine Sea.It became the capital of Aurora on 14 June 1951 under Republic Act No.

negative: Bangsamoro (political entity) The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region is a proposed autonomous region within the Philippines. The proposal is part of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro, a preliminary peace agreement signed between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the government.

negative: Bethany Hamilton Bethany Meilani Hamilton Dirks (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional surfer who survived a 2003 shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off, but ultimately returned to—and was victorious in—professional surfing. She wrote about her experience in the 2004 autobiography Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board. In April 2011, the feature film Soul Surfer was released; it was based on the book and additional interviews.

negative: Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP is the third compilation album by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in January 2003.  All songs were written by Butthole Surfers.This compilation contains the entirety of the band's first studio EP, Butthole Surfers, and its first live EP, Live PCPPEP, neither of which had previously been available in CD format. The live songs were recorded at The Meridian in San Antonio, Texas on March 25, 1984.

negative: Butthole Surfers Butthole Surfers is an American rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but its core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been consistent since 1983. Teresa Nervosa served as second drummer from 1983 to 1985, 1986 to 1989, and 2009.

negative: Butthole Surfers (EP) Brown Reason to Live and Pee Pee the Sailor redirect here.Butthole Surfers is the debut studio EP by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in July 1983. It is also known as Brown Reason to Live and Pee Pee the Sailor (see "Title controversy"). All songs were written and produced by Butthole Surfers.The album was originally released on Alternative Tentacles. Butthole Surfers and 1984's Live PCPPEP were reissued as Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP CD on Latino Buggerveil in 2003.

negative: C. J. Hobgood Clifton James "C.J." Hobgood (born July 6, 1979) is a World Surf League (WSL) World Championship surfer. He has a twin brother, Damien. They both compete in top-tier professional surfing events around the world.C.J. Hobgood entered his first surfing contest in 1989 and made the Open Boys final. He placed second in a national competition the following year. He won several other championships and in 1998 he was selected as the model for the new National Scholastic Surfing Association logo.

negative: Carwyn Williams Carwyn Williams (born 25 July 1965) is an ex-professional Surfer from Mumbles, Wales.  He won European Professional Surfing Association (ESPA) tour in 1985 and 1986.Williams beat reigning World Champion Damien Hardman in 1988 Rip Curl Pro Hossegor, France and became one of the worlds greatest and most respected surfers joining the ASP Top 30.

negative: Cavill Avenue Cavill Avenue is a street and a pedestrian mall in Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is in the heart of the Surfers Paradise shopping and entertainment district. It was named in honour of the founder of Surfers Paradise, James Cavill.

negative: Chris Davidson Chris Davidson is a professional surfer, having won several gold medals. Chris Davidson was born in Sydney, Australia, and currently resides in Peru. He is the owner and operator of Scam Surfing, Inc.Chris Davidson representing scam surfing was the #1 contender for the 2010 Rip Curl Pro in Bells Beach.

negative: Chris Ward (surfer) Chris Ward (born December 11, 1978) is an American professional surfer. As of 2014 he was competing in the qualification series for the ASP World Tour.Ward began his elite tour campaign in 2005. The 2009 season is his 5th season on tour.

negative: Christiaan Bailey Christiaan "Otter" Bailey (born March 31, 1981, Santa Cruz, CA, USA), is an American professional surfer, known for his experience as a surf safari guide and skill as a big wave surfer and skateboarder. Bailey grew up in the Santa Cruz, California area and excelled as a semi-pro surfer and skateboarder. He and his family departed for France when he was young, where he attended the American School of Paris.Bailey moved back to Santa Cruz in the fall of 2003.

negative: Clay Marzo Clay Marzo (born July 17, 1989 in San Diego, California) is a professional surfer known for his unique "double-jointed" style of turns and spins. He was raised in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii where he currently resides. Marzo has been acclaimed for his creativity and innovation as a young surfer, and featured in several films.

negative: Cory Lopez Cory Lopez is an elite professional surfer born on March 21, 1977 in Dunedin, Florida, USA. Lopey is his preferred nickname. Cory has been a top ranked contender on the ASP World Surfing circuit (ASP World Tour) for multiple years and is considered by many to be one of the best 'Free Surfers' on the planet.

negative: Daet, Camarines Norte Daet is a first class municipality and capital of the province of Camarines Norte in the Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 95,572 people.The municipality is a popular surfing spot among surfers worldwide. It is also home to the annual Daet International Aerosports Show, first held in 2013.

negative: Dane Reynolds Dane Reynolds (born September 7, 1985 in Long Beach, California) is a professional surfer from Ventura, California.  He is known for his "go for broke" style of surfing that includes many experimental and aerial maneuvers.Reynolds started surfing at the age of 10 after he moved from Bakersfield, California to Ventura.  It was here on the point breaks around Santa Barbara and Ventura that he honed his progressive style of surfing.

negative: Dapa Poblacion Dapa Poblacion is the port area and poblacion of the municipality of Dapa, Surigao del Norte, in the Philippines.  It is located in the southwest area of Siargao Island.There is no political entity for Dapa Poblacion.  Instead, the area is constituted of thirteen barangays.  A barangay is the basic and  lowest political entity in Filipino society.  In some cases, barangays are villages and towns.

negative: Darryl Virostko Darryl "Flea" Virostko (born December 25, 1971) is a professional "big wave" surfer from Santa Cruz, California.  He graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1991.  He is a three-time Mavericks competition winner.  Virostko appears as himself in the surfing films Riding Giants, Step Into Liquid, and Billabong Odyssey.

negative: Dingalan Dingalan is a third class municipality in the province of Aurora, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 23,554 people.Dingalan has several caves, of which the Lamao Caves are the best known. The rough shoreline and very high waves of Dingalan makes it attractive to surfers.

negative: Dorothy Delasin Dorothy Delasin (born August 26, 1980) is a Filipino-American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.Delasin was born in Lubbock, Texas. She and grew up in San Francisco, California, where, as a student at Washington High, she won the boy's golf championship (the girls didn't have teams, so Delasin competed against the boys). She had dual American and Filipino citizenship but gave it up sometime before 1999. She had a strong amateur career, winning both the U.S.

negative: Duane DeSoto Duane DeSoto (born 1978 in Spokane, Washington) is an American professional longboard surfriderDeSoto won the 2010 Oxbow ASP World Longboard Championship, defeating France's Antoine Delpero in the Final at Makaha. In 1997, he finished 3rd in the ASP World Tour. He received the Professional Surfer Award at the 8th Annual John Kelly Environmental Awards in 2010.

negative: Esther Hahn Esther Kyung-Joo Keleana Hahn (born December 17, 1985) is a professional surfer and action sports personality. Before attending Yale University (class of 2008), Hahn built up an extensive surfing resume with wins and titles in the NSSA (National Scholastic Surfing Association), the USSF (United States Surfing Federation), the ESA (Eastern Surfing Association), and the ASP (Association of Surfing Professionals).

negative: Far Eastern University Far Eastern University (FEU) (PSE: FEU) in the University Belt area, West Sampaloc, City of Manila, is a nonsectarian, private university in the Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance, FEU became a university in 1934 under the guidance of first president Nicanor Reyes, Sr. It has been noted as the leading proprietary (for profit) university in the Philippines.

negative: Fred Hemmings Fred Hemmings (born January 9, 1946 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a world-known surfer who served as a Republican member of the Hawaii Senate from the 25th District. Elected in 2000, he served as Senate Minority Leader from 2002 to 2010. Previously he was a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1984 through 1990.

negative: Gilbert Teodoro Gilberto Eduardo Gerardo Cojuangco Teodoro, Jr., PLH (born on June 14, 1964 in Isabela, Philippines), or more commonly known as Gilbert/Gibo, is the former secretary of the national defense of the republic of the Philippines, having assumed the post in August 2007 until November 15, 2009. He was a member of the House of Representatives, representing the First District of Tarlac province, from 1998 to 2007.

negative: Guiuan Airport Guiuan Airport (Filipino: Paliparan ng Guiuan, Waray-Waray: Luparan han Guiuan) (ICAO: RPVG) is an airport located in the municipality of Guiuan, in the province of Eastern Samar in the Philippines.

negative: Hairway to Steven Hairway to Steven is the fourth full-length studio album by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in April 1988. All songs were written by Butthole Surfers, co-produced by Butthole Surfers and Ric Wallace, and mixed by Wallace.

negative: Humpty Dumpty LSD Humpty Dumpty LSD is the second compilation album by American experimental rock band Butthole Surfers, released in July 2002.  All songs were written by Butthole Surfers, except for "Earthquake," which is a cover version of the 13th Floor Elevators song.The album was released on the band's own label, Latino Buggerveil. It offers a wide assortment of demos, unreleased studio tracks and songs originally released on compilations, recorded between 1982 and 1994.

negative: Ian Cairns Ian Cairns (born 24 July 1952 in Kew, Victoria) is a former champion surfer who was also influential in establishing the world professional surfing circuit and particularly the World Championship Tour. He was described as "the premier “power” surfer of his era [who] dominated the North Shore during the mid to late-seventies".He moved to Western Australia with his family from Victoria in early 1967, to Perth's western suburbs, attending Swanbourne Senior High School.

negative: International Professional Surfers The International Professional Surfers (IPS) organization was the original world governing body of professional surfing that existed between 1976 and 1982. The IPS brought together a loose affiliation of surf contests around the world by forming one world circuit.The IPS was formed by Fred Hemmings and Randy Rarick in October 1976. Whilst in Rarick's kitchen Peter Townend and Ian Cairns and Rarick talked Hemmings into switching from a prize money to points-per-placing ranking system.

negative: Jacqueline Silva Jacqueline Silva (born July 17, 1979) is a professional surfer from Florianopolis, Brazil. She is considered to be a pioneer in women's Brazilian surfing and has garnered the best results from someone from Brazil, male or female. She began at a time when there were no female categories in Brazilian surfing championships. Among her notable accomplishments was winning the 1996 Brazilian Amateur Champion and World Champion in the World Qualifying Series in 2001.

negative: James Lovett James "Jaime" Lovett (born April 9, 1986) is a professional American surfer, skimboarder and wakeboarder. His forays into board sports began with surfing when he was 10 years old. Lovett went professional at age 14 which led him to compete and receive awards in many events. Lovett won his first event in 2004 by coming first in the Centurion World Wake Surfing Championships.  In 2009, Lovett was a patient on Sex Rehab with Dr.

negative: Jeff Rowley Jeff Rowley (born 6 April 1979) is a professional big wave surfer from Torquay, Victoria, Australia. On 4 January 2012, he was the first Australian to paddle into a 50 foot plus (15 metre) wave at Jaws Peahi, Hawaii.  Rowley placed 4th in the world at the 2012 Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards. Rowley has earned a Master of Business Administration from Deakin University and also works as a motivational speaker.

negative: Jesse Billauer Jesse Billauer (born February 24, 1979) is a well known surfer from Pacific Palisades, California.Billauer suffered an accident at the age of 17 on March 25, 1996, hitting his head on a shallow sandbar after being knocked off his surfboard by a wave. The force broke his neck, severing his spinal cord at the C6 level and instantly rendered him a paraplegic.  Billauer was told by doctors that he would never surf again.

negative: Jessi Miley-Dyer Jessica Candice "Jessi" Miley-Dyer (born 29 May 1986) is a professional surfer from New South Wales, Australia. She currently resides in Sydney.Miley-Dyer began surfing at the age of eight and became a professional surfer in 2006, having a very strong performance finishing #4 in the 2006 ASP Women's World Tour. She finished her rookie season by winning the Billabong Pro Maui, beating World Champion Layne Beachley in December 2006.

negative: Julian Wilson (surfer) Julian Wilson (born November 8, 1988) is an Australian professional surfer who competes on the Association of Surfing Professionals Men's World Tour.

negative: Keala Kennelly Keala Kennelly (born August 13, 1978) is a professional surfer, surfer DJ, and actress from Kauai, Hawaii. After spending a decade ranked in the top 10 on the ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), Kennelly took a break from the tour in 2007 to explore her passions for acting and music. She is now pursuing careers as a DJ and actress while continuing her surfing career as a Big Wave surfer for Billabong.

negative: Ken Bradshaw Ken Bradshaw (born October 4, 1952) is an American professional surfer and winner of the 1982 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship.Bradshaw was born in Houston, Texas. On January 28, 1998, Ken Bradshaw successfully towed into, and rode, a wave with a face generally accepted among surf authorities as about 80 feet. The site was Outside Log Cabins, an outer reef on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.  This wave was his second of the day at about 11:30am.

negative: Koby Abberton Koby Abberton (born ca 1979 in Maroubra, New South Wales), an Australian former professional surfer, is a member of the Australian surf gang, the Bra Boys.  He rose to local prominence in 2006, when he was found guilty of perverting the course of justice in an incident surrounding his brother, Jai Abberton, who was charged but found not guilty of the 2003 murder of stand-over man, Anthony 'Tony' Hines.

negative: L.A. Lopez Lyle Areanne Lopez (born on June 1, 1985 in Quezon City) is a Filipino actor and  singer.Lyle Lopez formerly known as L.A. Lopez was "discovered" by the comedy king Dolphy Quizon in a talent search titled That's My Boy. He began his career as a child actor on the children's show Eh Kasi Bata.

negative: Lexi VonderLieth Lexi VonderLieth (aka. Alexis Jodeane Von Der Lieth, aka. Lexi Lieth) was born August 9, 1984. Lexi is known for being an American professional surfer. In 2004, Lexi became a Professional Surfer and has been ranked on the Association of Surfing Professionals Tour since that time. Lexi Vonderlieth was born and raised in Malibu, California. She attended Malibu High School, where she graduated in 2002. Throughout high school she began her surfing career, where she was ranked 2nd in the nation.

negative: Lisa Andersen Lisa Andersen (born March 8, 1969, in New York) is a four-time world surfing champion from the United States. She won four titles in a row from 1994 to 1997. ASP Rookie of the year in 1987. Named by Sports Illustrated for Women as one of the 100 "Greatest Sportswomen of the Century". Named "1998 Female Athlete of the Year" by Conde'Nast Sports for Women magazine. She is a six time winner of Surfer Magazine's Readers Poll. In 2002 she was inducted into the Surfer's Hall of Fame.

negative: Live PCPPEP Live PCPPEP is a live EP, and first official live album, by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in September 1984. All songs were written by the Butthole Surfers, and recorded live at The Meridian in San Antonio, Texas on March 25, 1984.This was the Surfers' final album on Alternative Tentacles. Live PCPPEP and 1983's Butthole Surfers were reissued as the Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP CD on Latino Buggerveil in 2003.

negative: Luke Egan Luke Egan (born 24 January 1970) is an Australian professional surfer who competed on the Association of Surfing Professionals Men's World Tour.

negative: Malia Jones Malia Jones (born March 27, 1977) is an American model and surfer.

negative: Manila Christian Computer Institute for the Deaf Manila Christian Computer Institute for the Deaf (MCCID) is a non-sectarian, post-secondary, Christian foundation school for the deaf in the Philippines authorized by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Philippines) (TESDA) to offer non-degree computer and other technical training programs.It is also the only institute in the Philippines authorized by the government through TESDA to offer sign language and interpreting programs as well as courses for the deaf.Manila Christian Computer Institute for the Deaf Foundation, Inc.

negative: Manskee Manuel Francis Nascimento (born January 16, 1978), better known in music circles as Manskee, is a Filipino–American independent musician alternately based Agoo, La Union in the Philippines, and in California. Nascimento's musical style is eclectic, but has been described as "Filipino surfer music," as Nascimento is also active Philippine Surfing Scene.

negative: Manuel Roxas Manuel Acuña Róxas (January 1, 1892 – April 15, 1948) was the fifth President of the Philippines who served from 1946 until his death in 1948. He briefly served as the third and last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from May 28, 1946 to July 4, 1946, subsequently becoming the first President of the independent Third Philippine Republic after the United States ceded its sovereignty over the Philippines.

negative: Margo Oberg Margo Oberg (born Margo Godfrey, September 8, 1953 in Pennsylvania) was the first female professional surfer in the world. In 1975, professional contests started and she became the first female professional surfer. She won the WISA Hang Ten Championships and the women's event at the Smirnoff. In 1976 and 1977, she was "unofficially" crowned Women's World Champion, winning at the Bells contest, the Coke, the Brazil International, and the Women's Masters.

negative: Mark Richards (surfer) Mark Richards, OAM (born 7 March 1957), known as MR, is an Australian surfer, four time world champion (1979–1982), and highly respected by his peers.

negative: Michael Peterson (surfer) Michael "MP" Peterson (24 September 1952 – 29 March 2012) was a professional Australian surfer. He was considered one of the best surfers in Australia during the early to mid-1970s and was recognised for his deep tube riding skill, especially at Kirra on the Gold Coast, Australia. Peterson was the Australian champion in the years 1972 and 1974, and won many other major surfing competitions. Peterson was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia and became publicly known for using illicit drugs.

negative: Mike Parsons (surfer) Mike Parsons (born March 13, 1965, in California) is a surfer sponsored by the Billabong company who was towed into a 66-foot wave at Cortes Bank, CA in 2001, for which he was awarded $66,000 the highest prize ever awarded in the history of professional surfing. This money was awarded by the Billabong XXL competition which has run since 2001 paying tribute to the biggest waves ridden each year.

negative: Nathan Hedge Nathan "The Hog" Hedge (born in Brisbane, Queensland, 28 May 1979) is a professional surfer raised on the Northern Sydney beach of Narrabeen.Having served his apprenticeship at the highly pressurised line-up of East Coast Australia’s North Narrabeen, Nathan ‘The Hog’ Hedge has proven himself to be one of the areas most highly regarded sons.

negative: Owen Wright (surfer) Owen Wright is an Australian professional surfer on the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour. His sister, Tyler Wright, is also a competitor on the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour.On June 16th Owen Wright became the first surfer to post 2 perfect scores in one single event, during Round 5 and the final of the Fiji Pro 2015.

negative: Ozzie Wright Ozzie Wright is an Australian professional born 19/11/1980 surfer, artist, filmmaker and musician, known for his surfing innovation and punk rock style.He is sponsored by FCS  Volcom and Santa Cruz surfboards. His artwork has been featured on Volcom clothing, and he was a character in the cartoon The Dawn of the Stone Age, which was part of a Volcom marketing campaign.He is also a member of the punk rock band Goons of Doom.

negative: Paige Hareb Paige Frances Hareb (born 6 June 1990) is a professional surfer from Oakura Beach, New Zealand. In December 2008 she became the first New Zealand woman to qualify for the ASP Women's World Tour.She debuted on the ASP World Tour in December 2008 at the Billabong Pro in Hawaii where she won her second round heat, beating world no.2 Peru's Sofia Mulanovich.

negative: Panfilo Lacson Panfilo "Ping" Morena Lacson, Sr. (born June 1, 1948) is a Filipino politician who served in the Senate of the Philippines from 2001 to 2013.

negative: Peter Mel Peter Mel (born November 24, 1969 in Santa Cruz, California), is a professional surfer and the 2012/2013 Mavericks Invitational Surfing Champion. Mel began his surfing life in Capitola, California before moving on to Santa Cruz. His father John, who started the family business Freeline Surf Design the same year Pete was born, made his boards over the years and gradually brought his son under his shaping wing.

negative: Peter Townend (surfer) Peter Townend (born 1953), also known as PT, is an Australian surfer and first IPS/ASP World Surfing Champion.

negative: Phil Edwards (surfer) Philip "\Phil") Edwards (born June 10, 1938) is a legendary surfer from Oceanside, California.   He is credited with being the first to surf the Banzai pipeline in Hawaii, being the first professional surfer, and creating the first signature surf board.  He was the subject of a cover story, and his photo appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1966.

negative: Phil Rajzman Phil Rajzman (born Philip Wollens Rajzman on 27 June 1982 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a professional surfer.As a disciple of one of the pioneers and biggest names in Brazilian surfing, Rico de Souza, Phil Rajzman began catching waves at six years old and was recognized as one of the greatest promises in Brazilian surfing from an early age.

negative: Philippine presidential election, 1965 Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 9, 1965, in the Philippines. Incumbent President Diosdado Macapagal lost his opportunity to get a second full term as President of the Philippines to Senate President Ferdinand Marcos. His running mate, Senator Gerardo Roxas lost to former Vice President Fernando Lopez. Emmanuel Pelaez did not run for vice president.

negative: Polytechnic University of the Philippines The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (Filipino: Politeknikong Unibersidad ng Pilipinas; abbreviated as PUP and commonly known as PUP Sta. Mesa and PUP Manila) is a coeducational, research state university located in Santa Mesa, Manila, Philippines. It was founded on October 19, 1904 as the Manila Business School, under the Division of City Schools – Manila as the city's business school.

negative: Raymond Ocampo Raymond L. Ocampo, Jr. (born February 10, 1953) is a retired Filipino-American luger. He represented the Philippines at the 1988 Winter Olympics. He participated at the Winter Olympics' men's singles event where he ranked 35 out of 38 overall. His Winter Olympic stint was almost put in jeopardy due to some issues with the kind of passport he should be holding to represent the Philippines at the Olympics.

negative: Rizal Shrine (Calamba) The Rizal Shrine is a reproduction of the original two-story, Spanish-Colonial style house in Calamba, Laguna where José Rizal was born on June 19, 1861. Rizal is regarded as one of the greatest national heroes of the Philippines. The house is designated as a National Shrine (Level 1) by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and is located along Mercado Street and Rizal Street in Calamba's Poblacion 5. It is in close proximity to St.

negative: Rob Machado Robert Edward Machado (better known simply as Rob Machado) (b. October 16, 1973 Sydney, Australia) is an Australian-born American professional surfer from Cardiff-by-the-Sea, a community in Encinitas (San Diego County), California.Machado attended San Dieguito High School, and is known for his casual, "laid-back" style both in and out of the water.

negative: Robert E. Sackley Robert Edward Sackley (17 December 1922 – 22 February 1993) was an educational administrator in Canada and was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1989 until his death. Sackley was the first native Australian to serve as an LDS Church general authority.

negative: Russell Winter Russell Winter is a British professional surfer. The highlight of his career so far has been gaining a place on the ASP World Championship Tour.During Russell Winter's career, he has been the English, British and European surfing champion. He was the first European surfer to qualify for the prestigious WCT tour, where 45 of the world's best surfers compete in some of the world's premier surfing destinations.

negative: Rusty Long Rusty Long is an explorer, journalist, professional big wave surfer, and photographer. At an early age he and his brother Greg Long (surfer) were junior lifeguards as well as surfers in San Clemente, California, their hometown. This led to Rusty's quest for big waves; he has earned the reputation as being one of the most prominent big wave surfers in the world.

negative: Sally Fitzgibbons Sally Fitzgibbons is an Australian professional surfer on the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour (2009 - 2013). She was born in Gerroa, NSW Australia, on 19 December 1990.

negative: Sam Bleakley Sam Bleakley (born 23 October 1978) is a travel writer, author, academic, surfer and presenter from Gwenver beach, Sennen, Cornwall, UK. Sam is Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator in Cultural Tourism Management (BA Hons) at Falmouth University. His first book, Surfing Brilliant Corners (Alison Hodge Publishers, 2010) details a decade of extreme global surf travel and research in geography and cultural tourism, illustrated by renowned photographer John Callahan.

negative: Samantha Cornish Samantha Cornish (born 27 October 1980) is a professional surfer from New South Wales, Australia. She began surfing at an early age and entered her first competition at the age of 11. Her father, Peter Cornish, was also a professional surfer. At the age of 15 she won the 1996 World Junior Championships. In 2002, she entered the World Championship Tournament (WCT). She has been sponsored by various companies such as Quiksilver.

negative: Shane Beschen Shane Beschen (born February 18, 1972) is a California (USA) born professional surfer.In 1996, at Kirra, Shane Beschen became the first and only professional surfer to score three perfect 10 point rides for a total 30 out of 30 ASP three-wave scoring system.In May 2005 in the final of the Billabong Pro Teahupoo, Kelly Slater became the first to score two perfect rides for a total 20 out of 20 under the newer ASP two-wave scoring system, matched by Joel Parkinson in the 2008 Billabong Pipeline Masters third-round heats.

negative: Shaun Tomson Shaun Tomson (born 21 August 1955) is a South African professional surfer and former world champion, environmentalist, actor, author and businessman.

negative: Shayne Pospisil Jersey Shore native Shayne Pospisil, or "Pizzle"  as known among friends, (born May 15, 1985 in Manasquan, New Jersey) is one of the world's premier all-around boarders.  While Shayne has recently shown his ability to surf and skate, it is his success on the snow that put him on the map.  Pospisil has been making quite a name for himself on the professional circuits of snowboarding, surfing, and skating since his first ride in 1995.

negative: Siargao Siargao is a tear-drop shaped island in the Philippine Sea situated 800 kilometers southeast of Manila in the province of Surigao del Norte. It has a land area of approximately 437 square kilometers. The east coast is relatively straight with one deep inlet, Port Pilar. The coastline is marked by a succession of reefs, small points and white, sandy beaches. The neighboring islands and islets have similar landforms.

negative: Smirnoff World Pro-Am Surfing Championships Fred Hemmings, retired from competition began his career as an event promoter and ran the Smirnoff World Pro-Am Surfing Championships between 1969 until 1977.Smirnoff World Pro-Am became known as the de facto professional World Championship because the International Surfing Federation had been unable to establish a format or sponsorship so no official amateur championships were held between 1973 and 1975.The World Champions were: 1969 Corky Carroll, USA, & Margo Godfrey, USA; 1970 Nat Young, Australia; 1971 Gavin Rudolph, South Africa; 1972 Paul Neilsen, Australia; 1973 Ian Cairns, Australia; 1974 Reno Abellira, Hawaii and 1975 Mark Richards, Australia.

negative: Spirit of Surfing Spirit of Surfing is a low-key movement started by longtime surfer, Peter Cuming, in 1995 with support from surf elders Rob Conneelly, Nat Young and surf artist Roscoe Kermode. Spirit of Surfing was established as an initiative to promote the traditions of free surfing, respect for the ocean, the land and indigenous culture wherever surfers travel, and fostering community spirit and an harmonious relationship with the natural environment.

negative: Stephanie Gilmore Stephanie Louise Gilmore is an Australian professional surfer and six-time world champion on the Women's ASP World Tour (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014). She was born in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia on 29 January 1988 and currently resides in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia.Gilmore's life as a surfer began at age 10 when she stood on a bodyboard.

negative: Sunny Garcia Sunny Garcia (born Vincent Sennen Garcia on January 14, 1970 in Mā'ili, on the Westside of Oahu, Hawaii) is a professional surfer. He grew up in Wai'anae and, after leaving school, debuted on the 1986 Gotcha Pro at Sandy Beach, Oahu, beating the 1984 champ Tom Carroll.His top surfing achievement was becoming the ASP WCT World Champion in 2000 but Garcia also holds the record for most WQS event wins, 22, and holds six Triple Crown of Surfing titles.

negative: Surfers Paradise, Queensland Surfers Paradise is a suburb within the local government area of Gold Coast City in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Surfers Paradise had a population of 18,501.  Colloquially known as 'Surfers', the suburb has many high-rise apartment buildings and a wide surf beach. The feature of the heart of the suburb is Cavill Mall, which runs through the shopping and entertainment  precinct.

negative: Surfers Paradise Street Circuit The Surfers Paradise Street Circuit is a temporary street circuit at Surfers Paradise, in south east Queensland, Australia. The challenging 4.47-kilometre (2.78 mi) track has several fast sections and four chicanes. It is the third of three motor racing circuits that have existed in the Surfers Paradise area, after the Southport Street Circuit (1954) and Surfers Paradise International Raceway (1966–1987).

negative: Surfing Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or deep face of a moving wave, which is usually carrying the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitable for surfing are primarily found in the ocean, but can also be found in lakes or in rivers in the form of a standing wave or tidal bore.

negative: Tamara Benitez Tamara Benitez (also Mara Benitez) (born 14 October 1983) is a Filipina Cinematographer and camera operator, based in Metro Manila, Philippines. Known primarily for her underwater videography, Benitez has worked extensively for the ABS-CBN Corporation and under its production companies Star Cinema and VIVA Films, and has worked with such directors as Lav Diaz, Wenn Deramas, Sig Sanchez, Paolo Herras, and Martin Aviles. She has also worked with Cinematographer Arvin Viola on numerous occasions.

negative: Taylor Knox Taylor Knox (born May 15, 1971) is an American professional surfer. He is currently retired from the ASP World Tour.Knox was born in Thousand Oaks, California and began surfing at 8 years old.  He moved with his family to Carlsbad at 13 and continued to pursue his dream of becoming a pro surfer. At age 15, he had to undergo back surgery after a damaged lumbar vertebra from a skateboarding accident threatened to paralyze him.

negative: The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt is the first compilation album by American punk band Butthole Surfers, officially released in March 1995. All songs were written by Butthole Surfers, except for "Come Together" and "Hurdy Gurdy Man".The album was originally released on CD in 1994 by bootleg label Totonka Records. A collection of previously un-bootlegged material put together by a fan, it offers a mix of studio demos and live recordings, as well as a portion of a radio interview.

negative: Timmy Curran Tim Curran (born August 14, 1977) is a musician, retired professional surfer and a spokesperson for the Surfrider Foundation.  During his successful surfing career, he was one of the best surfers on the World Championship Tour, and was consistently in contention for the world championship.

negative: Tom Curren Tom Curren (born July 3, 1964, in Santa Barbara, California) is an American surfer. He was born to father Pat (big-wave legend and shaper) and mother Jeanine. His brother Joe is also a professional surfer and popular photographer and he also has a sister named Anna.Curren grew up raised primarily by his mother, and spent much of his free time in the ocean.

negative: Typhoon Babs (1998) Typhoon Babs was a powerful typhoon that struck the Philippines (where it was locally known as Typhoon Loleng) just days after Typhoon Zeb hit the same area. The seventh typhoon of the 1998 season, Babs formed on October 14 between the Philippines and Guam. The storm moved westward initially, failing to intensify initially due to the outflow from Typhoon Zeb to the northwest.

negative: UP National College of Public Administration and Governance The National College of Public Administration and Governance of the University of the Philippines (UP-NCPAG), a degree-granting unit of the University of the Philippines Diliman, is the first school of public administration in Asia and the top educational institution in the said academic field and practice in the Philippines.

negative: University of the Philippines High School in Iloilo The University of the Philippines High School in Iloilo, also known as UP High School in Iloilo or simply UPHSI, is one of the four high school departments under the University of the Philippines System.

negative: University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Forestry and Natural Resources The University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Forestry and Natural Resources (also referred to as CFNR) is one of the 11 degree-granting units of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). It started as the Forest School under the UP College of Agriculture in 1910, making it the oldest forestry school in the Philippines.

negative: University of the Philippines Open University The University of the Philippines Open University (also referred to as UPOU, UP Open University, or UP OpenU) is a public research university and distance learning institution headquartered in Los Baños, Laguna. It was established on February 23, 1995 as the fifth constituent university of the University of the Philippines System.

negative: World Surf League The World Surf League (WSL) is the governing body for professional surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world’s best talent in a variety of progressive formats.  It was known as the Association of Surfing Professionals from 1983 to 2014.In 2013, the ASP was acquired by ZoSea, backed by Paul Speaker, Terry Hardy, and Dirk Ziff. At the start of the 2015 season, the ASP changed its name to the World Surf League (WSL).