Hillary Clinton accepted the Elton John AIDS Foundation's first-ever Founder's Award at the organization's annual benefit in New York on Tuesday night.
Although she was honored by the accolade, Clinton echoed a theme expressed by many of the stars in attendance: that there's much more work to be done to combat the disease.
"We still have so far to go," the former secretary of state said in her acceptance speech. "There are so many challenges that confront us. If we are to continue to build on the progress -- and yes, there has been progress -- then we have to continue to advocate and demand for governments, international organizations, foundations, all of us, to be persistent … and ensure that we don't falter."
"If we're going to beat AIDS, we have to reach out to everyone," she added.
Elton John also received an award at Tuesday's gala, from the Harvard AIDS Initiative.
"I really hope that all of you will join me in being equally stubborn when it comes to ending AIDS because that is what will be required to end this epidemic," he told the well-heeled crowd at Cipriani Wall Street in lower Manhattan. "We're going to have to stubbornly insist on full funding for all proven methods of preventing HIV infection. … Treatment for everyone. Treatment for all. …We're going to have to keep yelling and screaming about the way our country treats racial and sexual minorities and, of course, the poor. We're going to have to be downright stubborn, not just this year, not next year, not the next, but for many years to come."
Indeed, John vowed to be stubborn about AIDS for the next 20 years if necessary, but he said he doesn't think it will take that long to achieve an AIDS-free generation and world.
Nevertheless, John added, "We have so much more work to do and we'll be there until the bitter end."
Other honorees at the event, which raised $3.45 million, included Food Network star Sandra Lee, John's longtime agent Howard Rose and mogul Ron Perelman, who prompted cheers from the crowd when he referred to Clinton as "the next president of the United States." Clinton looked nonchalant when the camera cut to her, but after Perelman continued to sing her praises and said the highly rumored candidate has his vote, Clinton could be seen mouthing "Oh my God," as if she couldn't believe all of the attention.
Matt Lauer was a last-minute substitute host at the event after Anderson Cooper had to go to Washington to cover the debt-ceiling crisis, which Lauer joked "sounded like a lame-ass excuse."
Earlier, The Hollywood Reporter asked Lauer what the entertainment industry could do to continue to raise awareness of AIDS and combat the disease.
"Talk, talk, talk, spread the word, get out there, come to events like this and raise money," Lauer said. "I mean, when you stop and think about what Elton has done in 20 years … a lot of it is something you can't put a price tag on. It's just a discussion and getting out there and putting his reputation on the line and spreading the word that way."
Tony-winning actress Judith Light echoed Lauer's call for a continued dialogue on the issue.
"We did and we do so much in terms of the awareness, and I don't think it's just the entertainment industry that has to do something, I think it's about those of us who are committed to this issue and have been committed to this issue for a long time, talking to other people and finding ways, just like Elton has, to make it a prominent issue again, to say to people, 'This is not over,' " she said.
The former Who's the Boss star, who's performed on Broadway for the past few years, told us that she recently starred in a pilot for Amazon, making her just the latest actor to join the Internet revolution.
Meanwhile, fellow Broadway alum Jeremy Jordan, who left his starring role in Newsies after he joined the second-season cast of NBC's now-canceled Smash, said he misses the stage and hopes to "come back as soon as possible." In fact, he's doing a weeklong Stephen Sondheim show in November called A Bed and a Chair.
"It's only a week, and it's not Broadway, but it will be nice to come back to New York for a hot sec," he said.
Other celebs in attendance included Billy Joel, Alec Baldwin, Allison Williams, Courtney Love, Lisa Marie Presley and rock band Heart, who performed at the end of the night.
The new Hadoop is nothing less than the Apache Foundation's attempt to create a whole new general framework for the way big data can be stored, mined, and processed.
It ought to not only further stimulate the way apps are written for Hadoop, but also allow for the creation of entirely new data-crunching methodologies within Hadoop that simply weren't possible because of its earlier architectural limitations. In short, good stuff.
So what's been holding Hadoop back all this time? More importantly, where's it going from here?
Various criticisms of Hadoop have revolved around its scaling limitations, but the biggest constraint on scale has been its job handling. All jobs in Hadoop are run as batch processes through a single daemon called JobTracker, which creates a scalability and processing-speed bottleneck.
With Hadoop 2, the JobTracker approach has been scrapped. Instead, Hadoop uses an entirely new job-processing framework built using two daemons: ResourceManager, which governs all jobs in the system, and NodeManager, which runs on each Hadoop node and keeps the ResourceManager informed about what's happening on that node. (Each running application also has its own governor, ApplicationMaster.)
This setup is so unlike the previous MapReduce that Apache gave it an entirely new name: YARN, or Yet Another Resource Negotiator, with the new MapReduce running as one of many possible components for it. In fact, Apache claims that any distributed application can run on YARN, albeit with some porting. To that end, Apache's maintained a list of YARN-compatible applications, such as the social-graph analysis system Apache Giraph (which Facebook uses). More are on the way from other parties, too.
As radical as this approach is, Apache wisely decided not to break backward compatibility, and so MapReduce 2 still has the same APIs as its predecessor. Existing jobs just need a recompile to work properly.
It's also hardly coincidence that YARN makes Hadoop far more cross-compatible with other Apache projects for massaging big data. Use one, and it becomes far easier to use the rest. Such a rising tide for Hadoop would help lift all of Apache's related boats.
The biggest win of all here is how MapReduce itself becomes just one possible way of many to mine data through Hadoop. Apache's own Spark, another candidate for porting to YARN, might be better suited to some kinds of work than MapReduce, so Hadoop 2 gives you more flexibility to choose the engine that's the best fit.
The two big Hadoop vendors out there, Cloudera and Hortonworks, both have their own discussions of how YARN is crucial stuff, even if they approach Hadoop from markedly different directions. Cloudera's Impala offers the ability to run low-latency SQL queries against HDFS-stored data, which makes them best suited to live analytics; Hortonworks has chosen to go with Apache's native Hive technology, which is best for data warehouse operations (like long-running queries with lots of join-type operations).
Porting apps to YARN isn't a trivial effort, though, so the payoff involved in reworking Hadoop this radically will be strongly based on how much gets deployed within the new framework. But the fact that both Cloudera and Hortonworks are solidly behind Hadoop 2 and haven't forked the product -- or stuck with its earlier iterations -- is major evidence Hadoop 2 isn't just smoke or mirrors. Or tangled yarn.
At some point when you want a tiny dog, you have to ask yourself, do I really even want a dog? When you want a sports car that hold six passengers, you don’t really want a sports car. When you want to date a girl with values but also want to get laid after one T.G.I.Fridays dinner tab, you really just want a whore. If you want a pet you can hold aloft in the palm of her hand, you don’t want a dog. You want a hamster or a Mogwai maybe.
Here’s Kat Graham from Vampire Diaries in a bikini with her furry little companion. She’s going to cry when she accidentally slams the door of her car against his hyper head and sends him to doggy heaven. I’m not going to say I told you so.
In retrospect, lower Manhattan probably wasn't the safest place to try the Smart Wheel for the first time. Thankfully, the prototype wasn't operating at top speed when I hopped on, for that very reason. The sensation's a bit weird for those unaccustomed to riding with a pedal assist, kicking in only when you actually start pedaling and gradually reaching the speed you've entered in the app. In its final version, that speed will max out at 20 miles an hour, for up to a 30-mile range. The motor weighs about nine pounds, snapping onto the rear wheel of most bikes without much in the way of installation. Also of note is the ability to remotely lock the wheel using the app to prevent someone from riding off with the bike -- and if they do, you can track the thief on your phone.
All of this is still early stages. The motor you see above is still a prototype. The final version will be offered in a number of different sizes and colors, assuming the company is able to hit its $100,000 Kickstarter goal. A $550 pledge will get you the Smart Wheel, along with FlyKly's Smart Light (which you can get as a standalone for $49). The light holds and charges your phone (via USB), while leading the way in the dark with an LED bulb. The company will also be opening up the app's SDK for use with additional hardware like the Pebble smartwatch. Check out a quick video of the above after the break.
London (AFP) - Leighton Baines repaid Roy Hodgson's decision to throw caution to the wind with a pivotal performance as England swept to the World Cup on an unexpected wave of optimism on Tuesday.
Everton defender Baines provided the assist as Manchester United star Wayne Rooney got the vital, nerve-settling opening goal in a 2-0 win over Poland at Wembley that booked England's place in Brazil next year.
It was a superbly constructed goal that perfectly epitomised the upbeat mood suddenly energising England as their road to Rio reached a conclusion that was hard to imagine only a few weeks ago.
Just last month, England manager Hodgson was being chastised for his team's negative tactics and dour approach in a 0-0 draw against Ukraine in Kiev that left their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup on a knife-edge.
The criticism struck a nerve with the usually placid Hodgson, who took a verbal swipe at Gary Lineker in response to the former England striker's claim that the performance in Ukraine "awful".
But fast forward five weeks and the transformation since that dispiriting evening in Eastern Europe has been remarkable.
In the space of five days, England have produced the two most entertaining performances of Hodgson's reign under the most intense pressure and buccaneering left-back Baines has been key to the revival.
After adopting a safety-first approach for much of his reign since succeeding Fabio Capello just before Euro 2012, Hodgson finally cast off his shackles against Montenegro on Friday and was rewarded with a 4-1 victory that put England on the brink of the finals with one match to play.
Tottenham winger Andros Townsend's man of the match display on his debut earned all the headlines that night, but equally significant was the way England's four-man forward line pressed the visitors back with help from the full-backs, who often linked up as auxiliary attackers.
Both Baines and right-back Kyle Walker joined in the attacks whenever possible in a way that Hodgson never would have allowed in the early days of his reign.
With Walker suspended against Poland, it was left to Baines to prove the extra width in the decisive clash against Poland and he rose to the challenge.
An efficient defensive display, highlighted by his astute reading of the game, kept Polish dangerman Jakub Blaszczykowski subdued for long periods, but Baines' biggest impact came in the 41st minute when he surged onto Michael Carrick's pass and whipped over a teasing cross that Rooney met with a glancing header past Wojciech Szczesny.
Time and again Baines was a thorn in Poland's side and it was hard to recall he was only playing due to the rib injury that left Chelsea's Ashley Cole on the sidelines.
But for all Cole's undoubted talents, he no longer plays with the vibrancy that Baines bring to the table.
Hodgson will have noticed that England were hardly undone by Cole's absence and a strong case can be made that Baines has proved he merits the starting left-back spot when the World Cup gets under way.
This is the second child for Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, who are already parents to two-year-old Arabella.
Donald Trump, 67, took to Twitter to announce the birth of his grandchild.
Donald, who already has five grandchildren, followed up his initial tweet with a second message thanks their fans for their sweet messages.
Ivanka Trump, 31, recently stated she hoped her second child’s birth would be as easy as her first.
She stated, “With Arabella I was lucky – I had her within two hours of starting contractions. I’m sure I won’t get so lucky again this time, but that would be a great birth plan!”
The entrepreneur said it was a challenge to be fashionable with a baby bump. She said, “You spend the better part of your youth experimenting and trying to find a style that fits your body type, and all that gets thrown out the window.”
Ivanka said, “Maternity wear really makes you look much more pregnant than non-maternity wear”.
She found wearing a blazer helps give you a better silhouette than a boxy dress.
Pill-poppin' and jivin'! Elizabeth Berkley dished out the best serving ever of Saved by the Bell nostalgia on the Monday, Oct. 14 episode of Dancing with the Stars -- livening up the proceedings with a jive number that paid tribute to her most iconic moment on the beloved high school teen sitcom.
For the night's "Most Memorable Year of My Life" theme, Berkley, 41, recalled 1990, and the episode in which her character, Jessie Spano, gets hopped up on caffeine pills to cram for school. (A jittery Jessie memorably said "I'm so excited, I'm so excited . . . I'm so scared!")
Berkley, in full late 80s/late 90s garb, stresses over a giant bottle of "Jive Pills" as pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy (clad in a varsity jacket, naturally) climbs through her bedroom window to soothe her. The music begins and the song selection is . . . the Pointer Sisters' "I'm So Excited," of course!
Among those rising to their feet to give the pair a standing ovation? Fellow Saved by the Bell alum Mario Lopez! The twosome scored a very healthy 26 out of 30 points from the judges.
So says Jim Kerr, lead singer and mainstay of Scotland’s Simple Minds of the group’s lengthy absence from North American shores. Following the March release of hits compilation Celebrate, the band, which for the past couple of decades has revolved around Kerr, original guitarist Charlie Burchill and an ever-shifting lineup of backing musicians, aims to rectify that situation with a tour that kicks off in Los Angeles on Oct. 15. Subsequent shows reunite the group with audiences in New Jersey, Washington, Boston, Montreal, Toronto and New York. “I’m confident in saying that the band has really improved,” Kerr, 54, tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Some might say, 'Well, he would say that,' but the proof is in the pudding.”
Simple Minds' original incarnation was as Scotland’s premier punk band, Johnny & the Self Abusers, who played their first gig in a Glasgow bar on Easter Monday, 1977. “When we were onstage it was mayhem,” recalls Kerr. “No one could play a note. It was just white noise. We thought, 'There can’t be anything better than this.' It took us about six months to become serious about it.”
The evolution to Simple Minds saw the band gravitate toward their formative influences, David Bowie and Lou Reed. Their debut album, 1979’s Life in a Day, sounded like a pastiche of their favorite artists. “That album was a disappointment even to us,” Kerr admits. Though the follow-up, Real to Real Cacophony, was released the same year, it showcased a very different Simple Minds. This version had a more ominous, more European, more muscular sound. The group would only build and improve with their next few albums, reaching a creative peak in 1982’s New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84), which gave them a Top Three U.K. chart peak.
But while the band's European profile was high and their lush cinematic music met with critical acclaim, America showed little interest. The SteveLillywhite-produced Sparkle in the Rain, a deliberate attempt to move in a more stadium-rock direction, changed their perception as a moody British synth act and saw them develop a growing U.S following in 1983. But what really altered the standing of Simple Minds in America was a stop-gap single intended to keep interest alive while the band worked on a new album. The single, of course, was “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” the theme song to John Hughes film The Breakfast Club.
The band was reluctant to record a song they hadn’t written. "We knocked it back a number of times,” says Kerr. Producer/composer Keith Forsey was such a fan of the band and so fixated on the notion of them recording his song that he flew to London to persuade them. “We liked Keith more than his song,” Kerr admits. Nevertheless, “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” gave the band its first U.S. No. 1.
Although the song was not included on Simple Minds' next release, 1985’s Once Upon a Time, the album was successful enough to allay any lingering fears that the band might have been the lucky recipient of a soundtrack hit. The first single, "Alive and Kicking,” reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and, as recently as last week, ran over the closing credits of East Bound and Down.
As the 1980s drew to a close, it was not inaccurate to mention Simple Minds in the same breath as U2. They were both arena-filling acts whose set lists contained plenty of anthems. They both tended toward the self-important, and they both had charismatic frontmen with growing messiah complexes. When the next decade rolled around, U2 significantly changed the way they approached making music and the way they wanted to be perceived. Simple Minds made no such changes. Their music remained epic, but their appeal waned.
Kerr’s interests have diversified in recent years. He was active on the board of Glasgow soccer team Celtic FC and opened Hotel Villa Angela in Taormina, Sicily. But Simple Minds -- whose 40th anniversary is only a few years away -- are still capable of drawing crowds in Europe. And they're hoping America hasn’t forgotten about them.
Jim Kerr talked to THR about his band’s return to American soil, comparisons with U2, longevity and the state of his knees.
It’s been a while.
It’s embarrassing for us in respect of the people in the States and North America who like the band and have hung in with us. We’ve got it all to make up to them. The band’s in tremendous form. It’s not like we sat in some plateau and now we’re coming off the shelf and we’re shaking off the cobwebs like old football players who haven’t played in ten years.
On previous American tours, Simple Minds played arenas. How do you look back on those days?
When you go though the door to the big league, your band is no longer your band. I wouldn’t want anyone to feel sorry for us. We’d worked and we’d gone for it. We were pretty gung-ho. I liked our attitude. When we decided we wanted to do something, we did it 100 percent. When we decided we wanted to make it big in America, we did it. We had a rather amazing can-do attitude. Looking back now, at the end of the '80s, one of the things we didn’t have was endless energy. That was 13 years of nonstop recording, writing, rehearsing, touring. The wheels were staring to come off, but we didn’t know that.
You were compared to U2 a lot in those days. But they've since transformed themselves into a sort of self-aware ironic commentary about being in a band. You didn’t really change.
With respect to them, because they’re the greatest live band that I’ve seen, if you read the book that was out recently about The Unforgettable Fire, when they worked with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois for the first time, both of them comment about how [U2] went to them and played them New Gold Dream and said, “We want some of that." I think that speaks volumes. It’s really easy to talk about U2, but there are very few bands that have that talent and all that intelligence, and I think when they came to the start of the '90s, when all the bands that had broken through in the '80s were about to find it tough, they regrouped and brought in an extra brain. Whereas our thing was falling apart; members were leaving. You can’t compare beyond that.
These North American shows are billed as a "Greatest Hits" tour. Is it a challenge to muster up the enthusiasm to play those well-worn songs?
We’re doing two sets. There’s no support and we’re playing songs from everywhere. A song from Empires and Dance like “This Fear of Gods" or “Premonition,” there’s every chance they’ll hear that, although they’re hardly greatest hits. A good Simple Minds show to me is if the audience hears the songs they expect to hear. The hardcore will be happy they’ll hear songs they never thought they’d hear. We want to give a whole sense of the journey the band’s been on and, within that, show that there’s a chapter to come.
Despite your lengthy hiatus, the biggest-drawing live acts from when you last played here are pretty much the same big-drawing live acts today.
I’m trying to think why that is. It used to be every three or four years another would come through and they would be the big thing. It’s so rare now. With bands of our generation -- I sound like an old man -- it was three or four albums before you broke though, and therefore you learned your trade and you could live up to the hype. We bought into artists and their career because there were less things to do. So you immersed yourself, you became a part of a movement of people who liked the same band, you salivated at every little crumb of new information. Music was so much more valued and precious. I was in the Apple Store in Hamburg [recently], and there as such a buzz about the place that reminded me of record stores in their heyday.
The band's 40-year anniversary is just around the corner. What keeps you going?
The very foundation of what we do as Simple Minds has not changed one bit. We look for a melody, we look for a lyric and an emotion. We record it, we try and get it out there...to get as many people to see it, hear it, come and experience it. That’s what we’ve been doing, andnot one bit of that has fundamentally changed. And thank God for that, because at least there’s still something in this world that makes sense to us.
How are you handling the physical demands of touring?
You hear me knocking on wood? I had an hour’s jog today. I’m going back out for 45 minutes tonight. I’ve got about a month to drop a couple of kilos. I’ll do it, it’ll be good. Famous last words.
Oxford, October 15, 2013 -- Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions announces the launch of a new open access journal, Case Studies in Fire Safety.
Case Studies in Fire Safety provides an exciting new publication outlet for facility designers, fire safety engineers and researchers to share case studies and short communications about practical problems in fire science, design and engineering.
Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Peter Johnson, Fellow at global design firm Arup, said of the launch, "Our built environment is changing with global urbanization and the increased production of taller buildings. We face major new challenges of climate change and forest fires, and internationally we have had some particularly damaging industrial fires. Alongside high quality theory-based research, insights into and sharing of practical design solutions is needed to address many of these problems. Case Studies in Fire Safety provides an open forum for sharing of such insights and solutions. It will offer a valuable resource for practitioners and researchers working in all fields of fire safety."
"We're delighted to announce the launch of this new journal. The publication format is designed to suit the needs of both the academic community and practitioners working in fire science and fire safety engineering fields," said Joe d'Angelo, Publisher for Civil Engineering journals at Elsevier. "There's a clear need for both academics and practitioners to share their experience and new ideas relating to fire safety, helping to avoid preventable and sometimes catastrophic oversights."
Case Studies in Fire Safety is part of a series of "Case Studies in" open access journals published by Elsevier within the field of engineering. Journals in the series will all follow the article based publishing model, allowing for immediate publication of final version of a paper without waiting for other articles to be ready to compile a full issue.
For more information or to submit an article, go to Case Studies in Fire Safety.
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About Open Access engineering journal series, "Case Studies in"
The Case Studies series of journals are a new format of publication covering all aspects of engineering. They aim to connect researchers and practitioners working in a variety of subject areas by publishing short and accessible technical articles. They provide immediate, free and permanent access to technical research on ScienceDirect for the community of practicing engineers and researchers to read, download and learn from. Authors are provided detailed individual feedback on how many times their paper has been read and which countries the readership comes from. These Case Studies journals aim for a turnaround time from submission to publication of no more than three months.
Journals in the series will all follow the article based publishing model, allowing for immediate publication of the finalized paper without waiting for other articles to be ready to compile a full issue.
Case Studies Journals:
Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Case Studies in Construction Materials
Case Studies in Structural Engineering
About Open Access Publishing at Elsevier
Elsevier has been providing open access publishing options since 2005. Today, researchers can choose to publish open access in over 1,600 established peer-reviewed journals as well as 46 full open access journals and these numbers will continue to grow rapidly. All of Elsevier's open access publications have been peer reviewed, ensuring that the broader community not only reads the latest research but that it is factual, original and of the highest quality and ethical standards. For more information about Elsevier's open access program, visit http://www.elsevier.com/openaccess
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciVal, Reaxys, ClinicalKey and Mosby's Suite, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, helping research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world leading provider of professional information solutions. The group employs more than 30,000 people, including more than 15,000 in North America. Reed Elsevier Group PLC is owned equally by two parent companies, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. Their shares are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RUK and ENL.
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Elsevier announces the launch an open access journal: Case Studies in Fire Safety
Oxford, October 15, 2013 -- Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions announces the launch of a new open access journal, Case Studies in Fire Safety.
Case Studies in Fire Safety provides an exciting new publication outlet for facility designers, fire safety engineers and researchers to share case studies and short communications about practical problems in fire science, design and engineering.
Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Peter Johnson, Fellow at global design firm Arup, said of the launch, "Our built environment is changing with global urbanization and the increased production of taller buildings. We face major new challenges of climate change and forest fires, and internationally we have had some particularly damaging industrial fires. Alongside high quality theory-based research, insights into and sharing of practical design solutions is needed to address many of these problems. Case Studies in Fire Safety provides an open forum for sharing of such insights and solutions. It will offer a valuable resource for practitioners and researchers working in all fields of fire safety."
"We're delighted to announce the launch of this new journal. The publication format is designed to suit the needs of both the academic community and practitioners working in fire science and fire safety engineering fields," said Joe d'Angelo, Publisher for Civil Engineering journals at Elsevier. "There's a clear need for both academics and practitioners to share their experience and new ideas relating to fire safety, helping to avoid preventable and sometimes catastrophic oversights."
Case Studies in Fire Safety is part of a series of "Case Studies in" open access journals published by Elsevier within the field of engineering. Journals in the series will all follow the article based publishing model, allowing for immediate publication of final version of a paper without waiting for other articles to be ready to compile a full issue.
For more information or to submit an article, go to Case Studies in Fire Safety.
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About Open Access engineering journal series, "Case Studies in"
The Case Studies series of journals are a new format of publication covering all aspects of engineering. They aim to connect researchers and practitioners working in a variety of subject areas by publishing short and accessible technical articles. They provide immediate, free and permanent access to technical research on ScienceDirect for the community of practicing engineers and researchers to read, download and learn from. Authors are provided detailed individual feedback on how many times their paper has been read and which countries the readership comes from. These Case Studies journals aim for a turnaround time from submission to publication of no more than three months.
Journals in the series will all follow the article based publishing model, allowing for immediate publication of the finalized paper without waiting for other articles to be ready to compile a full issue.
Case Studies Journals:
Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Case Studies in Construction Materials
Case Studies in Structural Engineering
About Open Access Publishing at Elsevier
Elsevier has been providing open access publishing options since 2005. Today, researchers can choose to publish open access in over 1,600 established peer-reviewed journals as well as 46 full open access journals and these numbers will continue to grow rapidly. All of Elsevier's open access publications have been peer reviewed, ensuring that the broader community not only reads the latest research but that it is factual, original and of the highest quality and ethical standards. For more information about Elsevier's open access program, visit http://www.elsevier.com/openaccess
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciVal, Reaxys, ClinicalKey and Mosby's Suite, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, helping research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world leading provider of professional information solutions. The group employs more than 30,000 people, including more than 15,000 in North America. Reed Elsevier Group PLC is owned equally by two parent companies, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. Their shares are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RUK and ENL.
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The Thursday deadline for raising the federal debt limit is fast approaching, but the government is still shut down. Host Michel Martin asks Sudeep Reddy of The Wall Street Journal and Time magazine's Rana Foroohar, if the U.S. is in a debt crisis.
This is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I'm Michel Martin. You might've been hearing the name Malala Yousafzai. She is the Pakistani teenager who was shot at point-blank range by Taliban extremists a year ago because she dared to speak up about her desire to go to school. She has made a remarkable recovery. She is in the U.S. now. I spoke with her a few days ago and we'll bring you a portion of that conversation a little later in the program.
But first, back to pressing matters in this country's politics. The United States is just days away from being unable to pay all of its bills and most government functions are still shut down. There are hints that an agreement is near, but either way, we were wondering if we are in a debt crisis now. Joining us to talk about this are Wall Street Journal economics reporter Sudeep Reddy. Also with us, Rana Foroohar. She's Time magazine's assistant managing editor for economics. Welcome back to both of you. Thank you both so much for speaking with us.
SUDEEP REDDY: Hi, Michel.
RANA FOROOHAR: Thank you.
MARTIN: Sudeep, as we are speaking to you now, we are fast approaching the deadline where Congress has to decide whether to hike the $16.7 trillion debt limit or the nation could - technically, the nation would be in default. So what would happen if this is not raised?
REDDY: If it's not raised, the United States will stop paying some of its bills and financial markets will probably go into the closest thing to panic we've seen since 2008. You're already seeing signs of that. Markets are preparing for a catastrophe. They're worried about a much more serious crisis than anything we've faced. And they're hoping that this will get resolved at the last minute as it usually does, but they're not betting anymore entirely that it will.
MARTIN: Rana, could you - now, obviously, you're in New York, which is, you know, a financial center, you know, of the country and one assumes that there's kind of a lot of awareness about that, but on practical terms, what will most people experience? Will people have - will people feel this actually in their own wallets? Rana?
FOROOHAR: Oh, I'm sorry. I was having trouble hearing you. Yeah, they will certainly feel it in their own wallets. And as a matter of fact, they already have. You can see consumer confidence has gone down. Business confidence is down, which means that companies are not spending, that has a dampening effect on employment. There are already estimates that the shutdown, so far, has shaved something like .3 percent off of growth this quarter. Of course, the situation gets more and more dire and the prognostications become more dire about what the result would be in terms of higher unemployment if we were to go over the debt ceiling and actually have a default. Now I do think that we have to caveat all of this by saying, though, that Thursday is not necessarily, you know, the cliff and once you're over it that's the end, you have another Lehman Brothers style event.
This is something that will roll out over days and weeks. There's actually a cushion of money in the Treasury. And so the Treasury does have a few more days after Thursday to pay bills. But of course every day you go over that debt ceiling, markets get more and more jittery. And you can see that in stock futures' prices.
MARTIN: Rana, stick with me here for a minute. There are those who argue that this is just the kind of tough love the economy needs. It's just like maxing out your own credit card. And if you've maxed out your own credit card, you just have to stop spending. Just stop charging. Is that - is that an appropriate analogy?
FOROOHAR: Well, you know, that's said in sort of two ways - I mean, on the one hand, people say, well, we've got to get our deficit in order, we've got this debt problem. The debt and the deficit are not even by a long shot our biggest economic problems right now. And what's ironic is that the deficit has actually been shrinking recently because of the sequester and because of all the fiscal cuts we've had from the last time we were in this situation in August of 2011.
I do think that you're probably going to have to see a stronger negative market signal in order for politicians to start to really feel the pressure and get their acts together and come towards a deal. I think it's interesting that that hasn't happened yet - and part of the issue here is that there is just a huge existential divide between Wall Street and Washington. You know, Wall Street cannot believe that there is this group of Republican politicians that are willing to sacrifice the economy for political gain. That's just something that the Street has a really hard time sort of coming to grips with. And I think you can see that psychic disconnect in the fact that we haven't seen more of a market reaction so far.
MARTIN: Sudeep, do you want to talk a little bit more about that, since you talk to a lot of these political folks all the time?
REDDY: They actually bring up the credit card analogy quite a bit. They feel like the United States government should be run like a family budget. That misses some very important facts. Primarily, that the United States government is the largest, most powerful government in the world and can borrow for a very long time. And people actually want to lend the U.S. government money. It is a safe haven in a crisis. Whenever you see any hint of fear in the market you see investors flooding into United States debt because that's the last thing you can trust in a crisis.
And that's one reason why you actually have interest rates go down in a crisis instead of - for the United States - instead of going up as you might see in some other countries. When you're the safe haven currency, you can borrow a lot longer. You have a lot more flexibility. The credit card analogy is useful to a point. If you've maxed out your credit card, if you've gone too far, if you feel like you could end up in bankruptcy down the road - you should start getting yourself on a payment plan. That's what these last three years have really been about. Talking about the longer run budget to try to maybe deal with the problems that we'll face a decade from now. But Rana's exactly right. The problem we have today is really weak economic growth. If we don't do something about that then whatever we do 10 years from now won't really matter.
MARTIN: If you're just joining us, we're talking about where we stand with the debt limit and also, you know, by extension, the government shutdown. Both of those issues seem to be wrapped up in the current kind of political discussions. Our guests are Sudeep Reddy. Wall Street Journal economics reporter. And Time magazine assistant managing editor for economics, Rana Foroohar.
Sudeep, Rana talked about kind of an existentialist distance between Wall Street - and I would say, by extension, kind of the business community and kind of the world of mainstream economics and the political leadership - at least the political leadership that's very invested in this fight. Do you see that as being true? I mean, why do you think that there's such a disconnect? I mean, traditionally people associated - at least in this era - the Republican party as being the party more closely tied to business and their priorities...
REDDY: That certainly has...
MARTIN: So why do you think that there's this disconnect?
REDDY: That certainly has traditionally been the case. What you're seeing today, and what you've been seeing since 2008, because of this incredibly weak economy - the weakest since the Great Depression, the slowest recovery we've had since World War II - people are looking at our government, at our economy and they see an existential threat to the nation. They are fighting this fight over the size and shape of government. And that's what the Tea party is all about.
That's what this new Republican base is all about. They see this as a fight to save the economy and save the country. And that's why they're so invested in it and saying, let's not look at the short-term gains of Wall Street, let's look at the big picture. What is too easy to forget - and nobody in America loves Wall Street unless you're around it and making money from it - what most people are seeing when they see Wall Street is they see lots of greed, they see lots of people making more money than they should be. And the lesson of 2008 though is that the financial system is the underpinning of the economy. And you saw these votes in 2008 where lawmakers would reject that premise and we're still dealing with the consequences. Billions of people's lives have been altered because of that decision and those decisions in 2008. And there is that disconnect. If you don't accept that the financial system is the underpinning of our economy then lots of bad things will happen.
MARTIN: Rana, there's also a school of thought that you should spend more during the time of recession, more. That the government should be spending more...
FOROOHAR: Yeah.
MARTIN: ...When their economy is slowing in order to stimulate that - that's kind of the, you know, operating economic philosophy in a number of other governments, you know, right now.
FOROOHAR: Sure.
MARTIN: To try to address this ongoing kind of economic stagnation. Does that point of view have any currency at all?
FOROOHAR: Oh, absolutely.
MARTIN: With the people you talk to, and why is it that it doesn't seem to have more force right now?
FOROOHAR: Well, it's a function of our partisan politics. I mean, if you looked at it, you know, particularly if you're sort of a liberal economist, that's absolutely the right way to look at things. That you want to spend. You want government to be a push - a sort of a push factor in the economy rather than a headwind. You know, if you stripped out all of the fiscal cutbacks in the government as part of the economy, you'd already be in a more robust recovery. Government, instead of helping, is actually hurting economy. So you can absolutely make that argument. The problem is that, you know, as we've seen time and time again over the last three years, we're in a situation where we're not having a discussion really about what's best for the economy.
We're having a very partisan, localized, political fight in Washington. And it really has nothing to do with what the best steps are for the economy. And I think it's fascinating - actually the point that Sudeep touched on - about how the Republican party is not necessarily the party of business anymore. I mean, when I talk to business leaders - CEOs around the country - their agenda is in some ways very much a left-leaning agenda. They want investment into infrastructure and education. They want the government to get over it and, you know, get Washington rolling again and stop having these every six months, every three months, debacles that cut our growth.
MARTIN: Sudeep, final thought from you. You know, there's been a lot of talk about how the recession in these past years - or at least the economic stagnation over the last couple of years has changed American families. It's changed people's thinking about what their priorities are. Some of their fiscal priorities - the way they spend money. Is there any sign that this current situation is kind of changing the way political leaders are thinking about the economy?
REDDY: Unfortunately, it's leading lawmakers to be more short-term in their thinking instead of long-term in their thinking. When you see this much pain and this much economic devastation around the country, the natural reaction is to want to do something immediately to help. That's one reason you have these battles about what can we do right now. If you talk to any economist who's dealing with countries around the world, they will always say the holy grail is coming up with structural changes. With coming up with changes to an economy that might take affect years down the line, maybe a decade down the line, but provide those very important signals of what's going to happen down the road and provide a stronger underpinning for the economy.
We've moved away from that because we are obviously in two-year election cycles and people are focused on that. And the pain is so severe, it's so raw, that it's leading people - lawmakers and their constituents - to think about what can we do right now and kind of push aside what you might be able to do that would be even more helpful down the line. If we had this discussion a few years ago, we'd obviously be better off.
MARTIN: Wall Street Journal economics reporter Sudeep Reddy was speaking just now. He was kind enough to join us in our Washington, D.C. studios. With us from the Time magazine studios in New York, Rana Foroohar. Assistant managing editor for economics for Time magazine. Thank you both so much for speaking with us.
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Muslim pilgrims pray on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. Joined by their faith and a desire to purify their souls, more than 2 million Muslims from nearly 200 countries gathered around a hill in Saudi Arabia on Monday marked by a small white pillar. It is here, in Mount Arafat on the Mountain of Mercy, known in Arabic as Jabal al-Rahma, that the Prophet Muhammad is believed to have delivered his last sermon to tens of thousands of followers, calling on Muslims to unite.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Muslim pilgrims pray on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. Joined by their faith and a desire to purify their souls, more than 2 million Muslims from nearly 200 countries gathered around a hill in Saudi Arabia on Monday marked by a small white pillar. It is here, in Mount Arafat on the Mountain of Mercy, known in Arabic as Jabal al-Rahma, that the Prophet Muhammad is believed to have delivered his last sermon to tens of thousands of followers, calling on Muslims to unite.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Muslim pilgrims pray on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. The hajj, a central pillar of Islam and one that able-bodied Muslims must make once in their lives, is a four-day spiritual cleansing based on centuries of interpretation of the traditions of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Egyptian Muslim pilgrim Mansour Attallah Ali, cries as he prays at sunrise on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, as part of the hajj, or pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Oct. 14, 2014. The day spent on Mount Arafat is an emotional moment for pilgrims because it is here, on this rocky desert hill, where they believe that the gates of heaven are open for prayers to be answered and all past sins to be forgiven. Many can be heard repeating the phrase "Labayk Allahuma Labayk," or "Here I am, God, answering your call. Here I am."(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Muslim pilgrims prays at sunrise on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. Countless Muslims have continued that same journey as part of an elaborate and physically demanding set of purification rites known as hajj. Muslims believe the rituals, which start in Mecca and culminate in Mount Arafat, also trace the footsteps of the prophets Abraham and Ishmael.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Muslim pilgrims touch a marker at the top of a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Oct. 14, 2014. The hajj, a central pillar of Islam and one that able-bodied Muslims must make once in their lives, is a four-day spiritual cleansing based on centuries of interpretation of the traditions of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — About 2 million Muslims from around the world prayed at a desert hill in Saudi Arabia on Monday, joined in their faith and desire to purify their souls at the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage.
It is here on Mount Arafat, marked by a white pillar, where Islam's Prophet Muhammad is believed to have delivered his last sermon to tens of thousands of followers some 1,400 years ago, calling on Muslims to unite.
Prayers on and around the mount are a climactic emotional and spiritual moment in the hajj. The faithful believe that on this day the gates of heaven are open, prayers are answered and past sins are forgiven. Among the crowds of pilgrims Monday, men and women wept as they stretched their hands out in prayer and supplication.
"Labayk, Allahuma, labayk," they repeated — "Here I am, God, answering your call. Here I am."
The prayers at Arafat, outside the holy city of Mecca, are part of the elaborate and physically demanding purification rites of hajj. Hajj is a central pillar of Islam and all able-bodied Muslims are required to perform it once in their lives. While following a route Muhammad once walked, the rites are believed to ultimately trace the footsteps of the prophets Ibrahim and Ismail, or Abraham and Ishmael as they are named in the Bible.
For many pilgrims, the hajj is an answer to a lifetime of prayers — particularly for the poor, who often save for years for the chance to make the journey. The rites emphasize equality before God, whether rich or poor. Men dress in seamless white terrycloth garments symbolizing simplicity. Women wear long, loose clothing and a headscarf, forgoing perfume and makeup
Syrian pilgrim Mohammed Firas has come to hajj without his children. They were killed in Syria's civil war, he says, a conflict that has claimed more than 100,000 lives.
"I pray to God on this great day to swiftly lift our country's suffering," he said.
In his annual hajj sermon at a mosque near Mount Arafat, Saudi Arabia's mufti, Sheik Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Sheikh warned Muslims against divisions.
"The Muslim community is targeted by the enemies of Islam, who want to deal blows, sow divisions and spread chaos," he said, adding that Muslims must "protect their homelands."
Many of the pilgrims wore face masks, part of extra precautions this year because of a new respiratory virus centered in the Arabian Peninsula. The virus has killed more than 50 people in the kingdom this past year, prompting Saudi officials to slash visas for hajj by 20 percent in part due to concerns the presence of massive crowds in close quarters could cause a wider outbreak.
They say no cases of the coronavirus have been detected among pilgrims.
Around sunset, the pilgrims on hajj leave Mount Arafat and head eight kilometers (five miles) to Muzdalifa, a desert plain where they collect pebbles. Those pebbles will be used in a symbolic stoning of the devil that begins on Tuesday, marking the start of the three-day Eid al-Adha feast, celebrated around the Muslim world.
The following is a gallery of images from Mount Arafat by AP Photographer Amr Nabil.
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Associated Press writers Aya Batrawy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Abdullah al-Shihri in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, contributed to this report.
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Scott Turow practiced law before turning his attention to fiction writing. His legal thrillers include Personal Injuries and The Burden of Proof.
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Scott Turow practiced law before turning his attention to fiction writing. His legal thrillers include Personal Injuries and The Burden of Proof.
Jeremy Lawson/Courtesy of Grand Central Publishing
The best way I can fairly review this book is to tell you seven things that it is not.
It is not a legal thriller. That would require the novel to be thrilling, at the very least, to compel you to turn the page. In my case, I read the book on a Kindle, and it often compelled me to turn my e-reader off.
It is also not a farce of a legal thriller. That was my initial guess. Think Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors: Improbable coincidences, characters misidentifying one another. Identical is not short on any of those. Then again, a farce by nature is required to be humorous.
Identical is not humorous.
Identical is also not a primer on DNA analysis or Greek mythology, however much it may read like one at times. As Turow explains in his author's note, he had the pleasure of consulting several experts for this book. Unfortunately, portions simply read like a transcription of their chats.
Identical is actually a pretty good courtroom drama, when it's in the courtroom. The novel tells the story of two identical twin brothers, Paul and Cass Gianis. Paul is a state senator running for mayor. Cass has just gotten out of prison after serving 25 years for killing his girlfriend. But now the murder is being re-investigated, and when all the detectives and lawyers are standing before a judge, the scenes are, generally, excellent. Turow is sharp as ever with dialogue, clever with legal arguments and positioning. But too often, outside the courthouse, the writing is explanatory and flat.
If I haven't made myself clear, this book is not Turow's best. Maybe my disappointment comes from being an admirer. Turow's first work of fiction, Presumed Innocent, practically established the modern legal novel — expert about the lawyering, subtle about the storytelling. The same way John le Carré, book after book, has made the spy novel into a literary medium, with the word "novel" required for its description. But where le Carré found a second (or third, or fourth) wind when anti-terrorism replaced the Cold War, Turow appears to be coasting.
Finally, Identical is not terrible. Plenty of readers will enjoy it, especially the ending, which is hard to see coming — in part because the author manages expectations well, in part because it's so implausible. But in my case, the book simply didn't meet a standard that Turow had established in my mind. I don't know if that's unfair, but it is true.
Rosecrans Baldwin's latest book is Paris, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Students at Keiser University College of Golf & Sport Management (COGSM) received some inspiration from 'down under' and golf instruction during a recent visit from Australian PGA Professional and award-winning instructor Peter Croker.
Croker shared his personal insights and teaching philosophy with the entire Keiser University COGSM student body and then provided individual instruction to students well into the evening.
"Golf is a worldwide industry and, at Keiser University College of Golf & Sport Management, we always strive to introduce our students to the players, teachers and techniques from around the world that have made a significant impact on the game. In this way, we can give our students a strong academic foundation and better prepare them for entering the job market," says Keiser University College of Golf & Sport Management Executive Director of Golf Operations Dr. Eric Wilson, who is also a PGA Master Professional. "All of our students were enthusiastic with Mr. Croker's presentations, and we're eager to have him return for another presentation in January 2014."
As a playing professional, Croker's career included the Australian, New Zealand, European and Asian PGA Tours from 1971 to 1983. However, he has received the most notoriety from his teaching. Croker was named PGA Teacher of the Year for the Victorian PGA Section in 2007 and has had major influence on PGA Teachers worldwide since 1993 till present time. He has coached numerous high-profile golfers, including Vijay Singh, Arnold Palmer and Fred Funk.
In 1992, Croker worked to develop a teaching system that helps amateurs and PGA coaches build golf swings and improve their games through a step-by-step, on-line learning program, available at www.keytogolf.com and www.CrokerGolfSystem.com/stepProgram. In 1995, Croker and the Croker Teaching System were featured as the cover story on Golf Digest USA, and associated Golf Digest magazines worldwide.
Keiser University COGSM degree in Golf Management prepares students for a variety of positions in the golf industry. In this program, students are prepared to provide golf instruction, manage golf course operations, ensure appropriate maintenance of golf facilities and equipment, as well as integrate the play of golf into the broader hospitality and recreation domain. Keiser University COGSM's Bachelor of Science in Sports Management degree (with a concentration in golf management) focuses on the managerial and business aspects of a career in golf. The curriculum supports an expanded professional role of sports managers and graduates of associate degree programs in golf, hospitality, fitness, sports, recreation and other related fields.
About Keiser University: Keiser University (KU) is a private, not-for-profit university serving nearly 20,000 students pursuing doctoral through associate degrees on 15 campuses and online and employing nearly 3,500 staff and faculty. Keiser University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award certificates and degrees at the associate, baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral levels. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Keiser University. Keiser University's educational reach extends globally through its international programs, including the Latin Division, a cooperative agreement in the Eastern European nation of Moldova, and an off-site campus in Shanghai, China.
For more information on attending Keiser University College of Golf & Sport Management, please contact the College of Golf campus at 1860 Fountainview Blvd, Port St. Lucie, Fla.; online at www.CollegeofGolf.KeiserUniversity.edu; or call 888.355.4465.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - June 13, 2013) - Candente Gold Corp. (TSX:CDG)(LMA:CDG) ("Candente Gold") is pleased to report that its Mexican subsidiary company, Minera CCM El Oro Jales S.A. de CV, has signed an agreement for the access and processing rights to historic gold and silver tailings deposits in the El Oro District of Mexico State, central Mexico, where mining grades were in the range of 19 to 80 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold and 240 to 800 g/t silver.
One of the tailings deposits, from the famous Mexico Mine on the San Rafael vein, has an historic, non-43-101 compliant, estimate of over 1,000,000 tons grading 2.80 g/t gold and 75.00 g/t silver for potential contained ounces of over 90,000 oz of gold and 2,500,000 oz of silver. The tailings deposit lies within the town site of El Oro, is immediately adjacent to existing road access and has full power and water services. The tailings cover an area of approximately 5.6 hectares, that once reclaimed will be available for the town's future development.
Terms of the Agreement with the municipality of El Oro and the State of Mexico, involve two stages. The first stage (Phase I) allows the Company a one year period to carry out the necessary test work to ascertain recoveries and potential economic viability of reprocessing the tailings for contributions of US$25,000 upon signing the Agreement and monthly contributions of US$3,000 starting 30 days thereafter. If Candente Gold decides to enter into the reprocessing phase (Phase II), then an 8% Net Profits Interest ("NPI") will be paid to the municipality during the period of operation. If during any months of reprocessing, there is no NPI due then a monthly contribution of US$3,000 will be made. The municipality will use all contributions to fund Social projects.
In keeping with both environmental and social responsibility policies of Candente Gold Corp, the agreement also provides the municipality with a reclamation program, which includes, relocation of the tailings deposit followed by surface reclamation. This would both remediate current potential environmental risks and rehabilitate the land for new municipal use.
Three other tailings deposits also exist within the Municipality of El Oro and are included in the Agreement but require further testing and evaluations prior to making a decision to reprocess and reclaim.
A series of detailed sampling programs were carried out on the Mexico Mine tailings by various companies between the years of 1951 to 1990. The most thorough sampling program was conducted in 1951 by the Cooperativa de Las Dos Estrellas and included a total of 184 drill holes for a total of 2,162.7 meters. Work by Dos Estrellas indicated that the average grade of the tailings deposit was 2.80 g/t gold and 75.0 g/t silver.
Cooperativa de Las Dos Estrellas*
Drill Hole Meters (184 holes)
2,162.70
Cubic meters
865,080
Density
1.3
Wet tons
1,124,604
Humidity % 7.6
85,470
Dry tons
1,039,134
Contained kg of gold
2,857.62
Contained kg of silver
77,935,050
Contained oz gold
91,873.92
Contained oz of silver
2,505,651
* Historic calculation, non N.I. 43-101 compliant.
In 1990, Luismin conducted a verification sample program of the Mexico Mine tailings deposit, including 22 infill and twin holes for a total of 297.7 meters. The average grade of the tailings deposit calculated by Luismin was 2.93 g/t gold and 89.0 g/t silver.
Candente Gold Corp. plans to conduct a thorough Due Diligence program on the Mexico Mine Tailings involving verification drilling and further metallurgical test work to confirm projected metal recoveries, which will be used to evaluate the technical and economic viability of a tailings reclamation and reprocessing operation.
To view a Satellite Photo of Municipality of El Oro, the Mexico Mines Tailings deposit and Historic Mine Workings, please visit the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/cdg613i.pdf
The Mexico Mine, located along the northern portion of the San Rafael vein, mined grades of more than 19 g/t gold and more than 240 g/t silver. The vein had a width of between 4 to 21 meters and was cut by a later and much higher grade 5 meter wide vein, the Poniente Vein that graded as high as 80 g/t gold and 800 g/t silver. In general, the Mexico Mine had a higher silver to gold ratio than the other mines to the south on the San Rafael vein.
The El Oro - Tlalpujahua Districts collectively host at least twenty precious metals veins with past production in an overall vein field of fifty-seven veins that form an ENE-WSW mineralized structural corridor measuring 6.5 km from east to west and 4.0 km from north to south. Approximately 6.4 million ounces of gold and 74 million ounces of silver were reported to have been produced from just two of these veins. One of these veins, the San Rafael along with related hanging-wall, footwall splays and tension veins produced over 4 million ounces of gold and 44 million ounces of silver from the upper 150 to 250 meter mine levels. Historic mine grades on certain portions of the vein were as high as +300 g/t gold and +6,200 g/t silver. Mine levels occur from 150 meters below a post-mineral cap, up to a depth of 500 meters below surface.
About Candente Gold
Candente Gold's flagship asset is El Oro, a district scale gold project encompassing the largest and most prolific high grade gold dominant epithermal vein system in Mexico.
Modern understanding of epithermal vein systems strongly indicates that several of the El Oro district's veins hold multi-million ounce discovery potential, particularly below the historic workings of the San Rafael Vein, which was mined to an average depth of only 200 metres.
Candente Gold also holds an extensive portfolio of 100% owned, early to mid-stage; high and low sulphidation epithermal gold projects in Peru. Many of these projects have significant exploration completed and targets ready to be drill tested. This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements. Candente relies upon litigation protection for forward-looking statements.
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We advise U.S. investors that this news release uses terms that are not recognized by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including "mineral resources", "measured resources", "indicated resources" and "inferred resources". The estimation of measured and indicated resources involves greater uncertainty as to their existence and economic feasibility than the estimation of proven and probable reserves. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that mineral resources in these categories will be converted to reserves. The estimation of inferred resources involves far greater uncertainty as to their existence and economic viability than the estimation of other categories of resources. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that estimates of inferred mineral resources exist, are economically mineable, or will be upgraded into measured or indicated mineral resources. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that mineral resources in any of these categories will be converted into reserves.
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