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== GUEST COMMENTARY- Parnells missed LNG benchmarks and ==

<html>On June 21, Gov. Sean Parnell acknowledged that the North Slope leaseholders, ExxonMobil,[http://www.misyn.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=114614 ], ConocoPhillips and BP, have not met the latest benchmark for progress on the LNG (liquified natural gas) gasline project.
The companies said they will spend up to $100 million in field work this year, not the hundreds of million required to timely advance the project. Exxon s spokesperson said the State must provide the right fiscal environment to support an LNG project.
The multi-billion dollar tax cut the leaseholders received with passage of Senate Bill 21 in April has proved insufficient to secure the governor s benchmarks for this critical project that would provide affordable energy to Alaskans, thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in annual state revenue.
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ExxonMobil is also developing other LNG projects to serve Asian markets and is awaiting export license approval from the U.S. to build an LNG facility on the Texas Gulf Coast. ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson recently expressed frustration with waiting up to five years for approval.
Alaskans,[http://www.misyn.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=114614 ], however, have waited decades for Exxon to move gas out of Point Thomson. I personally have taken major Asian gas buyers to Exxon s boardroom, and Exxon refuses to sell Alaska s gas.
Just last month,[http://www.misyn.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=114614 ], the Alaska Journal of Commerce reported that Japanese-owned Resources Energy Inc. (REI) completed an independent feasibility study for an LNG project from the North Slope to tidewater.
The study concluded that a fast track project that would deliver Alaska gas into the Japanese market by 2019 or 2020 is very feasible. The leaseholders date of project completion of 2023 or later is too late according to REI and the market could be saturated by then.
REI s study showed that Alaska LNG would have a significant competitive advantage over U.S. Gulf Coast projects in reduced shipping costs due to Japanese market proximity. And most importantly, REI brought the market to the table in meetings with the three major companies and TransCanada.
REI delivered its study to state officials but Governor Parnell was unavailable to meet with them. REI is a highly reputable consortium representing top Japanese energy players with whom I have met with in Tokyo.
And why can t REI or others proceed with this critical, viable project? The North Slope leaseholders refuse to sell the gas and the State sits idly by rewarding and enabling this dysfunctional decades long pattern that ill serves our people and makes Alaska a laughingstock on the global energy front.
As we give away every piece of leverage we have trying to coax three companies competing globally with one another, each with projects competing with Alaska s, we further back ourselves into inescapable corners. Alaska s resources are not being developed for our maximum benefit but are pawns on a worldwide chessboard that can be manipulated because we permit them to be while the market pounds at our door.
Governor Parnell noted that the failed benchmark might result in a less aggressive push for gas tax concessions next session. But he did not express any willingness to grab the bull by the horns, work with REI and other market leaders to monetize Alaska s gas and exercise the State s legal authority to enforce the North Slope leases that require gas sales when there is a reasonable expectation of profit to the leaseholders.
Parnell appears comfortable setting toothless benchmarks while those very same companies enjoying the governor s massive oil tax reductions aggressively advance LNG projects in neighboring British Columbia. It is well past time for Alaska to get back in the global energy game before it is lights out for our future.
Bill Walker is a lifelong Alaskan, businessman and owner of an Anchorage law firm that focuses on oil and gas and municipal law. He recently announced his candidacy for governor in 2014.</html>

== Young champions mean bright future for curling ==

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Homan came out on top of a field that included defending Canadian champion Heather Nedohin and former world champion Kelly Scott before defeating another former world champion in Jennifer Jones for the gold medal.
Jacobs faced arguably three of the best rinks in the world, rolling over Kevin Martin in the round-robin, outscoring Glenn Howard in the semifinal and then cruising to victory over Jeff Stoughton in the final.
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As for Edin, he lost round-robin games to Norway's Thomas Ulsrud and David Murdoch of Scotland but rebounded to beat Jacobs to clinch top spot. He then avenged his loss to Murdoch in the semifinal and completed the sweep of Jacobs to win the title.
And these are just the rinks that won titles this year. Saskatchewan's Stefanie Lawton and Chelsea Carey of Manitoba have earned direct entry to the Roar of the Rings Canadian Curling Trials with a shot at representing Canada at next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi. On the men's side, Manitoba's Mike McEwen and John Epping of Ontario have also qualified for the Roar of the Rings in hopes of wearing Canada's colours in 2014.
It's been an impressive year for many young rinks and it appears the best is yet to come. So for those who may have been concerned about the future of curling, fear not. The game is in good hands.</html>

== Kenseth cruises to victory in Nationwide race at Daytona ==

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The race was on pace to be one of the fastest in Daytona history until a late accident brought out a red-flag stoppage that lasted nearly 10 minutes.
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Kenseth and Buescher weren't challenged to the finish, with Kenseth taking the win and Buescher finishing second.
It was a turn of events after the tandem of Sam Hornish Jr. and Joey Logano had dominated to lead 64 of the 101 laps.
It didn't matter who I was pushing or who was pushing me, we couldn't run with those two, Kenseth said of Logano and Hornish. But with (Buescher) pushing me, we could. We had speed. So it was important to keep him with me. He did a really good job up getting us up to the lead and putting us in a position to try to win, so I wanted to make sure I stuck with him.
He did a really, really good job pushing there.
Buescher stayed put once on Kenseth's bumper.
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It's hot, but that's what we train for. That's what we get ready for, said Sadler, who admitted to feeling nauseous while sitting in the car during the red flag.
Kurt Busch finished fourth in a car designed with the beloved City Chevrolet paint scheme from the Days of the Thunder movie. He and the Phoenix Racing crew spent much of the race in character with Busch as Cole Trickle reciting Tom Cruise's movie lines.
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The race was moving on at a rapid pace with just three cautions in the first 90 laps -- one was for debris, one was for fluid on the track and one was for Mike Wallace's stalled car. The Wallace caution set up a restart with seven laps to go, but racing halted when Travis Pastrana seemed to cut down on Cole Whitt, causing Whitt to turn Pastrana and trigger a multi-car accident. Caught in it was Jason White, who dropped to the grass after climbing from his crumpled car.
White was tended to by emergency personnel in the grass, then walked to a waiting ambulance on his own.
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== Promising signs for the future ==

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== Joe Downtown- ‘Pawn Stars’ in for $25,000 to help save Hun ==

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== Nazi Waffen SS man to stand trial in German ==

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== X Train keeps getting worse ==

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== Perry likely to announce if he'll seek re ==

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== US growth in Q4 likely stronger on export gains ==

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Exports rose 2.1 percent to $186.4 billion. Exports of oil and other petroleum products rose to the highest level on record. Overseas shipments of agriculture goods and aircraft also increased.
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Fewer exports were one of the reasons the government s first estimate of economic growth in the October-December quarter showed a contraction at an annual rate of 0.1 percent. The December trade deficit figures were not available when the government reported its estimate last week.
Jim O Sullivan, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics, estimates the improved trade picture will add 0.7 percentage point to economic growth in the October-December quarter.
Still, sluggish restocking by companies and deep cuts in defense spending are expected to keep fourth-quarter growth weak. And a separate Commerce report Friday showed wholesale stockpiles declined in December, which could offset some of the gain from trade.
Economists at Barclays Capital on Friday expect growth to be revised up to an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the October-December quarter. The government will issue its second estimate for fourth-quarter growth on Feb. 28.
For all of 2012, the trade deficit narrowed 3.5 percent to $540.4 billion.
Many economists believe that trade will give the economy a small lift in 2013. That forecast is based on an assumption that the European debt crisis will stabilize, helping boost U.S. exports to that region, and economic growth in Asia will continue to rebound.
The politically sensitive trade deficit with China rose to $315.1 billion last year, the largest on record with any country. That could add to pressure on the Obama administration and Congress to take a harder line on China s trade practices. Some U.S. manufacturers contend that China keeps the value of its currency artificially low to make its exports to the U.S. cheaper.
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Stonerqmxf99 : GUEST COMMENTARY- Parnells missed LNG benchmarks and