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At the Northgate bus terminal they had displays up that showed where the bus was currently and how long it was going to take to get to the terminal. You could also look up this same information online. They had this back in the late 1990's. If these patents were not in force before about 1997, then the Seattle public bus systems are a great source of prior art to invalidate the patents.
It was trivial to scrape the web page and send yourself a page.
The trademark for the Hobbit that the people that own the rights to the book does not transfer over to an entirely different industry. You are free to create a Ford vibrator or an Apple iPlug that are sex toys without violating trademark law, because Ford and Apple are not in the industry of making sex toys. The same way a pub can freely name themselves after literary creations without being in violation of trademark because pubs are not publishing houses and publishing houses don't serve patrons beer and greasy good foods.
But there are all kinds of books about people murdering other people. If it is only in writing, then it didn't actually happen and it 100% legal, according to the Constitution of the United States.
You can argue otherwise, but then you are going against everyone who ever died protecting the inalienable rights enumerated by the Constitution. While you are at it you can go take a piss on the graves of the founding fathers.
Or is it libel? I never can figure out which is which.
Regardless, it is bad to accuse people of something so heinous which they did not do and block access to their business until they can prove that they are innocent.
The fact that a single police officer could accidentally block sites as legitimate as Google or Facebook without any due process tells me that the little guy could be screwed without any recourse at the whim of any number of police officers.
Imagine being an individual or small business trying to get your web site back on line after being accused of being a child pornographer by the national police. This could lead to people committing suicide with the politically correct climate in full force now.
No government agent can search anything without evidence of probable cause of a crime having already been committed and a warrant from a judge specifying exactly what evidence is being searched for and the location where it can be found.
Disrespecting the constitution is insulting every soldier that ever died for America.
Never put the power grid on the Internet. Then it can never be attacked by anyone on the Internet.
Problem solved!
Crisis averted!
Step 1. Find a schizophrenic of the "right" ethnic group that insanely mutters the "correct" anti American sentiments.
Step 2. Feed those sentiments and train the individual to be a terrorist.
Step 3. Arrest this terrorist of their own manufacturing.
Step 4. Profit!
Copyright should only protect the following, "Did I take the actual physical work that you did and duplicate it exactly, passing off your work as my own?"
What is not protected is idea of your work. The founding fathers never intended that any particular idea be protected by copyright.
Thomas Jefferson said, "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it. Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space, without lessening their density in any point, and like the air in which we breathe, move, and have our physical being, incapable of confinement or exclusive appropriation. Inventions then cannot, in nature, be a subject of property."
Now, patents are a very limited monopoly on the notion of an idea, but only the physical embodiment of a particular implementation of an idea. Nothing in any of those photographs is patentable. There are a billion photos of people jumping, or kissing, or doing whatever. I can find thousands of stock photos that look almost identical to any photo you can describe.
I hear Michael O'Brien does it with Pokemon.
"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity."
Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis (1952)
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! - I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry (1736-1799)
"O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could defend yourselves, are gone... Did you ever read of any revolution in a nation... inflicted by those who had no power at all?"
Patrick Henry, Elliot p. 3:50-53, in Virginia Ratifying Convention
"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
Thomas Jefferson
"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.... And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."
Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Stephens Smith, November 13, 1787; �The Works of Thomas Jefferson,� Federal Edition (New York and London, G.P. Putnam�s Sons, 1904-5) Vol. 5
These men knew what they meant and meant what they said.
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"Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit,
occidentis telum _est" ("A sword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands")
Lucius Annaeus Seneca "the younger" ca. (4 BC - 65 AD)
"And they are ignorant that the purpose of the sword is to save every man from slavery."
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus Roman poet (A.D. 39-65)
Source: De Bello Civili (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, Loeb Classical Library, 1988), IV, 579, p. 216
"There exists a law, not written down anywhere, but in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading; a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice; not by instruction but by natural intuition: I refer to the law which lays it down that, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right."
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC) Roman Orator and Statesman at the trial of T. Annius Milo in 52 BC
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague."
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.) Roman Statesman, Philosopher and Orator
Source: Attributed. 58 BC, Speech in the Roman Senate
"It is a just person who disobeys an unjust law."
Plato (427-347 BC)
"Tyranny derives from the oligarchy's mistrust of the people; hence they deprive them of arms, ill-treat the lower class, and keep them from residing in the capital. These are common to oligarchy and tyranny."
Aristotle in Politics (J. Sinclair translation, pg. 218, 1962)
"It is also in the interests of a tyrant to keep his people poor, so that they may not be able to afford the cost of protecting themselves by arms and be so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for rebellion."
Aristotle in Politics (J. Sinclair translation, pg. 226, 1962)
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."
Thomas Jefferson, letter to Archibald Stuart, Philadelphia, December 23, 1791; �The Works of Thomas Jefferson,� Federal Edition (New York and London, G.P. Putnam�s Sons, 1904-5) Vol. 6
"Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us."
Thomas Jefferson (Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking up Arms, 6 July 1775)
"It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."
Samuel Adams "The Father of the American Revolution"
"The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals."
President James Monroe (November 16, 1818)
"Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our rulers. This political judgment, moreover, is not simply or primarily a right, but like self-preservation, a duty to God. As such it is a judgment that men cannot part with according to the God of Nature. It is the first and foremost of our inalienable rights without which we can preserve no other."
John Locke (1632-1704) English philosopher and political theorist.
"We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land nor, perhaps, the sun and stars. But there is a chart and a compass for us to study, to consult, and to obey. The chart is the Constitution."
Daniel Webster (1782-1852) American Statesman, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State under three (3) U.S. Presidents
If we are to ever get to the bottom of the argument surrounding the Right To Keep And Bear Arms (RKBA), then we must go back in time and see what the founders said.
Some people, including the ACLU, have asserted that the Second Amendment only protects a state's power to raise and support an armed militia. I have the feeling that if the Founding Father's were alive today, they would have something to say about that...
When you are finished reading this page, I guarantee you will say to yourself, hey Marc really knows what he is talking about.
I have done entirely enough talking now and I will let the rest of this page speak for the Founding Father's. Let's go back in time and see what they had to say...
"On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invent against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
Thomas Jefferson letter to Justice William Johnson, June 12, 1823
Many millions of United States Citizens believe that the Second Amendment ONLY refers to each State's power to form militias. This is simply not the case. The Second Amendment does indeed refer to the right to keep and bear arms as an individual right.
When the Second Amendment was written, there wasn't any National Guard. The People were the National Guard. In fact, the National Guard did not exist for another 116 years.
Private Firearm ownership is a guarantee against the breaching or transgression of all the other rights reserved to the People. Private and free gun ownership is a guard against any possible tyranny or dictatorships. The Founding Fathers knew what they meant and meant what they wrote.
The Founding Fathers clearly did not believe that limiting lawful access to firearms by law-abiding, honest and upright citizens of good moral character would either diminish crime, nor be constitutional.
When considering ANY legislation that has the slightest hint of curtailing our freedom and liberty, we should closely examine it as if it was taken to the most extreme limit, then treat it accordingly.
"You [should] not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harm it would cause if improperly administered."
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) 37th US President (1963-1969)
Portrait, Thomas Jefferson
"I hope, therefore, a bill of rights will be formed to guard the people against the Federal government as they are already guarded against their State governments, in most instances."
Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1788
"I learn with great concern that [one] portion of our frontier so interesting, so important, and so exposed, should be so entirely unprovided with common fire-arms. I did not suppose any part of the United States so destitute of what is considered as among the first necessaries of a farm house."
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Jacob J. Brown (1808)
"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
Thomas Jefferson
"Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them if we basely entail hereditary bondage on them."
Thomas Jefferson (Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking up Arms, 6 July 1775)
"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
Thomas Jefferson
"Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state."
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
"The constitutions of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property and freedom of the press."
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
Source a letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Cartwright in 1824
"One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them."
Thomas Jefferson Letter to George Washington, 1796
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
Thomas Jefferson, Proposed Virginia Constitution, 1776
"For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well organized and armed militia is their best security."
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President. Source: Eighth Annual Message, November 8, 1808
"None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important."
Thomas Jefferson 1803
"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
Thomas Jefferson (attributed without source)
"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks."
Thomas Jefferson's advice to his 15 year-old nephew Peter Carr 1785
"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.... And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."
Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Stephens Smith, November 13, 1787; �The Works of Thomas Jefferson,� Federal Edition (New York and London, G.P. Putnam�s Sons, 1904-5) Vol. 5
"Let us contemplate our forefathers and posterity and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that 'if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' It is a very serious consideration that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event."
Samuel Adams speech, 1771
"Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can."
Samuel Adams
"[T]he people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government and to reform, alter, or totally change the same when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it."
Samuel Adams
"...It is always dangerous to the liberties of the people to have an army stationed among them, over which they have no control...The Militia is composed of free Citizens. There is therefore no danger of their making use of their power to the destruction of their own Rights, or suffering others to invade them."
Samuel Adams
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."
Samuel Adams, speech at the Philadelphia State House, August 1, 1776.
"The said Constitution [shall] be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms."
Samuel Adams of Massachusetts -- U.S. Constitution ratification convention, 1788
"Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation... Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
James Madison, Federalist Papers, #46 at 243-244.
"The highest number to which, according to the best computation, a standing army can be carried in any country, does not exceed one hundredth part of the whole number of souls; or one twenty-fifth part of the number able to bear arms. This proportion would not yield, in the United States, an army of more than twenty-five or thirty thousand men. To these would be opposed a militia amounting to near half a million of citizens with arms in their hands, officered by men chosen from among themselves, fighting for their common liberties, and united and conducted by governments possessing their affections and confidence. It may well be doubted, whether a militia thus circumstanced could ever be conquered by such a proportion of regular troops."
James Madison, The Federalist Number 46 January 29, 1788
"Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of."
James Madison, The Federalist No. 48, February 1, 1788
"The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms, shall be compelled to render military service in person."
James Madison, Proposed Amendments to the Constitution June 8, 1789
"Suppose that we let a regular army, fully equal to the resources of the country, be formed; and let it be entirely at the devotion of the federal: still it would not be going to far to say that the State governments with the people at their side would be able to repel the danger...half a million citizens with arms in their hands"
James Madison, The Federalist Papers
"A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country."
James Madison (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President
"A people armed and free forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition and is a bulwark for
the nation against foreign invasion and domestic oppression."
James Madison (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President
"Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense."
John Adams (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President A Defense of the Constitution of Government of the United States of America, 1788
"If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government."
Alexander Hamilton Federalist #28
"Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, indefeasible right, to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public Weal."
George Mason (1725-1792), drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights, ally of James Madison and George Washington
"A man with a sword in his hand demands my purse in the high-way, when perhaps I have not twelve pence in my pocket: this man I may lawfully kill."
John Locke
"Americans have the will to resist because you have weapons. If you don't have a gun, freedom of speech has no power."
Yoshimi Ishikawa, Japanese author commenting on the lack of protest with which Japanese tolerated governmental corruption, Los Angeles Times, 10/15/92
"If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government --and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws."
Edward Abbey (1927-1989) American Author in Abbey's Road, p.39 (Plume, 1979)
Because, obviously, being able to quote from star wars movies means that someone can think. ;)
Educators need to get together and write their own material. 10,000 English teachers could write a lot of open source English books. 10,000 Science teachers could write a lot of science books.
Want your works to be even mentioned in college? You better be specifically licensing your works as free for education. Or you will disappear from history until your works enter the public domain.
For around $260. Sell at auction is the actual real price.
I have the absolute right to swing my arms around. I can swing my arms back and forth, or round and round all day long. It is even a constitutional right. That right ends, however, if swing my arms into your nose.
The same way, that person could have tweeted on his own feed a million times about the weather, or what he ate, or how he feels about the double rainbow.
But his right to free speech ends as soon as he threatened to harm another human being.
And that is a fact.
Public is in the name of Public School. This means that the sporting events were paid for by the public. You and I paid for all these sporting events with our money. If public school sporting events are not in the public domain, then what is? How can they claim the right to sell something that they don't own?
Then you should absolutely not be denied service. Being thrown off facebook for something done on twitter is asinine.
The terms of service are a contract and the advertising dollars you provide facebook is the payment for that contract.
This "private companies can violate their contracts at their own whim" is ridiculous when all your social contact and purchasing is being done through massively huge monopolies.
Could bell telephone have denied service to anyone they didn't like back when they were a monopoly? No, of course not. To even consider that idea is ludicrous.
Kirk von Ackermann was the deputy chief of JFIC's Asymmetric Threats Division. The watchdog organization that was tracking Al Queda before the 9/11 attack. They specifically and repeatedly warned about attacks on the Twin towers in the months leading up to 9/11.
Von Ackermann "disappeared" leaving a briefcase full of cash in his car. He was trying to inform congress that his agencies reports were not being given to the House Intelligence Committee that was investigating the intelligence failures leading up to 9/11.
A lot of the crime rackets in cities actually have police protection. This cop is probably trying to get people to not carry so the criminals feel safer.
It will contain the explosion. Just like in a cartoon.
Then they cannot show that they have standing in a copyright lawsuit. No more than if you tried to sue to help Sony out, for example.


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If Samuel L. Jackson was flying on a recent San Diego-bound Frontier Airlines flight, he no doubt would have screamed, "I've had it with these @#$!% shakes on this @#$!% plane!"
Jackson wasn't on board, but the "Harlem Shake" video shot midair might not be as harmless as originally thought.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the recording that shows members of a Colorado college Ultimate Frisbee team doing the dance. Recorded on Feb. 15, the video has been viewed more than 430,000 times on YouTube and is one of the countless versions of the viral video meme that exploded earlier this month.

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Saunders to begin rehab with Triple-A Tacoma
SEATTLE -- Mariners right fielder Michael Saunders will begin a Minor League rehab stint on Thursday with Triple-A Tacoma as he returns from a strained oblique muscle in his left side that has sidelined him the past three weeks.
Tacoma is off on Wednesday, but Saunders will join the team as it opens a five-game homestand against Fresno on Thursday night at Cheney Stadium.
The 27-year-old was put through the paces in the outfield on Tuesday and was deemed ready to return to action.
"I passed all the tests, now it's time to speed it up and get in game situations," said Saunders. "You can't emulate that, so that will be the true test. I'll DH [on Thursday], then get back in the field the following day and we'll take it from there. We have a tentative schedule, so hopefully I can get ready as soon as possible and be ready to come back up."
Saunders made the last road trip with the Mariners so he could work out with the team. He acknowledged the process has been tough as he's watched his club from the sidelines.
"It's very tough to watch from the bench and see the guys out there playing and busting their butts trying to get W's while you're just sitting back watching, feeling like I'm missing out," Saunders said. "Since they're in the hunt right now, I almost feel like I'm letting the team down by being on the DL. So I'm very excited to get the clearance to go down and start my rehab and look forward to getting back up."
The Mariners added outfielders Austin Jackson and Chris Denorfia since Saunders went on the 15-day DL, so it remains to be seen how things will shake out when he's ready to return. The current outfield consists of Dustin Ackley in left, Jackson in center and Denorfia and Endy Chavez splitting time in right field.
McClendon said Saunders will need to show he's ready before the question of where he fits in works out. The six-year veteran has hit .276 with six home runs and 28 RBIs in 65 games this season.
"Obviously, it depends on his physical capabilities and how he bounces back," McClendon said of Saunders' timetable. "But with hitters, you've got to be swinging good. I don't want you wasting at-bats here."
As for where Saunders will fit in?
"We only have 25 spots," McClendon said. "But it always works itself out."


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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone exports jumped in October and wages grew only moderately in the third quarter, in the latest signs that the indebted bloc is regaining its competitive edge.
The euro zone's trade balance with the rest of the world swung to a 10.2 billion euro ($13 billion) surplus in October, versus a deficit a year ago, and foreign sales surged 14 percent, the EU's statistics office Eurostat said on Monday.
Greece, Spain and Portugal, which have been at the center of the bloc's three-year crisis, all cut their trade deficits by wide margins in the January-to-September period and Italy even swung to a slight surplus compared to a year ago.
Trade with the United States, Asia and Latin America is the euro zone's biggest hope of avoiding a prolonged recession at a time when Europeans are suffering from record unemployment, government spending cuts and falling pensions and benefits.
A silver lining in the Mediterranean is that only very modest wage increases are helping countries improve their competitiveness after a decade-long boom fuelled by easy credit pushed the euro zone into a false sense of economic wellbeing.
Nominal hourly labor costs rose 0.7 percent in Spain, 0.8 percent in Italy and 1.1 percent in Portugal for the July-to-September period, Eurostat said in a separate release.
Overall, euro zone hourly labor costs rose 2 percent in the quarter, mainly because of a 3.3 percent increase in Germany, which also bodes well because wealthier consumers in Europe's largest economy could buy more of their neighbors' products.
The rise in overall labor costs in the 17-nation bloc was nearly half the level of increases in early 2009, at a time when Europeans were giving themselves generous pay hikes, pushing up the cost of labor by 12 percent between 2001 and 2011.
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California has the second highest unemployment rate of any state. Which is why it sure would be nice to have a high-profile California in charge of labor and work policy in the Obama administration.
Oh, that's right. A Californian is in that job: Hilda Solis -- a talented and thoughtful Congresswoman from Southern California -- is the U.S. Secretary of Labor.
Not that you'd know it given her low profile.
U.S. & World
It's way past time for Solis to stick up -- loudly and publicly -- for her own state and American workers, even if it ruffles feathers in the administration.
What could she say?
Several things. With the economy faltering and the job market in ruins, Solis should be sticking up for her state and taking on members of her own party for not doing more on jobs.
She could point out loudly that the nation's unemployment rate won't fall when unemployment in the largest state is stuck in the 12 percent range.
She could note that the administration and the Congress have turned down appeals for help with state and local budgets -- leading to government layoffs that have been one big drag on California employment. And she could call out her administration for not doing more to address the weak housing market, particularly since housing weakness -- and related job losses in construction -- represent the other big drag on California jobs.
And while she's at it, Solis might add that the Democrats' failure to provide comprehensive immigration reform carries huge costs for her home state.
Solis would feel heat for going off the reservation like this. But Obama couldn't fire her -- unless he wanted to alienate Latino leaders by firing one of his few high-profile Latino appointees.
And by generating a controversy, Solis might be doing the president and his party a favor -- by refocusing attention away from the budget deficit to unemployment, which is the more immediate concern. A controversy would do Solis some good back home, raising her profile in a way that could be helpful in future political races.
So, please: Give 'em hell, Hilda.


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Astros score 4 in 7th to rally past Phillies, 7-6
HOUSTON – Tony DeFrancesco had the motivational speech ready before his team even won.
After Houston defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 to keep the loss count at 99, the Astros' interim manager compared the team's remaining 15 games to the 1972 Miami Dolphins season, where the NFL team went 17-0.
Winning all their remaining games is the only way for the Astros to avoid a second consecutive 100-loss season.
However, DeFrancesco's speech didn't exactly go the way he planned when delivered to the youngest team in the league.
"Nobody knew anything about the '72 Dolphins," DeFrancesco said with a smile. "If it didn't happen in the last 10 days, nobody knows anything. I guess I have to come up with some more updated stories and motivational speeches."
Justin Maxwell hit a two-run double and Matt Dominguez added a two-run single in Houston's four-run seventh inning as the Astros rallied for the comeback victory. Maxwell laughed when asked about DeFrancesco's speech.
"It was about finishing strong and never giving up on a game so that was pretty good," Maxwell said.
Philadelphia lost three of four against Houston to fall 3 1/2 games behind St. Louis and Los Angeles in the National League wild-card race.
Houston starter Jordan Lyles gave up four runs on five hits with four walks and six strikeouts in five innings for Houston. Lyles has gone longer than five innings just once in his last six starts.
"It was just another fifth," Lyles said. "That number five gets stuck in my head."
Philadelphia scored three runs in the fifth to take a 4-2 lead. Rollins singled with two outs, stole second and moved to third on Carlos Corporan's throwing error. Juan Pierre followed with a run-scoring double to left field.
Lyles intentionally walked Chase Utley, and Ryan Howard followed with a two-run double to left but Howard was thrown out trying to stretch it to a triple.
"He needs to learn how to be a winning pitcher, and the only way to do that is to give us a chance to win every time he pitches," DeFrancesco said of Lyles. "If he can do that, his win/losses will turn around the other way."
Wesley Wright (2-2) pitched a scoreless seventh to pick up the win. Wilton Lopez got the last five outs for his sixth save.
Corporan and Scott Moore homered for the Astros. Moore's two-run homer in the third put the Astros ahead 2-1, but Houston didn't score again until Corporan's solo homer in the sixth cut Philadelphia's lead to 4-3.
Jose Altuve reached on an error by third baseman Michael Martinez to begin the seventh and Jimmy Paredes was walked by Antonio Bastardo (2-5). Pinch hitter Brandon Laird walked off Phillippe Aumont to load the bases with one out.
Maxwell's double down the right-field line that just found chalk put the Astros ahead 5-4, and Dominguez followed with his two-run single.
After Dominguez moved to second on a passed ball, Justin De Fratus intentionally walked pinch hitter Jason Castro one out later but got Tyler Greene to ground out to end the inning.
Domonic Brown sliced the lead to 7-6 with a two-run double off Mickey Storey in the eighth. Lopez, however, struck out pinch hitter Laynce Nix and got a grounder from Nate Schierholtz to end the inning.
Jimmy Rollins led off the ninth with a single and moved to second on Erik Kratz's fly ball to right. Lopez got Utley to fly out to left and intentionally walked Howard before Carlos Ruiz grounded to first to end the game.
Phillies starter Roy Halladay gave up three runs on six hits with seven strikeouts in six innings, remaining two wins shy of 200 for his career.
Philadelphia took a 1-0 lead in the first on Utley's sacrifice fly.
NOTES: Houston OF Fernando Martinez was scratched from the lineup and replaced by Paredes in right field. ... Altuve was expected to get the day off Sunday but started after INF Jed Lowrie was given the day off due to soreness in his right leg, DeFrancesco said. Greene started at shortstop in place of Lowrie. . Philadelphia starts a three-game series Monday at the New York Mets with LHP Cliff Lee starting for the Phillies against RHP R.A. Dickey for the Mets. . Houston starts a three-game series at St. Louis on Tuesday with LHP Fernando Abad going for the Astros against RHP Kyle Lohse.


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Re: ViEmu 2.0 VB Paste Bug
Hi there,
Let me start by saying ViEmu 2.0 is the best version yet! Hlsearch is a fantastic feature and the new visual mode feels so much more solid than previous versions.
I have encountered a problem though, and I'm not sure whether it is Visual Studio, or ViEmu, however I *have* confirmed that it doesn't happen with ViEmu 1.4.
I have the following code:
If 1 = 1 Then _
Debug.Writeline( _
"Hello World" _
I enter visual mode with Y, highlight the four lines, use D to delete them into the paste buffer, move away from that position, then use p to paste them, I get the following:
If 1 = 1 Then
Debug.Writeline( _
"Hello World" _
Notice the first underscore has disappeared. This seems to happen quite consistently, and didn't happen with previous versions.


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Episode 47 — Amazing Aviators
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Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
Author: Candace Fleming
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade, 2011
Fleming starts the book with the crew of the Itasca trying to get in touch with Amelia as they know that her plane should be nearing the next stop point, Howland Island. The author then moves to Amelias beginning years as a child. The two narratives move closer and closer together until they basically meet with Amelias biographical chapter giving the details about how Amelia got ready for her 27,000-mile trip around the world. The organization of this book is fantastic, and even though most will know what happened to Amelia Earhart, the way that Fleming moves back and forth between Amelias biography to her story about being lost will have readers on the edge of their seats and desperately hoping for a different ending.
Sky High: The True Story of Maggie Gee
Author: Marissa Moss
Illustrator: Carl Angel
Publisher: Tricycle Press, 2009
Marissa Moss introduces young readers to a relatively unknown historical figure: Maggie Gee. Maggie Gee dreamed of flying, just like her hero Amelia Earhart. Her family thought they were just thatdreamsbut Maggie Gee was determined to turn them into reality. She got her chance during World War I. She read about a group of women called the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) who flew planes on "training missions and ferried bombers to military airbases." She and two of her friends bought a car for $25 and headed to flight school to try to be a part of this group. At the end of flight school, Maggie Gee was chosen to be trained as a WASP. Out of the 25,000 women who applied, only 1,830 were accepted and only 1,037 graduated. Maggie Gee was among a small group of women who were a part of this war effort. Marissa Moss weaves Maggie's life into a narrative that is perfect for young readers.
The Hallelujah Flight
Author: Phil Bildner
Illustrator: John Holyfield
Publisher: Putnam, 2010
James Banning had the dream of flying from sea to shining sea, but he faced two obstacles: he didn't have a working plane and he didnt have money to fund the trip. He didn't let these obstacles hold him back though. He talked Thomas Allen (who also became his flying partner) into fixing an old clunker of a plane. To tackle the issue of money, Banning decided that each time they landed, he and Allen would let people sign the wings of the plane in exchange for food, shelter, and fuel. People thought Banning and Allen were crazy, but pretty soon they had their plane in working order and were off on their adventure. As they made stops throughout the country, they mostly faced people, who, like Banning supposed, were thrilled at the opportunity of signing the plane and were excited to help with provisions for their journey. A few times they were met with prejudiced and hostility. But again, Banning and Allen didn't let this stop them from going on. Each time Banning and Allen overcame a difficult point or reached their next stopping point, their refrain to each other was always the same: "Hallelujah!" Hallelujah right back at you!" Based on a true story and told from the perspective of Thomas Allen, who was the mechanic and flying partner of James Banning, this story is sure to inspire and make you smile.
Cromwell Dixon's Sky-Cycle
Author: John Abbott Nez
Publisher: Putnam, 2009
Cromwell Dixon was one of those rare individuals who was born to invent things. From a young age he was tinkering, building, and imagining possibilities. After he took a hot-air balloon ride in 1904 at the St. Louis World's Fair, he decided to become an aeronaut and started dreaming up plans for a flying machine. He spent three years working on his Sky-Cycle, a flying machine that could be steered by pedaling. With the support of his mother, he succeeded in building his Sky-Cycle and managed to travel almost 2 miles in the air. He entered his Sky-Cycle in several races at the St. Louis Airship Carnival, where he competed with the most famous aeronauts of the day. The author brings a little-known aviator to light in this charming narrative and provides a peek at a couple of actual photographs of this fascinating, quirky Cromwell Dixon.
Super Simple Paper Airplanes
Author: Nick Robinson
Publisher: Sterling, 2009
This book is a paper-airplane lover's dream come true. With clear instructions and photographs of finished planes, kids will have fun trying out a variety of paper airplanes. The Introduction and the first three chapters give the history and science of paper airplanes. Younger kids may find the information dense, but older kids interested in the mechanics and physics of paper airplanes will find the information interesting. The best part, no doubt, is finally getting to the pages and pages of different paper airplanes. The author has divided this section into three chapters: classic design, modern design, and airborne origami. There is something to please everyone, from the novice to the expert paper folder. No experience required!
Expert Chat
Listen in as Emily and Candace Fleming chat about Amelia Lost. Fleming discusses what inspired her to write this book and how she diligently researched to discover the "real" Amelia Earhart, and she shares lingering questions she still has about this savvy businesswoman and aviator.


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Facing death
I step back from the light
into life's darkness
The nights
after my death
my wife rocks
herself to sleep
in my favorite chair.
On the beach
I want to fly but fall like
a silent prayer.
My limbs are an anchor
as I slip beneath the surface.
Once struggling palms lie flat
as gentle waves rock me.
Seaweed strands of hair mingle
with the sigh of my breath,
I grasp the hands of my
my only thing of value.
Everything beautiful is here,
all that was lost.
Birds chorus to the stones that
mark the resting place of a
thousand warriors in repose in an
estuary of flowers.
art by Abel Tasman


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Crossing Guard Saves Girl From Car
Malden Man Hit As He Protects Second-Grader
A Malden, Mass. school crossing guard saved a second-grader's life Thursday, at the same spot where he was also hit by a car as a child. He said he would do it again any day.
San'ya McKinney, a second-grader, is home safe and sound thanks to Dan Walsh, who risked his life to save hers.
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Nursing bumps and bruises, Walsh recounted his near miss with the girl at the intersection at Route 99 and Hunting Street. They were halfway across when a car came out of nowhere, striking Walsh as he tried to protect the child and sending him flying into the air.
"The light had just changed. Took the little girl, put the stop sign out and then the next thing you know, bang. Right there. Another car came out of nowhere," Walsh said.
"And when I was walking the car just came out of nowhere," San'ya said.
San'ya is one of Walsh's regular students.
"It was just instinct. I just did what I had to do. I thought I was shielding her from him, I had no idea the other car was right there," he said.
Even in pain, his first concern for the little girl.
"I went about this high in the air, landed there, maybe where the yellow line is, on my back. I heard the little girl crying still, so I knew she wasn't dead," Walsh said.
She didn't even get a scratch.
Walsh grew up in this part of Malden and feels very protective about the children here. He assures parents they need not worry as long as he is on the job
"I will hit the ground before one of these little kids do," Walsh said.
He kept that promise this week, although he doesn't see himself as a hero.
"I love kids. I get out here, my job is to protect the kids, that's what I tried to do," Walsh said.
Interestingly enough, it wasn't the first time Walsh been hit by a car. As a 10-year-old walking to church, he suffered a fractured skull after he was struck by a car at the very same intersection.
The driver, a woman from Peabody, has been cited for failing to stop for pedestrians at a crosswalk.


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Do you have what it takes to be an OWL?
NCAA Recruitment Information for Prospective Student Athletes and Boosters (Representatives of Athletic Interest)
Keene State College, as a member of the NCAA, must abide by all the rules and regulations of the NCAA. Many of these rules pertain to the recruitment of student athletes. It is important for you to be knowledgeable of these rules, because any violation of them could impact your eligibility at Keene State or whichever institution you decide to attend. This is not a comprehensive list of the rules, just a guideline that we want to share with you so that you can make the most informed decision possible. Should you have any questions concerning this information, please call the athletic director at any institution or call the NCAA directly at (317) 917-6222.
You (or your family) may not receive, and boosters may not provide, any benefit, inducement or arrangement such as cash, clothing, cars, improper expenses, transportation, gifts or loans to encourage you to attend any NCAA school.
An athletics department staff member, alumni or representative of the college's athletics interest (boosters) may contact you in person off the college campus after your junior year of high school. There is no limit on the number of contacts or the period in which they may occur. You may not tryout for a Division III college's athletic team. A tryout is any physical activity (e.g. practice session or test) conducted by or arranged on behalf of a college, at which you display your ability.
You can visit a college campus any time, and as many times as you wish, at your own expense. On such a visit, you may receive three complimentary admissions to a game on that campus, a meal in the college's on-campus student dining facilities, and housing, if it is available to all visiting prospective students.
During your senior year, you can make one expense-paid (official) visit to a particular campus; however, there is no limit on the total number of campuses that you may visit if you initially enroll in a Division III college.
During your official visit (which may not exceed 48 hours), you (and your parents) may receive meals, lodging and complimentary admissions to campus athletics events. All meals provided to you (and/or your parents) on an official visit must occur in an on-campus dining facility that the college's students normally use. If dining facilities are closed, the college is permitted to take you off-campus for meals. In addition, a student host may help you (and your family) become acquainted with campus life. The host may spend $20 per day to cover all costs of entertaining you (and your parents, legal guardians or spouse); however, the money can't be used to purchase college souvenirs such as T-shirts or other college mementos.
Finally, a Division III college is permitted to provide you and your high-school and /or two year college coach any official academic, admissions, athletics and student-services publications published by the college and other general information available to all students.


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IKN presents its brand new mascot
The Friday OT: Urban Dance Squad; Demagogue
I've had an earworm about this song for weeks. Your turn now.
So I dug it out this week and yeah, it hasn't aged. That's good.
IKN may begin specializing in larger-cap US-listed mining stocks
This today from the SEC:
Washington D.C., Jan. 15, 2016 —
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a whistleblower award of more than $700,000 to a company outsider who conducted a detailed analysis that led to a successful SEC enforcement action.
"The voluntary submission of high-quality analysis by industry experts can be every bit as valuable as first-hand knowledge of wrongdoing by company insiders," said Andrew Ceresney, Director of the SEC's Enforcement Division. "We will continue to leverage all forms of information and analysis we receive from whistleblowers to help better detect and prosecute federal securities law violations."
Sean X. McKessy, Chief of the SEC's Office of the Whistleblower, added, "This award demonstrates the Commission's commitment to awarding those who voluntarily provide independent analysis as well as independent knowledge of securities law violations to the agency. We welcome analytical information from those with in-depth market knowledge and experience that may provide the springboard for an investigation."
Whole thing here
Uranium Energy Corp (UEC): Even IKN gets them right on occasion
At its current share price of U$1.03, UEC has a market cap of U$101.86m. Its book value is $27.5m (give or take the change) which means this company is running a price/book of 3.7X.
- Price Book at three point seven times.
- In this market for miners.
- For a company with dwindling cash.
- No production.
- Every intention to dilute the share count and finance.
- And $20m of real financial debt on board.This is the type of bovine excrement that Casey Research recommends to people. A more obvious short in the mining space is difficult to envisage.
Here's how UEC has traded since then:
Or for comparative purposes, here's its performance sat next to Uranium Participation Corp (U.to) which gives a solid benchmark on the metal's movements:
On these things it's just a case of waiting. Financing soon, Amir?
Largo Resources (LGO.v) pays its CEO a $50,000 bonus for lending it $1m for a month
- Secured on company assets.
- One month duration at 12% interest per annum...i.e. 1% effective interest.
- A $40,000 "establishment fee" paid to Mark Smith for being nice and writing his cheque.
The GMP job cuts: Harris Fricker's internal memo
"...GMP Capital Inc. is pulling out of the United Kingdom and Australia and suspending its quarterly common share dividend to deal with the effects of weak commodity prices and increasing regulation.
Offices in London, Perth and Sydney will be closed, and 97 jobs will be cut, representing a 25 per cent reduction in head count.
In Canada, sales, trading and research franchises will be streamlined "in response to permanent structural and regulatory changes across the industry," GMP said in a statement Wednesday.
"Our actions today arise from an exhaustive review of all aspects of our Capital Markets business," said Harris Fricker, GMP's chief executive.
Full story here.
UPDATE: Kind reader A.N. Other sends in this:
The CIBC Whistler conference next week: Day One is not for people on suicide watch
Via reader M (ty sir) here's the top page of the CIBC agenda for its biz shindig at Whistler, as per yesterday:
And here's a twelve month (!!) price chart of Thompson Creek, HudBay and Capstone:
Tahoe Resources (TAHO) (THO.to) and its "minuscule" gold pour from Shahuindo: The photo
Nice hats, Ira.
IKN brought you the news many many days ago, of course.
But notable how TAHO still refuses to admit how their staff tend to die in accidents while on duty. Nothing in the NR today, Kev. Why's that, Kev? (Also news brought to you many days ago by IKN, of course)
B2Gold (BTG) (BTO.to) reports production numbers after the bell this Thursday afternoon
"It would be a crowd hit if you could find someone who has an archived copy of the 2003 or 2004 Denver Gold webcast where Clive Johnson, then CEO of Bema, begs someone, anyone, to just take Placer Dome over and 'put it out of its misery.'"
UPDATE: There ya go. 131k oz Au 4q15, which means they miss on guidance for 2015.
Pacific (PRE.to)
Now I'm going to take a wild guess and say that the financial advisory thing that PRE set up with Lazard just before Christmas isn't going so very well.
Hey, lucky the insiders sold so many of their shares at much higher prices before the price collapsed, isn't it? I'd hate to think of Fino and his pals short of a dollar.
UPDATE: Ahhhh, this is it. 17.5c on the dollar, which means that either a) there will be better offers out there or b) PRE shares still have a long way to fall. Thanks you-know-who.
The carnage in B2Gold (BTO.to) (BTG) continues
So much for my buying an extra chunk at 85c a couple of days ago (what's worse is that it's an add, i got more at higher prices from previous years). So much for the end of the Van Eck liquidation. And so much for the market pricing in a production miss, because it's on the way to pricing in defaults now. Sheesh, what a market, at least it's doing an excellent job of keeping my ego in check.
Lundin Gold (LUG.to) announce a deal with Ecuador...
...on burdens, and if you understand that windfall tax deal you're better at numbers than me.
What you really need to know is "Ecuador gets at least 50%", which fits in with the country's constitution. And fine for a rich deposit like FDN, but gotta wonder about the other explorecos there.
The Placer Dome Club
Alan Rickman
UPDATE: According to Newsweek this afternoon, people think Aaron Ramsay may die if he scores an own-goal.
Chart of the day is...
Guiding your CUM
Copper Mountain (CUM.to) released its 2015 production numbers this morning and the best bit is...
Copper production totaled 77.6 million pounds (95.6 million pounds of copper equivalent) for the 2015 year and was on track within 5% of the Company's guidance of 80 million pounds of copper.
On track within 5%. On track within 5%. Oh you guys!
Oh man, you can tell Marin Katusa was on the board, can't you?
Argentina and "The Macri Factor" on mining stocks
Icahn and Freeport
Mailbag on yesterday's Peter George post
Good post on Peter George.
The puny fine ($35K) when compared to the market cap collapse of BGM, SGR and RMX (PVG has continued to tap dance) speak to a toothless judiciary. That he has been banned from authoring a new mineral resource or reserve under 43-101 is simply laughable. What management or board in their right mind would consider retaining his service? What good is the Society of Professional Geologists if a series of clearly substandard reports can be published over the course of some years before the crime is even spotted, let alone held to account?And what of the culpability of each of the Company's respective management, Boards and advisers who not only accept these reports but act on them? Is universal incompetence now considered a viable defense? All those who were involved and in fact had their hands deeper into the proverbial cookie jar are free to work within the sector with impunity.I submit it is a scenario for the perfect white collar crime. Consider those that have gone completely undetected such as the teams behind (three company names redacted), to name a few.Make no mistake, there are thieves amongst us gentlemen.
Argonaut Gold (AR.to) 4q15 production
McEwen Mining 4q15 production
Peter George has been a naughty boy
Mr. Peter Thomas George, P.Geo., was the QP for the Barkerville Project in B.C., owned by Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. Faced with a public hearing, Mr. George entered into a Consent Order with APEGBC by which Mr. George admitted to unprofessional conduct in producing a substandard technical report for Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. that failed to meet the requirements of NI 43-101.
Mr. George also admitted to producing two substandard technical reports for Rubicon Minerals Corporation for its Phoenix Gold Project in Ontario. Mr. George must pay a fine of $15,000, costs of $20,000, and is subject to a number of conditions on his membership with APEGBC, including the requirement that he not perform mineral resource or reserve estimations as defined by NI 43-101.
PS: Reader MZ also reminds your author that Peter George was the man behind the Sans Gold resource. Spot any connections yet, Canada?
PPS: And reader JM notes that, "Peter George did Gold Eagle Mines "geologic potential" in Red Lake right before Goldcorp paid $1.5B for the company. You could ask Goldcorp how well there Cochenour (Bruce Channel deposit) project is going but there is a pretty common theme forming here".
UPDATE: Good mailbag received on this from reader R, here.
UPDATE 2: IKN receives this from PretiVm investor relations:
In regards to the post Peter George has been a naughty boy January 12, 2016It states: "Oh by the way, Peter George is the very same geol who brought us the Pretium (PVG) gold resource number"Peter George has had no association with Pretium's Brucejack project and has never worked for Pretium Resources Inc. so the details you have posted are misleading.I would request you make that correction or let me know how you substantiate that claim so I can address it.Thank youTroyTroy Shultz, MBAManager, Investor Relations & Corporate CommunicationsPretium Resources Inc. | Pretivm Value Through GoldDirect Tel: 604.566.8758|Mobile: 604.561.5668Suite 2300, Four Bentall Centre | PO Box 493341055 Dunsmuir Street | Vancouver BC Canada | V7X 1L4Tel: 604.558.1784 | Toll Free: 1.877.558.1784 | Fax: email@example.com | www.pretivm.com | TSX/NYSE : PVG
So there you go, duly corrected.
The C Word (updated)
Hey honest, we're not just copper, we're gold as well! We got the grab samples!
...and this NR out tonight:
LADB rounds up the Chapo fallout
The conclusion section to the piece on Continental Gold (CNL.to) in IKN348, out last Sunday
Discussion and conclusion: To sum up, we have a company that hides the fact its EIA permit application was denied but now swears blind that evrythin' gonna be alright, a sellside brokerage world that's keen as mustard to promote this stock using any sort of conjecture it can lay its hands on (but neatly ignores passing on hard facts when they're negative to the storyline) and then just after Corantioquia gives its side of the story to the press and directly contradicts the neat CNL narrative, a key member of the permitting and legal team who bails at an optically awful moment citing a weak reason for the decision (effective immediately).And on top of all that, this is the company run by the very same team that blew up hundreds of millions of dollars in the Colossus (ex-CSI) debacle at Serra Pelada in Brazil, in which everyone (including the main and bigtime insto investors such as ARC Fund and Sandstorm) was kept totally in the dark about the massive and very fatal flaws in the project until it was way too late to do anything about it.I continue to marvel at the way in which the world of mining will believe anything told to them by anyone, just as long as there's some shiny metal dangled as the prize at the end of the narrative. CNL.to isn't an investment opportunity, it's roulette. Whether it's the traditional casino or Russian version is up to you to decide.
A few bits and pieces of slight interest regarding a few mining companies that have come to be known by this desk
UPDATE: Reader and close follower of all things Colombia resource, reader SB chimes in:
Well yeah, agreed, I was rounding up.
Y'know if I were a major shareholder of Goldcorp (GG)...
Catching up with Gold Resource Corp (GORO)
The 2015 Puskas Award
UPDATE: Ha, shows what I know. Wendell Lira was given the prize. Another FIFA fix, dammir!
Life on mars
This is a very good piece of music.
Chart of the day is...
Louis James of Casey Research, early 2015: "If I could buy only one stock this year, Rubicon would be the one"
"The 2016 SRK Geological Model demonstrates that the F2 Gold Deposit is more geologically complex and the high-grade gold mineralization is less continuous than previously understood"
David Bowie
Planet Earth is blue.
And there's nothing I can do.
The IKN Weekly, out now
The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
Sean Penn interviews El Chapo
Right here. And have to say that Penn writes very well.


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Every Day the Same Dream
December 21st, 2009
A new game from Paolo Pedercini, "Every Day the Same Dream" is a beautiful game with a very bleak outlook (perhaps partially belied by its restrained color scheme). Parts of it seem like a grim view on the 50's, while other parts remind me of a bleaker version of my last gig.
From the Artist
"Every day the same dream" is a slightly existential riff on the theme of alienation and refusal of labor. The idea was to charge the cyclic nature of most video games with some kind of meaning (i.e. the "play again" is not a game over). Yes, there is an end state, you can "beat" the game.
Made in about 6 days: 3 code + 3 content + 1 making crappy drones with an electric guitar (alternate soundtrack that didn't make into the final game).
You can play the game: HERE
The game can be downloaded at the bottom of the page.
lets argue about what the meaning is
pretty strange and depressing game but its really interesting never the less.
ok for argument and for deepness sake ill say this game is about social alienation and well.. a depressing take of life's daily grind.
Interesting "game", I enjoyed it. But I dont agree that this game has no game over. Its a puzzle and as long as there is no solving of the puzzle of course there is no game over…there cant be. The game is over when you quit playing it, like any puzzle. So I would not call this a GAME…its more like an interactive puzzle. Anyhow its great, I just wish it left more of a message.
by the way…this is stuff that the film medium can only dream about doing or asking of people….
Video Games are higher form of art than any film can dream of. Most films ask people to be vegatables for 2 hours.
Pretty amazing. @Cupofjoe – there is an end to this game. You're right, it does have a puzzle element to it, in fact there are 5 to solve. Once you do that the ending is revealed.
This is the only time in my life i was genuinly chilled to the bone by a video game or movie. This, this is a true art game.
Fantastic… the drab psychedelic feel and music is perfect. I feel this sort of expression can be taken to a much broader scope… expressing the authors message/ideas through the audience actively engaging in the task of figuring out what that message is; seems it would have a greater impact on the audience than just passively experiencing the ideas the author is trying to convey. Very inspirational work, thanks… made my day
Wow I gotta say, the ending wasn't anything like I would've imagined from this. Kudos :)
clearly this is absolutley brilliant.
I do find the idea rather bleak and depressing though. It would have been nice if there had been a way to make life worth living :)
great stuff anway!
Great, now I'm depressed again. -_-
Th' fantastic Mr Pedercini strikes again.!
Day 2: Went to work in my undies and lost my job so back home to smoke some of the black hash that my wife kept cookin' up. Watched some Paul Sharits videos and had a staring contest with her / and lost. So later stood in front of th' window in my jocks, lost my shit and became one with th' nature outside before headin' out commando to explore ..
Day 3: Went back to work again to get my shit but everybody was absorbed playing this cool new "Passage" game for some strange reason. So decided to skive on th' morrow and hang with the missus. Bliss. Some kinda Derek Jarman film on the box as well. All tomorrow's parodies can wait ..
Seriously though great stuff, it really struck a chord emotionally and the music fits well. You seem to have a really keen sense of narrative flow in the Molleindustria games I've played so far and "Every Day" just takes it a bit further w/ this subtle looping structure. Look forward to seeing where you go next with your ideas ..!
— Chuan
I helped the homeless person, I petted the cow and caught the leaf, but there are no more options, oh and I went to work in my underwear! that one cost me my job, but whats left!
I love the game, the puzzle the mind bender! its great
@Glenn Jackson
Suicide. Go to work, pass your cubicle, exit to the terrace (safety exit, in green, in the same screen of your cubicle), then jump.
Nice :)
I loved this game, hopefully it's gone on to make a whole bunch of people rethink their day to day existence or at least wake them up to the possibilities contained therein
great work!
The game from Paolo Pedercini, "Every Day the Same Dream" is soo good. It is easy to understand and it can be viewed easily. This post gives me energy to boost up me to make the games interesting.
Wow, some of you really got excited.
It's a decent game, but there really isn't a grand statement being made here folks. I found the actual ending disappointing , considering that you can jump off the building at the very beginning, before you even go to the cemetary.
Neat game to be sure, and very impressive that it was pulled off in 6 days. But it's a riff on death of a salesman people, not a landmark piece of art.
It's really just great. I wish more people would get the chance to "play" this game to overthink their own lives.
It's not bad, great work put into it and good pacing. My biggest criticism is that the artsy part of it can instill the same emotional sensations just by being a walkthrough. The gameplay is not experimental, but the story/setting/idea is well executed. A great Art Game to be sure. :)
The game does have a "win" feature — and it reset completely (back to the splash screens) once you've discovered it. I'm surprised by the community's puerility in this. Does anybody even remember the Myst series? Cyan Worlds? Those puzzles required far more effort than this, people.
well that was depressing… it ended with you watching yourself jump off a building… uhhh… not sure how to respond to this one.
I got the alien ending on my second playthrough; Woot!
But seriously, good job. I liked the toying with the users available options. Kind of an exploration game about hopelessness.
Amazing & Clever. I take note ;)
Love the music. It makes me wanna get up and see what life's gonna bring me today…
I was kind of shocked when you were able to just up sticks and jump off a building – in this kind of respect it's a bleak game; a kind of colourless, game-version of Falling Down. I would love to see this game expanded and lengthened to encompass more plot and allow for varied endings, etc.
This is just a really neat piece of programming.
Russell has a very good point on this one. It's cool to see a dev take a theme and run with it like on this one!
For anyone that needs help, here are the five events for the ending;
1. Commit Suicide at Work (pass all the cubicles and go off the edge of the building)
2. Get Taken to the Cemetery
(after the elevator, go left and talk to the homeless man)
3. Catch the Leaf
(wait for it to fall in front of the work building)
4. Pet a cow (when you're in your car, get out and go left into a pasture)
and 5. Go to work without getting dressed (pass the wardrobe without pushing space and go to work)
For the ending; Go to work and go past all the cubicles to the edge of the building.
I cry when i play it. It is an awesome game that really can talk about our daily life. And i hope you guys can produce more this type of game.


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June 20,2014(ISN) – International volleyball has descended on Edmonton, Alberta, where the Canadian
men's team faces its next opponent, Australia, in 2014 FIVB World League
intercontinental round play.
The Australians, also known as the Volleyroos, will meet Canada for the first time
in 2014 World League this weekend on June 20 and 21 (7 pm local, also on Sportsnet
ONE) at Rexall Place.
"We haven't played Australia in a long time, so it will be fun. I think all the
teams are pretty equal in our group and it's going to be two really exciting
matches," said Canada's head coach Glenn Hoag. "Australia has some really good
players that are now more experienced from playing in the European leagues, so it
should be two good battles."
So far Canada has faced Finland in Calgary, and the red-and-white went 2-0. Then
the Canadians travelled to Belgium where they went 1-1; only to do the same in the
home series in Vancouver against the Belgians this past weekend.
Both Canada and Australia have six matches to play in Pool C of this season's World
League, of which four will be against each other. Australia last played in World
League in 1999.
"We're happy to be playing in World League after many years of pushing to be here,"
said Australia's coach, Jon Emili Uriarte. "So far it has been a very rich process
for us. We are learning a lot, like what it means to be in World League and to get
tougher and perform on the weekends. We have fought every match with a strong wish
to win."
Australia has won two of its last four matches in the World League. Also in Pool C
are Finland and Belgium.
Canada and Australia previously met at the Olympic Qualification Tournament (World)
in Tokyo in 2004. Australia won in straight sets en route to qualification for the
2004 Athens Olympic Games.