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Thanks to you all for allowing us to come into your homes each and every week, and we wish you a wonderful holiday season.
When I was younger, I wouldn't have felt mentioning the true meaning of the season, and the birth of Jesus Christ, as appropriate in a publication like this. Now I understand that gathering with your family around a warm fire with a cup of hot chocolate in their hands, and the images of Jesus' birth inscribed on their thoughts, the laughter and joy of being together with family and friends, is in fact infinitely more important than corn prices, or even a newly developed technology with the potential to accurately assess tenderness at change speeds.
My only regret is I don't have the writing skills to paint the picture of that glorious first Christmas that lives in almost all of our memories and hearts. Instead, I offer you my most sincere prayer that you might laugh with a close friend, hold a little one tight, and bask in the glow of a kid's smile as he or she opens their gifts; that you might sit down with your mom and dad, son or daughter and have a meaningful heart-to-heart discussion. That you might have the chance to stare into the flame of a candle and truly give praise for the birth of the Son of God and how His life, His words, and His sacrifice forever changed the world.
I hope this holiday you might have a chance to stare out a window and watch the snow flutter softly to the ground, holding your spouse's hand, and in silence feel the love you truly feel and so inadequately express.
May this be a Christmas that creates a memory that sustains you in less happier times. Merry Christmas.
-- Troy Marshall

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|PPAR signaling pathway - Bubalus bubalis (water buffalo)
|Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear hormone receptors that are activated by fatty acids and their derivatives. PPAR has three subtypes (PPARalpha, beta/delta, and gamma) showing different expression patterns in vertebrates. Each of them is encoded in a separate gene and binds fatty acids and eicosanoids. PPARalpha plays a role in the clearance of circulating or cellular lipids via the regulation of gene expression involved in lipid metabolism in liver and skeletal muscle. PPARbeta/delta is involved in lipid oxidation and cell proliferation. PPARgamma promotes adipocyte differentiation to enhance blood glucose uptake.


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GoodGuide operates a website with a massive database of consumer products. The products are rated on their health, environmental, and social impacts and then given an overall score. The product's score helps consumers make better choices while shopping. In addition to the website, the company recently launched the GoodGuide iPhone application, which became wildly popular after it appeared in an iPhone commercial. To help keep their product on the cutting edge, the company is searching for a Rock Star User Interaction Engineer.
Company: GoodGuide, Inc
Position: Rock Star User Interaction Engineer
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: DOE
Don't let the "Rock Star" in the position title fool you; you will not be on stage singing the latest rock and roll hits. Instead, the prospective applicant will need to have that "Rock Star" attitude, plus some technical skills to back that attitude up.
Although a college degree is not required, an art or design degree and iPhone design experience is a plus. The prospective candidate should have at least three to five years of experience in the industry and a portfolio of previous design projects.
The Apple App Store, which houses the GoodGuide iPhone application, has experience unequaled success in the digital application market. In July, Apple announced that in its first year online, the App Store topped 1.5 billion downloads.
"The revolutionary App Store has more than 65,000 apps available to consumers in 77 countries, allowing developers to reach tens of millions of iPhone and iPod® touch users around the world. The App Store works with both iPod touch and iPhone." Source: Apple
The user interaction engineer will have the opportunity to work on an application that will get worldwide exposure while helping thousands of consumers make greener choices while shopping.
To apply for this position, read the entire job description for more details: User Interaction Engineer (PDF).


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Locating the Orionid radiant; (Photo/graphic by Author).
Early October saw one for the record books, as the obscure Draconid meteors put on a show for northern hemisphere observers topping a zenithal hourly rate of 338 ±15 per hour centered on October 8th, 20:04 UT. While not quite approaching storm levels, thats the most impressive showing weve had from any meteor shower yet this century the Draconids may produce once again in October 2018, and then well have to wait til the early 2030s for the Leonids to ramp up again incidentally, the Leonids, Draconids and the long defunct Andromedids are some of the only meteor showers that have historically approached storm intensity, usually informally defined as a ZHR ?1,000. [Read more...]


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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Red-capped Plovers
This morning I heard their calls well before I could see movement out on the sand banks. They were quite a way off and it hardly seemed worthwhile to bother with a photo. However, I am so glad I did because what I saw in my very distant photos was a family - male, female, and very tiny juvenile! This is only the third time that I have seen a juvenile - and the only photos I have taken of one. The little one looked like a little colored ball of fluff on tiny long legs. The parent birds made sure I did not come too close and I didn't even try to get any closer! The parents either followed the little one or called it to follow them - which it did sometimes! They snatched the occasional bit of food off the sand but the baby was constantly feeding. It pecked bits off the sand and also ventured into the shallow puddles of water to probe for food there. The photos I took are not great but they record a really great bird sighting!
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Lovely family shots, MickReplyDelete
You ought be pleased with them.
Your first shot is terrific quality.
Thanks Denis. It was great to see that this pair had bred and fledged a young one. This is one of the species that has a hard time with too many people and dogs around.ReplyDelete
Congratulations great job at spotting that one.ReplyDelete
Thanks Neil, it was good to see a 'runner' after all this time.ReplyDelete
Sorry Madahmas I lost your comment - or rather the blog did! This is a great place for shorebirds if you ever visit up this way.
Nice post and photos of the Red-capped Plovers. Great sighting.ReplyDelete
Nice one! Do I understand correctly that you did not see them until looking at the photo?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 9, 2009 at 1:31 AM
I agree - good to have the record of the sighting, little shorebirds are such adorable little fuzzballs.ReplyDelete
The first photo is stunning. That's an impressive shot by any standards.
Thanks for your comments Eileen, Mosura and Wren. I didn't see the young Red-capped Pl. until I took the photo and zoomed in on it. I find carrying binocs plus camera hung around the neck becomes just a bit heavy on a long walk so I take the camera and when I see movement at a distance take a quick photo and zoom in then decide if I am going to walk closer. Lots of photos to delete later of course!ReplyDelete
Another magical momemt Mick plus a fabulous close encounter well captured. FAB.ReplyDelete
Thanks Frank, seeing the little bird made my day.ReplyDelete
There is nothing better than seeing a family of birds with the little ones. It is so heart warming to be able to witness nature this way, then to capture it is outstanding! Great job Mick! That first shot of the adult is magnificent.ReplyDelete
We are having the same problem here in Northern California with the Western Snowy Plover and people destroying their habitat. You can see the work of the Mendocino Coast Audubon Save Our Shorebirds here.
Hi Larry, that is a very interesting site about the efforts of Mendocino audubon group to preserve habitat for shorebirds. Shorebird habitat is certainly under pressure all over the world. Local effort is a good place to start.ReplyDelete
That tiny one is way cute!ReplyDelete
I'm glad you bothered going out :D!
And that close up shot is awesome!
Thanks Nicole.ReplyDelete
I love plovers and this one is a real cutie!ReplyDelete
Thanks Bob and CynthiaReplyDelete
Adorable little Plover it is. Lovely photos Mick!ReplyDelete
What a fantastic sighting, Mick. You must have been so excited. Such cute little birds.ReplyDelete
Well spotted. The first photo is a real beauty.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 12, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Awww..lovely that you got the unexpected treat of the family. They look like our (US) sandpipers a bit.. MichelleReplyDelete
what a lovely little vader. I wish we had them here.ReplyDelete
Very nice photos, beauty of a Red-capped Plover~ReplyDelete
Beauties of a Red-capped Plover~ We have a species of Plover near and I cannot get anywhere close enough, even with my great lens. Very nice~ReplyDelete


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Elizabeth J. "Betty", age 84, on July 17, 2011 of Chestnut Hill. Wife of the late George Emery. Mother of Elizabeth Berret (Joseph), George (Becky), Thomas, Catherine Griffiths (Alan), Rita Moyer (Scott), Daniel (Elizabeth). Also survived by 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Relatives and friends may call at Our Mother of Consolation Church, 9 E. Chestnut Hill Ave., Phila., PA 19118, Wednesday, July 20th at 9AM. Funeral Mass 10AM. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Catholic Charities, 222 N. 17th St., 7th floor, Phila., PA 19103.
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Here is a quote from Lectures on Ergodic Theory by Halmos:
I cannot resist the temptation of concluding these comments with an alternative "proof" of the ergodic theorem. If $f$ is a complex valued function on the nonnegative integers, write $\int f(n)dn=\lim > \frac{1}{n}\sum_{j=1}^nf(n)$ and whenever the limit exists call such functions integrable. If $T$ is a measure preserving transformation on a space $X$, then $$ > \int\int|f(T^nx)|dndx=\int\int|f(T^nx)|dxdn=\int\int|f(x)|dxdn=\int|f(x)|dx<\infty. > $$ Hence, by "Fubini's theorem" (!), $f(T^nx)$ is an integrable function of its two arguments, and therefore, for almost every fixed $x$ it is an integrable function of $n$. Can any of this nonsense be made meaningful?
Can any of this nonsense be made meaningful using nonstandard analysis? I know that Kamae gave a short proof of the ergodic theorem using nonstandard analysis in A simple proof of the ergodic theorem using nonstandard analysis, Israel Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 42, No. 4, 1982. However, I have to say that I am not satisfied with his proof. It is tricky and not very illuminating, at least for me. Besides, it does not look anything like the so called proof proposed by Halmos. Actually, Kamae's idea can be made standard in a very straightforward manner. See for instance A simple proof of some ergodic theorems by Katznelson and Weiss in the same issue of the Israel Journal of Mathematics. By the way, Kamae's paper is 7 pages and Katznelson-Weiss paper is 6 pages.
To summarize, is there a not necessarily short but conceptually clear and illuminating proof of the ergodic theorem using nonstandard analysis, possibly based on the intuition of Halmos?


text: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 What Does Professionalism Look Like? Hear What Your Fellow PTs Have to Say What constitutes "professionalism" in physical therapy? How does APTA define the term, and, more important, what does professionalism look like in actual physical therapist (PT) practice? How best can it be fostered in both new and veteran PTs? For the answers to those questions and for additional insights on this important subject, view a video roundtable discussion in which 3 PTs share their thoughts and observations. Jean Miles, PT, DPT, discusses her personal journey in professionalism from the 1970s to today. Laura Lee "Dolly" Swisher, PT, MDiv, PhD, who literally (co)wrote the book Professionalism in Physical Therapy, shares historic context and practical applications. Stacey Zeigler, PT, DPT, MS, GCS, outlines her university's comprehensive approach to instilling professionalism in DPT students. The moderator is Jody Frost, PT, DPT, PhD, lead academic affairs specialist at APTA, who facilitates a lively exploration of the subject. The video discussion, posted on YouTube, had its origins in "The Power of Professionalism," the cover story in the upcoming September 2013 issue of PT in Motion magazine. Look for it on September 1 at www.apta.org/PTinMotion/. The article takes a comprehensive look at professionalism in physical therapy, quotes additional PTs who are not featured in the video discussion, looks specifically at the physical therapist assistant and professionalism, and lists an array of resources for additional information.


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During the past week, as I was writing blog posts, I kept running into major online genealogical resources that I had never imagined existed. One of those, that I mentioned in a previous post, was a website by Colonial Williamsburg. The interesting thing about the site is that if you go to the main website, it looks like one big advertisement, sort-of like Disneyland or whatever, but I didn't find the site by going to the main pages, I found it looking for probate inventories. When I tried to go back to the website, I could find no reference to the huge number of resources I had discovered on the first visit. They have a number of other websites including History.org. Then I started to get intrigued. Where did I find the information about the probate files?
I went back to my browser history and looked down through the list of sites I had visited the last few days. The list was huge with easily a hundred sites and dozens of searches. I guess I do searching so automatically that I don't even notice the time it takes. Anyway, I couldn't find where I had searched a Colonial Williamsburg website. I finally decided to do the search over again and there was the website. Because it had a Colonial Williamsburg logo, I assumed it was their website, but in fact, it was the History.org website. I finally found the reference in the Research Division, Rockefeller Library, CW Digital Library. There is no way I could have started with the Colonial Williamsburg website and finally ended up in this section without a direct link from a Google search.
In addition, I discover that this Colonial Williamsburg History.org website has a huge online collection of newspapers, indexes, digital images and on and on and on. Here is just one website with thousands, likely tens of thousands of digital images and references that I had never run across previously. So the next time you think you know it all, you might try searching for some obscure topic such as "probate inventories" and see what comes up.
Another example from the site is interesting. I mentioned above that I found the probate inventories under the Rockefeller Library link. Well here is a description of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library:
The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library's collections encompass more than 10,000 rare books, 50,000 manuscripts and 100,000 images. The collections document the history and culture of colonial British America, the American Revolution and the early national period. Materials created by Colonial Williamsburg Foundation staff document the restoration of Williamsburg in the first half of the twentieth century.This sort of example should make you stop and think a little about what may be out there that you haven't even a clue exists.


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"Why do they have to (in my opinion) mislead everyone into believing that their project is better than it really is (?)".
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TAG does metal equivalents
The Angry Geologist (TAG) gives us a rundown on one of the classic BS techniques your actual junior will use to make its deposit look more valuable than it is, the Metal Equivalent bait'n'switch. He uses a good example too, the current pumped-to-death Southern Silver (SSV.v), a stock I checked out and passed on (very easily too) but has gone on a newsletter BS-fuelled run in recent weeks.
Anyway, check out the TAG post which is great, but he shows a little naivete when asking...
...because if you don't know that one, you shouldn't be mucking around with junior mining company stocks in the first place. Dear TAG, please adjust your default setting to "They Are Lying To Me My Job Is To Find Out Where The Lie Is", these are the rules, not the exceptions.
Best regards
South America photo of the week was taken in Chile, at Santiago airport:
You can just imagine the conversation. Translated, of course:
A: "José?"
B: "Yes boss?"
A: "Can you go to the airport and pick up our visitor, he arrives in one hour."
B: "Sure boss, no problem. What's his name?"
A: "Oh I forget, but it's at the bottom of the mail he sent yesterday."
B: "No problem boss, leave it with me."
The Friday OT: Robin Schulz featuring Francesco Yates; Sugar
Yeah I know it's a massive hit and we don't normally go for those in the Friday OT segment, but nothing is prohibited either. Not only is it great pop with a fun video, but Robin Schulz really knows his music and you can tick off the influences as well as admire his technical ability. It's not catchy as hell for nothing, just listen to the frequency of chord changes that drive the song.
Top song and we oldies should not deny that fact.
UPDATE: Reader AH puts me straight:
UPDATE: Reader AH puts me straight:
Not sure if you know this, but Robin Schulz is not the author of your today's OT track.
It's a 13 year old hip-hop song by Baby Bash, right here
He's a talented dj and mixer, but nothing more. Like his top "Prayer in C" this one is just a mix.
Chart of the day is...
...zinc inventories, monthly totals, last five years:
Stolen from Scotia literature, because they steal from IKN.
The reality of LUG continues to bite
As seen:
LUG has further to drop, too. How much does it need to under perform before Porter Stansberry admits his DD was non-existent and what he's really doing is trying to cozy up to big players by doing them favours with OPM?
Official: PPK is the new President of Peru
Keiko: 49.88%
100% of votes now counted, official result, your TV screenshot from a few seconds ago, amen.
The buyer in that weird Pretium (PVG) (PVG.to) flow-through placement
Pretium (PVG) is a copmany that burns $5m in about a week and a half, so its recent $5m flow through placement struck this humble corner of cyberspace as weird...what are these people doing raising $5m when they normally go for chunks of 50 large at a time? Anyway, the first tranche closed on June 6th...
"Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG)(NYSE:PVG) ("Pretivm" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed the first tranche of the previously announced non-brokered private placement offering of 437,000 flow-through common shares ("Flow-Through Shares") of Pretivm at a price of C$11.45 per share for gross proceeds of approximately C$5 million (the "Offering"). The first tranche consists of 260,000 Flow-Through Shares for gross proceeds of approximately C$2.98 million. continues here
...and now the deal is filed we get a little more light shone upon the gig:
Ahhhh, those guys....well, nothing weird or underhand or back-scratching or favour-giving or hush-hush going on there. For sure.
Regarding FDN
Subscribers will again be reminded of the difference between the blog and the Weekly this weekend, when we take a closer look at the financials behind Fruta del Norte and Lundin Gold.
Do your own DD, Gwen.
Do your own DD, Gwen.
Handbags at dawn! Daniel Ameduri picks a fight with Agora
We have a new case of Scumbag versus Scumbag and IKN had a good old laugh last night when A. Reader told him about Daniel Ameduri picking a fight with Agora. The scumbag scam pusher Amerduri's fit of pique is a sight to behold and didn't escape the attention of several readers, who sent over his mailer last night full of spleen about Pershing Gold. Here's an extract from poor little Dannyboy's toy-throwing:
"...the biggest scams out there have what I like to call a "show horse" at the top. This is the guy with the perfect resume and background, yet knows nothing about share structure.
The scammers who control the shares give a dog sh*t company a show horse, and then use him for promotion, when the reality is no one is going to make any money except for the deep insiders.
Once such company I want our members to avoid is Pershing Gold. I am shocked that credible newsletters and writers today are suggesting this stock, and I have to truly question their knowledge of how they vet these companies. In fact, I almost have to question if they have some sort of behind-the-scenes deal going on.
Pershing Gold is openly tied to the most ruthless Vancouver stock promoter of them all, whose name I will not mention. But for anyone who is suggesting this stock, you should be ashamed. It's one of the reasons on a day like today, when the GDXJ was up 5%, Pershing was down… You see these scumbags love to unload their shares to the public on any strength.
There is no new case for Pershing Gold when the king of sellers is on the board of directors.
Yes indeed, the kettle calling the pot black as Ameduri, a paid whore who gushes lyrical about worthless crap juniors to the naive masses in return for cash payments from the companies he promotes, accuses a fellow paid pumper of being a naughty boy and of low moral stature.... simply delicious, you can't make this shit up.
But what's behind this huffing and puffing from Ameduri? Your author's best source explained all to his willing ears last night, here's the back story:
1) Ameduri was paid by Joe Grosso (who happens to be another sleazeball moose pasture peddler in Vancouver, but only a bit-part player this time) to pump Golden Arrow (GRG.v) to his flock of stupids.
2) Ameduri did so, but in the video he put together (which he's now removed from his website) he mentioned that Byron King of Agora is promoting the stock to his particular flock.
3) For the record, Byron King at Agora has a big following but he's no mining specialist. When it comes to these juniors he gets told what to pump by his superiors who do very nicely from the deals (such is the multi-layered ways of these morally bankrupt pieces of shit who are pretending to care about you and want you to become rich).
4) Ameduri's mouthbreather following buy into GRG all at once and the price pops (see chart below).
5) Agora HQ gets wind that Ameduri is using their name in his promotions, sees the GRG price shoot up and order Byron King to call Sell on GRG in order to 1) take a small profit but mainly 2) to screw Ameduri over. Here's what Byron King sent to his flock, heading like this...
...and including such things as...
"...by quirk of timing, we...published our newsletter just before a bow-wave of publicity about the Golden Arrow-Silver Standard relationship. Now there's media out there that paints Golden Arrow as some sort of uncashed lottery ticket. We've seen some crazy buying patterns."
"...the whole thing seems to have crossed over from realistic value-creation into a chat-room frenzy"
...in order words, a thinly veiled attack on the scumball Ameduri, who used that very same "uncashed lottery ticket" image to get the greed glands working in the unspeakably stupid people who read him.
6) GRG drops from its Ameduri pump high of 83c very quickly indeed, making Ameduri and his "uncashed winning lottery ticket" bullshit look very stupid indeed.
7) Ameduri now looks stupid. Which isn't surprising really because he is a really stupid individual and, but as he's also a sociopath you can't tell him that and Daniel Ameduri is way to full of himself to be able to handle the truth. So instead of chalking on up to experience and letting the bigger scumbag house of Agora win a round against him, he decides to get revenge on Byron King and Agora by publishing that hit job on Pershing Gold that went out last night (see above).
8) He chose Pershing because a) Byron King is stupid enough to have this worthless piece of crap as his gold pennystock top pick and b) it is indeed run by a bigtime Vancouver crook with a "show horse" up front to make it look legit. In this case Pershing's real driver is the scum known as Barry Honig of Vancouver, who's been harvesting his riches from the naivete of Byron King (who claims to have visited the Pershing project and is daft enough to believe they're "serious mining people") and his even dumber followers.
Now that Ameduri has declared open warfare against Agora, it's going to be fun to watch as he loses his contracts with Amir at Brazil Resources (yet another BS pump vehicle) and is ostracized by the whole Vancouver BS show. That's the thing with Ameduri, he's so stupid he has no idea who he's messing with...yet.
Copper demand (and a small thought on gold)
If you haven't seen this...
...and you haven't heard about the real world fundies reasons coming out of China as to why this might be, you haven't been paying attention.
Which brings up an interesting point about gold; we know the monetary metal is doing well this week, we know Dr. Copper is trading like grumpycat. So at what point does the asthenic demand for one stop the other from continuing its upmove?
Or maybe this time is different!
A Flash update...
...has just been sent to subscribers on this cold and dank Thursday morning, an hour and bits after the opening bell. A trade opened.
Zinc movin' on up
A better case study for the "cure for low prices is low prices" commods truism is tougher to imagine. Touching 94c/lb tonight, the buck number now pulling like a magnet, and ah gotta hoss:
The 2016 Copa America: They all look (and sound) the same to me
Question: How many stupid errors from the hosts?
Answer: Many.
So far the 2016 Copa America football (soccer if you must) tournament being held in the United States of America has enjoyed these wonderful moments, each one helping to reinforce the status of the US schools system as a paragon of education and mutual respect.
1) Uruguay lines up before their first match, only to hear the organizers play the national anthem of Chile instead of their own.
2) Chile is not left out, as in their first match their national anthem is interrupted half way through by a Pitbull song.
3) Bolivia get their flag displayed upside down.
4) And this one, the best of the lot so far from Adidas USA:
Yup, they spelled it with a U.
Musical interlude: Beethoven's third symphony (Eroica)
This version from the Berliner Philharmoniker and conducted by everybody's favourite Nazi party member, Herbert von Karajan.
Because it's what I'm listening to right now and it seems a shame not to share. Blissful music.
What the market thinks of the Lundin Gold (LUG.to) feasibility study
Right here:
Discounted 10% to peers since the news hit. All the concerted pumping in the world can't stop the cold, hard cash from talking loud and clear.
Meanwhile, the most incisive mail received by your humble scribe on the issue today noted the wonderful way in which the Collective United Network of Toronto Saleforce (you know them as brokerage sellside anal ysts, no need to use acronyms) says nothing about LUG's use of a 5% discount "...when cost of capital for non investment grade issuers is 14-15%". Exactly right, kind reader.
Or maybe you think that having the name "Lundin" up there makes it automatically investment grade.
Gold goes above U$1,250/oz
Oh good, we get to be geniuses today.
Man I'm glad I don't own shares in Fortuna Silver
Cal does it again. Beat's FVI buying in West Africa, I suppose.
Ka-Boom! B2Gold (BTO.to) (BTG) first blast at Wolfshag
A cool chunk of rockporn, as a drone captures the first blast at the new high-grading Wolfshag zone at Otjikoto. A most impressive visual.
Youtube here. I'm going to have a bet with myself that this post makes the Top Three list this weekend.
Ron Hochstein of Lundin Gold (LUG.to): "The mine will be ok at $1000/oz gold"
After doing the ConfCall, Ron Hochstein skipped over to BNN for a Q&A with Andrew Whatshisname and you can watch it here. The line he used up there in the title is a good soundbite, but it doesn't address the problem with FDN. When he does get to that point just after minute three, Hochstein says that the tax deal struck with the government of Ecuador is "fair". He tells us the "effective tax rate is 29%" over the life of mine, which is weird considering that according to Ecuador's constitution they need to leave 51% in-country. But hey, details.
Trivia: Ron Hochstein's gold tie reminded me of Tye Burt's similar taste in gold ties. Coincidentally, Tye Burt also had his thing with FDN while leading up Kinross. Anyone heard from Tye Burt recently?....anyone?
Vampire Squid calling bear on copper
Here's a part of the mailer GS sent out this morning:
Yesterday saw the largest one day copper delivery since 2004 at 21k mt, this morning another 22kt, all into Asia. Metals that was attracted into China in the early part of the year has not found a home and is now coming back out. This also corroborates with multi-year lows in Chinese Physical premiums.
And here's one of the charts:
Interesting enough to feature here on the blerg.
Chart of the day is...
...copper, hourlies:
You can't blame the doctor for trying to rally, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
Minera IRL: It appears Daryl Hodges is officially full of shit...
...and the long-held IKN position regarding the complete bullshit he peddled about Diego Benavides while at Minera IRL has been ratified by an independent, internationally recognized third party auditor. This from the Minera IRL NR this morning:
The findings of the forensic investigations of whistle blower accusations by Baker Tilly (Peru) delivered on May 24th disclosed there was no credible evidence of wrong doing or criminal misconduct by Mr. Diego Benavides or other members of the management team. Accordingly his authority to manage the affairs of the Company in Peru has been fully reinstated.
Hoodathunkit, eh? It's worth recalling that Daryl Hodges used exactly the same whistleblower smear campaign scheme to try and get rid of who he perceived to be his enemies when he was CEO at Jennings (before he was fired). And once he'd gone and those whistleblower accusations had been investigated, no wrongdoing was found either.
Daryl Hodges tried to ruin the reputation of Diego Benavides by spreading scurrilous lies about him, both in Peru and internationally. The truth is now out and the tables have been turned, it's Hodges' reputation that's now in tatters and no company worth its salt will ever employ this pathetic excuse for a human being ever again.
Fruta Del Norte would be a fantastic mine...
...if it weren't in Ecuador.
The Lundin Gold (LUG.to) NR on the Feasibility Study (FS) for Fruta Del Norte this evening is a minor work of art. But not a major one, because there are obvious flaws and it must have strained their marketing department to the limit to come to an agreement with the "mining guys" for a way to get the post-tax IRR above 15%.
- A 5% discount rate? For Ecuador? Are you kidding me?
- The minor stuff such as using $20/oz silver to add a few tenths to the top line IRR
- The U$750m capex that's presented as U$669m (it's a tax thing).
- The 'royalties and production costs' at a smooth $75/oz...O RLY?
- The oh-so-carefully worded paragraphs from Hochstein and Lundin.
But the main tell is this trifecta:
- LUG claims an all-in sustaining cash cost (AISC) of U$623/oz.
- LUG uses a U$1,250/oz gold price.
- LUG offers a 15.7% IRR.
They are trying their very very hardest to tell me that making over $600/oz on 340,000 ounces of gold per year for thirteen years results in the project making less than 20% IRR. And they're telling me that's normal. Welcome to the reality of Ecuador and cue the IKN lovable pet parrot:
Just when you though Primero Mining (P.to) (PPP) couldn't be any more laughable...
...they do this:
Primero Mining Corp. ("Primero" or the "Company") (TSX:P)(NYSE:PPP) today announces that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters, led by BMO Capital Markets, pursuant to which the underwriters have agreed to buy on a bought deal basis, 19,150,000 units of the Corporation ("Units") at a price of C$2.35 per Unit (the "Offering"), representing aggregate gross proceeds to Primero of C$45,002,500. Each Unit entitles the holder to acquire, for no additional consideration, one common share ("Common Share") of Primero and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole common share purchase warrant a "Warrant") of Primero.Each full Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share of the Corporation at a price of C$3.35 per Common Share, for a period of 24 months following continues here
Waddya say, Tin Man?
As for the reason for the raise, we can run a mini Ottotrans on the part of tonight's Primero NR which explains that the net proceeds of the Issue will be used to...
"...advance development at the Company's San Dimas and Black Fox mines as well as for exploration, working capital and general corporate purposes."
...because it translates into two words:
"...pay lawyers."
Spare a thought for poor old Porter Stansberry
He ordered his minions to charge into the low liquidity Lundin Gold (LUG.to) and got them to move the share price up to unsustainable levels, now he's going to have to explain to them just why he got them into a project with a pre-feas that sucks and try to get them out without hurting the PPS too much. 15.7% IRR at U$1,250/oz? A 5% discount rate for Ecuador?
Oh dear oh dear, poor old Porter picked the wrong one to pump.
Chart of the day is...
...five years of the gold/silver ratio:
Silverbugs, a case study of the innate optimism found in human beings.
The IKN Weekly, out now
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IKN369 has just been sent to subscribers. Full-bodied, cheeky little number with a strong finish and plenty of legs. Stick me in an oak barrel for eighteen months.
Sing it, Shirley!
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UPDATED Peru presidential election: Photo finish (edit: but PPK's almost certainly won it)
UPDATE: It's looking good for PPK, see below
Here are the three exit polls that were released at 4pm local time Peru as voting closed over the country:
- IPSOS: PPK 50.4% Keiko 49.6%
- GfK: PPK 51.2% Keiko 48.8%
- CPI: PPK 48.9% Keiko 51.1%
Or in other words, two exit polls say PPK, one says Keiko and nobody is going to be stupid enough to concede defeat until all the votes are counted.
Tomorrow morning we'll have a decent idea as by then, around 80% of the official votes are expected logged. But there will be no victory parties tonight, that's for sure.
UPDATE: We now have the first Fast Count results through, which is normally a strong indication of the true final result (the system involves the polling company reps running from polling station to polling station and asking the results from the people manning the stations, who then read off their results).
They're now showing 50.9% PPK, versus 49.1% for Keiko.
It's not impossible for Keiko to reverse this position as it would involve a swing of less than 200,000 people and just the overseas votes would in theory be enough. But even though we can't be certain and there won't be a winner called tonight, it's looking good for PPK.
UPDATE 2: The final Fast Count result gives PPK 50.8%, Keiko 49.2%. It's not impossible to see this reversed, it's very unlikely. PPK supporters are in full voice and party time now, writing's on the wall.
Minera IRL posts its financial results
You may be interested to learn that Minera IRL has published all its outstanding quarterly financials, up to and including its 1q16 financials and MD&A. You can find them all here.
Those of you following the story closely will know what this means. Another piece falls into place.
The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
...in reverse order:
Third Place: "The IKN post regarding Primero's (PPP) (P.to) decision to take Mexico to court under NAFTA rules contains swear words", because you just like it when I get all ranty. Yeah, I've noticed.
Second Place: "The Angry Geologist does Pretium (PVG)", a post that TAG did after reading my snarky little number on the PVG news release of last week and the reader response I added at the end. It's worth mentioning that I'm not TAG and don't have the slightest amount of editorial control over what he writes (wouldn't want it anyway) because from the feedback received some of you think I'm out to get PVG or somesuch. No, wrong again trollsville, I'm out to open the eyes of people who are stupid enough to swallow whole the corporate spiel of mining companies and get them to question assumptions at all times. So you may or may not agree with TAG's assessment of PVG (no need to write in again, I've heard all angles), but I'd suggest that checking your own assessments of any and every company, PVG or whatever, is a darned fine idea and good for your financial health if you're one of these crazy people who invests in the mining sector.
First Place: "Peru election: IPSOS reportedly calling PPK ahead of Keiko with just one day to go before the vote" because it went viral on Facebook on Peru yesterday, 25,000 hits and counting. It happens sometimes, so be it.
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Tear Out This Line: How Reagan's Most Famous Words Almost Got Silenced
"Behind me stands a wall that encircles the free sectors of this city, part of a vast system of barriers that divides the entire continent of Europe."
It was June 1987. After an economic summit in Venice, President Ronald Reagan was invited by the West German government to stop in Berlin for a few hours on his way home and speak near the Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin Wall.
"…General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate," Reagan challenged.
"Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate!"
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
That last line is probably the most famous and lasting thing that Reagan ever said, and if he had listened to any one of the dozens of aides and advisors and cabinet members that pleaded with him before the morning of June 12, it might have died on the vine and never made it into the speech.
Get Used to It
After the invite from the West Germans, Peter Robinson, a speechwriter and special assistant to the President who wrote more than 300 of his speeches, spent a day and a half in Berlin with the White House advance team to get some ideas for Reagan's remarks.
He met the top American diplomat in Berlin, who only had suggestions for what the President shouldn't say. There should be no "chest-thumping," he said, and no knocking on the Soviets. And he certainly shouldn't say anything to get people riled up about the Berlin Wall. The people of West Berlin, he claimed, had gotten used to the wall after living with it for so long.
Robinson also had dinner with a group of locals, hosted by friends of friends. After small talk and wine, Robinson asked his dining companions about what the diplomat had said. Had they really gotten used to the wall? Could they ever?
One man explained that his sister lived only 20 miles away on the other side of the wall, but it had prevented him for seeing her for some 20 years. How could he get used to that?
Another man said that every morning on his walk to work he passed one of the wall's guard towers. He and the soldier in the tower were from the same country, he said, spoke the same language and had the same history. Yet they stood on opposite sides of a wall meant to separate them and their worlds. How could he get used to that?
Then the hostess, worked up from the conversation and red in the face, pounded her fist on the table. If Gorbachev was serious about glasnost and perestroika, she said, he'd have to prove it. He'd have to get rid of the wall.
It's About Sending a Message
Robinson was inspired. Back in the White House, he took an idea to Anthony Dolan, the head speechwriter. He wanted to adapt the hostess' comment for the speech and have Reagan issue a call for the wall to come down. Dolan and Tom Griscom, director of White House communications, were both on board, so Robinson got started on a draft.* He hit a few rough patches, and that one line was a sticking point. He tried, "Herr Gorbachev, bring down this wall." Then, "Herr Gorbachev, take down this wall." Then other mutant versions. At the end of a week, he had something on paper and the draft was sent to the president.
The next week the speechwriters sat with Reagan and went over all the speeches he'd be giving on the trip. Asked about the Berlin speech, Reagan only offered that he liked it.
Robinson pushed him for more, he writes in recollections of his White House years. "Mr. President," he said, "I learned on the advance trip that your speech will be heard not only in West Berlin but throughout East Germany." The speech, he said, might even be broadcast on the radio as far away as Moscow. "Is there anything you'd like to say to people on the other side of the Berlin Wall?" he asked.
"Well," Reagan said, "there's that passage about tearing down the wall. That wall has to come down. That's what I'd like to say to them."
In and Out
Robinson went back to work tweaking the speech, especially the part about the wall. At one point, he took it out and replaced it with a challenge to open the Brandenburg Gate, all in German.
Dolan objected.
"Since the audience will be German," Robinson protested, "the President should deliver his big line in German."
"When you're writing for the President of the United States, give him his big line in English," Dolan replied, and forced the line back in before circulating it for review.
Higher-ups from the State Department, members of the National Security Council, and the diplomat in Berlin that Robinson had consulted all fired off objections and sent alternate drafts, all of them missing the challenge to tear down the wall. At one point, Robinson had to defend his version of the speech, in person, from then-deputy national security adviser Colin Powell.
"After listening to Powell recite all the arguments against the speech in his accustomed forceful manner, however, I heard myself reciting all the arguments in favor of the speech in an equally forceful manner," Robinson writes. "I could scarcely believe my own tone of voice. Powell looked a little taken aback himself."
The objections continued, and the secretary of state made his displeasure known to the White House through both the chief of staff and his deputy just days before Reagan left for Europe. Up until the morning of the speech, people from all over the executive branch continued to plead for the line to be removed, but the president was set on it.
"We were in the limousine on the way to the Brandenburg Gate and he was reviewing the speech text one last time," deputy chief of staff Kenneth Duberstein recalled. "When he got to the section of the speech that was disputed by the State Department, he looked and me said, 'It's gonna drive the State Department boys crazy, but I'm gonna leave it in.'"
"Mr. Gorbachev," Reagan said just a little while later. "Tear down this wall!"
*Chief speechwriter Anthony R. Dolan gives another account of the line's origins, attributing it directly to Reagan. He says that the president came up with it independently in a meeting with Dolan before Robinson's draft circulated, but after Robinson had gone to Dolan with the idea, causing Dolan to tell him afterwards, "Can you believe it? He said just what you were thinking. He said it himself." Robinson takes issue with Dolan's version of the events, and Dolan with Robinson's objections. You can read their exchange in the Wall Street Journal here and here.


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The polls were busy Tuesday and before with 74.5 percent of Walton County�s 38,908 registered voters coming to cast ballots for their politicians of choice.
If Walton County was governed independently of the state, its residents would be under different leadership than the nation.
With registered Republicans numbering 21,757 over 10,190 Democrats and 6,961 �Others,� it was really no surprise that Mitt Romney took the county�s vote for president with 21,433 votes to Obama�s 6,646.
In the remainder of the races, it was no different, with Republican candidates sweeping the ballots to win countywide.
The U.S. Senate race was dominated by Connie Mack, who took 18,390 over Bill Nelson�s 8,453 in-county votes. However, Nelson did win the seat when all votes were tallied Florida-wide.
Jeff Miller took the Florida House District 1 seat with 72.92 percent of the votes in Walton County, with 19,999 over Democrat Jim Bryan�s 6,379. Throughout the District, however, it was not such a landslide, but still a win for the incumbent, who received 237,946 votes over Bryan�s 92,670 and Libertarian Calen Frett�s 11,120.
Don Gaetz won another term as State Senator, District 1. As well, Marti Coley, held her State Representative, District 5, seat.
Countywide races were also dominated by Republican winners.
Sheriff Michael Adkinson won a second term over challenger longtime law enforcement officer Danny Griffith.
Bill Chapman overtook Frank Day to win the final seat on the Board of County Commissioners. He will join Cindy Meadows, District 5, and Bill Imfeld, District 3, as the newest Commissioners. Sara Comander and Kenneth Pridgen will hold districts 4 and 2, respectively.
Carlene Anderson held her spot as superintendent against challenger Rosemary Ragle.
Charlotte Flynt won Seat 5 on the South Walton Fire District�s commission board. She challenged incumbent Ed Wright.
John Magee ultimately held his seat against challenger Ronnie Faulk for Seat 1 on the Mosquito Control Board, while incumbent Jim Crawford lost Seat 2 to Tim Norris, who was followed closely by Adrianne Walline Campbell.
Countywide, Amendments 5 and 12 did not pass. Statewide, eight of the 11 amendments were nay-sayed. The ones that did pass were 2, 9, and 11.
Walton County will hold a swearing-in ceremony for the local candidates Nov. 20 at 8:30 a.m. at the DeFuniak Springs County Courthouse.
The ceremony will be followed by a special meeting at 10 a.m.


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Rock returns
By Mark Grabowski
Do you want to rock? I'm not talking 'bout no death-metal-growling nu-metal rapping poser rock here, but the real stuff. This ain't pop music; in fact, it's about as catchy as a dentist's drill. But if there is one thing the boys in Majahkamo (mah-jah-ku-mo) can do, it's pump up the volume.
What do they sound like? Well, now that my ears have stopped ringing from "The Thing You Didn't Think You Needed," a song available for download on their website (www.majahkamo.com), I'll tell you. Think a combination between whatever Staid song is topping the charts at this moment, a Charlottesville jam band, and early '90s alternative rock. In other words, something for almost anyone, at least anyone outside the cloistered music-snob community. Maybe the group isn't exactly my cup of tea, but I can see why they have a good chance of making it big in this town and beyond.
Singer/songwriter Andrew Trabucco's full-bodied tenor cuts through the sometimes rocky, sometimes Grateful Dead-ish musical mix of the rest of the band. This joining of disjointed musical stylings— a "modern-rock" sounding singer with jam-band-like backing instrumentation— sets Majahkamo apart from pretty much every other group I've heard. That's reason enough to applaud Majahkamo. Smaller acts usually sound like whatever band they are into at the moment, but Majahkamo sounds like chief-songwriter Trabucco has musical-ADD— of the most pleasant variety.
This assessment groups the rest of the band into a lump that could be named Majahkamo minus Trabucco, and that's not accurate. For it is the percussion of Justin Derrico, the bass of Corey Britz, the keys of Brad Swanson, and unusually, the saxophone of Jacob Covington that make this multi-faceted band what it is. Andrew Trabucco might be the principal songwriter, but it's the playing of his pals that makes his songs come to life.
Majahkamo released a self-produced album, We Haven't Heard of You Either, in January 2002, a fact rather amusingly disavowed on their official website: "While this album was done to fulfill their fans' desires, work has begun on what they would like to be considered their true debut album."
What do you take that to mean? There be Rock brewin'.
Majahkamo performs at Outback Lodge April 25 at 10pm. $6.


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NEW YORK - Stock futures are heading lower ahead of a pair of government reports on consumer spending and claims for unemployment benefits.
Dow Jones industrial futures are down 41 points to 13,043. The broader S&P futures have given up 5.2 points to 1,402 and Nasdaq futures are down 11.25 points to 2,770.
Analysts surveyed by FactSet expect applications for unemployment benefits fell by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 370,000. The Labor Department will release the report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time today.
Applications have edged higher the past two weeks, but are still below levels seen as recently as six weeks ago.
And the government is expected to report that consumer spending, watched closely because it accounts for 70 percent of economic activity, rose in July.


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WEST SALEM, WI—The West Salem School Board in Wisconsin passed a motion to waive the $150 West Salem Community Fitness Center annual fee for all individuals who work or volunteer for area firefighters, first responders, police officers and active duty military personnel.
As reported in the West Salem Coulee News, the fee will be waived for only individuals and not their families. After a year, the school board will discuss how things went during the free period.
In February, Fire Chief Dave Munson requested in a letter that the fitness center be open to all firefighters and their families. The letter said that almost half of all firefighter deaths each year are caused by heart attacks and that access to a fitness center would encourage firefighters to become more physically fit, and therefore reduce risk or an injury or heart attack. Munson said not one of the 33 firefighters on the department had a membership to the fitness center, and that with a $156,000 budget, the fire district didn't have the funds to pay membership fees, the newspaper's on-line edition said. Currently, students in the district can also use the fitness center for free during specified hours. The motion passed 5-1.
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RJ100: Reproductive Justice and Obama's First 100 Days
Are your reproductive rights more secure today than they were 100 days ago? How about the human rights of women around the world? Are we making progress toward universal access to basic sexual and reproductive health services, comprehensive sex education and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment here and abroad? Rewire evaluates whether Obama is making the grade.
Are your
reproductive rights more secure today than they were 100 days ago? How
about the human rights of women around the world? Are we making
progress toward universal access to basic sexual and reproductive
health services, comprehensive sex education and HIV/AIDS prevention
and treatment here and abroad?
On the 100th day of the Obama Administration, Rewire
evaluates whether the Administration makes the grade on these and many
other critical sexual and reproductive health issues. After 8 long
years of attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights here and
abroad, it is clear that the Obama Administration intends to – and indeed
already has begun – to take women's rights and sexual and reproductive
health seriously. Even in the first 100 days, progress has already
been made in several critical areas. We recognize that this period
represents only one-tenth of the entire first term of the Obama
Administration and many changes are in process. For that reason, this scorecard should not be viewed as definitive either in regard to the ultimate outcomes on some of the issues in progress, nor on the issues covered here overall. We also recognize that
Congress plays a critical role – whether positive or negative – in changing
policy and funding streams. Nonetheless, we feel it is critical to
measure whether campaign and Administration rhetoric on these issues is
backed up with concrete actions, and how effectively the administration pushes Congress to make good in these same areas.
Toward that end, this scorecard is
the first in a series being launched by Rewire. We will
continue to evaluate these same issues in coming months and throughout
the course of the Administration.
Access to Contraception: Grade = A-
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- Obama moved quickly to begin the process of reviewing the Bush administration's health care denial regulation, which would have dramatically expanded
the ability of health care professionals to
deny their patients critical health information and services (including
contraceptive methods and information
about safer sex) – with no obligation to refer or inform patients
about services the provider refused to deliver.
- Access to affordable
birth control for low-income and college women has been increased, thanks to the Affordable
Birth Control Act,
supported and signed into law by President Obama as part of the 2009
appropriations bill. A loophole in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2006
had resulted in skyrocketing prices for prescriptions at safety net
- The FDA has announced
that emergency contraception (Plan B)
will now be made available to 17-year-olds without a prescription.
Under Bush, the FDA stalled over-the-counter approval for the drug and,
once approved, limited OTC access to women over 18.
- Obama's 2009 omnibus
budget increased funding for Title X, the federal family planning assistance program, by $7.5 million.
- After a false start
in the stimulus package, Obama has included language
expanding access to Medicaid-funded family planning services in his 2010 budget.
We are looking for progress on…
- Access to
EC for women in the military.
Military health care facilities are not required to stock EC, even on
remote bases. Obama should direct Secretary of Defense Robert
Gates to make EC available to servicewomen immediately.
- Full funding of Title X. Planned Parenthood Federation of America cites a $400 million gap in
Title X funding, arguing that the for this program budget needs to be increased from
$300 million to $700 million. In 2006, only about half (54 percent) of those in need of publicly funded birth control actually had access to services provided by Medicaid, Title X and other sources of government funding.
- The FDA needs to make Plan B available over the counter to all women at risk of unintended pregnancy, irrespective of age.
- The Administration needs to fully rescind the HHS health care denial regulation, an issue we will monitor closely.
Sexuality Education and Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Grade = C
- Obama's 2009 omnibus budget bill
cut $14 million from abstinence-only-until marriage
programs, leaving $95 million
of taxpayer money supporting useless programs.
We are looking for progress on…
- Zeroing out abstinence-only funding. There is no reason to continue funding these programs, which have been
shown to be wasteful, ineffective, propagate harmful gender stereotypes
and marginalize LGBT youth. Obama's 2010 budget should zero
out abstinence-only funding and create line-item funding of
comprehensive sexuality education.
- Passing the Real Act. The Obama administration must put some muscle
behind the REAL Act,
which would for the first time allocate federal money to comprehensive
sexuality education.
- Clarification on the role of the White House Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The US has the highest
teen pregnancy rate of all industrialized countries – it's a public
health issue that needs the White House's attention. But is
the White
House Advisory Council on Faith-Based Initiatives really the best place to formulate solutions? Without more information, we remain skeptical.
Women's Economic Equity: Grade = A+
- The Lily Ledbetter
Fair Pay Act was the very first bill Obama signed into law. The Act, which restores women's rights to
bring pay discrimination complaints up to 180 days after each discriminatory paycheck, undoes the Supreme Court's earlier harmful
ruling that women could only file up to 180 days after the first
instance of pay discrimination.
- On March 11, Obama established
the White House Council on Women and Girls. The Council will assess
how programs of various government agencies will affect women and girls. It will also focus on pay equity and challenges faced by working
- On February 4, Obama provided crucial support to low-income children and families when he signed into law the expansion of SCHIP, the federal children's
health insurance program, to extend coverage to 11 million children.
- At least 42% of
jobs created by the stimulus should go to women.
We are looking for progress on…
- Pay equity. While Ledbetter
is an admirable achievement, it only restores pay discrimination law
to where it was prior to the Supreme Court's 2007 ruling. Even
before Ledbetter vs. Goodyear was decided, women earned only
$0.77 on the dollar that men earned and needed better pay discrimination
protections. The White House should urge Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness and Fair Pay Acts, which close loopholes and stiffen penalties for wage discrimination.
Global Reproductive
Health: Grade = A+
- Shortly after taking
office, Obama overturned
the global gag rule,
which prevented US foreign aid recipients from counseling women about
the availability of safe abortion services and from advocating for the
liberalization of abortion laws.
- The Obama administration restored US contributions to the United Nations Population Fund,
providing $50 million to the UN agency that funds family planning
assistance internationally.
- Obama's 2009 budget
allocates $150
million over 2008 levels
for international family planning.
We are looking for progress on…
- The international
family planning community has
asked for $1 billion in family planning funding,
arguing that that amount is necessary to fulfill unmet need for contraceptives. Five former directors of the USAID Office for Population
and Reproductive Health have argued that the USAID population budget be
increased from $457 million in 2008 to $1.2 billion in 2010, growing
further to $1.5 billion in 2014 because of the "enormous pent-up and
unmet growing need."
Domestic AIDS Response: Grade = B
- The White House has
unveiled Act Against AIDS,
a plan to "put the HIV crisis back on the national radar screen,"
says Domestic Policy Council director Melody Barnes. The five-year
communications campaign will partner with African-American community-based
organizations to promote education, prevention and treatment.
- The White House named longtime HIV/AIDS health care advocate Jeff Crowley to head the Office of National AIDS Policy, which is charged with developing a National AIDS Strategy. Crowley's appointment was widely praised by HIV/AIDS advocates.
We are looking for progress on…
- A National AIDS Strategy. Despite campaign
promises to do so, Obama has not yet articulated a National AIDS Strategy,
even though 1) the US requires that each PEFPAR focus country have one
and 2) HIV continues to spread among vulnerable populations lacking
access to prevention information and services, and many
of those infected still lack access to treatment.
- Evidence-based prevention for intravenous drug users. Obama must work to ensure that effective needle exchange programs receive federal funding.
- Universal access to prevention education and methods, including for prison inmates.
Global AIDS Policy: Grade = Incomplete
- Obama's 2009 budget added
$498 million to US global AIDS programs.
- Obama has nominated Dr. Eric
Goosby, a longtime
AIDS advocate and medical doctor, to the post of Global AIDS Coordinator.
We are looking for progress on…
- Effective prevention strategies. Both the White House and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton must instruct the Global AIDS Coordinator to overhaul prevention strategies. Under the Bush Administration,
a large share of funding for prevention of sexual transmission went
to abstinence-only-until-marriage programs which are just as ineffective
internationally as they are here at home. These and other restrictions – such
as the so-called prostitution pledge – have left women, youth, and marginalized
populations at higher risk of new infections. Moreover, PEPFAR
programs are not effectively integrated with broader reproductive and
sexual health strategies, a mistake in an epidemic that is largely driven
by sexual transmission. These and other aspects of PEPFAR policy
and funding need to be changed as soon as possible.
- The administration has sent mixed signals on needle exchange, an area in which it promised evidence-based programming.
- Increased attention to long-term sustainability of the health-care work force, access to affordable drugs and other essential components of effective prevention, treatment and care strategies.
Global Women's
Rights: Grade = A+
- Under the Obama
administration, global women's rights issues are getting attention
like never before. On March 6, Obama
created the post of ambassador-at-large for global women's issues, naming Melanne Verveer to the position.
- Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton spoke forcefully
for the role of safe, legal abortion services in comprehensive reproductive
health care and in women's equality when testifying before the House
Foreign Relations Committee.
- At the UN Commission
on Population and Development, US State Department Acting Assistant
Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Margaret Pollack, told delegates that
the US once again
supported "universal access to sexual and reproductive health."
Pollack also affirmed that the US is committed to ratifying CEDAW.
- U.S. anti-trafficking
policy is headed in the right direction under Luis deBaca, newly named
head of the State Department Office of Trafficking in Persons. DeBaca recognizes that sex trafficking is only one aspect
of human trafficking, that raids don't work and that harm reduction
We are looking for progress on…
- Integration of women's rights within and across all areas of development policy and funding.
- Strong attention to gender equity, women's rights, and reproductive and sexual health concerns within foreign aid reform legislation.
- Efforts to respond to and reduce violence against women, and to secure women's social and economic rights.


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Jay-Z is applying to become a baseball agent.
The Major League Baseball Players Association said Friday the rapper's application to be certified was received a day earlier.
Jay-Z's Roc Nation Sports and CAA Sports announced last week they were partnering in the agency business, and Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano was the first client. CAA's Brodie Van Wagenen replaced Scott Boras as Cano's listed agent.
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Dates Unveiled for 2012 Uproar Festival Tour Led by Shinedown, Godsmack, Staind + Papa Roach
If you've been anxiously awaiting the tour dates and locations of the third annual Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival, today's the day! Loudwire has the exclusive early look at the dates for the 30-show run in August and September, so check them out below to find out when the massive rock extravaganza will be hitting your 'hood.
This year's main stage lineup boasts a massive collection of rock's biggest chart-toppers, including Godsmack, Shinedown, Staind, Papa Roach and Adelitas Way.
The festival will feature two additional stages with nonstop rock. The Ernie Ball Stage and the Jägermeister Stage will feature performances from P.O.D., In This Moment, Fozzy, Redlight King, Thousand Foot Krutch, Candlelight Red, Deuce and the winner of the 2011 Uproar Battle of the Bands – Mindset Evolution.
Godsmack bassist Robbie Merrill checked in with Loudwire to discuss the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival, and described it as a combination of fun and pure rock. The fun part comes with sharing the stage with his old friends in Staind and Shinedown. "We're all friends, so to me it was going to be fun and it was going to be a nice easy summer," explained Merrill. "Uproar is pure rock 'n' roll, so fun and rock 'n' roll — hey, I don't think you can beat that, it should be a good day."
A good day indeed, and Merrill said fans can expect to see him hanging out at the other stages throughout the day, taking in the new talent. "I'll definitely be hanging out at the second stage and checking out the bands," admitted Merrill. "There shouldn't be any monotony going on."
As Uproar rolls into it's third year, it's really building on something great for the rock genre. "There's a scene there and we know there's a scene because people come out to the shows," Merrill said. "It's one of those things where there's so many types of music out touring in the summer time and for us to fill the building is pretty happening." It's that kind of turn out that proves that Uproar is not just a concert, it's an entire rock experience.
Merrill's bandmate Shannon Larkin summed up the show as "the baddest-ass line up of the year" and Merrill couldn't agree more, saying, "I can't take the words out of his mouth, but yes, I agree."
Tickets for most shows go on sale Friday, June 15, so head over to to www.RockstarUproar.com for full details and to purchase tickets. Check out the itinerary below:
Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival Tour Dates:
8/17 – Kansas City, Mo. – Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone *
8/18 – Little Rock, Ark. – Arkansas State Fairgrounds (KDJE Radio Show) *
8/19 – St. Louis, Mo. – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre **
8/21 – Grand Rapids, Mich. – Rock The Rapids (downtown) main stage bands only
8/22 – Chicago, Ill. – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre *
8/24 – Holmdel, N.J. – PNC Bank Arts Center *
8/25 – Syracuse, N.Y. – TBA
8/26 – Mansfield, Mass. – Comcast Center *
8/28 – Scranton, Pa. – Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain *
8/29 – Buffalo, N.Y. – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center **
8/31 – Pittsburgh, Pa. – First Niagara Pavilion *
9/1 – Saratoga, N.Y. – Saratoga Performing Arts Center *
9/2 – Bristow, Va. – Jiffy Lube Live *
9/5 – Simpsonville, S.C. – Charter Amphitheatre at Heritage Park *
9/7 – Detroit, Mich. – DTE Energy Music Theatre ***
9/8 – Noblesville, Ind. – Klipsch Music Center ****
9/9 – Cleveland, Ohio – Blossom Music Center ***
9/11 – Raleigh, N.C. – Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek ***
9/12 – Atlanta, Ga. – Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood ***
9/13 – Tampa, Fla. – 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre ***
9/15 – Houston, Texas – Woodlands Pavilion ****
9/16 – Dallas, Texas – Gexa Energy Pavilion ***
9/18 – Denver, Colo. – Comfort Dental Amphitheater *****
9/19 – Salt Lake City, Utah – USANA Amphitheatre ***
9/21 – Spokane, Wash. – Greyhound Park and Events Center ***
9/22 – Auburn, Wash. – White River Amphitheatre ***
9/23 – Portland, Ore. – Sleep Country Amphitheater ***
9/25 – Boise, Idaho – Idaho Center Amphitheater ***
9/29 – Phoenix, Ariz. – Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion ****
9/30 – Albuquerque, N.M. – Hard Rock Casino Presents: The Pavilion ****
*Thousand Foot Krutch will not be performing at this show
**Fozzy and Thousand Foot Krutch will not be performing at this show
***In This Moment will not be performing at this show
****In This Moment and Thousand Foot Krutch will not be performing at this show
*****Fozzy, Redlight King and In This Moment will not be performing at this show


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Flying Standby Saturday, April 11th 2015
Tonya Meeks
Saturday, April 11, 2015 from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM (PDT)
Event Details
April 11th Saturday at Electric Lodge
Tonya Meek's bittersweet one-woman show, "Flying Standby", reveals how the determination to escape her alcoholic mother carried her through a turbulent ride of addiction, lost love, and a final desperate flight toward reconciliation. Please extinguish all smoking materials and prepare for take off.
Tonya has an uncanny ability to transport herself into the characters that she plays. It's pure magic. Louis Gossett, Jr.
In relating her complicated relationship with her whack job of a mother—by portraying her, in many cases—she gives an appealing, raw performance that's full of love, truth, and humor rather than self-pity. (Backstage)
Flying Standby Home is both humorous and heartfelt - and incredibly fun to watch. I was especially moved by Tonya's vulnerability. She reveals her life in a way that embraces the entire (sometimes messy) journey, that you can't help but walk away feeling like you aren't alone, loving yourself a little bit more, and with more hope that the pain can be transformed into something absolutely beautiful. - Ingrid Mathieu, PhD
When & Where
Electric Lodge
1416 Electric Avenue
Saturday, April 11, 2015 from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM (PDT)
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Tonya Meeks (Actress) when not acting as a private practice addiction therapist in Newport Beach ad Beverly Hills, Maibu rehabs, she pursues her love of theatre and story telling. She integrates her own personal experiences and the art of story telling to facilitate psychological growth in her clients.
Tonya performed her first one-woman show Open Eyes in San Francisco at Intersection for the Arts, New College of California, Theatre Rhinoceros, The Marsh, ODC, and Dance Mission Theatre. In Los Angles, she has performed at the Santa Monica Playhouse, Theatre Asylum, and Fanatic Salon. Tonya performed in the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2012. Tonya is taking the show on the road. Tonya has been producing and running this show for two years at Electric Lodge and will be touring US and Interanationally. Tonya has been producing the show for addiction treatment conferences and rehabs as a process group and entertainment.
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Tonya Meeks, MA, MFT: Therapist, Performer, Interventionist
Tonya Meeks received her MA in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and her BA in Performance from New College of California. Tonya Meeks, LMFT has a private practice in Pacific Palisades, Beverly Hills, and Newport Beach with an emphasis in depth psychotherapy from her graduate training at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Tonya has worked at these reputable treatment facilities: PCH, Summit Malibu, Balboa Horizons, Milestones, 180 Center, and Canyon. In addition, she worked at UCSB Drug and Alcohol Department and Community Counseling and Education Center in Santa Barbara. Tonya has facilitated workshops such as The Artists' Way, Authentic Movement, Rassabox Technique, and her own Workshop: Telling the Truth on Stage in across the US.
Tonya possesses immense passion for performance creating two one-woman shows: Open Eyes and Flying Standby. Tonya's academic thesis, a memoir: Flying Standby: Sojourns with a Devouring Gypsy Mother demonstrated the catharsis of telling the story of her narcissistically wounded and addicted mother. This workshop Telling the Truth on Stage: Healing Trauma and Addiction through Performance combines her background in performance and clinical training to assists the possession of addiction into a healthy creative outlet.
Tonya has combined her clinical expertise on addiction and her performance background to create a compelling one-woman show called Flying Standby. Tonya Meek's bittersweet comedy, "Flying Standby", reveals how the determination to escape her alcoholic mother carried her through a turbulent ride of addiction, lost love, and a final desperate flight toward reconciliation.
Tonya tours her one-woman show across the country to addiction and primary psychological treatment centers as process groups, entertainment, and CEU events. In addition, she produces Flying Standby independently in Los Angeles through her production company Exposure.
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Tomorrow night, two new Philly Improv Theater House Teams make their debut. Get to know them now before you see them on stage.
Prior to rehearsal, May 29, director Steve Kleinedler speaks with the cast of Codename: Strider
Steve Kleinedler: Jim Burns, do you have a question for Corin Wells?
Jim Burns: Yes, I do, and it's a serious question. The name of our group happened at a party at your place, is that correct?
Corin Wells: Yeah, it did.
JB: Since I wasn't there, could you please tell how that developed?
CW: Ok! Our name developed when Ellen, a former member of Codename: Strider, came up with it. It was thrown out there as a suggestion, and we all liked it. Unfortunately, Ellen can't perform with us [because she's moving to Minneapolis!] so we all thought that it was fitting for us to choose the name she picked for us.
SK: Excellent way of answering the question without giving away the answer, which readers of this column will have to come see the show to find out. Corin, do you have a question of Chris Calletta?
CW: I do, I do. Chris, your hair always looks immaculate. I was wondering, do you have a favorite strand of hair?
Chris Calletta: I do, and sadly it's not on my head. I keep it in a box in my drawer.
CW: What's its name?
CC: Harold.
SK: I thought this was going someplace completely different. [Pause] Let the record show Corin is losing it. [Laughter]
CC: His name is Harold.
CW: [Laughing] OK. I hope to get to meet him someday.
CC: Yes, I'll have to bring him out. He might be at the debut show.
SK: All right. So, Chris, do you have a question for Emily Davis?
CC: I do. Emily, when does your team debut?
Emily Davis: Our new team? Our new team debuts on June 1st, and you can also see us on June 2nd. Check the website. www.phillyimprovtheater.com
SK: Nicely done. Emily, do you have a question for Andrew Stober?
ED: Andrew, we have seen you in the Philly scene before. What makes this project so exciting and different for you?
Andrew Stober: I think people are going to be blown away by the kind of movement they see onstage, the kind of tableaux and transitions. We're bringing a new, exciting, fast-paced group improv to the stage in Philadelphia.
SK: Thank you, Andrew. Andrew, do you have a question for teammate Sue Jahani?
AS: I sure do! Sue Jahani, tell me what is the most fun thing about hanging out with your new team?
Sue Jahani: Aw, my new team is great! [Laughter.] Everyone's super supportive and genuinely nice. I really enjoy doing warmups with my team and getting drinks afterward with my team. [w00ts in the background]
SK: Thank you, Sue. Do you have a question for Jim Burns?
SJ: Yes! Jim, I was wondering, Jim, [hums a bit] where is your favorite place to go after practice?
JB: Well, Sue, I like to go to Vargas. It's right next door to where we rehearse, and they have a nice selection of beers. I've turned you into an alcoholic, I apologize.
CW: Follow up question – what's your favorite beer to get there?
SJ: Presidential?
JB: That's true, I like the Presidential beers. So anything by Jefferson, Washington, not Monroe, he's kind of a douche.
SK: Thank you. Who has a question for me, Steve Kleinedler, the director?
CC: I do. I hear your team likes to to play pranks, and I'd imagine then you'd be the leader of this? I was wondering why do you pick on a team like Westmarch [laughter]?
SK: In the kindred spirit of newbiedom, we've decided to go after Westmarch, even though they just sat there like–
CW: They took it.
SK: –scared marmots. Yeah, they took it. But we respect them greatly, and their coach, and we look forward to playing alongside them for years to come. Martha Cooney, the class that she teaches — they're like 3rd graders or something? They're doing a show right now. She'll be by later, and when that happens, we'll ask her a question. So, over and out.
CW: You forgot about Maureen.
JB: He forgot Maureen.
SK: Oh. OH! We forgot Maureen. Corin didn't forget about Maureen. We will also be asking Maureen a question. The two of them can ask each other a question. Back later.
CW: Yay! [Applause]
[After rehearsal]
SK: And, we just had a great rehearsal! And we're following up with our final questions. Maureen! Maureen Costello, do you have a question for Martha Cooney?
Maureen Costello: I do, I do have a question for Martha Cooney. Martha, what is your favorite holiday that is not a major holiday?
Martha Cooney: Not a major holiday?
MCostello: Mmmhmmm.
MCooney: Arbor Day is a good one. It's underrated and undervalued. But important.
MCostello: I like it, yeah, good.
SK: And Martha, do you have a question for castmate Maureen Costello?
MCooney: I was wondering, your favorite dental hygiene practice?
MCostello: Probably brushing my teeth would be A, then flossing. I like the mouthwash, but not the kind that stings.
SK: And a question for both of you. How excited are you about the shows coming up this week.
MC squared: SO EXCITED!
SK: Excellent, thank you everyone!
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As we welcome a new Lamborghini into our lives, we bid farewell to the venerable old Lamborghini Gallardo. This Best Motoring track battle seems appropriate then.
It has two flavors of Gallardo — LP550-2 and LP560-4 — squaring off against a pair of Nissan GT-Rs. The Gallardos are great, but Godzilla should never be taken lightly. Who comes out on top? We all do thanks to the magic of Best Motoring.


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Safety Tips For Babysitters: Keeping Outdoor Play Areas Safe
by Editorial Staff And Contributors
When the weather is nice or the children are rambunctious, you may spend some of your daytime babysitting outdoors. Outdoor play equipment—swings, seesaws, and slides—can be fun, but can be dangerous too. You'll need to keep a watchful eye on the little ones in your care.
Here are some tips on keeping outdoor play areas safe for children.
Playground Equipment
Children often do the unexpected on playground equipment. They are naturally curious and adventurous. Common hazardous behaviors include:
Hanging rings are particularly dangerous to small children. Their heads may be small enough to go through the ring, turning it into a noose.
Supervision Tips
All children should be supervised when playing on playground equipment. Take some time to look over the playground in advance, before you bring the children, so you can get familiar with the equipment, location, and potential situations you may encounter.
Here are some pointers for your next trip to the playground:
You may encounter some resistance if their parents let them do things you won't. Explain that it's a temporary restriction while you're watching them.
You can also enlist the help of children. Talk to older children about certain safety rules and why they are important. Ask them to assist you in watching the younger ones. It will help them to understand these rules better. Let children know that any bad behavior, such as stunts or misuse of equipment, is unacceptable.
Pool Safety
Daytime babysitting can also include time in or around a swimming pool, wading pool, or spa. Children are naturally attracted to water. Therefore, you must take precautions at all times to prevent accidents.
Facts About Children and Drowning
Nationwide, drowning is one of the leading causes of accidental death of children and adolescents. Many children are treated each year in hospital emergency rooms as a result of near-drowning. Drowning is a silent killer. When a child drowns, a babysitter won't hear a cry or even a splash. It can happen very quickly.
Ways to Prevent Drowning
Seconds count. In seconds, a child can leave the house and walk to the edge of the pool. In seconds, a child can drown in only a few inches of water. A child can drown in the few seconds taken to answer a telephone in the house.
To help prevent drowning, do the following:
If you plan on babysitting, take courses in first aid, CPR, and/or lifeguarding before you take your first job. Regularly scheduled courses are offered by the http://www.redcross.org and the http://www.heart.org.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Safe Kids—National Safe Kids Campaign
About Kids Health—The Hospital for Sick Children
Canada Safety Council
Babysitting: Playground safety. Nemours Kid's Health website. Available at:
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Safety on the playground. American Academy of Pediatrics Healthy Children website. Available at: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-play/Pages/Safety-on-the-Playground.aspx. Updated November 21, 2015. Accessed January 15, 2016.
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Map of Virginia "August 1863." "Lith. by Chas. G. Krebs." Accompanied by cover: Map of Virginia / compiled in the office of the United States Coast Survey. Washington, D.C. : W.H. & O.H. Morrison : 15 x 10 cm. Also covers Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and parts of adjacent states. Shows cities and towns, roads, rivers, and relief by hachures. Map has concentric circles centered on Richmond,...
- Contributor: Krebs, Charles G. - Nicholson, W. L. - United States Coast Survey - W.H. & O.H. Morrison (Firm) - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
- Date: 1863


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