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DENVER -- Coors Field went from a winter wonderland to a frozen field of dreams on Tuesday afternoon.
Rockies owner Dick Monfort, new knee and all, knows he'll pay at some point for his own efforts toward helping remove eight inches of snow from the field of play in cold temperatures, but it was worth it to him.
The snowstorm that forced Monday's scheduled game with the Mets to be postponed dumped at least eight inches on the field. It was more than was expected in a short time, and the low of 24 degrees made it colder than expected, as well. With Monday's game being moved to an afternoon start as part of a doubleheader, Monfort arrived at 7:45 a.m., to too much snow and not enough time to remove it.
It turned out no machine could do the work of humans. Between 100-150 people, most of them Rockies employees who showed up and grabbed shovels without being asked, shoveled away the snow. The game started two hours, two minutes after its scheduled start time in 39 degree temperatures, but it started nonetheless. The temperature was tied for 10th-lowest at game time in Rockies history, at Mile High Stadium or Coors Field.
More snow was expected to arrive Tuesday evening, but the Rockies hoped to be able to get in the second game of the doubleheader.
Chief baseball officer Dan O'Dowd was shoveling. So was Bill Geivett, the executive vice president of Major League operations, who wore a parka with a Montreal Expos logo -- for whom he used to work. Coaches helped.
No way Monfort was going to stand by and order around the many employees whose names aren't known by the public, but whose efforts are vital -- the office staff, the ticketing staff and others who work behind the scenes. Never mind that Monfort had knee replacement surgery during the offseason.
"People just started working on it," Monfort said. "People were coming to work and they'd see people out there with a shovel. They'd go upstairs, check their e-mail, and said, 'I'm going to go help the crowd out.'
"We sent an e-mail out saying, 'Hey, everybody come down here.' They started grabbing shovels and working. As you can tell now, had we not had 100 or 150 people out there, we'd have never gotten it off."
People shoveled snow into some small tractors. In some cases, people were scooping up a shovelful and carrying it behind the fence. The NFL's Denver Broncos helped by lending shovels.
Normally, with the work of head groundskeeper Mark Razum and his crew, getting Coors ready after a spring snow is not a big deal. But this was an unpredictable storm, and there was less time because of the afternoon start. The crew arrived at 5:30 a.m. MT, but would not have gotten the field playable for an afternoon game.
Also, in a case like this, the Rockies would have scheduled the makeup game for the last day of the four-game series, but the forecast for Wednesday is bleak.
Another factor is that the Mets don't return to Coors again this season. Their game Sunday against the Twins was called because of wintry conditions, so they're going to have to make a special trip to make that one up. Not wanting to make a special return trip to Denver, even Mets general manager Sandy Alderson joined the manual snow removal crew.
"He's as interested, if not more interested than we are, in getting in as many of these as possible," Monfort said.
Of course, playing conditions were imperfect. The infield was fine because it was covered by a tarp. The coils beneath the grass helped. The warning tracks, however, were going to be slick, in much the same way they are slick in a game played through rain, as often happens.
Monfort said he hopes there are no injuries. But he didn't mind hurting a little to help make the game possible.
"I am sore, but not as sore as I'm going to be, I'm sure," Monfort said. "It was incredible."


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Targetmaster - A Transformer whose weapon can transform into a smaller humanoid being.
Technobot - A team of Autobots who transformed into futuristic vehicles and formed the giant, Computron.
Terrorcons - 1) A sub-group of Decepticons who transformed into mechanical monsters. Formed the giant, Abominus. 2) A sub-group of Decepticons
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Throttlebots - A group of six Autobots distinguised by their pull back engines.
Transector - The human component of a Godmaster.
Transmetal - Transformers who were bathed in energy resulting from the destruction of a Vok device. Transformers exposed to this took on new forms which included semi-vehicular forms on top of beast and robot modes.
Transmetal 2 - A Transformer born of the energies from Megatron's Transmetal 2 device. These Transformers get enhanced abilities, but their savage, beast mode sides also have greater control.
Transwarp - A type of space travel that allows Cybertronian ships to not only travel through space, but time as well. The Axalon and Darkside were both equipped with this type of drive.
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We asked a few graduating seniors to share words of advice and wisdom as they prepare to graduate from UW Bothell. Here are a few of their stories:
Major: Interdisciplinary Arts and Science - Society, Ethics and Human Behavior
My Greatest Accomplishment at UW Bothell: Honestly it has been just getting involved with the campus community. I do not think I would have grown so much as a person or leader if it would have not been for getting involved and being exposed to new ideas.
My Favorite Classroom Moment: Class room discussion with Peter Freeman in the MATCH program, they always got off topic but were always so relevant at the same time. I'm sure our class drove Peter crazy hahahah.
The Best Place to Study on Campus: I do not like studying on campus, because I NEVER get anything done. I enjoy studying late at night in my sala (living-room).
A Must-do Before You Graduate from UW Bothell: Take a class with Dr. Silva. She is AMAZING. Her classes are never boring and the readings she assigns are never dull. Do NOT get me wrong her classes are not a walk in the park but well worth it. Also get involved with the Making Access to College Happen (MATCH) that works with low-income first generation high school students with the college application process. This class honestly changed my life and sparked my passion for working in the education field.
My Advice to students coming behind me: Get involved! It will make the college experience a lot more fun and fulfilling.
The best kept secret at UW Bothell: I would say the people. I have been able to learn from my peers and have met long life friends.
Major: Double major curriculum focused in Media Communications and Business Marketing
My Greatest Accomplishment at UW Bothell: Out of multiple small wins and major accomplishments, my greatest one has to be my successful completion of a very challenging double major curriculum focused in Media Communications and Business Marketing within four years.
My Favorite Classroom Moment: I created and performed a written piece about water privatization in front my class while also rocking a t-shirt I created in support of my protest piece. Everyone gave me a huge round of applause and a few even requested an encore and a print of the shirt for themselves.
The Best Place to Study on Campus: I find that the quiet room on the third floor past the rain forest hallway is the best place to study in a comfy cushy chair with views of the trees and muted highway traffic in the distance.
A Must-do Before You Graduate from UW Bothell: Perform at an open mic! What you have to say is important and utilizing a creative outlet to display your emotions is exhilarating.
My Advice to students coming behind me: Get involved on campus by doing what you love or what supports your post-graduation goals. If your interests aren't available through an on campus course or a club, create it yourself.
The best kept secret at UW Bothell: When I first came to UW Bothell, I had no idea I could take multiple courses on the Seattle campus and while doing so have access to all the media equipment and facilities available to UW Seattle students.
Major: Society, Ethics and Human Behavior
My Greatest Accomplishment at UW Bothell: Becoming a student leader has by far been my greatest accomplishment. I never considered myself a leader in high school, all of that changed at UW Bothell. I've grown as a leader and in turn as a better person these past 4 years and I owe it all to my fantastic supervisors and co-workers!
My Favorite Classroom Moment: My first quarter at UW Bothell, I was enrolled in a class called Cross Cultural Media. Lessons in globalization, media studies, and a class field trip to a local coffee shop inspired me. Our final was to write a research paper, but I wanted to do more than just write a paper after learning all that I had. To my surprise, I helped introduce a fair trade coffee blend at our campus coffee shop! I owe that success to my professor for being so enthusiastic and supportive for my decision to take action; my inspiration turned to action the moment my professor showed such strong support for me to follow through with the project. I'll always remember that.
The Best Place to Study on Campus: Group study rooms in the library are fantastic for collaboration! When its nice out, the sports field is a great place to catch up on reading!
A Must-do Before You Graduate from UW Bothell: Do something to step out of your shell! Whether that is performing at an open Mic, or joining a student club!
My Advice to students coming behind me: Do not burden yourself with too much responsibility; give yourself some free time and learn to say no. One person can't do everything, use your support networks when you need them!
The best kept secret at UW Bothell: When I first came to UW Bothell, I had no idea that I would become such close friends with my co-workers; working in the Office of Student Life is an amazing and often unforgettable experience. I highly recommend being connected to the Office of Student Life in some way, whether through employment, volunteering or through participation in its campus events.
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies (Law, Economics, and Public Policy)
Graduation: June 2013
My Greatest Accomplishment at UW Bothell: Gaining the communication skills needed to converse with professional staff and colleagues
My Favorite Classroom Moment: Receiving a standing ovation from my classmates when concluding a debate strongly for my Policy Analysis class.
The Best Place to Study on Campus: My favorite place is to study on the 2nd or 3rd floor of the library in the cubicles. Nothing distracts you and you get lost in your homework so time flies!
A Must-do Before You Graduate from UW Bothell: You must join an extracurricular activity like intramural sports. It is such an incredible opportunity to make friends.
My Advice to students coming behind me: Get to know your professors. They are incredible resourceful and any future endeavor you have will ask for a letter of recommendation. They are there to help you!
The best kept secret at UW Bothell: When I began my time as a UW student, I had no clue that you can download free software like Microsoft Office! It saves you so much money!
Major: Business Administration
Graduation: June 2013
My Greatest Accomplishment at UW Bothell: The year that I spent studying abroad in Tokyo and traveling through Asia. Living in an environment so different from home opened my eyes to new ways of looking at the world. Travel teaches you things that you simply cannot learn in the classroom. Reduced to a simple statement: it changed my life.
The Best Place to Study on Campus: During the end-of-the-quarter crunch-time, I always find myself drawn to the Quiet Reading Room. Maybe it's the sheer lack of sound, the natural lighting that enters the room, or the expansive scenic view of the wetlands. Or maybe it's the culmination of all three, creating an atmosphere so conducive to studying that I find myself there final after final.
A Must-do Before You Graduate from UW Bothell: You must take one of Kate Noble's "Consciousness" classes. That's all I'm going to say.
My Advice to students coming behind me: Get involved. Whether it be running for student body Senator, joining film club or an intramurals team, getting a job in student life or even starting a club of your own. I can't stress it enough: get involved! I didn't do so until my sophomore year, but when I did, I found that it really enriched my experience at UWB. I started meeting new friends, making connections and amazing opportunities began opening up for me. It may be uncomfortable at first, but I assure you that it'll all be worth it.
The best kept secret at UW Bothell: When I first came to UW Bothell, I had no idea that the campus was undergoing such major growth changes. Now, of course that is no secret what with all the construction zones, but what comes with expansion of structure is expansion of opportunity. My current position as intern in the International Admissions office was created because I asked. If you have an idea, dream or goal, don't be afraid to ask faculty and staff to help. There are so many people rooting for your success and will be happy to support you along your journey.
Major: Global Studies, Minor: Human Rights
Graduation: June 2013
My Greatest Accomplishment at UW Bothell:
My academic career at UW Bothell has provided me with numerous experiences. For instance, receiving the Mary Gates Scholarship has been a great accomplishment. This scholarship has allowed me to develop my abilities as a researcher and address significant issues dear to my heart. Additionally, with support of my mentor Ben Gardner, I have learned how to utilize my capabilities as a means to teach undergraduate student about the building blocks of research exploration. Furthermore, the Mary Gates Scholarship has allowed me to share my experiences as a research ambassador while elaborating on important issues such as, race and class.
My Favorite Classroom Moment:
A key course that contributed to my learning experience was BISGST 303 History & Globalization. Through this course, I grasped the concept of globalization, collaboration and shared leadership; moreover, this course is where I met my mentor Professor Ben Gardner and began work as his research assistant. This project gave me a solid foundation in regards to how to approach topics on globalization and the different ways that globalization can be discussed. For example, during a commodity chain analysis of the global beer industry, I discovered that the seemingly out of date "three tier system" is still in place largely because it serves certain companies interests.
The Best Place to Study on Campus:
My favorite place to study on campus is the Commons during the rainy season (which is all the time) but when the sun is shining, I love to study anywhere outside.
A Must-do Before You Graduate from UW Bothell:
Before I graduate, my plan is to inspire at least one student to pursue research in a topic that they are passionate about. .
My Advice to Students Coming Behind Me:
My advice to incoming students is to follow your dreams. At times, the workload can entice students to worry about the grade but my advice is to follow your passion and the excellent grades will soon follow. Also, I would advise students to utilize the staff and faculty office hours throughout their academic career. These resources are important in any student's success as an undergraduate scholar. Overall, faculty and staff can guide students towards resources that would otherwise go undetected.
The Best Kept Secret at UW Bothell:
When I first came to UW Bothell, I had no idea I could develop so many wonderful relationships with peers, faculty, and staff; while being an active participant in the Bothell community.
Master of Arts in Policy Studies
Graduation: June 2013
My Greatest Accomplishment at UW Bothell:
My greatest accomplishment at UW Bothell is engaging in my research for my Masters Capstone and completing my Masters of Arts in Policy Studies degree. My research topic was extremely challenging, and I spent over a year of my academic career researching and writing my final paper. My presentation at the MAPS Capstone conference was a success, and it felt great to finish my academic career strong with a product I could be proud of.
My Favorite Classroom Moment:
My favorite classroom moment was in Conservation Planning my first year in the master's program. I spent the quarter researching the biological requirements of the Oregon Vesper Sparrow and then used those requirements to design a Habitat Suitability Index to help protect the species. That was an "ah ha" moment for me, I thought "this is what all my education has been about."
The Best Place to Study on Campus:
The best place to study on campus is the second floor vista in UW1. It's quiet enough to focus but you aren't tucked away from the world and can still engage with people.
A Must-do Before You Graduate from UW Bothell:
You must take a class that will allow you to engage in the amazing wetlands on campus. They are a great asset to the UW Bothell campus and a testament to hard work and environmental stewardship. And they are so beautiful.
My Advice to Students Coming Behind Me:
My advice to students coming in after me is to remember to cut loose once in a while. School should be fun, and UW Bothell offers a huge variety of clubs and events to help let off steam. If you get too stressed out, you'll forget to enjoy your education, and it will be over before you know it, so take advantage!
The Best Kept Secret at UW Bothell:
I could study such a broad range of issues within my field of interest. I am someone who likes to know about everything, and it was so great to be able to ask a huge range of questions and be encouraged to find the answers to all of them.


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Red squirrels have have 4 front and 5 back toes. They have claws, but the claws don't always show up on their tracks. When they walk, they tend to cross their hind feet in front of their back feet. So, when you see their tracks you will find several clusters in which their hind feet (5 toes) are in front of their back feet (4 toes).
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Does anyone know a person like this who would like to come cook our food, clean the house and keep an eye on the kids? Oh, the things I could get done with my day. Lucky Carol.
I'm not the only one whose attention is in needed right now. Our computer is also in demand by others in my house. Those Webkinz don't take care of themselves, you know.


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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban won't remember every business deal he's made, every entrepreneur he's given advice to or every fan he given an autograph.
Heck, he probably won't remember every player who has played for the Mavericks.
But Cuban is certain one memory will accompany him for the rest of his life: The day he served as one of filmmaker Tony Scott's final subjects.
Cuban put his acting chops to the test playing himself in a Diet Mountain Dew commercial. In the advertisement, Cuban offers a Diet Mountain Dew drinker his riches for a bottle of the soda. Skeptical of the multi-billionaire's offer, the drinker declines Cuban's offer.
"I'm the luckiest guy in the world, so I like to just try different things and experience unique opportunities," says Cuban, who also portrayed himself on the final two seasons of Entourage. "Acting and doing the commercials and movies or whatever. The Mountain Dew commercial was just a unique opportunity, so I had to grab it."
It turned out to be the late Tony Scott's final commercial as a director. The brother of filmmaker Ridley Scott and director of Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, Enemy of the State, Man on Fire, Unstoppable and a plethora of other feature films, Scott passed away Sunday from a suicide.
For Cuban, who joined Tom Cruise, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith and Denzel Washington among those to have worked under Scott's direction, the commercial leaves a bittersweet taste. It was an honor for Cuban to work with Scott but hard to fathom the director's passing so shortly after the filming.
"He was amazing and it's just so heartbreaking to hear what happened," Cuban says. "He was a live wire. He was full of energy. We got to talk about what he thought about The Wild Bunch, a project he was looking at, bringing back Top Gun, doing that remake, and hearing stories. I mean he was just cracking everybody up on the set. He was just nonstop energy, so it's just really, really sad to hear of his passing."
A sequel to Top Gun and a remake of 1969 western The Wild Bunch were among Scott's planned films.
Cuban joins a long list of celebrities who have been featured in Scott commercials. This includes Anthony Hopkins, James Brown, Marilyn Manson and Clive Owen.
"It was fun to work with Tony Scott. You know, we're all saddened by the fact that he's passed away. It was an amazing director, an amazing cast and a unique experience," Cuban says.
A connection between an outspoken Pittsburgh-bred businessman and a British filmmaker does not exactly seem like a match made in heaven. But for one day, thanks to Diet Mountain Dew and a clever script, the two men were linked.
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Lawyers rocked the night away at The Howlin' Wolf as part of the 5th Annual Legalpalooza on Saturday, June 15th. A charity rock concert, Legalpalooza raises money for Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS), a nonprofit corporation that serves individuals and families who, without legal assistance, would lose a critical human need – food, shelter, income, medical care, personal safety or parental care. This year's performances included the Soul Practitioners, N'Awlins Johnnys, and the Levee Dawgs. All these bands include one or more local lawyers. To see who played, click here. Grammy winning jazz trumpeter and band leader, Irvin Mayfield amazed the crowds when he joined the Soul Practitioners for several songs.
In addition to live music featuring prominent members of the bar, this year's concert provided a great opportunity for local attorneys and members of the judiciary to meet and mingle. Several law firms supported this event by serving as Local Legend Sponsors. They included: Adams and Reese; Hingel Law Firm; Irwin Fritchie; Jones Walker; Krebs, Farley & Pelleteri; Leake & Andersson; Phelps Dunbar.


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This outrageously irreverent Aussie comedy is an extraordinary film - hilarious one moment and grating the next. Director P.J. Hogan made his name with Muriel's Wedding and certainly isn't afraid to take risks - unfortunately, only some of them pay off here.
Toni Collette stars as Shaz, a tough and free-spirited character hired by busy local politician Barry Moochmore (Anthony LaPaglia) to look after his five wild daughters. Their mother Shirley (Rebecca Gibney) is taking a "holiday in Wollongong" - the family's code for taking some time out in a psychiatric facility.
Shaz is a questionable choice to look after these young girls, as it soon becomes apparent she has her own demons to wrestle, but in her shrill and crass way she instils some confidence and order into the girls' lives. She also makes short work of family, neighbours, and anyone else who dares bully her charges.
The intention is obviously to draw attention to how mental illness is a common problem among everyday people. Hogan does this by giving almost everyone an affliction of some type, from schizophrenia to nervous breakdowns and delusions to obsessive-compulsive disorders.
Failing that, the characters are generally selfish bullies. They're an extreme bunch, and when they overstep the mark, as Shaz does frequently, it becomes almost unbearable to watch.
I'm still dealing with the image of Toni Collette bending over and lighting her own fart, and the girls going next door to ruin the neighbour's white couch with bodily fluids. Collette is no stranger to playing characters dealing with mental illness, having played a woman with dissociative identity disorder on the TV show United States of Tara, but Shaz is Tara on steroids, with a strong Aussie accent.
Thankfully, Collette also gives her a softer side. When everyone calms down and the brashness is stripped away there are genuinely moving and tender moments between these fragile characters. It's the same with the comedy, when everyone stops trying so hard to shock us there are hilarious gags and classic lines to enjoy. Also worth mentioning is Liev Schreiber's performance as Shaz's ex- husband: his Aussie accent is perfect, no doubt thanks to his wife Naomi Watts
Mental should be applauded for taking a risk and pushing limits as it highlights the problem of mental illness, and for the casts' dedication to Hogan's madcap vision. Those who loved Muriel's Wedding will be primed for Hogan's colourful approach; others may find it a little hard to get their head around.
Stars: 2.5/5
Cast: Toni Collette, Rebecca Gibney, Kerry Fox
Director: P.J. Hogan
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Rating: M (offensive language)
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Employees Drive Derailments Down 33 Percent In Nebraska On Union Pacific During First Half Of 2006
Nationwide Train Accident, Employee Casualty Rates Lowest-Ever
WASHINGTON, November 2, 2006 All railroads operating in Nebraska have had accidents fall by 38 percent during the first half of 2006 compared to the same period last year. Nationwide, U.S. railroads are on track to record their safest year in history in terms of train accidents and employee safety, according to preliminary data released by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).
"Safety has always been the highest priority at Union Pacific and I'm proud to say our employees who work in Nebraska have reduced the number of accidents so far this year by nearly 33 percent," said Randy Blackburn, Union Pacific Railroad's northern region vice president.
Across the U.S., train accidents were down 16.1 percent from the first six months of 2005, according to the FRA. Specifically, the number of derailments decreased by 13.6 percent and train-to-train collisions fell 34.1 percent. Nebraska was one of 37 states that saw a reduction in incidents.
"Nothing is more important to the nation's railroads and their more than 200,000 employees than safety," said Edward R. Hamberger, president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR). "This improvement is the direct result of our efforts to maximize safety."
Railroads are working closely with both the FRA and rail labor to improve safety and are developing new technology that promises further safety advances, he added.
Through the first six months of 2006, the railroad train accident rate was 4.2 percent lower than in 1997, currently the safest year ever in terms of train accidents. This year's rate is also 18.4 percent below the train accident rate during the first six months of 2005. The employee casualty rate was down 9.9 percent from 2005, which set a record low rate for a full year. Employee fatalities were down 54.5 percent.
"Our industry has faced numerous challenges this year to our safety record," Hamberger continued, "including record volumes of freight and hiring thousands of new employees to operate trains, as well as to maintain tracks, signals and equipment. Our ability to improve safety under these conditions stands as a tribute to the dedication of our employees and the thoroughness of our training programs for new employees."
Also showing a reduction this year was the total number of rail-related fatalities across the country, which was down 5.9 percent from a year ago. The grade crossing incident rate was down 2.65 percent from a year ago while the number of fatalities increased by 5.8 percent. The trespasser incident rate was down 3.45 percent, while the number of fatalities was virtually the same as a year ago.
"In an effort to reinforce these downward trends we will continue to remind Nebraska motorists and pedestrians to obey the warning devices at grade crossings and not to be on railroad property for any reason" Blackburn said.
Jobs at Union Pacific
Currently, Union Pacific has job openings at many locations throughout its 23-state operating system. Opportunities are available in train service, skilled disciplines (e.g., diesel mechanics and electricians) and management. Interested applicants are encouraged to visit www.unionpacific.jobs.
About Union Pacific
Union Pacific Corporation owns one of America's leading transportation companies. Its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad, links 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country and serves the fastest-growing U.S. population centers. Union Pacific's diversified business mix includes Agricultural Products, Automotive, Chemicals, Energy, Industrial Products and Intermodal. The railroad offers competitive long-haul routes from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways. Union Pacific connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major gateways to Mexico, making it North America's premier rail franchise.
For more information, contact Mark Davis, 402-544-5459.
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(CNN) — Twenty tourists, including two Americans, are stuck on a chunk of ice drifting in the Canadian Arctic, Canadian officials said Tuesday.
The group was on an expedition in the Canadian territory of Nunavut when the ice that they were on broke away from shore, according to Yvonne Niego of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The ice floe has since drifted about 2 miles, the Canadian Coast Guard said.
No one was hurt, nor are the tourists in any imminent danger, according to Major Steve Neta of the Royal Canadian Air Force, which is assisting in the rescue.
But, he said, the ice floe is beginning to show signs of deterioration.
A rescue mission is currently under way, but the location is so extreme that helicopters won't arrive until at least Wednesday morning, according to the Canadian Coast Guard.
Survival kits were dropped Tuesday from airplanes to the floating refugees, whose names have not been released. It's currently about 35 degrees Fahrenheit where they are.
The tour company, Canadian-based Arctic Kingdom Polar Expeditions, declined to comment when reached by CNN Tuesday night.
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The U.S. Supreme Court got it right in ruling today that police must obtain a warrant before searching a suspect's cellphone.
The decision itself is surprising, coming from a conservative-leaning court that has been quite supportive of police in matters of criminal law and investigations; that the ruling was 9-0 is stunning.
The decision in Riley v. California reversed a ruling by the California Supreme Court, which had said it was OK for police to search an arrestee's smartphone without a warrant. Attorneys for law enforcement and the Obama administration claimed that searching a smartphone was part of officers' right to look through a suspect's wallet and search his pockets. But the U.S. Supreme Court disagreed, pointing out that the contents of a suspect's pockets could pose a danger to officers but the contents of a cellphone could not.
Therefore, "… officers must generally secure a warrant before conducting such a search," Chief Justice John G. Roberts said. Warrantless searches could be permitted in extraordinary circumstances such as child abductions or bomb threat.
The court allowed that the need to obtain a warrant could slow down police officers a bit, but this is an acceptable price to protect citizens' privacy.
"Our answer to the question of what police must do before searching a cellphone seized incident to an arrest is accordingly simple: Get a warrant," Roberts said.
"With all they contain and all they may reveal, (smartphones) hold for many Americans 'the privacies of life,'" the chief justice said. "The fact that technology now allows and individual to carry such information in his hand does not make the information any less worthy of the protection for which the Founders fought."
A year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that it is legal for police to take DNA samples from people they arrest without getting a warrant. The Los Angeles News Group editorial board agreed with that decision, but personally I do not.
My position is that one's DNA contains even more information about him or her than a smartphone possibly can — information that future technologies will be able to exploit in ways we can't imagine at present. Having that information seized from someone who has not been convicted of a crime and stored in a nationwide government database is, to me, a violation of the Fourth Amendment and much too Big Brothery.


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"...Peru's State news agency gets to trumpet the whole process, everybody happy, merry navidad and a prosperous año nuevo for all, right? And later down the line, when SCCO gets its EIA permit (because that's a given now) everybody will swear blind that the locals approved of the mine plan back in 2013. They'll also scratch their heads and wonder just why they're all suddenly protesting against the development, blocking roads, causing mayhem etc when SCCO tries to start the build-out."
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A blast from the past on Tia Maria
Back in December 2013 IKN ran this post, entitled "How to get a "social licence" in Peru" which has been getting a whole bunch of new visitors this week. It covered the fake community approval process that Southern Copper (SCCO) ran on the people of Islay and the country in general in conjunction with the government of Peru. It included this as one of the segments:
Bottom line: One we got right at this humble corner of cyberspace.. Those who are wondering why the whole Tia Maria community situation keeps spinning out of control would do well to read the whole thing.
Nepal Earthquake
This is the USGS page link, here's a screenshot:
As well as the main 7.8mag event, there have been at least 15 aftershocks of 5.0 and over.
The death toll is already over 750, that will unfortunately and inevitably grow.
UPDATE: The Guardian is running a live update site here and has just stuck this summary of the events so far, as Nepal moves to evening. It's pretty grim stuff, I'm afraid:
- More than 1,000 people have been reported dead after a huge 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal
- The country's deputy prime minister, Bamdev Gautam, has declared a state of emergency and appealed for humanitarian assistance across the region.
- 18 climbers were found dead on Mount Everest after the tremor triggered an avalanche. Many more are trapped.
- The total death toll has risen quickly throughout the day, and is now thought to include at least 634 in the Kathmandu Valley and 300 more in the capital.
- 36 people have also been reported dead India, 12 in China, four in Bangladesh and six in Tibet.
- The quake caused dozens of buildings in Kathmandu to collapse, including the historic Dharahara Tower.
- The city's main hospital is overwhelmed by casualties and residents are facing a night on the streets with nowhere to go.
- Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has ordered an immediate dispatch of relief and medical teams to Nepal, and the evacuation of Indian tourists.
- UK foreign secretary Philip Hammond said the government was in close contact with the Nepal and the British Embassy in the country is offering assistance to the authorities and British Nationals.
UPDATE 2: Guardian rolling report link now here. It's getting updated regularly on early Sunday morning Europe time.
The most visited IKN post this week is...
...this one, "Things that annoy Sandstorm (SAND) (SSL.to) versus things that don't annoy Sandstorm". It's also one that got a lot of mail feedback. Come to think of it, it's one that was written because of mail feedback. It's also one that I linked to via a second post, which always boosts the hit count on an individual post.
Honourable mention also goes to "Shooting geologists in Peru" which came out eight days ago (Friday before yesterday) so is really not this week, but has been hit on regularly all this week. That's something I see when a story isn't picked up on by real media and people Google in trying to find out something, instead of having a serious reporter's work to read.
Tia Maria (SCCO): What the Minister just said, and what it really means
Here's the link to the Reuters report on what Peru's Minister of Energy and Mining, Rosa María Ortiz, said to press today about Southern Copper (SCCO) and its Tia Maria project, and here's a segment:
(Reuters) - Peru's energy and mines minister said on Friday that the government could ask Southern Copper Corp to make additional changes to its $1.4 billion Tia Maria project after protests by farmers turned deadly this week.
Rosa Maria Ortiz said the government was focused on negotiations with the project's opponents, who fear it will pollute surrounding agricultural valleys in the southern region of Arequipa.
One protester died from a bullet wound during clashes with police on Wednesday as a month-long protest spread in the region.
The government could ask for more modifications to the project's environmental impact study if it felt it was necessary, Ortiz said.
"Every environmental impact study is improveable," Ortiz said at a press conference with foreign media.
Let us be clear about this: SCCO has a 100% approved and permitted Environment Impact Study and according to the letter of the law, it doesn't have to submit to any "additional changes", "modifications" or any other "improveables" if it doesn't want to. In other words, Peru's Minister of Mining is talking about rescinding the EIA. That's what she said today, no more no less, all the rest is funny wordgames and diplo-talk.
PS: A pity the reporters present at that presser didn't realize what she meant, they might have then asked the right follow-up question.
PS: A pity the reporters present at that presser didn't realize what she meant, they might have then asked the right follow-up question.
The Friday OT: Mozart; Requiem, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philarmoniker
It was between this one and the Claudio Abbado version, which is more sedate and...well, mournful.
But the von Karajan is the one, nobody did Mozart like HvK. His mastery of the choir and preference tempo allows the piece to retain its main message, but brings an uplifting sentiment as well. And the Vienna Philharmonic knows its reputation is on the line every time they run a Mozart piece, they are perfection itself. And the Lacrimosa (23:47) got me doing just that last night.
Mortality is a tough moment, but it's also something that ultimately should be celebrated.
Mortality is a tough moment, but it's also something that ultimately should be celebrated.
Courtney Chamberlain, rest in peace.
Yamana (AUY) (YRI.to) and Mega (MGP.v): Another piece in the nascent big boy land grab
Here's a longview price chart of Mega Precious Metals' (MGP.v):
With the ticket price at 10c, spec players who accumulated at 4c and 5c this year have a decent little win. It's not one I've gone for recently, but the idea of collecting cheapo land assets is one of the main thrusts of The IKN Weekly strategy for 2015. Yamana wants the land, other bigboys will want theirs, at some point the market will notice the trend that's starting and won't allow the Tier 1 and 2 PM producers to get these things so cheaply. Just sayin'.
UPDATE Friday afternoon. Pleasant to see how much inspiration Gwen Preston gets from this humble corner of cyberspace.
UPDATE Friday afternoon. Pleasant to see how much inspiration Gwen Preston gets from this humble corner of cyberspace.
A photo of Calbuco from last night
And here's a map, for your consideration:
And if you like those photosets of towns buried under ash, just check the interwebs and see what's happening in Bariloche Argentina. This is Calbuco's first eruption since 1972. For context, 43 years between episodes in geological time is like waiting 10 minutes for your morning transport to work instead of 5 minutes.
UPDATE: Iwnattos gives you videos of Calbuco going ka-boom instead of a photo and a map, because he loves you more.
UPDATE: Iwnattos gives you videos of Calbuco going ka-boom instead of a photo and a map, because he loves you more.
We now know how the anti-Tia Maria protester died yesterday
Amazingly, stunningly, crazily, it seems as though the chief of police who insisted yesterday evening that the 62 year old local farmer who died during the confrontation between locals and police officers because he tripped, fell, broke his leg and the broken bone punctured his artery was making shit up! (here's the quote from yesterday, "Victoriano Huayna did not suffer bullet or pellet impacts. According to the police chief, the victim fractured his leg and the bone cut through an artery") You'd never believe that story wasn't true now, would you?
In fact, according to the official autopsy today, Victoriano Huayna Nina died from a bullet wound to the upper right leg that blew out his artery and saw him die from the combination of shock and massive loss of blood: In short, he was shot and then bled to death. Pleasant.
Southern Copper (SCCO) must be happy now: A 62 year old farmer who had lived in the Tambo Valley all his life and done nothing more sinister in six decades than tend his fields (or lately protect them) must be one of those "mining terrorists" the company keeps talking about, so now they and the whole of Peru have one less of those dangerous and life-threatening "terrorists" to worry about. Shot to death by a police force that swore blind it was not carrying firearms while controlling the crowds yesterday and headed up by a now confirmed liar.
Hey SCCO guys, how's that community relations program going? ¿Todas observaciones ya estan absueltas? Ah, buenissimo, les felicito.
UPDATE: this evening, the police chiefs in charge of the operation have been relieved of their duties by the Peruvian Minister of the Interior.
UPDATE: this evening, the police chiefs in charge of the operation have been relieved of their duties by the Peruvian Minister of the Interior.
Regarding stupid errors of precious metals streaming companies
The point is this: We all make mistakes, all of us, errare humanum est and all that jazz. I'm a fool, you're a fool, he's a fool and she's a fool over and over again. However, not all of us put ourselves into the position where your errors cost a lot of people a lot of money, which is why of course successful businesspeople who make it to CEO level earn and deserve rich salaries. When it comes to the errors of judgment made by streaming companies they are by no means confined to Sandstorm (SSL.to) (SAND) as noted in the post earlier this morning either, so by way of example...
Pierre Lassonde over at Franco Nevada (FNV) seems to have a weakness for the Cordillera del Condor in North Peru/East Ecuador. First he sponsored the lamentable and now defunct Dorato (ex-DRI.v), now he's getting hot and sticky over Odin and Lundin Gold. Of the three I'd give LUG a chance of becoming a winner, but no way do I buy at its current price. For another, his pop at diamond riches via Olivut turned into a moneypit of nasty. But the thing with Lassonde is that his high-risk punts may not turn out so well sometimes but he gets the big decisions right. You can tell by the FNV share price and market cap growth. The guy makes mistakes, he also makes a holy crapload of money for his backers and himself.
Moving on, let's talk about the way Silver Wheaton (SLW) has decided to sponsor the geological anomaly owned by Sandspring (SSP.v), which just today got its deal adjusted to give SSP more time and a bit more of SLW's money to play with. The thing here is that SLW started as a brilliant business plan and is a rock solid company, it can afford to throw a few risk dollars at a project or three these days and the amount of cash it has exposed to SSP isn 't much more than a rounding error.
However, that famous Seneca phrase "Errare humanum est" has a second part to it, "Sed in errare perseverare diabolicum" and that's the problem with Nolan Watson. If you make a few small errors, so be it. If you make a big one well that's not good as a CEO, but one in a singular can be forgiven if subsequent deals make it into the win column. But the way in which the SAND investments in Colossus Minerals, Luna Gold, Metanor and True Gold have turned out are ample evidence of serious and repeated strategic stupidity at the highest level at Sandstorm and when you're running a U$414m market cap these are major corporate damage mistakes too, not the SLW rounding errors on (I suppose) understandable higher-risk dicerolls. Ask yourself if you're going to trust Watson's judgment and the chances of success in the next deal he decides to make; trust him to the extent of putting your own money into his hands?
And one final thing: I'm 100% sure that Pierre Lassonde doesn't care a jot when this pissant blog (or anywhere else, often far less pissant) points the finger at his dealmaking errors. Perhaps, just perhaps, that attitude to criticism is one of the reasons why he's become so successful. As my Eng.Lit professor would say, "Discuss".
Things that annoy Sandstorm (SAND) (SSL.to) versus things that don't annoy Sandstorm
Wasting untold millions of company money on Colossus Minerals doesn't annoy Sandstorm.
Throwing oodles of shareholder cash straight down the toilet by first backing and then doubling down on Luna Gold doesn't annoy Sandstorm.
Doing exactly the same thing on its "investment" in Metanor doesn't annoy Sandstorm.
Ploughing millions into True Gold just weeks before the company's community relations goes haywire, thereby showing the total lack of DD done, doesn't annoy Sandstorm.
But a pissant little blogger running a sideshow backwater publication called IKN, that does annoy Sandstorm. Funny old world.
The New York Times Clinton (well, Frank Giustra really) story
Betcha Giustra's going to just love the next eighteen months or so of US politics. Anyway, the NYT story is here and it's basically essential reading. I'm going to stick one of the sidebars right here as a teaser, because...
Among the Donors to the Clinton FoundationFrank Giustra$31.3 million and a pledge for $100 million moreHe built a company that later merged with Uranium One.Ian Telfer$2.35 millionMining investor who was chairman of Uranium One when an arm of the Russian government, Rosatom, acquired it.Paul Reynolds$1 million to $5 millionAdviser on 2007 UrAsia-Uranium One merger. Later helped raise $260 million for the company.Frank Holmes$250,000 to $500,000Chief Executive of U.S. Global Investors Inc., which held $4.7 million in Uranium One shares in the first quarter of 2011.Neil Woodyer$50,000 to $100,000Adviser to Uranium One. Founded Endeavour Mining with Mr. Giustra.GMP Securities Ltd.Donating portion of profitsWorked on debt issue that raised $260 million for Uranium One.
...well riddle me ree, check out those names. Telfer? Name rings a bell from somewhere...some gold mining company head, perchance? Reynolds? Something to do with mining brokerages, perhaps? And GMP, don't just do something in the...ah yeah they do. Woodyer? Not the same Endeavour Financial Woodyer that hangs with Giustra and Serafino Iacono all night long? And is that Frank Holmes the same Frank Holmes that bet a whole tonne of US Global (aka other people's money) on Frank Giustra's Gran Colombia Gold (GCM.to) vehicle in Colombia and still owns 12% of the company and just bailed them out by "lending" Giustra's pal Serafino Iacono's failing miner another $2m in cash?
Probably just coincidence.
Regarding "flash crash kid" Navinder Singh Sarao and the question posed yesterday
Yesterday IKN asked, "Why are authorities so keen on charging this Flash Crash guy?" because the rap sheet looked dumb as a bag of nails from the very start. Fortunately there are smarter people in this wonderful blogo-world than your two-dimensionally-brained humble scribe, people who have the insight to get to the bottom of the story quickly.
Step forward John Hempton of Bronte Capital with this post today. Read it all, but here's a slice:
"They have arrested a kid who is spoofing the market with a few thousand e-mini contracts and hence taken money from the front-running computers whose real goal is to rip you (real investors) off. They have made the world safe for the conventional high-frequency traders at a real cost to the investing public."
Whole thing here, well worth your time.
Plumbum non subiciatur
In our modern thrusting times, lead (Pb) has become a bit of an ugly sister in the base metals fashion world. Copper's cool, zinc gets talked up, nickel's shiny, alu gets used in everything, but poor old plumbum is heavy and poisonous and those new fangled batteries don't even need it any more. However, against many odds (if not all) the price has been making a bit of a comeback in the last few weeks:
The heavy metal was spiking down under 80c/lb as late as PDAC time, we're now back at 92c. Lead not dead.
Sunward and NovaCopper: Electrum consolidates
Mr. Kaplan decides that paying for one office worth of G&A is smarter than paying for two, which in fact makes sense. Sunward's been a disaster and Rick Van Alphabet's getting bored with the people who won't build the road, so here we are. NR here, how it starts here:
VANCOUVER , April 23, 2015 /CNW/ - NovaCopper Inc. (TSX, NYSE-MKT: NCQ) ("NovaCopper") and Sunward Resources Ltd. (TSX: SWD; OTCQX: SNWRF) ("Sunward") are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") pursuant to which NovaCopper has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Sunward by way of a court approved plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement").
The combination of NovaCopper and Sunward will create a leading exploration and development company with a strong balance sheet of approximately US$23 million in cash for the advancement of the Arctic and Bornite deposits located in the Ambler mining district of Alaska , USA. The company plans to advance the Arctic deposit towards feasibility with a US$8-10 million field program this summer. Meanwhile, plans are underway to maximize shareholder value at the Titiribi exploration asset in Colombia. Sunward has focused on community engagement at its Titiribi project and with its talented and experienced Colombian management team, has built a strong reputation with local communities.
Under the terms of the Arrangement, Sunward shareholders will receive 0.3 (the "Exchange Ratio") of a NovaCopper common share ("NovaCopper Share") for each Sunward common share ("Sunward Share") held. The Exchange Ratio represents the equivalent of US$0.1841 per Sunward Share based on yada yada numbers stuff and VWAP and all sorts of wonderful business-speak continues here
(Spoke too soon) A death at Tia Maria today
This a translation of this report from a local news service, just out:
Confirmation Of First Death After Confrontations in Tambo Valley
Victoriano Huayna Nina, 61, became the first mortality of the strike action in the Tambo Valley, protesting against the Tia Maria mine project.
The victim was injured during the confrontations this afternoon between farmers in the valley and police officers in the area around the Pampa Blanca bridge in the Cocachacra district
The injured man was taken to the Manuel Torres Muñoz hospital in Mollendo, where he arrived in a critical state, where he later died. He body was taken to the hospital morgue.
The head of the Islay Health Service, Walter Vera, confirmed the time of death at around 5:40pm. The victim died of wounds to the right leg.
Because a 61 year old farmer is a terrorist, or something. Right SCCO? And for what it's worth, since posting earlier about two reported injuries, a whole bunch of new reports about injured people and arrests have come in, including the arrest of the woman mayoress of a local town during on of the protests. Because democratically elected lady mayors are mining terrorists, too.
UPDATE: Señor Huayna Nina died from shotgun pellet injuries, apparently. And new reports put his age at 62.
UPDATE 2: Now national news
UPDATE 3: According to the police general in charge of the regional police force (quote unquote), "...Victoriano Huayna did not suffer bullet or pellet impacts. According to the police chief, the victim fractured his leg and the bone cut through an artery." Which may be true. If so we can add it to the impressive number of unlucky accidents protesters tend to have around Peruvian police officers.
UPDATE: Señor Huayna Nina died from shotgun pellet injuries, apparently. And new reports put his age at 62.
UPDATE 2: Now national news
UPDATE 3: According to the police general in charge of the regional police force (quote unquote), "...Victoriano Huayna did not suffer bullet or pellet impacts. According to the police chief, the victim fractured his leg and the bone cut through an artery." Which may be true. If so we can add it to the impressive number of unlucky accidents protesters tend to have around Peruvian police officers.
Tia Maria news for those of you with a desire to read long technical reports in Spanish
Today and for the first time, Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mining has made public the review process it went through in 2014 that gave the Southern Copper (SCCO) Tia Maria project the environmental green light. You can find it on this link here and the interesting bit is the green link which goes to the 2014 EIA document PDF. At a guess, less than a dozen of you marvellous and wonderful IKN readers will be interested in that link. That's enough to stick it here, so join me in a little bedtime reading material.
As for the regionwide strike action and protest today, it was mostly peaceful but this afternoon we've had reports of a skirmish between anti-mine protesters and police units near the town of Cocachacra in the Tambo Valley. Also one further up the main Panamericana Highway. Together, those have accounted for two arrests and two injuries.
UPDATE: From the document: This is wonderful, a case example of how an Environmental Permit is awarded by a government bureau:
If you read Spanish you'll need no prompting, but basically: "We weren't sure whether to award the permit because we'd heard things weren't great between SCCO and the locals, even though they'd already done some workshops and things. So we asked SCCO to do some more. So SCCO did some workshops and now everyone in the area knows what's going on. Therefore this problem is solved. No problems."
UPDATE: From the document: This is wonderful, a case example of how an Environmental Permit is awarded by a government bureau:
If you read Spanish you'll need no prompting, but basically: "We weren't sure whether to award the permit because we'd heard things weren't great between SCCO and the locals, even though they'd already done some workshops and things. So we asked SCCO to do some more. So SCCO did some workshops and now everyone in the area knows what's going on. Therefore this problem is solved. No problems."
Glenn Chan does mining CEOs
A nice thinkpiece from Glenn Chan today, entitled "Figuring out the skill of mining CEOs". There's plenty of meat on this bone so go over and have a read for yourself. I'm not 100% on board with some of the argument, but here's one bit I agreed with:
"Some CEOs like Nolan Watson do not have formal (or informal) training in mine exploration or mine engineering. Despite the lack of mining expertise, they do not hire mining professionals onto their staff. These are the people who make really dumb investments. So far, every single Nolan Watson investment in Sandstorm Metals and Energy has turned out to be a disaster. Likewise, institutional investors generally have no idea what they're doing when it comes to valuing mining assets. They are also the fish at the poker table. Usually these people are easy to spot because it is easy to get biographical information on the people involved (e.g. what did these people study in university, did they ever work as an explorationist or mine engineer, etc.)."
Argentina: Daniel Scioli is now favourite for next President (from IKN310)
This was part of IKN310, out last Sunday evening. It gets an airing here on the open blog because several people have written in inquiring about Argentina political thoughts this week. It's easier this way.
Argentina 2015 is going to be one special political showtime.
: Daniel Scioli is now favourite for next President Argentina
So early results in PASO votes have been encouraging for Scioli. Then this morning we have the result of the latest survey conducted by poll people
Poliarquia for
La Nacion (12)
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Argentina 2015 is going to be one special political showtime.
To this point, IKN and your author has had Daniel Scioli as its tentative choice as the 2015 winner in Argentina politics, first in the PASO (version of primaries) vote in August and then in the big vote in October to decide who becomes the next President of Argentina. Today that changes, he's now clear favourite.
At the beginning of the year I wrote (11):
"It's a difficult call this early in the process, but I'm contractually obliged to make a call on the
presidential election so the forecast is for Daniel Scioli to be the next
President of ." Argentina
Then a couple of weeks ago in the Regional Risk update of IKN308 it was:
"...it's still too early to call anything with great confidence but things stand so far, my tentative selection of Daniel Scioli for the win has firmed up and looks a little more likely."
But a week is a long time in politics and since then we've had two developments; Firstly, the start of the akin to primaries process (it's very complicated) has begun in some of the provinces of
Argentina (last
week Salta, today
and Santa Fe) and initial results have shown decent support in both relative
and absolute terms for the FpV candidates. That's the "Frente Para Mendoza La "
party of both current President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and candidate
Daniel Scioli, often known as the Kirchnerist party or simply the "K"
party. Victoria
1) It was a phone survey of 1,000 people, conducted between April 3rd and April 10th. It covered 40 different representative zones of
and is given a margin of error of +/-3.2%. For what it's worth, Poliarquia is
one of the more reliable pollsters in the country and you can tell because
they're regularly accused of being pro-govt by anti-govt people and anti-govt
by pro-govt people, depending on the poll results on varying subjects they come
out with over the course of time. Argentina
2) In Poliarquia's previous survey a little less than a
month ago (13) Poliarquia
scored Scioli at 31%, Macri 25% and
21%. Massa
3) In March, the news was the fading of the frontrunner in 2013 and 2014, Sergio Massa (Frente Renovador party). The latest survey continues to
his wilting. ind
4) Mauricio Macri's (PRO party) share is up from 25% and it's clear he's now the main opposition to an eventual Scioli win and the continuation of the current government in
. Argentina
5) Daniel Scioli (FpV party, aka Kirchnerist) is now the clear leader and consolidating. He and Macri and now pulling away from
and while here, let's note that although I've added the numbers for two of the
other players at htis point there are only three logical possibles for
President, the rest is just noise. Massa
6) In the deeper interior party details of the FpV there's more good news for Daniel Scioli. His nearest rival in the FpV ranks for the PASO "primary" vote in August is Florencio Randazzo, and for that August vote Scioli is on 24.5% with
back on 12.5%. That's a big gap and virtually guarantees his official
nomination now (sidebar: Randazzo may now
manoeuver for a leading role within a Scioli admin, or perhaps take the Vice
President candidacy on the Scioli ticket; for deeper political watchers it's
going to be very interesting to watch Radazzo's moves in the next few weeks).
7) Also good for Scioli, in the politically key Greater Buenos Aires region (not to be confused with the separate and relatively small city centre
Buenos Aires zone) Scioli is clear frontrunner on 36%,
with 22%
and Macri 21%. There's an old adage in Massa politics that you cannot
win the presidency without winning Gran
BsAs. Argentina
8) Finally, it's long been assumed (and confirmed by polls) that if the Presidential vote gives no clear winner on October 25th, a run-off between Daniel Scioli and Sergio
would be tough to call but a run-off between Daniel Scioli and Mauricio Macri
clearly favours Scioli. As that latter is now the most likely scenario, even
the run-off is beginning to suit Scioli. Massa
Bottom line: I'm calling the frontrunner and the most likely challenger, I'm also calling the favourite but please be clear that I'm not calling the winner. It's still not over yet, not by a long haul, but we can now say out loud that Daniel Scioli is favourite to win in October (with a run-off likely in November) and become the next President of
It's also worth noting that to this point the election campaign has been rather
non-controversial and little scandal noise has come so far, which is
particularly weird for Argentine politics. It remains to be seen whether the
relatively clean campaign continues though it's probably fair to say that the
longer things remain "civilized" the more it favours the two
frontrunners. As for an eventual Scioli win, ostensibly this would mean a
continuation of the current Cristina government and policies as they're from
the same but it's also likely that Scioli would be more moderate than CFK, in
the mid to long term at least. We can take a closer look at the dynamics of
that if the scenario continues to Argentina indicate
Scioli as dauphin in the hs
to come. mont
Mauricio Macri is now the obvious challenger, which is a change from the beginning of the year when I wrote (11), "Main opponent is
, in with a squeak is Macri, outsider
Randazzo, the rest are just noise" at the end of December. Son of a
very rich and successful businessman as well as being current Mayor of Buenos
Aires city and president of Boca Juniors football club, Macri comes from as
classic a right wing neoliberal political standpoint as you could imagine. If
he became President, it would mark a big shift in Argentine politics to the
type of "normal" economic policies we see in most Massa ustrialized and emerging market growth
countries. It would also be a move away from the shadow of Juan Peron (although Macri is bound to swear blind his
allegiance to Peron in the months to come). You can expect his candidacy to
gain strong support from political and media figures outside of ind
looking in. Argentina
It's going to be fun.
The only game in town
This isn't a difficult market to decipher at the moment:
If the USD is "doing something" then you need to pay attention. If it isn't, there's that cool book to catch up on or garden or maybe it's time I got round to painting that ceiling or how about a coffee downtown or (etc).
This will of course only work right up to the moment that it doesn't. But for the time being it works, so unless you're one of those into picking up nickels in front of a steamroller we are not living in interesting times.
Assorted mysteries
Why are authorities so keen on charging this Flash Crash guy? The rap sheet is so shaky that even the dullards at Bloomie have blown a dozen holes into it in under 24 hours.
Why is Tim Warman, independent director at Continental Gold (CNL.to), so keen on exercising a whole bunch of his $1.50 options and dumping them at less than 50c profit? I mean, it's notable that 1) he's a professional geologist and 2) he's not exactly short of a bob or two.
Why is Daniel Ameduri's pump job on First Mining Finance (FF.v) failing so badly? Is it true that he's about to get his $7,000/month spigot turned off for not being able to move the stock in the way he promised?
Why did Eurasian (EMX.v) (EMXX) dump hard yesterday afternoon? We know a million papers got lumped onto an inexistent bid and we know that the company has no new news coming up, because they told us. If Dundee steps up and buys this dip, I wouldn't be surprised.
And why is Bobby Genovese so pissed at IKN? He shouldn't be, because he's previously told your humble scribe that nothing written here ever bothers him. Why the change in mood, Bobby?
Tia Maria Wednesday
Tomorrow Wednesday, the Arequipa region of South Peru sees a regionwide strike against the Tia Maria project of Southern Copper (SCCO). The difference this time is that the protests are now spreading, it's not just the Tambo Valley on the coast. Schools all over will be shut, transport stopped, a massed protest marches in the centre of Arequipa and supposedly some 5,000 police officers on hand in Big City to control things*.
IKN wonders whether Carlos Aranda, Technical Services Manager at Southern Copper (SCCO), will keep on with his story about the protests coming from just 6% of the 52,000 people who live in the Tambo Valley after tomorrow.
*Hopefully that stays at control things and doesn't turn into "control things".
Petaquilla Minerals versus Global Hunter Securities LLC: The complaint document
Here for your consideration. Page eight was left intentionally blank, so it's not here:
PS: This of course is not the same suit dated April 17th in which Jones Walker is suing Petaquilla for over half a million dollars in unpaid legal fees via a Louisiana courtroom.
Courtney Chamberlain
A sad day. A most remarkable man has passed on. News release here.
Courtney Chamberlain, R.I.P.
PS: The second movement of Aranjuez, as posted yesterday, is sadly apt for today.
Monday melodies: Paco de Lucia; Aranjuez Concierto
For some reason the small letters "YTEL" are superimposed in the middle of the video. Don't let that put you off, this is magnificent.
I'll leave it to Keith Richards: "You say I'm a guitar legend. You have no idea. There are only two or three guitarists who can be considered legends. And above all is Paco de Lucía."
UPDATE: The second movement, in which de Lucía breaks your heart and then mends it again, starts at 5:46.
UPDATE: The second movement, in which de Lucía breaks your heart and then mends it again, starts at 5:46.
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Screwtape on silver
When it comes to silver I do try, I really do. I even own some bullion. But the whole wingnut aspect to the silver market and the myopic permabull true believers that overpopulate the magical gun-totin' freedom defending saviour's world of silver, it's really too much. All too often I find myself falling back to the default position of mocking the idiots because, quite frankly, they deserve little else (except perhaps some pity, which you won't find on these pages).
Which is why articles like this one out of Screwtape Files, "Why Does The Price of Silver Matter?" should be read by as many people as possible because it's about silver as an investment (perhaps speculative is better) vehicle and the connection between silver and governments by a smart, intelligent, experienced and reasonable market player who isn't frothing into hyperbole, but does get to make a sensible point. Go read it too.
Brazil Minerals (BMIX) has today's best news release
If you mining trading investing and punting guys in Canada would like to know what your junior mining news releases would look like if the companies didn't have the OSC, BCSC etc to answer to, then read on:
BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL--(April 20, 2015) - Brazil Minerals, Inc. (OTC: BMIX) (the "Company" or "BMIX") announced today that it had been featured in TCR, a well-regarded mining newsletter, with a price target for its common stock approximately eight times greater than the last closing price. TCR specializes in smaller capitalization companies in the minerals space, and is read by influential industry members. The Company does not have any affiliation with TCR, and was unaware that it would be featured.
Thom Calandra, the publisher of TCR, publicly disclosed on Friday, April 17, that he had bought an initial small position in the common stock of BMIX through open market trades. He has no affiliation of any type with the Company but had the opportunity to meet with BMIX's CEO in 2013 and 2014. Mr. Calandra has decades of investment experience in mining companies.
The current management of the Company, in place since December 2012, has never sold a single share of their BMIX stock. The Company's CEO, Head of Brazilian Operations, Chief Mining Officer, and General Counsel, all receive partial compensation in the form of restricted BMIX stock in lieu of cash payments.
Absolutely adorable. A couple of points to make:
1) "...a price target for its common stock approximately eight times greater than the last closing price" refers to the fact that BMIX shares closed Friday at 0.0026 and Thom Calandra has slapped a 2c target price on this paper.
2) It's absolutely true that, "Mr. Calandra has decades of investment experience in mining companies". Take for example this link to an SEC litigation filing as evidence. It starts like this:
The Securities and Exchange Commission today brought and settled civil fraud charges against Thom Calandra, a former columnist for the Internet website CBS MarketWatch.com. The Commission alleges that Calandra profited by secretly selling stocks shortly after his investment newsletter's positive recommendations of the stocks caused their prices to rise. In settling the matter, Calandra, who lives in Sausalito, California, will pay over $540,000 in disgorgement and penalties.
3) Nice to see Roger Noriega, ex-Assistant US Secretary of State in the George Bush administration, on the board of directors. And Paul Durand, ex-Ambassador for Canada to a couple of LatAm countries who did so well in the Infinito Gold negotiations with Costa Rica.
NioCorp (NB.to): "A computational error"
Ah, bless these people. Here's the latest NR from the Tommy Humphreys promo special, here's the best extract:
Company officials were advised by the authors of the report that a computational error was discovered in the formula pertaining to one section of the report. The error resulted in a portion of the projected revenue not being accounted for in early years of the project, which, together with consequent adjustments to estimates for tax liabilities, resulted in an adjustment to the NPV and IRR results. After correction for this calculation, the Company reports the following amendments to the summary provided on April 13:
- Pre-tax NPV of US$ 875 million with an IRR of 16.6% (previously reported as US$ 821 million with an IRR of 15.7%)
- After-tax NPV of US$ 606 million with an IRR of 14.6% (previously reported as US$ 562 million with an IRR of 13.9%)
There were no additional changes to the PEA.
- Average pre-tax cash flow of US$ 178 million (previously reported as US$ 177 million).
The beauty of this is that we can now file this one under "For Retail Only" and laugh at everything else they ever do.
Jemi Fibre (JFI.v): Balance sheet concerto in Bobby G minor for violin
Bobby Genovese's latest scam's been fiddling its books. Here's the originally filed balance sheet for Jemi Fibre (JFI.v) for the quarter ended October 2014:
And here's the amended filing for the same quarter that was re-filed at SEDAR last Friday:
Oh we love this one, Bobby.
And how, you ask, did the re-filed balance sheet manage to move from negative to positive equity? Simple, all it did was to assign a new value to its newly purchased assets, namely WoodEx Industries, Kootenay Wood Preservers (KWP), and Prairie Holdings Inc (PHI). And to make the transaction nice and clear, we're going to do it by bullet point:
- When JFI.v bought WoodEx, KWP and PHI it paid the vendors in shares of JFI.v
- It paid 12m shares for the three properties, to be exact.
- Those shares were valued at $2.25m
- It just so happens that two of the directors of JFI.v are Mike Jenks and Georgina Martin, who also happen to be 50% owners of the three properties sold to JFI.v (WoodEx, KWP, PHI)
- The transaction happened on June 5th 2014
- Then suddenly, just four and a half months later, in a re-filing of its company quarterly financials, the three properties bought with $2.25m worth of shares have boosted JFI's asset value by over $14m.
The magic of accountancy.
The IKN Weekly, out now
IKN310 has just been sent to subscribers. Going to buy one for a trade here, looking for a reasonably quick flip. I'm now going to open and read Gary Tanashian's weekly missive.
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Argentina Presidential poll
In IKN310 today we spend time and 1,048 words to explain the results of this poll, out this morning in La Nacion:
It's going to be a Too Much Fun year in Argentine politics.
20 years of Oklahoma
Yes, it's really 20 years since that terrible deed.
And if you're up for some longform read this by Gore Vidal, The Meaning of Timothy McVeigh. Written as a polemic (of course), parts of it can and should be taken with the normal Vidal pinch of salt but there's plenty to consider in retrospect, too. Not least because it was written around the time of McVeigh's execution in early 2001 and was the front page story of the September 2001 edition of Vanity Fair. And then everything changed.
Nothing like a common enemy to gird a country and prevent internal wars from breaking out, is there?
And if you're up for some longform read this by Gore Vidal, The Meaning of Timothy McVeigh. Written as a polemic (of course), parts of it can and should be taken with the normal Vidal pinch of salt but there's plenty to consider in retrospect, too. Not least because it was written around the time of McVeigh's execution in early 2001 and was the front page story of the September 2001 edition of Vanity Fair. And then everything changed.
Nothing like a common enemy to gird a country and prevent internal wars from breaking out, is there?
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San Francisco, CaliforniaCable cars, the Golden Gate rising from the fog - welcome to San Francisco, arguably the most romantic and cosmopolitan city in the United States. San Francisco has it all: a colorful history, superb restaurants, sophisticated museums, world-class shopping, and that elusive air of romance and abandon that's part of the tang of the city.
Top things to do and see in San Francisco, California: View Excursions
Once the home of famous gangsters like Al Capone, this legendary island in San Francisco Bay boasts a colorful history as the West Coast's first lighthouse, Civil War fortress, infamous federal prison, and bird sanctuary.
2Golden Gate Bridge
One of the world's most iconic structures, the Bridge was the world's longest from 1937 to 1964. Painted "International Orange," Golden Gate refers to Golden Gate Strait, the entrance to the Bay from the Pacific.
3Muir Woods National Monument
A remnant of ancient coastal redwood forests that covered many northern California valleys, Muir Woods is home to the world's tallest trees; at 500 to 700 years of age, they're also some of the oldest.
Hugging the hills above San Francisco Bay, this charming city boasts unique art galleries, spectacular views of the bay and an historic waterfront, which was once a bootlegger's paradise for gangsters like "Baby Face" Nelson.
5Pier 39
A 45-acre complex near Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 39 is the hot spot for eating, shopping, strolling and soaking up the breathtaking views of Alcatraz, the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges, and the city skyline. The docks of Pier 39 are also home to hundreds of sea lions.
6Sonoma and Napa Valley Wine Country
You don't have to be a wine expert to appreciate the serene beauty of two of Northern California's most popular destinations. Tour the region's 400 wineries by limousine, horse and carriage, bicycle, jeep or bus.
7Cliff House
One of San Francisco's oldest restaurants, the history of this fabled site begins in the mid-1800s when the original building stood precariously high on the edge of a cliff overlooking Seal Rocks.
8Vista Point
One of the many breathtaking sights of the Golden Gate Bridge can be enjoyed from the north vista point. At mid-span, the pedestrian walkway hovers 220 feet above the water's surface.


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The Poodles – Clash of the Elements (2009)
On more than one occasion when writing reviews there have been times when I struggle to find the words to describe a particular album, even though I may love the album the words just don't come to mind. Fortunately with the Poodles third release "Clash of the Elements" that is not the case, without beating around the bush "Clash of the Elements" is absolutely AMAZING!!! These Swedish rockers have released hands down the best album I have heard all year. I liked the band's two previous releases "Metal Will Stand Tall" and "Sweet Trade" but Jakob Samuel – Vocals, Christian Lundqvist – Drums, Pontus Egberg – Bass and Henrik Bergqvist – Guitar have unleashed a monster of an album, this time around filled with great harmonies, great playing and anthems tailor made for the stadiums.
"Clash of the Elements" opens with the epic "Too Much of Everything" filled with strings, piano, and is very reminiscent of Queen in their heyday. It flows flawlessly into "Caroline" which is a hard driving foot stomping rocker with a sing along chorus perfect for summer. Henrik Bergqvist definitely makes his mark on his debut with the band replacing the departed Pontus Norgren with some tight outstanding playing. "No Tomorrow" is an anthem in every since of the word, catchy, foot stomping, daring you to try and resist from singing along with Samuel's soaring vocals along with the rest of the band's background vocals. "One Out of Ten" is a piano power ballad that picks up after the first verse, Samuel's vocals again sound great on this song, and I love that fact that a metal band is not afraid to use piano and strings on their songs giving them a fuller sound. "I Rule The Night" is another anthem with a little heavier vibe than "No Tomorrow" but just as good nonetheless, "Give Me A Sign" is a melodic rocker with a great chrous and some nice keyboards, Bergqvist goes off on the solo for this song too, very impressive. "Sweet Enemy" is a slow, heavy rocker that pulls you in and will not let go. "Seven Days & Seven Nights" is a rocker through and through with a honky- tonk piano opening before it kicks in along with "No Tomorrow" one of the catchiest songs on "Clash of the Elements". On "Pilot of the Storm" Jakob Samuel is channeling David Coverdale at his best. "Don't Rescue Me" is another outstanding melodic rocker which should earn the band some airplay on rock radio. "Dream To Follow" is one more awesome anthem with a great chorus and absolutely smoking guitar by Bergqvist, ready made for the stadium.
With 14 tracks "Clash of the Elements" has something for every rock fan to enjoy. Any fan of Queen, Scorpions, Gotthard, and even Whitesnake SHOULD have this album in their collection. If there is a downside to "Clash of the Elements" it is the fact that this is an import because there is not an American A&R rep smart enough to sign the Poodles to an American record deal. But please do not let this stop you from buying "Clash of the Elements" you will be cheating yourself out of hearing the absolute best album of 2009.
You can check out the Poodles at www.myspace.com/thepoodles or www.poodles.se
Rating: Out of 10
Track Listing:
01. Too Much Of Everything
02. Caroline
03. No Tomorrow
04. One Out Of Ten
05. I Rule The Night
06. Give Me A Sign
07. Sweet Enemy
08. Seven Days & Seven Nights
09. Pilot Of The Storm
10. Cant Let You Go
11. Dont Rescue Me
12. Heart Of Gold
13. Dream To Follow
14. Wings Of Destiny
The Poodles are:
Jakob Samuel – Vocals
Christian Lundqvist – Drums
Pontus Egberg – Bass
Henrik Bergqvist – Guitar
This album is realy great, the best album of 2009!
Great singing, playing and showmanship. Criminally underrated band.
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A lawsuit between Eminem's music publisher and Apple Inc. has been settled after five days of trial in federal court in Detroit.
The dispute centered on who had the right to authorize downloads of the hip-hop star's music on Apple's iTunes service. Aftermath Records has rights to the recordings, but Eight Mile Style claimed that did not entitle the record label to make a deal with Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple without its approval.
Eight Mile lawyer Richard Busch declined to disclose details of the settlement Friday. He says a deal was reached Thursday night.
A message seeking comment was left with the lawyer for Apple and Aftermath.
Eight Mile is owned by brothers Jeff and Mark Bass, songwriters and producers who are credited with launching Eminem's career.


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Young Woman Confronts Her Sexual Abuser on the Phone [VIDEO]
Sexual assault is a terrible thing. It can happen to anyone and does not discriminate. When it happens to young children, it will alter their adulthood. This young woman wanted to explain that to her sexual abuser in a confrontational phone call that she recorded on video.
"Jamie X" was sexually abused by her teacher at a younger age. Now 28, she has decided to speak out about this abuse. Though it is too late for her to file charges, she decided to still do something about it.
Her choice was to confront the woman who sexually assaulted her.
Jamie's abuse reportedly began when she was 12 years old. In the video showing this confrontation, she says to her former teacher and sexual abuser, "You know that I am completely messed up? That I have so many issues because of you?"
She may never completely overcome the effects of her abuse. She may never see legal justice for this teacher's actions. But, she can help others.
Jamie says, "I am 28 years old and have been waiting years to get up enough courage to report a teacher for sexually abusing me for years. When I finally got up enough courage to report her, I found out that the statute of limitations was up and she will never have to pay for the things that she did to me."
If this can be expressed to others who have hidden their own abuse, then more of these horrific crimes can be put on trial. More abusers can be locked up instead of getting away with it.
This is a tough video to watch, but you will end it feeling so proud for young Jamie. She stood up to the woman who drastically changed her life, and made her remember and think about the appalling things she did.
If you or someone you know is, currently or from the past, a victim of sexual abuse, reach out for help.
Call the National Sexual Abuse Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE. Or, contact the East Texas Family Crisis Center.
Please, do not see your abuser go unnamed like poor Jamie. Stand up against sexual abuse.


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