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- Command And Conquer Renegade
Wreaking Havoc.
Let's face it: everyone wants to be Rambo (minus the cheapo headband – that's
soooo 80's), a one-man army who can single-handedly turn the tide of battle just
by his sheer presence. Though the whole Chuck Norris-with-bigger-muscles/Arnold-without-that-silly-accent
dream has died out a bit in the theaters, it's a staple in gaming, particularly
first-person shooters. From Wolfenstein
and Serious Sam to classics
like Half-Life and even Doom,
fragging is often a dish best served by a rebel without a pause button.
When Westwood decided to expand upon its hallowed Command and Conquer
franchise by cranking out an action-oriented romp called Command & Conquer:
Renegade, we were all very excited. When they announced that it was both
a first-and third-person game and would allow you to run amuck in the classic
C&C universe, we were all very thrilled. When they unveiled the unique
multiplayer C&C Mode that would, essentially, allow the whole GDI/Nod conflict
to take on real-world proportions, we were as stoked as Robert Duvall surfing
the break in Nam.
Unfortunately, a rather large Obelisk of Light almost fries your ride to ashes
before you even reach the barracks. So you park it a safe distance away and
go about finding another way in. You slip in the back door of an adjacent building
and wind your way through the insides, wiping out the pesky engineers lurking
within, and emerge right next to the obelisk. You enter the base of the obelisk,
do away with some more guards, and blow the puppy up with some explosives from
the inside out. Then back to the buggy and on to the barracks for a final assault.
So yeah, this game should rock. But in case you need more convincing, check
out the brilliant multiplayer mode. Though the game also comes with standard
Deathmatch and Capture the Flag games, C&C Mode is the stunner.
The premise is obvious: two teams square off in a classic Command and Conquer
battle, GDI vs. NOD style. Two bases, plenty of vehicles and tons of soldiers
make for the kind of team-based multiplayer that's all the rage, except this
one takes place in a universe that we all already know and love.
The laws of C&C govern the game – namely, harvesting and processing
Tiberium to keep the base functioning and the reliance on power plants to keep
buildings operational. You can play as a number of different units for each
side, though it costs points to upgrade, similar in a sense to the weapon purchasing
in a game like Counter-strike.
There are four 'levels' of advancement, though the specific units differ between
GDI and Nod.
Basic units include Engineers (who can heal and repair buildings), Grenadiers
and Base Troops, but eventually you'll earn enough points (if you're good enough,
that is) to 'purchase' higher level units. Playing multiplayer as Havoc, who
comes armed with a wicked sniper rifle, or Sydney Mobius, who totes around a
portable Ion Cannon, can sway the tide of battle. Likewise, Nod biggies like
General Raveshaw and his rail gun can quickly turn the tide back.
We see a lot of multiplayer games that make big promises but wind up delivering
a marginal experience. In a class move, Westwood has taken great care to ensure
that the multiplayer will be just about flawless by the time Renegade
ships. The beta test has been going on for several months now and works very
well. By the time Renegade makes it into your hard drive, getting online
and kicking some real person ass should be a snap.
In the meantime, let's hope the folks behind Renegade put the proper
finishing touches on what is certainly an impressive rocket in their pocket.
Expect this elite soldier to ignite store shelves in late February.


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47 year old American cars aren't exactly known for their handling prowess, but this Holman-Moody equipped 64 Ford Fairlane isn't just any 47 year old American car. After watching the way this old Ford attacks the 'ring, we feel pretty safe guessing this Fairlane to be one of the company's modernized race cars (seen here).
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The AHS Education Committee's purpose is to recommend policy, plan, promote and coordinate activities and serve as a focal point for educational matters of interest to the Society including secondary, higher and continuing education.
Responsibilities and duties of the committee include:
- Providing educational materials, speakers and other resources to enhance and support educational activities.
- Establishing and coordinating mechanisms for recognizing outstanding educational efforts relating to vertical lift.
- Providing a source of information on academic programs offering rotary-wing courses or programs.
- Establishing and coordinating national student activities.
- Providing a source of career information including opportunities for permanent, co-op and summer employment.
- Promoting educational and research information and personnel exchanges between industry, government and academia.
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Summerhill - an Overview
"All crimes, all hatreds, all wars can be reduced to unhappiness" wrote A. S. Neill, founder of Summerhill School.
Today, all over the world, education is moving towards more and more testing, more examinations and more qualifications. It seems to be a modern trend that assessment and qualification define education.
If society were to treat any other group of people the way it treats its children, it would be considered a violation of human rights. But for most of the world's children this is the normal expectation from parents, school and the society in which we live.
Today many educationalists and families are becoming uneasy with this restrictive environment. They are beginning to look for alternative answers to mainstream schooling.
One of these answers is democratic or 'free' schooling. There are many models of democratic schools in all corners of the globe, from Israel to Japan, from New Zealand and Thailand to the United States.
The oldest and most famous of these schools is Summerhill, on the east coast of England.
Summerhill School was founded in 1921 at a time when the rights of individuals were less respected than they are today. Children were beaten in most homes at some time or another and discipline was the key word in child rearing. Through its self-government and freedom it has struggled for more than eighty years against pressures to conform, in order to give children the right to decide for themselves. The school is now a thriving democratic community, showing that children learn to be self-confident, tolerant and considerate when they are given space to be themselves.
Summerhill School is one of the most famous schools in the world, and has influenced educational practice in many schools and universities. The democratic schools movement is now blossoming internationally, with many schools far and wide being based upon the philosophy of A. S. Neill or inspired by reading his books.
Summerhill is a community of around a hundred people. About 75 of these are children aged between 5 and 17. The rest are teachers, house parents and other staff. It is situated in a large much loved, Victorian house and grounds, two miles from the coast of Suffolk.
Most of the children board during the term time, though there are day pupils as well. As the younger ones grow older, they usually prefer to sleep at school. Summerhill is co-educational and enjoys the diversity of pupils from throughout the world.
There is a wide choice of subjects, up to GCSE level. A new timetable is created each term when the older children have "signed-up" for classes, though there is no compulsion to attend.
As well as the structured timetable, there is free access to art, woodwork and computers. There are also open areas where pupils not in classes can hang out, amuse themselves, socialise, play games, be creative etc. Adults are not there to create things for the children to do. They need to create things for themselves. Sports, games and other amusements are all generated by the pupils and adults, according to need.
The staff meet regularly to discuss any problems or concerns. A Special Attention List monitors new children, and those who may have problems relating to learning. Staff will consider various actions to assist the child in. For example, if a child is nervous of the classroom, one-to-one lessons can be offered. This is the case for fast or slow learners. Pupils can take exams early if they wish and most pupils take some GCSEs before they leave, but of course they have the option not to take any at all.
The important freedom at Summerhill is the right to play. All lessons are optional. There is no pressure to conform to adult ideas of growing up, though the community itself has expectations of reasonable conduct from all individuals. Bullying, vandalism or other anti-social behaviour is dealt with on-the-spot by specially elected ombudsmen, or can be brought to the whole community in its regular meetings.
The school is set in twelve acres of garden and woodland with plenty of space for cycling, hut building, tree climbing, bonfires, camping, imaginative games. There is a swimming pool for use in the summer time, a tennis court, playing field, basketball area as well as table tennis indoors.
During the winter and spring there is a Social Committee elected by the community to organise games and activities in the afternoons and evenings. These include capture the flag, word games, board games, spontaneous acting, story telling, cinema trips, etc.
Summerhill is a happy and caring community that recognises the importance of expressing emotions and learning through feelings. There is a general openness and honesty among the community members. Staff do not use adult authority to impose values and solve problems; these are solved by the individual with the help of friends or ombudsmen or by the community in meetings.
The school has an outreach programme with its own external affairs committee of pupils who regularly take part in conferences, children's rights programmes, workshops in schools and colleges, etc. As well as this, the school endeavours to allow as many people as possible to visit and see the unique system in action.


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Syrian warplanes strike rebels in Damascus suburbs
BEIRUT Syrian warplanes and artillery blasted parts of Damascus and the capital's rebellious suburbs on Sunday, activists said, part of intense fighting as rebels try to push their way into capital, the center of President Bashar Assad's power base.
In central Syria, a car bomb killed at least 15 people, the official Syrian news agency reported.
The fighting over the past few weeks in Damascus is the most serious in the capital since July, when rebels captured several neighborhoods before a swift government counteroffensive swept them out.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighter jets struck twice at the suburb of Daraya as the regime troops pounded other districts just south of Damascus with artillery.
The Syrian air force also launched airstrikes on the northern city of Aleppo, some cities in the northern province of Idlib, the Mediterranean city of Latakia, the Observatory said. The Britain-based group relies on reports from activists on the ground.
The capital's suburbs have been opposition strongholds since the uprising against Assad began in March 2011. In the past weeks, the army has pressed an offensive to regain lost territory near the capital, including two air bases.
- Syrian Internet largely restored after blackout
- Battles rage in Damascus as Syria cuts Internet
- Firsthand view of deadly car bombing in Syria
- A rare and dangerous look into battle-ravaged Syria
In central Homs province, a car bomb exploded near a mosque al-Hamra neighborhood of Homs, killing at least 15 people and wounding 24 others, the state-run SANA news agency said.
Activists said seven people died in the attack. The Observatory said the number of dead from the bombing was likely to increase, because some of the wounded were in critical condition.
Homs has been a frequent battleground in the 20-month rebellion aimed at toppling Assad.
The SANA news agency said that the bomb exploded Sunday near Omar Bin al-Khattab mosque in the al-Hamra neighborhood of Homs.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The increase in bombing attacks as part of the civil war has raised concerns that Islamist extremist groups are taking a larger role on the side of the rebels.
The official SANA news agency claimed that on the outskirts of Homs, the Syrian army killed scores of rebels in an attack on their hideouts.
Also in Homs, two other people were killed, including a baby girl, the Observatory said.
Activists say at least 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict, which began with pro-democracy protests but has turned into a civil war.


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Well…as pre-season games go, tonight's 5-2 Capitals win over the Carolina Hurricanes was entertaining. But let's not delude ourselves that this was either: a) indicative of the relative strengths of these two teams, or b) that the Caps played well. But, it was a chance to look at some youngsters, a chance to put a few vets in roles they don't normally play, and a chance to reminisce about the sort of crowd that would frequent (for lack of a better verb) games last December. Some thoughts on the game…
- Official attendance: 13,266. Uh-huh…a lot of season ticket holders didn't brave the weather. There might have been 8,000 actual bodies.
- We could sit here and type that Michal Neuvirth had a difficult game (which would be true in many respects), but we'll give him credit. He gave up two goals on the Hurricanes' first seven shots, and he was fighting the puck for most of the 40 minutes he played. But he dug his heels in after the second goal and kept the Hurricanes from scoring again. Yeah, if Rod Brind'Amour or Eric Staal were out there, and this was January? Neuvirth would have been lit up like the Las Vegas strip. But this night, against these opponents, he stuck it out. We'll give him marks for that.
- Chris Bourque is light years better – if this night was any indication – than he was in previous stints here. In visits past, he'd skate around like a water bug, full of energy, but with no discernible purpose. Tonight, he was a lot more in control of his game, finding the open spaces to get shots off. And for someone of such short stature, he took a hit well with his low center of gravity. Only Alex Ovechkin and Mike Green had more power play time.
- Tim Conboy…three minor penalties for roughing. If it wasn't for his being utterly obnoxious, you'd never have known he dressed.
- OK, so you're Daniel Manzato. You're a young goalie coming into the game mid-way through the second period. You've played only one game above the ECHL level in your career. And the first shot you face from an NHL player is a penalty shot…and it's Alex Ovechkin doing the shooting. Wes Craven can't gin up a plot as horrifying. And the results were just as predictable.
- Speaking of Ovechkin, having notched the penalty shot goal and an assist on the first goal of two by Michael Nylander, he was trying to set up anyone wearing a red jersey, passing on a number of open shots. Failing to get anyone to finish his passes, one could almost hear him say, "enough of this crap (or whatever the Russian equivalent is)," and just fired the puck in himself on a set play from a faceoff.
- Was it me, or did Chris Clark look like he played with a smile on his face all night (except when he was staring over at Conboy with a look that said, "what the #@$& is your PROBLEM, pal?")
- I don't think you could get Daren Machesney to settle down if you bolted him to the ice. He was a bundle of perpetual motion out there. Given that he faced only three shots in 20 minutes, he probably needed to do something to keep himself occupied.
- In the NHL scoresheet, it's "Joshua" Godfrey, in case you were wondering.
- It is entirely possible that the Hurricanes started only one forward who will start on opening night (Patrick Eaves).
- Carolina had only three shots on goal in the last 23:30 of the game.
- Alexander Semin had several puck-handling displays that might be SportsCenter-worthy…none of them resulted in a goal; few of them resulted in a chance. He looked like he was holding onto the puck too much and too long.
- We sat there for most of the game fretting…"Mike Green could easily get into bad habits with the sort of game he had tonight."
- But speaking of Green, he logged 5:49 of penalty-killing time tonight. That would be about 20 percent of all the time he got short-handed last year. Alex Ovechkin had 4:48 on the penalty kill…he had a total of 13:09 last year. Enjoy it now boys…
- In the first intermission, with the Caps trailing 2-0, the Caps ran a text-message ticker on the big screen. One message said, "it's not over until Brooks Laich says it's over"…guess that person knew what they were talking about.
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The Amish Tube Caddy is a storage system for your body baits such as Reef Runners, Husky Jerks, and Bombers. Individual tubes house your baits without damage and tangles. These tubes are clear for excellent visibility with a cap on each end for easy access.
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VANCOUVER — The sight of homeowners setting their drinking water on fire is pretty dramatic.
But scientists say the controversial and fast-growing energy sector practice of "fracking" to get at natural gas pockets underground has been unfairly blamed for the contamination.
It is more likely the flammable water, reported by some people living near some U.S. fracking operations, is linked to ground spills and problems that are not unique to the process also known as hydraulic fracturing, says Chip Groat of the University of Texas.
He led a study, released here Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, that found "no direct connection" between groundwater contamination and fracking.
The process, used in many parts of the U.S. and Western Canada, pumps millions of litres of water and chemicals deep underground to fracture rock and extract natural gas.
It has fuelled widespread concern about groundwater contamination, with some landowners pointing to their flammable tap water as evidence.
"They were able to set the water on fire, so something in going on," says Groat.
But he and his colleagues could find no link between the flammable tap water and the fracking process going on thousands of metres underground.
Their study, which looked at areas where fracking has taken place in Texas, Pennsylvania and New York, found that the groundwater contamination often can be traced to above-ground spills or mishandling of wastewater associated with the gas extraction process.
"These problems are not unique to hydraulic fracturing," says Groat, who undertook the study to try separate "fact from fiction." It was funded by the Energy Institute at University of Texas.
Hydraulic fracturing been described as a "game-changer" since it could provide enough clean and affordable natural gas to meet North America's energy needs for decades to come.
"I think it is, in fact, a revolution," says Groat.
Given the enormous potential he and his colleagues say it is important to better understand and monitor the impacts. Along with groundwater contamination, there are concerns fracking operations are producing huge amounts of waste water and releasing methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. It also has been linked to seismic activity.
Fracking has been associated with many small earthquakes in northeastern British Columbia. The earthquakes ranged from 2.5 to 3.5 on the Richter scale, which is not enough to cause damage.
"Small to potentially moderate-size earthquakes have been triggered by the re-injection of waste water during the fracking process," says geologist John Claque, from Simon Fraser University, who will discuss the issue at the conference Friday.
"Large earthquakes are unlikely, but one cannot completely rule them out," he said by email.
Clague sees "possible water contamination" as the larger issue.
"My advice is to focus to the risks to drinking water and the greenhouse gas implications of fracking," he says.
Environmental concerns have slowed fracking in some areas and have led to moratoriums in Quebec and New Jersey.
Groat says groundwater contamination in some areas probably can be traced to natural sources that were present before the onset of shale gas operations.
But the lack of data on what the groundwater was like before fracking operations started "hobbles" efforts to evaluate the impacts.
Fracking, says Clague, is "a case of science lagging behind technology."


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One of the impoverished child stars from "Slumdog Millionaire" will move from his shanty home in one of Mumbai's more wretched slums into a new apartment next week, his mother said Sunday.
"On Friday we got the keys," said Shameem Ismail, the mother of child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, who played the young Salim in the Oscar-winning hit.
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The family started moving in over the weekend, bringing pots and pans, a television set, and their birdcage. They plan to fully relocate by Tuesday, she said.
Both Azhar and his co-star Rubina Ali lost their homes in May after civic authorities demolished parts of the slum where they lived.
Within days of the demolition, Azhar's family rebuilt their home, a shanty of corrugated metal, wood, and blankets, meager protection against the pounding monsoon rains sweeping across Mumbai.
But the filmmakers bought Azhar a 250-square foot (23 square-meter) one-bedroom apartment on the ground floor of a building in the Santa Cruz neighborhood of Mumbai, not far from where he now lives and attends school.
The $50,000 apartment will be transferred to Azhar's name when he turns 18, provided he finishes school, said Nirja Mattoo, who helps oversee the Jai Ho trust set up by "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle and producer Christian Colson. The fund is meant to secure an education, housing and a living allowance for the two children.
Mattoo said Sunday that the trust is still looking for an apartment for Rubina, who has lived with relatives in the slum since the demolition.
"Slumdog Millionaire" has grossed over $350 million worldwide.


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Abbots Bromley is the home of a unique traditional custom. Read about the Horn Dance and plan your visit to this spectacle.
Situated in the heart of England, Abbots Bromley is a village of character and history. Although best known for the annual Horn Dance held each September, the village is also a thriving community that combines a respect for fine heritage and traditions with the practicalities of life in the 21st century.
A regular entrant, and frequent winner, in the Staffordshire Best Kept Village competition, Abbots Bromley is a community that takes pride in the way the village looks.
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Narrative Nonfiction Panel Discussion at PSU, May 31
Three of the nation's renowned journalistic writing coaches will lead a discussion on narrative nonfiction, which blends storytelling techniques of fiction with fact-based reporting. The panel includes:
Jack Hart, writing coach for The Oregonian and author of A Writer's Coach: An Editor's Guide to Words That Work (Pantheon, 2006);
Roy Peter Clark, senior editor and writing coach for the Florida-based Poynter Institute (www.poynter.org) and founding director of the National Writers Workshop;
Mark Kramer, director and writer-in-residence of the Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism at Harvard University from 2001–2007.
Thursday, May 31, 5–7 p.m.
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Jack Hart describes the narrative journalism structure as one that "provides a location where we can meet the protagonist and learn something about him, followed by scenes in which he encounters a series of challenges before facing the ultimate complication and, finally, a scene or two that tie up any loose ends."
"Reporting with civic clarity is a journalist's primary duty, which leaves plenty of room for the telling of "real" stories," writes Roy Peter Clark. "And narrative strategies are tried and true: setting scenes, developing characters, effectively using dialogue, and establishing point of view....An implied contract exists between reporter and reader that a reliable version of reality is being rendered with care and honesty."
Narrative journalism has been described by Mark Kramer as writing that "assumes the reader is not a robot and that acknowledges the reader knows lots and feels and snickers and gets wild."
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This week will be a busy one. My daughters birthday is this week and I am going to drive to see her. On the way home my road trip will involve stopping at the HUNTINGDON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
I am on the prowl to find my daughters and her fathers Coleman ancestors. I have lived in Pennsylvania most of my life, but never have I been to Huntingdon PA. The Coleman's lived in the area and are known as Revolutionary War Militiamen and also Indian Fighters.
There were four brothers and I hope to find the connection between his 5x great grandfather and one of the Coleman Brothers. The families all lived in close proximity so I know they are related. The Coleman brother, whoever he turns out to be, will he his 7x great grandfather.


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The Relationship between athlete motivation, strategies used to cope with stress and affective outcomes in Canadian University athletes (Brock University, 2011-09-09)Motivation to perform and coping with stress during performance are key factors in determining numerous outcomes of sporting performance. However, less evidence is in place assessing their relationship. The aim of this ...


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One of the Boston area's most versatile musicians, Katherine Matasy has been described by The Boston Globe as "a musician of depth and refinement" with "technique to burn" and her playing praised as "riveting," "ravishing," "brilliant" and "a rare feat."
As clarinetist and bass clarinetist in chamber music and orchestra settings, "doubler" in musical theater (flute and saxophone), and classical accordionist, she has performed with most of the region's major musical organizations, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Handel and Haydn Society, Emmanuel Music, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Huntington Theater, and American Repertory Theater, among others.
Highly regarded as an interpreter of new music, she is a founding member of Dinosaur Annex and a frequent performer with Boston's many new music groups.
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory. Recordings on CRI, Newport Classic, Centaur, Northeastern, Erato, Albany, Bridge, Naxos and RCA. Also faculty of Wellesley College, Community Music Center of Boston.


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Which is worse: a sexual assault by three fellow midshipmen near the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., or spending 20 hours over five days in a military courtroom fending off questions about one's sexual history and the circumstances of the alleged attack?
The latter is what happened at the Washington Navy Yard beginning Aug. 27, when a female midshipman was cross-examined in a lengthy pretrial hearing designed to bring those allegedly involved to justice. The case helps explain why only 3,374 of an estimated 26,000 military members who experienced unwanted sexual contact last year filed complaints. "It is essentially the woman who is on trial, and the trial can be worse than the rape," says retired Colonel Elspeth Ritchie, who served as the Army's top psychiatrist and has testified in similar cases. "I have often thought that I would never report it if it happened to me."
The night of April 14, 2012, began as a "toga and yoga" party at the off-campus Annapolis hangout of the academy's football team. (The men wore togas, the women yoga pants.) By most accounts, the ensuing party got wild. The next morning, the female midshipman awoke at the house with a sore back, a coconut-rum hangover--and no recollection of what had happened. She learned that three male midshipmen, all Navy footballers, were boasting to friends and on social media that they'd had sex with her; the case hinges on whether she was too drunk to consent. The accuser pressed the case only reluctantly, after another female midshipman had said she planned to report what happened. The defendants, Tra'ves Bush, 22, of Johnston, S.C.; Eric Graham, 21, of Eight Mile, Ala.; and Joshua Tate, 21, of Nashville, have denied wrongdoing, saying any sex was consensual. News organizations have declined to name the accuser, now a 21-year-old senior at the academy, as they do in most such cases.
The hearing was brutal. While the defense lawyers attacked her with graphic, repetitive questions, the accuser sometimes gripped her meditation beads, a gift from her sexual-assault counselor. The lawyers wanted to know if she wore underwear to the party, how wide she opens her mouth during oral sex and if she "grinds" when dancing. They asked her if she "felt like a ho" the morning after (although Commander Robert Monahan Jr., the hearing officer, drew the line when a defendant's lawyer asked if she carried condoms in her purse). "This is harassment," Susan Burke, her civilian attorney, told military prosecutors during a break. "It has to stop!"
The inquisition took place during an Article 32 hearing. That's the section of the Uniform Code of Military Justice requiring a "thorough and impartial investigation" into any charge that could lead to a court-martial. Unlike civilian proceedings, which are presented in secret by prosecutors, Article 32 hearings are public, and defense lawyers can cross-examine accusers, sometimes harshly. Intended to keep military prosecutors from steamrolling defendants, it can force sexual-assault victims to endure long rounds of intensely personal questioning before the trial.


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According to Ministry of Justice statistics an average of 8,000 drivers each year are apprehended 'driving while disqualified' or 'driving with their license having been revoked or suspended'.
In such instances the police have an option of issuing a Roadside Impoundment Notice which has the vehicle taken off the road and impounded for 28 days with the driver having to pay the costs associated with that before he/she gets the vehicle back.
Clearly with 8,000 plus drivers prepared to take the risk of being caught the threat of impoundment does not seem to be much of a deterrent.
Anyone want to give me a cogent reason why drivers who make a conscious effort to flaunt the law in this regard should not have the vehicle they were caught driving forfeit to the Crown ... end of story.
Please don't come back with the hoary old chestnut that it might be some-one else's vehicle. A person lending a vehicle has a responsibility to ensure the person he/she entrusts with the vehicle has a valid license. Obviously this would not apply to vehicles reported stolen and I guess there would need to be an 'exceptional circumstances' clause to apply in circumstances like driving a sick person to hospital when no alternative transport was available.
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DJIBOUTI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Working with cheetahs, the world's
fastest land animal and now an endangered species, is a bit different
from treating cats and dogs, but Bertrand Lafrance felt he had
little choice.
Five years ago, the Djibouti-based French veterinary surgeon
found Tessai the cheetah on sale in a local restaurant and was
immediately moved to action.
In 1992, Djibouti signed the Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) -- an international
agreement to ensure the survival of wild animals and plants.
But until a recent government crackdown, the country was at
the centre of a booming trade in illegal animal products, including
cheetah cubs and skins, smuggled in from Ethiopia and Somalia.
"We caught the first ones together with the police," said
Lafrance. "And we sent them to a special centre in Dubai.
But then the (government) decided to keep the animals here (in
At one point, Lafrance had seven cheetahs living in his garden
until he built a special refuge for them.
Confiscating the cheetahs prevents their sale and, he hopes,
discourages supply.
"Animals that are confiscated in Djibouti should not leave
the country -- all this trade has to stop. (Djibouti) has to
be a dead end," said Swiss-based Christine Breitenmoser,
co-chair of the Cat Specialist Group, a network of cat conservation
Young men on Djibouti's Brazzaville Street still plead with
passing foreigners to look at knives and carvings, mounted scorpions
and traditional clothing.
Few cheetah skins have been confiscated recently and Lafrance
attributes this to police vigilance and the animal's increasing
"Maybe there is (still) some trade. But how much, how big
it is, I don't know exactly -- it is very difficult to know," said
Lafrance, who still hears occasional rumours of big cats for
He dreams about a big Djiboutian park for the cheetahs and other
indigenous species - Grevy's zebra, oryx, and kudu.
"The cheetah needs a large expanse of land to survive,
but with the expanding of the human race this area is becoming
smaller and smaller," said the Cheetah Conservation Fund
According to Laurie Marker, CCF executive director, the average
cheetah home range in Namibia in southern Africa is about 1,600
square kilometres (618 square miles) per cat.
The main advantage of Djibouti -- one thirty-fifth Namibia's
size -- is its very lack of population, Lafrance says.
Official figures suggest that 77 percent of the country's 500,000
people live in the main towns. Djibouti has one of Africa's highest
rates of urbanization.
Western soldiers might even discourage poaching.
More than 1,000 U.S. troops have been based at Djibouti's Camp
Lemonier since the end of 2002, while a large French military
presence remains from colonial days.
Cheetahs need large amounts of prey, and Lafrance admits they
can attack herds of goats and sheep, bringing them into conflict
with Djibouti's rural population.
In one week, a group of two or three cheetahs might hunt a similar
number of antelopes or other animals.
A game park of several thousand hectares with self-sustaining
numbers of cheetahs and antelopes may or may not be feasible,
but any conservation effort is invaluable given the cheetah's
Experts think less than 15,000 remain in the world, though no
one knows how many are in the Horn of Africa.
"It is impossible to know how many cheetahs there are in
Ethiopia and Somalia. There might even be some in Djibouti, but
nobody has the time to look," said Lafrance, who still runs
his veterinary practice in the middle of Djibouti town.
His refuge helps, not just by raising awareness of the issues
and providing a home for confiscated animals. It might also provide
extra genetic lines, said Marker.
Breeding cheetahs is not easy, and Lafrance has tried.
Tessai is currently sharing an enclosure with Tigrou, a gentle
male. Lafrance has been advised to use a stronger, more dominant
"There will be lots of fighting," he said. "But
you have a better chance of babies."
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Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925486)
If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
Read it if you are using microsoft products, this will help u to avoid the direct attack.


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Moore Rodin
Du 14 février au 31 août 2014
Compton Verney House
Our awe-inspiring exhibition is re-exhibited in Compton Verney's stunning landscape and exhibition gallery.
Moore Rodin includes important loans from musée Rodin, Paris, The Henry Moore Foundation, Hertfordshire and public collections throughout the UK. Amongst the works on display are Rodin's magnificent bronze sculpture Monument to the Burghers of Calais, on loan from the Royal Parks, a coup as it is rarely removed from its usual location outside the Houses of Parliament in London. Magnificent works by Moore include the monumental ThreePiece Sculpture: Vertebrae and stunning The Arch. The works will be sited within Compton Verney's parkland complementing, challenging and creating new perspectives to vistas 'Capability' Brown formed in the 1760s.


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Strategies for Administering Client Google Analytics AccountsBlog Post: February 14, 2013
Just wondering if you have any advice on the following scenario:
Client's GA account was set-up by a previous web developer. The client's GA account is a user account (not admin). When we request from the previous web developer that the account access be changed to admin, the web developer says they can't do that as we'll then have access to all the other GA accounts within their account.
Does this mean we'll have to create a new GA profile for the client and lose all historic GA data?
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After announcing last week he would no longer fight the doping charges against him, Lance Armstrong made his first public appearance post-scandal, introducing himself as a Tour de France champion at a cancer conference in Montreal Wednesday.
"Good morning....in light of recent events I thought I might reintroduce myself," the cyclist told the audience. "My name is Lance Armstrong. I am a cancer survivor...I'm a father of five. And yes, I won the Tour de France seven times...and for those who have no idea what I'm talking about...I love you."
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency confirmed last week that it would strip Armstrong of all of his record-setting seven Tour de France Titles and ban him from cycling for life, after he declared he was done fighting the charges.
U.S. & World
Olympian Aly Raisman speaks out on Lance Armstrong Doping Scandal
"There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, 'Enough is enough,'" Armstrong wrote on his website. "For me, that time is now."
The 40-year-old athlete went on to say at the conference he would not let his current circumstances keep him from fighting against cancer.
"I think the real issue here is one of distraction," Armstrong said. "I'm not going to be distracted from this fight. The global burden is too big...Thank you all for having me. Livestrong everybody."


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Above is a complete list of alternative fuel locations in or near Minnesota Lake, MN: biodiesel; compressed natural gas (CNG); ethanol (E85); electric; hydrogen; liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (propane) & more.
Tax incentives and/or other rebates, credits, incentives or related initiaves for drivers of alternative fuel vehicles or for other uses of alternative fuel in Minnesota Lake, MN.
An NEV is an electric vehicle that has three or four wheels and is capable of achieving speeds between 20 miles per hours (mph) and 25 mph on a paved level surface. An NEV must be titled according to state law and may be operated on public streets and highways if it meets all equipment and vehicle safety requirements in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 571.500, and successor requirements. An NEV may not operate on a roadway with a speed limit greater than 35 mph, except to cross that roadway. A road authority may prohibit or further restrict the operation of NEVs on any street or highway under the road authority's jurisdiction. (Reference Minnesota Statutes 169.011 and 169.224)
A medium-speed EV is defined as a four-wheeled motor vehicle powered by electricity that is equipped with a roll cage or a crushproof body design and is capable of achieving a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour (mph) on a paved, level surface. Except with respect to maximum speed, a medium-speed EV must meet or exceed regulations in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 571.500, and successor requirements. A medium-speed EV may not operate on a roadway with a speed limit greater than 35 mph, except to cross that roadway. A road authority may prohibit or further restrict the operation of medium-speed EVs on any street or highway under the road authority's jurisdiction. (Reference Minnesota Statutes 169.011 and 169.224)
A motor vehicle equipped with idle reduction or emissions reduction technology may exceed the maximum gross vehicle weight and axle weight limits by up to 550 pounds (lbs.) to compensate for the additional weight of the technology.
NGVs may exceed the state's gross vehicle and axle weight limits by the amount of weight calculated as provided under Code of Federal Regulations Title 23, section 127(s), not to exceed 2,000 lbs.
The vehicle operator must provide documentation or demonstrate that the vehicle meets these requirements.
(Reference Minnesota Statutes 169.824)
Dakota Electric members enrolled in the ChargeWise program receive a reduced rate for the electricity used to charge PEVs between specified off-peak hours. Installation of a ChargeWise circuit is required.
Dakota Electric also offers a rebate of up to $500 for the installation of Level 1 or Level 2 electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE).
For more information, visit the Dakota Electric ChargeWise website.
Connexus Energy offers reduced electric rates to residential customers in their service territory who charge PEVs. To participate, customers may contact their own electrician or Connexus Energy's electrician to install the metering equipment. The meter must be permitted and inspected. For more information, see the Conexus Energy Electric Vehicle page.
Connexus Energy offers a $500 rebate to residential customers toward the installation of a qualified Level 2 EVSE. Eligible applicants must enroll in a time-of-use rate. For more information, see the Conexus Energy Electric Vehicle page.
EVs are subject to an additional registration fee of $75. (Reference Minnesota Statutes 168.013).
Xcel Energy offers two rate options to qualified residential customers for charging PEVs. The Electric Vehicle (EV) Rate and the Time-of-Day Plan are optional and require a separate meter. For rate information, including how to qualify, see Xcel Energy's EV Rate Options page.
Great River Energy's Revolt initiative offers the ability to power a PEV with 100% wind energy for the lifetime of the vehicle. The program requires no additional cost, however standard or off-peak rates still apply for the electricity used.
Xcel Energy offers a pilot program for residential customers who own or lease a PEV. The program provides discounted Level 2 electric vehicle supply equipment, installation, and charging costs. Enrollment is currently closed but additional applications will be put on a waitlist (verified July 2019). For more information, see the Xcel Energy EV Service Pilot website.
The city of Minnesota Lake (MN) in Faribault County has an estimated population of 687.
There are currently at least 2 alternative fuel stations in or near Minnesota Lake, MN (10-mile radius).
The Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes liquefied petroleum gas - LPG (propane) as an alternative fuel.


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Who is the FBI's mole?
On Monday's all-new episode of The Blacklist (10/9c, NBC), Red Reddington will succeed where the FBI has failed (again). While the feds are seeking out a blacklister called The Alchmeist — for his use of science to change DNA — Red (James Spader) is ready to clean house.
Oscar snubs & surprises
Check out this exclusive sneak peek of Monday's episode:
Any guesses? Share your theories in the comments below!
The Blacklist airs Mondays at 10/9c on NBC.


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Let's keep all the trade deadline fodder & musings into one thread.
Here's "from leftfield" predictions that might suprise people. Becuase of the poor economy, and owners losing so much money, I don't think many teams are as concearned about winning as musg as they are conceared with getting under the cap...perhaps to sell their teams.
There's about 4 or 5 teams that are rumored to be leaving their city and or facing contraction including New Orleans, Charlotte, Sacramento, Memphis
Here they are:
-Kevin Martin will get traded for expirings so that the Maloofs can turn Sacramento into an attracting asset to sell.
-New Orleans may secretly have West on the block so that they can find a way to have room to pay for Peja unless they can magically move him
-Greg Oden gets moved for an impact player
-Stephon Marbury goes nowhere


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The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
...in reverse order:
Third Place: "Pussy Noodle". Even though the whole advert concept does nothing to advance Japanese culture and highlights its oppressive nature on several levels, I'm happy this one made the frame. Too bizarre to ignore.
Second Place: ""You know what else makes stainless steel? CHROMITE!"". The brainless sexism served up as marketing by the monumentally stupid people at KWG Resources. While the smarter end of the mining world works hard to improve its negative public image of an equality backwater, KWG prefers to welcome you to 1959.First Place: "Keith Neumeyer is plain wrong about the future of the price of silver". It won by a mile, which is a probably a good thing, it's the only serious work that made it to the blog this week. This month, even.
Asanko Gold (AKG) and the definition of "commercial production"
On April 1st 2016m Asanko Gold (AKG) (AKG.to) declared that its new Asanko gold mine had reached "commercial production" status. Which means it was running at commercial status for every day of 2q16. Tonight we got the 2q16 financials from AKG:
They probably have a more relaxed attitude about words than me, that's all.
PS: Before you mail in, yes I know.
The thing people forget about Tahoe Resources (TAHO) (THO.to)
The Friday OT: Nils Frahm; More
Pernickety advice: To get the full appreciation of "More" you should listen to the whole of his 2011 album, "Felt". It comes at the end and the other songs are like the building blocks with which he composed the final track. But no matter, it still stands alone well, it's an aural marvel.
I'm such a freakin' Luddite sometimes, it took me until 2016 to discover Frahm's work. But so glad I did, my musical discovery of the year by a long, long way.
Pershimco (PRO.v) now close to the Orla deal
The Orla Mining (OLA.v) deal to buy out Pershimco (PRO.v) is nearly done now. PRO likely priced at around 45c, but it also depends on how much of the deal is pure paper. My stars, it's tough doing business with the Quebecois, but the champagne is now on ice and the poutine gravy is roiling nicely. Next week perhaps?
Yes you're right, it's not easy to keep a secret in Panama City.
Breaking: Lionel Messi to play for Argentina again
News just out: After Leo Messi met with new Argentina national team manager Bauza last week he's now about to be named as part of the next squad, to be announced in a couple of hours' time.
IKN tedious mancrush update complete.
UPDATE: Now official.
UPDATE: Now official.
An interview with the legendary raconteur Brent Cook
Brent Cook today sent in a whiny mail to IKN Nerve Centre begging and pleading your humble scribe to show the world his latest Q&A piece that was recorded at the Sprott Vancouver show last week. So here it is:
It's a big beautiful yuuuge segment and you're just gonna love it. Youtube link here.
The key quote: "There's a real shortage of quality projects and quality people". In other words, there's a whole truckload of complete crap being passed off as the next big thing by complete scam artists these days. Brent should know, he spent five days with quite a few of them at the Vancouver show.
Argonaut (AR.to) 2q16 financials
What CEO Pete Dougherty tells us:
"We continued to generate cash from the operations and saw our cash balance grow by $7.6 million during the quarter."
What he doesn't tell us is that liabilities went up by $7.4m, and $5.4m of that was on the current side. He didn't mention the net loss for the quarter in his executive comments, either. Hey, details. And Magino still hasn't seen a penny's worth of write-down, the Stradivarius accountancy standards continue. And he forgot to mention how production is set to fall off a cliff in 2017 again, though we don't need to worry about details like that in a bull market, right? Right?
A little extra on today's Minera IRL news
This humble corner of cyberspace brought you the news yesterday of course, so today's official English language NR from Minera IRL to announce the resumption of drilling at Ollachea (a big step towards the Cofide U$240m funding and the re-listing of the stock) shouldn't have come as a surprise to IKN's highly esteemed readership.
But did you see the detail at the bottom of today's NR? Here's a screenshot:
Yup, despite rumours to the contrary Diego Benavides is still President and CEO of Minera IRL SA. Meanwhile, seen the instigator of the lying campaign against Benavides recently? Here's a clue: You won't see Jaime Pinto in Relapasa, he got canned from there as well as from Minera IRL. Here's another clue: He's the one driving a recently purchased and rather shabby looking second-hand Toyota Tercel around Lima. He's also been keen on reactivating his LinkedIn account, as this screenshot from my mail inbox shows:
This type of auto-send is what desperate and out of work executives in Peru do to fill in time and reach out (retch out) as they pray for a new paycheck before having to defend themselves in court. Sorry Jaime, I don't want to be your friend.
Steve Letwin update
Via longtime IKN reader and all-round good egg reader 'RB', your humble scribe learns that we have a new recruit in the campaign to fire the industry's single worst CEO*, Steve Letwin of IAMGOLD (IAG.to) (IMG).
Our new BFF is Tim Gramatovich, CIO at Peritus Asset Mgmt, and the segment in which he stars (no other word) on BNN is called "IAMGOLD's management is financially incompetent, says chief investment officer". Click through and watch, good clean fun for all the family (and I particularly liked the Bearded Spock reference).
*And my stars there's competition for that title.
Thought for the day
You can achieve anything in this world, as long as you're
prepared to let somebody else take the credit.
Tahoe Resources (THO) (THO.to): Yet another example of non-disclosure of material information
Ferrari Kev's Tahoe Resources has a history of non-disclosure of material information when the company decides in autonomous fashion that it doesn't want its shareholders and the public in general to know something.
1) Tahoe STILL hasn't disclosed the death of one of its employees at the Escobal mine in November 2015, having decided not to mention a single word about its woeful health and safety record in its 2015 year-end reports and annuals.
2) Tahoe didn't bother to tell the world about its first pour in December at the Shahuindo mine (photo here).
3) And now we have another example (ty reader RH for the heads up this morning), as seen in this report that starts this way:
A Toronto legal aid group is calling on the American securities regulator to investigate a Canadian mining company for failing to disclose a secret lawsuit aimed at preventing a referendum on its silver mine.Even though the 2011 suit was rejected by the Constitutional Court of Guatemala — permitting a vote that overwhelmingly rejected the mine — local human rights groups say the mine's parent company, Vancouver-based Tahoe Resources, failed in its legal obligation to disclose the lawsuit to investors."Publicly traded companies have an obligation under securities legislation to disclose truthfully on matters that may affect their operations. Here we have a case where they are hiding significant opposition," said Shin Imai, a York University law professor who prepared the report on behalf of two Guatemalan rights groups. continues here
I also found myself chuckling at the bit that says, "...Imai... chose to file the complaint at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission because he said it has more rigorous standards". Hellfire, ain't that the truth. If SEC rules were applied to Canada, 25% of its mining companies on the world's most corrupt stock market would be forced to close next week. Instead, they get to revel in the milquetoast OSC "enforcement" (two prison term convictions in the last 15 years). Tahoe is a prime example, run by self-important "old-school" miners with a mentality stuck back in the 1980s who think they're somehow above the law. Pride comes before a fall, Kev.
Pussy Noodle
A Japanese TV commercial for instant noodles sent into IKN Nerve Centre by the weird and sick end of the IKN readership (yeah T, that's you). I'll refrain from further comment, discover yourself:
Cannot be unseen. Youtube here
UPDATE: Oh no...
But must say, brilliantly done.
In The IKN Weekly this Sunday...
...we take a look at Wesdome Gold (WDO.to) on the back of today's quarterly numbers and make a hard-nosed buy/hold/sell call on the stock. That will keep me out of mischief this weekend.
The Daryl Hodges effect
Here's the chart of HPQ Silicon (HPQ.v) Since Daryl Hodges was announced as a new director:
It's like putting a sign on your door saying "We Will Rip Off All Shareholders".
Minera IRL is drilling Ollachea again
Here's a direct translation of this Spanish language report, published in Peru yesterday.
Tuesday August 9th, 2016: Minera IRL has announced the re-start of drilling work at its Ollachea gold project in Puno, after nearly a year of stoppage.The program consists of a diamond drilling campaign of 23 holes totalling 5,230m, drilled from six platforms onside the Ollachea tunnel.The drill program is a pre-specified condition for the second part of the U$240m line of credit from Cofide for the design, construction and start of mining operations at the mine.
Chart of the day is...
...gold, hourlies:
It was a dip.
Buy the dips.
Do not complicate your life.
"You know what else makes stainless steel? CHROMITE!"
Dear KWG Resources, although I do try my hardest to keep the swearing down to a minimum on the blog these days, there are times when only a dose of straight Anglo-saxon will do.
You have to be fucking joking. This is plain embarrassing.
My thanks to several readers for the heads-up on this today. Also check out this episode where Theresa explains her mining qualifications and why she does what she does. Bless her.
There will be no more posting on the blog today
For secret reasons.
Do not complicate your life
Part of the intro from IN378, out on Sunday:
You can frame the following in all sorts of ways, but as its essence is simple I'm going to keep it simple, too: WE ARE IN A BULL MARKET, we're a thousand miles away from the mentality at the start of 2016, so do not fear market corrections. Friday was an opportunity to buy a dip, it won't be the last one either. Therefore...
1) If you're smarter than I at trading then trade away, sell the top of the channels and buy at the bottoms. Knock yourself out for fun and profit.
2) If you're like me hold those longer-term positions with confidence, don't sweat the bumps, maybe add to the ones you're looking to add.
Friday was a correction day and brought gold back under the U$1,350/oz level (which broke last week right on cue and kept my evolving script in good shape, gosh aren't we all rocket scientists these days), I have no idea whether the correction was of the 24 hour variety or whether the lag will continue into tomorrow Monday. I doesn't really matter much, gold's going to be higher at the end of the year than it is now.
Fortuna Silver (FSM) (FVI.to) posts a(nother) net loss
For sure it posts operating profit...
...but that doesn't cover sales, nor G&A. Then there's the unrelenting sustaining capex (for drill programs at Caylloma that reveal nothing).
And then they tell me it has a market cap of U$1.24Bn.
PS: Seriously, this one feels like Hans Christian Andersen's emperor story. FVI gets a market cap three times higher than this time last year on an extra $5m MOE because... because... unicorn? Magic numbers? Look, I know it's a well-run miner and all that (though we can debate the sagacity of buying Lindero another day) but are you all really that desperate to own a silver name? These multiples for such a meagre return? Can somebody please explain, I'm running out of crazy pills.
Keith Neumeyer is plain wrong about the future of the price of silver
Once again, Keith Neumeyer is giving us his "Silver is 9 to one with gold in the planet, so it should be that price ratio, too" thing. He's even getting traction for it too (Lawrie Williams called it "remarkable" this morning, that's not the adjective I'd use).
It's time to rebut this Neumeyer nonsense. It's wrong. It's stupid. IKN will explain.
Below find the second part of the intro to IKN369, dated from two months ago on June 5th (just after another article that appeared in ZeroHedge when Neumeyer was peddling the same thing). There are four reasons why the price of silver is never going to get even close to that 9-1 ratio, but please pay attention to the one that just flies over Neumeyer's head (or he just prefers to ignore as it doesn't fit into his quasi-religious belief system), the one that starts "Silver isn't just cheaper to buy".
Gold versus silver (from IKN369, dated June 5th)
Now for the second question posed by KM, which goes like this:
KM: Why do you think the gold/silver ratio should be so high? Isn't the physical prevalence of silver over gold in the earth reflect a much lower ratio? Also, my understanding is that the industrial demand usage will increase over time… I am especially interested in the increasing usage of silver in purification and medicine.
The more I put thought to it, the more I saw it as a good question that deserves an extended answer rather than one of my all-too typical and lazy three line specials. It's one of the issues we as precious metals investors have in the corner of our eyes but it tends not to be addressed correctly and can fall prey to hype and soapbox-spouting on either side of the debate. To answer KM is to explain why gold stocks are, in my considered opinion, a better bet in the near and long term than anything predominantly silver and for that reason the whole issue expanded into this rather different main section today; I want to lay my position on the line.
Let's first consider the counter-arguments that promote silver as a better bet than gold, with one of the principle ones the "physics arguments" alluded to by KM in his question. They've recently been getting a revival, thanks at least in part to statements made by First Majestic's (FR.to) (AG) CEO Keith Neumeyer who seems to be framing himself as a champion of the silverbug cause. The first ones states that the true silver to gold ratio in the earth's crust, now generally accepted by the egghead scientists that study these things, is 16X. That's to say for every ounce of gold in the earth's crust there are sixteen ounces of silver. Therefore the argument goes that eventually the price of silver will be one sixteenth of the price of gold because the value will eventually reflect the relative levels of abundance. The logic of this argument may be simple, but it's also sensible enough at first sight.
The second aspect of the "physical argument" is a less theoretical physics, more of a practical mining thing which states that for every ounce of gold mined there are only ten ounces of silver mined (in fact it's more like 9X, as this chart shows). It then goes on to say that because there are only ten ounces of silver being put on the market for every ounce of gold, their relative prices should reflect that comparative rarity.
The second aspect of the "physical argument" is a less theoretical physics, more of a practical mining thing which states that for every ounce of gold mined there are only ten ounces of silver mined (in fact it's more like 9X, as this chart shows). It then goes on to say that because there are only ten ounces of silver being put on the market for every ounce of gold, their relative prices should reflect that comparative rarity.
Those 9X or 10X or 16X ratios between gold and silver compare to the above, the 30 year chart of the silver/gold ratio shows the fluctuation and though the range is quite wide, if we discount the couple of obvious outlier periods of the early 1990's and then the 2011 speculative peak on silver, it's stayed inside the 46X to 84X range. I've even dared to add in what I think is a fair best-fit average around the 65X level as over time, the ratio seems to revert to that mean. This 46X to 84X range compares with the fundies/physics/geology-based counter-argument we saw above and, say the most strident promoters of silver over gold (in fact they tend to be silver over everything), that discrepancy shows the type of bright future that silver has. Buy now, they say, before that 65X ratio goes to 16X.
By the way, if that 30 year timescale isn't enough of a sample for your taste and you want a longer period that includes the US Gold Standard days, be my guest and play with the macrotrends.net chart right here (2). But if you're like me (or at least until Doug Casey's doom scenario for the USA and the world comes to pass) you'll probably want to base your anal ysis on the circumstances of the modern day financial world. So, I go for the 30 year chart.
Anyway, back to the debate and with the stage set, the crux of the issue why there should be such a large gap between the relative prices of metals arguably 9X or 16X less common than one another, as one gets to enjoy a price that's 65X or 75X higher than its stablemate. After all, both are what are known as "precious metals", they come from the same general area on the periodic table, a bucketful of either one is very heavy, they're both shiny, you can (and do) make and wear nice things made of them, they're both connected during human history to the concept of wealth and money.
So, why should gold be that much more expensive than silver? Darned good question.
At the most basic level we can state that the gold/silver ratio is high because the market says it is high. After all, 30 years (and longer) of a market willing to pay a 46X and 65X and 84X multiple for gold over silver isn't something to be sniffed at, there must be a good reason as to why gold gets that sort of premium. But that's not a solid case, it's ultimately argumentum ad lapidem (3) because if you adhere tightly to "that's just the way things are" you don't ban slavery, women don't get the vote, smoking tobacco isn't seen as the health hazard it is, etc. One of the things a natural-born contrarian (such as I) always looks for is a market anomaly, something the world takes as read but ain't necessarily so, Joe. It is, after all, how the massive money was made in the 2008 subprime crisis (see the movie The Big Short for more on that). But sadly I think in this case the market is pricing silver to gold correctly, or at least fairly correctly inside that wide-looking ratio range over the long-term and that our dear and esteemed friend Keith Neumeyer is being at best disingenuous, most likely plain ignorant, or perhaps just perhaps using the Greater Fool theory to his own advantage because hell's bells, there are some prize idiots in the silverbug/goldbug world waiting to be harvested.
There are four legs on which I base my argument for gold's high relative valuation versus silver compared to its physical availability.
Human beings drool over gold like no other material. First and probably least important we vertical, near-hairless monkeys like gold. There's something about its colour, feel and shiny heavy permanence that gets our animal hearts racing and it's not for nothing that the vast majority of the wedding bands in our wild and whacky world are made out of the stuff (though not all, e.g. mine wasn't). There's an emotional attachment to gold that just isn't present in silver, even though we like it well enough as a metal. As it can be found in native form, gold was one of the first metals ever worked by human hand (if not the first), it has a close connection with religions of all types, our relationship with gold goes back untold years into pre-history. In short, we the animal and that metal have a lot of collective baggage and that's not something to discard lightly.
The rarity premium. Second, as any economist will tell you there's a rarity premium that we are willing to pay. Put simply, I can pay U$5 for an ordinary bottle of wine, U$50 for an excellent bottle that's an obviously better drinking experience than the vin ordinaire, then maybe U$500 for something that scores 100 points and wins "Best Malbec of the Year" in Wine Magazine or suchlike. That award winner isn't ten times the experience of the excellent bottle, but it's almost certainly "better" and those with the type of disposable income that doesn't differentiate much between $50 and $500 will snap them up. This opens the door to the other way in which items are priced at higher multiples, the "social cachet" or "snob value" for items, for when people feel the need to impress their peers.
In the case of gold, "rarity premium" also comes with fundamental logic because way back when, it was far easier to carry a lot of wealth in gold coins than it was in silver coins, pure bulk determined that. There are still remnants of that today, e.g. the famous occasion when Warren Buffett bought a very large position in silver, but then sold in on quickly (in 2007 for a modest profit, but before the big lift-off in the metal) when he realized how much the carry cost was for storing a large monetary amount of silver. When you lived in 16th century Paris and needed to pay for something very expensive in Florence, gold made far more sense than silver.
Silver is a quasi-commodity. Thirdly, we can now start to bring things up to date and make some more progress to solving the GSR puzzle by noting that yes they're both shiny and make pretty jewelry, but in our modern world perhaps half of silver produced is used for industrial purposes. Silver is a bit Jekyll and Hyde in that respect, it's an industrial commodity and a lot of it gets used and used up (it's estimated that a maximum of 10% of silver used in industry is recycle and even then the cycle time is very long). And the same as any other industrial commodity, if it gets too expensive demand becomes elastic and drops rapidly as alternatives are found via innovation. Gold doesn't have the same quasi-commodity status, there is a slight market for gold in industry but to the vast majority it's either the raw material for jewelry (in itself a form of storage for an inelastic) or it's the monetary metal, the asset class, the store of wealth that gets dug up out the ground, purified and then stuck back underground again (in vaults in Switzerland). I once again bow to Paul van Eeden's definition of gold when he calls it "the very essence of money". And he's no permabull on the metal, either.
And before we move on, talking about on silver's industrial metal side reminds me of the last time I chewed the cud deeply on silver prices, back in IKN320 dated June 28th 2015, when the subject was more about the supposed manipulation of the silver price market. In the end I think silver is somewhat manipulated, but only because every single capital market is also manipulated by big money. The difference with silver is that 1) it's small enough to see the manip in action, it becomes pretty freakin' blatant at times and 2) as I wrote in IKN320, over half the customers for silver don't care. Back then I wrote...
"So tell, me, what end user (rather than end-hoarder, big difference) is going to kick up a fuss and complain about artificially low silver prices? The masochist end of the silver market, perhaps?"
...and that's as true now as it was then.
Silver isn't just cheaper to buy. So far we've considered theoreticals, historic and cultural reasons. We've also considered modern-day demand, but the final piece is in my opinion the most important driver of the modern relationship between silver and gold and it's from the supply side of the equation.
Silver isn't just cheaper to buy, it's a lot cheaper to produce. It's a tough call to give an exact figure for the operating cash cost of producing one ounce of gold or one ounce of silver. Even if we restrict ourselves to legal formal mines (and eschew all the informal illegals with far lower costs in pure dollar terms) it's difficult, because "cash cost per ounce" is a classic of moving goalposts, there are mining cash costs, operating cash costs, all-in sustaining cash costs, "All In" cash costs, even "full enchilada" costs for a mining company that needs to spend on exploration and development of future mines to offset the mined ounces. There are protocols but there are no set laws and one company will-or-will-not include this or that line item, things such as financing costs and and taxes muddy the waters, any manner of other things.
So for argument's sake, let's go for mine-only costs and let's say they average at U$10/oz for silver and U$800/oz for gold, which are the type of figures that stand up to reality over the breadth of the silver and gold mining sector. You prefer 15 and 750? Or 12 and 600? All good with me but the point should be clear already, even at the lowest ratio case above we are at a 50/1 cost ratio, 75/1 is easy enough to imagine, 80/1 isn't out of the question. It's relatively very cheap to produce an ounce of silver these days and that's because the nature of silver mining has changed radically in the last few decades. And yes, that 75/1 ratio does look familiar all of a sudden.
The thing with silver is that its supply dynamics have changed radically in the last 50 years or so. Long gone is the image of the lonesome miner and his pick, left deep in the past are the slaves of Potosí and veins of crazily high grading metal, these days most of the world's silver isn't a product but a by-product. Or to quote a company that really knows its beans when it comes to the metal, Silver Wheaton (SLW) (4):
Silver isn't just cheaper to buy. So far we've considered theoreticals, historic and cultural reasons. We've also considered modern-day demand, but the final piece is in my opinion the most important driver of the modern relationship between silver and gold and it's from the supply side of the equation.
Silver isn't just cheaper to buy, it's a lot cheaper to produce. It's a tough call to give an exact figure for the operating cash cost of producing one ounce of gold or one ounce of silver. Even if we restrict ourselves to legal formal mines (and eschew all the informal illegals with far lower costs in pure dollar terms) it's difficult, because "cash cost per ounce" is a classic of moving goalposts, there are mining cash costs, operating cash costs, all-in sustaining cash costs, "All In" cash costs, even "full enchilada" costs for a mining company that needs to spend on exploration and development of future mines to offset the mined ounces. There are protocols but there are no set laws and one company will-or-will-not include this or that line item, things such as financing costs and and taxes muddy the waters, any manner of other things.
So for argument's sake, let's go for mine-only costs and let's say they average at U$10/oz for silver and U$800/oz for gold, which are the type of figures that stand up to reality over the breadth of the silver and gold mining sector. You prefer 15 and 750? Or 12 and 600? All good with me but the point should be clear already, even at the lowest ratio case above we are at a 50/1 cost ratio, 75/1 is easy enough to imagine, 80/1 isn't out of the question. It's relatively very cheap to produce an ounce of silver these days and that's because the nature of silver mining has changed radically in the last few decades. And yes, that 75/1 ratio does look familiar all of a sudden.
The thing with silver is that its supply dynamics have changed radically in the last 50 years or so. Long gone is the image of the lonesome miner and his pick, left deep in the past are the slaves of Potosí and veins of crazily high grading metal, these days most of the world's silver isn't a product but a by-product. Or to quote a company that really knows its beans when it comes to the metal, Silver Wheaton (SLW) (4):
"It is estimated that 70 percent of silver production comes as a by-product from base metal and gold mines."
And there are dozens of examples, the 14Moz Ag annual from Antamina to name just one (and Antamina recently received U$900m by selling a 33.75% stream of that to SLW). Those are just fourteen million of the approximate 600m oz of silver that come from by-product production of either base metals such as zinc and lead (with some copper) or mines where yes indeed, it's common to find silver atoms sitting close to gold atoms in that 10:1 ratio the natural science people tell us about. Development decisions, construction decisions and annual budgets at these mines are not based on the price of silver. Yes silver's price will help or hinder the year at the mine in turn, but that's as far at it goes. As long as Mine X sells its zinc (or whatever) at the right price, that silver is going to come out of the ground whether it's wildly profitable or not.
The dedicated silver mining company is a bit of a rarity these days, even more scarce is the silver miner that gets most of its cash from its nameplate metal. First Majestic get around 80% of its revenue from silver and that's as good as they come, most silver miners are a mix of metals and companies such as Fortuna (FVI.to) (FSM) or Pan American (PAA.to) (PAAS) wouldn't last two minutes without the cash that comes from the zinc, lead and gold they sell. But even the "mixed" dedicated silver mines are a rarity compared to the number of silver mine projects out there, because they have to be able to run at a profit on silver alone and that means, above all, they need to be the best end of the market with the highest grade or the lowest running costs. Or both.
Tahoe Resources at Escobal is one of a kind or, the other side of the coin, why isn't the silver at Colquipucro (TK.v) being mined yet and why has Tinka moved its flagship to the Ayawilca zinc property? What about the 450m+ ounces of silver at the Levon Resources (LVN) Cordero project in Mexico? For another, it's under 43-101 compliance there have been technical and economic reports galore and it has all its major permits and is as "shovel ready" as you can imagine, so why isn't Bear Creek Mining's (BCM.v) Corani project a working mine yet? Why isn't it churning out its 8m oz Ag per year? Answer: the silver price is too cheap to make any of those work. Why so? Because a lot of other places can churn out silver and make good money from the by-product.
There are literally dozens of low grading silver projects out there in our strange world of junior mining capital markets and they'd all work if silver were at U$25/oz. In fact, my thought experiment would be to 1) watch silver spike to $25/oz then 2) buy out BCM.v and buy long-dated calls and puts on silver to collar 8m oz of the metal at exactly U$25/oz for the next 25 years then 3) finance and build the mine. They'd (We'd) raise the cash easily once the finance people see the company had 100% rock-solid guaranteed U$1.3Bn per year of topline revenues. It might screw the share price totally and leave nothing for equity holders but hey...who cares? The executives would get their salaries!
Silliness aside, what gold mining companies bring to the table is specialty, to a large extent the formal production of the world's largest mining companies set supply. Gold's pricing is complicated because it reacts as a money, but I don't think it's much of a coincidence that it settled at lows just under U$1,100/oz at the bottom of our recently finished bear market where bottom line profits go to zero for the majority. That doesn't happen to the dedicated silver miners because price discovery is totally out of their hands. The ones that make it are the ones that show they can operate at the price set by the market and they're the ones that have a tight rein on costs, or high grade to offer margins, most likely both. In the world of gold, if your timing to market is fortunate can get across the capex hurdle and with a 0.5 g/t resource, you get to be a winner (Rio Alto showed us that) as long as your costs are low. But 15X that grade would be a 7.5 g/t open pit silver mine...see many of those around you? Even double and a 30X Gold/Silver ratio at 15g? Or for another example, I've always been a fan of the Ollachea gold project (definitely more than the mess of a company that owns it) that may be only 3.4 g/t gold for an underground project, but I know the costs parameters and economics work (and so does Cofide and, dammit and spit, all the nasty scumball people trying to usurp it know too). You may get a couple of silver mines running at 50X that ratio and 170 g/t Ag, but only as long as they mine and process and sell enough zinc and lead by-products that come out with the rock and even then, in today's price environment they're not much more than breakeven (example Fortuna Silver at Caylloma). In the real world, silver mines are limited by their margin because they don't set the market price, the near zero cost by-product ounces from the massive porpyhry, skarn, IOCG etc production facilities around the world.
The bottom line
We the retail mining investor still have a reasonable shot at finding a real winner in the world of junior gold explorecos and development companies because gold project tend to be masters of their own fates. Once found and defined, they can stand alone and can hold up to a low cost scenario but it's far more difficult in the silver sub-sector to find an equivalent economically robust project. It's why the silver market jumps through hoops for the rare ones like Tahoe's Escobal, or puts high valuations of the 44% of Valdecañas/Juanicipio development project owned by MAG Silver, or gets hot and sweaty about discoveries like the recent and promising Sandra Escobar discovery All three of those have (or are looking like having) the killer combo of high grade and strong mining width and the silver market goes loopy over them precisely because they're very few and far between and will attract the companies looking to be silver-centric.
At the same time, dedicated silver miners are fighting the price discovery weighting of the producers of silver as a by-product. They don't have their livelihood at stake, the metal's value is useful without being vital, anything above cost of production is ultimately a reasonable deal. As we've seen, market price of silver can be pushed to levels below cost for the silver miners and the weight of by-product Ag is to blame. The result is hundreds of millions of ounces of marginal silver ounces (all supposedly economic if you believe those 43-101 reports) sitting on the sidelines while their respective company officers light candles and pray to the Market Gods for higher metal prices that are not going to happen, not in the way they need, because marginal stays marginal as cost parameters rise with metals prices.
But it's the combination of four factors, 1) near-religious human attraction for that special colour of shiny 2) we way we pay extra for rare things 3) silver's commodity factor 4) the cost profile of producing silver, that result in a price ratio that's much higher than the "physical ratios" so loved by the silver salesmen and women. Yes we can and may get a lower gold/silver ratio in the intermediate future (in the range of that chart at least, we're not seeing 15 to 1 ever again), yes the charts have seen this particular squiggly line go up and down in the past but there are absolutely no guarantees on the line moving down the way it's done in the past, not fundamentally-speaking at least. A world awash with by-product keeps silver deposits sidelined and building up, any higher move releases the Coranis of this world and supply cranks up quickly. There are far too many marginal silver projects out there (and for that matter, precious few producers that rise above the level of marginal or mediocre). When push comes to shove and I demand quality from my junior exploreco or Rule 1 (make a profit) from my small or medium-sized producer, gold options always outnumber those in the silver space. And that's where I will stay.
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Chart of the day is...
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The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
...in reverse order:
Third Place: "IAMGOLD (IAG) (IMG.to): Steve Letwin is expertly trolled by his own IR department". I'm glad it wasn't just me who found this stupidly funny.
Second Place: "Mo Sandstorm". One of those occasions when a two-line afterthought of a post gets popular. It happens on occasion, no biggie either way.
First Place: "Lunchtime", which was a stupid throwaway post on Trump and shows me what kind of reaction or readership bump I could get from closer coverage of The Orange One. So I'm not going to do it any more.
And yeah, it was another light week on the blog. Some weeks I care more about this thing, some less. I don't let it worry me too much, it's not as if it's real work after all. That happens in the Weekly.
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Funny Photo
Posted by Craig and Cricket at 10:14 PM 1 comments
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Hey, Batter, Batter!
Caleb just before his smash hit!
Go Cubs! (Caleb's Team) Go Dirtbags! (Zach's Team)
Posted by Craig and Cricket at 4:38 PM 2 comments
Friday, April 25, 2008
Happy Birthday Liberty!
This picture cracks me up...on Liberty's birthday her class came to Art class with me. We made some little spring flowers, and put them on popcicle sticks...I asked the kids to line up and when I turned back around, Liberty was standing in the middle of the rest of the class (who had made a circle around her) and they were fanning her with their flowers. She was living it up.
Here's the gang again...two b-day's in one month...poor Zach feels a little left out. But here they are just after singing to Liberty. They are so fun together. I love their goofy faces.
Posted by Craig and Cricket at 10:05 PM 4 comments
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Jammed Packed Weekend!
I am pretty sure that this photo will got down in history for the most random birthday picture taken for our family. Caleb wasn't feeling well, Liberty is wearing some weird Christmas pajama shirt, and check out the sunburn on Zach's arms. Note...4x3=12. We couldn't figure out how to show how old Caleb was...this is what they came up with.
Here is Zach with Cosmo, just after he had wacked him in the head!
Here we are waiting for the pageant to start. It was a great girls night!
The boys awaiting the football clinic to start.
Me, Caleb & Grammy! Nice smile Caleb!!!
Craig, Caleb & Me...proud parents! We Love You Caleb!
Papa, Caleb, Craig, & Grandpa Veenker!
Monday: we woke up (late of course, it's SPRING BREAK!) Liberty and I went to run some errands while the boys played with cousins. Scott (aka Elder Veenker) left the MTC Monday morning for the airport to travel to Argentina. Grandpa had been working on a sign to hang from a building that a family friend is building...so we wanted to see it. The sign was not to be missed it was perfect. Great job Grandpa! I wanted to get some photos for the boys to see, but I only had my phone with me. Dang! I came home to find these photos sent by email.
Funny story, Craig's Dad just hung out in the second story window seen just below the sign watching for the MTC bus to drive by on the freeway. Cool photo...he caught a photo of the bus while driving up to the airport. Scott told him he got a photo of him sitting in the window under the sign. Oh the things a parent will do! (Scott got to call from the Airport I think)
Good Luck in Argentina Elder Veenker!!! We Love You!
I can't understand why this post has taken me 5 days to get posted. Spring Break is now almost over! I will post photos of that later. Hopefully it won't take me so long to do that!
Posted by Craig and Cricket at 12:36 PM 2 comments