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ACME Party Box's philosophy of throwing chic, sustainable parties extends beyond birthdays and showers. Their picnic basket includes everything you need for an eco-friendly picnic – Weck carafes and storage jars, bamboo cutlery and tableware, a mango wood cheese board, picnic knife, cloth napkins, and your choice of wine glasses or Mason drinking jars with straws, all reusable or compostable and all packaged in a large tote. The only thing missing are some sandwiches and a sunny spot to enjoy them!


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jmleng wrote:Hi everyone, haven't been here since 17 Sep 2009 - almost 3 years! Nice to see the site still so active and the old folks still around. Wasn't sure my login would still work but it did. Quite strange to see posts dating back to 2008, old tracks and all - it seemed a millenium ago! Feel like a total newbie again, starting virtually from zero and not knowing many folks here other than the seriously old oldies!
Have done zero mapping in the past few years. I had a decent Perth map going in 2007/2008 but it all seemed futile with the off-the-shelf maps being so good and relatively cheap. Haven't had Mapsource and GPS MpEdit on my PC for years - not even sure if that is the software of choice any more! Always said I would get back to it at some stage, so I still collect tracks when I travel around Western Australia but they largely remain as tracks ...
Still have my trusty 60Cx and NUvi 260W for day-to-day use. I saw some posts about donating my old antenna to stimix, I think it was ... brings back memories! HAven't used one of them antenna's for some years now - probably have 1 or 2 lying around somewhere ..
Haven't caught up with anyone other than my old buddy antyong when I get up to KL but it must be at least 1-2 years since I last saw him.
All the best to everyone and this wonderful mapping community.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee voted Tuesday to approve President Barack Obama's pick to lead the CIA after winning a behind-the-scenes battle with the White House over access to a series of top-secret legal opinions that justify the use of lethal drone strikes against terror suspects, including American citizens.
John Brennan's installation at the spy agency has been delayed as Senate Democrats and Republicans have pressed the Obama administration to allow a review of the classified documents prepared by the Justice Department. The senators have argued they can't perform adequate oversight without reviewing the contents of the opinions, but the White House had resisted requests for full disclosure.
The intelligence committee's chairwoman, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said in a statement Tuesday that the committee voted 12-3 to send Brennan's nomination to the full Senate for confirmation. The panel's deliberations were held behind closed doors. Feinstein did not identify the senators who voted against Brennan.
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Although Brennan has made it out of the committee, Republicans have threatened to hold up his nomination unless the White House supplies them with classified information, including emails among top U.S. national security officials, detailing the Obama administration's actions immediately following the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed during the raid.
Feinstein said the full Senate should act quickly confirm Brennan, who spent 25 years at the CIA before becoming Obama's top counterterrorism and homeland security adviser in the White House.
"He draws on a deep well of experience — 25 years as a CIA analyst, chief of station, manager, head of counterterrorism efforts and White House homeland security adviser," Feinstein said of Brennan.
Brennan so far has escaped the harsh treatment that former Sen. Chuck Hagel, the president's choice to lead the Defense Department, received from Senate Republicans even though Brennan is one of Obama's most important national security aides and the White House official who oversees the drone program.
Brennan also served as a senior CIA official during President George W. Bush's administration when waterboarding and other forms of "enhanced interrogation" and detention practices were adopted. Brennan has publicly denounced the use of these tactics, but the cloud hasn't gone completely away.
Brennan's stance on waterboarding and torture is inconsistent, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has said. Although Brennan has decried these methods, he also has said they saved lives, according to McCain, who said he is awaiting an explanation from Brennan. McCain and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., are also leading the charge for the Benghazi records.
"All we want is the answers," McCain said Monday. "I'm not threatening anything. I just think we deserve the answers."
Senate Republicans put Hagel through a bruising confirmation process. They labeled their former Republican colleague as a political turncoat for attacking the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq, and cast him as hostile toward Israel, soft on Iran and unqualified for the job.
In attacking Hagel, who served two terms from Nebraska, the GOP settled old political scores and won points with its conservative base by challenging Obama's nominee so aggressively. The Senate confirmed Hagel last week to replace Leon Panetta as defense secretary on a 58-41 vote, with four Republicans joining the Democrats in backing the contentious choice.
Criticism of Brennan, by contrast, has been less intense. He was grilled for more than three hours during his Feb. 7 confirmation hearing before the Intelligence Committee, but also won praise from several lawmakers as the best qualified candidate to lead the CIA. Brennan, 57, is a veteran of more than three decades of intelligence work.
Former Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., who spent eight years on the House Intelligence Committee, said she expects Brennan to be confirmed by a comfortable margin. Senate Republicans took Hagel's nomination personally, she said, and they're unlikely to take a similar approach with Brennan.
"I don't think they're going to try the same play twice and really seriously wound Obama's national security team at a time when it's very important that we project strength," said Harman, president of the Wilson Center in Washington.
Brennan vigorously defended the use of drone strikes during his confirmation hearing. He declined to say whether he believes waterboarding, which simulates drowning, amounted to torture. But he called the practice "reprehensible" and said it should never be done again. Obama ordered waterboarding banned shortly after taking office.
Drone strikes are employed only as a "last resort," Brennan told the committee. But he also said he had no qualms about going after U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in September 2011. A drone strike in Yemen killed al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, both U.S. citizens. A drone strike two weeks later killed al-Awlaki's 16-year-old son, a Denver native.
Graham, one of Hagel's most acerbic critics, said last month that the Obama administration deserved an "A-plus" for its drone program and he rejected an idea floated by Feinstein and other senators to establish a special court system to regulate drone strikes.
"I'm 100 percent behind the administration," Graham said. "I think their program has been legal, ethical and wise."
But Graham, along with McCain, said the failure to turn over the Benghazi records is a dealbreaker. Graham said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation" that he and McCain "are hell-bent on making sure the American people understand this debacle called Benghazi."
Brennan spent 25 years at the CIA before moving in 2003 from his job as deputy executive director of the agency to run the Terrorist Threat Integration Center. He later worked as interim director of the center's successor organization, the National Counterterrorism Center.
When Bush's second term began in 2005, Brennan left government to work for a company that provides counterterror analysis to federal agencies. After Obama took office in 2009, he returned to the federal payroll as the president's top counterterrorism adviser in the White House.
If confirmed by the full Senate, Brennan would replace Michael Morell, the CIA's deputy director who has been acting director since David Petraeus resigned in November after acknowledging an affair with his biographer.


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Hello all. I've been staring at this program I need to do for the better part of two days now. I'm relatively new to coding, but have had almost no trouble at all until this. After reading up as much as I could on classes and objects, I still can't figure out exactly what the syntax is that I need to use.
Basically I need a die object called into a diepair class and then that called into a simulation class. It needs to tally up the totals for each die roll. I've been given the starting code and have even put in the directions I was given: I'm sure this is relatively simple and yet still can't seem to figure it out.
import java.util.*; public class Die { private Random rgen; private int face; public Die(Random gen) { //needs to have a stored reference to the random # generator and a face value between 1 and 6 } public void roll() { face = rgen.nextInt(1-6); //needs the random integer generated and stored in the face field } public int getFace() { return face; //face needs to be returned } } import java.util.*; public class DicePair { public Die die1, die2; int doubles=0, sum; Random rgen; public DicePair (Random gen) { Die die1 = new Die(rgen); Die die2 = new Die(rgen); //construct two die objects and pass the specified random number generator to them } public void roll() { //roll them } public int getSum() { sum = die1(getFace) + die2(getFace); //return the sum of the face values } public boolean isDoubles() { if(die1(getFace) == die2(getFace)) doubles = doubles + 1; //return true if double } } import java.util.*; public class Simulation { private Random gen; private DicePair pair; private int[] tally; private int doubles; public Simulation() { DicePair pair = new DicePair(); tally = new int[2-12]; //create the random number generator, dicepair object, and array to tally the sums } public void simulate(int times) { doubles = 0; for (count = 0; sim <= 200; ++ count) { } //initialize tallies and doubles to zeros, simulate rolls, and tally the number of rolls and count doubles } public void report() { System.out.printf("%nSum Tally%n"); for (count = 2; count < 13; ++count) { System.outprintf ("%3d %8d ", count, tally[count]); for (star = 0; star < tally[count]; ++star) { System.out.printf("*"); } System.out.printf("%n"); } //print a report of the simulation } public static void main(String[] args) { Simulation sim = new Simulation(); sim.simulate(200); sim.report(); } }
If someone could help me out here, I don't know if it's the syntax that's confusing me or what, but it's been driving me crazy.


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I, too, am watching Suspicious Partner! Nam Ji Hyun alongside Healer-kun? Heck yes. And it's not disappointing. Ji Hyun blew me away just from a few episodes of Angel Eyes (which, overall, is still the worst drama I've seen) so I'm thrilled to have Shopping King Louie and now this so close together. She is amazing.Fight My Way looks awesome (and stars my k-waifu Pyo Ye Jin) but it's not on Dramafever, unfortunately. And Viki has way too many commercials. So I'll probably have to sit on that one for a while.
Dude, Suspicious Partner is a lot of fun, so enjoy catching up. Tonight's episodes will mark the halfway point of the show.I've only ever seen Han Ye Seul in Birth of a Beauty, which was decent, not great. But she herself was pretty darn good in it! Definitely pretty. She clicked with Joo Sang Wook (one of my faves) pretty well, I thought. The writing in that one just got weaker as it went. Like, it forgot that it was supposed to be zany and unrealistic.So, are you saying that you have commercials on Viki even though you have a Viki pass?I pay for the $0.90/mo plan on Dramafever and have one 30-second commercial before each episode and that's it.
Mmm, the actor who played Han Ye Seul's husband in that one committed suicide. Sad. He was pretty good in Three Musketeers, too.So, how much extramarital shenanigans are in Fantasy Couple? Because that will determine whether or not my wife will watch it, which will determine whether or not I will watch it.


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The Legatum Prosperity Index, 2013
I'm a little busy with my own weekend writing at the moment, so I've only scanned the main tables of the 2013 Prosperity Index report, compiled as always by Legatum. Here's the link to the report and it's normally well worth a full read.
We note Uruguay is top of the LatAm countries, in 30th place. Then comes Chile (35th), Panama (40th) and Argentina at 45th beating out Brazil (46th).
A quiz on the legend of Brent Cook
Iwnattos has your four quiz questions on Brent 'The Legend' Cook right here.
Brokerage desk jocks are kneejerk dumbasses who might read the morning newsflow but don't know what the fuck they're looking at half the time
Evidence here:
IKN's SSRI post from Feb 4th here. Hindsight and all that, it was pretty obvious that SSRI was getting the better end of this Marigold deal. Foresight is the tricky one though, right?
Bear Creek (BCM.v) news
Bear Creek (BCM.v) has taken the formal legal step of starting arbitration proceedings against the country of Peru over the Santa Ana snafu, part of a forward corporate strategy that your humble scribe has commented upon previously. In short BCM may or may not have a case, but their decision to tie the future of Santa Ana to the future of Corani, as the company did last year when announcing the EIA approval of the bigger project was stupidity squared. Also in the same NR, this:
Recent media in Peru have reported false accusations by an individual distant from our communities wherein Bear Creek Mining officials supposedly paid locally elected officials based on an alleged document showing an agreement between the company and politicians in the Corani District. The alleged document is falsified from our duly registered, official agreement as disclosed in April, 2013 (see news release dated April 14, 2013). Police in Peru are investigating these claims and Bear Creek has both encouraged and is cooperating fully in this process.
Just in case you ever wondered if people actually read this humble corner of cyberspace, and all that. You seriously believe they'd bother to write something if it had stayed in Spanish language media only? Anyway, that sounds like a pretty strong response to the bribery accusations we relayed the other day and knowing a bit about how these contracts are drawn up, it's sounds like a situation that's a little strange but certainly not beyond the realms of possibility.
Gold up on the weak jobs number, but...
...it's hardly a massive rush to hide behind the moneymetal, either.
The chart there looks quite dramatic but what we see is a base of 1262, a spike to 1272, and now up $5 from the pre-level at 1267. So, up five dollars...a wash (so far). Frankly, not much compared to the two dimes downspike in the USD on the same news. BLS jobs report NR here
UPDATE ten minutes later. It's still pre-open (22 minutes to go) and gold's given up all the gains, now 1260.
Gold Resource Corp (GORO) news
Breathtaking brass neck from the Reids today. Here's the filing and here below is the body of the text with your author adding a bit of red bold type and underlining, just for funnies:
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive AgreementOn January 31, 2014, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Gold Resource Corporation (the "Company") approved a consulting arrangement with William Reid, the Company's former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a shareholder beneficially holding greater than 5% of the Company's outstanding common stock. The Company entered into a written consulting agreement with Mr. Reid, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein. The Company agreed to retain Mr. Reid on a month-to-month basis for $15,000 per month to assist the Company with identification and development of potential new mining projects. The agreement is terminable at any time by either party.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersEffective February 1, 2014, and pursuant to approval by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, certain executive officers of the Company received an increase in the annual base salary set forth in his respective employment agreement with the Company. Chief Executive Officer and President Jason Reid's annual base salary was increased to $600,000 per year, Chief Operating Officer Rick Irvine's annual base salary was increased to $350,000 per year and Chief Financial Officer Joe Rodriguez's base salary was increased to $250,000.
Or in other words, the person who just retired is being brought back on to look for new mining projects that the company can't afford, while the people now running the shop are fed up with trying to give themselves worthless options, so this time they're simply ripping more cash out of treasury for their own back pockets, despite overseeing a 12 month stock price performance that looks like this...
...and running a company that can't turn a net profit to save its life.
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Wait up? Brent Cook?!?!?!?
Yes indeed, our very own cuddly whitebearded geologist is now part of humanity's great pantheon, thanks to this Gold Report article.
And PDAC less than a month away, too. Gold Report people, you have no idea what kind of shit you've just laid on the poor guy.
Aurcana Corp. (AUN.v): I love these guys
Here's the NR, here's a chart:
Special NR highlights include:
- Lots of "We're Great! We're just Great!" at the top.
- Production compared to 4q12 but no mention of 3q13, hmmm, wonder why?
- Silver equivalent only, we're left to guess just how much of that is copper and zinc and stuff
- Then....oh, a fire. And a breakdown. Details, man.
- And...errr...we need some money to spend on new machinery.
- But we're setting a guidance figure for 2014 AND THIS TIME WE MEAN IT. In fact, Lenic even has the chutzpah to mention a guidance for 2015. You really can't make this shit up.
Waterton the patsies
For more than a few months, PS Dave over at VancVenture has expounded on his theory that Waterton (e.g. Waterton Precious Metals Fund) are a bunch of patsies with a failing business model. I wasn't so sure, took the opposite side and in the end let my end of the discussion drop, privately agreeing to disagree with him. However, it's looking as though he was right and I was wrong on this one and by way of illustration, let's take the case of Atna Resources (ATN.to) in 2014 as a marker. Here's the chart...
...and what we've seen in the period is:
1) The stock rallies along with the market.
2) January 31st ATN announces a $22m loan deal with Waterton, which will be used to pay off the $18.1m ATN loan held by Sprott Resource Lending and leave some working cap in hand.
3) ATN stock drops on the news (and you kinda maybe perhaps and could get the feeling it was already telegraphed to "certain people" on the 30th).
4) Today ATN offers a mediocre 2013 production and 2014 guidance NR.
This isn't really about the trials and tribulations at Atna (their snafu at Pinson is well documented). It's about the way in which the Sprott dudes managed to extricate their cash from the company, which was one of the more obvious sell signals of our time. Today's NR underscores that.
So yeah PS Dave, I'm with you on this one now. Meanwhile, cash strapped juniors looking for a line of credit in order to
pay management's bloated monthly paychecks move forward diligently on their exciting drilling prospect should get in touch with Waterton, they seem to be willing to do a deal....just throw them a few cheap warrants or something.
UPDATE: PS Dave has his latest on Waterton, specifically about the ATN deal, here. He goes off on a slightly different tack but it's still a case of liar's poker here. Who's zoomin' who?
UPDATE: PS Dave has his latest on Waterton, specifically about the ATN deal, here. He goes off on a slightly different tack but it's still a case of liar's poker here. Who's zoomin' who?
This thing the US Dollar has with 81.5
Chart of the day is...
...silver, dailies:
The consensus in the metalblabbersphere is that silver has bottomed. I agree.
That doesn't mean it has to immediately jump to $25/oz or wherever else you want to pitch it; it could stay in this $19/$20.50 range for quite a while.
The four reasons why there was nothing about Argentina's finances in your EngLang biz media today
1) The official exchange rate strengthened: ArgP$7.95 = U$1.00, six cents up from yesterday.
2) The unofficial exchange rate also improved 10c, to ArgP$ 12.50.
3) The Central Bank's international reserves position improved by U$10m
4) English language bizmedia coverage of Argentina is run by bullshitters, liars and assholes.
Bear Creek Mining (BCM.v) accused of bribing the Mayor of Corani
That's what the report says. Here's a bit of translation:
Puno: Document reveals millionaire agreement between mining company and mayor of Corani, Edmundo GuerraFebruary 5th, 2014
According to the agreement dated April 15th 2013 in Lima by the mining company Bear Creek Mining, Edmundo Guerra Cáceres and citizen Michel Francois Portier Balland, the second clause states that the company, represented by Elsiario Almiro Antúnez de Mayolo Ramis, commits to pay the persons mentioned the sum of two million Nuevo Soles (approx U$712,000) from 2013 until the project is profitable.
Also, in the third clause of the contract the mining company agrees to pay Guerra Cáceres Michel Portier 2% of profits from the fifth year of production onwards, with this personal benefit being to explain, persuade, induce, convince and give reason to the population affected by the project, as stipulated in clause four of the contract.
The people raising the complaint against the mayor say they have checked out the signature and fingerprint on the contract and attested it to be that of the mayor. Also, according to the reports the contract specifically states that the cash payments are personal ones to the mayor and the other person mentioned, not payments made by the company to community programs or works. If that's not the definition of a bribe to a government official, I'd like to know what is.
Disclosure: No current position in BCM.v, though I have owned the stock at other moments. Last owned in September 2013.
Disclosure: No current position in BCM.v, though I have owned the stock at other moments. Last owned in September 2013.
Iron Mountain (IRM) stock may come under pressure today
Iron Mountain (IRM) is a U$5Bn market cap data storage and protection company and owns the warehouse that caught fire this morning in Buenos Aires, Argentina and which caused the death of five firefighters who were battling the blaze. According to the company spiel, the storage facility was fully protected against such incidents, with "total protection against incendiary events, a hydration systam, sprinklers, strict humidity control and an early warning detection system to prevent fires" in all its establishments.
Something tells me that might not have been the case today.
Now confirmed eight dead. Now nine, this is awful.
A question and an answer
The question: I received this mail (redacted a touch to protect both guilty and innocent). This kind of thing happens every now and again. The question comes at the end.
"I am a private investor who does a lot of junior mining stock (Canadian) analysis, has its own database and publishes on SeekingAlpha.com as [redacted]. Recently I met a CEO of a junior mining company [redacted] who referred to your blog as hilarious but very critical as well, he thought I would love it. Boy was he right, and I love your style! Kept laughing over your "owly" comment (o rly) and numerous other things and comments. But your critical comments on a lot of juniors are just about right most of the time (no need to abandon the entire sector though as you suggest one time;) so I think it is of great value to me.
For now, I am planning on building some kind of reputation on SA first, and after that building my own website, as I want to redevelop myself from [redacted] to junior mining research and investment as I think it's a much more fascinating universe. A serious website is priority number one, so no pump 'n dump or "you give me a ton of warrants and some shares and I will write something positive for your IPO" kind of thing. I know a very good writer from SA on O&G, he wants to team up with me with his own site. He makes money by providing custom analysis for funds etc. Not worked out how I'm going to make money out of it but if my quality is good enough this will develop in a natural way I guess, as true quality is scarce in junior mining I noticed. Only Cookie and Kaiser seem to fit the bill IMO.Bottom line: is there any possibility to connect my future site to yours, and what would it cost if you of course would allow it in the first place?Like to hear from you,
The answer: No, fuck off.
UPDATE: Setty is a nicer spirit than I, and offers this link
The Argentina "Dolar Blue" (unofficial dollar forex rate) chart, 2014 year to date
It started the year at ArgP$10.15 to the dollar (all data from @dolarblue and here too)
The day of the Central Bank move, aka "deval day", it was at 12
It shot to 13, then pulled back
It's now 12.60 at time of writing.
The chart is the chart
I've mentioned this on these pages previously, but it's getting a re-airing today anyway. In the Altiplano region of Bolivia and Peru the growing season for the main crop, potatoes, relies on a tight time window before the cold season reappears. It's also dependent on the rainy season (Dec-March) arriving on time, because a late start to the rains would mean the potatoes won't grow quickly enough before the frosts arrive. That would mean a significant yield reduction and although our modern times mean food gets transported around more easily, go back a few years it was often the difference between full bellies and really long periods of hunger, even starvation.
The timely arrival of the rainy season is, therefore, a big thing for Altiplano and there's a lot at stake if the rains arrive late. This means that if the rains don't come on time, the local shamans (or yatiri, as known locally) are called upon to help speed things up. There are several rainmaker/rainbringer ceremonies done by Altiplano shamans, but the classic one is connected with frogs. What people noticed thousands of years ago was that just before it rained, frogs that lived next to lakes etc would all start croaking in unison. It therefore made sense to catch a frog or two and make them croak, as that would bring the rains on. Therefore, the most popular rainy season ceremony is based around shamans making frogs croak because when they do, the rainclouds react in the way they're supposed to. Perfectly logical, right?
And that's all you need to know about charting and technical analysis of stock prices, folks.
Silver Standard (SSRI) (SSO.to) notes
On the Marigold mine deal: I think it's made a smart purchase at the right price.
My interest in the company also went up a notch or two a few days ago, when reading (got to it late) that of its pared down $22m exploration budget for 2014, it was going to spend a chunky $6.5m on the Berenguela project in southern Peru. It just so happens that many mining people in Peru unconnected with SSRI think highly of that project and it's been a bit of a headscratcher for many that the thing has been left undeveloped for so many years. The strong copper kicker from the rock makes the economics solid, the engineering looks simple enough (in theory), political risk and community relations in that microzone of Peru have improved a lot in the last two or three years and it could easily become a very profitable 2m oz Au per year mine.
Pirquitas isn't doing badly and the recent financial upheavals in Argentina will help it on the costs side. Though I need to look more closely, because it's been a while since doing any real work on this thing.
I don't own SSRI, though it probably deserves a revisit and some decent DD work now. Treasury position good enough even after paying cash for Marigold, debt position looks manageable. Looks quite cheap on a first pass.
Re. Argentina (and an excerpt from IKN247)
We note with interest that Argentina's forex is improving against the dollar this morning (8.06 last night, 8.03 over the weekend, 8.01 today), which of course means that it won't make any headlines in your English language bizmedia...can't possibly say anything positive about the country, or anything that might contradict the forecasts of immediate country destruction vomited out by the truckload last week now, can we?
Anyway, this below is an excerpt on the country from IKN247 last Sunday.
I'm not out here defending this government with gusto, sword and shield. I am saying that the coverage has been twisted out of all proportion in the last few days and has the look of a world trying desperately to cause a crisis, rather than report on one. I don't think Argentina is in great shape but it's not that bad, either. If I were a bonds trader I'd be very interested in picking up some of those Argentine BODEN15 dollar bonds, which ended Friday paying 19% on paper that matures next year. On the other hand, those who wait for blood in the streets before buying are going to be disappointed in Argentina 2014 vintage; this country isn't anywhere near its 2001 state of despair yet and isn't going to collapse in the year ahead, no matter how much The Economist would wish otherwise. Meanwhile, if the rumourmill only has a quarter of its facts right (10) (11) (both Spanish language links and only really useful for people who know their Argentine politicos) we're likely to see measures from the CFK government to counteract last week's negativity. There are still plenty of tools at the country's disposal today, which again marks the current situation as very different from the ordeals of 2001/2002.
UPDATE: Your humble scribe immediately receives pushback from those who are expert at reading headlines and then making the media language their own. In this case the line is "BUT THE COUNTRY RESERVES ARE STILL DROPPING!". This was also covered in IKN247 and though I'm not going to paste the whole piece out (it moves to reaction from the mining community, an altogether different and much smaller subject), here's one other segment from the note to illustrate:
Much of the attention is taken up by Argentina's International Reserves position (as although a mere symptom and not the cause it's an easy one to follow, while the real baseline problem of the government's fiscal deficit requires a working knowledge of the country and its day-to-day economy) and the thrust of all arguments against the country (do we have to suffer "Don't Cry For..." headlines every time?) went along the lines of "it gets to zero and the place implodes", or some such.
Chart of the day is...
That special Gold Resource Corp (GORO) moment when...
...the jock Wall Street desk trader jumps in a buys a stack of the company because...
1) he* needs to hedge his port with gold names because his boss just barked at him...but later sees that...
2) gotta get me some gold miner exposure, whole market's dropping and that sector's rising, man
3) look, GORO's a gold miner
4) and it has the word 'gold' in its corporate name. Cool.
*this time it's "he", as women are never as fucking stupid as these dudes
Gold makes a safe haven move
The tiresome debate seems never ending, but this...
...is undoubtedly money moving into gold for safe haven reasons. If want more evidence see the gold/silver ratio, which busted 65X this morning.
Gold The Fear Trade: it's back.
Next Please! Luna Gold (LGC.to), the latest bought deal
Luna Gold Corp. (TSX:LGC)(LGC.TO)(OTCQX:LGCUF) ("Luna" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters pursuant to which they have agreed to purchase, on a bought deal basis, 16,950,000 common shares (the "Shares") at a price of $1.18 per share for gross proceeds to the Corporation of approximately $20 million (the "Offering"). The Offering will be conducted through a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Cormark Securities Inc. and Canaccord Genuity Corp.
The net proceeds of the Offering will be etc etc here
The last time this thing traded at $1.18 was July 17th last year.
In Costa Rica, Luis Solis and Johnny Arana have taken the first two spots of the Presidential election, both around 30% and they'll go into a tight-looking run-off for the big job. Villalta and his new movement faded into a distant third (~17%) and is out of the running now, but may have a role to play as kingmaker.
In El Salvador, Salvador Sánchez Cerén is leading in the count (about 25% done and has a shot at winning the whole thing in the first round. If not, he'll go into a run-off with Norman Quijano, in second spot right now. Still SSC will be big favourite for the win if a round two is needed.
In New Jersey, Floyd Mayweather apparently bet $10.4m on the Denver Broncos to win. That's a lot of money. (UPDATE: And now apparently he didn't)
And River beat Boca 2-1
UPDATE: El Salvador's going to a 2nd round. With 80% of votes counted SSC is stuck at a touch under 49%; close but no cigar.
UPDATE: El Salvador's going to a 2nd round. With 80% of votes counted SSC is stuck at a touch under 49%; close but no cigar.
The IKN Weekly, out now
IKN247 has just been sent to subscribers. I'd like to recommend Variety's appreciation of Philip Seymour Hoffman, which you can find here. RIP, sir.
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via press release:
Mozzie's Mission: Do You Have What it Takes to Partner with Mozzie?
WHITE COLLAR Miso SideShow Offers Engaging Social TV Companion-Viewing Experience
USA Network continues to connect with WHITE COLLAR fans as it unveiled two more digital initiatives: Mozzie's Mission and the WHITE COLLAR Miso SideShow, both of which launched last night to coincide with the series' mid-season premiere. These complement the Where Is Elizabeth Burke? campaign, in which fans worked with show creator and executive producer Jeff Eastin to figure out what exactly happened to Mrs. Suit at the end of the first half of the second season.
Starting yesterday, January 17, viewers began playing a six-week game designed to test their skills to see if they're advanced enough to partner with Mozzie in locating a hidden stash. Through a series of weekly challenges, Mozzie tests users' abilities in memory, their eye for detail, riddle-solving and more. Featuring original video shot on location in New York City, users must tackle each task in a variety of locations some of which can be accessed in a 2012 Ford Explorer. When all six challenges are completed, a secret sweepstakes is unlocked providing the chance to win an iPad 2. Sponsored by Ford, Mozzie's Mission was created in conjunction with Eastin and could be played at http://www.mozziesmission.com.
When viewers tune in during the mid-season, they'll be able to enjoy a special WHITE COLLAR SideShow using the Miso mobile app for iPhone and iPod Touch. It provides a companion viewing experience that allows fans to comment on the action, get intriguing bits of trivia, share great quotes from the show, answer polls, and check-in to get exclusive WHITE COLLAR badges. There will be a new SideShow for each episode.
Currently in its third season, WHITE COLLAR focuses on the unlikely partnership between con artist Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) and FBI agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) Caffrey's expertise helps Burke catch other elusive criminals, but this season we're not sure whose side he is really on. The series also stars Tiffani Thiessen, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason, Hilarie Burton and Sharif Atkins. WHITE COLLAR was created and is executive produced by Jeff Eastin and comes from Fox Television Studios. Mark Goffman is an executive producer and Jeff King is a co-executive producer.


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Current Theme Song (aka what's playing on my ipod right now): Final Countdown by Europe.
Okay, as most of you know, I'm heading up the YA Fantasy Showdown and here is where you come for any secret, behind-the-scenes "insider" information. Seriously, what better way to (barely) bide the time until Mockingjay comes out than to have some of the coolest, most hardcore, and beloved characters in YA Fantasy duke it out in a battle of the ultimates? I thought it was an awesome idea. But I had no idea so many other people would think so too.
The word is abuzz and it's positively terrifying.
I may need a whole lot of chocolate for this.
So, without further ado, a video you've probably already seen, but at this point I can't do anything that isn't Hunger Games-themed. Plus I missed Feature Fun Friday. So here is the best fan video of the Hunger Games I could find. Watch and enjoy while I run off and make sure everything is pretty, perfect and ready to go. And I may have to check and see if everything is cinched down tight. Because things are about to bust loose in a few hours.
Batten down the hatches. This is going to be a bumpy ride. :)
*whooshes off*
Whoa. Looking for other words... Nope, not finding them.
Current Theme Song (aka what's playing on my ipod right now): Final Countdown by Europe.
2 comments:
- Tales of Whimsy said...
I have faith in you ;) *hugs*
- August 10, 2010 at 3:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
It's a brilliant idea! I am sooooo excited to see how the showdown plays out.
- August 10, 2010 at 9:56 PM


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