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ink jet printer program for following functionality write in java
1.it has 4 cartridges a)black b)red c)yellow d)blue
2.a)black ink cartridge contains 100ml ,cut off level warning should give for 15ml,,cost is 150/-
b)red ink ink cartridge contains 25ml ink,cut off level warning should give for 5ml,,cost is 75/-
c)yellow ink cartridge contains 25ml ink ,cut off level warning should give for 5 ml,cost is 75/-
d)blue ink cartridge contains 25ml ink ,cut off level warning should give for 5 ml,cost is 75/-
if we have reach cut off level we have to replace the cartridge.
3)page stack contains 200 pages of rim,it will cost 75/-replace if page stack =0.
4)user will give input a) no of prints and b) type of print- black&white print or color print
5)for each black& white print ---black ink consumed is =2ml ,reamaining colors =not used.
for color print --black ink consumed is =1ml,red ink consumed is =2ml yellow ink consumed =2ml,blue ink consumed is =2ml
6)ink leakage is there,
we have to program for that also
for every 25 black&white prints 0.25 ml black ink is leaked
for every 10 color prints 0.10ml black ink ,0.25ml of red,yellow,and blue is leaked
7)black&white print is sold for 5/- and color print is sold for 25
8)system should have to generate report any time if required
the outputs would be
a)total no of prints
b)total no of black&white prints
c)total no of color prints
d)current ink level of each catridge
e)how much total ink of each used till now
f)leakage ink
g)profit or loss.
this is the question plz write java program for this..
i am giving following analaysis
intially black ink cost set to 150 if we replace we will add another 150 to black ink cost,like that for all colors,
intially paper cost is set to 75/- every time we repalce we will add 75/-,
total cost=all catridges accumulated cost+papercost,
earnings=(total no.of b/w prints*5)+(toatal no. of color prints*25)
profit=earnings-total cost
intially black ink level =100ml,color inks each to 25ml,
system has option to reduce ink level after printing according to consumption and leakage,
plz send me java program to my mail urgent plz help me


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4 Things IT guys should do to be a strong MBA Candidate
I'm not sure how many of us have gone through the LBS Blog Post where the current student Manish explains his experience of recruitment at LBS explaining in detail the recruiters' perspective of an Indian IT guy. Although we might be familiar with some of the tips he has provided but when put into words, these become hard rules. We are all aware of the fact that since there are too many of us (Indian IT males I mean), the things we do daily are somewhat achievements for us. For example, designing a web page for the team where individual status is tracked is quite an accomplishment. But think of a person who does not understand the "impact". For him, it was just another techie thing and the resume is tagged as "programmer profile".
We have be different from the herd and thus take each step carefully so as not to be tagged as "just another programmer". There is nothing wrong in being a programmer. The difficulty arises when we do not show the impact of our actions through our profiles.
Manish quite beautifully explains the steps that should be taken to avoid being termed as a geek. He says, "the moment the recruiters see 2 high tech companies on your CV, it is thrown into a pile with other geek CVs".
Although I did mention some points to differentiate in my article for diversity, here are his tips to help cross the line, in his own words:
1) A solid CV with almost no technical buzz words (I would say any thing more technical than hardware, software, database would be red flagged). Your future employers do not care that you used multithreading and ajax for developing something cool. They want to know how much money your company saved/made from your work. They want to know the business impact, not the technical impact. Secondly you will see all your peers have achievements in each bullet while you as a technologist do certain things everyday because that's what you do at your job. I had this problem but you need to make every bullet in your CV speak of an achievement.
2) A solid internship in your area of interest: This is the biggest hurdle but one you mustn't compromise on. If you do an internship in your area of interest, you can build a convincing story about your aspirations.
3) Serious Involvement in clubs: To show your commitment to the area you are gunning for.
4) Something extra: Language skills, passion for things outside school etc. When 300 of your peers are all overachievers, often recruitment decisions boil down to marginal things and this is where your "other" skills come very handy.

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PC Support Scams: a Forensic View
A paper for the Cybercrime Forensics Education and Training Conference looking at forensic issues that arose during our research into Tech Support Scams.
A paper for the Cybercrime Forensics Education and Training Conference looking at forensic issues that arose during our research into Tech Support Scams.
CeCOS, to be held in Prague between 25-27 April,will again look at operational issues and the development of communal resources for first responders and forensic professionals.
The paper by Julio Canto and myself on the use and misuse of multi-scanner malware-checking resources like VirusTotal is now available.
Security can't be purely the responsibility of the government, the police, the security industry, the ISPs, the public sector, private industry, or any permutation thereof.
Like everyone else, law enforcement is expected to perform miracles of efficiency. But it's not all about financial analysis: there is no such thing as victimless crime.
Well, okay, if you happen to be an extremely fast reader. The Association of Anti Virus Asia Researcher's (AVAR) 14th AVAR Conference just wrapped up in Hong Kong on Friday. This year, the focus was on security issues in and around the emerging Asian security market, and how to rise to the challenge. As one
Forensic software developer PassWare announced a new version of its eponymous software forensics kit on Tuesday. Already several news sources are writing about how the program can automatically obtain the login password from a locked or sleeping Mac simply by plugging in a USB flash drive containing their software and connecting it to another computer
Our colleagues Aleksandr Matrosov and Eugene Rodionov are tracking the evolution of TDL4 (also known as Win32/Olmarik). The following is a report on the latest TDL4 update, released last week. In our previous blog post, we described how the latest Microsoft Security Update modified the Windows OS loader (winloader.exe) to fix a vulnerability that allowed
...It's a common plot device, of course, but our increasing dependence on the technology does make it more viable...
It will likely come as no surprise to regular readers of ESET's Threat Blog that we are somewhat gadget aficionados here in the Research Department. Our focus, however, is usually on issues such as malware, spam and privacy so we do not spend a lot of time discussing gadgetry. Every once in a while, though,
I recently learned a new acronym: SODDI (Some Other Dude Did It). What this refers to is the defense that criminals routinely use (plausible deniability) – and even more so when it comes to illicit activities on the Internet. On Sunday, November 8th 2009 the Associated Press published an article regarding an individual that was


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Denny Sanford Premier Center Luxury Suites
Would you fork out $35,000 to $45,000 a year for a luxury suite at the Denny Sanfore Premier Center? I sure the heck would! Except then I'd have to explain to the wife why I sold the house and we are living in a box by the Big Sioux. But hey, if you can swing it, why not! Freekin' cool!
According to Community Development director Darrin Smith; "These suites are going to be unlike anything Sioux Falls has ever had. We do expect very strong demand for these suites and they will be sold on a first come, first serve basis".
Every DSPC suite is going to be 450 square feet. Each suite includes 12 tickets to all events, a bar, large flat screen TV, refrigerator, lounge access, VIP parking and an elevator to the premium level, 6 puppies, and a handful of kittens. Ok, no puppies or kittens, but the rest is true.
"You will have the ability to have your own art, put up a business logo, tastefully decorate your own suite. Of course SMG will have the final approval on how you decorate," Ryan Querry with Legends Sales & Marketing said.
The luxury suites are going to help fulfill a promise the city made to taxpayers. And two have already been sold to Sanford and First Premier.
If you want to get one before they are gone you can reserve your suite by calling Ryan Querry with Legends Sales & Marketing at 605-367-4102.
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Butterfly Blog Hop just went live at Plain Vanilla Mom and I wanted to submit this tutorial. You all should hop on over there and see what other ideas people came up with pertaining to butterflies.
I like this project because:
- Children of all ages love it
- It reuses magazines that might otherwise be tossed
- It requires minimal preparation.
I like to fold the resulting folded papers in half so I know where the center point is on each.
Thanks for coming by and checking this out. Remember to "like" me on my Facebook Page if you want to stay informed of more kid craft ideas I post or find around the blogosphere!


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SHOW SLAVE STATUS. Unfortunately, they only give information about the status of the SQL thread (and not always that either). If the I/O thread fails, for example, because the server configuration is not correctly set up, or if the connection to the master is lost due to a network outage, it is necessary to dig through the error log to find out the reason. This might be possible, although annoying, for a DBA to do since he has access to the files on the machine where the server is running, but when using automatic recovery applications that watch the status of the replication, this is not practical. It is also easier to see the status of the server through a normal client connection, compared to logging into the machine and starting to locate the files.
This is actually quite stupid, especially since it is possible to individually check if the threads are running, so to make it possible to check the status of the threads from a client (an application or a user connecting directly to the server), I just added four new fields to the output from
Last_IO_Error, and
Last_IO_Errno. The new fields were added last, and the two old fields
Last_Error and
Last_Errno are just aliases for
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Ex-investigator accused of stealing valuable comic books
When Lonnie Blevins wanted to sell $140,000 worth of vintage comic books that had been taken out of their protective covers for about half what they were worth at a convention in Chicago, the buyers were suspicious.
Blevins let them photograph his Texas driver's license and showed his badge proving he was an investigator with the Harris County District Attorney's Office.
The badge was legitimate. Blevins' ownership of the comics was not.
Blevins, 38, was arrested Tuesday on charges of stealing evidence, accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in comic books from a defendant in an embezzlement case.
A second investigator with the district attorney's office, whose name has not been released, has also been suspended while the investigation continues, according to a statement released by Harris County District Attorney Mike Anderson.
"Our office has cooperated fully with this ongoing investigation and will continue to do so," Anderson said. "This is consistent with my pledge to the citizens of Harris County to restore integrity to the district attorney's office."
Blevins resigns
Blevins, who left the local district attorney's office in December, resigned Monday from the Bexar County District Attorney's Office after learning of the charges against him, said his lawyer, Dick DeGuerin. "We're still investigating, but his plea is 'not guilty,' " DeGuerin said. "And we'll go to trial on it."
Blevins is charged with interstate transfer of stolen property.
The former investigator was arrested after a federal investigation into items that disappeared from the home and storage units of a disbarred lawyer facing charges that he stole from his employer.
The dealers who bought the comics from Blevins in Chicago contacted James Halperin at Heritage Auctions after researching their purchase on the auction house's website. After conferring, Halperin contacted authorities on their behalf.
Court records show that Blevins also sold $38,000 in comics at a convention in San Antonio in June.
In the underlying case, former attorney Anthony Chiofalo is charged with stealing more than $9 million from his employer. He is accused of using the money to buy millions of dollars worth of sports memorabilia and collectibles, including a first-edition Batman comic book, worth about $900,000.
Those items, investigators said, are like bearer bonds because they hold their value but are difficult to trace.
Blevins is accused of stealing dozens of valuable comic books that previously had been sold to Chiofalo and selling them. Chiofalo's attorney said the investigation is ongoing and may reveal that even more was taken.
"We attempted to cooperate with the DA's office to provide restitution, and in doing so we realized there were some very valuable books that were not accounted for," said Paul Doyle, Chiofalo's attorney. "That hinders our ability, obviously, to make restitution."
It is unclear how the allegations against someone who was investigating Chiofalo will affect that case, but Doyle said he will ask that the case be dismissed.
More than $1 million
"It's over a million dollars, at least," Doyle said of the amount that has allegedly been stolen. "We'll be filing a motion to dismiss based on this misconduct."
Doyle said he has not seen details of the investigation, but believes Blevins put the comic books up for auction. After they were graded by a reputable auction house, however, the auction house realized the books may have been stolen.
"There were so many, they just decided to take a few," Doyle said. "Talk about a breach of trust."
Blevins was hired as a full-time investigator by the Harris County DA's office in January 2012 and left in December. He began working in San Antonio on Dec. 17.
In Chiofalo's case, the lawyer was hired in 2009 by Tadano America Corp., a company that makes large cranes.
After serving as general counsel for a year, prosecutors said, Chiofalo had Tadano write checks to dummy law firms, which he had set up.
When the alleged scheme was uncovered in June, prosecutors said, Chiofalo fled. He turned himself in at a police station in Rhode Island in December, and remains in the Harris County Jail without bail.
His wife, 51-year-old Susan Chiofalo, was also charged in the alleged scheme. She is free on $100,000 bail. If convicted of felony theft, both face a maximum of life in prison.
Still tracking items
Philip Hilder, an attorney for Tadano, has said the company is working to track down everything that Chiofalo bought to try to recover as much money as possible. "The case against Chiofalo is solid," Hilder said. "But this could have an impact on the amount of restitution in his case."
Bryan Vaclavik, a financial fraud consultant for Tadano, has said that Chiofalo bought hundreds of comic books and sports memorabilia collectibles, including dozens of signed posters and scores of baseball cards, as an investment.
Among hundreds of other valuables uncovered in Chiofalo's home and storage units was a signed first edition of Mario Puzo's novel, "The Godfather," a baseball helmet signed by Pete Rose, and the first issue of Playboy.


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What's Up in Pizza: Breaking the Pizza Roll Record, Stefano Ferrara Ovens, and More!
Published: Last Updated:
- KDHX DJ Chris Ward is going for the gold...and by gold, I mean attempting to eat a record breaking number of pizza rolls (the current record stands at 41 rolls in three minutes). Chris was stuffing his face with a purpose: raising funds for the independent radio station. For every $10 that was pledged, he would eat 1 pizza roll. Ward was quoted in a piece by Riverfront Times saying, "I knew it was going to be gross, but I didn't know it would actually be disgusting...I also didn't realize my palate has changed quite a bit since I was, you know, twelve years old." The grand total for the night came to 51 pizza rolls (not consumed in less than 3 minutes) and $700 dollars, all of which will go to supporting the station.
- Next up, we have a great piece from Eater (brought to my attention by Adam) on the majesty of Stefano Ferrara pizza ovens. Even if you're only a casual pizza fan you may have heard the name before, and at the very least chances are high you've seen one, turning out quality Neapolitan pies. Ferrara, who's a third generation oven-builder and has been training since 13, makes each domed brick oven by hand. Restaurants like Paulie Gee's, Motorino, Cane Rosso and Una Pizza Napoletana all proudly boast Ferrara ovens. These beauties are expensive, but almost any obsessive will tell you it's worth it. Head over to Eater to read the full article, and dive deep into costs, concerns, the installation process, details of craftsmanship, and more.
- Our friends over at First We Feast have pulled together ten essential (read: hilariously awesome) tools for pizza lovers. Check out their selection of "the best pizza gizmos and gadgets that you can buy online right now, from Homer Simpson talking pizza cutters to pizza ice cream cone makers."
- Finally, we have this piece of heartwarming fluff from The Huffington Post. Andrew Schaffer, Portland pizza delivery guy, was out doing his job when one order took a disappointing turn—he received a $0.33 tip on a $22.67 bill. Taking it in stride he went on his way, which is normally where the tale would end...except that at work the next day, Andrew found a surprise waiting for him. An illustrated note had been delivered by the couple, which read: "Maybe a cupcake will help? Okay, well maybe I don't really have a cupcake for you - but how about that tip from last night? We would like to apologize for our impared math skills and to thank you for the work you do. We appreciate it immensely! - Tom and Jenn". Inside was a $20 tip, which as Andrew says, "...really made my day! Tips make up about two-thirds of my income, which pays for school for me...The $20 was much appreciated, but the obvious time and effort put into making the card and hand delivering it meant even more." Obvious case of better late than never!
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UT System Regents to meet Nov. 11
The University of Texas System Board of Regents will hold a special meeting by telephone conference on Monday, Nov. 11, in Austin.
The agenda for the meeting is available online.
The meeting will convene at 10:30 a.m., and regents will immediately recess to executive session to discuss legal and personnel matters. The Board will reconvene in open session at about 11:25 a.m. to consider action, if any, on executive session items.
The meeting is expected to adjourn at approximately 11:30 a.m.
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Phenolsulfonphthalein is used as a test to help diagnose problems or disease of the kidneys. This test determines how well your kidneys are working.
Phenolsulfonphthalein passes out of the body almost entirely in the urine. Measuring the amount of phenolsulfonphthalein in the urine can help the doctor determine if the kidneys are working properly.
How test is done: After you have emptied your bladder, phenolsulfonphthalein will be given by injection. Then you will be asked to empty your bladder into a container one or more times after the medicine is given. The amount of this medicine in your urine will be measured. Then the results of the test will be studied. The way the phenolsulfonphthalein test is done may be different for different patients. Some patients may have the phenolsulfonphthalein injected into a vein, others, into a muscle.
It is very important that you empty the bladder completely and collect all the urine when you are asked to do so. If any urine is left behind or lost, it will change the results of the test.
Phenolsulfonphthalein is to be used only under the supervision of a doctor.
In deciding to use a diagnostic test, any risks of the test must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. Also, other things may affect test results. For this test, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Although there is no specific information comparing use of phenolsulfonphthalein in children with use in other age groups, phenolsulfonphthalein is not expected to cause different side effects or problems in children than it does in adults.
Many medicines have not been studied specifically in older people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly the same way they do in younger adults. Although there is no specific information comparing use of phenolsulfonphthalein in the elderly with use in other age groups, this medicine is not expected to cause different side effects or problems in older people than it does in younger adults.
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. Tell your healthcare professional if you are taking any other prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicine.
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this diagnostic test. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although this medicine usually does not cause any side effects, tell your health care professional immediately if you notice wheezing or skin rash or itching shortly after it is given.
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
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Tim Oliver: "Nearly half of development-stage NI 43-101 studies surveyed lack engineering rigor"
Here's the link to the piece written by Tim Oliver of 'Mining's Black Box'. And here's the overview of the note to get you in the mood:
Nearly half of development-stage NI 43-101 studies surveyed lack engineering rigor
Analysis of 34 Technical Studies
By Tim Oliver
First published in Exploration Insights on September 13, 2015.
Background In March 2014 I wrote a two-part series for Exploration Insights titled "Top 10 Signs of a Bogus NI 43-101 Study". I presented a slide show on the subject to the crew at Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd. in Carlsbad, California. The presentation went well until the end. Steve Todoruk asked me what percentage of posted studies is actually bogus. I made what I thought was a reasonable guess. It was pretty high, and I could feel the room drifting away. Most didn't believe me, and I felt I lost credibility.
The subject haunted me from that day. So, having some time on my hands, and looking for a way to promote my services, I decided to find out.
Whole article here. Your weekend reading, mining person
The Friday OT: Jon Hopkins; Light through the veins (full nine minute version)
Because I get a lump in my throat on every listening.
And these things are for sharing. And this came before the Coldplay use, just for the record. And it's miles better.
Dalradian (DNA.to) needs to be looked at again...
...and as a covered stock at The IKN Weekly (as well as a personal position) we're going to do just that this Sunday in IKN332, what with the changes to the corporate structure recently.
Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.L): A big thank you to Chuck Higgins of Fasken and Daryl Hodges of...
...well, of nowhere in fact but ex-Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.L), for sending along the freebies. Here's me wearing the cap as I sipped my coffee this morning.
Thanks guys, appreciated.
More on the massive conflict of interest between Hodges (ex-Minera IRL) and Higgins (lawyer at Fasken in charge of the Minera IR paperwork) via their previous dealings at Jennings plus the BIG one, their joint ownership of The Pilot bar in Toronto, right here in this post from August 20th.
Goldman Sachs on gold
Oh wow Janet we're all rich...
...or something. No more posting today, this silliness isn't worth commenting about.
Chart of the day is...
....gold, which refuses to break under U$1,100/oz:
But Janet will cause immediate meltdown of everything in the world tomorrow. Ask Jeff Berwick.
PS: Still no mail from those nice people at Minera IRL who want my home address. It's almost as if they have other intentions than simply wan....ah, forget it. All they have to do is ask, y'know...
UPDATE: It's turning into a reasonable day for gold, now $1,124/oz and counting. Just about all the gold stocks up too. Except for Continental Gold (CNL.to) of course. Good old Ari, bless his heart.
PS: Still no mail from those nice people at Minera IRL who want my home address. It's almost as if they have other intentions than simply wan....ah, forget it. All they have to do is ask, y'know...
UPDATE: It's turning into a reasonable day for gold, now $1,124/oz and counting. Just about all the gold stocks up too. Except for Continental Gold (CNL.to) of course. Good old Ari, bless his heart.
Lake Shore (LSG.to) 144 Gap
These are nice numbers. The 144 Gap zone of LSG's property is beginning to look very tasty indeed.
In a reasonable market, this is the type of NR that shoots a junior higher. Sadly this is not a reasonable market and even good news from companies these days is being used as a 'liquidation window'. I won't be adding on this news, but holding is easy as we wait for the day Goldcorp (GG) buys them out. And they will.
Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.L): An interesting development for IKN
It has come to my attention* that certain people in or around Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.L) are, on this fine and sunny Tuesday, suddenly very keen indeed to get their hands on the home address of your humble scribe. They've been asking around for people who "know how to source this".
When I heard about this, I immediately sent a mail to the person doing the asking (I know mail addresses, y'see) and asked the person why they didn't ask me directly. So far no answer from the person.
One wonders why certain people in Minera IRL are suddenly so keen on this information. Perhaps they have papers they'd like to give me. Or perhaps they're up for a social visit (I make good coffee). Or perhaps it's something to do with this little piece of prose stuck at the end of IKN331 that was repeated in this post Sunday evening:
I'll end this week's update on IRL with a quick personal note, because I'm fully aware that both friend and foe inside or close to IRL will be reading these words very soon. I've heard from well-placed sources that the IKN coverage of Minera IRL has really got under the skin of some people at/close to the company. For sure mostly the Team Hodges side, but there's also some annoyance from people who'd consider themselves to be on the side of Diego Benavides as well. Apparently, some of those people now truly hate me and would wish me physical harm. That's a very good thing, ladies and gentlemen readers; getting waves of hate from the type of greedy, ignorant, boorish, racist, self-serving, uncaring scumbags who don't give a rat's hind quarters about shareholders, stakeholders or even if the Ollachea mine gets built as long as they get their share of the money is my idea of a strong success. And as long as they're obsessing on me it might keep them from people who aren't psychologically equipped to handle their bullying behaviour and nefarious deeds. So keep the hate coming people, all welcomed.
I'm posting this on the public blog because apart from the identities of sources (something I always keep in absolute confidentiality) I have nothing to hide. Unlike certain people I could mention.
*Though this time I'm not doing any screenshots, I've been strongly advised against it this time and you're just going to have to take my word.
Broken Justice in Mexico's Guerrero State
The report on this link has the title you see above. It's been published by The Open Society Justice Initiative and gives well-documented and deep details on the problems faced by this most problematic Mexican region. Here at IKN we've banged on and on about this, due to the direct political risk faced by (mining) companies set up there. What this report does is quantify the problem and it does it very well indeed. Here's an extract from the Executive Summary:
Evidence strongly suggests that some state institutions, including the police, have been infiltrated by organized crime. Meanwhile, elite families maintain powerful control over public institutions that have neglected poor, rural, and indigenous populations, feeding both cartel recruitment and popular discontent. If Guerrero's citizens are no longer surprised by the regularity with which atrocities are committed, by now they are also used to the state justice system's nearly comprehensive failure to hold perpetrators to criminal account.
The Open Society Justice Initiative, in partnership with the Center for Human Rights Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez (Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez) and the Center for Human Rights of the Mountain Tlachinollan (Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan), set out to understand the dimensions of Guerrero's serious crime problem— specifically killings, enforced disappearances, and torture—and to identify the reasons that Guerrero's criminal justice system has so badly failed the victims of these crimes. The resulting report provides the first comprehensive analysis of the political will and technical capacity in the state to investigate, prosecute, and hold fair trials for alleged perpetrators of killings, enforced disappearances, and torture.
It's a free and direct PDF download and it's on this link. Well worth your time, this is the type of thing you need to read before you start ranting, not afterwards. It's what I do.
To be clear on Continental Gold (CNL.to)
On May 24th Continental Gold (CNL.to) put in one of its zoom moves and that evening I wrote this post, "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner". Here's most of the words from that post and some of them highlighted for your consideration today:
It's much easier to be part of the herd. And frankly, it was zero surprise to see CNL pop the way it did today because the whole and considerable weight of the Canadian bullshit peddling sellside mining industry is now behind this stock and its Buritica project. My stars those guys need a win and they've latched onto this one in no uncertain terms. When that happens, the outsider voice such as your humble scribe's will always, but always be fully trampled upon in the rush. And that's okay, it's part of the lonely territory covered at IKN.
But be there 3m 4.6m or 10m ounces of supposedly and apparently economic high grading gold at Buritica, your author's opinion of this stock changes not one iota. The people running CNL.to are not suspected of being untrustworthy or perhaps guilty of ripping off the world and getting rich by peddling bullshit, they're stone cold certain rip-off merchants and proven mining scum. Feel free to put your money with them, but when you do be 100% crystal clear that by doing so you're not the solution to anything, you're just prolonging the deep problems in the Canadian mining industry. And when Buritica's political and community risk suddenly goes off scale and the whole project blows up in everyone's face, don't remember this post. Nobody else will either, which is why scumbags like Sussman and Wall get away with what they do.
So I say the same thing tonight with the stock at $3.20 as I did when the stock was at $9, $10, $6 and most recently $2. Avoid Continental Gold, don't go long, don't go short, don't go near. Better to invest in juniors that aren't run by the lowest form of human life.
Mining PRs and the Ottotrans™, Part 91
We're back with the latest edition of our occasional series which takes the pretzel language of the mining company news releases and straightens it out into something normal people can understand.
And this one's a real beauty today, which leaps straight into the weird-talk at the title line. Continental Gold (CNL.to), the fake world class trainwreck in the making, starts today with "Continental Gold Elevates the Environmental Permit Application for the Buritica Project to the National Level" and OOOOH!!!, Doesn't that sound important and thrusting hey guys? So thank you Ari Sussman for yet another laugh-a-thon.
This is what they wrote:
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Sep 15, 2015) - Continental Gold Inc. (CNL.TO)(OTCQX:CGOOF) ("Continental" or the "Company") announces that the Company has requested that the National Government of Colombia assume the responsibility of reviewing the Environmental Impact Assessment ("EIA") for the Buriticá project as a Project of National Strategic Interest (Proyectos de Interés Nacional y Estratégicos ("PINE")). Consequently, the Company has withdrawn its application for the modification of the EIA from Corantioquia, the autonomous regional environmental authority of the department of Antioquia.
On November 12, 2013, the National Government of Colombia declared the Buriticá project a PINE Project, as contemplated under Colombian law. The withdrawal of the EIA modification application from Corantioquia and the corresponding PINE process imply that the environmental aspects of permitting will now fall under the scope of responsibility of Autoridad Nacional Licensias Ambientales (ANLA), the Colombian national environmental licensing agency. The EIA modification application is expected to be managed under a fast track timeline and under the high-level government supervision provided by PINE regulations. The Company had already been working closely with the national government on different aspects of the EIA, and intends to refile the application inclusive of new amendments, in order to better align the EIA with the parameters being used in the feasibility study currently in progress (anticipated completion of the feasibility study in Q2 2016).Ari Sussman, President and CEO, commented: "While we are disappointed that we missed completion guidance for the EIA permitting, we are very confident that the application process will be handled on an expedited basis, and we will complete it well ahead of there being any impact to our critical path timeline. We look forward to working with the national government in bringing the Buriticá project to a commercial reality.""The establishment of the PINE initiative was the result of the national government's desire to advance large-scale projects in a timely fashion for the benefit of all Colombians, and it was designed to comprehensively address the challenges involved in moving large-scale projects forward", stated Leon Teicher, Executive Chairman. "I am confident that the approval process for our refiled application will be thorough and handled in a professional and efficient manner. We plan on building Buriticá to world-class standards and welcome the opportunity to demonstrate that the Company is committed to achieving the highest standards in environmental and health and safety."
And this is what it means:
"We didn't get the permit."
Labels: ari sussman, ottotrans
Dalradian (DNA.to) bites the bullet and gets the necessary cash raise done early
Out of Dalradian (DNA.to) this morning:
Dalradian Resources Inc. (TSX:DNA)(AIM:DALR) ("Dalradian" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of investment dealers led by Cormark Securities Inc. and including Dundee Securities Ltd., BMO Capital Markets, Canaccord Genuity Corp., RBC Capital Markets, Beacon Securities Limited, Clarus Securities Inc., Euro Pacific Canada, Inc. and Global Maxfin Capital Inc. (the "Underwriters"), which have agreed to purchase, on a bought deal basis, 43,750,000 units of Dalradian (the "Units") at a purchase price of C$0.80 per Unit (the "Offering Price"), for aggregate gross proceeds in the amount of C$35 million (the "Offering"). Each Unit will consist of one common share of Dalradian (a "Unit Share") and one common share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"), each Warrant being exercisable to acquire one common share of Dalradian at a purchase price of C$1.04 for a period of 24 months following the closing date.
And here's a section from the analysis of the 2q15 financials we ran at The IKN Weekly issue IKN327, dated August 16th:
So, you're surprised about this $35m bot deal today? Nope, me neither.
UPDATE: Here's the term sheet summary:
UPDATE: Here's the term sheet summary:
- Leads: Cormark 40%
- Co-Mgrs: Dundee 20%; BMO/Canaccord/RBC 10% each; Beacon/Clarus/Euro Pacific/Global Maxfin/National 2% each
- Issuer: Dalradian Resources Inc. (or the "Company")
- Offering: Issue and sale of 43,750,000 Units on a "bought deal" basis. Each Unit is comprised of one common share of the Company (a "Common Share") and one common share purchase warrant (a "Warrant") of the Company.
- Warrant: Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one common share of the Company (a "Warrant Share") for a period of 24 months following the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) at an exercise price of $1.04 per Warrant Share.
- Offering Size: $35 million
- Offering Price: $0.80 per Unit
- Over-Allotment Option: The Company will grant the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 6,562,500 Units at the Offering Price exercisable into Units and/or Warrants. The Over-Allotment Option shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time for up to 30 days from and including the Closing Date.
- Use of Proceeds: The net proceeds from the offering will be used to fund exploration activities at the Curraghinalt Gold Project and for general corporate purposes.
- Offering Basis: Offered publicly in (i) each of the provinces of Canada, except Quebec, by way of a short form prospectus; (ii) the United States on a private placement basis pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and (iii) jurisdictions outside of Canada and the United States, in each case in accordance with all applicable laws provided that no prospectus, registration statement or similar document is required to be filed in such jurisdiction.
- Listing: The Common Shares will be listed on the TSX.
- Closing Conditions: The Offering is subject to the execution of an underwriting agreement that is mutually satisfactory to the Company and the Underwriters (as defined herein), which shall include: standard representations and warranties by the Company; industry standard "disaster out", and "material adverse change out" clauses, until the Closing Date, and contribution clauses.
- Sales Commission: $0.016 per Unit.
- Closing: October 7, 2015.
- Comment: This is a bought deal for units (1 Common + 1 Warrant) at $0.80. The new issue Units are sold at an 13.4% discount to the last reference price of $0.82 factoring in the value of the Warrant; each warrant has an estimated value of ~$0.09 (strike price of $1.04 and a term of 24 months following the closing date of October 2015).
Lifting the lid on the Barrick (ABX) Pascua Lama mess
A very cool interview with Alexis Spencer, head of the Pascua Lama company employee's union, is in the Chilean press today. Those of you with the Spanish should go read the whole thing (and there's always that Google Translate button to press for others), but here's an excerpt from the thing as translated by your humble scribe:
Reporter: "In your opinion, how or when did the problems begin to show at Pascua Lama?"
Alexis Spencer: "This all started a long time ago, here you have a situation from the beginning with a project director who was awful for us, who is Ron Kettles. All this (the Pascua Lama mess) was the mistake of one person and we workers are still paying for it to this day. The company brought in foreign personnel to high management who didn't know or respect Chile's laws, nor the idiosyncracies of the Chilean workforce."
Reporter: "Is that where the issues of non-compliance came from, the things that weren't done on environmental matters?"
Alexis Spencer: "That's where they came from. Environmentally, the project was well developed on paper, what was written and had been stipulated by the Chilean environmental authority (the RCA) above all was well done, there weren't any problems. But that project director ran roughshod (over the plans), on many issues he said, "No, we'll do it like this instead" on matters of construction. For example, we (the workers) told him not to raise buildings in one sector because it was an avalanche zone. But they built them there and after a heavy snowfall, one that was the worst since 1997, then came the avalanches that destroyed the buildings."
"But why all this? Why this problem? It's because these people, the directors, were in Santiago and I told them "You do all the work here on Google Earth". They did go to the project site, so they said that no, these areas look good (for construction), but we repeated to them that in those places there would be avalanches when there was a harsh winter. That's how the problems started."
Reporter: "If that director had done things right, would they have avoided all these problems?"
Alexis Spencer: "I think so yes, of course, if things had been done right from the start we would be where we are today. Afterwards other directors were brought in. We talked with management and we were listened to and we managed to get the directors out, because we went to talk with Barrick Santiago and explained the problems and Barrick fired them all."
They brought in other project directors, also foreigners and we still had problems. All this only began to get sorted out a little when the latest project manager arrived, the Chilean Eduardo Flores, but by then it was already badly done and all he could do was remediation, band-aids, we were already stuck with the problems."
Full interview here. For the record, Ron Kettles came from Bechtel Brazil to Barrick in 2004 and was eventually fired in 2011.
What we now know about the Barrick (ABX) spill at Veladero on Sunday is that...
...some 15,000 litres of water containing cyanide (Barrick's cute terminology was "cyanided solution") was spilled when one of its conduit pipelines ruptured. What's up for debate is where that cyanide went after it suddenly and unexpectedly left its intended pipe.
The locals swear blind the water reached and entered the local river, then on to the water supply. Their information sources are workers at the mine who daren't go on the record else get fired immediately, but they're on WhatsApp and Twitter telling people the reality. Sales of bottled water have rocketed in Jáchal. These are the same locals who were kept in the dark all day yesterday and only has their rumours confirmed late Sunday night after staging a demonstration outside the local municipality demanding answers.
The management at Barrick swear blind (in the press release they only bothered publishing in the Veladero region, no point in doing it in English for the world right guys?) that although the spill did happen, it was contained on site and not a drop of "cyanided solution" reached the local river.
This is of course the same company that swore blind for years on end it wasn't affecting any of the glaciers at Pascua Lama just a few clicks up the road form Veladero. Right up to the moment the Environmental Agencies closed the project down for doing just that. Bless 'em.
Mining sector bottom signal du jour
In a couple of weeks' time, Andrew Bell's half hour segment on the mining sector, weekday mornings on BNN, is being expanded to a full hour. Oh you lucky Canadian people you, eh...
I still think that channel should never have changed its name from ROBtv.
The Keith Neumeyer $100m market cap challenge
Here's the question: Which of these companies will reach a market cap of exactly $100m first?*
- First Mining Finance (FF.v)
- First Majestic Silver (FR.to) (AG)
Personally, I think it's going to be a close run thing. :-)
*And we're talking exactly $100m...not cheating Keith
Your task for the day
Go to the Google machine and type in combinations of "Jeff Berwick" "Shemitah" "Crash" "Systemic Collapse" "September 14" and of course "My New Book Available Now".
My lordy lord there are some dumb people in this world. Or as George Carlin put it, "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that".
Chart of the day is...
...five years of zinc:
It's under 80c/lb again this morning. But don't worry! We're nearly at that happy end year period when the Canadian anal ysts tell us how next year there's going to be a supply crunch in zinc. It's a tradition in Canada y'see...like Christmas.
Barrick (ABX): A broken pipeline at its Veladero mine in Argentina causes problems with the local town
This report today from a local news service in Argentina, "DiarioHuarpe" tells of how the community of Jáchal near the Veladero gold mine owned by Barrick Gold (ABX) first heard unfounded rumours about a large pipeline breakage problem at the mine which over the course of yesterday Sunday were turned into confirmed facts.
The locals demanded that water supply be shut off in the town and that schools be closed today Monday because the broken pipeline has supposedly spilled a large quantity of cyanide contaminated liquid at the mine. Barrick however say that the local water supply is drinkable. Miguel Martín, head of communications at Barrick said that "They're saying that the local water supply is contaminated but that is completely false", that "We don't have any contaminated water anywhere" and that ABX would publish a press release this morning on the subject (no word on whether the presser is in Spanish for Argentine locals or for all of us...we'll know in about 45 minutes).
My thanks to reader J for the headsup.
The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
...in reverse order:
Third Place: "Torex (TXG.to): What? Political risk in Guerrero? Surely not!". Because people care about IKN's cutting edge English language coverage of political risk events.
Second Place: "Volumes". Because people care about IKN's opinions on just how cruddy this market really is.
First Place: "How internet censorship works, IKN edition". Because people are paranoid.
Screw you, people.
Screw you, people.
My stars how I hate football
Waste of time, should never have been invented.
The IKN Weekly, out now
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IKN331 has just been sent to subscribers. The main event was a piece on Standard T
rolling (TON.v) , but part of today's edition is an update on what's happening at the Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.L) soap opera, along with what we can expect in the days to come. It ends on a personal note and just to annoy a few people just a bit more, here's that bit:
I'll end this week's update on IRL with a quick personal note, because I'm fully aware that both friend and foe inside or close to IRL will be reading these words very soon. I've heard from well-placed sources that the IKN coverage of Minera IRL has really got under the skin of some people at/close to the company. For sure mostly the Team Hodges side, but there's also some annoyance from people who'd consider themselves to be on the side of Diego Benavides as well. Apparently, some of those people now truly hate me and would wish me physical harm. That's a very good thing, ladies and gentlemen readers; getting waves of hate from the type of greedy, ignorant, boorish, racist, self-serving, uncaring scumbags who don't give a rat's hind quarters about shareholders, stakeholders or even if the Ollachea mine gets built as long as they get their share of the money is my idea of a strong success. And as long as they're obsessing on me it might keep them from people who aren't psychologically equipped to handle their bullying behaviour and nefarious deeds. So keep the hate coming people, all welcomed.
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Manufacturing firms responding to the monthly Business Outlook Survey indicated that regional manufacturing activity increased this month. Most of the survey's broadest current indicators were positive this month, suggesting an improvement in business conditions. The survey's indicators of future activity continue to suggest that firms expect growth over the next six months.
The survey's broadest measure of manufacturing conditions, the diffusion index of current activity, increased from ‑5.2 in May to 12.5, its highest reading since April 2011 (see Chart). The percentage of firms reporting increased activity this month (34 percent) was greater than the percentage reporting decreased activity (22 percent).
Other current indicators showed similar notable improvement this month. The demand for manufactured goods as measured by the current new orders index increased, from ‑7.9 to 16.6. The shipments index also moved back into positive territory, rising 13 points to 4.1.
Labor market conditions showed continued weakness, however, with indexes suggesting lower employment among the reporting manufacturers. Although it increased 3 points to ‑5.4, the employment index remained negative for the third consecutive month. The percentage of firms reporting employment decreases (20 percent) exceeded the percentage reporting increases (15 percent).
The survey's indexes for prices paid and received rose notably this month. With regard to purchased inputs, 28 percent of firms reported paying higher prices for inputs, while 6 percent reported lower input prices. The prices paid index increased nearly 16 points to its highest reading in six months. The prices received index, reflecting firms' own manufactured goods prices, increased 18 points, to 14.6. The percentage of firms reporting higher prices for their own manufactured goods rose from 7 percent in May to 20 percent this month. Still, the largest share of firms, 76 percent, reported steady prices.
The survey's future indicators suggest continued optimism among the reporting manufacturers. The future activity index increased slightly (1 point) from its reading in May (see Chart). The percentage of firms expecting increases in activity over the next six months (45 percent) exceeded the percentage expecting decreases (12 percent) by a significant margin. The future shipments and new orders indexes improved, increasing 6 points and 7 points, respectively. The future employment index also improved this month, increasing 17 points. Thirty-three percent of firms expect increases in employment over the next six months compared with 24 percent last month.
In special questions this month, firms were asked to characterize their plans for production and employment increases over the next six months (see Special Questions). The firms were nearly evenly divided between those expecting production increases (49 percent) and those expecting not to increase production (51 percent). Twenty-five percent of the firms indicated they were expecting production increases and would be hiring additional workers over the next six months. The remaining firms that expect production increases indicated that this would be accomplished by increasing either work hours (12 percent) or productivity (7 percent). For the firms not currently expecting production increases, a larger percentage indicated that increasing production could be accomplished by increasing work hours (17 percent) or productivity (12 percent), rather than increasing employment (11 percent).
The June Business Outlook Survey indicates an expansion of activity this month, with all of the broad indicators — except for employment — recording notable improvement over May. Firms reported higher prices for inputs and their own manufactured goods this month. Firms continue to expect positive growth over the next six months and were relatively more optimistic about adding to payrolls.
|We expect to increase production over the next six months
|We do not expect to increase production over the next six months
Planning to increase production by:
Not planning to increase production, but could by:
|Adding additional workers
|Increasing work hours
|Increasing worker productivity
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I know it's been a while since I posted, but I've had to take a break from deals. There have been more pressing issues to deal with in our house of chaos! However, I did get a chance to sneak out last night for a trip to Kroger and Schnucks. I didn't take a picture because I got home so late, but I will list everything I bought. I got:Continue Reading...
4 packs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
16 Chef Boyardee cups
2 packs of strawberries
10 Kraft BBQ sauce
4 Purex detergent
2 Kroger pudding cups
10 Ragu sauces
10 Coke 2 liters
Total Before Coupons & Sale: $118.82
Money Spent: $28.42
Total Saved: $90.40
Money Spent: $28.42
Total Saved: $90.40
18 Grands Jr's biscuits
2 packs of chicken breasts
2 packages of Curly's BBQ pork
Total Before Coupons & Sale: $28.68
Money Spent: $8.94
Total Saved: $19.74
Money Spent: $8.94
Total Saved: $19.74


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First of all, I just want to thank all of you guys for your support over yesterday's post. All of your comments made me feel so much better. I did manage to let go of most of the guilt and I ate a phenomenal burger. I also enjoyed some great company in the form of my husband. 🙂
Today was a great day! Tomorrow is the last day of our "staycation." We are both going to be a little sad to have to go back to work, I think.
This morning I told my husband I was in the mood for pancakes for breakfast. I have a couple of recipes in my arsenal that we usually make. But my husband wanted to make me breakfast and he wanted to surprise me. This concept was very scary to me. I feel a need to be in control of every ingredient to monitor the nutrition. Usually when Corey wants to make me breakfast, I give him a recipe and he follows it accordingly!
I'm glad I trusted him because he did make excellent pancakes. He used this recipe from Allrecipes. The only change he made was to add a teaspoon of vanilla and to add fruit to the batter. He made several blueberry pancakes and several strawberry ones.
They were so delicious! I had never put strawberries in my pancakes before and I have no idea why. I loved it! The pancakes came out light and fluffy. They don't have a lot of sugar so they weren't very sweet, which I enjoyed. And the butter in the recipe gave them a wonderfully buttery taste.
Just a little side note: for the butter in most of my recipes (except maybe a few sweets like cookies and cakes), I use I can't believe it's not butter fat-free. I know, it's horribly processed and this is probably the one thing that I eat that has this many ingredients. But I actually prefer the taste to real butter. I'm weird like that. 😉
After some relaxing and eating, I needed a workout. My quads were still sore from Sunday's Jillian Michaels No More Trouble Zones workout. This workout was one of my new workouts for the month and I love it! It's 50 minutes of pure strength training. My quads, thighs, abs, and triceps were so sore yesterday from the workout. My triceps and quads are still sore today. But that was not going to stop me from getting in some good cardio. I did a 25 minute Jillian Michaels kickboxing workout (can you tell I love her??), followed by 35 minutes on the elliptical. The elliptical may be boring, but it sure does make me break a sweat. 🙂
By the time my workout was complete and by the time I took a shower, it was time for lunch. I have been a little light on my veggies lately so I was craving a salad . . . a taco salad! I swear, that's my favorite way to eat veggies.
The salad consisted of lettuce, taco meat with peppers and onions, salsa, and some refried beans. I ate this salad with some tortilla chips. Yummy!
Today was a beautiful 80 degrees so we did not want to spend the day indoors.
We took Callie to this little creek in the nearby park so she could
run off some energy play. I didn't realize that it was a little of a hike to the creek. It was over a mile there and back. Ordinarily, that would not have been an issue. But my quads were already sore from my morning workout. And the hike back to the car was mostly uphill. Not what I was in the mood for.
After spending some time at the creek and then doing some house cleaning, we were hungry. And tonight was pizza night. I love pizza night! We bought some whole wheat pizza dough at the Farmer's Market last weekend. I had a couple of slices with pizza sauce, a little mozzarella cheese, some all natural pepperoni, and some red and green peppers.
The pizza was yummy. The only issue was that the crust was a little underbaked so there wasn't any of the crispness that I enjoy. Next time we will bake it up a little more and I'm sure it will be fine. All in all, not a bad pizza.
After dinner, Corey and I went to a movie. I can't remember the last time we went to a movie on a weeknight. A couple of weeks ago, both of us had bought a Groupon that would allow us to get 2 movie tickets on Fandango for only $9. What a deal! We decided that tonight was a great time to use it.
We went to see "Limitless." There were only a few people in the theatre. The movie was a pretty good one. I thought the ending was a little abrupt for my taste, but it was still a decent movie.
Now we are both relaxing a little on the couch before going to bed. I got a little bedtime snack of Butter Toffee peanuts.
I bought these at the Farmer's Market last weekend and they are so incredibly addicting. It's hard to just grab a handful or two at a time. But I have a little self-control.
Now I am exhausted! All that time in the sun has made me so sleepy. Good night everyone!
Question: Do you still work out when your muscles are very sore? How do you cope with that?


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The Dallas prosecutor who built a reputation for freeing wrongfully convicted inmates says he has a new idea to advance criminal justice reform: a statewide bill that would allow defendants to appeal convictions and sentences on the basis of race.
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins said in a recent interview that he wants Texas to consider a racial justice act. He says an act might allow defendants to introduce different forms of evidence to argue their prosecutions or sentence were influenced in some way by race.
He says it's an issue of fairness for all.
The latest news from around North Texas.
But in a Legislature that could be one of the most conservative in history, it's unclear whether such an idea would have support.
Two states have passed racial justice acts.


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Eliot Spitzer, who resigned as governor of New York in 2008 after he was caught on a wiretap arranging to meet a prostitute, will attempt to revive his political career by running for comptroller of New York City, NBC 4 New York has confirmed.
Spitzer, a Democrat, plans to meet voters Monday to collect petition signatures to get on the ballot. He said he hopes voters will give him a chance.
"I want them to know I'm asking their forgiveness," Spitzer said Sunday night.
Spitzer has spoken in the past about the potential for the comptroller's job to look into corporate misdeeds. That would be similar to what he did as the state's attorney general, where he was known for prosecuting cases involving financial fraud.
"It's a question of, 'Are we getting our money's worth where we have policies in education, health care ...," Spitzer said Monday. "Politics is an exciting an endeavor as one can pursue because it matters. I'm excited to be asking every voter one by one for both forgiveness and for support. We have lots of work to do."
Spitzer needs to collect at least 3,750 signatures from registered voters by Thursday.
Asked whether the resurgence of former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner, who resigned in June 2011 amid a Twitter sexting scandal and is now widely considered a front-runner in the race for New York City mayor, affected his decision to run for comptroller, Spitzer said, "I do not draw conclusions from anybody's else's run."
"I've always believed the public had forgiveness and the public believes in redemption. Whether that will extend to me is a totally separate question, as it should be," Spitzer said. "Every race is different; every race should be different. I will be viewed, I hope, based on what I've done as attorney general, as governor, as prosecutor, as a teacher, as a writer -- all those things will come together."
If he collects the requisite signatures, Spitzer will face Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer in the primary for the office now held by mayoral candidate John Liu, who is running for mayor.
Stringer has been the most prominent among the contenders to become New York City's next fiscal chief. He's raised more than $3.5 million and spent about $566,000, city campaign finance records show.
Spitzer says he would pay for a campaign out of his own pocket and not take part in the city's financing system. He also said he's up for the competition.
"I believe in competition, whether it's on the baseball field, tennis court -- anywhere in life," Spitzer said. "Politics is no exception, so I'm looking forward to asking voters for that opportunity to participate in the process."
A statement released Sunday night from Stringer's campaign manager, Sascha Owen, took a jab at the former governor.
"Spitzer will spurn campaign finance program to buy personal redemption with his family fortune," the statement said in part.
Others in the race for comptroller include Republican John Burnett, who has worked on Wall Street in various finance capacities and just recently declared his candidacy; Green Party candidate Julia Willebrand, a former teacher; and former madam Kristin Davis.


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Sustainability: Green Day
Learning how each person can act to save the planet. by Chelsea Theis '08
Phil Byers '08 knows his bottled water. And now he knows that only one in seven of the plastic bottles in which it's sold are recycled in the United States, and that 840 bottles are wasted every 30 seconds.
Byers, a chemistry major, was one of the attendees of Ithaca's Sustainability Day, an annual celebration and showcase of all the work the IC community is undertaking to advance sustainability in teaching, operations, and communication. The first challenge he took part in was a water taste test, in which participants sampled three kinds of water in unmarked containers. Byers chose a product that is marketed as "spring" water as his favorite; he learned that it was actually just bottled tap water. While Byers already tries to eliminate waste by carrying his own reusable mug, he said the display was a great way to show how unnecessary it is in most parts of the country to buy bottled water.
The event also showcased displays by 20 different on- and off-campus organizations, as well as prospective study abroad programs and examples of how sustainability is incorporated into coursework in various fields. Sarah Cox '10, an environmental science major and chair of the Student Government Association's Sustainability Committee, ran an interactive table promoting recycling. "Anyone walking through here," she said, "is going to be impressed and informed."
Jeff Scott, director of dining services, gave a presentation showing recent initiatives in the dining halls such as composting, biodegradable packaging, and sustainable menus (see ICView 2007/2). The event included a "joint meet-'n'-greet" for Ithaca and Cornell students working on sustainable projects. It was also a meeting for the IC contingent who planned to attend PowerShift 2007, a convention in Washington, D.C., to change the climate on global warming in the United States; dozens traveled to the nation's capital for the early-November summit.
Zach Avshalomov '09, who helped run the water-testing table, says, "People take [bottled water and other packaged goods] for granted because they're a convenience. I hope they learn to make a lifestyle choice and make a change in the world."


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A pilot scheme to give a town's 15 worst addicts two daily doses of medical grade heroin is to start next week at a cost of about £250,000 a year.
The treatment plan in Middlesbrough, the first of its kind in the country, is aimed at preventing drug deaths, cutting crime and saving hundreds of thousands of pounds in the public services that are currently taken up by people living chaotically.
The town has the highest rate of drug-related deaths in the country, and people in Middlesbrough are more likely to die from drugs than a car accident.
Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner Barry Coppinger, whose office is part-funding the scheme, said it was time for a new approach and has only been put in place following careful study of other projects around the world.
The Heroin Assisted Treatment (Hat) programme has been set up with Home Office backing and will run for 12 months.
Addicts with the worst health and crime records have been selected for the programme, which will operate seven days a week.
They will attend a supervised clinic to inject prepared doses of Swiss-made diamorphine, in a clean environment with single-use equipment.
After taking the drug they will be encouraged to speak to staff to help them with their addictions, mental health, housing and other problems.
Mr Coppinger said: "I think the scheme will make a real difference.
"This is about people who have the most chaotic lives, severely addicted to drugs.
"We have the highest rate of drug-related deaths in the country.
"This is about getting people's lives back on track."
The cost of running the pilot was about £250,000, including the health professionals' input.
He said a recent study found that the policing costs incurred by the crime committed by 20 Middlesbrough addicts over two years was £800,000, or £20,000 each per year – and that was only for detected offences.
About nine out of ten acquisitive crimes have been linked to drugs. And it was hoped that by giving addicts free diamorphine, organised criminals would lose out.
Those chosen for the scheme will already have gone through a drug-replacement programme which will not have worked.
Clinical lead Daniel Ahmed said drug treatment programmes should be like other strands of the medical profession, where a new plan is considered if the first has not worked.
He said: "This treatment and recovery pilot is aimed at those for whom all other current methods have failed.
"They are on a cycle of offending, committing crime to raise funds for street heroin, being arrested and going to prison, being released and offending again.
"The cycle often only ends when they die, often in the street."


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Long-time Scout friend Hal Rosen said he caught some good photos here, too — but none at this precise moment:
First you must get to Capitol Reef National Park, in Utah — one of Utah's unfairly large number of five National Parks. Then you take your "high-clearance vehicle" (not necessarily 4-wheel drive) out on the dirt roads in Cathedral Valley, and you hope for a crystal blue sky like this one. Then you happen to get there just as the sun is right at the peak of the formation . . .
You had to be there. Mike Saemisch was there just over a week ago, on October 29, 2012, and fortunately caught this photograph with the Sun as part of a sparkling spire on a sandstone formation known as the Temple of the Sun.
Digital photography changes the way one tours these places. Fortunately. Take the kids, and make sure they find it on a map so they can use your trip as fodder for their 9th grade geography class.
- See Hal's photos here, at his blog. He's also got posts on Bryce Canyon NP and Kodachrome Basin State Park, with Grosvenor Arch, named after the father of our old friend Gil Grosvenor. Kodachrome, alas, is a thing of the past, killed by digital photography. Be sure to take a good digital camera and a clear memory chip when you go, to honor the name of the place, and the Grosvenors (of National Geographic Society fame). Kathryn and I spent great night as one of only two groups camping in Kodachrome Basin, near the height of tourist season in August, in the 1980s. We got there in a Chrysler Cordoba; better to use at least an SUV.
- Capitol Reef Rock Art (regehr.org)
- Canyons upon Canyons – Capital Reef National Park, UT (travelpod.com)
- A sudden breakdown in southern Utah (sfgate.com)
- The Big Picture: A Road Somewhere (motortrend.com)
- Picture a Day #286 – Highway 95 Adventure (jmnaszady.wordpress.com)
- Photos from Brian M, who did not have a high-clearance vehicle, but could still get 11 miles into this drive
- A different angle, at a different time, by Scott Jarvie: "A 3.5hr timelapse taken late on a cloudy night at the Temple of the Moon with the Temple of the Sun in the background. March 17, 2012."


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Second amendment activists protest against CNN host
Paul Joseph Watson
February 5, 2013
Leading a pro-second amendment protest last night, radio host Alex Jones confronted Piers Morgan before the CNN host broadcast his show live from a gun store in Katy, Texas.
When Jones asked Morgan if he would have him back on the show for another debate, Morgan responded, "Well I don't want to promote you that much, Alex."
CNN directors then ordered Jones and his cameraman to leave the shooting range area while they taped. "I understand, this is like Obama shooting the shotgun, now you're going to make everybody think you're pro-gun – you're scared to have me back on," said Jones.
Jones then proceeded to lead a protest outside the building, prompting Morgan to tweet, "Rather large protest growing outside this Houston gun store now. Feels slightly tyrannical, ironically," implying that the exercise of First Amendment rights was underhanded.
Jones complained that Morgan had come to Texas to "quite frankly piss on us," shielding his anti-gun agenda with rhetoric about "reasonable restrictions," as protesters cheered and called on Morgan to leave America and go back to England.
During Morgan's live interview with gun rights advocate Ted Nugent, CNN aired pre-recorded footage of the host firing a semi-automatic weapon, presumably in an effort to mirror Barack Obama's stunt of having himself photographed skeet shooting.
"You won't be able to accuse me of knowing nothing about how guns work after this," tweeted Morgan.
Nugent accused Morgan of being "full of crap" and mistaking a "mad man problem" for a gun control problem, demanding that the CNN host "leave us the hell alone."
"You'll never understand. I really don't believe you'll ever grasp — you don't understand that it's a simple inanimate tool that tens of millions of American families own that have never caused a problem, never had an accident and will never commit a crime. You have these aberrations that are such a minute percentage," said Nugent.
Morgan went on to erroneously claim that there are no shootings on aeroplanes because they are "gun free zones," completely ignorant of the fact that over 10,000 armed pilots fly commercial airlines on a routine basis, in addition to armed air marshals who carry guns loaded with bullets that are designed not to penetrate the fuselage of the plane.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.
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Horrifying news from the Syrian city of Aleppo:
An activist group with opposition contacts in Syria said on Tuesday that the muddied bodies of scores of people, most of them men in their 20s and 30s, had been found in a suburb of the northern city of Aleppo. Video posted by opponents of President Bashar al-Assad seemed to show that many had been shot in the back of the head while their hands were bound.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an activist organization based in Britain with a network of contacts in Syria, said at least 50 bodies had been located, some scattered along the banks of a small river in the Bustan al-Kaser neighborhood, which is mostly under rebel control. Later reports put the tally at 80.
"This is another new massacre that has been committed in Syria, adding to the constant massacres that have been occurring, while the world watches silently and the international and Arab community are being hypocrites," the Syrian Observatory said in statement.


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If you've upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion, you'll have realized as soon as you launched Text Edit, Apple's basic text editing program, that the default location for saving files is iCloud. Which is all very fine and dandy, but what if you don't want to save all your random Text Edit stuff in iCloud? Are you out of luck?
Nope, of course not! Why would we even be writing this tip if you were?
There's a simple Terminal command which will set the default to your local hard drive instead of the cloud, via iCloud. You can still save to iCloud; it just won't be the first place that shows up when you hit "Save" while in Text Edit (or in other iCloud-enabled apps).


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When I was a kid I discovered a book at my grandparents' house called "Sniglets" by comedian Rich Hall. The book explained that a sniglet is "any word that doesn't appear in the dictionary, but should" and was full of humorous made-up examples, such as:
Aqualibrium (ak wa lib' re um) – n. The point where the stream of drinking fountain water is at its perfect height, thus relieving the drinker from (a) having to suck the nozzle, or (b) squirting himself in the eye.
Cheedle (chee' dul) – n. The residue left on one's fingertips after consuming a bag of Cheetos.
Nurge (nerj) v. – To inch closer to a stoplight thinking that will cause it to change quicker.
Purpitation (per pi TAY shun) – v. To take something off the grocery shelf, decide you don't want it, and then put it in another section.
Shmiddle – (n) The hole in the center of a bagel. "The cream cheese was oozing out from the shmiddle."
Snargle (snar' gul) – v. To lessen the visual impact of a horror movie by filtering it through one's fingers.
After I discovered that book of Sniglets as a kid, I began trying to come up with my own and had a lot of fun doing it. I don't remember any of the ones I invented back then but I decided I wanted to come up with some today – except I wanted to put a new spin on it. How about Sniglets for Spanish/English bilinguals? Here are a few I thought up.
Sniglets for Latinos
Ranchteza – (ranch-tay-sa – noun) the sadness one feels while listening to classic Mexican Ranchera music that they enjoy but depresses them nonetheless. Example: I love to hear Pedro Infante sing Cu-cu-rru-cu-cú Paloma, but it causes me to feel some major ranchteza.
Bilingaffe – (by-ling-gaff – noun) when a bilingual person unintentionally uses the grammar of their second language when saying something in their native language, resulting in odd speech. Example: The other day when Carlos asked me why I wasn't eating I said, "It's that I don't have hunger" and immediately cracked up laughing because my brain thought "Es que no tengo hambre" but my tongue spoke English – I made a bilingaffe.
Inglespond – (en-glay-spond – verb) when children respond in English even though they've been spoken to in Spanish. Example: I asked my daughter "¿Dónde está tu chaqueta?" and she inglesponded, "I left it at school."
OVNI-plato – (ohv-nee-plah-to – noun) the plate of food one takes home from a party, which usually consists of a styrofoam or paper plate inverted on top of another styrofoam plate and wrapped in foil or plastic wrap. Could contain pastel de tres leches or main dishes such as tamales, carne asada, arroz, & other sides. Example: Hey, Ramón, make sure you bring me home an OVNI-plato from Silvia's party!
Dulcovery (dools-covery – noun) a piece of candy one finds in the grass, discovered long after the breaking of a piñata. Example: Look at this, dulcovery! I found a Bubu Lubu over by the lilac bush – must be from Estefany's cumple last week.


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Sick dogs close Hancock County shelter
39 dogs show symptoms of canine influenza
The Hancock County Animal Shelter is going to be closed for the near future until officials can figure out what made 39 dogs at the shelter sick.
Director Toni Accardo told The Sun Herald the shelter actually closed Tuesday after all but two dogs began showing symptoms of what she believes is "dog flu," or canine influenza.
Accardo said dogs were running temperatures of 104.5 to 105.6 -- up from an average of 101.5 or 102.5 -- in addition to green discharge from the nose, coughing, sneezing, vomiting and diarrhea.
While they're waiting for test results to return, Accardo said they're sterilizing the shelter with bleach and attempting to treat the dogs with antibiotics.
The shelter is tentatively scheduled to re-open Feb. 18, pending the lab results.


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For some time now various models for how to rework the film industry have floated around, but one in particular has held some weight: the parallel example provided by the music industry. Music, of course, was rocked by changes brought forth by digital innovation a few years before the film industry's fortunes started changing due to declining DVD sales, which once propped up robust revenues. A recent story on Filmmaker Magazine's website by Sarah Salovaara about Drafthouse Films' approach to promoting The Act of Killing calls to mind serious parallels between the movie and music models.
The choice to intentionally give away content may seem counterintuitive, but further thought forces one to consider the alternative.
As Salovaara notes, Drafthouse released a torrent file onto the internet - for free, obviously - which contained extra features (of the sort usually found on DVDs) related to The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer's rapturously received documentary about the military junta ruling Indonesia.
The choice to intentionally give away content may seem counterintuitive in a moment when content is constantly being produced and appropriated in all sorts of commercial manners, but further thought forces one to consider the alternative. If the film industry is destined to become more like the music industry - where free content (music files) drives fans to purchase paid content (concerts, merchandise) that the free content has directed their attention to - perhaps it's less the idea of giving away the films for free (as some have argued in favor of) so that filmmakers can make revenue off of other commodities (merchandise, extras), and more about giving away secondary content for free to create a greater sense of interest in films that might otherwise fly under the radar. Drafthouse's approach is one such example of creative thinking in action.
There's no question that the cinema-going audience is shrinking, and greater outreach is required to maintain viewership levels. There's no simpler way to get content to viewers than by offering that content, or something related to it, for free. Much is made at the moment of the various media channels we can use to capture an audience, but most media purveyors are looking to monetize all of those channels. Perhaps making one channel free could improve the revenue of another. In the complex distribution climate, this counterintuive idea could be a clever way to build audiences.