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We've seen this movie before.
The millionaire—or billionaire—corporate type who enters the electoral arena, touting his or her CEO skills and business savvy and crafts a populist, anti-government message.
On the silver screen, Mr. (or Ms.) Smith goes to Washington and shakes things up.
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
In real-life politics, sometimes the business mystique works with voters, but often it doesn't.
Cue Meg Whitman, the former eBay chief and current CEO of Hewlett-Packard, where she landed after losing the 2010 race for California Governor to Democrat Jerry Brown—despite spending a record $144 million of her own money in the campaign.
And cue Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts Governor and venture capitalist currently mud wrestling for the GOP Presidential nomination.
The jury is still out on Romney; but we do know that the CEO leadership model works only infrequently in politics. Romney, like Whitman -- his good friend and high-profile supporter -- is finding the campaign trail more daunting than the board room.
In a corporation the CEO has full control. Sure there is a board of directors, but the CEO is in command, unless the board decides to replace him or her.
Politics and government don't work that way--they are far messier and less controlled.
For every Michael Bloomberg, New York's billionaire mayor, or Richard Riordan, who went from venture capitalist to governing L.A., there's a litany of failed campaigns by corporate lions and lionesses: Whitman, of course; 2010 GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina; former Northwest Airlines Chair Al Checchi, who spent a then-record $40 million of his own moneyto lose the 1998 Democratic Gubernatorial primary—among many others.
CEOs and the Super Rich live in a bubble and can find it difficult to relate to "regular folks"--often trying too hard or looking uncomfortable in the process.
Like Whitman, Romney 2012, is being pushed out of his comfort zone, politically and culturally--in a political environment that puts an ever-larger premium on a candidate's "authenticity."
Romney 2012 is not as politically naïve as Whitman turned out to be; her gubernatorial campaign resembled more the Romney Presidential operation of 2008—bloated and expensive, over-populated with high-priced consultants and staff.
In 2010's weak economy, hot on the heels of TARP and the federal financial bailout, Whitman suffered from the anti-Wall Street, anti-establishment sentiment percolating among voters.
That's only been exacerbated for Romney, in the era of Tea Party politics and the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Both candidates took a hard line on immigration and then faced a kerfuffle over their domestic help.
Whitman was nailed not only for hiring an illegal immigrant, but for the way she ineptly handled the blowback in the media and among voters.
Questions surrounding Romney's maids' salaries—rather low, according to his 2011 tax return--and his hiring a gardening service that allegedly employed illegal workers, have not yet created the same tumult, perhaps because he's had more practice dodging political potholes.
Romney's selling hard his business resume but, like Whitman, he's finding that corporate firepower doesn't automatically translate into dividends in the political arena.
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Third Place: "Argentina mining: The false dawn". The good news form last week is that the Macri government managed to cut a deal with the opposition and one part of it was to stop the reinstatement of the export tax on mining. The bad news is that the whole central government plan for a Federal Mining Agreement is now falling apart. Chubut is the test case.
Second Place: "The Odebrecht/Braskem case sending shockwaves through Latin America political circles". It's going to be mighty interesting to see whether establishment politicos from countries all over the LatAm region managed to keep the lid on this story and stop names of people who took the bribes from becoming public knowledge.
First Place: "The Clive wants to clean up his (online) image". All hail The Clive.
The Friday OT: Nils Frahm; More
I logged on to Spotify a couple of days ago and was presented with a nice little surprise; the site had auto-collated my most listened-to tracks of 2016 into one compilation, a fun option to put on Shuffle Play. And right at the top of the list, my most-heard of 2016, was Nils Frahm's More. So rather than Tom Waits, Robert Earl Keen, Bing Crosby or something from that Phil Spector album I'm going for this spellbinding piece as the Christmas Friday OT:
Youtube here. Wishing all IKN readers a very Merry Christmas.
Yamana Gold (YRI.to) (AUY) and Brio Gold: The shareholder rip-off of the year is rammed through
There's no doubt about it any longer, Peter Marrone thinks the people holding YRI shares are stupid. This morning the hugely unpopular, crazily expensive, shareholder unfriendly spin-out of Brio Gold was closed by Yamana Gold (YRI.to) (AUY) was announced closed by the parent company. How unpopular? Allow this humble scribe to quote from the November 17th final prospectus NR:
The final prospectus qualifies the distribution of an aggregate of up to 59,225,957 Brio Shares at a price of C$3.25 per Brio Share (the "Exercise Price") upon the exercise of up to an aggregate of 59,225,957 Purchase Rights, for aggregate gross proceeds to Yamana of up to C$192,484,360....
...Brio Gold will become a standalone public company effective as of the closing date of the Offering, with Yamana holding 46.3% (on a non-diluted basis) of the issued and outstanding shares of Brio Gold. The closing date of the Offering is expected to occur on or about December 23, 2016.
And now, today's missive:
"A total of 17,324,507 Brio Shares owned by Yamana were transferred pursuant to the transactions ...Yamana continues to be a significant shareholder of Brio Gold, holding approximately 85% of the issued and outstanding Brio Shares."
Spot the difference? Yup, Marrone wanted to sell 59.2m shares and leave YRI with 46.3% of the company. Instead he's only managed to find enough suckers to sell 17.3m shares and YRI still holds 85% of this collection of utter dog assets. But the real rip-off is how he's managed to feather the nest of his pals Leticia and Gil; seriously, how many IR execs get a $300k guaranteed salary and $600k of free shares as a golden handshake? For doing precisely fark all? And Christmas has come early for Gil Clausen, who just cut himself a cheque for eight million dollars straight out of the pockets of YRI shareholders.
There ought to be a law. Well in fact there are. Several.
Derek and Clive news (KNT.v)
This is the type of bullshit CEO.ca dumps on unwitting idiots. Derek and Clive Resources KNT.v (okay, you know it as K92 Mining, but our name is much better), the stock pumped by Tommy Humphreys' band of delinquents to stupidly high levels in return for a fat paycheck into Tommy's back pocket, just released one of the funniest correction NRs this year and here's the magic bit:
"K92 does not expect changes to the resource estimates provided in the prior Report and no changes in the pre-tax NPV. However, a post-tax NPV will be included in the amended report. When K92 acquired the Kainantu Project, it acquired significant tax losses and these losses and other related factors will be considered and utilized in the preparation of the after-tax NPV."
Soooo....they pump it on a PEA with no post-tax economics. That's a naughty-naughty all by itself, but when you're also hiding "significant tax losses" that came from the original purchase (from Barrick), we're into another level of BS. Waddya say, owly?
And I know what Derek and Clive would say.
Arizona Mining (AZ.to): Here's what he said
So Arizona Mining (AZ.to) President and CEO Jim Gowans was on Andrew Bell's show today to talk about all this manganese thing and below find the transcript of the chunk about Mn and that. But before we get to that, anyone long the stock should be concerned about the plan AZ.to has to jump straight from PEA (due 1q17) to a full feasibility study by the end of 2017. To quote President/CEO gowans, "Current schedule is to push for a feasibility study by the end of next year". No pre-feas, Jim? That's to say no pre-feas and a full FS in 9 months straight after the PEA on a deep deposit with 2/3rds inferred resource and complex met? Are you serious? Do you realize what "fast and loose" means, Jim?
But anyway, here's the transcript of the Mn section and you just gotta love the way he says "we do know there's a problem" and "we do know that's it's an issue" after the company's recent flat denial that it's any sort of problem or issue. Jim Gowans, caught with his pants down by good journalism:
Jim Gowans: "We do have manganese in our zinc concentrate and that's been acknowledged since the first technical report that came out in February this year. I think just because of the errr...latest technical report because the resource has grown so large so quickly it's become much more on everybody's radar. Err, but the results have never been changed. We're currently going through...errr...metallurgical test work as you always do in work towards a feasibility study. We do know we have some manganese in our zinc concentrates. Our zinc concentrates on the whole are quite clean except for the manganese and its, it's variable in the orebodyAndrew Bell: "Brent Cook is one of our regulars, he and Joe Mazumdar run the website Exploration Insights. I'm going to give you a quick couple of quotes from Brent Cook who very kindly shared his comments on this. He said, "The article forced the company to advise the market about this issue". He also says. "We don't think preliminary results are a fatal flaw for Arizona Mining", however he does go on to say, "This will force the company to manage risk by reducing the manganese content in its final concentrate and working with smelters that are capable of blending down the content, which will no doubt add costs and risk". So can I ask you one thing, were you slow to disclose this manganese issue prior to the website raising it?"Jim Gowans: "No, we put it out in our technical report from the metallurgical test work that you saw. And that technical report from October was actually put out in February this year. I think they just errr..became more aware errr...errr..with all the conversation everybody looking at our stock. Err, we do know there's a problem...errr...you know about certain amounts in zinc concentrates, so we're working on our metallurgical test work at (place name) to see what can be done..errr...with that...err any of our conversations we've had and, you have to understand that we've had all the major mining companies have been to the site and looked at our core...err...they've looked at our results and everybody from South Deep, Teck errr...Rio Tinto and all the big companies that are interested in the orebody have been around and looked at that. We've never had anybody say that it's an insurmountable (problem), we do know that's it's an issue, so we'll just have to make sure that when we're selling our concentrates we do it well. The...the...errr..manganese in low amounts is a good thing in processing zinc in the electrolytic process, but high amounts it just causes some downtime and some interference in the processes. But in our conversations with all our people and concentrates sales people, we do know we'll get some penalty in the amount, it's very small, 1% to 2% of the total value of the concentrates, but nobody's ever come close to saying that it would be a not-saleable concentrate, because other than that it's very clean."
PS: You see how Gowans casually names major companies with CAs at AZ.to? Is this guy really that stupid? I wonder how Rio Tinto feels about being used as a pathetic marketing ploy on live TV by a junior that's already been caught out telling fibs?
How scamsters think, Fairmont Resources (FMR.v) edition
On December 31st 2016, Fairmont Resources (FMR.v) is due to lose its Badajoz purchase due to court order, unless of course it pays up the 2 million plus Euros it owes to close the deal. It hasn't paid because it doesn't have any money (natch). Spanish language links to the story of how FMR is about to lose its asset here and here (among many others).
Today FMR.v has announced a $300,000 financing, trying to sucker in people before the bad news drops in order to cover the outsized salary cheques of the scamsters in charge.
The Odebrecht/Braskem case sending shockwaves through Latin America political circles
To begin, check out Reuters on the $3.5Bn fine agreed upon by Brazilian companies Odebrecht and Braskem, after they pleaded guilty to a whole mountain of corruption and bribery charges in a US court this week. But the reaction to the details disclosed so far by the ruling has sent governments all over Latin America into a tizzy, because Odebrecht and Braskem has admitted paying massive bribes to people in governments all over. Here are a few examples:
- Colombia: U$11m in bribes paid between 2009 and 2014 to secure civil works contracts with government.
- Peru: Between 2005 and 2014, $29m in bribes paid to government officials, mostly via middleman property development company, in order to win civil works and transport contracts.
- Venezuela: U$98m in bribes to government officials and middlemen between 2006 and 2015.
- Dominican Republic: U$92m in bribes to secure civil works contracts with government.
- Ecuador: Between 2007 and 2008 Odebrecht couldn't get permits for its projects. Then from that time until 2016 the permits were signed off. Odebrecht admits to paying U$33.5m in bribes.
- Guatemala: An U$18m bribe to win a large scale infrastructure contract.
- Mexico: $10.5m in bribes between 2010 and 2014.
- Panama: $59m in bribes between 2010 and 2014.
So far, specific names of people who received bribes have not been released. But those names are bound to flow and when they do, the repercussions are going to be felt by every sector of the political world in all countries. This one is going to be big.
Arizona Mining (AZ.to) on Andrew Bell's BNN show today
Definitely worth tuning on for that one.
UPDATE: Here's the segment. Interesting stuff as Jim Gowans responds to the dulcet tones of Bell. And here's the transcript.
Randy Reifel's Gunpoint Exploration (GUN.v) has its Guatemala concession suspended
What a complete surprise that Randy Reifel (Goldcorp et al) has been playing it fast and loose in Guatemala, cutting corners and trying to sneak concession ownership past a local community that doesn't want mining activity on its lands. Not.
No, the surprise isn't that. The surprise is that Guatemala is cleaning up its act and not allowing the dirty, sneaky underhand methods used by Reifel and his like to prosper any longer. The community of Las Casillas has been fighting the concession awarded to Reifel's vehicle Gunpoint Exploration (GUN.v) for many years because according to them, GUN.v ignored the rules and didn't consult them on their plans before getting its "El Escorpion" concession (called locally 'Las Lajitas'), a 900 hectare block that sits right next door to Tahoe Resources' (TAHO) (THO.to) Escobal mine. And yesterday The Constitutional Court of Guatemala agreed with the locals and slapped a three year suspension on the Lajitas /Escorpion concession. So ha ha, Mr. Randy, no fish today.
The fun bit is Tahoe of course, because their locals have been fighting that concession for years to, and one of the legal actions against Kevin MacArthur's band of funboys is exactly the same, no local consultancy before it happened. And by the way, that thing TAHO tried to bullshit you with recently about the protest at La Cuchilla being all resolved? Don't believe it for a second, the locals are about to put in the papers to demand the closure of the mine with Guatemala's Mining Ministry.
Argentina: The mining export tax will not be reintroduced
After negotiations with opposition political groups, the Macri government in Argentina today reached an agreement on a 2017 tax package which was passed this afternoon by the upper house of Congress (Senate) and is expected to be passed by the lower house of deputies then signed into law by Macri soon. Most of the deal is about higher minimum level for non-taxable salaries for workers, but one point that matters to us is that the opposition plan to reinstate the 5% export tax on mining has been dropped. In the words of Sergio Uñac, governor of pro-mining San Juan province who was a voter of the deal that passed:
"Mining will continue without the export tax because it implied raised judicial insecurity, which I believe is the most complicated condiment we can show to international investors".
At least we now know the big buyer of Excellon (EXN.to) last week
Checking in on TwatMining Inc (TWAT.v)
Back on November 2nd when Brazil Resources was a $2.57 stock, this humble corner of cyberspace tried to point out the obvious; that paying proven securities fraudster Frank Porter Stansberry $3,000 to get this name as a hot stock tip by return of post was strictly for the intellectually challenged.
Then when Amir "Adam" Adnani changed the company name to TwatMining Inc (TWAT.v) earlier this month in order to "...better reflect the type of person we wish to attract as a shareholder", the stock was still floating around the $2 mark and due to the badge swap, managed to attract another raft of utter morons.
So let's see how it's getting on under the new moniker:
Cool, only 29% down in the eleven trading days of its new name. You go Adam!
Elliott Assoc puts some of its Argentina bonds payout to work...
...by paying a Brazilian company U$250m for a whole bunch of Peruvian silver. The deal looks expensive to me so Votorantim should be happy, but WTFDIK and in this way Milpo gets some of the money it needs to build out Magistral. NR here.
New Gold (NGD): More trouble for the Rainy River White Oliphant
The last time we checked in on New Gold (NGD) at this humble corner of cyberspace, via White Oliphant and White Oliphant update, we saw that the Rainy River project was way over-budget but defended tooth and claw by Randall. However, it would seem that not all top management are as enthusiastic about the state of play at NGD's company
killer maker project. Here's yesterday afternoon's NR:
"David Schummer, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, is leaving New Gold and Raymond Threlkeld, currently a member of the company's Board of Directors, will become Interim Chief Operating Officer."
Abrupt departure of the COO at a critical stage of development, you say? Interim taking over the RR build-out, you muse? Ahhh, probably nothing at all....the project's probably going just fine. It's probably just coincidence, guv. Innit.
UPDATE: And reader MP reminds your humble scribe that...
True dat.
UPDATE: And reader MP reminds your humble scribe that...
"...the interim COO is the former RR President and CEO who engineered the deal in the first place...".
True dat.
The Tuesday quiz question
Argentina mining: The false dawn
First affected will be Pan American (PAAS) (PAA.to), but it won't stop there. This from IKN396, out last night:
Argentina: Das Neves spells it out in ChubutWe've followed the declarations of Chubut governor Mario Das Neves on mining quite closely on these pages, as the province is one of the clear testing grounds of Argentina's supposed new attitude towards mining and home to the big Navidad project owned by Pan American Silver (PAA.to) (PAAS). The national Macri government has aggressively promoted mining in the region, with its known anti-mining governor Das Neves being guarded up to this point in his responses. But not any more. While visiting the nation's capital Buenos Aires on December 13th last week, Das Neves took the gloves off and spelled it out for all to hear (9) while participating in a press conference on the opposition tax reforms that were passed by the lower house and are about to the debated by the Senate of governors (of which he is one). He said (translated), "In Chubut there isn't going to be any mining investment because we are going to defend the environment and the quality of life of our people". And to make sure the message got through, on the 14th on his return to Chubut Das Neves said (10) (translated), "In this province we are not going to allow mining company investments because we want our people to live well and to care for the resources of Chubut".If we consider these statements in the light of the proposed Federal Mining Agreement (see IKN394 and IKN395) which needs people such as Das Neves to sign on and is already delayed, the inertia in mining reform is now palpable. The sooner the North realizes it's been sold a false story about the imminent opening of the whole of Argentina to the mining industry, the better.
You Gringos Will Buy Anything, Erdene Resource (ERD.to) edition
Jeesh you guys, gimme a break. Erdene Resource Development Corporation (ERD.to) is 15% up today on 4X average volumes and all due to today's NR. Oh for sure it sounds cool with its...
...but as they say in American Beauty, look closer.
They. Drilled. Straight. Along. The. Strike.
And you fell for it, dumbass spec momo buyer.
The Clive wants to clean up his (online) image
News reaches IKN Nerve Centre that The Clive, the man that "f***ing made this company" we know as B2Gold (BTO.to) (BTG), has hired one of those Online Reputation Management firms to spruce up the way he looks in the world of cyberspace, scrub clean any sort of bad interwebz feelings about his utterly charming self and turn him into a contender for the Canadian Medal of Honour Award (or whatever that gong Rob McEwen won is called).
IKN expects a call from the SEO firm in question in the next few days.
GMO is out now
The latest edition of Global Mining Observer is out now. No manganese, lots of Warburg, lots more dynamite. Read it all here.
The IKN Weekly, out now
IKN396 has just been sent to subscribers. The main event is a site visit report on Continental Gold (CNL.to), we also do Starcore (SAM.to) numbers. And laugh at Argentina, of course.
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International Opportunities
School of Education
There are many opportunities for School of Education students to travel abroad or do international work here in our own community. We have listed several of these opportunities below. Please visit the links to find out more:
Comparative International Education Programs
The comparative and international education degree programs at Loyola University Chicago are located within the Cultural and Educational Policy Studies (CEPS) Program. CEPS is a social foundations program which means that students studying comparative and international education also take courses in the sociology of education, the history of education, and the philosophy of education.
English as a Second Language (ESL) and Bilingual Education Teaching Program (BSEd)
The BSEd in Bilingual/Bicultural Education is designed to provide graduates with both an elementary teaching certificate and endorsements to teach English language learners in grades K-9. The curriculum uses an interdisciplinary model, involving five departments across the School of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences. Candidates who complete this program will be able to teach in two languages and be competent in addressing the educational needs of English language learners.
English Language Teaching and Learning Teaching Program (MEd)
The ELTL program provides comprehensive knowledge on English language teaching and learning, including second language acquisition theories and research, effective and innovative methods of instruction and assessment, and comprehensive knowledge about language, linguistics, language policy, and more. Candidates will leave the program with extensive knowledge and skills to meet the needs of linguistically diverse students in multiple contexts, including mainstream and English as a second language (ESL) classrooms at the P-12 levels, ESL with adult learners in the university, community college, or organizational context, and English as a foreign language (EFL) in the international context.
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Heartland Alliance advances human rights and responds to the human needs of endangered populations—particularly the poor, the isolated, and the displaced—through the provision of comprehensive and respectful services and the promotion of permanent solutions leading to a more just global society. Heartland Alliance volunteers serve others in a variety of ways; by sharing a smile and an encouraging word with a senior citizen, teaching English to refugees and non-native English speakers, instructing and instilling life skills to under served teenagers, counseling an individual impacted by HIV/AIDS, recruiting countless others to join in our human rights cause, and by simply giving unselfishly of their time and their talents.
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IES is headquartered in Chicago and offers 100 study abroad programs in 36 global locations worldwide. They aim to create authentic global education and life-affirming cultural experiences. Those at IES believe that every student should have the opportunity to go abroad – especially in a fun, safe, and superior academic and cultural environment.
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The School of Education offers an innovative program combining a secondary education major with a major in a Foreign Language. These languages include French, Italian, Latin and Spanish. This program, the first of its kind among Chicagoland universities, enables graduates to be recognized as experts both in teaching techniques and in a specific subject area.
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The goal of the Loyola Literacy Center is to provide individual assistance to all adults, both native-born and foreign-born, who wish to improve their reading, writing, and speaking skills in English. The LCLC serves a highly diverse community of native-born and foreign-born adult learners. Most of the tutors at LCLC are Loyola students, some of whom elect to earn course credit for tutoring in the Center as part of an internship. All tutors receive an orientation to the LCLC and to tutoring adults; all tutoring is supervised by an on-site manager and experienced assistants.
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Defining value engineering, as the process which helps to design products that will meet customer needs at the lowest cost without compromising on the standards of quality, he cited examples of Sony Walkman, Tata Nano and Bharti Airtel in product innovation, cost innovation and strategy innovation respectively."The design and cost departments were distinctly different entities in the 90's, but since then there has been a consensus between the teams in the process. The concept of Cross Functional Teams has come a long way in Indian industries to reap strong benefits," said Dr. Narayanaswamy.Citing the management practices at BHEL Trichy, he said ", they used to transfer people from manufacturing and materials to the finance function. I think it brought about a huge change because the big problem was coordination between finance and purchase and that problem was solved by doing this."Emphasising the need to shift focus from product costing to design costing, he presented a survey matrix on the degree of importance of design to both accountants & designers.G.S. Narayana, Head Product Engineering, L & T Komatsu Ltd spoke about the cost savings done through value engineering. He spoke about how the company had saved lakhs of Rupees by material,design & process modifications. The company saved a lot of money by substitution of sheet metal components with fiber reinforced plastics, Casting weight reduction and making the counter weight scrap-less.Dr. R. Narayanaswamy said that companies were putting in a lot of money into after-sales service and that they needed to pay more attention to earlier stages of product development. "Identifying activities which add value to the customer and quantifying the extent to which resources are interfaced with value or non-value added activities is essential," said A.N. Raman, Member, CII-TCM Working Group.
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Cooking Pizza on a Steel Sheet
Cooking pizza on a metal surface is nothing new to Slice'rs, many of whom already use the Lodge cast iron pizza griddle or do the cast iron skillet hack. But here it gets an endorsement from Nathan Myhrvold and his team of mad culinary scientists in the six-volume mega science-of-cooking collection Modernist Cuisine.
An excerpt from a story in the Wall Street Journal:
Problem No. 3: You love Neapolitan-style pizza, but don't want to invest in a brick oven.
Solution: Make an oven out of a steel sheet.
Get a 1/4-inch-thick sheet of steel from a metal fabricator (Google a local one), have it cut to the size of your oven shelf, and insert it in the rack closest to the broiler. Preheat the oven at its highest temperature for 1/2 hour, then turn on the broiler and slide your pizza onto the metal plate. It should emerge perfectly cooked in 1.5 to 2 minutes.
What's going on: Pizza in a brick oven cooks at about 800°F—way hotter than the highest setting of most home ovens. The metal sheet is more conductive than a brick oven's stone, so it can cook just as fast at a lower temperature.
See also: Photos of the 30-Course Dinner at the Modernist Cuisine's Cooking Lab »
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Elizabeth Adshead of Belper, c.1883-1886
Cabinet card by J. Schmidt of Belper
Image © and courtesy of Robert Silverwood
While compiling a new profile for Belper photographer Jacob Schmidt this week, including a large number of new examples of his work, I rediscovered this striking image of a cabinet card sent to me some years ago by Robert Silverwood. It depicts his relative Elizabeth Adshead (1849 - 1917) and, at the time he sent it to me, Robert was of the view that she may have been garbed in some type of fancy dress costume. The cabinet card is of particular interest because it has been hand-coloured. Whether the clothes actually were those colours is now uncertain, but it seems quite possible that they would have been represented in as realistic a fashion as possible. Unfortunately, the retouching has also given the subject's face a rosy-tinted appearance which does not help with estimating an age.
Jacob Schmidt arrived in Belper in the early to mid-1880s, and must have established his reputation quickly. This much is clear from the fact that a good number of examples of his work have survived, in spite of his death in 1893, after only a decade in the town.
Since Schmidt did not change his card mount designs frequently during this period, it is not easy to date the portrait with much accuracy from the card design alone, but other examples of this mount are probably from the mid- to late 1880s. The use of a very crudely painted classical "column" as part of the backdrop (at the left hand side), however, suggests to me that perhaps this may have been a fairly early work, and I estimate it was taken c.1883-1886.
Spring Styles, from Harper's Bazaar, 10 February 1883
Image courtesy of Victorian Fashions & Costumes from Harper's Bazaar 1867-1898 by Stella Blum
As I've made clear before on Photo-Sleuth my knowledge of fashions is fairly limited, and I tend to rely on several well-thumbed books and web sites. One of these is Stella Blum's collection of Harper's Bazaar engravings, from which the above 1883 illustration has been extracted. Although perhaps made from somewhat different materials, Elizabeth Adshead's dress shows many similarities with the outift depicted on the right, including a high collar, short sleeves with flounces immediately below the elbows, and an overskirt gathered back at the sides, towards the prominent bustle at the back. The blue skirt looks as though it may be a fine wool weave.
The headgear is the only notable difference: she is wearing what is commonly referred to as a mob cap, rather than the more fashionable straw bonnet trimmed with ostrich feathers worn by the Harper's ladies. Although most popular in Georgian England, the mob cap was still used by servants and nurses during Victorian times.
Although I am hesitant to question Robert's identification of the subject as Elizabeth Adshead, she would have been in her mid-30s at the time I estimate this portrait was taken, and it is my feeling that this woman is a little older than that. However, her looks are masked somewhat by the hand colouring, so I can't be sure. What do you think, both about her age and the clothing? If you are familiar with fashions in the 1880s, I'd appreciate your comments.


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It's about an hour before midnight on Monday, May 10, before Dave Matthews band violinist Boyd Tinsley finds time to chat. But for Tinsley, rock star, husband, and father of two, it may as well be dinnertime.
"Our lives start at night," he explains of himself and his band mates, "and go into the wee hours of the morning."
This particular night, he says, has been special. He's just returned home– tired and hungry, but happy– from a reception at the Boar's Head Inn for the professional tennis tournament he sponsors. Last year's Boyd Tinsley $50,000 United States Tennis Association (USTA) Women's Pro Tennis Championships featured international hottie Anna Kournikova, who was booted in the first round.
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"It was really touching," he says in his butter-smooth baritone.
The highlight for the crowd may have been something else, however. Tinsley surprised the audience by taking the stage with Charlie Pastorfield.
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But though he says it's "cool" to be able to bring loved ones along, one of the best parts of the tour is returning home.
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What creeps you out about life in the 21st century? The information superhighway; it sort of pulls people away from other people and human contact and just being close to ourselves and close to nature. I think it isolates us in a way. We should sometimes shut off our computers and TV and do things that don't require technology.
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What's in your car CD/tape player right now? The new CD by Jem
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What's the most trouble you've ever gotten in? Next question [laughs]
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Favorite cartoon? I watch cartoons with my kids– Clifford is a lot of fun. But I've never watched it without the accompaniment of my kids. The Flintstones were my favorite growing up.
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Walter Mitty fantasy? In another life I considered a political career. But I'm really glad I do what I do, because there's nothing else I can do.
Who'd play you in the movie? I'd like to have Denzel Washington, but I'd probably get Eddie Murphy.
Most embarrassing moment? There are some, but I'll pass.
Best advice you ever got? Follow your heart.
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Dear fellow Narutards:
I am quite pleased with the level of information, detail and accuracy on this wiki. However, I ask that we really press the armor angle of this character. He is clearly wearing samurai armor, which raises many questions (what kind of samurai armor? why is a ninja wearing samurai armor?) which we quite quickly answer and prevent uneducated fan speculation.
Also, what's that smoking thing on his back? Do we know, or are we just guessing?
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- We know absolutely nothing about this character, except what we can see in that one image of him.
- About his armour, it's not specifically samurai armour. He's wearing Japanese-style armour which was indeed worn by Samurai in battle, but was also worn by many other classes of warriors and soldiers. If he was supposed to be a samurai, he would have the samurai's characteristic two swords and/or a kabuto helmet (although even this helmet wasn't unique to samurai). Also, he isn't the only ninja to wear armour. The Akimichi-clan, the first two Hokage, Madara Uchiha, and most, if not all, ninja of the latter's generation wore armour as well. --ShounenSuki 14:54, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Hrm, good point.
Anything on the smoking thing on his back then?
His tailed symbol (which dont seem to be featured on this wiki for some reason) are of white squigly lines, that and the smoke on his back lead me to believe that he is a master of Smoke or Steam or some kind of mist element. Taking to account that he is heavily 'armoured', I believe he utilises the 'Flight' element, which mixes wind and fire chakra to create hot air which, I'm just speculating, using the thing on his back allows him to fly.—This unsigned comment was made by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs) on 18:38, 15 May 2009 (UTC).
- What's a "tailed symbol"?
- Any way, speculation isn't allowed. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 19:21, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
I want to know how someone as strong as Han was defeated at an earlier rate than the other Jinchuriki. Does anyone know who beat him in the first place? 184.108.40.206 (talk) 20:04, December 2, 2011 (UTC)
- Nope. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 20:11, December 2, 2011 (UTC)
the 5 tails
i think that thing on the 5 tails jinchuriki's back,givs him abilities similar 2 gara,& that white chakra...did anyone notice it...probaly protects him,like garas' sand,& his abilities probaly match the 5 tails(gobi)article i read,meaning he's a master of all 5 elements,with each tail,representing an element. 22.214.171.124 00:24, 11 February 2009 (UTC)220.127.116.11 00:24, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Many articals and videos say that the 5 tails is a Cat Dingo. The five tails meaning an elemant. But its really anoying me. Like, how in the world are people getting that the four tailed is a phenox? Or the five tailed a cat? The six tailed a flying Wolf? And the seven tailed a flyin beaver badger that is somehow very cunning, eat they say its huge and has wings???? Its really wierd!
where did those ideas come from anyway? --Caseather (talk) 22:17, February 16, 2012 (UTC)
Smoking pot?
Well, anyways, nothing on the smoking pot on his back has come up yet, so unless you all know something I don't, speculation is the best we can hit here.
Um actually the thing on his back is a furnace. It allows him to infuse chakra into either the steam or smoke or whatever comes out. Like gaara infusing chakra with sand. And it's not a kekkei genkai cause he just gets the ability to infuse chakra with steam from th five tails. It's like an unique trait so that he can use steam based techniques.—This unsigned comment was made by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs) .
my speculations shot down
one...whose the idiot the guy above me speaks of???...me? I'm the one who started the section 2 above me bout my 5 tailed oppinion,& ppl critisized it...& for the recorred dude,the pheonix(4-tails)came up because of the lava release,from roshi,5-7,i dont kno where u herd tht,i thought 5 was a dog(maybe dingo),6 a liger,& 7 a griffin...but tht's my oppinion...but i realy dont get why there's speculation sections on 4-7,atleast til they finaly show up...i realy dont....184.108.40.206 (talk) 22:14, 22 May 2009 (UTC)anyonomus220.127.116.11 (talk) 22:14, 22 May 2009 (UTC) well,at least the tailed beasts have been discovered,but since there identity's shocked every narutard out there,there abilities are more questionable than a ever...many(even me)thought this 5-tailed beast would be a dog,each tail standing for 1/5 elements...so i guess the best thing to do,iz find out wat hosts,5-7,can realy do...
The freaking "legend" is fake, why are so many people ignorant to this? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 18:24, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
thing on back
I think its furnace that creates steam for him to use
Mabey its lava his beast does have lava techniques--TheBlueBlur (talk) 18:20, December 8, 2009 (UTC)
Han's beast is the Five-Tails, the Four-Tails is the one with lava techniques. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 18:24, December 8, 2009 (UTC)
Steam realese
if his kekang gankki is steam realese then should his nature type be fire and water. Im editing it as i speak
First of all, there's no such thing as Steam Release, the only thing mentioned was stream related jutsu, it could very well be a form of Water Release, or simply a hiden jutsu that has nothing to do with Water Release and kekkei genkai, nothing concrete about calling it a kekkei genkai, nor about it being a mix of water and fire chakra. It's pure speculation, and as such, it's not to be listed like that, the only thing that is confirmed is that he uses steam related jutsu, and that's the only thing that stays until Kishimoto gives more information. Same thing applies for Utakata. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 19:52, September 3, 2009 (UTC)
well stem realese is just a sepeculation but the steam discribid here may be the boil realese(futton).if not boil is proved to be water and fire, and steam may be a wrong translatioon so can any one put here that the "steam" part of the artbook and if there is a stem realese wahat would be it's name --Welimer2 (talk) 04:44, November 7, 2009 (UTC)
Boil Release doesn't require a steam armor. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 13:07, November 7, 2009 (UTC)
Steam is from the Tailed Beast
Since we have found out that Mizukage's Boil Release is made of fire and water, this can't be possibly be an advanced nature. Therefore, the steam nature is from his tailed beast, the 5 Tailed Dolphin Horse--Moiz1224 (talk) 04:58, October 3, 2009 (UTC)
- Or it's simply hot water, coming from the stove on Han's back.--ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 12:05, October 3, 2009 (UTC)
- It can also be hijutsu. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 14:27, October 3, 2009 (UTC)
Jutsu Vandalism
For some reason under jutsu, Steam-based Ninjutsu appears 3-times. I tried fixing this but I can't. Will someone do this for me?Saimaroimaru (talk)
- It's not vandalism, it's some sort of bug. Steam-based Ninjutsu also appears tree times in the jutsu category. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 11:55, March 10, 2010 (UTC)
Steam release is listed three times under his jutsu, I have no idea how to edit that, can someone do it? kkthx
- First of all, not steam release, steam isn't a nature. Second, it shows three times because of a bug no one can figure out how to handle. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 00:54, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
- One solution is to delete the steam page. ~SnapperTo 03:27, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
- But then we wouldn't have the page anymore. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:49, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
- One solution is to delete the steam page. ~SnapperTo 03:27, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
- Exactly. - SimAnt 18:32, April 28, 2010 (UTC)
A pity
As long as no filler comes up for him I think everything is simply speculations and it is a pity because I get the feeling that people find him a very interesting character.
deidara said that???
is there any proof of deidara saying han was caught as one of the first jins?220.127.116.11 (talk) 13:27, November 24, 2010 (UTC)
In the anime, because Utakata was the seventh one to be caught, it means Han and Fū were the first ones to be captured. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 18:11, November 24, 2010 (UTC)
- Shouldn't we mention that we're not completely certain it was Han who was caught as one of the first? After all, the jinchūriki came back and Kishimoto-sensei might decide to go against the anime. Not to mention the possibility of Deidara simply lying to make Naruto upset. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 18:20, November 24, 2010 (UTC)
- There's a "in the anime" qualifier, so I think that particular base is covered for the moment. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 18:28, November 24, 2010 (UTC)
- In the intro, yes, but not in the personality section. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 18:34, November 24, 2010 (UTC)
- There's a "in the anime" qualifier, so I think that particular base is covered for the moment. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 18:28, November 24, 2010 (UTC)
Steam armor
Since he did technically debut in chapter 515, so did his steam armor. Should there be an article for it? We do have an official name for it. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 04:05, January 16, 2011 (UTC)
- Why do we list his début as chapter 515 again? —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 15:39, January 16, 2011 (UTC)
- No idea. All the former jinchūriki were given manga chapter debuts when they first appeared, even though we knew about them from the fanbook. I think it was done to show the point they got into the plot. Your guess is as good as mine. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 15:58, January 16, 2011 (UTC)
- We should really have a proper definition for the débuts... Something like: "The début of a character is the very first time said character is shown in the flesh, whether alive or dead, flashback or otherwise. As long as a character is shown as the character and not merely mentioned or represented (as with a photograph of the character), it's their début."
- As for the steam armour, it seems like it's long overdue for an article. We should have had one a long time ago. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 16:10, January 16, 2011 (UTC)
anime introduction
In the short scene he is introduced in the anime, he shows two traits. ONE he has quite the speed TWO no matter how he moves, he seemingly keeps his right hand within his robes. Should we note this in the actual article or dismiss it as a random anime filler element??? --Gojita (talk) 01:28, April 1, 2011 (UTC)Gojita
- You saw it didn't you? Put it in.--TheUltimate3 ~Keeper of Lore~ 01:40, April 1, 2011 (UTC)
Red kasa
I dont know, but by me it seems his kasa is also a part of his Steam Armour. Not that it is of the same color like the armour, also it has the same lines like the armour. And, if he wears such heavy armour and still is able to move so fast, why he will cover his head with a normal hat? :) I think the kasa should be included into the Steam Armour thing. VolteMetalic (talk) 19:50, May 17, 2011 (UTC)
- I don't think we should assume. I checked both articles and what's there is good enough for now. There are no specifics on the steam armour and his article mentions the kasa.--Cerez365™ 20:06, May 17, 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, it mentions it, but not as part of the armour.VolteMetalic (talk) 20:28, May 17, 2011 (UTC)
Steam Use
In chapter 564 he uses his steam generator (not sure what it is) after punching Naruto. My question is that is it to early to say the steam might strengthen him since Naruto was able to block his punch on the page before but then it showed him using his steam and Naruto commenting on his strength. Joshbl56 04:38, November 23, 2011 (UTC)
I've already mentioned it on the Steam Armour page.--Deva 27 04:39, November 23, 2011 (UTC)
Could it be that he used some sort of Taijutsu??? If so (Steam Punch or anything else...), please add it...--Omojuze (talk) 14:41, November 23, 2011 (UTC)
To Omojuze, I don't think it is a form of taijutsu, more like powering it up.
Also, is it to early to add Steam-Based Ninjutsu under his abilities? Joshbl56 22:15, November 23, 2011 (UTC)
Why don't add a "Steam Enchantment Technique", because he powers up his punches and kicks. That's probably a jutsu, just unnamed similiar to Yugito's Claw Creation Technique. Agree with me?--Omojuze (talk) 15:34, December 7, 2011 (UTC)
Well? Anyone agree?--Omojuze (talk) 16:15, December 7, 2011 (UTC)
i do.126.96.36.199 (talk) 16:17, December 7, 2011 (UTC)
I'm not sure about creating that page, because we already have the Steam Armour article, and we might have a case for recreating an old article, which I believe had terms used in the actual artbook. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 19:09, December 7, 2011 (UTC)
SBN revisited
Considering that we already saw one use of his steam, and that more is likely on its way, I think we will need the page on "steam based ninjutsu" in the foreseeable future. Any ideas if that would still create triplicate/duplicate entries in infoboxes? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 01:45, November 24, 2011 (UTC)
- Not too sure what you mean. But "we won't know unless we try?" or something like that O.o?--Cerez365™ 01:51, November 24, 2011 (UTC)
- I think that the page will be required, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea recreating it, at least with that exact name, due to the bug that created duplicates. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 01:01, November 26, 2011 (UTC)
- I think it's required as well. As long as the duplication isn't something that affects the wikia too adversely but is more of a slight annoyance then I say give it a shot.--Cerez365™ 01:15, November 26, 2011 (UTC)
- I think that the page will be required, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea recreating it, at least with that exact name, due to the bug that created duplicates. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 01:01, November 26, 2011 (UTC)
Steam-based ninjutsu
Since we have seen enouph of the steam ninjutsu in the anime and manga shouldn't we make a page about it?just thinking....--Charmanking2198 (talk) 10:01, December 9, 2011 (UTC)
- What did you see in the anime? And what exactly is "enough" in the manga because I've only seen it twice.--Cerez365™ 12:45, December 9, 2011 (UTC)
I don't think a page is necessary. Steam based ninjutsu doesn't seem like the name of a type of ninjutsu, that's just what it is. All we have seen so far is steam enhanced taijutsu, which is all covered on the steam armor article. That isn't enough for a page in my opinion.--Deva 27 12:50, December 9, 2011 (UTC)
Couldn't we add that Naruto was able to " Sense his Malice from a mile away", this is a good show of personality imo. And even though it is possibly just from it being Tobi's Edo Tensei or Six Paths of Pain, its still worth being mentioned. Look Skarrj (talk) 16:34, January 17, 2012 (UTC)
- Don't really think this is a display of his personality, since he's being directly controlled by Tobi. In an unrelated question, why all the quotes and bold and link to free dictionary? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 16:53, January 17, 2012 (UTC)
Pretty sure that was Tobi's since as long as they've been shown, they haven't displayed any real personality. Skitts (talk) 16:57, January 17, 2012 (UTC)
Han or Handa
It might be because I'm using Mangahere.com (usually I use Mangastream.com, but that's not loading up) but is his full name Handa, or is that a translation error? --Demon of the Sand (Talk) (Contribs) 02:49, February 2, 2012 (UTC)
- His name is "Han". Jacce | Talk | Contributions 06:52, February 2, 2012 (UTC)
- The "da" is something that usually goes at the end of sentences. I'm sure if in all though. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 20:10, February 4, 2012 (UTC)
Anyone can say me from where is this image in " Anime " side?220.127.116.11 (talk) 06:40, July 20, 2012 (UTC)
- The Anime image is from Episode 261. -White Flash-(Talk)- 06:52, July 20, 2012 (UTC)
- I require a picture of him when he was alive. In particular the one where he was when the Ten-Tails was revealed.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 22:55, July 20, 2012 (UTC)
- I don't think Han has yet to have one of those. Might have to wait until the whole tailed beast/host get together to get one.--Cerez365™(talk) 03:50, July 21, 2012 (UTC)
- But all the jinchuriki were revealed when Tobi was talking about the Ten-Tails. The same episode we got a picture of Fu if I remember correctly. I know it exists I just have no means of getting it.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 10:30, July 21, 2012 (UTC)
- I don't think Han has yet to have one of those. Might have to wait until the whole tailed beast/host get together to get one.--Cerez365™(talk) 03:50, July 21, 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah but in le anime. Han was running through the forest like a wild stallion. He wasn't stationary. So we got this '~' and went with no.--Cerez365™(talk) 10:47, July 21, 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah that just screws all kinds of things up. smh. I don't like the picture of corpse!Han in the infobox.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 11:41, July 23, 2012 (UTC)
- We could either let it alone and wait until a better image of him is available. It's not like I ever switch to the anime image either way ( '-') --Cerez365™(talk) 12:01, July 23, 2012 (UTC)
- I have the feeling we'll only get a good anime image of him when we get to Naruto learning their names. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 16:33, July 23, 2012 (UTC)
- We could either let it alone and wait until a better image of him is available. It's not like I ever switch to the anime image either way ( '-') --Cerez365™(talk) 12:01, July 23, 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah that just screws all kinds of things up. smh. I don't like the picture of corpse!Han in the infobox.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 11:41, July 23, 2012 (UTC)
In the image he has two sharingan instead of sharingan and rinnegan ?--Salamancc (talk) 20:37, May 26, 2013 (UTC)
- 0_0 no, those are ordinary eyes, he has them red just as mine are blue--Elveonora (talk) 21:07, May 26, 2013 (UTC)
Five Mountain Jump
Im just curious, why is the article for Hans Ougi (Ultimate Jutsu) from Storm 3, 5-Mountain Jump repeatedly deleted? Its name is shown in game, and we have plenty of other game only jutsus on here; including Han's fellow Jinchuriki's.--RexGodwin (talk) 18:45, March 2, 2013 (UTC)
- Because we already had one for it. However, it had a hyphen between the first two words, because we first got the name from an English subbed trailer for the game. It's been moved to the hyphenless version, as shown in the game. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:47, March 2, 2013 (UTC)
Where was this info gotten?--Rikudo Sennin 47 (talk) 18:34, August 15, 2013 (UTC)
- The databooks. --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | Channel 18:40, August 15, 2013 (UTC)
- Except that he was never mentioned in any of the databooks. Seelentau 愛議 18:54, August 15, 2013 (UTC)
- We got several hight info's from Settei. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 19:00, August 15, 2013 (UTC)
- Except that he was never mentioned in any of the databooks. Seelentau 愛議 18:54, August 15, 2013 (UTC)
Those settei(s) come from Studio Pierrot's character design department as Jacce said, @Cerez: It's difficult to do that because some bugs appear there if we do that like Dokku's infobox for example. @Elveonora: Sounds like that. http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a553/anaspet06/Shakhmootssign_zps2a261e68.png(Contact) 19:17, August 15, 2013 (UTC)
- Well. Actually Yugito and Roshi are the only ones of the resurrected Jinchurikis who have ever appeared in a databook, hence their heights. But I didn't know that about Han's source. --Rikudo Sennin 47 (talk) 19:07, August 16, 2013 (UTC)
@RS47, anime is a secondary canon right after Kishi's work, as long as it doesn't contradicts canon. Once Databook 4 comes out and lists their heights differently, it will be updated--Elveonora (talk) 19:17, August 16, 2013 (UTC)
I know. But that wasn't what I meant. Nevermind.--Rikudo Sennin 47 (talk) 23:53, September 3, 2013 (UTC)
Wouldn't Han and Yugito be sensors given they were able to attack Naruto and B despite not being able to see them? --Sarutobii2 (talk) 01:56, September 28, 2015 (UTC)