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Originally written for the site I normally post at. The original link can be found here: LINK
Alright, its been awhile since Ive written an article. Ive also seen many a request from people for trying to answer the question why is my PC running so slow and how do I make it faster? Well fear not, my PC-ridden friends, Im here to help you out. This guide will give you some hints and tips to get your PC running a little bit better.
Ok lets get down to it. If youre running a PC youre more than likely running a Windows OS. This guide will assume that you are running a Windows operating system. If youre not then this tutorial probably wont be of much use to you so just go ahead and go to the forum and well do something. The pictures in this tutorial will also show how these things look like in Windows XP professional (the OS I am running). Also keep in mind you dont need to do all these steps, you can just do one or a few of these but its recommended to try to do as many as you can to maximize the cleanup and efficiency effort.
*Note: If you have a virus or something strange happening that you think could be attributed to virus or trojan activity shut off your system restore option (if its on) before you start cleaning. To do this right click on "My Computer", click on the tab "system restore" and enable "Turn off System Restore on all drives". Another note: Virii and spyware tend to load at normal startup and that bogs down the system hard. When cleaning you should start your computer in safe mode. You do this by pressing F8 as the system is booting up (before the Windows logo appears). Here are the instructions on how to do that if you need details:
Step 1: Getting rid of unnecessary applications
Step 2: Cleaning up Spyware
Step 3: Killing the Pop ups
Step 4: Cleaning out the cache
Step 5: Defragmenting your drive
Step 6: Antivirus Protection
Step 7: Windows Updates
Step 1: Get rid of unnecessary applications
Click on start button and go to Control Panel. There open up Add/Remove Programs. Go ahead and remove any applications/programs that you DO NOT use. Also, many a time when Ive gone to clean up systems Ive seen people with apps installed by spyware programs such as Bonzai Buddy. I also recommend getting rid of any of those free games that you get off the Net. More than likely they had spyware attached to them. If youre not sure about what to remove feel free to PM me in the forum to double check (my username is CuseMMA). Now that youve gotten rid of unnecessary programs you may have installed yourself, get rid of defaulted Windows crap that gets installed that you wont need. The biggest thing to get rid of is MSN Explorer program (unless you actually use MSN network, then just ignore this). While still in the Add/Remove Applications menu click on Windows Components on the left-side menu.
Scroll down the menu here until you find MSN Explorer. If it is checked off then go ahead and uncheck the box. Also if youre not going to be using your computer as a server or testing locally developed web pages, I suggest you uninstall Internet Information Services (IIS). This should free up close to 30 or 40 MB of space on your drive. If you don't do a whole lot of searches on your PC then I'd recommend removing the indexing service as well.
Step 2: Cleaning up spyware
Now to REALLY get rid of some other crap on your system. Open up your browser and head over to www.downloads.com . The two best programs I suggest for cleaning up spyware on your computer are Ad-Aware and Spybot: Search and Destroy. You can either just download one of these programs or download both for maximum protection. After you install both programs go ahead and run their scanning systems to check to see if your system has any spyware on it. Word of warning, however: These programs consider cookies spyware. For those who arent familiar with cookies, they are text files saved on to your local PC that stores such information as passwords and usernames to websites. These spyware programs will ask to delete all cookies on your system meaning that if you erase your cookies, those websites that you asked to remember your password will no longer have your password saved. I hope that makes sense. Another word of warning: If youre going to use these programs make sure you keep them up-to-date. Run the program every other week or so and before you run the scan make sure you click on Check for Updates or any equivalent of that button you can find.
Ad-Aware can be downloaded here - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
Spybot can be downloaded here - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/en/mirrors/index.html
Microsofts new anti-Spyware (beta) can be found here - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
Step 3: Killing the Pop Ups
If youve ever been to Sherdog.net (or any porn site) then you know just how annoying pop ups can be. Well lets get you some popup protection! If you use Internet Explorer then I highly recommend using Googles toolbar which comes with a nice pop up blocker. This tool is free and free of spyware and can be downloaded at http://toolbar.google.com. Word of warning however some sites certain pop ups are necessary. For example here at our forum if you have a pop up blocker on and it is not set to allow pop ups for this site, you will not see the pop up box show up telling you that you have private messages. Dont worry, our site doesnt suck so you can allow pop ups for us. How do you do this? Well if you have Googles toolbar its quite easy. Once you get to this site (specifically the forum) just click on the button on the toolbar that says X pop ups have been blocked. By clicking on the button you are telling Google that this site is safe and that pop ups are allowed. Its that easy. If you use Mozilla Firefox it has a built in pop up blocker so youre good to go right away.
Step 4: Cleaning out the cache
Ok so many of us have heard the term cache but some are still in the dark as to what it really is. Well to shed light on this mystery the cache is simply a folder that saves all the temporary files for quicker access in the future. In this case well be cleaning out the cache for the system. In this cache its full most likely full of files leftover from previous installations of programs. Click on your start button, and then go to Run. In the textbox type in %temp% then click on the OK button. A folder should pop up with a bunch of folders with filenames and folders that my or not make sense. At this point, who cares what theyre labeled as, just select them all (Either press Ctrl+A or from the menu bar go to Edit à Select All). Once youre done with this close the folder. Now empty your recycle bin to get rid of everything.
Theres also a cache for your internet browser (which I will assume is Internet Explorer). Like the system cache this keeps all the files that are used when browsing web pages. This allows for the browser to just pull up these cached files in the future if you visit the site again and the site will load a bit faster because it doesnt have to re-download those files. Anyhow if you open up Internet Explorer go to the Tools menu from the menu bar up top and select Internet Options. Under the Temporary Internet files section click on the button that says Delete Files. If you do a lot of browsing on the net or downloaded streaming videos (that means you, porn fiends) then those files are kept here and are taking up space and resources on your system.
If youre using Mozilla Firefox (probably the 2nd most popular browser amongst our users) you go to the Tools menu, Options and then click on the Privacy section in the box that pops up. This section is denoted by a Lock with the word Privacy underneath it in the left hand menu. In here there are several options, each with a box to the right of it that says Clear. Click on the Clear box that is next to the Cache option. If youre worried about security or whatnot feel free to clear the other options as well by clicking on Clear All button.
Step 5: Defragmenting your hard drive
Youve probably heard a bunch of people tell you Oh, just defrag your hard drive to speed things up to which you probably just nodded your head not knowing what the hell they were talking about. Heres Defragmenting in a nutshell: Your hard drive stores information in sections. What happens is that as things get added and removed from the disk there are different gaps in these sections. So what happens is that the more you delete stuff, the more gaps you create. These gaps are later filled in by other stuff you add to the hard drive. The thing is that the more the system does this the slower the response time is because the system has to look everywhere to bring together all the information that it wrote to the drive. Like I said before it writes to the drive in sections so in theory you can install a program and one half of the program will be written to one portion of the disk and the rest will be located on another part so the program will run a bit slower than it should because it has to access different portions of the drive to function. What defragging does is it takes all those gaps and rearranges them so they are all located at the end of the disk so that future programs/files/etc. are written there in concurrent spaces for faster access. It also takes all the current sections that are related and moves them around so they now located next to each other on the disk so that the system can get to them faster in the future without having to search all over for them. Get it? If you dont, sorry I cant simplify it more than that.
Anyhow go to the Start menu, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools and then select Disk Defragmenter. This will start up the defragmentation program. Fire it up and let it defrag your C: or whatever your main hard drive is. This could take awhile if it is your first time ever doing it or if you have a huge hard drive. Once you complete the defragmenting of your drive restart your computer. To keep your system running nicely I suggest a defrag about once a month or so, maybe even every week if you're really anal about it.
Step 6: Antivirus Protection
One big thing Ive noticed is that many people dont have adequate protection for their PCs. The major thing I recommend is getting a solid anti-virus solution. For this I highly recommend you go with either McAfee or Norton Antivirus. There are two ways you can go about this: The first is you can go and buy yourself a subscription to their service. I currently pay for and use McAfees Antivirus Online subscription which I believe costs about $30 or $40 a year. The nice thing about this option is that it updates itself, protects email and downloaded files and also can be configured to automatically scan your system at a time you want (If you keep your computer all the time just set the scan to sometime that you know you wont be using your computer like 2 am or something). Also since its always on and protecting it will automatically quarantine virus infected files for you if you happen to have some.
Your second option, which for legal reasons I technically cant recommend but Ill tell you for informative purposes only and that is that software can be attained through less than legal means. To be honest I have a hacked copy of Norton Antivirus with free updates until the year 2130. Yes, it works. Yes, its nice. No, its not legal and no I don't use it. One popular method of getting programs and such is Bit Torrents and you can learn about that from the first tutorial I wrote: LINK HERE Word of warning that the RIAA and other large, angry corporations are cracking down on bit torrent sites so a good source of torrents will be harder to come by in the future. Youre probably better off looking around mIRC for stuff but that will be taught in another tutorial. Now youve probably seen free antivirus solutions floating around. I strongly recommend AGAINST going with these. Yeah, they might be free but they are also most likely bundled with a bunch of spyware (how else do you think they make it free for you?).
Apparently there IS a free anti-virus solution that is spy ware free and has been tested and recommended by a fellow poster (thanks Inha). The name of the software is Avast Antivirus which can be found at http://www.download.com/avast-Home-E...ml?tag=lst-0-1
Another good free anti-virus solution is AVG . This suggestion comes to us by way of Striek (Antionline member). In his words:
It works admirably - I install it for clients when they refuse to pay for Norton or McAfee (i.e. they want me to pirate it for them). It's auto-update feature is top notch.
Step 7: Windows Updates
The other big thing Ive noticed is that people ignore the Windows updates. Newsflash people: theyre made for a reason. Stop ignoring them. Hell if youre lazy, which you probably are, you can make it so that the updates download and install themselves. This option is available on all versions of Windows XP. If you have Windows ME kindly throw your computer away. Im kidding sort of. If youre one of the sad souls that is stuck with Windows 98 or Windows ME you cant install the updates automatically but you will be told that they are available by a little globe icon on the bottom right hand of your screen (next to the clock).
One of the easiest ways to check for updates is by clicking on the Start button, All Programs, and the Windows Updates option should be available right above the first item in your menu. If you click on that Internet Explorer will open up and take you to the Windows Update page where it will start scanning for updates for you automatically. Make sure you install all the critical updates that come up. Another thing to keep an eye out for is updates that come up under Hardware. Sometimes the makers of some of your hardware will release a new driver or patch and it will be available through here. You can also get to this page through Internet Explorer by clicking on the Tool menu then going to Windows Update in the menu. Make sure to check for updates at LEAST once a month. Some of these updates greatly improve stability, security and performance for some applications and/or operating system. I cannot stress enough how important keeping your system up do date is.
*NEW* Cleaning the Registry
This section is a little advanced and a little more in-depth. If you read this and still have reservations about messing with the registry then I suggest airing on the side of caution. I am obligated to inform you that manipulating the registry incorrectly could lead to programs or system failure(s). Proceed at your own risk.
This section is being added thanks to the input of the fine folks at Antionline.com . Now that you've cleaned up the system doing the above methods lets get into the guts of your system a little bit and make sure everything's cleaned up in there. Oh and I suggest if you're going to be messing with the registry that you do a backup of it beforehand in case you mess something up. *puts on surgeon mask and latex gloves*
Ok the registry; what is this magical and mysterious thing that whenever you mention to someone they pretty much immediately yell "DON'T MESS WITH THAT!"? Admit it, it's happened. Rather than go into it myself I'm just going to provide you with a quick article that's already been written about it.
Source: http://antivirus.about.com/cs/tutorials/a/registry.htm
If you follow the link to that article there are also some links to other registry-related topics that I'm not going to get into here. Anyhow moving on. So we now know that the registry keeps all information about software and hardware and is the puppet master behind your system. The reason you need to keep the registry clean is that the registry basically tells the system where and when resources should be alloted. Here's an analogy I came with recently to explain to a non-tech friend what resources are and how they work on a system.Windows is what is known as a "graphical user interface", allowing users to point and click their way through various icons to change settings via various checkboxes and menus. However, there is another way to customize virtually everything in the operating system all from a single point - the System Registry. In fact, some options can only be set via the System Registry - the choice simply doesn't exist in the graphical menus.
Almost all software installed on the PC will impact the System Registry. Preferences regarding hardware, options, and other software settings will all be added to the huge database of the Registry. Thus the System Registry isn't just the central nervous system for the Operating System (OS), it's the central nervous system for the OS and any applications installed to that OS.
The System Registry is also where malware "registers" itself to run on the system, or makes other modifications that can have a critical impact on the functioning of your PC.
Thus, familiarizing yourself with the System Registry is not just a good way to tweak your PC, it's essential if you wish to be able to manually defend it.
The System Registy operates much like Windows Explorer. That is to say, top tier items are folders known as keys which, when expanded, display various second tier items, also known as keys. Additional third-tier keys may also be contained within second tier keys, etc. In other words, just as Windows has folders and subfolders, the registry has keys and subkeys. Within those keys are values. To see the values a particular key contains, you first select (highlight) the key in the left pane, and the value(s) will appear in the right pane.
When a key is collapsed - that is to say, all the other keys within it are not visible - a + sign will appear to the left of the key name in the left pane. Clicking the + sign will expand that key. The key will now have a - sign to the left of it and second tier keys will be seen below it. When a + sign appears to the left of a key name, it means that other keys are contained within it.
Think of your system's resources as a giant parking lot and each parking spot is a "chunk" of resource. Now think of a process (everytime you open a program, run a command, etc.) as a car in that lot. Whenever that car needs to goto work it needs to find a parking place to work. Keep in mind some processes will be taking up more spaces than others. Well when you have a bunch of cars in the parking lot all looking for spots there's going to be some issues. What the registry does in this scenario is act as a parking attendant that points the car into their respective place and makes sure everyone gets parked correctly. Not only does the registry tell them where and when to park it also tells them when to leave the lot so other cars can park. Sometimes you'll have two cars try to run into the same parking spot and they crash. When they do that's when you see blue screen errors or other such errors that refer to system resources.
I'm sorry for laying on the metaphors kinda thick, hopefully its somewhat understandable. Anyhow back to the topic at hand, CLEANING the registry. There are quite a few free programs out there that will clean your registry for you. Going back to the metaphor from above basically these programs check to see if anyone abandoned any cars on your lot and it tows them away (read also: deletes references to them from your registry).
RegCleaner is a free download that's compatible with XP (as far as I know). You can get it here: http://www.worldstart.com/weekly-dow...cleaner4.3.htm
Cemetric wrote on Today 10:18 AM:
If it's a regcleaner you want ...there is a freeware version available that also works with XP and can take backups ..it's called RegCleaner and you can download a copy at THIS
RegClean is a free cleaner that can be used for systems running Win95, Win98, or WinNT/Win2k. Note: I'm not sure if this one is XP compatible.
Also for you brave souls there's a free registry editor called RegCool.Originally posted here by Striek
Regclean, available at pcworld.com and download.com does a good job. It's written by Microsoft, so it's definitely safe and compatible. It's not supported anymore, though.
The product description says that it was built for Windows 95, but I've used it with Windows 2000 successfuly. I'm not sure about XP though.
It's pretty idiotproof. I remember being surprised at how untechnical it was. It should be a good addition to your tutorial. Not something most people consider when tuning up their PC's.
Again use these programs at your own risk. Sometimes the registry cleaners tend to do "blind" cleans and on occasion delete keys for valid programs you actually use. So again I warn BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY BEFORE HAND! If you need help doing this you can find some good resources at Google:
Well thats pretty much it for now. There are plenty more tricks and tips you could do to speed your system up many of which can be found (for Windows XP users mainly) at http://www.tweakxp.com . I must warn you though, if you go that site and attempt to apply those tweaks you are doing so at your own risk! Also keep in mind that the hardware you have (amount of memory, speed of processor, etc.) greatly affects how your system performs. If you dont know what you are doing then I suggest you just stick with what I covered in this tutorial. If you have any questions regarding this tutorial or just have a question in general with cleaning up your system feel free to contact me either via the forum (I post under the name CuseMMA) or you can use AOL Instant Messenger to IM me at the screen name SyracuseMMA. Hopefully this tutorial will alleviate some of your PC woes, good luck!
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Are the Gorax and the Lorax related?
To bad a Gorax isn't in current media - I'd totally be ok with one as tall as the Sentinel they made for the Marvel line.
I just saw on tru.com both of these sets are now on sale for $32 - but only the pilot pack is in stock
Historically, Toys "R" Us have been one of the more expensive retailers in the US, although their selection, particularly in the last 6 - 12 months, has been better than that of both Target and Walmart. If you've been skipping Toys "R" Us because of price, you may want to think about stopping by on your next toy run, as they have today been sending out emails announcing that they are price matching everything, when taking a valid competitor's ad in to your local store.
I believe it was a one day only sale on TRU.com.
Well, I finally scored the Ewok set. Whew. Nice to have it crossed off my list. I really, really like the set, with the gems being Kneesaa & Teebo. The only one I don't care much for is Tippet. .
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I recently upgraded a project from Visual Studio 2010 / .NET4.0 to Visual Studio 2013 (update 4) / .NET 4.5.
Code that was working for weeks, didn't work anymore (exceptions in Caliburn.Micro).
I reinstalled all my Nuget packages, verified the public key tokens of the libraries via the Strong Name Tool (SN.exe -T my.dll), did "Clean Solution", "Rebuild Solution", rewritten code, etc…
In a desperate action I manually cleaned every bin and obj folder in my Workspace.
After this action the code started to work again.
Then I was wondering: Does the "Clean Solution" in Visual Studio 2013 work different compared to Visual Studio 2010.
An internet stranger gave me a good hint:
"Sorry, but this is simply not true. It does not delete the contents of /obj which are the root of the problem. At least this is the situation with VS 2013 update 3."
After searching some more, I was happy that I was not the only one who had problems with Visual Studio 2013 and the Clean Solution:
"However, once I've converted my projects to Visual Studio 2013 I star receiving error on build or deploy:"
Conclusion: if you upgrade to Visual Studio 2013 and receive strange exceptions, clean the obj directories manually or change your project file to remove the obj directory before each build via the BaseIntermediateOutputPath property/parameter.
By default the BeforeBuild and AfterBuild are not used. You can see this by unloading your project in Visual Studio and then right-mouse click it and select Edit:
<!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets. <Target Name="BeforeBuild"> </Target> <Target Name="AfterBuild"> </Target> -->
Uncomment the BeforeBuild.
Your project file should now contain this:
<!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets. --> <Target Name="BeforeBuild"> <RemoveDir Directories="$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)" /> </Target> <!--<Target Name="AfterBuild"> </Target>-->
Information on the BaseIntermediateOutputPath property/parameter:
"The top-level folder where all configuration-specific intermediate output folders are created. The default value is obj\. The following code is an example: <BaseIntermediateOutputPath>c:\xyz\obj\</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>"
If you receive the Error after changing the project:
Unable to remove directory "obj\". The directory is not empty
Go have a look at this url: http://forums.asp.net/t/1976253.aspx
It might also be related to Visual Studio 2013…
– https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k5b5tt23(v=vs.110).aspx
– https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5ak1w89s.aspx
– https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb629394.aspx


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Happy Father's Day, Dad! Here's a "Free" 4G Phone.
Call it spring cleaning: T-Mobile is giving free 4G smartphones to dads for Father's Day, including Samsung's Galaxy S II, the Nokia Lumia 710, the HTC One S and the BlackBerry Bold 900, provided that qualifying customers (proof of fatherhood required?) sign up for one of T-Mobile's classic or unlimited two-year wireless plans. The phones will work on T-Mobile's "4G" wireless network, which is actually an HSPA+ wireless network available in 229 markets across the U.S.


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It's far too often that quantity is indirectly correlated to quality. Not so with Harney & Sons—more than 30 years old and three generations strong, the company has always been committed to preserving founder John Harney's tradition of fine tea. Even as they've grown from their original six teas to more than 300, the renowned tea brand's dedication to its craft has never waivered. We'll drink to that.
Dragon Pearl Tea by Harney & Sons was a new experience. I felt the power of the dragon and the elegance of a pearl. This is a stronger tea but one that beckons to me as I have used up my box. This is a tea to impress someone or when you deserve a special moment. This is a very special tea.5
I'm Chinese-American and my mom is jasmine tea connoisseur. This is one of her favorite teas, and once she introduced me to it, I could completely see why. It is perfectly balanced, with a very distinct and rich jasmine flavor while still being beautifully delicate and subtle and rounded. The silky sachets and pearl shape add an air of elegance. A wonderful tea, highly recommended.5
The first time I tried this tea was back when I was in college working at the college coffee joint. There really isn't much of a taste to it, but the scent is very floral. I didn't love the smell at first, but it really grew on me. I am so glad that I tried it. The sachet that it comes in, is a white silky mesh, not the paper sachet like most teas come in. I love that you can see the leafs in the bag when steeping it. I would recommend this brand of tea and this flavor to anyone. I think I'm going to go make myself a cup right now.5


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Stanislas Wawrinka is a unique personality in the world of professional tennis. The Swiss, whose parents run an organic farm that employs disabled workers, is currently 17th in the ATP rankings, and is as quiet and unassuming off the court as he is powerful and elegant on it.
A close friend of Swiss international Johan Djourou, Wawrinka also has a refreshingly different perspective on football. Indeed, Stan, as he is known, enjoys the sport for the players and the game itself,* *but without feeling a burning loyalty to any one club in particular. Intrigued, FIFA.comspoke with him to find out more.
FIFA.com: Many tennis players start off playing football before picking up a racket and switching sports. Were you the same? Stanislas Wawrinka:No, not at all, and I've never played for a club. My parents weren't very sporty, and football wasn't part of my everyday life. I was never a massive football fan either, but, like everyone else, I used to watch matches on TV. I regret it in some ways, as I think I'd have enjoyed playing football when I was young – even though I'm really rubbish at it now! (laughs).
I grew up surrounded by tennis, so I was obviously more interested in it than football – particularly as it's the most popular sport. I'm not like some of the other guys on the Tour who look out for the football results, watch games and read match reports every week. I'm happy to follow from afar, and to take a different view. I don't support one single team enough to behave like a real fan, and the players are the thing I like most about the sport. That said, when there's a big event like a World Cup or a EURO, I do follow more closely.
What's your fondest memory from a major international competition?I'm a big supporter of the Swiss national team, of course, but as I said, I don't view football in the way that most fans do. That means I can also like other teams, such as France, for example. I've followed them since their World Cup victory in 1998, but it was the EURO in 2000 that really made me become a fan. I have very fond memories of it. I loved *Les Yeux dans les Bleus *[a behind-the-scenes documentary that followed the France team during the 1998 FIFA World Cup™]. I found it really interesting, and it's the reason for my attachment to the team. As an elite sportsman, I was always going to relate to that kind of documentary.
You mentioned that you appreciate individual players more than clubs. Which players do you admire the most?I've always been a big fan of Thierry Henry. I enjoy watching all the great players, really. But we're always drawn to some players more than others, and in my case, it's Titi. He's my favourite player. I also really liked Luis Figo when he was at Real Madrid. When I was young I used to do a lot of training in Spain; I used to follow La Liga, and I've always preferred Real [Madrid] to Barça. I also liked Nicolas Anelka back in the day, with his mysterious edge. And then there was Didier Drogba at Chelsea last year. It was amazing: in his final game, he scored the winning goal [in the penalty shootout] to win the Champions League for his team. It was incredible. I was there in front of my TV, and I supported Chelsea all the way.
We chat together often, which is something I really love. In the world of high-level sport, you rarely get the chance to discuss anything in depth. So it's really great that I'm able to do it with a friend like him.
Do you ever get the chance to go to stadiums to watch matches?My schedule doesn't give me many opportunities to do that. The best time of year is now, from late November to early December. I'm in pre-season training at the moment, so I have more free time than usual. Two years ago, I had the chance to go to the Emirates Stadium for the [London] derby between Arsenal and Chelsea. The Gunners won 3-1.
Your friend, Johan Djourou, was on the winning side that day. How did the pair of you meet, and what kind of relationship do you have with him?We met on the set of a TV show in Switzerland. We got on well and have stayed friends ever since. I've been over to see him several times and we try to stay in touch as much as we can. We have different lifestyles: he stays at home most of the time, whereas I'm always travelling. We chat together often, which is something I really love. In the world of high-level sport, you rarely get the chance to discuss anything in depth. So it's really great that I'm able to do it with a friend like him. We mainly talk about wider sport-related issues, like dealing with the media and sponsors. He has a daughter the same age as mine, so we also chat about our families.
Finally, we can't finish this interview without asking you to name your choice for the FIFA Ballon d'Or award. Who would you vote for?I've always been fonder of Real than Barça, so my vote goes to Cristiano Ronaldo. I like his style, but also the arrogant streak that people criticise him for. He wants to win, and I like that.


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Velde, van de, family
Van de Velde (van den Velde, van den Velden, van der Velde), a Dutch family name found among the Mennonites, particularly at Amsterdam. Jan Jansz van de Velde, whose daughter Cathalijne was married to Christiaen van Eeghen, lived at Cortemarck in Flanders, Belgium, as early as 1550. Karel van de(n) Velde, of Ghent, died as a Mennonite martyr in 1562 at Hondschoote, Flanders; Raphael van de Velde was put to death at Ghent in 1576, and Janneken van den Velde (Velden) (see Janneken Munstdorp) suffered martyrdom at Antwerp in 1573.
In Amsterdam Josua van de Velde was appointed as preacher of the Danzig Old Flemish congregation in 1767, but died the same year. Jan van de Velde, of Amsterdam, was trained for the ministry at the Zonist seminary at Amsterdam and served as pastor at Wormerveer (Waterlander congregation) 1743-1766 and at Ouddorp 1766-d.1777, At Amsterdam there were Van de Veldes in both the Zonist and the Lamist congregations. Some of them served as deacons, the last of whom was Lucas Cornelis van de Velde, serving 1908-1913, 1919-1923, and 1929-1934.
Jan van (de) Velde, of Haarlem, made portraits of Menno Simons and Dirk Philips ca. 1630, but it is uncertain whether this van de Velde was a Mennonite.
A Mennonite van der Velde family was formerly found at Terhorne, Friesland. Here H. W. van der Velde presented the church with a new parsonage in 1855.
Certainly all these van de Veldes were not related, though there may have been family relations between the martyrs of Flanders and the Amsterdam branch.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1890): 69-71; (1916): 38 f., 60-66.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 65 f.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Velde, van de, family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 July 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Velde,_van_de,_family&oldid=133302.
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So this is one of the new 4G models, yeah? And not a leftover 3G unit? That's the first I've heard of any non-Apple Store retailer that had the new models in.I was at a Target today and they still had all of the old signage and stuff up, and they're supposed to be official iPod resellers.Hope you enjoy the iPod and I look forward to seeing what you think of it.
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EDITOR NOTE: We started writing this post yesterday, when Goldman announced that the upcoming string of PMI/ISM numbers would be critical for determining the direction of the global economy.
The first half of the post is the intro. In the second half, we've been putting all of the country-by-country numbers in as they've come out, a process that started Sunday, but which will continue until the ISM numbers come out in the US this morning.
Goldman's Dominic Wilson is out with a new note offering guidance to investors on whether to finally jump off the stock market, and get more bearish.
Here's the key threshold:
We think that risk assets are likely to move higher as long as US data remain consistent with GDP growth of somewhat more than 2%.
The next several hours may be decisive...
Given more mixed news in March, and the likelihood that weather-related boosts will fade in the month or two ahead, the stakes have been raised for the releases over the next 24 hours. At the risk of oversimplification, if the ISM and global PMIs bounce convincingly, we think the market is likely to be able to make fresh highs. If instead we see a second month of declines, we are likely to turn more cautious.
So basically, huge hours ahead, starting with the Chinese PMI today, and ending with US ISM numbers tomorrow morning.
UPDATE: The official Chinese PMI reading has bounced back nicely.
Update 8:00 PM ET: Japan's Tankan survey has come in weaker than expected.
On the other hand, Korean PMI data has jumped nicely for March, from 50.7 to 52.0.
Update 10:05: The latest good report is from Taiwan, where the PMI jumped to 54.1
Update 3:20 AM:
We have two big European PMIs out already this morning, and they're a split decision. Ireland's was very strong, with new orders and foreign orders surging.
That chart is here:
Spanish PMI, on the other hand, was a disaster, with things getting worse at the fastest pace in 11 months.
Update 4:00 AM ET:
We've got a bunch of new European PMIs out, and the bottom line is that they're weak.
France was particularly bad, with the number dropping from 50.0 to 46.7.
Germany has also dropped below the 50 mark.
Italy's PMI continues to be weak, and Greece is just totally dismal.
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UPDATE 10:07: And the final report is in the books! The US ISM report expanded from 52.4 to 53.4, beating expectations of 53.0.
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- Leonardo Di Caprio will win the Best Actor Oscar. Period. No argument. No question. Go and see the movie just to see what Di Caprio does.
- Even though I enjoyed (definition: cinematic pleasure) Quentin's The Hateful Eight more, it's abundantly clear that The Revenant will win the Best Picture Oscar.
- Unless The Academy gets snooty about awarding the prize to the same dude twice in a row, Alejandro González Iñárritu will win Best Director.
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UPDATED Three more things about IKN's Tahoe Resources (THO.to) (TAHO) / Lake Shore Gold (LSG.to) (LSG) deal talks exclusive
Probably just coincidence, innit Kev?
UPDATE 2, just after 3pm local time: As expected LSG issues one of those denials-that-isn't-a-denial. The eagle-eyed among you will notice the use of the word "material" in para 2...
"The Company is not aware of any material, undisclosed corporate developments that would account for recent trading in its stock."...which is the legal cop-out, because negotiations of this sort are never material until the deal is agreed.
All good fun.
IKN leads, the daily newspapers of Panama follow
The 16th Court Prosecutors of Panama have requested Interpol to arrest Richard Fifer, president of Petaquilla Minerals, and Kenneth William Morgan, co-signee or member of the company board of directors, for the alleged crime of fraud against the company Gold Dragon Capital.
A source related to Fifer told this newspaper that Fifer was not in Panama and is assumed to be in either Spain or Brazil. Regarding Morgan, the source indicated that he is in Canada, his country of residence. Continues here.
More Minera IRL news this morning
Here's the link, here are the contents:
February 5, 2016Minera IRL Limited: Agreement Reached Regarding Control of Subsidiary CompanyLIMA, PERU--(Marketwired - Feb. 5, 2016) - Minera IRL Limited ("Minera IRL" or the "Company")AIM:MIRL)(BVLAC:MIRL) announces that it has reached an agreement in principle with Diego Benavides, General Manager of the Company's 99.99% owned operating subsidiary, Minera IRL S.A., to transfer the one share in the subsidiary not already owned by the Company to an independent Peruvian lawyer designated by the Board. In addition, this lawyer will hold a general power of attorney on behalf of the Board. These steps will result in the Company regaining control over Minera IRL S.A.The agreement requires that all criminal complaints and lawsuits are withdrawn and that an independent investigator immediately conducts an investigation into the whistleblower reports which the Company reported last year.The Company will retain a consulting engineer to assess the operations at the Corihuarmi mine, which will provide the information needed to complete the outstanding matters which have delayed completion of the June 2015 interim financial statements.The Board will review both the composition of the Board and the management structure and make new appointments as appropriate, including a CEO and CFO.In addition, the Company reports that it was unable to pay a promissory note of $2.2 million to Rio Tinto which was due for payment on 31st January 2016, after Rio Tinto had granted a 31-day extension. The Company is in discussion with Rio Tinto regarding terms for a further extension.The Company's suspension to trading on AIM will remain in place until both the Company's June 2015 interim financial statements have been published and the Company's nominated adviser is satisfied that the Company can continuously comply with the AIM Rules for Companies.
Today's fun game
Tahoe Resources (TAHO) (THO.to) in late stage talks to buy Lake Shore Gold (LSG.to) (LSG)
UPDATE: IKN is now getting a whole bunch of hits from Reno Nevada, including the THO offices and Maupin Cox Legoy legal beagles. Hey, wonder why that is?
The Economist does Peru mining community risk
HudBay (HBM) and its jaguar
TUCSON, Ariz.— Conservation CATalyst and the Center for Biological Diversity released new video today of the only known wild jaguar currently in the United States. Captured on remote sensor cameras in the Santa Rita Mountains just outside Tucson, the dramatic footage provides a glimpse of the secretive life of one of nature's most majestic and charismatic creatures. This is the first ever publicly released video of the jaguar, and it comes at a critical point in this cat's conservation....But a huge conflict is brewing that threatens to destroy El Jefe's home. A Canadian mining company is pushing to develop a massive open-pit copper mine right in the middle of the big cat's territory. The mile-wide open pit and 800-foot-high piles of toxic mine waste would permanently destroy thousands of acres of occupied, federally protected jaguar habitat where this jaguar lives."Clearly, the Santa Rita Mountains are a vital part of this cat's home range," said Bugbee. "This jaguar has been photographed in every month of the year in these mountains — there are more than 100 detections of him in the Santa Ritas since 2013 — how could anyone argue the importance of these mountains?""The Rosemont Mine would destroy El Jefe's home and severely hamstring recovery of jaguars in the United States," said Serraglio. "At ground zero for the mine is the intersection of three major wildlife corridors that are essential for jaguars moving back into the U.S. to reclaim lost territory. The Santa Rita Mountains are critically important to jaguar recovery in this country, and they must be protected."
Full story here, with the cool video footage of "El Jefe" the jaguar.
It's suddenly so bullish out there that...
Tax, streaming deals and the law of diminishing returns
New Gold (NGD) (NGD.to) breakout
According to this...
...that's a breakout and NGD now goes above U$3 on this move. Feeling lucky, chartist?
UPDATED: The Legendary Brent Cook isn't just a Legendary Legend in The Americas...
Excelsior Gold (EXG) 11.5cThe Kalgoorlie gold hopeful tracks its shares against the Brent Cook Life Cycle, which graphs the typical share movement of a resource junior from exploration to development.Brent Cook, seeing you asked, is a well-known northern hemisphere rock kicker and investment guru.According to the Utah University alumnus, valuations surge in the pre discovery phase, only to sag and enter an orphan period as the speculators quit. The shares then revive in the development/start up phase as institutions pile into the play.Excelsior's share movements neatly fit the template, having gained favour on first output from its open pit Kalgoorlie North Gold ProjectSize wise, KNGP is no Super Pit. But with the Aussie dollar and production costs (including diesel) moving favourably, lustrous gold plays can come in small packages.Excelsior chief David Hamlyn says KNGP's attraction lies in its proximity to Norton Gold's underused Paddington mill down the road.Exelsior has struck a short term deal to supply the mill (now owned by China's Zijin Mining) with 650,000 tonnes of ore."Our dirt makes the same margin for them as their low grade stuff,'' Hamlyn says."It makes economic sense for them to treat it and it makes economic sense for us to supply it.''With a skinny complement of 15 staff, Excelsior started mining in November, with a "base case" calendar year target of 29,000 ounces.A planned underground expansion could expand this to 50,000oz.Current reserves of 296,000oz won't exactly have Newcrest or the nearby Northern Star quaking in their Blundstones, but Hamlyn is confident that a modest $1m exploration effort will unearth further riches across 22 target areas on the tenement (only seven have been tapped so far).On numbers spied on the back of a Palace Hotel coaster, 40,000oz would generate annual free cash flow of $12m, based on $A400/oz of all-in costs.We hazard a spec buy.Gold remains the one bright spot of resources and since when has Brent Cook ever been wrong?
Allow me to explain why gold is going up
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A short lesson lesson on news release timing in the mining sector
Lake Shore Gold Confirms and Expands Shallow, High-Grade Gold Mineralization at Whitney ProjectTORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Feb 4, 2016) -
Lake Shore Gold Corp. (LSG)(NYSE MKT:LSG) ("Lake Shore Gold" or the "Company") today announced results from the first 13 holes (1,600 metres) of a new surface drilling program at the Whitney Project ("Whitney"), located to the south of the Company's Bell Creek Complex. The program includes 30,000 metres ("m") of surface drilling and is designed to test a number of high-potential areas between the past-producing Hallnor and Broulan Reef mines. continues here.
- Drilling of 110 Zone to south of Hallnor shaft:
- Confirms and expands mineralization to west (Intercepts: 29.42gpt/12.0m, 8.45gpt/9.5m and 6.45gpt/9.2m)
- Extends Zone to depth (Intercepts: 4.62gpt/3.1m and 3.02gpt/10.7m)
- Drilling in north volcanics indicates potential to extend near-surface resources to north and to depth (Intercepts: 3.20gpt/7.2m, 1.21gpt/15.0m and 2.24gpt/8.5m)
- 30,000 metre exploration program continuing with two surface drills.
B2Gold (BTO.to) (BTG) and the interesting insider trade of the day
Today Jerry Korpan, director of B2Gold (BTG) (BTO.to), spent a touch over CAD$400,000 on BTO shares, average buy price CAD$1.12.
Reasonably chunky, plus the type of thing board members tend not to do if there's an equity placement in the near future.
Gotta wonder how stupid the dude who sold BTG at U$0.60 a couple of weeks ago feels.
How long before Frank Giustra hires Daniel Ameduri...
Panama issues an arrest warrant for Richard Fifer and Ken Morgan of ex-Petaquilla Gold (ex-PTQ)
Minera IRL (MIRL.L) (IRL.to): The NOMAD resigns
Here's the NR, here's the text:
February 3, 2016Minera IRL Limited: Resignation of Nominated Adviser and Update on SuspensionLIMA, PERU--(Marketwired - Feb. 3, 2016) - Minera IRL Limited ("Minera IRL" or the "Company") (AIM:MIRL)(BVLAC:MIRL) announces that Canaccord Genuity Limited ("Canaccord"), the Company's existing Nominated Adviser, has pursuant to its Nominated Adviser and Broker Agreement (the "Agreement") given the Company 30 days' notice of the termination of the Agreement. Canaccord will therefore cease to act as the Company's Nominated Adviser and Broker from 3 March 2016. The Company has commenced the search for a replacement Nominated Adviser.The Company has been suspended from trading on AIM since 21 September 2015. Under the AIM Rules for Companies, the admission to trading on AIM of the Company's shares will be cancelled should it remain suspended for six months.The Company must therefore appoint a replacement Nominated Adviser and re-commence trading on AIM on or before 21 March 2016 in order to maintain its admission to AIM.The board is addressing the matters that led to the suspension and expects to make a further announcement regarding progress within the next week.
PS: In the upside-down world of IRL this is probably a good thing. But with Team Hodges lurking in the background, you never know.
Peru presidential election: Time to take Julio Guzman seriously
Subbers of The IKN Weekly will know the name because we mentioned it a couple of weekends ago, but it's time to note here on the blog that Julio Guzman, virtually unknown before Christmas, is rising rapidly in the voter intention polls for April's presidential election and now represents a serious threat to the establishment figures (Alan Garcia, PPK, Cesar Acuña) who are vying for that all-important second spot behind Keiko Fujimori that gets them into the inevitable second round run-off for the big prize.
Guzman (apologies for lack of accent over the A, doing this post in the airport on a phone) is now polling 10.4% and just in second in front of PPK and Acuña, according to pollsters GfK on Sunday (Keiko on 31% remains a lock for the round one win). Four weeks ago Guzman was on 2%, two weeks ago in a different company's poll he was on 5%. Those are big strides in a short time and it's being fuelled by a groundswell of opinion that wants to see fresh blood in its political scene. Smart, eloquent, presentable and with a strong online presence (his shoestring campaign to date has been based squarely on social media), Guzman fits the bill. Another thing is the lack of difference between all main challengers for the job, as they're all centre-right orthodox neoliberals in real terms, none of the above are going to change the economic path of Peru. That suits the real power in the country just fine (i.e. the dozen or so families that run the place), which means Guzman can slot right in if the great unwashed masses decide they want "change".
Anyway, bottom line is that Julio Guzman is brand new on the scene and as of this moment is to be taken seriously as a candidate. He is at least rattling the old guard, never a bad thing in my experience.
On the road
"There's no such thing as a bloody cat licence"
Dan Smith was jailed Thursday for not having a Gatineau licence for a cat he says isn't even his.The 65-year-old retired refrigeration technician arrived at the Gatineau police station around 10 a.m."I want to get this over with," Smith said."I'm turning myself in," Smith told a woman at the front desk of the station. "I'm surrendering."Smith has been chased for months by animal control officers and police in Gatineau over a $276 charge — fine and court costs — after being found guilty last summer of not having a licence for a cat, as required under municipal bylaw. Continues here
A good excuse to stick some Python on the blerg:
Chart of the day is...
...gold, weeklies:
Do not feed the animals (from IKN351)
The opening rant from IKN351, out yesterday.
Teach the bourgeois, and rock the boulevard
Some say I'm negative but they're not positive
But what I got to give? The media says this.
And be clear, just because they're uneconomic now it doesn't mean a sudden rise in gold makes them economic. If there's one lesson you should take from the boom/bust era for the exploration mining sector, it's that one. What the PM sector is crying out for isn't big projects or high grade projects or low grade projects or cheap projects or expensive projects, it's economic projects. A sudden spike in gold can outrun underlying costs on a temporary basis (we saw that in 2010) but by the time things such as build decisions are made the cost creep will be there in a whole bunch of things, from rebar to geologists to drilling contracts to the price of NaCN, not forgetting of course forex of other currencies against the dollar (gold is money, but you think gold goes up in US Dollar terms and other monies don't, Mr. Goldbug?). And also remember that just because Metates (for one example of these never-gonna-happen projects) suddenly gets into a zone where it's theoretically economic, there's still a whole bunch of better projects waiting to be bought, developed and built. The way it works isn't on an individual project level, it's more like a sports league table and the best teams, the best projects, are the ones with the most points. Those are the projects and companies that are going to get bought first, long before the mid-table mediocrities or the moose-pasture relegation candidates find people sniffing around. Put another way, marginal projects stay marginal, even when the nominal economics make them theoretically possible during the possibility of a short window when gold price outruns underlying price inflation. That's what the last few years should have taught us all. Or put yet another way, do you seriously believe Caspiche (XRC) gets built before Curraghinalt (DNA)? If not, why are you buying Caspiche with money you could dedicate to Curraghinalt?
It's written by BS merchants. The whole mining commentary world is something forced upon me, not something I enjoy and as time has gone on I find myself reading less and less of the guff and nonsense that pretends to be sound advice, because it's often anything but that. It normally takes prompts from third parties to get me to read "expert anal ysis" these days, such as the way this Cejay Kim article got to my eyes. But even among the mediocrity of the mining parasite world a special place in hell awaits the two-faced toerags at Palisade.
Cejay Kim is a product of the Casey Research school of copywriter bullshit, he knows exactly how to market to the mouth-breather end of the investor world, hit the greed button, sequins and dollar signs suddenly appearing before their eyes.
Palisade has two main arms and a couple of offshoots, such as the weird "Palisade Radio" thing, basically a podcast by any other name that also appears on Youtube. But the main parts are Palisade Global, which is an investment firm that provides solutions to companies in return for fees and Palisade Research, which is purportedly sellside-only. Ask Palisade about their set-up and they'll tell you sophistic nonsense such as how Palisade Research offers investment ideas without paid motivation, while Palisade Global offers paid-for services.
Which means that our friend Cejay Kim can decide to put on his "Palisade Research" cap and pretend to offer conflict-free opinions while all the time he's really employed by a company that takes cash from mining companies in order to promote them to you. If the combo of a person who learned his trade at Casey Research, is paid by mining companies who give his promotion company money for services, then pretends to write independently and without conflicts isn't a very large red flag to you I still have that bridge for sale, just outside Brooklyn NY, viewings on request.
It spread to the point where I started to field questions. With the coverage it got, I found that not only was I told to go and read it by people, like me, were scoffing at the idea but also by people who were at least beginning to buy into the investment theory. Out of the blue late last week came a smattering of mails from certain people who, without citing the piece, floated the idea of buying these "out the money gold options" as a plausible investment theory. This annoys me because that means there's not just a smattering but a whole bunch of people who have failed to learn the lessons, the hard jams, that Mr. Market has offered us these last few years. Hope is not a viable investment thesis. If you want to invest in the gold mining sector because you think gold's going to appreciate I respect your opinion, but if you want to buy into the awful Livengood project (to name just one of many) because you know gold's going to U$5,000/oz because Doug Casey's "When Money Dies" theory isn't dead like a Norwegian Blue parrot but just restin'...well it's time to take a good hard look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself why you're not as rich as Croesus yet after all that effort you put in over the last ten years.
But here's the thing that bugs me the most. My real gripe about all this "optionality" thing is the question of wealth creation. I got into financial analysis a long time before I stumbled backwards into the mining sector, but since that accidental turn in my life (lucky or otherwise, the jury is out) the mining world has been a never-ending source of fascination for me. That's for many reasons, but one of them is how you can have decent, upstanding people who work for the good of all in the same sector, the same boat, hell even in the same room as utter parasitical scumbags, complete sociopaths and dregs of society whose only ambition is to take money away from you.
Mining is a fascinating sector of industry because it has done and will continue to do a great deal of good for mankind. It contains the essence of entrepreneurship by which the brain of man can apply itself to something as common as hard rock and, if done right, create real tangible wealth from the process for that brain and for those around it. There may be equals to it (e.g. agriculture) but there is nothing more positively capitalist than the process of mining. I get accused of being a pinko lefty from time to time and I know my politics are social (lower case S) in flavour, but scratch the vote preferences away and I'm as strong a supporter of capitalism as you'll ever find. When done right, its capacity to create wealth has been the single strongest driving force behind human development since at least The Renaissance (arguments to further back in history accepted), we should be proud of our small parts in this process.
But capitalism isn't good or evil, merely a conduit for our own psyches. Pecunia no olet (money has no smell) said the Romans. Buying into this uneconomic gold projects argument doesn't create any wealth at all. If you buy CKG at 50 and it goes to 80 you win 30, good for you, but that 30 hasn't suddenly appeared from nowhere, stocks unlike economies are a zero sum game. On discussing this "It's time to buy uneconomic gold companies" article with a couple of industry professionals, one of them hit the nail on the head by saying, "These guys pushing this strategy... are the same pundits that turn right around and bash the industry for not making any money, no retained earnings and buying shit assets", and that's exactly right.
Hey, all you disgruntled investors who are now waving your pitchforks at the TSX Venture exchange people, giving it the rowdy shout at the VRIC "Townhall Meeting", let's have the person there without sin casting the first stone. I'm not talking to the Venture Exchange, I'm talking to you, Venture Exchange investor. You want a "clean" exchange, you want to "get rid of the scams", you want "the zombie companies" to die? Well stop feeding them! Enough is enough, turn your back on these crud projects inside crud companies run by crud managers for the benefit of their cruddy lifestyles.
If you want to get rid of the moose pasture peddlers, stop buying their stocks and stop giving the slightest credence to people like the ones working out of Palisade who'll give you what they frame as independent advice while accepting their thinly disguised bribes from people inside worthless companies looking to sell you more paper. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me 25 times, get a "valued client" special V.I.P. invitation to the PDAC lunch and a Christmas card from your broker every year, without fail.
Yes for sure a stock market that works and creates true wealth is a stock market that sponsors companies with real projects and lets the others die, so the TSXV has to get its house in order as well. But moaning at a townhall meeting isn't going to do a jot of good if your eyes are still lighting up after reading two-faced BS merchants and their carefully crafted and lawyer-approved greed-gland material.
*According to this (5), which I haven't checked and I'm not going to either, gold is the least of your economic concerns when it comes to seawater:
If you could extract gold to get just 2.5 ounces you would also get...7.3 ounces of lead, 7.3 ounces gallium, 36.5 ounces of mercury, 48 ounces of chromium, 68 ounces of silver, 13.6 pounds of copper, 13.6 pounds of tin, 15 .2 pounds of aluminum, 15.2 pounds of titanium, 28.8 pounds of Vanadium, 50.1 pounds of uranium, 51.6 pounds of iron, 100 pounds of Nickel, 152 pounds Molybdenum, 1.29 Tons of lithium, 22 Tons of silicon, 34 tons of boron, 121 tons of nitrogen, 212 Tons of Carbon, 2977 Tons of Potassium, 3121 Tons of calcium, 6865 tons of sulfur, 9796 Tons of magnesium."


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Beautiful flowers. My stepdad made it into the local news for growing a huge sunflower one year. The orange flower is lovely.
I love sunflowers. They are so bright, beautiful, colorful and practical.
I admire that, until the flower buds mature, most follow the Sun; looking stalwartly east in the morning and moving their gaze west in the afternoon.
They are easy to grow and they come in many different colors and patterns. Some reach for the heavens with one thick stem putting all of their energy into a single giant flower. Others spread out with many branches inviting you to pick them so that they can "come again."
Sunflowers make excellent cut flowers. Many times, they do need to be wired in order for their heads to look straight ahead. Getting the wire from a florist, put it right through the thick neck bringing it into the middle then twist both sides down the stem. They generally like a prominent placement if you are going to put them in a mixed bouquet. They definitely have the ability to capture the audience's attention!
Sunflower seeds contain many nutrients. These include calcium, iron, phosphorus, magnesium and potassium. They are very fragile once they have been removed from their shells so always purchase them in the shell or from a refrigerated source. Sunflower oil is one of the few vegetable oils that is fairly stable. I use sunflower oil in my mayonnaise. The truly stable ones come in a dark bottle and are cold-pressed and unrefined. Once opened, the bottle should be refrigerated to avoid rancidity.
I grow sunflowers both for cut flowers and for the chickens. As the seeds mature, I cut the heads off of the plants and, with a gloved hand, I rub the now dry brown "fuzz" off of the seeds. I then place them where they will dry. This includes my oven that has a pilot light and my picnic table when the Sun is on it.
Once the back is truly dry, I place them in bags upstairs. These I give to the chickens when it snows. As they refuse to go outside during these storms, I give them some sunflower heads and a few pumpkins or squashes so that they will have something to peck on besides each other.
Occasionally, a sunflower will act like it's on steroids. I guess that's what happened to this one!
Celeste Longacre has been growing virtually all of her family's vegetables for the entire year for over 30 years. She cans, she freezes, she dries, she ferments & she root cellars. She also has chickens. Celeste has also enjoyed a longtime relationship with The Old Farmer's Almanac as their astrologer and gardens by the Moon. Her new book, "Celeste's Garden Delights," is now available! Celeste Longacre does a lot of teaching out of her home and garden in the summer. Visit her web site at www.celestelongacre.com for details.
Beautiful flowers. My stepdad made it into the local news for growing a huge sunflower one year. The orange flower is lovely.
What is the name of the orange type with all of the petals?I think I want to try growing that one next year.
Sometimes they are called Mexican Sunflowers, but look closely at the package as this can be a random name for a lot of seeds and colors.
Hi Steve,
These particular sunflowers I got from Johnny's Seeds and they are called Giant Sungold. They are gorgeous flowers but don't produce very good sunflower seeds.


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In article <stephan-ya023180002110961518520001 at news.ucla.edu> Stephan Anagnostaras, stephan at psych.ucla.edu writes: >legalized is an entirely separate issue. THC is a psychoactive >substance, can impair driving and judgement, and in the smokable form >contains many potent carcinogens. For this reason, I don't feel that >hemp should be available to the general public (nor should cigarettes). Stephan, I am *not* trying to be inflammatory here, but out of curiousity, do you also think that alcohol should not be available to the general public? If you don't think that, what is the difference in your view between alcohol and cannabis with respect to why one should be legal and the other not? -Matt


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A Little Help From Their Fans
After freeing herself from a recording contract and financing sessions with her band the Grand Theft Orchestra, the Boston-based singer/songwriter launched a campaign on crowdfunding site Kickstarter to raise $100,000 to help promote and finance her new album, due in September, and its accompanying book and tour.
Within 72 hours, Palmer not only surpassed that goal, setting a new Kickstarter site record by raising $443,000, but as of this writing, with 21 days still left in the campaign, she has generated in exces of $618,000 through more than 11,500 pledges.
New York songwriter and ukulele player Julia Nunes didn't quite generate the windfall Palmer has enjoyed, but her 2011 Kickstarter campaign did finance her recent album, Settle Down, to the tune of $77,888, a 519 percent return over her initial request.
"I'd seen people attempt $20,000 goals, but I thought that was too much for people to understand," says the ukulele-strumming Nunes, whose YouTube channel has garnered nearly 51 million views. "I asked for $15,000, and I hit that in the first 24 hours."
Nunes said the additional cash infusion allowed her to raise her production standards.
"We brought in a string quartet, a couple of other musicians, and I was able to bring my bandmate in from Boston at the time. We also moved to a larger studio.
"To be able to not struggle for those two months when I was making the album, and just feel like, 'Yep, this money is for music' — that freedom was unreal."
Crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter, Bandcamp and Indiegogo are just one aspect of today's Internet-driven landscape that offers artists new and exciting ways to boost both their art and their careers without relying on traditional record company models or radio formulas.
Other platforms such as SoundCloud help artists share their music with fans across popular social media networks such as Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook and Foursquare. Recently, comedy/rock duo Tenacious D shared their entire forthcoming album, Rise Of The Fenix, via SoundCloud in advance of its May 15 release date.
Nashville-based service NoiseTrade allows artists to provide free album downloads to potential fans while substantially building their email lists.
Conceived and co-founded by former Caedmon's Call frontman and current solo artist Derek Webb, NoiseTrade was hatched following a successful viral campaign to promote his 2005 solo album, Mockingbird.
"I've got a small tribe who are really supportive, and when Mockingbird came out, about 15,000–25,000 sales and eight months into the cycle, the label was talking to me about the next record," says Webb. "I was a little more ambitious and wanted more people to hear and resonate with it, but we had no more marketing money, so my manager and I tried to come up with a creative solution to distribute the record further.
"So what Sony/Columbia allowed us to do was give the record away digitally for free for three months, but for every download, people were going to have to give us their email, their ZIP code, and email five friends about it. When we started, we had maybe a little more than 5,000 people on my personal email list. In three months, we had 85,000 downloads."
The ZIP codes gathered by Webb enabled him to track the locations of potential fans, and resulted in a change of touring strategy.
"It turned out that in the top five cities that had the most downloads, two of them I'd never toured as a solo artist," says Webb. "I had never toured New York and L.A. because I'm a niche artist."
Webb booked a Wednesday night gig in Hollywood, Calif., at Knitting Factory's AlterKnit Lounge, a venue with a capacity of 60, for 90 percent of the door.
"We promoted it to everyone on that email list of 85,000 who lived within 15 miles of the venue's ZIP code," says Webb. "We turned away twice the capacity of that room that night. The venue was shocked."
Since co-founding NoiseTrade four years ago, Webb says the site now features 10,000 artists ranging from unknowns to established artists such as Matthew Sweet, and GRAMMY winners such as the Civil Wars and Jars Of Clay.
"We give away 500,000 full album downloads a month; we have an email list of over 500,000 people who get emailed twice a week from us with our featured artist, and we have 2 million views to the site per month, with no offices and no employees," says Webb.
Although NoiseTrade also offers an option that allows fans to "tip" their artists — with the company retaining 20 percent of the amount — Webb says the information gathered by the artists is invaluable.
"Information becomes revenue," says Webb.
Like NoiseTrade and the other aforementioned sites, New York-based Kickstarter allows creators to retain their intellectual property copyright, and takes a small percentage from successfully funded projects. If a project falls short of its goal, credit cards remain uncharged.
Since 2009, Kickstarter has helped raise more than $200 million for more than 20,000 projects, not all of them music-based. Project submissions are usually accompanied by incentives for different pledge levels, and Nunes says these pre-sale enticements such as intimate house concerts or autographed merchandise made it easier for her to request pledges.
"The idea of asking your fans for money before you have anything to offer them freaked me out," says Nunes. "But when I saw people using it as more of a pre-sale of the album and offering things like signed lyric sheets and T-shirts, I thought of it more of a bake sale — because you're giving them tangible rewards in turn for them having faith that you are going to make a good album.
"I like that idea a lot better than the idea of just begging for money."
(Nick Krewen is a Toronto-based journalist who has written for The Toronto Star, TV Guide, Billboard, Country Music and was a consultant for the National Film Board's music industry documentary Dream Machine.)


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Many users around the world could not access the YouTube site for about two hours on Sunday.
The company blamed the outage on erroneous routing information introduced by a Pakistani ISP after Pakistani authorities ordered ISPs there to block the site on Friday.
Traffic to YouTube was misrouted for around two hours, rendering the site inaccessible for many users around the world, YouTube said on Monday.
"We have determined that the source of these events was a network in Pakistan," the company said, adding that it is still investigating the problem to prevent it from happening again.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) ordered the country's ISPs to block users access to YouTube on Friday because of an inflammatory anti-Islamic video on the site, Wahaj us Siraj, convener of the Association of Pakistan Internet Service Providers said in a telephone interview on Monday.
If the video is provocative, then it is better it is removed, rather than provoke unrest in Pakistan, said Siraj who added that he did not know the contents of the video.
Access to YouTube is still blocked in Pakistan while the ISPs work with the PTA to narrow its order to block a single URL (Uniform Resource Locator) pointing to the video, Siraj said. He expects the PTA to make an order to that effect later on Monday.
Steven Schwankert in Beijing contributed to this report.


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Near-ish lunchtime the other day, the girlies seemed hungry for a big lunch and an elaborate project--you know, that sort of wandering, opening and closing the refrigerator, declaring that they want something to eat but all suggestions are deemed unacceptable, wanting me to do "something" with them but they don't know what, kind of behavior.
Inspired by these rainbow pancakes from my Our Favorite Family Foods pinboard, but personally finding standing at the stove and cooking pancake after pancake to be the worst form of torture, I re-translated the recipe into rainbow waffles (because I find standing in front of a waffle iron and cooking waffle after waffle to be a very slightly milder form of torture).
The girls had a gorgeous time dyeing the divided waffle batter:
I know, Sydney looks totally beat up in that above photo. We'd gone to a pumpkin patch the day before (Freeman Family Farms, I'm looking at YOU!), where they'd set up a little barnyard petting zoo, in which there was a miniature Shetland pony, who bit my child ON. THE. FACE.
Yeah, we'll be visiting a different pumpkin patch next year. Anywho...
Since I loathe using the waffle iron, and I happen to have, if I do say so myself, two quite competent children, I set the waffle iron up on the living room table instead of the kitchen counter, demonstrated its use to the little people, and let them have at it. There were a couple of burned fingers, sure, but the kiddos? They LOVED it:
They did themselves a pretty darn good job, too:
Since my other thing about waffles is that I refuse to believe that they contain enough nutrition or protein or filling power to sustain a meal, I used my break from the waffle iron to cook up the remaining parts of a big ole' breakfast:
We've got yogurt, and bananas, and bacon, and eggs (cooked with a little bacon grease, obviously), and waffles with maple syrup. When I showed the girls how to use up the dregs of each bowl of colored batter to make a few last super-rainbow waffles, you could tell that they totally wished that they'd thought of doing that for every single waffle they'd made.
That's a giant breakfast on my plate there, right?
Well, if you think that's giant, you should see my five-year-old's breakfast:
Well, it was breakfast, and then morning snack, and then lunch, and then afternoon snack, but you get the idea.
And that's the story of how I no longer have to be the one who works the waffle iron!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Rainbow Waffles = Nom
3 comments:
- Tina said...
I have thought about getting a waffle iron lately. I am trying to do better though about not buying something unless I know I will use it. If I can get the kiddo to control it...
- December 7, 2011 at 4:27 PM
- Stephanie said...
So going to suggest Them doing it next time! :) what a relief!!!
- December 9, 2011 at 8:48 AM
- julie said...
It totally makes me want to buy all those weirdo electric convenience-food makers that they sell now. I'm all, "Cupcake maker? The kids could make me cupcakes! Quesadilla maker? The kids could make their own quesadillas!". Next time I hit the thrift stores, I'm seriously going to start a collection and see how it goes.
- December 9, 2011 at 9:53 AM
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Open Hack Night
From VoidWarranties - Hackerspace Antwerp, Belgium
Note: this article is about a passed event.
|Open Hack Night
|Let's just meet up and hack together on some personal and / or space projects.
| From 2013/10/16 02:00:00 PM
to 2013/10/16 11:00:00 PM
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Agenda points
Take your projects / your crazy ideas / your skills / ... to the space to do some hacking on them together. Hacking in group makes hacking even more fun!
The space will be open starting from 14:00 so if you're interested just come over and join us!
Meeting notes
Join note taking during the meeting: http://piratepad.be/p/VoidWarranties
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I am trying to create a Space Invaders clone using C++ and SDL. The problem I am having is in trying to create Waves of Enemies. I am trying to model this by making my Waves a vector of 8 Enemy objects.
My Enemy constructor takes two arguments, an x and y offset. My Wave constructor also takes two arguments, an x and y offset. What I am trying to do is have my Wave constructor initialize a vector of Enemies, and have each enemy given a different x offset so that they are spaced out appropriately.
Enemy::Enemy(int x, int y)
box.x = x;
box.y = y;
box.w = ENEMY_WIDTH;
box.h = ENEMY_HEIGHT;
xVel = ENEMY_WIDTH / 2;
Wave::Wave(int x, int y)
box.x = x;
box.y = y;
box.w = WAVE_WIDTH;
box.y = WAVE_HEIGHT;
xVel = (-1)*ENEMY_WIDTH;
yVel = 0;
std::vector<Enemy> enemyWave;
for (int i = 0; i < enemyWave.size(); i++)
Enemy temp(box.x + ((ENEMY_WIDTH + 16) * i), box.y);
I guess what I am asking is if there is a cleaner, more elegant way to do this sort of initialization with vectors, or if this is right at all. Any help is greatly appreciated.


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U.S. Beach Volleyball Update: Rules of the Game
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 19, 2012) – The FIVB has published its updated book of beach volleyball rules for 2013-16.
"A major consideration in the deliberations of the Rules of the Game Commission was the integration of beach volleyball and volleyball under a single umbrella, with a coming together of common themes," Rules of the Game Commission president Sandy Steel said in an FIVB press release.
To bring beach volleyball and volleyball into harmony when it comes to sanctioning, volleyball has reverted to the previous use of the yellow and red cards.
For beach volleyball, the captain's role has been strengthened.
The team captain is responsible for maintaining team conduct and discipline.
5.1.1 PRIOR TO THE MATCH, the team captain:
a) Signs the score sheet.
b) Represents his/her team in the toss.
5.1.2 During the match, only the captain is authorized to speak to the referees while the ball is out of play in the following three cases:
22.214.171.124 to ask for an explanation on the application or interpretation of the
Rules; if the explanation does not satisfy the captain, the captain must immediately inform the 1st referee of his/her wish to Protest;
22.214.171.124 to ask authorization:
a) to change uniforms or equipment,
b) to verify the number of the serving player,
c) to check the net, the ball, the surface etc.,
d) to realign a court line;
220.127.116.11 to request time-outs.
Note: the players must have authorization from the referees to leave the playing area.
22.214.171.124 Both players thank the referees and the opponents. The Captain signs the score sheet to ratify the result;
126.96.36.199 If the captain previously requested a Protest Protocol via the 1st referee and this has not been successfully resolved at the time of the occurrence, he/she has the right to confirm it as a formal written protest, recorded on the score sheet at the end of the match.
The net rule, which has been successful in volleyball, is now to be extended to beach volley. Its purpose is to prevent artificial stoppages and allow longer rallies to be played.
11.3.1 Contact with the net by a player is not a fault, unless it interferes with the play.
11.3.2 Players may touch the post, ropes, or any other object outside the antennae, including the net itself, provided that it does not interfere with the play.
11.3.3 When the ball is driven into the net, causing it to touch an opponent, no fault is committed.
To view the Official Beach Volleyball Rules 2013-2016, click here.
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings will be one of 10 judges for the Dec. 19 broadcast of the Miss Universe pageant.
The show will be broadcast at 8 p.m. ET on NBC from the Planet Hollywood Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas.
The other nine judges are:
Stylist Brad Goreski
Singer Cee Lo Green
Television personality Claudia Jordan
Actor Diego Boneta
Chef Masaharu Morimoto
Photographer Nigel Barker
San Francisco Giants player Pablo Sandoval
Entrepreneur Scott Disick
2010 Miss Universe Ximena Navarrete