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I've called the support here at Cuttlefish U.,
I've watched all the viddies they've asked me to view,
I've followed each step they've prescribed me to do
But I can't get the program to run!
I've cleared all my cookies; I've emptied the cache
Deleted old copies ('twas quite a large stash)
Been nice to the laptop I wanted to bash
But the program's not even begun
I've told of my problem, to techies I've called,
How, yes, on my desktop, I got it installed,
But failed on my laptop, and sat there and bawled
Cos it should have been done in one try
I can't see a reason (nor, frankly, can they)
When I ran the procedure both times the same way
And it's so very helpful to hear, when they say
"I don't know, but good luck, and goodbye!"
So, does anyone know of particular problems loading the tegrity video recording software onto Macs? I'm at wit's end, and I'm only a halfwit to begin with.


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Kareas B Stool
Furniture Design Focus: Kareas B Stool
A Good Furniture design example, the Kareas B is a creative Stool design. Kareas B was designed in 2008, and here is a how it is described by its designer: One of my favourite stools, obviously stackable, inspired in Japan.
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EVANSVILLE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2013--
Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY), a leading global manufacturer
and marketer of value-added plastic packaging and engineered materials,
announced that it will report its first quarter 2013 results after the
close of the financial markets on January 31, 2013. In conjunction, the
Company will conduct a conference call on February 1, 2013, at 9 a.m.
Central Time.
Jonathan Rich our CEO, Jim Kratochvil our CFO, and Mark Miles our
Corporate Controller and Treasurer will conduct the investor conference
call. The telephone number to access the conference call is (866)
847-7864 (domestic),or (703) 639-1430 (international), and use the
conference ID 1602821. A live webcast of the conference call can be
accessed through the investor relations section of the Company's
internet site www.berryplastics.com.
A taped replay of the call will be available beginning February 1, 2013,
at 1 p.m. Central Time, to February 8, 2013, by calling (888) 266-2081
(domestic), or (703) 925-2533 (international), access code 1602821.
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Berry Plastics Group, Inc. is a leading provider of value-added plastic
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customized solutions to our customers with annual net sales of $4.8
billion in fiscal 2012. With world headquarters in Evansville, Indiana,
the Company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
under the ticker symbol BERY. For additional information, visit the
Company's website at www.berryplastics.com.
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From NBC's Abby Livingston and Mark Murray
Much is being made of Obama's line on the campaign trail that he'd want his Supreme Court nominees to have "empathy." Here is the full context of those remarks to Planned Parenthood on July 17, 2007:
I also think it's important to understand that there is nothing wrong in voting against [judicial] nominees who don't appear to share a broader vision of what the constitution is about. I think the Constitution can be interpreted in so many ways. And one way is a cramped and narrow way in which the Constitution and the courts essentially become the rubber stamps of the powerful in society.
And then there's another vision of the court that says that the courts are the refuge of the powerless, because oftentimes they may lose in the democratic back-and-forth. They may be locked out and prevented from fully participating in the democratic process.
That's one of the reasons that I opposed Alito as well as Justice Roberts. When Roberts came up, and everybody was saying, 'You know, he's very smart and he seems like a very decent man, and he loves his wife and [laughter] you know he's good to his dogs. He's so well qualified.' I said, 'Look, that's absolutely true, and in most Supreme Court dec -- in the overwhelming number of Supreme Court decisions, that's enough. Good intellect. You read the statute. You look at the case law, and most of the time the law is pretty clear -- 95% of the time.
Justice Ginsburg, Justice Thomas, Justice Scalia -- they're all gonna agree on the outcome. But it's those 5% of the cases that really count. And in those 5% of the cases what you got to look at it is: What is in the justice's heart? What's their broader vision of what America should be?
You know, Justice Roberts said he saw himself just as an umpire. But the issues that come before the court are not sport. They're life and death. And we need somebody who's got the heart to recogni-- the empathy to recognize what it's like to be a young, teenaged mom; the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old. And that's the criteria by which I'm going to be selecting my judges.


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Hi all. First post here. And I'm a Christian. Looking forward to being welcomed with rational politeness...! :)
Having been reading a number of forum discussions, it's clear many members here were formerly Christians (or at least attended church). For anyone in that category, did you in your time as a Christian/church attender have what would be described as a 'religious experience'? That could be anything from a 'sense' of God's presence in a church meeting (something many Christians would testify to and atheists would reject as deluded group-think resulting from psychological manipulation), to seemingly answered prayer, an experience of God 'speaking' etc.
Apologies if that doesn't make sense, though I think for those here who have been in churches - especially more charismatic churches - for any length of time will get what I'm asking.
Basically I'm interested in what you think was the cause of those experiences, and how they helped or hindered your deconversion.
Many thanks
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I had several spiritual experiences . . . or, at least, experiences I interpreted as direct communication with God. They were uncanny . . . as if I were temporarily on some different plane of awareness.
But then the LSD wore off.
I have heard of several of these experiences from my friends in Baghdad. There they are referred to as Allah speaking.
Don't they chew a lot of Qat (a mild drug) in those regions?
Yes, I experienced what I considered to be the Holy Spirit entering me. A sense of Joy and love - a euphoric feeling? Hare Krishnas induce this by chanting and fasting is also another way to achieve it - that is actually Ketoacidosis. Yoga does it too. It is a self-induced euphoria. After losing my Christian faith I did all sorts of weird stuff involving Chrystals and tarot cards which induces that even more easily than prayer or singing hymns. I used to believe God answered me when I would have sudden realisations of what i should do when praying - now I get that when I write a diary - it is simply the product of setting out your thoughts in words. I cannot say this feeling contributed to my atheism - that came from reading the bible and trying to find answers to the questions this raised. I did miss that feeling for a while but I can now achieve it from meditation and breathing exercises.
I would be interested to know if you believe all religious experiences of this type are really from God or if it is just the ones experienced by Christians?
Hi Helen. The short answer is I don't know - there are all kinds of elevated or altered states that have simple physical causes such as drugs, meditation, severe stress, group psychology etc.
If you grant the existence of a spiritual realm (I'm not expecting any takers for agreement there :) then it's not much of a stretch to posit the existence of both benign and malignant forces. So - I believe - there can be some 'religious' experiences which are genuine encounters with spiritual forces that aren't God. I'm not going to point fingers at a particular experience and claim it was 'demonic' though. And no, I don't believe in little red guys with pitchforks and forked tails either.
Nope. I had to go to church for 18 years, even used to sing in the choir by choice. Not once when I prayed were my prayers answered or did I feel anything.
I found too many discrepancies between what I was told in church and what I knew to be truth, from a scientific and even logical perspective. Then I realised that even morally, church held nothing for me, and in fact, religion, even christianity, was responsible for atrocious acts even in this day and age and I was disgusted. I won't ever say god doesn't exist, but I will say, based on many things, that the kind and merciful god I was raised to believe in is a lie.
I was a fundamentalist believer for nearly thirty years and a ordained minister and pastor in a conservative, fundamentalist Presbyterian denomination for sixteen years. I'm now an atheist and a member of The Clergy Project.
Without a doubt during my times as a believer I had numerous experiences which I considered "religious experiences" of the type you mention. I know numerous other former clergy who even spoke in tongues and had other Pentecostal type religious experiences, who are now atheists.
Those experiences were simply "brain events", emotions, thoughts and the like that are common in one form or another in all religious groups but which are simply normal human responses to what you believe is true and interpreted in the context of that already established belief. They are simply aspects of our "psychology" based in our neurology as it has evolved and hijacked by religion as a means of confirming belief and inoculating against reason.
As an atheist, I can still feel awe at realization about the size and scope of the universe or by the kind and compassionate actions of other human beings. I can still gain significant insights into my own "self" and how that mind and self operate so that there are significant "aha" moments which motivate and serve as catalysts for change. I still talk to myself and observe my thoughts as I reason things out. I also "sit" zazen as a secular practice to become more familiar with the expression of consciousness and mind which are common human experiences.
None of these things are the exclusive property of religion, nor do they arise out of the "true" of any religion. They are simply common human experiences which religion has coopted for it's own use. The delusion is taking them as a confirmation of one particular religious perspective.
I hope this helps.
Thanks Dennis, that sounds like an extraordinarily difficult transition to make from being a pastor. Do you mind me asking what prompted the change in your views? Apologies if you've already detailed that elsewhere.
Here is a longish, rather detailed account of my transition.
It was a difficult transition. There are 200+ members of The Clergy Project who have gone throught similar transitions, all of them former ministers, theologians or other clergy from different denominations as well as those outside Christianity. Some are still active in the ministry even though they no longer believe, trying to get out and leave it all behind.
There are some stories on the same site as mine, some short "testimonials" on The Clergy Project site and, if you do a Google search, you find a number of the members of The Clergy Project are now out and speaking on behalf of the Project.
Briefly, for me, it was primarily a matter of truth. Truth is what brought me originally to Christianity in a desire to know if there was a deeper reality or fundamental truth. That same desire for truth lead me away from Christianity. As with others, studying and teaching the Bible was what ultimately did me in although there were other realizations along the way.
Thanks for asking!
Powerful stuff Dennis, and a great story - thanks for sharing it with us. I'm genuinely sorry about your marriage, and hope you still have a close relationship with your children.
pax vobiscum,
I do thankfully. The children are not as fundamentalist as their mother and my son is an atheist as I am and a student of philosophy. He is going to University of Houston for an MA and is on a PhD track.
The kids and I are close. They too question but they also know how much I have done for them and how much I love them.
I noticed, too, that Dan Barker's wife left him when he became an atheist. (I guess I'm assuming your wife left you and it wasn't the other way around.) At least with respect to Dan, I wonder how the Christian spouse justifies leaving their atheist spouse. Dan said the Bible teaches not to be "unequally yoked"; however, I think that applies before marriage (and possibly other types of relationships), since elsewhere Paul addresses those who are already married and find themselves married to a non-believer and tells them that they should stay with the non-believing spouse and attempt to win them over by their good deeds.


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Lacey Holsworth Memorial Service Set for April 17 at MSU's Breslin Center
UPDATE: Adreian Payne releases statement on Lacey Holsworth's passing: "Now my princess is an angel"
A memorial service for Lacey Holsworth will fittingly be held at the Breslin Center on the campus of Michigan State University.
The service for the 8-year-old St. Johns girl who became a major part of the MSU basketball family this past season is set for April 17, the Associated Press reports. Holsworth died late Tuesday after a long fight with cancer.
RELATED: Tom Izzo: Lacey Holsworth 'Taught Me, She Taught My Family, She Taught My Players'
"Princess Lacey," as she was known, grew close with the MSU basketball family over the past year, and especially Adreian Payne. She accompanied the Spartan big man onto the floor for MSU's senior night and also at the college basketball dunk contest last week in Dallas.
MSU basketball players and coaches wore wristbands emblazoned with the phrase "Pray for Lacey."


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Awkward Family Photos celebrate Easter.
A coke plane crashed into Lake Heron.
Secret Guantanamo files reveal many prisoners have been held captive for years with little evidence.
Why is KOAT doing these mugshots?
Lots of ABQ kids skipped school on Good Friday.
Science tries to understand meditation by scanning the brains of Tibetan Buddhist monks.
People in the Middle East are angry that the U.S. response to violence against peaceful protesters varies by country.
Some women don't want to be FLOTUS.
Poll shows Republicans aren't stoked about their 2012 presidential options thus far.
Paperwork backup means DWIs are being dismissed.
Sitting all day might kill you—even if you exercise.
DCF's Sunday poem recalls the Kelly Ashner used car commercials.
The yeti is an unseen guardian angel.
Happy birthday, Hank Azaria.


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anonymous asked: I think you wrote way back, when you'd just found out you were pregnant, that motherhood would not change you. You'd still be you, your husband would still be him, you;d still take pictures of lots of things every day...Hmmmm...still feel the same way? Doesn't sound like it :)
Dear anonymous: When you have a newborn, you're exhausted, covered in spit up, living in pajamas, and fighting post-partum hormones... sometimes you don't feel like you. But I can assure you that I am still me, and Michael is still Michael. And of course I still take photos every day! Photography is a decade-long passion of mine, and I don't go one day without my camera in my hand.
When you have a baby, it doesn't mean you will forever lose yourself, and the things you love. The most healthy thing you can do for that child is show them that you have a sense of identity, outside of them. I grew up with two parents who had a world of hobbies, passions, and love for each other.
I guess by reading this comment, I realized that I must have given the impression that something about us has changed. It hasn't. Just because Elodie is here doesn't mean my world turned completely upside down and I lost all sense of who I was. Right now, life is about learning to incorporate Elodie into every part of who we are.
We are continuing to live our life just like we had before...everything just takes a bit longer, and there are a lot more messes :) Life does not have to stop because you have a baby. You can use it as an opportunity to show these precious little sponges what life, and the things you love, are all about.
Here are a few photos from the last 6 weeks.
I am still taking photos every day, of the things I find to be beautiful. Like the tiny dried bits of last years tomato harvest...
...my handsome husband, who I am always creeping on and photographing from behind doorways and hidden in shadows. Until he catches me and flares his nostrils for ten minutes straight so I can't get even one more picture.
The best granola I have ever eaten, brought to me by my friend Megan. Who put together the sweetest after-baby care package for me - yummy acai berry chapstick, lavender soap, yoga pants, home made salsa and granola, all wrapped in brown paper and tied with a rose.
blooming trees...
...and Grandpa :)
A picture a day, so I will never forget these sweet days...
...precious little boys, chasing bubbles in Grandma's sweater.
homework on the back patio, enjoying the lovely Spring weather and sweet, tiny babes.
(and spotting my husbands gorgeous gray hairs)
watching my Mom cook traditional Persian food, and seeing a bowl of chick peas go from nothing to a whole meal.
Barley stew at Grandma and Grandpa's house on my weekly Wednesday visit. She insists it's good for my milk and fills up my bowl about three times after I tell her I'm full.
Then she tells me stories about herself when she was nursing. And how she had enough milk to feed all the babies in their neighborhood. Not only that, but she also fed all the local cats. Then she pours me another bowl of stew, hoping I will attract my own alley cats, while I try not to laugh at the thought of her Mama-catting all those Persian cats.
My Grandma, picking herbs.
Elodie is not a weight that burdens my shoulders or a ball and chain to forever ground me to the confines of sweat pants and daytime tv. She's my daughter, and I want to show her the world. It has taken me 28 years to become who I am, and even though this tiny baby has changed me in ways I never knew she could, I am still me, and Michael is still him. To show her the world, from our backyard and farther is something we dreamed of doing from the minute we found out she would be here, in 40 weeks. And so far, we are doing just that.
She goes with us on our walks. Where we will teach her to find beauty in tiny things.
I look down at her and watch shadows dance across her face from the trees. She squints, and sighs, and I know she is content to feel the sun warming her from the outside in.
She is with me in those sweet, sleepy evenings. With beautiful Oklahoma sunsets. I swing with her on the porch as our late Spring thunderstorms start to fill the air with their weight. She's feeling these things for the first time, and I get to be the one to show her that.
We take her to restaurants, festivals, and museums.
And even if she sleeps the entire time, one day she will wake up to find herself in the middle of the life we kept living, even after she was born.
At least twice a week, she comes to watering holes, hiking trails, and along on trips to play disc golf with her Dad.
Sometimes just the three of us go.
I pull little blooms of honeysuckle up to her nose, and she smells something, for the first time. I was love-sick, remembering my own midwest Summertime, as a little girl. Pulling the stems from the honeysuckle and drinking the tiny drop of absolute heaven, before the bumblebees chased me away. Some day she will do this, too. And today, she smelled honeysuckle for the first time.
Sometimes we go with friends.
And while her Dad is busy playing, I show her the way the Cottonwood trees spread tiny specks of snow across the sky. When the light catches them, I think my heart could explode with how perfect those tiny little dots really look.
We took Elodie to her first music festival, and concert. She was surrounded by 30 thousand people, and she slept the entire time.
But I still know that she felt the bass in her fingers and toes...the same way she did when I was pregnant with her. Every night I would put headphones to my belly and feel her dance.
And I know she saw the lights.
I brought her outside with me, while I gardened.
In her little tent in the shade, she waited....
...while I planted seeds, pulled weeds, and picked fresh strawberries from the garden. These days there is not much time to blog about backyard farming, but I still take the time to teach these things to Elodie.
Some days are hard. She cries all day, and I don't brush my teeth until 4 in the afternoon. I can only dream of my garden and sleep is something I don't even remember, anymore. But just like I thought there would be, there are so many good days, too.
All starting with the days that she started to look at me, and smile...and gurgle a sweet laugh from the bottom of her belly all the way to her throat and into my heart.
And when she's feeling extra sweet, she sleeps for 5 hour stretches at night, and naps during the day. Giving me time to feel like me again.
Time to sit alone for a minute with my husband and drink a glass of wine on the patio.
Time to go for a long bike ride for the first time in almost a year without being pregnant. Time to stretch my tired body that has spent 9 months stretching to grow her. It feels like waking up, again.
And time to look through old photos and laugh. To see where Elodie gets bits and pieces of me, even though she's a tiny duplicate of her Dad.
She has my nose, hair, toes, and tiny little string bean legs.
anonymous wrote: I think you wrote way back, when you'd just found out you were pregnant, that motherhood would not change you. You'd still be you, your husband would still be him, you;d still take pictures of lots of things every day...Hmmmm...still feel the same way? Doesn't sound like it :)
Dear Anonymous - Yes, I do still feel the same way.


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(CNN) -- Ever since online music service Spotify launched in the United States last month, it has caused about as much confusion as it has excitement.
Partly that's because, at least on first glance, it doesn't seem entirely new. Spotify looks like iTunes -- only with greener colors. It wants Pandora-level popularity.
And it's built on the assumption that people want to rent music instead of buying it, much like Rdio, Napster (the legal version), Rhapsody and a host of others.
So what exactly makes Spotify different? And how do other services compare?
Here's a quick look at the current online music lineup:
It's a streaming music service, meaning you play tunes from the Web instead of your personal hard drive or phone. Premium subscribers can download songs, but Spotify has gotten so much buzz in part because it offers a robust service free.
Its catalogue of music is among the largest, with 15 million songs. Essentially, Spotify wants you to rent songs rather than own them. And, unlike on some other sites, you can choose exactly which tracks you want to listen to on this service -- instead of picking a genre.
With 100 million users, Pandora is one of the most popular online music sites in the United States. Visitors to Pandora.com choose a song title or an artist they like, and then Pandora's computers create a radio station out of songs that are musically similar.
So, if you create a station for Arcade Fire, you might hear some obscure indie artists mixed in with Coldplay and U2. Pandora is free up to a point. If you listen to music on the site for more than 40 hours per month, you have to pay $1 for the rest of the month. Yearly subscribers also get to skip the ads that are mixed in with Pandora's songs.
This one's big with the Silicon Valley crowd at the moment. Turntable.fm tries to emulate the concert-going experience -- you pick a venue and then listen to music of a certain genre, which is selected in real-time by real people. Users also can become deejays and select songs of their own.
So this free site is kind of a cross between Pandora and Spotify. You do get to choose some songs, like on Spotify. But you also spend lots of time listening to music that's chosen by other people who are online at the time -- like Pandora, except on Pandora, those people are online robots.
Apple's music player. It looks a lot like Spotify (or rather, Spotify looks a lot like iTunes), but there's an important difference: iTunes plays music you purchase and download; Spotify and others play music that you rent from the Internet.
(Apple also will launch a Web-based service, iCloud, this fall that will allow users to store and play music.)
Like Spotify, Grooveshark is a music streaming service, and one that gets good reviews from tech writers because it's easy to use and doesn't require an account for you to get started. Users upload their music into the company's library, and then listen to what they want for free -- if they don't mind hearing ads as well -- or pay a monthly fee for ad-free listening or to use the company's mobile app.
Google Music
Google Music -- and, for that matter, Amazon's cloud services, too -- is designed to let you hear music that you've purchased on any computer, phone or Internet-connected gizmo.
The service, which is only open to those who have been invited, lets users store 20,000 songs in the cloud -- meaning on Google's servers.


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"44 Inch Chest" tells the story of a cuckold who rallies his mates to help him exact revenge on his wife's younger, French (as if his being younger weren't bad enough) lover. It is frustratingly close to being great, but falls just short.
The film, written by Louis Mellis and David Scinto, the team that created the epic "Sexy Beast," stars "Beast" alum Ray Winstone, a great actor, with a believable mix of a ferocity, charm and humanity. Winstone's tough guys are never broad, comic book baddies, they're people. And here, as Colin, his talents are again evident as he wrestles with whether or not to extract his pound of flesh from the man sleeping with his wife, and his own guilt -- over what exactly we learn as the film progresses. Colin's sins are revealed through flashbacks to the night his wife gave him the news, and for once the trick actually works. It seems ever since "Pulp Fiction," some folks do it because they can. In "44" it serves a purpose.
God bless John Hurt (and the English in general) for his gift with profanity as Old Man Peanut. The hail of spittle that accompanies each F-word, the phlegm jarred loose by the hard start of a proper C-bomb… it's poetry. He was rightly nominated Best Supporting Actor by the London Critics Circle for his turn as the bloodthirsty and wildly profane homophobe.
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As he did in "Sexy Beast," Ian McShane again plays gay. But where Teddy Bass was a terrifying monster without a whiff of fem, in "44" McShane plays a man named Meredith, who is perfectly turned out and unabashedly fey. In the hands of another actor, it could feel like stunt casting -- the tough guy playing against type -- but McShane doesn't denigrate Meredith by making him a caricature.
The rest of the acting is excellent, as well, from Joanne Whalley (where the hell has she been) to Tom Wilkinson to Stephen Dillane (nominated for an Emmy for playing Thomas Jefferson in "John Adams"), nary a line is wasted, nor an opportunity missed.
"44," whose title tries to take the measure of a man and his manliness, feels almost like a play, with its small cast and the bulk of its action in one small room. Director Malcom Venville made his bones directing TV commercials, most notably the Volkswagen commercial "Squares" and a Nike spot featuring Tiger Woods. Venville is also a photographer, having published multiple books. His aesthetic sensibility is in full display -- his camera is very slow and unblinking, often making you squirm right along with Winstone in the grips of his moral dilemma.
The story goes awry when Colin begins to hallucinate. The conversation between the seven characters takes a turn that at first feels surreal -- it's reminiscent of the Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming" (the revival of which McShane starred in on Broadway in 2007-2008). But what made Pinter's play so dizzying, discomforting and powerful was the complete absence of hallucination. In "44," you lose your balance only momentarily before realizing that what's happening isn't really happening. It's been made clear that the voices in Colin's head are confusing him, it doesn't need to be made so clear.
Fans of "Sexy Beast" should check their expectations. "44 Inch Chest" is a very different film, much more subtle, with the rage at a simmer, rather than a full boil. And the humor, dark as night, helps you breathe a little more easily. Like "Beast," it's a clinic in great acting, but it doesn't quite measure up.
"44 Inch Chest" opens in Los Angeles today and across the country over the next few weeks.


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Venezuela: 28 gold miners assassinated in attack
News hitting the wires today is that according to the ex-governor of Bolivar State in Venezuela, 28 miners were attacked murdered "and quartered" by a rival band of miners connected to a rival gang of illegal gold miners known as "el topo" (the mole).
The incident occurred when the victims were celebrating the discovery of a new gold vein they were about to start mining at a traditional celebration party called a "bulla" (literally "noise" in Spanish). The rival gang were alerted to the discovery and moved in, killing the miners at their party and dumping their bodies in an old mine shaft. Families of the apparent victims have blocked roads in the region in protest.
PDAC attendees, don't forget to print off and take your very own IKN PDAC Bingo Card
Originally published last week.
Your 2016 PDAC Bingo Card
Yes indeedy, it's the moment you've all been waiting for and here's this year's edition:
1) Print off your copy and carry it around with you at PDAC next week.
2) Hear a phrase, then tick it off.
3) First person with a Full House to contact IKN wins a prize. I dunno... money, a packet of M&Ms, a car, a kiss...I'll think of something.
Watch out, very famous people
Aaron Ramsey just scored today. It's Spurs 0 Gunners 1 at half time. For more on The curse of Aaron Ramsey , here's a link (millions more out there) and before you scoff, I think the same about technical analysis.
The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
...in reverse order:
Third Place: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....No". The whole dog and pony circus show is of zero interest and if fame were the spur you'd have found me on the "mining circuit" years ago. The whole strutting and preening gig is of zero interest and fame is not the spur behind IKN. Neither is money the spur so if I work out one day why I spend so much of my time writing this humble corner of cyberspace I'll tell you.
Second Place: "What Clive did". The details on one part of the week's most viewed post below. As a certain fund manager noted in their mail to me yesterday (and yeah, I've had a ton of feedback on this affair), "Thank you for bringing the truth to light. It is a sad state of affairs with regard to corporate governance in Canada that this man is still running a company with these numerous shenanigans". If it were the first time The Clive has put on one of his "evening shows" you could let it pass but it's not, it's one of umpteen and it's high time the board of B2Gold did something proactive about their company' obvious weakness. If it were me I'd start with an official warning.
First Place: "The BMO Conference Fight Night: Clive Johnson vs Andrew Kaip, plus undercard of Keith Neumeyer vs John Burzynski". Here's another reason why the conference scene has no appeal, as it's been obvious over the years that you, audience and potential audience of IKN, are far more interested in the salacious gossip posts that the ones with something useful to say about the mining industry. Yeah I'm talking to you, all you people who turn your noses up at the Celeb Gossip cable TV shows and what the Kardashians are doing this week, your snobbery isn't just a pain in the ass, it's hypocritical too. Given you the chance to read on some peer's faux pas, you're over at IKN in the thousands. In other words yeah, this was the most visited single post on IKN this week and by a country mile. It'll probably be next week's most visited post, too.
The Friday OT: Faith No More; Ricochet
Not the first time this has been The Friday OT, but it gets its repeat because over time it's become a bit of a theme tune to IKN. That's due to the Bill Hicks line they use as the chorus* as it oftens reminds your humble scribe of the readership here who come over, chortle and guffaw when Company X or company Y gets snarked at, but then get huffy and indignant if this humble corner of cyberspace has the temerity to attack a company in which they own shares. Oh the humanity.
That, plus it's an utter kickass piece of music. That counts, too. Youtube here.
*it's always funny until someone gets hurt, then it's just hilarious
Endeavour Mining (EDV.to) eats True Gold (TGM.v)
The geographical footprint is logical, the classic O'Dea exit strategy is to sell rather than to produce, the ticket price is a reasonable upside. In other words 1) this deal makes sense and 2) I sure did sell my TGM.v shares a month too early. Oh well.
NR here.
What Clive did
Want to know how much of an asshole Clive Johnson was at the BMO conference this week? Well here it comes, because after 1) receiving unsolicited e-mails and 2) checking with eyewitnesses, IKN is good about giving you this version of events. We're also going to keep the names of the innocent out of this, because the only person who deserves light shone upon them is the one that's running a U$1Bn market cap company. Up to you to decide whether that sort of responsibility is worthy of this sort of behaviour.
The whole shebang started earlier in the day when a woman present at the BMO conference (that's all you're getting on her) had the opportunity to ask Clive Johnson about the state of play at B2Gold (BTO.to) (BTG). Her questions weren't the normal soft-soap cookie cutter things that sellside anal ysts come out with, but were well-researched and not easy to answer. Apparently, The Clive got more than a little annoyed at this line of questioning and didn't like the experience at all.
Cut to the evening and with the talking and presentations done, it was time for the BMO cocktail reception and by the time the woman in question got to the gig in a group with her associates, Clive Johnson had been there for quite some time and was obviously drunk. As in obviously. On recognizing his interrogator of earlier that day he started to berate her, first among his small group but after a little while and as these things happen at informal gatherings, the two groups came into close proximity and then the fun really began. The Clive decided that his massive ego had been damaged and started verbally abusing his victim in front of everyone, loudly aggressively and drunkenly. The victim of this abuse was obviously upset by all this, but that didn't stop The Clive, who went on and on until, and it must be said very gallantly under the circumstances, Andrew Kaip stepped in and tried to calm things down by talking to The Clive. The reaction was all-too predictable as the drunk and boorish Johnson turned his bullying manner onto Kaip with use of such wonderful phrases as....
"No one talks to me in that f__king way, I founded this f__king company, I'm a f__king CEO"
...and that is a direct quote from one of the unsolicited mails IKN received that was backed up by another, separate eyewitness. Fortunately Kaip is a gentleman and smart, so he didn't stoop to The Clive's level and remained calm and dignified. Those present have all said that Kaip's actions, rather brave under the circumstances and considering The Clive's previous violent history in these sorts of moments, saved things from getting a lot worse.
Bottom line: Ye shall know them by their fruits. Clive Johnson may have founded and built both Bema Gold and then B2Gold, but is Clive Johnson still capable of running B2Gold? We need to consider his present day as much as his track record and, considering the obvious decadence of its CEO, whether B2Gold's recent under-performance is a direct reflection of that. And whether he needs to be replaced before things get even worse.
Will Canada Feed The Animals?
We're now at that juncture, when a bit of early mover cash has flowed into the miners, but mostly the decent quality producers or the exploration-stage companies with serious management teams and decent rocks to play with.
Now comes the acid test, will Canada learn from its years of misery, or will they be stupid enough to fund things like this?
Honey Badger Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:TUF) ("Honey Badger" or the "Company") announces that it intends to offer for sale, on a non-brokered private placement basis, up to 13,125,000 "flow-through" units of the Company (the "FT Units") at a price of $0.04 per FT Unit and up to 10,000,000 non-flow-through units of the Company (the "Non-FT Units") at a price of $0.03 per Non-FT Unit for aggregate gross proceeds to Honey Badger of up to $825,000 (the "Offering"). Each FT Unit will be comprised of one common share in the capital of the Company (each, a "Common Share") issued on a "flow-through" basis within the meaning of such term in the Income Tax Act (Canada), and one Common Share purchase warrant (each, a "FT Unit Warrant"), with each FT Unit Warrant being exercisable to acquire one non-flow-through Common Share at a price of $0.07 for a period of 36 months following the closing date of the Offering. Each Non-FT Unit will be comprised of one Common Share (issued on a non-"flow-through" basis) and one Common Share purchase warrant (each, a "Non-FT Warrant") with each Non-FT Warrant being exercisable to acquire one Common Share at a price of $0.05 for a period of 36 months following the closing date of the Offering. continues here
Up to you folks: Just a couple of months ago you were at the TSX townhall meetings with your pitchforks in your hands, demanding better capital markets and "change". Fact is, you'll be condemned to the same cycle if you put money into these dogs and be clear, TUF.v above is only one, topical because that NR is from today but there are literally hundreds more that need to die.
Do. Not. Feed. The. Animals.
Chart of the day is...
Buy all the silver exposure you want, market-chasers. It's still not even at yearly highs, let alone late 2015 numbers. The hypnotic effect of seeing t move away from the 14-handle have you all huffing and puffing but let's be clear about this, there are still very few silver mining companies making a profit at these market prices.
The day you stop confusing silver with gold is the day you'll become a smarter investor.
And to finish off the day with something pleasant...
...here's a Marcelo Wong:
Because from time to time all of us could use a guardian angel in our lives.
We have a new poll on the blog
On the main page, right above this post...up there, i.e. you won't see it from your RSS or daily digest mailer services, you need to visit the blog. Here's a screenshot of the poll (don't click on it, it's just a photo of the real thing):
Vote early and often, folks!
Frank Giustra teams up with Stan Bharti on a lithium property
In Argentina, too! It's the Perfect Vancouver Promo Storm!
Excuse me while I wet myself laughing. Well, at least we can be sure they won't be skimping on the investor relations budget.
PS: And as reader "I" points out...
...ahhh, the magic of accountancy.
Excuse me while I wet myself laughing. Well, at least we can be sure they won't be skimping on the investor relations budget.
PS: And as reader "I" points out...
http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/aberdeen-acquires-diabillios-lithium-project-total-consideration-cdn5-million-tsx-aab-2084687.htmhttp://www.marketwired.com/press-release/aberdeen-enters-agreement-to-buy-diablillos-lithium-project-tsx-aab-2062665.htmAberdeen buys Rodinia's Diablillos for $5 million in Oct 2015, closed Dec 2015.Then, today, sells 50% of Diablillos to Lithium X for 8mm shs of Lithium X valued at $6.8 million, valuing the assets at $13.6 million.I'm sure you know, Aberdeen and Rodinia are both Stan Bharti companies.
...ahhh, the magic of accountancy.
A Flash update...
...has just been sent to subscribers, Thursday morning just before 11am local time. A couple of sales.
UPDATED: The BMO Conference Fight Night: Clive Johnson vs Andrew Kaip, plus undercard of Keith Neumeyer vs John Burzynski
Seven types of crap going down in Miami as the mining world's "great" and...errr..."good" let their hair down.
The main event last night was a fight between Clive Johnson, CEO of B2Gold (BTO.to) (BTG) , who got into a brawl with Andrew Kaip, the analyst at BMO. And the reason was, apparently and unsurprisingly, a girl. On the Kaip side it's a big surprise, because he's known to one and all as a mild-mannered, quiet and unobtrusive kind of guy. However The Clive has previous form on this type of thing, as IKN noted last year (that one was over a girl too, so we can at least assume The Clive is not in touch with his feminine side).
Meanwhile we even had an undercard fight last night, as Keith Neumeyer of First Majestic Silver (AG) (FR.to) and First Mining Finance (FF.v) infamy got down and dirty with John Burzynski of the Dundee asset book play Oban Mining. IKN has fewer details on this particular confrontation (except that it happened) but considering those two I'd bet they were fighting over a piece of land rather than a woman. This was a bantamweight showdown.
As news firms up IKN will dish the dirt in updates, of course.
UPDATE: This does not look good for The Clive, however it would seem that Andrew Kaip conducted himself very honourably, did not come to blows with The Clive and in fact was only intervening to stop The Clive from verbally abusing a woman attending the BMO conference. And Clive dude, you've got a f--king* drink problem so sort it out before you damage "your f--king* company" (your own cute phrase from last night, back in your face you boorish dumbass). And yes, people CAN speak to you like that, especially if you're acting like an asshole in public.
UPDATE 2: We hear the Neumeyer vs Burzynski bust-up was over First Mining Finance's (FF.v) recent purchase of Clifton Star. John laughed at Keith in the face for buying one of the worst piece of crap companies in the whole of Canada until Keith lost it. Hilarity ensued.
UPDATE 3: Don't be shy, make your vote count in our new survey.
UPDATE 4 Friday morning: What Clive did.
*I've taken the F word out because otherwise my missionary pal gets upset with me. So bite me.
As news firms up IKN will dish the dirt in updates, of course.
UPDATE: This does not look good for The Clive, however it would seem that Andrew Kaip conducted himself very honourably, did not come to blows with The Clive and in fact was only intervening to stop The Clive from verbally abusing a woman attending the BMO conference. And Clive dude, you've got a f--king* drink problem so sort it out before you damage "your f--king* company" (your own cute phrase from last night, back in your face you boorish dumbass). And yes, people CAN speak to you like that, especially if you're acting like an asshole in public.
UPDATE 2: We hear the Neumeyer vs Burzynski bust-up was over First Mining Finance's (FF.v) recent purchase of Clifton Star. John laughed at Keith in the face for buying one of the worst piece of crap companies in the whole of Canada until Keith lost it. Hilarity ensued.
UPDATE 3: Don't be shy, make your vote count in our new survey.
UPDATE 4 Friday morning: What Clive did.
*I've taken the F word out because otherwise my missionary pal gets upset with me. So bite me.
B2Gold (BTO.to) (BTG): The Clive at the BMO gig
The legend continues. Details soon of Clive Johnson's latest moment of "tired and emotional" behaviour.
UPDATE: News starting to firm up on this one, here.
UPDATE: News starting to firm up on this one, here.
News release quantity
Ever get the feeling that there's about four dozen junior mining companies that are holding back on releasing news until Monday morning? Yeah, me too.
Unfortunately, there never has been and never will be a direct correlation between quality and quantity.
For Biiwii, go to NFTRH
Last week the message went out from site owner Gary Tanashian that his original website, Biiwii, was no more. As from now and onward his most excellent work on charts, market macro and no-nonsense BS-cutting commentary is found right here, his main site Notes From The Rabbit Hole.
All those people who follow Gary's work would be advised to update links (as your author has done, over there on the right) and stick NFTRH on their RSS, or get the free mailer service, or however you prefer to access these things. Strong, intelligent and independent analysis is a rare thing out there, the best need your support and Gary's up there with the very cream of the crop. Go see.
Rick Rule's optionality Q&A
I've been sent this five times now, which is sufficient nudging I think.
On this link find the question and answer session that Rick Rule did regarding "optionality" a couple of weeks ago, which was released to the general public yesterday (Sprott clients have had access to it all this time). In it, Rule answers queries from clients and goes over this whole optionality idea (a.k.a the zero sum game of Greater Fool). And as one of my mailers, reader MS points out...
"FYI. I assume that several people have already forwarded this to you, but just in case - you were mentioned/addressed several times during the Q&A session. Kind of funny, because at one point, one can sense some annoyance with the attention your comments have received."
...so you get to hear Rule's drawl of the word "Otto" all as a special bonus. Though for what it's worth, on my reading of his voice I don't think he was annoyed at me or the questions, he sounds like that all the time. :-). Here's the link again, just in case.
PS: Oh yeah, nearly forgot; for my rant on this whole optionality thing and why I think Rick Rule (and his snotty neophyte hangers-on like Marin Count Dracula Katusa) is wrong about this whole subject, here's the link.
PS: Oh yeah, nearly forgot; for my rant on this whole optionality thing and why I think Rick Rule (and his snotty neophyte hangers-on like Marin Count Dracula Katusa) is wrong about this whole subject, here's the link.
Dominican Republic crime news: What happens when you pick on the wrong old man
On February 26th, a old-looking man, who had all the signs of an easy mark for criminals, was entering his home when he was attacked and robbed by a young gang member, who was then helped by his accomplice.
It turned out to be a fatal mistake, because the old man they picked on happens to be retired General Ramirez Guerrero of the Dominican Republic armed forces. As the two thugs made off, the general got up off the floor, went into his house, quickly came out with a rifle he had in there, chased them up the street, took aim and shot one of the two in the head, instant death. Here's the whole episode captured on film.
The general was arrested and taken into custody, but when the video you see above was released public clamour in Dom Rep saw him let out on March 1st.
Your 2016 PDAC Bingo Card
Yes indeedy, it's the moment you've all been waiting for and here's this year's edition:
1) Print off your copy and carry it around with you at PDAC next week.
2) Hear a phrase, then tick it off.
3) First person with a Full House to contact IKN wins a prize. I dunno... money, a packet of M&Ms, a car, a kiss...I'll think of something.
Franco Nevada (FNV) chart update
Updating from this Feb 24th post on the price chart of FNV, a lead indicator if there ever were one:
Oh look, it failed again at sixty. Consider yourself duly warned, resource investor person.
UPDATE: Reader AK writes into IKN Nerve Centre to note that the Canadian Dollar chart of FNV is healthier viewing, or in his words, "...TSX FNV chart is a whole lot prettier...". The problem is that FNV is a serious mining company, so you need a serious currency to gauge it correctly. The Loonie doesn't count.
UPDATE: Reader AK writes into IKN Nerve Centre to note that the Canadian Dollar chart of FNV is healthier viewing, or in his words, "...TSX FNV chart is a whole lot prettier...". The problem is that FNV is a serious mining company, so you need a serious currency to gauge it correctly. The Loonie doesn't count.
Seriously, you think this Largo Resources (LRO.v) restructuring deal is shareholder friendly? You people are nuts
As a prelude, I can't help but notice that the news this morning was front-run to the tune of 32% yesterday, typical Vancouver scam of course (what do you expect from a CEO.ca sponsor like Mark Smith?).
But to the point; it sounds all cool and wonderful that Largo (LGO.v) has "a deal", right? Bothered to read to contents or the NR yet? Yes? Ah good. Understood it? Ah, thought not, so allow IKN and the wonderful birds to help you out on what this deal REALLY means:
Further questions?
UPDATE: Setty reminds us of the "relaxed attitude" these Mark Smith company officers have to disclosure. Oh no track record of front-running here, oh no no no no no.
UPDATE: Setty reminds us of the "relaxed attitude" these Mark Smith company officers have to disclosure. Oh no track record of front-running here, oh no no no no no.
Chart of the day is...
...gold, dailies:
Gold's set to make a decision in mid-March, according to the pretty pattern. Well, in fact it's an inanimate object and has no consciousness as we humans know it, so it's probably us that impose a decision on the metal...but you know what I mean.
Copper Mountain (CUM.to): IKN's traditional annual dirty CUM shot visual
And here it is, the chart of the stick messy CUM quarterly results, up to date with today's numbers which are out on SEDAR this evening, but bizarrely there's no NR yet...something you're not too proud about in the numbers, Mister Jim O´Rourke?
How people still give this company a positive equity value is a question only Canadians can answer. This time CUM shot to a $45.82m dollar quarterly loss and couldn't even make a gross profit...down by $3.454m is some grossly bad CUM. To add to the stickiness, CUM has a working cap deficit of $15m as at year end, but incredibly if I glance across at the scoreboard you people give it a $60m market cap.
According to the dictionaries of this world, a prophylactic is "a course or measure used to prevent disease". Here's a company badly in need of one of those, cauterize this source of bad seed before it's too late, people.
UPDATE: So I've just noticed that CUM announced on Feb 22nd...so why have the filings appeared on SEDAR today? And how did I miss them a week and a bit ago? Mysteries....
UPDATE: So I've just noticed that CUM announced on Feb 22nd...so why have the filings appeared on SEDAR today? And how did I miss them a week and a bit ago? Mysteries....
On your author's obvious tendency to sell too early (from IKN 356)
Here's a short section from Sunday's IKN356. Addressing weaknesses makes for better long-term results.
On your author's obvious tendency to sell too early
Rather than the normal focus on trades still open, let's review the six trades that we've closed here at The IKN Weekly in 2016. Before the real analysis we need to mention Phoscan Chemicals, which I bought in March 2015 at 28c and sold in January at 26.5c. It needs mentioning in passing because it's a closed trade in 2016 but it's not really a good example, as this was a left-over trade from 2015 that was looking for a modest win on M&A activity but when it came (as expected) the management decision was to go for a poor deal (sigh).
With that out the way, let's get to the real business and the other five closed trade in 2016:
1) True Gold (TGM.v): Bought 18c, sold 25c, pre-commissions profit 38.9%.
This weekend TGM.v is priced at 37.5c. If I'd held onto my shares, the pre-commissions profit would be 108.3%.
2) McEwen Mining (MUX): Bought U$1.09, sold U$1.20, pre-commissions profit 10.1%.
This weekend MUX is priced at U$1.82. If I'd held onto my shares, the pre-commissions profit would be 67.0%.
3) Lake Shore Gold (LSG.to): Bought C$1.10 (avg over several purchases), sold C$1.69, pre-commissions profit 53.6%.
This weekend LSG is priced at C$1.76. If I'd held onto my shares, the pre-commissions profit would be 60.0%.
4) Atacama Pacific (ATM.v): Bought 19c, sold 40c, pre-commissions profit 110.5%.
This weekend ATM.v is priced at 35c. If I'd held onto my shares, the pre-commissions profit would be 94.4%. However, it was at 45c earlier this week.
5) New Gold (NGD): Bought U$2.06, sold U$2.96, pre-commissions profit 43.7%.
This weekend NGD is priced at U$3.16. If I'd held onto my shares, the pre-commissions profit would be 53.4%. It was as high as U$3.46 this week, too.
In other words, apart from the sale of Atacama Pacific at 40c, as things stand today all my sales in 2015 have either turned out to be too early or way too early. Now context is clearly necessary and to have booked five winners in two short months isn't to be sniffed at, a win is a win and all that jazz. Also, I have to say that on a personal level I'm not overly annoyed in having left money on the table on those trades. I'm only slightly annoyed in fact; the bad selling of True Gold on the political flare-up in Burkina grates a little because I read the situation badly. Also, I should have given MUX a little more time, but overall it's the type of thing I personally used to get pissed (with myself) about much more in the past than I do now. I've also learned that however difficult it is to 'buy well' it's ten times harder to 'sell well' and the compromise of "selling at a profit", even if it's far from the best profit that could have been achieved, is one I'm willing to accept. That's me, hi pleased to meet you. And yes that's right, I am not you and you are not me but all the same it's necessary to point out, kind and wonderful people who send me money in exchange for this publication, that in the last couple of months I've shown a clear tendency to hit the sell button too early.
I'm not a great trader, never have been and never will be. When I buy at absolute bottoms or sell at absolute tops it's pure luck, nothing more nor less and my developed attitude isn't of competition with the next woman or man, it's a competition against that nebulous entity we know as 'the market' and if I can score a win it matters very little if the guy next to me starts on the "huh? Only 50% up on a trade? In this market? Hey, I bought XYZ at 12 and now its 34 and I know it's going to go to...." etc. I take my wins, I also take my losses, I owe nothing to anybody on either type of result. With that said I do feel a responsibility to those who read The IKN Weekly because you're kind enough to pay me real money and perhaps U$40 in one month isn't so much in absolute terms in the great scheme of things, but it's symbolically very important for me. I won't play coy with you, I do like it when I hear via feedback that you've followed me into trades. The thing that bugs me is if you hit the sell button at the same time as me (and my personal objectives) then feel hard done by as the stock then continues to zoom higher (all the time as I exhort you to hold and add B2Gold which treads water yet another week). So if your decision process if affected by mine, let this section also be an influence on when or whether you sell your trades.
Bottom line: I have a weak spot in my armoury at the moment, I've been selling too early. Please take that into account.
I've just been really busy...
...doing other things and sorting things out that need to be sorted. The blog gets short shrift today. And hey Tommy, that mail I sent you yesterday wasn't a joke, you're in line for legal action if it happens again. So cute the way you don't even bother to reply, ignorant lardsack.
Trevali (TV.to) increases its dilution to $13m at 32c
I don't own any, but you'd all be better off buying Tinka (TK.v) for Zn speculation, not this stock for headless chickens pushed in by greedy brokerages. TV.to is the microcosm of everything that's wrong with the Canadian capital markets system, but you dumbfucks insist on Feeding The Animals.
Trevali (TV.to) running a placement? Say it ain't so!
Jeez, these Henk van Alphen companies are absolutely shameless. Not free cash flow positive yet, Mr. Cruise? Need yet another bailout of your horrid failed model? After all you've been promising us over the years, too. Anyway, sling another 25 million papers on the ever growing pile of diluted sludge you call a share structure. And pump that zinc thing yeah? The metal of the future (and always will be).
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....No.
Your humble scribe's mailbag today includes this. Surely they can't be this desperate to fill their speaking slots?
Message body
Dear Mark,
I was interested in talking to you about speaking at our Mines and Money Americas show. Our magazine, Mining Journal, just published a list of the most influential people in the Canadian mining industry mentioning your name.
Taking place 27 to 28 September in Toronto, we already have the support of 30 leading institutions such as BMO, TD Securities, Silver Wheaton, TSX and the Ontario Government. Early confirmed speakers include Rick Rule and Frank Holmes. Please see attached an agenda plus a press release about the event.
History of Mines and Money Americas
Mines and Money (www.minesandmoney.com) was established in 2003. We are the leader in global mining finance events. Institutional investors comprise 40% of our audience. In 2015 we had speakers such as Rick Rule, Evy Hambro, Robert Friedland, Don Lindsay, Frank Holmes and Pierre Lassonde. As such, we attract junior miners, majors and mid-tiers.
In 2016 we are launching Mines and Money Americas http://americas.minesandmoney.com//
What we would like you to address
I'd obviously need to have a conversation with you, but maybe you can sit on a panel discussing Latin America?
Very quick message to subscribers
Yes, in the fundies analysis of IKN355 $1518/oz is a typo, obviously. It's 518, added a digit by mistake. Thanks for the mails.
Taseko Mines (TKO.to) (TGB) management has a long track record of insider trading
The latest salvo from Raging River in its proxy battle with Taskeo Mines (TKO.to) (TGB) includes an accusation that TKO management were insider trading their own stock in early 2016:
"...Raging River has become aware that Director and CEO Russ Hallbauer and Vice President Brian Battison bought 652,074 shares and 31,000 shares respectively in the month of January, 2016 based on material non-public information of the $70MM Red Kite financing, executed on January 29, 2016 and the filing of a material change report on February 8, 2016."
This is no surprise for IKN, because this humble corner of cyberspace marked these same bunch of self-servers doing the same thing as far back as 2010, when TKO management awarded themselves literally millions of options the day before they emitted a NR that saw the stock jump over 10%. There are other suspicious examples of "Leaky Boat" at TKO over the years, too. Raging River, you guys should hire me.
Continental Gold (CNL.to) told you all about the closure of those 15 artisanal mines last month, but...
...what they forgot to mention afterwards is how they were immediately re-opened by the informal/artisanal/ilegal* miners and are back in use.
That's what this report in El Colombiano over the weekend is all about, plus the way in which regional level directives from the Antioquia government are being roundly ignored by local level Buriticá politicos.
So people, let's make this clear once again, for what seems like the 500th time: Your mining company can have all the pretty permit papers it likes, but what's been proven time and time again in South America is that if you don't have the agreement and support of the local people for your mine, it just isn't going to happen. Ever. If you haven't bailed on Continential Gold (CNL.to) yet there's still time, because a loonie 50 is better than zero and that's where this one is going, the same place as Ari Sussman's last community risk disaster at Serra Pelada.
*choose whatever flavour you prefer, pure semantics anyway
Chart of the day is...
The IKN Weekly, out now
A Ferrari 355 photo, lovingly dedicated to Kevin MacArthur
IKN355 has just been sent to subscribers. It has lots of things.
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Lionel Messi scores a free kick goal
My stars.
He makes it look easy. It's not.
Farewell The Muck Pile
The best blog on junior miners has hung up its boots. We wish you well, Muckpile Mike.
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called for the full implementation of plans to station US troops in Australia as he congratulated incoming prime minister Tony Abbott, the White House said Thursday.
Obama late Wednesday telephoned Abbott, whose conservative Liberal Party swept back to power Saturday after six years, as well as outgoing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, a close ally of the US leader.
"The president and prime minister-elect discussed ways to further strengthen the US-Australia alliance, including by implementing fully the force posture initiatives announced by the United States and Australia in November 2011," a White House statement said.
On a visit at the time to Australia, Obama said that more than 2,500 Marines would move by 2016-17 to the northern city of Darwin.
The move was part of Obama's so-called US "pivot" policy of putting a greater emphasis on Asia.
Abbott and Obama also backed the ambitious goal of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free trade deal that would span much of Asia, by the end of the year, the White House said.
In a crisis that has been dominating Obama's time, he and Abbott shared "grave concern" over charges that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons, the statement said.
In his call to Rudd, Obama thanked the Labor Party prime minister "for his friendship, leadership and unflinching support of the US-Australia relationship" and his "strong position" on Syria.
Australia is one of the closest US allies and has joined the United States in conflicts including Vietnam and Iraq.


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Bill Gates, the co-founder of the company I work for and a personal hero of mine, has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled "My plan to fight the world's biggest problems." It's an exciting piece because it ties together several of my recent posts very well.
Science allows us to predict, control, and improve variation in the world. In order to actually make progress to these goals, it's important to establish exemplars of great work. This is enabled through operational definitions that allow concepts to be measured. The quest for progress in science collapses when measurement becomes too difficult tor too expensive.
But the reverse is also true: progress in science begins when measurement becomes accessible.
Bill Gates' op-ed is so awesome because he brings us back to the real world. When someone says "science," others thinks of some cartoon view of men in white coats in a laboratory. When someone says that goal of science is the prediction, improvement, and control of variation, someone else will say that such is a "very narrow definition of science, downgrading as it does understanding and explanation."
But the person who writes you write like Bill Gates does — who never even bother with the word "science" and hammers in that improvements are real:
Such measuring tools, Mr. Rosen writes, allowed inventors to see if their incremental design changes led to the improvements—such as higher power and less coal consumption—needed to build better engines. There's a larger lesson here: Without feedback from precise measurement, Mr. Rosen writes, invention is "doomed to be rare and erratic." With it, invention becomes "commonplace."
In the past year, I have been struck by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. You can achieve incredible progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal—in a feedback loop similar to the one Mr. Rosen describes.
This may seem basic, but it is amazing how often it is not done and how hard it is to get right. Historically, foreign aid has been measured in terms of the total amount of money invested—and during the Cold War, by whether a country stayed on our side—but not by how well it performed in actually helping people. Closer to home, despite innovation in measuring teacher performance world-wide, more than 90% of educators in the U.S. still get zero feedback on how to improve.
An innovation—whether it's a new vaccine or an improved seed—can't have an impact unless it reaches the people who will benefit from it. We need innovations in measurement to find new, effective ways to deliver those tools and services to the clinics, family farms and classrooms that need them.
… that's the sort of person who can make a difference. The theory of science, measurement, and improvement are all left below the surface. What is left is a how-to guide to build a better world.
I write this blog for selfish reasons, I enjoy learning about the world. Bill Gates does what he's doing to change the world.


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You can tell it's not quite BrikWars because the list starts at 1.
1. Brick Connections
- Cards with these icons at the edges can be connected by stacking, stud-side (top) to flat-side (bottom). Brick connections may only be stacked on top of a brick their own size or larger - you can't stack a four-stud brick on top of a two-stud brick.
Four-stud connections are large enough to handle attaching large structural elements. Two-stud connections are designed for lesser elements, such as weapons and devices.
Minifig cards can stand on top of any card with a brick connection on top. They can "man" any weapon or device card with a brick connection at the bottom, as if they were standing on top of the card or ground beneath the weapon, allowing them to operate the weapon.
- Cards with pin connections at the edges can be connected by pinning, pin-side (left) to holes-side (right). Pin connections may only be made where the number of holes is at least as much as the number of pins - two pins may be attached to three holes, but three pins may not be attached to two holes.
Three-pin connections are for attaching large structural elements. Two-pin connections are for attaching large weapons or devices. Single-pin connections are for attaching minifig-size weapons and devices.
If a minifig has one or more free hands, single-pin weapons and devices may be attached to him for him to use. Each such attachment uses up one free hand.
- A card with a Structure icon adds 1 Structure to any construction they're a part of. A construction can only activate as many weapon and device cards in a turn as their Structure number.
All minifigs and constructions have one die Armor by default. Each Armor icon adds another die, to a maximum of five dice in any single Armor roll.
A structure with a Minifig Capacity icon can contain a minifg. This minifig is protected inside the structure, and cannot engage in direct combat with anyone outside of it. It can control any weapon or device directly attached to the card with the Minifig Capacity icon. Cards with a number of Minifig Capacity icons can hold up to that number of minifigs.
- Cards with Movement Icons are capable of moving around. Depending on their other abilities, they may use their Movement to collect cards from the Debris and Corpses pile, to move into or out of their own constructions, to attack enemy cards, or to intercept enemy attacks against their own cards.
Faster-moving cards may have multiple Movement Icons. Constructions and minifigs are only as fast as their fastest-moving card - a helicopter with five one-Flight-icon propeller cards is slower than a minifig with a two-Flight-icons jetpack card.
Ground units may not attack Flight units. Ground units may intercept Flight attacks on other cards, if they are in the same area (either both outside at ground level, or both within the same Construction).
Slower units may try to attack faster cards, but the faster card can elect to avoid the attack completely. Slower units may not intercept the attacks of faster units.
- Cards from specific themes are marked with Theme Icons. These have no effects in themselves, but Heroes often give bonuses or penalties to cards with icons from aligned or opposing themes.
- Attack Icons appear on cards that have an attack ability.
A Melee icon does one die of damage in a Melee attack. Ground units may only Melee cards at their own altitude or moving within the same Structure. Flying units may Melee any card that isn't a minifig hidden inside a card with Minifig Capacity. Non-moving units cannot initate Melee attacks, but any unit with Melee attacks can defend themselves against a unit that uses a Melee attack against it.
A Ranged icon does one die of damage in a Ranged attack. Ranged units may attack any target on their side of the field, except for minifigs hidden inside a Minifig Capacity card. To attack enemy cards, Ranged units must be able to move to the enemy player's field, either under their own power or riding in a construction with the necessary movement ability.
A Launch icon allows a card to launch other cards at any construction on their side of the field. The launched cards must be loaded into the Launcher card by a minifig, as if he were making an assembly action. Launched cards fall straight down onto their targets, and so may only strike the topmost cards in any construction. Launched construction cards do one point of damage for every icon on the card (apart from icons mentioned in rules clarification text), and are then placed in the debris pile. Launched minifigs land on top of the construction are considered to be inside it. They may attack any other minifigs or cards inside or on top of the construction, or they may man any weapon or device that isn't under the direct control of another minifig.
An Explosion icon allows a card to do one die of Explosion damage, destroying itself in the process. The damage is applied to the target card, all cards directly attached to the target card, and all cards directly attached to the Explosion card. The explosion card is then placed in the debris pile.
- Any minifig may use his action for a turn to retrieve one card from the debris pile or the player's hand and either attach it to an existing construction or start a new one. A minifig with the Engineering icon may retrieve one die's worth of cards for each Engineering icon, and attach all of them to a single new or existing construction.
Future Ability Icons will account for the old mainstays like the Medik and the Pilot and so forth.


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dwarfs other role-playing games in size and scale, and weaves in mature themes amidst a backdrop of chaos and destruction.
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Dragon Age: Origins - Playstation 3$19.99on Gamestop
The plot of Dragon Age is extremely rich with details that unfold over dozens of hours of play. All of this is documented in your in-game codex, which tracks conversations, plot points and other elements of your journey. The general backstory revolves around the Darkspawn threat to the land of Ferelden. Darkspawn are a race of creatures born from magic users who attempted to become gods, but were cursed for their efforts. Led by the powerful Arch-demon, the beasts emerge from underground lairs every few hundred years in a swarming plague known as the Blight.
Check out the video review here (HD available).
The Darkspawn's destructive plots would succeed were it not for the Grey Wardens. An ancient order of elves, dwarves and humans, Grey Wardens dedicate their lives to hunting down Darkspawn wherever they go. It's been centuries since the Darkspawn appeared, and the signs of a new Blight are even more troublesome since the numbers of Grey Wardens have dropped precipitously. To make matters worse, Ferelden is bitterly divided by an internal war, making the repulsion of this threat harder than before.
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This is the fractured world your hero or heroine inhabits, a world which can evoke Tolkien-esque imagery. Ferelden has an impressively vast history (as your codex will indicate to you through your adventure). The biggest issue, that arises with the storyline of Dragon Age is that plot elements suffer from repetitiveness. Even though different cities house unique quest events, they all incorporate similar motivating factors – assassination, betrayal or murder. Even though the results of your actions vary, it can become a bit stale. Not every single city needs Macbeth, King Lear or other Shakespearean styled machinations to drive the action forward.
The character creation reveals more of Dragon Age's depth and flexibility. You have three separate races (human, dwarf and elf) and three base classes (warrior, rogue and mage) to choose from. Additionally, your hero will have general skills, class-specific talents and specializations, which you can learn from manuals or other characters willing to teach you their arts. By the end of the game, your hero will feel like a true legendary Grey Warden with a full complement of abilities to destroy the Darkspawn.
Dragon Age provides a ton of customization without a level cap, so it's possible to take two characters with the exact same background and develop them in completely different ways. For example, do you want a berserker that mows down enemies, a stealthy rogue that strikes from the shadows or a mage that wields the elements? These are only a few of the options you can explore as you grow your character.
Selecting your character's race and class decides which one of six unique origin stories you'll explore. Choose your origin carefully, because this decision affects how the world treats and views you. Since each background starts in a different location, the origin stories play out in distinctive ways. As you travel on your journey, your character may return to the lands they hailed from, and people you knew will respond differently to you. For example, if you play a mage, you start out in the Mage's Tower. Eventually, you'll return to the site of your training, and the instructors and guards of the tower will remember who you are and what you did as a young magician inside the tower walls.
The largest issue that I had with the Origin feature is that some of the background elements fade away too easily as the game progresses, becoming little more than an afterthought. For example, many of Ferelden's citizens are extremely prejudiced against elves, but this bias eventually just disappears. Considering that a portion of the game revolves around uniting Ferelden against the Darkspawn, it would seem like you'd have to address these issues of racism somehow, especially if you happen to be an elven character. Simply tossing these endemic problems aside without any attempted mediation or resolution seems unrealistic and forced, and insults the plot of the game.
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Re: Types in Mathematica thread
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg62977] Re: Types in Mathematica thread
- From: "Steven T. Hatton" <hattons at globalsymmetry.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 06:02:47 -0500 (EST)
- References: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: > On 9 Dec 2005, at 15:13, Steven T. Hatton wrote: > >> On Thursday 08 December 2005 19:23, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: >>> On 9 Dec 2005, at 01:01, Steven T. Hatton wrote: >> >>> I confess I do not understand much of the above, and in particular, >>> the phrase: "the value of the value Pi is unique to Euclidian >>> geometry". >> >> Actually that statement is a bit incorrect. The 2D geometry on the >> surface of >> a bent sheet of paper will also have the value Pi when determined >> by the >> traditional definition. >> >>> I have always believed that Pi is >>> >>> 4*Sum[(-1)^i/(2*i + 1), {i, 0, Infinity}] >> >> Interesting. I learned that Pi = circumference/diameter long before >> I learned >> of the Taylor series expansion. >> >>> What is Euclidean about that? >>> >>> If what you have in mind is the fact that the 5th postulate of Euclid >>> is equivalent to the sum of the angles in a triangle being equal to >>> two right angles (180 degrees or Pi in radians) then this is true >>> but the profound significance of this for number theory escapes me. >> >> As I implied above, that will also apply to any surface which is >> curved in >> only one direction. IOW, no stretching is involved in order to get >> the >> Euclidian surface to conform to the curved surface. >> >>> Why is not 180 unique to Euclidean geometry? Pi, being a number, >>> lives just as comfortably in the Bolyai-Gauss geometry or >>> Lobachevski's geometry as in Euclidean geometry. >> >> Pi also has a geometrical significance as I explained above. The value >> determined for Pi using the geometric definition in a non-Euclidian >> geometry >> - which is what a 3-space slice in general relativity is - will in >> general >> not be the same as the value given by the sum you expressed above. >> That >> suggests there is something a priori about spaces in which Pi as >> defined as >> circumference/diameter does have the traditional value. >> >> Steven > > It seems to me that you are simply confused and have not studied > enough mathematics, and these two facts together make you see > profound ideas where there are none. You are also jumping form one > topic (transcendental numbers) to a quite different one (non- > Euclidean geometries) hinting that they are somehow related, although > of you never explain how. > Pi of course occurs in formulae in Lobachevsky's geometry in > exactly the same places as in Euclidean geometry. Have you ever seen > any of these formulae? For example the formula for the are of a > circle of radius r is, if I have not made a mistake, > > 4 *Pi * Sinh^2(r/2) > > Of course it is different from the Euclidean one, but there is Pi in > it. You will find Pi in all the other formulae corresponding to those > where there is PI in Euclidean geometry - so in what sense is Pi > uniquely Euclidean? I have clarified that statement. Please review the statement above. > Indeed the formulae of Euclidean geometry are > unique - in the sense that they are not like the non-Euclidean ones - > so what is profound or surprising about that? http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/k/kant/immanuel/k16p/ -- The Mathematica Wiki: http://www.mathematica-users.org/ Math for Comp Sci http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/math/bmwcs/master.html Math for the WWW: http://www.w3.org/Math/


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Your Pie Your Way -Pork FarmsSunday, 23 June 2013
220 comments
I don't eat it, but my partner loves it, just as it is out of the packetReplyDelete
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- Anonymous23 June 2013 at 21:44
With pickle!ReplyDelete
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Warmed up on its own.ReplyDelete
In a Ploughman's lunch.ReplyDelete
With a big plate of salad.ReplyDelete
With warm apple sauce and a huge lump of strong cheese :)ReplyDelete
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- Lynsey Buchanan24 June 2013 at 00:51
Mashed Potato & Mushy PeasReplyDelete
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- Jen Harris24 June 2013 at 06:48
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- Anonymous24 June 2013 at 15:50
Onion Relish!ReplyDelete
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With oven chipsReplyDelete
With my mum's home-made red onion chutney!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous24 June 2013 at 16:51
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- Anonymous24 June 2013 at 17:12
Salad and coleslawReplyDelete
- Anonymous24 June 2013 at 18:58
all by itselfReplyDelete
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- Anonymous24 June 2013 at 21:33
straight out the pack on the way home from food shopping!ReplyDelete
- Chris Millward24 June 2013 at 21:47
I share mine with my cat RosaReplyDelete
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- Anonymous25 June 2013 at 15:46
with chutneyReplyDelete
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- Anonymous25 June 2013 at 22:41
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awsome pies!!ReplyDelete
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- hutchy7328 June 2013 at 08:33
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- Anonymous28 June 2013 at 10:16
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Just pie - cold. Not heated or with any sauce - I want to savour the flavour!!ReplyDelete
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with a lovely picnic :-)ReplyDelete
- Maureen Millward30 June 2013 at 16:58
my cat eats some of it with me!ReplyDelete
- Gabrielle Svensson1 July 2013 at 08:53
with some ketchupReplyDelete
Yummy for those lucky days we can have a bbqReplyDelete
- Anonymous1 July 2013 at 14:09
Pamela says - Simply. With a salad.ReplyDelete
With a large chunk of creamy, crumbly Lancashire cheese, cherry toms, pickles and crusty bread.ReplyDelete
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- Darlene Ovenstone2 July 2013 at 20:46
With brown sauce or on its own.ReplyDelete
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- hayley3 July 2013 at 00:00
with brown sauce or onion chutneyReplyDelete
- Nicola Lynch3 July 2013 at 11:35
With a bit of cranberry sauce.ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous3 July 2013 at 18:06
With homemade Beetroot and Horseradish jelly.ReplyDelete
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- Christina Jarrett4 July 2013 at 11:02
I love mine with chutney and pickled onions!ReplyDelete
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DIPPED IN SALAD CREAMReplyDelete
- Anonymous5 July 2013 at 20:15
Almost any way except warmed up. I love the jelly and don't like it melted into the crust.ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous8 July 2013 at 14:54
just plain is bestReplyDelete
- claire thomson little9 July 2013 at 00:31
in my bellyReplyDelete
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Cut into slices, microwaved if I want it hot and sprinkled black cracked pepper all over!ReplyDelete
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- lorraine g10 July 2013 at 11:57
cold from the packet or warm with a few chips!ReplyDelete
- Jo Booth10 July 2013 at 12:05
on its own, cold cut into segments.ReplyDelete
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- Loma Wood10 July 2013 at 12:07
Cold and eaten like an apple!ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous10 July 2013 at 18:29
Cold with some tomato sauce just out of the fridgeReplyDelete
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- Anonymous11 July 2013 at 21:31
pork pie with english mustard lovelyReplyDelete
- Stephen Dittrich11 July 2013 at 21:54
On the go; it makes a great quick and cheap lunch on the move!ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous12 July 2013 at 10:42
with branston pickle!!!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 July 2013 at 11:16
with lots of pickle and a lovely hard boiled eggReplyDelete
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- eddie britton12 July 2013 at 12:19
dipped in picadillyReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 July 2013 at 12:31
Heated with Salad and Coleslaw :-)ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous12 July 2013 at 13:35
I like to have mine just on their own.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 July 2013 at 13:40
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- Jess Howliston12 July 2013 at 19:47
With some branston pickle on the side :D! xReplyDelete
Cut into quarters and dipped in sweet pickle :)ReplyDelete
- Michelle Ferguson12 July 2013 at 21:18
I don't like them but hubby loves them with pickleReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 July 2013 at 21:19
Lots of salad cream ...on a picnic :) .... Helen boothReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 July 2013 at 23:14
with smooth branston pickle sauce and a couple of cherry tomatoes!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 July 2013 at 23:59
Small pies - all in one!ReplyDelete
- lynn neal13 July 2013 at 08:25
My husband eats his pork pie with mayonaise!ReplyDelete
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- wendy moore13 July 2013 at 09:45
with some english mustardReplyDelete
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- Anonymous13 July 2013 at 10:52
With pickle yum yum :)ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous13 July 2013 at 17:16
WITH pickles and cheeseReplyDelete
- Jane Gorton13 July 2013 at 18:16
Just as it isReplyDelete
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- Anonymous13 July 2013 at 19:52
Just a little brown sauce.ReplyDelete
- Nancy Bradford13 July 2013 at 19:52
On a lovely picnic.ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous13 July 2013 at 21:14
with my husband--and dill pickles!ReplyDelete
I make my own - replacing the pig with cheese. :)ReplyDelete
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- sue gough13 July 2013 at 23:00
With crusty bread and butter and picklesReplyDelete
Pork pies are yummy when accompanied by a light salad with salad cream or some bread and butter!ReplyDelete
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straight out the packet, in the car when I have bought it in the supermarket cos I broke all the rules and went shopping hungryReplyDelete
- Pam Francis Gregory14 July 2013 at 07:40
Warmed through with a small hole in bottom to allow hot fat to frain offReplyDelete
Out fo the packet trying to avoid the gelatin!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 July 2013 at 11:25
Straight out of the packetReplyDelete
i cut it in half and put it in a round of bread with hp sauce :)ReplyDelete
- VeridianStorm14 July 2013 at 11:38
As Part of a ploughman's lunch in the summer. deliciousReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 July 2013 at 12:13
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The Powerlist 2013 featuring Britain's most influential black people and a extra list of 30 most influential black people in Europe has been released. Architect David Adjaye is number one this year on the list of Britain's most influential black people.
Britain's prime minister David Cameron writes in the forward: "We should never underestimate the power of role models. When teenagers see high achievers who look like them, who have reached the top in law, business, politics, they're going to think, 'I can do that; I can go far too." And: "I'd like to thank those who made the list, for inspiring the next generation". More


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A pop-culture stroll through Biden's past 4 years
- Vice President Joe Biden has often made verbal missteps throughout his career
- Barack Obama first named Biden as his running mate Aug. 22%2C 2008
- Biden was irst sitting vice president to appear on %22The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
WILMINGTON, Del. -- It's not bad being Joe Biden these days.
Not only is his first term as vice president in the books and a full second term before him, Delaware's biggest star has been buoyed recently by his high-profile negotiations that helped avert the fiscal cliff and his leading role in crafting a plan to combat gun violence.
While Biden prepares to be sworn in publicly on Monday by Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, we look back on Biden's first term through his appearances in pop culture.
After all, he is a favorite target of late night joke-slingers and has been known to, well, step in it, producing some trademark gaffes, which help keep him on the lips of David Letterman and the like.
Aug. 22: Barack Obama names Biden as his running mate at a rally in Springfield, Ill. Jay Leno reacts on "The Tonight Show:: "A lot of people in the media are saying Biden was the logical choice. Biden got, what, 8,000 votes in the primaries? Hillary got 18 million. Well, that's logical. Did Ralph Nader and his 20 votes turn him down?"
Sept. 10: When Biden asks Missouri state senator Chuck Graham to stand at a rally before realizing Graham is a paraplegic, it becomes the first Biden gaffe to land on the gossip website TMZ. The cringe-inducing video of the moment is featured under the headline, "Joe Biden - Sit Happens."
Oct. 2: When Biden debates Sarah Palin, she famously asks him if she can call him Joe. That gives "The Late Show" and Letterman an opening to rib Biden about his loose lips: "Before the debate, Sarah Palin goes up to Sen. Biden and asks, 'Is it all right for me to call you Joe?' and he says, 'Is is it all right for me to call you smoking hot?'"
Oct. 13: Biden returns to Delaware to attend the Democrats' annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. Not only does Sen. Tom Carper lead the crowd in a chant of "JoeBama! Joebama!," but diners are faced with a dilemma: do I eat Biden's face or not? The newly minted vice president's likeness was printed on a candy atop the night's cheesecake and chocolate mousse deserts.
May 9: As a longtime goofed-up character in the satiric articles of The Onion, the comedy writers unfurl perhaps their best faux Biden article yet: "Shirtless Biden Washes Trans Am In White House Driveway." Along with a Photoshopped photo showing him doing just that, he's quoted as saying, "Gotta get her looking good so I can impress the chicks when I'm cruising down Pennsylvania (Avenue)."
Nov. 17: Biden becomes the first sitting vice president to appear on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and Stewart greets him with the "Amtrak experience:" he's served a can of Tab and a mushed cheese sandwich wrapped in plastic wrap.
Nov. 30: After Michaele Salahi crashes a state dinner at the White House, "The Colbert Report" flashes a photo on screen of Biden in the arms of Salahi and Colbert zings him with, "Amateur hour at the White House. I mean, who lets Joe Biden in? And all this just to get on 'The Real Housewives of Delaware'? Hope it was worth it, Joe."
March 23: At the signing of President Obama's health care reform, microphones famously pick up Biden telling President Obama that the moment was a "big f----n' deal." Among the many jokes about the moment, NBC's "Late Night" includes host Jimmy Fallon saying, "Joe Biden got himself in a bit of trouble. Did you hear about that? In response, NBC picked Biden to host the show, 'Big F-ing Deal or No F-ing Deal.'"
June 2: At the Sesame Workshop's 8th Annual Benefit Gala in New York, Biden and his wife, Jill, meet some of the most famous characters from "Sesame Street," like Grover, Cookie Monster and Elmo. The gala also marked the 30th anniversary of Sesame Place, leading Biden to show off his pipes and sing happy birthday to the furry puppets.
July 5: Biden appears on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and admits he watches late night shows: "I don't mind you making fun of me. There are some other guys I'm not crazy about making fun of me." Neither bring up Leno's joke about Biden he told five months earlier: "With all this snow, President Obama told all non-essential White House employees they didn't have to come in. Well, actually just Joe Biden."
Jan. 23: Ryan Seacrest interviews Biden on his syndicated radio show and asks him if he he has any advice for fellas on Valentine's Day. Biden's response? "Pay attention and jewelry helps."
Sept. 4: In "No Easy Day," the memoir about the raid that ended with the killing of Osama bin Laden, SEAL Team 6 member Matt Bissonnette writes Biden told "lame jokes that no one got" and added that Biden, a known nondrinker, reminded him of a "drunk uncle at Christmas dinner."
Sept. 9: An Associated Press photo of Biden with his hands on a female biker at an Ohio diner as two male bikers look on goes viral. "That's a picture of someone campaigning," Seth Myers deadpans on "Saturday Night Live." Jimmy Kimmel cracks, "If he wins this thing, he's going to win it one unwanted back massage at a time."
Oct. 9: Five words: Joe Biden Cabbage Patch Kid. The somewhat creepy doll was sold to benefit Rock the Vote.
Oct. 14: Following Biden's lone debate with Rep. Paul Ryan, Jason Sudeikis' Biden impression on "Saturday Night Live" hits its peak as he yells at the younger Ryan, "There's gym strong and there's old man strong. You wanna know my workout? When the Amtrak breaks down in my morning commute, I strip down to my tighty-whities and I push that (expletive) all the way to Washington! I am monkey strong, brother!"
Oct. 15: Biden makes a cameo as himself on NBC's "Parks and Recreation," showing off his acting chops. Wilmington native and "Parks & Rec" co-star Aubrey Plaza tells The News Journal she was impressed: "He was so funny, you'll see. He is a great improvisor and has really good timing."
Nov. 1: Letterman's Top 10 list -- "Top 10 Good Things About Voting Early" -- is read by Biden just days before Election Day. Our favorite entry ribs Biden for his oft-repeated claim about President Obama's resolve: "You know who votes early? People with a backbone like a ramrod."
Jan. 3: Biden makes headlines with his ebullient glad-handing at the swearing-in ceremonies for incoming senators at the U.S. Capitol. The most talked about moment comes when he tells North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, "Spread your legs, you're going to be frisked."