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Peru: The Juliaca airport heist
An impressive robbery last night in the city of Juliaca in Peru. A band of thieves entered the city's airport, set off a tear gas canister to waylay guards, then broke into an armoured car and in a matter of minutes made off with an estimated U$1m in USA cash, 9m Peruvian Nuevos Soles in cash (U$2.75m) and 120kg of gold worth around U$4.3m.
The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
...in reverse order:
Third Place: "Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.L): The liar Daryl Hodges tries the Shiny Bead technique on the locals of Ollachea". We like shiny beads.
Second Place: "Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.L) Redux (from IKN328)", which was the best thing on the again reduced-service blog this week.
First Place: "And i wudda gotten away with it too if it weren't for you pesky kids and that dawg". which beat out the second place post by a whisker and announced the departure of Mr. Hodges from Minera IRL after he received 91% of shareholder votes against him. It also got a lot of mails from Peruvian readers asking what the title line meant. Ahh that 70s pop culture, what would we do without it?
Minera IRL (MIRL.L) (IRL.to): Daryl Hodges goes the dirty tricks route
Here's an interesting development. Your humble scribe received a phone call this afternoon from Diego Benavides concerning the next move we can expect from the now ex-Exec Chair of Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.L), Daryl Hodges.
Despite being voted down by shareholders to the tune of 91%+ on Thursday morning, this snake in the grass doesn't seem to have got the message yet and is still trying to get his grubby hands on the jewel that is Ollachea. To that end, as from next week (says Diego Benavides, who's a man that's definitely lost his slot on Hodges's Christmas card list) we can expect the Hodges crew to do a couple of things.
1) Jaime Pinto, Hodges' new lackey and front man on the board, will be nominated to run the company. For the record, Pinto flew to Toronto this Friday afternoon to meet with Hodges and his band of scum (maybe in The Pilot bar...hey you never know right?). In this way they plan to continue to control the company, but pretend it's being headed up by a Peruvian with everybody's best interests at heart (which is a joke, all they want to do is get all the baubles for themselves).
2) Hodges and his stooges have decided to go the dirty tricks route by coming out with a whole bunch of allegations against Diego Benavides, in order to besmirch his good name and try to turn public opinion (particularly that of the Ollachea community) against him. I asked Benavides for details of the allegations and although he told me he knows exactly what they're going to charge him with he wouldn't divulge the information. However, he did make it 100% clear that everything they're going to accuse him of is absolutely false.
When the news hits next week, don't say you weren't warned.
It's important that copper moved up...
...because the gold/copper ratio was getting to such an extreme point that it would crimp the upside potential of gold when the rally begins.
And the gold rally is about to begin. So get positioned.
Chez IKN it's been a long week and business has kept me away from this humble corner of cyberspace. Normal service was due to return a couple of days ago, but with a little luck things will finally get back to normal next week. Whatever the devil 'normal' means.
A Flash update...
...has just been sent to subscribers. A quick comment on the IRL news, the main report and analysis will be in IKN329, out this weekend.
And i wudda gotten away with it too if it weren't for you pesky kids and that dawg
Daryl Hodges this morning failed to be ratified as a director of Minera IRL. Shareholders have voted him out by majority.
Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.L): The liar Daryl Hodges tries the Shiny Bead technique on the locals of Ollachea
What follows is the letter sent by Minera IRL executive chair Daryl Hodges to the president of the Ollachea community. In it we see how the two-faced liar Hodges has suddenly changed his tune, realizes just how his plan to screw everyone is falling apart and is now trying to butter up the community with such choice phrases as "I give my word". Bless his heart. This from the person who screwed Tyler Resources, screwed Jennings Capital, siphoned off undeserved bonus payments into his own back pocket and deliberately ignored the express wishes of the community in order to remove the only serious threat to his coup d'etat on the company. His word...incredible.
What the following letter amounts to is another attempt by a gringo to buy off what he thinks are ignorant locals with a few shiny beads. Big big big mistake you motherfu0ker, the people in Ollachea have more integrity in their little toenails than you and your band of thieves have combined. The people of Ollachea are already laughing out loud at your stupidity and by way of fair warning, I'd strongly, but strongly suggest that if they offer you a one-on-one meeting at the town itself, with none of your team allowed to accompany you, that you don't take them up on the offer.
Anyway, here's the letter he sent which arrived and was registered received tonight August 26th at 6:15 local time, just over two hours ago. By the way, the letter was delivered to Señor Valeriano by one of the company geologists, who also just happens to be the brother-in-law of IRL's VP Exploration. Y'know, what with the company's new high directive so keen about the potential for nepotism.
Oh yeah, final thing: That's the real e-mail address Hodges left at the bottom of his letter. Just in case anybody out there fancies sending him a mail and telling him what they think of his leadership qualities.
Lima August 25th 2015
Señor Juan Luis Valeriano Gutierrez,
President of the Rural Community of Ollachea, directors and population in general
It's a pleasure to contact you and all the population of Ollachea. This letter is intended to reiterate my desire and commitment to continue working with you and maintaining a good relationship between company and community, in which I make clear that the new directors (of Minera IRL will respect the social commitments that the company has with the community.
I have seen that since August 14th there has been totally erroneous information published in several publications that does not reflect reality or regarding the intentions we have as a company with the community of Ollachea. At the same time, many of the publications have stated that I lacked respect, which is not part of my character and something I would never do.
Any change can at times generate certain fears, but I give my word that it won't be this way, this change will improve both the company and the community.
Myself as representative of the company have the greatest will to continue a harmonious Company/Community relationship, working closely with you in a direct way to assure that the both present and future commitments we assumed are complied with, which reflect in positive changes for the community.
I hope to co-ordinate meeting with you at which we can converse openly in order to get to know you and listen in order to reach a joint agreement, to be able to talk calmly and in detail about all issues that are of interest to you, so that you can get to know me as a person and a professional, my ethics, my transparency and my great interest in beginning to work with you as the highest ranking executive representative of the Minera IRL company, where both community and company will win with the Ollachea project.
I look forward to your reply so that we may meet soon. Please communicate with me via the e-mail address below.
Daryl Hodges
Updating the gold/silver ratio
Your humble scribe has been a very busy boy today, but if only to mark the day here's the updated gold/silver ratio:
That's my idea of the biggest tell in the near-term market, right here. Now that the pressure of options expiry is out the way, let's see what happens tomorrow.
On the road
Your humble scribe is out and about until late Thursday, so posting may be light until then. I'll leave you with this. Because it's unspeakably beautiful.
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Futures up
Looks like your humble scribe did buy on the right day yesterday after all. All purchases in the five stocks outlined in IKN 328 on Sunday, subbers.
Just lucky timing I guess.
PS: Oilpatch watcher Setty makes a point about the gold/oil ratio and what it might mean for the gold mining stocks in his latest post, here.
PPS: Regular mailer DW just wrote in to ask about this call in the "Ten IKN random predictions for 2015" dated December 29th 2014:
...and as I'm fiddling around with PS's on this short post, let's do it here. (Humble scribe's note: Ladling on the congrats and doing the general ego-massage is a good way to get me to answer the thing that matters, DW isn't stupid and I'm pathetic like that).
Honestly DW, I'm happy about the rest of that forecast (yes, the "only spike under $1.1k" has worked out) but think that these days $1.4k is too far to reach and my forecast will fail. I think there is upside in gold, U$1,200/oz year-end is eminently gettable and if you want a real stretch, I'd give U$1,300/oz an outsider's chance. However (and there's always a mitigating factor) I still think the decent end of the producing gold miner sectors are good buys right now because revenues from sales are only half the story. Costs are the other and they're dropping for the operators. That means margins are beginning to grow again and the better quality stocks in the gold sector, the ones that have 1) strong/reasonable balance sheet positions and 2) have done the heavy lifting in the hard times so that now they're mean lean profitable machines, are cheap and ready for their upmoves.
So there you go.
PS: Oilpatch watcher Setty makes a point about the gold/oil ratio and what it might mean for the gold mining stocks in his latest post, here.
PPS: Regular mailer DW just wrote in to ask about this call in the "Ten IKN random predictions for 2015" dated December 29th 2014:
1) Gold to trend up gradually, with a rough U$1,400/oz target for some time at the end of the year. For sure with the normal wobbly stuff along the way and I wouldn't bat an eyelid to see it go under U$1,100/oz again at some point or other, but talk of its utter demise (South of 1k) strikes this author as plain silly talk from people who don't get the sector.His main question (excerpted) was...
"...but do you honestly think gold still has a chance of reaching $1400..(?)"
...and as I'm fiddling around with PS's on this short post, let's do it here. (Humble scribe's note: Ladling on the congrats and doing the general ego-massage is a good way to get me to answer the thing that matters, DW isn't stupid and I'm pathetic like that).
Honestly DW, I'm happy about the rest of that forecast (yes, the "only spike under $1.1k" has worked out) but think that these days $1.4k is too far to reach and my forecast will fail. I think there is upside in gold, U$1,200/oz year-end is eminently gettable and if you want a real stretch, I'd give U$1,300/oz an outsider's chance. However (and there's always a mitigating factor) I still think the decent end of the producing gold miner sectors are good buys right now because revenues from sales are only half the story. Costs are the other and they're dropping for the operators. That means margins are beginning to grow again and the better quality stocks in the gold sector, the ones that have 1) strong/reasonable balance sheet positions and 2) have done the heavy lifting in the hard times so that now they're mean lean profitable machines, are cheap and ready for their upmoves.
So there you go.
According to my inbox, you want more opinion on Daryl Hodges of Minera IRL (MIRL.L( (IRL.to)...
...but seriously folks, if you haven't understood that my opinion is that he's a liar and a thief by reading articles such as this one and this one in the last couple weeks, what's the point here?
There will be more and there's a lot more to uncover about this most unsavoury of characters, but to give you just an idea, consider how he frames himself as the saviour of the freakin' world in the Mine Site article out yesterday (which is, by the way, sponsored and paid for by Minera IRL so if you think that's journalism take another toke of your doobie) and how we get the all-innocent "oh we don't know why the community is upset" stupidity from the lips of this abject liar, e.g "...all this seems to have rubbed the community up the wrong way. Precisely how still isn't clear." Then compare it to the very clear and precise message given directly to Hodges by the community of Ollachea.
Playing dumb is part of the act chez Hodges.
If you choose to believe that a company which worked for eight years to get community agreements and financing for its project (the latter over 18 months and unconnected to Hodges until the very end, when he strolled in signed the paper and picked up $100,000 cash bonus for doing basically nothing) and succeeded on all fronts under very difficult circumstances is the one that's badly organized, but the person who within six months has ruined everything is the one that's going to save IRL, I have a bridge to sell you.
The day Hodges is thrown in jail for what he's done in Peru will be a fine day for the mining sector.
The Copper Mountain (CUM.to) Corporate Song & Video
This is not a joke. This is the real Copper Mountain Corporate Song (and Video), entitled "Anything Is Possible" that Copper Mountain (CUM.to) released onto an unsuspecting world on June 18th this year. Find it on the company website right here if you don't believe me.
Choice lyrics include:
"Anything is possible at the Copper Mountain Mine
Where the impossible gets done every time"
"Against all odds we make copper from ore
While the ball mills roll our Japanese friends need more"
And my personal favourite:
"The wise investor knows when it's time to hold on"
The pressure's off gold producers
I was sticking in the data from the June production month numbers for mining in Peru (thanks to the MEM website...by the way Toromocho doing well) and updating charts, when the combo of these three below got me thinking about wider things. Not just Peru.
We see that since 2010, gold production in Peru has steadily dropped in the country:
But there was a big surge in revenues from the highs in gold prices, which reverted once the big drop happened in early 2013:
But this also shows how there was a big surge in Year-Over-Year revenues, then a corresponding drop, and now things have basically flattened out:
As as I stared at that last one, then considered that the costs inputs in US Dollar terms for gold miners have dropped significantly in the last year and a half (and very much so this year, oil and forex leading the charge), it began to dawn on me that the worst really is over for the producing gold miner sector of the industry. Unless you're talking about a stock saddled with heavy debt that sucks away all free cash flow from ops, the relative neutrality of revenues over (nearly) the last year suggests that if your gold miner hasn't gone to the wall already, it's not going to.
McEwen Mining (MUX) at the opening bell is the tell
I've just watched MUX open 15% down. Crazy. It's a gold producer. You seen gold today? In the last week?
Today, ladies and gentlemen, is your long-awaited capitulation day, when the only people selling are 1) those forced to sell (margin-called, fund desks etc) and 2) idiots.
UPDATE: I grant Rick Rule plenty of kudos today. His timing may not be the best and he may have deployed cash too early, but I've watched carefully his strategic reading of the market and his thesis on a move to capitulation, in 2014 and 2015. What we've seen in August fits exactly into his playbook.
UPDATE 2 early afternoon: For a day in which, according to them there experts at least, I was supposed to be looking on at the death of western civilization and all equities amen, there's a fairly decent smattering of green on the screen now. And yeah, I did my pre-announced bits of buying earlier. Just sayin'.
UPDATE 3 at the close: Hah! Spoke too soon. I've never been good at micro-reading these volatile days.
UPDATE: I grant Rick Rule plenty of kudos today. His timing may not be the best and he may have deployed cash too early, but I've watched carefully his strategic reading of the market and his thesis on a move to capitulation, in 2014 and 2015. What we've seen in August fits exactly into his playbook.
UPDATE 2 early afternoon: For a day in which, according to them there experts at least, I was supposed to be looking on at the death of western civilization and all equities amen, there's a fairly decent smattering of green on the screen now. And yeah, I did my pre-announced bits of buying earlier. Just sayin'.
UPDATE 3 at the close: Hah! Spoke too soon. I've never been good at micro-reading these volatile days.
Breaking: Anglo sells Mantoverde and Mantos Blancos to Audley for U$500m
It's just been confirmed that Anglo American has sold its two assets to Audley (who beat out Mick Davis's X2 for the deal). The deal is U$300m in cash up front, the other U$200m down the line when certain conditions are met.
Chart of the day is...
...five years of the Gold/Silver Ratio (GSR):
And that's where we are right now folks, 77.58X, with gold hanging tough and silver doing what normal commods do under these circumstances.
UPDATE at opening bell Monday: The GSR just went through 79X.
UPDATE at opening bell Monday: The GSR just went through 79X.
Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.L): Now here's an interesting news release
Out four minutes ago, link here:
LIMA, PERU--(Marketwired - Aug 24, 2015) - Minera IRL Limited ("Minera IRL" or the "Company") (IRL.TO)(MIRL.L)(MIRL.L) announces that the Board has unanimously voted to remove Diego Benavides from the position of Interim CEO of Minera IRL.
The Company is also investigating allegations of impropriety received through its recently implemented and independently managed Whistleblower hotline. The investigation will be overseen by the Company's independent members of the board, Doug Jones and Robin Fryer. Additional detail will be provided as it becomes available.
About Minera IRL Limited
Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.L) Redux (from IKN328)
This is part of IKN328, out this weekend. I mentioned in the Weekly that it would make the open blog and here it is.
Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.L) Redux
Between the acting of a dreadful thing
and the first motion, all the interim is
Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream.
The genius and the mortal instruments
Are then in council, and the state of a man,
Like to a little kingdom, suffers then
the nature of an insurrection.
and the first motion, all the interim is
Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream.
The genius and the mortal instruments
Are then in council, and the state of a man,
Like to a little kingdom, suffers then
the nature of an insurrection.
Julius Caesar, Act 2, Sc1, LL65-71
I've had a whole stack of feedback, comments and reaction from the coverage of Minera IRL (MIRL.L) (IRL.to) in last week's edition of The IKN Weekly and on the open IKN blog. What this note today does is collate that feedback and pass on the important stuff. This isn't going to be the carefully constructed narrative like last week, more a coming together of notes. Some things are connected, others are outliers, but it's all about the situation at Minera IRL with an emphasis on the situation of its executive chair, Daryl Hodges.
I've now heard way more than enough evidence, anecdotal or otherwise, to underscore just how poisonous the presence of Daryl Hodges in any company is, let alone in IRL. It's not an understatement to say he's despised by those who have worked with him in other places and those with the misfortune of working with him now. The somehow insular nature of junior mining and its related capital markets means that in normal circumstances it's not easy for me to get people to blow the whistle on others working at any given company, with the typical scenario at IKN being someone, a single person or perhaps two, coming forward with information about one of mining's negative characters. Not so with Daryl Hodges, I've had a host of people coming to me with unsolicited mails and it's all of the same ilk. Many are simple "congrats/thanks on shining the light on him" and are greatly appreciated, several others have come forward with new information about Hodges and his modus operandi. All those sources are off-record for today's piece, but I will say that the information that's made it to these pages either comes from reliable places or it's come from people whose information has checked out.
I've chopped the notes into three rough categories for what follows, which are:
· Hodges today at Minera IRL
· Hodges previously at Jennings Capital
· The upcoming AGM
Hodges today at Minera IRL: Here are a few pearls to give you an idea of what Hodges has been up to while running IRL.
Via the contract he drew up for himself when taking over as Exec Chair at IRL he claimed a $100,000 bonus for closing the COFIDE financing deal when in fact he had virtually nothing to do with the deal which was already in place before he took over. All the work had already been done by Courtney Chamberlain (QEPD) and Diego Benavides, but Hodges walked in on the last minute, signed the papers at the bottom and made off with $100,000 in cash of the money from COFIDE.
Internally, several IRL technical staff have raised serious doubts in the way the tender for the upcoming (now postponed) drilling program at Ollachea was conducted. Over the complaints of its technical team, Hodges selected a drill company that was offering far inferior service for a lot higher billing than others who applied for the contract.
He's recently spent U$33,000 of IRL money on a feature in a
based business magazine, which turned out to be no more or less than a personal
puff-piece. Thirty-three thousand (!!)…and here's me giving him space on IKN
for free :-). UK
There was a fascinating little episode in the IRL offices a couple of weeks ago, one that demonstrates once again the total lack of understanding that Hodges has about working in a mining company in
What happens is the Ministry of the Interior will come around to companies in Peru with foreign
nationals working in them and "ask nicely" for a "small
donation" to this-or-that charity, or perhaps a donation that helps fund
their Christmas party, or perhaps they give the office a chance to purchase one
of their newly printed 2016 calendars. Look people, life is like this in Lima ,
it's not bribery by any shape or measure but it is the type of "social
lubricant" that makes things work smoothly and without frets. However,
when one such moment came up the other day while Hodges was present, he refused
to buy or donate and sent the Interior Ministry people on their way, claiming
it wasn't ethical for the company to do such things. We can debate that point
if you like, but the consequence of Hodges' decision is far more interesting. Just a couple of days later, the Peru
head office got a visit from Interpol who asked to see the work visas of the
foreign nationals at the company, people such as the new COO Eric Olson who was
there that day. But of course, all the new foreigners there had got into the
country on the free and easy 90 day vacationers stamp and not bothered to pay
money and spend time doing their entry visas correctly. The result: the new COO
and a couple of other Lima individuals were obliged
to leave the country that same day and can't get back into . Or in other words, because of
Hodges' utter tone-deafness on how to do business in Peru (not to mention that he speaks
no Spanish at all), not only is the head of company not allowed to visit its Peru flagship project but the company COO can't even get into
the country now!
Unknown to the world and as yet undisclosed even to the other members of the board, Daryl Hodges has nominated a new director to the company. His name is Jaime Pinto, he's been chosen as he's an ally of Hodges (i.e. in cahoots), he won't have to go through the tedious affair of being ratified at the upcoming AGM (according to Hodges at least), he's coming from the Peru-based disaster stock Lupaka Gold, and his plan is that as soon as the AGM is done he'll be added as another lapdog member of the board in order to rubber-stamp any decision Hodges makes. We also note Hodges has already hired Carlos Yrigoyen, ex-Lupaka Gold, to be his country manager. Something else he has yet to disclose to stakeholders or the market.
The press release from the community of Ollachea that deemed Hodges "persona non grata" at the town and the project, the one that made official that the project was paralyzed by the community, was by any measure a new material event for the company. However, Hodges has not passed on the information to the market by way of a material change filing. On this subject, it's worth making 100% clear that the community of Ollachea is not against the Ollachea mining project. As made clear in its correspondence (21) the community is supportive of the mine. Its objection is to Daryl Hodges, no more nor less and once he's removed, things can get back to normal.
Hodges previously at
On the blog last week (22) I ran some of the background of Hodges's time at
Jennings Capital, when he was made CEO and proceeded to run the shop into the
ground and get fired. Since that post I've received plenty more. As you'll see,
it's very safe to say that Hodges' made himself a whole stack of enemies while
there. Jennings
One source joined the company from another brokerage just after the time Hodges was made CEO and headed the
The trickle of leavers from
became a steady
stream, as those with talent didn't want to work under Hodges. When employees
who had also bought shares in the privately controlled Jennings Jennings
left, Hodges bullied them into accepting less than face or market value for
their shares, often using
treasury to hire the lawyers at Fasken to help with the bullying bargain-down
tactics. And again even today there is one ex-member of Jennings who was a shareholder and has held
out for full payment of his shares, the case outstanding under new owners
Mackie and dating from Hodges's time. To give an idea of how bad it was, one
source Jennings flabbergasted me when he said that for
a short period there were more shares of
held by people outside the company than in it. Jennings
The final straw for my source came when Hodges, who watched all around as the
team made money in the bull market days for the miners, decided to get his cut
of their action by imposing a 5% management fee on any deal income into , all of which
went to him. It was at that point the trickle of talent leaving became a river
and my source was one of several to leave for better pastures. Jennings
In sum and according to a reliable source that's checked out well, Daryl Hodges decimated the
Capital Toronto office, all the best
talent left and anyone who opposed him or who was considered a threat to his
position was fired. The end came when the Jennings
office came in with the Calgary
directors and fired him, but by then too much damage had been done to the
integrity of the firm and a little while later, what was left was sold for
residual value. My source ended his part of the exchange by issuing a warning;
that if you are a Minera IRL shareholder and Hodges is left in power at the
company, the only way the share price will go is down. In his parting words to
me, "Watch out". Jennings
The upcoming AGM: Last week I wrote that even if Hodges survives the AGM vote, he'll eventually get shown the door anyway and I still think that's true. The problem is that after collecting an extra week's worth of information on the person it's more than a little worrying to consider what state he'd leave the company if he gets a pass vote at the AGM on Thursday and then has time to wreak the type of havoc he managed to do while at
So I again ask all shareholders of IRL to get their votes in and make sure they
vote wisely on each item on the agenda, as the AGM vote is clearly more
important to the well-being of this company than I'd supposed this time last
weekend. Jennings
The bottom line: We should pay attention to what happens at the AGM this Thursday coming. It has the makings of a critical juncture in the history and future of Minera IRL.
The IKN Weekly, out now
Too many cars recently, but this one is obligatory as the only time I've ridden in a Ferrari
was as a passenger in a 328 GTS. And yes, it was fun, thanks for asking.
IKN328 has just been sent to subscribers, Here's what's written on the cover letter.
Good Sunday evening,
Please find attached IKN328. There's a lot in this week's edition, with some of the main content being:
- I'm either buying or adding to five gold stocks
- More on the situation at Minera IRL
Lots more too, 34 pages and 17,000 words.
- An extended feature on Guatemala politics and political risk
All feedback welcomed.
Best, O
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Peru: What could possibly go wrong?
How banks are getting people hooked into unpayable debt in Peru:
My thanks to reader 'T' for sending in the photo.
Usain Bolt is my hero
Tim's El Salvador Blog on the uptick in violence in the country
Tim has forgotten more than the rest of us know about El Salvador and his considered and thoughtful post on the sudden uptick in violence and murders there (mostly gang warfare plus the police reaction to same) is necessary reading for anyone interested in the subject.
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One of Steve Chu's first actions when he took over the Department of Energy was to appoint Matt Rogers as a senior advisor. Rogers had previously worked on energy issues at a consulting firm and brought a wealth of industry experience to the DOE. Yesterday, at a meeting hosted by the American Council on Renewable Energy, Rogers provided a high-level view of the DOE's current position on energy policy and the Department's view of where it stands in terms of fostering a transition to renewable energy in the middle of a financial crisis. The talk provided an interesting glimpse into how a government agency viewed its newly enhanced role as a director of investments.
Rogers had the unenviable task of selling Obama administration policy to a room filled with Wall Street investment bankers—precisely those individuals who have received bonuses that have been criticized by Obama himself. He also acknowledged that there are large segments of the public that believe the US government is incapable of doing any large-scale development work well. As a result, there appeared to be a degree of cheerleading in his talk, such as when he claimed, "energy and environmental policy are aligned for perhaps the first time ever, and has the resources for the first time ever."
In any event, Rogers argued that the financial crisis and ensuing stimulus has created what those running the DOE view as a temporary aberration in its role. Long term, the DOE sees its role as being focused on assisting in the development of advanced technologies and ensuring that they get commercialized when appropriate. "The market doesn't underwrite advanced technologies well, and it doesn't underwrite efficiency as well as it should," Rogers said
But the freezing up of capital markets has made basic improvements to the nation's energy supply and distribution infrastructure problematic, and the stimulus was in part meant to correct for that, so the goal now is to try to make sure that the money is well spent before returning to the traditional focus on emerging technology.
Rogers said that, ultimately, there's a lot of money to spend. The DOE got a bit over $30 billion for grant and contract spending, but cost-sharing requirements will ensure that this leads to about $50 billion in energy spending. There was also $6 billion in new loan guarantees, and a decision to use up all of the $80 billion previously allocated. Since these only guarantee a fraction of the total loan value, they should ultimately lead to about $200 billion in loans, meaning the DOE will be responsible for about $250 billion in spending.
Rogers took pains to separate the DOE spending from some other recent government interventions in the markets. "This is not a TARP program—we're not bailing out programs that aren't economic," he said, while noting that "we do intend to get paid back," and that they are trying to make sure the taxpayers get a decent return on their investment. This should also ensure that equity holders go in for the long term on these projects as well, which will be essential for the loan guarantees to have their amplifying effect.
That said, the DOE is trying to walk a bit of a tightrope when it comes to the stimulus: it needs to get the money out the door quickly, but not so quickly that it sets off a boom-and-bust pattern of cyclical funding, which has scared private equity away from energy investments in the past. Rogers suggested that the Department is still suffering some unfortunate lingering effects from some bad loan decisions made in the 1970s. As a result, he said that the DOE has chosen to create a rolling review system that will ensure a steady stream of allocations—we should expect a steady stream of hundreds of millions of dollars allocated every week, rather than individual, multibillion dollar decisions.
To get there, the Department has about 250 expert reviewers working through applications every day, and expect to have had over 2,000 go through Washington before the summer is out. That doesn't mean the process will go smoothly, but Rogers said that the increased transparency was helping. "It's all up on the website, so you find out you made a mistake within about two hours," Rogers said in describing how they quickly learned that one efficiency program neglected to allocate any money to the home state of Vice President Biden. The rolling schedule also means that individual holdups can seriously distort the schedule—Rogers said, "We need to repair the ceiling tiles in the Secretary's office about once a week" after Chu blows his top with impatience.
When it comes to the actual focus of the loans, it appears that the emphasis will be on infrastructure that will have a long-term impact, as Rogers said, "we want to build and put in place a foundation and architecture that can persist" and "it's about doing something for 20, 30 years." The specific examples he gave were loans intended to help auto makers transition production plants for the manufacturing of more efficient vehicles and the fostering of a domestic battery manufacturing capacity for hybrids and all electric vehicles.
Overall, it's easy to find someone in the business community that's willing to lay out this sort of strategic vision, with general and specific goals and the plans to meet them, but relatively rare to hear the same thing from someone at a sprawling government agency like the Department of Energy, even though the agency has been forced by circumstances into acting a bit like a private equity firm. Typically, the DOE communicates with the public via a stream of press releases that focus on the minutia of its funding decisions, which can obscure the larger picture; in this case, given the large sums of money entrusted with the new DOE administration, it was somewhat reassuring to find out a larger picture existed at all.

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THX Ultra2 Plus 7-Channel ICEpower Elite A/V Receiver Featuring AIR Studios Monitor Sound Tuning Certification
- AIR Studios Monitor Sound Tuning Certification
- HDMI® Ver. 1.3a (5 Inputs / 2 Output Including Front HDMI Input)
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The Pioneer® Elite® SC-27 A/V receiver was designed to deliver best-in-class sound quality for full-scale immersion into today's new high-definition multi-channel home theaters. Incorporating Pioneer's exclusive Direct Energy HD amplifier with ICEpower® Class-D technology, the SC-27 was designed to bring new levels of clarity, detail, and dynamic "quick response" to Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD® Master soundtracks on the Blu-ray Disc® format. Pioneer's exclusive Direct Energy HD amplifier is the first multi-channel Class-D amplifier to earn the coveted THX Ultra2 Plus certification. This revolutionary amplifier design also provides incredible power output with minimal energy loss from wasted energy in the form of heat, making the SC-27 one of the first truly green home theater a/v receivers available today.
With a long-standing product development partnership with world renowned AIR Studios in London, England, and certification from THX® Labs, the SC-27 has the stamp of approval for delivery of cinematic performance in the home-theater with all of the artistic vision intact. The AIR Studios Sound Tuning is inherently embedded in Pioneer's exclusive Advanced Auto MCACC room calibration system.
New HD-Audio digital signal processing is also crucial to maintaining the integrity of the Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound formats. Lower resolution and compressed multi-channel formats will also benefit with a professional grade Burr-Brown® Sampling Rate Converter that will effectively scale all analog and digital signals to 192kHz/24-Bit resolution; exclusive to the SC-27 and a key component to its step-up feature set.
No matter the video format for movies, videos, or games, the latest line of Pioneer Elite receivers makes it possible to enjoy them all with new HDMI® 48-Bit Deep Colour and x.v. Colour capabilities, analog video conversion to HDMI, standard definition upscaling to1080p, and Pioneer proprietary PureCinema™ conversion born from Pioneer's leadership in high-definition video processing. Enjoy your favorite Blu-ray Disc movie in full 1080p/24fps resolution through the 5 HDMI inputs; one of which is conveniently located on the front panel.
The latest line of Pioneer Elite receivers is also among the first to be Works with iPhone™ certified, ready to bring your iTunes® library, photos, and videos stored on your iPhone and YouTube® content accessed from your iPhone to your home theater. The navigation is made easy and fun with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that even provides on-screen album art, all from a newly designed LCD illuminated learning remote. The Elite SC-27 expands your entertainment options further with audio and photo streaming from your PC through an existing home network, and antenna inputs now make it ready to bring subscription services from SIRIUS® and XM® Satellite Radio* into your home entertainment system, rounding out the wide variety of new media options.
If whole-home entertainment is part of the plan, the Elite SC-27 receiver is fully ready for custom integration with several new features including dual HDMI outputs, HD component video assignable to a second zone, 2nd Zone On-Screen Graphical User Interface, and inputs for network content, satellite radio and all other analog inputs to up to three zones. Now the family can enjoy entertainment throughout the house and at the heart of the experience is the Elite SC-27.
*As of April 2009, the Rhapsody and SIRIUS Internet Radio services are only offered in the United States
*SIRIUS and XM Satellite Radio are paid subscription music services, each requiring an antenna, sold separately.
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- 140W x 2 (20Hz - 20kHz, .09% THD @ 8 ohms)
Audio Processing
- Dual Core
- Monitor Certification
- Multi-channel
- Advanced MCACC 9 Band EQ
- Full Band
- (Focus,Wide)
- (13+1) Modes
- Burr Brown 192 kHz / 24-bit
- Wolfson WM8740 192 kHz / 24-bit DAC
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- Redesigned, Full-color GUI
- Zone 2 & 3
- Learning with Illuminated LCD
- 3-zone
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- 2
- 3
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- 5
- 1
- 5
- 1
- 4
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- 7 (4 Optical, 3 Coaxial)
- 2 Optical
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 3-zones
- Composite or Component
- Composite or Component
- 2
- Aluminum/Urushi
- 3 Year Elite Warranty
- 16.56" x 7.92" x 18.12" (W x H x D)
- 40 lbs. 11 oz.
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New: Monkeypod Kitchen at Ko Olina
Good or bad restaurant? Depends on what you order.
Our dinner at the new Monkeypod Kitchen at Koolina is proof that what you order at restaurants matters. If we had ordered only the pumpkin ravioli, the fish and chips and the saimin, I would have deemed Monkeypod an excellent restaurant: a well-executed menu to match a lively, rustic chic atmosphere. Had we ordered only the burger and the pizza, I would have written off Monkeypod as a restaurant not even worth the trip out of town.
Monkeypod Kitchen is the second Monkeypod location of Peter Merriman's growing empire, which includes a Monkeypod Kitchen in Wailea, his original Merriman's in Waimea, and additional locations on Kauai and Maui. Expansion plans for Monkeypod include California.
The formula could work well: a long, convivial bar with 36 beers on tap, and comfort food with just a touch of Hawaii or something else unexpected to keep the dish fresh and interesting. Crisp, battered fish and chips come with a bit of housemade kimchi; the saimin with tender, smoky kalua pig (though barely any broth).
But I imagine the recipes will need to be tweaked if it's to become a successful chain: The classic hamburger is only good if you like teri meatloaf between a bun. The pizza, even when laden with lobster and truffle oil, is on par with California Pizza Kitchen, which certainly has its fans, but probably won't convince anyone to drive out to the West side (nor to pay $25).
But as the local, homegrown version of CPK, with an added emphasis on local ingredients and day boat fish (one of Merriman's crusades), I could see Monkeypod being a fun stop for the many people who live on the West side, at least for those who know what to order.
Entrees $11.95 (Big Island cheese burger) to $30.95 (Macadamia nut crusted fish)
Monkeypod Kitchen, 92-1048 Olani Street, Ko Olina, 380-4086. monkeypodkitchen.com


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Forgoing the Fork at Ras Dashen in Chicago
There's just nothing exactly like an Ethiopian dinner. The first time I ever tried the cuisine, the server brought a silver platter large enough to crowd the table. Atop this lay a giant, somewhat concrete-colored, pockmarked pancake interspersed with steaming dollops of saucy somethings.
Seeing none on the table, we asked for forks. The server gestured at a little basket he'd brought along, which was heaped with more pancakes folded like the cloth napkins we were about to desperately need. He said, somewhat grandly, "This is your fork!"
Ras Dashen is one of a handful of solid Ethiopian restaurants you'll find tucked away in the city's far northeastern neighborhoods, and its atmosphere is arguably the coziest for an evening dinner. The narrow, art-filled space has a mix of regular tables and Ethiopian mesobs, which are tall, flat-topped woven baskets you sit around on stools.
As in all Ethiopian restaurants, this is your fork: a spongy, fermented—and, in my opinion, incredibly delicious—teff flatbread called injera. Every bite of your meal is scooped and eaten using a piece of hand-torn injera, so not surprisingly, if you don't like the tart-yogurt flavor of the bread, you probably don't like Ethiopian food.
A note for those with gluten restrictions: wheat flour is cut in with the naturally gluten-free teff. Just call Ras Dashen at least 24 hours in advance and they'll ensure you get a basket of teff-only injera.
The entrees range from stews similar in appearance to Indian curries (menu decoder: anything that ends with "wat" or "alicha") to a variety of meats ("tibs"). Although the lentil sambusas ($4.95) are pretty good at Ras Dashen, I'd bypass the relatively minor appetizer list in favor of trying more entrees or sides.
A lamb dish called yebeq dereq tibs ($24.95) came recommended, and went over well with those who are either suspicious of spice or beginners to this East African cuisine. The moist, flavorful chunks of meat are sautéed with a sort of Ethiopian mirepoix of green peppers, onions, garlic, and whole rosemary sprigs.
To get the real Ethiopian experience, though, you want something that says "berbere" in the description. Ras Dashen's take on the traditional chili, ginger, cardamom, coriander, cinnamon, fenugreek, et al. spice mix is warm, aromatic, rich, and spicy, and could make cardboard taste amazing. In that vein, there's the spicy doro wat, "the national dish of Ethiopia," with chunks of chicken and a hard-boiled egg swimming in berbere sauce. While I'm usually a fan of the vegetarian shimbera asa wat ($13.95), I thought the nubs made from chickpea dough at Ras Dashen were a bit dry. But there are plenty of other options for non-meat eaters; the misser wat, a lentil side dish you can upgrade to a main for just $11.95, or dupa wat ($14.95), with pumpkin and potatoes, are on-key and still give you the joy that is berbere.
Each entrée comes with a side, and the servers will confidently recommend something complementary. The gomen, slow-cooked greens; tikil gomen alicha, potatoes and cabbage in a mild, turmeric-laced stew; and ib, a soft buttermilk cheese made fresh daily; are all delicious.
This is perhaps the most communal meal there is, so the more, the merrier, especially when each person means an extra dish you get to try. Fair warning, though; you'll have more competition for what is, at the end of the meal, perhaps the best part: that intensely flavorful, greasy, sauce-soaked injera at the bottom of the platter.
Ras Dashen
5846 North Broadway Street (map)
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In a TV market where "big-screen" increasingly means "flat-panel," rear projection remains an excellent alternative if you don't require an extremely shallow profile or wall mounting.
As a matter of fact, stand-mounted plasma or LCD TVs often wind up not much slimmer than today's rear-projection models, which typically are just 11 to 18 inches deep. Plus, RPTVs often weigh less at a given screen size (only a few tip the scales at more than 100 pounds). And especially for screens larger than 50 inches, they frequently cost less. Rear-projection TVs come in multiple flavors, however; here's what you need to know to sort through the alternatives.
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From the Oak: Let's hear it for the God!
Many are those that focus on female divinities, leaving male divinities in the shadows if they get mentioned at all. This is a shame. Here I will share my thoughts, stories and prayers on male divinities. Currently focusing on divinities placed in an atheist "graveyard".
Belbog and Chernobog
The next divinities from the "God Graveyard" list are the Slavic divinities Belbog and Chernobog. They interest me because I have Slovenian (Bohjon) ancestry. I've been a bit intimidated in researching these divinities because I want to get it right. Unlike many other pantheons there are no firsthand accounts for this pantheon. There is no irrefutable evidence that the Slavs had any system of writing so all their beliefs and traditions were passed down orally. This creates or enables many individual characteristics within that belief system (a fancy way of saying that there are as many differences as similarities in the details of their belief system). While there are many archeological remains, there is no contextual understanding to be had. The only time anything was written down was by Christian missionaries who were not always interested in accuracy in depicted Pagan beliefs. Fragments of the old beliefs are found in folk customs, songs and tales. This is not to say that this pantheon is not still honored, for it is, but I imagine Slavic rely heavily upon similarities in other belief systems and on unsubstantiated personal knosis (aka UPG).
The existences of both of these deities, Belbog especially, are heavily contested. So let me tell you what I have found out about them and then offer an interesting possible conclusion that I stumbled across. Belbog and Chernobog are twins and, one could say, the mirror images of the other. One website stated that they were honored by the priestly class.
Belbog (Belobog, Bylabog, Belun, Div) is the god of life. His name literally translates to good, white or bright god. He is the god of light, law and order. He is the god of luck and happiness. He is considered to be the source of all that is good. Belbog was especially sought during the harvest time. Belbog is described as a long-bearded old man, carrying a staff and dressed in the traditional white robes of the Slavic culture. He only appeared during the daylight, aiding peasants in the field or lost travelers.
Chernobog (Chrnbog, Crnobog, Zlita Boga, Zernebog) is everything that his twin is not. He is described as the god of evil who the ancient Slavs honored as a type of insurance against his anger. He is the god of the night, darkness and ruler over the dead in the Underworld. He is the source of all negative emotions and activities: fear, sorrow, grief, cold, famine, poverty, illness, etc. His name means dark or black god. Chernobog is depicted as a brutal warrior in black who carries a magical spear. Ancient Slavs sacrificed horses and captives to him.
Belbog is sometimes described as the god of the waxing year and a companion of Dazbog, personifying sunshine, warmth and life. He is honored on the Summer Solistice (or July 6th) While Chernobog is described as the god of the waning year and is honored on the Winter Solstice (or January 6th). It is said that the brothers fight twice a year for control of the year, at every equinox. The tale is that the world was created by the brothers through a joint effort. During that process, the gods came into conflict causing the duality of day and night, summer and winter.
Toward the end of my research, I started finding references to Dazbog (Dabog, Dazhdbog) in association with the twins. He was discussed as if he had a split personality, something like the literary Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. During the day he was benevolent, carrying the sun across the sky. At night he was malevolent as he carried the sun through the underworld. Some pages out right said that Dazbog and Belbog were the same divinity instead of just companions. Other pages included Chernobog in that association. Is this a late association or a forgotten one? It is hard to say but it does make sense in accordance with the movement of the sun: Belgog/day/summer/benevolent and Chernobog/night/winter/malovenent. If this is the case, it makes me wonder if the only time that Dazbog is "sane" or complete is during the between times: equinoxes, dusk and dawn.
What do you think? If you honor the Slavic pantheon, do you have anything to add?
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Thursday, 21 November 2013
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Our trusty bottle of perfume is getting dangerously low. Hence, we're on the lookout for something classy yet fun, but won't make us smell like an old dude or a peach pie. Indeed, there are barrels of options out there (some better than others), but upon closer inspection, we couldn't ignore all the olfactory products that didn't make much...well, sense. Even if these fragrant formulas are pleasing to the nose, their ridiculous monikers suck all the allure right out of them. And so we bring you: The worst-named fragrances that definitely hit all the wrong notes.
1. Insolence by Guerlain—Maybe it's just us, but smelling "rude and impertinent" is not the kind of thing we're into.
2. Basil by Marc Jacobs—Marc Jacobs wins over foodies with this summery body-spray with light after-notes of marinara and sardines.
3. White Shoulders by Evyan—We recommend a month with Head and Shoulders—the dandruff shampoo should clear that right up.
4. Intimately Beckham by David Beckham—If you've ever wondered what the nooks and crannies of David Beckham smell like, smell no further.
5. Paris Hilton Can Can by Parlux—It's almost unfair to include anything that's branded by Paris, but "Paris Hilton Can Can" sounds like a bad dream we keep having over, and over, and over...
6. Unforgivable Woman by Sean John—Yes! We'd love to have a scent that reminds our friends of that one time we accidentally forgot to come to their birthday party!
7. ! by Coty—! is actually pronounced "exclamation," but we always preferred waving our hands and making crazy eyes to describe our most beloved drugstore scent.
8. Catmuse Nisha by Pierre Dinand—Pierre Dinand's other pet, DogGuru Simone was more than miffed that he didn't receive a signature fragrance.
9. Red Jeans by Versace—The only thing that could make this combo tackier is if you added a bedazzled facade or got one of the Real Housewives to endorse it.
10. Perhaps by Bob Mackie—Other names that may have been contendors: Ambivalence, Procrastination, and Wishy-Washy.
11. Paris Lady Sexy by Imitation Perfume—Modeled after Paris Hilton's Can Can (the aforementioned egregiously named counterpart), we have a feeling that "Paris Lady Sexy" was Ms. Hilton's first pitch.
12. Nice Flowers by Imitation Perfume—The first thing in ad copy-writing is keeping it short, sweet, and to the point. The second thing is to not make it suck.
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Hello Everyone,
I have been a long-time fan and reader of Indian Beauty Zone, and I feel really excited now that I am writing for it. And, my special thanks to Radha for giving me this opportunity. Today, I am going to review two of my favorite shades lipstick from Oriflame, i.e. Oriflame Power Shine Satin Lipstick- Satin Mauve & Brown Sheen. Well, these were my first mauve and brown lipstick, honestly, I never wanted to wear brown lipstick and also mauve. But, these two I got as gift, so I was very curious to try these shades for the first time.
Now, let us see the details...
About The Product:
|Oriflame Power Shine Satin Lipstick- Satin Mauve & Brown Sheen Review, Swatches & LOTD
Price & Quantity: Each INR 398 for 1.6g.
Shades Reviewed: Satin Mauve (24946) & Brown Sheen (24947).
Shelf Life: 3 years.
You can get these lipsticks through Oriflame products consultant or buy online at Ebay.in
Product Description:
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My Experience with Oriflame Power Shine Satin Lipstick- Satin Mauve & Brown:
Oriflame Power Shine Satin Lipsticks come in a very sleek and slim packaging. The silver color packaging looks very classy and chic. Also the thin belt of the lipstick shade in the middle of the lipstick is quite helpful recognizing the shade.
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The Shades:
Brown Sheen shade is very soft and yet very nice for both day and night outings. This shade is like wood
color mixed with little hint of pink.
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My Swatches and LOTDs for this Lipsticks:
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The Good Points:
- Highly pigmented.
- Small amount will go long way.
- Proper shade.
- Sleek and chic packaging.
- Creamy yet sturdy bullets.
- It has shimmers.
- Bit over-priced.
- Hard to remove completely.
- Availability.
My Final Verdict:
If I ignore the stubborn shimmers, I love Oriflame Power Shine Satin Lipsticks. They are well pigmented and cream; also these shades are wearable for Indian skin tone. Yes, they are little bit over priced but looking at the quality, I guess it does worth. This range has very pretty neutral to bright colors; and I am planning buy some shades of red and pink. So, my final verdict will be go get them...
About The Writer:
Name- Arshita Dhara, Skin color- medium/ whitish, hair color- brownish black, hair type- medium length wavy, skin type- normal skin with T-zone oily.
Hi, I am Arshita and I am pursuing my higher studies, also trying my hands in writing about fashion and makeup. I am a happy-go-lucky girl but also very sensitive and with a very friendly nature. I am very excited to meet you all.
Hope you guys enjoyed my review article.
Take care and stay healthy...
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Syndicated from my weekly column in the Mountaineer Jeffersonian, a weekly paper publication in Morgantown, West Virginia:
A supreme court ruling from mid-January could impact the legality of thousands of police searches each year. At issue is the admissibility of evidence obtained where the possibility of police misconduct or negligence exists. Called the Exclusionary Rule, which is based largely upon the fifth amendment to the constitution, specifically the verbiage that no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself" and that no person "shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law," and upon the fourth amendment provisions against unreasonable search and seizure. Thus this supreme court case may in fact be quite landmark in that it has watered down these protections for citizens, allowing for greater lee-way for law enforcement agents to act irresponsibly and still enjoy the "fruit of the poisonous tree."
The case involved an individual by the name of Bennie Herring, whose home was entered based upon a search warrant in a police database. When the police entered his home, they found drugs and a firearm. Unfortunately, no such warrant for Mr. Herring's arrest should have existed. It had in fact been withdrawn prior to his arrest. The existence of it in the database was purportedly caused by a database malfunction involving the computer systems of a neighboring county's police department. Mr. Herring, following his unsuccessful appeal to the supreme court, is now serving a 27 month sentence after being found guilty by a jury in Alabama.
Professor Craig Bradley of Indiana University law school was quoted as saying "It may well be that courts will take this as a green light to ignore police negligence all over the place." Chief Justice Roberts, writing for the majority in a 5-4 ruling, stated that the exclusionary rule was limited to "deliberate, reckless or grossly negligent conduct, or in some circumstances recurring systemic negligence." Unfortunately, the existence of errors in law enforcement data is commonplace enough that it could easily be qualified as recurring systemic negligence. According to a 2005 report by the Office of the Inspector General's audit division in the Department of Justice, the nation's largest database of potential terrorists included noteworthy amounts of incorrect and incomplete data. A 2006 report from the Social Security Administration went on to document database errors in the Numident database, a system operated by the Department of Homeland Security to enable the identification of individuals by social security number for purposes such as employment eligibility verification and drivers licensing. This report estimated that data for 4.1 percent of the total records could contain errors, impacting the employability of and potentially otherwise inconveniencing 17.8 million US citizens.
Chief Justice Roberts went on to state, "the deterrent effect of suppression must be substantial and outweigh any harm to the justice system," and that "marginal deterrence does not 'pay its way.'" He was joined by Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel A. Alito Jr. On the other side, Justice Ginsberg wrote for the minority that the majority "underestimates the need for a forceful exclusionary rule and the gravity of record keeping violations." She was joined by Justices John Paul Stevens, David H. Souter and Stephen G. Breyer.
This ruling follows on the heels of a 1995 verdict in which a similar judgment was issued. The case, Arizona v. Evans, dealt with a similar issue wherein a database maintained by the courts had contained erroneous information which led to prosecution. In Arizona v. Evans, the supreme court ruled that erroneous records kept by court officials was an exception to the exclusionary rule. This month's ruling now extends that exception to records maintained by police and other law enforcement agencies.
Flying in the face of what seems to clearly be an accurate reading of the constitution, this ruling sets a dangerous precedent. There is a long and well-documented history of police misconduct in this country which includes, at times, a willingness to operate outside of what is ethical and legal to obtain a desired result. This ruling will unfortunately create a new loophole which crooked or desperate law enforcement agents will be able to use to obtain results while disrespecting the constitutional protections of citizens against unreasonable searches. If "database errors" can be systematically created in such a way that enables police to enter onto any premises at any time to search for evidence, regardless of whether any such warrant has ever been in actuality granted by a judge, the potential for abuse is tremendous. Defense attorneys representing those accused under such circumstances will likely have no means of investigating whether such a database error was created erroneously or was in fact simply a malfunction of hardware or software. Furthermore, given this ruling, it will be nearly impossible for any citizen to defend themselves against such unconstitutional intrusions of their property.


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Open problems
- 1 Problems for integro-differential equations with rough coefficients or nonlinear equations
- 1.1 Hölder estimates for singular integro-differential equations
- 1.2 An integral ABP estimate
- 1.3 Holder estimates for parabolic equations with variable order
- 1.4 A comparison principle for $x$-dependent nonlocal equations which are not in the Levy-Ito form
- 1.5 Holder estimates for drift-diffusion equations (sharp assumptions for $b$ in the case $s>1/2$)
- 2 Open problems for equations related to fluids
- 3 Open problems related to minimal surfaces and free boundaries
- 4 References
Problems for integro-differential equations with rough coefficients or nonlinear equations
Hölder estimates for singular integro-differential equations
Consider an integro-differential equation of the form \[ \int_{\R^d} \left(u(x+y) - u(x) \right) \mathrm{d} \mu_x(y) = 0 \qquad \text{for all } x \in B_1.\] (An extra gradient correction term may be necessary if the measure $\mu_x$ is too singular at the origin and not symmetric)
Hölder estimates are known to hold under certain 'ellipticity' assumptions for the measures $\mu_x(y)$. In many cases, we consider the absolutely continuous version $\mathrm{d} \mu_x(y) = K(x,y) \mathrm{d}y$ and write the assumptions in terms of the kernel $K$. One would expect that the estimates should hold every time the measures $\mu_x$ satisfy. \[ \int_{B_{2R} \setminus B_R} (x \cdot e)^2 \mathrm{d} \mu_x(y) \approx R^{2-\alpha}, \] for all radius $R>0$ and $x \in B_1$, for some given constant $\alpha \in (0,2)$. This is the sharp assumption for stable operators that are independent of $x$ [1].
Hölder estimates are not known to hold under such generality. For the current methods, singular measures $\mu_x$ (without an absolutely continuous part) are out of reach. A new idea is needed in order to solve this problem.
Note that a key part of this problem is that the measures $\mu_x$ should not have any regularity assumption respect to $x$.
An integral ABP estimate
The nonlocal version of the Alexadroff-Bakelman-Pucci estimate holds either for a right hand side in $L^\infty$ [2] (in which the integral right hand side is approximated by a discrete sum) or under very restrictive assumptions on the kernels [3]. Would the following result be true?
Assume $u_n \leq 0$ outside $B_1$ and for all $x \in B_1$, \[ \int_{\R^n} (u(x+y)-u(x)) K(x,y) \mathrm d y \geq \chi_{A_n}(x). \] Where $\chi_{A_n}$ stands for the characteristic function of the sets $A_n$. Assume that the kernels $K$ satisfy symmetry and a uniform ellipticity condition \begin{align*} K(x,y) &= K(x,-y) \\ \lambda |y|^{-n-s} \leq K(x,y) &\leq \Lambda |y|^{-n-s} \qquad \text{for some } 0<\lambda<\Lambda \text{ and } s \in (0,2). \end{align*} If $|A_n|\to 0$ as $n \to +\infty$, is it true that $\sup u_n^+ \to 0$ as well?
This type of estimate is currently known only under strong structural hypothesis on the kernels $K$.[3]
Holder estimates for parabolic equations with variable order
Holder estimates are known for elliptic and parabolic integro-differential equations with rough kernels. For elliptic equations, these estimates are available even when the order of the equation changes from point to point [4] [5]. Such estimate is not available for parabolic equations and it is not clear whether it holds.
More precisely, we would like to study a parabolic equation of the form \[ u_t(t,x) = \int_{\R^n} (u(t,x+y) - u(t,x)) K(t,x,y) dy.\] Here $K$ is symmetric (i.e. $K(t,x,y) = K(t,x,-y)$) and satisfies the bounds \[ \frac \lambda {|y|^{n+s(t,x)}} \leq K(t,x,y) \leq \frac \Lambda {|y|^{n+s(t,x)}}.\] The order of the equation $s(t,x) \in (0,1)$ changes from point to point and it should stay strictly away from zero. It would also make sense to study other families of linear integro-differential operators. Does a parabolic Holder estimate hold in this case?
A comparison principle for $x$-dependent nonlocal equations which are not in the Levy-Ito form
Consider two continuous functions $u$ and $v$ such that \begin{align*} u(x) &\leq v(x) \qquad \text{for all $x$ outside some set } \Omega,\\ F(x,\{I_\alpha u(x)\}) &\geq F(x,\{I_\alpha v(x)\})\qquad \text{for all $x \in \Omega$}. \end{align*} Is it true that $u \leq v$ in $\Omega$ as well?
It is natural to expect this result to hold if $F$ is continuous respect to $x$ and the linear integro-differential operators $I_\alpha$ satisfy some nondegeneracy condition and continuity respect to $x$, e.g. \begin{align*} I[u] = \int (u(x+z) - u(x) - Du(x)\cdot z 1_{B}(z))\mu_x(dz) \end{align*} where $(\mu_x)_x$ is a family of L\'evy measures, H\"older continous with respect to $x$?
Currently the comparison principle is only known if the kernels are continuous when written in the Levy-Ito form.[6]
Holder estimates for drift-diffusion equations (sharp assumptions for $b$ in the case $s>1/2$)
Consider a drift-diffusion equation of the form \[ u_t + b \cdot \nabla u + (-\Delta)^s u = 0.\]
The solution $u$ is known to become Holder continuous under a variety of assumptions on the vector field $b$. If we assume that $\mathrm{div}\, b = 0$, we may expect that the required assumptions are slightly more flexible. Indeed, if $s=1/2$, the solution $u$ becomes Holder for positive time if $b \in L^\infty$ [7], or $b \in L^\infty(BMO)$ and in addition $b$ is divergence free [8]. On the other hand, if $s=1$, the solution $u$ becomes Holder continuous for positive time if $b$ is divergence free and $b \in L^\infty(BMO^{-1})$ (if $b$ is the sum of derivatives of $BMO$ functions) [9] [10]. A natural conjecture would be that the same result applies for $s \in (1/2,1)$ if $b$ is divergence free and $b \in L^\infty(BMO^{2s-1})$ (meaning that $(-\Delta)^{1-2s} b \in L^\infty(BMO)$).
The case $s < 1/2$ is completely understood and the assumption $\mathrm{div}\, b =0$ is not even necessary. For $s \in (1/2,1)$, only some perturbative results seem to be known under stronger assumptions. It is conceivable that the approach of Caffarelli and Vasseur [8] can be worked out assuming that $b \in L^\infty(L^p)$ for a critical power $p$ if $\mathrm{div}\, b =0$. The case of arbitrary divergence might be more complicated.
Let $\theta_0 : \R^2 \to \R$ be a smooth function either with compact support or periodic. Let $s \in (0,1/2)$. Is there a global classical solution $\theta :\R^2 \to \R$ for the SQG equation? \begin{align*} \theta(x,0) &= \theta_0(x) \\ \theta_t + u \cdot \nabla \theta + (-\Delta)^s \theta &= 0 \qquad \text{in } \R^2 \times (0,+\infty) \end{align*} where $u = R^\perp \theta$ and $R$ stands for the Riesz transform.
This is a very difficult open problem. It is believed that a solution would be a major step towards the understanding of Navier-Stokes equation. In the supercritical regime $s\in (0,1/2)$, the effect if the drift term is larger than the diffusion in small scales. Therefore, it seems that the solution of this problem should be preceded by a better understanding of the inviscid problem (with the fractional diffusion term removed).
Well posedness of the Hilbert flow problem
The Hilbert flow problem is a simple 1D toy model for fluid equations in higher dimensions. It was originally suggested in a paper by Cordoba, Cordoba and Fontelos.[11] The equation is in terms of a scalar function $\theta(t,x)$. Here $x \in \R$ is a one dimensional variable. \[ \theta_t + \mathrm H\theta \, \theta_x = 0.\] The operator $\mathrm H$ stands for the Hilbert transform. There are several independent proofs that this equation develops singularities in finite time.[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] The equation still develops singularities in finite time if we add fractional diffusion \[ \theta_t + \mathrm H\theta \, \theta_x + (-\Delta)^s \theta = 0,\] provided that $s < 1/4$.[13] [15] [14] [16] The equation is known to be classically well posed for $s \geq 1/2$. In the range $s \in [1/4,1/2)$, it is not known whether singularities may occur in finite time.
Silvestre and Vicol conjectured that the solution $\theta$ satisfies an a priori estimate in $C^{1/2}$ for positive time, both in the viscous and inviscid model.[15] If this conjecture turns out to be true, the equation above will be well posed when $s > 1/4$.
Regularity of nonlocal minimal surfaces
A nonlocal minimal surface that is sufficiently flat is known to be smooth [17]. The possibility of singularities in the general case reduces to the analysis of a possible existence of nonlocal minimal cones. The problem can be stated as follows.
For any $s \in (0,1)$, and any natural number $n$, is there any set $A \in \R^n$, other than a half space, such that
- $A$ is a cone: $\lambda A = A$ for any $\lambda > 0$.
- If $B$ is any set in $\R^n$ which coincides with $A$ outside of a compact set $C$, then the following inequality holds
\[ \int_C \int_{C} \frac{|\chi_A(x) - \chi_A(y)|}{|x-y|^{n+s}} \mathrm d x \mathrm d y + 2 \int_C \int_{\R^n \setminus C} \frac{|\chi_A(x) - \chi_A(y)|}{|x-y|^{n+s}} \mathrm d x \mathrm d y \leq \int_C \int_{C} \frac{|\chi_B(x) - \chi_B(y)|}{|x-y|^{n+s}} \mathrm d x \mathrm d y + 2\int_C \int_{\R^n \setminus C} \frac{|\chi_B(x) - \chi_B(y)|}{|x-y|^{n+s}} \mathrm d x \mathrm d y. \]
When $s$ is sufficiently close to one, such set does not exist if $n < 8$.
Optimal regularity for the obstacle problem for a general integro-differential operator
Let $u$ be the solution to the obstacle problem for the fractional laplacian, \begin{align*} u &\geq \varphi \qquad \text{in } \R^n, \\ (-\Delta)^{s/2} u &\geq 0 \qquad \text{in } \R^n, \\ (-\Delta)^{s/2} u &= 0 \qquad \text{in } \{u>\varphi\}, \\ \end{align*} where $\varphi$ is a smooth compactly supported function. It is known that $u \in C^{1,s/2}$ (where $s$ coincides with the order of the fractional Laplacian). This regularity is optimal in the sense that one can construct solutions that are not in $C^{1,s/2+\varepsilon}$ for any $\varepsilon>0$. One can consider the same problem replacing the fractional Laplacian by any other nonlocal operator. In fact, this problem corresponds to the optimal stopping problem in stochastic control, with applications to mathematical finance. The fractional Laplacian is just the particular case when the Levy process involved is $\alpha$-stable and radially symmetric. The optimal regularity for the general problem is currently an open problem. Even in the linear case with constant coefficients this is nontrivial. If $u$ is a solution of \begin{align*} u &\geq \varphi \qquad \text{in } \R^n, \\ L u &\leq 0 \qquad \text{in } \R^n, \\ L u &= 0 \qquad \text{in } \{u>\varphi\}, \\ \end{align*} where $L$ is a linear integro-differential operator, then what is the optimal regularity we can obtain for $u$?
The optimal regularity would naturally depend on some assumptions on the linear operator $L$. If $L$ is a purely integro-differential with a kernel $K$ satisfying the usual ellipticity conditions \begin{align*} K(y) &= K(-y) \\ \frac{\lambda(2-s)}{ |y|^{n+s}} \leq K(y) &\leq \frac{\Lambda(2-s)}{ |y|^{n+s}} \qquad \text{for some } 0<\lambda<\Lambda \text{ and } s \in (0,2), \end{align*} it is natural to expect the solution $u$ to be $C^s$, but this regularity is not optimal. Is the optimal regularity going to be $C^{1,s/2}$ as in the fractional Laplacian case? Most probably some extra assumption on the kernel will be needed.
A solution to this problem would be very interesting if it provides an optimal regularity result for a natural family of kernels. If the assumption is something hard to check (like for example that there exists an extension problem whose Dirichlet to Neumann map is $L$), then the result may not be that interesting.
UPDATE: This problem has been recently solved by Caffarelli, Ros-Oton, and Serra [18].
Complete understanding of free boundary points in the fractional obstacle problem
Some free boundary points of the fractional obstacle problem are classified as regular and the free boundary is known to be smooth around them [19]. Other points on the free boundary are classified as singular, and for $s=\frac12$ they are shown to be contained in a lower dimensional differentiable surface, and therefore to be rare [20]. However, there may be other points on the free boundary that do not fall under those two categories. Two questions need to be answered.\
- Can there be any point on the free boundary that is neither regular nor singular? It is easy to produce examples in the thin obstacle problem, using the extension technique. However, it is not clear if such examples can be made in the original formulation of the fractional obstacle problem because of the decay at infinity requirement.
- In case that a point of a third category exist, is the free boundary smooth around these points in the third category?
UPDATE: It has been recently proved by Barrios, Figalli, and Ros-Oton [21] that, when the obstacle $\varphi$ satisfies $\Delta\varphi\leq0$, then regular and singular points do exhaust all free boundary points. Thus, under this concavity assumption, there are no free boundary points in the third category.
- ↑ Ros-Oton, Xavier; Serra, Joaquim, "Regularity theory for general stable operators", J. Differential Equations, to appear.
- ↑ Caffarelli, Luis; Silvestre, Luis (2009), "Regularity theory for fully nonlinear integro-differential equations", Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics 62 (5): 597–638, doi:10.1002/cpa.20274, ISSN 0010-3640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cpa.20274
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Guillen, N.; Schwab, R. (2010), "Aleksandrov-Bakelman-Pucci Type Estimates For Integro-Differential Equations", Arxiv preprint arXiv:1101.0279
- ↑ Bass, Richard F.; Kassmann, Moritz (2005), [http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03605300500257677 "Hölder continuity of harmonic functions with respect to operators of variable order"], Communications in Partial Differential Equations 30 (7): 1249–1259, doi:10.1080/03605300500257677, ISSN 0360-5302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03605300500257677
- ↑ Silvestre, Luis (2006), [http://dx.doi.org/10.1512/iumj.2006.55.2706 "Hölder estimates for solutions of integro-differential equations like the fractional Laplace"], Indiana University Mathematics Journal 55 (3): 1155–1174, doi:10.1512/iumj.2006.55.2706, ISSN 0022-2518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1512/iumj.2006.55.2706
- ↑ Barles, Guy; Imbert, Cyril (2008), "Second-order elliptic integro-differential equations: viscosity solutions' theory revisited", Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré. Analyse Non Linéaire 25 (3): 567–585, doi:10.1016/j.anihpc.2007.02.007, ISSN 0294-1449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anihpc.2007.02.007
- ↑ Silvestre, Luis (2011), "On the differentiability of the solution to the Hamilton-Jacobi equation with critical fractional diffusion", Adv. Math. 226: 2020--2039, doi:10.1016/j.aim.2010.09.007, ISSN 0001-8708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2010.09.007
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Caffarelli, Luis A.; Vasseur, Alexis (2010), "Drift diffusion equations with fractional diffusion and the quasi-geostrophic equation", Annals of Mathematics. Second Series 171 (3): 1903–1930, doi:10.4007/annals.2010.171.1903, ISSN 0003-486X, http://dx.doi.org/10.4007/annals.2010.171.1903
- ↑ Friedlander, S.; Vicol, V. (2011), "Global well-posedness for an advection-diffusion equation arising in magneto-geostrophic dynamics", Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Non Linear Analysis
- ↑ Seregin, G.; Silvestre, Luis; Sverak, V.; Zlatos, A. (2010), "On divergence-free drifts", Arxiv preprint arXiv:1010.6025
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Córdoba, Antonio; Córdoba, Diego; Fontelos, Marco A. (2005), "Formation of singularities for a transport equation with nonlocal velocity", Ann. of Math. (2) 162: 1377--1389, doi:10.4007/annals.2005.162.1377, ISSN 0003-486X, http://dx.doi.org/10.4007/annals.2005.162.1377
- ↑ Córdoba, Antonio; Córdoba, Diego; Fontelos, Marco A. (2006), "Integral inequalities for the Hilbert transform applied to a nonlocal transport equation", J. Math. Pures Appl. (9) 86: 529--540, doi:10.1016/j.matpur.2006.08.002, ISSN 0021-7824, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matpur.2006.08.002
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Dong, Hongjie (2008), "Well-posedness for a transport equation with nonlocal velocity", J. Funct. Anal. 255: 3070--3097, doi:10.1016/j.jfa.2008.08.005, ISSN 0022-1236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfa.2008.08.005
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Kiselev, A. (2010), "Regularity and blow up for active scalars", Math. Model. Nat. Phenom. 5: 225--255, doi:10.1051/mmnp/20105410, ISSN 0973-5348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/mmnp/20105410
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Silvestre, Luis; Vicol, Vlad, "On a transport equation with nonlocal drift", arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.1056
- ↑ Li, Dong; Rodrigo, José L (2011), "On a one-dimensional nonlocal flux with fractional dissipation", SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis 43: 507--526
- ↑ Caffarelli, Luis A.; Roquejoffre, Jean Michel; Savin, Ovidiu (2010), "Nonlocal Minimal Surfaces", Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics 63 (9): 1111–1144, doi:10.1002/cpa.20331, ISSN 0003-486X, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cpa.20331/abstract
- ↑ Caffarelli, Luis A.; Ros-Oton, Xavier; Serra, Joaquim (2016), "Obstacle problems for integro-differential operators: Regularity of solutions and free boundaries", preprint arXiv (2016)
- ↑ Caffarelli, Luis A.; Salsa, Sandro; Silvestre, Luis (2008), "Regularity estimates for the solution and the free boundary of the obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian", Inventiones Mathematicae 171 (2): 425–461, doi:10.1007/s00222-007-0086-6, ISSN 0020-9910, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00222-007-0086-6
- ↑ Petrosyan, A.; Garofalo, N. (2009), "Some new monotonicity formulas and the singular set in the lower dimensional obstacle problem", Inventiones Mathematicae (Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag) 177 (2): 415–461, ISSN 0020-9910
- ↑ Barrios, B.; Figalli, A.; Ros-Oton, X., "Global regularity for the free boundary in the obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian", preprint arXiv


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Hard to believe it but it's been a year since I took the fateful leap into bloggerland.
With this historic post, my life took a decided turn for the better. I've found a great creative outlet that allows me to enjoy the thoughts of others while vomiting out my own. My life has been enriched by your support to pursue the things that I really enjoy and to explore more music.
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Hopefully, I'll have some more time soon to get into some discussions I've been noodling on in my big ole head. Funny thing about finding a job that you really like…you end up spending a lot of time doing it. However, I'm trying to carve out my moments of blog time and ideas but it's like my swearing to get organized. Mr. D. says that I just need to break down and admit that it's just not going to happen. This is how he sees me in terms of my projects and work, etc.
I've gotten better and this blog, in particular, keeps me somewhat focused. Just don't throw any shiny objects in front of me and I'm pretty much o.k.
I think that music is God's way of providing a Rosetta Stone for folks to feel common emotions and to kun-NECK, you know, soothe the savage beast. For the life of me, I am flabbergasted when someone tells me that they don't really listen to music or they don't know a watershed tune like We Can Work it Out or Hallejuah. That's why I feel that Music Maven's purpose is to educate, discuss and advance music and artists of interest. Bridge generations, genders, race and creed via the love of music.
I must say, however, that the best explanation of music that truly resonated with me came from some guy that happened to capture my attention a few years ago:
It's music, man. If music's in your heart, you feel it, you play it, you sing it, you perform it, you bust your buns doin' it. And, that's what it's all about….