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dbx90 [option]... executable-file
dbx90 is a Fortran-oriented debugger for use with the NAG Fortran Compiler on Unix-like systems (e.g. Linux, Solaris). Its syntax is quite similar to that of dbx, which it invokes as a sub-process to carry out the actual machine-dependent debugging commands. (On gcc-based implementations, gdb is used.)
The program to be debugged should be compiled and linked with the -g90 option. This creates a debug information (.g90) file for each Fortran source file.
If the environment variable DBX90_DBXPATH is defined, dbx90 will use it to locate the native debugger instead of the built-in path.
|List command aliases.
|alias name text
|Create a new alias name with the replacement value text. The replacement text is not limited to a single word but may contain spaces.
|assign var = expr
|Assign the value of expr to variable var. The variable can be scalar, an array (including an array section), a scalar component, or an element of an array component, but cannot be of derived type. The value must be a scalar expression (see "Expressions" for more details).
|Continue execution from where it was stopped (either by a breakpoint or an interrupt).
|delete n
|Delete breakpoint number n.
|delete all
|Delete all breakpoints.
|List the expressions to be displayed after each breakpoint is reached.
|display expr
|Add expr to the list of expressions to display after each breakpoint. Expr may also be an array section.
|Display all local variables and their values.
|down [n]
|Move the focus down (i.e. to the procedure called by the current procedure). If n is present, move down n levels.
|help [topic]
|Display a brief help message on the specified topic, or on using dbx90 generally.
|List the history command buffer.
Old commands can be executed with:
|history n
|Set the size of the history command buffer to n commands. The default size of the history command buffer is 20.
|if expr
|This is actually a suffix to the breakpoint ('stop') commands not an independent command. It prevents the triggering of the breakpoint until the expression expr (a scalar expression) is .TRUE. (or non-zero).
|list [line1[,line2]]
|Display the next 10 lines of the program, display line line1 of the current file or display lines line1 to line2 of the current file.
|next [n]
|Execute the next n lines (default 1) of the current (or parent) procedure. Any procedure reference in these lines will be executed in its entirety unless a breakpoint is contained therein.
|print expr [,expr]...
|Display the value of expr, which can be a scalar expression, array section, derived type component,or a variable of any data type. Several expressions may be given separated by commas.
|Exit from dbx90, immediately terminating any program being debugged.
|raw dbx-command
|Pass dbx-command directly to "dbx". This is not recommended for normal use.
|rerun [command-line]
|Begin a new execution of the program, passing command-line to it (if present) or the command-line from the previous run or rerun command if not.
|run [command-line]
|Begin a new execution of the program, passing command-line to it (if present) or blank command line if not.
|scope [name]
|Display the current procedure name or set the focus to the specified procedure name.
|List the breakpoints which are currently set.
|step [n]
|Execute the next n lines (default 1) of the program, counting lines in referenced procedures (i.e. step into procedure references).
|stop name
|Set a breakpoint which triggers when variable name is accessed. Note that name cannot be 'at' or 'in'. This command is not available on Solaris or HP-UX.
|stop at lineno
|Set a breakpoint at line lineno of the file containing the current procedure.
|stop in name
|Set a breakpoint at the beginning of procedure name. Note that this breakpoint occurs at the beginning of procedure initialisation, not at the first executable statement. If there is no procedure called 'MAIN', the main program can be specified using that name.
|undisplay expr
|Remove expr from the "display" list.
|up [n]
|Move the focus up (i.e. to the caller of the current procedure). If n is present, move up n levels.
|whatis name
|Describe how name would be explicitly declared.
|Display the stack of active procedures with their dummy argument names.
|which name
|Display the fully qualified form of name which can be used for access from another scope.
Literal constants can be of any intrinsic type, e.g.
Subscript expressions must be scalar and of type INTEGER.
All intrinsic operations are supported except for exponentiation and concatenation, that is:
+, -, *, /, ==, /=, <, <=, >, >=, .AND., .OR., .NOT., .EQV., .NEQV., .EQ., .NE., .LT., .LE., .GT., .GE.(Operator names are not case-sensitive).
Note: array operations and operations involving variables of complex, character or derived type are not supported.
If the stride is supplied it must be a positive scalar expression – negative strides are not supported. All subscript expressions must be scalar – vector subscripts are not supported.
For example,
print var%awill print the "a" component of derived type "var".
Components of all data types are supported.
Components which are of derived type will be displayed recursively until either:
Array components of intrinsic data types will be truncated to '<array>', and derived type array components will be truncated to '<derived type array>'.
Allocatable components of derived types are supported.
Derived type assignment is not supported; however, scalar non-derived-type components may be assigned values.
The following set of command aliases are defined:
|stop at
|stop in
New aliases may be created using the alias command, e.g.
alias xp1 print x+1
Breakpoints set at the beginning of a routine occur before procedure initialisation; at this point attempting to print or display an assumed-shape dummy argument, a variable with a complicated EQUIVALENCE or an automatic variable will produce dbx crashes, dbx90 crashes or nonsensical output. Execution must be stepped to the first executable statement (e.g. using the next command or by setting a second breakpoint) before any of these will work satisfactorily.
Strides in array sections must be positive.
This is an example of the use of dbx90 in debugging some Fortran code which contains both COMMON blocks and modules.
The file to be debugged is called 'fh4.f90' and contains:
MODULE fh4 REAL r END MODULE fh4 PROGRAM fh4_prog USE fh4 COMMON/fh4com/i i = 2 CALL sub PRINT *,i,r END PROGRAM fh4_prog SUBROUTINE sub USE fh4 COMMON/fh4com/i r = 0.5*i i = i*3 END SUBROUTINE sub
It is first compiled with the -g90 option and then run under dbx90:
% nagfor -g90 -o fh4 fh4.f90 % dbx90 fh4 NAG dbx90 Version 5.2(22) Copyright 1995-2008 The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd., Oxford, U.K. GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.5-15.fc6rh) Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db lib rary "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". (dbx90)
Setting a breakpoint in routine SUB and running the program.
(dbx90) stop in sub [1] stop in SUB in file "fh4.f90" (dbx90) run stopped in SUB at line 16 in file "fh4.f90" 16 r = 0.5*i (dbx90)
Printing the value of a variable, which may be local, in a COMMON block, or in a USEd module.
(dbx90) print i I = 2 (dbx90) next 17 i = i*3 (dbx90) print r R = 1 (dbx90) next 18 END SUBROUTINE sub (dbx90) print i I = 6
Variables can also be assigned values.
(dbx90) assign i = 7 I = 7 (dbx90) cont 7 1.0000000 Program exited normally. (dbx90) quit %
The diagnostic messages produced by dbx90 itself are intended to be self-explanatory.
If you receive the error message 'Cannot exec dbx' when starting dbx90 then you must set the environment variable DBX90_DBXPATH to the pathname of dbx (or gdb, or xdb).
dbx(1), gdb(1), nagfor(1).
It is called dbx90 because it was first available for Fortran 90; that name is no longer appropriate. Please report any other bugs found to 'email@example.com' or 'firstname.lastname@example.com', along with any suggestions for improvements.


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The family of a 54-year-old man who was beaten into a coma by a mob — after accidentally hitting a boy with his pickup truck — said that they don't understand the attackers' aggression.
"You're that concerned about the kid, why are you jumping all over my dad and jumping in his truck and stealing his belongings," Steve Utash's son, Joe Utash, told the Detroit Free Press.
Steve Utash accidentally struck a 10-year-old boy who stepped off the curb and into the path of his pickup on Wednesday, Detroit Police Officer Jennifer Moreno told NBC News. The boy suffered a broken leg and has since been released from the hospital.
Vigilante Justice Gone Awry?April 6, 201402:05
But, when Utash stopped his vehicle to check on the boy, at least ten "juveniles" rushed to the pickup and brutally beat him — leaving the man so critical that doctors induced a coma, Moreno said.
"It's just hard to see him lying in bed and not knowing who we are or where he is or what's going on," said his daughter, Felicia Utash.
Authorities have determined that the accident was fairly unavoidable.
"The gentleman (Utash) had no chance of stopping," said Moreno.
And that's why Utash's family cannot fathom why it led to such tragic results.
"The aggression, I don't understand why they were so angry at him. I don't understand any of it," said Utash's daughter, Mandi Emerick.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said Utash "had done the right thing by stopping to check on the boy" and called on witnesses to share what they know about the attackers "so that justice can be served and healing can begin."
Two teenagers were arrested Saturday in connection with the assault, NBC's Detroit affiliate WDIV reported.
But one witness, Desmond Key, said when Utash "fell to the ground, everybody just walked off."
"This senseless vigilante style attack is not the essence of who we are as Detroiters and will not be tolerated," Duggan said.
More than 2,000 people have donated a total of nearly $100,000 to a fund set up by Utash's family on Saturday to assist with his medical bills.

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announced the availability of preorders of Media 100 sw. This software-only nonlinear editing solution uses media captured by Media 100i or Media 100 HD systems to edit, composite, mix and export to DVD or web. The product is expected to ship on November 15.
Media 100, a leading provider of advanced editing systems for the corporate, broadcast, post-production, and multi-media industries, announced the availability of preorders of Media 100 sw. This software-only nonlinear editing solution uses media captured by Media 100i or Media 100 HD systems to edit, composite, mix and export to DVD or web. The product is expected to ship on November 15.
Featuring the most intuitive and easy-to-learn NLE interface, Media 100 sw is a companion to existing Media 100 systems. While Media 100 sw currently does not capture or output to tape without the HDX video I/O board, all other functionality of Media 100 HD is included. Media 100 sw allows existing Media 100 users to add an affordable software-only NLE to their current workflow.
Media 100 sw can seamlessly interchange projects, programs and media with Media 100 HD and all media from Media 100i. All existing import and export workflows, including sending to third party compressors for MPEG2 for DVD or MPEG4 for web, continue to work as they do with the current shipping Media 100 HD product. A future standalone version will add support for Firewire capture and output from a range of DV and HDV decks and be available as an upgrade to the companion version.
Version 1.0 Key Features Include:
— Edit SD and HD material using the familiar Media 100 interface.
— Full media and graphics import/export capabilities as well as full support for all Media 100 codecs.
— Real-time effects and accelerated rendering (depending on processor and drive speeds).
— Fully integrated Boris Graffiti vector-based titling solution is included.
— Seamless interchange of media, bins and programs to and from Media 100 HD.
— Supports media from Media 100i systems.
— A comprehensive tutorial helps users to create a Media 100 sw program.
— Easy-to-use licensing includes Electronic Software Download (ESD) and a 14-day trial version.
Media 100 sw will be shown at the NAB Post+ Production Show, along with Boris FX's integrated solutions. The exhibition takes place November 15-17 at the Javits Convention Center in New York, New York. Users who visit Boris FX at booth 204 are eligible to win a copy of Boris Continuum Complete or Final Effects Complete AVX for Avid Xpress systems.
Preorders of Media 100 sw are available through the BorisFX worldwide reseller channel or direct through BorisFX for $395 US SRP. The product is expected to ship on November 15. The version of Media 100 sw that adds Firewire support will sell for $649 US SRP when it becomes available. Version 1.0 users will be able to upgrade to this version for $245 US SRP.


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- Sign is lightly distressed with dark stain & turquoise lettering.
- Handmade in Eau Claire, WI.
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Proposition 31, the massive 8,000-word package of reforms backed by the political arm of the state's largest reform group, California Forward, is in political trouble. One recent poll shows many voters are confused by it, and less than a third support it.
Prop 31's troubles? There are two.
First, the initiative received an official title and summary that aren't appealing to voters (most polls give the voters they survey the title and summary to base their judgment on).
U.S. & World
Second, labor unions, Democrats and many liberal-leaning editorial pages have turned against the measure (and, in some cases, against California Forward), in part because they believe Prop 31's complex series of budget reform measures would make spending and public investment even harder to pull off.
That opposition, and the confusion about the measure, probably guarantee defeat. But the news isn't all bad. California Forward seems to have won over a lot of new fans -- on the right.
Indeed, leading conservative Republicans, and long-time taxpayer advocates, have been warming to Prop 31. This is a turnaround; conservatives had been openly skeptical about California Forward, which was formed by foundations with a history of supporting progressive ideas and causes
Nevertheless, Joel Fox -- former Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association president and leader of a small-business group (and publisher of a leading state blog, to which I contribute) -- has talked up Prop 31 as offering the kind of reform necessary. So has Jon Fleischman of the GOP and the Flash Report.
What does the right like about Cal Forward? On policy, they seem to see the budget reforms as making it harder to spend (which is exactly what the liberals who moved away from the measure fear). They also like the opportunity politically to say yes to something -- and to contrast their support for reform with Gov. Jerry Brown and the Democrats' failure to pursue reforms.
Indeed, the campaign against Prop 30, Brown's temporary tax measure, has added Yes on 31 messages, with the overall message being: Don't tax us more, reform the budget instead.
But these new friends aren't all good news for California Forward. The good government group wants to continue to pursue reforms after this election, including many of the items in Prop 31.
The support of conservatives for their ideas may make it even harder to convince the left and center to jump back on.


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I am all about soft, practical, easy- on and off clothes for my Toddler. Sometimes it is quite a struggle to get her dressed, so easy-on sundresses in the summer make life much easier.
I get tons of knit material from my mother in-law. She does the alterations for a plus-size clothing store in Tel Aviv and gets all their leftover fabric for free. When I started sewing she was very happy to clean out her closets and give me yards and yards of mostly solid color, soft knit fabric - perfect for kiddie clothes.
This dress actually started out as a swimsuit cover for me. I wanted to practice shirring, since it seems like a great technique, but I haven't had much experience with it. I figured I would take one of the free fabrics and try it out, and if it doesn't work out, I have nothing to lose. Unfortunately, I didn't realize just how much the fabric shrinks when you are shirring. So after shirring the front of the dress, I realized this would turn into another sundress for Littleheart.


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NIN wrote:Therrian looks pissed.
ziggystardust wrote:I dont understand how Staal is so good. It doesnt make sense. Someone that young shouldnt have such a solid understanding of every aspect of the game.
entropyfitch wrote:yeltzen wrote:Great play by Recchi. Seriously.
rumor has it, you are only capable of sarcasm.
have you turned a new leaf?
netwolf wrote:Anyone see the number of the King that made the mistake of trying to run Malkin? That purple jersey went down in a hurry.
Stoosh wrote:beauty pass by Whitney to Talbot...wow...Talbot's really doing a great job tonight.
Steigy thinks Talbot has bumped Moore off that third line spot.
How about Crosby out working those 2 guys for the long rebound. It's amazing to watch every game a player plays and be amazed every game.
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Nola dominant again as Phillies beat Mets 3-1
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Simple is working for Aaron Nola.
Nola held an opponent to two runs or fewer for his 10th straight start, Freddy Galvis had a go-ahead single during a fifth-inning rally and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the veteran-shedding New York Mets 3-1 on Saturday night.
Nola (9-7) gave up one run and two hits in seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks. He is 6-2 with a 1.71 ERA in his last 10 starts and is the only Phillies pitcher since 1900 to have 10 straight starts of at least six innings while allowing two runs or fewer, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
"I'm not trying to do too much," Nola said. "I'm just trying to simplify things. You're taught to keep the ball down, and that's what I try to do."
Cesar Hernandez and Tommy Joseph also had RBIs for the Phillies, who won despite just five hits. Odubel Herrera extended his career-best hitting streak to 15 games with an eighth-inning single.
"It's nice to come in here with a smile," Philadelphia manager Pete Mackanin said. "Nola was fantastic."
New York lost at Philadelphia for the first time in six games this season. Yoenis Cespedes hit his 10th homer in 18 games at Philadelphia, which put the Mets ahead in the fourth.
Having already traded Jay Bruce, Lucas Duda and Addison Reed, the Mets dealt veteran infielder Neil Walker and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named. Walker was scratched from New York's lineup and left the ballpark in the sixth inning.
"I'm excited to be back in a playoff race," he said.
Steven Matz (2-6) dropped to 0-5 in his last eight starts, but improved over recent outings by allowing two runs and four hits in 5 2/3 innings. Matz is 0-5 with a 9.51 ERA in his last seven appearances.
"He was much, much better," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "He kept us in the game. A couple of ground balls. Other than that, he pitched well."
Matz held the Phillies hitless until Nick Williams' leadoff infield single in the fifth. Maikel Franco singled, Nola sacrificed, and singles by Hernandez and Galvis put the Phillies ahead 2-1.
Ricardo Pinto struck out Cespedes on a 98 mph pitch to strand two runners in the eighth, and Tommy Joseph hit a sacrifice fly against Erik Goeddel in the bottom half.
Luis Garcia came on with one on and one out in the ninth and earned his second save in his fifth tries by striking out pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores and retiring Travis d'Arnaud on a groundout.
The game was delayed 33 minutes due to an on-field pregame ceremony in which the Phillies honored players inducted into of their Wall of Fame while paying tribute to deceased members Jim Bunning, Darren Daulton and Dallas Green.
Philadelphia's Rhys Hoskins went 0 for 4 with a strikeout and is hitless in 10 at-bats with four strikeouts since he was brought up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
Mets rookie SS Amed Rosario made a jump throw from just in front of the outfield grass to throw out Hoskins on a fourth-inning grounder.
"We heard about how good he was defensively and he's shown every bit of it," Collins said.
Mets: RHP Matt Harvey threw 18 pitches in an inning for Class A Brooklyn in his first rehab start since going on the DL on June 15 with a stress injury in his right shoulder. Harvey allowed a run one hit. ... RHP Jacob deGrom (bruised triceps) is on schedule to make his next start after a bullpen session on Saturday. DeGrom was hit on the right arm above the elbow on Williams' liner Thursday.
Phillies: Williams was plunked on the right hand by a Matz fastball in the sixth inning but stayed in the game.
Mets: RHP Chris Flexen (1-1, 8.49) is to start for Mets on Sunday after beating Texas for his first big league win. Phillies starter RHP Zach Eflin (1-3) is coming off his first major league win this season, 5-2 over Atlanta on Tuesday.
AP freelance writer Andrew Gruman in Milwaukee contributed to this report.
More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball


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Manfred Hauswirth
TU Berlin / Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany
Manfred Hauswirth is the director of Fraunhofer FOKUS since September 2014 and a professor at the Technical University of Berlin. Before that he was the Vice-Director of the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), Galway, Ireland and a professor at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) for 8 years. Prior research positions include Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (2002-2006) and TU Vienna (1999-2002). He holds an M.Sc. (1994) and a Ph.D. (1999) in computer science from the Technical University of Vienna. His research interests are on Internet-of-Everything, linked data streams, semantic sensor networks, sensor networks middleware, large-scale semantics-enabled distributed information systems and applications, peer-to-peer systems, service-oriented architectures and distributed systems security. He has published over 160 papers in these domains, he has co-authored a book on distributed software architectures and several book chapters on P2P data management and semantics. He has served in over 190 program committees of international scientific conferences and was program co-chair of the Seventh IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing (IEEE P2P) in 2007, general chair of the Fifth European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) in 2008, program co-chair of the 12th International Conference on Web Information System Engineering (WISE) in 2011, and program co-chair of the 10th International Conference on Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics (ODBASE) in 2011. He is a member of IEEE and ACM and is on the board of WISEN, the Irish Wireless Sensors Enterprise Led Network, the scientific board of the Corporate Semantic Web research center at FU Berlin, and the Scientific Advisory Board of the Center for Sensor Web Technologies (CLARITY) in Dublin, Ireland.


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Pandering to the mortal enemy of IndyCar
That said, this particular matter is not.
If the Izod IndyCar Series is to ever thrive under Hulman ownership, Miles must rid his company once and for all of an amateurish practice: pandering to the mortal enemy of IndyCar, NASCAR.
The practice of course, commenced in part under the leadership of former IMS CEO and President Tony George. In beginning his ill-fated Indy Racing League during the mid-1990s, George entered into an alliance of sorts with then-NASCAR chief Bill France, Jr. Without rehashing all the unfortunate details, the IRL and NASCAR shared racetracks, and a common interest in seeing what was once a viable Indy car style series--CART and later Champ Car--dead.
In that regard, George ultimately got his wish in 2008, when he purchased what was left of the CART/Champ Car carcass beaten and battered from over a decade of moronic Indy car civil war. The sport under the IRL banner, and was rebranded IndyCar in late 2010.
Of course, one of the great lessons of the senseless open-wheel civil war was how a unified NASCAR was able to move with impunity against a divided Indy car racing and marginalize it to beyond the fringes of public awareness. In masquerading as an agent of good with regards to George, France and NASCAR moved masterfully. Not only did they bury a viable and once great Indy car series CART, they simultaneously rendered George's ill-fated IRL a pathetic excuse for a viable Indy car series. And even with unification, Indy car racing has been unable to make any positive steps forward, in part because of NASCAR's dominance in the American market established during the Indy car civil war.
But as we know, they aren't exactly quick learners at the corner of 16th and Georgetown.
Sure, IndyCar doesn't let themselves get played as the throw-in of a NASCAR ticket deal any longer. Aside from a few events, IndyCar has wisely distanced itself from NASCAR-aligned race track entities ISC and SMI. Sadly, however, the tradition of pandering to NASCAR seems to be as ingrained in Speedway as sipping the milk.
The best example of this, has long in my opinion been the continuation of the Brickyard 400. I've written on numerous occasions that while the Brickyard may be a cash bonanza for the Speedway, the damage it does to the IndyCar brand by diluting the local market and allowing NASCAR sponsors access to IndyCar's hallowed ground far outweighs any financial benefit.
In short, the Brickyard is penny wise, but pound foolish.
Yet, as much as it may bother me personally, the simple reality is that the Brickyard seems destined to stay. And while I suppose IMS at least derives a decent payday from the Brickyard, they continue to allow themselves to be a prop in NASCAR sideshows, that have no tangible benefit, and inflict further damage on a once proud sport.
One example of this occurred during the past off-season, after IndyCar team owner Roger Penske offered Tony Stewart a ride at the 2013 Indy 500. While giving a speech after his NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski won the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship, Penske told Stewart he would have a ride available at Indy if he wanted it.
Now, I'm not criticizing Penske. Its his team, his car, and he can run, whomever he so chooses. However, the reaction from the corner of 16th and Georgetown, was troubling.
Remember, this was after former INDYCAR CEO Randy Bernard had been fired, a time in which IMS and INDYCAR became eerily silent. For whatever reason, there was no activation in marketing popular, charismatic American IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay. But when Penske threw out the notion of Stewart running at Indy, well, IMS just couldn't contain themselves.
Creative campaigns on social media, offers to move the start time of the Indy 500 to accommodate Stewart, and lots of begging and groveling came out of the Speedway offices. And the message was loud and clear: we'll get uber-creative and offer to move heaven and earth (or at least the start time of the Indy 500) to cater to a NASCAR driver. But when it comes to our own champion, well, he's not even worthy of a corny hash tag.
Of course, wrapped up in grand euphoria, no one at IMS actually looked at the reality of the situation and considered that Stewart's Cup schedule would undoubtedly preclude him from competing. No one considered how amateurish it might look it Stewart ignored the reek-of-desperation public campaign.
But there was IndyCar ready to switch around the entire schedule to pander to a NASCAR driver. There was IndyCar, silent after Bernard's dismissal, vocal about their desire to have Stewart. There was IndyCar in the absence of any notable campaign to market their own champion energetically using company resources to ignite a campaign to lure Stewart.
Now, I'd like to say that such groveling is confined to the IMS and IndyCar organizations. However, this practice has trickled down to many in the media. Yes, pandering to petulant babies who struggle to form complete sentences is not merely an IMS/IndyCar practice. And nothing better illustrates this than the continuing Kurt Busch non-story.
Busch, of course, tested at Indianapolis for Andretti Autosport this past May, and it was rumored he might race an Indy car at Fontana next month. Certainly, Busch, the 2004 NASCAR Champion, racing Fontana and/or Indy in 2014 would be a story of interest.
Also, let me make clear I have zero objection to Busch, Stewart or anyone for that matter running any race. Qualification rules determine who races, not me. Further, I am not bemoaning the fact NASCAR is stealing IndyCar media opportunities. Any media outlet should place the news in the public space that readers want and editors deem worthy. I am in no position to pass such judgment.
But here's the thing: other than Busch signing with Stewart for 2014, nothing with regards to this story has changed since the test in May. There has been zero news. Yet, some in the media continue to give non-stop Kurt Busch updates.
Not only does regurgitating a story that has seen no tangible developments reek of agenda and sloth, it builds false hope. Fans, who keeping reading about something that is at best, a long shot, will understandably be disappointed if what is rumored over and over doesn't come to fruition.
And this is where Miles must come in.
Sadly, the modus operandi at 16th and Georgetown has for too long has been to feed off and/or feed into whatever the cheerleading story (or non-story in this case) du jour happens to be, whether plausible or not. We saw this with Stewart during the off-season. We're seeing it again with Busch.
Miles must realize that allowing media to actively and repeatedly forward such rumors creates unreasonable expectation amongst both die hard and casual fans of IndyCar. If/when such rumors fail to come to fruition, IMS and IndyCar are easily portrayed as the party at fault, because well, IMS and IndyCar are pretty easy targets. Yes, the media who report the stories, whether plausible or not, can claim to be Santa Claus. But if said rumor fails to materialize Miles' and company are easily portrayed as Scrooge.
This must end.
I'm not saying Miles should use strong-arm tactics with the media. However, either he or someone with the Hulman company needs to manage expectations better, and not let agenda-driven media establish them so freely. Such a policy can end one way for IMS: poorly.
Plus, Miles must instill a culture and expectation within the company of self-sustainability. If IndyCar is ever going to be a major league sport, then relying on NASCAR stars to generate buzz not only shows a total lack of creativity, but is at best, a short-term solution. After all, if IndyCar needs a Stewart or Busch to generate attention for its biggest event, how is IndyCar going to do to generate buzz for the following week's race in Detroit?
Yes, I agree that IndyCar needs to do something to generate buzz. But this current compliance with any NASCAR driver coming to Indy rumor is not the way to do it. It creates false expectations, wastes precious resources that could be devoted elsewhere. and makes IndyCar look amateurish when such expectations fail to materialize.
And while members of the media should be more held more accountable for their agenda-driven reporting, the first step in this changing is the culture at 16th and Georgetown changing.
Yes, Mark Miles has a Herculean task before him. But making his organization more focused and reliant on the assets it does in fact have, would be a really good place to start.
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Weekend melodies: Jon Hopkins live at Glastonbury 2015
Off-scale greatness.
The full set, which starts strongly and builds into something that cannot be done justice by my utterly inadequate descriptive power with words. You have to listen and experience it for yourself. This is unadulterated musical genius, the way we listen to the classical composers today is the way people in a couple of centuries' time will listen to Hopkins.
The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
...in reverse order and duting the traditionally quietest week of the year for site hits (northern vacay etc):
Third Place: "The latest Mexico gold mine heist: Newmont (NEM) and Fresnillo (FRES.L) robbed of 300kg of gold" in which I made a mistake. As several of you pointed out afterwards, Newmont sold its position in Penmont (and therefore La Herradura) in 2014. I decided to leave the error up there anyway, shows you can't take IKN too seriously as a source. Also, FRS later came out to say the theft was much smaller than 300kg. That one's up for debate and even today Saturday I have no problem in going with the newspaper version of 300kg.
Second Place: "Tianjin China kaboom video", because it's scientifically and agriculturally proven that the world likes to watch things blow up read good.
First Place: "Casey Research, now with Stansberry/Agora, will market you to death". Which is a good thing. If the series of three posts last week on Stansberry/Agora/Casey and the crummy way in which it does its hard sell business of dross manages to stop just one person from handing over their cash to those excuses for people, it's worth it.
Thomas Drake, The man who knew too much
Via Jesse, I spent a couple of hours today Friday fascinated by this interview with Thomas Drake.
Here's the first episode:
Here's the first episode:
Find the other segments here (and after you watch part one above, expect to be hooked).
IKN absolutely urges you to make this your weekend viewing, it's excellent. Thomas Drake is an intelligent, brave, perceptive person and his message needs to be heard by as many people as possible. Plus, Paul Jay does a great job of interviewing him.
TY Jesse for the headsup.
The Friday OT: The Undertones; Teenage kicks
John Peel's favourite song. John Peel had great taste.
Because thinking, acting and writing like a fully grown and mature adult is a overrated activity promoted by ego-filled dumbasses who lost the essence of life and integrity a long time ago.
"The Buying Frenzy": How Casey Research markets you to death, part three
On Wednesday August 12th in we showed you the first segment of the secret backroom document Agora/Stansberry/Casey Research uses to peddle its newsletters to you and transfer as much money as possible from your back pocket to theirs.
Yesterday Thursday 13th came part two, which had details of the technique they use called "The Gauntlet", which is designed to pepper you with scores of different mails and marketing material until you give in.
Today we highlight what they call "The Buying Frenzy" and this is my favourite bit of all: If you harboured doubts about the cynical way in which these balls of scum go about their sordid business, read on and clear it up once and for all:
Gotta love how they avoid spending cash on female investors because (to quote), "They don't have the emotional need that is required to set off a buying frenzy". And how they're zeroing in on baby-boomers worrying about retirement because they're the ones who'll waste their cash on not just one of their rip-off publications but several in that all-important buying frenzy.
And for the record, people unfortunately enough to be on Casey's e-mail list have confirmed to me in the last couple of days that the quantity of unsolicited mails they've been getting from Casey Research has recently shot up to astronomical levels. Here's an example of a mail from 5am this morning (!!!) a reader forwarded to me today that traight out of the "Gauntlet" playbook:
And for the record, the person who received this isn't a paying customer of Casey Research and he's not even registered with Stansberry.
Argonaut (AR.to)
Apart from this...
...great quarter guys!
And nice to see that you understand what the words "write down" mean. Time to apply it to the big ticket assets the way you should have last year.
Chart of the day is...
...gold, the recent moves, because for my taste the price has held up better than expected at over U$1,100:
In fact, in my tiny little delusion of a world I've been drawing a line in the sand at the four ones, U$1,111/oz, all week. Even that's held. Yeah I know the cheerleaders want it at $1,200/oz by next week with that just a stepping stone to its true destiny of Savour Of The Financial World and all that, but at this humble corner of cyberspace we're shackled by realeconomik. The reality is, if you're looking for a gold recovery this above is a decent start.
And if you've been loudly predicting the demise of the pet rock metal, unless you're particularly stupid chances are you're beginning to feel more than a little uncomfortable with your arrogance.
Enjoy Friday.
And while we're at it, here's my fave bit from the Jaguar Mining (JAG.v) 2q15 numbers
Considering how awful the company and its assets are, it may surprise a few of you to learn that Jaguar Mining (JAG.v) is still alive and kicking (though it took the holy saintmother of all dilutive rollbacks to keep it going). But alive it is, which brings us to the point of tonight's post and...oh goody goody let's check the 2q15 news release from JAG.v and especially this bit...
...which is wonderful.
- Because it made a gross profit of $6m if you don't include depreciation.
- Because no miner ever has a mine that depreciates.
- Because you just mine its rock and when you come back to the same spot the next day the rock has magically re-grown.
- That's a plain fact.
Okay that last one is slightly more ironic more than truthful but you'd probably guessed that already. Therefore to adjust for bleedin' reality and go for the factual Q2 figures at JAG.v that are indeed GAAP compliant:
- Sales $22.82m
- Gross profit $2.779m
- Operating LOSS $2.531m
- Net LOSS $4.383m
BE CLEAR ON THIS, KIND READER---> Excluding depreciation cost is like running your trucks without fuel and the reality-challenged IR dude that thought it a smart idea to present JAG.v's numbers in this way needs to be taken out to the woodshed and given a long, hard beating. With a knobbly oak branch. For his or her own good. And for the good of the world.
By the way, JAG.v has a negative working capital of $38m. But hey...details...right?
UPDATE: An anal yst friend writes in:
UPDATE: An anal yst friend writes in:
Zimbabwean GAAP, beautiful!
Gran Colombia Gold (GCM.to) 2q15 financials
Ahh, I love these guys.
They'll tell you they've brought the all-in cost down
They'll tell you about the $3m profit
But they won't tell you that...
...and that includes $117m in financial debt...pure cash money. And talking of cash...
...it's still a little thin on the ground, dontchaknow.
The day after is more interesting than the day
Just for a change I've been doing real work this morning, because time has taught me to pay close attention to mining stocks the day after any (gold-driven) big upmove. The consolidation day is far more instructive than the day in which they all go pop, you get to see the relative strength more clearly.
What I want to see in a stock price on a day like today is simple enough: A small drop compared to peers on good volumes. A consolidation drop is normal and we like that, but if volumes are strong it points to a company that's still being considered as cheap on its fundies by the players that matter.
- I don't want a big drop, that's a sign of weak hands bailing on a flip.
- I don't want a small drop on low volumes, it's inconclusive.
- I don't even want to see a stock rise, because it means it's out of synch with the market and probably a backwater stock or maybe a pump job (unless there's some specific company news that's out).
Trade flipping in hours or days usually isn't my thing, taking longer-term fundies positions is. That normally means not paying much attention to the intraday ticker but on some occasions it makes sense to stop the snarky blog blathering and pay closer heed. Today's one of those days.
Bottom line: The conclusion drawn by 95% of readers to this post is...
...and rightly so. Enjoy your Thursday.
"The Gauntlet": How Casey Research markets you to death, part deux
Extract one from the Agora/Stansberry/Casey Research guide to how to squeeze every last drop out of you came yesterday. Today's is the second excerpt from their back-office guide which explains their technique they call "The Gauntlet" and again, it's perversely fascinating to read:
When you sign up to that Casey Research "free letter" or "special introductory offer", be under no illusion as to what happens next dear reader.
I wonder what Ayn Rand would make of it all?
A flash update...
...has just been sent to subscribers, 10pm local time on Wednesday evening.
Tekoa da Silva round-tables four geologists
You got Simon Ingram of Reservoir (RMC.v), you got Brent Legend Cook of Exploration Insights, you got Stephen Nano of Mirasol Reosurce (MRZ.v) and you got Alain Charest of Evrim Resources (EVM.v). And you get their views on mainly the prospect generator model.
And you have the always good Tekoa da Silva running the round-table-Q-and-A thing over the 14 minutes. Worth your time, metalhead.
Tianjin China kaboom video
You'll hear all about it in the next 24 hours, so get a video in first:
Casey Research, now with Stansberry/Agora, will market you to death
Here's a leaf from the Agora Publishing "how to screw your clients for as much money as possible" handbook. These are the people behind the whole newsletter business, pulling the strings of Porter Stansberry's cruddy organization and now in full control of Casey Research.
It'll give you an idea of how cynical they are and it'll give Casey Research subscribers an inkling as to why they're being hammered with even more marketing BS via their mailboxes these days:
There's a whole lot more of that attitude in the full document. One hundred and six pages of it, in fact. It's fascinating too, in a perverse way.
UPDATE: This post is part one of a three part series.
UPDATE: This post is part one of a three part series.
Find part two here which explains "The Gauntlet"
Find part three here which explains "The Buying Frenzy"I particularly like the way part three sheds light on the grubby moneygrabbing mentality at their shop.
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Mexico gold robberies: Mining companies only have themselves to blame
After the news this morning of yet another multi-million dollar gold robbery in Mexico, in which the La Herradura mine (NEM and FRES.L) was done for over U$10m of gold, it's more than interesting to find out that rather than bolster measures against the Mexico thieves, often organized criminal gangs connected to narcotrafficking, the mining companies have been cutting down on security in 2015.
According to this article in Mexico's newspaper of record Reforma from just four days ago, mining companies have cut the amount they spend on private security in Mexico by 17% this year. Citing figures given to it by Mexico's Chamber of Mining Camimex, Reforma states that mining companies have invested U$47.2m in security in 2015, which compares to U$57.5m for the same period in 2014.
The report goes on to quote one Manuel Reyes, who is president of the important AIMMGM body (the national association of mining engineers, metallurgists and geologists) who said that the spending cuts weren't because there were less criminal incidents but simply because the metals prices had got mining companies cutting what they think are non-essential expenses to the core.
I wonder how "non-essential" Newmont thinks those cut salaries are today?
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: A New Kind of Robin Hood
Brilliant, brilliant and three times brilliant. Stop reading this pitiful IKN thing, hit this link and improve your day endlessly.
"And how do you give to the poor?"
"It trickles down."
The latest Mexico gold mine heist: Newmont (NEM) and Fresnillo (FRES.L) robbed of 300kg of gold
Mexico's dailies are running plenty of reports of the theft from the Penmont (the JV between Newmont (NEM) and Fresnillo (FRES.L)) La Herradura mine of 300kg of gold (9,645 oz) yesterday. Apparently a gang of about 20 thieves rolled up to the mine in Hermosillo, intercepted a vehicle transporting the gold, then overpowered all employees and guards before making clean away with all the booty.
If those quantities quoted in reports are right, that's about U$10.6m worth of gold.
Ty GS for the headsup
Ty GS for the headsup
On Vasily Grossman
I received a great mail today which included probably the most famous lines written by Vasily Grossman. Those lines are bold-typed in the excerpt below (they're from his work 'Life and Fate', which by the way is required reading for all human beings) but on reading them, I remembered that the context of the famous quote is more optimistic than the way's it's normally used. So I went to dig it out and here it is:
"I have seen that it is not man who is impotent in the struggle against evil, but the power of evil that is impotent in the struggle against man. The powerlessness of kindness, of senseless kindness, is the secret of its immortality. It can never by conquered. The more stupid, the more senseless, the more helpless it may seem, the vaster it is. Evil is impotent before it. The prophets, religious teachers, reformers, social and political leaders are impotent before it. This dumb, blind love is man's meaning. Human history is not the battle of good struggling to overcome evil. It is a battle fought by a great evil, struggling to crush a small kernel of human kindness. But if what is human in human beings has not been destroyed even now, then evil will never conquer."
That's some prose, but I hope you'll see that by taking those famed bold-typed lines and quoting them without the rest, the real message Grossman wanted to get across is lost. And that message is all the more remarkable if you check out the history of the man who wrote them. Thank you for writing DE, you made my day.
Lefsetz on Trump
Right on the button:
"...he's the perfect American, where no one makes a mistake and bluster is everything, and you wonder why our nation is in trouble…no one can learn anything, no one can adjust their opinion, no one can say they're wrong."
Chart of the day is...
...the gold/copper ratio:
Because according to the mailbag, certain people don't go with the more subtle message and need it nailed into their foreheads. The market jabberers who think gold's just like any other metal or just another commodity will not have understood why gold and copper reacted in exact opposite directions when China devalued its currency (twice). Ingrained in their thinking, they are today confuised and laughing off reality and sticking to their guns. The famous Galbraith quote...
"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof."
...comes to mind while writing this post.
The reason gold went up: The people who run Shanghai* aren't half as stupid about money as the people who run Wall St. Gold isn't copper, it's not silver, not nickel, moly, platinum, alu, scandium, indium or tin either. It's gold and it has different rules to all other metals. So learn them.
*as opposed to the people who bet on Shanghai
Dynacor Gold (DNG.to) 2q15
So much for that "guaranteed margin" spiel we used to get about this thing from Louis Lobito Little Wolf James of Casey Research:
The 2q15 EPS was way down, only comparable to the 1q14 quarter when DNG had to shut down for a month due to a regional strike by artisan-type miners.
Nevada Copper (NCU.to) reports its quarter
What, something might be the matter here you say?
Surely not!
Sorry, how long before Pumpkin Hollow's free cash flow positive at sub-$2.50/lb copper, you say? Oh...errr...well...detail...
Jesse on form (and on Chinese currency)
I really liked the post on Jesse's Café Américain this evening that took the China deval news and condensed it to the core message (which once stripped of the chattersphere's gobbledegook really is quite straightforward):
A devaluation of this sort is designed to improve the domestic economy by stimulating exports, lowering domestic costs of production relative to other sources, and to inhibit imports by raising their relative prices.
In other words, China clearly signaled that the US dollar, to which they were matching their own currency, is overvalued relative to the state of the global economy, and especially their own.
China is 'the canary in the coal mine' for the global economy, a major source of labor and supply. Their own economy is sick because demand from overseas is down.
And why is demand lower? Because multinational corporations and the banking system have been financializing nearly everything to increase corporate profits and the wealth of a very few, pretty much at the expense of everyone else.
So if the people do not have the money to buy, and cannot keep increasing their private debt to service consumption because of the predatory lending and fees in the system, guess what happens to aggregate demand?
Jesse L then goes on to compare circumstances with a couple of historical times, via US President speeches. Another snippet here (the past tenses in this quote can be changed to present tenses contextually):
The problem was not paper money per se, but the concentration of power and wealth which the abusive use of the monetary power had granted to a few powerful individuals and institutions.
That's exactly right. And there's plenty more quality food for thought in the post, so go read yourself.
Mexico monthly silver production, 1980 to 2015
As I happened to be on Mexico's INEGI page for a different reason today, and I happened to get sidetracked by the dataset (wasn't looking for silver, fwiw), here's a chart for the humble corner of cyberspace. Because it's quite interesting all by itself:
The world's biggest silver producing country. Not surprising considering that growth pattern. Data from here.
IKN Recommends: Mining's Black Box
Mining's Black Box is a new blog that's been started by Tim Oliver, one of the smartest mining engineers and sector specialists I've had the fortune to come across. He's widely read and esteemed in the mining world, for example he's appeared regularly in Brent Cook's 'Exploration Insights' letter as a guest commentator on matters connected to 43-101 compliant reporting and the consequences of the system used (both good and bad).
To give you an idea of what Tim Oliver offers on his free access/free read blog, here's the blurb he's written by way of introduction:
Why the Black Box"I'm just comparing numbers and have quite a bit of experience, reading FS/PFS etc. since a few years, but sure I have to trust the official numbers and I know how many will fail / are already failing; it's for sure a black box in a few parts until they really reach production, hopefully on time and on budget."The preceding quote from a recent conversation with an experienced industry investor stuck in my mind. He asked my opinion of a single-project company with an underground gold mine project in South America.
I took a quick look at the project's feasibility study (FS) and found major problems. I suggested he should dig a bit deeper here and there; do some benchmarking, and consider the unrealistic construction schedule. He made the statement quoted above and went forward happy with his investment.
What our friend described as a "Black Box" is a series of engineering studies that span the gulf between discovery of a mineral deposit and a profitable mine.
Done correctly, the studies present an accurate picture of the economic potential for a mineral deposit. Done incorrectly, the studies might portray a hopeless deposit as a great bonanza, or disguise a great mine as a lost cause.
This blog is your key to the Black Box. I'll post tools, information and opinions to help investors look past the lipstick on the pig, or to find the diamond in the rough. Pardon my clichés, I can't help it.
IKN strongly recommends to anybody interested in the mining scene to go visit Tim Oliver's new gig, sign up to his e-mail list, stick his blog on RSS and generally read the guy. You'll get smarter about the sector pitfalls quickly if you do. Here's the link, now use it.
Welcome to the new Peru (just the same as the old Peru)
- Miners protesting? Check
- Main road blocked because only way of attracting attention to cause? Check
- Police called in? Check
- Police use heavy-handed and violent tactics to confront strikers? Check
- Dozens of injuries? Check
- One death already confirmed? Check
- Protests continue? Check
That's today at the Doe Run complex in La Oroya, on the country's main Central highway. One report here, hundreds more if you check GooglyAlphabet.
Good news: The Muck Pile is back...
...after its blogmeister's sojourn in the mosquito fields of WayUpThereLandia. Two weeks was way too long without your most excellent of blogs, Mike.
Anyway, a nice edition. I particularly liked the Giustra bit. Read it here.
Please tell me again how all metals are the same, mainstream market community of clever and wise financial people
First Majestic Silver (FR.to) (AG) 2q15 results
First Majestic (FR.to) (AG) reported this morning, the NR is on this link.
Once you've read it, you may be wondering why FR.to managed to return yet another loss. Once you've checked out the financials, you may wonder why working cap is still negative, despite FR having raised net U$23m in a placement during the quarter. So to give a best quick-answer, I've got it down to one chart instead of the usual dozen or so.
This shows the average price of silver in the given quarters, as per the London Fix. It also shows the total expenses incurred by FR.to in each quarter for its silver equivalent ounces (i.e. silver plus the other metals at the correct proportions, as filed by FR.to). What we see is that despite growth in production and despite all the promises that Keith Neumeyer has thrown at us over 2013 and 2014 and now 2015, FR.to is incapable of cutting its costs profile. The result is a meeting of lines and the company is now a loss-maker.
And really, that's all you need to know about FR.to the company. Can't cut costs to save its life, and that can be taken quite literally if silver continues its downward trend. But of course, nobody will care today because the metal has popped 50c/oz thanks to the China deval news and style beats substance every time.
So it goes.
Frank Holmes continues to sell his Gran Colombia Gold (GCM.to) trainwreck holding. Quietly
Back in May we noted how US Global, the Frank Holmes investment (term used loosely) fund, had dropped its holding of Serafino's expensive hobby Gran Colombia Gold from 12% of total shares out to 10%. All quiet like, because we wouldn't want anyone to know*. According to today's news that's now down to 9.25%. This from SEDAR tonight:
That means he's dumped another 145,000 shares approx. Those were worth around three quarters of a million dollars when he bought them. If he got more than $40,000 in the disposal he was lucky.
*Which is why IKN exists, of course. Hi Fino!
The IKN Weekly, out now
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Muck it out.
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Argentina PASO elections: With 94.28% of votes counted...
...we have the following numbers:
FpV 38.39%
Cambiemos 30.10%
As for direct votes for next President (ignoring the internal votes inside alliances)
Scioli 38.4%
Macri 24.3%
Massa 14.1%
Details here from the official electoral body web page. Go for the final 100% counted scores later.
The bottom line: Daniel Scioli has at least eight points on his main rival Mauricio Macri. One way of winning the whole shebang in the first round when the real vote happens in October is a) get more than 40% and b) the second place is more than 10% behind you. That means that Scioli has a reasonable shot at getting the extra votes he needs at this point. Personally, I make him a 50/50 chance to get the big job without the need for a second round run-off.
Copper Mountain (CUM.to): Forex saves the day
They said the results are positive in the title line of the NR so it must be true, right? I mean, would a junior mining company make things up?
Thanks to $5.2m in forex adjustments (the result of having a big fat financial debt in US Dollars but reporting in Loonies) CUM.to got to report a minor net profit this quarter. But the cruel reality is that real costs are still way too close to real revenues so when we consider what's happened to copper since the end of the 2q15 period, it's not getting any better in the near future.
Bottom line: When you claim to have returned a net profit but your working cap has dropped by nearly $2m (to $15.9m), things are what they might seem. Let's not even go into the $439m in total liabilities on its books, the vast majority of which is financial debt.
An IKN Weekly extra report has just been sent to subscribers
This week the normal IKN Weekly goes out tomorrow Monday evening.
End of notice.
Argentina PASO election exit polls: Scioli showing strong
We have four to six hours before official quick-count results come through, but as polling is now closed the Argentina TV stations are free to publish their exit poll results from today's key PASO elections, a precursor for the main Presidential vote event in October.
For example here's a screenshot from Argentina's national TV station Telefe:
And that one's fairly typical of other exit poll showings so far. They also fit in fairly closely with voter intention polls from the past couple of weeks.
Bottom line: Daniel Scioli ahead by a fair margin.
The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
...in reverse order and in a travel-shortened week:
Third Place: "Atna Resources (ATN.to): A rant" which noted how ATN.to was down 20% on the month (it's now down 37%) and how its pumpy promo about improving gold production at one of its two mines three weeks ago wasn't even half of the cruel reality at the company. And how people who invest in juniors need to check the financials, not believe IR spiel.
Second Place: "Richard Fifer of Petaquilla: Beware of strangers holding envelopes", which noted how the lawyers with papers to serve seek him here and seek him there and seek him over hill and dell.
First Place: "Balance sheets". Which pointed out some very obvious things about Banks Island Gold which its head pumper Louis James of Casey Research didn't want you to know. And I ranted about it again, too.
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Wirksworth Town Center - Market Place, West End & St John's Street
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The remaining two photographs of Brenda Pearson's selection from Elizabeth Nowell-Usticke née Wright's album were taken in West End, at the top of Market Place in Wirksworth.
Image 3 - Wirksworth West End 1886?
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This image shows three parked carts, or gigs (l), and a group of band members taking a break (k).
Image 3 - Wirksworth Tap Dressing West End 1886?
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The subject of the last image is one of the tap dressings that formed the centre of the festivities (m) - it may be the one which won the first prize ...
With regard to the dressings, Mrs. John Cooke, of the West End, again suceeded in carrying off premier honours, being awarded the first prize of 10l. for an elaborate erection, of a much more pretentious character than any of the others.... although the detailed description doesn't quite match with what we can see in the photograph. Part of a parked gig (l) seen in the previous photograph is in the right foreground of this photo. A small group of people, one woman and a child sheltering under an umbrella, are looking at the tap dressing. Some children (n) are playing on the pavement in the left foreground.


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Bedchamber of the Master.
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
A vampire's life cold and dark.
A vampire's life a lonely existence.
My life is a hollow grave dead ground.
The moon kisses while the sun stings and burns.
A vampire's life is dark and dense never dying but never seeing.
We are feared but then what do we fear?
We have everything but it turns out we have nothing.
They want to be us, but in a vampire's life they want death.
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I've been rather busy of late so i have been neglecting my duties here, anyway a new image of Underwood for you. This time he's in his vampiric infancy, somewhere back in the 18th Century.
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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is facing an escalating political storm after his former party treasurer was accused of tax evasion and fraud linked to a 22 million euro fortune hidden in Swiss bank accounts.
Former Senator Luis Barcenas also faces allegations of money laundering through a Latin America-based company, Conosur Land, dedicated to farming and construction, which he allegedly used to transfer undeclared funds out of Europe into Argentina. In addition, he is suspected of paying cash kickbacks to senior officers of the People's Party ranging from 5,000 euros to 15,000 euros.
Details on the secret bank accounts linked to Rajoy's former treasurer have emerged only months after the Spanish PM vowed to crack down on the country's black economy by limiting cash payments. Rajoy said his government would toughen tax inspections and go after tax dodgers- in particular those with undeclared assets overseas.
The Spanish PM has ordered an immediate external audit of the party's accounts in an attempt to distance himself from any wrongdoing. But according to El Mundo newspaper, Rajoy, who did not receive under the table the money, was aware of it and ordered Barcenas to stop handing cash in 2009, only months before he was forced to resign as treasurer. The money is said to have come from donations and construction. Rajoy's party has denied the allegations.
"Corruption of various sorts is a significant problem in Spain," said Nicholas Spiro, managing director of Spiro Sovereign Strategy in London.
"Spanish politicians, and perhaps more worryingly the Bank of Spain, have come under scrutiny of late for various alleged wrongdoings at a time when the economy remains in a dreadful state."
The allegations threaten to jeopardize his party's credibility and, ultimately Rajoy's leadership, as Spain battles mass unemployment and a deepening recession. Rajoy warned that his hand won't tremble if the allegations against Barcenas are proven to be true amid public uproar over widespread corruption among Spanish politicians.
But the Spanish PM is set to face further scrutiny after speculation emerged that Barcenas may have benefitted from a fiscal amnesty introduced under his watch in 2012, which allowed tax evaders to declare up to five years of hidden income at a 10 percent tax rate without criminal prosecution. If the allegations are indeed correct, Barcenas may have laundered up to 10 million euros taking advantage of Rajoy's tax amnesty.
Spain's domestic troubles could threaten its fragile position among international investors despite recent market optimism, which has seen Spanish 10-year bond yields fall below 5 percent, in line with ECB President Mario Draghi's pledge to protect the euro area.
"There is a striking disconnect between sentiment and economic fundamentals. Sentiment towards Spain has never been more favourable since the crisis escalated in 2011," added Spiro of Spiro Sovereign Strategy. "The market itself is setting itself up for a fall, the severity of which remains in question."
Barcenas resigned as treasurer of Rajoy's party over allegations of corruption as part of the Gurtel probe in 2009, which saw various high-profile conservative politicians investigated for fraud and money laundering in the region of Valencia. There are more than 200 on-going corruption cases involving politicians from Spain's major political parties, PP and PSOE, King Juan Carlos' son-in-law Inaki Urgadarin and Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja.


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Hi there,
I wanted to let you know about a great auto show happening next week that I have really enjoyed on an annual basis for the past several years.
It is the Central Florida International Auto Show, happening November 23 to 26th, 2017, inside at the Orange County Convention Center. Here you can browse the new 2018 models from numerous manufacturers all under one roof without any pressures of a sales environment. Several manufacturers have a test drive booth outside as well for select models.
Here is the site for more information:
Besides the new models they have other major displays including collector cars and exotics. Like last year, I was invited to show my DeLorean in the Festivals Of Speed display area.
Here are a couple pictures from last year:
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Here is more information on that organization which holds other events like the show at Ritz -Carleton in December:
So, if you are local, or passing through Orlando during Thanksgiving week, I think this show is worth a few hours of your time.


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NRO Detailed Judgment has been issued by Supreme Court of Pakistan. Previously on 16 December 2009, SC 17 member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary issued a short order which nullified the draconian law.
The 287 detailed judgment is written by CJP Ifikhar Chaudhary.
The judgment can be downloaded from:
For once we need to go for across the board accountability without becoming a prey of illusions created by the players of National Security Card, Democracy Card, Shaheed Card, Ethnic Card, Sectarian or any other Card.
SC issues detailed Judgment in NRO case
Source: http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94497&Itemid=2
The petitions were heard by 17-Member Larger Bench headed by Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Chief Justice of Pakistan and consisting of other Judges namely Mr. Justice Javed Iqbal, Mr. Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan, Mr. Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday, Mr. Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Mr. Justice Tassadduq Hussain Jillani, Mr. Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk, Mr. Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Mr. Justice Ch. Ijaz Ahmed, Mr. Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Mr. Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Mr. Justice S. Khawaja, Mr. Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Mr. Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Mr.Justice Rahmat Husain Jafferi, Mr. Justice Tariq Parvez and Mr. Justice Ghulam Rabbani.
The Judgment has been authored by the Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Chief Justice of Pakistan. The judgment was circulated to all Judges of the Bench, signed by Mr. Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday on 12-01-2010.
It has been signed by all remaining Judges of the Bench. The judgment has unanimously been signed by all the Judges and having signed detailed judgment the three Judges namely Mr. Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan, Mr. Justice Ch. Ijaz Ahmed and Mr. Justice Jawwad S. Khwaja have also added supporting notes.


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Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - Carlos Boozer returned from a nagging calf injury that cost him three games and totaled 15 points and 10 rebounds to help the Chicago Bulls head into the All-Star break on a high note with a 92-76 victory over the Brooklyn Nets. Boozer's replacement in the starting lineup when he was sidelined, Taj Gibson, chipped in with a 16-point, five-rebound effort in a reserve role, and Joakim Noah continued to fill the stat sheet with 14 points, 13 boards and seven assists. "We have to look at our team in totality. For us to achieve, we need Carlos to play well. With our depth up front, we have three starters and they all have to sacrifice," said Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau. Chicago, which has taken four of its last five, owned a 45-27 rebounding advantage and held a Nets team that had won four of five coming in to a season-low point total on 38.8 percent shooting. Paul Pierce led the Nets with 15 points but was held scoreless in the fourth quarter. Brookyln's lone All-Star, Joe Johnson, provided 11 points on 4-of-14 shooting. "We need to play better defense when Kevin [Garnett] comes out of the game. We sustain when he is in there, but he can't play 34 minutes," said Pierce. Six of the 15 turnovers created by the Bulls came in the opening quarter, one coming off a steal by Jimmy Butler that saw Kirk Hinrich run the fastbreak and send a lob back to Butler, whose deft touch pass to Noah resulted in an uncontested dunk and an 18-11 Chicago lead early on. Butler's reverse layup and Nazr Mohammed's jumper opened the second-quarter scoring and stretched the margin to 33-19, and it was a 49-41 game at halftime. Pierce scored eight points in the first 4:01 of the third, with his two free throws cutting the gap to 56-53. Chicago, though, scored 11 of the next 13 points to regain its double-digit advantage, and a three-point play by Deron Williams in the closing seconds of the third pulled Brooklyn within 69-61. The Nets were again within three, 75-72, following the first 3-pointer of Andre Kirilenko's season midway through the fourth, and again the Bulls had an answer with nine consecutive points. D.J. Augustin countered Kirilenko's triple with a deep make of his own, and the run was capped when blocks by Noah and Butler on Andray Blatche on the same possession led to a Gibson jumper at the other end. It was a double-digit game for the final three minutes. Game Notes Chicago is two games over .500 (27-25) for the first time since it was 6-4 on Nov. 21 ... The Bulls have won the last four meetings, including a Christmas Day victory when they held the Nets to 78 points, which was their season low prior to Thursday ... Butler and Mike Dunleavy each had 14 points for Chicago ... Brooklyn's first six games after the break will be on the road.
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It is widely acknowledged that NEO science is intriguing and often goes against common sense. A clear understanding of the meaning and importance of announcements concerning near-Earth objects, their interaction with our planet, and the level of hazard they may represent for mankind is therefore essential in order to avoid unjustified alarms. The services provided by the NEO Coordination Centre are addressed to scientists, journalists and the public at large willing to better understand the NEO threat, follow our activities, and get access to reliable, up to date and verified information. This is an important aspect of the international efforts that are being devoted to NEO studies, especially considering that the ESA Space Situational Awareness Programme has a large spectrum of potential users and stakeholders.
The major concern about NEOs is the potential threat that they pose to life on our planet; the good news is that the timescale of the most dangerous events largely exceed not only a human lifetime but the rise and fall of entire civilizations. Nevertheless, even the much more frequent fall of a small asteroid only capable of producing meteorites on the ground is a potentially hazardous event and must be adequately monitored. The table below summarizes our present knowledge of the impact hazard, including the frequency of occurrence of selected events and their consequences. Reference to recorded events is also presented.
The plot below relates the energy released by an Earth impactor to the frequency of occurrence. It shows that an impact event with energy greater than the combined world nuclear arsenals occurs on a time-scale of less than a million years. Some of the events mentioned in the table above are also reported.
The reason why NEO monitoring programmes are needed is that our knowledge of the NEO population is still incomplete. To date more than 90% of objects with diameters larger than 1 km have been discovered, while this figure drops to only 10% when considering 100 m sized objects.
NEO background information can be found at the ESA NEO Space Mission Studies web site (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/NEO/) which also addresses the mitigation issues, i.e. the actions that can be undertaken to reduce the damage (e.g. evacuation of a given region) or to remove completely the hazard (e.g. by deflecting in space an asteroid in a collision route with our planet).
Articles on NEO related subjects, a glossary for the explanation of scientific terms and other educational material can be found at the Tumbling Stone on-line magazine web site http://spaceguard.iaps.inaf.it/tumblingstone/index.html. Here follows a "best of" selection of Tumbling Stone articles:
1801-2001: the bicentenary of Ceres' discovery
The Discovery of Eros: a peculiar 3-body problem
A comet heading towards Earth: the first NEO
Turning asteroids into stardust: airburst of a small cosmic body: when and how does it begin
Risk perception: NEOs vs Mir / Is the next Tunguska predictable?
Resonant returns, keyholes and all that...
Asteroid Shapes as a result of collisions
People looking for NEOs: the Spacewatch Project
Radar Investigations of NEAs
Same old tale of an asteroid: 2001 PM9 (or… the worst holiday of my life)
Special about deflection: Earth Impactors mitigation methods / We only need a little, gentle kick…
Apollo Junk in Orbit
Hermes rediscovery
Discovery of the First Asteroid with an Interior Earth Orbit: 2003 CP20
Special: from the Torino to the Palermo scale
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Not only did Wael Ghonim help spark a political revolution in Egypt but it appears the former Google employee may have peaked his company's interest in his home country.
A Google branded bus will begin traveling across Egypt this week look looking for the next generation of technology ideas and the thinkers behind them, according to The New York Times.
"We will put someone's dream through a seven-month crash course that will help turn it into a commercially viable business," Wael Fakharany, Google's manager in Egypt, told the paper. "We have been working on this concept for nine months. We had signed a contract with the Egyptian government in 2009 to invest in the country's Internet ecosystem and this is part of that commitment."
The project is called Ebda2, or start in Arabic, and it is part of a larger effort by technology companies to find talent amongst the young, well-educated class in Egypt that played a central role in last spring's uprising that led to the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.
Ghonim is currently on sabbatical from Google and working on a new book about the Egyptian revolution.
Projects and seminars like Alexandria Startup Weekend, Tahrir2, PlugandPlayEgypt.com and Flat6labs.com have all plugged into Egypt's vibrant youth to try and discover new talent like Google is trying to do.
Google's bus will visit several college campuses across Egypt, including in Cairo and Alexandria.


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1/3 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup Eden Bonito Flakes
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Thus animation explains how to develop a local model for social prescribing and the positive impacts on the health and care system.
Thus animation explains how to develop a local model for social prescribing and the positive impacts on the health and care system.
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What is Social Prescribing? (May 2018)
Our new animation explains what social prescribing is and how it can improve people's health and wellbeing.
Social Prescribing in Crawley: Key ingredients of the Link Worker Model (2018)
There are different ways of providing Social Prescribing services, and this film outlines the importance of the link worker, or community support coordinator role, who bridges primary care and the voluntary and community sector to refer patients to a menu of local services that will enhance their health and wellbeing. This film highlights the role of Tracy from Crawley CVS, who receives patient referrals from all the staff at Southgate Medical Group, and through a conversation she will find out their non-medical needs; from money worries and social isolation; to help them get them support at the right place.
Social Prescribing - a new wave in healthcare: Focus on Crawley's Prescription Plus service (2018)
There is a growing body of evidence that Social Prescribing can lead to improved health and wellbeing outcomes and NHS England recognises how harnessing community-based services has the power to transform health and care as well as reduce pressure on GP services (General practice forward view, 2016) and A&E attendance. This film captures the perspectives from the key people involved in the Crawley Social Prescribing scheme to explore how it has created a new way of working that has transformed the lives of local residents and the healthcare system.
A Case Study of Social Prescribing in Practice: The Crawley Posh Club (2018)
Social Prescribing is a way of linking people with non-medical support to improve their physical and mental wellbeing, connecting them with their local communities and supporting them to feel more empowered. The Posh Club is one of a variety of services that is part of the 'Prescription Plus' menu in Crawley, and it is a glamorous weekly social event for older people to meet each other over afternoon tea, with music and dancing. This film includes interviews with local citizens who have been 'prescribed' to the Posh Club having been introduced by the community link worker, following a referral to the Social Prescribing Service by their GP Practice, and how it has benefited them.
A short film about the initiative in the London Borough of Bexley with Mind Bexley-
. Gloucestershire CCG commissioned a video about their local social prescribing services
Members of the Family Action group in Hackney describe social prescription and how it makes a difference for families that come to the project.
Social prescribing service in Doncaster
UWE's Richard Kimberlee talks about social prescribing, which connects people to projects and activities that will support their mental health. Increasingly, GPs are seeing patients with social isolation and other mental health issues, rather than physical conditions, which a GP can't traditionally address: this is where social prescribing comes in, which offers a non-medical alternative to address wellbeing issues. This talk is part of the health strand of the Festival of the Future City, held on 17 November 2015
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Today's the day!
It's the official publication day for the SprinkleBakes book! I'm so excited and more than a little nervous! Every other post on my blog will feature a recipe, but today I wanted to tell you a little bit about what I've been pouring so much love and work into over the past year. I really hope it lives up to everything you'd expect - your encouragement from the very start of this blog has meant so much to me and has made this day possible.
Hopefully this will answer your burning questions: inside you'll find 77 recipes. Of those, 36 are basics that every baker and dessert enthusiast will want in their recipe arsenal.This section is called "Blank Canvases" because these recipes can be endlessly varied with flavor, color and shape. I return to these simple and approachable basics again and again. Use them to create a confectionery work of art, or just to satisfy a craving!
I've said before that this is an art-meets-baking book, but what does that mean? The creative recipes in this book are listed under chapters called Line, Sculpture, Color, and Mixed Media. Preceding the recipes in each of these sections you'll find - art lessons! From brush primers to sculptural cake carving instructions, this book teaches you how to think like an artist. A few recipes are elaborate, but many are easy to make, and I give plenty of templates.
At heart, this book is about taking the things in life that inspire you, and recreating them in your baking. It's about making the most of your time in the kitchen and being able to share something delicious and memorable with those you love.
As my publisher tells me, launching a book these days is hard work. So if you're willing to help me spread the word, I'd be more than grateful. You'd be a big help if you'd care to tell a friend, tweet, post an Amazon or Goodreads review, or anything else. I'm told every bit counts!
Leave a comment below - tell me what inspires you! Maybe it's a loaf of freshly baked bread, a pretty dress, your children, a good movie... it can be anything! Please be sure to leave an email address or some way to reach you if you win! Deadline for entry is Monday, May 7th. Winners will be chosen at random and announced in this post and on the SprinkleBakes Facebook page on Tuesday, May 8th. Contest is open to everyone with a valid mailing address.
- andrea.lane[...] I'm inspired by my wonderful 2 year old daughter and all the new things she learns every day. Makes me want to try new things and learn new things, especially when it comes to baking :) I can't wait to buy the book!! My birthday is Sunday; maybe my wonderful husband will buy it for me :)
- Thereasa Gargano said... I have been inspired by your awesome baking ideas, I made your yummy champagne mousse not very long ago. Color also inspires me; I will be baking your wonderful looking/sounding shortbread cookies. I haven't used Hibiscus in my food for a very long time, simply inspirational. :-) Congrats on your book. Thanks for this wonderful giveaway opportunity. Good luck to all.
- Anonymous said...Especially I like the idea of creating something from a few simple ingredients.My inspiration is anything: the market, the situation, the weather... and internet. Your blog is great!!Congratulations for your book!!! Good luck!!! Yolanda [...]
- Zack said... Cooking with my girlfriend weekly has given me inspiration to want to be a better cook! Seeing her make increasingly complex recipes week after week inspires me to branch out and try to make the best thing she (or anyone at my work) has ever tasted!
- Devon @ deli-cute-essen said... Recently I have started making my own bread and it has inspired me to make more and more "staples" at home rather than buying them. Also there is nothing better than smell of fresh baked bread!
- Michelle McCandless said... What inspires me - nature always! I love the beautiful vibrant colors of flowers and butterflies - and they transfer so well to baking!


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It's that time of year again – cold and flu season. As someone susceptible to sinus infections and other fun stuff, I've cobbled together some safeguards to help me get through the cold and flu season. I'm not a Dr., nurse or other health care professional. These tips are just things I've learned from Dr.'s and books that work for me to avoid or shorten common illnesses. Hopefully, they'll work for you too and keep you healthy.
Every day tips to ward off colds and flu:
1. Work out (if you are able, not if you're dizzy, etc.). This is especially useful for colds, allergies and asthma (both my Mom and I have asthma and both of our Dr.'s want us on the treadmill or doing some other form of cardio regularly).
2. Sleep. Minimum 7 hours, preferably 8 or 9 per night. When you're well-rested you're better able to ward off germs.
3. Nasal irrigation (especially for sinus sufferers): Not the most fun process, but used daily cut my sinus infections in 1/2.
4. Hot tea and hot water: to be blunt, hot liquids thin mucus. There's nothing like hot water to cut through post-nasal drip. If you're having one of those cough every time you lay-down nights, a glass of hot water will let you get some sleep. A big bottle of NyQuil also doesn't hurt.
5. Wash your hands, often. Antibacterial gel doesn't hurt either. Keep lotion on hand to prevent skin form drying out too much from these protective measures.
6. And my no. 1 tip, that is pretty much impossible to follow, stay away from sick people!
Plane Travel
For those of you who find yourself on planes, here's my gold standard for avoiding plane spread disease (given to me by a nurse friend and reinforced by my Doctor): Chapstick or lip gloss to seal up all those cracks in your lips, Afrin to spray a protective coating in your nose and keep your sinuses in a non-inflamed state, hand lotion to seal up the cracks in your hands, and turning the recycled air blower positioned above your seat off. For long flights (3+ hours) add in normal facial moisturizer topped immediately with Dermalogica barrier repair to eliminate post-flight dryness and those cross-country airplane breakouts.
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