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For many players, games are entertainment, diversion, relaxation, fantasy. But what if certain games were something more than this, providing not only outlets for entertainment but a means for creative expression, instruments for conceptual thinking, or tools for social change? In Critical Play, artist and game designer Mary Flanagan examines alternative games—games that challenge the accepted norms embedded within the gaming industry—and argues that games designed by artists and activists are reshaping everyday game culture.
Flanagan provides a lively historical context for critical play through twentieth-century art movements, connecting subversive game design to subversive art: her examples of "playing house" include Dadaist puppet shows and The Sims; her discussion of language play includes puns, palindromes, Yoko Ono's Instruction Paintings, and Jenny Holzer's messages in LED. Flanagan also looks at artists' alternative computer-based games, examining projects from Persuasive Games and Gonazalo Frasca and other games created through the use of interventionist strategies in the design process. And she explores games for change, considering the way activist concerns—among them Darfur, worldwide poverty, and AIDS—can be incorporated into game design.
Arguing that this kind of conscious practice—which now constitutes the avant-garde of the computer game medium—can inspire new working methods for designers, Flanagan offers a model for designing that will encourage the subversion of popular gaming tropes through new styles of game making, and proposes a theory of alternate game design that focuses on the reworking of contemporary popular game practices.
About the Author
Mary Flanagan is Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor in Digital Humanities, Director of the Tiltfactor game research laboratory, and Professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Dartmouth College. She is the author of Critical Play: Radical Game Design (MIT Press).
" Flanagan has equipped students and practitioners of game design with a generous multi-functional tool, to instruct and inspire." , Ragnhild Tronstad, Game Studies
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Depart for Cape Point this tour takes you on a scenic drive via Muizenberg, Fish Hoek & Simon's Town which includes a visit to the penguins @ Boulders beach. After the Penguin viewing we continue on the scenic road to Cape of Good hope Nature reserve. Here we get an introduction of beautiful indigenous Fauna and Flora and the unsupassed veiws from Cape Point. Return to Cape Town via Ou Kaapse Itinerary Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve. Cape Point. Penguin Colony.
Senic drive through Simon's Town, Fish Hoek and Muizenberg.
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This enchanting excursion we travel directly to the quaint town of Stellenbosch, an architectural jewel that serves as the historic heart of the country's wine region. We then head for one of the nearby wine estates for a wine & Cheese tasting and Cellar tour.Itinerary Wine tasting on Stellenbosch Wine Estate, Wine and Cheese tasting, Stellenbosch orientation, De Braak, Dorp Street, Cellar Tour, Second wine tasting(time permitting), Opportunity to purchase wine
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08h15 departure to Table mountain (Weather Permitting), The five-minute ascent to the top of Table Mountain offers a 360° view of Cape Town, the ocean and the neighbouring peaks.Once at the top visitors enjoy spectacular views and the peaceful feeling of being over one thousand metres above the city below. The area at the top of the mountain is surprisingly large so leave enough time to stroll along the paths, enjoy the viewing platforms and soak up the vistas.10h30 Depart from table mountain for Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden which is acclaimed as one of the great botanic gardens of the world. Few gardens can match the sheer grandeur of the setting of Kirstenbosch, against the eastern slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain.
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08h15 departure to Table mountain (Weather Permitting), The five-minute ascent to the top of Table Mountain offers a 360° view of Cape Town, the ocean and the neighbouring peaks.Once at the top visitors enjoy spectacular views and the peaceful feeling of being over one thousand metres above the city below. The area at the top of the mountain is surprisingly large so leave enough time to stroll along the paths, enjoy the viewing platforms and soak up the vistas.
Depart from the cable car area for the scenic drive around Table bay to Blou berg strand. When you envisage Cape Town it is Bloubergstrand's view of Table Mountain, Table Bay and Robben Island that one sees in one's mind's eye. Bloubergstrand, sometimes known as Blaauwberg (blue mountain) is famous for its endless white, sandy beaches and the view !!!!!!.
After a photo stop we travel to the West Coast ostrich Farm to partake in the tour which comprises a forty-five minute informative trail that includes a visit to the display room, the leather factory and the cactus garden. The tour travels through the ostrich breeding enclosures and it is not uncommon to see a newly hatched chick or to witness an egg being laid. We have over 220 birds, ranging from one day old chicks to 20 year old breeding couples.The ranch stocks a variety of ostrich species and other birds, which include, the Westcoast white ostrich, dwarf ostriches, black-neck ostriches, emus, rheas and peacocks. The highlight of the trail is the ostrich show, where each member of the tour has the opportunity to sit on a live ostrich, stand on an ostrich egg, feed an ostrich, all with the stunning backdrop of Table Mountain.
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After a leisuly lunch we travel through the Durbanville area enloying the scenic ride and stop ping en route back to the city @ Durbanville Hills winery for a late afternoon wine tasting. We will enjoy the fruits of the area during the wine tasting and giving you an opertunity to purchase some of the the wine before we head back to the city
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What are your New Year's resolutions?
Last year, Sajeesh Ragavan posted this question at http://www.ted.com/profiles/933068
Now, having made it through the 21st of December, 2012, it seems like exactly the right time to post it again!
I've been inspired by Dr Mike Evans short video about how much more successful New Year's resolutions tend to be compared with making resolutions at other times of year. Just posted a TEDed and would welcome your thoughts and feedback: http://ed.ted.com/on/cu5IwKY6
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max goldingJan 1 2013: My central goal is to try to be a securely attached person, but I also think these 5 are really really good:
1. Be more mindful
2. Exercise for a healthy mind
3. Sleep the right amount for you (me!)
4. Differentiate from your past (most important for me)
5. Challenge your inner critic
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Jan 3 2013: That's an awesome question! I've become a lot more mindful over the years, especially now that I teach it so often. In my approach, it's as simple as asking myself a question like: "why am I doing this in this way?" Works great often - gives me lots of opportunities to improve on how I do what I do.
Being mindful 100% of the time I think is an impressive goal. For myself, I've been focusing especially on being more mindful in the times when I think it matters most, like when my emotions are starting to make rational thinking difficult, and are making the risks of poor decision making higher. Asking myself questions then seems to have dramatically improved the quality of my interactions with others - I don't often say things I regret anymore. Crucial Conversations, by Patterson et al, has some wonderful perspective and techniques for this.
A few years ago, I worked with a wonderful man who'd founded a nonprofit years ago with a somewhat ambiguous mission. I asked him what impact he most wanted the work to have and he answered that he wanted everyone to be thinking critically all the time. I don't think it's possible to do that, to be questioning everything all the time. So much of how we get through our days is based on the consistency of our environment - the aspects of life we can comfortably expect to function as expected most of the time. One of the biggest puzzles I've been working on is how we can trigger mindfulness at the important times. For the emotional stuff, I teach my students to pay more attention to the signs that their emotions are starting to flood - elevated heart rate, flushed skin, tightening stomach... If they can notice when that starts happening and understand that their fight/flight responses are kicking in, they have more of a chance to turn on their mindfulness before doing an unmindful autopilot reaction.
What are your thoughts or methods?
Jan 8 2013: I am a very emotionally driven person myself and I could absolutely use your advice.
It is good to be on the safe side and to be in control of what we say or do. But a question I am interested in is, do we really know what to say or do to control it? Or we think that we know whats best and we act upon it?
I am just wondering if mindfulness should be used for a better self control. What do you think?
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Leno, who signed a contract through 2014, could be replaced at the 11:35 p.m. time slot by Fallon by this summer, possibly leading up to yet another awkward late-night shuffle. The reason for the move? Jimmy Kimmel's impressive audience since he was moved to the same time slot by ABC in January. "The more time Jimmy Kimmel is in that slot, the more the young audience goes that way, the harder it is for Jimmy [Fallon] to keep that audience," says a source.
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Worthwhile research, but nothing we should start counting on as a near term solution.
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Addiction to the drug can derail someone's life. Annie Powell is a recovering heroin addict.
"It's the devil," she said. "I mean, it is a monster that lives inside of you and you don't remember that person you were last year. There's days you don't remember. You know, it's very dangerous," said Powell.
Powell said she started using heroin with her ex-boyfriend about a year ago, and that quickly spiraled into injecting heroin multiple times on a daily basis.
"I shouldn't even be here. I have OD'd four to six times in the last year. I have lost pretty much everything," she said. "I pretty much have the clothes on my back, the clothes in the house. I've lost my apartment, all of my financial stuff."
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While looking over the technologies that Apple will be introducing with Tiger there are many, including Spotlight and CoreData (as someone has already pointed out), that may excite Cocoa capable developers I think Dashboard will be the one that provides the best opportunities for the rest of us.
If you examine what Apple has already publically told us about how they Widgets will be developed we know that the interface is done using HTML with the help of CSS and that the back end programming start with JavaScript.
However this may well not last long, already there is one version of a terminal for the dashboard. How long before someone gives us a Widget that allows a Perl script or shell command?
Then the HTML interface is a lot easier to build than a Cocoa one in a more traditional application. Here in Sydney, Australia a small developer such as myself looking to find someone who is a good interface designer with Cocoa ability is difficult, if not impossible, and expensive. One capable of using HTML and CSS is easier and cheaper to find.
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I agree. I think there will be tremendous opportunity to build cool, useful items with Dashboard that other Mac users would want to have. And along those lines, I think Automator provides similar possibilities. If you've been sitting on a good idea, now is the time to look at these tools and start thinking about bringing it to reality.
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This week's editorial "Hallowed Ground" focused on the recently enacted law that places restrictions on protesting at military funerals. Specifically noted in this editorial was The Westboro Baptist church who threatened last year to picket a fallen Alabama Marines funeral. An event they have actually conducted in other states.
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Andy wrote, "I am the first to champion the First Amendment, but as with other rights and privileges we enjoy as Americans, such are not completely unfettered and demand a degree of responsibility. What this church is doing has, in my opinion, crossed the line and is serious - imposing upon the privacy rights of those persons burying their fallen dead."
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When it comes to producing power in South Korea, one company absolutely dominates; Korea Electric Power (NYSE: KEP) controls 84.2% of the country's total electricity generation capacity. In many instances, companies with near-monopoly status are worth owning. Is that the case with Korea's No. 1 utility?
The Korean government is trying to increase competition
When competition is lacking among suppliers, customers can end up suffering as a result. Aware of this fact, the Korean government is taking steps to make the electricity industry more competitive.
Under the terms of the country's recently revealed sixth basic plan, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy accepted applications from private power producers for the construction of additional coal-fired power plants.
Increased electricity production capacity could adversely affect the company. However, regardless of whether or not private power producers in Korea start generating more electricity, Korea Electric Power still has a 99% market share in terms of transmission and distribution capacity.
Establishing transmission and distribution capacity necessitates enormous capital expenditures. So even if private power producers end up generating more electricity, in all likelihood they'll just end up selling it to Korea Electric Power.
Capital expenditures are increasing
High capital investment requirements are common throughout the utility industry. Getting a power plant up and running isn't exactly cheap. But Korea Electric Power appears to be making large amounts of capital expenditures relative to large American utilities.
The market is offering to sell this company for $15.9 billion. Meanwhile, its capital expenditures have exceeded $10 billion in each of the past three years. Additionally, the company is projecting average annual capital expenditures of over $17.4 billion over the next three years.
Korea's government has adopted the renewable portfolio standard, or RPS. Under the terms of the RPS, each subsidiary of Korea Electric Power must generate at least 10% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2022. The company has already allocated over $40 billion dollars in order to implement the RPS.
Korea Electric Power's capital expenditures look large relative to those of PG&E (NYSE: PCG). Capital expenditures from that $19.9 billion dollar company averaged $4.3 billion between 2010 and 2012. PG&E expects 2013 capital expenditures of $5.1 billion. The same figure for Korea Electric Power is $17.54 billion.
Or take the Southern Company (NYSE: SO) a business being valued at over twice as much as Korea Electric Power. Projected 2013 capital expenditures for the Southern Company are $5.5 billion, the 2013-2015 average figure is also $5.5 billion.
Why are investors scared?
There are several reasons that Korea Electric Power is not a popular company right now. Foremost among them being the massive losses the company has reported in the last two years. Demand for electricity in Korea has grown at an annual rate of 4.9% over the past five years, yet the company is still losing money.
The company recorded positive operating income in every year since its inception (1981) until 2008. Prices of the fuels the company uses as inputs to generate power have gone up, and financial results have suffered as a result.
After minor losses in 2009 and 2010, the company posted net losses of nearly $3 billion in 2011 and 2012. All the while PG&E and the Southern Company remained solidly in the black.
But the company's results are improving. In the first quarter, its net operating loss was only $15 million. What's more, the government has been raising the rate the company is allowed to charge its customers, most recently in August 2012 and January 2013.
The Korean government has multiple incentives to legislate in ways that benefit the company. Applicable laws in Korea require the government to hold at least 51% of the company's outstanding stock. Additionally, Korea Electric Power provides a supremely important service that cannot possibly be provided by any other Korean company. Without Korea Electric Power the vast majority of Koreans would not have access to electricity.
Looking at the company's balance sheet also might scare away investors. Korea Electric Power has $42.2 billion in long term debt, versus $20.2 billion for Southern and only $11.5 billion for PG&E. But Korea Electric Power, the smallest of these three companies, also has the largest amount of shareholder's equity. As of the company's latest quarterly report, shareholder's equity totaled nearly $45 billion dollars. That's nearly three times the company's current market cap.
Foolish final thoughts
Investors employing more defensive tactics when making decisions prefer utilities for their stability and safety. Recent losses from Korea Electric Power show that the company's results, at times, can be far from stable. Meanwhile, Southern Company and PG&E are delivering the solid, consistent performance that utilities are known for.
However, I think it's possible that negative results from the recent past have resulted in the stock of Korea Electric Power falling farther than it deserved to. The company has a near monopoly position in providing power to one of the world's most advanced countries.
High debt levels are a cause for concern. But buying Korea Electric Power for $15.9 billion would still get you nearly $45 billion in equity, much more than either PG&E or the Southern Company.
Additionally, Korea Electric Power has been investing huge sums in its business, making capital expenditures that absolutely dwarf those of most other utility companies. Korea Electric Power is making investments that ensure it will retain its dominant position for decades to come. Paying around $16 billion for nearly all the power in South Korea sounds like a good deal to me.
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The Awesome is an Inner Sphere assault 'Mech capable of decimating opponents with its three Particle Projection Cannons.
The Catapult is a heavy Inner Sphere fire support 'Mech that deals damage primarily through two long range missile racks.
The Cougar is a light Clan OmniMech that offers a surprising amount of firepower for its size, though at the expense of speed and durability.
Considered one of the most frequent and controversial implements of destruction in video games and real life, guns are devices that fire projectiles with explosive force.
Designed by Clan Hell's Horses, the Hellbringer heavy OmniMech devotes an impressive portion of its mass to weaponry, though as a result it is somewhat lightly armored for its weight class.
Jump jets allow exoskeletons, mechs, and other heavy armored things to fling themselves into the air when the need arises.
A laser is a focused beam of light, invisible through the air without some other medium (such as smoke) to illuminate it. Lasers are often used in video games as part of a targeting system, or as an offensive weapon in their own right.
The Mad Dog, also known as the Vulture, is a second generation Clan OmniMech primarily used for support at long range.
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Mechs (or Mecha) are humanoid-like pilot driven vehicles often depicted in media as a combat machine. Early examples of Mech/Mecha in video games are often derived from early manga and anime as well as table-top games.
The Nova Cat is a heavy Clan OmniMech that favors long range beam weaponry.
A powerful energy weapon from the Battle Tech universe.
The Raven is a highly advanced Inner Sphere light 'Mech built to offer invaluable passive support to lancemates, including target spotting and sensor interference.
The Summoner, known as the Thor within the Inner Sphere, is a heavy Clan OmniMech that possesses both high mobility and a dangerous assortment of weaponry.
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Technical trucks are basically civilian trucks or flatbeds that are converted into combat vehicles usually being equipped with some form of turret and added armor.
Known as the Mad Cat within the Inner Sphere, the Timber Wolf is a heavy Clan OmniMech native to the BattleTech universe. It has become one of the franchise's most iconic 'Mech designs, and is featured prominently in the box art for a number of games.
The Uziel is a medium Inner Sphere 'Mech with jump jet capacity, considerable speed, and a respectable weapons payload.
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I wiped out my last blog entry and I'm starting from scratch. That's because my asshole friend just read it and said, "I hate it. Every word of it."
Specifically, Malbert hated it because he thought I wasn't being myself. And he was right; I wasn't. But now I've got the last laugh because I'm going to spend the rest of this piece talking about the importance of asshole friends.
Why are assholes important? Simply put, you can't trust nice people; you never know where you stand with them. For example: if a nice guy laughs at a joke, is he laughing because it's funny or is he laughing to be nice? If I show a nice guy my manuscript, he'll tell me he likes it because that's just what nice people do. Malbert, on the other hand, will give me his honest opinion. Honesty isn't a trait you find in nice people, and it's probably the most underrated virtue of all time.
All of my characters fall somewhere on the asshole spectrum, and that's what keeps me interested in what they have to say. As a working mother of two, I have to squeeze my writing endeavors into the wee hours of the morning. I can't imagine staying glued to my screen just to hear someone answer "No" to "Do I look fat in this dress?"
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Give others the impression that you've just returned from an African safari by adding a touch of tribal to your style. The tribal look is a hot one for spring, with every designer from Michael Kors to Donna Karan jumping on board. You can easily incorporate tribal into your style by getting a pair of shoes made with natural materials and enhanced with prints. To complete the look, opt for big and bold pieces. The right statement piece can turn a dull outfit into a spectacular display.
Typically associate with the summer months, white has arrived a bit early this year. Ladylike white clutches are especially popular among fashionistas, who love the way this look can be used both in the office and out on the town. White shoes with a demure touch also look great when paired with a classy outfit.
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Preferment, noun: A combination of flour, water, and sometimes yeast that is prepared in advance (as in pre-fermentation) and then mixed into the main body of the dough as an additional ingredient.
When we first started baking, this was a new technique and a new vocab word all in one. Wrapping your head around the idea of a preferment can be a little tricky at first, but well worth it for the boost in flavor and structure one provides!
Making bread with a preferment gives everything a head start. They work as an extension of the fermentation and proofing times, giving the enzymes in the flour longer to break down starch molecules. The end result is a bread with superior structure and a complex flavor.
The term "preferment" is actually an umbrella term for preferments in general. The most common types that you'll come across are poolish, biga, pate fermentee, sponge, starter, and levain.
These preferments are all a combination of flour and water, but they differ in the proportion of one to the other. Some, like poolish and sponges, have a higher ratio of water and are very loose and batter-like. Others, like biga and pate fermentee, have more flour and end up looking like a mini ball of dough.
Mix a preferment anywhere from a few hours to three days ahead of when you're planning on baking bread. We like to mix the preferment before we go to bed and then bake in the morning.
Even stiff preferments will rise and collapse a few times, so use a good sized container. Leave the lid cracked open a bit to allow gases to escape.
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I read this as prefer-ment instead of pre-ferment as in I like something better than something else (yes its not really a word), then I read the description, yeast, flour, water and thought who would prefer-ment that?
I find that bread made with patee fermente has a longer shelf life than one made without any preferment. The taste is slightly nuttier too.
*pate fermentee, that is
I feel like this description/definition is incomplete. Why does one use preferment? If you're willing to get started a few hours/days ahead of the actual baking by making the preferment, why not make the actual dough that far in advance and let the whole thing develop flavor/structure/whatever, a la no-knead bread? And how does one add it as an ingredient? I can only imagine that a small ball of dough, like the pate fermentee described above, would be really hard to incorporate into a larger batch of dough thoroughly, with only some parts of the dough getting the preferment.
Oh yes, I've been experimenting with the sourdough starter...for the last loaf I took some out of the big batch, added some yeast and honey to it, then let it sit around for an hour or two before incorporating it into my no knead bread loaf. I'm curious about the other types of preferment and how you'd use them as well.
mh330, as far as I know, using preferment gives the bread a deeper, rounder flavor and also cuts final rising time. When using preferment, you end up using less yeast, instead giving the yeast more time to grow. If you just ferment the entire batch of dough longer, there is a risk that you'll overferment and the dough will collapse when baking. That said, retarding fermentation significantly improves structure and flavor even without preferment. And the preferment is generally wet enough that it is easy to incorporate into the dough. Hope this helps.


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On Dec. 19 I wrote an article suggesting that mid-tier and even small cap gold companies offer excellent risk/reward opportunities, [see article here]. In that piece I briefly described Nevada gold plays Allied Nevada, (NYSEMKT: ANV) and Pershing Gold. I opined that companies like Barrick Gold, (NYSE: ABX) and Nemont, (NYSE: NEM) have consistently under-performed,
"On average, the majors have under-performed GLD for the past 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 5 years and 10 years. Other than that, they've been great investments! As gold prices increased, the majors spent way too much exploring around the world. Now the industry is stuck with bloated costs and is producing gold in dangerous places like Indonesia, Ghana, Russia and Uzbekistan, (all top 10 producing countries in 2011)."
Global Gold Production Challenges Getting Worse, No End in Sight
The reason for me revisiting this topic is to highlight just a few recent examples of resource nationalism that point to even more difficult times ahead for gold producers. Consider this January 2, 2013 article from the Financial Times,
"As construction workers put the finishing touches to a waste water pipeline at the hilltop Martabe gold mine in North Sumatra, Indonesia, dozens of police and soldiers armed with machine guns and knives keep close watch nearby. Like many other international mining companies in Indonesia, Hong Kong-listed G-Resources went to great lengths to win the support of the local community for a large gold project that had been 15 years in the making.
With nearly $1bn spent on mine construction and annual production forecast at 250,000 ounces of gold (worth more than $400m at current prices), Martabe looked set to be one of the most successful large mines to come on stream in Indonesia in recent years, at a time when the investment climate has been damaged by resource nationalism and regulatory uncertainty.
But all the development projects, communication programmes and local job creation appeared to have been in vain when more than a thousand residents tried to storm the mine complex in October before launching a violent attack on local government offices."
And, please consider this news item from early last week, (isn't South Africa a safe haven place to invest)?
"South Africa's Harmony Gold shares dove Monday after the company announced it would delay the post-holiday restart of the Kusasalethu mine due to ongoing violence and labour unrest and violence.
Kusasalethu's troubles mark a shaky start to 2013 for South Africa's mining industry, after a year marked by numerous violent strikes, which left more than 50 miners dead and harshly hurt both the country's investment image and the economy."
Finally, please consider this,
"Shares in Centamin fell 69% on Thursday after it suspended Operationsat its flagship Sukari gold mine in Egypt. Worth more than £1 billion before its troubles began, the company is now worth a shade over £300 million.
Centamin's gold exports have been halted over an unforeseen and arbitrary request from customs officials for prior approval by the Minister of Finance. The Alexandria-based company first fell foul of Egyptian bureaucracy when a lower court annulled its licence to operate the mine in October.
Since the fall of the Mubarak regime in Egypt, foreign investor uncertainty has increased greatly and many fear that contracts signed before the transition to democracy would now not always be honored.
Centamin had recently reported record output, up 40% over last year at Sukari and it was on track to produce 250,000 ounces this year. "
Many other examples can be found with a Google Search. The scurge of resource nationalism has but one cure, higher production costs for the operators. Therefore, Barrick and Newmont pay the considerable costs, yet U.S. gold companies Like Allied Nevada and Pershing Gold share the benefits of higher gold prices. Why is resource nationalism growing? Simply put, governments, labor groups, local landowners and politicans have seen success by pursuing these activities. Higher wages and higher royalties and taxes paid (by foreign companies) is a no-brainer for politicians to campaign for. What will stop this global trend? Seemingly nothing.
Allied Nevada and Pershing Gold Remain Very Attractive, Safe Investment Opportunities
Refering again to my previous article recommending U.S. gold producers such as Allied Nevada and Pershing Gold, I continue to love these names. Allied appears to trade rich to peers, but only because it's massively ramping up production over the next two years. Allied may achieve cash costs of $200 per ounce given the company's co-product silver production, [by industry convention, silver revenues are applied, "credited" against the overall cost of mining the gold].
Pershing Gold continues to make excellent progress on its Relief Canyon Mine re-start, now expected within 12-18 months. The value of this prospective mine alone comfortably covers the entire Enterprise Value, "EV" [Market Cap + debt - cash] of Pershing. This week the company will release its upgraded gold resource data. An almost tripling of resources is expected, from 248k ounces to 600k-750k ounces. Chairman and CEO Stephen Alfers continues to masterfully execute and de-risk the company. No wonder that Coeur d'Allene, invested $4 million in Pershing last year.
Foolish Bottom Line
I believe 2013 could be a blockbuster year for Pershing. If visibility towards first production becomes clear by later this year, the stock should re-rate significantly higher as it moves from development-stage to producer. After reaching an annual run-rate of 50k ounces, I believe a run-rate of 75k-100k ounces is achievable by 2016. 100k ounces is nothing to sneeze at these days. And that's only for the first mine. Pershing has 25k acres to explore for the next generation of mines. Although high risk, Pershing offers substantial upside, well beyond that of the gold majors. Foolish investors need to keep an eye on Allied Nevada and Pershing Gold.
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The Penguins get stunned on home ice by Flyers young and old, the Predators get production from their depth forwards and ex-Flyers lead the Kings to a road win. Here is Scott Cullen's take on the first night of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs.
FLYERS COMEBACKLosing 3-1 into the third, the Flyers outshot the Penguins 11-5 in the third period, scoring twice to force overtime and it only took 2:23 for Jakub Voracek to poke in a rebound behind Marc-Andre Fleury, giving Philadelphia a 4-3 comeback win in overtime of Game One.
Pittsburgh jumped out to an early lead, with Sidney Crosby and Pascal Dupuis each picking up a goal and an assist in the first period. Crosby has registered multi-point games in five of the last six, while Dupuis continued his late-season run. Dupuis scored a point in each of the last 17 regular season games to finish with a career-high 25 goals and 59 points.
Philadelphia turned the game around in the second period, with Daniel Briere, playing his first game since suffering an upper back injury in an April 1st game against Pittsburgh. I noted on Twitter Wednesday that Briere was one of nine players since the lockout to have played at least 40 playoff games while recording at least .90 points per game. Briere now has 95 points in 92 playoff games since the lockout.
Not only did Briere score on a breakaway (taking a pass when he was clearly offside) to give the Flyers some life, but he and linemates Brayden Schenn and Wayne Simmonds frequently matched up head-to-head against Crosby, Dupuis and Steve Sullivan after the first period.
Schenn, a rookie who had 18 points in 54 regular season games, played a season-high 21:19 in the regular season finale against Pittsburgh, recording a goal and an assist, somewhat of a precursor to Game One, when Schenn assisted on Briere's two goals and notched the tying goal himself on a power play setup by Scott Hartnell.
As the series is expected to be a physical affair between the Pennsylvania rivals, the Flyers know that they will need Hartnell and Simmonds to play rambunctious roles and they combined for 15 hits in Game One.
Pittsburgh welcomed D Ben Lovejoy back into the lineup for the first time since March 25, yet he played only 9:23, leaving loads of ice for Kris Letang, who skated 28:18, a total he surpassed only once after the first week of November this season.
The Penguins' line of Evgeni Malkin, James Neal and Chris Kunitz combined for 14 shots on goal, but they came up empty on the scoresheet, spending much of the night matched up against rookies Sean Couturier, Matt Read and former Penguin Maxime Talbot (per www.timeonice.com).
NASHVILLE'S DEPTH MAKES THE DIFFERENCERookie winger Gabriel Bourque scored a pair of goals to help the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 win at home against Detroit in Game One.
After being outshot 13-5 in the first period, and falling behind, the Red Wings outshot Nashville 32-13 the rest of the way, but that's not going to come as a surprise -- Detroit had the second-best (plus-5.2) shot differential per game this season while the Predators ranked 26th (minus-3.2) in that category.
Bourque played a meagre 9:49, but was plus-2, playing primarily with Nick Spaling and Patric Hornqvist and continuing his productive work as a role player for the Predators. After scoring two goals and 16 points in 25 AHL games with Milwaukee, the 2009 fifth-round pick had seven goals and 19 points in 43 games for Nashville during the regular season.
Nashville's first goal was the result of a fortuitous bounce, as Paul Gaustad banked one in off Red Wings D Brad Stuart. Gaustad also won a couple of defensive zone face-offs in the final 30 seconds against Red Wings C Pavel Datsyuk, so it was a solid night for the big checking centre, who ended the game pushing and shoving with Detroit's Todd Bertuzzi.
Detroit's depth didn't fare so well in Game One. C Darren Helm returned to the lineup for the first time since March 17, but then left the game when he suffered a lacerated forearm. If Helm misses time, expect Gustav Nyquist to find his way into the lineup.
In addition to Helm's game ending prematurely, Red Wings C Cory Emmerton was played sporadically, accumulating only 2:52 of ice time over the entire game, so that forced the Red Wings to juggle their lines, leaving Justin Abdelkader to centre Dan Cleary and Drew Miller. Trying to come back, after falling behind midway through the game, the Red Wings leaned on Henrik Zetterberg, who played 25:48, his most ice time in a game since a triple-OT loss to Anaheim in May, 2009.
While Zetterberg scored a goal and had other chances, one reason that the Red Wings couldn't produce more is that the Predators' top defence pairing of Ryan Suter and Shea Weber was effective against the line of Pavel Datsyuk, Johan Franzen and Todd Bertuzzi, which combined for nine shots on goal, but couldn't light the lamp.
That matchup could change in Game Two, however, as Nashville D Shea Weber could face supplemental discipline from the league for his end-of-game assault on Zetterberg. Weber drove Zetterberg's head into the glass and if that earns a suspension (early indications are that it won't), Nashville would obviously be hard-pressed to fill the 27:27 that Weber played in Game One.
KINGS EARN GAME ONE WINThere are few players in the league that would get the label "enigmatic" ahead of Kings winger Dustin Penner and he was the surprise hero for Los Angeles in their 4-2 Game One win at Vancouver.
Penner, a four-time 20-goal scorer, managed a grand total of seven goals in 65 games during the regular season, but he was in the right place at the right time for the Kings. Out with Mike Richards and Jeff Carter for a rare shift, Penner was the recipient of a nifty skate pass by Carter after Richards picked off an Alexander Edler clearing attempt inside the Vancouver blueline. Penner buried the puck in the gaping cage to break a 2-2 tie with 3:14 seconds left in the third period.
Being on the ice with Carter and Richards counted as the right place at the right time on this night as the pair of ex-Flyers combined for five points and both were plus-2.
There is a fascinating head-to-head battle going between Canucks C Ryan Kesler and Richards, two feisty two-way pivots. Kesler had two points and played 23:08 while Richards had three points, logging 22:25.
Discipline was a problem for the Canucks, as they took 27 minutes in penalties, giving the Kings six power plays, including a pair of 5-on-3 opportunities in the first period and then a five-minute major penalty to Byron Bitz (for charging Kyle Clifford) in the second period and those power plays contributed to Los Angeles outshooting Vancouver 29-14 through two periods and 39-26 overall. The 13-shot deficit equaled the third-largest at home for the Canucks this season.
Kings D Willie Mitchell capitalized near the tail-end of that five-minute power play. Mitchell has been known for his ability as a shutdown defenceman throughout his career, but tied a career-high with 23 points this season, including six points in six games to end the regular season.
With Daniel Sedin still sidelined by a concussion, the Canucks inserted Mason Raymond onto the top line with Henrik Sedin and Alex Burrows. Though Sedin's ice time was limited because of all the Vancouver penalties, they did get what would seem to be favourable matchups, facing the Kings' third line -- Penner, Trevor Lewis and Jarret Stoll -- regularly (www.timeonice.com).
The Sedin line combined for nine shots on goal, with Burrows scoring Vancouver's first goal, though that marker came while playing with Kesler. Daniel Sedin's absence makes this series much more balanced than one might expect from a typical first seed versus eighth seed series.
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