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Man Shot, Stabbed At Albany Nightclub
ALBANY, Ga. – A 22-year-old man was shot and stabbed in a parking lot of a downtown Albany nightclub.
The Albany Police Department says Alejandro Dustamante was shot and stabbed several times while in a parking lot near Club Eclipse around 3 a.m. Sunday. He was taken to a nearby hospital and his condition was not immediately known.
Police arrested four suspects after the shooting: 20-year-old Christian A. Vargas; 19-year-old Jose Gonzalez; 17-year-old Evelio Gomez; and another man whose name and age were not immediately released.
Witnesses told police the victim got into a physical altercation inside of the club and was kicked out by security. They say he got into a fight in the parking lot before someone opened fire.
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minority, in international law, population group with a characteristic culture and sense of identity occupying a subordinate political status. Religious minorities were known from ancient times, but ethnic minorities did not become an issue in European politics until the rise of nationalism in the 19th cent. The potential conflict arose from nationalism's equation of the nation with the identity of the dominant cultural group, with an attempt to eradicate separate identities through conformity. The minority group sought to establish its own culture as a national identity, either by incorporating with a nearby country that shared its identity or, if none existed, by seceding and forming its own nation.
Before World War I, the minority problem was especially acute in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), and Russia. During the war, each side promised autonomy or independence to minorities in enemy states, and revolts (e.g., of Arabs and Czechs) were encouraged. One of President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points was the freeing of minorities. Hitler made adroit use of the minority issue to annex the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia and to attack Poland, thus launching World War II. After the war, Czechoslovakia and Poland took the extreme step of deporting all Germans.
Communist nations have traditionally asserted that they have no such difficulties because all ethnic groups are allowed full expression; this was belied by the crucial role that was played by minority national groups in the breakup of the Soviet Union. Nowhere has the post-Communist assertion of minority rights had more dire results for minorities than in Yugoslavia, which fissured into several warring national and subnational entities.
Many politically unstable African nations include disparate ethnic factions, frequently embattled because of national boundaries that were artificially drawn by European colonialists. In recent years, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia, and Sudan have been the site of severe ethnic, religious, or clan-based feuding. Pakistan was formed in 1947 for the Muslim minority of Hindu India, but the nation combined different peoples who shared only a religion. In 1971 the Bengalis of East Pakistan seceded to form the nation of Bangladesh. Since the 1960s, Northern Ireland—largely Protestant with a sizable Catholic minority—has witnessed much sectarian strife, although the late 1990s brought the hope of peace.
In the United States the toleration of legal discrimination against racial and ethnic minorities came to an end after World War II. To ensure recently gained equality, the Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965) gave a special protected status to the victims of historic injustices. Affirmative action decrees of the 1960s and 1970s mandated that race, gender, and national origin be taken into account in employment situations. African Americans, Latinos, Asians, and Native Americans are ethnic minorities that are protected under affirmative action regulations.
Since 1945, the United Nations has been active with respect to minority problems, especially through the Commission on Human Rights. In 1948, the United Nations approved two important documents concerning minorities: the Genocide Convention (see genocide) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
See J. Davis, Minority-Dominant Relations (1978); A. C. Hepburn, Minorities in History (1979); G. Dench, Minorities in the Open Society (1986).

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This is it! You are nearing a visit to the one of the world's greatest cities, Paris! The capital of France is also known as the City of Light. This enchanting city, at the crossroads of cultures, is the capital of fashion and home to world highlights such as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and Avenue des Champs Elysées, to name but a few. In terms of architectural beauty, art history, events, gastronomy and sheer extravagance, Paris is a milestone ahead of any other city on earth.
Beyond the highlights of the city, Paris is the ideal place to discover the French art de vivre. Take a seat in a café and simply enjoy the scene in front of you: locals shopping fresh food from authentic markets, people taking their time for lunch which usually lasts more than an hour, women and men who are well groomed in a simple yet fashionable way… Simple things that make life much more enjoyable.
When it's time to eat, you'll be spoilt for choice. Indeed, Paris has a wealth of restaurants serving specialities from every corner of the world. And of course you don't come to this amazing city without having a morning croissant, lunch in a neighbourhood bistro or dinner in a Michelin-starred restaurants if you wish to have a treat.
Paris has one of the world's most extensive public transport systems. You can take a taxi if you are not much of an adventurer, but that would be a pity! Metro (subway or underground), buses and city bicycles are much more fun and are very easy to use, even for beginners. Go to any metro station and ask the RATP staff to help you out with the best ticket option. Don't forget to ask for a free tourist map.
It takes more than a couple of days to discover Paris, but you can plan your visit according to our 3-day itinerary to see the best of the City of Light.
Starting from the Paris-Gare du Nord station, take the Metro 5 to stop at La Bastille, the birthplace of the French revolution, in the enjoyable Marais quarter. From colourful small bars to popular clubs, this is the liveliest spot of Paris. Since the nineties, the Marais quarter has attracted many artists and designers. Following your visit to the Marais quarter, you'll set off to the Latin quarter (take metro 5 and 10 to stop at St Michel). The lively atmosphere, cafés, bistros and restaurants will no doubt delight you.
Continue by foot to the Ile de la Cité, the place where Paris was born, which is a tiny island on the Seine River in the very heart of the French Metropolis. On the island, you'll enjoy the magnificence of the Notre Dame Cathedral and next to the it, you'll find the famous Point Zero of Paris, the reference point to measure distances from Paris to other towns and cities. Not far from Notre Dame, is the Rue de Rivoli, where you can find trendy shops and most importantly the world's largest museum – the Louvre Museum, home to the famous portrait of Mona Lisa. There are several landmarks to visit in the vicinity: the Georges Pompidou Centre which is home to modern art, the beautiful Jardin des Tuileries, and the Palais Royal.
Walking along the Rue de Rivoli, towards the Place Concorde, you'll soon reach one of the most beautiful avenues in the world – Avenue des Champs Elysées. If you are in Paris in the Christmas period, you'll be amazed by the beautiful illuminations. The rest of the year, the avenue is just as pretty with hip shops, restaurants and night clubs.
Our tip: In summer, the most famous urban beach, Paris Plage, is a huge success. For two months every summer, the banks of the Seine River is filled with tons of sand, parasols and tanned bodies. Get your towel down to enjoy summer in a unique way in Paris.
Montmartre is a gastronomical and cultural area with an authentic Parisian charm – a romantic atmosphere, legendary cabarets, music halls, theatres and streets full of history. Some say it is the last area in Paris which has a small town's aura. This famous area invites you to stroll around and to enjoy a crêpe or an ice cream on a café terrace, while savoring its particular atmosphere.
Montmartre is also known for the Sacré-Coeur Basilica which offers a fantastic panoramic view over the city of Paris. Climb the stairs or take the funicular cable railway to the reach the Basilica. The view is particularly enchanting at sunset and few sights in Paris are more memorable.
Paris by night is just as exciting as visiting it by day. Indeed the Parisian nightlife scene is always animated and ever changing. You can of course make a beeline to the Champs Elysées or the lively Marais quarter. However, watching the Eiffel Tower at night is something that will captivate the most skeptical. The French and Parisian icon is beautifully floodlighted at night and the view from the top is grandiose. The shorter queues at night will allow you to visit this monument at your own pace.
Our tip: If you want to have a memorable dinner in Montmartre, why not try the saucy, yet classy show and dinner spectacle at the Moulin Rouge or a retro-dinner spectacle at Michou, a local institution.
Paris being at forefront of fashion, you will find designer shops, famous brands and many friendly boutiques all around the city. However, there is one place that stands out for its elegance and wealth of designer creations: The legendary Galeries Lafayette. The department store, created in 1894, has constantly reflected the styles of the times through a sophisticated selection of brands, ranging from the most prestigious to the most affordable.
If you are looking for posh boutiques, head to Place Vendome, which is not far from the Jardin des Tuileries. For those who are looking for antiques or bric-a-brac treasures, there are several vide greniers throughout the year.
Our tip: Non-EU visitors can obtain a tax deduction. Ask a shop assistant about it when you are the Galeries Lafayette or any big shops.


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As I pointed out on your main blog, the real fault here was in your CPU's TSC (a common problem on systems with power management like laptops). If you had used -d2 (GTOD timer) instead, you would have had 0 missed ports, and scan times that matched the default pps of 300. Instead your results showed non-deterministic scan times and missed ports. The fact that you went on and published the results as such without doing any fact finding to understand the tool shows that you completely lacked any knowledge of the tool.Originally Posted by HTRegz
If you haven't seen it yet, go out and rent Buffalo '66:
[Trying to start Layla's car]
Billy Brown: Is this a shifter car? I cannot drive a shifter car, alright, so we got a little situation here. I can't drive these kinda cars! What the **** is goin' on! You think that's funny? Would you like to know, smartass? Would you like to know why I can't drive this kinda car? I'll tell you why, I'm used to *luxury* cars. Have you ever heard of a luxury car? You know what luxury means? Ever heard of Cadillac, Cadillac Eldorado? That's what I drive. I drive cars that *shift* themselves.
I figured you were well intentioned and wanted help from the various projects. Now I'm just confused by your close minded nature. As I've said before, if you use the options I did on a similar network, you will find the same results. One can't say the same about your "test".When I started this challenge, I wasn't sure what the outcome would be... the only prediction I had was that unicornscan would be defeated by both PortBunny and nmap. This proved to be true...


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To briefly touch on my only other professional encounter of this insane sort, in 1997 I was taking call for an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. The night nurse was named Sue and, while a good nurse, she was unusual to say the least.
Anyway, one night I'd dozed off at home in bed, and was woken by Sue.
Dr. Grumpy: "This is Dr. Grumpy."
Sue: "This is Sue, in the EMU. She's dead."
Dr. Grumpy: "Oh my God! Who? Mrs. McFadden in room 3?"
Sue: "No. Princess Diana."
Dr. Grumpy (still a bit drowsy): "Is that the lady in room 4? I thought she went home yesterday."
Sue: "No, Princess Diana, ya know, the British royal family and all. She died in a car crash."
Dr. Grumpy: "You paged me at nearly midnight to tell me this?"
Sue: "I think it's important."
Dr. Grumpy: "Are the patients okay?"
Sue: "Yes, I haven't told them yet."
Dr. Grumpy: "Please don't and let them sleep. Good night, Sue."


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On Saturday 8 March, the world celebrates International Women's Day and the Londa Hotel in Limassol has compiled a day of activities specifically designed for women to meet, share and discuss their aspirations and goals within a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
All day the Londa Spa will be offering all 1hr facial treatments with a complimentary 30min pain relief back massage. The relaxation area and gym, providing a steam room and sauna, Jacuzzi and exercise equipment will also be open to those who book at the Spa.
Moving to the afternoon and at the Caprice Lounge Bar there will be live piano music around the fire place from 4.00pm with afternoon teas served, followed later by an opportunity for friends to enjoy complimentary cheese and fruit platters offered with every bottle of wine ordered.
In the evening, at Londa's Caprice Restaurant, guests will arrive to a chilled glass of Prosecco before dinner of a 3-course special tasting menu including coffee, all overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Booking is advisable for dinner and the Spa however, there is no requirement to reserve spaces for the afternoon entertainment and evening bar.
Having hosted International Women's Day in previous years, the Londa finds the event to be popular with groups of work colleagues, friends and even several generations of female family members who come to spend quality time together. Londa General Manager, Jochen Niemann comments, "It is important that we mark International Women's Day. There are thousands of events taking place globally, in 27 countries it is an official holiday but there is still much to do to make this world equal, safe and rewarding for all women. However, as awareness increases year on year and events such as Londa Hotel IDW are publicised, we can make a difference together."
International Women's Day was initiated in 1909, with Russian women observing their first International Women's Day in 1913 as they campaigned for peace on the eve of World War I. Over a century later, 8 March is seen as a day to celebrate the achievements of women and look to future progress. Jochen Niemann adds, "Londa Hotel is an organisation that applauds and supports the success of women having been transformed through the interior designs of Letizia Caruzzo, and as the regular meeting place of numerous female associations.
We look forward to welcoming our guests to International Women's Day 2014." To book dinner call (+357) 25 86 5540 and to book a Spa treatment please call (+357) 25 86 5561.
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NOT SO long ago, a sure-fire way of generating a heated argument between winemakers in Champagne (as in Chablis) was to talk about the virtues and pitfalls of making their best, purest wine in oak. There's one fine grower in a grand cru village, a charming and highly educated man, who grows apoplectic at the thought of his precious Champagne being sullied by a single wooden stave. Certainly since the late 1960s, stainless steel has become the overwhelmingly preferred medium of fermentation in Champagne – because in tank, control of the grape's journey into wine is complete and it's easier to use. By the early 1990s, only a few perfectionists led by Krug, Bollinger and Selosse stayed true to their barrels and casks.
Claude Giraud, Henri Giraud
"The forest of the Argonne is composed of a terroir or climat in the full sense of the term that gives identity (by extension) to the wine. The main types of Argonne's soils – silex and green clay – give different flavours to the oak. This is the fruit of 20 years work here and in other French forests. My friend Camille Gauthier's priceless memory as an oak cutter has brought me the missing piece in the puzzle – the first real traceability of oak's origins. Not something the great winemakers have ever been able to claim before now."
Brad Baker, The Champagne Warrior
The big question I try to ask about oak is what is the goal – flavour or oxygenation. Oak was used originally because there wasn't really any other choice. Today, there are plenty of choices, so again, why use oak? The producer needs to have a point and vision other than being trendy."
Laurent Champs, Vilmart Champagne (early user of oak)
"I use different oak vessels, both large casks (300 litres and up) and barriques from Damy in Burgundy. I'm looking for a seamless silkiness and a touch of spice – especially for the Grand Cellier range and the Coeur de Cuvée."
How things change. Twenty years on, it's reckoned that about 100 Champagne producers use oak in one form or other: to ferment the wine, partially or fully, to age the reserve wines or, easily forgotten, when making the wine for the dosage – a crucial skill. The one man who has immersed himself in the most intellectually rigorous and thorough study of oak in Champagne-making hails from one of the oldest families in Aÿ, who have tilled its finest vineyards since 1627. Claude Giraud of Henri Giraud has the mind of a self-confident academic, the nous of a good businessman and the frame of a hospitable bon vivant who takes February off from the good life in a holiday from alcohol. In the early 1990s, Claude realised that to coax his silky, aristocratic Pinot Noir into bloom, the gentle oak of the Argonne forest south east of Chalons en Champagne might prove a natural nursery for such great wine. He became friends with Camille Gauthier, a meraindier (oak selector/ cutter) in the Argonne.
After revisiting Claude this January, it's good to report that he now works with two fine coopers, often from oak cut by Gauthier – the local Tonnellerie Champenoise of Jérôme Viard and Tonnellerie Chassin in Rully, Burgundy, a perfectionist firm that supplies Domaine de la Romanée Conti. As Stéphane Chassin says, "Every vigneron will tell you that without beautiful raw material, there's no great wine. That's our view about barrels, too." For him, contrary to popular prejudice, long gentle heating of the oak is crucial to eliminate excess tannins and wood aromas in order to focus on elegance. Heat penetration is the Chassin signature – one can see the change in colour down to a depth of about a third in each stave, which increases the micro-porosity of the timber and allows the wine to shine and show the barrel who's boss.
Very engaging read but I'm still left scouring the internet for a definition of "fin style." I encountered the term in the following sentence; "Arnaud Margaine is the undoubted master here, daringly making his Champagnes in a non-malo way but in a graceful fin style that incorporates 20% oak fermentation." Would someone please educate me? Cheers.
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So, I entered into the Iron Cupcake: Earth challenge and having looked at all the entries, I kind of wish I had done something a little more creative. Mine was the lamest of the lame. But on a happier note, I already have two of the three prizes being offered so I'm not going to cry into my pillow or anything. However, for this month's challenge- basil- I'm fully prepared to rock your socks. Just you wait.
Last night while looking through my Flickr friends uploads, I happened upon Hannah Kaminsky's pics and she had a link for a downloadable recipe booklet called "Lunchbox Bites." For five dollars you get 12 printable vegan snack food recipes for your kids or yourself or whatever. Of course I bought it, started downloading and before I even had the whole thing printed up, made the "Coffee Buzz Energy Bars." I love coffee. They were good but I think next time I'm going to add in some toasted almonds because that's how I roll, yo. Out of all the recipes, the only one I will never ever make is the "Rootbeer Pudding." This one seems like it will trigger my gag reflex without ever having come near my mouth. I hate rootbeer. But all in all, a good buy. I'm going to make everything else, even the cinnamon swirl bread, and I hate making bread.
I made this amazing pasta last week. After being on vacation for a week and not being in my own kitchen and not being able to cook, i was jonesing for some home-cooked vegan fare. Maine isn't exactly a Mecca for vegetarians, with their endless barrage of signs advertising giant lobster rolls or lobster dinners for $11 or $12. The recipe is from "Eat, Drink, and Be Vegan" by Dreena Burton. I made my own tweaks, as noted.
1 lb brown rice pasta (recipe calls for 3/4 lb of whatever pasta you like)
1/3 cup lemon juice (I used the stuff in the bottle, the recipe calls for fresh squeezed)
5 large garlic cloves (recipe says 2, suckas! But I love me some garlic)
1/3 cup capers (okay the recipe didn't have this, i added it on my own. Super!! Makes it more like a piccata and that's allright by me.)
1 1/2 tsp agave nectar
1/2 tsp dijon mustard
1/4 cup Olive oil
1/3 cup toasted walnuts (recipe says pine nuts, but those things aren't cheap and I am)
3 tsp chopped basil (i used the frozen cubes that Trader Joe has. I love them. The recipe says 1/3 cup chopped fresh that you add at the end but I don't follow directions well, i guess)
Cook pasta, reserving 1 cup of the pasta water. In a bowl mix all the ingredients together, then toss it into your pasta. If the pasta seems too dry, as mine did, add some pasta water. I used most of it because that brown rice stuff gets very sticky. I used my Parma! vegan parmesan cheese as a topper and away i went. This was so t angy and refreshing, i would highly recommend making it. At the very least, buy the cookbook, cheapo. She has some great stuff in there.
While in Maine, Robert decided to pick me up some Jesus-y lip gloss. Good for you, Robert! Keep pissing off the right wing pricks that started screwing up our country almost 8 years ago! Here is some of the stuff that it says on the package: (did you just giggle when I said package? Me too. Ahem.)
Be worthy, be noticed
Get tight with Christ!
The flavor is called "virtuous vanilla"
Look your Sunday best
Return lips to near virgin quality!
So you see why he had to pick this up for me. It's effing hilarious. I love anything that makes fun of religion or just god in general. Or the elderly, the handicapped, the poor, the fat, pretty much anyone. I'll make fun of anyone. If you irritate me, I'll make fun of you too so piss off.
Oh, I also made these enchiladas. Super easy. You would have to have no arms and be blind in order for you to NOT be able to make this. Seriously.
2 cans black beans, drained and rinsed
1 can corn, drained and rinsed
1 can ro-tel diced tomatoes with green chiles (or other brand)
1 giant can red enchilada sauce
1 package (giggle) corn tortillas
2 0r 3 cups of shredded vegan cheese
Mix the beans, corn, and tomatoes together in a bowl. Spoon into tortillas, then roll 'em up like burritos (or just fold over) and lay in baking dish. Pour enchilada sauce over the top, sprinkle with cheese, bake for 35 minutes at 400 or until cheese is melted. Hopefully you got the vegan cheese that melts, that other stuff is goopy and wierd.
These were a little spicy but a lot yummy! I made big dish of these and we still have half the pan leftover for tonight. I win! Now, if you can find cheap vegan cheese or buy it when it goes on sale, this is a fairly inexpensive dish to make and it feeds a lot. And it's moderately healthy because of the beans and corn. I mean, there are worse things you could eat, like dead flesh.
One last note, we have an election coming up and I want you to think really hard about who you are voting for. My friend Natalie at Bake and Destroy has made Obama cupcake toppers that you may download for free. I did it last night. On her etsy shop, she is selling 'special' cupcake toppers in honor of that giant anti-choice idiot Sarah Palin. Here's what Natalie thinks of McCain. I think it's fucking hilarious so now you get to laugh also: "I would elect a Satanist over McCain. (In my dreams, I know.) I would elect a baby-sacrificing goat over him. Oh wait, that's his running mate. I would elect someone who worshiped balloons. My vote would go to a bowl of jellybeans before it went to that war-mongering walking corpse." She also referred to him as MummRa, which made me almost pee myself. If you are a complete moron and you vote for McCain because he has a woman running mate and you're "all about women's rights," think again. Here are some things you should know about Sarah Palin (and McCain):
Last week was John McCain's 72nd birthday. If elected, he'd be the oldest president ever inaugurated. And after months of slamming Barack Obama for "inexperience," here's who John McCain has chosen to be one heartbeat away from the presidency: a right-wing religious conservative with no foreign policy experience, who until recently was mayor of a town of 9,000 people.
Who is Sarah Palin? Here's some basic background:
* She was elected Alaska's governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience.
* Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.
* She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000.
* Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.
* She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change.
* She's solidly in line with John McCain's "Big Oil first" energy policy. She's pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables won't be ready for years. She also sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska.
* How closely did John McCain get this choice? He met Sarah Palin once at a meeting. They spoke a second time, last Sunday, when he called her about being vice-president. Then he offered her the position.
This is information the American people need to see. Please take a moment to forward this to your friends and family.
Also, Alaska MoveOn members were asked what the rest of us should know about their governor. The response was striking.
Here's a sample:
She is really just a mayor from a small town outside Anchorage who has been a governor for only 1.5 years, and has ZERO national and international experience. I shudder to think that she could be the person taking that 3AM call on the White House hotline, and the one who could potentially be charged with leading the US in the volatile international scene that exists today. —Rose
M., Fairbanks, AK
She is VERY, VERY conservative, and far from perfect. She's a hunter and fisherwoman, but votes against the environment again and again. She ran on ethics reform, but is currently under investigation for several charges involving hiring and firing of state officials. She has NO experience beyond Alaska. —Christine
B., Denali Park, AK
As an Alaskan and a feminist, I am beyond words at this announcement. Palin is not a feminist, and she is not the reformer she claims to be. —Kare
n L., Anchorage, AK
Alaskans, collectively, are just as stunned as the rest of the nation. She is doing well running our State, but is totally inexperienced on the national level, and very much unequipped to run the nation, if it came to that. She is as far right as one can get, which has already been communicated on the news. In our office of thirty employees (dems, republicans, and nonpartisans), not one person feels she is ready for the V.P. position.—Sher
ry C., Anchorage, AK
She's vehemently anti-choice and doesn't care about protecting our natural resources, even though she has worked as a fisherman. McCain chose her to pick up the Hillary voters, but Palin is no Hillary. —Marina L.
, Juneau, AK
I think she's far too inexperienced to be in this position. I'm all for a woman in the White House, but not one who hasn't done anything to deserve it. There are far many other women who have worked their way up and have much more experience that would have been better choices. This is a patronizing decision on John McCain's part- and insulting to females everywhere that he would assume he'll get our vote by putting "A Woman" in that position.—Jenn
ifer M., Anchorage, AK
So Governor Palin is a staunch anti-choice religious conservative. She's a global warming denier who shares John McCain's commitment to Big Oil. And she's dramatically inexperienced.
In picking Sarah Palin, John McCain has made the religious right very happy. And he's made a very dangerous decision for our country.
In the next few days, many Americans will be wondering what McCain's vice-presidential choice means. Please pass this information along to your friends and family.
1."Sarah Palin," Wikipedia, Accessed August 29, 2008http://en
2."McCain Selects Anti-Choice Sarah Palin as Running Mate," NARAL Pro-Choice America, August 29, 2008
3."Sarah Palin, Buchananite," The Nation, August 29, 2008http://www
4."'Creation science' enters the race," Anchorage Daily News, October 27, 2006http://www
5."Palin buys climate denial PR spin—ignores science," Huffington Post, August 29, 2008http://www.
6."McCain VP Pick Completes Shift to Bush Energy Policy," Sierra Club, August 29, 2008http://www.
"Choice of Palin Promises Failed Energy Policies of the Past," League of Conservation Voters, August 29, 2008http://www
"Protecting polar bears gets in way of drilling for oil, says governor," The Times of London, May 23, 2008
7 "McCain met Palin once before yesterday," MSNBC, August 29, 2008


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Michel Lacombe is the creator of the comic 'One Bloody Year', a vampire romance. He also draws 'Charlotte Sometimes', an x-rated comic with Steve Grant, and he has illustrated a couple of issues of Dark Horse's 'Star Wars Tales' and 'Star Wars Empire' comics. He is mainly active in animation.
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text: Born on November 29, 1829, Albert Bellows would become an eminent American landscape and genre painter and a member of the National Academy of Design*. He began as a student of architecture, then still in his twenties, he became principal of the New England School of Design. But before long he had to resign, in order to travel to Europe. He discovered the art treasures of Paris before entering the Royal Academy of Antwerp*. Already at the age of twenty-nine Bellows was named an honorary member of the Royal Society of Painters of Belgium, the same year he was elected as Associate of the National Academy of Design. Two years later, in 1861 he became a full Academician (the NAD has his Landscape dated that year) and ... Displaying 750 of 3627 characters.


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The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
...in reverse order:
Third Place: "The junior mining shakedown, as explained in the year 1377". I'm glad this one just managed to squeeze into the frame as it's by far my favourite thing of the week. What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
Second Place: "Avino (ASM.v) (ASM) 3q16 production". A short post with just a single chart, but clearly on a company around which people are sniffing. There's more details on ASM's quarter of production and other things in the Weekly out tomorrow, subbers.
First Place: "Gary Tanashian...". I think this one became the most viewed post of the week because Gary linked back to it from his place (and he gets a lot of hits, quite right too). But for whatever reason it's a fitting top spot, he's been calling the market very well recently as this shout-out post documented. You really should subscribe to his weekly missive, I read it every week without fail because it's excellent (though for full disclosure I don't pay, we do barter on each others' work...and I get the better end of that deal).
Hey, I wonder why Metanor (MTO.v) left it until late on a Friday to file its annuals?
Is it the 75m shares added in the year?
Is it the $0.78m negative working cap?
Or is it this, the accountancy violin concerto?
During the quarter ended June 30, 2016, the operating income totaled $6,162,768 compared to a loss of $1,503,017 in 2015. The revenue, cost of sales and gross loss totaled $15,492,036, $15,636,711 and $144,675 respectively compared to $13,989,447, $14,424,851 and $435,404 in 2015. This increase of $7,665,785 is mainly explained by the reversal of an impairment charge on exploration and evaluation assets of $10,586,490 and the impairment of property, plant and equipment of $3,050,000.
The paid pumpers who'll shove this in your face on Monday, example Jay Taylor and Thibault Laputain*, will skip over the bullshit asset re-rating and point to a non-existent paper profit. The single worst gold mining company in Canada, anyone owning this needs specialist psychiatric help. Eric Sprott and Nolan Watson, step forward.
*i think that's how you spell it :-)
The Friday OT: BT; Indivism
BT is out with a new album, called _
Yes, seriously, it's called "_", as in "underbar". So we now have an artist with a two letter name and a single minor keystroke for his latest work. So be it, but a rose by any other etc because this three suite album is just plain fabbo. Here's the second suite in its entirety, called Indivism.
Youtube here.
It's been a good week...
...for the portfolio (assuming a relatively smooth run in the next four hours this Friday) and I just noticed, while doing some preliminary work on numbers for The IKN Weekly for Sunday that of the 14 stocks we currently cover, a full 13 are up on the week, including one up 25+%, three others up 12% and a whole gaggle in the 6% to 8% range. So it's fun to note (this end at least) that the only stock I've received mail on this week has been the one loser of the 14. Such is the way of the the job, I suppose :-)
However, content here on the blog has been light. That's probably because it gets tougher to be snarky about the sector when things are going well. Then again, it's going to be even thinner next week, what with the four day trip I'm on. Have a pleasant weekend.
The Muck Pile: Teddy Salad is growing on me already
This is my kind of blogger. Muckpile Mike I salute you, you've found an excellent voice to take over the space. Teddy Salad I doff my cap, you are a welcome and much-needed addition to the blogosphere, sir.
Wesdome (WDO.to) trading
I've heard more rumours than I've had hot dinners about Wesdome (WDO.to) in the last couple of days, most of them centred around the pending drill numbers from Kiena, apparently about to hit any day now. So it's interesting to see the PPS fall off a mini cliff a few minutes ago, there are some fun'n'games going on in this stock now, it seems.
On seeing the share price getting thrown around like that I was reminded of the larger players in the stock that had their plans rebuffed and promptly withdrew chunks of their cash to put it into...IMPACT Silver at a buck. Oops.
Well Mister Ogilvie, I think this is probably wise under the circumstances
From the Ruby Con NR just out:
"The Company plans to commence Phase 1 of a comprehensive exploration program following the successful completion of the Restructuring Transaction and after a period of transition. The goal of the exploration program is to gain a better understanding of the geology of the F2 Gold Deposit..."
That and the "we dilute existing shareholders to 5%" are the funniest bits.
Inspired by reader JM, this:
The junior mining shakedown, as explained in the year 1377
Dear IKN reader, promise to read the quote in this one because it's simply wonderful.
One of IKN's fave readers and mailpals (so shy he doesn't even like to see his initials) sent in a quote from The Muqaddimah, written in 1377 by Ibn Khaldun, that he found used in
a professional study book The 48 Rules of Power, by Robert Greene. For more on The Muqaddimah and its author do what I've been doing this morning and check out this fascinating wikipedia page but we'll get straight to the quote, you'll see just why my mailpal thought of the junior mining world.
"Many weak-minded persons in cities hope to discover property under the surface of the earth and to make some profit from it. In the Maghrib there are many Berber "students" who are unable to make a living by natural ways and means. They approach well-to-do people with papers that have torn margins and contain either non-Arabic writing or what they claim to be the translation of a document written by the owner of buried treasures, giving the clue to the hiding place. In this way. they try to get sustenance by (persuading the well-to-do) to send them out to dig and hunt for treasure. Occasionally one of these treasure hunters displays strange information or some remarkable trick of magic with which he fools people into believing his other claims, although, in fact, he knows nothing of magic and its procedures...
"The things that have been said about (treasure hunting) have no scientific basis, nor are they based upon (factual) information. It should be realized that although treasures are found, this happens rarely and by chance, not by systematic search... Those who are deluded or afflicted by these things must take refuge in God from their inability to make a living and their laziness in this respect. They should not occupy themselves with absurdities and untrue stories."
1332 - 1406
And that's the best thing I'm going to do on the blog
Nothing Stands Out Quite Like a Cadillac Eldorado in South America
Here's the Road & Track report and here's the video that goes with it.
Geology, too. Enjoy.
Regarding Chubut and the possible referendum on mining
This op-ed is exactly right. Extract here (translated)
To stay outside such a traumatic and politically incorrect decision the government has passed the ball over to the population. If the referendum is positive for mining, the governor will say that "The majority decision must be respected"....if the decision is a negative Das Neves with his best "It wasn't me" face will tell Macri, "Sorry Mau, I wanted it but the people said no".
Full thing here. Go read it all, practice your Spanish and find out just why Chubut governor Mario das Neves is one of the most astute political animals in his country.
Chart of the day is...
...gold, the Kitco live chart (found here):
On the one hand it's only $10/oz or so higher than the top end of recent days, not exactly the crown jewels. But on the other it's $20+ higher than this time yesterday and a snap out of the range and gives reason for optimism and thoughts about gold re-taking $1.3k.
The Muck Pile returns
The best mining blog in the Great White North is back! Yes indeed, IKN is ravished to announce that you need to put The Muck Pile back on your RSS because as from today it's up and running again. There is a difference over there though, as previous blogmeister Muckpile Mike has handed over to one 'Teddy Salad' as your host. Let's see how things get on.
Check out the blog right here and welcome Teddy, make Mike proud.
Jaime Pinto goes to geology class
Hey, you remember Jaime Pinto, the toerag hired by Team Hodges to ruin Minera IRL and asset strip it to Polon's pally pals? Well since he was...
...kicked out of Minera IRL by its shareholders...fired from Peru O&G company Relapasa for helping to run it into the ground...kicked out of a local pension fund for recommending Relapasa as a good investment...and even being kicked off the board of a company as doggy as Lupaka Gold (LPK.v)
...he's been at a loose end, without much to do and a lot of day to fill. Now obviously he can't schlep around his fave coffee houses trying to drum up business all day so this afternoon he decided to do something he never bothered to do in the whole of 2015, he learned a bit about Minera IRL's Ollachea project. He went along and decided to take a front row seat at the presentation of the project at a Peru geology conference, the talk given by the man who stood up to him at IRL and exposed his nefarious ways, Diego Benavides. Here's the montage photo of Benavides at the podium and below, there's our unemployed pal Jaime Pinto:
Doesn't he look attentive? I wonder what he's thinking? Something like "Hey if I hadn't been a dishonest bastard with everybody and tried to steal the company away from its shareholders, that could have been me up there", perhaps? Could be...
An hour and a half of my life...
...that I will never get back was spent today on the telephone with this person and her charming, like-minded colleagues at my bank:
Bless their hearts, they lived up to their parents' expectations of them. Grumble and harrumph over, thank you for your attention.
PS: Learn all about Carol Beer here.
PS: Learn all about Carol Beer here.
Atico Mining (ATY.v) 3q16 production
NR here, chart here:
Yup, bottom's in all right
This humble corner of cyberspace's comment after seeing this spike down...
...was, "Bottom's in, ladies and gentlemen. Get used to the idea." And yes, I know you find me less annoying when I'm wrong.
Any further questions?
How Porter Stansberry fakes his track record
Here's a typical example from this scamster and liar. In his October 17th update to subscribers, he tries to make out that his service recommended Lundin Gold (LUG.to) at the price of $4.60 on April 5th 2016. Here's the screenshot of the table included in his letter:
That's bullshit. On that date, 4/5/16, LUG.to traded just 3,500 shares all day. The same nothing happened again the next day, April 6th, when just 6,600 shares of LUG changed hands. It was only when his recommendation rolled out to clients on April 7th that the volume moved:
April 7th 140,000 shares traded, close $5.09
April 8th 167,500 shares traded, close $5.83
Et cetera. The chances of any of his stupid, sheep-like clients having bought LUG.to at his falsely advertised $4.60 are zero, because they simply didn't know. The chances of them getting in at under $5.00 are bottom-end minimal, because they all charged in during the first two days and the vast majority of them would have paid $5.50 and more. And this is just one example, there are many more like it but small things like truth and facts never bother a piece of shit lying scumball like Porter Stansberry.
Gary Tanashian...
...at Notes From The Rabbit Hole has been calling the market extremely well recently. And though you gain plenty of value from his free stuff, you really ought to subscribe to his weekly letter as the combination of his work ethic and insight is second to none. He covers my back on so many macro issues and lets me focus on my own things. Unbeatable service at the price he charges.
And no, he doesn't know I'm writing this. And no, I'm not paid to write it. It's just a plain straight unsolicited testimonial.
GLD bullion inventories keep going up
Gold price flatlines, but somebody somewhere doesn't care. The buying in GLD gold continues, the inventory level swells.
I happened to mention the trend on Friday, since then another 5.64 metric tonnes of gold has been added to the pot. Data here.
Argonaut Gold (AR.to) 3q16
It's worst quarter of production and sales since 1q13:
Because it rained, poor little snowflakes. NR here.
Tinka Resources (TK.v) news
The 50m share placement priced at 20c (with no warrant) is full. It took four business days to fill the book. Not shabby.
Las Bambas: A death that matters (from IKN388)
Part of yesterday's IKN Weekly IKN388. This isn't just a problem for Las Bambas, the whole of the copper mining industry needs to pay attention to this development.
Las Bambas: Trucks are the problem"Relax. Nothing is under control."Adi Da SamrayAs noted on the blog late Friday, one man died during clashes between with police in Peru when locals blocked roads to protest about trucks coming out of the Las Bambas copper mine in the highland Apurimac region. We now have more details, as the protests happened around 50km from the mine, the clashes were very violent and along with the dead person, reports are of scores of locals and 20 police officers injured.So what's the problem? The answer is very poor community planning by MMG, owners of Las Bambas, as well as previous owners Xstrata. Once upon a time when Las Bambas was owned by Xstrata (later taken over by Glencore) the plan was to build a 215km concentrates pipeline to connect the mine to the Xstrata-owned Tintaya mine, a little closer to the coast. From there it would join the existing transport infrastructure. But in the end the pipeline plan was deemed too expensive and dropped. Cut to today and Las Bambas now close to its full production rhythm, no pipeline built, the concentrate has to get to the coast somehow and we end up with this being published by Reuters (10):Congressman Richard Arce, who represents Apurimac, said the man was shot dead by police and that scores of people from towns nearby were also wounded.A photograph from the clash provided by Arce's office showed a man lying belly-up on blood-stained stones in a field.The protesters were upset because of the heavy dust and noise on the road where trucks transport the Chinese-owned mine's copper concentrates, Solano and Arce said."On a recent visit I saw 97 trucks carrying 30 tonnes of concentrates in 22 minutes. Passing by in front of people's homes," Arce said. "That would be outrageous to anyone."The facts back that up. According to the latest figures from Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mining website (11), Las Bambas produced 34,983 metric tonnes of copper in the month of August 2016 alone, that's right on its expected production clip. I don't have the exact figure at hand but the conc there is known to be higher grades than the industry average and I've heard off-record that they're running it at 30% copper, so if we run with that number we can estimate Las Bambas needs to ship out 116,667 metric tonnes of material to the coast of Peru per month. At 30 metric tonnes per truck that's 3,889 truck trips per month, though I'd expect some trucks are overloaded somewhat (in typical Peru fashion) and carry an average of 40mt per trip, so that would be 2917 trips. So taking everything into account and splitting differences, let's call it 3,400 trucks a month.As there are 720 hours in a (30 day) month, that's an average 4.7 trucks per hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year rumbling past your (previously quiet and bucolic) farmhouse 50km from the mine site. And as that includes all night-time hours, the true figure is more likely to be ten trucks an hour in the daytime (one every six minutes) and as they'll naturally bunch into a convoy formation on the way down, Congressman Richard Arce is right. And then they have to come back up the hill again. My stars the locals must be pissed with this sudden deterioration in their lifestyles, let alone things like danger and the dust (often on dirt track unpaved roads) and let's note, this problem and last week's violent flare-up that left one dead (social media unofficially reports three dead) and many dozens injured was 40km to 50km away from the mine and not in the zone of influence where locals get financial support. All of the annoyance, none of the compensation and if nothing is done it's only going to get worse when the Haquira project owned by First Quantum and located just down the road from Las Bambas comes online in a few years' time.I could go on about this, there are several directions in which this analysis could continue but the most obvious one is that cutting corners and doing things on the cheap in a country with poor internal transport infrastructure such as Peru is a recipe for community disaster. Peru is currently marketing itself as the place to go big pit mining and a better option than Chile (for example) because of its lower cost base. What we see above is the flipside of cheap, which can turn out to be far more expensive for all concerned, be it company, local residents or the country itself, than doing things the right way from the beginning. Also, be clear that this particular combination of infrastructure and community risk is going to be a growing concern across the whole LatAm region and can apply to Colombia, Ecuador (hello SolGold) and Andean Argentina, as well as this corner of Peru. However Peru is a decent test case, as its infrastructure varies greatly depending on where you are (e.g. Cajamarca is generally good, Apurimac is particularly bad). Interestingly and as a final thought (without labouring the point, as I really could spend pages on the subject) Chile holds a massive advantage here.
Avino (ASM.v) (ASM) 3q16 production
NR here, chart below:
Looks kind of boring, but in fact that's quite interesting.
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Ameduri's latest pump: Inca One (IO.v)
Ok, this one's just plain hilarious. Via the Future Money Trends Mini-Me site "Wealth Research Group (Daniel Ameduri puts some other bozo as frontman, but the reality is obvious) these scamsters are pushing the utter dog Inca One (IO.v) at their idiot band of sheep. And why are they doing so?
"We have also entered into an agreement with the company and currently have been paid four hundred and fifty thousand dollars for a one year marketing program."
Yup, $450,000 reasons to rip people off.
Bruce Bragagnolo, failed miner and now insider stock pumper. My stars, how they fall.
As for the company, anyone who can read a balance sheet will just burst out laughing at this "top pick for 2016 - 2017", as even after the recent $6.3m placement raising it's still working cap negative. Then there's the details about how they have no formal permit to operate, no EIA and the whole thing is being covered by the "in formalization" temporary ruling in Peru. When that runs out, IO.v closes down.
PS: By the way Scammy Danny, when I read this bit...
...I laughed until my sides hurt. You really are a clown of the highest order. The only people more stupid than you are the people who read you and believe this bullshit.
UPDATE: Reader 'C' writes in:
To answer your question, C: Yes.
Bruce Bragagnolo, failed miner and now insider stock pumper. My stars, how they fall.
As for the company, anyone who can read a balance sheet will just burst out laughing at this "top pick for 2016 - 2017", as even after the recent $6.3m placement raising it's still working cap negative. Then there's the details about how they have no formal permit to operate, no EIA and the whole thing is being covered by the "in formalization" temporary ruling in Peru. When that runs out, IO.v closes down.
PS: By the way Scammy Danny, when I read this bit...
...I laughed until my sides hurt. You really are a clown of the highest order. The only people more stupid than you are the people who read you and believe this bullshit.
UPDATE: Reader 'C' writes in:
Do I get that right? That it is legal for a Canadian junior CEO to pay 450k of investor money to some shady marketing company that then starts feeding stupid people that want to believe empty phrases of vague information about a time frame long enough to claim "wait and see" and promises rainbows and lollipops which leads to rising share prices and lets the CEO then earn a fortune on his options?
And this marketing company then even criticizes Wall Street jerks about their greedy actions that doom the world. I wonder how those people can sleep at night...
To answer your question, C: Yes.
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A few weeks ago someone bootlegged the trailer for "Tree of Life" using their cell phone. We watched it for about 12 seconds before saying, "Screw it--we both deserve better." Well, our patience has been rewarded, as a proper version in glorious HD has arrived. Needless to say, it was worth the wait.
The film stars Sean Penn as Jack, a man raised in the Midwest of the 1950's by a demanding father (Brad Pitt) and a nurturing mother (Jessica Chastain), who now struggles in adulthood with the conflicting influences. Here's the synopsis, by way of Apple:
From Terrence Malick, the acclaimed director of such classic films as Badlands, Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950's. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick's signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.
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There's been talk of dinosaurs appearing in this film, and they probably do, but there's no sign of them here, though there does appear to be a moment akin to the meteor crash that is said to have led to their extinction.
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I thought the 4 position stock was just an older design, then replaced by the 6 position?
I got a 4 position and I like it, but then I always use it all the way out and collapse it for storage or transport.
i'm looking at a m-4 kit that has a standard a 4 position m-4 adjustable stock.
all my other m-4orgeries came with either a 5 or six position stock that either was or close to mill spec.
are these 4 position stocks good enough or are they junk????""
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I thought the 4 position stock was just an older design, then replaced by the 6 position?
I got a 4 position and I like it, but then I always use it all the way out and collapse it for storage or transport.
I'd say the quality is about the same. A guy I shoot with has a Colt AR with the 6 position and the only differences I noticed on his was the unlocking lever thing was better made and the checkering on the butt end was deeper, other then that is looked and felt the same.
The 4 position collapsible stock was standard on the CAR-15 and that era of shorty ARs.
I guess they had to be update the mechanism to charge more . . . .
I thought the 4 position was a "car-15" stock, the 6 position being a "M-4" type. I think you can get varying quality out of either design. I also think the buttplate is a good bit smaller on the car-15 than the M4 type.
I also think the car type has a sling point on the top, the M4 has a swivel on bottom? (I like the top mount.)
I have used both and really have no preference. I always shoot with it fully extended and did not really notice any length difference, I shoot alot of different types of rifles so I am constantly changing my grip to adjust to the rifle. I guess if you prefer to shoot in any other position than fully extended you could run into a comfort problem. I would definately stick with a trusted name brand maybe one with a name that matches the reciever, there are some really low buck stocks out there and I don't think I would trust one of the cheap ones. If you can find a trademark on it and identify who made it that would probably tell you if it is junk or not.
Got a 4 pos stock. Very good quality and it def. does the job. I mean I pull it all the way out to shoot / and all the way in to store. Got it in OD from Delton.
Praise the LORD and pass the ammunition!!!
I've got an aluminum 4 position stock from Model 1 Sales. Like the rest I use it fully extented for shoo9ting and collapsed in the safe. My son uses it in the 3rd position out. I've been happy with it


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It's estimated that every day, worldwide, there are 145 billion emails sent.
So many of them now reach us no matter where we are: in bed, standing in line, even work emails hitting the inbox relentlessly – as you sit in a meeting!
Well one group at Stanford University's Computer Science Department have come up with what it calls the perfect solution: EmailValet.
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It's a form of crowdsourcing, the practice of tapping into a large group of people to get services and content, much like Wikipedia.
Nicolas Kokkalis, a PhD student, Michael Bernstein, an assistant professor, and Scott Klemmer, an associate professor, decided to use crowdsourcing to solve the problem of email overload through EmailValet.
It's a program that allows a remote assistant, an actual human, to go through someone's emails and extract the tasks.
On the left hand side after signing in, the user is able to see all of the original emails on the left hand side.
To the right is a "to-do" list of the tasks clearly spelled out for the user to check off. But first, you'll have to hand over your access.
The group decided to test the idea: would people give strangers access to their emails in order to save their own time, and maybe get things done more quickly?
"We actually validated that it was indeed a crazy idea," said Kokkalis, laughing. In fact, after a randomized survey of 600 people, less than four percent said they'd be willing to give up their passwords. One of the people who shared that sentiment was Anish Patel, a graduate student at Stanford's Graduate School of Business.
"I think privacy is an issue," said Patel. "I think particularly as I think about applications to the workplace."
But Patel changed his mind after a ten-day EmailValet study. He learned that the program has some privacy safeguards built into place, including a feature where you can restrict what the remote assistant is able to see, as well as a way to track what the assistant does while logged into someone's email.
"You can blacklist anything that contains any keywords like 'bank' or 'password' or 'credit card. Or, even white list any particular element, only things marked as 'important,' that kind of thing," Bernstein explained. "We actually keep track of what the crowd worker has done. Have they read this email? Have they created a task out of it? Or not?"
The group's study used three conditions: the use of EmailValet, the user actively trying to work faster extracting his or her own tasks out of emails, and the control condition. Kokkalis said the study showed EmailValet actually doubled the user's productivity.
Patel agreed it was successful, especially after he said other computer-driven email-help programs fell flat for him. "I toyed around with some of these email technological solutions and none of them have really worked for me," said Patel. "This hybrid of having someone as an assistant but sort of remote – with a limited set of features – I was kind of intrigued by it."
Klemmer agreed that using humans at this point is better than computers. "People are extremely good at this difficult task of taking free-form stuff and converting it into a more structured format. That's just beyond the level of what a computer can do today," Klemmer said.
He added extracting tasks from emails may seem like a trivial step, but in fact, holds many people back from maximizing productivity.
"By converting every time you scan your inbox, something that has a title you need to figure out and re-read that three-page-long message for the seventeenth time, instead it gets you a crisp, actionable item," Klemmer said.
So how much would you have to pay for this service? Kokkalis said it would come in at less than two bucks a day. "That compared to a $3,000 salary of a real executive assistant!"
So far, it's just a research program that was funded by the National Science Foundation – not yet picked up by any companies – but the group of believes it's well-worth the time, energy and money. In the meantime, the three men are working on creating more technological solutions, many of them caused by technology, itself.
"We'll leap ahead of where the world is by one, three, give, ten years, and we'll live in that world for awhile," Berstein said.


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