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Tentative Table of Contents: Preface List of Standard Symbols Chapter 1: Smooth Manifolds
- Smooth Manifolds 1.1. Smooth Manifolds 1.2. Smooth Mappings 1.3. Contact of Smooth Mappings 1.4. Jet of a Mapping 1.5. Composition of Mappings 1.6. Submanifolds 1.7. Product of Manifolds
- The Tangent Bundle 2.1. Tangent Vectors 2.2. Tangent Bundle 2.3. Tangent Mapping
- Tensor Bundles 3.1. Cotangent Bundle 3.2. Tensor Bundles 3.3. Fibered Product of Tensor Bundles 3.4. Induced Morphisms of Tensor Bundles 3.5. Tensor Fields
- The Rank of a Mapping 4.1. The Rank Theorem 4.2. Immersions 4.3. Submersions
- Fibered Manifolds 5.1. Fibered Manifolds 5.2. Morphisms of Fibered Manifolds 5.3. Vertical Vectors, Horizontal Forms 5.4. Fibrations 5.5. Sections of Fibered Manifolds 5.6. Vector Bundles 5.7. Vector Bundle Morphisms 5.8. Inverse Image of a Vector Bundle Notes and Additional Topics Chapter 2: Analysis on Manifolds
- Vector Fields 1.1. Vector Fields 1.2. Local Flow 1.3. Global Flow 1.4. Differential Equations
- Differential Forms 2.1. Differential Forms 2.2. Exterior Derivative 2.3. The Poincare Lemma 2.4. Contraction of a Form by a Vector Field 2.5. The Lie Derivative
- Distributions 3.1. Vector Distributions 3.2. Distributions Generated by Forms 3.3. Complete Integrability 3.4. Differential Ideals
- Integration of Forms 4.1. Orientation of a Vector Space 4.2. Orientability of Manifolds, Volume Elements 4.3. Piece of a Manifold 4.4. Boundary of a Piece, Induced Volume Elements 4.5. Integration of Forms 4.6. Transformation of an Integral 4.7. Differentiation of an Integral with Respect to a Parameter 4.8. Integration on the Product of Manifolds 4.9. Integration of Exact Forms
- Integration of Odd Forms 5.1. Odd Scalars, Odd Forms, Volume Elements 5.2. Integration of Odd Forms 5.3. Integration of Functions 5.4. Transformation of an Integral 5.5. Differentiation of an Integral with Respect to a Parameter 5.6. Integration on the Product of Manifolds 5.7. Restriction of a Volume Element to a Submanifold 5.8. Integration of Exact Forms Notes and Additional Topics Chapter 3: Lie Transformation Groups
- Lie Groups 1.1. Lie Groups 1.2. Lie Group Morphisms 1.3. Lie Subgroups 1.4. Normal Subgroups and Quotient Groups 1.5. Invariant Vector Fields 1.6. Lie Algebra of a Lie Group
- Products of Lie Groups 2.1. Product of Lie Groups 2.2. Interior Semi-Direct Product 2.3. Exterior Semi-Direct Product
- Lie Group Actions 3.1. Group Actions 3.2. Equivariant Mappings 3.3. Orbit Space 3.4. Orbit Manifold 3.5. Orbit Reduction 3.6. Fundamental Vector Fields
- Principal Bundles 4.1. Principal Group Actions 4.2. Quotient Manifolds 4.3. Morphisms of Principal Bundles
- Associated Bundles 5.1. Frame Mappings 5.2. Associated Bundles 5.3. Morphisms of Associated Bundles Notes and Additional Topics Chapter 4: Lagrange Structures
- Jet Prolongations of Fibered Manifolds 1.1. Jet Prolongations of Fibered Manifolds 1.2. Jet Prolongations of Morphisms 1.3. Horizontalization of Tangent Vectors
- Trace Decompositions of Tensor Spaces 2.1. Trace Mappings 2.2. Kronecker Tensors 2.3. Duality in Tensor Spaces 2.4. Trace Decomposition
- Differential Forms on Jet Prolongations of Fibered Manifolds 3.1. Horizontalization of Forms 3.2. Formal Derivative of a Function 3.3. The contact ideal 3.4. First Canonical Decomposition of Forms 3.5. Second Canonical Decomposition of Forms 3.6. Third Canonical Decomposition of Forms 3.7. The Poincare Lemma
- Lagrangians, Variational Functionals 4.1. Fundamental Forms, Lagrangians 4.2. Lepage Forms 4.3. First Variation Formula 4.4. Extremals 4.5. The Euler-Lagrange Mapping 4.6. Higher Variations
- Invariant Variational Principles and Conservation Laws 5.1. Invariant Lagrangians 5.2. Invariant Euler-Lagrange Forms 5.3. Symmetries of Extremals
- Regularity and Hamilton Equations 6.1. Non-holonomic Jet Spaces 6.2. Hamilton Equations 6.3. Legendre Coordinates 6.4. Regular Variational Principles Notes and Additional Topics Chapter 5: Elementary Sheaf Theory
- Sheaves 1.1. Local Homeomorphisms 1.2. Products and Fiber Products 1.3. Sheaf Spaces 1.4. The Quotient Sheaf Space 1.5. Prolongations of Continuous Sections 1.6. Sheaves 1.7. Presheaves 1.8. Complete Presheaves 1.9. Sheaf Associated with a Presheaf
- Sheaf Cohomology 2.1. Exact Sequences of Abelian Groups 2.2. Complexes 2.3. The Connecting Morphism 2.4. Exact Sequences of Sheaves 2.5. The Canonical Resolution of a Sheaf 2.6. Cohomology Groups of a Sheaf
- Sheaves over Paracompact Hausdorff Spaces 3.1. Soft Sheaves 3.2. Fine Sheaves 3.3. The Connecting Morphism 3.4. Acyclic Resolutions Notes and Additional Topics Chapter 6: Variational Sequences on Fibered Manifolds
- The Variational Sequence 1.1. DeRham Sequence on Jet Bundles 1.2. Contact Subsequence 1.3. The Variational Sequence 1.4. Cohomology of the Variational Sequence 1.5. Interior Euler-Lagrange Operator 1.6. Lepage forms
- The Structure of the Euler-Lagrange Mapping 2.1. Trivial Lagrangians 2.2. Dynamical Forms 2.3. The Inverse Problem of the Calculus of Variations 2.4. Local Variational Principles, First Variation Formula 2.5. Energy-Momentum Tensors for Differential Equations 2.6. Order Reducibility of Lagrangians
- Variational Sequence and Symmetries 3.1. Lie Derivatives of Classes 3.2. Invariance of the Helmholtz Class Notes and Additional Topics Chapter 7: Invariant Variational Functionals on Principal Bundles
- Prolongations of Principal Lie Group Actions 1.1. Jet Prolongations of a Principal Bundle 1.2. Bundles of Connections 1.3. Invariant Differential Forms
- Invariant Variational Principles 2.1. Invariant Differential Forms 2.2. Invariant Vector Fields
- The First Variation Formula 3.1. Euler-Lagrange Form 3.2. Noether's Currents
- Euler-Lagrange Equations 4.1. Extremals and Conservation Laws Notes and Additional Topics Chapter 8: Differential Invariants
- Differential Invariants 1.1. Differential Groups 1.2. Normal Subgroup Structure 1.3. Differential Invariants 1.4. Orbit Reduction 1.5. Orbit Manifolds
- Invariant Tensors 3.1. Absolute Invariant Tensors 3.2. Relative Invariant Tensors 3.3. Multilinear Invariants
- Realizations of Differential Invariants 3.1. Higher Order Frame Bundles 3.2. Prolongations of Associated Bundles 3.3. Associated Lifting Functors 3.4. Natural Transformations 3.5. Differential Invariants and Lie Derivatives Notes and Additional Topics Chapter 9: Natural Variational Principles
- Odd Base Forms on Fibered Manifolds 1.1. Orientation of a Vector Space and Odd Scalars 1.2. Orientation of a Manifold 1.3. Odd Scalars and Odd Forms on a Manifold 1.4. Odd Base Scalars, Odd Base Forms 1.5. The Pull-Back 1.6. Exterior Product of a Form and an Odd Base Form 1.7. Contraction by a Vector Field 1.8. Exterior Derivative 1.9. The Lie Derivative
- Jet Prolongations of Frame Bundles 2.1. Prolongations of Group Action 2.2. Invariant Differential Forms
- Natural Variational Principles on Frame Bundles 3.1. Invariant Differential Forms 3.2. Noether Currents 3.3. Euler-Lagrange Equations
- Invariant Variational Principles on Associated Bundles 4.1. Tensor Bundles 4.2. First Variation Formula 4.3. Week Conservation Laws 4.4. Generalized Bianchi Identities 4.5. Euler-Lagrange Equations and Conservation Laws
- Invariant Variational Principles in Tensor Bundles 5.1. Differential Invariants of a Metric Field 5.2. Invariant Variational Principles For the Metric Field 5.3. Differential Invariants of a Linear Connection 5.4. Invariant Variational Principles for Linear Connections
- The Energy Functional and Harmonic Mappings 6.1. Energy of an Immersion 6.2. Extremals of the Energy Functional Notes and Additional Topics Appendices
- Multi-Linear Algebra
- Topology
- Analysis
- Categories Bibliography Index
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to modern global variational theory on fibred spaces. It is based on differentiation and integration theory of differential forms on smooth manifolds, and on the concepts of global analysis and geometry such as jet prolongations of manifolds, mappings, and Lie groups.
The book will be invaluable for researchers and PhD students in differential geometry, global analysis, differential equations on manifolds, and mathematical physics, and for the readers who wish to undertake further rigorous study in this broad interdisciplinary field.
Featured topics
- Analysis on manifolds
- Differential forms on jet spaces
- Global variational functionals
- Euler-Lagrange mapping
- Helmholtz form and the inverse problem
- Symmetries and the Noether's theory of conservation laws
- Regularity and the Hamilton theory
- Variational sequences
- Differential invariants and natural variational principles
Key Features
- First book on the geometric foundations of Lagrange structures
- New ideas on global variational functionals
- Complete proofs of all theorems
- Exact treatment of variational principles in field theory, inc. general relativity
- Basic structures and tools: global analysis, smooth manifolds, fibred spaces
This book is mainly intended for Universities, research institutions and libraries. It is a basic work on foundations of a mathematical discipline, the first new book on the geometry of the calculus of variations on manifolds, and contains up-to-date research: primary Mathematics Subject Classification 58 (Global Analysis).
It is furthermore intended for individuals (researchers, post-doctorals, PhD students), as the book supports research in geometry, global analysis, mathematical and theoretical physics, field theory, and mechanics and summarizes journal papers on global variational theory, published during the last 40 years.
- No. of pages:
- 500
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Elsevier Science 1978
- Published:
- 1st April 2000
- Imprint:
- Elsevier Science
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080954240
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Demeter Krupka
Affiliations and Expertise
Palacky University, Department of Algebra and Geometry, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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At the time of his death in 1882, Darwin's home held nearly 1,500 books, periodicals, and pamphlets, a collection now known as Darwin's Library. In half of these, he diligently scribbled notes, crossed out lines, and appended notes on slips of paper. "The chief interest of the Darwin books lies in the pencil notes scribbled on their pages, or written on scraps of paper and pinned to the last page," Darwin's son Francis said in 1908.
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...this one, "Marin Katusa laid bare".
And to cut a long story short, I'm pleased about that.
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The most visited IKN post this week is...
...this one, "Marin Katusa laid bare".
Imperial Metals (III.to) has this week's late Friday news release classic
Here's the NR. And you read...and read some more...and down a bit more...and then down to paragraph twelve (!) and...
At March 31, 2015, the Company had cash of $6.5 million and a working capital deficiency of $35.6 million. Following completion of the construction of the Red Chris mine, commissioning of the mill commenced and the first concentrate was produced in February 2015. However, due to production slowdowns related to temporarily reduced water supply, it will take additional time for the mine to consistently achieve design levels of throughput and production. As a result, the Company will not be able to meet the June 1, 2015 date for completion under the Senior Credit Facility. The Company is in discussions with its lenders to extend the date for it to achieve completion. However, without a waiver or extension from its lenders the Company will be in default under the Senior Credit Facility effective June 1, 2015.
Hmmm...default on Senior Credit. That good or bad, y'say?
The Friday OT: Lil PP & Nitepunk; Vegas Girl Walk
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Good news for explorecos, a new way to rip off the Canadian public has arrived
Junior mining companies get to crowdfund! Explorecos get to bypass all accredited investor regulations! Scumbag moose pasture peddlers to receive funds directly from a whole mountain of people with no idea about the risks of investing in junior mining companies!
What. Could. Possibly. Go. Wrong?
The NR starts like this:
The securities regulators of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Québec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (the "participating jurisdictions") today announced they have implemented, or expect to implement, registration and prospectus exemptions that will allow start-ups and early stage companies to raise capital through crowdfunding in these jurisdictions, subject to certain conditions.Full release here
Canaccord on Belo Sun (BSX.to) today. And yesterday.
IKN notes that The Can of Corn has today upped its target to 80c on Belo Sun (BSX.to) due to the move made by Agnico Eagle (AEM) on the stock last night (difficult not to note it after being sent the analysis four times in the space of an hour). Here's a chunk of the prose from the PDF that sums it up:
Valuation and RisksIn valuing Belo Sun, we use forward curve pricing and discounted cash flow analysisdiscounted at a project WACC of 8.6%. In our Base Case, on a fully funded basis, we see814M shares outstanding, generating a project NAVPS of $0.31 and a corporate NAVPSof $0.76. Applying a 1.0x P/NAV multiple generates a target NAVPS of $0.76 supportinga rounded target price of C$0.80, increased from $0.70. The 264% projected return
continues to support a SPECULATIVE BUY rating. We highlight Belo Sun's reliance oncapital markets and the ability to permit Volta Grande as key risks to our valuation andtarget.
We therefore note just how good this house is on BSX by pointing you in the direction of Canaccord's previous coverage on this stock. Let's just say that their recommendations have been less than optimum so far.
Gold trading today is (for a change) quite interesting
We saw a dumpage of gold (by THEM!) overnight Americas time, but as soon as NY opened the buyers came straight in and bought it back.
Could it possibly be that THEY are being opposed by another bigger group of THEM?
PS: And thank God for jim willie.
PS: And thank God for jim willie.
Zinc has failed again at $1.10/lb
Shorter B2Gold (BTG) (BTO.to) 1q15 earnings
In Line.
However in line is in fact pretty good, because the thing's been priced down for weeks. The longer version on Sunday. BTO news release here.
Frank Holmes has been quietly selling his Gran Colombia Gold (GCM.to) shares
Gran Colombia Gold (GCM.to) reported its 1q15 this afternoon and apart from the $3.38m net loss and the continuing disaster that is GCM's balance sheet...
...(and they seriously think that a few hundred thou saved on G&A makes a difference these days; Serafino, it's a freakin' rounding error dude), the interesting bit about today's 1q15 financials is to read how Frank Holmes's U.S. Global fund has been trying to get out of its outsized and utterly failed position in GCM. In the 4q14 report we read that U.S Global holds 12% of GCM.to:
But now in the 1q15 report we read that the position is down to 10%:
...which means somewhere since then U.S Global sold 2% of the company to some other sucker. That's around 460,000 shares. Rats and sinking ships.
Fraud allegations against Silvercorp (SVM.to) (SVM) short seller are thrown out
The BCSC ruling right here. How it begins here:
May 14, 2015Vancouver – A British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has dismissed fraud allegations against Jon Richard Carnes, the man who ran the "Alfred Little" financial blog. The panel also dismissed staff's application for an order in the public interest.
Tia Maria: Police and protesters currently beating crap out of each other...
...in the main square of Arequipa city. A photo in which some of you may recognize Arequipa cathedral, and many of you will recognize tear gas, from this report:
There are running battles being reported in several spots in the city, too.
Update: plenty of reports now coming through (eg here, Spanish language). Plenty more besides. Plus this photo...
...which has protesters digging up cobblestones in Arequipa city centre for makeshift protection barriers.
Has First Mining Finance (FF.v) fired Daniel Ameduri of Future Money Trends yet?
In the First Mining Finance (FF.v) pump job run on April 6th 2015 by Future Money Trends (FMT), one of those hardcore goldbug conspiracy theory websites created by and for the mouthbreather end of the precious metals universe, Daniel Ameduri gave his idiot tribe the full breathlessly purple prose. It started...
"You are literally reading this before a single share has been traded; FF trading on the TSX-Venture exchange will have its first day of trading today. I honestly think early investors may be looking at a double or triple in the next few weeks!"
...and you can read the whole pump job here (it's a good old laugh). Then, only after IKN (via its weekly publication dated April 12th) had pointed out to the world that First Mining Finance (FF.v) was actually dumb enough to pay for this bunkum, did FF.v own up to its contract with Ameduri in this NR dated April 13th:
"...the Company has engaged Future Money Trends, LLC ("FMT") to provide certain financial publishing and digital marketing services. In exchange for providing these services, FMT will receive an initial fee of US$30,000 and a monthly fee of US$7,000. The agreement with FMT is for a one year term and the Company has the right to cancel the agreement at any time. The Company has also agreed to issue FMT 100,000 incentive stock options in the fourth month of the term of the agreement."So, let's see how things are getting on for this wonderful PR relationship:
From 50c to 37c in six weeks, another win for freedom over fiat currency.
Y'know, you have to wonder who's the most stupid out of the three: I don't think it's Ameduri, because he has his little scheme to fleece idiots and he does it on both sides. As for the goldbug mouthbreather audience, they're probably just a bunch of naive tyros who'll either wake up and smell the coffee one day or remain fodder for market scamsters all their lives. So on due consideration the dumbest out of the lot here must be Keith Neumeyer, head honcho of FF.v, who's actually paying good corporate cash for this utter bullshit.
We note that FF.v claims it can stop paying this fool $7k a month at any time. Also, they only have to giftwrap 100k in options to him (thereby diluting the share base) if they continue with the deal after month four comes around. Therefore the question: Is FF.v going to be stupid with its treasury any longer, or will it show a little sense and save its cash for more important things? Like real PR.
B2Gold (BTG) (BTO.to) this week
If you have the same viewpoint as this humble scribe, you would have noticed that B2Gold (BTO.to) (BTG) is on a face-rip rebound move on renewed volume this week.
Also, if you have the same viewpoint as this humble scribe you would know that BTO reports its 1q15 results before the bell tomorrow morning.
Subscribers, a good hard look at BTO will be the main event on Sunday in IKN314, of that there is little doubt.
Chart of the day is...
...the gold/silver ratio:
Approaching 70X again, which has been a serious sticking point for the metal these last few quarters. And on the subject of this ratio and quarters, there were plenty of guffaws and chuckles when Silvercrest (SVLC) (SVL.to) told the world yesterday that it was using a 66.7/1 ratio between silver and gold for its 1q15 filings. You see where the real ratio is between Jan 1st and March 31st on that chart? You see where 66.7 to one is compared to SVL's fantasy? And this is from a company that (despite its name) receives more of its revenues from gold than from silver. Why can't these people just be honest? Why do they have to associate themselves with these bullshit little lies? Haven't they learned anything this last couple of years? Don't they know that we're bored stupid with mining bullshitters and will find any excuse NOT to invest in their marginal self-serving companies?
Humbug, grrr etc. Okay, rant over. Have a pleasant day.
Humbug, grrr etc. Okay, rant over. Have a pleasant day.
Rubicon (RMX) (RMX.to) crossing shareholders
The last time the consistently stupid Louis Lobito Little Wolf James of
Casey Stansberry Casey Research pumped Rubicon (RMX) (RMX.to) to his band of unsuspecting sheep a few weeks ago, I decided to go beyond my usual harrumphing and checked out the basics on the stock, including the latest financials and corp presentation, just in case he was having one of his stopped clock moments. During the scan overview I was pretty sure that I read RMX was fully funded to production now and...
...yup, on re-checking page 18 of its April 2015 presentation, that was certainly the message. Which begs the question as to why RMX wants to dilute shareholders by taking out a $50m senior secured loan today.
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 14, 2015) - Rubicon Minerals Corporation (RMX.TO)(NYSE MKT:RBY) ("Rubicon" or the "Company") has entered into a financing agreement with CPPIB Credit Investments Inc. ("CPPIB"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, for a US$50 million secured loan facility (the "Loan Facility"). The proceeds from the Loan Facility will be used for the development of the Phoenix Gold Project (the "Project") and to provide adequate working capital and flexibility to optimize the Project during the ramp-up period to potential commercial production continues here.
And that comes with a bonus prize of 10m warrants at $1.71 (hint: For those of you who believed that pumper Lobito and swallowed his spiel whole, ask around and find out what the word 'overhang' means in terms of company stock derivatives). The bottom line is not a new one on these pages, but it's one that's served us well as we tiptoe through the junior mining minefield: All any junior has is a story, that's the base of its whole net value. If the company can't even keep its story straight, there's nothing there.
Aurcana (AUN.v) waited until late at night before filing its quarter
Bitgold (XAU.v)
Less than a year ago, founders were paid in shares worth 3.3c
In January, February and April this year, seed placements and suchlike were run on Bitgold (XAU.v) with the shares priced at 90c.
Today the stock IPO'd and closed at $2.70.
As of this evening, Bitgold (XAU.v) has a market cap of CAD$98.87m.
Technology's amazing, isn't it?
UPDATE Thursday morning: Now trading at $4 (and it touched $4.50) of 650k volume. You guys, are so funny.
The U2 survey results
On Sunday (and I'm still not quite sure why) IKN asked the following question:
As we got to 200 answers this afternoon (201 to be exact) the poll is now closed and here are the results:Some notes:
- 27 of you (13%) said that they still don't suck. You're wrong. They do.
- 26 of you said after the first tranche of records (Boy/War/UF). In fact they didn't suck to begin with, so you're all wrong too.
- The most popular answer was "After Joshua Tree" and I'd agree they sucked a bit then, but some of tracks were still good and they were doing original things with the music, even if the lyrics grate like nails down a blackboard. So, 37% of you are also wrong.
- Meanwhile, 12% plumped for the post Zoo Tour period. Sorry people, they sucked way before then, you're wrong.
- Which leaves us with "After Achtung Baby" and 47 of you (well, 46 and me) all chose the right answer. You all rule. Because it's my blog, get your own if you don't like it. We win. Ha.
UPDATED: Looking for a cheap vacation destination this year? Try Venezuela (and take US Dollar bills with you)
Via ace reporter Girish Gupta here and here, with the headsup from Setty here, behold the 2015 year to date forex pair of the Venezuelan Bolivar Fuerte (VEF) versus the United States Dollar (USD):
If you go the official government counter or a bank in Venezuela you get 6.3 VEF to your dollar, or perhaps 12.3. If you do that you're mad, because the black market street rate just went over 300 to the dollar.
UPDATE: Just how cheap is that? Here's a website with up to date prices for supermarket goods in Venezuela which gives the prices of various typical products in US Dollar terms at the official rate of 6.3 VEF to 1 USD. To the right in red I've done the calcs on the same things but at the 300-to-1 black market prices:
Even if they've doubled since the March 2015 date of record on that website, they're cheap.
UPDATE: Just how cheap is that? Here's a website with up to date prices for supermarket goods in Venezuela which gives the prices of various typical products in US Dollar terms at the official rate of 6.3 VEF to 1 USD. To the right in red I've done the calcs on the same things but at the 300-to-1 black market prices:
Even if they've doubled since the March 2015 date of record on that website, they're cheap.
Today in mining stocks
Quick note: Ram Power (RPG.to) is now Polaris Infrastructure (PIF.to)
Further to yesterday's note on the big money players behind the Ram Power (RPG.to) re-capitalization, today we get this from RPG:
RENO, NV and VANCOUVER , May 13, 2015 /CNW/ - Polaris Infrastructure Inc. (formerly Ram Power, Corp.) (RPG.TO) (the "Company" or "Polaris") announced today that, in accordance with the terms of the private placement agreement dated April 20, 2015 between the Company and Goodwood Inc., the Company has changed its name from "Ram Power, Corp." to "Polaris Infrastructure Inc.". A change in the stock symbol for the Company's common shares trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange, from "RPG" to "PIF", is expected to become effective on the morning of Tuesday May 19, 2015 .
So the name is about to disappear, along with the value of any share certs bought before 2015.
ECI Exploration and Mining raises $10m
This private company has just raised $10m of seed capital, which is interesting. It's run by Robert Harrington (reasonable reputation) and its main project is the Inde property in Durango which is a gold oxide thing and has been looked upon with a glad eye for many years, but has had problems with locals that's stopped it from moving forward. Potentially a story to keep an eye on now that cash is in the structure.
PS: Also potentially interesting the ECI website "is currently being updated".
PS: Also potentially interesting the ECI website "is currently being updated".
Kip Keen on Newmarket Gold
A nice interview done by Keen of Mineweb with Douglas Forster, one of the BSDs* behind this new vehicle, right here. Worth your time, if only as background.
*big swinging dicks
*big swinging dicks
My favourite bit of all the Allied Nevada (ex-ANV) (ANVGQ) filings today UPDATED
In May 2015, an increase in the base salary (for inflation) was granted to certain NEOs. Mr. Wodzicki's base salary was increased from $336,600 to $354,000, by approximately 5.1%, Mr. Carmichael's base salary was increased from $234,600 to 242,000, by approximately 3.1%, and Mr. Beck's base salary was increased from $180,000 to $186,000, by approximately 3.1% Wojtek Wodzicki is the President and CEO Robert Carmichael is the VP Exploration James Beck is the Director of Corporate Development And Allied Nevada is the company that filed for bankruptcy in March 2015
UPDATE next day. OK, enormous brain fart idiot post has now had lines put through it. I will explain how stupid I am by stating that you should never, ever have two Management Information Circulars open at the same time. And if you do, you should never read them late at night when you've been to the dentist, your brain is semi-frazzled and you've taken heavy duty painkillers.
In other words, I managed to confuse the contents of the MICs of NGEx and ANV. The above people work at NGEx and have nothing to do with ANV.
I thank the (so far four) readers that have mailed me about the stupid mistake I made. The explanation is above, but it's not an excuse. I was just plain wrong.
PS: We don't delete dumbo posts, we leave them up. Good for the ego work.
The problem with owning silver mining stocks...
...is that it's a complete waste of time. Even the underlying metal's modest 2015 performance is better than that of the companies producing the stuff. So why go to all that bother and risk, when owning the shiny stuff works better than overpaying a bunch of directors to underperform for your cash?
And another reason why owning silver miners is a waste of time: The above isn't true for the gold miners.
Bayern Munich supporters, the best in the world
And so Barcelona beat Bayern over the two legs and reach the Champion's League final, which was the logical result after the first match. However, IKN does not stand and applaud Messi, Neymar, Schweinsteiger or Lewandowski. IKN applauds the Bayern Munich crowd.
the scene before the match started tonight
They never stopped cheering and singing tonight, even when defeat was obvious at the end the noise was non-stop and the best humour too. Take a bow Bayern, the world's best group of footy fans.
The Electrification Of The Nicaraguan Union (aka the Ram Power (RPG.to) re-capitalization)
I've always liked the conceptual of thermal power plants that get a long-term contract from their host government. And as a few of you out there know, I've followed Ram Power (RPG.to) quite closely without ever pulling the trigger and buying, because of its financials. The decision to sit out and wait/watch turned out to be the right one because last year RPG.to finally collapsed under the weight of its debt but I claim no prizes for avoiding, it's hardly the only way I could have lost money betting on iffy balance sheets last year (for further proof, I check my own portfolio).
Anyway, the point of this post is to note how New Ram Power (for want of a better moniker) has apparently done a damned good job of marketing. It recently completed a round of re-capitalization raising to the tune of $74.4m and the new guys in (who get to walk in on the already built fixed assets) have diluted the previous shareholders to kingdom come as part of the gig. Well folks, that's capitalism for you but what really catches the eye are the names involved in the re-cap:
That's a serious list of instos. That's just the ones who stuck in over $1m each (there are other smaller players too). That's $64.755m of the total $74.4m raise. And being able to raise $74m in this (so they tell us) tight market with that bunch of names on board is testament to the opportunity available, I'd vouch.
Bottom line: The big boys are in, expect a pump this year on Ram Power 2.0.
Chart of the day is...
Ernesto Echavarria sells part of his Almaden (AAU) (AMM.to) position
The sales filed today...
...are close in size and scope to the July 2013 purchase of 2.8m shares and 2.8m warrants that he picked up at $1.25 per unit. It leaves Ernie with 5.68m shares of AMM and it's probably good news for Almaden that the dude is selling, what with Echavarria's track record of being a bigtime failure in juniors. That how to make a small fortune in mining joke applies to this dude in spades.
Coastal Gold (COD.v) is indeed annexed from Bhartistan
The NR just out starts this way:
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 12, 2015) - COASTAL GOLD CORP. (TSX VENTURE:COD)(FRANKFURT:CY41) ("Coastal Gold" or the "Corporation") announces that it has accepted an increased offer (the "Revised FMF Offer") to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Coastal Gold (the "Coastal Gold Common Shares") from First Mining Finance Corp. ("FMF") by way of a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the "FMF Transaction"). In connection with the acceptance of the Revised FMF Offer, the Corporation entered into a new arrangement agreement with FMF dated May 11, 2015 (the "Arrangement Agreement"). Immediately prior to the entering into of the Arrangement Agreement, the Corporation terminated the arrangement agreement dated March 1, 2015 that was entered into with Sulliden Mining Capital Inc. ("Sulliden") and will make a termination payment of $250,000 to Sulliden.
Under the terms of the Revised FMF Offer, FMF will acquire each outstanding Coastal Gold Common Share for 0.1625 of a FMF common share (the "Exchange Ratio"). The Exchange Ratio represents $0.065 per Coastal Gold Common Share, based on FMF's 30-trading day volume weighted average price ("VWAP") of $0.40. Based on the Revised FMF Offer, the implied transaction value is approximately $13.5 million, including the assumption of $2.5 million of Coastal Gold costs and debt. Upon completion of the FMF Transaction, Coastal Gold will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMF. The directors of each company have unanimously approved the FMF Transaction.Whole thing here
Pan American Silver (PAA.to) (PAAS) 1q15
Mine Operating Earnings doesn't take into account essentials such as G&A, exploration, project development and Forex. For example, you stick all that on top of the 1q15 MOE of $2.63m and it suddenly turns into a $11.4m loss on operations. The net loss was $19.785m.
Also liquidity dopped by $39m, with cash now under $110m. And because of that...they're going to spend $112.4m on the Dolores upgrade.
This can't go on, PAAS. NR here
A quick Tia Maria update
Yesterday Sunday, the national government under the direction of the Head of State and her husband, Ollanta Humala, sent in a reported 1,000 troops (out of a total of 2,000 that may eventually be deployed) to calm the waters in the Tambo Valley, location of the contentious Tia Maria project. This Monday afternoon locals and police clashed again, stones flying, tear gas, the whole nine yards. Plus there's now a three day strike in the entire Arequipa region set to start tomorrow Tuesday to protest against the project. So, that's Humala for you.
And for what it's worth, this photo was taken back in 2011, the last time locals were out protesting the project (and got it suspended). And the nice lady in the circle? That's Ana María Solórzano, who last year was elected head of the National Congress.
What part of "Not. Gonna. Happen." do you not understand?
Marin Katusa laid bare
For those of you considering the potential benefits of subscribing to Marin Katusa's new "Katusa Research" vehicle*, please consider the principle reason he's not staying with Casey Research. When Frank Porter Stansberry and Doug Casey agreed to merge their companies (Stansberry majority owner, Casey now minority), one of the Stansberry stipulations on the deal is that analysts at his shop cannot own or trade the stocks they cover. That's been a house rule at Stansberry Research ever since he was whacked by the SEC and that's fair enough.
All the Casey people agreed to that, all except Marin Katusa. That's because he's still addicted to buying positions quietly and then selling his own shares for blackhat profits just after he pumps them to his sheep-like subscribers. He could get away with his scumbag ways at Casey, but no longer. Therefore he's decided to set up on his own.
UPDATE: And good morning to the sycophants at CEO.ca and their illustrious chief ass-licker Tommy Humphreys, a person who is very much part of the problem, not the solution.
UPDATE: And good morning to the sycophants at CEO.ca and their illustrious chief ass-licker Tommy Humphreys, a person who is very much part of the problem, not the solution.
*No, not linking to the scumbag, he gets no free publicity from IKN, if you care enough find it on the googlymachine
The world informs me that I need to care about Newmarket Gold (NGN.v) now
In a nutshell: Big swinging dick mining people get together and repackage the Crocodile Gold (CRK.to) assets into a new company that raises cash in order to pay down the welter burden of Croc's corporate debt. Okay, fair enough, I've heard worse plans and if we retail snot-noses are lucky, a little of the cash will eventually flow to the bottom line of the Newco and the shares will go up. What? Cynical, moi? Mais non...
Anyway, here's the scrip termsheet on the deal being run by GMP, with BMO up there and Haywood and RBC along for the ride too.
Argentina elections: An excellent opinion poll tracker
It's right here on this link, it shows all polls in an interactive way with plenty of details available, it's up to date and complete, it's easy on the eye, too. Here's a screenshot...
...but to enjoy the full effect, go to the site and see for yourself. Top quality work and this link is now on the links to the right of this page until October.
Dead miners in Chile and Peru, 2000 to 2014
Last year Peru got its number of fatalities in the mining industry down to 32, which is a big improvement on previous years and worthy of applause. It's still more than in Chile, though:
Data from Peru's MEM here and Chile Sernageomin here.
The IKN Weekly out now
The only possible choice today
IKN313 has just been sent to subscribers. Where there's mux there's brass.
So I stuck that silly U2 survey question up this morning and there are 53 participants already. On a Sunday! People, what the devil are you doing reading this blog on a Sunday? Nobody comes round here on a Sunday, don't you have a mother to love and give choccies to or something?
We'll stop at 200.
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A poll on U2
Most discerning music fans understand that Irish rock band U2 were important, relevant and brought something new and different to the table back in the day, but they now suck. The question however, is when did Bono and his pals turn from edgy (geddit) leaders of music and political opinion to unimportant musically irrelevant tax-dodging cashers-in of modern celebrity society?
It came up again over the weekend (not the first time Iwnattos and I have chewed it over) therefore the poll you see above, here on the blog, that will be open until Friday 22nd May max (though I'll probably close it sooner). You get one vote, use it wisely.
Here's a print-out of it for those of you on the daily mailer seeing this Monday, you need to come to the blog main page to vote, people.
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In this Dec. 1, 2017 file photo FIFA president Gianni Infantino, right, and Vitaly Mutko, Russian Federation Deputy Prime Minister & Local Organising Committee Chairman attend the 2018 football World Cup draw in the Kremlin in Moscow.
Global sports bodies FIFA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have failed to show strong leadership after corruption and doping scandals, according to a European lawmakers group.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said in two reports that "never before have sports faced such unprecedented loss of trust."
The 47-nation body released the reports in the same week an ongoing criminal trial in New York details bribery linked to FIFA, and the (IOC) finally punished Russia for a doping conspiracy at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games.
In the report focusing on soccer, FIFA President Gianni Infantino is described as a micro-manager, removing independent officials who "might have embarrassed" him by doing their duty.
FIFA said Thursday it "expected a better-balanced and objective" assessment of changes since Infantino was elected to replace Sepp Blatter last year.
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"The failures are systemic and call for a major overhaul of sports governance structures and practices," Danish lawmaker Mogens Jensen wrote in a 24-page study of sports in general.
The soccer report by former PACE president Anne Brasseur called for an independent panel to oversee "ethics and the integrity of elections." Both reports called for more international cooperation between public and sports bodies.
FIFA said that was Brasseur's personal opinion.
"This falls short of the expectations global citizens have from an organization such as the Council of Europe," soccer's world governing body said.
Brasseur's report, along with Jensen's study, will be debated by PACE members next month in Strasbourg, France.
FIFA and UEFA were praised for putting human rights into tournament hosting and promoting female candidates for key jobs.
On human rights "steps adopted by FIFA go beyond our demands and may really be a model," wrote Brasseur, a former sports minister of Luxembourg.
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I've been very MIA from this site as I've moved to San Francisco and no longer own a car. The rent is too damn high!
There's no 2016 tax thread yet, and I'm excited to share that my employer is now taking tax filing and making it free - there's been some press coverage such as:
Our founder also did a Reddit AMA https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/commen..._credit_karma/
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generation these days. But somehow I think asking you to "Pls rd my buk its gr8" would result in a midnight visit by a certain white attack poodle intent on permanently removing me from the literary world before I do any more harm.
Although lacking in context, perhaps a short excerpt from one story will help show my style:
After setting up an IV, I was given a briefing by the nurse. One of the things she put a lot of emphasis on was the fact that I would feel very bloated. She kept saying "When you feel a little gas, just push those little bunnies right outta there."
Not for anything, but when I'm visiting a doctor's office to have a tube shoved up my coo for the first time in my life, hearing analogies about the possibility of fuzzy, little bunny rabbits also being stuffed up there doesn't help. I mean really...is there some line of children's books out there that explains flatulence by depicting cartoon bunnies popping out of the rear-ends of little kids, while they blush and go 'Ooopsie'?
If you can't describe your book to me, how am I going to describe it to an editor? The sales force at the publisher? a bookstore buyer? Michiko at a the next Rollerderby match?
Don't pull the old " oh I can't do this but just read my novel and you'll see". That IS an automatic no. Suck it up. It's hard. Do it.
And dear dog, don't open with fart jokes unless you're writing for 8year olds.
11 comments:
- Stacia said...
After setting up an IV, I was given a briefing by the nurse.
Why is the patient setting up her own IV?
And what is a "coo"? I thought it was a euphamism for vagina, but now it seems it's a euphemism for anus. (See, you can type clinical words for clarity, so readers aren't left guessing.)
- 12/16/2006
Bad. Pretty damn unsellably bad.
- 12/16/2006
- ORION said...
Miss Snark is right on. I thought I was done with having to describe my book until I was sent the author questionnaire from the marketing dept of my publisher. They wanted more.
Tell us why you wrote the book. Tell us about the book. Tell us why someone would want to read this book. Tell us about the book again. Shorter. Longer. Now do another one shorter.
What's your book about again?
These go into letters that go out to the people that buy for book chains. You do not get them to order your book by saying "You just gotta read it!" or giving them an excerpt.
I myself will not buy a book that does not have a succinct description on the back flap.
- 12/16/2006
Also, try to avoid opening with a misplaced modifier (assuming, of course, that the narrator didn't set up his/her own IV).
- 12/16/2006
And unneccesary passive voice: "I was given a briefing by the nurse." The nurse gave you a briefing.
- 12/16/2006
- HawkOwl said...
You can't write a hook, and you also can't write a sentence. "After setting up an IV I was given a briefing" means the guy getting the colonoscopy just set up his own IV. Also you're writing about farts. That might be why you don't know where to start with trying to make someone want to buy it.
- 12/16/2006
This reminds me of the kids whose idea of writing a summary consists of "i suck at summarys just reed it ok lol!!!" It's always a marker of crap writing.
Author: ask yourself what it is in this sample that makes the reader care. Then apply the same question to the book itself. Barely a dribble of story isn't gonna do it.
- 12/16/2006
- MWT said...
And dear dog, don't open with fart jokes unless you're writing for 8year olds.
... or unless you're John Scalzi, with The Android's Dream. ;)
- 12/16/2006
- Dave Fragments said...
Don't do this "I can't describe {something}" ...
I heard that line from too many people and when I did management work, I could show them just how to break their work down and describe it.
In writing, that's called "learning how to write."
- 12/17/2006
If you say you can't describe your work, I assume one of two things: it is so all over the place and a mess that is defies description...beyond bad, or you think your work is soooo brilliant that to describe it or put it is a catagory is an affront to your "art." First, writers who write art master grammar and have clear ideas about what their work is about. Join a critique group, read some books on how to write, take a few classes and then write a book with a clear storyline and come back. Hemmingway and Joyce had to pitch their work and so do you.
- 12/17/2006
- Rei said...
Well, now we know where Rabbitania is...
- 12/18/2006


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Core-strengthening exercises did not prevent back pain in soldiers any better than traditional sit-ups, according to a study conducted by the University of Florida.
However, the study found that combining both core-strengthening exercises and sit-ups with a brief educational session on back pain strategies did lower the incidence of soldiers being treated for back pain. The results of the study appear in BMC Medicine, a journal of BioMed Central.
The Prevention of Low Back Pain in the Military study involved 4,325 soldiers with no previous records of low back pain who were stationed at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. The participants were randomized by company into one of four treatment groups: core stabilization exercises, core stabilization exercises plus an educational session on back pain coping strategies, traditional lumbar exercises or traditional lumbar exercises plus the back pain educational session.
The exercise programs were completed as a group under drill instructor supervision once a day, five days a week for 12 weeks. The educational program involved one 45-minute group session that provided evidence-based information on low back pain and strategies for recovering from mild back injury.
The soldiers' incidence of low back pain was tracked for two years after the intervention using a military health care utilization database. The soldiers who were in the exercise-only groups had no difference in health care visits for back pain. In the groups who also received the educational program, the number of participants seeking health care for low back pain decreased by 3 percent.
According to the study's authors, the decrease may seem small, but because back pain is such a common health issue in the military, even a small decrease in the number of soldiers affected by back pain could lessen the burden on the health care system.
Low back pain is a frequent cause of medical visits and time off for soldiers.
"Core stabilization exercises are considered to be a more balanced approach to lumbar training, so that's why we and others have thought that core exercises would be better at preventing back pain—and that may be—but it just wasn't the case in this study," Steven George, the lead investigator of the study, said in a statement in the Air Force Print News today.
The study was funded by the U.S. Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program of the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.


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Section 230 of Communications Decency Act (47 U.S.C. 230) shields Yahoo's spam filtering efforts
Holomaxx v. Yahoo, 2011 WL 865794 (N.D.Cal. March 11, 2011)
Plaintiff provides email marketing services for its clients. It sends out millions of emails a day, many of those to recipients having Yahoo email addresses. Yahoo used its spam filtering technology to block many of the messages plaintiff was trying to send to Yahoo account users. So plaintiff sued Yahoo, alleging various causes of action such as intentional interference with prospective business advantage.
Yahoo moved to dismiss, arguing, among other things, that it was immune from liability under Section 230(c)(2) of the Communications Decency Act. The court granted the motion to dismiss.
Section 230(c)(2) provides, in relevant part, that "[n]o provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be held liable on account of … any action voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict access to or availability of material that the provider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable."
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The court rejected another of plaintiff's arguments against applying Section 230, namely, that Yahoo should not be afforded blanket immunity for blocking legitimate business emails. Looking to the cases of Goddard v. Google and National Numismatic Certification v. eBay, plaintiff argued that the court should apply the canon of statutory construction known as ejusdem generis to find that legitimate business email should not be treated the same as the more nefarious types of content enumerated in Section 230(c)(2). (Content that is, for example, obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing).
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Is Napoleon's Hat at the Village of Perros-Guirec?
Jean has a long mustache.
There is a fire at the insurance agency.
The rabbit is going down his hole.
The door should be left open.
Are the nonsensical sentences I've written above part of some strange grammar exercise?
Are we going to diagram sentences?
As much as I like diagramming….no, I won't do that to you.
Hmmm…..has Elementaryhistoryteacher finally lost it? Well, the answer to that question could morph into a huge debate, but no….for the most part I'm in complete control of my faculties…for now.
The sentences I've listed above are what you might have heard if you were part of the French Resistance during World War II and you were listening to the BBC. What seemed to be nonsensical sentences were actually coded phrases that contained pre-arranged orders for the hundreds of French Resistance groups across France.
Time and time again the nonsensical messages played a part in Allied victories across France. The people of France were alerted that the beginning of Operation Overlord, or the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, would begin in 24 hours when the first stanza of Paul Verlaine's poem…Chanson d'Automne or Autumn Song…was broadcast.
Resistance groups were made up of men, woman and sometimes children who heeded General Charles de Gaulle's words after the fall of France to German occupation: But has the last word been said? Must hope disappear? Is defeat final? No!...Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on the radio from London.
When teaching World War II events it's very easy to discuss D-Day and then slide into a quick wrap-up of the war in France. I've seen teachers do that time and time again, but D-Day wasn't the only invasion into western Europe via France, and we are doing students a disservice when we create the perception that all was well and things were merely mopped up after the hit the beaches at Normandy.
This week my wordless Wednesday mystery invovled a rock formation. My clues included Europe, west, and hat. Go take a look at the image again, and THIS TIME think about Napoleon and his bicorn hat. See the resemblance?
Homeschooling Granny came the closest in her guess that the formation was called Napoleon's Rock. She asked if the formation was in Morocco. Well, I discovered in my research that there are many rock and geographic formations called Napoleon's Hat all over the world. I know the image I posted is not the one in Morocco, but can I testify in court it is truly the one the coded messages refer to? No, I can't. Here is another link to an image of the Napoleon's Hat in Brittany....it could or might not be the one the coded message referred to.
So what does a rock formation have to do with coded BBC messages to the French Resistance?
Well…..first you need to know that the rock formation referred to as Napoleon's Hat is located near the village of Perros-Guirec in Brittany. The area is known as the Cote de Granit Rose (the Pink Granite Coast). While pink granite can be seen all along the coast from Tregastel to Brehat, the rock formations in Perros-Guirec are exceptional and visitors have fun analyzing what the formations resemble.
Second….it would helpful to know that following D-Day the Allied operations became bogged down among the hedgerows of the French countryside.
Finally….the significance of the Napoleon's Hat rock formation….French Resistance members in Brittany listened day after day for the message that would alert them that their position had changed and that they could finally exert all out war and revenge on the Germans occupying their villages and towns. The nonsensical question they longed to hear was Le chapeau de Napoleon, est-il encore a Perros-Guirec? Translated the question means is Napoleon's Hat where it has always been – at the village of Perros-Guirec?
The question signaled the impending second D-Day invasion. Yes! There were two D-Day invasions. The second one took place on July 25, 1944 eight weeks after the first one and it was referred to as Operation Cobra.
Once members of the French Resistance heard the coded message regarding Napoleon's Hat they were able to enter into the third phase of their work. The first phase consisted primarily of identifying and attacking sabotage targets – [they] cut railways, block[ed] roads, destroy[ed} telecommunication systems – which would cause delays for the Germans. The Second phase was keeping their original targets out of order while arming themselves and training for the mass uprising that would occur in the third and final stage. The third stage would not commence until the Napoleon's Hat message was heard signaling the beginning of Operation Cobra. The difficulty was in maintaining the careful balance between too little action, which would allow the Germans to advance to Normandy, and too little action, which would force them to retaliate and wipe out the Resistance groups before the third phase began.
Though Operation Cobra began with several friendly fire incidents due to the large number of bombs dropped from Allied airplanes the operation was a success. French Resistance groups were no longer invisible, and they excelled in their methods to frustrate the Germans in any way they could.
By July 30th, and in less than a week after the second D-Day began, a breakthrough of 60 kilometers had been made along with the taking of 18,000 prisoners. The stalemate had come to an end and the war of attrition had suddenly and dramatically been replaced by a war of movement.
My inspiration for posting the Wednesday Mystery and this article came from a fantastic book by Colin Bevan titled Operation Jedburgh - D-Day and Americas First Shadow War…..I'll be writing more about it later.
This page has links to BBC broadcasts with personal messages
You can hear actual recorded messages here.
This web article details one of the transmitters used to send some of the nonsensical messages.
3 comments:
- Mrs. Bluebird said...
Gosh, I learn more reading your site than just about anything!
Wanted to let you know I was in your beloved state last week. Hubby had business in Atlanta and then I had a speaking engagement with the Augusta Civil War roundtable. We mosied around the state a bit - went to the history museum in Augusta, Magnolia cemetary, the arsenal, and the Uncle Remus museum. We also stopped by Milledgeville, but eerythingw as closed as it was Monday! Oh well. My next goal is a trip to Washington when the weather is cool so I can walk around and look at all the awesome houses and buildings!
- chief said...
Glad I found your amazing site! Last year I ran my 11th graders through a simulation of planning the D-Day invasion. I have a boardgame called "Fortress Europe" (out of print but available on EBAY) about the campaign in Western Europe after D-Day. In the simulation the students have a choice of landing sites from the Pas de Calais all the way to Southern France and limited information. They must research certain information regarding weather, tides,intel, supply, etc. and get that information from me. Then, they determine the disposition of their units including airborne, air, and sea units. Some surprising results. Of course, you have to do this before they find out that the invasion took place at Normandy.
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On To Minnesota
Believe it or not, us beat writers DO get a day off every once in a while. That was the case for me today, when the Blue Jays beat the Orioles, 4-3, behind the efforts of "Doc" Halladay. I didn't get to watch the game because I was busy playing catch up around the house. Part of my day was spent packing for the upcoming road trip.
I'm looking forward to heading to Minnesota. Not only will I be covering Toronto playing one of the hottest teams in baseball, but I have a few friends that live around Minneapolis. I still haven't figured out how seven people I knew in college ended up in Minnesota — one one of them who now covers the Twins on a full-time basis.
Fortunately for Toronto, neither Johan Santana or Francisco Liriano will be pitching in this series. That's good news, considering the Jays are 7.5 games back of the Twins in the AL Wild Card race. That's still quite a considerable gap, but Toronto isn't about to say it's too big to overcome. I personally think that almost too much has to go right for the Jays to overtake three teams for the Wild Card, but I guess stranger things have happened in this game.
Some more good news on the Toronto front: Gustavo Chacin didn't have any more issues in his third rehab start and will most likely rejoin the rotation after the off day on Monday. That means Toronto will have Halladay, A.J. Burnett, Ted Lilly, Shaun Marcum, and Chacin as its starting staff. I've been impressed with Marcum lately and hopefully Chacin can return to form quickly. That would help solve that spot, which has been plagued by a handful of inconsistent rookies.
One of those rooks is Francisco Rosario, who injured his lower back in his relief appearance on Tuesday. He was scheduled to maybe pitch Saturday in Minnesota, but now it looks like left-hander Scott Downs — another reliever — might be making a spot start instead. Rosario's injury isn't anything serious, but it seems like Toronto likes him more out of the bullpen than as a starter anyway.
Another side note: When Toronto placed reliever Justin Speier on the 15-day disabled list, it recalled right-hander Jason Frasor up from Triple-A. Apparently, Frasor wasn't informed of exactly why he was being called up. He didn't learn of Speier's injury until after he arrived in Toronto. He found out when he heard the news on a TV broadcast. In 18 games at Triple-A, Frasor posted a 3.98 ERA. He struck out 33 in 20.1 innings for the SkyChiefs.
For those of you who are ESPN the Magazine readers, there is a funny picture of Jays pitcher Jeremy Accardo on p. 63 from when he was still with the Giants. Accardo — acquired in the deal that sent Shea Hillenbrand and Vinnie Chulk to SF — will help fill the setup role now that Speier is out.
Speier said he expects to miss around three weeks and said the injury involves the pronator muscle in his forearm. Now, I haven't heard the results of the MRI yet, but I believe that muscle is attached to the elbow. I think three weeks would be optimistic for his return. I could`be wrong. Toronto surely will take extra precaution with Speier as they did with Burnett and Chacin, though.
Anyways, that's all for right now. I have to finish stuffing my suitcase and then I need to get some rest. I'll blog more once I get up to Minnesota. Stay tuned…
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I believe that the Jays need to sweep to stay in contention. Do you think that is possible?
Well, I believe that even if they sweep the Twins, which is pretty impossible, they still have no chance of staying in contention. They are 9 games out. The Yankees and Red Sox would never lose so many games that the Jays could come back.
Also, they have no chance of winning Wild Card. Maybe next year. The White Sox, Twins, and Red Sox are much better teams that have better chances of winning.
It would be a stretch alright, but I see Toronto plays eight more games against Boston and six more against New York. That may put them in a position to determine who actually goes to the World Series.


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2014 Miss USA Pageant Is Sunday. Good Luck Miss South Dakota!
Who would have thought that a pageant that started in 1952 in California as a "bathing beauty" competition, could evolve into an international tradition with a goal of becoming Miss Universe? The goal-oriented, experienced and intelligent women that have their eye on the crown of Miss Universe have to start with the Miss USA pageant first.
The 2014 Miss USA Pageant will be broadcast live from the Baton Rouge River Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Sunday, June 8th on NBC at 7pm (CT). The three-hour show will not only include 51 talented and beautiful women, but also entertainment from Florida Georgia Line, rapper Nelly and Louisiana native Marc Broussard.
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Although I've spent a bit of time over these last several months researching and interviewing architects, the complexity of picking a firm didn't hit home until I realized how different each one is from the other. Being a designer myself, I felt a rapport with almost all of the 8 firms I talked to, and I had even "soft settled" on one of them for a couple of months, based mainly on how much I like the principals personally and how great their portfolio was.
As the prospect of building became more and more certain though, I felt I still had some homework to do, specifically around the subject of pricing. High end custom home architects have an awful reputation for designing without cost consciousness in mind. I've talked to people who've gone through it first-hand as clients as well as other people in the construction industry and most seem to agree that although architects are very important to the process of building a house, most are not overly concerned with building you a nice house as economically as possible, but rather building the most impressive house they can, with overspending as the main by-product. I know not all architects are this way, but from personal accounts, I also know that many are, and that's why I have to be extra careful. Since I don't want to spend a million dollars on construction, finding the most cost-effective high end architect has quickly become the most important part of this project.
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Earlier in the year i committed to playing at least 2 Sunday Millions by the end of the year. I kinda lost site of that for a while, but after railling Kennl from RTR go deep in FTOPs #24 i realized that i should've at least given it a shot.
So i decided to start playing more sats. Tonight i got home from work and got into a few sats; a $24 stt to the 750k on sunday, a $7.6 sat to a $55 sat to the 750k and 2 $8.8 $26 token sats. I won a $26 token, the $55 seat, and the seat in the 750k... It was a really good night. Here's one hand i played when we were 3 handed that was perhaps one of my sweetest hands in recent memory;
Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold'em Tournament, 100/200 Blinds, 3 Players
Hero (SB): 6,300
Pre-Flop: (300) :Ac :3h dealt to Hero (SB)
BTN folds,Hero raises to 600, BB calls 400
Flop: (1,200) :3d :3s :Qd (2 Players)
Hero checks, BB bets 600, Hero raises to 1,200, BB calls 600
Turn: (3,600) :Ah (2 Players)
Hero checks,BB bets 1,000, Hero calls 1,000
River: (5,600) :6c (2 Players)
Hero checks, BB bets 1,200,Hero raises to 3,500 and is All-In, BB calls 2,300
Results: 12,600 Pot
Hero showed :Ac :3h (a full house, Threes full of Aces) and WON 12,600 (+6,300 NET)
BB mucked :Ad :Jh (two pair, Aces and Threes) and LOST (-6,300 NET)
With this hand i secured the win and a seat in the tourny.
So over the next few days i plan on watching as many sunday major videos or hand histories as i can. Hopefully if i get a bit of luck and run good i can have a huge day.
- ISgrinder
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Taking A Shot
Labels: 750k Guaranteed, Sunday Major, taking shots
3 comments:
- RaisingCayne said...
Nice satellite win. Good luck in the Sunday tourney. (That's where the real money is!)
- The blindman said...
The check-minraise on the flop is a bit suspicious. Better to make a standard c-bet on the flop, or check-call if you're worried he will call. Flush draw is a minor concern compared to maximising value when you're ahead.
- Game101 said...
lol, of course it was suspicious... I wanted him to think i was trying to rep the 3 to steal the pot. while giving him great odds on a call to get him committed to the hand. Once the Ace peeled that was all she wrote... the flush draw was never a concern for me.
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