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The Rating Scale Breakdown:
- 0 – 0.5 – Abysmal
- 1.0 – 1.5 – Terrible
- 2.0 – 2.5 – Poor
- 3.0 – 3.5 – Average
- 4.0 – 4.5 – Great
- 5.0 – Excellent
- Undetermined – Too soon to tell or lacking evidence to provide a solid answer
- Not Tested – Has yet to be requested or there is some limitations to prevent accurate test results
Price: Free
A. Installing AVG – 4.5 "Great" – There is no doubt that AVG has improved yet again. I personally thank G-d that this time around it did not take me more then twice to install AVG Free Anti-Virus 2016. As oppose to AVG Internet Security 2016 (which we will talk about in that review tomorrow) took several attempts to install. So again, well done AVG for getting it right this time.
B. Un-installing AVG – 4.5 "Great" – AVG Free Anti-Virus 2016 is a lot cleaner un-installer this time around. Much better compared to previous versions of AVG going back 5 or 6 years.
C. Stability Of Program – 5.0 "Excellent" – The UI (User Interface) got a beautiful HD makeover. No more glitchyness or jenkeyness in this version. As oppose to what we have seen in past versions of AVG.
D. Has AVG Free Been Compromised By Hackers Or Virus – 5.0 "Excellent" – No reports of AVG being compromised.
E. Speed of Scan – 5.0 "Excellent" – Very quick on most computers.
F. Updating – 5.0 "Excellent" – Automatic updating is fine.
G. Does AVG Free Do Automatic Updates By Itself Without Any Issue – 5.0 "Excellent" – Yes, you can now with, no doubt. But leave the manual update option alone unless you want to invite stability related issues.
H. Internet Browser Cookie Detection Rate And Removal Test – 3.0 "Average" – You are way better off with something like SUPERAntiSpyware or CCleaner that is more dedicated to removal of Internet cookies. AVG Internet cookie detection rate is terrible even with the option active and checked off.
1. Anti-Virus Detection Rate Test:
1A. Windows XP – 4.0 "Great"
1B. Windows Vista – 4.0 "Great"
1C. Windows 7 – 4.0 "Great"
1D. Windows 8.1 – 4.0 "Great"
1E. Window 10 – 4.0 "Great"
2. Residential Shield Test – 4.0 "Great" – I still find SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware seems to grab the virus way before AVG does.
Computers Protection
3A. Anti-Virus Scanner – 4.0 "Great" – AVG has finally beaten their just average score. And that should tell you a lot.
3B. Anti-Rootkit Scanner – 4.0 "Great" – Great option. Works well.
Web Browsing Protection
4A. Link Scanner – 4.5 "Great" – Not a fan. But it can be very useful to some.
4B. Online Shield – Not available In the Free Version
Identity Protection
5A. Identity Protection – Not available In the Free Version
5B. Identity Alert – Not available In the Free Version
E-mail Protection
6A. E-mail Scanner – 3.0 "Average" – Utterly baseline and average. I found no use for it at all.
6B. Anti-Spam – Not available In the Free Version
7. Firewall – Not available In the Free Version
Extra Features
8. File Shredder – 4.0 "Great" – I found this addition to be very useful. But lacking the multiple layer shredding options that Spybot – Search & Destroy or even Advance System Care 8 has.
9. PC Analyzer (AKA. PC TuneUp) – 0.5 "Abysmal"- If you don't mind that this option just reports errors on your computer and does not even allow you to correct said error. Even once as was the case in the past.
Then your probably are like me and you probably feel this options is both somewhat misleading and out right bait to buy this expensive $39.99 CAD/USD add-on on an annual bases. Then you are probably with me on my conclusion. That it should not be there in the first place. Try giving us features that are fully functional and at least somewhat useful like the shredder option.
10. AVG Direct Support – 0.5 "Abysmal" – With only a free forum and a phone number to call for support.
You will often find yourself ether being told to go to the free forum or they will recommend you go to further specialized support via Tech Buddy. Which like I said above is an epic MONEY GRAB. Completely worthless as well as falsely advertised and overally misleading to users.
My Overall Score: 81.5/105
My Final Verdict – AVG Free Anti-Virus 2016 takes the same approach. That AVG 2015 took with regards to the UI (User-Interface) and streamlined interface. It is very simple and easy to navigate. Just the way that an anti-virus program should be.
**As per the norm it is highly recommend that you upgrade to the newest version of AVG Free Anti-Virus 2016 when available and or prompted. Also important is to update your AVG virus definitions as often as possible. Which in the case of this program there are new virus definitions everyday.
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HOUSTON – Sometimes it's hard to understand why things happen the way they do.
After a tough first start in Toronto earlier this year and then biding his time on the bench, Eddie Robinson got the call as a starter on Saturday night against Chivas USA. Known as an intense competitor, Robinson was called upon to help rekindle a physical brand of soccer Houston's been missing.
"It's the mentality we've talked about all year, and if you go back and ask people, I've built the type of reputation where, on the field, guys don't like me," Robinson said of his intense playing style.
No stranger to taking advantage of opportunities, Robinson — who first established himself as a starter for the San Jose Earthquakes when Jeff Agoos tore his ACL in the 2002 World Cup — aimed to take advantage of center backs Jermaine Taylor and Andre Hainault being away on national team duty.
Robinson looked to be on his way to doing just that and rewarding head coach Dominic Kinnear's faith in him when the night took an unlucky turn. The veteran center back sprained the MCL in his left knee in the second half, which forced a 56th-minute exit.
"I thought [Eddie] was good until he got hurt," said head coach Dominic Kinnear. "He moved the ball well and defensively, he was very combative and was good in the air."
However, while the injury ended Robinson's night early, it may not keep him out of action long.
No timetable for a return was given, but Robinson is encouraged by the way his knee feels. After suffering from serious knee issues that derailed his 2009 and 2010 seasons, the center back is motivated to do what needs to be done to get back soon and show the coaches he can contribute to his team's success.
"It's about making the most of your chances," Robinson said. "I feel like I'm back to the point where I'm a good player and someone [who] other teams hate to play against and that my teammates like to have on the field.
"I've got a history of being a quick healer," Robinson added. "I hope it's a trend that continues now especially since there are minutes available."
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com. Follow him on twitter at @Dynamoexaminer.
Another set back for Robinson after rare Houston start
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found out about Woofipedia
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the dog show winner:
Jewel, a dominant American Foxhound won The National Dog Show during the annual Kennel Club of Philadelphia cluster at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center. Jewel was selected by Best in Show Judge Randy E. Garren from among the seven canines emerging from the judging of over 1,500 dogs at the tradition-rich, all-breed show.
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On July 17, New York porn producer Lucas Entertainment filed a federal lawsuit against 65 alleged file-sharers who were swapping copies of its film Missing after using the gay-torrents.net BitTorrent index. But, as in most of these cases, Lucas didn't actually know who the 65 people were. It had an IP address and little else—so it went to court and obtained subpoenas for the ISPs who handed out those addresses to subscribers.
This has become an increasingly common practice in recent years—the RIAA used it for its lawsuit campaign, the US Copyright Group is currently going after 14,000+ people with the same technique, and Lucas itself has filed two such (smaller) suits in the last month to protect its porn. In numerous cases, the targets of these inquiries have written to the judge, asking for the subpoena in question to be quashed and for their anonymity to be preserved.
Unfortunately, these targets also have a tendency to put their names and home addresses on this correspondence, often including copies of their IP addresses for good measure. It happened again last week in Lucas' lawsuit about Missing, where a man from Connecticut named Donald M. included all the information being sought about him in his attempt to keep that information from being revealed. The federal court's publicly available PACER system now contains a scan of Donald's letter, signature, and envelope, complete with home address.
Donald provides no real reason for the judge to quash the subpoena, and such letters have been almost universally unsuccessful (quashing a subpoena isn't about asserting one's innocence). While his attempt will likely fail, his letter also reminds us that these sort of copyright dragnet operations routinely sweep up people who are baffled at what is happening to them.
"I write this letter to formally oppose the order allowing Charter Communications to disclose any information of mine," writes Donald. "I do not know what this is about and the documents forwarded by plaintiff's counsel were of such poor quality that they were nearly impossible to read."
Though Donald did keep his IP address out of this request, the lawsuit targets only two Charter users. Inputting both of those IP address into geolocation tools shows that one is assigned somewhere in Michigan; the other is distributed in the very city where Donald's letter was posted. In other words, Donald, seeking to keep his identity private, has revealed himself to be Doe #57, an alleged uTorrent 2.0.2 user who was downloading gay porn on July 17.
Of course, an IP address doesn't identify a person or even (in most cases) a particular machine; it only points to a subscriber account, one that could have been used by a friend, guest, or family member.
Those who do wish to challenge a subpoena would be better off doing it anonymously, as several defendants in the US Copyright Group cases have done. Simply asking a judge to preserve one's anonymity can be enough (though, when that motion to quash fails, your identity will be exposed anyway).
Why don't people avoid these sorts of elementary mistakes by hiring a lawyer? Cost. As one lawyer defending people in these sorts of cases told us this week, "One of the major problems that people encounter when trying to hire me on these cases, is that a settlement is approximately what an attorney would need to even begin a defense!" Economically, it may make sense to settle up and just make the problem go away.
For those inclined to pursue their own defense in these sorts of cases, Florida lawyer Graham Syfert has created three documents that defendants can purchase for $99 (update: this now appears to be $9.99). "My dream would be to have 10,000-20,000 people file all three documents to the lawyers and severely cripple the entire process and show them that you shouldn't be allowed to join so many defendants," he tells Ars.
To date, though, few pro se defendants have had much success at quashing subpoenas. Questions about jurisdiction and joinder may be next on the agenda in many of these suits, but those depend in large part on how the different firms elect to proceed with their lawsuits.


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For those of us that found Vince Noir's hair-fixated surrealism just a touch too pleased with itself in The Mighty Boosh's lukewarm third round of instalments this year, HBO's superb Flight Of The Conchords series was simply manna from heaven, chronicling the unstintingly lo-fi adventures of a pair of aspirant Kiwi musicians and their less-than-convincing attempts to take New York by storm.
Curiously taking their names from the protagonists of their own devising, Bret McKenzie (nonplussed-looking, overbearing fondness for animal print sweaters) and Jemaine Clement (lambchop sideburns, sulky disposition) pepper the show with songs pairing their inconsequential ramblings ("You're so beautiful / You could be a part-time model / But you'd probably still have to keep your normal job") with note-perfect parodies of Shaggy, Prince and The Pet Shop Boys, among others.
Indeed, it was the songs that first brought notoriety to the pair, through appearances at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a Perrier nomination and culminating in last year's The Distant Future EP garnering a Grammy for Best Comedy Album.
With their self-titled full-length debut out this week, DiS catches up with Bret, who is locked up in a secret location somewhere in Los Angeles, California, writing for the second series with Jemaine and James Bobin, who also helped write and direct Da Ali G Show.
With the new series, is the central premise going to be the same or will there be any change in circumstances for the band?
The world will remain the same for the second season. The band will continue to successfully fail in the Big Apple. It's weird, actually, last time around we were able to just film on the spot but this time it has to be a bit more premeditated because people would just be stopping us in the street or trying to get in shot or whatever.
Any ideas about who you'd like to pay song-based tribute to in this series yet? Or any other musical ideas generally?
We have a few ideas. Maybe some Queen, Simon and Garfunkel, Dr Hook, Ting Tings, Bee Gees…
Have you written many songs which make you cringe in hindsight?
We had a song called 'Sexy Flower'. It was a love song from me, a man, to a flower. We had one of those battery-operated toy flowers that danced when you made a noise. Jemaine sang the voice of the flower from off stage and I would serenade this dancing plastic flower. We don't play that one anymore. Mainly because we lost the flower.
Video: 'Business Time'
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Presumably you're at a point now with the live shows where everyone knows the songs. I watched a video of an old Monty Python show at an enormodome in LA recently. Just looking at members of the audience it was more like a self-affirming thing really, everyone knew all the sketches by heart…
Yeah, with everyone just mouthing all the words. That's been strange for us – we just try and mix up the lyrics a bit to keep things interesting. But it's like a weird echo of what might happen if we were a serious band. I find that happens a lot actually. You know when we started it could have gone either way, we could have easily turned into a band like Ween or someone like that.
Are there any 'serious' artists out there you think have a comedic touch that gets overlooked?
A lot of my favourite songwriters have a sense of humour in their songs; Paul Simon captures moments in conversations that I find funny. Like in 'America', "She said the man in the gabardine coat was a spy, I said be careful his bow tie is really a camera". Leonard Cohen has so many great, dark, funny lyrics - "I fought against the bottle, but I had to do it drunk". Then there's others, people like Tom Waits, Snoop Dogg... and Beck.
Bic? Like the biro?
No, Beck.
Oh, Beck (this is fairly unbelievable given there is a running gag in the show based around Americans' inability to get beyond the New Zealanders' pronunciation of 'e' as 'i'). I'm sorry.
Don't worry it's fine. That Beck song, 'Debra', is full of great lines: "I step to you with a fresh pack of gum, and somehow I knew you were looking for some". That song was a real inspiration for our music.
Video: 'She's So Hot, Boom'
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What about artists displaying a comic genius even they perhaps aren't yet aware of?
Well the Black Eyed Peas are pretty ludicrous. And I love R Kelly's music. Those music videos he made, Trapped in the Closet, it just defies genre. It's seems like he didn't realise it was so funny when he was making it, but that just makes it even funnier. Actually I think we'd like to do something with that.
For many people hearing the words 'comedy' and 'music' in the same sentence is enough to make them die a little on the inside, which I suppose makes your triumph all the more remarkable…
Yeah it's not the most highly-respected of genres is it? I hate telling people I'm a comedy musician.
What do you tell them then?
I tell them I'm a comedian and a musician.
You dabble.
(Laughs) Yeah. Actually Weird Al Yankovic invited us round to his house the other day.
Is there like a comedy musicians' scene in LA then?
No, but we're trying to start one. Just us, Weird Al and Tenacious D all standing around posing for pictures.
Have you watched any The Mighty Boosh at all?
Oh yeah, they're great (proceeds to narrate a sketchy rendition of the arctic tundra song down the phone).
Yeah. There's an interesting point of reference there, with 'Hiphopopotamus Vs Rhymenoceros' ("They call me the hiphopapotamus / my lyrics are bottomless / …"), in that they're both comedy raps that manage to avoid embarrassing themselves completely. Are you big fans of rap especially?
Not really. I like the Sugarhill Gang… and R Kelly. I'd say my taste in rap spans everything from the Sugarhill Gang to R Kelly.
Where do you think most people go wrong making comedy music?
I suppose with most of those songs you'd only really want to listen to them once, so I guess we just take a bit more time with the music. With our songs maybe people will want to play them twice.
Like their adopted city, then, give it up for Flight Of The Conchords: so good, you'll play them twice.
Flight Of The Conchords is out now on Warner; the band have a MySpace, here, otherwise get the DVD or watch some of their stuff on YouTube.


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A term often used to describe programs that offer student instruction and enrichment activities during nonschool hours (see also: out-of-school time, increased learning time)
A process for making sure out-of-school academic curricula acddress concepts embodied in national, state and local content standards
To complete rather than replicate; for example, a trip to the zoo can complement a classroom lesson on animal habitats without replicating the lesson
Out-of-school learning activities that focus more on exploration and inspiring curiosity rather than on mastery or review of specific academic content; such activities complement formal learning by building students' background knowledge, introducing new ideas and sparking curiosity
Collecting, analyzing, and using information such as test scores, attendance data and survey results to make decisions about instruction or some other aspect of education
Investment in an effort or experience as shown by positive attitude, active participation, effort or ownership of results
Activities that supplement or expand existing knowledge, skills, or resources
Federal legislation that protects a student's personally identifiable information (PII)
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act requires that every school district and every school receiving Title I dollars must have a written parent engagement policy and must build school capacity to effectively implement the policy. The policy must be developed jointly with, approved by, and distributed to parents of participating children and the local community. As a school partner, a 21st CCLC program can be very important to implementing and sustaining the parent engagement plan. Copies of the plan should be available from school and district offices, and may be available on their websites.
Concerned with the whole of something rather than a single part; for example, holistic education is concerned not only with academic learning but also with students' social, emotional and physical development
The strategy of using a longer school day, week or year to significantly increase the total number of school hours dedicated to instruction in core academic subjects, enrichment activities, and teacher collaboration and professional development
Hours outside of the regular school day, and they are often used for student enrichment activities that augment regular school-time instruction. Out-of-school time can occur before or after school, or in the summer.
Students are invited to express opinions and make choices about planning and implementing their own learning experiences
Out-of-school activities that support academic learning by deliberately aligning with school content and academic standards in a way that's engaging and appropriate to informal learning
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Third Place: "More on the SRK Toronto office". And what's more, a neat twist was applied by SRK itself on Friday evening.
Second Place: "Orezone (ORE.v) more zone". That resource dumpage.First Place: "Wesdome (WDO.to) and gold porn". Because I can snark and moan all day, but there's nothing to beat a bit of gold porn.
Orezone (ORE.v) and SRK Toronto: Wowsers
I don't think I've ever seen something like this before. These SRK people must be soiling underwear on the potential consequences. And surprise surprise, post-close Friday too:
TORONTO, Aug. 26, 2016 /CNW/ - SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. is releasing the following in response to Orezone Gold Corporation's ("Orezone") news release of August 22, 2016.
SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc.'s Ontario office ("SRK") was involved with the Bomboré gold project from 2008 through to early 2013. SRK initially audited two mineral resource models generated by Orezone and subsequently generated two additional mineral resource models based on progressively larger exploration data sets. The first three mineral resource models were each supported by published technical reports in November 2008, November 2010 and October 2012, respectively. The April 2013 mineral resource model prepared by SRK is the last reported mineral resource model, and it is informed by exploration data to November 2012.The April 2013 model was used in a preliminary economic assessment for the Bomboré gold project completed in March 2014 and a feasibility study completed in April 2015.
The August 22, 2016 news release stated that a new mineral resource model update is currently being completed and will be publically released in September 2016. SRK understands that considerable additional exploration data (including 57,258m of exploration drilling) has been generated by Orezone subsequent to November 2012.
The new mineral resource model is not yet complete and SRK has not yet been able to review any aspect of the model. In addition to the application of a different dataset, it is anticipated that the new mineral resource model will be based on updated geological wireframes, updated variography, alternative estimation methodologies and reporting / classification assumptions. For example, to differentiate between gold mineralization and waste the 2013 model applied a geology-based domaining strategy, compared to grade shells that are reported to have been used in the new model. It is also expected that the application of revised metal prices, and the exclusion of certain satellite deposits will contribute to a different outcome to that of the April 2013 model.SRK applied a rigorous QA/QC procedure for the 2013 mineral resource model and looks forward to the opportunity to review and provide comment on any differences that cannot be explained by new data, alternative estimation methodologies and new assumptions.ABOUT SRK CONSULTING
NR here.
The Friday OT: BT; Tripping The Light Fantastic
We are not taxing you this week with deep lyrics (repeat "trip hey yeah" seven times, you've nailed this song) complex riffs or overarching melodies. This week's edition of The Friday OT is music specifically designed to stimulate the brain's addictive pleasure centres and it does the job crazily well.
Dedicated to MV.
Chart of the day is...
...the change in physical bullion at GLD in 2016:
It started at 642.37mt
It's now 956.59mt
It's up by 314.22mt
At today's gold prices the difference is worth around U$13.44Bn.
Wesdome (WDO.to) at Kiena
Hello, hope you're having a pleasant day. At this end of the pipe I've been having all the fun, immersing myself in Wesdome (WDO.to) Kiena mine data and things on the back of yesterday's impressive news release from the company. A total wonkfest datacrunch that's kept me away from doing several other things today, including snarky posts on the blog.
But it's all worth it because these numbery things aren't just for fun, they're for profit too. By the look of the way the stock's reacted to the news today...
...that nice Mister Market guy thinks the news has added about U$33m to the value of WDO. And that's the most interesting bit y'see, because I'm pretty sure Mr. Market is wrong. I think it's worth a lot more than that.
Goldcorp (GG) share price unaffected by the Reuters exclusive
Whatever else you might make from the Reuters exclusive about Goldcorp's (GG) selenium leakage problem at its Peñasquito mine in Mexico, one thing's for sure; it hasn't affected the share price at all:
Yes GG dropped hard yesterday but so did all the sector. As you can see there, GG is lockstep with the XAU index the last five days.
Chart of the day is...
...copper, weeklies, with one line drawn on it:
Copper moves up from here and it'll bring in plenty of spec trades in the producers.
Wesdome (WDO.to) and gold porn
I think we can safely say "good hole". From here.
One year ago today...
...on August 24th 2015 the Board of Directors of Minera IRL, led by its then Executive Chairman Daryl Hodges, decided to fire Diego Benavides from the company.
Today, one year on from that event, Diego Benavides is still the President of Minera IRL SA. The board of directors has been completely replaced. And Daryl Hodges is a marijuana salesman in Toronto.
More on the SRK Toronto office
Following on from the IKN post yesterday. IKN claims no credit for the following, it's information from mail sent out by Clarus Securities this morning August 24th (this desk merely gets wind of such things from nebulous corners of the universe). Clarus did the legwork and deserve the kudos, but what they found is more than enough to share to a wider audience and will certainly be of interest to anyone with a position in Dalradian Resources (DNA.to). In the words of Clarus...
Resource estimate for DNA, RMX and ORE done by SRK consulting Toronto.
Oy Leuangthong did the geostatistics for both DNA and ORE
Glen Cole did resource geology for RMX and ORE
And here's a screenshot of the main body of the mail:
Probably just coincidence, innit guv.
Checking in on the K2 Associates Asanko Gold (AKG) short
What with the sudden weak market for precious metals names this week, the random and often disjointed thoughts of your humble scribe turned to the well-publicized short position in Asanko Gold (AKG) (AKG.to) taken out by the jolly chaps at K2 Associates and revealed to the market in late June. Let's see how that's been getting on since then by comparing the AKG squiggly line to that of the Gold & Silver Index (XAU):
Answer: Moot. Nothing to report. No biggie. Undecided. Though we should note that K2 certainly built at least part and perhaps all its short position before the June 28th date when it published its hitpiece report, so they'd probably be able to claim a small win on the trade to date.
IKN was, is and will remain neutral on this whole affair. But it's a fun one, so an eye will be kept on proceedings.
Producer mining stocks are at buyable prices...
...for the first time in a while.
By which this humble corner of cyberspace refers to the mining sector, rather than any single company. It's becoming easier to buy the sector, or buy the usual suspect stocks, or buy the ETFs and that's a good thing, life becomes easier and there's more time for the important things in life such as ice-cream or books or quality music or stamp collecting or bricklaying because there's no need to spend hours poring over dozens of operating miner stocks trying to find the undervalued one, the name the hot money missed as it melted into the sector and took valuations from reasonable, straight through overbought and directly to the "Are they serious?" sillynumbers that assumed gold would be at U$1,500/oz by Thursday tea-time and that Keith Neumeyer's theory on the Gold/Silver Ratio holds more water than Anne Elk's on the Brontosaurus (clears throat).
I'm sure the newswires will hang the correction on Jackson and his hole. The real blame is with dumbasses believing the breathless marketing hype and paying too much money for things. The capital market is now handing over the usual timely lesson.
PS: Of course it goes without saying that none of the above applies to the stocks I currently own, which to a name are still wildly undervalued and today being unjustly dumped by crazy idiots without an ounce of market nous or common sense. Thank you for your attention, please return to your August.
PS: Of course it goes without saying that none of the above applies to the stocks I currently own, which to a name are still wildly undervalued and today being unjustly dumped by crazy idiots without an ounce of market nous or common sense. Thank you for your attention, please return to your August.
IMPACT Silver (IPT.v) is drilling again! Hoorah!
The IMPACT Silver (IPT.v) 2q16 results NR was published just a few minutes ago and aside from the expected mediocrity of its financials (another net loss and NO! YOU! CANNOT! IGNORE! DD&A!) the beady and sneaky little eyes of IKN were drawn to this line further down the page:
"With the proceeds from the Q2 2016 financing, the Company will begin surface and underground drilling programs in the fourth quarter."
Well that IS good news for the company, is it not? After all that time not drilling IPT is going to drill again and of course the tendering process for the drilling is going to be absolutely open and transparent with all drilling companies operating Mexico welcome to bid and the most competitive offer chosen from the stack. Why anyone should think that Energold (EGD.v) is going to get another automatic uncontested juicy contract from IPT is beyond my ken. Right, Mr. Frederick W. Davidson President & CEO of IPT.v?
Or if you like here's how we put it in IKN377, dated July 31st 2016:
Between 2011 and 2016, IPT returned a mine operating profit of $14.687m. But then $9.023m of that has gone to EGD, the major cause behind the mine operating profit turning into an overall operating loss over the period (not to mention the net loss). Put another way, in the two "good years" of 2011 and 2012, IPT returned Mine Operating Profits of nearly $17m ($12.9m in 2011, just over $4m in 2012). It was after the big positive results in 2011 that the big money was spent by IPT with Energold, those $8.3m in drilling bills. It's fair to say that EGD has benefitted far more from operations at IPT's mines than its shareholders. But that may just be a coincidence, of course.
PS: Frederick W. Davidson is also President & CEO of EGD.v
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It's August.
Orezone (ORE.v) more zone
It's getting to the point where these things become so freakin' obvious and the bullshit so blatant that the elephants in the room go un-noted even by this humble corner of cyberspace, I'm skipping over outlandish consequences of the pisspoor quality of work done in the mining sector and taking them as read when they really should at least be documented somewhere. So after a few mails yesterday and today, plus the realization that few places other than IKN are crass and basic enough to do the job, here's a short follow-up post on the Orezone (ORE.v) resource revision yesterday that makes the two points that need to be made, concisely and clearly.
1) HEY, ANOTHER SRK TORONTO MESS! We out here are losing count of the number of poor resources signed off by this office. The potential for a company-killing malpractice suit is now looming large.
2) HEY, NICELY TIMED FINANCING! Hey, have lead brokers RayJames and NatBank come out with the same type of damning report we saw from BMO (dropped to 75c tgt, dropped to mkt perform)? No? Whyever not?
And that's enough.
Warren Dick: "Can the gold industry avoid the sins of the past?"
This piece by Mineweb editor Warren Dick is absolutely spot-on correct, as is the main player in the report, Nick Holland of Gold Fields (GFI). Here's an excerpt:
"How is it possible that companies can drop their stay-in-business capital so much when their operating costs have stayed reasonably constant?" asks Holland. "I believe that they have merely deferred capital that is going to come back, because if you want to sustain the business into the future, you need to spend that money. That for me is a little bit of a concern."
We're still early in the precious metals cycle
This from the intro to IKN380, out last Sunday evening.
We're early in the cycle
If you haven't seen the 29 minute round table discussion video (1) I stuck on the blog last week featuring Brent Cook and Joe Mazumdar of Exploration Insights, John-Mark Staude of Riverside Resources (RRI.v) (a company I currently own) and Morgan Poliquin of Almaden (AMM.to) and Almadex then do so, it's one of the better ones I've seen recently and there's plenty of intelligent insight from all four participants to get your mining brain working.
But of all the comments made perhaps the best for me came from Joe Mazumdar who pointed out that, so far at least, mergers and acquisitions in the mining space in 2016 have been 1) friendly and 2) nearly all pure-paper deals, with either very little of no cash component at all. That's a great point, one of those market generalities that's easy to spot and shows that we're still early on in this current cycle. Along with Morgan Poliquin confirming the IKN view that there really has been sea-change in the mining sector and this current rally isn't about relief in a bear, it truly is a change of trend, Mazumdar's observation tells us something simple; that mining companies haven't started to fight between each other for the next round of assets and once they do, the friendly all-share type of M&A that goes through without fuss or mess will become the exception rather than the rule. To the fore will come paper+cash deals, all-cash deals, hostile bids out of the blue, third party interlopers, target companies finding White Knights (to save their own boardroom hides) and all other stripes of mergers and buyouts.
We're now two months on from Brexit and gold has just been through another soft and quiet week, with more selling of bullion from GLD to add to the wall of worry (955.9mt as at this weekend) and the edge taken off silver's run as it drifts back up to 70X. We've even had a few of the braver anti-goldbug commentators piping up and telling us that gold's a waste of time. Again. Pay no heed, nothing goes up in a straight line, August has gone quiet and what's more, it's done so at the top of the current gold range rather than at the bottom. Most of the time the advantage in capital markets is skewed enormously in favour of the larger player but there are some times and circumstances in which being small and nimble offers an edge, as noted below I've been taking the opportunity to top up on positions thanks to the opportunities offer by smaller weaker hands and impetuous traders. I suggest you do the same, because when gold breaks U$1,400/oz you'll have to pay more. Make no mistake, Joe Mazumdar is right about where we are in the current mining cycle and anyone bailing now on quality names with longer-term futures is making a big mistake. This has only just begun.
"Hiroshima" By John Hersey
This morning I was reminded about arguably the greatest single piece of journalism in modern history, 'Hiroshima' by John Hersey, in part because we're just ten days away from the 70th anniversary of its publication. So being a member of This Modern World and with an 80 minute plane ride to do, I loaded it into Pocket and for the first time in too many years read it again today.
It hasn't lost an ounce of its impact. If you've read it before you'll know it's worth revisiting. If you haven't read it before it cannot be recommended too highly, the report that literally changed the world.
Peru: The new government lays out its plans for mining (from IKN380)
A small sample from yesterday's 28 page edition of The IKN Weekly, IKN380, where the real work gets done round here.
Peru: The new government lays out its plans for mining
On Thursday the new Cabinet Chief, Fernando Zavala, went to Peru's new Congress in a key moment for the new government. According to the law he needs to get approval for all Ministerial positions from the Congress by vote and to do that, must go and explain what they plan to do. As Peru's Congress is under an absolute majority of the opposition Fujimorista (FP) party (Keiko lost to PPK in the run off by a whisker) that's not necessarily a given vote.
I won't go into every aspect and issue covered, we're here for mining so that's the subject to cover today and as Zavala laid out the government's plans for the sector (14). I took away three things. A soundbite or two for mining friendly headlines, the extended quote that lays out the PPK vision for mining and the new measure this government plans to bring in to help move projects forward (all eyes on Tia Maria, a test-case if ever there were one). All translated from the Spanish by these hands.
The soundbites:
"A modern Peru needs sustainable mining".
"Mining investment is welcome".
We like those.
The extended quote: "We will generate the conditions which allow our rich natural resources to be converted into products of higher value, not only via foundries and smelters but also through mining clusters that invest in the care of the mining environment, investigation, innovation and automization of the sector."
The new measure: There are other reforms in the pipeline which are aimed at the small private miner/mining company, such as the phasing out of the use of mercury in gold extraction. But when it comes to our focus the big reform will be the "Adelanto Social", best translated as the "Social Advance Payment" which reminds me of the way Ecuador requires mining companies to invest and give money to local communities for civil projects before the mine gets going. In Peru, exploration stage companies will also be required to lay down cash for new local works, though presumably the scale will be small (and let's face it, most decent junior explorecos in Peru already have these types of plans, certainly the ones I invest in).
Orezone (ORE.v) takes "The IKN First Law of Mining News Releases" to another level
Here a reminder of the IKN First Law of Mining NRs, which states the following:
"The IKN First Law of Mining News Releases: Considering that anything contained in a mining news release is presented in the best possible way for the company in question, any piece of information contained in a NR that comes across in any way negative means the real news and/or events behind it must be very, very bad indeed."
But today that goes to the Nth degree thanks to Orezone (ORE.v) and its NR before the open today Monday, which didn't even need the main body of the NR to comply with the spirit of The First Law. ORE.v managed to nail it in the title line!
"Orezone Bombore Project Resource Revision"
Oh my stars. Anyone long ORE.v reading that in their e-mail title line gets a dose of white cold face-drain. And when they finally pluck up the courage to click on the mail and open it up, 30% of the gold has disappeared into thin air and the CEO telling us that "...this news is an unfortunate set back...".
Gotta love 43-101.
Starcore Intl (SAM.to) production results for quarter ended July 2016
Starcore Intl (SAM.to) produced 4,207 AuEq in the quarter just closed, a number that stacks up like this:
And that kind of sucks, frankly. It should have been more and this...
NB: Please note cut-down Y-axis
...is the main reason for the miss. As subbers know I'm long this one, so boo-hoo me. On the other hand, the lower operating costs from the low tonnage throughput and the better prices for gold mean this level of production makes SAM.to profitable for the quarter. Not the end of the world.
And it seemed so easy when they pitched the idea to Porter Stansberry, too
Nautilus Minerals (NUS.to) has a small place in the heart of your humble scribe, as it was the utter BS pumpo ran by Porter Stansberry on this wildest of mining companies which opened my eyes (and many others) to the scamster Porter and his manner of ripping off poor saps, left right centre. Back then Porter took the $1 stock that was NUS and pumped it up as high as $3 before the dump began and the idiots who pay him for investment advice were left holding his friends' large bag. Today it's a 14.5c stock. A detail.
Anyway, that was then and this is now and NUS.to provided us with news this morning and once you cut through all the intro stuff and talk about that-and-that way of raising cash for the grand plan, the paydirt finally arrives:
- Staff reductions will include the departure of the following members of the Company's executive management team by September 2, 2016:
- Shontel Norgate, Chief Financial Officer;
- Kevin Cain, Vice President -- Projects;
- Jonathan Lowe, Vice President -- Strategic Development and Exploration; and
- Karen Hauff, General Counsel / Company Secretary.
So, wholesale layoffs in the office. As the Black Knight so wisely said, just a fleshwound. As for the timeline, back in the last corporate presentation they told us that wet testing of equipment would start in 1h16. And now...
The Company previously disclosed that in the event that the required funding is secured and the Company is able to continue development of the Solwara 1 Project, the schedule would be delayed. The Company has now secured the necessary bridge financing to facilitate the time required to secure that additional required funding. If the additional required funding is secured by June 2017 and subject to ongoing detailed planning, the Company could be in a position to commence the initial deployment and testing operations at the Solwara 1 Project by the end of Q1 2019.
Oh, another three years? Bummer. Still, it's unlikely to get set back any further than that, right?
The IKN Weekly, out now
IKN380 has just been sent to subscribers. We update and raise target price on a covered stock and look at a potential silver trade. Yeah, me and silver, hoodathunkit eh? I'm not a buyer yet thought, far too much of a coward.
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GMO: " Who will replace Mackenzie at BHP?"
Another great edition of Global Mining Observer out today, so click this link and read all about Andrew Mackenzie's woes at BHP. Plenty more besides.
The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
...in reverse order:
Third Place: "Guatemala: Mining royalty payments set to increase (from IKN379)". An excerpt from last week's subscriber weekly, they tend to be popular and this one was topical too.
Second Place: "Goldmoney Inc (XAU.to) 2q16 financials". A look at a part of the numbers behind this growth start-up that the company bury right down at the bottom of the filings. You would have thought physical assets would have been up sharply. Most interesting and this post got the amount of hit count that would normally win the week, but...
First Place: "Mark Bristow, CEO of Randgold (GOLD) "on charity safari"". Most interesting of all, even though this post only went up Friday evening after the closing bell (when IKN readership figures normally drop and stay low over the weekend) this post has turned out to be the most popular of the week and by quite a distance, too. Mark Bristow's Randgold (GOLD) can claim all the social and environmental responsibility it likes, but when the CEO proudly poses next to the elephant he's just shot dead with a rifle it paints a different corporate attitude. This Mark Bristow exposé is the week's must-visit IKN post, hopefully it gets plenty of eyeballs in London too.
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200 dash — JORDAN XIONG, So., Broomfield: Also taking silver in the 4A 100-meter finals, Xiong ran a 21.74 to place second in the 200-meter race and add to his pair of Northern League championships in both events.
400 dash — KEVIN McCLANAHAN, Sr., Broomfield: Setting a new meet record of 46.78 in the 400-meter dash, the BoCoPreps.com boys Athlete of the Year also won 4A titles in the 100 and 200 sprint races.
800 run — ISAAC GREEN, Fr., Monarch: The lone ninth-grader in the stacked 5A field at state, he ran a 1:54.50 to place third.
1,600 run — PAUL ROBERTS, So., Lyons: Continuing his early-career state title tear, young Roberts won the 2A 1,600-meter state title with a time of 4:24.44 while also taking gold in the 3,200.
3,200 run — ETHAN GONZALES, Sr., Broomfield: In a loaded year for Boulder County distance runners, Gonzales capped a stellar season by running a 9:25.55 at state to take home silver in the 4A 3,200. He also placed second in the 1,600.
110 hurdles — RYAN BANT-COGBURN, Sr., Longmont: Completing the race in 15.01, the Trojans senior took sixth-place at the 4A state meet.
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According to Mike McCarthy's press conference today, Aaron Rodgers has a sprained shoulder. The guys at profootballtalk liken it to Big Ben's injury in Pitt – not a major injury but more discomfort it seems than anything. Perhaps it's not as bad as some of us feared, but it's difficult to say. If it is true that Rodgers will indeed split reps with Flynn this week, I'd say that's a good sign. Also, read here from Greg Bedard at jsonline – similar update. I'd say from the what I've heard so far, it would be likely Rodgers would play on Sunday. If not, at least Flynn would get to face the Falcons who do not appear to be very good despite their 2-2 record.
Rodgers has "sprained shoulder"
6 Responses to "Rodgers has "sprained shoulder""
PackerBelle Says:
September 29, 2008 at 4:11 pm |
Hopefully Rodgers can play and be effective. One, I do think he gives us the best chance to win. Two, I really don't want to hear from the Favre nuts. But I don't want him to play if he is in significant danger of making the injury worse or is severly limited in what he can do.
ja Says:
September 29, 2008 at 5:34 pm |
If it's only a sprain, that doesn't say much about his toughness, taking himself out in the 4th quarter of a close game. I'd guess a few other players were playing through pain. If Rodgers want to live up to the leadership role that McCarthy anointed him over the summer, he needs to be showing it to his teammates.
PackerBelle Says:
September 29, 2008 at 5:41 pm |
He didn't take himself out of the game. He got hurt, was being examined, the Packers got an interception, he went in and threw a touchdown and was in pain and the decision was made that he couldn't go back in. Then to quote Rodgers "After surrendering the lead on Matt Bryant's 24-yard field goal, the Packers got the ball back at their 40 with 2:26 left. Rodgers, who had been loosening up on the sideline, decided to come back to see whether he could lead a comeback.
He wasn't really sure how hard he could throw.
"I was throwing on the sidelines and I couldn't throw without pain, but I just said I need to suck it up and get out there," Rodgers said. "Unfortunately I threw an interception and we lost the game.""
Aaron Rogders Says:
September 29, 2008 at 6:13 pm |
I was hoping Flynn would show his last minute comeback ability like he did his last preseason game. Too bad he was only allowed to throw one pass. That was definitely a MM play. Lets run on 3rd and long even though we can't run… De De Dee
ja Says:
September 30, 2008 at 10:50 am |
Yeah, I watched Rodgers throwing on the sidelines, and it sure didn't look like a guy who wanted to suck it up and get back out there. I also missed the scene he made pleading with coaches to let him back in. Oh right, that never happened. Perhaps if he had shown the competitiveness to stay in the game in the first place, he would have put the game away when they had the chance rather than wait until they needed a dramatic comeback.
dcpackerfan Says:
October 1, 2008 at 4:35 pm |
Packerbelle: You are the nut case. You don't want to hear from the Favre fans since you know that there is nothing you can say. How many games did Favre miss when he was a Packer? None. The Jets are so lucky to have him. Rodgers should be called Mr. Glass.


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You can probably recite the golden rule, "treat others as you would treat yourself." It is commonly taught in elementary school — but have you been taught to treat yourself as you would treat others you care for?
It's likely you are compassionate with family members, friends, colleagues, and sometimes, even strangers. You are willing to extend a caring, understanding hand when they need it. You may accept their personal failings easily and without judgement. But what about your own personal challenges and shortcomings? Are these an endless source of self-judgement, blame and disappointment?
Self-compassion is a practice where you seek to be kinder and more supportive towards yourself. Having self-compassion helps you approach life with optimism, happiness and resilience.
If you are your own worst critic, it could be time to give self-compassion a shot. It can help you be more motivated, optimistic and happy. Self-compassion can help you improve all of your relationships — starting with the relationship you have with yourself.
Three building blocks of self-compassion
Self-compassion has three main components:
1. First, it's about offering kindness to yourself when in pain, when you fail, or feel unworthy. Think of a time you experienced a failed relationship. This likely caused you some emotional hurt — would filling yourself with shame and guilt help with your recovery, or prolong it? What about missing an event at your child's school because you simply forgot. Would beating yourself up about it change the fact that you missed it? What if you got skipped for a promotion at work. Would self-doubt help you build a path for greater opportunity, or get in the way of it? Being self-critical can lead to stress, frustration or other negative emotions. But if you accept the failing with kindness, and look for what you can learn from it as you move ahead, you are more likely to cope well and be resilient — bringing your best self to all future challenges.
2. Second, self-compassion helps connect you to the shared human experience, knowing that you aren't alone and that no one, including you, can expect to be perfect all the time. This can protect you against feelings of isolation, or the feeling that bad things "only happen to me."
When something challenging happens to you, try to remember that you aren't perfect… and neither is anyone else. When something good happens to you, try to take a moment to recognize the many people who contributed, directly or indirectly, to the situation you find yourself in.
3. Third, self-compassion lets you take a balanced approach to managing negative emotions. You don't need to ignore your pain or hurt in order to feel self-compassion. But, when you get wrapped up in negative personal emotions or failings, you can miss the bigger picture.
Think again of the missed promotion at work. Did that challenge open up any new opportunities for you in your current role that you look forward to, or help you learn and grow in an unexpected way? Is there any good or value you can find in the situation? By making an effort to reframe setbacks into new opportunities (even if they are hard at first), you might find new strength, compassion and confidence where before you felt only hardship.
Self-compassion in the real world
You might think self-compassion sounds a little too indulgent. But self-compassion isn't self-pity, indulgence or vanity. You can feel good about yourself without feeling like you are better than others. You can acknowledge pain without making it your focus. You can give yourself emotional comfort and room to make changes and move forward.
So where to begin?
Forgive yourself. Do you punish yourself for your mistakes? My apartment is always messy. Why can't I keep it clean like a normal person?
Start by acknowledging no one is perfect. Your apartment might be messy because you are working two jobs, or you're studying hard at school. No one can do it all, and that's OK. But if your messy home is bothering you, you can brainstorm a few ideas to clean it up. Try reframing it from a task you can't find time for, to a gift you're giving yourself — "I can't wait to fall asleep in a clean bedroom" — and you just might find creative new ways to manage it. "Tonight, I'll clean dirty dishes, tomorrow I'll pick up clutter and on the weekend, I'll get laundry done."
Look for opportunities to grow. Do you get down on yourself because you have a shortcoming or think you've failed? "At my company, others my age are at the top of the ladder. I'm not even a manager."
Try to let yourself be inspired instead, by others' accomplishments and your own. You may have taken a different journey than your colleagues, or than others your age, but you can and should be proud of what you've accomplished. Maybe you recognize your priorities were different than getting to the top of the corporate ladder, or you faced different challenges than others.
You can start by acknowledging your strengths, no matter how small. Are you proud of finishing a project on time? Satisfied that you completed a nagging task, like sorting through the week's email? Think about why your coworkers come to you for help — maybe you are a good problem solver or supportive when they need it. If you need to remind yourself of why you should feel good about your efforts, write down your accomplishments and add to them as you go.
Say thanks. Do you find it hard to accept certain aspects of your life? "I work out every day and watch what I eat, and I still can't fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes."
Expressing gratitude for what you have can be a powerful emotion. It can help you gain a new and positive perspective on shortcomings and what you do well. For our new mother who is frustrated she isn't fitting into pre-pregnancy clothes, she might feel thankful her body is well enough to workout. Or grateful that she was able to carry a baby.
Maybe she leaves notes for herself around the house ("I'm thankful I'm strong" or "I'm glad I can work out") to remind herself of these blessings. Keeping negatives at bay is an important part of self-compassion. It can also help you stay with long-term goals. In the case of the new mom, is she more likely to stick with a workout if she feels like it is doing nothing for her, or if she is grateful she is healthy and strong? Gratitude can keep you moving in a positive direction.
Reviewed by Kaiser Permanente Clinical Ambassadors, including Mark Dreskin, MD, Sharon Smith, LPC, and/or David Kane, LCSW. September 2018.
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The band has released two official EPs, one full length LP and played several festivals including SXSW and CMJ, as well as national tours with RX Bandits, These Arms Are Snakes, mewithoutYou, Foals, So Many Dynamos, Ra Ra Riot, Minus the Bear, Princeton, The Fall of Troy, Nurses, Pattern Is Movement, Good Old War, Portugal. The Man, Tera Melos, and more.


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A new standard to promote the sustainable management and trade in wild medicinal and aromatic plants (MAP) was launched today at Biofach, the World Organic Trade Fair, Nuremberg, Germany.
An estimated 50,000 – 70,000 plant species are used in traditional and modern medicine throughout the world. They are undoubtedly an important health and economic resource for humanity. The great majority are collected in the wild and provide valuable income for rural households, especially in developing countries. However, unsustainable collection is commonly practiced, which not only threatens the survival of many species, but also the livelihoods that depend upon them.
To address this issue, the IUCN SSC Medicinal Plant Specialist Group, in collaboration with the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, and others, has been a key player in the development of an International Standard for Sustainable Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ISSC-MAP). These standards go a long way to meeting the urgent need to provide specific guidance for industry, resource managers, collectors and other stakeholders on sustainable sourcing practices. Drawn up following extensive consultation with plant experts and the herbal products industry worldwide, they promotes appropriate management of wild plant populations to ensure plants used in medicine and cosmetics are not over-exploited
More than 400,000 tonnes of medicinal and aromatic plants are traded annually, with around 80% of the species harvested from the wild. Many species are in danger of over-exploitation and even extinction through over-collection and habitat loss. For example, in India, almost 300 medicinal plants are considered threatened using the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species criteria.
Traders and companies, collectors and consumers must share the responsibility for maintaining populations of medicinal plants which are valuable natural resources, and the ISSC-MAP principles and criteria show how this can be achieved in practice.
One of the industry's leading companies Traditional Medicinals, is already investigating the application of the new standard to the collection of Bearberry, a shrub whose leaves are used for the treatment of a variety of conditions, mainly of the diuretic and urinary tract.
Once widely accepted and adopted, the newly developed ISSC-MAP criteria should become a major tool for medicinal plant conservation and improve the economic security for the rural livelihoods dependent upon them.


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Sometimes, a cake decides it wants to be a trifle. It may know as soon as it's baked that its destiny lies within beautiful layers of fruit, custard and whipped cream instead of as a tall layer cake slathered in buttercream, or it may not realize what it wants to be until it's tried being a layer cake, and realizing that this time, it just wasn't meant to be. Maybe another cake, another day, another celebration...
With my Dad's 60th Birthday yesterday, and Mother's Day coming up very soon, I invited my parents over for lunch on Saturday, and then we took them to the Denver Botanic Gardens. My lunch menu was summery and light and healthy with Lemony Shrimp and Goat Cheese Bruschetta, grilled Corn on the Cob, grilled Veggie Kabobs of bell peppers, mushrooms, onions and cherry tomatoes, and Fruit Salad with strawberries, pineapple and grapes, with a drizzle of honey and nutmeg. And for dessert, what I had envisioned to be a completely spectacular 4-layer cake... Vanilla Cake, layered with fresh lemon curd, and topped with a whipped raspberry buttercream...
On Friday I baked the cake and cooked the lemon curd, and both turned out just perfect. The cake was moist but firm enough to stand up to 4 layers, and the lemon curd was creamy, smooth and tart. But where it all went downhill was the raspberry buttercream...
As much as I prefer to use fresh ingredients whenever possible, I was afraid that fresh raspberries would turn my frosting into soup and I wouldn't be able to thicken it back up again. For fresh raspberry buttercream, I considered cooking and straining the raspberries, then cooking them down some more to thicken them up as much as possible before adding them to the frosting, but I've heard very mixed reviews on that particular method as sometimes the frosting can remain too thin. So I came up with what I thought was a genius idea of using raspberry gelatin for the flavor (albeit, artificial) without all the added liquid. I whipped up the butter until it was light and fluffy then added the raspberry gelatin, powdered sugar and a little milk. The consistency, color and flavor was exactly what I wanted - fluffy, pink and very raspberry-ish.
But the texture - oh, the texture! It was completely gritty from the gelatin powder. I had wrongly assumed that the gelatin would dissolve in the butter, and no matter how long I whipped it, the grittiness wouldn't go away. It was like the frosting had spent a day playing at the beach and came home full of sand.
I blame myself for making assumptions on an ingredient that I haven't used in 10 years - after all, the last time I ate jello it was in the form of a jello shot. So now I know better. But in the meantime, I had a cake to rescue.
I split the two cake layers into four, and began assembling them with the lemon curd, planning to just top it all off with more lemon curd on top, and maybe a little whipped cream. But I hadn't chilled the lemon curd for very long since cooking it, so it hadn't yet thickened up quite enough - and when I wasn't looking, it all ran off the cake, down the sides and onto the plate. And not in the artistic way that I would want, but in a huge pool all around the cake. The raspberries I had placed around the cake looked like they were drowning in a sea of lemon curd.
My mom once told me of the story when she baked a cake for her mother, and ended up with a pile of crumbs when she frosted the cake while it was still warm, which of course made it all fall apart. She wanted to throw it out, but her mother ate it anyway, telling her how delicious it was and how thoughtful it was of her to make it for her. I know my parents would still have eaten this cake, but my pride wouldn't allow me to serve it looking so awful...
So at this point, it was time to concede defeat to the layer cake and turn it into a trifle. A trifle is a wonderful thing, because you can take something like the mess that was my cake and transform it into a really beautiful dessert. The cake was already nicely soaked with lemon curd, so all I had to do was crumble it up and layer it with freshly whipped cream and raspberries.
And in the end, although it wasn't what I had intended, it tasted as good as it looked, and was, I think, worthy of a celebration.
After all that, a cocktail to reward my efforts seemed just the thing for Friday night, so I blended up a chilly Limoncello Cocktail of ice, club soda, Limoncello creme, vodka, milk, lemon and lime juice, and a little sugar. It was refreshing and citrusy, and even Jamie drank one in spite of his protests that it was a girly drink. This cocktail tastes so good that it goes down pretty quickly!
For another warm-weather non-alcoholic cocktail, I made a big pitcher of raspberry citrus soda for my parents on Saturday to drink with lunch. The combination of club soda, raspberries, lemon and lime juice and a little simple syrup, with a bottle of Grenadine on the side for sweetener was just beautiful.
And last but not least, mini Key Lime Trifles in Jars. This was the last of the Key Lime Curd which you all loved so much in last week's Key Lime Pie Cupcakes, and this little layered dessert in a jar was one of the cutest and yummiest treats ever.
After lunch on Saturday, we spent a few hours at the Denver Botanic Gardens, so I've shared some of my favorite photos from the day...
Fruit Salad with Honey and Nutmeg
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- 1 fresh pineapple, peel and core removed, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 pound fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered
- 2 cups seedless red grapes
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/2 tablespoon cream or half 'n' half
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Combine all the fruit in a large serving bowl or platter. In a small bowl, combine the honey, cream and nutmeg until smooth. Drizzle over the fruit.
Raspberry Lemon Trifle
printable recipe
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup light sour cream
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup milk, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 cups Lemon Curd, room temperature (click for recipe)
- 12 ounces fresh raspberries (about 2 cups)
- large glass trifle bowl
In a mixing bowl fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, sour cream, oil, granulated sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla. Mix on low for 30 seconds to combine then on medium speed for 3 minutes until well blended. Pour into the pan and bake for 28-35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and cool completely.
In a mixing bowl fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the whipping cream and powdered sugar until soft peaks form. Use a fork to break the cake up into large crumbs.
Assemble the trifle by sprinkling 1/4 of the cake crumbs in the bottom, drizzle 1/4 of the lemon curd over the cake, spread 1/4 of the whipped cream over the lemon curd, then 1/4 of the raspberries. Repeat 3 more times, ending with whipped cream and raspberries on top.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve. The trifle keeps very well in the fridge for several days.
Key Lime Mini Trifles in Jars
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- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 6 ounces low-fat cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon key lime juice
- 3/4 cup Key Lime Curd (click for previous recipe)
In a separate bowl, combine the cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla and lime juice until smooth.
Set out 4 half-pint glass jars. Spoon 1/3 of the crumbs in the bottom of each jar. Add 1/2 of the cream cheese mixture, then 1/2 of the key lime curd. Repeat. Top each with the rest of the crumbs. Chill until ready to serve.
Yields 4 servings.
Lemony Shrimp and Goat Cheese Bruschetta
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- 1 pound thawed uncooked shrimp, peeled and cleaned
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 baguette, sliced into 1/2 inch slices
- 4 ounces creamy goat cheese
- ground thyme and paprika for garnish
Meanwhile, preheat the broiler to low. Line a baking sheet with foil and place the bread slices in a single layer on the foil. Drizzle lightly with olive oil, then spread with the goat cheese. Broil for 3-5 minutes, until the edges of the bread are golden brown - watch it carefully so the bread doesn't burn.
Top each slice with 3 or 4 shrimp; sprinkle lightly with the thyme and paprika. Serve immediately.
Yields 4-6 servings.
Limoncello Cocktail
printable recipe
- 2 cups ice
- 1 cup club soda
- 1/2 cup Limoncello Creme
- 1/3 cup Vodka
- 1/4 cup milk or half 'n' half
- juice of 1 lemon
- juice of 1 lime
- 2 tablespoons sugar (or more, to taste)
Yields 4 servings
Raspberry and Citrus Cocktail (non-alcoholic)
printable recipe
- 1 package (6 ounces) raspberries
- 1 liter club soda
- juice of 2 lemons
- juice of 2 limes
- extra lemons and limes for garnish
- 1/4 cup sugar or simple syrup
- Grenadine
Yields 4 servings
All recipes in this post from Curly Girl Kitchen


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Guide to New Nations: East Timor and Palau
by David Johnson
| East Timor
A Portuguese colony for 400 years, East Timor was invaded by neighboring Indonesia in 1975, nine days after it declared itself an independent nation. Since then, the East Timorese have agitated for independence. Indonesia brutally repressed the independence movement and more than 200,000 died of starvation, disease, and war. After 25 years of intransigence, Indonesia permitted a referendum on independence. On August 30, 1999, nearly 79% of the East Timorese electorate opted for independence.
In the aftermath of the vote, by pro-Indonesian militia and Indonesian soldiers slaughtered thousands. Some one-third of the population became refugees. The U.N. sent a peacekeeping force to East Timor, and governed the territory for nearly three years. On May 20, 2002, East Timor achieved nationhood.
| Palau
Consisting of some 200 islands scattered across the Pacific Ocean, more than 500 miles southeast of the Philippines, the Republic of Palau became fully independent on October 1, 1994. From 1947 until 1992, Palau had been a United Nations trusteeship administered by the United States. In 1992, Palau and the U.S. signed a compact of free association. The agreement requires the U.S. to provide economic aid in exchange for keeping military bases in Palau. Between 18,000 and 19,000 people live in the Republic of Palau.


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On the outskirts of a town called Pottsboro, there is a place called the Shady Grove. The only people that remember anything notable about it are all in their 70s or 80s and almost all of them refuse to speak of it.
There are a few, however, that will break their vow of silence and tell of the horrendous events that happened there. They spoke to me bout how they had seen what hell truly looked like and how soon they would pay for what they've done.
During the 1960s, a cult had formed in the town. They had taken to sacrificing people to summon their "master," who their leader had claimed would banish the filth from the Earth and begin a time of true peace.
The only catch was that they had to sacrifice only female children, but only if they were deemed impure after a night with the leader. After he had collected about ten little girls, he told them the day of judgment was upon them and to prepare the circle about five miles outside of town.
That night, at 3:00 AM, they began to ritual by covering the girls in the blood of pigs and cutting the children's arms and legs about one to two inches apart from each previous cut.
The next part was the cover their bodies in oil and light it. After this step, their bodies burst into blue flames and from the flame came a woman with eyes as black as coal and skin as white as snow.
The woman walked straight at the leader while saying something in an unintelligible language and he instantly burst into flames. After that, the group I was interviewing told me they all blacked out, only to find themselves in their beds with a ticket in their hands that had the word "HELL" stamped on it.
The group told me that if anyone attempted to enter the circle where the ritual took place, that would wake up instantly, have an intense vision of themselves burning alive, and then pass out and wake up in their beds holding the ticket to HELL.