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The ability for radiation to pass through materials and reveal their internal condition / contents has been utilised in many fields (e.g. medicine) throughout the previous century.
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This technology has evolved from Computed Radiography (CR) as a high productivity radiography solution.
Advantages – Often greater productivity in high production inspection scenarios, Better ability to interpret radiographic results in many geometries.
Applications – Almost all materials and components where internal features are needing to be examined. Particularly demand for this service seen in Profile Radiography (examining for internal pipe erosion / corrosion).
Real Time / Movable Radiometry
Rather than taking discreet location images as per film and digital radiography, real time / movable radiography allows a live scan at the job site and mobile equipment.
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As a result, this technology has strong applications for examining pipelines for blockages and for examining for Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI).
Advantages – Movable radiometry at the job site allowing more rapid inspection of piping and small diameter vessels.
Applications – Particularly applicable for pipework inspection for blockages and corrosion under insulation (CUI).
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Performance Pad
Topic: Performance Pad
An iRemote/iPad skin to control 20 hot cues (across 4 decks) and 12 sampler slots.
Inspired by midi controllers such as the Novation Launchpad, this skin is designed to allow you to easily perform live remixing and quickly access your samples.
PerformancePad opens in Hot Cue mode. 20 hot cues per deck are available using large buttons to encourage easy live remixing. Switch between up to 4 decks using the deck selection buttons. Delete hot cues on the fly by toggling the delete button.
Sampler mode (toggled using the bottom left button) makes 12 sampler slots available, each with individual controls to Loop, "Sync" (beat match), Stop, and Record. Lock accidental recording by engaging "Lock Rec" and pick between deck 1 or 2 for recording. A volume control sets the volume for the most recently played sample*.
(*in a future version I'd like the volume control to change volume for all sample slots simultaneously but iRemote seems to struggle with this)
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Mason City Schools parents and taxpayers invest a lot in our schools to ensure that our community stays vibrant and strong.
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The state budget bill now being considered in Columbus jeopardizes our schools' financial stability. For anyone who has lived or owned a business in Mason for any length of time, this is no surprise. The Mason City School District has been fighting to retain state reimbursement funding for lost Tangible Personal Property tax funding for more than a decade.
If the Ohio legislature does not change current law during this state budget session, Mason stands to lose more than $1 million a year - in addition to the $7 million annual loss since 2011.
Many of you have written, emailed or called state lawmakers in the past about the TPP funding issue and your efforts did yield incremental results. However, as the budget bill continues to wind through the Statehouse this session, we need the help and support of citizens in this fight more than ever.
Mason City Schools have provided leadership statewide within a coalition of school districts that are similarly impacted by the impending loss of TPP funding from the state. Read Mason Treasurer Ronda Johnson's testimony that was submitted on June 15, 2017. A key component of her testimony reminds lawmakers that Mason is at risk of losing this TPP funding because we are home to a thriving industrial base. Not every Ohio community is harmed to the extent we are in Mason from the loss of TPP tax funding. These once locally levied taxes were assessed on business equipment and inventory. So communities like Mason, which are economic drivers in the state, are now disproportionately impacted by the TPP revenue loss. The impending loss means business and residential taxpayers in our community face increased tax exposure due to the state's willingness to pass along an increasing burden to the local community.
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The Royal Chair is a folding stool with a majestic stance. A simple, functional chair with slatted side panels and a square seat that fold into each other for practical storage. Designer and artist Jens Quistgaard is said to have been inspired by the Roman Empire when he designed the stool; hence the regal posture and name.
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Work Less (It's Good for Business)
This story appears in the December 2009 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Brett Schklar was a fast-rising, burn-the-candle-at-both-ends kind of executive. So naturally, he was on a business trip the day of his 31st birthday.
His career as a vice president at a promising tech company was flourishing, and if that came at the expense of time with his family, time spent taking care of himself, time to even pause to celebrate his 31st, well, he was willing to make the sacrifice.
But something happened that day to make him question all that: He had a heart attack.
"Doctors told me I have a condition that needs monitoring, and that stress is a particularly important factor," he recalls. "I needed to work less and reprioritize. I had to change my lifestyle--diet, exercise, everything."
Suddenly, he had no choice: He eased off the accelerator both personally and professionally, focused more on his family and young son and cut back on the 80-hour workweeks, the constant travel and the late-night, bedside text messaging.
And he started his own business.
Get a Life
Starting a business and maintaining a healthy work/life balance needn't be mutually exclusive. Here's what Brett Schklar learned:
. Define your idea of a healthy work/life balance early in the startup process. What about your personal life is most worth protecting? How much time do you want to set aside for pursuits outside of work? When are you willing to ignore your BlackBerry?
. Let that definition guide you in how you design your business plan and build your business, not vice versa.
. Be comfortable taking risks and making difficult decisions. If you are not, don't take on a startup venture--it will be too stressful.
. Look beyond the bottom line in defining success. Profitability means little if it isn't accompanied by a sense of fulfillment.
. Control your calendar. Learn how and when to say "no."
. Rely upon friends and family to alert you when you're overworking.
. Take steps to lower stress. Everyone on Schklar's staff gets a membership to a massage parlor.
. Set aside time for yourself. Schklar spends Tuesday and Thursday afternoons with his son.
. Be the boss of you. "Manage your customers," Schklar says. "Don't let customers manage you."
It was a move that almost sounded like a death wish. Entrepreneurs are notorious for working obsessively, and getting any startup off the ground requires a round-the-clock commitment. Or so the prevailing wisdom goes. But Schklar decided he was going to do things differently. In February 2006, just four months after he was rushed from his Seattle hotel room to a nearby hospital, he launched the Market Creation Group, a Denver-based business-to-business technology marketing firm, and he did it while working less. Today the business is thriving and growing, and Schklar is living proof that what the work/life experts tell us and what we never quite believe--that paying more attention to our lives outside of work makes us better workers--is actually true.
Some of the latest evidence comes from a study involving the Boston Consulting Group and the Harvard Business Review. During a four-year span, BCG consultants who took designated periods of time away from work--what the researchers call "predictable time off"--reported greater satisfaction with their jobs and their work/life balance than did colleagues who didn't take predictable time off. And in the end, according to the study's authors, the participating consulting teams delivered a better product to clients. Their conclusion: "New ways of working can be found that benefit not just individuals but the organization."
The approach is bearing fruit for Schklar: Revenue at Market Creation Group has increased 961 percent since 2006 and is projected to exceed $1.5 million in 2009. While most companies have retrenched or are struggling to maintain the status quo, Schklar's firm is expanding, with plans to open an office in Dallas before year's end.
Changed For Good
People who know Schklar are surprised by just how much the heart attack changed him.
"Here's a guy who was 'on' 24/7. Even after his heart attack, I was sure he would jump right back into that mind-set," says Nina Piccinini, a close friend and colleague of Schklar's and manager of communications for Verio, a Denver web hosting firm and MCG client. "But he made a decision to kick it down a notch, he stuck to it, and he's been very successful doing it his way. I have a great deal of respect for what he's been able to accomplish. It's inspiring."
Now 35, Schklar is hardly the distracted bundle of nervous energy one might expect to find running a marketing outfit that was recently named Denver's fastest-growing private company. He is the relaxed, focused and grounded eye at the center of a whirlwind success, a sharp, engaged conversationalist who seems comfortable in his own skin.
"There's a sense of calm about him now -- that nothing is going to rattle his cage," Piccinini observes. "I think he realizes his success is completely in his control."
In fact, things began to change for Schklar when he decided to take control of his life, starting with taking a hard look at himself.
"I realized the reason I had a lot of stress in the corporate environment is because I didn't fit in that environment," Schklar says. "I came to understand that my real passion is getting things done in ways that probably aren't always acceptable in a corporate setting, like saying what's on your mind, actually telling people when you think they're going about something the wrong way, and trying to help them find a better way to do it."
He decided that what's important in life and in business is as simple as figuring out what you love, and pursuing it: "The way to grow is to do what you love to do. Invest in it. Build it. Be willing to take risks. Keep ethics and the best interests of the people around you in mind. And don't always focus on the money."
The Humane Office
On a recent day, two receptionists greet visitors to the Market Creation Group offices. One rises from behind her desk and introduces herself as Shay, offering a handshake and bottled water. The other is Bear, a chocolate lab, who offers a sniff and the top of his head for a pat.
A pets-are-welcome policy is one way Schklar reinforces the importance of work/life balance at MCG. Having their hounds around, he says, lets people relax and bring a piece of home with them to the office. But Schklar also encourages his employees to bring a piece of the office home with them when the need arises; several members of the MCG team are telecommuters and all the firm's employees have the flexibility to work remotely.
"Other people work more, have fewer employees and take home a lot more money than I do," he acknowledges. "A few years ago, that might have been me. Not now. I still bust my ass and work long hours when I need to, but I'm not here sunup to sundown everyday. That, more than words, is what drives the culture here. I want people here to know they have freedom and flexibility, because I think it helps them work better."
Taking a cue from their boss, MCG employees are encouraged to carve out time for other pursuits, whether it's getting a lunchtime massage--membership at a local massage parlor is one of the fringe benefits of working there--or taking an afternoon off to be with family. "Everyone here works hard," he says. "But that doesn't mean work dominates our lives. The reward for doing our jobs well and delivering consistently great work to our clients is that we don't always have to be stressed about work. It's about maintaining what I call a 'quality balance.'"
Besides spending time with his son, Ari, Schklar finds that balance through being involved in the local arts district (MCG's offices are surrounded by galleries and filled with work by local artists), and serving as a fundraiser and speaker for the American Heart Association. "It's amazing," he says, "how many people who, after hearing my story, have gone and gotten a physical."
The businessman in Schklar attributes MCG's meteoric rise to starting with a clear vision of the niche the company would fill and how it would go about exploiting it. The niche revealed itself while Schklar was recuperating from his heart attack, during a brief stint as a marketing consultant.
"What I saw with B-to-B technology startups is that marketing typically is the last thing on their minds," he says. "They really need a rent-a-VP-of-marketing-type person."
So Schklar started touting himself as that person. Within a couple months, he had several new clients on retainer. MCG was born, with a reborn Schklar at the helm.
In plotting a course for the company, he wanted to build it around the concept of providing "virtual marketing executives" to help tech firms go to market. It wouldn't be a marketing consulting firm that "charges ungodly amounts of money" to startups that can't afford it, or a web design agency that thumbs its nose at "boring" B-to-B work.
Sticking to that vision helped MCG grow, even during the depths of a recession. Now the 10-employee firm has both startups and large corporations as part of its national client base.
"We understand the marketplace," Schklar says. "It's all we do and all we are passionate about. We know how to use e-marketing, social media, things like that, in a B-to-B context to help companies grow. People are dying for that kind of help."
Work Smarter, Not Longer
Brett Schklar built Market Creation Group into Denver's fastest-growing private company by working fewer hours and relying on shrewd planning and execution. Some of the keys:
. Make sure somebody needs what you are offering. Identify a niche--a void your company is uniquely positioned to fill--and exploit it.
. Define the types of clients you want. And avoid the ones you don't. They're not worth the trouble.
. Tap your network. Known quantities offer fewer unpleasant surprises.
. Hire people to bolster your weaknesses. The goal is to build a balanced, highly capable staff.
. Plan, plan and plan some more. "It's about having a big, awesome long-term vision, plus a staged approach to growth," Schklar says.
. Make team members privy to your company strategy. "That gives everybody a compass," he explains, "and leaves less room for error."
. Deliver superior work. Satisfied clients are sticky clients. In 2008, Schklar notes, Market Creation Group doubled its revenue without adding a single new client.


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Obama on Ferguson: 'We're All Part of One American Family'
President Obama spoke from Martha's Vineyard, where he is currently vacationing, on the growing violence in Ferguson, Missouri as well as the escalating situation in Iraq.
Protestors and officials are demanding answers after the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown on Saturday.
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Rob is No.2 on The Sunday Times' Young Rich List 2012 (UK)
TheHollywoodReporter LONDON - Actors, such as Daniel Radcliffe and Robert Pattinson, musicians, led by Adele, and models dominate the Young Rich List of British millionaires age 30 and under that "The Sunday Times" is scheduled to publish later this month.
Its Rich List 2012, set to come out on April 29, includes 60 young millionaires along with the 1,000 richest people in Britain and the 250 richest in Ireland, the paper said.
Outside of sports, which has its own Times rich list in May, more than half of the wealthiest young people in the U.K. are entertainers, according to the paper. (...)
Twilight star Robert Pattinson saw a bigger $12.7 million gain in his net worth over the past year, but comes in second with $63.6 million (£40m) . Read in full at THR via Robsessed
Entertainment Wise Actors, models and musicians dominate the Young Rich List of British millionaires under the age of 30 to be included in the Sunday Times Rich List 2012, published on Sunday April 29.
22-year-old Daniel Radcliffe has been named the richest young person in Britain, having earned a staggering £54m after starring in eight Harry Potter films, and more recently, The Woman In Black, which is said to have increased his fortune by £6m in a year.
Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson falls close behind with a fortune of £40m, and model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is a newbie to the rich ranks having earned £5m in her short modelling career.


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Channel 5 will screen live coverage of James DeGale's latest WBC Super Middleweight Silver title defence at Glow in Bluewater on Saturday (June 8).
DeGale claimed his 15th professional victory from 16 fights just four weeks ago with a second-round stoppage of Sebastien Demers in Canada, and he will be expecting to prevail once again against his Croatian opponent, who has lost three of his last six contests.
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Saturday, April 07, 2012
Panels from "1441 A.D."
Two panels from the book, a view of a location that will play a crucial role in the story, and a group of mercenaries marching into the night, on their way to defend a position where a bloody fight will take place. More excerpts to come soon.
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Sunday, April 01, 2012
"TRAIL OF STEEL -1441 A.D.", Graphic Novel
"It is winter of 1441 in Spain and Condottiero Martin, together with his son Sancho and a group of mercenaries, gets offered a job ... a mission that will change the course of their lives forever"
I'm very pleased to let you all know that my new graphic novel will be coming out soon, from Design Studio Press, and simultaneously with the reprint of 'Framed Ink'. Here is the cover, turned into a sort of poster for the occasion!
128 action, story and artwork packed pages of which I'll be talking a bit more in the next weeks...
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The Chikyu research vessel is already the world's deepest drill, probing nearly 23,000 feet beneath the ocean floor. But scientists hope to add another mile to the machine by 2013, allowing it to pierce Earth's mantle for the first time.
PopSci has a look at how the massive drill operates and what it will take to reach Earth's mantle, where scientists expect to find the elements and organisms that were present at our planet's early stages.
Transponders on the ocean floor keep the drill on target as it snakes its way down, with six computer-controlled propellers keeping it from drifting off course. Pipes are added one by one to extend the length of the drill, and synthetic mud is pumped down to the tip to keep it cool and to fortify it against the crushing pressure found at those depths. All the while, 30 foot-long samples of rock are collected and analyzed for various properties.
PopSci has more details on how the Chikyu operates and the measures researchers take to make sure it holds up under the extreme pressure and heat it encounters. It might not be quite as Jules Verne envisioned it, but, piece by piece, this crazy drill is on a journey to the center of the Earth. [PopSci]


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What are the correct timings of maddul-leen in for example 2 : 2:
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(wherein y has a length of one vowel count)
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What are the correct timings of maddul-'āridhi lissukoon in for example 114 : 1:
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Jazākal-Lāhu khairā.
Salāmun 'alaikum wa rahmatul-Lāhi wa barakātuh.
Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
The lengthening of can be two, four, or six vowels counts when stopping on the word. The examples in B given in the question then are correct.
The lengthening of can also be two, four, or six vowel counts, and C given in the question would be correct for the length of the alif.
There is a relationship between and wherein is always equal to or less than . Please see http://www.abouttajweed.com/al-mudood_part_7_medd_'aaridh_leen.htm
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Wa assalaam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.


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Her face, like some unreal psychedelic vision, was split into two. There were two noses, two mouths and four eyes, all coming up from one tiny body.
The kitten, called Two Face because of her condition, was born on Tuesday of last week in a litter of six, and seemed to be defying nature simply by living. The condition she was born with, called diprosopus, is a rare congenital defect that leaves little chance of survival.But Two Face, after living a seemingly healthy life for two days, died on Thursday inexplicably. Her owners, Jeffrey and Tammy Oxley of Charleston, West Virginia, have not been able to find out what caused the death.


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The Dow Jones Industrial Averages today closed above 14,000 for the first time since 2007, within hailing distance of the highest stock market level ever and marking the recovery of some $8 trillion of wealth that was lost during the recession, so is America back on track to prosperity and influence now?
Not quite, says a bond guru who runs a $285 billion bond fund.
In fact, Bill Gross, of the Pimco Total Return Fund, said in an interview with MoneyNews.com, that heavy reliance on credit has put the U.S. economy on a trajectory toward extinction.
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"Our current monetary system seems to require perpetual expansion to maintain its existence," he said in an outlook commentary on the Pimco website. "The advancing entropy in the physical universe may in fact portend a similar decline of 'energy' and 'heat' within the credit markets."
But just look at that 14,000 level, many write. As Robert Frank of CNBC wrote, "The stock market has gone from wealth destroyer to the nation's largest manufacturer of new millionaires and billionaires. The market moves are creating a new virtuous cycle of confidence for the wealthy."
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Let some of the other numbers about the economy give a clue.
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CNBC reported that even though the economy reportedly added 157,000 jobs in January, the unemployment rate was up to 7.9 percent – nearly the 8 percent level that plagued the nation throughout Obama's first term.
But the tragedies hidden behind the White House economic façade are that some 8.5 million Americans have dropped completely out of the work force since Obama took office – about 6,000 for every day of the Obama administration.
In just January, CNS reports, 169,000 dropped off the rolls. The report says that brought the national total for those in the situation of being retired, taken early retirement or just having given up looking for work to 89 million.
Wrote Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters, "Forget all the other numbers. This continued explosion of people not in the labor force should be tremendously concerning as it represents an obstacle for the government to ever balance the budget without drastically raising taxes on those still working."
Talking about raising taxes, according to data from the Congressional Budget Office, the U.S. is on track to raise its spending to nearly $4.5 trillion a year within five years. That's up from a revenue stream of about $2.5 trillion a year now, with a spending rate of more than $3.6 trillion.
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At the same time, there were reports that gasoline has surged past $4 a gallon, again, hitting families who are maintaining jobs and kids in school especially hard.
Further, the IRS reported that it assumes under the coming Obamacare tax increases, the least expensive health insurance plan for a family will be $20,000 a year, a figure that strikes terror in the hearts of moms and dads across the nation.
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MoneyNews said Gross likened the U.S. financial system to a supernova, with its fuel the $85 billion a month the Federal Reserve is printing and pumping into the stock market.
Eventually, the fuel runs out, and there's a collapse.
He reported corporate, U.S. government, household and personal debt now totals $56 trillion and described it as a monster that needs ever increasing amounts of fuel.
Meanwhile, Obama has closed down his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, bringing a shocked reaction from members of the GOP.
"This is the wrong time for President Obama to scrap his jobs council and delay his budget," said House Speaker John Boehner in a prepared statement.
"Month after month we see the same thing: high unemployment and even more debt. More than 12 million Americans are still unemployed, and it's been that way for far too long. If government spending were what causes economic growth, as the president believes, then the economy today should be booming, and the unemployment rate in American should be plummeting."
Recent reports also confirmed that the Gross Domestic Product in the U.S. shrank by 0.1 percent during the fourth quarter of 2012, and at the White House today, press secretary Jay Carney blamed it on Republicans who wouldn't spend money on defense projects as fast as the White House wanted.
"Every time the president meets with his economic advisers to discuss policy proposals and refinements to existing policies, the focus is on job creation and economic growth, and that includes when we have discussions about deficit reduction. As I've said many times, and as the president has made clear, deficit reduction is not a goal unto itself; it is a means to, if done right, the desired goal, which is greater growth and greater job creation as part of an overall economic policy," Carney said.


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We've had a couple of clients post internships in China over the last week or so - and it has made us try and analyse the benefits and drawbacks. Are they good student jobs? Can it be a good idea for you to take on an internship in China?
You can find the jobs if you do a job search and use the keyword "China" or "internship in China", but basically there are a few companies who are now offering a managed service to get you a job there.
You can see what they have:
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So - what are the jobs? Well, most are internships lasting from a couple of months to 12 months. The internships themselves seem to be quite well structured (great for you!) so that's a plus point.
Benefits / Positives:
Experiencing business in a completely different culture and environment - can only be a positive thing!
China is one of the fastest growing economies - and getting a job there is potentially easier than finding one in the UK
An internship in China is going to make you stand out from the crowd when applying for a job in the UK later on in your career. It shows you are adventurous, ambitious, brave and have experienced different cultures and learnt a lot
From the internships posted on Employment4students, it looks like these work opportunities will allow you to take responsibility, whilst still getting guidance. Doesn't seem to be just about making tea!
Most of the positions come with some kind of payment - not much mind you, but there is some kind of payment for the positions. 2000 RMB is roughly around £200
These internships could lead to offers of permanent employment (obviously not guaranteed, but it's a foot in the door which can go onto more things)
Drawbacks / Negatives:
Unfortunately it's not just a brilliant internship in China which everyone should apply for. There are drawbacks which need to be weighed up
You have to pay a fee with the intermediary (Getin2China or My China Opportunity for example). This can range from just a small amount to quite a substantial amount of money. Please look carefully at their websites to see what the fees are - they should be advertised very openly.
More about the point above - this internship is overall not about making lots of money. With the costs involved, and only getting a small amount as payment, it's not something to do if you need to earn money in the short term
It may not lead to permanent employment. You have to remember that you are not automatically going to get a guaranteed job after the internship
The chances are it won't be easy! I think that makes it more of a challenge personally, and love that, but it's pretty obvious that the internships are not going to be a walk in the park. Different culture, responsibility etc. I say bring it on, but be aware of what you are signing up for!
Ok - I think those are the main points about these internships in China. A lot of people are going to have different views, but whether you think these are worthwhile for you or not, try to have a good think about all the positives and negatives and weigh them up for yourself. I can't say it's a good opportunity for everyone, but I do think for a lot of people it's worth thinking about these kind of internships.
If anyone wants to know any more about these things or has any thoughts post them below - would be great to hear from everyone!
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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - What do you think the difference between good and evil? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in What do you think the difference between good and evil? Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3 Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Culture View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message DianaJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 494Location: Guam, USA Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 11:59 am Post subject: Hala wrote: Thanks Iain about the correct information Diana, Hama massacre was against Syrian moslem, not against Jews, so it is different story. And I agree with you all dictatours should move becaus those dictatours work against them people ,and some of them work for Israel . We need leaders chosen by Arabic people , not America choise it for us Today Palestinian suffered from occupation. OCCUPATION. I wonder why you don't use this word here. And what is wrong ??if we say the truth , you will say that doesn't bring the peace while you continue blame Arabic leaders??? Hala, massacres of any people do matter!! What Syria did does matter. What Israel did does matter. What the Palestinians did does matter. Just because the Hamas Massacre was not against Jews is not an excuse. The problem in the Middle East is that you are all the same! Everyone has committed atrocities over there. Jews and muslims have all committed atrocities. You're all the same! Arabic leaders are part of THE PROBLEM because they're the same leaders. There is no hope for change if you can't change your leaders. Why don't I say anything about the occupation???? Because Hala, the point of discussion was not about the occupation. The point of discussion was whether the Palestinians have a democratic system or not. And the answer is they don't have a democratic system. They have a dictator. Arafat has to go. Same as Sharon. But I don't worry very much about the leader in Israel. Why? Because they change. It's the leader of the Palestinians who never changes. Part of the Palestinians problem is Israel. The other part of their problem is their leader Arafat. As for Israel, their problem was taking Palestinian land in 1967, which they have to return and the Jewish settlement they built on the West Bank and Gaza Strip. I agree that Israel must return the land they took in 1967, and when Israel returns that land, I would still worry about the Palestinians. Why? Because of Arafat the dictator. When the Palestinians have their land back, are they going to be like all the other countries who have dictators? Back to top HalaJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 20 Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 3:07 pm Post subject: The story about Palestine and Israel In 1947 hundred of thousands of Jewish immigrant to Palestine from east Eourop and Russia . The Partitan plan gave 56.47 %of Palestine to the Jewish state and 43.53 %to the Arab state . The plan was rejected by the Palestinians. Then more Jewish refugees to Palestine supporting by U.S. The first clearing operations were conducted against Palestinian villages by Jewish forces in December. Establishment of Israel in 1948 in this war Egypt kept the Gaza strip while Jordan annexed West bank . In massacred of Deir Yassin against Palestine cause hundreds of thousands Palestinians refuge to Lebanon, Egypt, West Bank . In 1967 Israel occupied Gaza and Sina from Egypt and Golan Heights from Syria and West Bank and East Jersulem. You can find the whole story in bbc.htpp://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2001/israel_and_palestinians Back to top dduckJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 109Location: Scotland/Mexico Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 5:48 pm Post subject: The story about Palestine and Israel Quote: The point of our discussion was whether the Palestinians have a democratic system. They don't and I've already pointed out my reasons why. He is too much like all the Arab dictators in the Middle East. Some interesting background reading: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1962733.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2001/israel_and_the_palestinians/profiles/87713.stm Having read the above articles I agree with most of what you say. However, the picture is not completely black for Arafat: he has won the Nobel Peace prize; and although Arafat works hard to keep hold of his position as leader, he can still be challenged. The Israeli's have also succeeded in making him popular at times. And as Gerald Butt puts it "Arafat is, without question, the Palestinians' greatest asset." Now, who's going to shoot the golden goose? Iain_________________ Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. --Chinese Proverb Back to top DianaJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 494Location: Guam, USA Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 10:34 pm Post subject: Dear Hala, First of all, your map of Palestine is incorrect. If you go back to the ORIGINAL map of Palestine before and even during World War II, you will find that Palestine actually includes the countries of Israel and Jordan. And have you forgotten the British Mandate? After the war, the British made the mistake of allowing the Jews to return to their ancestral homeland knowing full well that the Arabs are already there. The British tried to solve the problem by dividing Palestine up. 77% of Palestine was given to the Arabs and 23% was given to the Jews. The 77% was located east of the Jordan River and was called Trans-Jordan. The 23% which was given to the Jews was located West of the Jordan River. However, the Arabs rejected this plan, and the British gave up and threw the entire mess to the United Nations. Now, we go to the United Nations. The United Nations decided to allow the Arabs to keep Trans-Jordan (which is 77% of Palestine). The UN decided to divide the 23% of the land that was originally given to the Jews by the British Mandate. Of that 23% of that tiny little land - 56% went to the Jews and 42% went to the Arabs. So, Hala, the truth is the Arabs had about 90% of the land of Palestine (which included Trans-Jordan) and the Jews only got 10% of the entire land of what was actually the Original Palestine. And the Arabs still rejected this plan. The Jews got tired of waiting around and decided in 1948 to take that 10% of what the United Nations gave them and created the State of Israel. And if the Arabs had done the same thing in 1948, they would have had a Palestine State that is much larger than Israel today and Jordan would never have existed. But instead, 7 Arab nations decided to go war with Israel in 1948. The facts are found in this website: http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_faq_palestine_un_resolutions.php Hala, the problem didn't start in the UN. It started with the British; therefore, you need to look at the Original Map of the entire Palestine area before the British came in. Then read the British Mandate and the 1948 UN Resolution. Then you can see that the Arabs actually got 90% of the total land in Palestine while the Jews only got 10%. Now, let's go to 1967. In 1967, the Palestinians and other Arabs attacked Israel and lost that war. Of course, everyone knows that the simple fundamental rule of war is "to the victor goes the spoils." To put it in simple terms, this means that if you win a war, then you gain land. And those who lose the war, lose the land. This is a simple fundamental rule of warfare that has been going on throughout history. What people around the world is calling "occupation" is actually land that was won during war. Now, the losers in that war want their land back. The Oslo Accords is actually the greatest peace process that was developed by Israel and the Palestinians. It showed both Israel's and the Palestinians' desire for peace. In this peace process, Israel agreed to return the West Banks and Gaza Strips to the Palestinians, dismantle some of the Jewish settlements in the West Banks, give half of Jerusalem to the Palestinians, and recognize a Palestine State next to Israel. In other words, the Palestinians got about 95% of what they wanted. And this is what Arafat rejected and walked away from. As for Arafat, I really don't care if Arafat won a noble peace prize award, Dduck. His people doesn't have peace, and that to me is more important than his peace prize award. Tony Blair can waste his time negotiating with Arafat all his wants. Tony Blair is not going to get anywhere with Arafat. Why? Because you are still dealing with the same person who walked out on a compromise that gave him 95% of the deal. In my opinion, if your leader is ineffective, then change him. Unfortunately, Arafat has made himself a dictator, and the Palestinians can't take him out if they wanted to. Arafat - the greatest asset? Since when is a dictator ever considered the greatest asset of any country? I don't like Ariel Sharon's brutal methods especially when Israeli soldiers shoot little children for throwing stones, but at least, I know that Sharon can be taken out of power. Back to top HalaJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 20 Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2003 9:14 am Post subject: Hi Diana The point I want to show it to Pugachev V it was Palestinian state, and you prove it Thanks. I think the Arab have right to rejected the plan. By example: If I ask you to give me 10% of your home , you have right to reject or accept. If you reject ,I don't have right to take you off from your home because I have support from someone has power. Anyway, we learn from history there is no occupation stay for ever Back to top DianaJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 494Location: Guam, USA Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2003 12:47 pm Post subject: Palestine State Hi Hala, There was a Palestine State a long time ago, and it was named by the Romans - not the Arabs. The British's mistake was allowing the Jews to return to their ancestral homeland in Palestine knowing that the Arabs were already there. The Palestinians' mistake was rejecting the UN resolution. The Israeli's mistake was taking the lands after the 1967 war, which has become a thorn in their side. If someone were to ask me to take 10% of my home? Hala, my land (like the Palestinians) is considered "occupied" territory today - territory won from war. My people will be deciding in the future whether to ask for independence or not. The only difference between the Chamorros and the Palestinians is that the Chamorros chose not to fight. We already fought against our Spanish colonizers and lost. It has gotten us nowhere except heartache and pain. So, we completely stopped fighting and tried negiotiations. Hala, no one can change the past anymore. The facts are the Jews came and Israel is created. We should look to the road to peace, and the only way to do that is for Israel to return the land it won in 1967 to the Palestinians and allow them to have their Palestine State. As for the Palestinians, they have to stop living in the past and give up any ideas of driving Israel to the sea. In other words, they have to give up that 10% of the land that the United Nations gave the Jews in 1948. Yes, we do learn a lot from each other. I like this forum. I admit I learned somethings from everyone here. For instance, I learned from you and Dduck that there was an Arab astronaut - two in fact. One from Saudi Arabia and the other from your country, Syria. Back to top HalaJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 20 Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2003 7:09 pm Post subject: Hi Diana Palestine is arabic word and it mean the holly lands. Back to top HalaJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 20 Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2003 9:07 am Post subject: The City of Jenin The song "Jenin" by David Rovics deals with the awful targed that befell the Palesinian of that town in April 2002 when Israeldefence forces invaded the city killing over 50 civilans and demolishing countless unsettled by this act of aggression, Rovics wrote the following words: Oh, child, what will you remember When you recall your six teenth year The horrid sound of helicopter gunships The rumble of the tanks as they drew near As I burned another tank of gasoline The dow Jones lost a couple points that day While you were crying in the city of Jenin Did they even give your parents waning Before they blew the windows out with shells While you hid inside the high school basement Amidst the ringing of church bells As you watched your teacher crumble by the doorway And in England they were toasting to the Queen You were so far from the thoughts of so many Huddled in the city of Jenin Were you thinking of the taunting of the soliders Or of the *beep* they smeared upon the walls were you thinking fot your cousin after torture Or Tel Aviv and it's glittering shopping malls Whenthe fat men in their mansions say That you don't want peace Did you wonder what they mean As you sat amidest the stench inside the darkness In the shattered city of Jenin What went through your mind on that day At the site of your mother's vacant eyes As she lay still among the rubble Beneath the blue Middle Eastern skies As you stood upon this bulldozed building Beside the settlements and their hills so green As your tears gave way to grim determination Among the ruins of the city of Jenin And you should any body wonder As you stepped on board The crowded bus across the green line And you reached inside your jacket for the cord Were you thinking of your neighbors buried bodies As you made the stage for this scene As you set off the explosives that were strapped around your waist Were you thinking of the city of Jenin Back to top DianaJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 494Location: Guam, USA Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2003 12:58 pm Post subject: Violence Must End. This is the reason why the violence must stop between Israel and the Palestinians. Yes, the Palestinians are suffering as shown on this poem written by the Palestinians. What you don't see is that Israel suffers too and have their own poems. Yes, the Israeli soldiers kill innocent people in their war against militants, and Palestiniians are crying over their dead children. What you you don't see is that Israeli citizens are also crying because their children were killed by Palestinian suicide bombers. This war between Israel and the Palestinians must come to an end. Both Palestinian and Israeli children are valuable. The child of a Palestinian is not more valuable than an Israeli child and vice versa. They are both equally valuable. And both sides have lost their children. One was killed by an Israeli soldier, the other was killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber. As I said before, you are all the same! Both sides committed atrocities. Back to top HalaJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 20 Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2003 7:07 pm Post subject: Dear Diana David Rovics is American not Palestinian. You can know more about him at this site:www.davidrovics.com. Back to top kai007Joined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 7 Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 3:35 am Post subject: There is no good or evil. There just is. Still, we like some things better than others and so it is all about judging a thing or event. America has been attacked by terrorists, this is a fact. It is not good or bad but it has provoked the USA into dealing militarily with those it considers responsible. One of those it considers culpable is Saddam Hussein. I do not know if Saddam is behind the terrorist attacks or if he really has "weapons of mass destruction" but America says he has and probably has the intelligence to back it up. America also seems intent on attacking Iraq, or at least getting Saddam to go into exile. None of us will ever know the whole truth about this because everybody is lying to make their own actions seem better than the other side's in an attempt to gain the approval of the world. It seems most likely that America is shortly going to invade Iraq, no matter what. If it results in peace in that area of the world, it may have been worth doing. The real problem in the Middle East is that the Arabs hate the Jews and want to see them all dead. America is a supporter and ally of the State of Israel and so by extension the Arabs hate the USA. The problems there are not the doing of the USA but of the UN and particularly of the governments of Britain and France, whose past double dealing and treachery in the area are at the root of all the trouble Back to top Justin0719Joined: 08 Mar 2003Posts: 2Location: China Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2003 8:33 pm Post subject: My understanding "Good and evil" Good and evil? I think like other concepts, in different individuals, they have different meanigs. In George W.Bush's mind to threaten the security of his nation which he has promised in his stumping speech is "evil". While in Osama Bin Laden's mind to interfere in other's internal affairs and act as "Global cop" is "evil". To me, politics is not only boring but also confusing, I simply defined good and evil like this: Good: "Playing basketball without realizing my homework is still not done"--- which maybe do me no good but makes me comfortable and happy. Evil: "Telling lies to escape responsibility"---which makes me feel well for a short time but guilty for (maybe) a lifetime. 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Jenni 'JWoww' Farley Expecting First Child
The Jersey Shore alum and fiancé Roger Mathews are expecting their first child in July, she writes.
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Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi's BFF – and Snooki & JWoww costar – Jenni "JWoww" Farley and fiancé Roger Mathews are expecting their first child in July, the Jersey Shore alum, 27, announced on her blog Wednesday.
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text: Marcus #1 Posted January 5, 2007 Hi! Our map has just been released to me, and I'm in the process of uploading screenshots. I made a second topic so we could still discuss units in the like in the main topic, and have this one devoted solely to the map. First of all, I want your focus on the locations and settlement placing. Something in the wrong spot? Did we miss a key settlement? Etc. Same goes for mountains and rivers. Once this is complete we can focus on resources on the map, then developing the key settlements. Note from our map guy, chewietobbacca: -Certain provinces and towns are not specifically mapped anywhere on the official maps from GRRM. Many of these locations are inferred from the readings, concordance, and from independent map sources. These locations are: Sweetport Sound (House Sunglass), Stone Hedge (House Bracken), Raventree Hill (House Blackwood), Darry (House Darry), Horn Hill (House Tarly), The Rills (House Ryswell), Kinghouse (House Magnar), Driftwood Hall (House Stane), Deepdown (House Crowl), Blackmont (House Blackmont), Antlers (House Buckwell), Pebbleton (House Merlyn), and Hammerhorn (House Goodbrother). The big unknown is Sweetport Sound. -Keep in mind that this map is sized 170 x 400. For comparison, the vanilla M2TW map is 295 x 189. -Unit travel distances/speeds can be altered for the campaign map. Keep that in mind when judging settlement ranges. -Many provinces may have roads removed. Current suggestions are to include only roads mapped (such as Kingsroad, etc.). Credit:chewietobbacca. Screenshots to follow. Edit: Okay, here's the link. Map Shots You'll have to browse through the album, there's 51 pics. The first five or so show the snowline and the Wall during the winter. I expect the snowline will have to be changed. Also, the radar map in the corner is wrong, so try and ignore it. All the shots are zoomed out so I could get the whole map in (still took 50...heh) If you need a closeup of an area, post here. So... let the critiquing begin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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9/26/ 2012 Presidential True Vote/Election Fraud Simulation Model:Obama 342 EV; 100% Win Probability
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Update Note: Click this link to the final 2012 forecast. It was exactly right: Obama had 51.6% (2-party) and 332 EV with a 99.6% win probability. But his True Vote was 55% with 380 EV. https://richardcharnin.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/4380/
The 2008 Election Model also predicted Obama's recorded vote exactly at 365 EV and 52.9% with a 100% win probability. But his True Vote was 58.0% with 420 EV. http://www.richardcharnin.com/2008ElectionModel.htm
The 2012 Presidential True Vote and Monte Carlo Simulation Forecast Model uses two forecast methods. The Monte Carlo Electoral Vote Simulation is based on the latest state polls. The True Vote Model calculates vote shares based on a feasible estimate of new and returning 2008 voters and corresponding vote shares. The model is updated periodically for the latest state and national polls. The projections assume the election is held on the latest poll date.
Obama increased his expected electoral vote from 320 to 342 by gaining the lead in the North Carolina and Iowa polls. The expected electoral vote is based on the state win probabilities. If the election were held today, the Monte Carlo electoral vote simulation indicates that Obama would have a 100% probability of winning as he won all 500 election simulation trials. But there are six weeks to so.
Obama's 49.2-44.3% margin in the weighted state pre-election polls is very close to his 48.9-44.9% lead in the RCP national average – a joint confirmation. His lead increased to 50-44% in the Gallup RV tracking poll (2% MoE, 3050 sample).
2004 and 2008 Election Models
The 2004 model matched the unadjusted exit polls. Kerry had 51.7% and 337 electoral votes. But the election was stolen. Kerry had 48.3% recorded. View the 2004 Electoral and popular vote trend
The 2008 model exactly matched Obama's 365 EV. The national model exactly matched his official recorded 52.9% share; the state model projected 53.1%. His official margin was 9.5 million votes. But Obama had 58.0% in the unadjusted, weighted state exit poll aggregate (83,000 respondents) which exactly matched the True Vote Model. His 23 million vote margin was too big to steal. This is the whopper no one in the media talks about: Obama had 61% in the unadjusted National Exit Poll (17,836 respondents). View the 2008 Electoral and popular vote trend
Forecast Summary
Approximately 7% of voters are undecided and may hold the key to the election. I suspect they are mostly Democrats disillusioned with Obama but scared by Romney and Ryan. The model currently assumes an equal split of the undecided vote. If undecided voters break for Obama, he will be in a commanding position to win re-election.
The Likely Voter (LV) polls anticipate the inevitable election fraud reduction in Obama's estimated 56.3% True Vote share and 402 electoral votes.
The source of the polling data is the Real Clear Politics (RCP) website. The simulation uses the latest state polls. Recorded 2008 vote shares are used for states which have not yet been polled.
UVA = undecided voter allocation = 50/50%
True Vote Model Obama Romney
True Vote...... 56.3% 43.7% (see model)
Expected EV.... 402 136 EV = sum(state win prob (i) * EV(i)), i=1,51
Snapshot EV.... 410 128 Sum of state EV
EV Win Prob.... 100% 0%
State Polls
Average........ 49.2% 44.3% (state vote-weighted average)
Projection..... 52.4% 47.6% (RCP Polls + UVA)
Pop. Win Prob.. 94.5% 5.5% (3.0% MoE)
Expected EV.... 342.4 195.6 EV = sum(state win prob(i) * EV(i)), i=1,51
Snapshot EV.... 343 195 Sum of winning state electoral votes
National Polls
Average........ 48.9% 44.9% (RCP poll average)
Projection..... 52.0% 48.0% (RCP polls + UVA)
Pop. Win Prob.. 97.5% 2.5% (2.0% MoE)
Gallup......... 50% 44% (3050 RV sample, 2.0% MoE)
Rasmussen...... 46% 46% (1500 LV sample, 3.0% MoE)
Monte Carlo Simulation (500 Election trials)
Projection..... 52.4% 47.6% (RCP state polls + UVA)
Mean EV........ 341.8 196.2 (average of 500 election trials)
Maximum EV..... 375 163
Minimum EV..... 309 229
EV Win Prob.... 100% 0% (500 wins/500 election trials)
Polling samples are based on prior election recorded votes – not the previous True Vote or unadjusted exit poll. Likely voter (LV) polls discount the pervasive systematic fraud factor. They are traditionally excellent predictors of the recorded vote – which always understate the Democratic True Vote.
In the six presidential elections from 1988-2008, the Democrats won the average recorded vote by 48-46%. But they led both state and national exit polls by 52-42%. There were approximately 375,000 respondents in the 274 state polls and 90,000 respondents in the six national polls. Overall, an extremely low margin of error.
This graph summarizes the discrepancies between the1988-2008 State Exit Polls vs. the corresponding Recorded Votes
Based on the historical record, Obama's True Vote share is about 4-5% higher than the latest polls indicate. It is a certainty that he will lose millions of votes on Election Day to fraud. The only question is: Will he overcome the systemic fraud factor? As of today, it appears he will.
The 2008 True Vote Model (TVM) determined that Obama won in a landslide by 58-40.3%. Based on the historical red-shift, he needs at least a 55% True Vote share to overcome the systemic 5% fraud factor. The TVM was confirmed by the unadjusted state exit poll aggregate: Obama had an identical 58-40.5% margin (83,000 respondents). He won unadjusted National Exit Poll (17,836 respondents) by an even bigger 61-37% margin.
The National Exit Poll displayed on mainstream media websites (Fox, CNN, ABC, CBS, NYT, etc.) indicate that Obama had 52.9% – his recorded vote. Unadjusted state and national exit polls are always forced to match the recorded share.
The True Vote Model
In projecting the national vote, the required input to the TVM are returning 2008 voter turnout rates in 2012 and estimated 2012 vote shares. The rates are applied to each state in order to derive the national aggregate turnout . A 1.25% annual voter mortality rate is assumed. There are two options for estimating returning voters. The default option assumes that 2008 voters return in proportion to the unadjusted 2008 exit poll aggregate (Obama won by 58-40.5%). In this scenario, Obama wins by 55-45% with 380 EV and has a 100% EV win probability.
It is important to note that the True Vote is never the same as the recorded vote. The 1988-2008 True Vote Model utilizes estimates of previous election returning and new voters and and adjusted state and national exit poll vote shares.
Sensitivity analysis
The TVM displays the effects of effects of incremental changes in turnout rates and shares of returning voters. Three tables are generated consisting of nine scenario combinations of a) Obama and McCain turnout rates and b) the Obama/Romney shares of returning Obama and McCain voters. The output tables display resulting vote shares, vote margins and popular vote win probabilities.
Monte Carlo Simulation: 500 election trials
There are two forecast options in the simulation model. The default option uses projections based on the latest pre-election state polls. The second uses projections based on the state True Vote. The difference between the two approximates the fraud factor.
The projected vote share is the sum of the poll share and the undecided voter allocation (UVA). The model uses state vote share projections as input to the Normal Distribution function to determine the state win probability.
The simulation consists of 500 election trials. The electoral vote win probability is the number of winning election trials divided by 500.
In each election trial, a random number (RND) between 0 and 1 is generated for each state and compared to Obama's state win probability. If RND is greater than the win probability, the Republican wins the state. If RND is less than the win probability, Obama wins the state. The winner of the election trial is the candidate who has at least 270 electoral votes. The process is repeated in 500 election trials.
2008 State Exit Poll and recorded vote data is displayed in the '2008' worksheet. The latest state polls are listed in the 'Trend/Chart" worksheet, The data is displayed graphically in the 'PollChart' worksheet. A histogram of the Monte Carlo Simulation (500 trials) is displayed in the 'ObamaEVChart' worksheet.
Electoral Votes and Win Probabilities
The Electoral Vote is calculated in three ways.
1. The Snapshot EV is a simple summation of the state electoral votes. It could be misleading since there may be several very close elections which favor one candidate.
2. The Mean EV is the average electoral vote of the 500 simulated elections.
3. The Theoretical (expected) EV is the product sum of all state electoral votes and corresponding win probabilities. A simulation or meta-analysis is not required to calculate the expected EV.
The Mean EV approaches the Theoretical EV as the number of election trials increase. This is an illustration of the Law of Large Numbers.
Obama's electoral vote win probability is his winning percentage of 500 simulated election trials.
The national popular vote win probability is calculated using the normal distribution using the national aggregate of the the projected vote shares. The national aggregate margin of error is 1-2% lower than the average MoE of the individual states. That is, if you believe the Law of Large Numbers and convergence to the mean.
The Fraud Factor
Election fraud reduced the 1988-2008 Democratic presidential unadjusted exit poll margin from 52-42% to 48-46%. View the 1988-2008 Unadjusted State and National Exit Poll Database
The combination of True Vote Model and state poll-based Monte Carlo Simulation enables the analyst to determine if the electoral and popular vote share estimates are plausible. The aggregate state poll shares can be compared to the default TVM.
The TVM can be forced to match the aggregate poll projection by…
– Adjusting vote shares by an incremental change. A red flag would be raised if the match required, if for example Obama captured 85% of returning Obama voters and Romney had 95% of returning McCain voters (a 10% net defection).
– Adjusting 2008 voter turnout in 2012. For example, if McCain voter turnout is required to be 10-15% higher than Obama's, that would raise a red flag.
– Setting the returning voter option to the 2008 recorded vote. The implicit assumption is that the 2008 recorded vote was the True Vote. But the 2008 election was highly fraudulent. Therefore, model vote shares will closely match the likely voter polls.
Check the simulated, theoretical and snapshot electoral vote projections and corresponding win probabilities.
Election Model Projections: 2004-2010
In 2004, I created the Election Model , and posted weekly forecasts using the latest state and national polls. The model was the first one to use Monte Carlo simulation and sensitivity analysis to calculate the probability of winning the electoral vote. The final Nov.1 forecast had Kerry winning 337 electoral votes with 51.8% of the two-party vote. The forecast closely matched the unadjusted exit polls.
2004 Election Model Graphs
State aggregate poll trend
Electoral vote and win probability
Electoral and popular vote
Undecided voter allocation impact on electoral vote and win probability
National poll trend
Monte Carlo Simulation
Monte Carlo Electoral Vote Histogram
In 2006, the adjusted National Exit Poll indicated that the Democrats won the House by a 52-46% vote share. But the 120 Generic Poll Forecasting Regression Model indicated that they would have 56.4% – exactly matching the unadjusted exit poll.
The 2008 Election Model projection exactly matched Obama's 365 electoral votes and was within 0.2% of his 52.9% recorded share. He won by 9.5 million votes. But the model understated his True Vote. The forecast was based on final likely voter (LV) polls that had Obama leading by 7%. Registered voter (RV) polls had him up by 13% – before undecided voter allocation. The landslide was denied. The post-election True Vote Model determined that Obama won by 23 million votes with 420 EV. His 58% share matched the unadjusted state exit poll aggregate (83,000 respondents).
2008 Election Model Graphs
Aggregate state polls and projections (2-party vote shares)
Undecided vote allocation effects on projected vote share and win probability
Obama's projected electoral vote and win probability
Monte Carlo Simulation Electoral Vote Histogram
Exit pollsters and media pundits have never explained the massive 11% state exit poll margin discrepancy or the impossible 17% National Exit Poll discrepancy. If they did, they would surely claim that the discrepancies were due to reluctant Republican responders. But they will not even try to explain the impossible returning voter adjustments required to force the polls to match the recorded vote in the 1988, 1992, 2004 and 2008 elections.
Pre-election RV and LV Polls
Virtually all early pre-election polls are of Registered Voters (RV). An exception is the Rasmussen poll. It uses the Likely Voter (LV) subset of the full RV sample. Rasmussen is an admitted GOP pollster.
One month prior to the election, pollsters replace the full RV sample polls with LV subsamples. The RV polls are transformed to LVs to promote an artificial "horse race" – and the poll shares invariably tighten. The Likely Voter Cutoff Model (LVCM) effectively understates the turnout of millions of new Democratic voters – and therefore increases the projected Republican share. Democrats always do better in RV polls than in the LVs.
Media pundits and pollsters are paid to project the recorded vote – not the True Vote. And they are usually right. The closer they are, the better they look. They expect there will be fraud, so they prepare the public for it by switching to LV polls which are usually excellent predictors of the recorded vote. But they never mention the fraud factor which gets them there.
Historically, RV polls have closely matched the unadjusted exit polls after undecided voters were allocated< They have been confirmed by the True Vote Model. The loop is closed when unadjusted, pristine state and national exit polls are adjusted to match the LV recorded vote prediction.
In pre-election and exit polls:
1) The Likely Voter Cutoff Model eliminates newly registered Democrats from the LV sub-sample. Kerry had 57-61% of new voters; Obama had 72%.
2) Exit poll precincts are partially selected based on the previous election recorded vote.
3) In the 1988-2008 presidential elections, 226 of 274 exit polls red-shifted" to the Republicans. Only about 137 would normally be expected to red-shift. The probability is zero.
4) 126 of the 274 exit polls exceeded the margin of error. Only 14 (5%) would normally be expected. The probability is ZERO.
5) 123 of the 126 exit polls that exceeded the margin of error red-shifted to the Republicans. The probability is ZERO.
Election Model Forecast; Post-election True Vote Model
2004 (2-party vote shares)
Model: Kerry 51.8%, 337 EV (snapshot)
State exit poll aggregate: 51.7%, 337 EV
Recorded Vote: 48.3%, 255 EV
True Vote Model: 53.6%, 364 EV
Model: Obama 53.1%, 365.3 EV (simulation mean);
Recorded: 52.9%, 365 EV
State exit poll aggregate: 58.0%, 420 EV
True Vote Model: 58.0%, 420 EV
2012 (2-party state exit poll aggregate shares)
Model: Obama 51.6%, 332 EV (Snapshot)
Recorded : 51.6%, 332 EV
True Vote 55.2%, 380 EV


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(This story originally aired March 20, 2010. It was updated on Dec. 18.)
In the summer of 2005, police were called to an apartment in Austin, Texas. Inside, a woman's body lay in the bathtub; her hands and head severed. Police would soon learn the butchered victim was 21-year-old Jennifer Cave.
For Travis County Prosecutor Bill Bishop, the case is indelible.
"As far as murders go, this is a very clean murder. He shot her through the arm, bullet traveled into the chest, through the heart pretty much killing her instantly. It was the post-murder behavior that made it so grotesque.
"The mutilation was anger... it wasn't any effort to hide the body or get rid of the body. It was just playing with it, like it was toy," Bishop tells "48 Hours Mystery" correspondent Maureen Maher.
The apartment belonged to Colton Pitonyak, a University of Texas business student. But Colton was nowhere to be found.
"The kitchen I think was the oddest room to me because it was sparkling clean," Bishop tells Maher.
"Really? A boy's dorm room was sparkling clean? His kitchen?" Maher asks in disbelief.
"Even looked like the floors had been mopped. They found a machete that was in the dishwasher."
Police urgently needed to know everything about Colton and Jennifer.
"I have never heard anyone say anything but that she was one of the nicest people they knew," Bishop says of Jennifer.
But as the investigation grew, the most intriguing player would be Laura Hall.
"In your mind you're 100 percent convinced that Laura Hall was absolutely a part of the dismemberment and mutilation?" Maher asks.
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"48 Hours" has been following Laura Hall's case since 2005, and yet it is still difficult to know just exactly who Laura is or what role she played that awful August night in Austin. The events are so hard to believe. And many say, so is Laura.
As Laura tells it, she had nothing to do with the horrific crime. But she admits she is guilty of falling in love with the wrong man. "Oh, I loved the guy," she says. "I loved Colton Pitonyak."
Laura and Colton met at a party in the spring of 2005. She was also a student at UT, a government major with hopes of becoming a lawyer.
"I was really attracted to Colton from the beginning. I thought he was a very sexy guy. He was hot. We immediately just got together. Right away. It was great," she says smiling. "We would spend days together at a time. We'd just stay in the house all day. Yeah," she continues with a laugh, "I felt I was on top of the world when I was with Colton."
"Until you get to know Colton," she continues, "you can't see on the surface that there's something wrong underneath."
So without knowing anything was wrong, Laura says she showed up at Colton's apartment just before dawn on Aug. 17, 2005. He'd called her saying he needed to talk.
"He answered the door really kind of paranoid and fearful. And I'm kind of like, sitting up, 'Colton, what's the deal, what's going on?' I'm kind of starting to freak out a little bit. And he says, 'Come here. Come here.'"
Laura says Colton led her into the bathroom.
"There was a dead woman curled up in his bathtub. And I said. 'That's a mannequin.' I mean, that's how much I did not believe or wanna believe... I was like, 'Man, oh my God, you know, 'What happened?'"
Laura says Colton had been drinking and says he didn't remember what had happened.
"I remember him goading me out of the bathroom with a knife that had blood on it up to the hilt... The last thing you wanna think is this person that I've had sex with has, you know, killed somebody. So you kind of want to know, who came in here and did this? And the other thing you kind of think is, 'Well, there's one. Am I next?'"
But then, surprisingly, Laura says Colton just let her go.
Laura says she went home. "I mean I still - I was in denial, OK."
Asked if it never occurred to her to call police, family or friends, Laura says, somewhat defensively, "It didn't seem like a good move. I mean, look, I didn't know what was gonna happen if I called the police, OK? There was nothing I could have done to save her life at that point."
Maher asks, "Did you have any concern for the girl who was dead?"
Laura sighs before answering. "I wasn't able to even process - and even today, I have not processed the emotions. I didn't know who she was."


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I traced my hand on a piece of cardstock, cut it out and used that template to make three more hands. If you trace your own hand four times, chances are the cardstock hands won't look exactly the same - but maybe that's what you want.
All the hands were cut out of white cardstock. I smooshed some Distress ink using foam applicators to color the hands, then lightly misted them with water for the speckle effect I like so much. I also used the Face-lifting technique to highlight some areas. The hands were bound together using eyelets and a string of cotton lace that I dyed with Distress inks.
Before I added glitter glue to the nails, I painted them with a white marker to keep the ink underneath from seeping through the glitter.
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The sentiment in a frame was stamped on the dark background, then I used the Face-lifting technique to make the area inside the frame lighter. Be careful with that red ink or you might get caught red handed! *
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Equity futures fell overnight and are struggling to get back to even on an overly optimistic ADP Private Payrolls report. The dollar is much stronger, bonds are weaker, oil and gold are both adding onto yesterday's large losses.
I keep seeing and hearing how the economy is improving, the economy is improving! But if that's truly the case, then when is the liquidity going to be pulled? When do we stop POMOing every single day? Not to mention when and what happens if interest rates return to even middle-run historic levels? Uh-huh. The patient, I'm sorry to report, is still in critical condition living only on life support. Pull the plug on the support and then we'll see what condition the patient truly is in. Mark assets to market and the patient dies instantly. The rest is simply talking about what color the flowers are going to be at the funeral. When this patient dies, it will most certainly not be unexpected, so if you haven't got your grieving out of the way, you are behind those who understand how this cancer has metastasized.
The hypocritical Mortgage Banker's Association says that Purchase Applications fell .8% in the prior week. Remember, they no longer report base numbers but we know that applications are very near all-time historic lows… still. Here's Econoday:
Purchase applications slipped 0.8 percent in the December 31 week, only slightly offsetting a 3.1 percent gain in the prior week. Despite the prior week's strong gain, purchase applications were mixed during December, offering no better than flat indications for home buying activity. Refinancing applications rose 3.9 percent in the latest week vs a 7.2 percent drop the week before. The composite index rose 2.3 percent vs a 3.9 percent decline in the prior week. The average 30-year mortgage is back near five percent, up nine basis points to 4.93 percent.
The Challenger Job-Cut Report came in at 32,004 for the month of December, this is down from November's 48,711. Remember, this is for the month of December, and it is for corporate layoff announcements only, not governmental. The private sector has been slashing jobs for at least three years, the government stepped in and overextended themselves and now it is the government that is in must contract mode, and we're seeing that in the jobs numbers. Here's Econospin:
Fewer layoffs are being announced, in fact the fewest since June 2000 according to Challenger's count which fell to 32,004 in December vs November's 48,711. The drop confirms improvement underway in jobless claims where fewer are receiving benefits. Whether fewer layoffs, however, are corresponding to new hiring will be answered in Friday's employment report.
It is the ADP report that sets market expectations for Friday's report. It is notoriously wrong, just flash back to the past couple of months where ADP was overly optimistic and it incorrectly set market expectations higher. For December ADP is claiming that 297,000 Private Jobs were created, a leap above the 93,000 that were supposedly created in November. This caused a huge ramp in the futures, a large rise in the dollar, and a large drop in the price of bonds. Here's Econoday:
ADP is calling for a gigantic 297,000 surge for December private payrolls, a gain that is far outside high-end expectations. The dollar is moving higher as are interest rates in reaction to the estimate.
What no spin? No "the economy is saved?" Very disappointing, I know they can spin better than that! Personally, in years of watching these reports I have found that the ADP report just doesn't equal what the government propagates so I've always been puzzled when the market reacts to this report. When guessing what the Bureau of Labor Statistics will do I find it more helpful to look at the size of the prior year's Birth/Death Model adjustments for a guide – however, keep in mind that last month they announced changes to this model. But if this December is anything like last year's, there will be a medium sized addition due to this very incorrect model that they used last year to add 25,000 phantom jobs. Last month was a negative month in which they made corrections, and note that the large corrective month comes next when the numbers for January are reported - January will likely disappoint:
Thus I would expect that December's report will indeed show improvement and that the number may be fairly close to the consensus number which is looking to see 140,000 Private Payroll Jobs added. Of course that number is meaningless as well, but it's what we have.
The Non-Manufacturing ISM is released at 10:00 Eastern this morning.
There were many hammer candlesticks created by yesterday's market action including a large top-like hammer on the XLF and an inverted hammer on the VIX. In a non-POMO market those would need to be taken seriously as a possible reversal indicator, but in this holographic market I certainly wouldn't bet the farm on one actually occurring. Prices are still rising in what appears to be a wave 5 formation, part of a large rising wedge, divergences aplenty.
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