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Despite a lot of talk in the past decade about B.C. doing business with China, most British Columbians do not have direct, on-the-ground experience in China.
What would their perspective be like, if they were to gain that experience first-hand?
In a sense, that's what Bill Good did. The B.C. broadcaster recently spent a week in China — his first time visiting the country's mainland — and held three radio shows there as part of CKNW's recent Putting B.C. to Work series, taking a closer look at B.C.'s global economic links at the granular level.
Upon Good's return last week, he discussed his experience there.
His perspective is especially valuable. Not only is Good one of the most respected broadcasters in the Vancouver market, his background as a first-time visitor can provide a compass for other British Columbians when it comes to understanding the China story.
Q: This was your first time travelling to Beijing and Shanghai. What struck you the most about the experience?
A: I was struck most by the degree B.C. officials threw their efforts into developing business links there. And I'm surprised how many B.C. businesses are over there right now, in that market, and how successful some of them have become. Leo Cheung, who's with P & C International Trading, told me about their business of importing cherries. They said they are bringing in 13 containers every year — that amounts to, they told me, about $10 million in total trade, and they are projecting that amount to be at about $20 million in the next five years. There's this Richmond-based company that makes parts for water parks. They now have a full-time representative in Shanghai. One of the First Nation firms near Prince Rupert (lumber/resource products) said business in China created 200-plus jobs and basically brought them out of bankruptcy; they now have a full-time rep in Beijing.
Q: Talking with Canadian — and especially B.C. — expats was a focus during your visit. What's their experiences like? Are they challenged by the fact they are living in a vastly different society? What about doing business with Chinese firms and interactions with other expats?
A: It was surprising for me to see how many expats we saw, whether they are from B.C. or from China, went to school in B.C., then returned for business. I was at this UBC/SFU graduates event in Hong Kong, and it was an energy-filled room. They've all been there for some time, and no one wanted to come back. They all said how easy it was to make friends in the expat community, and they were quite excited. There's this young man who went to China with his wife to open a restaurant. Well, the marriage didn't work out, she got the restaurant, and he started a bar. It's called "Plan B," and it's been 10 years since. He's doing great there, and he has no plans to come back. By all accounts, China is very receptive to Canada, and many Chinese prefer Canadian businesses to those from other countries. Now, they definitely weren't happy with the (cancellation of the) investor immigrants program recently, but I spoke to many expats, and they said China still sees the opportunity in doing business with Canadians.
Q: One of the biggest issues facing China, its development and its attractiveness to the expat community is the level of air pollution there. It's gotten much coverage in the Western world. What did you see over there?
A: We had an unusual experience. When we were there, it was sunny, and the skies were blue. Local expats said it was very unusual, and they admit it's an issue … one that not a lot of people believe will be resolved in the near future. If they were there long-term and planned to bring family there, that's the one issue they wanted government officials to address. It was a common theme for everybody living there over a long period of time.
Q: Some observers have said they are worried about a potential slowdown in the Chinese economy, and whether the current model of rapid development is sustainable. Did you see signs pointing one way or the other during your visit?
A: We were in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and it's obvious the economy, at least the parts I've seen, is very robust. I was struck by the number BMWs and Mercedes and Audis and all kinds of expensive car brands on the roads, and business was taking place everywhere. This is by no means a statistical analysis, but from what I've seen, it's a very robust economy.
Q: Tell me about your overall impression of Chinese society, from the perspective of someone who has not visited before and had no on-the-ground experience.
A: It's good to see it first-hand. It's hard to go there and not get overwhelmed. In Beijing, outside our hotel, there were four freeways on top of each other, and they were all full. Their drivers are almost trained like fighter pilots … in comparison, our traffic is a walk in the park. And it was obviously crowded. But when you go to a restaurant or shopping malls or big public spaces, I was surprised that, while it was crowded, it's not overwhelmingly so. People were polite and not shoving or pushing their way through the crowd. In the afternoon when we went to the Bund (in Shanghai), it's like what you see here on the seawall, only with more people.
Q: You did three shows from China during your visit. Have you heard back from your listeners? What kind of reactions have you been getting?
A: We've gotten a lot of personal feedback since the shows aired, and the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive. We are not here to bring a message. I would not say what we did was heaping praise on China. We weren't doing business for China. We are trying to tell the story of Canadians living and making a go of it in that market … and we were pleasantly surprised to find the number of people there, and the fact they had many stories to tell. I hope it will lead to more (B.C. businesses in China). We always talk about it being one-way, of how we can't walk into a store without seeing the aisles and aisles of Chinese-made goods, but we are seeing B.C. companies making real headway over there in the Chinese domestic market, too.


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Bread Baking: Them Bones! Recipe
With Halloween rapidly approaching, I considered a black and orange bread. Or something spider-shaped. Or ghost-like. But, no, I went with bones instead.
It's a simple idea. Make dough, tie ends in a knot, and you've got bones. They look sort of like the rawhides for dogs.
But that wasn't enough. I wanted some marrow in my bones. (That's a lot more fun, isn't it?) Who doesn't like a little surprise inside their bones?
I used cane sugar here; plain old white sugar would be fine, too. If you don't happen to have almond flour around, chop or grind any nuts you like until you have a crumbly dry finely chopped product. Don't grind all the way until you have a paste, though.
- Yield:8
- Active time: 35 minutes
- Total time:2 hours 15 minutes
- 2 teaspoons instant yeast
- 2 cups (9 ounces) all purpose flour
- 4 tablespoons cane sugar, divided
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup almond flour
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
Combine the yeast, flour, and 3 tablespoons of sugar, and water in the bowl of your stand mixer. Knead with the dough hook until the dough becomes elastic. Add the salt and butter and continue kneading until both are incorporated and you have a smooth, soft, elastic dough. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
In a small bowl, combine the almond flour, the remaining tablespoon of sugar, and the cinnamon. Stir to combine. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Flour your work surface and turn out the dough. For ease of handling divide it in half. Roll half of the dough into a rectangle about 12 x 10 inches. Cut the dough into 4 strips, 3 inches wide by 10 inches long. Do the same with the second piece of dough.
Distribute the almond mixture lengthwise down the center of each strip of dough, stopping just short of the ends. Fold the dough over the almond mixture and seal the seam and the ends so you have a rope about 10 inches long.
Pick the rope up and squeeze it from one end to the other so the dough is firmly around the filling with no big air bubbles, and it's somewhat evenly thick from end to end. This will probably result in the rope lengthening a bit, to about 12 inches long. That's fine.
Tie a knot in each end of the rope and place the ropes on the prepared baking sheets. In theory they would all fit on one sheet, but you don't want them touching during the baking, so use a second sheet to give them plenty of space. Cover the sheets with plastic wrap and set aside to rise until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
Remove the plastic wrap and bake at 325 until the bones are a light golden brown, about 25 minutes. Remove the bones from the baking sheet and let cool on a rack.
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Sixty-seven year old Ann Price is known for her grill skills, and her "ghetto burger" has made her Atlanta "snack bar" famous. After serving up patties for almost forty years, she'd like to retire… but isn't sure she can.
The crappy real estate market is having a big impact on Miss Ann's plans. Maybe she should have some kind of burger eating contest slash fundraiser? There must be some ground beef company out there with a million bucks to invest.
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Sure, Naughty Dog's Uncharted series is a benchmark for narrative, cinematic gaming. But from the way Naughty Dog is talking up their new franchise to Eurogamer, the upcoming PlayStation-exclusive The Last of Us is going to have a lot to live up to—especially in a setting as well-trodden as the zombie apocalypse.
Naughty Dog wants to "change the f***ing industry" with The Last of Us [Eurogamer]


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Toxic Farm Fumigants Drifting Into California Neighborhoods
Study Finds Methyl Bromide in Air in Ventura and Castroville
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Testing of air in two California neighborhoods adjacent to agricultural fields receiving applications of the soil fumigant methyl bromide revealed high levels of this extremely toxic pesticide outside state mandated buffer zones. Buffer zones are recommended based on the size of the field and the rate of methyl bromide application and are intended to protect the public from exposure to unsafe levels methyl bromide. Air monitoring was conducted using a state-of-the-art remote sensing device, the open-path FTIR. This system is approved by the US EPA to monitor toxic gas emissions and to measure air pollution releases from factories and refineries. It is recognized as superior to testing methods used by the state of California for monitoring pesticide gases like methyl bromide.
• Analysis of air in a residential neighborhood in Castroville found 36 individual confirmed detections exceeding the State of California's 24 hour safety standard of 210 parts per billion at a distance of more than 1,300 feet from the application site, 6 times the state recommended "safety" buffer zone of 220 feet. The average of the confirmed methyl bromide detections during one 12 hour period was 204 ppb, approaching the state safety standard (Figure 1).
• Air monitoring also verified high levels of methyl bromide in a Ventura County suburb where residents were poisoned by methyl bromide applied to a nearby strawberry field in recent weeks. Individual detections ranged from 299 to 1,900 parts per billion. All individual detections were above the state mandated 24 hour safety standard of 210 ppb. During one 12 hour period, the average level detected was 294 ppb, exceeding the 210 ppb safety standard. Air monitoring was conducted along a continuous path from the yard of a home/day care center down a street parallel to the fence line of the fumigated field. The street is regularly used by neighborhood kids as a basketball court. An application of methyl bromide to an adjoining field the week before had a buffer zone that extended into the backyards of a row of homes next to the field, a practice which is legal, but clearly not safe for the residents. A resident and mother of four, who operates a child day-care center in her home, and several of her neighbors, suffered symptoms of methyl bromide poisoning from this fumigation early in August. The day-care center operator temporarily moved the children in her care to a local beach to avoid the fumes, and another neighbor also moved out temporarily, taking along twin, 2 year-old children. State officials are now investigating the case.
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Your 11th Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party Battle Plan
With a full decade of meaty memories under their (soon-to-be-loosened) belts, serious barbecue crews will converge upon Madison Square Park this weekend for the 11th annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party. There will be smoke. There will be sweat. There will probably be a bit of rain. And although there will be lines (most of which are worth their wait), the Block Party is an event that rewards planning with plenty.
Whether this is your first time at the Manhattan rodeo or your eleventh time rubbing pork shoulders with fellow barbecue pilgrims, you will benefit by thinking through the event ahead of time. Here's our shortlist of tips for making the most of your block party experience.
Show up no later than 1030 a.m. with at least three friends. Split up, line up, and designate a meeting spot to share your spoils. Eat all of the things. Repeat as desired. Then, go enjoy the rest of your day (possibly at the Museum of Mathematics).
Block Party 101
The Big Apple BBQ Party takes place this Saturday and Sunday at Madison Square Park, opening at 11:00 a.m. and closing at 6:00 p.m.. Scant table and bench seating will be available, but picnic blankets are an ideal way to take advantage of the park's lawn space.
17 barbecue joints, including several based in New York, will serve barbecue to the masses at a flat rate of $9 per plate. Every joint will focus on a signature dish, often representing a regional barbecue style. Some vendors will offer desserts at $4 to $6 a pop.
As I've stressed in previous years, the Block Party is not a contest. It's more of a free-flowing street fair with short lines for those who've purchased a "fast pass" and long (but orderly) lines for the general public. Aside from an impressive array of smoked meats, the event includes free live music, cooking demonstrations, and cordoned-off area for daytime beers.
The park tends to get very crowded very quickly, and in past years even sudden rainfall has failed to cut through the lines that trail around the edges of the park. If you haven't already purchased a fast pass, then you should anticipate at least a 30-minute wait for each plate (longer for really popular plates, like Ed Mitchell's Whole Hog). Plan ahead, show up early, and prioritize to avoid getting stuck in a quagmire of rib tips and brisket fat.
What BBQ Styles are Represented?
Almost every pit master representing at this year's Block Party has been here more than once, so don't expect any surprises. Don't expect to see any Kansas City burnt ends, Chicago-style rib tips, Lexington-style chopped pork, mustard sauced hog or Memphis pork barbecue at this event. And while we've tipped our hats towards New York's up-and-coming barbecue prodigies—Dan Delaney, Hugh Mangum, and Josh Bowen—none of these relative newcomers will be cooking at the Block Party.
Do check out the event's BBQ roster to get a glimpse at what will be offered. Although mutton and burgoo have yet to return to the Block Party, Dinosaur BBQ will change up its routine this year, serving brisket instead of pulled pork. And "Memphis Barbecue Co," which seems like a new addition, is actually just the new name of pit master John Wheeler's crew, formerly of Rack and Soul.
Not-So-New Kid on the Block: Sam Jones
Last year's Block Party saw the addition of a barbecue titan in Rodney Scott, whose South Carolina smokehouse some of the best barbecue I have ever tasted. This year, North Carolina's Skylight Inn has upped the ante, bringing one of the country's eldest barbecue families into the mix.
While it remains to be seen whether the magic of the Skylight Inn's historic pits can be recreated in Madison Square Park, pit master Sam Jones (who is a barbecue comrade of Rodney Scott) has come a long way to prepare chopped whole hog 'cue in the Eastern N.C. style: oak smoke, salt, pepper, Texas Pete, and cracklin' mixed into every sandwich. Be sure to check it out.
How to Choose?
The Serious Eats barbecue bureau has tasted every single plate at the Block Party for the past three years, and we've gotten a good idea of how to prioritize. While many pit crews will be at the top of their game—including the cooks from New York, who should not be dismissed—here's a shortlist for those who can't deal with 17 servings of meat.
- Whole Hog: Scott's and The Skylight Inn. Ed Mitchell's stand is a crowd favorite at the block party, commanding a huge line every year. But for those seeking a different taste of whole hog (or for those who don't want to stand in that line), Rodney Scott and Sam Jones are the ones to watch. Check out "Cut/Chop/Cook" and "Capitol Q", short documentaries on their respective Carolina barbecue joints, to learn more.
- Ribs: The Checkered Pig. All of us at Serious Eats are perennially partial to Mike Mills' baby back ribs, which you can try this weekend at 17th St. BBQ. But at every Block Party, Josh and I have found ourselves just as satisfied by the Tommy Houston's spare ribs. Meaty, moist, and slightly smoky, they're a dependable taste of what a smoked rib ought to be.
- Pulled Pork: Big Bob Gibson. Lavishing praise on the pork shoulder barbecue from Big Bob Gibson is kind of like rooting for the Yankees, but when it comes to heavy hitters, pit master Chris Lilly deserves the title. The pulled pork he's served at the Block Party is a cut above any pulled pork you'll find in New York, so do whatever it takes to have a bite.
- Beef: Blue Smoke. Over the past year, New York's barbecue brisket game has eclipsed anything available at the Block Party. This isn't to put down the reliable brisket of Hill Country NY or Texan Stalwart The Salt Lick, but if you're a fan of the brisket at BrisketTown or Mighty Quinn's, you probably shouldn't bother with brisket this weekend. Instead, try the salt-and-pepper beef ribs at Blue Smoke—rich and intensely seasoned meat on the bone that is always a Block Party hit.
- Breaktime: Learn About Nashville Hot Chicken. The Southern Foodways Alliance, which has held some great panel discussions and film screenings at past Block Parties, will be screening a short film about Prince's Hot Chicken at a hot chicken cooking seminar on both days. Take a break at 3:00 p.m., and enjoy the show.
Don't Be a Stranger!
We say this year after year, but if you're going to invest the time and effort in lining up for barbecue this weekend, then be sure to say hi to the pit masters who travel from miles away to bring their best to New York. The Block Party is a barbecue in the most traditional sense of the word, gathering the masses for a communal, celebratory feast.
If you're a UT graduate, wear your school colors for a shot at getting a seat at the staff table at The Salt Lick. If you're a whole hog enthusiast, talk to the folks at Martin's or Ed Mitchell's to learn more about the craft. And if you're just looking for a friendly face among the crowd, spend some time with the folks at Ubon's, who are always down to make new friends. Just follow the smoke, and we'll see you at the party!
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It's been widely speculated that Jennifer Lopez is returning to American Idol even though FOX has yet to officially confirm the news. Networks normally like to do this on their own terms, maximising the coverage. Sure. But that only works if the star isn't dating a famewhore backup dancer.
During an interview with E! News, JLO's Slum Bear Casper Smart was asked about her Idol situation and whether or not she was coming back. His answer:
Supposedly he didn't know that it wasn't public yet. Whatever. Note too that Slum Bear was actually there because for some reason someone decided to give him a TV show. It is not important what this TV show is. Because you don't care and you won't watch. All you need to know is that the only reason they pretended to want to talk to him about it is because they wanted to talk to him about his girlfriend. And, well, he delivered. And now FOX's announcement, when they eventually get around to it, is going to be a bust. An entire Communications Department was probably working for days on the release and Slum Bear just sh-t all over their efforts.
Ultimately that's on her. She wants to love a Slum Bear and give him all kinds of jobs, that's on her. You'll note it doesn't work that way with Madonna. Madonna's backup dancer, Brahim, doesn't speak for her. Does he speak at all? JLO's the one who's dumb enough to make her backup dancer her Head Choreographer and now, apparently, the last word on JLO Inc. How much of that American Idol money will he be seeing?


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Van Canna wrote:So be it, John. Just so you understand that it goes both ways. The rules are for all to be complied with.
George has done the same thing in the past and really pissed off a few good men.
I have already adopted Sonnon's suggestions as George has.
We shall see how far we go with this.
Van, thanks very much for all your efforts. I really appreciate it!


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With robots being used extensively in various areas, a certain degree of robot autonomy has always been found desirable. In applications like planetary exploration, autonomous path planning and navigation are considered essential. But every now and then, a need to modify the robot's operation arises, a need for a human to provide it some supervisory parameters that modify the degree of autonomy or allocate extra tasks to the robot. In this regard, this thesis presents an approach to include a provision to accept and incorporate such human inputs and modify the navigation functions of the robot accordingly. Concepts such as …
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Sienna Miller Pictures in Erdem at 2013 Golden Globes
Sienna Miller Goes Floral on the Globes Red Carpet
Sienna Miller arrived on the red carpet wearing a custom Erdem skirt and top for the Golden Globes in LA. She travelled to California a few days ago to settle in before attending the big show. Also along for the trip was Sienna and Tom Sturridge's baby girl, Marlowe, and the duo took in the sights before Sienna got down to business today.
Sienna's in the running to take home a best actress in a miniseries or made-for-TV movie thanks to her part in The Girl, which aired last year on HBO. The project, based on director Alfred Hitchcock's relationship with actress Tippi Hedren, had mixed reviews, but nonetheless earned a nod for best miniseries or made-for-TV movie. Her co-star Toby Jones also got an individual nod. Sienna's known for her award-winning red carpet style; how do you think she fared tonight? Be sure to weigh in on all of our Golden Globes style polls.


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This does not imply a red line authorizing any country to go to war. However respectfully the views of friends are considered, the ultimate decision over peace or war must remain in the hands of the president. Why negotiate with a country of such demonstrated hostility and evasiveness? Precisely because the situation is so fraught. Diplomacy may reach an acceptable agreed outcome. Or its failure will mobilize the American people and the world. It will clarify either the causes of an escalating crisis, up to the level of military pressure, or ultimate acquiescence in an Iranian nuclear program. Either outcome will require a willingness to see it through to its ultimate implications. We cannot afford another strategic disaster.
To the extent that Iran shows willingness to conduct itself as a nation-state, rather than a revolutionary religious cause, and accepts enforceable verification, elements of Iranian security concerns should be taken seriously, including gradual easing of sanctions as strict limits on enrichment are implemented and enforced. But time will be urgent. Tehran must be made to understand that the alternative to an agreement is not simply a further period of negotiation and that using negotiations to gain time will have grave consequences. A creative diplomacy, allied to a determined strategy, may still be able to prevent a crisis provided the United States plays a decisive role in defining permissible outcomes.


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Equity futures are higher overnight, trending up all night and then spiking higher on the second release of Q2 GDP data. Bonds are sharply lower on the release, the dollar is flat, oil is flat, and gold is higher.
The Q2 data originally came in at 2.4%, and expectations had been knocked down pretty hard, as I mentioned yesterday, to 1.3%. It came in at 1.6%, thus removing 33% of the supposed growth, yet "beating" expectations. What I can tell you is that our GDP number is one of the most watched and yet most manipulated numbers in the world. It is VASTLY overstated and is simply a psychological tool belonging to the central banks who want you to believe that their financial engineering is the same thing as engineering something real. It is not. At any rate, we unfortunately live inside of their debt backed money box for now. Here's Econoday:
The Commerce Department confirmed the claim by many economists that second quarter growth was softer than initially believed. Second quarter GDP growth was revised down to 1.6 percent annualized from the advance estimate of 2.4 percent. The new figure was higher than analysts' expectation for 1.3 percent.
The downward revision was primarily due to a higher net export deficit and a smaller gain in inventories. Also getting downgrades were residential investment and government purchases. Partially offsetting were modest upward revisions to personal consumption and nonresidential fixed investment.
Many traders are focusing on final sales. Real final sales to domestic purchasers was revised up to 4.3 percent from the initial estimate of 4.1 percent while final sales of domestic product (adds in net exports) was revised down to 1.0 percent from the advance figure of 1.3 percent.
Year-on-year, real GDP is up 3.0 percent, compared to up 2.4 percent in the first quarter.
On the inflation front, the GDP price index was bumped up marginally to 1.9 percent annualized from the initial estimate of 1.8 percent. The median market forecast called for a 1.8 percent figure for the second estimate.
Even though overall economic growth slowed substantially from the first quarter's 3.7 percent pace, domestic demand was actually stronger-4.3 percent compared to 1.3 percent in the first quarter. Certainly, there will be some slowing in domestic demand growth in the second half but a rebound in exports could help support the overall growth rate. The bottom line is that the latest GDP revisions are more supportive of continued recovery-albeit modest-than a double dip.
On the news, equity futures gained, rates firmed marginally, and the dollar index edged up.
There will be one more revision of this number, oh boy, I wonder what they can cook up and what the deflator will be? Just a joke to me, there has been no real growth in this country for at least a decade if not longer.
Corporate Profits were also released for the second quarter, coming in almost exactly flat from the first quarter, but up a ridiculous 37.7% from the year prior. Keep in mind that's almost all financial engineering there too, with the financials returning from a brief mark to reality back to mark to fantasy. Even with Enron accounting times a million, corporate profits plateaued.
Consumer Sentiment is released at 9:55 Eastern this morning.
There was no Hindenburg Omen yesterday due to the number of new lows contracting to only 38. That is a positive internal divergence against the market that declined yesterday. There is also a short term positive divergence on the Stochastic and RSI 30 and 60 minute charts that I pointed out yesterday.
Keep in mind that this is likely a small degree move, and that it can end at any point, most likely when we least expect it.
One more indication that made me go "hmmm" yesterday after the close was the positive close and long tail up on the Transports behind a hammer with the tail in the opposite direction. Such "dueling hammers" almost always resolve in the direction of the second tail, in this case higher, and sure enough it is opening higher this morning, but doesn't mean that it has to finish higher:
This rise in prices this morning overthrew the top of the descending channel of the past few days, but quickly fell back inside. Note that yesterday afternoon's decline stopped short of making a new low, thus this move still looks very much like a part of a small subwave 2. The key level to watch is still SPX 1040, a break below that level will likely mean a quick trip to 1010.
Being Friday, I would expect some back and forth during the day, but the usual game of late is to HFT ramp into the close, then rocket higher Monday morning. The surprise will be when that doesn't occur. What a market. Free it ain't.
Don't forget that the "consumer" still comprises the majority of real economic activity and their sentiment (released this morning) is more important from my perspective than an engineered GDP number.


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A ferry boat trip can be booked from Marmaris which will take you to just outside of Dalyan, Will then need to transfer onto small ferry boats to continue onwards into the estuary river into the fresh water.
A regular dolmuş service that runs to neighbouring resorts such as Fethiye and Marmaris as well as surrounding villages.
Flights are daily from most UK Airports between April and October to Dalaman Airport. Dalyan is then a 40 minute taxi ride away.
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The ancient city of Caunos lies here with its ruins dating back to the 3rd Century. The Dalyan channel through which water circulates between the Mediterranean and Koycegiz Lake winds its way down past the ancient Rock Tombs to the sea, via a small network of lakes and waterways. Through the rustling reed beds rising between 3 and 5 metres in height. With its mixture of fresh and salt water, these wetlands are now home to a vast number of fish and other water life, as well as the birds of many species which feed on them, species such as the Sparrow hawk, Crane, Kingfisher and Jay.
The Stork is also native to this area migrating here at the end of March to nest until the end of August. Dividing the delta is the Iztuzu sandbar stretching for 5 km east from the south of the channel. With fine crystal sand, shallow turquoise sea Iztuzu beach is the ideal seaside spot. Which can be reached by regular dolmus or boat service from Dalyan. This is also the beach where the endangered Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) and the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) have returned to lay their eggs since the beginning of time. The nesting time being from May till October.
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Plans kinda come up at the last minute here.😁 As far as I know, people are just hanging around. We're gonna a head into Quartzsite today to take care of some business, but then back to KOFA right afterwards. C'mon out.
Oh I am jealous, wish we were there. Hope you all have a fabulous time! Have a margarita on me!!
Yea, us too Jackie. Wish we were there!
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I posted quotes that they did describe it as bright. The Apollo 16mm crew compartment video in cis lunar showed bright sun light flooding in the windows.So with either their American Aviator sunglasses and/or their visors, they should have been able to look at the Sun and describe how it appeared, though obviously the colour would not be correct.
Wow, But there are tons of space based hardware looking at the sun. Including solar illuminance measurements above the atmosphere.
I've posted pictures of Shuttle/ Hubble with sun in the background of Hubble, Gemini Camera sweeping across the sun at higher zenith than the ISS could ever capture, The Luner Module unblocking the sun with 16 mm camera at 70 miles above the lunar surface, The EVA s clearly in cis lunar sunlight with the EVA light pointed toward the CM hatch. So really what is ridiculous to who..Of all the experiments performed, no time was allotted for observation or photography of the Sun while in cislunar space, just plain ridiculous. Even from orbit, Skylab similarly had not one experiment to observe the Sun with a camera
LOL.., though they had a UV and x-ray experiments on the external Apollo Telescope mount. And as usual, they took no solar filters. This is the smoking gun when it comes to the visibility of the Sun from space, the fact that they will not even take them out there, or if they do, as with Petit, they are looking towards Earth, through the atmosphere, and not away from Earth.
Cool, at lest your back to admitting eye witness accounts..GaryN...And where is your science Frank? The idea that anything at all is visible from cislunar space, despite the astronauts claims otherwise, is a faith based conclusion, with absolutely no science to support it.
So science is a hypothesis based on the absence of evidence? Even in the face of many falsifications...
To quote myself..
Wow, But there are tons of space based hardware looking at the sun.
Finally a token piece of science..GaryN...To me it is an opto-electro-magnetic machine at the physical level,
Is this close, or must we keep guessing?Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MOEMS) | GTQ
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o dam, metaphysical and philosophy of consciousness discussion, was just addressed to Kevin..but it also has metaphysical properties, is the generator of the Cosmic Consciousness, though not conscious in itself, and we are all intimately connected to that consciousness if we can learn to quieten what we think is our personal consciousness, but which is really the Ego that arises as we acquire language and are programmed by our education and environment. Turn off the Ego, tune in to the Sun for the real truth about itself.
But lets just ignore it..The topic here is the visibility/invisibility of stars as seen from space.
You are welcome to open your own thread covering your thoughts on consciousness. If you choose to do that, than any discussion of the visibility of stars would be off topic on that thread.
It is simply a matter of forum etiquette.
But theoretically, if we were to follow the thread topic, we might get this train on the rails as some recent posters have done.
You posted this business of " opto-electro-magnetic machine" sorry but in this forum it really comes out to visual electromagnetic, Its just machine that is funny.
So how does Astronomers saying the necessity of a ND to view the sun properly not falsify your thinking?Wiki..
In photography and optics, a neutral-density filter, or ND filter, is a filter that reduces or modifies the intensity of all wavelengths, or colors,of light equally, giving no changes in hue of color rendition. It can be a colorless (clear) or grey filter. The purpose of a standard photographic neutral-density filter is to reduce the amount of lightentering the lens...
In practice, ND filters are not perfect, as they do not reduce the intensity of all wavelengths equally. This can sometimes create color casts in recorded images, particularly with inexpensive filters. More significantly, most ND filters are only specified over the visible region of the spectrumand do not proportionally block all wavelengths of ultraviolet or infrared radiation. This can be dangerous if using ND filters to view sources (such as the Sun or white-hot metal or glass), which emit intense invisible radiation, since the eye may be damaged even though the source does not look bright when viewed through the filter. Special filters must be used if such sources are to be safely viewed.
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Boeing revealed the newest iteration of the F-15 Eagle, the original Countach of the skies, this week. This new Boeing F-15 Silent Eagle is more stealthy, more ninja and more re-vamped for the 21st century.
I know what you're all thinking; "What happened to my Jalopnik??" Don't worry, we're not a fully engaged Planelopnik just yet, but we had to show you this newest iteration of the F-15. It's a Jalopnik-esque story of a beat up and forgotten platform, that's been revamped and re-engineered to compete with the newest bad boys on the scene, the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Boeing is marketing the new F-15 Silent Eagle for the international set that want to get into the modern jet age, but don't have access to our newest, greatest ninja toys. The customers that Boeing has aimed its sights at are Israel, Japan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and South Korea, which are all current F-15 customers.
Boeing has significantly re-worked the aeronautic design of the jet, though the overall profile remains familiar. Most noticeable are the new canted vertical V-tails that not only improve aerodynamic efficiency, but provide additional lift and critically reduce airframe weight. Also attributing to the improved aerodynamic profile is the Digital Flight Control System, which allows for much greater pilot control and feedback.
The ninja factor of the F-15 Silent Eagle is not anywhere near the stealth features designed into the F-22 or even the F-117 Nighthawk, but Boeing has improved certain design treatments as well as using a special coating on the jet's exterior to help deflect enemy radar. The single largest improvement to the F-15 Silent Eagle is the new conformal fuel tanks (CFT) that give the jet the capability to carry its air-to-air AIM-9 and AIM-120 missles and the air-to-ground weapons, Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) inside the tank, dramatically cleaning up the exterior radar signature. It can also carry the traditional F-15 armament attached to the wings and under belly, making the F-15 Silent Eagle a truly configurable jet. Boeing is planning an in-flight test launch of this system in 2010.
Boeing is not officially marketing the F-15 Silent Eagle to its largest customer, the U.S. Air Force; but has announced the ability to retrofit any existing F-15 with the new system. If you're buying new, Boeing is estimating that the total cost, including air frame, spare parts and training will run around $100 million per unit. You won't find us buzzing around in one of these, but while we're wooing "Maximum" Bob Lutz, we thought we'd bring this 'Countach of the Sky' to his (and your) attention.
And now, back to your regularly scheduled Jalopnik.
Boeing Press Release:
ST. LOUIS, March 17, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today in St. Louis unveiled the F-15 Silent Eagle (F-15SE), a new F-15 configuration designed to meet the future needs of international customers.
"The F-15 Silent Eagle is designed to meet our international customers' anticipated need for cost-effective stealth technologies, as well as for large and diverse weapons payloads," said Mark Bass, F-15 Program vice president for Boeing. "The innovative Silent Eagle is a balanced, affordable approach designed to meet future survivability needs."
Improvements in stealth include coatings and treatments on the aircraft. With the added advantage of redesigned conformal fuel tanks (CFTs) that allow for internal weapons carriage, the Silent Eagle becomes a very attractive fighter for Boeing's international customers.
Depending on the specific mission, the customer can use the CFTs that are designed for internal carriage or change back to the traditional CFTs for optimum fuel capacity and external weapons carriage. The Silent Eagle will be able to internally carry air-to-air missiles such as the AIM-9 and AIM-120 and air-to-ground weapons such as the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and Small Diameter Bomb (SDB). The standard weapons load used on current versions of the F-15 is available with the traditional CFTs installed.
The aircraft's canted vertical tails improve aerodynamic efficiency, provide lift, and reduce airframe weight. Another aerodynamic improvement is the Digital Flight Control System, which improves the aircraft's reliability and reduces airframe weight.
Survivability improvements include a BAES Digital Electronic Warfare System (DEWS) working in concert with the Raytheon Advanced Electronic Scanning Array (AESA) radar.
Boeing has completed a conceptual prototype of the CFT internal-carriage concept, and plans to flight-test a prototype by the first quarter of 2010, including a live missile launch.
The design, development, and test of this internal carriage system are available as a collaborative project with an international aerospace partner.
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China said this week that its State Council has approved a new environmental plan that promises to invest $275 billion to curb the rapidly industrializing country's rampant air pollution.
The staggering figure is more than the total economic output of Hong Kong, one of the world's most economically powerful cities, according to a China Daily report.
The dense pollution in and around China's cities has been a thorny issue for both its citizens and its Asian neighbors. The new plan prioritizes the country's worst regions, mostly to the north -- Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei -- and targets a 25 percent reduction in air emissions between 2012 and 2017.
In 2012, the Chinese government criticized the U.S. for publishing air quality information taken at its embassy in Beijing.
Photo: Pollution on China's Pearl River. (J. Aaron Farr/Flickr)
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The Ultrasound school in Alexandria directory below includes 25 local universities, colleges and schools in the Alexandria, Indiana, which offer CAAHEP accredited diagnostic medical sonography programs as of 2015. There are a few schools offering accredited online ultrasound programs for students who prefer distance education. The programs include general sonography programs, cardiac sonography programs, vascular sonography programs and Pediatric Cardiac sonography programs. The school directory is updated in Sept 2015.
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What Does an Ultrasound Technician do?
Ultrasound technicians image organs and other structures inside a patient's body using equipment that relies on sound wave technology. The ultrasound images or scans they capture are used to diagnose and monitor medical conditions, abnormalities or diseases. Ultrasound techs work in concert with other healthcare professionals, such as doctors and radiologists. They also help prepare patients for procedures, maintain ultrasound equipment, record patient history and present findings to the medical team. As diagnostic medical sonographers, they help interpret ultrasound images.
Are There Different Types of Medical Sonographers?
Because sonography is used on so many different areas of the body, most sonographers choose to specialize in one or more areas. These include: obstetric/gynecologic sonographers, who study the female reproductive system; abdominal sonographers, who inspect organs such as the gallbladder, bile ducts, kidneys, liver, pancreas, spleen and the male reproductive system; neurosonographers, who study the nervous system and the brain; breast sonographers who aid in mammography in order to detect breast cancer, track tumors, monitor blood supply conditions, and assist in biopsy of breast tissue; and vascular and cardiac sonographers, who study the heart and blood vessels.
Education Requirements to become Ultrasound Technician in Alexandria
Sonography students need to complete an associate's degree or postgraduate certificate program from an accredited program in Alexandria in order to be eligible to take the qualifying exams. Bachelor's and master's degrees are also available. People who are already in a related allied health profession may be candidates for one-year certificate programs.
It is crucially important to make sure that the school you attend is accredited. Ultrasound schools in Alexandria are poorly regulated compared to X-ray and other medical professions, so do your research. To find out if a school is accredited, check with the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Some (but not all) hospitals, community colleges, universities, vocational schools, and the Armed Forces provide accredited sonographer training programs.
High school students interested in applying to an ultrasound technologist training program in Alexandria, 46001 should pursue a curriculum rich in science, computer, and math courses. Familiarity with computers is important, since most ultrasound equipment is computer-based. Physics courses are helpful as well, since you will be required to learn and master ultrasound-based physics courses and exams.
Online ultrasound training programs do exist, but it is important to verify that these programs are accredited and that they will provide you with clinical hours. While the classroom work can be done online, the extensive clinical time that will be required cannot.
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Ultrasound technician schools are located throughout the Alexandria, but how do you know if the one you choose will give you the education you need? Consider some of the following criteria when comparing colleges:
Accreditation: Look for ultrasound technician schools in Alexandria that are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS) or regional accrediting agencies. Without accreditation, students are unable to apply for federal financial aid or earn professional certification.
High-tech facilities: As an ultrasound technician, you'll work with technology and state-of-the-art equipment every day. This is why it's important to find a school that offers instruction in high-tech facilities. Once you've gained knowledge in the classroom, you'll want to put your skills to the test with hands-on training. Be sure to tour a school's facility and learn what type of access you'll have to the labs on campus.
Externship opportunities: One of the best ways to understand a day-in-the-life of an ultrasound technician is to get out in the field. Look for a school that partners with local medical facilities or labs for externships. Real-life experience is invaluable; you'll be able to shadow a sonographer, ask questions and learn about the challenges and rewards of the job. No textbook can offer that type of experience.
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), jobs for diagnostic medical sonographers, which include ultrasound technicians, are projected to increase by 49% between 2012 and 2022 (www.bls.gov) in Alexandria. This growth is attributed to the fact that health care providers prefer ultrasound imaging as a safer alternative to radiology. The BLS also noted that the median annual wage for diagnostic medical sonographers was $66,121 in May 2011.
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Mindy McCready's debut album, Ten Thousand Angels, elevated her into Nashville's music spotlight and established her as a promising singer. Born and raised in southern Florida, McCready (born Malinda Gayle McCready) graduated from high school at the age of 16 with the intention of beginning her musical career early. Following her graduation, she took a part-time job in her mother's ambulance company and began concentrating on performing her music.
When she was 18 years old, she moved to Nashville. She had made her mother a promise that she would go to college if she failed to break into the music industry within the space of a year. After a few months in Nashville, she met producer/songwriter Norro Wilson, who directed her demo tapes to producer David Malloy. Impressed with her tapes, Malloy agreed to work with McCready. For the next year, McCready and Malloy refined the singer's style and crafted a high-class demo tape. Eventually, Malloy took the tape to RLG Records, who signed McCready after seeing her perform a live concert; she completed the deal exactly 51 weeks after she moved to Nashville.
McCready released her debut album, Ten Thousand Angels, in April of 1996 to positive reviews. Within six months of its release, it had gone gold. If I Don't Stay the Night followed in 1997, trailed two years later by I'm Not So Tough. She signed with Capitol Records in April 2000, releasing her debut album for the label, the self-titled Mindy McCready, two years later. But the wheels were starting to come off in McCready's personal life, and in 2004 she pleaded guilty to various drug charges and was fined, given community service, and put on probation. Things got worse. In 2005, McCready ended up in the hospital after being seriously assaulted by her ex-boyfriend -- who was subsequently charged with attempted homicide. Trouble kept coming for McCready, and in 2007 she was given a one-year jail sentence for violating her probation; she also attempted suicide in December 2008.
By 2009, she emerged to appear in the cast of VH1's reality TV series Celebrity Rehab 3. A new album, I'm Still Here, which featured do-overs of her first two hits from way back in 1996 ("Ten Thousand Angels" and "Guys Do It All the Time"), finally appeared in March of 2010. The singles "I Want a Man" and the title track failed to chart, however, and McCready's personal troubles only continued. She gave birth to her second son in 2012, with producer David Wilson, but early in 2013, Wilson committed suicide at their home in Arkansas. Then, just a few weeks later, on February 17, McCready herself was found dead at the same home, an apparent suicide. Tributes and memorials immediately poured in from the country music community, including Carrie Underwood, LeAnn Rimes, and Wynonna Judd. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Steve Leggett~ Rovi


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PAUL McCARTNEY: Linda Out, Billy In?
It's no secret that Linda McCartney wasn't a professional musician, that she had little interest in being a member of Wings, and that it was all Paul's idea. But did he ever regret it?
Though Macca has always spoken positively about their time together as bandmates, a new book claims he almost had a change of heart. In Man on the Run, author Tom Doyle writes, "[Guitarist Henry] McCullough even brazenly suggested to McCartney that the band get a 'proper' piano player. McCartney instantly rebuffed the guitarist, but it seemed sometimes he wasn't entirely convinced that having his wife in the band had been such a great idea. Once, in a moment of irritation, he threatened to replace her with Billy Preston, the American keyboard player who had done such a fine job augmenting The Beatles during Let It Be." That, of course, never happened, nor did McCartney, unlike the other three Beatles, ever use Preston on one of his solo albums.
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Neither Ico nor Shadow of the Colossus are new per se. But both games are getting HD versions with 3D. The HD versions sparkle and so do these trailers.
Ico was first released in 2001. Shadow of the Colossus was released in 2005. Both were developed by Team Ico, which is headed up by Fumito Ueda.
The HD versions will be out this fall.
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Equity futures are rebounding overnight after yesterday's little "set back." The dollar and bonds are lower, of course, to pull it off, while oil sneaks in like a thief, gold & silver play defense against the theft, and food commodities are mixed.
Yesterday's Consumer Confidence number came in near the all-time low set back in March, 2009. Funny, but on the same day State Street "Investor" Confidence jumped. Seems to me that's a pretty good allegory. It's that way because nothing is real in our economy anymore – the only thing we now dominate in manufacturing is RISK.
Today the hypocritical Mortgage Bank wonks are lying again with their claim that home Purchases rose 6.4% in the past week… please. Here's Econogullible:
The volume of mortgage applications bounced back from the prior week's Columbus Day lull. Purchase applications rose 6.4 percent in the October 21 week with refinancing applications up 4.4 percent. Rates were steady in the week with the average 30-year fixed-rate loan at 4.33 percent for conforming loan balances ($417,500 or less) and up slightly to 4.68 percent for jumbo loan balances ($417,500 or greater).
Whatever… I don't believe anything that comes out of the MBA – period.
Durable Goods Orders remain in negative territory at -.8% despite being measured in dollars that are undergoing an explosion in quantity:
The headline is sluggish but outside of transportation, durables orders are showing broad-based strength. New factory orders for durables declined 0.8 percent in September after slipping an unrevised 0.1 percent the prior month. The September decline was in line with analysts' estimate for a 1.0 percent drop. Excluding transportation, durables rebounded 1.7 percent, following a 0.4 percent decrease in August. The market median forecast called for a 0.5 percent boost in durables excluding transportation.
The only major industry category to decline in September was transportation which dropped 7.5 percent after rising 0.6 percent in August. Weakness was primarily in aircraft with defense down 33.9 percent and nondefense down 25.5 percent. Some of the weakness in transportation was in autos, which is baffling, given recently healthy sales. Motor vehicles dipped 2.7 percent after a 9.1 percent drop in August.
Outside of transportation, orders were healthy across the board. Increases were seen in primary metals, up 2.6 percent; fabricated metals, up 1.9 percent; machinery, up 1.8 percent; computers & electronics, up 1.0 percent; electrical equipment, up 1.9 percent; and "other," up 1.0 percent.
Looking at private capital equipment related numbers, nondefense capital goods orders posted a healthy 2.4 percent gain, following a 0.5 percent rise in August. Shipments for this series, however, softened with a 0.9 percent dip in September but followed a strong 3.1 percent jump in August.
Overall, durables orders point to continued gains in manufacturing. Again, hard data are running stronger than surveys and anecdotes. On the news, equity futures improved somewhat.
Sure, "broad-based strength," IF you remove this, that, and the other thing we don't want you to look at. Nothing but spin and manipulation 100% of the time.
New home sales for September are reported at 10:00 Eastern this morning.
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I announce my candidacy for the Libertarian Party nomination for President of the United States. Now here's my promise to you; if elected as your President, I will take office on January 20, 2013 – interestingly, that occurs on my 65th birthday. I promise that on that day, I will do three things:
1. I will put an end to government borrowing. No More National Debt! The United States will replace Federal Reserve Notes by re-issuing debt-free U.S. Notes, and gradually pay off the National Debt with them.
2. I will put an end to the ability of commercial banks to control the Quantity of money in our system through what is essentially counterfeiting. This has been a massive fraud on the people of the United States. We, the people, will take back the money power from the big banks and return the American economy to monetary stability and prosperity.
To ensure this system is enforced, I will appoint a Special Prosecutor experienced in matters of fraud to prosecute to the full extent of the law those who have abused our system in the past to serve as an example for the future.
3. I will abolish the Internal Revenue System and the income tax – both personal and corporate — and implement a fair, simple and equitable consumption tax in accordance with the U.S. Constitution. This is how we funded our government for the first 100 years, and we can do it again.


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Informatics 1 - Functional Programming
The course Informatics 1 - Functional Programming is the first programming course taught to students at the School of Informatics of the University of Edinburgh.
The course lecturer is professor Philip Wadler.
The course consists of 20 lectures and 10 tutorials spread over the length of the first semester of the year (September–December). Each tutorial has its own set of exercises, and examination is by two programming tests.
Students' background
The course is aimed primarily at students with no prior programming experience.
The course textbook is Simon Thompson: Haskell, the Craft of Functional Programming.
The text editor used in the course is Emacs in Haskell mode.
Most exercises require students to verify their code using QuickCheck, where writing appropriate test properties is part of the challenge. In addition, some tutorial exercises use a modified version of the School of Expression graphics library, which relies on the following packages:
Note: to run GLFW under Mac OS X you have to use EnableGUI (easy instructions are on the SOE site).
GHC Installation
For some brief notes on installing ghc with GLFW on windows see Informatics 1 Windows Installation
There are several ways of getting help with your FP course (or with any aspect of the informatics 1 coursework). Some of these involve using IRC. If you have never used IRC before then take a look at CompSoc's IRC Tutorial.
The Informatics 1 channel is #inf1 on irc.imaginarynet.org.uk. Here you will find fellow 1st year students who are all doing the same work as you, along with a variety of higher students who will help you. The channel is run by Quest (otherwise known as Ed Leiper) who is one of the FP tutors.
You can also get a lot of help from CompSoc, which is the university-wide Computing Society. You will find members on IRC channel #compsoc.
The labs on the fifth floor of Appleton Tower have demonstrators on-hand to specifically help first year student from 3-5 every week day. You will notice them because they will be lounging around at the front of the room. Sticking your hand in the air will get their attention. They're very friendly and have been prepared on what you will be working with.


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For better or worse, it's not uncommon to see at least one zombie themed game on our radar during the weekly release cycle. This week sees the launch of Dead Stop ($0.99), the latest from Chillingo and Techland (maker of Dead Island) and the most recent entry into the tower defense genre. While Dead Stop does a great job with its overall presentation and gameplay, an uneven difficulty curve along with a subsequent reliance on premium/IAP currency make the game more frustrating than it needs to be.
Dead Stop puts you in the role of a makeshift assistant to a wild-eyed scientist trying to save humanity from the impending undead invasion. Each mission has the scientist creating various inventions with your task being to put them on the field of play in order to take out the baddies.
As a tower defense title, Dead Stop stays very close to its roots. Enemies follow specific paths (unlike say, Fieldrunners) with coins awarded with each kill. The towers themselves follow standard archetypes such as the enemy slowing 'Freezer' and the sluggishly powerful 'Sledgehammer.' Objects littered across the field can also be destroyed in between waves for more coins (and more space to place more towers). In this regard, Dead Stop plays similarly to the classic Creeps (Free), but with a few differences.
One area that Dead Stop does well are its visuals. Eschewing the simplistic graphics of games like Creeps, Dead Stop's graphics are crisp, colorful and have a bit more depth (most likely due to the change in viewing angle). In addition, Dead Stop does a great job with environment variety, with each level different enough to be a fresh experience.
Speaking of variety, Dead Stop occasionally interrupts standard tower defense missions with side missions that offer different objectives and gameplay quirks. While not necessarily a game changer, it goes a long way towards alleviating the tedium that occasionally crops up with tower defense. The same goes for enemy variety, although the lack of a 'pedia makes it hard to distinguish between the various enemy types.
Another area that Dead Stop expands upon is its power-ups. While players use the standard coin currency for buying and upgrading towers, power-ups require stars, which are earned by completing missions (and rarely picked up on the field). Power-ups range from a controllable lightning bolt that damages and stops enemies, to a turtle that slows all enemies on the field, to even a teleporter that removes takes enemies back to the start of a path.
You're going to need those power-ups too, as Dead Stop's difficulty ranges from pretty easy (in the first set of missions) to incredibly difficult. The lack of any difficulty levels also means that you're stuck with whatever difficulty you find in each mission. The game casually suggests to use power-ups on the harder levels, but power-ups are rarely found in missions (and disappear after passing a level) and stars are a finite resource. Thus, players focused on finishing the game will most likely resort to IAP in order to purchase enough stars to purchase enough power-ups to complete missions.
This is my biggest issue with Dead Stop. I don't necessarily mind the availability of IAP or a requisite hard difficulty. However, when both are combined in such a way that most gamers will have to eventually shell out cash just to complete the game, I get a bad taste in my mouth. I feel like the availability of an 'easy' difficulty would go a long way towards alleviating my concerns, as it'd allow casual gamers the ability to complete missions without the necessity of power-ups/IAP.
It's a shame too, because outside of the above issues, Dead Stop is a pretty good tower defense title. The fundamentals are sound, and the game has enough personality to differentiate itself from the pack. I imagine that genre fans that love a challenge should check it out, as the last two-thirds of the game offer enough difficulty to keep any veteran happy. For everyone else, be prepared to stockpile the stars (and power-ups) in order to really 'enjoy' what the game has to offer.


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Anna Bayle giving homage to fashion's legendary icon, Yves St. Laurent (Photo: vogue.com.cn)
READ ANNA'S EXTENSIVE PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF MASTER DESIGNER YSL ON HER BLOG POST "THE KING AND I" AT www.annabayle.com
Beijing, December 6, 2008
Vogue China invited an international coterie of guests to celebrate their third year of its existence. The iconic magazine flew in celebrities from all around the world to give salute to an iconic city - Beijing and an iconic year for China – 2008, in light of the recent success of the Beijing Olympics. Vogue Icons was also a celebration of Vogue magazine's 116-year old legacy. The glamorous night of icons and icon makers was held at the Park Hyatt Ballroom. The impressive guest list was a cross-section of East and West, fashion and film, society and celebrity.
Mickey and Minnie Mouse in Vivienne Tam walk the red carpet with Chinese model Du Juan / Kate Moss (Photo: Vogue.com.cn)
The red carpet featured the president of CondeNast Asia - James Woolhouse, Chinese actress Maggie Cheung, Japanese soccer player Hidetoshi Nakata, Nina Ricci's artistic director Olivier Theyskens, movie director Oliver Stone, supermodels headed by Kate Moss, Du Juan, Jessica Stam, Sasha Pivovarova. Even global icons Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse donned the glamour in Chinese-inspired outfits designed by Vivienne Tam.
Black and silver with red and pink bouquets was the setting for Vogue Icons gala dinner
The multi-media program for the evening was an exercise in celebrating the past with the present. The first part defined the iconic status of Vogue magazine with its 116 years of existence. French film actress Lou Doillon, daughter of Jane Birkins of the 'Birkins bag' fame took to the stage to talk about what makes an icon. Then Candy Pratts Price, editor-in-chief of Style.com presented an award to Kate Moss for her 20 years in fashion. After which, Angelica Cheung, editorial director of Vogue China, applauded the work of Mario Sorrenti, the fashion photographer as an icon maker and China's very own supermodel, Du Juan. Anna Bayle, the first Asian supermodel, paid homage to one of the greatest fashion icons, legendary Yves St. Laurent. The audience remembered the fashion master's artistry in reverent silence while they watched curtained screens spanning the length of the ballroom drop from the ceiling, playing images of Monsieur St. Laurent at work in his atelier.
Maggie Cheung, Clemens Lee (GM of Audi) and Angelica Cheung (Vogue Editorial Editor)
Roland Mouret, London based designer, introduced Jennifer Woo of Lane Crawford. The Lane Crawford brand is known to bring international fashion to China. Philip Lim, a new generation Chinese designer, talked about his first Vogue moment. Olivier Theyskens, artistic director of Nina Ricci, introduced China's beloved icon, film actress Maggie Chung, known for her role in "In The Mood For Love". The dinner came to a satisfying halt after model-actress, Milla Jovovich showed another one of her talents by regaling the glamorous crowd with two songs. After which all the guests were transported to a celebration after-party at the Legation Quarters which was the site of the old American Embassy beside the Tiananmen Square.
Elaborate Chocolate Dessert for Vogue Icon Dinner
The lavish fashion event, organized by Melvin Chua of the Ink Pak Communication Group, was a feat that can rival any gala fete in the Western world. In collaboration with Vogue personnel, Chua orchestrated a 4-day affair of festivities for the international guests. There were limousined tours to the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall and various museums and silk markets in the heart of Beijing. There were dinners at the exclusive China Club and Aman Resort at the Summer Palace.
If the elaborate and elegant Vogue Icons fete is any indication of what China can offer to the international fashion scene after the spectacular and unmatched Beijing Olympics, then we better brace ourselves for what is yet to come. China is on route in the Silk Road of fashion.
-Anna Bayle
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Eclipse DemoCamps Galileo 2009/Hagenberg
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Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH
Softwarepark 21
4232 Hagenberg
Date and Time
Mario Winterer, Software Competence Center Hagenberg
If you would like to present at the DemoCamp, please feel free to add your name and topic to the list. Depending on the number of people interested we may have to limit the number of presenters and time of each demo.
- Name, Topic
Who Is Attending
If you plan on attending please add your name and company to the list below. We'd like to see as many people show up as possible.
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CSIRO has developed a prototype portable device that will allow people to do business across the Internet on any computer in a trusted manner.
Known as a Trust Extension Device (TED), the TED consists of software loaded onto a portable device, such as a USB memory stick or a mobile phone.
It is able to minimise the risk associated with performing transactions in untrusted and unknown computing environments.
"The problem is that trust is currently tied to specific, well-known computing environments," according to Dr John Zic, of CSIRO ICT Centre.
"TED makes that trust portable, opening the way for secure transactions to be undertaken anywhere, even in an Internet cafe."
The concept behind TED is that an enterprise issues a trusted customer with a portable device containing a small operating system, as well as a set of applications and encrypted data.
This device creates its own environment on an untrusted computer and, before it runs an application, it establishes trust with the remote enterprise server.
Both ends must prove their identities to each other and that the computing environments are as expected.
Once the parties prove to each other they are trustworthy, the TED accesses the remote server and the transaction takes place.
Focus groups run by the Centre for Networking Technologies for the Information Economy, which is funded by the federal government, suggested developing a device to facilitate trusted transactions and provide authorised people with access to confidential and private information.
For instance, banks could use a technology like TED to provide authorised customers and employees with access to financial data, or conduct financial transactions over the Internet.
"The idea is that the person or organisation issuing the device runs their own computing environment and applications within the TED," Zic said.
"Wherever you go, whichever machine you run on, you and the issuer can be confident both parties are known to each other, cannot engage in any malicious acts, and that the transactions are trusted."
The CSIRO ICT Centre is currently calling for expressions of interest from parties interested in licensing the technology.


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2 space rocks hours apart point up the danger
Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech
This image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows a simulation of asteroid 2012 DA14 approaching from the south as it passes through the Earth-moon system on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. The 150-foot object will pass within 17,000 miles of the Earth. NASA scientists insist there is absolutely no chance of a collision as it passes. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL-Caltech)


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ILvEowyn wrote:liars such as perjurer and serial sexual harasser beloved Democrat hero, Bill Clinton,
you mad, bro?
What mad?
Obama and his lackeys lying and breaking the law. What else is new....
Boss Obama procures the release of army soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who was taken by the Taliban after he just up and left his post in Afghanistan 5 years ago. He does this by trading five top Taliban members who had been held at Guantanamo, and does so in violation of the law, which states that Congress must be given 30 days notice before the release of any prisoners held at Gitmo.
Susan Rice, formerly Ambassador to the UN, who was previously seen lying on the Sunday talk shows about Benghazi, for which she was rewarded by Obama by being appointed NSA, goes back on the Sunday talk shows and lies again, saying Bergdahl served with honor and distinction. Soldiers who served with Bergdahl, and had been under a non disclosure agreement while Bergdahl was held, speak out in protest, saying Bergdahl deserted, which is not serving with honor and distinction.
Obama flacks push back, with Brandon Friedman (an official at HUD) suggesting that Bergdahl's fellow soldiers are psychopaths. Yeah, the guy who deserted served with honor, while the guys who did fulfilled their service are lying psychopaths...
Harry Reid tries to provide cover for Obama claiming he was informed the day before the swap. Now Harry, even if it were so, 1 day is not 30. The law required 30 days. But the next day the Admin says they did not inform anyone.
And Boss Obama, he says he would do it again.
Why is it so difficult for Obama and his ilk to just tell the truth?


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About 72 million people in the United States age 20 and older have high blood pressure, according to the American Heart Association. That's one in every four adults. High blood pressure is referred to as the "silent killer" because it often has no warning signs.
Many people are surprised to find that they have high blood pressure. But it is a serious condition -- one of the leading causes of stroke and heart disease. If you've been diagnosed with high blood pressure, take it seriously.
By following the steps below and working with your doctor, you CAN lower your high blood pressure and decrease your risk for heart disease.
- I. Let's Get Started
- Step 1: What is blood pressure?
- Step 2: Take high blood pressure seriously
- Step 3: What causes high blood pressure?
- Step 4: Who gets high blood pressure?
- II. Testing and Screening
- Step 5: High blood pressure is "silent"
- Step 6: Diagnosing high blood pressure
- Step 7: Follow-up office visits
- III. Managing High Blood Pressure
- Step 8: Treatment overview
- Step 9: Maintain healthy habits
- Step 10: Drug therapy
- Step 11: Monitor your blood pressure at home
- Step 12: You and your doctor are a team
Helpful Handouts
The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. JAMA. 2003;289.
Hansen ML, Gunn PW, Kaelber DC. Underdiagnosis of hypertension in children and adolescents. JAMA. 2007 Aug 22;298(8):874-9.
Kaplan NM. Systemic hypertension: therapy. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, eds. Libby: Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. Saunders; 2007:chap 41.
Urbina E, Alpert B, Flynn J, Hayman L, Harshfield GA, Jacobson M, et al. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in children and adolescents: recommendations for standard assessment: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in Youth Committee of the council on cardiovascular disease in the young and the council for high blood pressure research. Hypertension. 2008 Sep;52(3):433-51. Epub 2008 Aug 4.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Jun.
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Reviewed By: Steven Kang, MD, Division of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, East Bay Arrhythmia, Cardiovascular Consultants Medical Group, Oakland, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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13 times 13 equals magick!
This year our special day is extremely magical. It will also be a Full Moon in perigee(supermoon), that will be the closest the Moon will have been to Earth in all our lives(last time was 1948) and won't come this close again till 2034. It will peak during the morning hours of the next day, so we will enjoy this glorious phenomenon for two nights. I will do my favorite ritual. Four marked corners with white candles and me in the middle. Under each candle a piece of paper written with a spell. I will burn the spell times four and chant it times many.
The number 13 is a sacred number as there are 13 Moon cycles in a year. The year (20)13 my daughter was born. November 13th my life changed. And now 13 years have passed!
Thank you Goddess for all the love you've given us!
Blessed be!
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CHICAGO — A health official in central Illinois wants a judge to order an uncooperative patient with infectious tuberculosis to stay in his home and wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet to prevent the spread of disease.
Anyone attending the court hearing Friday in Champaign County will be required to wear a face-mask respirator to protect themselves from TB bacteria.
Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Administrator Julie Pryde is seeking the court's help. She says the patient, Christian Mbemba Ibanda, has entertained visitors and left his home despite health department warnings.
National public health experts say taking a patient to court is a last resort, but it's a standard practice in the fight against a looming threat of drug-resistant TB.
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If only I were younger. If only I were more bored and more blonde. If only I didn't have this damnable compulsion to make sure my controllers match not only each other, but the system I am playing on. Perhaps then I could be one of the bored blonde gaming teenagers.
I need not play with them; indeed, that would almost be blasphemous. I would be a clumsy oaf, stumbling about their whitewashed world, leaving fingerprints on the pristine furniture, fingers not fit to grasp either the wired white GameCube controllers lovingly clasped in the soft hands of woman, nor whatever wireless solution gripped intently by the male aspect of this nouveau holy trinity.
I look around at my off-white walls and sub-par lighting and feel the urge to spit. Curse their brilliant majesty for leaving my mouth dry in awe.
If I cannot be a human presence in that incandescent utopia, then cast me as the portal into whatever virtual world has captivated them so. Make my screen flat and sharp and glare-free, so that their eyes never stray from my flickering light. Awash in disinterested reverie, I will delight in the delusion that it is I that hold their gazes. It is I that they mildly tolerate. At the height of his boredom let the brother roll his eyes in my direction.
It is more than I deserve.
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We knew that the initial stock of Palm Pres was going to be light, but only 4 per Best Buy store seems down right suicidal. The total amount of Palm Pres in Best Buy's inventory will be 4,250, which works out to be 4 per store according to one source. Better go dig out the sleeping bag and lawn chair now if you were planning on getting a Pre on June 6th.
Whatever the case may be, Palm will certainly lose some sales if some folks can't get their hands on the Pre during the first couple of days. Don't forget that Apple's got an event lined-up two days after the Pre's launch where the next iPhone 3.0 will likely be announced. It's not like Palm has that solid of a track record that people will not lose interest once they hear what Jobs & Co. have in store for the third generation iPhone.