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Washington's Failed War in Afghanistan
By Elan Journo
America's campaign in Afghanistan was once widely hailed as a success in the "war on terror." We have nothing more to fear from Afghanistan, our policy makers told us, because the war had accomplished its two main goals: al Qaeda and its sponsoring regime, the Taliban, were supposedly long gone, and a new, pro-Western government had been set up. But as the daily news from Afghanistan shows, in reality the war has been a drastic failure.
Legions of undefeated Taliban and al Qaeda soldiers have renewed their jihad. Flush with money, amassing recruits, and armed with guns, rockets and explosives, they are fighting to regain power. In recent months, they have mounted a string of deadly suicide bombings and rocket attacks against American and NATO forces; more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan in the last 20 months than did during the peak of the war.
Taliban forces have effectively besieged several provinces in southern Afghanistan. Local officials estimate that in some provinces the "number of Taliban . . . is several times more than that of the police and Afghan National Army." Taliban fighters are said to amble through villages fearlessly, brandishing their Kalashnikovs, and collecting zakat (an Islamic tithe) from peasants. With astounding boldness, they have assassinated clerics and judges deemed too friendly to the new government, and fired rockets at a school for using "un-Islamic" books.
The Taliban and al Qaeda forces are so strong and popular that Senator Bill Frist recently declared that a war against them cannot be won, and instead suggested negotiating with the Islamists.
How is it that five years after the war began--and in the face of America's unsurpassed military strength--Taliban and al Qaeda fighters are threatening to regain power?
Victory in Afghanistan demanded two things. We had to destroy the Taliban and we had to ensure that a non-threatening, non-Islamic-warrior-breeding regime take its place. But we did not think we had a moral right to do what was necessary to achieve either goal.
Our military was ordered to pursue Taliban fighters only if it simultaneously showed "compassion" to the Afghans. The U.S. military dropped bombs on Afghanistan--but instead of ruthlessly pounding key targets, it was ordered to gingerly avoid hitting holy shrines and mosques (known to be Taliban hideouts) and to shower the country with food packages. The United States deployed ground forces--but instead of focusing exclusively on capturing or killing the enemy, they were also diverted to a host of "reconstruction" projects. The result is that the enemy was not destroyed and crushed in spirit, but merely scattered and left with the moral fortitude to regroup and launch a brazen comeback.
Even with its hands tied, however, the U.S. military succeeded in toppling the Taliban regime--but Washington subverted that achievement, too.
A new Afghan government would be a non-threat to America's interests if it were based on a secular constitution that respects individual rights. The Bush administration, however, declared that we had no right to "impose our beliefs" on the Afghans--and instead endorsed their desire for another regime founded on Islamic law. Already this avowedly Islamic regime has jailed an Afghan magazine editor for "blasphemy"; earlier this year Abdul Rahman, an Afghan convert to Christianity, faced a death sentence for apostasy. The new Afghan regime cannot be counted on to oppose the resurgence of Islamic totalitarianism. Ideologically, it has nothing to say in opposition to the doctrines of the Taliban (two members of the Taliban leadership are in the new government). It is only a matter of time before Afghanistan is once again a haven for anti-American warriors.
The failure in Afghanistan is a result of Washington's foreign policy. Despite lip-service to the goal of protecting America's safety, the "war on terror" has been waged in compliance with the prevailing moral premise that self-interest is evil and self-sacrifice a virtue. Instead of trouncing the enemy for the sake of protecting American lives, our leaders have sacrificed our self-defense for the sake of serving the whims of Afghans.
The half-hearted war in Afghanistan failed to smash the Taliban and al Qaeda. It failed to render their ideology--Islamic totalitarianism--a lost cause. Instead, at best it demonstrated Washington's reluctance to fight ruthlessly to defend Americans. How better to stoke the enthusiasm of jihadists?
America cannot win this or any war by embracing selflessness as a virtue. Ultimately, it cannot survive unless Washington abandons its self-sacrificial foreign policy in favor of one that proudly places America's interests as its exclusive moral concern.
Elan Journo is a junior fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute ( http://www.aynrand.org/ ) in Irvine, Calif. The Institute promotes Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand--author of "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead."


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Investment Analysis of Fantastic Four 14 to 27. Which Issue is Hot or Not? Profitable Info?
Updated Investment Analysis of Fantastic Four #4 to 27
The first table presents the Bias Score (B Score) for all the issues. Bias scores show which issues are being bought by the Insiders (Pros) vs. the Outsiders (Fans Less Serious).
The concept of my approach is to focus on the issues being bought BULLISHLY by the investors. I developed an analysis of data to quantify this Bias (B Score). I mark the issues with the highest Bias with Green followed by a Dark Green staining for issues with a lesser but definite Bias. Red are those issues to avoid.
Starting now I am circling back to my early Blog Posts/Data from 2015.
I will add an Extra Figure following the Current Bias information. See the discussion of the exciting findings!
I will add an Extra Figure following the Current Bias information. See the discussion of the exciting findings!
Table 1 Current Bias Data As It Stands Now
In the Table 1A below, I listed the current Bias Scores and the Bias Scores from 2 years ago. I did not do all issues in this issue block and included only the issue that I did in 2015
The changes are calculated and % change was determined. I was surprised at the changes that have occurred. Most of all the issues have a decreased Insider Bias. (Red Colorization).
This is starting to payoff. I never predicted I would see dramatic changes. Excited to see what is next in FF
Interesting to see what has not gone up. All issues have gone down except FF 14 16 and 27 which are buy issues.
This is a very surprising data report.FF 14 has as villains Namor the Sub-Mariner as controlled by the Puppet Master with its Classic Cover
FF 17 Defeated by Dr. Doom and a nice cover
FF 27 Doctor Strange and the Sub-Mariner. Great Cover.
I propose this means in the last 2 years the investing world has not really been heavily vs the ordinary investors. In other words the proportion of attention on these issues has not been strong with investors with the exceptions of 14 16 and 27.
This does mean these issues are not valuable or highly collectible. I have added my database rank of each issue in Figure 6.
Given the other obvious issues in FF coming, we could predict nice upticks in desire.
Trying to get one report out each Wednesday till Fantasy Football Season Cranks up in June.
Table 1A Comparison of 2015 vs 2017
Bias Data-Changes thru Time.
Bias Data-Changes thru Time.
Table 2 data deals with another data stream on comic-book issues. This run's issues are looked at 3 grades 9.4, 8 and 6. The changes in bias between the different grades are calculated and the SLN numbers were born.
The SLN numbers look into each "world" of the I vs. O bias data. This data has shown historically to be the most liberal and establishes the investment potential across the grades of 9.4, 8 and 6. Very quickly, the green stained are positive issues and red stained issues are negative and invite a non-focus in only investments
We then compare those SLN numbers and generate a difference number we call the DF. Finally, add the I and O SLN numbers together (total) and determine the %DF number for each issue. Green staining is good (Higher Bias) and Yellow and Red are issues that are not good for an investment focus.
This data stream is more liberal in the rigor and you get the best case for an issue.
Table 2 Bias Overview Data
The deepest level of analysis we developed is the ADF number Table 3 (average difference between the I/O worlds) of each issue at each grade. I denote a high I Bias with the orange $. Lime green stained issues are rated I Biased in all grades or at least 9.4 and 8.
Dark green stained issues are only biased at the 9.4 grade while the other grades are overbought relative to the professional investor's desires. Table 3 is the stricter data stream and highlights both the issue and grade. We calculate the average difference (ADF) in Issue Bias between the Insider and Outsiders groups. Lime Green are issues that are I Biased at least 9.4 and 8 grades (High Bias). (Orange $).
The dark green issues are supported with a Bias in 9.4 grade only. The other issues are to be avoided.
ADF Number Table 3
Table 4 is the Score Card information for each issue at the 3 data streams. This allows a top-down view across the data streams. We denote the issues supported in all three data streams with a Lime Green staining. Dark Green has only 2 data streams support and yellow issues are supported in one data stream only.
Table 4 is the Score Card
Table 5 is the last bit of data, the Scaled Desire Ranking. I have grouped 4130 issues of comics that I have covered and developed scaled desire rankings. The percentile that an issue occupies gives a wonderful insight into the true value of titles. So we position our title and its key issues in context. A score of 99 means that comic issue is desired at the highest level while 1 percentile is the lowest desired issue. (Green High-Red Low -Yellow staining implies uncertainty- opportunity?)
I have added my Database Ranking out of 4130 different comic-books.
I have added my Database Ranking out of 4130 different comic-books.
Table 5 Scaled Desire Ranking.

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Blue Jays tab Dickey as Opening Day starter
Veteran knuckleballer to face rival Rays on March 31 at Tropicana Field
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Blue Jays manager John Gibbons announced on Monday afternoon that knuckleballer R.A. Dickey will be his Opening Day starter for the second consecutive year.
The move hardly comes as a surprise, but Gibbons confirmed it during a scrum with reporters. Gibbons declined to reveal the order of his remaining starters, but said that Dickey was the natural choice to start the season opener on March 31 against the Rays at Tropicana Field.
Dickey joined the Blue Jays last offseason in a multiplayer deal with the Mets and has since taken over as the club's No. 1 starter.
"It'll be Dickey, opening up in [St. Petersburg], where he has pitched very well," Gibbons said. "He has had some good outings down there, and he's our guy."
The Opening Day nod will mark Dickey's eighth career appearance at Tropicana Field. He's 2-1 with a 2.97 ERA in 42 innings at the Rays' stadium. Dickey made three starts there last season and had one of his best outings with a two-hit shutout June 26.
Though Gibbons was mum on the rest of the rotation, a logical conclusion would see right-hander Brandon Morrow take the ball in Game 2 with veteran left-hander Mark Buehrle going the following day. J.A. Happ also will have a spot on the starting staff, while the final job is up for grabs with a series of candidates in the mix.
The early favorite for that last spot appears to be either Esmil Rogers or Todd Redmond, but the likes of Drew Hutchison, Kyle Drabek, Marcus Stroman and Dustin McGowan also will receive some consideration The specific order is anyone's guess at this point, and the Blue Jays will take a look at matchups before making any kind of announcement.
The home opener is April 4 against the Yankees, which will be Toronto's fifth game of the season.
"We'll look at it, depending on how it all shakes down, who pitches well against certain [teams]," Gibbons said. "Happ has always pitched good against the Yankees. That doesn't mean anything, but you look at things like that."


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Money Laundering
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Money Laundering
Disguising the source of money generated through illegal activities so that it resembles legitimate income. Money laundering involves breaking up large amounts of cash into smaller transactions, changing its form through investments or deposits into bank accounts, and moving the money through seemingly legitimate businesses to bring it into mainstream economy.
Money Laundering
An illegal act in which one makes illegally obtained money appear to be legally obtained. For instance, one may route money obtained in drug trafficking through a shell company to give it the veneer of legitimacy. One formerly common example is the practice of exchanging illegally obtained money for coins and placing them into a soda machine. One then deposits money from the soda machine such that it looks like the money came from the purchase of sodas rather than from its real source.
money launderingthe conversion of money (often obtained illegally through crime) into foreign currencies through multi-bank deposits to hide their source of origin, through bureaux de changes and through investments in 'legitimate' businesses.
In 2000 the OECD backed an initiative (made the more urgent by the terrorist attacks on the USA) for countries (in particular, TAX HAVENS) to require greater disclosure and scrutiny of 'suspect' bank accounts.


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According to IDC, the worldwide revenue for the social platforms software market was more than $500 million in 2010, representing growth of 31.9 percent. The market opportunity for social platforms is expected to grow by a factor of nearly two billion worldwide by 2014, according to the firm.**
Today's news marks the second consecutive year that IBM was named the market share leader and the second time that IDC published an analysis of worldwide social platforms software market.
The adoption of social networking in the workplace is on the rise. According to IBM's 2011 CIO Survey, 55 percent of CIOs plan to invest in collaboration and social networking to increase competitiveness over the next few years. In addition, 77 percent of CIOs are looking to change their internal collaboration processes over the next three to five years.
Social platforms has emerged as one of the leading technology trends for organizations, based on the recognition that people – customers, employees, business partners, and suppliers – are looking for ways to more easily collaborate, interact and share data.
IBM social software including IBM Connections provides tools such as communities, forums, wikis and blogs and new capabilities like advanced social analytics, enabling users to expand their network with recommendations of people to connect with based on prior connections and similar interests. IBM Connections is available both on premise and in the cloud.
More than 35% of Fortune 100 companies have adopted IBM's social software offerings.
In the past year, new IBM Connections clients include GMCH, Bayer MaterialScience, CEMEX, Sogeti, Singapore Airlines, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Berlitz International Inc., Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG, Panasonic and Rheinmetall AG.
For more information about IBM social software, visit www.ibm.com/social.
*IDC, "Worldwide Social Platforms 2010 Vendor Shares," Doc#228808, June 2011
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HVAC Expert Mark Cambria '98 Solves Engineering Puzzles Daily
Mark Cambria '98 (B.E. in Mechanical Engineering) is a good man to know. His engineering design expertise, creative thinking and problem-solving skills literally print money.
As manager of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) group at M/E Engineering, an engineering services firm headquartered in upstate New York, Cambria led the HVAC systems portion of a large-scale project to redesign a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant into a paper factory that generates the paper that U.S. currency is printed on.
"The building was designed for a completely different purpose, so there was a lot of hammering square pegs into round holes," Cambria said. "It was a huge, huge challenge, but at the same token a huge opportunity to get the creative juices flowing."
The paper plant is just one of many construction and renovation projects Cambria has been involved with during his three years at M/E Engineering – the firm where he says he wants to spend the remainder of his career – but it is the one he is most proud of. He said it best demonstrates the innovative thinking required to succeed as a consulting engineer.
"Imagine being asked to solve a jigsaw puzzle, but not knowing if all of the pieces are in the box, or if some of them actually belong to a different puzzle," he said. "The most interesting projects are the ones where you're not even sure that there is any possible solution, but regardless you have to find one."
Cambria originally wanted to be an automotive engineer. Filled with curiosity as a youth growing up in Staten Island, N.Y., he was fascinated by his remote control car, always trying to understand what he could alter or tweak to make it run faster or perform better. But none of the adults in his family had attended college, so there wasn't anyone to explain the physics or mathematics behind how the toy car worked.
Stevens was the place that could answer Cambria's questions. A Mechanical Engineering major, he looked forward to getting his hands dirty and building working machines from scratch. Although he enjoyed the design labs that were part of the core engineering curriculum, his most powerful experiences came as a member of the Cooperative Education program, where he worked for a civil construction firm, a pharmaceutical company, and finally a design shop that made devices for physically-challenged clients. His most memorable project – especially given his love of cars – was designing a prototype for a customized, automated steering column for drivers with limited upper mobility. He said that when he completed that project, he knew once and for all that he had chosen the right career for himself.
"Co-op was a fantastic experience and I would recommend it to anyone coming into Stevens," Cambria said. "It's a great opportunity to get a taste of where you are going five years down the road, plus it's a break from a rigors of academia and it can help pay for school. My internships were very good practical applications for what I was learning in the classroom."
After graduation from Stevens in 1998, Cambria was hired by a Stevens graduate to work as a mechanical engineer for AKF Engineers, a consulting engineering firm in Manhattan. For seven years, he worked on a wide variety of building types in and out of New York City, but ultimately left to pursue an engineering career in a rising nanotechnology hub near Albany, N.Y.
The father of two has been at M/E Engineering since 2009, leading HVAC planning, design and quality assurance for cutting-edge construction projects, like the paper factory renovation.
Cambria learned valuable on-the-job skills from his active extracurricular life at Stevens. A member of the varsity lacrosse team – and a former high school football player – he said he applies the team mentality ingrained in him through athletics every day in his career.
"When I'm talking about design with my staff, I'm constantly using examples from zone coverage – teamwork, communication, finding motivation by more than just the bottom line," he said. "I think if you can carry the basic premises of team sports over into business leadership and management you are going to have a very successful career."
Cambria was also a brother of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and participating in Greek life taught him how to manage many facets of an organization with people of all different abilities and interests.
"It was a good microcosm for running a company," he said.
Cambria has remained engaged with Stevens, most recently through his company's sponsorship role in the award-winning U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 project, in which a team of students built a new model for green-energy, affordable housing.
The involvement of M/E Engineering in the Solar Decathlon came about when Cambria and his colleagues reached out to university administrators about working together on some campus construction projects. When they learned about the Solar Decathlon, they immediately saw how similar the design experience the students would be getting was to the work consulting engineers do every day – building complex and energy-efficient HVAC systems, meeting code requirements, coordinating with architects, managing budgets, etc.
Cambria said the project provided the students with invaluable experience. He even gave some of them his business card in case they were interested in applying for jobs at M/E Engineering.
"Stevens graduates – through the design-heavy curriculum, opportunities like co-op, and projects like the Solar Decathlon – have a rare understanding of what it is really like to work as a consulting engineer," he said.


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Teacher, students work together after school security breach
Man enters school to search for ex-girlfriend
Waukesha North High School students and teachers fought back Wednesday after a man tried to break into their classroom.
The district superintendent said administrators are investigating into the security breach.
He told WISN 12 News reporter Christina Palladino the 18-year-old accused of busting into the school had been expelled, and another student let him in the building.
According to court documents, Jordan Hartz went to the school Wednesday looking for his ex-girlfriend and her friend.
According to the criminal complaint, Hartz called his ex-girlfriend and yelled at her for blocking his number, saying, "I got heat. I'm going to put a boot through your jaw."
Police said Hartz then drove to the school with a large hunting knife was let in by another student through a side door. Officers said Hartz went room to room searching for his ex.
Police said that when Hartz found her, he tried to push his way into the classroom and started screaming at her and her friend, saying, "I'm going to kill you. I know where you live."
The teacher and other classmates were able to keep him out and police arrested him driving away from the school.
The superintendent said they are considering whether to punish the student who let Hartz in the building, but it may have been an honest mistake.
"Our security plan was in place, but if a student breaches that protocol, opens the door that they shouldn't have. It's very hard to stop those things," said Waukesha Schools Superintendent Todd Gray.
"I found out about it today. I was at the basketball game right now, and some parents were talking about it, and we were wondering why the school didn't notify us. They usually do an auto-voicemail, and we didn't hear anything about it until now," said parent Terrence Holliman.
"I would have expected hear something, so I'm very surprised we didn't," said parent John Fusco.
Gray said Hartz should never have been let into the building, but the incident was taken care of quickly.
"Some parents may have been notified, but I don't know if it was a comprehensive notification," said Gray.
In addition to the knife, police said they also found heroin in Hartz's car.


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Sculpting another head in the 3.0 Beta.
I used perspective backdrop photos as reference.
While sculpting the mesh sometimes got too dense and hard to smooth (Press 'A' to see the trigangles) - so I just selected part of the surface with the Mask brush and used "Reduce" to 75% to remove the shortest edges, then "Relax" to even out the spread of triangles in the mesh.
Note how Curvy 3.0's adaptive subdivision makes the mesh denser near details, and more sparse in flat areas.


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Puerto Ricans vote on statehood
The United States could soon have 51 states.
Puerto Ricans have been down the road before, voting on a non-binding referendum about statehood.
The island is a U.S. commonwealth and the two-part yes or no question asked voters if they are satisfied with the current status.
Those who voted no were then asked if they prefer statehood, independence or sovereign free association that would allow for more autonomy.
Fifty-four percent of Puerto Rican voters said they wanted to see a change. When given the options, 61 percent of those voters said they preferred statehood.
Puerto Rico's incumbent pro-statehood governor lost the election Tuesday.
The new governor is in favor of keeping the island a commonwealth.
It is too early to know if Congress will even debate the referendum results.
Puerto Rico has been a United States territory since 1898.


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This Wiki tutorial applies to both Pivotal and IBM Bluemix.
Dreamfactory can be deployed as a CloudFoundry manifest and launched in both the Pivotal and IBM BlueMix Platforms. This requires a bit of restructuring of the source code but can be easily done.
To set things up, the DreamFactory source needs to be pulled down and composer run first, so the necessary vendor packages can be brought in. Next, the newly updated source files (inflated by Composer) needs to be placed in a separate directory under the manifest file. This essentially becomes our "App" package for CloudFoundry.
Here's a step-by-step guide on the basics of setting things up. This demo will use the open source version of the product with the default Sqlite database but should be a good place to get started for further development.
Install DreamFactory (Temporarily)
First, let's create a temporary directory to stage our work.
mkdir cf-dftemp
Next, pull down the dream factory source into a directory called "htdocs".
git clone https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/dreamfactory.git ./htdocs
Next, install DreamFactory and its dependencies with Composer in the new directory.
cd htdocs
composer install —no-dev
Let composer install the dependencies and then we'll next need to move some files around.
Moving Files Around
Some of the config files for CloudFoundry are carried along with the DreamFactory source. You will need to move these files up a level above the
./htdocs directory.
These directories and files are as follows:
You must move all these files up a level, however, keep a copy of composer.lock within the original directory, so just copy that one to the higher directory.
When you're finished, your basic structure should look like this:
Now that we're finished moving things around, you'll need to finalize some config settings before doing a cf push.
Further Config
Open up the manifest.yml file. Replace the [app_name] placeholder with something unique to your development space.
Here is where you can also pass env variables into the container. Notice APP_DEBUG is set to false, but you could change that to true. Laravel will pick up the environment variables you specify here.
The .bp-config (PHP BuildPack config) directory is where you will specify any overrides or additional PHP modules which get installed. We've set up the minimum required modules and overrides for DreamFactory to run with the default Apache install, but you can modify these files to align with your own setup. For more information on overriding the BuildPack, navigate over to the build pack documentation on CloudFoundry: http://docs.cloudfoundry.org/buildpacks/php/index.html.
Adding Paths in composer.json
Because we moved composer.json without its permission, we have to update some of the paths in our composer file to add the htdocs directory so the autoloader will know where to find things.
In the autoload section, go ahead and add the htdocs path like this:
Additionally, add the htdocs/ path to the artisan commands as well:
There's one more thing we'll have to do before we can launch, and it has to do with the empty cache directories that DreamFactory needs to write to. Basically, the existing BuildPack version doesn't seem to push up empty directories, so we need to trick it into pushing those directories up as well by placing a dummy file. For ease of use, simply run the following to put an empty file in the DreamFactory cache directories.
From your root directory:
touch htdocs/storage/framework/cache/.txt touch htdocs/storage/framework/sessions/.txt touch htdocs/storage/framework/views/.txt touch htdocs/bootstrap/cache/.txt
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European equities: Can value close the gap to growth in 2016?
European equities: Can value close the gap to growth in 2016?
Europe's slow recovery continues
Rory Bateman highlighted the relatively benign economic environment in Europe as the slow recovery continues.
In his view the region is "a supertanker and is now pointing in the right direction".
The services sector in particular is "looking very encouraging" while, on the corporate profits front, the margin differential between US and European equities is now beginning to close.
"Europe is still an attractive place to invest," Bateman said. However, within Europe there has been a significant divergence between the performance of the growth and value segments of the market.
Value has underperformed growth for the longest period on record and valuation levels between the two different style groups have also diverged significantly.1
Chart 1: Ten-year annualised relative return of value vs growth
Source: Thomson DataStream, as at 31 December 2015.
Stock-specifics should override style
Making the case for growth investing, Leon Howard-Spink acknowledged that the quality and growth styles of investment enjoyed a tailwind in 2015.
However, he pointed out that stock-specific factors are still the main determinant of fund performance.
This was a point picked up by value investor Jamie Lowry, for whom style trends in the market were a headwind in 2015.
He said that, whatever the style, "what matters more than anything is stockpicking".
Lowry added that value investing is not simply about buying cheap stocks but instead "looking for low expectations, so that it's very unlikely that you are disappointed and, if anything positive does happen, you get strong outperformance in the upside".
Even in a market like 2015, when value overall underperformed, it is possible to find such opportunities at stock level.
Advocating a blend approach to investing, Nicholette MacDonald-Brown pointed out that the style-agnostic can pick the best of both growth and value.
Concurring with the view that stock-specific factors make the crucial difference, she highlighted the importance of looking for individual stocks that are mispriced by the market and that are "in control of their own destinies", rather than relying on the vagaries of the economic or market environment.
How to spot real value
Howard-Spink pointed out that many of the typical value sectors in the current European context are cheap for good reason.
In his view, "oil, mining, financials, utilities – in 2015 these didn't represent real value as in most cases their earnings have been poor so the downgrades have been justified".
He cautioned that investors should not mistake low price-to-earnings ratios for value.
Chart 2: Cyclically-adjusted price-to-earnings ratio
Source: Thomson DataStream, Schroders, as at 31 December 2015. The cyclically-adjusted price to earnings ratio is defined as price divided by the average of ten years of earnings (moving average), adjusted for inflation.
Furthermore, Howard-Spink added that some value sectors are "low return, dying industries" and argued that it is better to own a portfolio that is exposed to future growth areas, citing "innovation, changes in consumer behaviour, or changes in manufacturing technology".
Lowry, however, argued that the history of value investing shows this may not necessarily be the case.
He pointed to the example of tobacco stocks in 2000, when the sector was very cheap but seen as being in terminal decline amid litigation and health concerns.
Tobacco then went on to perform extremely strongly over the next ten years. "You can make good money out of declining industries as long as the share price is low enough [when you buy]", he said.
MacDonald-Brown highlighted the importance of good and bad deflation when looking at current potential investment opportunities.
Commodity-sellers may look cheaply valued but deflation is bad for them. By contrast, consumer-facing firms have enjoyed "the lovely combination of pricing power and deflation on the input side, which has led to accelerating earnings growth".
Lowry added that the key to avoiding value traps is to look out for those companies that have appropriate balance sheets as this shows they have the "capacity to suffer".
Many cheaply-valued companies have the potential to deliver strong returns in the future, but if they go bankrupt in the meantime then clearly the investment case comes to nought.
He noted that many mining firms in particular are "borrowed to the hilt" and said he therefore remains cautious on the sector overall.
The case for growth
Amid a slow global growth environment, Howard-Spink made the point that an individual company's growth needn't depend on broad factors such as economic or population growth.
He highlighted the importance of seeking out those companies that have products strong enough to gain market share and that are sensibly managed.
He said that "growth often comes down to innovation". Capital goods firms can innovate via new methods of production or a new retail concept can be rolled out.
He added that growth is "the gift that keeps giving, via compounding".
Where are the best opportunities?
MacDonald-Brown took the view that there are possibly more opportunities currently in value, citing a Greek telecoms group and UK supermarket as interesting.
She said the important thing is to look for "an inflection point where value can be realised".
At the same time, she added that certain growth companies continue to look attractive due to stock-specific factors.
Looking at globally-exposed firms, she acknowledged the market's worries over emerging market-exposed stocks but noted that "there will be opportunities when people think emerging markets will shrink forever".
Lowry added that the recent market volatility is not a concern and that such an environment can open up opportunities for all active managers.
He noted that the increase of flows into passive funds means money is being put into the largest stocks, leaving a huge gap in the market for value investors.
Audience poll results
Attendees were asked at the start of the session whether they favoured growth, value or a blend style of investing for 2016, with roughly even numbers selecting value and blend.
The vote was taken again at the conclusion of the session and saw value win the day with 51% of respondents picking it as their preferred strategy for 2016.
1. Growth stocks are those with high rates of growth, both current and projected forward, while value stocks are those that have been under-priced by the market and have the potential to rise in value. ↩
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A Month of Soylent
I've been one month now on an (almost) exclusively Soylent diet.
Soylent is a drink engineered to be everything the human body needs for food. They don't explicitly recommend that a person eats nothing besides Soylent, but they certainly don't say it can't be done, and there are plenty of folks that do it.
Soylent is billed as a "healthy, convenient, and affordable food". In my experience, it's quite easily all three. I'm pretty excited about this stuff.
Let me start by saying that I'm not a diet guy. I've made various attempts in the past to count my caloric intake, but I can't remember the last time I imposed any kind of constraints on what I ate. In my opinion, counting calories sucks. It's quite a chore stopping to think about what I'm eating, try to find its rough equivalent in a table somewhere, recording it, and trying to time the intake so that you end the day at the right number.
@kennyspade first introduced me to Soylent a full year ago. He brought the topic up in response to my mention of Mark Zuckerberg wearing the same attire each day to alleviate decision fatigue. Soylent is similar in its ability to eliminate the decisions we make about what we eat.
Kenny handed me a bottle of Soylent's premixed product that they dub version 2.0 to try. I don't remember being particular taken by the flavor or the texture, but I wasn't turned off either.
Finally, the beginning of this September, I decided to try Soylent longer term, and I set my sites pretty high. I decided to reduce my diet to almost exclusively Soylent and water.
Soylent is available as a powder or a drink with the former being cheaper and the latter being more convenient. I opted for convenience for now.
I expected to be in for a bit of a personal battle. You see, I'm not that disciplined when it comes to eating. I'm basically just not accustomed to thinking about what I eat. I like sugar, so when candy is offered or available, I take it. If a bowl or a bag is offered, I take a few. I work hard and stay up late, so I drink coffee - perhaps 3 cups a day. And I like rich food in large portions. I was never overly excessive, but I haven't been thrilled with my fitness either.
Well, it's October now, so let me fill you in on my September…
Soylent is Tastier than I Thought
I started out not minding the taste, texture, and overall experience of Soylent 2.0 at all, but I ended up, somehow, absolutely loving it. Soylent tastes a bit like the milk left in your bowl after you've eaten Frosted Flakes, but a bit less sweet. I have a bottle every 4 hours, and after about 2 I'm really looking forward to the next one… not because I'm starving - I'm not - but because I enjoy the drink. The mouth feel is excellent too. It's a little bit grainy in a good way, and I much prefer that to the overly thin texture I find in the other (usually milk-based) protein or meal replacement drinks I've tasted.
Soylent is Quite Filling
I decided to eat four 400 kcal Soylent drinks each day at 7am, 11am, 3pm, and 7pm. That's 4 hours between meals and 1600 calories a day. The product is engineered to be 20% of the food a person needs for a day - 20% of the calories and 20% of the vitamins and nutrients - but I wanted to reduce my intake a bit and trim some fat.
After 4 hours of fasting, my stomach is ready for some substance, and whether I take my time drinking a bottle or throw it back in a hurry (in the TSA security line!) it does satisfy. I don't feel full per say as I pitch the bottle into the recycle bin, but I don't feel hungry either. I feel perfectly content for at least 2 hours and then start slowly getting hungry as I approach the 4 hour mark.
If I decided on a standard 2000 kcal diet, that would be 5 Soylents a day and a meal every 3 hours. That would be even easier.
Soylent is Easier than I Thought
The entire effort was much easier than I thought. I could hardly call it a battle, actually, as I initially thought it would be. The reason for this I attribute to the simplicity of my rule set…
- I will eat only Soylent and drink only water
- As a single exception to rule 1, if I get too hungry at any point, I'll allow myself to eat broccoli. You can hardly go wrong with steamed, plain broccoli. It's very healthy and doesn't exactly pose a temptation.
- If I have culinary social opportunities (team dinners, family outings, etc.) I'll go and I'll engage, but I just won't eat. Believe it or not, you can still enjoy a conversation across the table from someone without eating. It grinds against habit perhaps, but it works. Admitted, it does take a little bit away from a romantic dinner, but actually, that's a bit strange isn't it? For some reason, it's not as fun eating with someone when you're doing all the eating. My wife was kind and accommodating though.
In previous attempts to eat well, I had to spend extra time considering each morsel that passed in front of me.
"Should I eat that cracker?"
"Should I eat a cookie?"
"Should I eat another cookie?"
"Just one more pretzel?"
"My own carton of fries or share with my wife?"
But this time it was different. The answer was always the same - "no".
No soda. No coffee. No cereal. No cookie. No nothing.
No chicken, no carrots, no milk. No to seconds. No to firsts! No nothing. The answer is always no.
That greatly simplifies things and leaves my mind free to really concentrate on the project at hand or on what my 4 year old is trying to say to me.
Eating Includes a Lot of Ceremony
There's a whole lot of ceremony around food that I wasn't aware of until I got on the outside of it all.
Several time per day we think about food - we consider our hunger, we decide to eat, we decide what, we decide when, we decide where, we transport, we stand in line or wait on a server, we acquire, we consume, we ask to be excused while we chew and try to talk to others, and finally we clean up the mess on our table and on our hands. And after hardly any time at all, we start thinking about our next meal!
I also neglected to notice just how often we come up with the idea to find coffee. Is there a machine nearby? Is there a Starbucks nearby? And then again with the relatively long process of acquisition and consumption.
Food acquisition is still a cinch compared to ancient times when our food was running around with teeth. But the reality is that times are different and there may just be room for some efficiency improvements.
Recreational Eating Rocks
I wonder if you're thinking, "Yeah, but I like eating, and I don't have any desire to give it up."
I like eating too. September was a bit exceptional, but as a normal course I think it's a good idea to use Soylent for all of the boring meals - the ones where you just need to put food in the belly - and then truly enjoy all the other meals - the recreational meals. It's interesting too that my enjoyment of them is inversely proportional to their frequency. A weekly turkey sandwich tastes way better than a daily one.
Soylent is Convenient
There are a number of scenarios that I ran across during my experiment that accentuated the convenience of my new found food.
- Sometimes you don't have time for breakfast. A Soylent is about as convenient as a bar.
- Same thing when you're heads-down at work and acquiring lunch feels like a real chore.
- Reducing your diet to a very narrow menu of Soylent and water allows you to experiment with possible food allergies.
- Lunch meetings at work afford ample opportunity to show off bad habits or spill food on your lap. Starting your own lunch at 11:00 and finishing at 11:01 frees you up to focus on colleagues, partners, or the topics at hand.
- When you're running around town running errands or having fun, stopping at a restaurant doesn't have to be another thing on your list. Unless, that is, the rest of your family is on something other than a Soylent diet :)
Overall, it's just nice to be in control of your own daily diet.
The Cost of Engineered Eating
Shelling out the money for a month's worth of Soylents ($323 for 1600 kcal/day) feels like a lot. Consider, however, that this includes the convenience of the premixed option (a month of powder @1500 kcal/day is ~$180/mo), and may or may not be kinder on your budget than whatever else you were going to eat that month.
Some Other Things I Learned in Soylentember
Although weight loss was not my primary goal in this endeavor, I have lost 5 pounds over 4 weeks. That's a healthy weight loss rate, and I always have the option to maintain my 1600 calorie diet or bump it up to 2000. Soylent is not a weight loss product - it's just food, but it makes calorie counting much easier.
Air travel is not easy if you're doing the liquid version of Soylent, because you can't take liquid through security. I'm forced to check a bag and make sure that there's not too much time between when I go through security and when I visit baggage claim on the other end, which is often more than 4 hours. If you like to get to the airport 2 hours early like me, then you are constrained to flights that are roughly 2 hours or less. This is a good reason to get some of the powder version (1.6), which is exactly what I intend to do.
The bottles are recyclable. I recommend giving them a quick rinse before finding your nearest recycling bin.
When I get my hands on some powder I intend to mix up a day at a time and then use some of my 2.0 bottles for mixing
I chilled my Soylent bottles in the fridge when I started, because I read that it's better cold. It is good when it's cold, but I later discovered that I like it at least as much when it's room temperature. I think comes back to the texture. For some reason, when it's cold it feels smoother in the mouth, but I like my Soylent to feel like food in my mouth. It's more convenient leaving them at room temperature too, because you can just throw the day's worth of food in your backpack and take off.
Soylent also offers bars that are 250 kcal and I'm told are quite delicious. I like having the option of finer control of caloric intake by adding in this smaller increment.
Going Forward
I'm not 100% certain about how I want to proceed now. Like I mentioned, I expected this to be a chore, and expected to be rather excited about getting back to normal eating when September was over. On the contrary, I quite enjoy my new freedom from food ceremony, and I'm sure I'll continue supplementing some portion of my days kcal intake at least. I like how easy it is to come up with a daily plan of something like…
- 2 Soylent 2.0 drinks (800 kcal) + 1 bar (250 kcal) + 1 light dinner
- 3 Soylent 2.0 drinks (800 kcal) + 1 big dinner
I'm pretty sure I'll either do one of those or perhaps just keep on with a fully Soylent diet! We'll have to see.


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If you need an easy Valentine to make with your kids, these bouncy ball Valentines are a cheap option and simple for them to do.
Elf on the Shelf Ideas & Resources
When is your elf visiting your children? Ours is coming soon, so if you need Elf on the Shelf ideas, you've come to the right place for resources.
A Christmas Tree Experience That Saves Money
Our Vintage Christmas Tree
A couple of years ago, we decided that instead of cutting down a tree at a farm as we normally do, we were going to take advantage of the huge field by our street that is eventually going to be developed. We figured if it didn't work, we could still always visit the Christmas tree farm. But if it does happen, we just saved about $50!
My husband grabbed his saw and gloves, and we headed out to find our perfect Christmas tree.
Cutting Down Our Tree & Bringing It Home
After the tree is cut, we dragged it back to the house. We tried to shake it out the best we could, but it didn't really matter. Once we got it inside, the realization of how the outdoors makes everything look so much smaller came over us. The tree was huge!!
We had to shape it with cutting shears but tried to keep that natural look to it as much as possible. It took up half of our great room! The next year was better, because we learned from this first experience. This will be our third year, and I think we've decided to do it again. I'm really hoping they don't develop that field for awhile; we might as well use as many trees as possible before they clear them all out anyways.
I love how our tree turned out, and we ended up saving that $50. I don't know how easily accessible a place would be for you to get a tree without getting in trouble, but if you can, I think it's worth it. We've had such a good experience with it, and the boys definitely have a unique story to share.
Even if you can't get your Christmas tree for free, there are other ways to save on decorations. Look around at other things in nature. Holly branches are great to display. And I'm sure you could find awesome ideas on Pinterest for other ways to use what you have around you. Even the clippings from your Christmas tree can be used in other decorations.
Feel free to share ways that you have saved money on decorations for Christmas in the comments.
If you liked what you read, pin it!
Simple Couponing Tips to Quickly Save $
Some simple couponing tips could help you save some money on your shopping. Read more about saving time while you do it.
Organizing Inspiration: Budgeting
Getting organized can be an overwhelming feeling. I hope you find some budgeting inspiration as you read about our family starting to budget again.


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Hi, everyone,
Is there a way (other than a manually going through search results of a Hebrew lemma) to see how often the LXX uses a given word to render a Hebrew word in the MT?
I know Muraoka's two-way index has something like this, but I'd be curious to know precisely how often, for example, the LXX uses καρδία to render לֵבָב. (as opposed to using other words) I also know there are other issues at hand, like what text the LXX translator had in front of them, theologically motivated translation, etc., but I'm asking just about the text as it stands (in BibleWorks).
I'm assuming with the BGT, WTT, and Tov MT-LXX Parallel, something like this is easy and right under my nose... right?


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From Investors Business Daily.
Cuba, long derided in international policy circles as a basket case and no threat to the U.S., has been caught smuggling weapons of war to North Korea in blatant violation of U.N. sanctions. This is a wake-up call.
Sharp-eyed Panamanian authorities, watching the North Korean freighter Chong Chon Gang since June, received intelligence it might be shipping illegal drugs, something it had been caught doing before.
As the vessel lumbered into the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal from Cuba, Panamanian authorities cornered the 450-foot rust-bucket, battled a maniacally violent crew who slashed ship lines to make it hard to unload the ship, and then watched as the ship's captain tried to kill himself before having a heart attack.
After subduing the crew, the Panamanians found no drugs buried beneath sloppily packed brown sugar, but did find defensive RSN-75 "Fan Song" fire-control radar equipment for SA-2 surface-to-air missiles.
The discovery, and the crew's behavior, were signs of something big the North Koreans didn't want known — weapons smuggling, a violation of both United Nations sanctions prohibiting all sales of weapons to North Korea and Panama's own laws governing the canal.
"You cannot go around shipping undeclared weapons of war through the Panama Canal," declared Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, a U.S. ally, who tweeted a photo of the illegal shipment for the world to see.
It's significant that the enabler of this violation of international law was none other than Cuba, which has worked hard to convince the Obama administration to drop all travel and trade sanctions against it — and which is currently negotiating a migration pact with the U.S. It's time to stop that right now, and sanction Cuba further.
The brazen shipment of Russian-made weapons through Panama signaled that little has changed in Cuba — a state sponsor of global terror that has in fact been trying to destroy the U.S. since 1962.
"This is a serious and alarming incident that reminds us that the North Korean regime continues to pursue its nuclear and ballistic programs, and will stop at nothing in that pursuit," said House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. "It also illustrates that the Castro tyranny continues to aid and abet America's enemies and continues to pose a national security threat to the United States so long as the Castro apparatchik holds control over the island."
It's also the work of a rogue state. And at just 90 miles away, one that is as chillingly close to our shores as it is warm and friendly to North Korea.
[…]Although it's unknown why North Korea, a major weapons exporter, is importing weapons from Cuba right now, defense analysts speculate that the weapons may be making their way back to Pyongyang for an upgrade and return to Cuba.
That would be worrisome given that North Korea has said it means to strike the U.S. on its own home turf. What better launching pad could it ask for than Cuba?
Two weeks ago, North Korea's military commander visited Cuba to a red-carpet welcome. The visit raises questions as to what the two discussed — and, given the threat we see now, whether U.S. intelligence was aware of it.
If there is one thing that the United States definitely should not do, it's dropping sanctions against Cuba.


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And to think, I almost forgot the site's birthday this month. A couple weeks ago to be precise.
" 'Day' is a vestigial mode of time measurement based on solar cycles. It's not applicable… I didn't get you anything."
But that doesn't mean we can't have a little party to celebrate. So I have some stuff to give away! A bunch of random consumables from the WoW Trading Card Game, like Path of Cenarius and Tiny, and one Landro's Lil XT to give away.
So I am going to keep this post super short and super simple. Leave a comment on this post using an email address I can get a hold of you from (in the email field where no one else can see it of course) and on January 3rd (next Monday), I will pick winners for all the loot cards I have. If you don't I will still try to get a hold of you since I know how wary we all are about email addresses and I completely understand. Picking winners will be a completely random system along the lines of "Hey wife, pick 'x' numbers between 1 and whatever." Even if you leave multiple comments, only one entry will count.
I am going to see if I can conjure up some more prizes too, but those will be a surprise!
3 years going strong with more in the future I hope! Thanks to everyone who has continued reading my site throughout the years. Everyone who has commented, wrote in, watched the videos, or made alts to come by and say "Hi!" have made running my little corner of the web a blast.


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Ok, seeing as MasterOfWar accidentally erased his old list... I'm going to try and create a new one. I tried to take as much as I could by going through the old thread and taking everyones posts to rebuild it, while throwing in some new links that I've seen/tried. If there's anything I've missed, let me know~
(This is still a work in progress, I know there are a lot more free trials for Pay to Play MMO games that I've yet to add.... I'm working on it.)
Free MMO Games:
Flyff-- Fantasy 3D
Rappelz-- Fantasy 3D
Space Cowboy Online -- Scifi/Action 3D
Anarchy Online(Free Unless you want to play the expansions)--Scifi 3d
Maple Story--Fantasy 2D
Runescape--Fantasy 3D
Wyvern--Fantasy 2D
Second Life-- Real Life Simulator, 3D
GUNZ Online-- Action, 3D
KAL Online
Knight Online
Conquer Online-- Fantasy 3D/2D
Planetside--Action 3D
Dofus-- Turn based Fantasy 2D
Rubies of Eventide
Silkroad Online-- Fantasy 3D
War Rock
HERO Online
Puzzle Pirates 2D
Minions Of Mirth
F.E.A.R. Combat -- Action 3D
America's Army -- Action 3D
Kingdom of Loathing
Trickster Online--Fantasy, 2D
Last Chaos--Fantasy 3D
Granado Espada: Sword of the New World
Voyage Century Online 3D
Record of Lunia War
Dragon Fable
Legend of the Green Dragon
Dungeon Runners
Record of Lunia War
Rohan: Blood Feud
Atlantica Online
Free Trials of Pay to Play MMO Games.
Dark Age of Camelot (14 Day Trial, Credit Card Required.)
Asheron's Call (14 Day Trial, Credit Card Required.)
World of Warcraft (10 Day Trial, Credit Card, required.)
Dark Ages(10 day, or level 21 Trial, No Credit Card required.)
Everquest 2(Free for 7 days, limited content.)
Everquest(Free 21 Day Trial)
Astonia 3(28 Day Trial)
Star Wars Galaxies(14 Day Trial)
EVE Online(14 Day Trial, I believe.)
Dungeons and Dragons Online(7 Day Trial)
Helbreath(14 Day Trial)
Horizons: Empire of Istaria (14 Day Trial)
Jumpgate (10 Day Trial)
Lineage (7 Day Trial)
Myth of Soma (10 Hour Trial)
Neocron 2 (10 Day Trial)
Ragnarok Online (15 Day Trial)
ROSE Online (7 Day Trial)
The Realm Online (7 Day Trial)
Star Peace (7 Day Trial)
The Saga of Ryzom (Unlimited Trial, only gives limited access to game content.)
Time of Defiance (8 Day Trial)
ToonTown Online (3 Day Trial)
Ultima Online: Age of Shadows (15 Day Trial)
Pristontale(Free from level 1-39, Credit Card required.)
Warhammer Online
Vanguard Saga of Heroes
Lord of the Rings Online
Once again~ PM/Email me if you come across anything you would like to add to the list.
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Who Owns The Copyright On A Tattoo?
from the and-what-if-you-want-to-change-it deptHere's a fun hypothetical concerning copyright and tattoos:
My question is this, if a tattoo artist creates a unique design for a client, then this is tattooed on to the aforementioned client, does the tattoo artist still own any intellectual property rights (namely copyright) over this piece of art? If the tattooed subject were to go on to a profession (I can only think of modelling at this precise moment) where the tattoo was constantly broadcast to the general public, and the designer viewed this to be derogatory to their work, would they be able to litigate!"The 1709 Blog, which posted this question from a reader, also added a separate question:
If the tattooed subject wishes to have the tattoo amended or removed, [does] the tattoo artist [have] any ground upon which to object?Good stuff for a law school exam, I would think. Of course, plenty of tattoo artwork is actually covered by copyright -- which quite frequently goes ignored. But if we're talking about a unique piece of artwork, and no clear assignment of the copyright is made, there could very well be an issue.
It's worth pointing out, however, that this is not entirely a theoretical issue. Six years ago, we wrote about a tattoo artist suing the NBA, because a professional basketball player he had tattooed, Rasheed Wallace, had shown off the tattoo in a TV commercial, and the artist claimed it was a violation of his copyright. That lawsuit settled out of court, however, so we don't have a legal ruling as specific (that I'm aware of... but if there are other such cases, I'd love to know about them!).


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SEATTLE (AP) Richard Sherman and Bobby Wagner stood face to face, screaming at each other in celebration, counting up all the turnovers the Seattle Seahawks accumulated.
There were plenty, along with a franchise record for points in a 58-0 rout of the inept Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
Sherman and Wagner each had two interceptions, part of the eight turnovers forced by the Seahawks. Marshawn Lynch had three touchdown runs and Seattle (8-5) kept firm grasp on the final NFC wild-card spot. It also kept alive slim chances of catching San Francisco in the NFC West.
The Seahawks also picked up their first division victory of the season and gave coach Pete Carroll his first eight-win season in three years with the Seahawks.
Leon Washington's 3-yard run with 2:32 left pushed the Seahawks past the old record of 56 points scored against Buffalo in 1977. The eight takeaways were their second most, equaling a 1998 achievement.
Lynch ran for 128 yards on 11 carries and scored on runs of 20, 4 and 33 yards. His last score on the first drive of the second half tied his career high for TD runs in a game and was the capper to his afternoon. Lynch's backup, Robert Turbin, also topped the century mark with 108 yards.
Rookie quarterback Russell Wilson wasn't asked to do much, completing 7 of 13 for 148 yards and one touchdown. But unlike last week in Chicago, the Seahawks didn't need any heroics from Wilson.
In fact, Wilson got to be a spectator for the last 25 minutes while Matt Flynn finally got his first regular-season action in a Seahawks uniform.
The Seahawks scored nearly every way possible, turning their first home game in about a month into a rout that will only increase debate in Phoenix whether Ken Whisenhunt will be back as Cardinals coach.
It was an effortless performance by the Cardinals (4-9), who have lost nine straight, the longest slide for the franchise since 1944. It was the worst shutout loss in Cardinals history and their first time being shut out since losing 38-0 to the Seahawks in 2003. The Cardinals gained just 143 yards and almost as many turnovers as first downs (10).
Larry Fitzgerald had one reception and that didn't come until the fourth quarter. John Skelton made numerous ill-advised throws into coverage and was intercepted four times.
Arizona actually started well, with Skelton completing his first three passes. When Skelton finally threw in the direction of Fitzgerald the day quickly spiraled out of control. Skelton's pass found Fitzgerald's hands, but was wrestled free by K.J. Wright, tipped from hitting the ground by Walter Thurmond and into Wagner's hands.
Wagner's return set up the first of Steven Hauschka's three field goals. The Seahawks then went 85 yards in 11 plays capped by Lynch sprinting around the edge for a 20-yard TD.
Wilson later hit Anthony McCoy for 67 yards to set up Lynch's 4-yard TD.
Skelton was stripped by Chris Clemons and fell on the loose ball for the second Arizona turnover. Skelton threw into triple coverage to Fitzgerald and Sherman caught the poor throw, returning it 19 yards for a touchdown.
Patrick Peterson muffed a punt deep in his zone, the ball was batted around and eventually tipped to Malcolm Smith, who recovered in the end zone for a 31-0 lead.
And finally, Peterson was hit from behind and fumbled on a punt return late in the first half. Wilson hit Zach Miller for a 24-yard TD with 6 seconds left in the second quarter.
About the only bit of fight shown by the Cardinals came late in the third quarter during a pushing and shoving match that resulted in Daryn Colledge getting a personal foul for unnecessary roughness. By that point, the Seahawks led 51-0.
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I have always tried to be as much of a hardware guy as a software guy. Of course, when it comes to microcontrollers, there is a lot of overlap. But sometimes I am surprised that something common in one discipline is rarely heard in the other, at least by the same name.
One example is Amdahl's law. It is common to hear designers of CPUs (especially in parallel systems) use the term, but it is relatively rare among my software colleagues. Maybe it is because the eponymous Gene Amdahl was a CPU designer.
There is a lot of debate about what the law really is and what it really means. The actual Amdahl paper that gave birth to it actually only describes the idea behind it, not the math. The law itself is simple and reasonably common sense (you can read a technical description of it on Wikipedia and a critique of how the phrase is commonly used). However, I'd like to paraphrase and generalize it to this form: The most improvement you can get by optimizing a part can be no greater than the contribution of that part to the whole.
You mostly hear about this in relation to parallel processing. If you have a program that takes two hours to run and one hour of that isn't subject to parallel execution, then creating parallel execution for the rest can't get the total runtime below one hour (and, in fact, can't even get to one hour unless you simply do no processing). However, you can apply that same idea more generally.
If you think about it, this simple idea really applies to any sort of optimization. If it costs eight dollars to build a device and the voltage regulator costs 50 cents, the most savings you could expect from optimizing just the voltage regulator is 50 cents, and that would require total removal of the part. Most likely the savings will be less.
It seems to me that the word "law" is a poor choice here, though. It is more like a rule of thumb because sometimes systems have complex interrelationships and it isn't always easy to see the impact of one thing on the whole clearly. For example, suppose you have this C code:
// each scalar is a byte here sum=dataset[i].value*dataset[i].scale+dataset[i].offset;
It might not seem this takes very long by itself. Changing it to have parallel arrays instead of a structure may not seem especially productive and doesn't seem as elegant:
But there might be a big benefit if I can change the associated initialization from this:
int i; for (i=0;i<sizeof(dataset)/sizeof(dataset[0]));i++) { dataset[i].value=0; dataset[i].scale=1; dataset[i].offset=10; }
To this:
memset(dataset_value,0,sizeof(dataset_value)); memset(dataset_scale,1,sizeof(dataset_scale)); memset(dataset_offset,10,sizeof(dataset_offset));
This could be faster if your runtime library uses native facilities to do fast block fills. However, that is highly likely; modern processors have lots of ways to work with blocks of memory better than pure C can manage. However, like anything else, you'd have to measure it to be sure. So even though changing the format of the data seem innocuous in the main loop, it can enable larger gains elsewhere. If you apply Amdahl's law to the right part (that is, in this case, the entire part that uses the dataset structure), then it is still correct. But in real cases, it can sometimes be much harder to figure out all the related pieces.
Still, Amdahl's law is a good rule of thumb, even beyond its original application in parallel computing. My point isn't that every little bit doesn't count and add up. But Amdahl's law is a useful heuristic to suggest what parts of your code (or system) you should spend the most time on when optimizing.


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The test tube portal is one of the few "founding stage products" that make sense, but even it is just an accessory for the test tube setup and you could as well use an outworld immediately, although of course the portal is a much more convenient and space-saving option when you have a lot of queens (but then again, using it in large quantities is pretty costly when you could just use $2 plastic containers instead). BTW does the portal come with plugs for the slots you don't use?AntsManhattan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 13, 2017 2:13 pmIsn't the test tube portal supposed to be like a mini outworld for starting colonies?
There's a tutorial on how to use the dirt shacks somewhere on Formiculture. It's a decent setup for queens that do terrible in test tubes (there are a few of those) but for most ants even such a well-design founding formicarium isn't really worth it. Also it's too small for queens that could really need it, like Odontomachus trap jaw queens.
The main advantage of a well-done test tube is it's super low maintenance (don't forget to wash hands before making it, sounds obvious but you wouldn't believe how many people don't realize that most of the mold is brought into test tube setups by careless antkeepers in the first place) which means little disturbance for the ants - you can put an ant into a test tube and by using a paper tent as cover you won't have to touch the tube for MONTHS.
As such the portal is probably the "founding stage product" that makes the most sense. A founding formicarium for larger queens that do terrible in test tubes (like trap jaws or honey pots) could be a thing though.


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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Wade through the Water....
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Who Can Resist?
Unconditional love?? Well, I'm sure Mitzi our cat loves me, but I'll just say this right up front.....she sure can pout and give a cold shoulder when she feels like you haven't made her a priority....but I forgive her because she brings such laughter, love and companionship to our home. It took almost a year after rescuing her, for her to really settle in and show us love in return. Now she'll hop onto our lap when it's her own idea to cuddle, but my does she want to be the center of attention when it suits her and she feels neglected. Just coming home after being away for an afternoon can bring out her vocal side and she'll meow and meow until you give her some loving and then she's content to just snoop through bags brought in or boots taken off to see if maybe you brought home a treat. Oh the simple pleasure a furry cat can bring to our life :)
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Monday, March 21, 2011
This is the 1st day of Spring...right??
Well, the calendar says it's Spring, but up here in North-Eastern BC it is far from that!! We got a fair amount of fresh snow fall yesterday and through-out the night and it is still lightly falling. I hear that in other parts of BC tender green grass is poking through the winter barren ground and the first flowers of Spring are growing their way up to display their glorious blooms. Our school kids have started their Spring Break but as usual,unless they can fly away to warmer destinations, they'll have to entertain themselves with skiing, skating, sledding or just plan indoor things.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Spring Colours
Just a little fore taste of Spring, which is supposed to arrive next week. Here are some lovely colours to cheer up our day :) Hope these make you smile.
Sole Shebang
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Niagara Falls!
My poor feet have just been in such bad shape all winter long.....thank goodness I can hide them away in socks. My left leg and foot have once again suffered this winter with Cellulitis (infection) in the lower leg and dry, deeply cracked heels on that foot. SO, I file and scrub my feet regularly. I love to polish my tootsies just to give them a bit of dignity. I brought home a smaller toiletry bag of nail polishes from Mom and landed up throwing them all out except for this OPI polish, the colour Niagara Falls. How fitting that Mom choose this colour.....I LOVE it!!
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
An Unexpected Twist.....
Once again us 9 kids gathered and honored Mom at a Memorial Service. Now we all need to try to get on with our lives without any parents, which is making us feel rather like Orphans now. Another year filled with "firsts".
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Hopefully, the disappointment/frustration of that April Fool's ScuttleButton has subsided and now you're ready for the real stuff.
ScuttleButton, of course, is that once-a-week waste of time exercise in which each Monday or Tuesday I put up a vertical display of buttons on this site. Your job is to simply take one word (or concept) per button, add 'em up, and, hopefully, you will arrive at a famous name or a familiar expression. (And seriously, by familiar, I mean it's something that more than one person on Earth would recognize.)
For years, a correct answer chosen at random would get his or her name posted in this column, an incredible honor in itself. Now the stakes are even higher. Thanks to the efforts of the folks at Talk of the Nation, that person also hears their name mentioned on the Wednesday show (by me) and receives a Political Junkie t-shirt in the bargain. Is this a great country or what?
You can't use the comments box at the bottom of the page for your answer. Send submission (plus your name and city/state — you won't win without that) to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Good luck!
By the way, I always announce the winner on Wednesday's Junkie segment on TOTN — many days after the puzzle first goes up. So you should try and get your answer in as soon as possible. But logistically, you have about a week to submit your guess.
Here are the infamous buttons used in the April Fool's puzzle:
Re-elect Roy Dyson/The Best Man for Our Bay Country — Dyson was a Democratic member of the House from Maryland.
Wooo! Wooo! (picture of train) — Nothing more than that.
Let's Get It Straight/Vote For Davis in the 8th — Need more information about this button.
Kennedy Is Sex, But McCarthy Is Love — One difference between two Democratic presidential candidates from 1968.
So don't even bother adding these up. They don't amount to anything other than the fact that the puzzle was posted on April 1st.
And yet, some figured it out. And the randomly selected winner is Lori Rose of Greenbackville, Va., who wrote, "After struggling for hours with this week's puzzle I'm going to go out on a limb and say that there is no solution-April Fool's prank??"
It was indeed. Lori gets not only the coveted Political Junkie t-shirt — but the Official No Prize Button as well!
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Specifically designed for the unique contours of Gen4 and Gen5 GLOCK Compact pistols, the rear activation LG-851 offers a repeatable sighting advantage for your pistol. These Lasergrips provide the versatility of instant activation from a rear switch - maintaining adaptability with Crimson Trace Lightguard models.
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|Product Platform
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|Activation Location
|Rear Activation
|Factory Sighted at 50'
|Master On/Off Switch
|Battery Type
|Two #2025 Batteries
|Laser Battery Life
|Over Four Hours
|Wrench Size
|User Adjustable
|Windage and Elevation
|Polymer Grip with Rubber Overmold Activation Pad
|User Installed
|Three Year Full Warranty
|Dot Size
|Approx. 0.50" at 50'
it does the job for what it was superposed to do Review by jerry
the zeroing mechanism need to have audio clicks when zeroing instead of a alen ranch (Posted on 6/6/2020)
Poor Quality Review by Jerryut
I would NOT recommend to anyone unless you live in darkness and never grip your weapon. The rubber activation button is cheap and wears out quickly. With the button attached to the rubber and not built into the unit itself, once the rubber tears and falls off the sight is useless. JUNK.with only a three year warranty they don't back their product. They will give you batteries for the life of the product but not back their product for life. I will never buy another crimson trace product. Don't waste your money. (Posted on 5/4/2019)
Better for the money Review by Jr
The rubber in the back fell off. It does always activate so the batteries to fast. Mine seems to dim badly. Sometimes it's brighter than others, even after brand new battereis. My finger does block the laser often because I too keep my finger OFF the trigger, even when aiming, so it makes the last ER annoying. I will say the thing is dead accurate from 40 feet when in shady dark areas (Posted on 11/28/2016)
Outstanding Review by steven
Nice fit and finish, and it doesn't affect my grip. My G19 gen4 fit's perfectly into my Blackpoint Tactical Mini Wing holster just as well as it did before installation. (Posted on 5/18/2016)
5 stars but, Lasergrip trigger reach too long for smaller hands. Review by 23
I have a gen4 23. It didnt occur to me that the added width to the grip would make reaching trigger in usual way difficult. I bought this so I would be able to use my galco shoulder rig and other holsters. I took it off so I I didnt have to have the back of the grip have to go a little on my thumb instead of the web . I have 2 other crimson , foa a beretta nano and ruger lcr.
The lcr grip replaces the stock hogue grip, so you give up the cushioning as it is hard plastic but thats an fyi, I am ok with it.
The lcr fits in front of the trigger guard and is great. I just have to find a holster for the lcr.
Great products, work as advertised, just think about the substantial additional grip width on the gen4 23 model. Anyone want a virtually new gen 4 23 Lasergrip? :) I wish I could exchange it for one that didnt add width to the grip, and still fit the holsters. ( THATS FOR CRIMSON TRACE IF THEY MONITOR THIS) (Posted on 3/8/2016)
Great Review by Zeddicus
Works wonderful! Very accurate and easy to install! (Posted on 2/10/2015)
Improved my Shooting Review by JohnnyYukon
I was skeptical of any lasers on a pistol and still am not sure I will keep this equipped on a home defense weapon, but man, this thing has seriously improved my shooting at the range.
It's so easy to see the effect a jerky or improper trigger pull has when you can see the dot on the target. If it's not smooth, then the dot is all over the place. But watching a bullet go straight through the red point with a smoothing trigger is very satisfying.
Definitely recommend this product, and when sited in (which doesn't take long), dead accurate. (Posted on 3/8/2014)
Doesn't fit the newer Gen4 Glocks that come with the beavertail grip adapters. Review by John L.
The newer Gen4 frames have a small protrusion on the top of the grip frame right behind the back of the slide, that is intended to position the beavertail grip adapter. It interferes with the top of the laser grip, causing major problems with lining up the holes for the retaining pin. I'm going to have to either cut that protrusion off the frame or make a small recess into the top of the laser grip. I'll also have to call Crimson Trace to see if the are aware of this problem. Disappointing because I have several of their products and they have been outstanding. (Posted on 1/23/2014)
Great product and great service Review by Sgt JBB
Bought an LG-851 for my wife's Glock Gen4 Model 19. The first one had a little trouble with the activation button. I called Crimson Trace and they immediately sent a new one and it works perfectly. Easy to install and easy to sight in. I like the larger hex wrench for adjusting the laser beam. I love it and recommend it. (Posted on 9/21/2013)
Very good product but... Review by ErnieColeman
I'm little bit angry, because i bought it here, and today i found it cheaper here: http://tiny.cc/r2og2w
Next time i will check other sites first (Posted on 9/3/2013)
dot is not a dot Review by MI
Laser dot is actually 4 smaller dots. I sent it back to CT for repair. They sent it back with the same problem saying it was within standard. I have laser grip also, at it has a perfect dot. (Posted on 8/5/2013)
Nice, some minor issues Review by Bartimus
Looks great, feels good in the hand. I had installed one of the custom backstraps that came with the Glock 23 Gen 4. You cannot use the backstrap if you want to use the LG. I removed it, but had a hell of a time getting the LG installed for some reason. I could not get one side of the LG lined up properly with the hole in the grip. After attempting to insert the pin and using a small mallet to help, I scored the side of the gun with the pin near the hole, which caused the pin to keep catching in the same spot over and over. After about 2 hours, I finally got the pin in. My only complaint is when you get your grip on the gun, you are going to activate the laser every time. I instinctively place my pointing finger off the trigger and along the rail until ready to shoot. Good thing about that, is I can block the beam if I need too until ready to fire. Bad thing, is sometimes I block the beam with my finger when I don't want to. (Posted on 5/28/2013)
Awesome Laser Review by Randy
I LOVE this laser grip. Installed in 5 minutes, sight adjusted in 5 minutes. I put 3 rounds in one hole! OK, that was exceptional, but I get TIGHT 3 round groups every time, without fail. I have no doubt this laser grip will perform when I cannot take the time to get in a stance and aim properly - a.k.a. in an emergency. Thanks for the free battery program also. (Posted on 2/9/2013)
LG-851 Review by David
This model has REAR activation. No real problem once you get used to it. What I really like is the new larger size and design of the adjustment tool. It is larger and easier to use.
Wish the price was a little lower though :( (Posted on 1/10/2013)
Money well spent Review by Michael
Thank you Crimson Trace. Just received and installed. From start to final installation on my wife's Glock19 everything was very smooth. I will definitely be purchasing one for my Glock23. The fit and finish molds as if it were designed and installed by the Glock factory themselves. For accuracy and safety this is money well spent. After doing extensive research on lasers one should spend the extra money for their family's safety and purchase the Crimson Trace. Next up will be the Crimson Trace light guards for both my wife and I. Recommendations have already been made to family members to make this all important purchase. (Posted on 12/24/2012)
Outstanding addition to my GEN 4 Model 19! Review by DFK
Obvious high quality product, with almost seamless integeration on the pistol. Easy to install, instinctive to use, and easy to sight in perfectly.
I had the large grip installed on my Model 19, and thought it was about perfect for my hand. I initially switched back to the standard size grip with the LaserGrip. I think I'll probably go to the midsize grip with the LaserGrip to get the perfect fit.
Just need some more time at the range to decide.
Highly reccomended! (Posted on 3/1/2012)
Outstanding addition to my GEN 4 Model 19! Review by DFK
Excellent product, easy to install, and easy to sight in perfectly. Obviously high quality. How have I done without this product for so long? (Posted on 3/1/2012)
Perfection Review by Opie11
I am extremely happy with my new lg-851. I love the new design with the integrated off switch. Great new product!!! (Posted on 2/28/2012)
Excellent Product Review by Sgt_Smith
I bought the LG-851 for my Gen 4 Glock 23, and I could not be happier. The shipping was quick and painless. The laser was incredibly easy to install, and fits snugly. I was also impressed with the minimal impact the grip has on my "feel" when holding the pistol. The device does not intrude on my holster (Serpa), and snaps into place just like it did before installation of the grip. Crimson Trace has a winner with this grip, for sure. (Posted on 2/9/2012)
Works Great! Review by JR Glock
Works well and very easy to install. Laser is very powerful. (Posted on 1/15/2012)
YEAH!!! Review by GR8GLOCKS
I've been patiently waiting for a Crimson Trace Lasergrip for my Gen4 G19. (Posted on 1/7/2012)


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By Jim Miklaszewski and Alan Boyle
The object that North Korea sent into space early Thursday appears to be "tumbling out of control" as it orbits the earth, U.S. officials told NBC News.
The officials said that it is indeed some kind of space vehicle but they still haven't been able to determine exactly what the satellite is supposed to do.
In a statement, the White House said the rocket launch was a highly provocative act that threatens regional security and violates U.N. resolutions.
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday condemned the launch, calling it a "clear violation" of U.N. resolutions. A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he "deplores" the launch.
North Korea is banned from conducting missile and nuclear tests, under the terms of U.N. sanctions imposed after a series of nuclear weapons tests in 2006 and 2009.
Missile warning systems detected the launch at 7:49 p.m. ET Wednesday. North American Aerospace Defense Command officials said in a statement that the initial indications were that the first stage fell into the Yellow Sea and the second stage fell into the Philippine Sea. Japan's NHK television network said the rocket's second stage fell minutes after passing near the southern islands of Japan.
North Korea said Wednesday's launch was an attempt to place a satellite into a pole-to-pole orbit. Pyongyang's official KCNA news agency said that the rocket was fired from the Sohae Satellite Launch Center on the secretive country's west coast, and that the Kwangmyongsong weather satellite went into orbit as planned.
But U.S. officials say the launch was a thinly veiled attempt to test a three-stage ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead as far as the West Coast.