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Cheap iPhone Not Cheap Enough in China; unsubsidized 16GB iPhone 5c is being offered at 4,488 yuan ($733) in China, barely less the 5,000 yuan Chinese consumers had to fork out for the old iPhone 5 and significantly higher than the 3,000 yuan analysts had predicted
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September 11, 2013, 2:00 AM
Cheap iPhone Not Cheap Enough in China
Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Phil Schiller speaks about the new iPhone 5C during an Apple product announcement at the Apple campus on September 10, 2013 in Cupertino, California.
It has come to pass. The world now has an "affordable" iPhone. While detractors of Apple'sAAPL -2.28%new iPhone 5c, unveiled in Cupertino, Calif. today, have said the "c" stands for cheap, fans in the world's largest smartphone market are saying it stands for something else: China. In part that's because more so than in any other market, Apple stands to gain sales in China from the cheaper offering thanks to the country's huge number of low- and middle-income smartphone users. But it's also because in China the new iPhone quite frankly won't be all that cheap.The unsubsidized 16GB iPhone 5c is being offered at 4,488 yuan ($733) in China, barely less the 5,000 yuan Chinese consumers had to fork out for the old iPhone 5 and significantly higher than the 3,000 yuan analysts had predicted as a likely price for the new phone. Carriers have yet to announce subsidized packages for the phone, though even a subsidized device could still fail to reach the majority of China's urban consumers, according to a projection from the Wall Street Journal based on income distribution data from research firm CEIC Data.
The projection, developed in consultation with analysts, assumes that a working, urban family would be willing to spend, at most, half of its total monthly income on a single smartphone. If China Mobile or another carrier were to offer the new phone at the previously projected 3,000-yuan price, around 260 million Chinese urban residents could potentially be willing to buy it. That would effectively double Apple's addressable market from the 125 million who were willing to buy the old iPhone 5.
But it would still be too pricey to appeal to roughly 430 million people, or 62% of the country's urban population.
The limits of Apple's reach with even a subsidized version of the iPhone 5c are clear in Yangquan, a city of one million in the mountainous Chinese province of Shanxi. There, one Samsung vendor named Wang Shoubin estimated that around 70% of customers were looking for phones between 1000 yuan and 2000 yuan, with many others looking even lower.
"Here everyone buys national products," he said, referring to the proliferation of Chinese domestic brands that have come to dominate the low-end by offering cheap phones.
In one of the many smartphone stores that sit across from the train station in Yangquan, one vendor tries to sell Jiang Haisen, a 30-year old construction worker, on a phone made by local phone maker Oppo Electronics Corp. that runs for 1000 yuan.
"This phone has the same hardware as Apple and the casing is made special to stick to your hand when you hold it up," she says as she opens her fingers to show how the phone stays pasted to her palm. Despite her claims about the phone's iPhone-esque quality, the touch screen sticks slightly as she slides her finger over it to flip between menu screens.
Mr. Jiang isn't convinced and keeps looking, but the Oppo phone is in his price range of around 500 yuan to 1000 yuan. Though he said he would like to buy an iPhone, he simply can't afford one.
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In Shijiazhuang, the cheaper iPhone is likely to sell well, but it still faces stiff competition from local brands.
Others in the town said they saw a patriotic benefit in buying Chinese brands.
Wang Hao, a 32-year old who works in insurance, said he bought a Huawei phone, and would buy Huawei in the future, in part because of the company's multiple run-ins with the U.S. government.
"I heard about Obama blocking Huawei from the U.S. market so I want to support them," he said.
Even in the far more affluent city of Shijiazhuang, where vendors said they expected a cheaper iPhone to sell well, the phone will still face stiff competition from local phone makers. According to three different vendors in the city's Hailong Electronics City, most sellers will be trying to up-sell users to the iPhone 5C from cheaper phones made by domestic companies.
Ma Tao, who owns a shop on the second-story of the electronics mall, echoed concerns that have already been voiced by some analysts (and perhaps taken to heart by Apple): that a cheaper phone would lead to a short-term spike in sales, but that it would erode Apple's reputation as a maker of luxury high-end phones in the long run.
Likening the challenge of selling a cheaper iPhone to one he currently faces selling Samsung's middle-range handsets, Mr. Tao also said he didn't think the iPhone 5c would fly off the shelves as quick as cheaper Chinese made phones. "Xiaomi phones are 1500 yuan. They're cheap and they have about the same hardware as more expensive Samsung phones," he said, referring to phones made by Xiaomi Inc., a popular vendor that sells high-spec phones close to cost.
"If the inside is the same, but [the phone is] 1,000 yuan cheaper, people will choose it," he said.


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Skip to comments.Clovis Comet Gets Second Look
Posted on 04/06/2012 9:21:52 AM PDT by baynut
Scientists, it's said, behave more like lawyers than philosophers. They do not so much test their theories as prosecute their cases, seeking supportive evidence and ignoring data that do not fita failing known as confirmation bias. They then accuse their opponents of doing the same thing. This is what makes debates over nature and nurture, dietary fat and climate change so polarized.
But just because the prosecutor is biased in favor of his case does not mean the defendant is innocent. Sometimes biased advocates are right. An example of this phenomenon is now being played out in geology over the controversial idea that a meteorite or comet hit the earth 12,900 years ago and cooled the climate.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Some Alien Theorists say..........
Well it is almost the same, isn't it?
I'll stick to astronomy and physics articles, I guess.
I've taken to walking back any comet or asteroid claim by roughly 3,600 year intervals to see if there is any correlation to 2012, since the whole thing is so tinfoiled on the one hand and dismissed right out of hand on the other.
This doesn't. But, some do. So, I still have no idea if there's any legitimate astronomical basis for the whole 12/21/12 thing.
I guess I'll just have to wait and see, lol.
Thanks baynut. Matt Ridley also authored that book on DNA, among others.
The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes:
Flood, Fire, and Famine
in the History of Civilization
by Richard Firestone,
Allen West, and
Simon Warwick-Smith
|GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother & Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks Theoria and martin_fierro for the pings, and baynut for the topic.
Clovis Comet.......I think I dated her once.
They found a crater in Iraq that could have some impact on this hiatus but I never followed it up.
They found a crater in Iraq that could have some impact on this hiatus but I never followed it up.
Periodicity and near extinction level events would make sense of a lot of legend and certain religious prophecies.
It looks like Kennett has taken up the cause started by Firestone, Topping, et al and I gather he's a good hand to have in the fray. BTW, I notice the author has apparently changed the title of his article; in now reads: "A Global-Cooling Theory Gets a Second Chance". Might be something else tomorrow. ;^)
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An Auteur Study of Alejandro González Iñárritu's Style
The objective…
of this study is to use the auteur model to examine Alejandro González Iñárritu's two films: Babel (2006) and Biutiful (2010). An explanation of why Iñárritu films are truly auteurism works of art will be discussed. Techniques used in these films portray fear, human suffering, and stereotypes. Iñárritu called his films "emotional geography that the viewer can roam and relate to as a human" (Bouchaib 2011). The topics of analysis derived from this objective will cover the use of narrative structure, sound and silence, filming techniques and characterization themes that challenge the audience illustrating tragedy, changes and terror of the characters. Themes include reactions to consequences or fate and fear through sickness, injury, or loss; universal to all humans. Iñárritu presents these themes with clarity of realism that results in empathy. This study aims to prove that an Iñárritu's films create an emotional landscape to show that there is light and beauty in the darkest human experiences that leads to transformation. The relationships with his creative personnel brings continuity between Babel and Biutiful.
Auteur criticism…
dates back to the 1920's with French art cinema claiming as the filmmaker being the auteur (Hayward 2012). Over the centuries, many debates about others involved with the film as being auteurs. This study provides exemplary explanations why Iñárritu films are distinct and visually compelling. The creative personnel that worked on both Babel and Biutiful including:
● Director of Cinematography Rodrigo Prieto
● Score Composer Gustavo Santaolalla
● Sound Designer Martín Hernández
● Film Editor Stephen Mirrione
● Production Designer Brigitte Broch
● CoProducer Ann Ruark
● Producer Jon Kilik
Rodrigo Prieto says Iñárritu allows a lot of room for proposes ideas. "It makes you feel like it's your movie, too, and that empowers you to contribute as much as possible" (Bosley 2006). Even though the narrative structures on these two film are entirely different, many techniques and stylistic traits can be seen in both films.
Contrasting structures…
of Babel and Biutiful show that Iñárritu is not locked into a mold. His first three films, including Babel were nonlinear storylines consisting of several interlocking narratives of people affected by the actions of others. These stories were shot and disassembled and recomposed to give the narrative more sensation. Biutiful looks at a single linear story focusing on the daily actions of one character to drive the story. Iñárritu delivers both with great precision.
Babel's hypernarrative and intertwining plot is dispersed among several countries and portrays the characters in a way that illustrates how global communications is flattening our world. This film is truly an international work, from the production people to the writer and the cast. This film examines the varying perspectives of the characters in the aftermath of a tragic accidental shooting. This film is considered the third in a trilogy and final work with writer, Guillermo Arriaga. Each story within this film focuses on the individual's plight but their experiences become insignificant to the overall perspective during the final segment. Amelia is forced to voluntary deportation and her son, Luis, meets her. She in the same dress she was wearing at the wedding and it is only hours after she left him. Her desperation and terror can be seen in their embrace. She sees her whole world as she knows it disappear, as a consequence of one decision.
From there, the viewer is transported back to Morocco where Yusset has surrendered and his brother's dead body is carried away. A closeup of his face reveals the terror he feels from this loss. He reflects through the only flashback of the film showing the two sharing a moment of sheer happiness. Their arms are spread against blowing on wind a mountainside. This image is mimicked earlier by the Japanese teenagers during their ecstasy trip.
This segment leads to the evacuation of Mrs. Smith by the Red Cross helicopter, producing a very different kind of wind. All the villagers are curiously looking on. Mr. Smith offers the tour guide a wad of cash; which is rejected. Mr. Smith does not understand the refusal of money and realizes that hug they just shared was a viable replacement for the nonmaterialistic man.
This scene is consistent with the other stories' ending where the characters show signs of transformation. During these three segments, the nondiegetic musical score, discussed later, replaces dialogue because words cannot convey the emotions that Iñárritu conveys. The final emotional charge comes with Chieko and her father embracing in an understanding of empathy for each other's loss. The final shot zooms out from the father and daughter until they are specks in the Japanese sky. Iñárritu calls this shot the "El Abandonador; in which starts with closeups of the characters, almost able to smell their skin to giving them some space to breathe and looking at them from a distance… like pulling back from a beehive" (Deleyto 2010 P. 135). This is the point where the stories all converge into showing a common theme of love overcoming obstacles and hardships. There are many open-ended situations that Iñárritu leaves to the viewer's imagination.
is a departure from Iñárritu's previous offerings. The story was shot in chronological order by scene and focuses on one main character. Uxbal finds out he's dying of cancer and tries to set his affairs in order. He works in the Barcelona criminal underground. His actions create chaos, terror, arrest and even death of people that trust him. His illness changes his perspective and his outlook. Even though Biutiful is linear and does not intertwine more than one plot, the narrative follows a circular story. The film's plot is booked-ended and of the main story consist of a flashback.
The film begins with Uxbal and his daughter discussing his mother's ring and remembering the sounds of a radio show he listened to when he was young. He gives her the ring and you can hear her saying "Papa, Papa?". The viewer is then transported to a snowy forest where there is a dead owl. A young man appears. He discuss the fact that owls spit up hairballs when they die and tells Uxbal to take his ponytail down because it frightens the owls. The man talks about the salt water that used to be there.
Then he makes the sound of the water, then the sound of the wind and then concludes with the sounds they make together; which makes Uxbal genuinely laugh. They share a smoke and the man walks off. Uxbal asks "What's over there?", he follows him and the snow begins to fall.
The audience is then transported to the flashback, or the major part of the story. At the end of the movie, we see Uxbal and Anna in bed talking. After he gives her the ring, the audience sees him outside his body and knows that he has passed and the snowy sequence begins again as Anna says "Papa, Papa?" Now the audience now knows that the man is his father and he leads him into a new world.
Iñárritu states that "sound is 50% of a film or sometimes even more" (Deleyto 2010 p. 132). The musical score is part of that percentage. The use of sound and silence to provide an emotional element that adds to the visual images onscreen. According to Routledge's Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts states the function of music should provide a framework for the film and seal the spectator-screen relationship (Hayward 2012). "Deportation/Iguazu" from Babel begins when Emilia is told that she will be deported, continues with a flashback of the two brothers enjoying themselves and accompanies Mrs.Jones while she is being loaded into the Red Cross helicopter and ends with the doctor coming out to talk to Mr. Jones about her condition. "Composer Gustavo Santaolalla was drawn to an instrument called the ude, an ancestor to the lute and guitar, and sounding much like the Japanese instrument koto, to connect the Arab, Spanish and Japanese locations" (AFI n.d.).
The Sound Designer, Martín Hernández, provide silence as technique to garnish an emotional response to the characters. The use of silence punctuates the Japanese teenager's, Chieko, frustration as a deafmute. There are several scenes where the audience experiences her auditory point of view, silence. The a nightclub segment provides her experience while in utter silence as sweaty dancers writhe erotically to the pounding beat. The audience relates to her terror of never being able to hear.
Biutiful's "Meditacion#9" provides the soundbed for the strongest imagery in the film. Fretting from the deaths of the Chinese immigrants, he tells Marambra to go out of town without him. As he ends this conversion, his fate become clear to him. The image of the birds changing direction in flight provides the counterpoint image with the soundtrack. Another of Iñárritu's stylistic uses of sound is to show emotion without words. By providing Uxbal's subjective perspective, the viewer can pick up on the emotions felt by him.
Babel and Biutiful's Director of Cinematography, Rodrigo Prieto….
uses different techniques to provide emotional content through composition, camera movement, color and aspect ratios. Prieto's use of these techniques in both films with different results to portray terror, anxiety and loss of control. Babel illustrates an example this right after Susan is shot. "The handheld camera swings wildly around the bus while framing becomes decentred and unclassical when bodies of panicking tourists obscure Susan; leading the audience confused as to what happened" (Tierney 2009).
Biutiful's visual palette is extraordinary because it changes as the character Uxbal changes. In the beginning, the character is wound tightly. First, the handheld camera work is shaky and unstable to illustrate his anxiety and need to be in control. Once he digests the fact that he will die, he surrenders. This sets his soul free and the the way the images are captured and portrayed illustrates this freedom.
"Stability creeps into the handheld camera movements, Uxbal's mind has expanded and is shown through use of aspect ratios" (Slater 2011). The colors of Uxbal world also morph into a pleasant palette as he nears death. The bookended segments are full of light; a contrast to his home that he just left in Barcelona.
This study of Iñárritu's auteur style…
from Babel and Biutiful proves that his creative team is very much part of this creative output. Uses of structure, technique and sound will impact audiences and film studies for years to come. Reviewing his latest and future films will be a pleasure for this writer.
Works Cited
Authority on American Film (AFI
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Still working on this one……
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The booklet contains bleeds which extends the color off the edge of the page and is trimmed off. The design was created in Adobe InDesign.
An imposition was created using Kodak Preps. The polyester press plates were created on the Mitsubishi SDP Eco 1630 Digital Image Setter.
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The signature sheets were printed with the final output pages in the proper position so that when folded the pages are in order. Two right angle folds were efficiently done with the Mathias Baurle folder; which is a buckle folder. The booklet is then saddle stitched using the Bindery-Mate stitcher. This makes the document lie flat and it opens completely. The booklet was trimmed into fished output using the Challenge 265 paper-cutter.


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Adoration is a sign of devotion to and worship of Jesus Christ, who is believed by Catholics to be present Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity, under the appearance of the consecrated host, in the form of hosts, that is, consecrated altar bread. As a devotion, Eucharistic adoration and meditation are more than merely looking at the Blessed Host, but are believed to be a continuation of what was celebrated in the Eucharist. Watch the video of Adoration during Shalom Night Vigil and pray with strong faith and devotion. If you pray with full faith and devotion, then you will be blessed and God will surely fulfill your intentions.
Arise, cry out in the night,
as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart like water
in the presence of the Lord. (Lamentations 2:19)
A Trinitarian night of miracles, an amazing spiritual experience.
Every First Friday, the whole of Shalom family gather together to pray for the world. On the still silence of the night, they offer before the Blessed Sacrament all the prayer intentions coming through post, phone, e-mail and fax. Simultaneously, special prayer service for the public is conducted within the office of Shalom.
It is a day of blessings. The Lord touches many who are lost in despair. The sick are healed! Sinners are liberated! Youth groping in darkness find a new light! Peace return to shattered families!
Shalom Night Vigil is a spiritually nourishing programme which includes Rosary, Praise and Worship, Sharing of the Word, Narration of Testimonies, Adoration and Holy Mass which comes on all first Fridays. Many a soul finds solace of mind and heart as well as realizes the love of our heavenly Father participating in it. The Lord has enormously blessed many people through this enriching programme and it is attested by the thousands of letters and phone calls receiving in Shalom.
You might begin that night with cries of despair, but surely you cannot help but end it with tears of joy rolling down your cheeks, because your Lord will definitely visit you that night.
Watch it on Shalom TV every First Friday starting at 8.00 p.m. IST.


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NTSB: Metro-North train was traveling 82 mph as it approached 30 mph curve
Human error, brake failure being investigated
YONKERS, N.Y. >> A commuter train was rushing almost three times its speed limit around a curve when it derailed and killed four passengers, a federal investigator said Monday.
But whether the wreck was the result of human error or mechanical trouble was still unclear, he said.
Asked why the train was going so fast, National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said: "That's the question we need to answer."
The Metro-North Railroad train was going at 82 mph in a 30 mph zone around a sharp bend in the Bronx when it went off the track Sunday morning, according to preliminary information from the Metro-North train's two data recorders, Weener said.
He said the throttle went to idle six seconds before the derailed train came to a complete stop — "very late in the game" for a train going that fast, Weener said — and the brakes were fully engaged five seconds before the train stopped.
Asked whether the tragedy was the result of human error or faulty brakes, Weener said: "The answer is, at this point in time, we can't tell."
The wreck came as Metro-North and other railroads have been trying to extend a 2015 deadline for installing automatic slowdown technology designed to prevent speed-related derailments and other catastrophic accidents.
While U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday it was too soon to say whether the crash would have been prevented by such a system, known as "positive train control," rail safety experts suggested it could have been.
Grady Cothen, a former safety official with the Federal Railroad Administration, said a PTC system would have prevented the crash if the brakes were working normally; they apparently had been during the train's nine previous stops, Weener said.
Steve Ditmeyer, another former FRA official who teaches at Michigan State University, said the technology would have monitored the braking system and would not have allowed the train to exceed speed limits. It takes about a mile for a train going 70 mph to stop, he said.
"A properly installed PTC system would have prevented this train from crashing," he said. "If the engineer would not have taken control of slowing the train down, the PTC system would have," Ditmeyer said.
Weener would not disclose what the engineer operating the train had told investigators, and he said results of drug and alcohol tests of the engineer weren't yet available. Weener said investigators were examining the engineer's cellphone — apparently to determine whether he was distracted.
Metro-North's parent agency and other railroads have pressed the government to extend the PTC deadline a few years because of the cost and complexity of the technology, which uses GPS, wireless radio and computers to monitor locomotives' position and speed and stop trains from colliding, derailing or going the wrong way.
"This incident, if anything, heightens the importance of additional safety measures, like that one," said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., which is also served by Metro-North. "And speaking for myself, I'd be very loath to be more flexible or grant more time."
Marjorie Anders, a spokeswoman for Metro-North's parent, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said the agency began planning for a PTC system as soon as the law was put into effect. The MTA in September awarded a $210 million contract for designing and installing it on Metro-North.
"It's not a simple, off-the-shelf solution," she said.
The engineer, William Rockefeller, was injured and "is totally traumatized by everything that has happened," said Anthony Bottalico, executive director of the rail employees union. He said Rockefeller, 46, was cooperating fully with investigators.
"He's a sincere human being with an impeccable record that I know of. He's diligent and competent," Bottalico said. Rockefeller has been an engineer for about 11 years and a Metro-North employee for about 20, he said.
While the train's seven cars and locomotive were gradually returned to their tracks Monday, the 26,000 weekday riders on the railroad's affected Hudson Line faced a complicated commute.
Many used shuttle buses and cars to get to work. But no major delays were reported during the early rush hour.
On Sunday, the train was about half full, with about 150 people aboard, when it ran off the rails about 7:20 a.m. while rounding a bend where the Harlem and Hudson rivers meet. The lead car landed inches from the water. In addition to the four people killed, more than 60 were injured.
Many victims had been released from hospitals by Monday afternoon.
Seven were still in an intensive-care unit at St. Barnabas Hospital, some with spinal injuries, emergency department director Dr. David Listman said. And two patients were reported in critical condition at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
The injured included five police officers who were heading to work, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and a 14-year-old boy who was taking a weekend ride with his father on the same train the youngster usually takes to school.
The train's assistant conductor, Maria Herbert, suffered an eye injury and a broken collarbone, Bottalico said.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on NBC's "Today" show that he thinks speed will turn out to be a factor in a crash he called "your worst nightmare."
Officials identified the dead as Donna L. Smith, 54, of Newburgh; James G. Lovell, 58, of Cold Spring; James M. Ferrari, 59, of Montrose; and Kisook Ahn, 35, of Queens. Three of the dead were found outside the train; one was inside.
Lovell, an audio technician who had worked the "Today" show and other NBC programs, was traveling to Manhattan to work on the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, longtime friend Janet Barton said. The tree-lighting ceremony is Wednesday night.
"He always had a smile on his face and was quick to share a friendly greeting," "Today" Executive Producer Don Nash said in a message to staffers.
The MTA awarded $428 million in contracts in September to develop the PTC system for Metro-North and its sister Long Island Rail Road. But the MTA has asked for an extension on the deadline to 2018, saying it faces technological and other hurdles in installing such a system across more than 1,000 rail cars and 1,200 miles of track.
The derailment came amid a troubled year for Metro-North, and marked the first time in the railroad's 31-year history that a passenger was killed in an accident.
In May, a train derailed in Bridgeport, Conn., and was struck by a train coming in the opposite direction, injuring 73 passengers, two engineers and a conductor. Another train struck and killed a Metro-North employee working on the tracks in West Haven. In July, a freight train full of garbage derailed near the site of Sunday's wreck.


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Earlier this week, Nintendo showed off a new Pro Controller that's designed to be used when playing titles that are ported from other systems, and not necessarily designed with the Wii U's unique capabilities in mind.
The first model shown was in black, but you know, since the console is also sold in white the pad will be available in that colour as well. Here it is.


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Eric Hutchinson's success as a singer-songwriter could be measured by the Baltimore venues he's played.
After honing his skills on smaller, now-defunct stages such as Fletcher's and the Funk Box, the 32-year-old Takoma Park native headlined the considerably larger Rams Head Live this past June. The rapturous response, according to the Warner Bros. recording artist, was impossible to ignore.
"It was one of the best shows on the tour," Hutchinson said. "It felt like a hometown show. No one sings louder than Baltimore."
On Sunday, Hutchinson will return to Rams Head Live for his "Almost Solo" tour, a cross-country expedition that finds the singer getting "back to basics." Hutchinson views the tour as a way to reconnect with the audience through taking requests and telling the stories behind the songs.
"For years, I went around in my Honda Civic and played solo acoustic [shows] all over the country, and because of that, I developed a certain style of talking with the audience," he said. "The show has changed, in a good way, but I missed talking to the crowd. So this is stripped down — just me and Elliot Blausfuss, my longtime keyboard player."
The duo's set will include songs from Hutchinson's latest album, April's "Moving Up Living Down," a 10-song effort filled mostly with upbeat tunes. The opening track, "Talk is Cheap," is Hutchinson's cheery version of a rallying cryl, reminding listeners to take action rather than simply mouse-click through life.
"Especially with Twitter, which I love, I think our culture is moving toward talking rather than doing anything," Hutchinson said. "It's as close as I'll ever get to a protest song."
Labeling himself a "cynical optimist," Hutchinson has a penchant for putting positive spins on his lyrics. (On "I'm Not Cool," he sings, "I'm just a regular guy in an insane world / Don't worry about me, I'll be OK.") Hutchinson says that while he first started writing this way to reassure himself, he now does it to brighten listeners' moods.
"I'm trying to tell myself, 'Things aren't so bad,' " Hutchinson said. "But I did feel a certain responsibility because fans told me that first record [2008's "Sounds Like This"] was their pick-me-up record. I wanted to make another record people could do the same thing with."
Besides uplifting fans, Hutchinson aims to educate. He hopes a song such as the piano-driven single "The Basement" will introduce a new generation to the influential soul music he fell in love with long ago. During the final minute of the song, amid hand claps and horns, Hutchinson pays respect to Ronald Isley, Tina Turner and other of-the-era artists. He wrote it after a long night of partying at the Basement, a hip watering hole in Northampton, Mass.
"After one of my shows, I went to this club that was playing old records, like actual vinyl," he said. "I had a few too many drinks and woke up wondering the next morning if it was real. But that song was a fun way to pay homage to those artists and to also point new people in those directions."
With the tour keeping him on the road until mid-December, Hutchinson has been working brand-new songs into his sets. After the winter holidays, he'll enter a studio to record them.
For Hutchinson, there's no time for an extended break — not when the perfect pop song is still out there, waiting to be written. Or, as he sings on his latest album's finale: "I've come a long way, but I'm not there yet."
"Every time I sit down to write, I try to write the best song of all time," Hutchinson said. "There's always work to be done."
If you go: Eric Hutchinson performs Sunday at Rams Head Live, 20 Market Place in Power Plant Live. Jessie Payo will also perform. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20. Call 410-244-1131 or go to ramsheadlive.com.
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1924: Scottish athlete Eric Liddell (1902 - 1945) winning the 440 yards race at the Amateur Athletics Association championships. Eric Liddell, known as the 'Flying Scotsman' went to the Paris Olympics in 1924 as the favourite to win the 100 metres race but refused to run because he felt that running on a Sunday conflicted with his Christian beliefs. He won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event instead and then ran the 400 metre race despite having little experience at the distance. He not only won the gold medal but broke the world record by completing the race in 47.6 seconds, an achievement which is celebrated in the 1981 film 'Chariots of Fire'. Liddell gained two degrees, one in science and the other in divinity, before leaving Britain to work as a Scottish Congregational Church missionary in China as his parents had before him. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)


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About Me
My name is Tyler Drake. I am a member of the AdminGroup on this wiki. I have been a user of MythTV since just after 0.8 release. I am 17 years old, a recent high school graduate, living in North Carolina. I try to help with development of the project in any way I can (see QUALIFICATIONS below), but as I am a high-school student, I cannot devote full time to this project =)
Lately, I've had much less time than I've wanted to contribute to this project (among other things).
Enjoy! --Tyler
Currently, I have a ASUS Pundit set up as a backend/frontend unit. I run an SVN version of MythTV on this box, but I don't keep it bleeding-edge most of the time.
- ASUS Pundit barebones (case, PSU, motherboard)
- 1.8GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor (Socket 478)
- 512MB RAM (probably from Kingston or Crucial, but I haven't cracked the case in a while, so I don't really remember)
- Maxtor 6Y200P0 200GB Parallel ATA HDD (the Pundit doesn't have Serial ATA, unfortunately)
- 2x Hauppauge PVR-250 (one is an iTVC16/CX23416-based version; the other is a iTVC15-based version)
- SiS 65x/M650/740 integrated graphics (I don't remember which model, the description is from
- Pioneer silver slot-load DVD-ROM drive
- BTW, don't get a slot-loader drive if you use the Pundit -- the Pundit has a little flip-out door that relies on a tray to push it out -- CDs can get stuck while trying to push the door open! (since there's no tray)
- Serial IR receiver (from Zapway.de)
- On that note, I'm getting an Serial IR receiver/transmitter from Iguanaworks, as the Pundit only has one Serial port and I need to control my Time Warner Cable digital cable box.
I am currently working on these projects:
DHMC - Digital Home Media Center - a commercial project involving MythTV. Not off the ground yet. Similar to Development One's Home Media Centre box, but to be configured, sold and supported in the USA. I'm not sure that I'm actually going to launch this project as initially intended. Perhaps in the future.
Coming soon. (I know, I haven't updated this in ages. One day, soon, when I finish some other things. =))
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No-one knows this unique and complex property market better than The Great Ocean Road Real Estate. NO other agency is better equipped to deliver total and well-informed service to sellers, buyers and property owners. With four offices spanning the coast from Torquay, Anglesea, Aireys Inlet, Lorne to Apollo Bay and servicing a sizable hinterland, Great Ocean Road Real Estate has the people resources, the expertise and the market exposure to achieve outstanding outcomes for our clients. Each and every one of our relationships is built on great knowledge, great advice and great results.


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Do you ever wonder why someone with less experience gets the job — and you don't? It's true, superior qualifications are no guarantee you'll get the job.
Getting the offer often boils down to how well the you present your information and connect with the employer. In fact, rapport-building is such a big part of the process that when two candidates are being compared, the one who connected best with the interviewer usually comes out on top.
Here are five ways you can improve your interview rapport-building skills:
- Know what makes you different from the other candidates. List at least 10 skills that have contributed to your success.
- Match your qualifications to the employer's needs. Pay attention to the words you use to describe yourself.
- Make sure your interests relate to the employer's needs. This will give you an edge.
- Mentally trade places with the employer, and develop an understanding of what he is looking for in a candidate.
- Practice making a convincing presentation before the interview. Ask yourself what would make an employer want to hire you.


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What does 'Pay on the nail' mean?
If you pay on the nail, you pay promptly in cash.
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Powderhorn Minneapolis is a large community that contains eight smaller neighborhoods. Located just south of the downtown Minneapolis area, Powderhorn is very large in its scope. Neighborhoods included in this section of Minneapolis include Bancroft, Bryant, Corcoran, Lyndale, Powderhorn Park, Standish, Whittier, and Central. Each of these smaller enclaves are marked by their own history and culture. When you want to be close to Minneapolis, you can choose from any one of these areas when you plan to move.
The Powderhorn Minneapolis area is so vast that you can rent an apartment of any size or style. The eight communities in the area have Powderhorn apartments that have small properties, large properties and a varying levels of comforts. As a general rule of thumb, the further the apartment is away from the Downtown area, the less you'll pay in rent. So if you are searching for Powderhorn apartments in the southernmost neighborhood of Whittier, you'll find those apartments to be much cheaper than apartments in Calhoun Isles.
The Powderhorn Minneapolis community has a number of new developments along with shops and restaurants that have been in the same place for decades. The area is large and each neighborhood within Powderhorn Minneapolis has its own vibe and amenities that make it unique. Whether you prefer to be close to your favorite dive bar or you want to be close to big-box stores, there is a neighborhood that will fit your priorities. You have the luxury of choosing between the small community feeling and the feeling or being in the suburbs.
It is common for most Powderhorn apartments to allow cats, but finding a place that will allow both dogs and cats will be slightly more difficult. Once you find a place to live, Powderhorn Minneapolis does have a large number of sidewalks and parks for you and your dog to enjoy. Many shops and businesses in Powderhorn Minneapolis choose to allow pets as well. Minneapolis is a fun place for dogs to play in the summer, but keep in mind that the winters can be quite harsh.
The community lies along interstate 35, and you can use the interstate to get into the city or suburbs. Also, you can use surface streets to reach your job in the city. There is congestion in the city, but you have the freedom to drive anywhere you like without much trouble. Some neighborhood also have access to the Minneapolis Light Rail system, so if you're commuting to downtown it might be in your best interest to skip the traffic and take the train.
There are a number of public schools in Powderhorn Minneapolis. The Minneapolis School District has many schools in the area, and you can choose to move near the school you wish for your children to attend. The vast number of choices in the Powderhorn community allow you to weigh your other needs against the school you wish to send your children to. You may choose from a number of other private schools in the area if you feel that the Minneapolis public schools do not meet your needs.


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MTV cancels 'Buckwild' after Shain Gandee's death
Apr 10 (TheWrap.com) - MTV has pulled the plug on its reality show "Buckwild," a week after the death of series star Shain Gandee, TMZ reports.
The show suspended production on its second season after Gandee's death. Gandee, along with his uncle David Gandee and a third person, Donald Robert, were found dead in West Virginia on April 1. According to reports, Shain and Gandee were last seen alive in a Sissonville, W.Va bar at approximately 3 a.m. on March 31, and said that they were going off-roading in Shain's Ford Bronco.
The trio were later found dead in the vehicle, which was partially submerged in mud, with the muffler fully submerged in mud. According to an autopsy report, the trio died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The manner of death was ruled as accidental.
MTV said that it was "shocked and saddened" by Gandee's death.
"We are shocked and saddened by the terrible news about Shain Gandee, and those involved in this tragic incident," the network said in a statement on MTV.com. "We are waiting for more information but at this time, our main concern is for the Gandee family and their friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. Shain had a magnetic personality, with a passion for life that touched everyone he met and we will miss him dearly."


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U.S. Department of Education announces Race to the Top finalists
NEA president stresses importance of collaboration in selection of winners
Washington - March 04, 2010 -
The U.S. Department of Education today announced the 16 finalists for the Race to the Top competitive grant program. The following statement can be attributed to National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel:
"The list of finalists is intriguing and we encourage the Department of Education to spend its money wisely by focusing its resources where collaboration with key stakeholders already exists. We have no time to waste and educators must be at the table if we are truly going to turnaround our nation's struggling schools.
"When the winners are announced, we expect collaborative and comprehensive plans to improve schools to be prominent features in each of the state applications. The combination of collective responsibility and collaborative thinking has a track record for yielding results that are positive for students and their schools.
"Our combined efforts focus on the needs of the students, and we want them to be successful in school and in life. Selecting the winners is the beginning to helping thousands of underserved students in our lowest performing schools."
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new storm system made its way Tuesday through already drenched Northern California, prompting renewed flood concerns in parts of the region.
Rain began falling along the coast around 5 a.m. and reached inland areas in the afternoon.
Coastal mountains could see as much as 6 inches of precipitation before the storm moves out on Wednesday, the National Weather Service said.
Other areas may only see an inch or so.
Forecasters were not expecting weather as severe as the series of storms that rocked the region over a five-day period that ended Sunday.
"The winds will be much lighter than over the weekend. The rainfall amounts will also be lower," meteorologist Holly Osbourne said.
She called the latest storm a warm system, meaning snow levels will be relatively high at around 8,000 to 9,000 feet.
Stretches of far Northern California and southern Oregon were under a flood watch, partly because of swollen waterways and saturated ground from the previous storms that dumped 15 to 20 inches of rain in some areas and more than 5 feet of snow in the high Sierra Nevada.
The storm on Sunday dropped as much as an inch of rain an hour in some areas while toppling trees, causing flash flooding to roadways and knocking out power.
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Faulconer enters mayor's race
Republican City Councilman Kevin Faulconer joined the San Diego mayor's race Wednesday, saying his experience helping turn around city finances over the past decade makes him the ideal candidate to move the city beyond its latest scandal.
Faulconer, 46, will try to become the first sitting council member to be elected mayor in 50 years as he joins a crowded field for the Nov. 19 special election to replace Bob Filner, who resigned Friday amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
"This latest crisis has taught us that leadership matters," Faulconer said. "Principles matter. San Diegans deserve a mayor who is always honest with them about the challenges we face and I will deliver. I have experience bringing people together and that's what I'll do as your mayor. I will get our city back on track and move it forward."
Republican power brokers spent the past week clearing the field of rivals for Faulconer, believing the politically moderate family man is their best chance to assume control of the Mayor's Office following Filner's brief and chaotic tenure. Filner had been the first Democratic mayor in 20 years.
The special election now has two major contenders in Faulconer and former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, a Democrat. A third high-profile candidate — former City Attorney Michael Aguirre, a Democrat — has also said he would run. Sixteen lesser-known candidates have also filed an intent to run.
Fletcher responded with a statement: "The voters will have a clear choice in the approach and priorities between myself and Mr. Faulconer, and I look forward to a spirited and substantive campaign about how we best move San Diego forward."
Faulconer, the longest tenured council member, has patiently waited for this opportunity after opting not to make a mayoral bid last year in a field filled with fellow Republicans, including Fletcher who left the party midrace.
Faulconer — who is fiscally conservative and socially liberal — is best known as the loyal sidekick to former Mayor Jerry Sanders. He partnered with Sanders on numerous financial fixes following a pension debacle, including putting city services up for competitive bid. Faulconer later opposed Sanders' push for a sales-tax hike in 2010.
Faulconer has also been a key ally of former Councilman Carl DeMaio, a Republican who lost last year's mayoral contest and stepped aside Tuesday as a potential mayoral rival to Faulconer. DeMaio, Faulconer and Sanders teamed up for the successful 2012 initiative that eliminated pensions for most city workers in favor of 401(k)-style plans.
Faulconer also has shown a willingness to work across the aisle, often with Democratic Council President Todd Gloria. The two men were lauded for their role in the negotiations that led to Filner's resignation.
Faulconer said his work related to San Diego's fiscal turnaround qualifies him to put the city back on track again.
"Together we brought San Diego back from the brink and laid the foundation for a world-class city government to match our world-class city," he said. "But in a matter of months Bob Filner halted our progress and, in many cases, reversed it. As it was seven years ago our civic pride has once again been clouded by scandal."
He added, "Together we will restore integrity to City Hall. Together we will put an end to the dysfunction and get our city working again for the taxpayers of San Diego. And together we will heal our city and create a community where every neighborhood is strong and every San Diegan has the opportunity to reach their full potential."
Faulconer made his announcement on Harbor Island alongside his wife, Katherine, and their two young children, Jack and Lauren. Faulconer also gave part of his speech in Spanish, a sign that he plans to compete for votes in the minority-rich neighborhoods south of Interstate 8 where Republicans typically fair poorly in elections.
Mayoral candidates have until Sept. 20 to qualify for the ballot. If no one receives a majority in the November election, the top two candidates will compete in a runoff in January or February.
Faulconer was the clear choice of the downtown business establishment and others on the Republican side after deliberations over the holiday weekend. That was then followed Tuesday by other major Republicans -- DeMaio and county Supervisor Ron Roberts -- saying they wouldn't run for mayor.
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Buhl Industries Easy Fold Screens are the perfect way to deliver a large-venue projection screen on the go. Our Easy Fold Screens are designed to set up in just a few minutes. All models feature matte white front projection fabric and mount to a sturdy aluminum frame with reinforced legs for added safety.
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H.M. Manufacturing recognizes the unrelenting demand for product quality and precision machining in the Thermoforming Equipment component contract manufacturing industry.
As a global brand, we ensure that cost effective measures, along with product innovation is implemented at every step. Whatever your need for power transmission components may be, we cover it all with our reliability, quality and consistency.
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Many infertile patients rely on the recommendations of their primary gynaecologist or obstetrician, with whom they already have a long relationship and on whom they have come to rely for good medicine and advice, and others will depend on insurance companies and healthcare facilitators to guide them. However, not all physicians and treatments produce identical results especially in the field of fertility. In fact, the level of emotional support and probability of a successful result may be vastly different depending on the fertility center.
Fertility Doctors in Tashkand Marg, Allahabad are required to meet standards set by the state in which they practice, but being a doctor goes beyond these criteria. A sympathetic and caring attitude with an ability to educate the patient in a sensitive manner is essential.
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President Barack Obama has refused another Israeli request for the release of imprisoned Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. During talks that preceded the announcement of the renewal of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, Netanyahu asked for Pollard's release and was rebuffed by the Americans.
As part of the restart of peace talks, Israel is set to free 85 Palestinian terrorists imprisoned since before the Oslo Accords in 1993.
The U.S. wasn't convinced by the argument that Pollard's release would ease the Israeli public's reaction to the release of Palestinian prisoners.
"Unfortunately, it seems that the Americans are determined to release Pollard only through the normal procedures in their prison system there," an Israeli diplomatic official said.
Pollard, 58, was arrested by U.S. authorities in 1985 and later sentenced to life in prison for spying for Israel. He will be eligible for parole in November 2015.
The Committee to Free Jonathan Pollard said on Monday that "dozens of top-level American officials have been calling for the immediate release of Pollard, due to the American and basic human values of justice and mercy. … He should be released immediately and without connection to any other issue."
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Google Desktop is web based search data application. Although it's still in beta version for Linux but I think it's very useful for us to find any informations that stay in our computer.
Step 1. Download the package
Go to http://desktop.google.com/linux/ and click 'Download Google Desktop' to download the program.The file size is 7.5MB.
Choose Debian/Ubuntu format.
- Choose 'Save to Disk' and click 'OK'. Downloading program will automatically start.
Step 2. Installation.
From Ubuntu Terminal screen (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), type:
Goto your the directory where you download the Google Desktop installation file.
For example, I downloaded the installation file in "mydata/my_ubuntu_collection/packages/", so I type:
taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ cd mydata/my_ubuntu_collection/packages/
taufanlubis@toshiba:~/mydata/my_ubuntu_collection/packages$ sudo dpkg -i google-desktop-linux_current_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package google-desktop-linux.
(Reading database … 180403 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking google-desktop-linux (from google-desktop-linux_current_i386.deb) …
Setting up google-desktop-linux (1.1.0.0068) …
A 'Term of Service' will occur. Just click 'Accept and Install' to continue the installation process.
Step 3. Run the program.
Click Applications > Google Desktop > Google Desktop.
A Google Desktop icon will be shown on top Desktop panel.
Double click the 'Google Desktop' to display 'Google Quick Search Box'.
For this sample, I type 'iptables' on the text box and press 'ENTER'.
You can click directly on the link or click '…See all results in a browser'.
As you can see below, words 'iptables' are found in 10 emails, 45 files and 15 web history.
When I clicked '13 emails' it displayed:
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Diné Research Practices and Protocols: An Intersectional Paradigm Incorporating Indigenous Feminism, Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies and Diné Knowledge Systems
- Developing an Augmented Reality Solution for Mapping Underground Infrastructure
- Characterization of 2D Human Ankle Stiffness during Postural Balance and Walking for Robot-aided Ankle Rehabilitation
- Using Molecular, Cellular and Bioengineering Approaches Towards Understanding Muscle Stem Cell Biology
The ease of programmability in Software-Defined Networking (SDN) makes it a great platform for implementation of various initiatives that involve application deployment, dynamic topology changes, and decentralized network management in a multi-tenant data center environment. However, implementing security solutions in such an environment is fraught with policy conflicts and consistency issues with the hardness of this problem being affected by the distribution scheme for the SDN controllers. In this dissertation, a formalism for flow rule conflicts in SDN environments is introduced. This formalism is realized in Brew, a security policy analysis framework implemented on an OpenDaylight SDN controller. Brew has …
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The only things standing between Jeff Tuel becoming the first undrafted rookie to start at quarterback on opening day in modern history are a possible injury, Matt Leinart and the return of E.J. Manuel from his recent knee surgery.
Coach Doug Marrone addressed the possibility of Manuel's return on Tuesday, saying that Manuel started working out Sunday but that he hasn't resumed throwing the ball yet. Manuel has been telling the coach that he's ready to play, but Marrone said that he'd be relying on doctors to give him the green light for Manuel's return to work. Marrone also outlined when that green light would have to come in order for Manuel to play against the Patriots.
"If the doctor said, 'You're not going to get him on that field until Thursday, and then he'll be ready to play on Sunday,' I would be concerned about doing that," Marrone said, via Tim Graham of the Buffalo News. "If they said, 'Hey, we can get him on that field on Monday or Wednesday, I would see how he played and make a decision."
Marrone added that the days were necessary for him to decide whether Manuel is ready to play or if he needs more time to knock off the rust that built up while he was recovering. It might not be the likeliest outcome for Buffalo, but it is one that won't be ruled out until the team's absolutely sure he can't play.


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Apart from the fact that the bricks and plates are open at their bottoms, and so the pieces always have one side that can't be "smooth," Lego is a pretty handy way to prototype interlocking solid puzzles. Many of these are based on cubic units, and can be built in Lego at a scale of 1 cube = 2 studs x 2 studs x 5 plates.
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After a vote that dramatically changed the federal political landscape and elections in half of the country's provinces, 2012 promises to be a quieter year than 2011. But there are still a few things to keep an eye on over the next 12 months.
The first two will set the stage for how the rest of 2012 will play out. Jim Flaherty's budget, likely to be presented in February or March, will give Canadians an idea of how far the Conservative austerity plan will go. If a bid to slash the deficit yields a harsher than expected budget, the fallout from reduced funding to cherished programs and cuts to the public service could be enormous.
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Choosing the NDP's next leader will not only be an important event for 2012, it will also play a large role in determining the fate of the New Democrats in the run up to the next federal election. It may also influence the Liberal leadership race that should come to a close at the beginning of 2013. Look for the potential Liberal leadership candidates to begin jostling for position as the year comes to a close.
Elections in two major provinces are also expected to be held in 2012. The first is likely to be in Alberta, where Alison Redford of the Progressive Conservatives will be searching for her first mandate after being named the new Tory leader in October. The Wildrose Party under Danielle Smith is poised to become the Official Opposition while the provincial New Democrats look set to overtake the Liberals. Though a continuation of the Progressive Conservatives' 40-year reign is a good bet, with three of the four major parties being led by rookie leaders the campaign could hold a few surprises.
The next election in Quebec may not be held until 2013, but rumour has it that Jean Charest might attempt to catch François Legault and his Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) off-balance by sending Quebecers to the polls before the CAQ can make itself fully prepared for a campaign. Based on the latest public opinion surveys, it may be Charest's only hope against the popular CAQ. The fate of the Parti Québécois is also in the balance, as Pauline Marois is struggling to keep her party's head above water.
With a new leader of the NDP, the potential for major change in Quebec and the unveiling of the Conservative government's plan for the next few years, it all adds up to an interesting 2012 political calendar.
Éric Grenier taps The Pulse of federal and regional politics for Huffington Post Canada readers on most Tuesdays and Fridays. Grenier is the author of ThreeHundredEight.com, covering Canadian politics, polls, and electoral projections.
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The evidence for interbreeding between modern humans and archaic variants has involved a bit of asymmetry. Humans met the Neanderthals and Denisovans only after they left Africa, and so the DNA from these archaic humans can be identified by comparing European and Asian populations with those whose ancestors never left Africa. But that leaves the converse question—whether Africans interbred with some of the archaic populations that were presumably present there—difficult to answer. But a study released by PNAS argues that the sort of interbreeding we've seen elsewhere did, in fact, take place in Africa as well.
If anything, we might expect interbreeding to be more likely in Africa; the authors of the new article note that "the fossil record indicates that a variety of transitional forms with a mosaic of archaic and modern features lived over an extensive geographic area from Morocco to South Africa between 200 and 35 kya [thousands of years ago]." However, there's none of the sort of evidence that made the case for interbreeding with Neanderthals and Denisovans an inescapable conclusion: ancient DNA. Many areas of the continent aren't congenial to DNA preservation, meaning that we might never get that sort of evidence.
In the absence of this sort of conclusive evidence, the authors have made a statistical argument. DNA that has come from a population that's otherwise reproductively isolated (the technical term for this process is "introgression") should have certain properties. In terms of DNA sequence changes, it should appear to be much more distant from other human variants than those variants are to each other. And it should only be present in a limited subset of human populations, the descendants of the one where the interbreeding took place.
This evidence isn't conclusive; these sorts of patterns are unlikely to occur by chance, but it's still possible. And rare variants may end up being common in a population due to positive selection for a favorable mutation. Still, multiple areas that fit this description can provide an indication of archaic interbreeding.
(These sorts of statistical arguments based on DNA differences in populations were being made immediately prior to the publication of the Neanderthal genome, which ended all debate.)
The authors did their analysis using two of the oldest and most diverse populations in Africa (hunter-gatherers) and an agricultural group from West Africa. They then examined the genetic diversity within these populations to estimate its population dynamics. These showed a large recent expansion of the human population, consistent with other studies. But that wasn't all they showed. "The estimate of a divergence time that predates the origin of modern humans based on fossil data (450 kya, Biaka-Mandenka comparison) was unexpected." In other words, it looked like the two populations had split before modern humans existed as a distinct group. The probability of this being explained by chance is only two percent.
The authors built a model for a population in which there had been a relatively ancient separation, followed by a more recent case of introgression. They found that it fit the data from the two hunter-gatherer groups very well, and suggested a pattern similar to that seen with Neanderthal DNA: a source that had separated from the modern lineage about 700,000 years ago, followed by inbreeding about 35,000 years ago. They even identify a single area of chromosome 4 as likely to be the product of the introgression.
All of it is very suggestive, but there are a few aspects of the work that make it very tentative. A lot of the statistical tests of significance are pretty borderline, enough so that you'd expect them to occur by chance if you did a reasonable number of similar studies. And the amount of the genome that the authors' model assumes came from archaic sources—one percent—and it's a fairly borderline effect to start with. The DNA evidence is a bit more solid, statistically, but also shows an anomalous pattern of inheritance across the region of interest.
So the results don't seem like a slam-dunk. It would make sense that the sort of interbreeding that went on outside of Africa would also occur there, and the evidence in the paper is certainly a good fit for that occurrence. But a study that involved more populations or used whole genomes would probably provide a more compelling case.
Or there's always the chance that someone will manage to pull DNA out of one of the skeletons the authors mention.
PNAS, 2011. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1109300108 (About DOIs).


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Steve Jobs was not a fan, but Steve is no longer with us. Apple Inc. (AAPL) announced Monday its first dividend since 1995, a move long awaited by investors as the company increasingly added to its cash reserves that have reached a record $98 billion. The quarterly dividend and share buyback will distribute $45 billion over three years.
The payout, beginning in July, will equal $2.65 a share in July. Also, beginning next fiscal year, the company will buy back up to $10 billion of its stock.
Reuters reports the annual dividend program, which will be reviewed periodically, ranks among the largest current U.S. corporate cash payouts.
"We have used some of our cash to make great investments in our business through increased research and development, acquisitions, new retail store openings, strategic prepayments and capital expenditures in our supply chain, and building out our infrastructure. You'll see more of all of these in the future," CEO Tim Cook said on the company's website. "Even with these investments, we can maintain a war chest for strategic opportunities and have plenty of cash to run our business. So we are going to initiate a dividend and share repurchase program."
"Combining dividends, share repurchases, and cash used to net-share-settle vesting RSUs, we anticipate utilizing approximately $45 billion of domestic cash in the first three years of our programs," Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO, added. "We are extremely confident in our future and see tremendous opportunities ahead."
The buyback program will seek to offset the impact of employee stock options and equity grants, according to Reuters.
Its annual dividend yield will be around 1.8%, which ranks above Oracle Corp and IBM but falls just short of the average of around 2.4% for companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index.
However, as Brent Conway points out in his blog at Barrons.com, the dividend immediately makes Apple one of the biggest dividend-payers among U.S. companies, and the decision will give the many mutual funds and ETFs that own AAPL some of what they want.
Apple last paid a dividend in 1995, according Reuters. In 1996, the company posted a net loss of $816 million.


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