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I was just browsing a Criminal Checks website a few seconds ago when I found your article here. Copyright shouldn't mean that a teacher can't use multimedia for help in his classroom, but it should mean that he can't use that for personal financial gain or for something else that might publicly hurt the person who is the original creator of the work. To make it more simple, if I had invented the word "school", that shouldn't mean that schools today would have to pay me royalties or to not use the word "school" in their title because of copyright. Maybe my example is somehow forced, but it does highlight the dangers of giving too much power to copyright.
The effect of copyright laws on multimedia use in the classroom
Keep in mind the Fair Use law gives us as Educators the means to use many multi-media resoruces...
How copyright laws affect use of multimedia in the classroom
What having to adhere to copyright has forced me and my students to do is to provide depth and be more creative. Instead of viewing a "how to" or "concept" video they create one. Students understand the material better and create a source for others.
My teachers
I am a high school media specialist, and the ones who have suffered are the teachers who I serve. I have seen very few clear cases of abuse when a teacher has used a DVD as a baby sitter. However, in most cases when a teacher uses media in his or her classroom, the objective is to illustrate a legitimate, educational point. Teachers are the backbone of every other profession and copyright guidelines frequently seem more often baffling for the educator.
I model this by siting my
I model this by siting my sources in power points and other materials that I have created to use in my class. I try to teach my students to respect the copyright laws. With animal research reports, I showed the students how to copy the website URL to add to the report showing where they found the picture of the animal. They also had to site the books (title and author) and the website (name and url) on their source page. They are second graders and they did a great job on the research. Unfortunately to post the reports on our website we had to change the pictures to clip art.
The restrictions are *terribly* constraining. No creative or imaginative explorations of traditional European culture are permitted. I've just given up on a major project to preserve French language and culture via a multmedia presentation aimed at "false beginners." Copyright issues present nothing but headaches.
Fair Use is Fair to Educators
I believe there is a difference between educators knowing / using copyright law and ensuring that students follow it. There are so many organizations and resources to help teachers understand the guidelines! When I have a question about a publication I am creating for a District, I either call the California State Library or the California State School Librarian. Both have provided me with clarification and directed me to marvelous resources that I can easily use with students that I hadn't known about before.
When teachers regularly cite their sources, students see it as an expectation and begin to do so themselves. In my classroom I used to post a "quote of the day" on the board either related to the topic or specific content we were studying. Soon, students would bring me quotes and we'd make sure to check their authenticity. We'd challenge each other to find quotes from across the world and across time. Soon students would look through the index cards of posted quotes and select some to use in their writing.
Multimedia and copyright
I think it is reasonable to adhere to copyright law when creating anything that will be used outside the classroom; such as republishing on the Internet or creating CD/ DVD for contests, or general distribution. We also know and understand "personal use" an "fair use". They make sense.
For one thing, students need to be more creative and make their own material, rather than just remixing someone else's work. For another, it gives them ownership and they can decide how they wish to present their work to the world community. Do they wish to make it available under one of the Creative Commons licenses? Do they want others to be able to use and edit their work? Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
I think the emergence of Creative Commons and the great work that Wikimedia is doing in spelling out just what is copyright free or used with attribution, etc. is simply great and easy for kids to understand and use.


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The paper introduces the continuation+state monad for code generation with let-insertion, and briefly describes abstract interpretation for generating efficient code without its intensional analysis. These are the foundational techniques for typeful multi-staged (MetaOCaml) programming.
Joint work with Walid Taha, Kedar N. Swadi, and Emir Pasalic.
Dynamic Programming Benchmark: The corresponding MetaOCaml source code
< http://www.metaocaml.org/examples/dp/ >
Shifting the Stage: Staging with Delimited Control
An alternative, notationally more convenient approach relying on delimited control rather than monads
Our framework is not a an experimental language with a new syntax and uncertain future. Rather, it is a regular, not a bleeding edge, library in mature Haskell. It is modular and extensible: one can add to the target language more features and constants or change it to be typed or untyped, first- or higher-order. Polymorphism over generated environments makes generators composable. The higher-order abstract syntax used in the library makes target functions and variables human-readable. Our library may be regarded as `staged Haskell'.
There are many code generation frameworks with one or the other of the features. Ours has all of them. Template Haskell, among other systems, falls short, assuring -- dynamically rather than statically -- the well-typedness of only the final code. Furthermore, although the generated code, after a type-check, is well-typed, it may still be ill-scoped.
The static types of our generator expressions not only ensure that a well-typed generator produces well-typed and well-scoped code. They also express the lexical scopes of generated binders and prevent mixing up variables with different scopes. For the first time we demonstrate, in an embedded domain-specific language, statically safe and well-scoped loop interchange and constant factoring from arbitrarily nested loops.
Joint work with Yukiyoshi Kameyama and Chung-chieh Shan.
beyond-talk.pdf [193K]
The annotated slides of the talk presented at PEPM 14 on January 20, 2014 in San Diego, CA, USA.
TSCore.hs [27K]
The core of the code generation library
TSCPST.hs [17K]
Code generation with control effects reaching beyond the closest binder. Far-reaching let-insertion. The implementation of the
CPSA applicative hierarchy.
Examples and Sample code
We report on the status of the ongoing MetaOCaml project, focusing on the gap between theory and practice and the difficulties that arise in a full-featured staged language rather than an idealized calculus. We highlight foundational problems in type soundness and cross-stage persistence that demand investigation. We also suggest a lightweight implementation of a two-stage dialect of OCaml, as syntactic sugar.
Joint work with Chung-chieh Shan.
Chung-chieh Shan. Slides of the talk at the ML workshop. Baltimore, MD, September 26, 2010.
< http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~ccshan/metafx/metaocaml-slides.pdf >
BER MetaOCaml: a streamlined version of MetaOCaml
Here is a sample MetaOCaml code and its Scheme translation
# let eta = fun f -> .<fun x -> .~(f .<x>.)>. in .<fun x -> .~(eta (fun y -> .<x + .~y>.))>. - : ('a, int -> int -> int) code = .<fun x_1 -> fun x_2 -> (x_1 + x_2)>. (let ((eta (lambda (f) (bracket (lambda (x) (escape (f (bracket x)))))))) (bracket (lambda (x) (escape (eta (lambda (y) (bracket (+ x (escape y)))))))))Translating MetaOCaml code into Scheme seems trivial: code values are like S-expressions, MetaOCaml's bracket is like quasiquote, escape is like unquote, and `run' is eval. If we indeed replace bracket with the quasiquote and escape with the unquote in the above Scheme code and then evaluate it, we get the S-expression
(lambda (x) (lambda (x) (+ x x))) , which is a wrong result, quite different from the code expression
.<fun x_1 -> fun x_2 -> (x_1 + x_2)>. produced by MetaOCaml. The latter is the code of a curried function that adds two integers. The S-expression produced by the naive Scheme translation represents a curried function that disregards the first argument and doubles the second. This demonstrates that the often mentioned `similarity' between the bracket and the quasiquote is flawed. MetaOCaml's bracket respects alpha-equivalence; in contrast, Scheme's quasiquotation, being a general form for constructing arbitrary S-expressions (not necessarily representing any code), is oblivious to the binding structure.
Our implementation still uses S-expressions for code values (so we can print them and
eval-uate them) and treats escape as unquote. To maintain the hygiene, we need to make sure that every run-time evaluation of a bracket form such as
(bracket (lambda (x) x)) gives
'(lambda (x_new) x_new) with the unique bound variable
x_new . Two examples in the source code demonstrate why static renaming of manifestly bound identifiers is not sufficient. We implement the very clever suggestion by Chung-chieh Shan and represent a staged expression such as
.<(fun x -> x + 1) 3>. by the sexp-generating expression
`(,(let ((x (gensym))) `(lambda (,x) (+ ,x 1))) 3) which evaluates to the S-expression
((lambda (x_1) (+ x_1 1)) 3) . Thus
bracket is a complex macro that transforms its body to the sexp-generating expression, keeping track of the levels of brackets and escapes. The macro
bracket is implemented as a CEK machine with the defunctionalized continuation. In our implementation, the Scheme translation of the eta-example yields the S-expression
(lambda (g6) (lambda (g8) (+ g6 g8))) . Just as in MetaOCaml, the result represents the curried addition.
CSP poses another implementation problem. In MetaScheme we can write the MetaOCaml expression
.<fun x -> x + 1>. as
(bracket (lambda (x) (+ x 1))) , which yields an S-expression
(lambda (g1) (+ g1 1)) . When we pass this code to eval, the identifier
+ will be looked up in the environment of eval, which is generally different from the environment that was in effect when the original bracket form was evaluated. That might not look like much of a difference since
+ is probably bound to the same procedure for adding numbers in either environment. This is no longer the case if we take the following MetaOCaml code and its putative MetaScheme translation:
let test = let id u = u in .<fun x -> id x>. (define test (let ((id (lambda (u) u))) (bracket (lambda (x) (id x)))))The latter definition binds
test to the S-expression
(lambda (x) (id x)) that contains a free identifier
id , unlikely to be bound in the environment of eval. Our code values therefore should be `closures', being able to include values that are (possibly locally) bound in the environment when the code value was created. Incidentally, the problem of code closures closed over the environment of the generator also appears in syntax-case macros. R6RS editors made a choice to prohibit the occurrence of locally-bound identifiers in the output of a syntax-case transformer.
MetaOCaml among other staged systems does permit the inclusion of values from the generator stage in the generated code. Such values are called CSP; they are evident in the output of the MetaOCaml interpreter for the above test:
val test : ('a, 'b -> 'b) code = .<fun x_1 -> (((* cross-stage persistent value (as id: id) *)) x_1)>.In MetaScheme, we have to write CSP explicitly:
(% e) , which is often called `lift'.
(define test (let ((id (lambda (u) u))) (bracket (lambda (x) ((% id) x)))))One may think that such a lifting is already available in Scheme:
(define (lift x) (list 'quote x)) . Although this works in the simple cases of
x being a number, a string, etc., it is neither universal nor portable: attempting this way to lift a closure or an output-port could be an error. According to R5RS, the argument of a quotation is an external representation of a Scheme datum. Closures, for example, are not guaranteed to have an external representation. For portability, we implement CSP via a reference in a global array, taking advantage of the fact that both the index (a number) and the name of the array (an identifier) have external representations and hence are trivially liftable by quotation. This is precisely the mechanism used by the current version of MetaOCaml.
The source code contains many more examples of the translation of MetaOCaml code into MetaScheme -- including the examples with many stages and CSP.
Joint work with Chung-chieh Shan.
D a => a -> a where
D is a
Floating-like class, and produce a function of the same type that is the symbolic derivative of the former. The original function can be given to us in a separately compiled module with no available source code. The derived function is an ordinary numeric Haskell function and can be applied to numeric arguments -- or differentiated further. The Floating-like class
D currently supports arithmetic and a bit of trigonometry. We also support partial derivatives.
test1f x = x * x + fromInteger 1 test1 = test1f (2.0::Float) -- 5.0 test1f' x = diff_fn test1f x test1' = test1f' (3.0::Float) -- 6.0 test1f'' x = diff_fn test1f' x test1'' = test1f'' (10.0::Float) -- 2.0The original function
test1f can be evaluated numerically,
test1 , or differentiated symbolically,
test1f' . The result is again an ordinary numeric function (i.e.,
2x), which can be applied to a numeric argument, see
test1' . Alternatively,
test1f' can be differentiated further.
The original function is emphatically not represented as an algebraic data type -- it is a numeric function like
sin or
tan . Still, we are able to differentiate it symbolically (rather than numerically or automatically). The key insight is that Haskell98 supports a sort of reflection -- or, to be precise, type-directed partial evaluation and hence term reconstruction.
Our approach also shows off the specification of the differentiation rules via type classes (which makes the rules extensible) and the emulation of GADT via type classes. In 2006, we improved the approach by developing an algebraic simplifier and by avoiding any interpretative overhead.
Most optimal symbolic differentiation of compiled numeric functions
Our approach is reifying code into its `dictionary view', intensional analysis of typed code expressions, and staging so to evaluate under lambda. We improve the earlier, 2004 approach in algebraically simplifying the result of symbolic differentiation, and in removing interpretative overhead with the help of Template Haskell (TH). The computed derivative can be compiled down to the machine code and so it runs at full speed, as if it were written by hand to start with.
In the process, we develop a simple type system for a subset of TH code expressions (TH is, sadly, completely untyped) -- so that accidental errors can be detected early. We introduce a few combinators for the intensional analysis of such typed code expressions. We also show how to reify an identifier like
(+) to a
TH.Name -- by applying TH to itself. Effectively we obtain more than one stage of computation.
Our technique can be considered the inverse of the TH splicing operation: given a (compiled) numeric expression of a host program, we obtain its source view as a TH representation. The latter can be spliced back into the host program and compiled -- after, perhaps, simplification, partial evaluation, or symbolic differentiation. As an example, given the definition of the ordinary numeric,
Floating a => a->a function
test1f x = let y = x * x in y + 1 (which can be located in a separately compiled file), we reify it into a TH code expression, print it, differentiate it symbolically, and algebraically simplify the result:
*Diff> test1cp \dx_0 -> GHC.Num.+ (GHC.Num.* dx_0 dx_0) 1 *Diff> test1dp \dx_0 -> GHC.Num.+ (GHC.Num.+ (GHC.Num.* 1 dx_0) (GHC.Num.* dx_0 1)) 0 *Diff> test1dsp \dx_0 -> GHC.Num.+ dx_0 dx_0The output is produced by TH's pretty-printer. We can splice the result in a Haskell program as
$(reflectQC test1ds) 2.0 and use it as ordinary, hand-written function
\x -> x+x .
Diff.hs [9K]
The main implementation file, which defines the reification of code into TH representation, differentiation rules and algebraic simplification rules, all via the intensional analysis of the typed code. The file also includes many examples, including those of partial differentiation.
DiffTest.hs [<1K]
Running the splicing tests from Diff.hs. Due to the TH requirement, this code must be in a separate module.
TypedCode.hs [5K]
This file introduces the type
Code a of typed TH code expressions. The (phantom) type parameter is the expression's type. The file defines combinators for building and analyzing these typed expressions.
TypedCodeAux.hs [2K]
Obtain the Name that corresponds to a top-level (Prelude-level) Haskell identifier by applying TH to itself.
The example is the following simple expression.
\i -> (if i then 2 else 3) + 4To partially evaluate it, we first annotate all sub-expressions as static
S (known at compile time) or dynamic
(known only at run-time). That is, we perform the
`binding-time analysis' (BTA) and add binding-time annotations. For clarity,
we show all the steps of the analysis. First, we see no applications
to our function and hence do not statically know
\i_D -> (if i_D then 2 else 3) + 4The if-test with the dynamic condition is dynamic:
\i_D -> (if i_D then 2 else 3)_D + 4and the addition expression with a dynamic operand is dynamic:
\i_D -> ((if i_D then 2 else 3)_D + 4)_DAll sub-expressions are dynamic and hence there are no opportunities for partial evaluation.
Let's re-write the original expression in CPS:
\i k -> let k' = \v -> k (v+4) in if i then k' 2 else k' 3and do the binding-time analysis again. As before, function arguments,
i and
k, must be dynamic:
\i_D k_D -> let k' = \v -> k_D (v+4) in if i_D then k' 2 else k' 3The variable
k' is static since its value, the
\v-> ... abstraction,
is statically known. Constants are obviously static:
\i_D k_D -> let k'_S = \v -> k_D (v+4) in if i_D then k'_S 2_S else k'_S 3_SThere are now two applications of a statically known argument to a statically known function. We can do them statically, at the specialization, or `compile'-time, obtaining:
\i k -> if i then k 6 else k 7which is certainly an improvement: there are no longer any additions left for the run-time.
Bondorf (1992) showed the alternative to writing the source program in CPS. We should instead write the specializer (partial evaluator) in CPS, and skillfully massage the continuations to achieve binding-time improvements. A partial evaluator becomes harder to write, but the source programs may remain in the original, direct style, and still benefit from improved specialization. Lawall and Danvy (1994) showed that delimited control helps keep even the partial evaluator in direct style. Thus a specializer capable of improvements shown in this message becomes only a little more difficult to write.
Julia L. Lawall and Olivier Danvy: Continuation-Based Partial Evaluation
Conf. Lisp and Function Programming, 1994
The PEPM Symposium/Workshop series is about the theory and practice of program transformation understood broadly, ranging from program manipulation such as partial evaluation, to program analyses in support of program manipulation, to treating programs as data objects (metaprogramming). PEPM focuses on techniques, supporting theory, tools, and applications of the analysis and manipulation of programs. PEPM specifically stresses that each technique or tool of program manipulation should have a clear, although perhaps informal, statement of desired properties, along with an argument how these properties could be achieved. The papers included in this special issue reflect the entire scope of PEPM, its interplay of theory and practice, and its stress on rigor and clarity.
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Micah Vandegrift completed his MLIS at Florida State University's School of Library and Information Studies in the spring of 2011. He is currently working as a part-time Project Manager on a Scholarly Communications Task Force at FSUs Dirac Science Library. Micah is researching and writing a report on issues surrounding open access publishing, copyright concerns, and will be instrumental in implementing a Institutional Repository at FSU. He plans to continue his education by teaching himself some programming languages this summer (thanks Lifehacker!), and actually start reading books… for fun. Micah also volunteers his computer knowledge at Leon County Public Libraries. He often wears tank tops and flip flops these days. He continues to be interested in emerging technologies, digital humanities, contemporary culture and general rabble-rousing to redefine the information professions. Micah writes about stuff on WordPress, Tumblr and Posterous and attempts to be witty on Twitter.
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WEBSTER CITY - Freshmen oftentimes get bullied and beat up when they step onto the varsity wrestling mat with the big boys.
But it's duals like this that make it all worthwhile.
The five rookies in the Webster City lineup compiled a 4-1 record and notched 10 bonus points last night inside the WCHS gymnasium to help the Lynx spank Sioux City East, 56-13, in their final regular season tune-up for the postseason.
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Webster City junior 145-pounder Jake Powers (top) controls the arm and runs Sioux City East's Josh Schambach onto his back during the second period of their bout last night inside the WCHS gym. The maneuver resulted in a fall for Powers, as he helped the Lynx crush the Black Raiders, 56-13.
OK, so two of the freshmen - Gage Sadler (120 pounds) and Collin Oswald (126) - didn't have to work for their forfeit wins, but classmates Cole Nokes (106) and Gavin Dinsdale (220) delivered the goods.
Leading 5-0 midway through the second period, Dinsdale stacked up Kendrick French for the fall in 2:54, and just minutes later, in the final bout of the dual, Nokes finished off the rout by throwing Larry Vore Jr. to his back in 3:44.
"It was a big night for those guys," WCHS head coach Ted Larson said. "It's good for them to get a little bit of a paycheck after everything that they've put into it and it makes it easier to go back in that (practice) room (on Friday)."
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Webster City 56, Sioux City East 13
113 - Freddie Seeley (WC) major dec. Skylar Stamps, 19-5; 120 - Gage Sadler (WC) forfeit; 126 - Collin Oswald (WC) forfeit; 132 - Casey Coon (SCE) dec. Tanner Hoveland, 16-11; 138 - Colton Jewett (SCE) major dec. Ryan Ferrari, 8-0; 145 - Jake Powers (WC) pinned Josh Schambach, 3:09; 152 - Drake Swedlund (SCE) dec. Brandon Jessen, 7-0; 160 - Mitchell Otto (SCE) dec. Connor Larson, 6-5; 170 - Brandon Patten (WC) pinned Jacob Wiley, 4:27; 182 - Dylan Fielder (WC) forfeit; 195 - Gus Gasca (WC) major dec. Calvin Buchanan, 13-2; 220 - Gavin Dinsdale (WC) pinned Kendrick French, 2:54; 285 - Landon Johnson (WC) forfeit; 106 - Cole Nokes (WC) pinned Larry Vore Jr., 3:44.
Nokes notched a takedown, two reversals and three near-fall points before he flattened Vore Jr. for the final time.
"Cole wrestled a good match and that was no fluke," Larson said. "I love to see him wrestle aggressively like that."
WCHS (12-7) took 10 of the 14 weights and piled up bonus points - 26 in all - at all 10. The Lynx owned an 82-50 advantage in match points, and picked up four pins and another four wins via forfeit.
"We wrestled pretty well for the most part and it was a good dual for us," Larson said. "To be at home with a huge crowd, it was awesome."
Jake Powers (145) toyed with the Black Raiders' Josh Schambach before cranking on his arm and flipping him for the pin in 3:09. Brandon Patten put East's Jacob Wiley in a cradle three times before pancaking him for good in 4:27.
Freddie Seeley (113) opened the dual for WCHS with a 19-5 major decision win over Skylar Stamps. Seeley hit a late headlock and had Stamps staring at the lights above when the match ended.
Gus Gasca (195) put on his own clinic - a 13-2 major decision against Calvin Buchanan.
East (9-12) had a brief run midway through the dual when 10th-ranked (Class 3A) Drake Swedlund (152) knocked off Brandon Jessen, 7-0, and Mitchell Otto (160) followed it up by quieting the home crowd with a 6-5 victory over No. 3-ranked (3A) Connor Larson.
Connor Larson is 23-2 since he moved down to 160 and both losses have come against Otto. Last night, Otto snuck out the back side and scored a reversal with 9 seconds left to pull off the one-point triumph.
The WCHS junior remains stuck on 96 career victories.
"It wasn't a bad match; (Otto) is a tough kid and I think he's probably a little bit underrated," Ted Larson said. "Is it going to hurt (Connor)? Nah. Is it going to motivate him? Yeah."
East opted to run from the Lynx other ranked grappler - No. 3 (182) Dylan Fielder. He received one of the forfeits, as did senior heavyweight Landon Johnson.
WCHS will now begin preparations for the 3A district meet at Fort Dodge High School on Saturday, Feb. 9. The top two place winners at each weight will advance to the state tournament in Des Moines.
Notebook: The pork from 10 donated hogs was auctioned off prior to the start of last night's dual. A grand total of $3,925 was raised for the Webster City Wrestling Boosters Webster City will host the North Central District AAU State Qualifier on Sunday inside the WCHS gymnasium. Ted Larson says he expects between 400 and 500 kids to compete in the third- through eighth-grade divisions. Weigh-ins will be from 7-8 a.m., with wrestling set for 9 a.m.


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Copying trade secrets has always been one od the driving forces of human nature and business. I agree with you.
In the 1850s England was by far the most technologically advanced nation in the world. They kept everything for themselves, sanctioned every bit of information transfer.
So continental Europeans started to work in England to find out their secrets such as production processes, materials, patents and so on.
While England did continue their slow way, Europeans exploited everything in continental markets and quickly surpassed England. Then and only then England began to market their machines and equipment to other nations. But it was already too late. Machines are Made in Germany. Qulity is Made in Germany. That was the fact 50 years later.
One key advantage was that continental Europe didn't care much about patents and scientific ownership. In England it was mostly reserved for the aristocratic upper class. In France, Germany and Italy those trade and science secrets were wide spread immediately among all workers, business men etc.
Competition at its best.
And where is England now and where is Germany?
Apple had a few ideas but after some time their development stalled. Others take over and based on old ideas they improve stuff. That's competitive evolution.
If Apple doesn't change, they go the way of The Wright Brothers. The brothers invented the airplane, got a US patent and kept it all to themselves. In Europe it was replicated and dramatically improved. Wright brothers made history, but others made the business.
"And I don't know why [Apple is] acting like it's superior. I don't even get it. What are they trying to say?" -- Bill Gates on the Mac ads
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- Unemployment in Greece rises to record 25.1%
- Vice President Biden–if he meant to say it–suggested that maybe taxes should just increase on those making more than $1 million instead of $250,000
- Natural gas rose to a new 1-year high. It appears to breaking a multi-year downtrend, is above its 200-day moving average, and, generally, seems headed higher.
- S&P downgrades Spain from BBB+ to BBB-, leaving it barely clinging to investment grade status
- Residential foreclosures fell to a five-year low
- The IMF released a report that said that China could increase individual incomes by 10 times if it would eliminate its state-run enterprises. 10 times!
- Uh-oh…"financial advisers backing way from stocks and bonds, poll finds." Instead, they're investing in "cash, mutual funds and hard assets such as real estate and [guess what?] gold." Watch out, gold buyers
On the fiscal cliff…
- According to a New York Times story, the fiscal cliff is really a fiscal slope. It will be "powerful but gradual."
- According to The Economist magazine, the fiscal cliff is already hurting the U.S. economy as businesses wait to see its impact before acting. This was brought out in our economic panel discussion yesterday, when Sri Bradesam, from Autoline Industries, said he can see five to six years of growth if we can get past the fiscal cliff in okay shape.
- The topic is starting to get some traction, as can be seen in this chart of Google searches on "fiscal cliff."
- The IMF said the risk of a global recession is "alarmingly high," due, in part, to–you guessed it–the U.S. fiscal cliff.
- The Economist said that its politicians' "dithering" that is increasing the odds of a global recession.
Here's a look, in Wordle form, at the transcripts from the Presidential debate…
…and from the Veep debate
All I can say is, at least they care about us.
The Federal Reserve released its Beige Book, which is, not surprisingly, named for the color of its cover. Here's the word cloud version of it.
This Week
Kicking off the week was September Small Business Optimism from the National Federation of Independent Business. It was unchanged from August's reading. One would think that, with increasing mention of "Fiscal Cliff" in the press that optimism would be dropping like a rock, but it hasn't been, and it (and hiring plans in the bottom panel, below) remains in an uptrend.
Did you know there are 3.5 million job openings in the U.S? That's what the monthly Job Openings Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) said this week. While that sounds like a lot, it's well below the 5.1 million at the beginning of the century and the 4.7 million before the housing bubble went "pop." Job openings are created not only by the economic growth that requires more employees but by workers increasingly confident they can better their position and increasingly willing to resign. In our economic panel discussion yesterday, two panelists mentioned that unemployment benefits–and emergency benefits–were to blame for some of the difficulty they had in filling positions. An AFL-CIO representative, who we had neglected to invite, opined in the Journal Gazette, that, "the fact is, a lot of these jobs are lousy."
The weekly report of Initial Jobless Claims took a sharp drop this week (-30,000), and the usual kneejerk folks were crowing about how this means the economy is turning around. There are a couple of things about the report that should be noted, though. First, the data reported is seasonally adjusted. This is done so that the natural ebb and flow of jobs over the course of the year (college students reporting to school, seasonal Christmas help, etc.) doesn't distort the data. Well, the non-seasonally adjusted figure did increase by 25,990 (the reported decline was -30,000). That's an 8% increase, but the seasonal adjustment was calling for an 18% increase. In other words, unadjusted jobless claims would have had to rise by 55,000 before an increase in the seasonally adjusted claims figure–which is the headline, or announced, figure–would have been reported. This is the sort of thing that gives to the consolation of conspiracy theorist: not every conspiracy is a theory. Second, this data is reported to the Bureau of Labor Statistics by each state, and apparently one state, which was expected to report a big increase, instead reported a decline. Some of the usual suspects on the everything's-a-conspiracy-when-I-don't-agree-with-it folks suggested that since the state was unnamed, it had to be California, and that fits with the Administration trying to manipulate stuff. In fact, the state-by-state reporting is always one week in arrears. Apparently, this isadministrative data and was never intended for the current use. According to the folks at the Department of Labor, they do expect the seasonal increase to happen; it just wasn't this week.
Lastly, University of Michigan Consumer Confidence was announced today, and these folks are clearly feeling better about things than are the folks surveyed by the Conference Board and ABC News. While the U of M data is making new cycle highs, the ABC News survey remains mired at the same levels of the last 3+ years. Conference Board folks are at the top of the 3+ year range, but the Michigan folks are feeling as enthusiastic as they have since early 2008.
Next Week
Key indicators to watch
- Industrial Production
- Capacity Utilization
- Initial Jobless Claims
- Leading Economic Indicators
Regional indicators
- Empire State Manufacturing index
- Philadelphia Federal Reserve
Housing related indicators
- NAHB Housing Market Index
- Housing Starts
- Building Permits
- Existing Home Sales
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by Migin
March 14, 2004
OMSI frequently hosts touring exhibits of interest. Currently it's a murder mystery -- T-Rex on Trial, a twist to the usual Dinosaur diorama show, exploring whether T-Rex was predator or scavenger. Previous highlights have been: skulls from Olduvai Gorge (early ancestors), giant dinosaur skeletons, and Star Trek: Federation Science, which began (was constructed -- Hi K!) and ended its travels here.
Added Attractions
--The Omni-Max Theater has one of only (about) 80 IMAX projection systems worldwide. Among the current features is Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees.
--Dive into active volcanoes or speed round a Grand Prix raceway track in the high definition, surround-sound, Motion Simulator ride.
--Kendall Planetarium shows.
--Special musically themed laser light shows.
--A self-service café.
--A giftshop, with a wide variety of museum and science related items, including blueprints of the Blueback.
And for many the most memorable part of a visit to OMSI is a tour aboard the …
U.S.S. Blueback
While not filmed in Oregon the submarine appearing as the Dallas in The Hunt For Red October resides here, berthed next to OMSI in the Willamette River. This, the US Navy's last non-nuclear, fast attack submarine, launched 1959 and decommissioned 1990, was acquired by OMSI in 1994. [Blueback is the common name for Sockeye Salmon.]
As there's much ducking and ladder climbing you must pass unassisted through a hatchway mock-up inside OMSI before being permitted aboard. And carrying children isn't allowed. On the way to the pier you'll pass the US Submarine Memorial; comprised of the Blueback's propeller, a plaque and bricks listing names and dates for 67 lost US subs.
During the tour you'll see all sections of the vessel and have the opportunity to peer through the periscope. Learn what it was like to serve aboard. Hearing a sailor bunked immediately adjacent to a torpedo I thought: talk about your cold comfort. He thought: privacy and space! Both at a premium here. A Q&A period concludes the tour. If you've been watching for signs reading "Think Nay" and "Everyday is a Nay day" now it's time to ask their meaning. Your observational skills and curiosity will please the guide.
Periodically special events are held: sleepovers for kids and in October, in the spirit of things, it becomes a haunted sub.
[Tours: 10am-4.30pm. Tech tours (1st Sunday of each month, call for times): $15]
Hours & Location: See below for maps, directions, hours, and admissions not covered above. Closed Mondays.
Show Schedules: Omni-Max, and Planetarium.
Contacts: 503-797-OMSI (6674), 800-955-OMSI, (shop) 503-797-4626, Online form
Transport: Tri-Met 83-OMSI Shuttle Map/Schedule
From journal The City of Roses, Where Livability Works
by bubblegum27
Fall Creek, Oregon
June 19, 2006
From journal Where to Go in Oregon
by virgoleanne
Sacramento, California
April 15, 2003
My first stop in the museum was to see the planetarium show, "Pacific Nortwest Skies." I recommend sitting near the middle so you can easily see the entire ceiling. The show goes over all the major constellations and their visibilty throughout the year. The show is an additional $4.00 on top of the museum admission.
I was scheduled to see the next showing of "Coral Reef Adventure," but had some time to catch a bite to eat. The museum has a cafeteria-style eating area serviced by Aramark. They have pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs, etc. I ordered a cheeseburger, fries, and a soda, spending around $7.00. You have a choice of eating indoors or outdoors. Your admission is good all day with in and out privileges.
Now I am off to see the "Coral Reef Adventure" on the OmniMax IMAX screen. The museum is a bit confusing, but I managed to find the theater OK. The guide warned us ahead of time of the possibilty of nausea. He wasn't lying either. Some of the camera angles send your stomach for a whirl. They recommended closing your eyes and taking a deep breath to ease it. That worked for me and I was able to watch the entire movie. The movie is narrated by Liam Neeson and has discussions with marine scientists. It's about how coral reefs are dying and focuses on the reefs of Fiji. It's both educational and entertaining. It is another $8.00 on top of the museum admission, but well worth it!
I skipped the rest of the exhibits. It was time to go back to the hotel and relax (and run far away from the kids). Ha Ha!
From journal Wandering Downtown Portland
by Go Girl!
Los Angeles, California
October 17, 2000
From journal Portland Highlights!
by reddlaydee
Portland, Oregon
February 18, 2001
Once you have explored the museum itself - there is enough that it takes hours to see, go relax in the Omnimax theater. It is an IMAX theater, which means that the screen actually curves around you, and you see the picture peripherally as well as right in front of you. Over the years I have taken flights through the Grand Canyon in IMAX, gone swimming with the whales, and been rocketed out into space. They always have one or two of these breath-taking, educational films showing, and no matter what topic, it is worth the experience. The cost to see as movie is the same as admission to the Museum, but sold separately. If you decide to visit, mark out an entire day for it - the kids won't want to leave, and most probably, you won't either.
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Looking back at 2012, it appears a so-called smart money strategy turned out to be anything but smart.
In Wall Street parlance the strategy is called risk-on / risk-off.
In a nutshell investors move quickly and nimbly -- putting money to work in securities deemed aggressive when the market appears bullish – but then quickly rotate that same money into safer securities when the environment appears bearish.
"Let 2012 be a lesson to you," mused Jim Cramer in retrospect. "Had you followed this strategy you would have underperformed."
Why did risk on / risk off fail in 2012?
1. Risk -On / Risk-Off put investors in bonds when they would have done better in stocks. Read More: This Could Be the Year Bonds Start to Deflate
"First, and foremost, the S&P 500 gained 13.5% last year, 16% if you include reinvested dividends," said Cramer.
"One thing we know for sure, those who played this on off switch game, this binary nonsense, didn't get to reinvest those dividends which, once again, were a hugely important component of the year's performance."
2. Risk-on / Risk-Off Investors missed big up-moves.
Europe proved particularly problematic for risk-on / risk-off investors. "Many EU stocks performed miraculously," said Cramer.
But had you switched into risk-off mode - you either missed the move or worse
"Had you flitted from risk-on to risk-off and back again you probably sold low and bought high pretty regularly," said Cramer.
In other words, the 'riskiest' moments – when you'd otherwise rotate into bonds –ended with big gains in stocks.
What's the point of this analysis?
"I ran money for 30 years before this "risk-on, risk-off" strategy came into play," said Cramer. "I am beginning to believe that it is simply a by-product from those who refuse to do individual stock homework or can't think of anything to say.
And according to Cramer nothing is more important than doing homework; that is sifting through earnings reports and doing research to identify a company with solid fundamentals, good management, strong growth potential and one that trades at a reasonable multiple.
When compared to risk-on / risk-off, homework may seem tedious and old fashioned but sometimes the best investment strategy is the one that's stands the test of time.
Read More: CNBC's Boldest Predictions for 2013
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Monthly rental - Amazing condo 1 block to beach in Carlsbad
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2½
- sleeps 6
- pool no
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community Carlsbad Village
- rates (USD) $ 3,500 - $ 5,000 / month
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Congratulations!!! This is one amazing condo that lives like a single family home. One block away is coffee or the sandy beaches that stretch for several miles with an adjacent "boardwalk" that is great for strolling. There are 2 bikes and a bike path that goes North to Oceanside Pier or South to Encinitas (another great beach town). Also we have a yard with a built in barbeque, Jacuzzi, patio chairs, beach chairs, and beach trikes and toys for the kids. There are 2 master suites each with queen beds, large bathrooms and private patios. Both have Plasma TV's and their is a fireplace in the front master. The kitchen is fully loaded and has granite counters, stainless appliances and cherry wood floors that also are in the dinning and living area. There is a romantic gas fireplace in the living room and one master suite. There are 3 plasma TVs one in the living room and one in each master suite. Two twin and 1 queen blow up mattress are available for additional guests. Their is a 3 car driveway and two car garage.
Forty restaurants, three surf shops, 15 antique/collectible shops, numerous other shops, the village center, and train station are all within walking distance. The local area also offers Legoland
Amusement Park, shopping malls, biking, sport fishing, and golfing. Sea World, the San Diego Zoo,
the San Diego Wild Animal Park, and numerous other San Diego spots are a short drive or train ride away. Disneyland (61 miles) and Knotts Berry Farm (50 miles) are popular destinations to the north. Carlsbad is 45 minutes from Orange County Airport and San Diego Airport.
You will LOVE your stay in Carlsbad and our home. The sunsets are amazing and the restaurants
unbelievable..... You will meet so many new friends in Carlsbad!!
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WasherDryerLinens Provided: Hotel Collection and upgraded towels Garage: 2 car garage with epoxy
flooring.Gas Fireplace (2): 2 heatalator gas fireplaces - one that heats the downstairs and one in
the master suite.
Cable/Satellite TV: Cable with Time Warner and 3 plasma TV's to enjoy your favorite TV programs (2) CD Player Stereo System, Music Library,Jetted Tub in BathPrivate.
Hot Tub: Jacuzzi that is covered and locked. It is available for your enjoyment.
Gas/Electric BBQ Grill: There is a built in stainless steel BBQ with an island and 2 bar
stools. Deck/Patio: The patio has the BBQ, island, bar stools, Crate and Barrel teak furniture,
jacuzzi and a litehouse fountain.
WiFi (Wireless Internet): We have secured wireless and there will be instructions on how to connect.
activities and attractions in Carlsbad San Diego Area
Nearby activities:
One block to the beach, beach access has bathrooms and lifeguards and is walking distance to
Starbucks, 7-11, many restaurants and the village shops.
Golf, Tennis, Theme Park (Amusement Park)Zoo/Wildlife Park, Shopping, Sightseeing, Restaurants,
Kayaking, SailingBoating, Waterskiing, Jet Skiing, Swimming, Snorkeling, Diving, Surfing,
Windsurfing, Biking, Mountain Biking, Wildlife Viewing, Hiking, Fishing, Fitness Center, Gym,
Health/Beauty Spas, Basketball Court, Antiquing, Cinemas/Movie Theaters, Museums, Miniature golf.
vacation rental rates
June-Aug Monthly $5000
Sept-May Monthly $3500
Non-Refundable Cleaning Fee - $175.
Security Deposit - $500 BY CHECK ONLY refund if no damages
Credit Cards accepted through Paypal
Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.
Sam Law 760-484-0964
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Top things to do in Carlsbad
- Fabulous restaurants, Coffee shops & Wine Tasting
- Flower Fields
- Carlsbad Premium Outlet
- Coaster to San Diego
- Legoland
Top things to do on a budget
- Coaster to Old Town, Encinatas, or downtown San Diego
- Bike ride to Oceanside Pier for brunch
- Coaster to Del Mar Race Track
- Snug Harbor Marina & rent a Kayak or paddle boat
- Sun, Surf, Sandcastles, Sunsets, walks on the boardwalk
Top things to do with a family
- Walk to Coaster an go to a Padres game and sit in the grass area
- Wild Animal Park / San Diego Zoo
- Sea World is fabulous
- Wave Park in Vista - kids love this
- Take Amtrak to Disneyland
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After a warm and sunny end to the work week with highs in the mid 80s Thursday and Friday, a cold front is forecast to move through Mid-Missouri Saturday afternoon.
The front will bring cooler air for the end of the weekend, but also the best chance of rain for the next seven days. Forecast models continue to show a dry start to Saturday with highs reaching near 80 by mid-afternoon. Clouds will continue to move in and thicken during the afternoon with scattered showers and storms likely in the evening and the overnight.
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My love affair with the written word began before I could actually read. My parents were both avid readers and shared their passion for it with me, first by reading aloud to me, and then later by purchasing books for me—countless books—throughout my childhood and young adulthood. I am the sixth of seven daughters in my family, and while we were comfortable and I had a wonderful, loving, and supportive family life, we were by no means wealthy in a material sense; money needed to be spent wisely, yet books were never considered a frivolous expenditure. One fond childhood memory involves the weekly grocery-shopping trip we girls would take with my mother. As most children do on such shopping expeditions, we would invariably ask for a "treat" before entering the checkout line, and as long as our choice was a book, picked up from the rack of children's titles at the store, we were indulged. I have countless Little Golden Book adaptations of fairy tales and other great stories thanks to that!
The fact that I learned to love reading at an early age helped me to excel in English and literature courses in secondary school. I also enjoyed...
The fact that I learned to love reading at an early age helped me to excel in English and literature courses in secondary school. I also enjoyed languages and studied a little Latin, followed by concentrations in both German and Russian. I completed my high school education near the end of the Cold War, and because my father had been a U.S. Marine and had spent most of his adult career as a civilian test engineer at Griffiss Air Force Base, I entered my undergraduate years at the University of Rochester planning a career path that would allow me to work for the U.S. government, with a focus on national security. A summer semester taken at the then University of Leningrad in the former USSR proved an exciting opportunity for me, as I'd never before taken an international trip.
My career goals shifted, however, by the time I finished my senior year in college, and I was fortunate to have options due to the fact that I'd earned dual bachelor degrees while at U of R—one in Russian and the other in English. That English degree allowed me to pursue my new career path as a high school teacher. A masters degree in English Literature from the State Unversity of New York at Albany eventually followed, and except for time taken off for brief maternity leaves, I've been teaching English Literature to students in grades 9–12 ever since, with the 2007–08 school year marking my twentieth in that capacity.
My writing career didn't truly commence until several years after my teaching career was well underway—though it began with a serendipitous moment. I was married by then and living a few hours from my childhood home. I'd been dabbling in writing for a while—mostly short pieces and magazine articles—without any luck or any real sense of direction. One evening, my parents called to tell me of something interesting that had happened to them earlier that day. A car had broken down in front of their home, and being the kind of people they are, they'd invited the woman who'd been driving to come up to the house to use the phone and have a cup of coffee while she waited for her husband to come and get her. As they chatted, the woman mentioned that she'd been on her way home from a holiday party at the writing chapter to which she belonged.
Knowing of my interest in writing, my parents took down the information about the chapter for me, and though meetings took place a two-hour drive away from where I was living, I nonetheless went to the very next one, which happened to be in January 1993. The name of the chapter was Central New York Romance Writers, and when I attended that initial meeting it was like I'd found the writing home I'd never known was there. I was surrounded by people who loved reading romance as much as I did—and who wrote it and wanted to be published, too.
I began work on my very first manuscript only a few months later, just after completing my master's degree…and although it took two more completed manuscripts and seven additional years, I got "the call" in January of 2000 from my agent at the Jane Rotrosen Agency, telling me that an editor (the fabulolus Lyssa Keusch) at HarperCollins had made me a two-book offer. And now, seven years and seven published books later, I still love reading and writing, though the demands of my day job and family have necessitated a temporary move away from writing romance. What lies ahead is up in the air at the moment, but I suspect that, like everything that has led up to this point, it's bound to be interesting!
Hmmm…well, I've yet to meet a writer who doesn't love to read. I don't break any molds there, and though I will read almost anything (including cereal boxes), my reading choice leans toward novels with well-drawn characters and emotional resonance…and if I have my druthers, the stories end happily, or at least well (go figure!). :)
I love to cook for my family and friends…all kinds of things, but I confess that, thanks to the demands of my day job, I'm always on the search for healthy, tasty recipes that can be prepared and plated in forty-five minutes or less. That's just about as much time as I have available between getting home from work and having to have food ready for the starving horde (well, there are only four of us, but most of the time it feels like a starving horde!). I also love to bake—but those recipes tend to be, ah, well not so healthy. I also enjoy a good glass of wine, with my current favorites being shiraz (for red) or chenin blanc (for white).
I've recently become interested in riding again (horses, not motorcycles!) after more than thirty years of distance from the sport, due to time and logistics. Dance has always been a passion of mine (mostly tap and ballet), though I tend to watch more and do much less as the years pass. Music also is a necessary part of my life; my tastes are eclectic but lean toward Celtic, classical (baroque and medieval, mostly), and ballads, with a few hard rock tunes (i.e., Def Leppard, Scorpions, AC/DC), country, and "lighter" rock (i.e., Bon Jovi) thrown in the mix.
What keeps me most active and engrossed, however, are all the hobbies and activities of my family members! Recitals, choir and band performances, volleyball matches—you name it. All lots of fun!
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It would be handy to be able to split a repeating task into
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I agree. It was a shock when I wanted to change an instance of a reoccurring task, but found it changed all the tasks.
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|mark.r.stoneman says:
This would be consistent with iCal's useful behavior in this respect. It also comports with real life. Sometimes something different happens, even if we want to keep a regular reminder.
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Does anyone have any workaround ideas for this?
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