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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 is only four episodes in, and already Clark Gregg's Agent Coulson is making some pretty controversial decisions. His visit to Eli Morrow (played so well by José Zúñiga) launches him on a path that could potentially tear S.H.I.E.L.D. apart...
Setting the Scene
Everything changed for S.H.I.E.L.D. when General Talbot told the President where S.H.I.E.L.D. was based. From that moment on, S.H.I.E.L.D. was on a course that would ultimately bring them out into the open once again. Coulson made the difficult choice of stepping down, and recommended that an 'enhanced' person be put in charge — someone the public could trust. That person was Jeffrey Mace, played by Jason O'Mara.
Mace recognized that Coulson's team were too tightly-knit, and he realized that Coulson's judgment isn't always sound when it comes to the people he cares about. Mace broke Coulson's team apart, assigning each member to a different department, and had Coulson and Henry Simmons's Mack working as some of his best field agents. He still viewed Coulson as an invaluable resource, and as one of his top advisers, but Mace also demanded reporting lines and accountability.
Season 4 kicked off with Coulson rejecting that accountability in order to pursue Chloe Bennet's Daisy Johnson. With S.H.I.E.L.D. focused on 'enhanced' individuals, Daisy had gone rogue; her public campaign against the Watchdogs had led to her being viewed as a dangerous terrorist. Although the Director pulled Coulson off of Daisy's case, Coulson still jetted off to hunt her down.
Some Ominous Decisions
Episode 4, "Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire", sees Coulson make some pretty tough decisions. He begins by successfully capturing Gabriel Luna's Ghost Rider — who, it's worth noting here, is a known murderer — but rather than bring him in, Coulson proposes an alliance. Coulson has his own agenda; he's more interested in the 'ghosts', and he's willing to use Ghost Rider to get to them. Here's the thing, though; he doesn't report this in.
By the end of the episode, Coulson has another ally — he's reunited with Daisy, and he's clearly intending to work with her too. You have to remember that, she's viewed by the public as a terrorist. She's one of the most wanted 'enhanced' beings on the planet right now, and even though Coulson is off the case, there's probably another S.H.I.E.L.D. team hunting her down even as he's teaming up with her.
A PR Disaster
Mack may have dismissed PR issues in "Uprising", but for Director Mace, the optics of all this will be a real problem. S.H.I.E.L.D. has a bad reputation; it's known for bringing Helicarriers raining down out of the sky in Washington D.C., and for playing the unwitting host to a conspiracy that nearly conquered the planet. S.H.I.E.L.D. has only just gone public again, and a lot of people — and governments — will be watching it cautiously, just waiting for a slip-up.
Now S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top agent (a former Director, no less!) is teaming up with a known murderer and a super-powered 'Robin Hood'. Sure, the decision not to report this in gives Director Mace the protection of deniability, but it's clear that Coulson isn't just expecting to keep the Director out of the loop.
Coulson knows that Simmons faces regular lie-detector tests. He still makes her part of his project, though, and the end of "Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire" makes it clear that Simmons intends to lie to the Director about what's going on. Coulson isn't just 'failing to report' — he's actively encouraging insubordination, damaging any chance of trust. All it will take is for just one person to report S.H.I.E.L.D. working alongside Ghost Rider and Quake, and the public mood will turn irretrievably against S.H.I.E.L.D..
S.H.I.E.L.D. has gotten a second chance. Coulson is risking all that.
Do the Stakes Justify This?
In Coulson's defense, as an ex-Director he's privy to a lot more information than most S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. This knowledge is ably demonstrated when he easily identifies the Darkhold, and reels off the book's history. He knows that the Darkhold was sought after by everybody from Daniel Whitehall to the Red Skull — although I suspect he's more motivated by the exciting idea of finding something even his mentor Nick Fury couldn't track down.
The Darkhold is big news. Coulson knows that it's already turned a bunch of scientists into insane 'ghosts', and he's likely familiar enough with the legends to know that's just a fraction of what it could do. From the looks of the promo for Episode 5, we're about to get more of idea about the immense and dangerous powers of the Darkhold. So Coulson understands that the stakes are greater than they've ever been before, and acts accordingly.
There's a very real problem with this argument, though. Coulson starts teaming up with these 'enhanced' assets before he knows that the Darkhold is in play. He recruits Robbie Reyes because he wants to get Eli Morrow to talk, and then randomly brings him along on a side-trip to battle the Watchdogs. He treats Ghost Rider like your standard registered asset, teaming up with him as easily as if he were working alongside Yoyo. It's true that, by the end of the episode, I actually think the stakes justify Coulson's decision. But Coulson is making this decision before the stakes are that high. His default is to act first, and seek accountability later; he figures that forgiveness is easier than permission, and continues to do his own thing, regardless of the consequences.
See also:
- Who Are The Watchdogs, 'Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Season 4's Most Sinister Force?
- Exploring The Character Journey Of Quake - The Greatest Superhero From 'Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.'!
- 3 Reasons Marvel Chose Robbie Reyes Over Johnny Blaze As Ghost Rider In 'Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.'
Director Mace is right not to trust Agent Coulson. In "Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire", Coulson has taken his first steps down a very dark road - one that risks everything he has built. Perhaps the most surprising thing of all, though, is that Coulson doesn't seem to realize it. Either that, or he just doesn't care.
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Top 5 Places To Run In Salt Lake City!
Salt Lake City is an exciting, urban area among beautiful scenery and outdoor recreational activities. You can't miss the magnificent Wasatch Mountain Range to the East, and the cheerful Great Salt Lake waters to the West. There are a great deal of things to do downtown, including a large variety of restaurants, clubs, and historic buildings to visit. The Salt Lake area is well-known for its wide range of outdoor activities--from skiing, to hiking, to running, we've got it all! We thought we would kick off the summer by sharing our top 5 places to run in Salt Lake City.
Red Butte Gardens Loop
For anyone that likes a good trail run, this trail is full of beautifully bloomed flowers, and it's hard not to stop and enjoy the scenery! Spring and early summer are the best times to view the colorful flower field. The trail begins at University of Utah Hospital, goes past Red Butte Gardens, and loops around in multiple trailheads back to the start. Overlooking the Salt Lake Skyline, this is the perfect trail to run during any season.
Memory Grove
Memory Grove is another great location if you're looking for some simple, enjoyable trails to run. This trail is family and dog friendly. Along the trail, you will be able to find memorials of war veterans and the famous Memorial House. You will also pass by the Harbor of Beauty, a pond full of memorials for sailors who lost their lives in numerous wars. Running this trail will give more than just a nice workout, but also time to reflect on and appreciate those we remember in this grove.
Sugarhouse Park
Sugarhouse Park Trail is a beautifully paved, neighborhood running trail for those that like to get their running done quickly and efficiently. It loops around Sugar House Park right next to Highland High School. The inner loop is about 1.4 miles and the outer loop is about 1.85 miles. This charming park is known for its well-trimmed, healthy green grass. The park has plenty of space and two playgrounds for your children to play while you get your run on!
Bonneville Shoreline Trail
If you're looking for a challenge, head over to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. The trail begins down in City Creek Canyon and veers along the Wasatch Mountains. It stretches for 100 miles total out of the many directions and trailheads to choose from. This trail rests on the Bonneville Shelf, remains from Lake Bonneville that used to be part of the great body of water that covered Utah and stretched out to Idaho and Nevada. BST is a common local trail filled with runners, mountain bikers, and dog walkers. Make sure to wear plenty of sunscreen on this trail as most of it is exposed to the sun!
Jordan River Parkway
Jordan River Parkway is a local favorite that provides a quiet, well-maintained, and peaceful place for runners, hikers, and bikers. It connects all the way through Utah, Salt Lake, and Davis County. This paved trail is a perfect mixture of cool mountain air and smooth running pavement for those that like to enjoy nature but don't want to worry about rocky terrain. The extension from Rose Park to Glendale Park Golf Course runs for 8.1 miles passing Jordan River and various parks. If you need a break, don't forget to stop by Jordan Parks to see the International Peace Gardens!
These are only a few of the many beautiful trails the Salt Lake has to offer—we would love to hear your favorites! Comment your favorite running trails below!

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(Editor's note: There will be a multi-board meeting and forum on Wednesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. in the Brooks Gym. This is the second such meeting in recent weeks about the school project; click here for coverage of the first multiboard meeting on January 30.)
To the editor:
Last April, Lincoln again applied for state funding for a school building project from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA). In December, the town learned that we were not invited into the 2016 funding pipeline. After careful consideration, we, the members of the Lincoln School Committee (LSC), have voted unanimously to recommend that the town move forward independently and begin planning a Lincoln-funded school building project. This is an opinion that we have shared openly with other boards and that we introduced to the public at the January 30 multi-board meeting. It has since been endorsed by multiple town boards and committees.
The purpose of the January 30 meeting was to launch a community process that we hope will bring the town to consensus on a Lincoln School building project. The first decision will be made at the March 25th Annual Town Meeting. The LSC is bringing forth for the town's consideration two warrant articles that represent two different pathways:
- Article 33: Using the money we already set aside in 2015, will the Town permit the School Committee to begin planning a Lincoln-funded project? OR
- Article 34: Should the Town continue to re-apply to the MSBA?
The LSC views these articles as an either/or choice representing two distinct pathways and timetables. The School Committee recommends voting "yes" on Article 33 and passing over Article 34.
Article 33
As stewards of the school, we believe the time has come to act independently for the following reasons:
- The Lincoln School's building systems are at increasing risk of failure, and the fiscally responsible approach is to address the deficiencies with a thoughtfully planned single project.
- We are committed to creating a learning environment that supports the town's educational vision.
- There has been considerable community engagement over the past five years, and a growing consensus that a school project is one of the town's top priorities.
Certain systems in the school, such as the roof and boilers, are on borrowed time. With immediate action, the earliest completion date for a renovation project is late 2021. Waiting to act lengthens the timeline and increases the risk of a costly infrastructure failure that would force us to reactively spend millions of dollars.
Since 2002 when the Capital Planning Committee first recommended a comprehensive approach to addressing the school's capital needs, the town has conducted five studies of the facility. Each study has confirmed the idea that it is fiscally prudent to thoughtfully plan a project that holistically addresses the school's infrastructure needs.
For the past several years, because we sought to maximize the impact of the town's investment, the LSC asked for town support to seek MSBA funding. Yet, since we applied last April, we have learned more about the current competitiveness of the MSBA process. The MSBA uses weighted criteria to evaluate proposals, including:
- Is the building structurally sound?
- Is there severe overcrowding?
- Is there a threatened loss of accreditation?
- Does the district foresee future overcrowding?
- Are the major systems obsolete?
- Will there be short-term enrollment growth?
- Are the educational spaces outdated?
The Lincoln School, like many around the Commonwealth, falls firmly into categories #5 and #7. Many districts around us, however, are also facing severe overcrowding, and there are some facilities around the Commonwealth that are considered unusable. The MSBA is using its limited resources to fund projects around the state that fall squarely within categories #1 and/or #2. We believe that with the current focus on these top two criteria, we are unlikely to receive state support in the foreseeable future, and that given the condition of the building, the responsible financial choice is to move ahead on our own.
Supporting high-quality public education is one of Lincoln's core values. This goes beyond academic rigor, encompassing a vision of education that is innovative, engaging and inspiring. To realize that vision, we know we need highly effective educators in an environment that supports teaching and learning. Lincoln consistently supports the educational program, and now it is time to invest in our infrastructure. Our goal is a school facility that fosters collaboration and communication, is flexible and sustainable enough to meet educational needs for decades to come, and is safe and accessible to, and supportive of, all our learners.
Finally, for the past five years the LSC has worked with the citizens of Lincoln to cultivate a shared vision of education, and an understanding of the Lincoln School building's deficiencies. Among the several hundred people who have engaged in this process, the public has indicated consensus on several points:
- Maximizing educational benefits is the community's first priority when evaluating a potential project.
- A minimum investment of $30 million (2014 estimate) is required to achieve a responsible repair project that addresses basic infrastructure and meets current safety, structural and accessibility codes.
- In order to achieve an education-focused transformation of the building, a significantly greater investment will be required. According to several studies, the potential cost is $40-$65 million.
- This cost range is based on the 2014 Dore & Whittier estimates commissioned by the School Building Advisory Committee II (SBAC II); the total cost of the project proposed in 2012 was $50 million.
- When asked at the 2014 State of the Town Meeting, those present demonstrated strong support for a transformative project, even if we need to pay for it on our own.
- Many residents are also interested in building a community center on the Lincoln School campus and favor a parallel planning process.
- A school project will be a major community investment. It is important to build on the community's demonstrated engagement in planning these projects.
Approving Article 33 is the first of three votes the town would take to plan and achieve a revitalization of the Lincoln School. Community input has been and will continue to be crucial in planning for the choices the Town will make at each of these stages. The following "feasibility study" process is based on a standard project management model:
- After a "yes" vote on Article 33, the School Committee appoints a School Building Committee to choose an architect, hire an owner's project manager, and develop a series of project concepts and budget estimates from which the town will choose.
- The town votes to choose a project concept and estimated budget range. This determines key components of the project such as the number and types of spaces needed, and the footprint of the building.
— Preliminary design phase: After the town chooses a concept, the architect and Building Committee will do preliminary site planning and choose major systems and materials such as heating/ventilation, roofing, exterior materials, windows, insulation, lighting, and plumbing.
— Two independent cost estimates are commissioned and reconciled.
- The town votes to bond the project, beginning the final phase:
— Final design development: The Building Committee and architect choose interior finishes, finalize site plans, and create construction drawings.
—The construction contract is put out to bid, is awarded, and the project begins.
Article 34
Article 34 asks whether the town should re-apply for funding from the MSBA. The LSC has advocated for this pathway over the past couple of years, but now believes that our near-term acceptance into the funding pipeline is highly unlikely given both the level of need around the state, and the MSBA's available resources. As outlined above, large infrastructure items such as the roof and the heating system are at an increased risk of failure, and even the most ambitious project schedule takes four years. The LSC recommends voting "yes" on Article 33 and passing over Article 34.
Why not vote "yes" on both articles?
- One advantage of funding a project on our own is that we are not constrained by MSBA limitations on building and site use, thus facilitating parallel planning with a community center.
- Potential waste of taxpayer money: If we spend money to develop a project on our own and then receive an invite from the MSBA, we would have to put that work aside and begin a new, state-approved process. This would mean appropriating more money, hiring a state-approved architect and owner's project manager, and starting the work again. This also delays planning for a community center project.
- Respect for the town's human capital. During the most recent study of the Lincoln School, SBAC II meetings consumed over 110 hours of our educators' and fellow citizens' time. The LSC wants to ensure that we are using our human resources judiciously and productively.
Questions? Want more information? Please join us at the multi-board meeting and forum on March 8 at 7 p.m. in the Brooks Gym.
Jennifer Glass, chair (on behalf of the Lincoln School Committee)
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FOOD AND FAMILY are inseparably linked. And many of Regina Romero's fondest family memories have been captured in this mix of colloquial, western New Mexican cooking lavishly spiced with the pictures and stories of her pioneering ancestors. Each recipe begins with a story of the particular family member most strongly associated with the featured dish, and each seems to leap from the page, staring at the reader with hungry eyes begging for chile colorado con posole, calabacitas, and hot tortillas.
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Half a year ago was well after B31 changes, the period after which was like a massive HP/OA/resist giveaway on gear.
You are a curious case if you find Grim Dawn's system outdated and unnecessarily complex even though you claim to have played most ARPGs out there.
I'll give the 1,09 a try once I find some time(I want to play other things currently).
I also think that game is over-complicated with number of resists and damage types. It's a pain just cap them all in Ultimate, and many enemies can reduce your resistances, so you have to OVERcap them to be tanky. Most builds specialize in 1-2 damage types (due to stacking 1500-2000% increased damage for that element), using 3 or more damage types isnt encouraged by game at all.
Also, all those bonuses to specific skills on items make many of those items really good only for build they're designed for, and junk for others.
P.S. GD has 11 different resists to mitigate damage, and 6 "utility" resists.... If that's not "too much", then what is?
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If you're going out of your way to max/overcap ALL of your resistances ALL the time, then I'd say the problem doesn't lie with the game.
You badly need to YOLO less.
2 damage types or so is the norm. 1 is for very specialized builds, and ~4 is for casters with lots of debuffs. More than that, and you better have godly raw damage/debuffs.
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The idea that you should have a different set of items for multiple setups of resists based on what you might be fighting is hideously shitty, not only because swapping between sets is a pain in the ass and no one should have to do that, and not only because getting multiple sets of gear for one character is ridiculous, but also because the crucible is A Thing What Exists and most certainly requires you to have as many resists at or close to capped by its very nature.
I think that if lightning also gave stun resist, cold gave freeze resist, and so on it would go a long way to making resists something other than the interminable mathematical slog that they currently are.
A typical aRPG has following resists: FCL + Poison + Magic + Physical. That's 8. GD has more than double of that.
I mean, GD would be much more fun if less time was spent in Excel and more in GD. But would it still be GD then?
The idea behind wishing to tackle the highest difficulty in the game using only subpar items and then asking for better resistances from gear is even more shitty, as is somehow implying that you need different SETS to tackle general content. Swapping a single item with the right component/augment really isn't enough for you? You do know a single affix can give you as many as three resists, right? Or that you can gain resists from a ton of different sources like items, consumables, masteries, devotions, augments and blacksmith crafting bonuses?
How bad are your resists really if you need to swap out so many pieces of gear? You obviously don't belong in ultimate if that's the case.
It's one thing to complain that the game has too many damage types/resists/terms, it's a completely different thing to complain that the game should give you better resists from gear. Complexity =/= difficulty. There's a learning curve, but obviously people from all walks of life (as obvious from the variety of personalities in the forums) are capable of learning what makes the game tick.
As for hardcore and the Crucible, these are basically different game modes and thus follow a very different meta. It doesn't make sense to compare them to normal mode and each other in-depth - it would be stupid to play like an HC character in normal mode (constantly paranoid of getting killed and always inching along) or HC like you would play a normal mode character.
It's actually very easy to go the opposite end of the spectrum if you follow the HC/Crucible meta - that is, your survivability is top notch, but it takes you "forever" to kill stuff.
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Whether 10 types of damage resists is excessive is subjective, I think. Yes, it's harder to deal with, but it feels more real and adds more flavor to the Grim Dawn world.
The only thing I would touch is physical resist, which feels sorely missed at low numbers and like it doesn't do much at high numbers. It is really hard to gauge and I can't put my finger on it or explain it. The only major mechanical change I can think of making would be to introduce overall magical type damage and physical type damage resists, but this would just open a whole new can of worms because there are, for instance, both physical and magical forms of chaos damage, and acid damage, and vitality damage. Just... no.
I will reiterate what Tyr said in a more polite tone: If you find yourself needing more resists, resist potions are an option that most people overlook. If that isn't enough, there are many resources available to assist in identifying items that would help you and a community willing to trade them to you. Also keep in mind that not every character should be good at every thing. For some characters that is killing ranged opponents, or farming Nemeses, or even just moving quickly. For some characters that thing might be surviving against acid/poison or aether. If that's the case, then go farm other enemies. There are enough to go around.
Crate has established a system of resistances that makes about as much sense as possible while being reasonable. One could argue that a method of stopping poison doesn't stop acid, but that is beginning down the path of splitting hairs. I would need to hear a really good reason to add or remove a resist type in order to make it not feel either excessive or like the game was losing a part of itself.
Sleep, petrify and energy leech resistances are quite useless (though energy leech resist can be good if you can burn energy yourself with attacks, against reflect). Life leech resist is useful only against Mad Queen, as far as i rememeber.
Bleed resist also can be skipped (unless you deal heavy bleed damage yourself, again). It's DoT only, so it gives you time to heal up, and there arent many enemies with really strong bleed damage.
Trap resist? BennJahr, Loxmere, Gutworm. Energy leech? Loxmere. Life leech? Rashalga. That can be done by swapping gear, if you even want it at all. At least Loxmere's spontaneous combustion was neutered after repeating complains, so you will likely never die from not having it.
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Our school buses all over the Rosebud Sioux Reservation to provide children grades K-12 with a culturally enriching educational option. We have students who exhibit a high amount of need and have created 2 programs as a charity to our students. The first is a charity to meet student needs (including food, clothing for winter, and other necessities to be successful in school) called, "Support a Student." Students are nominated to this program by school staff and a list is maintained by the non-profit Sicangu Oyate Ho, Inc. The amount per students is $250 and 100% of this money goes directly into aid for each student who is funded.
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1. Every year in China hundreds of independent documentaries (duli jilupian) are produced outside the national television system without direct commercial purpose. They are mostly unknown to the general public as they are neither aired on television or widely distributed.
2. In the last few years, independent documentaries started dealing with topics such as self-governance, social scandals and civil rights, themes that are ignored or marginalized in official discourse in present China. Many of them share a social value, linking themselves to the worldwide use of documentary for social activism and empowerment.
3. My doctoral research focuses on these kinds of social documentaries produced in the last six years. The question I pose here is: can we retrace a social impact of independent video documentary cinema in China, and at which level?
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Longtime board chairman James Baker dies, and Lovett prepares to retire. Board members Harry Wiessand George Brown approach Rice's board with a proposal to invest in the Rincon oil field in south Texas. Houstonian M. D. Anderson is a significant contributor toward the purchase.
In January, George R. Brown '20, partner in Brown & Root, becomes the first Rice alumnus elected to the Board of Trustees.
Between 1929 and 1943, 49 percent of students are registered in the liberal arts school, which includes the natural sciences and mathematics.
William Vermillion Houston is appointed the second president of Rice and had his formal inauguration on April 10, 1947. Houston was a professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology before taking the Rice presidency. Houston brought many advancements to the university, including enlargement of the graduate school, a five-year engineering program, lowering of the student-teacher ratio to 10:1, and implementing the planned residential college system. Houston made pioneering efforts in the fields of atomic spectroscopy and solid state theory.
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Adam Steffey - My Approach To Bluegrass Mandolin
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Adam Steffey - My Approach To Bluegrass Mandolin DVD
Adam Steffey has been a prominent figure in bluegrass music for more than 20 years. His clean, articulate picking has won him rave reviews from serious students of the mandolin, and earned him 5 Mandolin Player of the Year awards from his peers in the International Bluegrass Music Association.
On Disc 1 of this new release, Adam goes over several topics, including mandolin rhythm playing, right hand attack, note spacing, tone/volume, practicing, and building speed - with demonstrations of each in turn. He then spends roughly 45 minutes covering how you can build a bluegrass-style solo based on the basic melody of a song. Using 3 common jam session tunes, Adam shows how to start with the simple melody and build a solo - in several different keys.
The second disc has Adam teaching 7 of his most requested solos, covering his work with Mountain Heart, Alison Krauss and his own solo CD. Each song is played with a band before Adam breaks it down lick by lick. They are each then shown (fast and slow) in a split screen orientation. A printed booklet is included which contains transcriptions for all 7 solos, in both tab and standard notation.
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"ONESCO management was quick to understand the potential power of social media," said compliance consultant Lonny Elfenbein. "We wanted to make adoption a priority."
ONESCO always strives to ensure that progressive marketing activities work alongside effective compliance practices. They didn't want compliance ramifications to become an obstacle to its advisors' use of social media. The company needed to resolve its compliance challenges with the help of a retention and oversight solution.
"Fortunately, we didn't have to look far to find one," said Elfenbein.
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In 2008, ONESCO began using Smarsh to archive and monitor emails. With more than 700 independent advisors working under the ONESCO banner, the Smarsh Archiving Platform became critical for the effective review of hundreds of the company's advertisements and thousands of emails each month. So it made sense for the company to extend its use of the Smarsh Archiving Platform to include social media.
"In 2011, most of our advisors were on Facebook for personal use, and some used LinkedIn," said Elfenbein. "All of them wanted to use social media to promote their business."
A social media pilot program was created, designed to help advisors use social media in line with FINRA Regulatory Notices 10–06 and 11–39, which outline guidance governing firm communications to the public on blogs and social media sites.
As the pilot program caught on, more advisors inquired about social networking, and adoption grew quickly.
Ohio National's full-service broker-dealer subsidiary, the O.N. Equity Sales Company (ONESCO), has provided financial professionals with quality investment products and services since 1968. Headquartered in Cincinnati, ONESCO supports more than 700 financial representatives, giving them a full-service brokerage platform to better serve their clients.
When ONESCO first partnered with Smarsh, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) had yet to issue guidance on blogs and social networking platforms. While many broker-dealers prohibited the use of social media, ONESCO was an early adopter, pioneering its use.
"When we first chose Smarsh for email archiving, it came down to two players. Smarsh had the better solution then and it has the better solution now."
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It takes a lot of effort to keep our fingers on the pulse of daily operations. Smarsh helps us do that, which makes our compliance job easier."
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"Our advisors are now comfortable using social media," said Elfenbein. "They know the compliance team is on their side and supports them."
Elfenbein has ongoing responsibility for maintaining and monitoring social media compliance firm-wide including the review of thousands of social media activities each month using the Smarsh Archiving Platform. "Worrying about complying with regulatory requirements for social media capture used to keep me up in the middle of the night. Thanks to Smarsh I can sleep much better," said Elfenbein.
The company also counts on Smarsh to help it stay current with technology and archiving new social media platforms. In addition, if FINRA asks ONESCO for records of an advisor's communications, the compliance team can produce them quickly and efficiently.
In fact, FINRA auditors examined ONESCO compliance and supervision processes only a year after the company's social media adoption. The auditors expressed comfort with ONESCO's social media and email compliance policies and procedures.
"It takes a lot of effort to keep our fingers on the pulse of daily operations," said Elfenbein. "Smarsh helps us do that, which makes our compliance job easier."
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While many firms were in the early stages of adopting social media policies, Elfenbein had the opportunity to speak directly with regulators regarding ONESCO's social media policy. "After a discussion and demonstration of ONESCO's social media policy and Smarsh's tools, a regulator thanked me for helping him understand the complexities of compliance and archiving of social media," said Elfenbein. This interaction is an illustration of how regulators, member firms and technology providers are all working together to leverage social media responsibility.


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Brahim Diaz was at his dazzling best for Spain but the Roja Under-17s were beaten on penalties by Portugal in the Euro U17s final.
Diaz produced some mesmerising runs, turning the Portuguese defence inside out on several occasions as he produced yet another stunning showcase of his talents.
Though Portugal took the lead through a fine strike from right-back Diogo Dalot on 28 minutes, Diaz levelled the scores within five minutes, arriving at the far post to nod past Diogo Costa.
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TAIPEI — MediaTek, the world's second-largest designer of chips for smartphones, announced its first products for the automobile market, aimed at self-driving cars.
The earliest version of the SoCs, which will be on the market during the first quarter of next year, will support vision-based advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), high-precision millimeter wave radar, in-vehicle infotainment and telematics, the company said in a press statement.
MediaTek is drawing on its strength in smartphones, sensors, home entertainment and wireless connectivity to design the chips for car manufacturers. The automotive silicon market, worth $28.2 billion in 2015, is revving up now that NXP took over Freescale earlier this year to become the largest semiconductor vendor in the business. Eariler this month, MediaTek said it would consider mergers and acquisitions to become more competitive in the automotive chip business.
"The demands of connected and autonomous vehicles require a unique portfolio of technologies. MediaTek's core competencies create a natural progression for us to design for the future of driving," said MediaTek Corporate Vice President JC Hsu. "We have a strong technology portfolio generated from $10 billion in R&D investment over the past 12 years from modem and RF advancements to computing technologies to connectivity and intelligent algorithms."
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MediaTek said it will focus on four areas for the automotive business, including ADAS, precision millimeter wave radar, infotainment and telematics. The company said it aims to help solve the issue of device fragmentation, a key problem in automotive electronics. Carmakers often work with multiple vendors that specialize in single, 'best-in-class' devices that don't always communicate effectively, according to MediaTek.
The company said its ADAS system will feature advanced, decentralized vision processing units (VPUs) to handle large amounts of real-time visual streaming data. MediaTek has used machine learning to increase the accuracy and speed of detection, recognition and tracking to mimic human decision making.
The company is drawing on its strength in high frequency RF and connectivity to develop precision millimeter wave (mmWave) radar solutions on higher frequencies to gain better object resolution and more precise detection. Residing in the high frequency band, mmWave radar can recognize targets more accurately and is more resistant to fog, rain, snow and other weather conditions than current types of radar.
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"The complicated systems of tomorrow's high-tech cars will require a high degree of integration, innovative power management and improved functionality to support both the highest level of safety demands and driving experiences consumers need," said Hsu. "MediaTek will bring one integrated package of semiconductors to the market – a holistic solution that is now lacking in the auto industry."


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Dubai, Jun 3 (UNI) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the umpire and referee appointments for the ODI tri-series between Pakistan, India and hosts Bangladesh, which will start on June 8 in Mirpur.
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Education is a really critical variable that assists us form our occupation, for any individual who desires to have a brilliant future, education and learning is exceptionally important. It assists in the total development of an individual who could serve his/her demands and also requirements in a less complex path. If you are genuinely well enlightened then you can be effectively used and also make your income. Quality education can not be managed by everybody. In such situation, you can easily depend on educational debts and also meet your educational dreams easily. The government has actually launched a conditional funding mercy plan for pupils, as some have actually failed to repay the financings as a result of their bad monetary conditions.
Formally referred to as the William D. Ford Loan Program, the Obama Student Financing Mercy Program obtained this nickname when Head of state Obama created a pair of reforms to the funding program in 2009. The reforms only use to government pupil financings.
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Federal student finances are of much assistance to trainees wanting to seek their university researches yet are not rather financially capable. With government pupil fundings gettinged of, college students will be not just able to go after college research studies yet likewise be able to benefit from lots of payments systems offered for them. They likewise need to take care of their pupil finances as well as not allow this to go on default.
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The student loan relief program is one where the trainee could make use of this funding and also without having for this to be paid back, if the pupil is certified. Federal student financial debts availed of by pupil consumers and also going after teaching works could be good for them, however there are additionally potential risks perhaps ran into, and also the borrower needs to make initiatives for this not to happen.
Public student lending forgiveness program could additionally be availed of by student consumers who fulfill the details credentials. The government trainee car loans acquired are profiting most the university pupils since they can finish their college education and learning and have an occupation after college graduation, and this is the most the get as the advantage.
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Interchangeable Lenses with the Fuji X-Pro 1
Just as many anticipated after the original Fujifilm X100 launch, despite the X100's resounding success as a niche camera, many expected an interchangeable lens version of this mirrorless beauty to come out soon after, and the Fuji X-Pro 1 is born.
The Fuji X-Pro 1 features an all-new X-TransTM CMOSTM sensor and EXR Processor Pro. The sensor uses random pixel arrangement (compared to the grid-pattern of most camera RGB sensors) so no-AA filter is required to eliminate moiré and false colors, so expect sharper images right-off-the-bat to maximize that 16MP sensor.
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With such a shallow lens mount, you can pretty much be assured that with the right adapter, you can use virtually any lens on the Fuji X-Pro 1, including Leica M-lenses.
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The Fuji X-Pro 1 retains the excellent and ground-breaking Hybrid Multi Viewfinder from the X100, sensor cleaning via ultra-sonic vibration, full HD with stereo audio recording and a whole range of dedicated accessories for the camera and lenses.
The Fuji X-Pro 1's Hybrid Multi Viewfinder can change it's field-of-view as you change lenses. Just as before on the X100, you can choose between the optical viewfider or the 1.4MP electronic viewfinder with a flick of a switch, but with the ability to change field-of-view according to focal length, the accuracy of the optical viewfinder guideline increases and there will be no need to rely on parallax estimation adjustments.
The main LCD display features a 1.23 MP resolution, which is quite a bit of resolution compared to the current standard of 921K resolution in most LCD displays including those in DSLRs.
Fuji also improved the film simulation modes to continue their quest to win over traditional film buffs and rangefinder fanatics.
Estimated MSRP at $1700 for the body. Lenses start at $650 onwards.
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M : (3:2) 3456 x 2304 / (16:9) 3456 x 1944 / (1:1) 2304 x 2304
S : (3:2) 2496 x 1664 / (16:9) 2496 x 1408 / (1:1) 1664 x 1664
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|FUJIFILM X mount
|Compatible Lens
|Equivalent to ISO 200 – 6400 (Standard Output Sensitivity)
AUTO mode : AUTO (400) / AUTO (800) / AUTO (1600) / AUTO (3200)
Extended output sensitivity equivalent ISO 100, 12800 and 25600
|Exposure Control
|TTL 256-zones metering, Multi / Spot / Average
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(All other modes) 30 sec. to 1/4000 sec.
Bulb (max. 60 min.)
Time 1/2 to 30 sec.
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|Max 6 / 3 fps selectable
|Auto Bracketing
|AE Bracketing (±1/3 EV, ±2/3 EV, ±1 EV)
Film Simulation Bracketing (Any 3 type of film simulation selectable)
Dynamic Range Bracketing (100%, 200%, 400%)
ISO sensitivity Bracketing (±1/3 EV, ±2/3 EV, ±1 EV)
|White Balance
|Automatic scene recognition
Custom, Colour temperature selection (K)
Preset: Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm White), Fluorescent light (Cool White), Incandescent light, underwater
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|10 type (PROVIA/STD, Velvia/VIVID, ASTIA/SOFT, Pro Neg H, Pro Neg S, B/W, B/W+Ye filter, B/W+R filter, B/W+filter, SEPIA)
|Dynamic Range Setting
|Approx. 10 sec. / 2 sec. Delay
|Flash Modes
|Hot shoe with TTL contacts; sync terminal
Red-eye removal OFF: Auto, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Slow Synchro, Rear-curtain Synchro.
Red-eye removal ON: Red-eye Reduction Auto, Red-eye Reduction & Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Red-eye Reduction & Slow Synchro, Red-eye Reduction & Rear-curtain Synchro.
|Hot Shoe
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|Flash Synchro Terminal
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|Movie Recording
|1920 x 1080 pixels, 1280 x 720 pixels (24 frames/sec.) with stereo sound
Individual movies can not exceed 29 minutes in length.
|Photography Functions
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One week left of Q3 2011 and as usual G5 Entertainment will come with an update on how things are going a few days after the quarter is over. My guess is that they will publish the statement on Monday, October 2nd.
Even more interesting than the comments on Q3 or even FY 2011 will be the fact that management is very likely to comment on 2012. It's hard to say if they will give an actual earnings guidance already for 2012 or if they will rather comment on the amount of new games to be published next year. Following the Traction-deal, the cash position is significant and G5 will put that cash to work. As a first move, the company hired a marketing expert and opened an office in San Francisco. My guess is that this will not only help the marketing efforts but also makes it easier to find co-operation partners, i.e. developers that want their PC games published on iOS and Android.
While I find it rather challenging to make a forecast for 2012 for G5, I have nevertheless made some calculations on possible outcomes, sort of as a sanity check.
I am trying to be conservative in my assumptions so that any surprise is likely to be on the upside. Therefore my starting point is the current base of partner studios, i.e. 25 as mentioned in the most recent quarterly report. Again, the company is aggressively looking for further partners so 25 should be on the low side. If we then assume that G5 Entertainment will publish only one game from each of these partner studios on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android (i.e. 4 platforms) this gives a number of 100 new games to be published in 2011. On top of that, I am assuming that G5 will publish 5 games on their own (could be Virtual City 3 etc.) on all of the 4 platforms which gives a total number of 120 new games to be published in 2011. Furthermore, I have assumed that G5 will publish 85 new games in total in 2011 which will take the total number of games to 129 by the end of 2011. Adding, the 120 new games to the base of 129, this would the take overall number of G5 games to 249 by the end of 2012.
So what does this mean for revenues? My starting point here is the current guidance of revenues of SEK 47m for 2011. If I assume an average sold price per game of SEK 10 (that would be average for all games and all platforms), this would imply a total number of games sold of 4,700,000. I am then looking at the average of the total number of games at the end of 2010 and the total number of games at the end of 2011 in order to get an approximation of the number of games G5 has been working with during the course of 2011. That number is 86.5. Dividing the 4,700,000 by 86.5 gives an approximation of how many times each of these 86.5 games has been downloaded in 2011. That number is 54,335 times. For 2012 I take this ratio down to 50,000 in order to take cannibalization amongst the games into consideration, which means that I apply the 50,000 times on the average number of the games at the end of 2011 and the expected number of games at the end of 2012 – i.e. (129 + 249) /2= 189. That would imply a total number of games sold of 9,450,000 for 2012 and at an average price of SEK 10 that would mean 2012 revenues of SEK 94.6m.
Continuing to be conservative I am using an EBIT margin of 30%, versus the expected EBIT margin of 35% for 2011. Personally, I think the leverage of G5's business model should be higher than that but let's be cautious. With a slightly positive financial net and an assumed tax rate of 26.3% (according to the annual report 2010), I end up at an expected net profit of SEK 20,2m for and an EPS of SEK 2,60.
I feel that most of my assumptions made are on the conservative side which would mean that the SEK 2,60 for 2012 can be see as some kind of minimum level. How big the upside is shows the fact that when we increase the number of partner studios to 3o, instead of 25, and leave everything else equal, 2012 revenues would end up at SEK 99,5m and EPS would be 2,80. It gets really juicy if we assume that these 30 partners would give G5 two instead of only one game to port to iOS, Mac and Android. In this scenario, 2012 revenues would end up at SEK 129,5m and EPS would be SEK 3,60.
Time will tell, but I strongly feel that G5 Entertainment is probably the most interesting stock out there.
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Who is Constantine Peter Cavafy, and how did his work establish facets of modern European poetry?
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You are likely familiar with the Greek poets Homer and Plato. There is less chance that you know the modern Greek poet Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933). However, Cavafy is considered to be one of the most significant poets of the modern era, despite the relatively few numbers of poems (just two hundred) that he published and the dearth of critical attention paid to him during his lifetime.
Although the poet claimed Greece as his home, in fact, Cavafy spent most of his life in Alexandria, Egypt, the setting of many of his poems. He did not become well-known until he died, in part due to the fact that he offered so few of his poems for publication. He did, however, distribute many poems to friends. Those poems (over which he agonized, revising time and again), eventually made their way to publication, where they garnered the critical attention they deserved, and established Cavafy as one of the most important voices in modern Greek literature. Among the things critics find to admire about his poems is Cavafy's use of language, which frequently juxtaposes and blends historical concerns with modern ones, thereby moving Greek poetry into new spaces and places in the modern world.
Here is an example of those blended topics. This is an excerpt from his poem, "Waiting for the Barbarians," (1904):
-What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum?
The barbarians are due here today.
-Why isn't anything going on in the senate?
Why are the senators sitting there without legislating?
Because the barbarians are coming today.
What's the point of senators making laws now?
Once the barbarians are here, they'll do the legislating.
Cavafy was the son of Greek parents, but he was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt. His father spent his time running his import-export company, dividing his time between Alexandria and Liverpool, England. When his father died in 1870, (Constantine was just seven years old), the family moved to Liverpool; Cavafy's two older brothers took over the business. Cavafy lived in Liverpool until he was sixteen, where he learned to speak English and appreciate British literature. At age seventeen, the family moved back to Egypt.
After a short time in Egypt, the family moved back to Greece, a first for the young writer. It was during this time that Constantine turned to poetry to try to explore and perhaps resolve his feelings about both being Greek and his realizations that he was a homosexual.
Although he lived in Greece for several years, Alexandria felt like home and Cavafy returned to his adopted land in the 1880s. Now an adult, Cavafy got a job as a journalist, and then as a stockbroker on the Egyptian Stock Exchange. In 1892, he was hired to work at the Ministry of Public Works. His talents were quickly recognized; he rapidly ascended from being a clerk to a director. Constantine Cavafy worked at the Ministry of Public Works for thirty years.
A bureaucrat by day; poet by night: in short time, Cavafy was establishing himself around the city as a respected poet. After work, he would spend his evenings composing poems and relentlessly revising them. Only when he had agonized over and repeatedly revised a poem would he decide a piece was publishable. The few he did offer were self-published; he would have the work printed on either broadsheets or pamphlets and give them to his friends.
Greek history captured the poet's imagination. He frequently wrote about the Roman and Byzantine periods in particular, using real historical people and places to illuminate his themes and struggles. One of his largest areas of personal contention was his conflicted feelings about Christianity's view of homosexuality. However, by 1902, his erotic poems suggest that he had overcome this personal hurdle.
Constantine Cavafy died of throat cancer in 1933. His last words were of regret; he was sad that he would not be able to write any more poems. His canon consists of less than two hundred poems most of which were never published in his lifetime. After intense revisions, when he was forty-one, Cavafy self-published fourteen poems. Six years later, he added another seven poems to this collection.
Posthumously, the remains works have enjoyed wide critical praise. The novelist, E.M. Forster (A Passage to India, Howards End) remarked on Cavafy's unique language and interesting philosophy. Other critics have called Cavafy one of the first modern poets, along with T.S. Eliot, and William Butler Yeats.
Source: Poetry Criticism, ©2002 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved.
Constantine P. Cavafy was a Greek poet who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, between 1863 and 1933 who published 154 poems. Cavafy's poetry was thought to be very unconventional for his time period and went widely unnoticed until the Greeks were defeated in the Greco-Turkish war of 1919-1922. After that defeat, a generation of Greek poets that could nearly be seen as nihilistic became inspired by Cavafy's poetry, giving him new popularity. Nihilists are a class of philosophers and artists who saw no meaning, purpose or value in life. Hence, being defeated by the Turks led these Greek poets to feel there was no purpose in life and be inspired by the pessimistic and ironic tone of Cavafy's work. Nihilism particularly became popular in literature after World War I when many artists, like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, began seeing the world in a state of moral decay. Hence, it can be said that Cavafy's poetry helped influence the presence of nihilistic philosophy found in later modern European literature.
Cavafy's poetry covered topics like the "uncertaintity about the future, sensual pleasures, the moral character and psychology of individuals, homosexuality," and a desire to return to days of old ("Biography of Constantine P. Cavafy"). Cavafy drew his inspiration for his poetry from his own personal experiences and his knowledge of history, particularly of the Hellenistic era. Among his personal experiences that inspired his poetry were the financial difficulties he and his family experienced during the Long Depression of 1873, political unrest in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1882 due to Anglo-French conflict over control of Alexandria, and then the Greco-Turkish War in 1919 through 1922. Cavafy also developed a very unique poetry style in that they were written in free iambic form. Even though they were written in iambic meter, they were also usually free of rhymes, and his lines were usually written with 10 to 17 syllables.


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