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Some background: I have BArch (w/ math minor) from OSU and an MArch from Yale University. Midway through my Masters, I finally decided that I had to work in a field that was driven more by data, research, and quantitative thinking. After graduating in 2011, I have explored a number of fields (biophysics, medicine, engineering), but none of them felt right. Anyway, I recently attended a financial software event at Bloomberg (I work for an IT company in NYC to pay the bills), and I was immediately hooked. The sheer amount of data, the hunt for the elusive signal, the high intensity lifestyle, the unrelenting pragmatism. I feel like it fits my personality, strengths, and interests in a number of ways.
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How should someone in my position (humanities background) go about pursuing a career in quantitative finance? Can someone with my background go directly to graduate school? If so, for what? Computer science? Financial engineering? Mathematics? Is a Masters enough or should I go for a PhD? Two things are potentially going for me: 1) my minor in math could turn into a second undergraduate degree, with maybe a year or two of additional coursework. 2) I worked in a biophysics lab at Yale for a year and my team's work was published in Science. I have a decent shot at getting into a physics PhD program, with my PI's letter of recommendation, but that seems like a long and roundabout way to change careers.
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Mathematics and programming.
Stochastic calc. Probability. Statistics. Numerical Analysis. C++. A Masters will probably be essential, and PhDs seem to be preferred. Good programming skills are a must.
[–]quant_um_throwaway[S] 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Thanks for the feedback.
Would you recommend a more general degree to a more specific one? (e.g. MS in Applied Math or Physics vs MFE)? My intuition says that I can self-teach myself programming quicker than I could self-teach myself advanced mathematics.
[–]POGO_POGO_POGO_POGO 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
That's true, it would be much harder to self-teach mathematics. Although don't underestimate the programming; it is likely to be a huge component of the job, and to be honest, there's nothing worse than someone who writes bad code.
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I don't know too much about it, but you could look into the Certificate in Quantitative Finance from Wilmott. It's about $10,000 total, but would be a nice option.
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Ask the guy(s) at Artemis Capital Management. They seem to do a good job blending quantitative analysis with a more humanities bent. No idea if they are successful, but they do write entertaining research notes.
Thanks for the suggestion. I have emailed them and will let report back if they give interesting feedback.
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INTERVALE — Outdoors author Mike Dickerman's many hiking travels in the White Mountains over the past 30 years will lead him to Theater in the Wood Sunday night, July 14, as he will be the featured guest writer on the next live "Cold River Radio Show."
At the musical variety show, Dickerman will discuss with host Jonathan Sarty his latest book, published by The History Press: "White Mountains Hiking History: Trailblazers of the Granite State."
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As the book advance to "White Mountains Hiking History: Trailblazers of the Granite State" notes, since the time of pioneer settlers Abel Crawford (1766-1851) and his son, the towering Ethan Allen Crawford (1792-1846), "explorers and adventurers have been lured by the stunning peaks and lush valleys of New Hampshire's White Mountains."
In the nearly two centuries since the Crawfords constructed their first crude footpath onto the heights of Mount Washington and the Presidential Range in 1819, the White Mountain trail system has evolved into an intricate network featuring more than 1,400 miles of marked paths.
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The week prior to his scheduled upcoming appearance in Intervale, Dickerman — founder of the Bondcliff Books Publishing Company in 1997, "Off the Beaten Path" newspaper columnist, anthology editor, and author — stopped by The Met Coffeehouse in North Conway for a brief interview about the latest book, the first of two he is to produce this year on the White Mountains for The History Press of Charleston, S.C.
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Q: Abel and Ethan Allen Crawford are legends in the White Mountains, with their Crawford Path the oldest continuously used trail in the nation, built in 1819. You write in one of the chapters about how Abel's younger son Thomas and hired hand Joseph Hall in 1839 and 1840 converted the hiking route into a bridle path, with Abel, then 75, making the first horseback ascent from Crawford Notch to the top of Mount Washington in August 1840. Tell us how you found documentation for that ascent.
MD: I glossed over most of the histories, but by chance, I was looking at the first Geological Survey of New Hampshire, written in 1844 by Bostonian Dr. Charles T. Jackson (after whom Mount Jackson in the Southern Presidentials was named in 1848). Someone had found a copy at the Alton Recycling Center — it was being discarded, but someone had the forethought to grab it and bring it to the Littleton Library, where my wife Jeanne is a director.
She showed it to me and wanted to know if it was worth anything. It's not the Holy Grail of White Mountain Books, but it's very rare.
I started going through it, and lo and behold, it contains the only account of this actual horseback ascent. It was the first time anyone had ever ridden a horse to the top of New England. It's a really interesting story, and I had never read any of the particulars until I read this account. I later found my own copy on eBay.
Also, in doing all this research, going through newspaper, I also came across a story in the Littleton paper of probably the last horseback ascent by two women from a Littleton riding club in 1932, also along the Crawford Path. So, there's the first and last.
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Q: What is it about Ethan Allen Crawford that calls to you through the centuries as you pass through and over these mountains that he and Lucy Crawford once knew, and in which she wrote about in "Lucy Crawford's History of the White Mountains" (first published in 1846)?
MD: Ethan's [relatively short] life was full of triumph, tragedy and misfortune.
He was a horrible manager of money; he was always short on money. Any business that he was involved with was always on the brink of going under. Yet, he is still considered "The Giant of the Hills," strong as an ox, with the strength of four men, able to wrestle with bears, and standing some say 7 feet tall.
I became very familiar with the Crawfords' stories when I wrote "Guide to Crawford Notch" in 1997 — they left their mark, not just on the trails, but in early hospitality in that neck of the woods. They were the first to offer infrequent travelers a place to stay.
Their role was to introduce the traveling public to Mount Washington.
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Q: What fueled the early interest in hiking in the White Mountains?
MD: A big part was the formulation of the Appalachian Mountain Club in 1876 in Boston [after the devastation caused by many of the logging railroads and timber barons in the 1870s]. The coming of the railroads [first to Gorham in 1851, and to North Conway in 1871 and finally through Crawford Notch in 1875], spawned the hotels, which gave people who wanted to explore the mountains a place to stay.
Probably the greatest impact was the Willey Slide of August 1826, which killed the members of the Willey family in Crawford Notch. The artists of what became known as the White Mountain School of Art began coming and painting scenes of the region, so it all worked together. But it was the AMC which really sparked the interest in exploring the mountains and building hiking trails — the concentration of the new trails really didn't begin until the AMC started.
Local trail clubs also sprung up — Steve Smith [of the Mountain Wanderer Map and Book Store of Lincon, and co-editor with Dickerman of the 29th edition of the AMC White Mountain Guide] and I are working on an exhibit that will be shown in 2014 at the Museum of the White Mountains in Plymouth on the history of trail clubs in the Whites. There were more than 25 different trail clubs over the years that existed.
The coming of the hotels also led to the development of new trails, because the hotels had to offer their guests something to do.
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Q: What impact did the logging railroads have on the trails, and how did logging lead in time to the Weeks Act and the creation of the national forest?
MD: It was the logging, of course, that sparked an outcry to preserve the forests of northern New Hampshire and ultimately led to passage of the Weeks Act. I'd say the impact on the trails was mixed. Certainly ongoing logging activity impacted existing trails back in the late 19th century. This was especially so on the lower slopes of the Northern Presidentials in Randolph, where exisiting trails were obliterated. If you look at the bio of J. Rayner Edmands, you'll read that he was so discouraged by the logging activity in that part of the Whites that he moved his base of operations from Randolph to Bretton Woods. The logging railroaders, who would on occasion run excursion trains into the interior Whites, also introduced a lot of people to the remote corners of the region via these excursions, and may have inadvertently created an interest in conservation as these passengers got to see first hand what logging was doing to the mountains.
Obviously once the logging trains stopped running, the old railbeds offered a unique opportunity for backcountry wanderers and explorers to easily access places like the Pemi Wilderness and Zealand Valley. I'd say their lasting legacy is that they helped spur conservation efforts in the Whites, while also providing visitors with a lasting pathway into the heart of the region.
As for the Weeks Act and the creation of the WMNF, their impact was that they introduced to the region a government agency that oversees a federal reserve that is both a recreational and working forest. Under the guidance of the Forest Service, with input from many local and regional trail clubs, an intertwined network of footpaths was established and more or less finished by 1930. This trail network has endured over the years, despite natural disasters like hurricanes and floods, and during certain periods of time when federal funding for maintenance was greatly reduced.
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Q: What are you most proud of in this book?
MD: The last chapter is a compendium of trail guides and trail builders — it encapsulates the building of trails, and also the names of guides I had come across in my years of writing and from old guidebooks. It was sort of hit or miss … I love that last chapter!
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Q: Why do you think the White Mountains resonate the way they have and do?
MD: Early on in the 19th century, people were visiting the White Mountains, before the westward expansion. People were visiting the Rockies in the mid-1800s, but it was for mining and whatever else, not for hiking. Recreationally, I would say the White Mountains were the birthplace of recreational hiking in North America.
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"White Mountain Hiking History: Trailblazers of the Granite State" features 53 black-and-white photographs and 144 pages. It will be available at White Birch Books of North Conway and other local stores. For more information, contact The History Press or call White Birch Books at 356-3200


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Pittsburgh CLO and the University of Pittsburgh presented the awards for excellence in high school musical theater at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh. Hoover took home the best actress award for her portrayal of Nanette. Best supporting actor honors went to Matt Augustyniak for his role as Billy Early and Stephanie Higgins, who played as Lucille Early.
Hoover and Central Catholic's Luke Halferty, who won the award for best actor, now will represent Pittsburgh on June 27 as they advance from the Kelly Awards to the third annual National High School Musical Theater Awards in New York City.
The North Hills company of "No, No, Nanette" also garnered Kelly Awards for best ensemble and best choreography. The awards are named for the "Singin' in the Rain" actor, dancer and choreographer Gene Kelly, who grew up and began his Academy Award-winning career in Pittsburgh.
Augustyniak and Hoover also received Pittsburgh CLO Gene Kelly Cash Scholarships and Constance T. Rockwell scholarships from the Pittsburgh CLO Guild. Hoover also received a four-year scholarship to study musical theater at Point Park University's Conservatory of Performing Arts in Pittsburgh.


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I don't know if anything profound is going on here. I was looking for nude reflections in the teapot. Might McCullough be Denise Richards?
Predictable reach of ignorance here. Any idea of the number of countries represented in the production of that teakettle? Because country of origin only specifies the home of the corporation shipping it.
Just like an iPhone, over 80% of the constituent components originate outside China. But, please, don't let the realities of economics and commerce get in the way of your cherished right to be ignorant.
Investors have to research and learn. Engineers have to research and learn. Folks making decisions about logistics have to research and learn. The rest of y'all can stick with politicians, priests and pundits filling in the blanks in your education.
You think China is the World's Largest Polluter because it imports copper, stainless steel, and copper huh?
……but I'll play along: Yeah===I think that teapot is 100% made in China. Whadya gonna do about it?
Well when you think about it, it's kind of ironic, in a sad way. Revere Ware, presumably named after Paul Revere. A famous American, of the Revolutionary Way period, who alerted the population of the invasion of the land, by an oppressive foreign power's army. And not a similar foreign power is making cookware in his name, beating Americans out of a job. What's next? Soviet Union made Tang? You know, after the US beat them to the Moon? Or wigs made by native Americans? After all those scalpings.
Ever go to Harbor Freight Tools? They have brand names which are hilarious, such as Ohio Forge, Chicago Electric, Pittsburgh Automotive, Central Pneumatic, US General.
Everything they sell is made in China, but they label it to imply that its made in the USA.
That's not a teapot bro.
Yeah OK, I get the point. Too bad it's 20-30 years late. Why bother posting stuff like this now? If some people don't know it yet, who cares? I am accustomed to better content here than this.


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Recent studies have shown that use of herbal dietary supplements--chamomile, echinacea, garlic, ginkgo biloba, and ginseng--by the elderly within the United States has increased substantially. Sellers, such as retail stores, Web sites, and distributors, often claim these supplements help improve memory, circulation, and other bodily functions. GAO was asked to determine (1) whether sellers of herbal dietary supplements are using deceptive or questionable marketing practices and (2) whether selected herbal dietary supplements are contaminated with harmful substances. To conduct this investigation, GAO investigated a nonrepresentative selection of 22 storefront and mail-order retailers of herbal dietary supplements. Posing as elderly consumers, GAO investigators asked sales staff (by phone and in person) at each retailer a series of questions regarding herbal dietary supplements. GAO also reviewed written marketing language used on approximately 30 retail Web sites. Claims were evaluated against recognized scientific research published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). GAO also had an accredited lab test 40 unique popular single-ingredient herbal dietary supplements for the presence of lead, arsenic, mercury, cadmium, organichlorine pesticides, and organophosphorous pesticides.
Certain dietary supplements commonly used by the elderly were deceptively or questionably marketed. FDA statutes and regulations do not permit sellers to make claims that their products can treat, prevent, or cure specific diseases. However, in several cases, written sales materials for products sold through online retailers claimed that herbal dietary supplements could treat, prevent, or cure conditions such as diabetes, cancer, or cardiovascular disease. When GAO shared these claims with FDA and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), both agreed that the claims were improper and likely in violation of statutes and regulations. In addition, while posing as elderly customers, GAO investigators were often told by sales staff that a given supplement would prevent or cure conditions such as high cholesterol or Alzheimer's disease. To hear clips of undercover calls, see http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-662T. Perhaps more dangerously, GAO investigators were given potentially harmful medical advice. For example, a seller stated it was not a problem to take ginkgo biloba with aspirin to improve memory; however, FDA warns that combining aspirin and ginkgo biloba can increase a person's risk of bleeding. In another case, a seller stated that an herbal dietary supplement could be taken instead of a medication prescribed by a doctor. GAO referred these sellers to FDA and FTC for appropriate action. GAO also found trace amounts of at least one potentially hazardous contaminant in 37 of the 40 herbal dietary supplement products tested, though none in amounts considered to pose an acute toxicity hazard. All 37 supplements tested positive for trace amounts of lead; of those, 32 also contained mercury, 28 cadmium, 21 arsenic, and 18 residues from at least one pesticide. The levels of heavy metals found do not exceed any FDA or Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations governing dietary supplements or their raw ingredients, and FDA and EPA officials did not express concern regarding any immediate negative health consequences from consuming these 40 supplements. While the manufacturers GAO spoke with were concerned about finding any contaminants in their supplements, they noted that the levels identified were too low to raise any issues internal product testing.
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This Saturday, Jan. 12, the Union City Homemakers will sponsor a chili dinner at the Ruritan Building. Serving will be from 3 to 7 p.m. There is no charge, but donations will be received to benefit the fund to replace floor covering in the Ruritan building.
Chip Denief, minister at Union City Christian Church announces current church programs. Youth meet at 6 p.m. on Sunday in the fellowship hall and they are known as "Radioactive Youth." On Wednesday nights at 6:30, mid-week adult Bible Study will begin the book of Acts. At the same time several youth come together for "On the Mark Archery."
Remember, the first Ruritan meeting of the year will be Monday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. More Ruritan information will be published next week.
Belated birthday wishes to Ron Marionneaux, Kim Ramsey Olds and Mason Michael Fish, last Friday; Sibby Kirby, Saturday; Billy Ray Murphy, Sunday; Jonathan Doak and Danny Broomfield, Tuesday.
Happy Birthday this week to Alma Risk, Linda Richmond and Teresa Ramsey, Thursday; Mark Murphy, Friday; Anita Harris, Saturday; Dorothy House and Rebecca Allen, Monday; Tommy Joe Wells, Tuesday; Courtney Murphy and Debbie Tudor, Wednesday.
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It was only a few days ago that Katie Price admitted that men are too afraid to approach her but she's already bagged herself a real fox.
OK, so the fox isn't strictly real - but we're pretty sure there's a real human being inside of that get up - not that Katie was interested - she was far too busy basking in the glow of being named Celebrity Mum Of the Year by Foxy Bingo.
Speaking about winning the award - which she previously won in 2007 - Katie said: "Being a mum is one of the most rewarding jobs in the world but it can also be very hard work - especially juggling a busy career with three kids! Even when you have friends and family to support you, it makes a huge difference to hear someone say you're doing a good job.
"Winning Celebrity Mum of the Year for the second time feels like a huge triumph, especially because it's chosen by the public. I'd like to say a huge 'thank you' to everyone who voted for me for Foxy Bingo Celeb Mum – it really means the world to me.'
Mark Segal, Director of Marketing at Foxy Bingo added: "Katie is undoubtedly one of the UK's biggest stars and manages to juggle this with being a hands-on mum to all three of her children.
"She is a wonderful role model for mothers faced with the difficulties of juggling work and motherhood."
Katie - who beat the likes of Amanda Holden, Holly Willoughby and Victoria Beckham to the title - kept it casual as she collected her award in a pair of jeans and a jumper (in pink, natch). It was in big contrast to the outfit she wore to The Hunger Games premiere last night.
The model rocked up to the event in London's 02 Arena in a pair of sparkly leggings which looked see-through as she greeted Mel B on the red carpet.
But Katie was all dressed
down up with nowhere to go - she left in a huff with pal Michelle Heaton after they refused to surrender their mobile phones at the event.
Taking to Twitter afterwards, she said: "How many parents of children/disabled children know the importance of being able to be contacted if something happens in an emergency?... they treated us like shit and we are doing them a favour giving them FREE publicity!my kids are more important."
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Katie Price flaunts her underwear in a sheer pair of leggings at Hunger Games ...
Katie Price Looks Good -- For Her Age, Says TOWIE's Sam Faiers
Katie Price is trigger happy as she goes clay pigeon shooting with Leandro ...
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Windows Phone 7.5 devices are now available in Japan and Russia, and with several new phones announced this month, the rate of apps submitted that take advantage of new Windows Phone features (like fast app switching and multiple live tiles) is steadily increasing. Many of you are updating existing apps, so let me take a minute to follow up on my post from mid-August, "What happens when I publish a Windows Phone 'Mango' application update?"
Last month I noted that once you publish the 7.5 version of your application, you will no longer be able to modify the existing 7.0 version. I also acknowledged that some you might find this limiting, as several of you have since confirmed. We heard you, and are happy to report today that by the end of October we will enable functionality in App Hub that will allow you to publish updates to both the 7.0 and 7.5 versions of your apps. Knowing that on average people update their apps every three to four months, this October timeframe provides assurance that you that you can submit 7.5 apps today and still have access to your 7.0 app well before the next update is required. There's no need to wait!
Again, I also recommended that you identify the Windows Phone 7.5 functionally of your app in both your app description and (if needed) in the screenshots. To make this easier for you and your customers, we have designed and are making available today screenshots and overlay graphics that you can add to your own screenshots to identify your app as optimized for Windows Phone 7.5 (examples below). These are the only screenshot text overlays that will pass certification. These new standard artwork resources are now available here and will be accessible via App Hub shortly.
Now is the time to submit your Windows Phone 7.5 enhanced app if you want to be there when customers take their first big bite out of Mango.
Thanks for your ongoing feedback to help us build a better experience and greater opportunity for you.
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@Steve: Certainly, I agree with you! Nevertheless, my remarks here have just been an effort to do my little bit in support of common sense in product naming and versioning. If more of us answer Scott Hanselman's question about whether naming and versioning do matter, then maybe we'll begin to see some changes at Microsoft for the better. Check out Scott's blog post at www.hanselman.com/.../RequestForCommentsIssuesWithNETAndMicrosoftProductVersioning.aspx
@ctaswell: Absolutely agree with every reason you provide, and it has been discussed extensively at the AppHub forums as well. We don't know the reasons behind it, and we probably won't ever know. As confusing as it is for devs and the users, sometimes we just have to accept things how they are and move on. At least that's where I am at now with this 7.1/7.5 confusion.
@Leigh Build targets should refer to the app OS platform, and not the SDK (ie, development environment). We develop for a particular platform using a particular development environment. We can think of it, more or less, as the difference between "subject" and "object". And in my understanding and use of English, the attribute "AppPlatformVersion" of the element "Deployment" in the VS2010 Mango file "WMAppManifest.xml" refers to the app OS platform and not to the SDK. So I stand by my original comments that the various Microsoft departments should work together to use a version naming scheme that is less confusing, more consistent, and improves the overall marketing and messaging for the benefit of all --- meaning framework developers, app developers, end users and everybody else involved.
Hope you will also make the marketplace application available here in Portugal. I noticed Zune is already available for Portugal but it does not work until you release marketplace. I love my WP7 HTC Trophy but it is annoying to be unable to use all the great applications out there, because you do not free the marketplace application for my country. Hope this will be solved with the "Mango" update
All the best for WP.
@sven: AS indicated before in this blog, A app using the Mango tools cannot be targeted to a pre-Mango phone. It will not install. Since it will not install, it won't crash when an unsupported feature is used.
An app targeting pre-Mango can be used on both a pre-Mango and a Mango phone (and according to Brandon Watson, any succeeding version of Windows Phone "n.n").
@Dusteater: expect to see all Mango updates availble very soon, not a "long time". However, don't believe rumors from some of the websites who are hit-hunting.
@Sergii: nice idea.... how do we force everybody to run Mango? I'd like to see that plan.
@ctaswell: The "build target" refers to the SDK version, not the phone version (which wasn't actually nailed down when the tools were released).
@Nater: What specifically are you thinking is "embarrassing"? I don't follow. Are you saying that rolling out the update is embarrassing, or that having an update is embarrassing, or that Todd's post is embarrassing, or that they are modifying the app hub so that devs can update 7.0 apps late in October?
On the contrary... this is very good. We're about to get some features that none of the other platforms have. Sure, we don't have all the apps, but Windows Phone is catching on because it has unique functionality that is built into the phone, not something you have to synthesize by using 10 or 12 different programs that don't talk to each other.
If you'd like to go to a fragmented, malware-ridden platform that is going to constantly need faster and faster CPUs and more memory to keep from being laggy, go ahead. It is a free world (unless you subscribe to @sergii's notion, that is)
Windows Phone 7.5 is delightful, just like the "B"-man said!
Enjoy it!
I have a question from a non-developer point of view. What happens if I load an app developed to take advantage of Mango (to avoid numbering confusion) features, like fast app switching, multiple tiles, on a pre-Mango phone? Does it not run? Crash if you try to access a non-supported feature, or just not comply with the request? (better be the latter) If the latter is there some way for the developer to alert the user that the particular feature being accessed requires an OS update, or is it possible that the option is variably displayable. Adding a Tile from a portion of the app for instance, would not be shown with a tap and hold on a pre-Mango device.
I will assume that any pre-Mango app will continue to run fine on a Mango equipped device. That better be a good assumption.
Here's a more detailed explanation of the real confusion that exists on the version naming problem:
There's been a suggestion that it's supposed to be SDK version 7.1 for OS version 7.5. There's been discussion in this blog post that apps are supposed to be called either 7.0 apps or 7.5 apps corresponding to OS 7.0 or OS 7.5.
But the problem is that the identified choices for the BUILD TARGETS in the SDK for Visual Studio 2010 are 7.0 and 7.1 (and NOT 7.5). So there is NO consistency and that's what continues to cause the confusion.
@Steve: I guess I should have been more direct and explicit in my remarks. Version naming schemes are at least to some degree arbitrary even with any agreements about conventions on so-called semantic versioning. But more importantly, I wanted to make the point that the marketing message for everybody needs to be clear and simple without the possibility for confusion... especially when Microsoft is playing catch-up with Apple iPhone and Google Android. So there's really no need to have different version numbers for the SDK and the OS. If a certain new version of the SDK is intended for a certain new version of the OS, there's really no good reason to have different version numbers for each when they easily could be synchronized to the same major and minor numbers (for example, either both 7.1 or both 7.5) . And that would lessen confusion for everybody, and improve the marketing message.
@Todd: As long as Microsoft has to play catch-up with other companies mobile platforms, it's very important that ALL departments at Microsoft be on board working together to move things ahead. I'm an example of a developer who's impressed so far with the actual WP 7 OS and software development environment, but continue to have concerns about issues with the AppHub Marketplace and the overall marketing and messaging coming out of the other related departments at Microsoft. I hope that the quality of the Marketplace, marketing and messaging for Windows Phone can be improved to the point where I can say that I'm just as impressed with the Marketplace and messaging as I am with the actual OS and development environment.
Although a dev myself, I don't develop on WP (yet!). So, a question about the user experience.... if I have 7.0 versions of apps installed on my NoDo phone - when I upgrade the O/S to Mango, will I automatically get notifications in Marketplace that there are updates available for my apps, where 7.5 versions are available? That is how I'd expect (and hope) it would work - is that right?
This is very, very bad. Please force users update their phones to Mango, Tango etc. ASAP. Do not recommend (or even let) developers support old platforms.
Today we have fantastic Windows 7 + .NET 4 + IE9, tomorrow will have brilliant Windows 8 + Metro, BUT we still need to support ugly Windows XP + IE6.
Please, please don't do it to Windows Phone ecosystem.
P. S. You repeat a lot that you've heard community and do something for us. And it scares me a lot. Science and technology don't work with democracy. You guys, at Microsoft, are very talented and bright people, so lead us towards the future, don't follow blind community.
Very good move, Todd. It's good to see that certain requests get the attention it deserves :)
Awesome work WP7 team! I'm just hoping that you guys pressure carriers into pushing Mango out much faster than NoDo.
@ctaswell: The OS is 7.5. The SDK is 7.1. Apps are built for OS 7.5 using SDK 7.1.
Make sure the cert team know that this modification of screenshots is allowed, otherwise it fails Application Submission Requirement 4.6. There have already been reports of cert failing apps for this requirement after the dev followed advice to modify the screenshot to indicate it was a 7.5 feature.
Pretty sure ill have a galaxy s 2 by October. This is embarrassing.
This is better than nothing, but you should really follow Apple's lead (and your own practices with Windows), and release security and feature updates when they're ready, not when some third party approves. Over the air, globally available updates would let developers just publish 7.5 versions and be done.
Also, if you're not going to enable users to update (leaving them at the mercy of carriers and OEMs), the least you can do for developers is allow us to continue targeting users stranded on older versions. Apple and Google both allow this, and you should too.
Please clarify ongoing confusion re versioning. It appears that 7.5 is used for hardware but 7.1 is used for software when referring to the new Mango version. Or is that confused as well? There needs to be some explanation of when to use which codename or official name in which context and for whom. And the simpler the better for both developers and consumers. So is it 7.1 or 7.5?!?
That is good news for devs. With the update surely going to take a long time to roll out in the USA (which is the fault of carriers, not Microsoft), this will be pretty important.


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AIG Spa Trip: Wait, That's Our Money!
Congressional reps and corporate execs make strange bedfellows.
So, the AIG spa trip was not a giveaway to the executives with impaired judgment who just got a taxpayer bailout.
From Reuters:
On Wednesday, AIG said the "business event," hosted by one of its subsidiaries, was for independent life insurance agents. It said the event was planned "months before" it received the loan last month, and no AIG executives from headquarters attended.
It's going to be a tough slog here, I think, while corporate executives explain their expense sheets to the politicians who lined them up with, in AIG's case, an $85 billion loan.
Most large businesses have budget items that would make a strange sell to the political leaders who talk about Main Street, Joe Six-Pack, and the unemployment line. Companies incentivize success and lure clients with more money than most of us probably want to know about (unless we're the ones getting the back rubs at the St. Regis, of course).
Let's hope these companies won't have to lose the perks that attract and retain talent. The very last thing we want is less talent.


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Shaolin monks show students real kung fu
More than 8,000 students from schools enrolled in the School Sports Programme of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) have had the privilege of seeing Shaolin monks in the flesh performing martial arts feats that were decidedly more thrilling than movie special effects.
Since the monks arrived in Hong Kong last week, four Shaolin martial arts performances have been staged for primary and secondary school students by the LCSD, the Hong Kong Culture Association, the Songshan Shaolin Temple of China and the Hong Kong Wushu Union. The aim is to interest the students in taking up wushu as an extra-curricular activity.
The final performance took place today (July 9) at Po Kong Village Road School Village, where over 1,500 students admired the agility of monkey boxing, mantis boxing and the drunken fist, and gasped at Qigong displays in which the performers seemed to turn into men of steel.
The students naturally jumped at the opportunity to learn a few basic Shaolin boxing steps from the monks during the play-in session.
Star Hong Kong wushu athletes, including To Yu-hang, Cheng Ka-ho, Chow Ting-yu, Chan Siu-kit, Lam Chung-wai, Wong Woon-yee, Law Sum-yin, Wong Man-chuen and Cheng Kwok-yeung, also demonstrated various armed and unarmed wushu routines at today's show.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the show, LCSD's Chief Leisure Manager (Community Sports), Mr Wells Ho, said: "Wushu is part of our cultural heritage as well as a sport. It not only improves physical health but also toughens the spirit. And it instills in students a sense of respect for their teachers."
A Wushu Outreach Coaching Programme was introduced under the School Sports Programme in November last year with assistance from the Hong Kong Wushu Union, which sent professional coaches to train students after school.
So far, 52 wushu training courses have been organised for 1,400 students.
Interested schools may download the application form from the LCSD website at www.lcsd.gov.hk, or call the department's Community Sports Section at 2601 8861 for details.
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WELL, DEAR HEADSHOTERS (that's what we're calling you now. Also considered: H-folk, HSers, and llama babies), the holiday season is upon us, and even if you don't celebrate a supposed immaculate birth two thousand years ago in the Middle East that has caused nothing but headaches and a booming toy industry, the Christmas beast certainly affects your life. Office parties, crowded malls, elf porn. But far and away the most horrible and yet unavoidable aspect of Jesus Day is the endless familial responsibilities. Well, have no fear loyal readers, Headshots has some helpful advice on how to manage the holiday hell: Break up time!
Christmas is hell on relationships. Shopping for a significant other is impossible. It's inevitably expensive, usually involves blood diamonds or something that needs to be built, and always kills your pocketbook. Christmas dinner with new or prospective in-laws is intolerable. Headshots has a guide to breaking up for the holidays, in order to get back together immediately afterwards in order to save money and sanity!
1. The Timing
If you're reading this after December 14, it may be too late. The earlier the better. Be careful not to make it too late, or you'll ruin your partner's Christmas. And remember: you love this person, probably. At the very least you enjoy having sex with different parts of their body whenever you want, you just don't want to buy them earrings or meet their overbearing mother. At least 10 days before Christmas Eve allows them to hate you briefly, and yet be so caught up in the holiday blitz that they don't have time to cry or mope or drink a Texas mickey of Jack Daniels and engage in oral naughtiness in the back seat of a '93 Honda in the WalMart parking lot with your cousin Paul.
2. The Reason
Definitely don't say it's because you want to see other people, or that it you not them. You want to reconcile soon after Santa gets back to the North Pole. Seasonal depression is a good excuse, because it's common and usually encourages a sympathetic response. Avoid lying, if at all possible. Lying us for when you're in a relationship, not escaping one briefly so that you save a couple of bucks and can spend Christmas in your boxers eating a Tofurkey casserole and watching the Mark Ruffalo romcom marathon until the tears run dry.
3. The Break Up Bang
This is of utmost importance. You're going to have to be celibate for a short while here, so best for both of you that put one down the chimney for old times sake. This is facilitated by break up location. Avoid public places, unless you're into that kind of thing. We recommend breaking up at your partner home. That way you can get a little yuletide log rolling, and escape in time to beat traffic. A crucial aspect of this step: stuff that stocking good. This is not the time for a bad lay. You gotta bring out your A game here, make some sweet Christmas pudding. You want to leave them wanting more, so that when you come back after Christmas, they're no thinking, "Ya, I guess we could get back together, except he did come in my ear following three awkward minutes of break up sex, so…"
4. The Support System
You can't leave them all alone and sad. If you're dating an orphaned freelancer with no close friends, you're going to have to rough it out and stay together. But, it's a good idea to call their friends and family to ensure that they're there for them. This also keeps you in everyone's good book, and lubes the good times runway for a nice re-entry post-Ho Ho. Best to contact friends of the same sex (don't get their "best guy friend" to provide support, 'cause that dude's gonna shove his specially wrapped gift right up her holly jolly), gay friends, and sisters. Avoid mothers, fathers, and brothers, unless the mother is widowed or the father is remarried to a much younger woman or the brother likes show tunes and has seen you naked.
5. The Getting Back Together and Make-Up Sex for the Ages
So Christmas has passed, and New Year's is coming up. Time to send out that "how was your Christmas?" text and get you some makeup sex! Best to do this on the 27th, no later. See if you can "drop by", because your Christmas was awful and you really need to see them. Bring a small gift with you, something that didn't cost much but has a sentimental attachment. If there's an old band t-shirt of your that they sleep in, rub a bit of you scent (not that scent, your perfume or cologne or deodorant) on it, and wrap it up nice. You may need to fake some tears, but get ready, 'cause y'all are gonna knock one out like it's the cure! And as with step three, this has to be a good run, so prune her poinsettia real good.
Now, there you have it. You've saved money, avoided family, and you have your regular sex back. But be careful, you have to do this all over again around Valentine's Day.
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Songwriter/musician Jeff Black knows the beauty of hearing a legend sing his words.
"I'm just so beside myself whenever that happens," Black says of stars singing his songs. "It's pretty humbling especially when Waylon Jennings recorded 'Carnival Song.'"
In addition to the late Waylon Jennings, Black's songs have also been recorded by Alison Krauss, Sam Bush, Blackhawk, Jerry Douglas and Dierks Bentley. He understands how audiences come to think of the singer as the songwriter. Black is not really bothered when someone thinks one of his songs belongs to the more famous person who recorded it, though he's happy to live in the age of Internet commentary.
"One good thing about the Internet is there are so many versions of every song," Black says. If someone hears the famous version and comments, someone else will invariably comment, you ought to hear the songwriter's version.
Tonight, audiences can hear Jeff Black's versions of his songs as he plays acoustic sets at Ashley Street Station.
Traveling, Black is simply a man, his songs and a guitar, in a show, he describes, as "no shocks and no surprises." The largest surprise often comes when he plays a song, which new audiences recognize and realize they know Jeff Black's music after all. This happens most often when he plays "Same Ol' River," which Black penned but Sam Bush made famous.
While he enjoys other people singing his songs, Black says other artists' interpretations do not influence how he sings them.
"Someone's rendition of a song is sort of like the way we all speak English differently," he says. "We can't change our way of doing it. ... You know you may think you're imitating Jerry Jeff Walker but you really don't sound like him. You think you sound like them in your head but then you hear and realize that's all me."
As for how his music is labeled, Black doesn't agree with that either. He's often labeled as country, but "I'm closer to a folk-rock singer, or a troubadour in the old sense of the word. I'm not a political writer. I'd say my songs are more socially romantic."
Jeff Black plays Ashley Street Station, 2010 N. Ashley St., with opening act Joe Smothers, a Valdosta musician and songwriter. Show starts 10 p.m. Cover charge at the door.


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Dana's Ocean View Condo in Dana Point
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 4
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community Niguel Beach Terrace
rates (USD)
/ week
$ 4,500 - $ 8,000 / month
vacation rental description
Three bedroom condo with panoramic views of the ocean and endless sunsets located steps above the infamous "Strand" surf and beach. Completely remodeled in 2012 with all new amenities including full kitchen, washer & dryer, outdoor BBQ, two full bathrooms, queen size beds, surround sound/HD TV/audio, three balconies, community pool/jacuzzi, and ample parking. Perfectly located walking distance to Dana Point and a short drive to Laguna Beach with its many unique restaurants. Watch the sun setting over the island of Catalina, walk to the beach, walk to dinner at local restaurants, or take a moonlight stroll along the Dana Point bluffs.
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Dana Bredenkamp 949-589-1235
condo rental amenities
pool, jacuzzi, linens, towels, dishes all provided
activities and attractions in Dana Point Los Angeles Area
walking distance to the beach, The Ritz Carlton, Dana Point Harbor, restaurants, and short drive to Saint Regis Hotel and Spa, Laguna Beach, and San Clemente.
vacation rental rates
May thru September $2800 weekly
October thru April $1400 weekly, subject to holiday rates. $200 cleaning fee
Dana Bredenkamp 949-589-1235
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Top things to do in Dana Point
- Whale Watch
- boogie board
- Walk to Dana Point Harbor
- Go sailing
- Spa at The Ritz Carlton
Top things to do on a budget
- Walk to the beach
- paddle board
- Swim in the pool
- visit Laguna Beach
- visit San Clemente
Top things to do with a family
- Take the train to San Diego
- Knott's Berry Farm
- Take a boat to Catalina
- Visit Newport Beach
- Disneyland
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It was a first-time effort, and it took helping hands to make the evening successful. But when all was said and done, The Art of Helping Children did help, in fund-raising for the children's services programs at Helen Ross McNabb and in awareness of the work done by the organization here in Blount County.
Coming together to make the event happen were the folks at Helen Ross McNabb, Rachel Cornett of Century 21 Real Estate Group, Preservation Plaza, RaRa Schlitt and other artists and Blount Today.
In addition to the numerous paintings, chairs and stools by featured artist RaRa Schlitt, other contributing artists were Keith Elrod, Mary Bristol, Clay Crowder, Theresa Drinnon and Sallie Macy.
The silent auction bidding continued until 8 p.m. at the event, which was held on Nov. 1 at Preservation Plaza. At the end, winners were notified and could go home with their artwork.
Among the lucky winners was Amy Vagnier, who was picking out artwork for her school, Foothills Elementary. Chris and Fran Leonard had donated money for Amy to use to "shop" for the schools' art gallery, which is an on-going project designed to help both introduce the students to art and to recognize local and regional artists. Amy did well with her bidding and took several pieces back to the school for the gallery.
RaRa Schlitt said she enjoyed being part of the event because it took creative works of art and used them to help others. "Just like these chairs," she said, pointing to one of her painted chairs. "Every chair was donated or found and resurrected," she said. "I want it all to be a 'Pay it forward' donation."