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IFAC offers a number of recommendations for consideration at the G-20 Leaders' Summit on September 5-6, 2013 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
These recommendations focus on actions aimed at promoting accountability, sustainability, and growth, and are primarily directed toward the stated priority of the Russian presidency of the G-20: growth through trust and transparency. The trust and transparency required to promote accountability, sustainability, and growth and to overcome the current serious global economic problems must be consistently encouraged at the international level by G-20 countries.
IFAC believes that G-20 countries should consider directing attention toward at least four specific areas that would inspire greater levels of trust and transparency. They are: the adoption and implementation of globally accepted, high-quality international standards and requirements across all key aspects of the financial sector; improving public sector financial management; ensuring countries cooperate to promote sound and effective taxation arrangements; and enhancing the type and format of information provided by organizations to key decision makers.


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- 10-29-2012, 04:09 PM #1As usual, whenever Microsoft releases a new mobile operating system, something useful that you might rely on gets removed.
FM Radio support
Native turn-by-turn touch to announce driving directions (replaced by third party apps)
WiFi sync with the desktop (now only cloud sync or USB transfer is available)
Auto-playlists sync (playlists need to be created manually now)
Quick share to Facebook. Now you have to press the Share button, scroll, & tap Facebook
Sharing posts and pictures to the Windows Live Social is gone
The option to remove location info from pictures when uploading to social networks is gone (but you can still
disallow saving location information with photos)
The New Note start screen tile shortcut is no longer available
Bad decisions, specially the lack of quick share to facebook. Try to win to smoke contests now. - 10-29-2012, 04:12 PM #2
I thought the ATIV S had FM radio?
Overall, he gave the OS a 9. Not too shabby. His "Pros" easily outnumbered the few "Cons" that he had.
Here's the link to the entire review. Old Winterfang didn't point out his overall positive feel for the OS.
http://pocketnow.com/2012/10/29/windows-phone-8-reviewGoodbye Dooley! You will NOT be missed!:@
Bring back the WeeeeeBeeeeaaarrrr - 10-29-2012, 06:09 PM #5
"Actually took away features" implies there was a drop in features. There was a net increase, though I'm hardly surprised by another clickbait post.
Can we attach a PDF to an email yet!? - YES WE CAN!!!
Can we edit an email before forwarding??
- 10-29-2012, 06:37 PM #8Check out the great deals on Windows Phone Accessories: http://store.wpcentral.comThanked by:
Winterfang = New Samsung Galaxy S3 owner!
Congrats 'Fang! Enjoy Androidcentral.My next phone... - 10-29-2012, 07:25 PM #11
With all due respect Nokia drive is free and will be included with every WP8. Maybe MS thought that would be better than the built in solution that will still have directions
That was by far the deepest and most informative review I have read. It's also nice to see one from someone who actively uses the product and isn't hopelessly entranched in the Google and Android ecosystem.
Unfortunately it also confirmed all of my fears in regards to the new sync app. It's terrible. I use autoplaylists all the time and quite frankly I love that Zune is both a media player and sync client, it makes it so easy to manage my stuff. I don't understand why they would take such a huge step backwards with this. Then again, the W8 music app is a pretty big step back in most respects too. Hopefully, with the sync app still in beta, it will be improved greatly in short order. - 10-30-2012, 12:52 AM #13
I am really bummed about removing wireless sync. Also am bummed about turn-by-turn nav. If all phones come with Nokia Drive as has been speculated I will let that pass, but it's hard to imagine HTC or Samsung allowing the name Nokia anywhere on their phones. And the real kicker: there are no models yet with a keyboard.
It is starting to look like me and my Quantum might sit this one out, unfortunately. We'll see what the first update brings.. - 10-31-2012, 04:21 PM #15
Lipp, where has it been stated Nokia Srive is not present? Nokia Drive + will be Nokia exclusive which means no voice guided directions directions on HTC or Samsung phones. Quite a difference.
The Windows Live social pages is a dying product for Microsoft, I understand why they too away the social update sharing to it.
As for the Facebook thing, one more step is far from a removed feature or deal breaker. Take two extra seconds, it'll be alright.
The only bummer is the removal of wi-fi syncing IMHO. This article is clickbait obviously as they fail to remind everyone and as everyone forgets here that Microsoft added over 1000 new features with WP8.
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See, that's what they said during the presentation in June or whenever, but now it kind of sounds like what they're doing is including the Nokia / formerly Navteq maps into the OS, and any turn by turn navigation or processing of that is up to a third-party developer to use.
I mean, I hope that all manufacturers still get the Nokia Drive turn-by-turn stuff, but I'm not sure anymore. - 10-31-2012, 04:48 PM #17
From the Nokia blog comments below the article ( Nokia Drive for all Windows Phone 8 smartphones Nokia Conversations : the official Nokia blog ):
"Windows phone 8 has been announced, but I still haven't heard about Nokia Drive being on non-nokia devices yet. Is this still true?
Yes this is still true and still happening. Nokia Drive is an app that we are going to make available to other Windows Phone 8 partners. The app itself will be released soon, but the other manufacturers and providers will decide how and where to make it available to their customers." - 10-31-2012, 04:50 PM #18
That's not comforting. I wish they'd just release it on the store like any other app.
Everyone criticising Winterfang is missing the point: MS dropped the ball on sync software, big time. IMO the Zune client is one of the best all-in-one pieces of media software out there. It plays music, videos, and podcasts, it connects to the marketplace to download the same, it syncs with your portable music player, all in a pretty, efficient, and smooth interface. What is it being replaced with? Drag and drop? Windows Media Player? Really? What an absolutely horrible way to manage gigabytes of content. This is a huge fail and honestly might make me hold off of WP8. In this day and age, it's inexcusable not to have a top-notch media management application; MS has one, they've just decided to abandon it. Pity.
-RLast edited by sketchy9; 10-31-2012 at 05:25 PM. Reason: clarity
Everyone stop. Take a deep breath, and think for a second.
There is no doubt in my mind MS was in crunch mode for a long time to meet their deadline on Windows Phone 8. Couple that with the fact that they just practically just pulled an entirely new ecosystem out of their a**es in a relatively smooth manner and I'm sure they were feeling the pressure.
Now, yes it bites that they removed the coolest features from Zune desktop in their new software, but I can think of dozens of things about Zune desktop that needed improvement and it rarely saw big updates.
Consider that they knew they would be replacing it with a better process.
Consider that they have the ability to push the update to the sync app through the Windows Store.
Consider that they add these features in the near future... they did just start from scratch with the syncing software.
Consider that the WiFi sync capabilities are still in the OS, but simply hidden, or coming in a patch when the corresponding desktop/metro apps are ready for the feature.
Thank about it.Thanked by: - 10-31-2012, 10:18 PM #23
Crunch mode? New Ecosystem? I could care less about what they do with Zune, It started to suck. But what's the new ecosystem, I can't see anything but them building on what they have already established. I see nothing more than a name change for customer interest.
Goodbye Dooley! You will NOT be missed!:@
Bring back the WeeeeeBeeeeaaarrrr - 10-31-2012, 10:43 PM #24
Think about what? I am not interested in the inner workings of the company and I am not an apologist. If they don't bring features that I want and/or take away features that I like then I will not be upgrading. That's a very simply thought process from my perspective. If they make updates in the future then I will re-evaluate. Until then, I am passing on this first wave, much like I passed on WP7 until Mango.

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Nicole Scherzinger shared bath with TV presenter Caroline Flack in Dubai
'Xtra Factor' host Caroline Flack has revealed that she hopped in a bath with Nicole Scherzinger when they were at X Factor's judges' houses.
"In Dubai she had this enormous bath so we go into it together and we did snow angels. That's how big it was," the Mirror quoted her as telling The People.
The 32-year-old TV presenter reckons this is proof that F1 ace Lewis Hamilton's ladylove is just one big bundle of laughs and not the spoilt diva some people might think she is.
"She was doing it and I was like, 'Yeah, brilliant.' Sometimes Nicole just looks like she wouldn't have a hair out of place because she is that groomed to perfection and that beautiful," Flack said.
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Retro Sidescroller Shooter. Kill enemies, buy guns and upgrade your character!
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This is probably my best game to date. I wanted to make something more accessible, as most of my flash games have been too complicated for my family to play. :3
I really hope you guys enjoy it, I think it's the most effort I've put in to anything. A big thanks to everyone who helped me test, and Tom and NG for the sponsorship!
As always, leave a comment! I love reading them.
EDIT: The game has version detection, but YOU NEED FLASH 10 to play it. If you have trouble loading the game, please send me a PM with the details.
EDIT: Because nearly everyone is saying they can't figure out the boss's pattern, I've made a slight change that should make it more obvious. Once the game update is approved I'll let you guys know and you can try again with the new pattern. *Alright it's up now*
If you're getting a black screen after the Newgrounds and Particlasm screens this applies to you. This might also help with the loading bar freezing. This was posted by a Kongregate user (thanks Knork):
"If the game does not load past the ads make sure that ngads.com and ads.newgrounds.com are not being blocked in your hosts file. Which is located under C:\WINDOWS\system32\drive rs\etc
If they are, uncheck the "Read-only" attribute and edit out those two lines."
If this works for you let me know.
Truly a amazing game
I really like this game for many reasons, it really brought it's self out from most flash games in both animation and playability.
The art was just amazing for a flash game, it's just mind blowing really.The animation was smooth and crisp, and there where no errors to any of the animations. The overall game play was just flawless, clean controls, no glitches, and it was to say the least just flat out fun.
I really liked the whole concept too, it was a game made for people who like to play platformer games, but it was also made so that anyone can enjoy it.
There just isn't any flaw in this game that i could find, the only thing I can possible count as a flaw (and it's stretching its self a lot to count as a flaw) is that you didn't really get a introduction to the characters or the story, but it's also really not needed so again the game is just flawless in every way.
Pure Brilliance
Not only is that fox freakin adorable, he also resides within a game that has awesome slathered all over it. Bravo my friend, Bravo. 5/5
An excellent game.
You got a lot of 10's, and you deserve every last one of them.
Very excellent game
I agree with Hollowsong all the way with this game.


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Sometimes there are Mac limited edition items that I say I don't need when they're released and later regret that decision. I was feeling the pain when I decided Mac's blush in Immortal Flower was something I could live without. It was released in one of Mac's limited edition and hard to get collections, Tres Cheek (a pun on tres chic, being that it's a makeup item for your "cheek"). Luckily, I was browsing Nordstrom's online store of Mac products, which includes some permanent collection pieces and limited edition ones, and I found this was still available! I snatched it up as quickly as I could.
As usual and like I say with all Mac items, I love their packaging. It's so great that you can see the color of the product inside of the compact (wish we could do the same with their lipstick!). I've heard complains that people wish there was a mirror inside, but I like it this way.
With some of Mac's limited edition collections, they alter the packaging of their blush to show the theme/display that it's limited edition. I am torn that they chose the classic packaging. Part of me wishes they had changed it, but the classic is something I love already, so I suppose I don't mind too much.
The finish of the blush is satin, which is one of my favorites in Mac's blush line.
(The swatches above are VERY thick. The lighting in my bedroom wasn't allowing for my camera to pick up the color, so I packed it on. When I took pictures in natural lighting instead, it showed up much better!)
The left swatch is thick, while the right one is more blended out to show more of the true color. Of course, like stated above, it's very piled on, so it'll appear much more sheer on the cheeks. I was surprised with how sheer the blush is because Mac's blushes are generally very pigmented, so that was a disappointment. However, the color is buildable.
The color is a beautiful sorbet peach on the cheeks and brings the perfect amount of color without looking like you have a lot of powder on your cheeks. I also love that there is no shimmer in this product because matte blushes go better with my usual shimmery eye looks.
Overall, it's a lovely, natural color to add to my collection. At $20.00 each, Mac's blushes are more expensive than drugstore, but a better deal than most high-end brands. They are also available in pan form for a cheaper price, which is a great option. I will definitely be picking up more Mac blushes soon.
Brand: Mac
Product: Powder Blush
Color: Immortal Flower
Limited Edition: Yes
Price: $20.00
Amount of Product: 6 g/0.21 oz
Where to Buy: Anywhere MAC cosmetics are sold
Rating: 7/10 (Not as pigmented as I had hoped, but it is buildable and the color is beautiful. Love the satin finish of the product and it blends easily. The price point isn't too terrible, but it is slightly out of my price point for makeup items.)


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Weezer singer still in the hospital, but recovering well.
By Ryan Dombal on December 8, 2009 at 11:30 a.m.
Photo of Rivers Cuomo's tour bus crash via Weezer's website
According to an update on Weezer's official site, frontman Rivers Cuomo suffered "internal injuries includ[ing] both a small cut on his spleen and a small puncture in his lung" when his tour bus fell eight to 10 feet into a ditch near Albany, New York on Sunday morning. But he's doing well and should be able to recover without surgery.
The update, which was posted yesterday, states: "Tomorrow the doctor says it will be time to see if Rivers can stand up again. If that goes well and his vital signs remain stable and improving, he will get to go home pretty soon!"
Weezer's December tour dates have been canceled, their next scheduled show is January 9 in San Francisco.
To read the entire detailed update about Rivers' recovery and fallout from the crash, click below:
Its been a full day and a half since the terrifying bus accident that hurt Rivers and his assistant Sarah, and everyone in the weezer camp is very grateful for the outpouring of concern and support that has happened since the news broke. Thank you for all your kind thoughts!
The update: Sarah went home today with the rest of the band keeping an eye on her on the flight, starting what will surely be a frustrating and painful 3-4 weeks of recovery. We all wish her the speediest of healing. She's a very tough girl, we know she can do it. Meanwhile in the hospital, Rivers has had a much better day than yesterday. He went from being barely able to talk and open his eyes yesterday to partially sitting up, talking clearly, reading books and checking the internet, plus his color and energy seemed much brighter. And then finally in the evening he was given some good news.
To back up a bit, Rivers' internal injuries included both a small cut on his spleen and a small puncture in his lung. An internal cut needs to be carefully monitored to see if it is healing up or not. The lung puncture was small so the lung did not fully collapse, and thus no surgery was needed for that, but it also has to be monitored carefully to avoid fluid build up. Today the doctor announced that Rivers blood pressure had stabilized, meaning the spleen was no longer leaking - it was on the mend. And his lung seemed to be gaining strength and holding up, meaning it too looks like it will mend itself with time. All this is great news so far. Plus he was given the go ahead to eat some real food again - a very positive sign!
Tomorrow the doctor says it will be time to see if Rivers can stand up again. If that goes well and his vital signs remain stable and improving, he will get to go home pretty soon! Wish him well - your positive energy and thoughts are working so far!
Now we come to the mystery of Rivers' right leg. He was totally unable to move it after the accident, but doctors were mystified as there were no broken bones and no signs of impact on it. Today after a day of icing and compression, he was able to wiggle his toes again. And he remembered a small detail - he recalled that that same foot was sort of hurting late the night before as he went to bed in the bus - after the Toronto show. That got me thinking...
During the Toronto show, Rivers pulled an act of Raditude that may have been the real culprit - after the Kids/Pokerface performance, during which he appeared up in the ACC's bleachers in a blonde wig, he was supposed to return to the stage via a particular set of stairs to the floor level. But during the song, lots of fans ran over to the closed seating area and danced around Rivers as he sang. Once the song was over, security had a hard time getting the people to return to their seats, and Rivers made his way down to the edge of the seats on an unplanned route, trying to get back to the stage as quickly as possible. When he got to the end, there were no stairs, and with the lights low for song changeover, he couldn't tell he was about 6 feet off the floor level. I was directly below him and reached up hoping he'd grab my hand but in the darkness he couldn't see me, and he launched over the railing onto the floor 6 feet below. He landed good and finished the show with no apparent injury, but I strongly suspect that his Raditude took him through the show, only to reveal that he had sprained his ankle later on.
Another mystery has been solved as well, which was how did Rivers get his injuries when he apparently didn't hit anything? He recalled not bouncing off of anything, but there was one detail he didn't realize - that the bus dropped 8-10 feet into the ditch. He said it felt like he never left his mattress - but the mattress was not tied down, and clearly was not where it should have been when the EMTs found him - it must have taken flight when the bus suddenly dropped, with Rivers riding it face down! Rivers injuries to his back and side mean he must have struck the bus's ceiling, possibly hitting a light fixture or other irregular shape. In the pitch darkness of his back lounge during sleep time, he would not have seen that he was actually airborne for a second - the mattress and Rivers remaining level as the bus around him dropped away - and must not have felt whatever struck him in his side and back due to the shock of the situation.
There is another part of the story that we pieced together later on as well. Rivers' bus was being followed about a quarter mile back by the Jack's Mannequin bus. Their bus driver witnessed the accident, and immediately called who he thought was Rivers' bus driver. But right before this tour started, the man who was supposed to be Rivers bus driver had to excuse himself to go to the hospital and was thus replaced by Johnny Cox, the driver who did his best to keep the bus upright during the crash. Jack's Mannequin's driver hadn't learned that yet. So the original driver, resting at home after his own hospital stay, got this early morning call asking if he was ok, but at first had no idea it was in reference to the crash! The drivers quickly sorted out the confusion and soon everybody was getting the needed calls to return to the scene of the crash, including the highway patrol and 911. Kudos to all the tour drivers, whether they were actually driving or not! Their brotherhood and devotion to safety has solved many a problem and turned a lot of bad road situations around.
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Roundup: Reyes hitless in NY return, Mets beat Marlins
NEW YORK (AP) – Jose Reyes went hitless in his return to Citi Field and Lucas Duda lined a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning that caromed off reliever Edward Mujica, sending the New York Mets to a 2-1 victory over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday night.
Johan Santana and Josh Johnson zipped through the first six innings in a crisp pitchers' duel between healthy-looking aces. Santana, coming off the shortest start of his career, struck out 11 for the Mets while Johnson whiffed nine.
Both working on six days' rest, each pitcher was charged with one run and three hits in 6 2-3 innings. Santana and Johnson, both injured last season, threw 67 strikes apiece.
A fan favorite during nine seasons with the Mets, Reyes was back to play in New York for the first time since signing a $106 million, six-year contract with the division-rival Marlins in December. He said it was an exciting and emotional day, but he wasn't sure what to expect.
What he received was a mix of cheers — and louder boos — most of the night from the crowd of 20,192, the smallest this season at Citi Field. The star shortstop finished 0 for 4 and was robbed of extra bases on a leaping catch by rookie center fielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis leading off the game.
Jon Rauch (3-0) worked a perfect inning and closer Frank Francisco, pulled in a save situation Saturday, tossed a hitless ninth for his fourth save. The Mets, swept in a doubleheader by San Francisco on Monday, won for the second time in seven games.
The victory gave the Mets a boost on a day when they put starting pitcher Mike Pelfrey (elbow) and left fielder Jason Bay (broken rib) on the 15-day disabled list.
Miami has dropped three straight and is 2-7 on the road.
After striking out his first three times up, Nieuwenhuis singled to start the eighth against Mujica (0-2) and went to third on Daniel Murphy's one-out single. David Wright was called out on strikes but Duda hit a line drive that hit Mujica on his middle finger and rolled behind the mound for an infield single.
Mujica stayed down on the ground in pain for a bit and then left the game.
Santana gave up a one-out single to Emilio Bonifacio in the first but did not yield another hit until Giancarlo Stanton's two-out single in the seventh. Mets nemesis Gaby Sanchez followed with an RBI double off the left-field wall and Stanton scored from first on the Mets' sloppy relay.
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- PineBridge Investments forecasts 2.6 percent GDP growth in United States
- Eurozone growth seen stable at 1.2 percent with region likely to ease austerity
- Chinese growth rate seen stabilizing at 7.5 percent in 2014
- Politics expected to dominate economic fundamentals, with US fiscal imbalances and European austerity seen as the major issues
- Top investment picks include Mexican private assets, Japanese equity and European credit
NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The global economy will see a modest uptick in growth in 2014, with the US GDP growth accelerating to 2.6 percent as businesses increase investments, while the Eurozone and China maintain their current growth trajectory but politics, particularly in the United States, could hamper the recovery, according to global asset manager PineBridge Investments.
In its annual Investment Outlook report, PineBridge Investments also highlighted its asset allocation team's top picks for 2014 as Mexican private assets, Japanese equity and European credit. A rally in Mexican equities in the last 18 months is expected to have a positive impact on direct asset valuations.
Markus Schomer, Chief Economist at PineBridge Investments, believes rising capacity utilization and slowing productivity gains will increase the need for US businesses to invest, which should result in higher economic growth. But political wrangling over the debt ceiling could hamper corporate investment plans.
"The US has a key challenge for 2014 – to unleash the pent-up demand in the business sector," Schomer said in the report. "Political uncertainty has stalled that process, but we still expect investment spending to accelerate by the middle of 2014. Congress looks set to flirt with chance once more, after doing little more than kick the can down the road during its fiscal battle in October.
"In Europe and Japan, the key challenge for politicians remains to rebalance economic policy.
"In the Eurozone, austerity is likely to be eased as the fiscal situation improves, and monetary policy is expected to become more accommodative," said Schomer, predicting that the region's GDP growth will stay at the 1.2 percent average recorded since recession ended in early 2013.
"The main roadblock to faster growth is the on-going contraction in bank loans," Schomer said. "European Central Bank rate cuts may not be enough to unclog the lending channel."
In Japan, the government's planned consumption tax hike early next year to reduce the country's fiscal imbalance is likely to cut the growth rate by a half in 2014, and growth in coming years is likely to be dictated by the US Federal Reserve, rather than the Bank of Japan.
"We expect the eventual tightening of US monetary policy will trigger another round of export-boosting yen weakness," Schomer said.
PineBridge Investments' Chief Economist believes that China has successfully engineered a soft landing and GDP growth will stabilise at 7.5 percent in 2014.
"We do not believe growth will slow further from here," Schomer said. "On the contrary, a pickup in global growth should boost Chinese exports, which stalled in the second half of 2013."
Equities -- Overall strength and pockets of opportunityGlobal equity markets could see significant inflows as interest rates rise, companies increase long-term investments and M&A activity perks up, according to the Investment Outlook. Robin Thorn, Head of Equities at PineBridge Investments, sees particular pockets of opportunity in Emerging Europe, which could benefit from increased exports and investments.
"Looking forward to 2014, we would encourage investors to embrace areas that will benefit from a more broad-based global recovery," Thorn said.
The fact that US and European equities have ended up giving similar performance in 2013, following strong outperformance by US equities in the first half of the year, is a positive sign.
"It typically means that the world is healing when the US, considered the 'safe haven,' lags the more cyclical European market," Thorn said. "We could be on track for a synchronized global growth environment that is not just dependent on the US economy as the engine."
Czech elections, Polish pension reform and Hungarian mortgage concerns have kept investors from deploying capital into the region in 2013. But with more clarity on these issues in 2014, PineBridge expects fund flows to return to the region as a way of playing the European recovery theme.
In China, PineBridge Investments expects sectors related to mass consumption, e-commerce and the environment to grow exponentially in the coming years in China, due to low penetration and policy support from the government.
Thorn believes the country will soon enter a 'Chinese Dream' era of prosperity following government implementation of a whole host of liberalization measures in 2013 and more far-reaching economic reforms in the area of government administration, banking, fiscal budgets, land registration, resource pricing, are expected. However, with hyper economic growth rates unlikely to return, investors in China need to focus more on bottom-up stock selection.
"This means not forgetting about emerging Europe as developed Europe finds its footing, seeking opportunities arising from the Chinese Dream and finding the beneficiaries of corporations extending their investment horizons. Even if the 'great rotation' from bonds to equities does not come to pass, we believe a subtle rotation is more than enough to keep equity markets celebrating as we move from the Chinese Zodiac year of the Snake into the year of the Horse."
Credit markets in transitionWith the US Federal Reserve highly likely to begin to "taper" its bond-buying program in 2014, treasury yields are likely to rise, but with less volatility than in 2013, according to PineBridge Investments' Investment Outlook. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) deflator, which has decelerated recently, is the most important clue to when tapering will begin, with a rise above 1.5 percent from the current 1.2 percent probably necessary.
"We believe the treasury market has largely priced in tapering, thanks to over-deterministic Fed communication," said Global Head of Credit and Fixed Income Steven Oh. "We expect the future trajectory of US long-term rates to resemble a staircase, with a period of discrete jumps – like we saw in May to August 2013 – followed by long periods of consolidation, similar to what we are currently experiencing."
Oh said fixed income investment managers should continue to shift exposure toward credit spread rather than duration – whether it is via investment grade corporates, bank loans and high yield bonds, or emerging market corporate and sovereign debt.
"There is slight upward pressure on the intermediate part of the yield curve and anchored short-term rates, but political and global growth headwinds are dampening overall upward pressure," Oh said. "While most credit spreads appear to be close to fair value, there is room for additional compression if we steer toward a more bullish part of the credit market cycle."
Private markets opportunityPineBridge Investments believes private markets are poised to deliver strong returns and will experience significant liquidity in 2014, provided capital markets remain stable and modest global economic growth continues. Short-term threats include market reaction to the US Federal debt ceiling debate, scheduled for February, and the onset of Federal Reserve tapering of its bond-buying program and eventual shrinking of the Fed's balance sheet.
Due to specific sources of political and economic uncertainty in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, interesting opportunities have emerged – particularly for small and mid-market companies in Developed and Emerging Markets, as well as niches such as structured capital, growth capital, real estate and private credit.
While valuations in public markets have broadly recovered from their post financial crisis lows, anomalies persist in some private markets.
Top investment picks for 2014:
Mexican private assetsPineBridge Investments believes that Mexican private assets will perform well in 2014, following favourable economic reform pursued by the government, which has already pushed up equity prices over the last 18 months. While still favouring Mexican listed equity as a relative outperformer, PineBridge Investments sees very attractive opportunities in private credit, equity and infrastructure.
Japanese equityJapan's political-economic backdrop could drive a continued rally in equities, according to PineBridge Investments. The country has reached a corporate consensus to redistribute part of earnings gains from currency depreciation as higher wages, which should largely offset the impact of consumption tax rises in the spring of 2014.
At a time when the Bank of Japan plans to extend if not accelerate quantitative easing throughout 2014, "Abenomics is still a glass three quarters full," the Investment Outlook report said.
European creditWith recession bottoming out, European banks still disintermediating themselves, and the European Central Bank needing to respond to very low inflation, the outlook should continue to improve for European credit, according to PineBridge Investments. However, given the current elevated euro, such positions should be hedged.
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Story | Sep 27, 2013 | 12:30 PM"Eat your strawberries!" certainly isn't invoked as often as "Eat your spinach!" But it turns out that in addition to being juicy and delicious, strawberries may rival spinach--and most other foods--in health benefits. Here's what these mighty little...


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Visual Calendar
Addison Barberie
August 08, 2007
365,123 Downloads
9 votes
Dreamweaver Visual Calendar allows you to visually create a calendar where you can publish events, notes associated to dates or any other kind of information linked to dates or date ranges. The information associated to a date, and the interface of the actual calendar, are appealing thanks to dynamic-effects compatible with all current browsers. As website owner or administrator, you can easily and securely edit the calendar from an interface that is 100% visual, without any need for programming or HTML skills.
Support Service:
You can also check the Frequently asked questions and the Flash-animated sample in the download page.
UI Access:
Insert the calendar from the menu "Dreamweaver Menu >> Commands >> Insert Visual Calendar"
License: | Commercial |
Cost: | $29.99 |
OS: | All |
File format: | MXP | 182.4 KB |
Additional extension information
Author: | Addison Barberie |
Author website: | http://www.topdreamweaverextensions.com |
Date published: | August 08, 2007 |
Approval: | Basic |
Browsers: | Internet Explorer 6,5.5 | Mozilla 1.0 | Opera 6,5 |
Required product(s): | Dreamweaver MX |
Compatible product(s): | Dreamweaver CS3, 8, MX 2004, 6.1, MX, CS4 |
Server environment: | PHP MySQL |
1-5 of 9 reviews | Show all reviews
aurore leclerc 02-Aug-12
Are you kidding me ? I spent all day on it and I STILL can't edit it! ...
What did I do wrong? ....
I am trying so many "my-web-server" but none of them works... Please HELP! :)
isoldaw 20-Jul-09
Works as advertised, I didn't experienced any problem installing and using it. A useful tip: if you want to customize the look & feel I recommend you to look into the FAQ before checking the product's documentation.
ProBeachBum 24-Jun-09
Extremely useful script. Easy to interface and set up. Once I figured out how to set permissions using H sphere it was a snap.
nonaput55 29-Jan-08
I was pleasantly surprised by the ease of use of this extension. I am no specialist, and needed something straightforward and clear. This is exactly what I needed.
tewing11 28-Jan-08
To achieve the same thing on my own would've taken me ages - this extension is well priced, which I find important - and it saves plenty of time.


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Carol Krucoff, a yoga therapist with Duke Integrative Medicine, was an editor and reporter for the Washington Post back when the transition was made from typewriters to desktop computers.
"When they converted to computers, there was little or no ergonomic sensibility," she recalls. Long periods of sitting with poor posture, aggravated by the tension of constant deadlines, led to chronic neck pain and occasional headaches.
Regular yoga practice made a dramatic impact on Krucoff's pain -- and inspired her to write about health and wellness issues and eventually train in yoga teaching and therapy. Her recent book, Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain, describes the physical and emotional mechanisms behind a common -- and sometimes disabling -- problem.
Here, Krucoff offers helpful guidelines for alleviating pain and improving alignment:
Ideally, the head should be balanced on top of the spine, but our everyday activities tend to drive it forward. "Almost every task we do, working on the computer, driving, picking up our children, cooking, rounds us forward,"says Krucoff.
That awkward head posture, where the head protrudes in front of the shoulders, creates a great deal of tension in the neck and shoulders. "The average head weighs about 10 pounds -- imagine a bowling ball perched forward on your neck for hours. The neck muscles must stay engaged to keep you from falling on your face."
Add to that precarious posture the physical effects of stress and tension. "We tighten in response to stress; when we're frightened, a typical startle reaction is that our shoulders jump up to our ears. Many of us live in a chronic tension state, and this physical reaction becomes habitual -- no wonder so many people are walking around in pain."
Modest adaptations to the spaces we inhabit most can help reduce harmful postures. Krucoff uses an editor's desk, which angles her paperwork upward for optimal viewing, resulting in less craning forward on her part.
"Look for ways to make your environment support what you're doing," says Krucoff. "I worked with a chemist who was using a microscope that she really had to contort her body to use. After a couple of years, she had terrible back and shoulder pain." Part of the solution? A step stool. "It was simple, but it made a big difference."
Deep, full breathing can enhance posture and promote relaxation -- and it doesn't always come naturally. "Perhaps the single most important thing I do is help people relearn how to breathe properly," says Krucoff.
"Infants are masters -- watch a baby breathing, and you'll see the belly rise and fall with the breath. But many people forget this with age and become shallow chest breathers, sucking in their stomachs."
"Singers and musicians who play wind instruments are among the few who recognize that a full deep breath goes into the deepest portion of the lungs, so that the belly rounds and the rib cage expands. It also really brings you into the present moment."
That state of present awareness is the foundation of yoga, which Krucoff describes as "a discipline of getting to know yourself. It teaches being present in the moment and noticing what's going on in your body, mind, and spirit."
She suggests these simple initial steps to help heighten awareness of how tension is affecting the body, especially the neck and shoulders:
Recognize that the stressful event isn't really happening; just thinking about it is enough to create these effects in the body.
Creating self-reminders can help counter them, says Krucoff. "Tell yourself, 'Lips together, teeth apart,' or, 'Shoulders relax' -- Cues that help break those habitual patterns of tension."
Krucoff's book outlines a series of yoga-based activities to ease neck and shoulder pain, but you need not be an experienced practitioner to benefit. Yoga is accessible to everyone, Krucoff emphasizes.
"A common excuse I hear is, 'I'm not flexible enough,' but it's not just for the fit and flexible. I teach yoga to seniors regularly; if they can't get down on the floor, they can practice sitting in a chair. Yoga is about balance and union -- about strengthening what's weak, stretching what's tight."
It doesn't have to require a huge time commitment, either. "Even a five- to 10–minute daily practice can help you relieve pain and enhance health. Yoga helps us reconnect with body, mind, and spirit -- and then we take those lessons off the yoga mat and into daily life."


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Monday afternoon, Melora Ranney Norman spoke about Censorship on the 'Net 2013. She provided excellent notes and citations for this presentation herself on her blog post, "NELA 2013: Sources, 'Censorship on the 'Net 2013′ Program." She started off with a clip from a TED Talk by Rebecca MacKinnon, a journalist and the co-founder of Global Voices Online, a non-profit started at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Melora is a passionate speaker and a fast talker, so here are just a few important points and resources.
- Private companies (such as Apple) apply censorship standards more narrowly than the First Amendment would allow, i.e. they censor speech that is protected by the First Amendment.
- Before the internet, people had physical sovereignty over what they could do with their information; now, with the internet, private companies control what people can and cannot do with their information.
- Should we have Banned Internet Week like we have Banned Book Week?
- Libraries that receive federal E-rate discounts for internet access and therefore comply with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) often do not realize that CIPA only applies to images, not text; the filters that are in place are much stronger than they need to be. In some libraries, all computers (not just those in the children's area) are filtered. While an adult can ask for the filters to be turned off, they might feel uncomfortable doing so; furthermore, the library staff may not have the ability to do so. Institutions/individuals "misunderstand CIPA and filter more than they have to."
- Another problem with filters is that their "blacklists" (what they block) are proprietary, so "you don't know what's being blocked." How can libraries make an informed decision about which filters to use if the companies that provide the filters refuse to make their specific criteria available? There is a parallel here with vendors that provide "discovery layers" (portals to search all of the library's materials through one interface), but keep their processes secret.
- Instead of forbidding or blocking social media sites in school libraries, we should teach students how to use it responsibly; debunk myths and encourage safe use.
- "Librarians are not law enforcement."
- "Not Censorship But Selection" by Lester Ashiem, 1953
- Not in Front of the Children: "indecency," censorship and the innocence of youth, by Marjorie Heins
- Access Denied: the practice and policy of global internet filtering, edited by Ronald Deibert, MIT Press, 2008
- Open Net Initiative: "Our aim is to investigate, expose and analyze Internet filtering and surveillance practices in a credible and non-partisan fashion. We intend to uncover the potential pitfalls and unintended consequences of these practices, and thus help to inform better public policy and advocacy work in this area."
- Search engines that protect your privacy and anonymity: DuckDuckGo ("Search anonymously. Find instantly") and ixquick ("the world's most private search engine"). See donttrack.us.
- TOR, "free software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security."
- The Filter Bubble: what the internet is hiding from you, by Eli Pariser


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