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President Gretchen M. Bataille spoke about UNT's commitment to train additional math and science teachers at the launch of Teach North Texas.
Dear Alum,
UNT has a strong tradition of preparing highly qualified teachers
for America's classrooms. And last month, it was my pleasure to
announce a new grant-funded program that will allow us to do more
than ever before to supply our schools with well-trained, talented
math and science teachers.
Funded by $2.4 million from the Greater Texas Foundation, the National
Math and Science Initiative and the UTeach Institute, our Teach
North Texas program will help undergraduate math,
science and computer science majors obtain teaching certification
in those highly sought areas. Sponsors also include ExxonMobil
and the Texas High School Project.
UNT is one of 13 colleges and universities in the nation to start
a program modeled after the innovative UTeach program at the University
of Texas at Austin.
John Quintanilla, associate professor of math,
and Mary Harris, Meadows Chair for Excellence
in Education, will direct the program, which is a collaborative
effort between the College of Arts and Sciences,
the College of Education and the Fort Worth Independent
School District.
During the 2006-07 academic year, about 1200 students completed our certification programs for teachers, counselors or other leadership roles in schools. This new effort will enhance our
reach by training an additional 60 new math and science teachers
each year.
I am sincerely grateful to our donors, and I hope you share my
pride in this program, which will make a tremendous difference
in the lives of our students and in the lives of young students
for years to come.
With green pride,
Gretchen M. Bataille
Moving Forward: Second annual Emerald Ball
is a success
I was proud that about 400 of you joined me in helping raise an
additional $200,000 to support our Emerald Eagle Scholars Program
at this year's second annual Emerald Ball. This wonderful accomplishment
brings the endowment for the Emerald Eagle Scholars program to
more than $500,000. The program, which was started with funds raised
during my April 2007 inauguration celebration, is designed to give
Texas' academically talented undergraduates with high financial
need the best chance at achieving their goal of a college education.
It is one of about 30 such programs in the nation and is a leading
program in Texas.
Graves appointed COBA dean
I am certain that many of you will be pleased to hear that O. Finley
Graves was appointed dean of the College of Business Administration
earlier this month. Dr. Graves, who was appointed interim dean
in August 2007, is an accomplished and respected professor and
practitioner in the business world. His talent and leadership
has already helped the college gain greater national and international
prominence and ensures that our College of Business Administration
continues to be a center of excellence.
UNT only U.S. site for international
environmental conference
UNT recently served as the only U.S. site for the Second International
Indigenous Youth Conference on the Environment and Culture. This
important conference was the first step in a new collaboration
between UNT and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on environmental
issues and indigenous peoples. We were joined by 22 Native American
students from Oklahoma, and students from Russia, Malaysia and
Uganda also dialed in for the videoconference.
UNT has long been a respected academic leader in addressing environmental
issues, and this new partnership with the EPA provides us with
another opportunity to expand our outreach to the international
First Facebook-Trace property registration
service at UNT
Earlier this month, we announced that the nation's first student-oriented
crime prevention service is now available at UNT. The UNT
Police Department, in cooperation with Trace, an online
database of lost and stolen valuables, launched the free service
in the popular social networking web site Facebook. This project
will combine the power of Facebook and Trace.com technology to
create Facebook's first Lost and Found, a community-policing tool
that encourages students and parents to register valuables such
as computers, cell phones and iPods. Trace is providing an exciting
opportunity for UNT to protect our students' property, as well
as recover property if it is lost or stolen by incorporating the
program in students' online communities.
Faculty Focus: Witold Brostow
Witold Brostow, Regents Professor of materials
science and engineering, is conducting fascinating research in
hopes of developing a new, safer nonsticking cooking surface. The
current generation of nonstick cooking surfaces - polymers made
with the element fluorine - are prized for their nonstick abilities
and chemical resistance, but when scratched or exposed to high
heat, can release a possible cancer-causing substance. Leading
the research efforts at the Laboratory of Advanced Polymers
and Optimized Materials, he began this work in 2000 and
recently was cited in the journal Chemistry and Industry.
His work is a wonderful example of what can be done with the power
of ideas.
UNT Traditions: Robocamps
Thanks to the hard work and dedication of several faculty members,
UNT will continue its tradition of encouraging young people to
learn about careers in engineering as they construct robots in
our Robocamps. Recently, the Texas Workforce Commission awarded
the camps an additional $30,000 and the RGK Foundation awarded
$15,000 for this important initiative. These contributions are
in addition to a $102,000, two-year grant from the Texas Workforce
Commission and a $30,000 grant from the Motorola Foundation that
allowed Robocamp to expand to young men and women entering grades
eight through 12.
Featured Link: Cape Horn
Biosphere Reserve
I invite you to learn more about how research and conservation
are intersecting at the UNT-Chile Field Station at Cape Horn, where
UNT students study biocultural history, natural history, biology
and environmental philosophy. A $15 million grant will help the
UNT-Chile program build a new high-tech field station and become
a world leader for sub-Antarctic study and conservation. The preserve
provides an outstanding location for faculty and student researchers
to apply academic knowledge to real-world challenges. They also
are discovering insights that can be brought back to the classroom
to help determine how to develop the Cape Horn region in a sustainable
fashion. I am proud of the important work our faculty and students
are doing in Chile.
Exes encourage you to attend the
UNT Ring Ceremony
The North Texas Exes alumni association encourages alumni to join
the campus community at the official class ring ceremony at 6:30
p.m. April 24 in the Gateway Center Ballroom. UNT students will
receive their class rings, which symbolize their academic accomplishments
and will serve as a reminder of their fondest college memories
for years to come. I hope you will join me and the Exes at this
wonderful celebration. For more information, visit www.ntexes.org or
call 940-565-2834.
March 2008
Moving Forward:
Second annual Emerald Ball is a success
Graves appointed COBA dean
UNT only U.S. site for international environmental conference
First Facebook-Trace property registration service at UNT
Faculty Focus:
Witold Brostow
UNT Traditions:
Featured Link:
Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve
Exes encourage you to attend the UNT Ring Ceremony
Please join me for the sixth annual UNT
Beautification Day March 29, when we will show
our pride by cleaning up campus, planting flowers and doing
other projects.
Three UNT mathematics students - David Simmons, John
Rizzo and Zach Barnhart - finished
49th among 516 colleges and universities competing in the William
Lowell Putnam Competition, a mathematics contest sponsored by
the American Mathematical Association.
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St Margaret's Bay is the perfect place for families seeking a peaceful holiday. You are surrounded by National Trust land, close to the beautiful white cliffs of Dover. This is an impressive resort providing quality accommodation and facilities. Set in mature gardens, it sits adjacent to the picturesque village of St Margaret's at Cliffe, just 2 miles from Dover Castle.
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I started writing this as a comment but it got far too long.
With the player introductions it seemed that Stuckey is currently penciled in to start at shooting guard as Brandon Jennings was introduced before him and Stuckey was followed by Josh Smith, Andre Drummond, Moose and finally Chauncey. Assuming this order means anything and they wanted to give Chauncey a standing ovation the rest would likely be our starting 5.
Loved the seemingly tai-chi inspired warm-up exercises led by Arnie Kander which led into more explosive running/coordination tasks.
Peyton Siva was done for the day after that, he had a wrap on his calf and was working with Arnie while the others were doing more drills.
They then ran two fast break drills. Which I hope signals a commitment to really getting out and running. Then they split up into two groups to work on pick and roll rotations on offense and defense. Also a good sign about Mo's coaching plan.
Sheed was defending on the offensive side and talking all sorts of junk. I don't think he'd want to go back to playing. Despite looking solid on post defense, even blocking Jorts at one point, Sheed often grimaced after taking hard screen after hard screen. Not only did he seem really stiff, but I doubt he'd want to deal with that pain at full speed.
The scrimmage teams seemed split up in a way to focus on Brandon Jennings learning to play point and Greg Monroe posting up Andre.
If I remember correctly
Blue: BJ, Stuckey, KCP, JJ, Andre, Mitchell, Jorts
Grey: Chauncey, Bynum, Singler, Josh Smith, Moose, GiGi, CV
Team blue had BJ play the entire time and only occasionally giving up primary ball-handling duties to Stuckey. The offense ran exclusively through him either on the pick and roll or drive and dish. I remember the pick and roll being run most effectively with JJ, where JJ was able to either pop out for a shot or crash the basket. The drive and dish looked like hero-ball until I saw who was out on the floor with Brandon. Stuckey, KCP, Tony Mitchell and Jorts.
On the Greg side of the ball, it was mostly feed the Moose. He got the best of Andre often enough that I'm not sure how any player would be able to guard him without help. Moose even showed some confidence in his 10-15 footer. There was a little two-man game between Josh and Greg, but Josh was largely passive on offense delegating to Moose while still managing to hoist enough long shots to make me worry and then hitting enough of them to make me wonder if I should really be worried.
From watching this, I'm assuming our two major half-court weapons are going to be BJ and Moose. The tandem forms a pretty solid pick and roll combination on their own, but I can also see the primary look being BJ and Josh doing the pick and roll, while Moose is on the opposite low block. This allows for Josh to either run at the rim or pop out on the wing, with both Josh and BJ having the option to feed Moose.
Defensively . . . Blocks then dunks? During the drills they were worked on doubling and recovering on the pick and roll then fighting around it. I wasn't really able to track their progress during the scrimmage as I was a little preoccupied with offense and Sheed's desperate need to keep the floor dry (Sheed mop water?).
Other Notes: While I love me some Chauncey and Sheed, the fact that they both got incredible welcomes while BJ, Josh Smith, and even Andre and Greg only got a smattering of applause bothers me a little bit. Chauncey looks a little older and slower, but can still draw fouls by posting smaller guards. Andre and Tony Mitchell use every opportunity they got to host an impromptu dunk contest. Mo Cheeks is a bit of a taskmaster, forcing the team to restart drills and run for not taking it seriously enough, dropping what seemed to be an f-bomb while admonishing the team that this wasn't going to be a wasted day. At the same time, you can see that there seems to be genuine affection between him and his players. Tony putting down a monster dunk actually seemed to increase the team's focus during drills, making even more of a case for blocks and dunks.


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I believe the Magic can't go wrong if they draft either of these two. I wanna keep my assessments of these two players as short and simple as possible so you guys don't have to spend 30 min on this article.
When you think about Noel, the first words that come to mind are his great shot blocking and defensive instincts. He grabs a lot of rebounds, gets a good amount of steals and has a great motor on the court. His obvious weakness, however, is offensively he can't do much. He's pretty much only reliable when he dunks the ball in the basket. He can certainly improve his offensive game in the NBA but we've waited 8 years for nothing for Howard to become a premier scorer, so I wouldn't be surprised if Noel reaches a certain plateau too. Nevertheless, his potential to be a superior defender will make him a game changer. Then you have to be concerned about how healthy his injured knee is, but we won't know for sure until he gets back on the court.
Best case NBA comparison: Ben Wallace
Worst case NBA comparison: Chris "Birdman" Anderson (without the off the court issues)
Now, I have high hopes for this guy because I can almost see Dwayne Wade ceiling here.
Marcus Smart: 6-4, 225 lbs, Freshman year stats: 15.4 PPG, 4.2 AST, 5.8 REB, 3.0 STL, 0.7 BLK, 3.4 TO, 40% FG, 30% 3FG, 77% FT, 6.5 FTA per gm.
Dwayne Wade: 6-4, 220 lbs, Freshman year stats: 17.8 PPG, 3.4 AST, 6.6 REB, 2.5 STL, 1.1 BLK, 3.0 TO, 49% FG, 35% 3FG, 69% FT, 4.8 FTA per gm.
The freshman year stats are very comparable. Wade obviously was more efficient when he shot the ball, but Marcus Smart (like D-Wade) is very good at getting to the hole and either creating plays or drawing a foul. It's pretty evident that Smart needs to become a better shooter but lots of players have improved their jumpshot in the NBA. Just look at Lebron James now, he's shooting 40% from 3's this season! What I like about Smart, is that he plays great defense and has been a great leader for Oklahoma State. I don't believe Smart will ever be as good as D-wade but if he could be 80% of what Wade was in his prime then the Magic would still have a great player on their hands.
Best Case NBA comparison: Dwayne Wade
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A Charlotte immigration activist is pushing to allow all illegal immigrants to obtain a driver's license in North Carolina.
In an open letter to North Carolina lawmakers, Maudia Melendez asks them to consider allowing illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses.
She says their inability to drive legally is a public safety issue.
"These days we don't know who's driving on our roads," said Melendez.
The DMV stopped issuing driver's licenses to illegal immigrants in 2006.
The last of the licenses issued before then will expire this year.
But Melendez says many undocumented immigrants still drive without a license.
"They have to drive out of the necessity to take their children to school, go to church and go to the different places that they need to travel too," said Melendez.
The issue of illegal immigrants obtaining driver's licenses is a hot button topic.
Opponents say changing the law sends mixed messages.
"We have certain citizenship and immigration laws in place and you just can't sweep those laws under the rug and say well, we want to follow all the laws, except for this one," said Representative Kelly Hastings of Cleveland County.
According to the 2010 census, undocumented immigrants make up 8 percent of the population.
Melendez recommends those applying for driver's licenses be subject to a criminal background check. They would also have to meet the same requirements as any other applicant and pay for car insurance.
But Rep. Hastings says it just doesn't make sense.
"It would be bad for public health and safety of the citizens of the United States of America," said Rep. Hastings.
Melendez says so far no one has responded to her letter.
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Well thank you to everyone as i have now reached 500 followers - yeah!!
So i have done the draw for the blog candy that i am offering.
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... early morning (which pretty warm in the mountains).
We took the kids to a Lego exhibition which happened to be in town, surprisingly it was quite good. It was set up in a huge tent, with good lighting and air-conditioning (thankfully!!). They had all sorts of scenes set up, from famous landmark, to robotic snakes, trains, and heaps of towns, even scenes from movies such as Indiana Jones, Lord of ...
Day 3 & 4 in Zakopane
... it was packed! We had to park miles away and walk to the entrance. From there it's about a three hour walk to the top (Paul and I did this last time, and we decided that it would be a nightmare to walk this distance with the kids), so we went for the horse and buggy option. But so did about a few hundred other people!! So we waited 2.5 hours in the hot ...
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I've been playing around with Android development recently, and one of the apps is now worth sharing with everyone else. It's not particularly complex, but last I looked, there wasn't an app to do this: tell me what my postcode is. Given you're holding a phone that knows where it is, and that can talk to the web where there are various services that will tell you what the postcode is for a given location, why not tie these things together? So, I built a little app that does all of this. It looks like the screenshot to the right, and that QR code you see is the market link to download it, or read on for more details about the development of it.
Android development has turned out to be remarkably nice, especially given I've done both a lot of embedded systems work and then tried to get stuff working on my old Symbian phone (short answer: don't bother, it's deeply frustrating to work with), and so this was a breath of fresh air. There was a few interesting items along the way however:
1) Location lookup:
First we need a location. You'll need to cope with the fact that potentially the GPS could be switched off (the Android compatibility definition ensures there will be GPS, but not that it'll be on), and there could potentially be other location providers, so it's nice to use those as well if they're any good. So, we dig through the LocationManager, wake up every provider we can find with getProviders() and tell them to give us some data ASAP. There are probably ways to do this more nicely, but given that we not only need to get accurate data, we need to make sure it's not that old (which we can't actually select on unfortunately, but we can ignore incoming data that's too old), the easiest way is just to tell everyone to give you data, and then switch everything back off again once we've got the data. On my Desire, when outside or at least not in the bowels of the Tube, I tend to get location data in a few seconds like this. I also setup a timer for a minute, so if we've kept trying for that long and nothing good comes up, we throw up an error message and tell the user to try again later.
2) Postcode lookup
So we got a latitude/longitude, and it's fairly recent, but now we need that translated into a postcode. Luckily, since the release of the OS OpenData dataset, which can be munged to get lat/long -> postcode, a few web services have popped up that'll do this for us. They're not all very reliable though, and given they're web services, it's entirely possible they'll go away or change their API at some point, so we have a list of different services to try, and if anything goes wrong we just skip a service and try the next one. Current order is
Theoretically all 3 could go down eventually, but that should be enough for a bit. Ordering is based on my rather crude estimates of which ones have been most reliable/best data during my testing of the app. Of course, the phone's data connection could not work, but again we throw an error and suggest you get the data connection sorted out if this happens.
3) Displaying the text
I started off just putting the text into a simple TextView, but it wasn't very big and a bit difficult to read at the default font sizes. I could have started fiddling around with the font size and gotten something that would look good on my phone, but given I'd like this to be at least slightly cross-compatible, I ended up writing a revised TextView called AutoScaledTextView that automagically resizes text so it's as big as possible given the amount of space available for the View (Android's term for the basic displayable widget). It's a bit kludgy (given non-fixed width fonts), but it seems to work reasonably well and does achieve the goal of displaying the postcodes nice and big.
Overall, this process has been fairly painless. I spent a bit of time figuring out how to do exactly what I wanted, but for the most part I felt Android was helping me along as opposed to being something I had to wrestle with. Provided you've got a phone (I've done parts of this before I had the phone, but it's a bit nastier that way), getting yourself up and running and building pretty complex apps is quite easy, and I'll be posting about another one of those that reuses the data we've gathered here today in another way later on. Code for all of this is on Github as usual, or you can just download it from the Market. Enjoy! I hope to see some reviews/bug reports soon :)
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Just tried it (on a Nexus One running Android 2.2.1). All it does is say "Unknown location". My GPS is on and working (at least, according to "GPS Status" by EclipSim). I'm in Seattle, WA, US.
Frank Shearar
Have you written anything for the iPhone before? Any comparisons?
I maintained an application for the Nokia 9110, and found the experience… not pleasant.
Frank Shearar
@Eric The code's for UK post codes. (http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/ doesn't cover the US, as far as I can tell.)
Worked perfectly for me. A handy addition to the toolbox – thank you.
@Eric: I had considered looking into the non-UK problem, but hadn't dealt with it properly yet. Geonames at least should be able to get postcodes for that, so I'll play around with a few locations and see if I can improve it a little…
@Frank: Nope. I'd have to buy a Mac to do so AFAIK, so it's not really of interest to me at the moment. Making it hard for devs to play around with your system is annoying. That, and if I did this for the iPhone you wouldn't be seeing this app for another few weeks while it winds it's way through Apple's approval process :)
Lee Wei
I've written a solver for the game "Swap Me" on the iPhone (basically just perform a brute-force search of the game solution space) Hosted on Google Code @ http://code.google.com/p/swapmesolver/
I've also written a client-server app for the Android after that (basically it's meant to be like a buzzer system ie. 4 clients to a server, the clients just have one big button to tap, and the server records the sequence (up to a maximum of 4 each time) of incoming taps) – unfortunately the source code's buried somewhere in my Dropbox.
I may own a MBP, but I'm not really a big fan of Objective-C, find it much easier to code in Java/Eclipse +AndroidSDK. The GUI design seems easier too…
thank you TomP,
works greate on my GS2
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New information has been released on the violent 5-car collision on Glenna Goodacre Thursday morning. Victim Meagan Rough, who was ejected from the vehicle on impact, died at the hospital Friday afternoon at 12:30 p.m.
Chris Cook, Media Relations Director at TTU, confirms that four out of the five 19-year-olds who were involved in the accident are students at the university.
Police say Jason White, 19, was driving drunk and speeding when he smashed into the back of the car Rough was riding in. The force of the impact ejected Rough from the car even though she was wearing a seatbelt.
White was arrested immediately after the accident and charged with intoxication assault, but he bonded out Thursday. On Friday around 4:30p.m. Lubbock Police arrested White again with upgraded charges of intoxication manslaughter after Rough died.
The new arrest warrant says Trace Tomlin told police White came to pick him up at the 2520 Apartments right before the accident. Tomlin told police White was driving fine until he turned east on to Glenna Goodacre, and that's when he started to speed. Tomlin told police he was scared they were going to wreck so he quickly put on his seatbelt.
Moments later police say White hit the car driven by 19-year-old Kaitlyn Canaday and her passenger Rough was ejected.
The warrant says as police began to question White he started to cry. Smelling a strong odor of alcohol on White's breath, police administered a field sobriety test and White agreed to give a blood sample to test his blood alcohol level.
The warrant says that's when police arrested him, and White asked them how the two girls he hit were doing. The documents also say White asked if he would be able to get out of jail before Friday because he had a final to study for.
White made bond on Saturday afternoon.
The Texas Alcohol Beverage Consumption is now involved on the investigation. TABC is only in the beginning stages of the investigation and will have more information next week.
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One of the major points of disagreement about software relates to how much up front design to do. People are very polarised as to when they should do design and how much they should do. From experience of working with software teams, the views basically break down like this.
These different views do raise an interesting question, how much architecture do you need to do up front?
One of the key reasons for the disagreement can be found in how teams work, and specifically what sort of development methodology they are following. If you were to draw the major methodologies on a scale, you'd have something like the diagram below.
At one end of the scale you have waterfall that, in it's typical form, suggests big design up front. And at the other end you have the agile methods that, on the face of it, shy away from doing architecture. At this point it's worth saying that this isn't actually true. Agile doesn't say "don't do architecture", just as it doesn't say "don't produce any documentation". Agile is about sufficiency, moving fast, embracing change and delivering value. But since agile methods and proponents don't put much emphasis on the architectural aspects of agile projects, many people have misinterpreted this to mean "agile says don't do any architecture".
Sitting between the ends of the scale is the Rational Unified Process (RUP). Many RUP implementations are heavyweight monsters that have more in common with waterfall than they do with other iterative and incremental methods, but RUP can be scaled down to exhibit characteristics that let it take the centre ground on the scale. At its heart, RUP is a risk-driven methodology that basically says, "gather the majority of the key requirements, get the risky stuff out of the way, then iterate and increment". Done right, RUP projects can have a nice balance of up front design and evolutionary architecture.
My approach to up front architecture and design is that you need to do "just enough". If you say this to people they either think it's an inspirational breath of fresh air that fits in with all of their existing beliefs or they think it's a complete cop out! "Just enough" works as a guideline but it's vague and doesn't do much to help people assess how much is enough. If software architecture introduces structure and guidelines, leading to consistency and clarity, we can extend this further to say that you need to do just enough architecture to give you clarity and vision. In other words, do enough so that you know what your goal is and how you're going to achieve it. This is a better guideline, but it still doesn't provide any concrete advice.
The key is that architecture represents the significant decisions, where significance is measured by cost of change. In other words, it's the stuff that's really expensive to modify and the stuff that you really do need to get right as early as possible. For example, qualities such as high performance, high scalability, high security and high availability generally need to be baked into the foundations early on because they are hard to retrofit into an existing codebase. It's also the stuff that you can't easily refactor in an afternoon; such as core technology choices, "architectural" patterns, core frameworks and so on.
Back to RUP for a second, and it uses the term "architecturally significant", advising that you should figure out what might be significant to your architecture and understand how you will resolve those forces. What might be significant? Well, it's anything that's costly to change, is complex (e.g. tricky non-functional requirements) or is new. In reality, these are the things with a higher than normal risk of consequences if you don't get them right. The significant elements are often subjective too, varying depending on the experience of the team. What you have here then is an approach to software development that lets you focus on what's risky in order to build a sufficient and robust set of foundations to move forward with. RUP is inherently a risk-driven methodology but the identification of architecturally significant elements and their corresponding risks is something that can be applied to all software projects, regardless of methodology. Some agile projects already do this by introducing an "iteration/sprint zero". Call it "risk-driven agile" if you like.
How much architecture do you need to do then? I would say that you need to do just enough in order to understand how the significant elements fit together (i.e. so you have a view of the big picture), mitigate the key risks, provide the foundations and create a vision to move forward with. Some architecture usually does need to be done up front, but some doesn't and can naturally evolve. Deciding where the line sits between mandatory and evolutionary design is the key.


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Book 3 of Ian Irvine's classic eco-thriller trilogy about the consequences of global warming and unstoppable climate change, Human Rites. Irith Hardey's life is out of control. The world's climate is in chaos and rising seas have flooded out half a billion people. Hundreds of millions of refugees are pouring into the west, the global economy is collapsing and democracies are being crushed by the anti-refugee Yellow Armbands. But there is worse to come. In a desperate attempt to avert the coming ice age that will wipe out civilisation, the Great Powers have agreed to embark on the most monumental gamble of all time - 100 Days to Save the World. Irith, now a climate scientist, is sure they've got it wrong - the US President's pet scheme isn't going to save the world, but ruin it. Searching for the awful truth behind the 100 Days project, Irith is tormented by the Yellow Armbands, then hunted from blizzard-struck London to the Scottish Highlands and across the wild North Sea.In a USA terrorised by gun-toting militias trying to bring down the President, Irith is forced to confront the worst nightmare any 21st century woman can face, as she struggles to uncover the ghastly secret of the Life Lottery before 100 days are up. Praise for The Life Lottery. "Irvine surpasses himself in his intricate portrayal of the impacts of climate change on people and the planet ... simply impossible to put down." Sydney Morning Herald. The Human Rites Trilogy - The Last Albatross, Terminator Gene & The Life Lottery. "With its sobering blend of frighteningly well researched catastrophic environmental change, triggering immense global sociopolitical upheaval, Ian Irvine's Human Rites trilogy is the most important work of Australian science fiction yet published in this country." Rob Jan, Sci-Fi Radio Zero-G.
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Here so soon: Labor Day, originally the celebration of the Labor Movement, that has grown to be celebrated by all of us who work for a living and, I must add, though I'm not there yet, all who worked for a living and are retired.
As the children head back to school, to learn skills that will enable them to work for a living, they and many of us working people try to take a long weekend off to enjoy the last phase of summer. Of course, other working people have to work over the holiday weekend. Note my frequent use of the four connected letters w-o-r-k.
So, how timely that the Cato Institute has just released a study by Michael Tanner and Charles Hughes titled "The Work and Welfare Trade-off: 2013", which begins:
"The value of the full package of welfare benefits for a typical recipient in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia exceeds the poverty level. Because welfare benefits are tax-free, their dollar value is often greater than the amount of take-home income a worker would have left after paying taxes on an equivalent pretax income. ... In 40 states, welfare pays more than an $8-an-hour job. In 17 states, the welfare package is more generous than a $10-an-hour job."
The Cato Study is a narrow one; it doesn't get into the able-bodied men and illegal immigrants who are getting taxpayer-funded benefits. It defines the typical welfare family as a mother over age 21 with two children ages 1 and 4, no known father, none disabled, all American citizens. The average Massachusetts welfare family "makes" $42,515 a year from the government, which is the equivalent of $50,540 of taxable income earned by working here.
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Sister Helen began her prison ministry in 1981 when she dedicated her life to the poor of New Orleans. While living in the St. Thomas housing project, she became pen pals with Patrick Sonnier, a convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the Louisiana Angola State Prison's electric chair.
Upon Sonnier's request, Sister Helen repeatedly visited him as his spiritual advisor. In doing so, her eyes were opened to the Louisiana state execution process. Sister Helen turned her experiences into a book that not only made the 1994 American Library Associates Notable Book List, but was also nominated for the 1993 Pulitzer Prize. "Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States" was first on the New York Times best seller list for 31 weeks. The book was also an international best seller and has been translated into ten different languages, made into an opera, and developed into a major motion picture.
Fifteen years after beginning her crusade, the Roman Catholic sister has witnessed five executions in Louisiana and today dedicates her time to educate the public about the death penalty through lectures, organizing and writing. As the founder of "Survive," a victim's advocacy group in New Orleans, Prejean continues to counsel not only inmates on death row, but the families of murder victims as well.
Sister Helen served on the board of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty from 1985–1995, and served as Chairperson of the Board from 1993–1995. She is also a member of Amnesty International and an honorary member of Murder Victim Families for Reconciliation. Presently, she is the Honorary Chairperson of Moratorium Campaign, a group who is gathering signatures for a world-wide moratorium on the death penalty. Sister Helen's second book, "The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions," was published in December 2004.
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She was pretty boring but nice. If you show up to class and work hard you can get a good grade. She will willing to help and gives you a lot of information about the college experience in general.
This is by far the WORST professor I have ever had. She was very unclear in everything she said or did. She was flighty and unreliable. I cannot even count how many time she cancled class. She eventually left for the remainder of the semester due to a fall. Her leaving was the best thing she did for the class. Definalty do not recommend.
She was sort of crazy & was really jumpy. She never gave us grades or handed back our graded work. She missed so many classes, and rarely taught us anything needed to complete our work. And she says "ok" alot, we once counted during a 50 minute class & she said "ok" 67 times. You have to be a paient person to take her class! good luck!
I had her for 091 and 101 and I enjoyed her. She's a little crazy but fun at the same time. She doens't keep track of your overall grade which is annoying. She really helps you through the whole college experience. If you can be patient with her, I would recommend her.
Wouldn't reccomend her as a prof. She's hard to understand and it seemed like every lecture was on the same thing. She's an ok grader but was never very helpful. Don't take her unless you think your really good at English.
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I don't think it's a particularly high standard to ask him to be supportive of the new QB rather than talking about getting traded. He's not a good quarterback and he's not a good teammate. The latter is just my opinion, I don't expect others to share it.
Quote from: The Anti-Java on December 20, 2012, 01:26:27 AMInstant QB controversy if he came here. That is exactly what this team needs. You act like Josh is some sensitive little girl. Supposedly he's a man who has moved out of his parent's house and is making millions of dollars a year. He should be able to handle being challenged for the starting job.
Instant QB controversy if he came here.
Looking at this from a completely unbiased viewpoint, say we brought him here and he totally failed...are we in a worse position than we are now? Everyone wants Free to have competition and we can't draft a QB this year, it just isn't logical with our other needs in my opinion. Who else can we get?By the same token, if he came here and stunk it up i'd fully expect java to blame everything but Tim himself. Not sure I could stand reading him bashing Schiano or the team every time he struggled.I still think we need to give free this next last year, but...I dunno. Tebow here would be......interesting, I suppose.
I don't understand how many people think he's so innocent in all of this. He is half the problem with the constant circus around him. You didn't see Dan-O hold a press conference the day he was signed did you? You don't constantly hear Dan-O talking about playing time etc. Tebow is a nice guy, apparently, but he realizes his football life is short and takes all the attention he can get to "build his brand" and convert his NFL experience into some after.Sorry I just don't see him as innocent like everyone else.


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Each year high school students across the nation take the ACT exam to begin the process of furthering their education. This exam is considered a college readiness assessment, or a standardized test used for high school achievement and college admissions. Students are tested in English, Math, Reading, and Science. Several test dates are available throughout the year, and the test is typically taken by students in their junior year. This exam reports success for students in terms of personal results; however, ACT also gathers results for the nation, each state, and individual school districts. (read more)
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Members of the RHS Outdoors Club assisted the Otter Street Fishing Club with their annual kids fisheree. About 300 young anglers ages 3 to 12 along with their families fished in Memorial Park in Oshkosh recently. Many prizes were given out to anglers. This event is free to all children that registered. RHS students manned the concession stand, worked the weigh in/bait table, and walked the grounds helping children with various fishing tasks. Organizers of the event praised the high school students as being extremely helpful and patient. (More photos on Facebook)


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I'm weak. Intellectually, I get that batting average paints an incomplete picture of an offensive player. I know that on-base percentage, OPS+, wOBA paint a better picture of a player's offensive value, that ignoring walks and extra bases and all that jazz is all very Murray Chass-ian.
But .300 just looks so damn pretty.
See, I love the new era of statistical analysis. I'm constantly baffled by the people who insist that everything we need to know about baseball we knew in 1934, like the Wright Brothers made three planes and that was it for NASA. No, we should always be learning, always working to figure out better ways to understand what we love. Anyone who argues that ... well, they're wrong.
On the other side, though, is that I'm 30. I grew up with batting average. Runs batted in, wins, saves. Ask me what a good batting average is, and I say .300. 100 RBI, 20 wins, 50 saves. Ask me what a good wRC+ is, and you gotta give me a second. Is that one of the ones scaled to 100? Or is it like slugging percentage, you want .500? Maybe it's like standard OPS, with 1.000 threshold.
Look, I get the stat. I understand it. As much as a guy who didn't get past Calc 2 in college can, I understand them all. I'm just sayin', aesthetics, man. Aesthetics.
Along with that, I have a question for you. Who was more valuable in standard 5x5 fantasy in 2013: Elvis Andrus or Mark Trumbo? Trumbo crushed Andrus in home runs and RBI, but Andrus smoked Trumbo in average and stolen bases. Runs were close enough so as to make no difference. All things being equal, what was more valuable? We can ballpark it, personal-preference it. The various sites' player raters have quantified these values, but I gotta tell you, when I look at ESPN's and see that Miguel Cabrera's number was a 15.04, I don't have the first clue what that means. It's a number, sure, but it's not analogous to anything I've ever seen before.
So I've been playing with a system of my own for assigning a player one true, overall number for his 2013 fantasy value. "Miguel Cabrera was worth X." And I've scaled that number directly to batting average. So when you see that, for example, Pedro Alvarez scored .281 in fantasy value in 2013, you know what it means. Alvarez was good. He wasn't the best, but even with his low batting average and minimal steals, his run production kept his overall fantasy value high.
For hitters, this system isn't even that complicated. A 502-PA threshold is fine for batting-title consideration, but too strict for fantasy contributions, so I took every offensive player with at least 400 plate appearances a year ago, and calculated their average and standard deviations of production (thanks Excel!) at all five standard offensive fantasy categories. From there, it's a simple process of finding out how many SDs above or below the mean a player was in each category and scaling that to the mean batting average.
For example, Joey Votto scored 101 runs last year, while the average 400-PA guy scored 65.7 with a standard deviation of 18.05. That puts Votto slightly less than 2 SDs better than the mean in runs scored. The same number of SDs better than the mean batting average (.266) would give Votto a .324, so his "runs scored batting average" - and yes I have to work on a name for that - would be .324. He scored a .294 in home runs, a .280 in RBI, a .258 in stolen bases, and of course he had a .305 batting average. Since all five categories count the same in fantasy, then, it's as simple as averaging the five contributions, and in fantasy in 2013, Joey Votto was a .292 player.
This system isn't adding anything new to the world of fantasy. Everything that was true of Votto before I told you that number is true now. Just like WAR, the Fantasy Average (better name?) is little but a sorting tool. But it's one that should give a number to the varying forms fantasy contributions take.
So, again, would you rather have Andrus or Trumbo? My complete guess is that the majority would take Trumbo and his power and his RBI last year over Andrus and his speed and batting average. And in the end, they were very close. But according to Fantasy Average, Andrus contributed a .287 in 2013, while Trumbo was a .286. A minuscule difference to be sure, but if Trumbo would have been the overwhelming favorite, as I guess, then even a tiny win for Andrus is significant.
(***Like I said, I did this for every hitter with 400+ plate appearances in 2013. It was a simple, solid threshold. Yes, a .300 batting average in 600 plate appearances is more valuable than the same in 400. Ultimately, though, those contributions are similar enough as to be rendered comparable. The problem I've run into with my Fantasy Average, though, is the other side of the ball. I could not figure out how best to factor pitchers into this little game. If I set the minimum at, say, 130 innings, then I'm eliminating all relievers, and that's worthless. But if I make it 40, I'll be scaling a 40-inning ERA against a 220-inning, and those simply aren't comparable. If you have a suggestion for how to apply Fantasy Average to pitchers, toss them in the comments; I'm all ears.***)
((Or just tell me this whole system is dumb. It could be. But I find it interesting.))
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PlayStation is 'poison', claims Venezuela's President
The President of Venezuela has once again voiced his dislike of violent videogames, damning the Sony PlayStation as "poison". During his latest Alo Presidente broadcast interview, Hugo Chavez said: "Those games they call PlayStation are poison. Some games teach you to kill." Chavez has form here, previously attacking the likes …
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Handling a weapon in real life is a lot different then handling one in a game.
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I'd like to preface this post by saying that I'm not a great writer, I have a lot of thoughts that sound great in my head, and when I go to put my thoughts in print it comes out sounding stupid. I don't follow what other teams do, or have in there minor league system, so this trade may not even come close to working....it's a speculation thread.
I've been hearing rumors that the Brewers could potentially be in a complete rebuild phase after losing Sabathia, and more than likely losing Sheets. This trade scenario is dependant on the Brewers being in rebuild mode. If they are not, than this trade will not work.
I've thought the A's could make a trade with the Brewers to acquire J.J. Hardy, I think if we offer a package of Barton, Crosby, Simmons, and 1 to 2 mid level prospects it's enough to (or at least get in serious talks) pull Hardy out of Milwaukie. But than I thought the Brewers aren't going to make that trade with Prince still on there roster, so....there needs to be a 3rd team involved to make this work. I've contemplated, what potential team and players could get involved in this trade to make it work, I've given this a lot of thought. Than in the shower this morning it hit me.....
Now I don't know much about the Red Sox farm system, so this may not work, but if Boston has the right # of prospects available this just might work. Milwaukie and Boston work a deal that sends Prince to Boston for a boat load of prospects, and than Boston sends Youk to Oakland. I think we would need to send a few prospects Boston's way to make this complete, but I'd be willing to deal anyone in our farm system not named Cahill or Anderson to acquire Hardy and Youk.
This deal works for all teams;
Boston; The Red Sox acquire a big time 1B to get back at the Yanks for signing Tex. Mike Lowell is happy to have his starting 3B job back in Boston. Not to mention a few of Oaklands prospects to finalize the deal.
Milwaukie: They get a 1 year SS to fill the gap until there young prospects are ready to go. They acquire a very young and talented 1B to replace the departed Prince. They acquire Simmons and whatever other pitching prospects to re load there pitching staff for the future. If they are rebuilding, I think it's a no brainer for Milwaukie.
Oakland; We get the SS we so desperately need. We get BB's holy grail in Youk, who can play 1B and 3B. We take the money we didn't spend on Furcal, RJ, and Dunn/Burrel/Giambi/etc/etc and put it in a piggy bank and than throw it all at Matt Hoilday at the end of the season to try to get him locked up long term.
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Langkawi's Kompleks Kraf (Craft Complex)
If you're looking for a bit of Langkawi and Malaysian culture, Kompleks Kraf (Craft Complex) on the remote north side of Langkawi should fit the bill with its collection of small museums.
The complex is a sprawling group of uniquely designed buildings set in well-landscaped grounds overlooking the Andaman Sea. Upon entering the main reception hall your senses are piqued by the vast diversity of colours and textures incorporated into a series of vignettes depicting Malay culture from the 13 states. It may be a bit overwhelming at first, but the free complex brochure written in both Malay and English is quite informative. For those who'd like a more in depth perspective, free guided tours are available as well; just ask at the desk and they'll arrange, or save some time and call ahead (number below).
The Heritage Museum is a doorway to Malaysia's past history in musical instruments, shadow puppetry, woodcraft and local village life. The eye-opening walk-through of Malaysia's past is done through dioramas and displays of artefacts that express the country's own craftsmanship and art.
The Culture and Marriage Museum may sound strange but it highlights Malay, Chinese and Indian marriage and ceremonial traditions. The diversity of fashion and ceremony are impressive and it'll give you a glimpse of traditions that are still practised in multicultural Malaysia today.
Less complicated to absorb is the batik studio's on-site works in progress. Workshops showcase some of the basic methods of making batik fabrics, where you too can give it a go for a small fee. From handpainted batik to wood and metal block printing, the variety of designs are astonishing.
Additional crafts being created at the complex are traditional rice paper, marble carving, bead embroidery, weaving and woven rattan products. And of course, all is for sale. There's also a glass blowing studio on the 32-acre complex's premises. Faizy Crystal Glass Blowing Studio demonstrates traditional glass blowing techniques used by Malaysian artisans in the making of vases or intricate glass flowers.
For those who like to shop, there's everything from traditionally woven baskets and marble bowls to handpainted high-top tennis shoes. And don't forget the batik! Although there seems to be plenty of purchase-able batik products strategically placed throughout the complex, there's also a particular batik 'boutique' area. In addition to traditional Malay wear, they have quite a selection of trendy flashpacker type clothing, resort wear and kids clothing.
The Kompleks Kraf is about 25 minutes from Kuah and Pantai Cenang. It's open from 10:00 until 18:00 daily and admission is free. It should be noted that the batik and glass-blowing workshops are closed Fridays.
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The Trans-Siberian Express on the all-ensuite Golden Eagle is THE biggest train ride in the world. This train has made a huge push to offer true luxury with an Imperial Suite, with butler service, as well as Gold and Silver Class accommodations, all with en-suite bathroom. The train also has two dining cars and a lounge car. It plies the famous Trans-Siberian route between Moscow and Vladivostok, as well as making special tours of the Silk Road, Russia's Arctic and the Crimea.
New for 2014: The train's "Freedom of Choice" touring continues its expansion to include hiking around Lake Baikal, cooking classes in Irkutsk and walking tours of Yekaterinburg.
Freedom of Choice touring appeals to two types: travelers who, for example, have already been to Moscow and don't want to tour the Kremlin for a second time; and people who'd simply like a range of activities from which to choose.
Your off-train excursions still take in all the major attractions but, in featured locations, you'll be presented with a list of options. Please note that certain options may be subject to variations dependent on finalized train timings and local weather conditions.
Two Imperial Suites will continue to be available on all Golden Eagle departures. This type of compartment, the most spacious at 120 square feet, has been a huge success for luxury travelers. It offers a fixed king-sized bed, a dedicated dressing table and lounge area. All passengers will enjoy the upgraded service, presence of a quality control manager and improved food and beverage service throughout the Golden Eagle.
Latest News: Click here for owner Owen Hardy's blog on improvements in 2012 on the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express.
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Introduced in 2012, the Imperial Suite measures 120 square feet. It is the most luxurious and spacious compartment on the train. The Suite features a fixed king-sized bed, a dedicated sitting area with dressing table, large en-suite shower, under-floor heating, individual air-conditioning, wardrobe, DVD/CD player, and two large picture windows. Imperial Suite guests will also receive complimentary drinks from the premium bar list, included laundry service, and room upgrades to the next available category at selected hotels per the trip itinerary. There is a dedicated butler, and In-cabin dining is available to Imperial Suite guests.
Gold Class
Gold Class compartments measure 77 square feet and have five compartments per car. These feature underfloor heating, DVD/CD player, audio system, individual air conditioning, recessed lighting and wardrobe space. Showers in Gold Class bathrooms are large (for a train) and have a curved, sliding glass door. The lower bed is double-bed width; the upper bed is a twin. Both are among the most comfortable beds we have enjoyed on a train. They fold up into comfortable seating during the day. We loved our wake-up coffee, flowers and gift of vodka in our room.
Silver Class
Silver Class cars have six compartments each. Features include DVD/CD player, audio system, individual air conditioning, recessed lighting and wardrobe. There is a small double bed lower berth and upper twin-sized berth. The Silver Class shower occupies the same space as the sink and toilet; to take a shower, the passenger draws a curtain around him- or herself. It sounds claustrophobic -- but it is not, in our experienced opinion. Each compartment is 60 square feet.
The two 64-seat, sumptuously-appointed restaurant cars were renovated in 2012, with extra space and a new, central buffet. The "Gold" diner is decorated with a surfeit of brass, elaborate indirect lighting, gleaming wood and glowing overhead lights. The "White" diner is arrayed in shades of white and cream. Highlighted with gold medallions, mirrors and intricate carvings, it's like a rococo wedding cake on wheels.Travelers can choose to sit wherever they like in either car.
The positions of maitre d' and executive chef have been added to improve communication and on-board service and food. New china and crystal have been introduced in the dining room, as have new staff uniforms.
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The ornate bar car is the train's social center. It has no official closing hours, and includes a piano and pianist. Bar drinks are included in Gold (standard bar list) and Imperial Class (premium bar list); drinks are additional for Silver Class passengers.
If the train seems unusually spacious, it is: it's amazing what an extra three-and-a-half inches of track gauge can do to enlarge a passenger compartment. (Russian railways operate on a five-foot gauge, unlike the U.S. and most other countries' four-foot, 8 1/2-inch gauge).
Most trips include one or two dining cars, comfy lounge with bar/piano (and pianist), laundry facilities (and laundress), English train doctor, translator, train/tour manager, day and night staff (who are friendly but speak just a few words of English). Everything is included except bar liquor (which is included for Gold Class and Imperial travelers.) In all, 64 staff members cater to the needs of up to 132 passengers.
Golden Eagle add-on: Begin or end your tour with a side trip to St. Petersburg: To travel all the way to Russia without seeing the city of Peter the Great would be a shame. A convenient and luxurious overnight rail service between Moscow and St. Petersburg is available on the "Alexander Nevsky." We are delighted to arrange this train, additional hotel nights in Moscow and St. Petersburg, transfers and touring. Please inquire.
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The Stanley Parable is an experimental narrative-driven first person game. It is an exploration of choice, freedom, storytelling and reality, all examined through the lens of what it means to play a video game.
You will make a choice that does not matter
You will follow a story that has no end
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...it's actually best if you don't know anything about it before you play it :D
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Will Gold Start to Rise Anytime Soon?
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Despite the highly anticipated decision of the FOMC to start its third quantitative easing program, the price of gold hasn't performed well during recent weeks. The ongoing debt crisis in Europe hasn't helped precious metal prices. There are some concerns regarding the economic progress of China, among the leading countries in importing gold; the recent appreciation of the Indian Rupee may have also pulled back the demand for gold in India, another leading country in importing gold. Despite the recent developments in Europe, China and India, the U.S will continue to be the main factor that could drive the price of gold up. Could the price of gold bounce back or will it further dwindle slowly throughout the rest of the year?
One of the main factors that could have adversely affected the price of gold was the anticlimax that came soon after the FOMC made its decision to launch QE3. There are some who think that QE3 won't have an adverse effect on the value of the USD. After all, despite the launch of QE1 (back in 2008) and QE2 (back in 2010), the value of the USD hasn't crashed against other leading countries' currencies and the U.S inflation sans energy and food hasn't risen above the Federal Reserve's target inflation. According to the recent U.S CPI report the core CPI (excluding energy and food prices) rose by only 2% during the past 12 months. This could be among the reasons to curb the demand for gold as a safe haven against the potential crash of the USD.
Will the Fed Intervene in the Markets Again?
There are some signs of progress in the U.S economy: the U.S non-farm payroll report presented a sharp drop in the unemployment rate and the number of jobs added was also higher than expected. U.S retail sales increased by 1.1% in September, which was also higher than many had expected. This news may have lowered the chances of the FOMC introducing additional stimulus plans in the next FOMC meeting (to be held during October 23-24). Nonetheless, next week's FOMC meeting could affect the price of gold. If the Fed will suggest additional plans to jump-start the U.S economy this could help rally the price of gold. My guess, however, is that the Fed will keep its policy unchanged for now.
Since September 14, following the FOMC decision to launch QE3, not only the price of gold hasn't performed well, but also stocks of gold producers such as Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX) and Royal Gold (NASDAQ: RGLD) haven't done much. The chart below shows the developments of these stocks, the price of gold and the S&P500. As seen, the major gold producers, much like the price of gold, haven't performed well in recent weeks. Further, during October the price of gold declined by 0.8%; SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEMKT: GLD) also fell by 1.1%; shares of Barrick fell by 6.6%; Royal Gold's stock tumbled down by 11.6%.
There is a strong and positive correlation between the changes of the gold producers' stocks and the price of gold: during September and October the linear correlation between Royal Gold and gold was 0.49. This means, that under certain assumptions the changes in the price of gold could explain nearly 25% of the volatility of Royal Gold's stock. During September and October, the linear correlation between Barrick and the price of gold was 0.69. These figures suggest that if gold won't rise, shares of major gold producers won't perform well.
At least, holders of gold producers stocks, as opposed to holders of gold, receive dividends. Currently, Barrick offers a quarterly dividend of $0.20 which is nearly a 2.01% yearly yield; Royal Gold offers a quarterly dividend of $0.15 which is nearly a 0.67% yearly yield.
The ongoing stagnation in the price of gold and by extension gold producers may continue unless the Fed will surprise and introduce an additional stimulus plan. Since the recent U.S reports showed some signs of recovery, they lower the chances of the Fed making another move next week. Therefore, I suspect gold and the major gold producers will remain at their current price range in the weeks to follow.
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Bizarre development: Lone guy in black mask throws bricks at Occupy crowd
Yael Chanoff reports from the scene of the Occupy building takeover with a really strange development:.
Police had put up barricades in front of 888 Turk, and many of the protesters were out of the building, but some were still inside. Then, after the front door was completely sealed, a lone man, his face covered by a black bandana, appeared on the roof. He held a brick in each hand, and after a dramatic pause, hurled one of the bricks into the crowd below. It struck a protester in the face, causing a bloody injury. Paramedics are on the scene.
The brick-thrower kept up the barrage, hitting another protester in the leg, then moved to an adjacent building and began throwing pipes, hitting a police car.
Hundreds of police arrived on the scene; The brick thrower apparently vanished.
The name of the guy who threw the Brick is not secret. His first and last name have been reported in the mainstream media. His first name is Jesse. He has been hanging around the Occupy vigil recently, where he has been notourious for threatening other ocupiers. He is a veteran with mutiple head injuries from police assaults. This is a sad story, He is a person in need of mental health serivces. On one ocasion he actualy asked a member of Occupy to have him comited, so she did, but he was back out the next day.
When you are out in the streets with a little food and a little kindness, all sorts of people will stat hanging around, He needed help, and we gave him a little, but he needed a lot more. He should not have been involved with political actions of this sort, It probably triggered a flashback of his previouse altercations with police. I hope he gets help, gets well, stays well, and stays well away from Occupy in the future.
It does beg the question that if the man was know to be unstable then why was he allowed to go to the roof by himself. Occupy was in control of the building at that point. How about self policing the roof maybe?
I don't doubt that a lot of the trouble we've had in the past 72 hours were done by bad elements exploiting the Occupy movement. But it also should remind Occupy that they don't have all the answers either. It's one thing to point out problems in our society, it is much more difficult to come up with an effective plan to change things. You'll find unexpected things like people throwing rocks and bricks.
BS, what a delightfully well crafted story which absolves any personal or collaborative responsibility from Occupy.
Of course this poor man is damaged from police brutality, of course you all tried to get him help but were utterly unable.
A day after the occupy types wonder through the Mission smashing the property of the 99% it's bizarre that they attract a guy throwing shit off the roof of a building.
Tim's and Yael's lack of any sense of right and wrong parades as a sense of right and wrong so awesome.
it wasn't Tim?
Why didn't the police just shoot him?
on someone who posed an imminent danger to others, good point.
But I suspect they didn't want to hand Occupy a martyr. Had he been shot dead then Occupy, instead of claiming (yet again) that it was an interloper (or even an FBI provocateur) would instead have held him up as a peoples' hero brutally murdered by the cops.
So the cops judiciously held back and in fact the only person this Occupier hurt was another Occupier. Just like with the Oakland Occupy murder, in fact. The movement, having had its 15 minutes of fame, is now self-destructing.
About as bizarre as not showering causes body odor...
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About a week back my Mcafee expired. I recieved a virus almost immidiatly. My computer palyed random music, voice notes, commericals, just the audio though. I went into the task manager and managed to find the right program and ended that task. I just bought Norton today, and know that I needed to delete Mcafee to install Norton. So I deleted Mcafee and was prompted to restart my system. After restart a blue screen came up and my computer would not start. It restarted, i logged into my user name, and a few seconds later after everything had loaded it went back to that blue screen and shut off. I've tried to install Norton in every possible way. I tried in safety mode, and all the other options i was given. How can i fix this and run my computer normally, and install Norton?
I understand, that McAfee wasn't deleted successfullt, so it was left .sys files, which needs deleted..Firstly i suggest that
1.Start computer, after BIOS loads, press F8 rapidly-Windows Boot Menu Appears...
2.Locate to "Last known good Configuration" and press enter
3.Then, if it helps, before turning off PC, insert Norton Recovery Disk(Norton Installation disk) and restart...
4.You will see "Boot your computer from CD/DVD..."[click Enter]
5.Update definitions and perform Full System Scan
6.Save log file, delete threats, Eject th disk
7.Then repeat step 1
8. Go to Safe Mode with Networking
9.Go to http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Uninstallers/Mc
[If you cannot start it in safe mode do step 10 in Normal Mode]
11.Restart computer in Normal mode
12.[Now lets prepare a clean machine]: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php Update a definitions, Run a full system scan
13.Remove threats (most possible you have Trojan.General or Rootkit)
14.Restart PC
15.Now install Norton IS/AV/GAV 2009
The Norton installer (any installer using the MSI installer) can't run in Safe Mode, they need services which don't run is SM.
If you have troubles with it, log-in to safe mode, and open the msconfig panel, and do these steps. It will load only the MS things without anything (special driver's exe (like wifi) sometimes need to be run manually after the boot), and you can run any cleaning program, and symantec setup as well.
Windows 8.1 Embedded Industry Pro x64 Hungarian, Norton 360 v18.104.22.168
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The problem may be due to the virus which is still present in your computer. The same can also happen if you have some left-over components from Mcafee program. You may have to check both now in order to install Norton 2009 program.
I would suggest you to try the Norton Recovery Tool for NIS 2009 first to remove the virus from your computer. Click this LINK for the Symantec Support Article which has instructions for downloading and using the Norton recovery tool.
To remove Mcafee completely from your computer, you may need to use the Mcafee Removal tool. Check the instructions provided in the McAfee Support Article in this LINK.
If you still get blue screen, you need to get the information that the error message gives you. The structure of the error message includes two or more of the following items:
This will help to find out the exact reason for the blue screen in your computer
12-16-2008 08:02 AM - edited 12-16-2008 08:03 AM
What version of Windows are you running?
What version of what Norton application did you buy? Norton AntiVirus or Internet Security? Did you buy it on disk or download it?
Hi al3k5
A great innovation with NIS09 is that it uses it's own engine to install, therefore bypassing Windows installer and potentially installation blocking malware.
If you are trying to install NIS09, you should be able to do so in Normal and Safe Mode without problems.
As Hugh has asked, exactly which version of NIS are you trying to install?
Wow you guys are REALLY helpful lol. I dont even know where to begin. I'll get back to you as soon as I try all these things. And to answer your questions i am running on XP, i purchased the newest version of Norton Internet Security 09'