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This Saturday, as about 700 of the nation's top crossword solvers gather in the Grand Ballroom of the Brooklyn Marriott for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, there will be an interloper lurking in the back of the room.
The interloper is known as Dr. Fill. Unlike the other assembled crossword experts, Dr. Fill is not human. The Doctor is a crossword-solving program, and will be running on the notebook computer of Matt Ginsberg, a software engineer from Eugene, Ore. When the bell rings and humans start solving the first of seven championship puzzles, Ginsberg will hit "enter" and Dr. Fill will get to work, in an attempt to achieve the highest score in the tournament. (Dr. Fill isn't officially entered, but anyone whose final score is better will get an "I Beat Dr. Fill" button from tournament organizer Will Shortz.)
Our brainy pastimes are falling, one by one, to silicon-based competitors. First there was chess, with Deep Blue beating world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997. Since then, programs have bested humans at poker, and Ginsberg himself has designed software that can beat the world's experts in bridge. Last year, in a highly publicized match, the IBM supercomputer Watson emerged victorious in "Jeopardy!" against all-time champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. But crossword puzzles have always seemed like an impossible hurdle for artificial intelligence, or A.I.; their emphasis on tricky wordplay would seem to make them immune to those without human powers of wit and association.
Still, Ginsberg, who runs a software company called On Time Systems that figures out optimal aircraft routes, was inspired by Watson's success to try to improve automated crossword solving. Ginsberg is a longtime crossword aficionado: As an undergraduate at Wesleyan in 1976, he created an early program to fill grids with words. Over the past few years, he has made more than two dozen puzzles for The New York Times, including one last year coconstructed with the actress Dana Delany.
Ginsberg's not the first computer scientist to tackle the A.I. crossword challenge. In 1999, Michael Littman of Duke University worked with grad students to create Proverb, a program that would have finished 147th out of 255 contestants had it been entered in that year's tournament. Dr. Fill takes advantage of advances in computing power and data-mining to do better. Ginsberg conservatively guesses that Dr. Fill can place in the top 30 or so this year, but when it's good, it's very, very good: In simulations of 15 past tournaments, it came out on top three times.
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Had a nice long reply typed a couple of days ago, and our computers at work froze... let's try again!
Joan - The Fall Festival 10K is a new race, sort of. Until last year there had always been The Old Reliable Run, which included a 5K and 10K. I ran it back in 2006, I think? This year it's been taken over by new management - by two different races. One is the City of Oaks Marathon, which is running a 10K option in conjunction with the full and half on Nov 6th, and claiming that it's the Old Reliable. The other is the Fall Festival, managed by NC Races, who do a lot of smaller races as well as half marathon series. Both claim to have the original Old Reliable. The Fall Festival course is closer to the original downtown course. NC Races do well with smaller races, but have had many hiccups when they attempt half marathons. If your schedule permits, your son may want to consider the 10K with the City of Oaks. I have lots of confidence in the race director for that one! (That was probably much more of an answer than you wanted!)
Amy - Great to "see" you! Looks like you had a fun time at Wine & Dine.
Jeremy - I'd love to have the Coast to Coast medal, but have always been afraid of both the temperature and the course at DL. Now I'm sure!
Debra - We've run so many times this season in the rain that it's beginning to seem like the norm. And some of them have been those "can't get any wetter" ones. Where people driving by have to wonder. I know I would, if I weren't the crazy one out in it!
Pensgirl - DH ran a half in 1:50 doing run/walk. It's definitely possible. He's been training to BQ at MCM, and he needs a 3:30. His original plan was to do intervals, but I think he's decided to run straight through.
I ran the Ramblin' Rose Half last weekend with a bunch of women from my Galloway group. It's the first time I've actually done an entire race with a group, and we had a blast. None of us knew beforehand that the entire course was hills - they never posted an elevation chart - and boy, were we surprised! We expected some, since we know the city, but it was unbelievable. We'd agreed ahead of time to do it as a training run, so we had no real time goal, but we all hoped to come in around 2:45. I finished in 2:47:03, and was thrilled considering how much we slowed down the last couple of miles.
I've been nursing an injured knee ever since my 26 mile run, and I'm getting more than a little anxious about MCM next weekend. I have an appointment with my massage therapist tomorrow, and hope that she can loosen something and offer some relief. Last weekend's hills didn't help, and I probably shouldn't have run, but I had fun, and it's in the past!
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Jackie Hope your knee behaves itself. Sending your way.
Debra Glad you had am awesome run. Those are truly inspiring and just feel so darn good.
So Mel and I are signed up to do the marathon relay and my training is progressing, albeit inconsistently. My body doesn't seem to want to get with the program and pace that I think I should be running. But there are still 11 weeks til race day. It's not a question of finishing the race--I'm sure I can. It's just that it's hard not to PR every race, and this one for sure will be way off. So you'd think I would just "go for the fun of it". Sadly, I haven;t figured that out yet.
Anyway, off to MA for next 2 weeks to see family and help daughter settle in to Boston (she's been in Germany since June) prior to starting her first job. Looking forward to fried clams.
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Jackie- Don't make a final decision on DL based solely on what I said. Although there were problems I had with the race. I made mistakes that made those mistakes worse. The biggest one being starting too far forward. In my first 2 big half marathons, I started near the back. Starting in the back would have been the wrong place and starting where I did would have been wrong. By starting too far forward, I went out too fast. It wasn't an extreme amount but it was enough. My first 5K was my fastest 5K. There is definately a weather risk in the DL half. The question comes down to what way the wind blows. The day of the half was a transition day. The weather the week before the weather would have been ideal. The week after when I was there it was hovering near 100. Know what I know now, I would have trained and done the race differently, but I still would have done the race.
Maura - Hope you can get "in the groove" with your training.
Pensgirl - There are some fast Galloway runners. Jeff Publishes a book on Boston Qualifying using his method.
My training has been going in the other direction. I've been doing 2 days running without walk breaks and a longer day doing run/walk. Monday I ran 3.1 miles plus a half mile warmup and cool down. Yesterday, I ran 2 on the treadmill. I'm planning on doing my longer run tomorrow.
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Debra - http://www.albanymarathon.com/ Snickers's half marathon. It's the weekend after Princess so DW & I won't be doing it, but it looks like fun.
momof3lovebugs, pensgirl10 I know I'm a little late to this conversation, but I'm going to jump in anyway to say that you should seriously consider the Galloway plan. DW and I started with the "You have to run the whole thing to be a runner" mindset. We were also not taking cutback weeks in our training and ended up very overtrained.
We ran a local half together running last labor day at 2:24.
4 weeks later we ran W&D with walk breaks at 2:27. Not really serious, only 1 min walk every mile marker.
By Princess we had bought into Galloway more. 5 min walk 30 sec run and had a 2:12.
In April I did a half using a 4:30 run , 30 sec walk at 1:53.
Next race I think we are going to even shorter run.
Jackie Consider posting your MCM number so we can follow you.
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Mike - My bib # is 24868. For those of you who're friends with me on FB, my updates will appear automatically. Gotta love technology!
And I'll go ahead and say it publicly: my goal is 5:30, but I'm hoping to do most, if not all, of the race with a friend from my Galloway group, so I'm potentially willing to alter my time depending on how she's doing. I may leave her if I'm feeling strong, or I may choose to stay with her if I feel like company is more important. Last year's MCM was really, really tough for me, and the feeling of being alone on the course was a big part of that. So it's out there. And you can all know whether or not it happens!
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should i still run?
So, I haven't posted or even been on the board much in the last month because I've been so frustrated. After I ran a half-marathon trail race last month, my feet just wouldn't heal (there was some history of injury before the race). So, the sports med doc finally sent me for a bone scan - a stress fracture in both. So, I'm sidelined for another 3 weeks. The doc didn't rule out me racing in January (I'm registered for the Goofy), but said I should keep cross training and adjust my expectations for the race. I can try running for the first time one day before the deferral deadline - not much to base a decision on. Then I have 8 weeks to build up some mileage and taper off. I really want to do this race mostly because my husband is running the marathon and I want to be there with him. What do you think? Am I crazy? Well, I know I'm crazy about running. But am I foolish? I should have a good cardio and strength base when I start running again. But what is the shortest time any of you had to build up mileage when training for a marathon?
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Another week, more runs...
Maura Hope your Boston trip/work is going well. Great your daughter has a job. My DD graduated in May and also found a job! I assume your daughter is a hard worker and go getter like mine. Hope you can let your competitive side go and have fun at the marathon relay. Maybe set another goal, like how many photo ops with characters or something like that.
JackieThanks for the race info...not what I wanted to hear. Was hoping you would have great things to say about the Nov. 13 race. It starts at 1pm, better time for my college boy, than 7am., and he has to travel from Buies Creek (south of Raleigh), and the milage fits his training plan. Good luck in your race!
halvnorskHope your foot gets better soon. No words of wisdom from me, but hope you do what's best for your health.
Mike So for that half you did in under 2 hours, great! I'd love to do a sub 2 hour half. You ran for 4:30 min. at what pace and walked for :30 at what pace?
Jeremy You just continue to make great progress. So when are you running the full? You should do one.
If I've forgotten some one, I apologize. It's hard to scroll, down and make sure I give props to all...so to everyone, keep on running/walking it is so good for us.
AFM I had a short long run of 8 miles this week and had a goal of 9:40 miles. Probably not good, but I came in at 9:20 miles and kept telling myself to slow down during the run and felt I could have gone longer when I was done with 8. I'm not a clock watcher when I run as the only number I can read on my device is distance, so I never know how it went till I plug in and see the numbers once home. All my weekly workouts are great. New territory on Monday, 17 miles.
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Races begin at 4 and 5:30 which already feels weird but we live on Eastern Standard Time so it will feel like I'm starting at 7 pm.
We should have gone to Disney!
In better news, I went ahead and signed up my high school senior for the half. It was a tough decision because I am meeting up with single friends at least once and having her there will keep us out of the casinos and clubs. I don't actually do any of those things anyway LOL but want to be flexible for my friends. Also, she will be alone after the marathon starts and again after her race ends.
Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit. ~ George Sheehan
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I received some advice recently along these lines - in the first half of the race, ask yourself "Am I going slow enough?" and in the second half of the race, ask yourself "Am I going fast enough?" That's complicated a bit when "slow enough" has to be faster than 2:15 - but I would pick a pace just faster than that (say a 2:12 half for a buffer) and try to practice hitting it on a couple of short or medium runs.
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Thanks Sarah, I'm feeling a little calmer now. I posted awhile back that I was thinking about hooking up with a pace group. I decided against it but am now thinking it might be a smart move, at least for the first half.
I have been butting heads with my daughter over her estimated time of finish. I wanted to put 2:00 and she was all offended. LOL
Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit. ~ George Sheehan
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I'm new to the Wish Boards and would love to get more involved.
Just a bit about me...I'm hoping to run WDW marathon in January, 2013. I have run 3 half- marathons, including DL in 2009. I'm turning 40 at the end of 2012 and I keep thinking this would be a great accomplishment in honor of my big birthday. I'm a mother of two boys (ages 4 and 6) and work full time so I need to set realistic goals for myself. I haven't run in about a year and just started again a few weeks ago. I'm currently building up a base and I'm hoping to run a half the end of April 2012 and maybe another one in the fall. I'm also thinking of trying out Jeff Galloway's program. Like so many others, my mindset has always been that walking a {half} marathon is a copout. But, after reading so many reviews of his plan, maybe there is just something to it.
Anyway, just wanted to say hi and join your thread.
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Hi all
Jackie - Good luck on the Marathon.
Cami - Sorry to hear about the stress fractures. I'm not sure if I'd try for the Goofy this year.
Joan - Nice job on the short long run.
Pengirl10 - I agree that sticking around a pace group for the first 13.1 miles to make sure you're not going too fast or too slow sounds like a good idea.
Andrea - In addition to Galloway's plans you may want to look into Bingham/Hadfields "Marathoning for Mortals" plans. Their plans feature shorter long runs and longer midweek runs than Jeff's plans.
Right now, the idea of a full marathon is being tossed around in my head. I'd like to improve my speed at least a little bit more before trying a full. In training for DL, I did a 15 mile training run to test out a longer run. I finished at a decent pace but it just didn't go well for some reason. I know if I would get into Marathon training my paces would get even more relaxed. Galloway recommended a 14:00 mile for half marathon long runs and a 15:00 mile for the marathon so that would change things. Right now, I'm thinking about next fall for my first full marathon. At one time I had thought about 2013 WDW, but I'm not sure the budget is going to allow that
Saturday I did 6 miles 5 of which was run 2/walk 1. That's a more aggressive ratio than I normally do for a longer run but it went fairly well. That's roughly been my plan so far is after a half marathon, cut back on the overall mileage but increase the portion of it running. Monday and Wednesday I went out and run 3 miles again some walking added to the beginning and end.
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I know every person is different, but I had a question for the experienced run/walk crew out there. I've toyed with the run/walk run on the treadmill some for really long runs, but this weekend I'm hitting the road. The longest continuous run I've ever done was 8.5 miles. I've done 11+ miles running 5 and walking 1 (averaging about 10mm). I'd like to keep my times around that 10mm mark.
Is it too much to expect to do 10-12 miles this weekend at that pace during my first attempt on the road. I'd really like to get that much mileage in (if possible). Should I possibly increase my walking time to accomodate or should I just try it and see how I do?
I'm thinking of not hurting myself as much as I'm thinking of distance.
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Anyway, the shorter answer is just try it. Be prepared to increase the walk intervals if you feel you need to, but don't stress too much either way! And have fun!
Cami - As much as I want to say go ahead and do Goofy, 8 weeks is really pushing it. I just looked at my log for 2010 - I had a hip injury and had to take 2 months off during the summer. I did my first run of 4 miles on August 24, and I ran a marathon on October 31. My longest run was 17.5 miles, but I increased the mileage so quickly to get up to speed that I ended up with really severe plantar fasciitis that I've only recently overcome. The half might be doable for you, but both? That scares me!
Joan - Sorry. Wish I could have offered more positive input on the race, but since it's their first time running this particular race... I'm sure it will be fine, and I certainly understand about the 1:00 start being a better fit! I just have to help promote the City of Oaks, since my Galloway director is also the race director! I'm now a course monitor - 7 hour shift. Ugh.
Andrea - You are definitely in the right place. There's lots of motivation and many, many answers. (Maybe more than you actually want!) Your goal is definitely attainable. And as a 5-year member of a Galloway program, I'm a firm believer in the program. You can walk as much or as little as you like, but the walk breaks give you a chance to recover and decrease your chance of injury. (Yeah, I know, I could like an ad!)
Jeremy - I'd keep tossing that marathon idea around. But you don't have to rush! Disney's a great one, but there are plenty of others that are almost as much fun. I haven't done the Flying Pig yet, but I hear really good things!
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|Wed, 11-10-2010 - 9:49am
have you seen the latest tv commercial? The Snuggie Macarena http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN_Ml4PKdVU
|Wed, 11-10-2010 - 11:56am
I think it's kinda cute - I don't know that I'd wear it outside the house, but hey, it's way more covered than a lot of clothes the kids are wearing these days, so if it's clean, why not for them on campus!?
|Wed, 11-10-2010 - 3:55pm
I'm sorry but IMO (and I did see this adverstised on TV) I cannot imagine ANY college student wearing this thing where others would see him/her! I know when my DS was in college there was no way he'd want something like this!
|Wed, 11-10-2010 - 7:55pm
My DS bought me a snuggie for Christmas last year--it really cracked me up since I"m always cold & I would sit on the couch watching TV w/ a blanket anyway.
|Thu, 11-11-2010 - 3:56pm
Oh dear. I am sitting her cracking up but it really does make more sense than a snuggie. I mean, it's just like those footie pj's right? Or a sweat suit, but one piece?
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Jim DeMint: Obama Is Self-Destructing
Friday, October 15, 2010 06:56 PM
By: Ronald Kessler
President Barack Obama is "self-destructing" and probably will not be
re-elected, Sen. Jim DeMint tells Newsmax.
The South Carolina Republican cites the out-of-control spending and the
fact that the stimulus bill did not keep unemployment below 8 percent, as
the White House said it would if passed.
"I don't think Obama will get re-elected," DeMint says. "He appears to be
self-destructing right now in the sense that when the pressure is really
on to do something, he's not able to organize or coordinate the effort to
actually sustain any action," DeMint says.
"Unfortunately, we can't trust what he says anymore, and I don't think
that the American people are going to begin to trust him more and more as
we get towards the elections, even if the economy improves," DeMint says.
DeMint is chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, which includes the
majority of Republican senators and works to advance conservative
legislation. Through his Senate Conservatives Fund, DeMint, 59, has become
a political powerhouse, throwing coveted support early on to rock-solid
conservatives not well known outside the Beltway and not the darlings of
the Republican establishment.
Explaining how he came to take on his own party, DeMint says that, when he
was a congressman, Republicans were the majority in Congress, and George
W. Bush was in the White House.
Back then, he thought Republicans "could do the things that I came to do,
and that was fix the tax code and change Social Security from a dependency
program to a wealth-creating program where we really saved the money and
fix our healthcare system," DeMint says. "A lot of my work was in
healthcare, and with a goal of having every American on a policy that they
can afford and keep."
But, DeMint says, he was "disappointed relatively quickly when I found out
that a lot of my Republican colleagues had settled in from the '94
revolution and were no longer trying to reform the system. They were just
trying to stay in power."
In spite of out-of-control spending and deficits that plague the country
today, "you got a lot of people here in the House and in the Senate who
just don't get it, and so even some of my Republican colleagues have
resisted any change, and I don't really call it conservative or liberal,"
DeMint says. "This is about counting. It's about accounting. It's about
numbers. I mean we cannot live beyond our means year after year and keep
expanding our debt and expect to survive as a nation."
DeMint notes that he is now in his 12th year in Congress.
"I was a team player, and I listened to my leadership, and I saw that they
run this party into the ground," DeMint says. "I mean after a disastrous
2006 election, where we lost the majority in both Houses, there weren't
any changes. I couldn't believe it."
DeMint decided he would no longer be Mr. Nice Guy.
"The only way to change this place is to change the people that are here,
and that's what I'm trying to do," he says. "It's not that I don't love
these people. A lot of them are my good friends, but they don't believe in
constitutional limited government, and they are not ready to give up their
parochial earmarks, and Americans aren't going to buy that anymore."
Now Americans are saying enough is enough.
"They have taken it to the streets," DeMint says. "For every one person
that goes out to a tea party, I think there are a thousand at home who
feel the same way but just don't have the time between work and soccer
games to go out and be a part of the political process, but what I'm
seeing is thousands of people who have never really been involved in
politics who are ready to throw the bums out and take back their country,
and those are the people that I am working for."
DeMint believes Republicans will retake the House and will add at least
eight members to the Senate. If that happens, he says, they will repeal
the healthcare bill.
"I've got to believe we can [repeal it], because if we give up on
repealing the healthcare bill, I think we're giving up on our country,"
DeMint says. "I really believe this will destroy our healthcare system. I
think it will bankrupt our country. It will put us on a course of just
more and more spending where the government messes it up."
Looking ahead to the 2012 presidential election, "I would like to see a
Republican candidate who has the courage to tell Americans the hard truths
right now, that we can't make more federal promises," DeMint says. "We
have to tell people that the federal government has to do less and not
more. We have to figure out how to focus on priorities and turn the rest
over to the states and communities and families and stop trying to do
everything from Washington."
Ronald Kessler is chief Washington correspondent of Newsmax.com. View his
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Hellcats Review: "Woke Up Dead"by Courtney Morrison at . Comments
Oh Hellcats, it is good to have you back; even if it means you are dressed up as zombies.
Hellcats returned from a six week hiatus with "Woke Up Dead". The latest installment featured some development in Marti's understanding of her father, Alice being mischievous, and of course, Dan's zombie flick. Let's dig in.
Marti & Her Family Drama. Turns out that Marti's dad, Rex, didn't die like Wanda had said he did. I can't say I blame Wanda for what she did; she was trying to protect her daughter from a dangerous situation. It's not her fault Rex never came back home.
Dan + Hellcats = Movie Mayhem. With the squad helping out Dan on his horror film, they managed to surprise with something that wasn't completely horrible. I definitely had reservations about this episode, thinking that it was going to be based on their time filming. I am so glad it wasn't. Kudos to the makeup department for making Dan's zombie squad come to life.Alice The Investigator. So now Alice is being even more shady to help the reporter get stories. Although this plot could eventually become interesting, she deserves a better arc than this.
Best Part of the Night! Initially, I was with many of you readers in hoping that Marti and Dan would become a couple. Clearly, this isn't going to happen anytime soon. Instead we get Dan and Marti as best friends, and that is perfectly ok with me. These two are the new Lucas and Haley and it is genuine and awesome. Marti crying into Dan's arms about her dead beat dad tugged on my heart strings in just the right way.
I want to really like this show. it has everything a good CW guilty pleasure has - intertwined relationships, family drama, and beautiful, young people. The early episodes managed to stumble into a satisfying series that was light hearted fun, but now they are approaching the heavy issues. Hopefully the writers are able to find a balance between the serious drama and the cheery fun we have been having.
Side notes...
- AJ Michalka made another appearance as Deirdre. What role is she going to play in the search for her real life sister's dad? Seemed a little shady to me.
- We are now in the backend of episodes for the freshman series. Let's hope they bring some drama and cheerleading action to gear up for Nationals.
- Need more Red & Vanessa. Period.
- Dan's movie...a little absurd, but hey, it is the CW.
What did you think, TV Fanatics? Did you enjoy the series first installment back from hiatus? What is in store for our favorite cheerleaders. Sound off below.
Any episode that doesn't have Red and Vanessa is lacking. They need to be put into the episodes ALOT more.
ok so hellcats really came bak wit a bang..dis episode was so good...the horror film was fantastic and hilarious and i was surprised they showed us the whole thing
I don't think this episode really did much to develop storylines but the zombie flick made it fun to watch.
I found this ep a little on the boring side to be honest. But I will still keep watching!
I don't want Marti and Dan to get together it would be to much of a cliche. Girl falls for guy, guy falls for girl's best friend, guy realizes his in love with girl and we get a happy ending. BORING! Happens all the time! I'm happy with them being friends and Dan being with Savannah.
i Love This Show and i will Love a Second Season cause is My Favorite Show EVER
Wasn't the best ep of the season but I agree : Dan & MArti as bff are really awesome!
It's really too bad this show is destined for cancellation because I really like it, although this was probably one of my least favorite episodes. This show had promise, but hasn't really been executed well - Alice as an investigative reporter? That came out of left field so there's no audience investment. The fact that they didn't touch on the possibility the last time that reporter was in town tells me the writers are coming up with stories on a whim, rather than true character development. I will give props to Tom Welling for his first shot at producing though. Although it's ultimately going to be cancelled after it's first season, it was a good first outing for him as producer and I wish him all the best in his future developments (which I will also watch!)
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A-Power Energy Generation Systems (NASDAQOTH:APWR)
The company provides distributed power generation systems and micro power grids for industrial companies, and manufactures wind turbines.
I can't imagine how this shadow company can last much longer off the OTC market. You don't have to look far to find bad recent examples of suspect Chinese companies, SDTH is a perfect example. They highlight what's so horribly wrong with many small Chinese companies. Transparency is nonexistent and management cares little about anyone but themselves. Expect suits to be filed soon against APWR.
I understand your caution with chinese stocks, but I'm wondering if people of this pedigree are in the habit of running shadow companies. Financials may not be reported correctly, but I doubt this is a paper company. One of the members was a former GE employee, hence the connection with the GE deal.
This is out of the box thinking, but I would think it's hard to fake credentials like this, or someone would have called them out.
This company is not a fraud. They may have misrepresented themselves, but they aren't a "pretend" shell company with 15 employees simulating a real company.
After they get their numbers right, I think at this price they are worth a look.
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Listed below is the senior management team at A-Power Energy. To view members of the Board of Directors and various committees, please visit our Corporate Governance section.
Mr. Jinxiang Lu – Chairman & CEO
•Founded A-Power in 2003
•Masters degree from Harbin Science and Technology University with concentration on power plants and grid network design
•Over 30 years of experience in developing power generation systems and power grids in China
Mr. John S. Lin - Director & COO
•Joined as a Director in January 2008 and Chief Operating Officer (COO) in May 2009
•Previously 20 years of experience in investment banking
•MBA from University of Management and Technology and EMBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business
•Researcher of Public Economy Academy of Peking University
Mr. Peter Mak
•Joined in May 2009; formerly CFO of AmEx-listed New Dragon (NWD)
•Former managing partner of Arthur Andersen
•HK Polytech accounting degree; HK & UK certified CPA; chair of audit committee for three US-listed companies
Mr. Yunbo Wang – VP of Wind Energy
•Previously served in managerial positions for both state-owned and privately-held energy companies
•Joined A-Power in 2005 with over 25 years of experience in the power industry
Mr. Engang Wang - VP of Distributed Power Generation
•Joined A-Power in 2003 as Deputy Vice President of GaoKe Design Institute
•Oversees the design and engineering of distributed power generation systems
•Over 10 years of power industry experience
Mr. Kam F. Cheung- VP of International Division
•Joined A-Power in 2010 with over 20 years of experience in business development, corporate finance, portfolio management and securities underwriting within the energy industry
•Previously managing director at GE Energy Financial Services
•Received MBA and BA in Industrial Engineering from Cornell University
Dr. Morris Li- VP of Solar Research & Development
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ZTE Grand X LTE unveiled: Snapdragon S4 on board
The ZTE Grand X LTE just broke cover and it's the Chinese company's first single-chip LTE smartphone, powered by dual-core Snapdragon S4 silicon. ZTE is keeping us waiting for technicalities like the screen size and resolution, but what we do know is that the phone runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (thank, God), and packs a 1.5GHz Qualcomm MSM8960 chip.
So far, the handset is set to arrive only in Pacific Asia and Europe, but not the United States.
Here is a breakdown of the ZTE Grand X LTE specs:
- Android 4.0
- 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 chip
- 8 megapixel rear camera, 720p HD front facing camera
- 1900mAh battery.
What we do like about the handset is the buttonless design that makes it look like say the Galaxy Nexus. In terms of appearance, the usual amalgamation of a plastic back and a screen-dominated front won't surprise, and for some this will be good.
The ZTE Grand X LTE release date is set for Q3 2012 for Pacific Asia and Europe. Now, is it grand enough for you to get it? You answer this question in the comments below.
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1. Atrixboyyy (Posts: 267; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)
Lots of unused bezel space on this bad boy...
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2. Chronos (Posts: 258; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
That was the first thought that came to mind.
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3. ibap (Posts: 711; Member since: 09 Sep 2009)
ZTE? The company with the embedded spyware? And why is there no SAR info on any of these?
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Police continue to investigate a tragic accident that killed an 8-year-old boy riding his bike in Skokie.
Child Killed In Chain-Reaction Crash In Skokie
A young boy on a bicycle was run over and killed in north suburban Skokie Monday evening in what authorities call a chain-reaction accident.
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A Chicago worker who rammed his pickup into a crowd at a Gold Coast intersection pleaded guilty to drunken-driving charges on Friday.
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By the time thousands of political scientists departed Chicago on Sunday, there had been ample and at times stultifying talk of parameter stability, balancing datasets, quantifying behavioral outcomes, contextual cues and spatial variants.
Thankfully, there was also mention of Barack Obama, the debatable impact of the Internet on youth voting, a claimed link between James Bond and "Don't ask, don't tell," and, yes, the potentially revolutionary political role of fried chicken.
Current research suggests that the U.S. voters who are the most knowledgeable and most ignorant are Republicans.
In a political universe given to hyperventilating over the electorate's supposed mood and trends, consultants and Washington cable television pundits might note how David Myatt of England's esteemed University of Oxford summarized a most curious experiment by a young American professor from Utah. "'We gave fried chicken to go and vote, and they voted.' I like that!" he said. "Nice and simple."
At the tail end of a panel titled, "Voting Costs and Incentives," Myatt joined Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in an intellectual's counterpart to ESPN post-game analysis; serving as "discussants" and offering generous counsel to three aspiring academics who had just summarized separate research on why we vote, don't vote or just might be lured to vote more often.
Damon M. Cann of Utah State University detailed how he knocked on doors in River Heights, Utah, and to one group made a distinctly rhetorical plea to vote in an upcoming election, for the sake of democracy. To another group, he randomly offered discount coupons for fried chicken, French fries, a Mexican meal and rock climbing if they went to the polls. If later inspection of the rolls confirmed you had indeed voted, you'd got a coupon for, in the case of the fried chicken, two buckets worth at KFC.
Cann's initial numbers crunching determined that oral persuasion hiked turnout by four percent but blatant economic lures jacked it up a further nine percent. As panel moderator Brian Gaines of the University of Illinois suggested to me later, Cann's gambit would probably be illegal if offered as a swap for backing a specific candidate. But the yet-to-be-published work may prove a provocative addition to an explosion of studies on voting, Gaines said, especially given what tend to be dismal U.S turnouts compared to other industrialized nations.
The panel and papers were among hundreds at the annual four-day gathering of the Midwest Political Science Association. With more than 4,500 attendees from around the world, including young Ph.D.'s and doctoral students desperately networking and seeking work, its offerings were largely unsuited for those preferring political wisdom in sound bites and with scant equivocation. They included:
"A Theory of Leadership Selection in Small Groups: With Evidence from Ugandan Farmer Associations," "Friend or Foe: Muslim Immigrants and Left Political Parties in Western Europe," "The Impact of 2008 Presidential Campaign Media on Latinos: A Study of Nevada and Arizona Latino Voters," "Aristotle and Lincoln on the Limits of Law and Political Statesmanship: Book V of the Nicomachean Ethics," "Montesquieu's Athens: Ancient Commercial Republic at War," and "The Balance of Power Theory and a Missing Condition: The Function of Coordination in the Case of the Alliances That Successfully Prevented Hegemony in the Post-1492 European States-System."
I could also now disclose all about a befuddling analysis of a single Turkish newspaper's yearly accounts of a single Turkish holiday, replete with coding 39 variables into the dissection of each story. But the young academic was very earnest, it was late in the day and, well, she seemed quite appreciative of the diplomatically-articulated suggestions from the session's insightful discussant via Vanderbilt University. Most journalists would be lucky to have such high-quality instant editing.
For those more at ease with a Matthewsean, "Hardball" approach to politics -- including me, an occasional cable contributor -- there were accessible dissections of Obama, the Internet and Agent 007. And it generated no shortage of Ivory Tower bashing of Republicans and the Fox News Channel for alleged intellectual dishonesty; surely likely to confirm Republicans' and the Fox News Channel's doubts about academe's ideological thrust if the full extent of the bashing went public.
(Indeed, one prominent political scientist offered this tidbit during a hallway chat, as long as I didn't identify him: his current research tentatively suggests that the slices of U.S. voters who are both the most knowledgeable and most ignorant about the political system are both Republicans; tying it all to their media consumption patterns.)
Obama's first two years were analyzed with aplomb by a panel of five which has just completed a book on the same topic. Reaching for a New Deal is supported by the Russell Sage foundation, a bastion of research in the social sciences and due out in August. It inspects Obama's initial legacy when it comes to health care reform, higher education, financial reform, labor law changes, immigration and environmental policy.
Moderator and co-author Theda Skocpol of Harvard University underscored how post-2008 election punditry declared we might be on the verge of a permanent Democratic majority, in part pointing to a big minority and youth turnout for Obama and a craving for government action amid the recession. "Things have not worked out according to the 'New New Deal' prognostication," she said, alluding to the cover line of the Nov. 24, 2008, Time magazine.
The reasons, the book will argue, include a perhaps unprecedented "pushback to change during these two years," and the de facto shift to the right of the nation's political center of gravity. That's despite Obama accomplishments she deems huge, such as health care reform, provoking experimentation via the "Race to the Top" gambit by the Department of Education, the stimulus and new financial industry regulations. To that extent, what's played out has poked holes in a frequent assumption of social scientists that economic crises promote reform. "Not necessarily," said Skocpol.
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