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Subbarao Boosts RBI Transparency as India Bond Buying Climbs
March 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Reserve Bank of India's tomes on interest-rate policy made Subir Gokarn despair when he was a Standard & Poor's economist. Now a deputy governor, he's part of the biggest communication overhaul in the bank's 77-year history.
"That really wasn't the best way to do it," Gokarn, 52, who joined the RBI in 2009, said in an interview in Mumbai last month. "Keep it short, keep it straightforward, so it takes five, 10 minutes to read and most people read it."
Snappier, more frequent reviews of rate decisions and the introduction of guidance on future direction are part of an effort by Governor Duvvuri Subbarao to make monetary policy more predictable and credible in Asia's third-largest economy. The campaign hasn't been flawless: Gokarn wrong-footed analysts Jan. 5 by signaling that a reduction in lenders' cash-reserve ratios would be "premature," only to cut them 19 days later.
At stake is reducing the RBI's gap with practices abroad as foreign investors have an increasing role in India's government-debt market, with their holdings soaring more than sixfold since Subbarao, 62, took over in September 2008.
"The RBI has improved significantly in terms of clarity and frequency of market communication," said Jahangir Aziz, chief India economist for JPMorgan Chase & Co., who previously worked at the International Monetary Fund. "There have been rather glaring flip flops by the RBI at times while the market for a long time -- and in some cases even now -- hasn't fully got used to the new rhetoric."
Briefings Started
On Subbarao's watch the Reserve Bank has doubled the number of scheduled monetary policy meetings each year, to eight. It now releases minutes of a key advisory committee, and started regular media and analyst briefings.
"The changes that the RBI has enacted have helped improve the perception of external investors," said Dhawal Dalal, Mumbai-based head of fixed income at DSP Blackrock Investment Managers Pvt., a joint venture with the world's largest money manager. "They are trying to make the system safer."
A relaxation of limits on purchasing Indian debt saw international investment in government and corporate debt surge to a record $31.5 billion in February, from $5.1 billion in the month Subbarao succeeded Yaga Venugopal Reddy, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. In November, authorities boosted the ceiling on foreign buying to $60 billion.
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Investors also have been lured by yields on benchmark 10-year government securities that are more than twice that of China and South Korea and about four times the rate on similar-maturity U.S. Treasuries. The yield on the 8.79 percent note due November 2021 fell three basis points, or 0.03 percentage point, to 8.40 percent as of 11:25 a.m. local time today.
Indian government bonds are Asia's second-best performers this year after Indonesia, among 10 Asian local-currency debt markets monitored by HSBC Holdings Plc.
Subbarao, who pledged greater clarity after taking office, increased the number of scheduled monetary policy reviews in July 2010. Two months later, the central bank gave its first guidance on future action, saying tightening to damp inflation had "taken the monetary situation close to normal."
In February 2011, the bank began releasing the minutes of the 12-person technical advisory committee on monetary policy, which includes seven outside advisers, along with Subbarao, Gokarn, and other RBI officials. The records revealed that the governor sometimes went against external guidance, such as on Jan. 24, when he left borrowing costs unchanged for a second month even after most outside advisers called for a cut.
ICICI Sees Clarity
"There is more clarity in the language of the policy statements and forward guidance on policy actions," said N.S. Kannan, chief financial officer and executive director of ICICI Bank Ltd., India's second-largest lender. Subbarao "has made the RBI more transparent through an effective communication policy," he said.
As India's economy increased sixfold from 1993, central bank practices struggled to keep up, retaining a preference for the 100-page policy documents full of repetitions and ambiguities that disheartened Gokarn. India's gross domestic product has risen to 10th in the world, from 15th in 1993, reaching $1.84 trillion last year, according to IMF data.
Pressure for overhauling the RBI's policy making escalated when the global financial crisis deepened in 2008, requiring faster action than afforded by the bank's four scheduled rate-setting meetings. The Reserve Bank embarked upon a string of changes to rates or lenders' reserve requirements at 11 unscheduled meetings in a period of about three years.
'Surprise Element'
A total cut of 400 basis points off the cash reserve ratio and 425 basis points off the repurchase rate after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. collapsed in September 2008 "didn't go down well with the market because of the surprise element," Subbarao said in a speech in New Delhi in January 2011.
"Earlier the RBI was quite secretive, even the language was very unclear and guarded," said Tushar Pradhan, who manages about $1 billion as chief investment officer at HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt. "The RBI has found that more information helps."
As recently as 2005, monetary-policy reviews were held on a semiannual basis. Central banks worldwide have overhauled their communication strategies since that time, with the U.S. Federal Reserve accelerating publication of minutes of policy meetings and introducing press briefings, and the Reserve Bank of Australia and Banco de Mexico starting releases of minutes.
'Necessary Process'
"The changes are part of the opening up of India's economy and markets to the world -- a necessary process if India is to meet its aspirations of becoming a global power," said Bimal Jalan, who led the RBI for almost six years, until September 2003.
The effectiveness of the increased transparency is being tested as Subbarao contends with slowing expansion amid elevated inflation. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government last month lowered its forecast for gross domestic product growth to 6.9 percent for the fiscal year through March, the weakest since 2009, when the world was pulling out of recession.
India's benchmark wholesale-price index increased 6.95 percent in February from a year before, quickening from 6.55 percent in January. While retaining a bias toward easing policy in future, the central bank said in a March 15 statement that "notwithstanding the deceleration in growth, inflation risks remain, which will influence both the timing and magnitude of future rate actions."
Policy Rates
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said March 18 that he expects "policy rates to be reversed by the central bank in coming months." Subbarao said in 2011 it's an established practice for the central bank governor to meet the prime minister and the finance minister informally close to the policy decision.
Among the bank's challenges is managing periodic liquidity shortages in India's banking system, which have prompted two reductions in the cash-reserve ratio so far this year.
Gokarn told journalists on Jan. 5 that cutting the ratio -- the proportion of deposits lenders must hold in reserve -- would send a "premature" signal of a change in monetary policy. The RBI then lowered it by half a percentage point on Jan. 24, surprising 16 of 21 economists surveyed by Bloomberg who predicted no change.
While "more frequent communication is positive," the central bank is "talking too much, too often across many different channels, which causes confusion," said Rajeev Malik, a senior economist at CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets in Singapore.
Interest-rate swaps, a gauge of investors' expectations for borrowing costs, also show the market isn't always buying the bank's rhetoric, according to Aziz at JPMorgan.
Swaps Market
The swaps rose as much as 18 basis points from Jan. 24, to 8.23 percent, even after the Reserve Bank signaled it's more likely to cut interest rates. In September last year, the swaps fell to 7.6 percent while the central bank was raising rates.
"There have been long periods when the overnight swap spreads have diverged substantially from the RBI's policy guidance and subsequent policy action," said Aziz, a former adviser at the Ministry of Finance in New Delhi. "One doesn't see that happening very often for example in the U.S. or Australia."
The new openness doesn't stop at the doors of the central bank's headquarters in Mumbai. Subbarao and his four deputies visit villages across India to promote financial literacy in a nation where more than two thirds of the 1.2 billion population live on less than $2 a day. The officials also hold town-hall events where investors can question their decisions.
Rapid Changes
For investor Mahendra Jajoo, the move toward transparency is a reflection of the rapid changes the country has experienced in the past few decades, since Singh as finance minister in the early 1990s helped lead an effort to reduce regulation and barriers to trade and investment.
"My grandfather used to wear dhoti-kurta, my father shifted to wearing trousers and I wear jeans," said Jajoo, chief investment officer for fixed income at Pramerica Asset Managers Ltd. which oversees $600 million. "I can't say that my grandfather's sense of dressing was bad. He was a person of his time. This is what the RBI has done. The current governor has responded very fast to the changing needs of the time."
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Oakland is a city in Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 880 at the 2010 census.
Oakland, formerly known as Independence, was platted in 1833.
Pioneer doctor and abolitionist Dr. Hiram Rutherford moved to Oakland in 1840 to start his practice in the young town. He became a prominent citizen. Rutherford is most widely known for his involvement in the 1847 Matson Trial, which involved his friend Abraham Lincoln. A Kentucky slave owner, Gen. Robert Matson, annually brought slaves to work on his land near Oakland. One year, a family of slaves ran away from the farm and took refuge with Dr. Rutherford and Gideon Ashmore. Matson sued the men for harboring slaves; Rutherford and Ashmore countered that the slaves could not legally be held in a free state. Rutherford attempted to have Lincoln represent him in the case, but Lincoln had already agreed to represent the slave owner. Matson, represented by Lincoln, lost the case in Coles County court.[1]
Rutherford's home and office, as well as other historic sites, are maintained and available for tours.
Oakland is located at 39°39′24″N 88°01′31″W / 39.656788°N 88.025401°W.[2]
According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of 0.87 square miles (2.3 km2), of which 0.83 square miles (2.1 km2) (or 95.40%) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (or 4.60%) is water.[3]
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 996 people, 416 households, and 294 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,215.8 people per square mile (469.0/km²). There were 437 housing units at an average density of 533.4 per square mile (205.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.10% White, 0.20% African American, 0.10% Native American, and 0.60% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.90% of the population.
There were 416 households out of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.86.
In the city the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $34,038, and the median income for a family was $38,167. Males had a median income of $29,342 versus $20,577 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,964. About 8.8% of families and 10.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.2% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.
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- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
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The Right Way to Ask Questions in the Classroom
Updated 10/2013
Have you ever thought about how silly we teachers can be? When we get in front of students, we present ourselves to be the ones with all the answers, and then after we talk to the students, we start asking questions as if we don't know anything we just talked about. No wonder students get confused!
The Goal of a Question
On a more serious note, as teachers, we need to come to grips with the fact that we really do not know everything, and there is no reason to assume that the students know nothing. But perhaps the most important question to ask is, "What does a teacher asking questions of a class expect the class to learn from the questioning process?"
There are a number of things to consider in this scenario. Some teachers might answer that the reason to ask questions is to check for understanding, which benefits the teacher more than the student. Ostensibly, after we have taught a principle or concept, we could ask, "Does everybody understand?" Even though we all realize that students not answering -- or even answering in the affirmative -- may not really understand, we still ask it. Are we aware of how many times we ask this useless question during a day of teaching?
What we really end up telling the students when we ask this sort of question is, "Ok, here is your last chance. If you don't ask any questions, then you understand completely, and I am free to go on to the next subject. Because I asked this fair question, and gave you a fair chance to answer, I am absolved from any lack of understanding on your part."
The fallacy with this thinking is that sometimes the students do not understand that they do not understand, and if they do not know what they do not know, there is no way that they can ask a question about it.
The other element about this question is that it is a yes-or-no question, and we all know it's all too easy to guess what answer the teacher wants to hear, and does not push the students into the higher-order-thinking stratosphere.
How do we then go about appropriately checking for understanding?
We ask specific questions! Great, you may be saying, but how do we do that?
Typically, these are the questions that are thrown out to the class as if they were tantalizing treats to be snatched up by all of the eager students. The reality is far different.
Classroom Observations
If we look at the dynamics of any classroom, it doesn't take more than a week for students to figure out who is smart, who is not, and who doesn't care. What is worse, studies show that after fourth grade, students know how they are perceived and play their roles accordingly. So, here comes one of those hook-laden questions bobbing about the classroom: "Class, if you could stretch string from here to the moon, how many balls of string would it take?"
The students who know they are not smart are not going to take the bait, and neither will the students who do not care. This leaves the smart kids as the only ones interested in answering, and almost before the question is finished, they have their hands up with an answer, right or wrong. The other two groups of kids are perfectly fine with this routine. Most likely, they will complacently say to themselves, "Let them answer the questions so I don't have to."
A teacher may defend this practice because the motivated student who answers will help the whole class to learn the answer. That might be true if the whole class were listening, but, when the teacher starts pacing the room and stops to ask a question, if the students know that the question will be open to the entire class, then most likely two-thirds of the class will not even pay it any attention and continue doodling or daydreaming.
I spent the day as a first grader, a third grader, a fifth grader, a sixth grader, and a ninth grader. I followed these students to all their classes. One astounding thing that I discovered is that some students went through a whole day -- maybe even weeks and months -- and never answered a single verbal question!
Once again, I ask, do we realize how many general questions we throw to the air in the course of a class period? We would be astounded at the results if we simply assigned a student to tally how many of these questions we actually ask each class period. Old habits are hard to break, but the students would love to help you break this one.
Let's say we notice this problem and decide something has to change. "Jeffry, What do John the Baptist and Kermit the Frog have in common?" Several hands slowly recede and all eyes are on Jeffry. Well, some eyes are on Jeffry. The rest of the students just breathed sighs of relief that their names were not called. The question asked is not their problem, and neither is the answer.
Some teachers may say that while Jeffry is thinking of the answer, the rest of the students are, too. Wouldn't that be nice? Once again, maybe one-third of the students are thinking about an answer, but the rest are just glad it wasn't them.
So, how do teachers ask a question the right way?
A Simple, Effective Approach
Most of us have been exposed to the questioning strategies researched by Mary Budd Rowe. She proposed that teachers simply ask a question, such as "What do you call it when an insect kills itself?" pause for at least three seconds, and then say a student's name: "Sally." By doing this, all the students will automatically be thinking about an answer and only after another child's name is said will they sigh in relief because they were not chosen.
Creative teachers accompany this technique with a system to make sure that every child gets to answer questions in a random fashion. If it is not random, then once they answer a question, they think they have answered their one question and are done for the day. I did some online research on questioning and found these questioning and discussion resources from UMDMJ useful.
So, if we are not planning to use total physical response (TPR) to have all the students answer questions at the same time, then at least we should be asking a question, pausing for three seconds and then saying a student's name in order to get the most effect out of questions. However, if we are satisfied with only some students paying attention and learning in our classrooms, then we can continue as usual.
Any questions?
What innovative strategies do you use to make sure every student gets a chance to ask and answer questions?
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The questions asked clearly depends on the structure of the class being taught. The assumption in this discussion is that the teacher is the all powerful knowing moderator teaching children. What happens if there is a realization on the part of the teacher that those being taught might well be more inteligent, better read, and experienced. In this case I would propose that the teacher might be a discussion leader and the main purpose of being, is to keep the class on track. It can be exciting to ask general probing questions, some thing with a hook in them, enough to stir those who easily answer questions and then ask for opinions of those who don't normally respond. some times the results far exceed what the teacher might be capable of expounding on the particular subject. In other words the individuals in the class are teaching themselves. I have heard it said that if you don't have the attention of the group within the first minute or so of your time with them you have lost most to daydreams, and contemplation of what to eat after the class, or how to disrupt and annoy the teacher. I realize that this approach might be more easily used with older students or adults but it has been my observationthat many times the capabilities of children are sadly under estimated
You are so right, it is highly presumptuous of us to assume that we are smarter than our students/children. As you have demonstrated in your post, you already know that much can be gained from teaching children to inquire and to have inquiring minds. You are wise beyond your years and I do not think you would be one to ignore this fact. Thank you for pointing this out.
As I am sure you are aware, this requires more than simply asking a question and getting out of the way. Three things must be assured to have productive discussions: 1) Full engagement of all students--contrive a method to help all students to participate, not just the uninhibited vocal ones (Socratic circles, inner-outer circles, discussion/support chairs, formal rules and informal debate). 2)Discussion goal--you might not know how exactly the students will get there, but you should know where you want the discussion to end up. 3) Evidence-based -- Students need to know something before it can be discussed, otherwise the conversation can only be superficial analysis about esoteric feelings or opinions...ie you might have to teach them something first.
Don't forget to change the seating arrangement to match the format of the discussion. If you leave the chairs in rows facing the front, you will be the focus of the discussion. You can put them in circles, groups, two halves facing each other, etc...
If you make sure that the topics to be discussed are relevant, knowledge filled, and require the three fundamentals above, students will enjoy it and learn a lot.
Most of all, you might learn somethings too. Dad, Good luck with your lesson and keeping your students from daydreaming!
Ben Johnson
San Antonio, Tx
This blog does make you think abou whether you are asking the questions for your benefit as the teacher or for the benefit of the students. Are we as teachers needing acknowledgement with a response to a question of understanding that the students were listening, or are we truely wanting to gage whether the students understood the information.
I have used the popsicle sticks, I have used the pair-share technique and I have used cooperative learning groups. I think the technique that works for you is dependent on your students and their learning styles.
I have often had this experience when asking students to read out loud from their class readers. After they have been called on they often stop following because their turn is over or they only begin following when they believe their turn is soon to come. I have started calling on them randomly and this definitely encourages them to pay attention, sometimes I may even call on one person to read twice.
Teaching second grade I rarely have a problem with students not answering questions. Everyone usually wants to give an answer or share and experience even if it is totally unrelated to the subject matter.
You have discovered that even second graders demonstrate common human foibles. Mixing things up a bit helps students to stay on top of things. If you look at one student reading and the rest following along, only one student is in the spotlight, and the rest are off the hook. It is human nature to be less attentive. Thank you for demonstrating that important concept.
If you do not mind, I have a comment on reading aloud. I have a simple question for you. What is the purpose of reading out loud? Are you trying to give the students practice decoding letters into sounds? Or are you trying to have all the other students read silently, or are you trying to have the students read for understanding?
Depending on your purpose for reading, it is easy to customize the activity to match. For example, if you want the students to have practice decoding written letters and words into sounds, then why not have all the students read all at once, for 5 minutes while you circulate and spot check their pronunciation and diction. Instruct the students that if they have trouble with the word that they can raise their hands, or perhaps before even reading, you can spotlight words that you know are going to trip them up. This method is noisy, but every student gets practice. You can modify it and have them read to a partner and then switch, or read in small groups. The key is to increase the number of students in the spotlight, and at the same time reduce the intensity of the beam so it is not so scary.
Any way, have fun with it.
Best Regards,
Ben Johnson
San Antonio, TX
I. like Camille, also use popsicle sticks in my class when calling on students. It works for most of my students, who feel the accountability to come up with a response. The pair-share strategy also works because it gets everyone speaking. The disadvantages of the pair-share is that it takes up more instructional time. I use that strategy when I have more time available.
The "wait time" before calling on students is also imperative.
Another strategy I've been using for responses has been inspired by Kate Kinsella, professor at San Francisco State College. On my PowerPoint I have created sentence starters for the responses so students have an academic frame for their response. I also try to build in a listening task, so that students who aren't' called on are accountable for listening to what others said.
Social Studies Teacher
Anderson Valley High School
Boonville, CA
I, like Andrew, have also tried getting students to ask their own "leveled" questions (higher and lower order). Students who already grasp the concepts, who read fluently, and who can detect themes in reading (such as finding patterns in history) do well with this task. In my experience, everyone else struggles. When I taught a unit on World War II last year, I asked students to come up with questions after doing a reading about Hitler. I scaffolded the activity by explaining levels of questions and giving examples. However, many students still struggled to come up with dynamic questions that were interesting to discuss. In fact, after the activity was over, most of my students reported that they liked my questions the best.
Most of my students are almost proficient second-language learners. I have found that my instructional time is more wisely used when I come up with the questions. However, I could see that this strategy would work with native speakers who are already proficient at analysis and evaluation.
Julie Honegger
Social Studies Teacher
Anderson Valley High School
Boonville, CA
Reading your blog was truly eye opening. I had to laugh at my self and the numnber of times I have asked that completely pointless question! Infact, every time I catch my self saying it now, I immediately follow up with a specific question to help clarify. I then go on to ask the students to pair up and explain to each other what they learned during the lesson. For example, after teaching the layers of the rainforest, I asked the partners to explain to one another which layer they thought they were going to like learning about the best, and why they thought that. I then randomly call names to respond. This exercise is making my job easier because it gives me a better form of observable assessment. Additionally, after reading your comment to Tamara about reading aloud, I truly thought you were out of your mind! Everyone reading at once woulld be complete caos. Yet still I tried it. The students loved it. The level of feedback I recieved was far beyond any previous. I also thought that it would be hard to monitor individual progress, but I found that this exercise made me pay closer attention. If this can work with first grade, it can work with any grade! Thanks for the great insights. I defeniatley believe that the knowledge I have obtained from your blogs is heling me to improve my novice teacher status!
Anne Perry
Cassville, New York
I have to say that I was very interested in reading your post. It is so comforting to know that we ask questions that necessarily are not always the best. The most difficult task is when you are being formally observed. I have had personal situations where I would ask "hard" or "thoughtful" question and then think, "Oh no, who is going to be able to answer this?", or "What did I just ask?!" Luckily there has always been one student that I figured would know the correct answer, but calling on them because of that I feel is taking the easy way out.
I have found that putting students names on sticks cuts down on calling on the same student. It also is a good way to show the students they should be paying attention at all times. I also try and support student questioning of one another. I will prompt their questioning and it usually turns into others becoming interested.
I always thought that questioning was good regardless of who was answering. Until reading this post, It hadn't occured to me that not all students were pondering the answer. I am a second year teacher and information like this truly helps me become a better educator. I had not even thought about pausing and giving kids time to think before randomly selecting a student. I figured that simply stating a question and having one student answer allowed shy kids the opportunity understand without being put in nerve wracking situation. In the future I hope to percect this technique of questioning so that it becomes a more efficient tool for student success.
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Sir_Brightington_III 22/12/2014Whether or not it's sexist, it's just a terrible choice of outfit for a mechanic. Trying to get motor oil off your skin is not at all fun. Reply +28
Children of Morta: still the prettiest pixel art in the room
Sir_Brightington_III 18/12/2014As far as upcoming pixelart games go, I'm gonna say Hyper Light Drifter and Owlboy look prettier, but that's still a damn fine looking game. Reply +4
Controversial mass murdering game Hatred appears on Steam Greenlight
Sir_Brightington_III 15/12/20142edgy4me Reply +3
Valve closes Steam Holiday Auction amid gem exploit concern
Sir_Brightington_III 12/12/2014Even without the game auctions, the whole thing was hugely exploitable. I was lucky enough to turn 15p into �5, so I'm not complaining. People were selling 1000 gems for 3p a bag, which you could then convert into booster packs for the trading cards (some individual cards sell for 20-30p each, which is crazy). Nice to have a little extra to spend when the sale starts. :p Reply 0
Eurogamer readers' top 50 games of 2014 voting
Sir_Brightington_III 12/12/2014Oh. None of the games I played this year are on that list, so I'll leave my top games in the comments instead:
1) Lightning Returns (Yes, seriously. It's genuinely underrated, and has the best combat in any FF game.)
2) Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star
3) Blackwell Epiphany
4) The Dream Machine: Chapter 5
5) Atelier Escha & Logy
6) Deception IV
7) Hohokum Reply 0
Elegy for a Dead World is out now on Steam
Sir_Brightington_III 10/12/2014Unique idea, though I'll estimate about 90% of all stories people write will involve alien phalluses. Reply +2
Take-Two president criticises Target and Kmart over removing GTA5 in Australia
Sir_Brightington_III 09/12/2014They've already sold 34 million copies (+ micro-transactions), and it's the remaster that people are making a fuss over (which came out only a year after the original). Aren't those already some pretty decent sales? It's not like the game isn't available at all in Australia. Aussie gamers can still buy the game from literally any other retailer that carries video games.
I enjoyed GTA V, even if it was a little stale compared to past entries, and I don't agree with Target's decision, but they have every right to decline something from being sold in their stores. It's their prerogative, just like it's Rockstar's prerogative to create intentionally offensive material and profit off the ensuing controversy and publicity. Reply -4
Yakuza 5 heads to Europe and North America in 2015
Sir_Brightington_III 06/12/2014@Old_Books YES! If you still have a PS2, it's worth starting with Yakuza or Yakuza 2, but 3 is still a great entry point to the series. Just watch all the flashback entries and you're good to go. Reply +9
Sir_Brightington_III 06/12/2014Yes, finally! Thank you SEGA! Best early Christmas present ever.
Being digital download only kind of put a damper on things, but nonetheless: YAKUZA 5 IS FINALLY COMING YESSSSSS Reply +34
Brianna Wu's next game aims to "replace Twine"
Sir_Brightington_III 26/11/2014@GamerFreak In the thousands of other games with entirely male casts, most likely. Reply +2
Never Alone review
Sir_Brightington_III 20/11/2014I love that reviews like this exist, especially given that large swathes of the gaming community are growing ever louder in proclaiming that better racial and cultural representation simply doesn't matter. Reply 0
Prey 2 is officially dead, Jim
Sir_Brightington_III 31/10/2014Wait, wait, wait.
Bethesda have quality standards? Reply +55
Civilian massacring game Hatred courts controversy, gets it
Sir_Brightington_III 18/10/2014@Discalceaterabbit
Again, we're talking specifically about "rampage killers" here, which is what the Hatred dude is based on, right down to the same creepy attitudes towards society. Did I say women weren't violent criminals? Nope. Did I say women weren't sociopaths/psychopaths? Nope.
That doesn't change the fact that the overwhelming majority of rampage killers have been men and teenage boys. So if a game developer were to model their protagonist on those types of people, is it really that unrealistic or unfair to make it a man? This doesn't, and shouldn't, be taken as a depiction of all men.
Re: Borderlands. Yeah, I misread that, my bad. So hypothetically if all the enemies were female... I still don't think there'd be an outcry, as long as women had important roles in the story. If the story was male dominated like most other games, with all female enemies, yeah that might look bad.
You seem to be ignoring a pretty large factor though: game development is 80%+ male. It's men who write and design games with all male enemies; it's men who write female characters in regressive ways. It's also mostly male *gamers* that are so opposed to gender representation being discussed in the media too.
This is where much of the feminist criticism stems from. More female developers & writers would do wonders for the industry, as it has done for every other creative medium. (Side note: Sarkeesian has literally never said the entire industry is sexist, so I'm going to ignore the flimsy movie analogy.)
For the third time now, I have never claimed I haven't played a game with strong female characters. That's been your response every time I've asked you to clarify your *original post* in relation to Hatred. Reply 0
Sir_Brightington_III 18/10/2014@Discalceaterabbit I don't know why you seem to think each and every male character is supposed to represent *all men*. That's a really bizarre interpretation of fiction. My point was there *have* people (exclusively men, save for one woman) that go on rampages, leaving manifestos that are eerily similar to the dialogue from the Hatred protag, and in that sense, it's not unrealistic. They haven't just pulled this character out of thin air in an attempt to "make men look bad". Sadly, there's already a precedent for it in real life, going back decades, and this is the inspiration the (all male) developers have chosen.
Why would there be a "shitstorm" if Borderlands had some female raiders? Plenty of mainstream games have female enemies among the ranks. For example, Bethesda's Fallout games are pretty brutal (head explosions, dismemberment etc) and there are plenty of female enemies and NPCs. Who complained? No one.
Feminists tend to complain when women are marginalised in the story (i.e. almost all important characters are male) and female characters are exploited, either by existing solely to die to provide motivation for the leading man, or to be kidnapped. It's about denying female characters autonomy, and contributing to the overwhelming false narrative of women as "helpless". That simply doesn't exist for men. Men have been the heroes in fiction throughout human history. Sure, there are a few examples of male characters been used in the same way, but they're the exception not the rule.
Just as an example, below are two articles that deal with female representation for two of the bigger releases in 2014. Doesn't it seem strange to you that female characters are still being written like this? It does to me, but that doesn't mean you can't talk about male representation, and no one's stopping you from doing it.
http://borderhouseblog.com/?p=11992 Reply -1
Sir_Brightington_III 18/10/2014@Discalceaterabbit But there've been many instances of men like the Hatred protagonist going on killing sprees. Hell, it's only been a few months since Elliot Rodger. These kinds of shooting sprees are more common now than ever. How is this an "unrealistic" portrayal?
Sadly, men like this do exist, and the developers chose to glorify that kind of person. It's unpleasant, but not unrealistic in the least.
Again, in your original post you brought up representations of women in regards to *this* game. I asked you what you meant, and now you're talking about Hitman.
Are you honestly trying to suggest that representation of women isn't something that needs addressing in this industry? I mean, sure, there are some shitty portrayals of men, but they rarely feel like they're deeply rooted in sexism, but rather lazy design. There's no real effort to marginalise, tokenise, demean, or hyper-sexualise male characters. Reply 0
Sir_Brightington_III 17/10/2014@Discalceaterabbit
a. Someone already corrected me on that, and she's still only one out of hundreds of men.
b. I still don't see how strong female characters pertain to this game though. What point were you trying to make? Reply 0
Sir_Brightington_III 17/10/2014@Discalceaterabbit Because there've been so many women going on mass shooting sprees, right?
Oh wait, there hasn't even been *one*.
Also: where exactly are these "positive representations of women"? Reply 0
Sir_Brightington_III 17/10/2014Wow, this literally couldn't be any edgier if it tried. Reply +16
We cannot let this become gaming culture
Sir_Brightington_III 17/10/2014@eliasruiz1 The conspiracy videos were part of a month long hate campaign started by Eron Gjoni via 4chan (which are all in the link I posted). There were hourly threads about Quinn on /v/ for weeks, up until moot got tired of the bullshit and banned it, causing pro-GG people to migrate to 8chan.
Then there was the IRC chat, where several of the current most vocal GG supporters plotted to ruin Quinn's life in various ways. Eron Gjoni even joined in.
All of the supposed corruption involving Quinn was debunked, and yet people still continued harassed her.
There was no positive review from Grayson; they hadn't been dating when he wrote about her; Quinn had actually donated money to iFred; she hadn't sabotaged the game jam; she hadn't doxxed TFYC.
Then Adam Baldwin created the hashtag, and a day later came the "gamers are dead" articles, and people latched onto it as an opportunity to make it about "ethics". It's always been the same group of people at the heart of it, only now there are gamers who've been duped into thinking it was always about journalism and corruption, when all GG seems to complain about are "social justics warriors". They even have a handful of women and minorities to act as GG's shield from criticism. Reply -2
Sir_Brightington_III 17/10/2014This is how it all began:
Sadly there do seem to be some genuinely well-meaning people involved at this point, but they're just a cover for the people from /pol/, /v/, /r9k/, and 8chan that hate women, and especially "SJWs" and feminists. Reply +35
August's PlayStation Plus free games include Fez, Crysis 3
Sir_Brightington_III 30/07/2014Well, looks like I'm definitely letting my subscription run out come September. Reply -4
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is the best of classic Tomb Raider
Sir_Brightington_III 25/07/2014
Think health packs rather than health regeneration, lunatic Egyptian gods rather than salty human islanders, plus the unmistakable tones of Keeley HawesWell, that's all I needed to hear. Keeley Hawes' voice is just perfect, and I much prefer the "classic" Tomb Raider formula. Reply +6
Suda 51 details his upcoming "survival action" brawler Let it Die
Sir_Brightington_III 02/07/2014@Chiarafan That's not necessarily true. Instances of female deaths at the hands of the player are pretty rare to begin with, but even when it happens, they're most often enemy NPCs.
There've been female enemy NPCs throughout the Mass Effect series, Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Metal Gear Solid had some great female bosses (Sniper Wolf, Olga, The Boss) and the elite squad of soldiers in MGS4 was entirely female. No helpless victims there. Aside from GTA and its ilk, I can't think of any games that allow for the killing of prostitutes. Reply +2
Sir_Brightington_III 02/07/2014I can't help but feel adding female characters to this game in particular would only cause controversy. It's a game where half naked men murder each other in incredibly brutal ways. Put a half naked woman on the receiving end, and well...
People were clamouring for female avatars in Call of Duty, but as a result, it made some "uncomfortable" to shoot women, even though the gameplay is literally unchanged. People still get upset about the violent finishers you can do to women in Mortal Kombat, even though they're the same regardless of which character you perform them on. Even the latest Tomb Raider came under fire for supposed "fetishistic violence against women". There's still outrage whenever Grand Theft Auto allows you kill hookers, even though that's purely a player choice.
Naturally, the industry could do with more female protagonists, but in this case I can't imagine it going down all that well. Reply +12
NIS America Europe online store launches with "ridiculous prices"
Sir_Brightington_III 02/07/2014Play Asia have the Fairy Fencer Limited Edition for �44, and the regular version for �35. I believe they also have free shipping.
Problem solved. Reply +2
Sony's E3 conference
Sir_Brightington_III 10/06/2014All I want is Dark Cloud 3 and a Yakuza 5 localisation. *fingers crossed* Reply 0
Ubisoft's E3 conference
Sir_Brightington_III 09/06/2014Eyebrow maintenance must be boring to do as well Reply 0
EA shows next-gen Mirror's Edge conceptual footage
Sir_Brightington_III 09/06/2014They talked a lot about the combat, but hopefully it'll be like the first game where you can bypass it entirely should the player choose. All I personally want from the sequel is pure parkour. Reply +1
Square Enix trademarks point to new Tomb Raider game reveal
Sir_Brightington_III 09/06/2014Hopefully they lighten up a bit. TR 2013 was such a miserable joyless experience. Reply +2
PS4 to receive Nidhogg, Spelunky, Skulls of the Shogun and more
Sir_Brightington_III 01/05/2014Just like the Vita, the PS4 is becoming the place to play all the PC indie games from several years ago, only at higher prices and lower resolutions! Reply -13
PS Plus gets Puppeteer, Payday 2 and Stick it to the Man in May
Sir_Brightington_III 23/04/2014Well, this more than makes up for April's lacklustre offering! Reply 0
Looks like The Walking Dead hits PS4 in June
Sir_Brightington_III 22/04/2014@scuffpuppies We didn't start getting HD Collections until around 2010 - that's 3-4 years after the PS3 launched.
How is that worse than having several "remastered editions" right off the bat for a new console? Reply +2
Secrets of Raetikon review
Sir_Brightington_III 17/04/2014I remember seeing it on sale a few months ago, but I couldn't be bothered with Early Access. Now that I know it's from the guys who did AYiM, I'll be picking it up right away. Reply 0
The Behemoth is making an Xbox One game
Sir_Brightington_III 12/04/2014Weirdly arousing...
Hope it makes its way to PC at some point. Reply +4
PlayStation Store Easter Sale has Ni no Kuni for �5.49
Sir_Brightington_III 09/04/2014@NewbieZilla I'd recommend it. It's a great starting point if you haven't played any of the previous games. Reply +1
Looks like the Metro games are coming to PS4 and Xbox One
Sir_Brightington_III 31/03/2014Wow, yet another reason to spend �400 on a next gen console! Reply -1
Shelter 2 announced
Sir_Brightington_III 31/03/2014Yes, can't wait! I just hope they don't go overboard with the gamma this time.
The first was such a great experience. Never before has a game made me feel like such a failure, not just as a mother but as a badger - which is a weird thing to feel as a childless human male. Reply +6
PlayStation Plus for April: Mercenary Kings, PES 2014, Sly Cooper, more
Sir_Brightington_III 30/03/2014@Josh216 How am I "being a prick to others" by expressing my opinion? I wasn't aware the comment section was a hugbox for Sony fanboys who hate criticism.
I've been subscribing since early 2012, and I've seen the service go from strength to strength, only for it to plummet in quality ever since PS4 games were part of the service.
The discounts HAVE been terrible as of late. The quality of the PS3 selection has been diminishing rapidly, to the point where it's not even remotely worth �40 to me anymore. Gone are the days when we could have selections like the ICO HD Collection, Uncharted 3, XCOM, LBP Karting, Amalur, and Demon's Souls in *one month*. Now I'm lucky to get even one game worth playing.
I don't think it's unfair to voice my valid concerns that the service is going to shit. If the only reason I'm keeping my subscription is so I don't lose my cloud saves, there is most certainly a problem there. Reply -1
Sir_Brightington_III 28/03/2014Are they really stooping so low as to include a football game? Really. Talk about scraping the barrel. I'd have even preferred another HD Collection to that.
Between the lacklustre past few months, and all the FPSs (who would choose to play them on console?) I don't think I'll be renewing when the time comes. Even the discounts have been miserable lately. Reply -6
Facebook buys Oculus VR for $2 billion
Sir_Brightington_III 26/03/2014D-Does this mean we won't be getting interactive anime porn...? Reply +1
Misogyny, racism and homophobia: where do video games stand?
Sir_Brightington_III 22/03/2014@RandolphScott I didn't, or at least I hope I didn't come across as saying these things aren't a problem. They certainly are, and there are some awful depictions of women and minorities in games. Even in the community itself, bigoted abuse aimed at female gamers and developers alike is rife.
My long-winded comment was more about pointing out that for me personally, with my somewhat odd taste in games, I've found plenty of great female characters who don't exist as sex objects, the problem is that they're often not publicised to the extent that say, Grand Theft Auto is. It creates a disparity in the perception of how infrequent female protagonists actually are.
As for being "surprised" that a 1/3rd of my collection has female characters, I'd be happy to make a list, though it might take a while. Reply +2
Sir_Brightington_III 22/03/2014When I look at my game collection of ~600 games, spanning 20 odd years and multiple platforms (not even accounting for the countless roms I've played), I find it difficult to say there aren't enough female protagonists.
1/3 of my collection have exclusively female protags (and half of my top 10 games of all time have them) and that's not even taking into consideration the myriad games that offer gender choices and character creation.
The problem seems to stem from an influx of new gamers who really don't play much outside of the AAA uber-mainstream Western sphere of gaming. If they'd try playing indie games, or anything from Japan, or indeed anything that isn't a fucking first person military shooter, they'd find a wealth of diversity across different genres that cater to any taste imaginable. Sure, there could always be more disabled characters, and people of colour, but to suggest there aren't enough female characters is incredibly disingenuous.
These people keep claiming that more people want games that they can relate to, that female gamers don't have enough representation, that there's this huuuuuuuuuge demographic of women that just aren't being catered to. But how well did Remember Me and Assassin's Creed: Liberation sell exactly? I bought both of those, as a "straight male" who apparently "needs every game to appeal to me". It's not the fault of us evil, oppressive men if women and people of colour aren't bothering to even look for games they might enjoy. Hell, I've even enjoyed games like Long live the Queen which by the developer's own admission, is a game she created solely with the female demographic in mind.
The protagonist of the game is of very little consequence to me - when I'm playing a videogame, it's escapism. I don't want to be ME when I'm playing, so I couldn't care less what gender or ethnicity the protagonist is. As a mixed race (Scottish & Indian) guy, I'm likely never going to have a character share my racial background, and that doesn't bother me in the slightest.
Every game from now on could feature a mixed race, genderfluid trans* two-spirit femme-presenting wheelchair bound person who uses the pronoun xhe, and I'd still play them as long as they're fun. Gameplay has always, and will always be the most important factor to me, not how much of an oppressed minority the lead character is. Reply +3
Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review
Sir_Brightington_III 19/03/2014Oh shit, looks like I need to buy a 3DS soon. Reply +2
PixelJunk Inc. has been renamed Nom Nom Galaxy
Sir_Brightington_III 07/03/2014I could watch Dylan Cuthbert eat soup for hours. I really don't know why. Reply 0
When will we see a gay protagonist in a triple-A game?
Sir_Brightington_III 28/02/2014Speaking of GTA, Trevor wasn't strictly hetero. I mean, his love interest was a woman, but he made several remarks that could cast doubt on him being straight(especially his whole infatuation with Michael). Even in a conversation with Franklin, who outright asks him if he's gay, Trevor responds with something along the lines of "I don't need labels" and "we're all just people".
Is he gay? Unlikely. But he could quite easily be bisexual or pansexual though - a lot of his character was left ambiguous. He also did things to teddy bears, but that's probably another matter altogether. Reply 0
Down the replay rabbit hole
Sir_Brightington_III 24/02/2014@Matthew_Hornet It was just a passing interest, really. I only spent about 45 minutes reading a C++ tutorial to get a basic idea of what programming is like, and decided it was much too difficult.
I might mess around in Unity at some point, but game development is definitely not for me! Reply 0
Sir_Brightington_III 23/02/2014Gosh, checking out achievement stats is depressing.
49% got barely 1/3rd through Papers Please. It's 4 hours long.
35.8% got to the last section of Primordia.
24.5% beat Hotline Miami.
19.2% finished Mark of the Ninja.
8.7% completed Brutal Legend on Normal.
I mean, I realise Steam probably isn't the best barometer; it's well known that people splurge in the sales and often leave their purchases forever untouched. But still, for game developers it must be awful to work on something day in and day out for years, only to have it virtually discarded after half an hour.
A few years ago, I naively thought about making my own game. I looked up a tutorial on how to code in C++, and had to go lie down promptly after. It's horrifying. So I have nothing but respect for the people that are able to create games. Reply +8
Win a �400 Sony Entertainment Network voucher
Sir_Brightington_III 21/02/2014Pigsy's Perfect 10 for Enslaved was memorable for me. While the main game focused on Monkey & Trip's burgeoning and every changing relationship, Pigsy came across as an eccentric, and slightly creepy third wheel, and not much was done to flesh his character out. Having the DLC revolve around him and his painfully lonely existence, it certainly gave him a bit more depth, and made him instantly more likeable.
Even the gameplay was shifted to be more stealth-oriented, having to make use of contraptions and clever distractions - pretty much the antithesis of Monkey's brute force approach. It was fascinating to see DLC explore such a different side to the world they'd established, rather than existing as an extra hour or two of the same thing you'd already played. Not to mention the visual style used in the cutscenes was absolutely beautiful. Reply 0


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the link under the pic i posted takes you to the creators website
but the Lite (freeware) version of the pyro can be found at
Nice water shots are those from the upcoming FEX update? i read peter saying that the next major update is clouds and other bits and pieces will follow
Ive been making a few new replacement water textures myself for DX10 (not with fex but with PS and normal map filters)as the extra 3 layers MS added to the DX10 water shader are pixel'ed to hell and FEX doesnt alter these as yet....i did ask over at the FEX support forums if they where going to address this but my post was totally ignored....Seems there not to happy with the stuff i posted at FSW about FEX looking like a dead project because they havent updated there website since last Oct!
Yet the mods over at AVsim are mega brownnosers,i still use there library but after the last batch of PT god worshiping an bashing/banning of ppl with legitimate complains i avoid there forums,that one mod they have geffo (i think) has his head so far up his ass its starting to poke out of his neck again
& Im 34 btw just incase anyone was wondering
Oops cheers omzig, how did I miss that link - must be the eyesight failing with old age [just turned 40 BTW
That water was done using the current feature set, but new water textures and a designer for modifying them will come out after this update. You could try posting your question again at the new FEX site
if you havent done so already - there are some issues with the server as I write, but this only seems to be in some areas. I don't think your bringing up the point about the site will have pee'd them off - it's true after all, and does not reflect well on their product.
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FULL-TIME Croatia have won the match 4-0 thanks to some magic from Olic and Perisic and then a brace from Mario Mandzukic. Cameroon have lost badly and they never looked in control at any stage, as they crash out of the tournament
90' Webo of Cameroon gets a shot on target but is blocked by the keeper. Cameroon are looking very disorganised now, as they are surely out of the tournament
89' Eduardo of Croatia gets a yellow card
88' Rebic now beats the offside trap to sear down the right hand side. He passes to Rakitic who is unmarked, and Rakitic fires it just wide of the goal!
87' It could have been 5-0 to Croatia there as Rebic beat the Cameroon defender down the left side, but his curling shot was blocked by the keeper just in time
85' Rebic out-muscles his way down the left hand side past N'Koulou, and his low cross into the box sparks a game of hot-potato amongst the interested Croatian parties, but it ends with a whimper
84' Mandzukic now commits a foul after two great goals
Oh GOD we are beaten! #CMRvsCRO
— odette behn (@odettebehn) June 18, 2014
81' If Croatia score one more goal, they will equal Cameroon's biggest ever margin of defeat at the World Cup
78' Rebic comes off the bench to replace Perisic for Croatia. The latter has put in a good performance tonight
77' Now Kovakic of Croatia commits a foul
76' Moukandjo of Cameroon commits a foul, is penalised
73' GOAL! Another goal for Croatia as Mario Mandzukic scores yet again! Cameroon's defence is in tatters as Croatia go 4-0 up
70' Webo replaces Aboubakar for Cameroon
68' Eduardo replaces Olic for Croatia, as the latter goes off to an ovation
67' He tries again and this time, Aboubakar's shot is way over the bar
66' Aboubakar of Cameroon takes a shot at the goal but is way off target as his shot is blocked by Corluka
61' GOAL! It's 3-0 for Croatia! It's Mario Mandzukic who obliges with a powerful header off the corner kick by Pranjic. Now, Cameroon are surely out of the match and the tournament
58' Nounkeu commits a foul, gives Croatia a free kick. The free kick however, flies way over the bar
54' Moukandjo makes a good run and dribbles through several Croatian defenders, but he is ultimately stopped before he can create any danger
52' Nounkeu of Cameroon sees his kick just go off target - over the bar
52' Sammir of Croatia concedes a free kick following a challenge on Enoh of Cameroon
48' GOAL! Croatia go 2-0 up with Ivan Perisic's goal. Perisic sprinted past Mbia and covered a lot of ground before his kick found its mark past the Cameroon keeper
HALF-TIME At half time, Croatia are 1-0 in the lead and Cameroon are licking their wounds after Alex Song's red card. Olic in particular has looked dangerous for Croatia
45' Aboubakar's encouraging counterattack comes to nought as he skies the shot after reaching close to the penalty area. The disappointment continues for Cameroon.
44' Croatia have dominated possession ever since Song was sent off, as we near half-time
42' That was a completely moronic move from the Barcelona man Song. I guess Barcelona are having a really bad time of late, in various ways!
40' Alex Song of Cameroon has got a red card as the team's troubles compound. He dragged down Mandzukic of Croatia after a challenge
38' Matip of Cameroon blunders his way past two Croatian challengers in an ungainly manner, but the Croatia defence is very strong
36' Cameroon's Mbia can't get his cross on the mark. This is a frustrating passage of time for Cameroon who are out of the World Cup if they lose
As Spain have crashed out of the World Cup following another shock defeat, you can read: Five facts about Spain's golden era
32' Enoh of Cameroon concedes a free-kick following a challenge on Perisic
29' The pace of the match has slowed down considerably after that goal by Croatia
26' Olic of Croatia strikes a volley but his effort is way off target
24' Pranjic of Croatia is ruled to be offside after attempting a goal
21' Mbia takes a few touches towards goal and unleashes a strong effort from far out but it swerves away from goal
20' Matip of Cameroon is penalised for a foul
17' Perisic's effort hits the target but the Cameroon goalkeeper blocks it
16' Croatia are applying strong pressure after that goal, as Mario Mandzukic nearly puts one away but it's deflected out for a corner
11' GOAL! Goal for Croatia through Ivica Olic. Perisic does well to find Olic on the far posts who fires it past Charles Itandje
8' Croatia are now gaining in possession after Cameroon controlled the ball for a while after kick-off
6' Ivan Perisic clears the cross out for a Cameroonian throw-in
4' Matip of Cameroon concedes a free-kick following a challenge on Corluka of Croatia
2' Daniel Pranjic of Croatia commits a foul as he comes flying in and crashes into Benjamin Moukandjo, and Cameroon get a free kick
KICK-OFF And the game is underway and Cameroon kick off
Vincent Aboubakar will be coming in for the injured Samuel Eto'o. Pierre Webo was the favourite to make the cut in Eto'o's absence
The national anthems are underway now
It's almost time for the match.
The team line-ups are out:
#CRO LINE-UP: Pletikosa, Pranjic, Perisic, Corluka, Lovren, Rakitic, Modric, Srna (c), Mandzukic, Olic, Sammir #CMRCRO #WorldCup
— FIFAWorldCup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 18, 2014
#CMR LINE-UP: Itandje, Assou-Ekotto, Nkoulou (c), Song, Moukandjo, Aboubakar, Choupo Moting, Chedjou, Mbia, Enoh, Matip #CMRCRO #worldcup
— FIFAWorldCup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 18, 2014
Welcome to the coverage of the Cameroon v/s Croatia match beginning at 3:30 am IST. The World Champions Spain have been eliminated from the World Cup following another horror match, this time against Chile. But it's time for the next game after all that euphoria.
Cameroon forward and captain Samuel Eto'o is battling to be fit for Wednesday's match between Cameroon and Croatia in Manaus, with both sides well aware that defeat would spell the end of their World Cup dreams.
Both Brazil and Mexico have four points following their draw in Fortaleza on Tuesday, leaving the losers in Manuas out of the tournament with zero points from two games. Eto'o exacerbated a knee problem during the first-round defeat to Mexico, and the team doctor insisted he needed 10 days to recover. Read the full match preview here
Not only did Cameroon have to overcome another African World Cup giant in the form of Tunisia to make the cut for the 2014 World Cup finals, they also had to settle what their coach called 'primary school squabbles' within the ranks too. After losing to Mexico, Cameroon are desperate for a win. Here's their whole team profile
Since becoming eligible to compete in international tournaments, Croatia have missed only one World Cup and one European Championship. Their loss to Brazil in the opening game of the World Cup was expected, though they took a 1-0 lead in the opening minutes owing to a Marcelo own goal. Like Cameroon, a defeat means curtains for Croatia. Read their whole team profile here


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Yes, it has struck again. It's cardboard! And made and treated the way we're talking about here, it's chemical free, recycled, and recyclable! How is that for wrapping your arms around some bark? Included in this post are several designs, all designed by Ben Blanc Studio made exclusively for Cardboardesign, all ready to be slap-packed and picked up by you for you and yours.
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World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Light-Heavyweight Champion Nathan Cleverly and champion Tony Bellew both weighed in today for their world title fight tomorrow (Saturday 15th October) at the Liverpool Echo Arena.
In front of a capacity crowd at the Contemporary Urban Centre in Liverpool, unbeaten Welshman Cleverly weighed just under the limit at 12st 6lb 4oz, while undefeated challenger Bellew was spot on at 12st 7lb.
A raging Bellew had to be dragged away by security staff during the head-to-head photo-call, while a calm and smiling Cleverly watched on.
James DeGale weighed-in at 11st 13lb 8oz for his European Super-Middleweight title fight against the champion Piotr Wilczewski came in at 11st 13lb 12oz.
The fight will be LIVE and exclusive on BoxNation (Sky Ch. 456) and on the latest generation of Freeview HD televisions (Freeview Channel 112) with coverage starting at 7pm.
Later that night, also live will be the WBC World Light-Heavyweight Championship between the legendary Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson.
Cleverly-Bellew, DeGale-Wilczewski: BBC Radio 5 live will broadcast live boxing commentary
Saturday 15th October, Liverpool
Nathan Cleverly v Tony Bellew
Piotr Wilczewski v James DeGale
On Saturday 15th October, BBC Radio 5 live will broadcast live boxing commentary on Nathan Cleverly v Tony Bellew and Piotr Wilczewski v James DeGale, live from the Liverpool Echo Arena.
Ron McIntosh will present the show from 8.55pm and will be joined by commentator Mike Costello, summarisers former WBC Super Middleweight Champion, Ritchie Woodhall and former European Super Bantamweight Champion, Spencer Oliver, and ringside reporter, Ade Adedoyin.
First up Piotr Wilczewski takes on James DeGale for the European and WBO Intercontinental Super-Middleweight Championship title, followed by the headline bout between old rivals Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew for the WBO Light-Heavyweight Championship title.
You can listen to BBC Radio 5 live via digital radio, online at bbc.co.uk/5live, Digital Freeview, Sky, Freesat, Virgin Media and 909 & 693 AM.
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Margaretville — Veterans in the Town of Middletown and contiguous areas who would like to share their stories of military service with posterity are invited to participate in the New York State Veteran Oral History Program.
By Brian Sweeney
All supervisors in local townships will be running for re-election without opposition in November balloting unless Independent candidates emerge.
The deadline for filing party-affiliated petitions with the Delaware County Board Elections was July 17. Candidates running on an Independent line have until August 18 to file petitions to have their names placed on the ballot.
Margaretville — A series of free music concerts "al fresco" in the MARK Amphitheater in Margaretville will be held on three Fridays from 6-8 p.m.
The concerts are sponsored by the MARK Project with support from the O'Connor Foundation and bring several of the area's most popular musical acts to the open-air performance space next to the Masonic Hall on Margaretville's Main Street.
Wendy Nief, popular vocalist of jazz, blues and pop standards, will kick things off on Friday, July 31, accompanied by Geoff Samuels and Rob Roman.
The Delaware Opportunities Board of Directors and staff formally recognized Helen S. Lewis on June 16 as Helen retired from voluntary service on the board of directors after 32 years, serving many of these years as an officer of the board of directors, including eight years as board president.
By Jay Braman Jr.
A recent claim that the Village of Fleischmanns never paid for property it took through eminent domain is true, but not as bad as it sounds.
That's according to Village Trustee Todd Pascarella, who responded to a statement made last week by Gabrielle Kirch, an Andes resident who once owned the property on the corner of Depot and Main streets in the village.
Jesse and Valerie Nichols of Andes have announced the birth of their daughter, Grace Ann, born June 22, 2009 at A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta.
Denver — Classical Jam, a vibrant ensemble best known for its engaging and lively presentations for today's contemporary audiences, thought provoking concert themes, and wide-ranging repertoire from Renaissance dance music and traditional classical works, will perform at the Old School Baptist Church in the Denver Valley on Sunday, July 26 at 2 p.m.
Andes — The 28th annual Iva Terry Andes Invitational Golf Tournament will be held at the Delhi College Golf Course on Sunday, Aug. 16.
The tournament is open, by invitation, to anyone who has lived or worked in Andes, their family and friends. The tournament format is a four- person Captain and Crew with a shotgun start promptly at 1 p.m.
Stamford — The Mettawee River Theatre Company returns to Stamford for the 26th year of appearing in the area through the auspices of The Roxbury Arts Group.
The Open Eye Theater's production of "Steel Magnolias" celebrates its opening performance on Friday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m. Friday is also a 12455 zip code special. Anyone who lives in12455 is entitled to purchase two tickets for the price of one for the opening night performance, and the audience is invited to stay after the show for a free dessert reception.
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This book presents the most recent research and the most updated accounts on product market integration. While the existing literature addresses the four dimensions of market integration (goods, services, capital and labour), this volume focuses on integration in goods markets.
This is a cornerstone of economic integration and product markets are actually the most integrated markets in the European Union. Therefore, the EU appears as the case-study of this volume.
The book is innovative as product market integration is analyzed from various disciplinary perspectives. Understanding product market integration requires more than one single discipline, be it economics, political science, law, sociology or management. The variety of approaches adopted by the various authors make the book appealing to a diversified audience: to academics, for the in-depth theoretical and empirical analyses it presents; to policymakers, as they may find insightful anticipations of future challenges in market integration; to practitioners, as it shows how the achievements and difficulties in product market integration may affect their business opportunities.
Diversity is the richness of the volume and makes it unique. Such as in a kaleidoscope, the various chapters present the reader with different perceptions, issues and debates on product market integration.
The book is organized around three main themes: plural perspectives and assessments of current market integration in the EU, empirical analyses of impediments to product market integration, and discussion of current challenges and future forms of market integration.
List of Contributors
Introduction Ana Paula Faria Faria, Ana Paula 1
PART 1 Market Integration in the EU: Plural Perspectives on EU Market Integration
1 Harmonization and Mutual Recognition in an Enlarged European Union Giandomenico Majone Majone, Giandomenico 13
2 Market Making: The History of the Internal Market as a Technicalisation of Politics and a Politicisation of the Technical Christian Frankel Frankel, Christian 37
3 More Internal Market Without Strategy? Jacques Pelkmans Pelkmans, Jacques 49
4 The Practitioners' View: A Prosperous European Product Market Is Our Ongoing Business Paul Coebergh van den Braak van den Braak, Paul Coebergh 65
PART 2 Empirical Studies on EU Market Integration
5 Determinants of Non-Tariff Barriers in Intra-EU Trade Natalia Barbosa Barbosa, Natalia 79
6 Factors Driving Polish Firms Decision to Export in the Pre-Accession Period: Importance of Technical Barriers to Trade Jan Hagemejer Hagemejer, Jan 97
7 Regulations, Standards and International Sourcing: New Evidence from Dutch Survey Data Mark Vancauteren Vancauteren, Mark 117
PART 3 Challenging Dynamics in Market Integration: Globalisation and Transatlantic Relations
8 Globalisation and Deep Integration Peter Holmes Holmes, Peter 139
9 Promoting Transatlantic Market Governance Michelle Egan Egan, Michelle 157
Conclusion: Product Market Integration: From Multifaceted Approaches to Cross-Cutting Issues Maria Helena Guimaraes Guimaraes, Maria Helena 175
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With most Democratic voters packed into the Black-majority AL-07, both AL-04 (75-24 Romney) and AL-06 (74-25 Romney) are ruby red and otherwise unremarkable. Meanwhile, in Michigan, results from the Montcalm County allow us to finish MI-03 and MI-04, completing the state. Those two districts are very similar as well, both having flipped from narrow 50-49 Obama wins in 2008 to 53-46 Romney districts in 2012. (jeffmd)
9:54 AM PT: Vote for House Speaker taking place right now—you can watch it on C-SPAN. Definitely some amusing defections.
11:03 AM PT: House: Well, the votes are in and... it was ugly for John Boehner. Two years ago, Boehner won all 241 Republican votes for Speaker of the House. This time, with a smaller majority of 233, he saw a number of embarrassing defections, leading to a bare 220-vote win. Notably, several freshmen went out of their way not to fit in on the first day of
high school Congress. Here are the dissenters, along with the name of the people they voted for; expect to see these names as continued thorns in Boehner's side from here on out:
Jim Bridenstine (OK-01): Eric Cantor
Paul Broun (GA-10): Allen West
Louie Gohmert (TX-01): Allen West
Tim Huelskamp (KS-01): Jim Jordan
Walter Jones (NC-03): David Walker
Thomas Massie (KY-04): Justin Amash
Steve Pearce (NM-02): Eric Cantor
Ted Yoho (FL-03): Eric Cantor
In addition to Bridenstine, Massie, and Yoho, another freshman, Steve Stockman (TX-36) voted "present." There were a few defections on the Dem side (Nancy Pelosi finished with 192 votes), and as you can see by the overall totals, a number of members simply weren't in the chamber at all to even cast votes. But in general, not the prettiest showing for Boehner.
12:08 PM PT: MA-Sen: Well, this would be a big pile of suck: Rep. Stephen Lynch says he is still "giving serious consideration" to running in the Democratic special election primary to fill John Kerry's Senate seat (assuming Kerry is confirmed as Secretary of State). I'm groaning because Lynch is unacceptably conservative for the state of Massachusetts: He is emphatically anti-choice, and what's more, he voted against the Affordable Care Act despite sitting in a safely Democratic seat. (And no, Lynch did not, as some claim vote against the bill from the left. Besides, the choice was imperfect reform or none at all, and he sided with none at all.)
But why be worried about a Lynch bid, given that his views would be unpopular with a majority of the Democratic primary electorate? Two reasons. First off, Lynch is a strong labor guy—before politics, he was an Iron Worker and later became a union official—and if unions decide to rally around him, they could offer a potent get-out-the-vote machine in what might be a low-turnout affair. Second, if Rep. Mike Capuano were to get in (as he's threatened), that might split the liberal vote with Rep. Ed Markey—the frontrunner and only declared candidate so far. Put those two together and you've got the possibility that Lynch could sneak through. Let's hope nothing like that comes to pass.
12:39 PM PT: MO-08: Let's get this (pantsless) party started! Republican Peter Kinder, fresh off winning a third term as LG, has started ambling toward the escape hatch: As expected, he just formally announced his entry in the MO-08 special election to replace Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, who will soon resign her post to make beaucoup cash in the private sector. There's no primary, though: Each party's nominee will be hand-picked by a group of local leaders, so campaigning will be very different than what we're accustomed to. (For the GOP, there are 80 voting members, though some get multiple votes.) Other notable Republicans hoping to get tapped include state party ED Lloyd Smith, state Rep. Jason Smith, and ex-Treasurer Sarah Steelman, who, like Kinder, has also been emailing committee members.
There's also an additional wrinkle to consider if Kinder is selected and then goes on to win the special in this dark-red district: Such a scenario would leave the lieutenant governor's seat open. There are apparently some questions as to whether Dem Gov. Jay Nixon would then be able to name a replacement, but Republicans—who control supermajorities in the legislature—may pass a bill that takes the decision out of Nixon's hands, or at least, ties them.
12:56 PM PT: VA-Sen: You know me: Ordinarily I can't stand it when politicians slowly dribble out hints about whether they might run for this office or that. But for Bill Bolling, I'll gladly make an exception. Virginia's Republican LG keeps dicking with his own party, now saying he's busy polling a possible third-party run for governor. When Bolling first suggested he might go indy after "suspending" his campaign for the GOP nomination, it was a delightful thought bout hard to take seriously. Now, though, he's at least going through the motions, conducting some survey research and even reaching out to business leaders—and, no doubt, thoroughly pissing off the Republican establishment.
So I'll be very curious to see what PPP's new numbers look like. They're headed into the field in Virginia this weekend, and Tom Jensen will be testing a three-way matchup with Terry McAuliffe for the Ds, Ken Cuccinelli for the Rs, and Bolling for his own fine self. While I'm sure Bolling will prefer to rely on his own polling, with any luck, PPP's results will show him with just enough of a chance to entice him, but not enough for a real path to victory. And that, my friends, is a recipe for some Southern fried cat fud.
12:58 PM PT (David Jarman): Maps: A couple neat maps to share today: one is from Kenton Ngo (an occasional diarist here), showing the 2012 presidential vote in Virginia. On the surface, we already know that Virginia's Democratic vote is heavily concentrated in its urban areas, but it's a remarkable map in the way that it keeps three different juggling balls in the air at once while still being easily intuitive to read: using dot color to show vote percentage, dot size to show number of votes, and an overlay to show race.
The other is an interactive map from Property Shark that, on its face, purports to show changing property values neighborhood-by-neighborhood in Brooklyn: in other words, regentrification at work. Since gentrification goes hand-in-hand with a number of other demographic changes, though -- race, income, and some other qualities that are harder to quantify (hipsterism?) -- the map really tells a more complicated story.
1:00 PM PT: Ah, forgot to add: Bolling says he hopes to decide by March. Can't wait!
1:05 PM PT: AZ-Gov: Now this would be very interesting. In a paywalled report in the Arizona Capitol Times, former Surgeon General and 2012 Senate candidate Rich Carmona says he's not ruling out a run for governor in 2014. Carmona performed very impressively in his Senate race, losing by only three points to Republican Jeff Flake while Barack Obama got whooped by nine. The governor's mansion should be open in two years' time, assuming current Gov. Jan Brewer doesn't succeed in her half-baked plan to run for a third term in spite of term limits. (We'll see if she actually goes to court to test her theory.) Regardless of whom the GOP nominates, Carmona would probably be the strongest Democratic option, so you can bet the DGA is calling him weekly.
1:19 PM PT (David Jarman): Demographics: You've most likely seen news stories that birthrates are dropping and we're on track for America's slowest-growth decade in ages, but here's an interesting new wrinkle: it turns out that Latino birth rates are falling even faster than those of other racial/ethnic groups. Since higher birth rates, more so than immigration, have been responsible for the surge in Latino population over the last few decades, that might have the result of somewhat slowing down the nation's trend toward becoming a majority-minority nation (currently projected for 2043).
1:25 PM PT: MN-Sen: So what exactly did GOP Rep. Erik Paulsen say about a possible run for Senate in 2014 against Al Franken? Minnesota Public Radio first quoted him as saying, "No, that's ridiculous" in response to a question directly on point. But then Paulsen's campaign insisted he'd been misquoted, after a fashion:
Paulsen's office says his use of the word "ridiculous" wasn't about running for Senate. A spokesman says Paulsen used the word in the context to the preface of the question that mentioned Paulsen's "no" vote on the fiscal cliff deal before asking whether he was running for Senate.That, uh, makes no sense at all. I mean, I just can't parse it. I'd love to hear the audio (if there is any) myself, or even just see what the wording of the original question was. Obviously, Minnesota Republicans would love to recruit Paulsen for this race, but he has a pretty safe seat in the House and I think Franken won't be a pushover, so Paulsen has a lot of reasons to stay put. Whether he will or won't, though, we just can't say—at least, based on this inscrutable interview.
1:35 PM PT: WV-02: Could Republican Attorney General-elect Patrick Morrisey be interested in a run for Congress—already? One West Virginia Democratic Party official, executive director Derek Scarbro, thinks so, point to the fact that Morrisey, who just ousted the incumbent AG in November and has not yet been seated, sent out a press release attacking federal lawmakers over their fiscal cliff deal. That's a wee bit outside the usual bailiwick of a state attorney general, and what's more, Scarbro points out that Morrisey ran for the House once before—in his home state of New Jersey. (He pulled in a pitiful nine percent in the open NJ-07 GOP primary in 2000.) With Rep. Shelley Moore Capito vacating her seat to run for Senate, there's a ton of interest on the part of a ton of possible successors, so it's not impossible to imagine the ambitious Morrisey winding up among them.
3:08 PM PT: By the way, here's the link to the official House Speaker roll call.


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SPOKANE, Wash-- A retrial for a man convicted of murdering his girlfriend and unborn child began Wednesday.
The defendant, John Lipinski, received a 31-year sentence in 2005 for tossing Melissa Saldivar from a moving vehicle. A judge granted him retrial because the original jury selection was not open to the public.
READ: Man convicted of killing his pregnant girlfriend speaks out about new trial.
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If you grow something or make something and would like to learn about selling it, consider this your invitation to enter the marketplace! RSVP by March 9th.
Join us at the Lincoln Center on March 19th to find out about market rules, sales support and exciting opportunities on the horizon!
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Chronic and acute exposure of mouse hearts to fatty acids increases oxygen cost of excitation-contraction coupling
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Chronic and acute exposure of mouse hearts to fatty acids increases oxygen cost of excitation-contraction coupling
Boardman, N. T.
Larsen, T. S.
Severson, D. L.
Faadiel Essop, M.
Aasum, E.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the underlying processes involved in the oxygen wasting induced by inotropic drugs and acute and chronic elevation of fatty acid (FA) supply, using unloaded perfused mouse hearts from normal and type 2 diabetic (db/db) mice. We found that an acute elevation of the FA supply in normal hearts, as well as a chronic (in vivo) exposure to elevated FA as in db/db hearts, increased myocardial oxygen consumption (MV̇O2unloaded) due to increased oxygen cost for basal metabolism and for excitation-contraction (EC) coupling. Isoproterenol stimulation, on top of a high FA supply, led to an additive increase in MV̇O2unloaded, because of a further increase in oxygen cost for EC coupling. In db/db hearts, the acute elevation of FA did not further increase MV̇O2. Since the elevation in the FA supply is accompanied by increased rates of myocardial FA oxidation, the present study compared MV̇O2 following increased FA load versus FA oxidation rate by exposing normal hearts to normal and high FA concentration (NF and HF, respectively) and to compounds that either stimulate (GW-610742) or inhibit [dichloroacetate (DCA)] FA oxidation. While HF and NF + GW-610742 increased FA oxidation to the same extent, only HF increased MV̇O2unloaded. Although DCA counteracted the HF-induced increase in FA oxidation, DCA did not reduce MV̇O2unloaded. Thus, in normal hearts, acute FA-induced oxygen waste is 1) due to an increase in the oxygen cost for both basal metabolism and EC coupling and 2) not dependent on the myocardial FA oxidation rate per se, but on processes initiated by the presence of FAs. In diabetic hearts, chronic exposure to elevated circulating Fas leads to adaptations that afford protection against the detrimental effect of an acute FA load, suggesting different underlying mechanisms behind the increased MV̇O2 following acute and chronic FA load. © 2011 the American Physiological Society.
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UPDATE: 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' Filming With IMAX Cameras
Posted on Friday, November 14th, 2014 by Germain Lussier
UPDATE: An IMAX spokesperson confirmed to /Film that IMAX cameras are being used for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The original article follows, with minor edits.
Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is, without a doubt, one of the biggest movies of all time. Now it quite literally might be one of the biggest of all time too. The film is currently shooting in Chicago (including a particularly recognizable, even iconic scene involving Batman) and several fans who were watching the filming say they saw IMAX cameras capturing the action. We had an idea it would be released in IMAX, but it's news if the film is shooting in IMAX.
A rumor about this did begin floating over the summer but no one representing Warner Bros. or IMAX would confirm. Now they have. Batman v Superman is filming in IMAX. Below, we reveal how we discovered the Batman v Superman IMAX connection. Read More »