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So Christmas is over and it's time to get ready for the next big holiday, New Year's Day. (New Year's Eve is not really a holiday and it would not exist if not for New Year's Day, so there.)
And along with the new year, this one being 2009 for those keeping score at home, the good folks in Sacramento have some new laws which pertain to automobiles for us living in California.
Most of the new laws do not pertain to many of us, but all are important in their own right. During the 2008 legislative year, 80 bills were signed into law which change the California Vehicle Code according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
Among the new laws is Senate Bill 28 which prohibits text messaging while driving a vehicle. Not only does this cover cell phones, but also other "electronic wireless communication devices." Text messaging, under the law, includes writing, reading or sending. I hope none of you are writing messages while driving now and I know my habit of checking text alerts will have to stop.
Another new law deals with vehicles that do not pass smog check. Assembly Bill 2241 limits the issuance of temporary operating permits. The law calls for a $50 fee for one 60-day temporary operating permit only if the vehicle has been tested at a smog station and failed.
"This new law ensures that vehicles on our highways are properly registered and maintained," said DMV Director George Valverde in a news release. "We also support efforts to reduce emissions which keep Californians healthy."
Previously, owners were able to receive a temporary operating permit for 60 days or more if, after paying their renewal fees on time, they were unable to get a smog certificate for any reason.
Other new laws include one that allows police and other law enforcement officials to impound vehicles that are being sold by unlicensed car dealers (AB 2042) and one that makes it a crime to forge, counterfeit or falsify a Clean Air Sticker (SB 1720). These stickers are used mostly by hybrid vehicles to drive in the carpool lane with only the driver in the vehicle.
The DMV is also getting tougher on drunk drivers. AB 1165 allows law enforcement to impound the vehicle of a person driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.01 percent while on probation for a previous DUI offense. The DMV can also suspend the driver's license for one year under a zero-tolerance standard.
A new "Gold Star Family" special interest license plate becomes the 13th one available in the state. This plate will be available to family members of individuals killed in the line of duty while serving in the Armed Forces during wartime or military operations.
"When you see a Gold Star License Plate on the road, remember to think about those who have given their lives to defend our way of life, and keep their families and loved ones in your prayers," said Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger after signing SB 1455 into law.
A motorcyclist enthusiast, Schwarzenegger also signed into law AB 2272, which changes the definition of a motorcyle, deleting the weight limitations of 1,500 pounds and a separate definition of electric-powered vehicles. It also will allow drivers of fully enclosed three-wheeled motorcycles to use the high-occupancy vehicle, or carpool lanes.
To see the complete California Vehicle Code, log on to the DMV Web site at http://www.dmv.ca.gov and click on the "Publications" button.
The DMV driver handbook also is on the Web site at the same location. The 2009 version of the handbook will be published for distribution to all 169 DMV field offices shortly after the first of the year.
And mark your calendars now as all DMV offices will be closed on the following days in : Jan. 1, New Year's Day; Jan. 21, Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday; Feb. 12, Lincoln's Birthday; Feb. 18, Washington's Birthday; and March 31, Cesar Chavez Day.
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And for those of you who need to take the driving test in 2009 (and others who need a refresher course), make sure you familiarize yourself with the driver handbook.
If you don't want to read and would rather be entertained while learning, check out http://www.youtube.com/CaliforniaDMV.
Yes, the California DMV has its own channel on YouTube.
There are more than 125 videos, many around two minutes in length, which also can shared on MySpace, Facebook and other Web sites.
"Traffic safety is our top priority and with the YouTube videos, we hope to catch the attention of each and every teen driver as well as seasoned drivers in California," said DMV Director George Valverde said when the site launched a little more than a year ago..
Among the most popular clips are the "Top Ten Reasons for Failing the Driving Test," while other topics covered include rules of the road and comprehensive look at the "requirements and responsibilities of obtaining and keeping a license to drive."
"YouTube gets millions of visitors each day and the DMV saw this as an excellent tool to reach out to the masses," said Valverde. "Each video clip teaches a very important aspect of driving."
(John T. Garcia is the editor of StarWheels. He can be reached by phone at 437-0365 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.)
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It all comes down to today. Over the past few months, we have mounted the biggest mobilization effort in HRC's history because there's so much at stake for LGBT Americans this year. We have rallied voters in Washington State, Maryland, Maine, and Minnesota to win historic victories for marriage equality at the ballot box. We have made the case for why President Barack Obama has been a trailblazing leader for the LGBT community and why a Romney administration would be devastating. We have:
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We've donated, we've raised, we've canvassed, and we've phone banked like never before. By the time all the votes are counted, HRC, along with our energized supporters, will have raised and contributed more than $20 million to re-elect President Obama and to advance marriage equality and other electoral priorities this cycle.
Now it's up to you.
In the past few months, I've had the opportunity to travel more than 50,000 miles of this country and talk with a diverse array of people – LGBT youth who are struggling in their communities simply because they live openly; religious people working to elevate the welcoming voices within their congregations; parents of LGBT kids who love their children unconditionally, but worry about the additional obstacles they face as a result of their gender identity or sexual orientation.
President Obama has done more than any other sitting president to advance LGBT equality. From his support for marriage equality, to hospital visitations, to speaking out about youth bullying – this President has never shied away from being a vocal advocate for our community. That is not something we can say about Mitt Romney, who doesn't believe in the legitimacy of our families, let alone our relationships. Re-electing President Obama, increasing our representation in Congress with strong voices like Tammy Baldwin and Jared Polis, and securing marriage equality in states like Maine, Maryland, and Washington are critical milestones in our ongoing fight for full equality.
The outcome of this election will directly affect every single LGBT person in this nation. The ability to marry the person you love, start a family, and enjoy protections in the workplace are all at stake.
Thank you for your continued support and tireless dedication. Without you, HRC's mobilization efforts would not succeed. Today, I need to ask you to do just one last thing: Get to the polls and vote, and more importantly – make sure your friends and family cast their ballots for equality as well. You can track tonight's results along with us here at HRC by visiting www.hrc.org/election.
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An Excerpt from the Michael Medved Radio Show- December 30, 2005
(Michael Medved is a Jewish Conservative Pundit)
I want to submit to you that one concept above any other ought to be grabbed hold of by everybody with a brain, and taken just so firmly into 2006. And that is the concept that ideas have consequences, that the kind of religious faith that you embrace, the kind of worldview that you embrace, is going to have an impact on the kind of society that you have and the kind of life that you lead. And that one of the problems with Islam is that it has proven itself over the course of the last thousand years deeply, deeply, profoundly, I mean, absolutely dysfunctional.
It is not a surprise, is it, that all of these new stories that I read about violence and dysfunction and poverty and lack of democratic values from around the world come from Islamic societies. These are societies that are filled with good people because most people Iĺm sure who live in Islamic societies are good and decent people. The problem is they are corrupted, they are ruined, they are spoiled by horrible ideas. And part of the Islamic idea, and it is something that goes back to the Koran itself, if you read the Koran, if you read the Hadiths, if you read anything about Islam, the ôprophetö basically told people that he is the ôfinal prophetö, that he is the seal of creation, that he is giving people everything they need; this is as good as it gets, this is the truth, itĺs the absolute truth, and the people canĺt budge from this or journey from this, or go past this in any way. Therefore, given the fact that he is the ultimate truth and that he promises that Muslims and people who adhere to his ôtruthö are going to be the most powerful people in the world that are going to run things, then obviously, if you take a look around the world, and you look at Islamic societies that are poor, that are backward, that are pathetic, that are really terribly, terribly sad if you look around the world, then clearly you have the idea that thereĺs a rip-off going on. And the rip-off involves those people who have somehow gypped Muslims of their rightful status as being kings of the earth and the people who run everything. This is a very deep problem. And is it a problem where we can say it just happens abroad?ů..
But ideas do have consequences, and certain religious faiths lead to dysfunction, as in the case of Islam around the world. Other religious faiths lead to all kinds of rewards. In fact, thereĺs a new piece in the Economist about some other rewards (apart from Democracy and Capitalism) of Christianityůů I do want people to look at the truth. I mean, read the stories coming across the table. I mean, just today in the last 24 hours, stories of 3 different episodes of suicide bombings in different parts of the world. None of them targeting Americans by the way. That if you take a look at those episodes and then you take a look at some of the other stories regarding Muslim extremism, it really does indicate, if anybody needed any reminder, that ideas have consequences. Weĺre not just fighting a group of gangs; weĺre fighting a malevolent and malignant ideology.
The former president of Indonesia has an interesting focus piece today, where he says that the way you fight that ideology is by putting forward a more wholesome, a more uplifting, form of Islam. Okay, but how come that a more wholesome, more uplifting, form of Islam, even that form, a moderate form, has led to these horribly dysfunctional societies like his? I mean, Indonesia, has Indonesia done particularly well, does anybody think, recently compared to some of the other non-Muslim countries of Asia?ů..
Caller: I have a comment on the fact that you said that maybe the Muslims should look for a different faith, to get away from Islam.
Michael: Thatĺs not exactly what I said. Let me make my point and Iĺll let you respond.
Caller: Okay.
Michael: What I was saying was that this former president of Indonesia, Abdul Rahman Wahid, says that everybody, all people of good will, should support moderate Muslims like him in their competition with radical Muslims, getting out the true message of Islam. And I said I thought maybe itĺs better that we send a message that all of Islam is dysfunctional, that there are elements of Islamic society period, not just radical Islamic society, that are dysfunctional. That was my point.
Caller: Well, I disagree with your point. I firmly believe that Bin Ladenĺs is a good faith.
Michael: Why?
Caller: Because the Koran teaches peace and salvation, not war and killing.
Michael: Where has it worked out well?
Caller: Like the Bible and the Torah teach good will and peace, and not necessarily killing and destroying.
Michael: I understand. Where has Islam worked out particularly well? What do you see is a model of Islamic society?
Caller: In the modern age not too well. That goes back to education. Iĺm a firm believer in education. I believe that democracies do not work, education works. People need to be brought into democracy and educated to their own faith. The problem weĺre having nowadays is thereĺs not enough education, not enough freedom over there for people to actively look into their own Islamic faith with the freedom that Christians over here have.
Michael: Okay, hereĺs the problem. You have countries that have a great deal of religious education, where people are learning the Koran and some of the Hadiths by heart. I mean, theyĺre learning the whole thing. These madrasas, these people are certainly getting plenty educated. Theyĺre just getting educated in bad ideas.
Caller: Exactly. Thatĺs whatĺs going on. You have people like that. For example, like Osama bin Laden, who is a very smart man, kind of crazy, but a smart man. And heĺs able to tell these people that, okay, this is what weĺre going to say and heĺs able to tell these people, this is what weĺre going to say. This is what the process is because I can read it and you canĺt.
Michael: Yeah, but the problem is there are a lot of people who can read it, who are, as you would say, reading it wrong. The question I would ask is, where are people reading it right? Iĺm kind of striving to look for Islamic role models. Where do you see those role models well-displayed, people who have a proper understanding of the Koran and are leading beautiful and fulfilling lives? Where is that?
Caller: There are very few of them out there that youĺll meet. For example, myself being in the navy we had a very good navy chaplain who was a Muslim. And he was our command chaplain. And he was out there helping us out with whatever problems we had.
Michael: Iĺm ready to believe there are individuals who are wonderful people. The problem is that this navy chaplain that youĺre talking about is somebody I take it who is a loyal American and a patriotic American, who is loyal to the ideas of American society, which are directly contradictory to Islamic teaching because we believe in secular government. Yes, we do. Itĺs a Christian society but secular government. And secular government is not the idea of the Koran, or is it? Weĺll talk about a new study in the Economist about the benefits of Christianityů..
Weĺre on the Michael Medved show talking about the global war in which weĺre engaged. Itĺs not only a war against a bunch of groups of gangsters, itĺs not only a war against a group of killers; itĺs a war against deadly ideas. (Michael earlier broadcasted speeches of President Franklin Roosevelt calling World War II a war of ideas- ed.) And it seems to me absolutely crucial that we go forward for 2006 with some consensus of belief that ideas have consequences and that some ideas, some world views, some faiths are better and work better than othersů.
(A caller thought that Michael was inciting violence against Muslims by his words and Michael proved that there is no potential violence against Muslims. Then the caller tried to equate violence in the name of Christianity with Muslim acts. Michael proved how rare such deeds are and that even the perpetrators understand that it goes against Christ. Muslim killers do not see it this way. The caller was a Muslim and could not comprehend the difference between a practicing Christian and a murderer who was raised as a Christian yet is not practicing Christianity. The caller was convinced that the murderer is a Christian. Then Michael saysů.
Michael: I take it youĺre Muslim.
Muslim: Yes.
Michael: By the way, I will assume that youĺre a good, law-abiding, decent human being. When you look around the world at your faith, and what your faith has produced in say the last 200-300 years, what do you see?
Muslim: I see a lot of compassion and a lot of people trying to free themselves from the imperialism of the United States.
Michael: Where?
Muslim: Just look at the Middle East, at Israel.
Michael: Where do you see a lot of compassion in the Middle East right now?
Muslim: In every single mosque theyĺre always trying to help the poor, to meet the needs and compassion. Itĺs one of the most important tenets of Islam.
Michael: I know. Itĺs giving Zakai. I know itĺs one of the Muslim tenets. And I think itĺs terrific if people give to the poor. What Iĺm asking is where has that worked out well, where poverty has been either eliminated or alleviated?ů..
Welcome to the program, where every day we say Iĺm not a victim, though a lot of Americans are victims of misunderstanding and disinformation. It says in the Declaration of Independence all men are created equal. It doesnĺt say all ideas are created equal. Ideas are very different and have different consequences, including religious ideasů.
I mentioned this piece in the Economist, which just came out. Thatĺs a prestigious British magazine. And they report on work by Jonathan Gruber, whoĺs an economist at the MA Institute of Technology, who claims that regular religious participation leads to better education, higher income, and a lower chance of divorce. His results imply that doubling your church attendance, in other words, saying in 2006 Iĺm going to go to church twice as often, raises someoneĺs income by almost 10%. Wouldnĺt you like a 10% raise? Apparently, if you go to church twice as often, and I say church here because his study was based on non-Hispanic, white Americans of several Christian denominations.
Now, he says the idea that religion can bring material advantages has a distinguished history. Robert Barrow, a professor at Harvard, has been examining the links between religion and economic growth for years at the micro-economic levels. Several studies have concluded that religious participation is associated with lower rates of crime, lower drug use, and so forth. Richard Freeman, another Harvard economist, found 20 years ago that church-going among black youths made it more likely for them to attend school and less likely to commit crimes or use drugs. In other words, attending church is good for you. Now, what would be interesting to me is, I donĺt know of any study that suggests that attending mosque is good for you. Unfortunately, we have a reality in our world today that suggests that attending mosque makes it more likely for you to blow yourself up, or to do something horrible to yourself and to others. Is that being unfair?ů..
Caller: The problems in the Middle East, the problems in Muslim countries, I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that it was only about a hundred years ago, you know, that the Western Christian countries were basically just carving up the spoils of war by drawing the boundaries and installing, you know, their own puppet regimes and basically ruling those countries as colonies.
Michael: You see, hereĺs the problem, is that Western rule over those countries only really began in 1919. Up until that time Turkey was the dominant power in the whole area. And all the countries that youĺre talking about that are so deeply dysfunctional were run by Muslims under religious Muslim rule.
Caller: The type of extremism that youĺre experiencing right now is an outgrowth of those countries being colonized and controlled by the West for so many decades. And the reason why theyĺre able to gain support in their extreme positions, itĺs more based on politics than religion. It has to do with the fact that theyĺre rebelling against being colonized by the West. And itĺs only in the last couple of decades that theyĺve had the freedom to put up with some of that.
Michael: Okay, but hereĺs the problem with what youĺre saying. The countries with the greatest problems of violence are the countries with the least Western influence, countries like Saudi Arabia, which never has really been colonized by the West, for goodness sake. Those are countries with huge problems. It goes against your argument that somehow America and our allies are to blameů.
Donĺt get me wrong. I believe that every individual, every family, deserves respect and decency. But I donĺt believe that all systems of ideas deserve equal respectů
Caller: I pick people as individuals.
Michael: Good.
Caller: If a fellow has a radical belief that he thinks that everybody should be killed, thatĺs fine. Thatĺs what a Nazi feels too. And if you want to feel that way, fine. But I see no reason to attempt to eradicate his religion, nor to take any action against him.
Michael: What Iĺm advocating is people telling the truth, which is that ideas have different consequences. And the consequences of Islamic ideas have been pretty lousy. Whatĺs the problem with that?
Caller: That pretty much names just about a lot of people in all religions.
Michael: No, no, it does not, sir.
Caller: Oh, it doesnĺt?
Michael: No, it doesnĺt. The consequences of Christianity for most societies have been pretty good, particularly recently.
Caller: Recently?
Michael: Particularly recently, but itĺs also true in history. Look, competition between Islam and Christianity, which has been at the center of world conflict for years is a competition that Christians have been winning for about 700 years.
Caller: I guess we made good progress since they hung witches in Christianity. And I imagine thereĺs room for improvement in all religions.
Michael: Absolutely right.
Caller: Treat each person as an individual.
Michael: Absolutely right. Every person should be treated as an individual with respect and decencyů..
Caller: Just one thing, Michael. I donĺt know if itĺs a direct quote, but attending mosque promotes suicide bombers. I mean, I certainly donĺt know that much about it, in fact, about that religion, except, and I never, you know, picked up the Koran. But Iĺve heard different people say, I donĺt know if itĺs a fact or not, but in the Koran it says, you know, we are to wipe out Christianity, I mean, thatĺs part of our religion. Thatĺs all I would say about that.
Michael: It doesnĺt really say that.
Caller: I donĺt think the majority of the Islam people feel that way. I donĺt think the majority are going to blow themselves up.
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you have numbers 1-10. you can only use each number once and the number below is equal to the absolute value of the upper two numbers. any ideas?
you have numbers 1-10. you can only use each number once and the number below is equal to the absolute value of the upper two numbers. any ideas?
I suspect the problem is this. Fill in the triangle
a b c d
. e f g
. . h i
. . . j
with the numbers 1 to 10, using each once, so that each number in the last three rows is the absolute value of the difference of the two above it, i.e. e = |a - b|, f = |b - c|, ..., j = |h - i|.
There are, by my count, 8 solutions (of course the left-to-right reflection of a solution is a solution).
(Too long for a comment.)
A generalization: If $n$ is a triangular number (i.e., $n = \frac{m(m+1)}{2}$ for some positive integer $n$) you can ask the question of whether it is possible to place $1, 2, \ldots, n$ to form such a triangle. Such triangles are called exact difference triangles. OP's question is for $n = 10$ and $m = 4$.
It has been proved (by G. J. Chang, M. C. Hu, K. W. Lih and T. C. Shieh in "Exact Difference Triangles," Bulletin of the Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (vol. 5, June 1977, pages 191- 197)) that exact difference triangles are only possible for for $m \leq 5$.
See also Gerry Myerson's answer to this MO question: "Integers in a triangle, and differences."
I am assuming the question is to write four of the numbers from 1 to 10 in a row, then in the three gaps write the absolute value of the difference of the two numbers above, then two, then one. Each number should appear once in the final diagram. So ignoring the restriction to 1 through 10 a possible pattern would be
I have it-a couple thoughts: 10 must be in the top row, as must 9 unless 1 is next to 10. There aren't that many possibilities: 4 (places for 10) * 9 * 8 * 7 /2 (for mirror image)=1008 choices.
I have solution that I got by some trial and error. These are the heuristic rules I used. They are crude, but not useless
1) Proceed from bottom to top.
2) At each stage, keep track of the number of odd and even numbers that have been used up. You start with 5 odd and 5 even numbers. If the lowest element is odd, there must be one odd and one even number above it. Proceed from bottom to top keeping track of this.
3) 10 must be on the top row.
4) If you encounter a level where you cannot fill in any numbers in a consistent manner, backtrack to the previous level and make changes. You might have to do quite a bit of backtracking.
The solution I got is
define base level to be the top most level of triangle
The following rules must apply for such triangle:
after applying rules you can get 3 base numbers (10 1 8) you only need to find 1 more base number to complete triangle. and only 4 numbers left unused (3,4,5,6) check all 4 configurations and your done.


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|Perseids (PER)
A multicolored, long Perseid striking the sky just to the left of Milky Way, 2009
|Discovery date
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|Parent body
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|Right ascension
|03h 04m[3]
|Date of peak
|August 12[3] (July 23–August 20)[3]
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The Perseids /ˈpərsiːɪdz/ are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle. The Perseids are so called because the point from which they appear to come, called the radiant, lies in the constellation Perseus. The name derives in part from the word Perseides (Περσείδες), a term found in Greek mythology referring to the sons of Perseus.
The stream of debris is called the Perseid cloud and stretches along the orbit of the comet Swift–Tuttle. The cloud consists of particles ejected by the comet as it travels on its 133-year orbit.[5] Most of the particles have been part of the cloud for around a thousand years. However, there is also a relatively young filament of dust in the stream that was pulled off the comet in 1865, which can give an early mini-peak the day before the maximum shower.[6] The dimensions of the cloud in the vicinity of the Earth are estimated to be approximately 0.1 astronomical units (AU) across and 0.8 AU along the latter's orbit, spread out by annual interactions with the Earth's gravity.[7]
The shower is visible from mid-July each year, with the peak in activity between 9 and 14 August, depending on the particular location of the stream. During the peak, the rate of meteors reaches 60 or more per hour. They can be seen all across the sky; however, because of the shower's radiant in the constellation of Perseus, the Perseids are primarily visible in the Northern Hemisphere. As with many meteor showers the visible rate is greatest in the pre-dawn hours, since more meteoroids are scooped up by the side of the Earth moving forward into the stream, corresponding to local times between midnight and noon, as can be seen in the accompanying diagram.[8] While many meteors arrive between dawn and noon, they are usually not visible due to daylight. Some can also be seen before midnight, often grazing the Earth's atmosphere to produce long bright trails and sometimes fireballs. Most Perseids burn up in the atmosphere while at heights above 80 kilometres (50 mi).[9]
|Perseids active between
|Peak of shower
|July 17 – August 24
|August 12–13[10] (ZHRmax 100?) (New moon Aug 14)
|July 17 – August 24
|August 13 (ZHRmax 68)[11] (Full moon Aug 10)
|July 17 – August 24
|August 12 (ZHRmax 109)[12]
|July 17 – August 24
|August 12 (ZHRmax 122)[13]
|July 17 – August 24
|August 12 (ZHRmax 58)[14] (Full moon Aug 13)[15]
|July 23 – August 24
|August 12 (ZHRmax 142)[16]
|July 14 – August 24
|August 13 (ZHRmax 173) (the estimated peak was 173,[17] but fainter meteors were washed out by a gibbous Moon.)
|July 25 – August 24[18]
|August 13 (ZHRmax 116)[18]
|July 19 – August 25[19]
|August 13 (ZHRmax 93)[19]
|12/13 August[20]
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|(ZHRmax >200)[2]
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The earliest information on this meteor shower is found in Chinese annals in A.D. 36. However, credit for recognising the shower's annual appearance is given to Adolphe Quetelet, who reported in 1835 that there was a shower emanating from the constellation Perseus.[1][2] Some Catholics refer to the Perseids as the "tears of Saint Lawrence", since 10 August is the date of that saint's martyrdom.[22] In Roman times it was believed that the meteor shower were nothing more than an ejaculation of god Inuo-Priapus that fertilized the fields. The transition in favor of the Christian saint Lorenzo was facilitated, as was the case with many other pagan festivals, by the Catholic Church. It is believed that the saint was chosen as phonetically assonant with that of Larentia, female counterpart of Priapus also celebrated during the date of August 10 with Priapus.[23]
- ^ a b Dr. Bill Cooke; Danielle Moser & Rhiannon Blaauw (2012-08-11). "NASA Chat: Stay 'Up All Night' to Watch the Perseids!" (PDF). NASA. p. 55. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Gary W. Kronk. "Observing the Perseids". Meteor Showers Online. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- ^ a b c d e f Moore, Patrick; Rees, Robin (2011), Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy (2nd ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 275, ISBN 0521899354
- ^ a b Żołądek, P.; et al. (October 2009), "The 2004 Perseid meteor shower - Polish Fireball Network double station preliminary results", Journal of the International Meteor Organization 37 (5): 161–163, Bibcode:2009JIMO...37..161Z
- ^ Dan Vergano (2010-08-07). "Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky this weekend". Usatoday.com. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
- ^ Dr. Tony Phillips (June 25, 2004). "The 2004 Perseid Meteor Shower". Science@NASA. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
- ^ D.W. Hughes (1996). "Cometary Dust Loss: Meteoroid Streams and the Inner Solar System Dust Cloud". In J. Mayo Greenberg. The Cosmic Dust Connection. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 375. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- ^ http://meteorshowersonline.com/what_is.html
- ^ "NASA All Sky Fireball Network: Perseid End Height". NASA Meteor Watch on Facebook. 2012-08-11. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ "Meteor Showers 2015". nasa.gov. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- ^ "Perseids 2014: visual data quicklook". Imo.net. 2014-08-13. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ^ "Perseids 2013: visual data quicklook". Imo.net. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
- ^ "Perseids 2012: visual data quicklook". Imo.net. 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
- ^ "Perseids 2011: visual data quicklook". Imo.net. 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
- ^ "How to See the Best Meteor Showers of the Year: Tools, Tips and 'Save the Dates'". nasa.gov. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
- ^ "How to See the Best Meteor Showers of the Year: Tools, Tips and 'Save the Dates'". nasa.gov. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ^ "Perseids 2009: visual data quicklook". Imo.net. 2010-04-26. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
- ^ a b "Perseids 2008: visual data quicklook". Imo.net. 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
- ^ a b Perseids 2007: first results
- ^ Brown. "The Perseids 1992. New outburst announces return of P/Swift-Tuttle". Bibcode:1992JIMO...20..192B.
- ^ "Science: Tears of St. Lawrence". TIME. 1926-08-23. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
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External links[edit]
- Media related to Perseids at Wikimedia Commons
- Worldwide viewing times for the 2015 Perseids meteor shower
- Gary Kronk's Meteor Showers page
- Perseid Observing Conditions (The International Project for Radio Meteor Observation)
- 2014 Perseids Radio results (RMOB)
- Perseid Visibility Map (2014 NASA Meteoroid Environment Office)
- 2009 Perseid Meteor Fireball
- NASA website on the Perseid shower of 2009
- Sky & Telescope Magazine - Perseids at Their Prime
- 2012 Image of Perseids emanating from the radiant
- What are the perseids?


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After further investigation, the driver, whose name is being withheld pending arraignment, was arrested later Sunday morning, Garvelink said. He is being held in the Ottawa County Jail on charges including a parole violation, driving on a suspended license and fleeing the scene of an accident.
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As President Obama's support wanes, midterm elections loom, and economic troubles persist, he barely heeds East Asia and the Pacific. Flourishing Australia is neglected because it causes Washington few problems. Twice this year Obama canceled a visit to Australia.
Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott
But this nation of 22 million—which has its own election August 21 —copes with a junior-partner role out of long experience and for good reason. The United States, despite being 8,000 miles away, is of the first importance to Aussies. They fought alongside the United States in all its major wars, from World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Australia changed prime ministers in June when Julia Gillard overthrew Kevin Rudd in an internal Labor party struggle. Rudd had become Labor leader in 2006 not because the party liked him but because he was their best chance to win. In 2007 he did beat John Howard, handsomely, ending an 11-year conservative reign. But Rudd was aloof from his own Labor party; its backroom figures, fearing defeat in the 2010 vote, knifed him and chose Gillard, a leftist trying to edge to the center. As happens under a Westminster-style parliamentary system, she became prime minister on the spot.
Gillard faces a thoughtful conservative, Tony Abbott of the Liberal-National party, in a close tussle, and the result is important to U.S. interests. Gillard would support Obama's worst foreign policy instincts, while Abbott would resist them.
Howard resolved the warring currents of history (Western) and geography (Asian) that define Australia. The eight-year Bush-Howard axis was a golden age for relations between the United States and Australia; yet Howard also brought Japan, China, and Indonesia closer to Australia than ever before. So much for the Australian intellectual left's cry that "we must choose between America and Asia" (they would choose Asia).
The Canberra-Washington connection has always been strong under the Liberal-Nationals. But Labor, especially since the Vietnam war, dislikes foreign entanglements and calls for "exit" from a war before victory is in sight.
In 1972, Henry Kissinger, as I entered his White House office for a chat about China, angrily waved a cable from Gough Whitlam, just elected Labor prime minister of Australia, protesting President Nixon's "Christmas bombing" of Hanoi. "It's unforgivable for this Australian government to put us on the same moral footing as North Vietnam!" said Kissinger. "You can't apply ANZUS [a tripartite security pact also including New Zealand] on some points and not on others." I crept out to phone Whitlam. It was a low point in relations between Washington and Canberra.
Another low came when Mark Latham, a Labor leader prior to Rudd, called President Bush "incompetent and dangerous" and declared, "The alliance with the United States is just another form of neocolonialism."
Bob Hawke, a highly successful Labor prime minister (1983-91), had checked some of Labor's anti-Americanism, declining to follow New Zealand's wish for a South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone and thus saving ANZUS. Still, Hawke missed Reagan's historical importance; he told me feebly in 1987, "The United States hasn't had a decent president since Truman." Hawke's defense minister, Kim Beazley, also pro-American and now Australian ambassador in Washington, said in an email to me this week, "Australia is a solid, capable ally of the United States prepared to project itself forward in the East Asian region. Because the views we develop independently are rarely difficult for the United States, they are valuable to the United States."
Since Howard's long tenure as prime minister (1996-2007), the conservatives have had three leaders, and since their loss to Howard in 1996, Labor has changed leaders six times. So Abbott (52) and Gillard (48) are both new to party leadership. Gillard comes out of a Labor world in Melbourne rife with social engineering ideas and bitter factionalism. A pillar of EMILY's List, with no husband or children, she takes Aneurin Bevan, the British Labor firebrand, born like Gillard in Wales, as her political hero.
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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Apple may be having a hard time selling the iPhone in China, but momentum is picking up in Europe as distribution widens.
The end of exclusivity has already triggered a big leap in market share for the popular handset in France and observers say the phenomenon is about to repeat itself in the U.K.
In France, Apple's AAPL, -1.02% iPhone was originally only available through France Telecom (FTE) FTE, -8.57% unit Orange, which bought exclusive rights to the device in 2007.
But rival operators Bouygues Telecom (EN) and SFR, a unit of Vivendi (VIV), complained to the country's competition regulator and were eventually allowed to distribute it as well.
Since April the iPhone has been available through the three main French operators. The widening of the distribution has boosted Apple's value market share to 32% in the latest quarter from 21% just three months earlier, according to research from Bernstein.
"The expansion of iPhone distribution has clearly benefited Apple, helping it to more than double sales in three months," said Pierre Ferragu, analyst at Bernstein.
The gain happened mostly at the expense of Research in Motion's RIMM BlackBerry, he said.
Despite the scarcity of data available from Apple and operators, other analysts have reached similar conclusions. In a recent report, Morgan Stanley estimated that the iPhone market share in France increased by 17% sequentially in the third quarter.
As a result, France is now the biggest market for the iPhone in Europe, said Carolina Milanesi, research director in the mobile device practice of Gartner, with more than 600,000 units sold in the third quarter.
Apple posted a 40% increase in iPhone unit sales in the latest quarter to 7.4 million, increasing its global market share in the quarter to 2.6% from 1.9% in the previous one, according to estimates by Chris Versace of Think 20/20 Research.
What French development means for the U.K.
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"Exclusivity in France ended in April. Our numbers show that shelf share tripled and market share doubled quarter on quarter," said Strategy Analytics analyst Neil Mawston. "Given that the U.K. market is pretty similar and the brand strong there, yes, you can extrapolate that," he said.
Still, the surge in market share for the iPhone in France may not have been the exclusive product of wider distribution.
Gavin Byrne, an analyst at research house Informa Telecoms, said the launch of the 3GS model in July and the simultaneous reduction in price of the original iPhone, likely also fueled a pickup in demand.
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At its meeting on Thursday, November 15, 2012, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) Board of Directors approved in principle a proposal to launch weekly options and futures on the TA-25 index.
The terms of weekly options will be identical to those of monthly options, with the exception that their lifetime is only one week. The weekly options launched by TASE will be cash-settled European options with a contract multiplier of 100. The reference exercise price will be the Opening TA-25 index price set each Thursday.
Over the past few years leading derivatives exchanges have launched weekly options in response to avid investor interest in these instruments. Weekly options tend to be more liquid than one-month options with similar term structures. It is anticipated that the launch of weekly options will stimulate trading volume of both the derivatives and the underlying TA-25 shares, as was the case when TASE migrated from two-month to one-month expiration options. Among other things, these instruments are attractive to retail investors, who favor less expensive derivatives carrying lower margin requirements. Trading in weekly options is tentatively scheduled to commence towards the end of the second quarter of 2013.
Ester Levanon, TASE CEO stated that "TASE works constantly to introduce new derivative products.The launch of weekly options will expand the range of derivative products available to local and foreign investors alike".


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DEXO will report its Q1, 2012 earnings tomorrow (04/26/2012) before market open. I would like to present my earning preview in the following based on company's own guidance..
Before presenting my Q1 earning estimates, I would like to look back how well my Q4, 2011 earning estimates was.
I gave my Q4 2011 earning preview one week before company's earning release. The following table showed my estimates and the actual result:
From the table, it can be seen that I was quite accurate on my estimates about company's D&A and interest expenses. The revenue was at the low end of my estimate. But production&distribution cost and S&A expenses made big improvements. Compared with Q3, 2011 results, we can see that cost reduced 130 base points from 20.00% of revenue to 18.71% of revenue and S&A reduced from 40.27% of revenue to 38.97% of revenue.
Net profit before income tax was $23.50 million, which is only $4.62 million shy of Q3, 2011 result even revenue was down $19.37 million and it was at the high end of our estimate
Net profit after income tax provision was $5.54 million or $0.11/share and it is a surprise for me as the income tax provision took 76% out of its net profit.
Now the Q1 earning preview:
During its Q4 2011 earning conference call, the company gave the following guidance for 2012:
- Revenue : $1,225 - $1,300 million
- Additional cost cut: $120 million
- Free cash flow: $300 - $375 million
- adjusted EBITDA: $500 - $575 million
- Q1, 2012 revenue slightly lower than Q4 2011
At the end of 2011, the company had $257.90 million cash with $2,510.0 million debt. Net asset is negative of -$9.0 million
Now my projected income statement for Q1, 2012:
Revenue: the company indicated that revenue will be slightly lower than Q4, 2011. Therefore we give $350 million as our estimate.
Cost maintains as the same margin (18.70%).
I project a further reduction from their S&A expenses: from 38.97% to 37.1% with higher D&A cost ($73 million) and the same amount of interest payment ($55 million).
Net profit before income tax will be $26.53 million, about 10% higher than Q4, 2011 result.
I have no idea how much the company will pay for the income tax and will leave it blank here.
I project 50.25 million shares by the end of Q1, 2012.
Therefore net profit will be $0.52/share for Q1, 2012 before income tax provision and one-time gain.
During the first quarter, 2012, company bought back $142 million of its debt using $70 million cash. This will give $72 million or $1.44/share one time gain .
Therefore the company may report $1.96 EPS before income tax provision.
Book Value: $140 - $9 million + $20 million (Q1 net profit) = $151 million = $3.00/share.
Stock has lost about 50% of its value since its recent high of $2.48. At $1.25, I believe that it is undervalued and will be a good entry price for long term investors.
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James, great analysis. I feel the company should do a little better on the revenue line given that Q1 is generally better than the other quarters for Yellow Pages but I will defer to the company's guidance on that one. Hopefully the costs are down a little as well in line with the cost reduction targets for the year. We shall see what they report soon, won't we!
They went aggressive on D&A, which is fine as the earnings are good enough to allow them to clean up the balance sheet a little more.
The only positive is its solid growth in digital bookings, up 32% yoy.
Revenue: $344.40 via my $350.00 est;
Expenses: $196.00 via my $195.47 ($65.47+ $130) est;
D&A $103.70 via my $73.00 est;
Interest $57.1 via my $55.00 est;
OT gain $68.80 via my $72.00 est;
Shares 50.30 via my 50.25 est;
Income Tax -$1.20 via my ?
James, i find their 1.15 eps for the quarter boggling..if i employed some standard metrics..ie. x4 to get annual...that's 4.60 per year of earnings..and slap on a conservative 10x eps metric..gives a share price of 46$/share? wtf is with this stock..i DO recall that the EPS last quarter was just 0.11 last quarter..so i AM guessing it's just up hard this one because of way lower interest payments or something.
DEXO - 2.33. Pulled back from 2.60 break out and had two year high.
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The diversity of Magaluf nightlife is such that there is something for everyone. For the 18-30 crowd there are hundreds of bars and some of Europe's best clubs and discos. For maturer visitors and families there are more laid back bar venues, many with excellent entertainment and a good selection of places to eat. Most of the nightlife is centred on the bars and clubs which are located along what is known as 'the strip'. This is a hill called Punta Balena which runs from the main tourist information office in the town centre up to the hotel district of Torrenova.
It's pointless to list all the bars along the strip as they often change owners between seasons and not everyone shares the same taste in bars. Just start at the top or bottom of the strip and go walkabout to find your own favourites often with the help of the endless number of PRs who will be trying to get you into their place.
Well known favourites that you can't miss as you stroll along the strip include Lennons Pub which has a massive terrace and Chaplins Bar which is famous for its party games. The Lush Dance Bar is another top entertainment spot whilst The Office has become a regular stop for revellers. The Three Lions is always packed and Mulligans at the top of the hill is yet another top venue.
As well as the strip you'll find plenty to amuse you actually down at the beach where there are numerous bars and restaurants open until late. Daquiris Palace do a fabulous range of frozen cocktails on their huge terrace overlooking the sea whilst. The Boatyard is a good British pub which is also on the beach and Linekers sports bar with its eleven giant screens is on a street just off the promenade.
On Avinguda de l'Olivera, the main street where the BCM nightclub is located, you'll come across a good selection of more familiy orientated bars than you will on the strip. The enormous and ever popular Benny Hills is well known for good, clean family fun whilst the Boston Bar provides great entertainment for all the family. Mrs Doyles Irish Pub is Magaluf's top Irish venue with live music from Mick the Fiddler. It's just around the corner from Morgans.
Nightclubs in Magaluf
Magaluf clubs are well known on the European club circuit these days and attract well known DJs during the summer months including Judge Jules, Dave Pearce and DJ Sammy. These stars tend to rotate around the top venues guaranteeing packed houses with clubbers from all over the continent.
The largest and best known of the nightclubs is BCM Planet Dance which has space for 4000 people and is built on three levels. The top floor tends to attract a younger crowd dancing away to the latest sounds in the company of professional dancers and an amazing light and laser show. A middle floor is mainly frequented by a slightly older crowd whilst on the lower level is the Millennium club which is home to notorious foam and popcorn parties.
Outside there's the BCM square with a selection of bars and seating areas where non-dancers can enjoy the action. The entrance fee gets you into the club, a load of freebies and includes free drink for the rest of the night within the club complex or at the BCM Beach Bar which is at the bottom of the strip. It's open from 10pm until 6am. Take a look at the BCM Magaluf website.
Poco Loco is another top venue which claims to be the resort's best disco party pub. They have their own resident British DJ who keeps the crowds bopping on the large dancefloor until the early hours. Very popular with stag and hen groups all kitted out in fancy dress. Check out any special offers of the day with the PRs. Good selection of music and drinks tend to cost no more than standard bars. Boomerangs, Fusion and Bora Bora are other top venues whilst Heaven is a popular lapdance club.
Magaluf Club Pass
A great deal for clubbers is to buy the Magaluf club pass which allows you to visit to any combination of five clubs on the same night. The participating clubs are:
- Bananas – one of the longest established and most popular clubs around.
- Boomerang – a more recent addition to the strip which is one of the top dance venues.
- Carwash – where the theme is geared to the sights and sounds of the 70s and 80s.
- Tokyo Joes – where you can escape the house music and easily get to one of its bars.
- Fusion – chosen by Mixmag as Magaluf's top club
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One final place that deserves a special mention for anyone researching Magaluf nightlife is the Pirates Show. This is a must for anyone visiting Magaluf. It is set in a theatre which contains a life size galleon where you'll enjoy dinner with a pirate theme as you watch a superb show for all the family. There is also an uncut version for adults only.


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The sweetest of nature...this little owl posed for us so contentedly
Taken at the Barn Owl centre in Hempsted Glous.
a fantastic day with so much help offered from each other
but special thanks to Val and Vince for arranging
would recommend this experience to you all
V2 and V3 some that shared the day...more to come.
A message from Trev he is a 'little better' and was going to his son's wedding yesterday
and hopes soon to have the operation...sends his thanks to you and good wishes for your thoughts
My thanks to Kathryn and Peter for your awards yesterday...appreciated
Off to Arundel Wetlands today to meet up with Bob, Barbara and John..
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V1 is a clear winner Lillian your pov is prefect as is the detail
Gorgeous shot Lillian, a very Pro' looking image indeed. Glad you had a good time, and V2 is a smashing off the cuff shot too.
Obviously the model in V1 is by far the most beautiful but in 2 & 3 they are showing off their fine feathers nicely too.
I read a really bad review on the Barn Owl Centre.........the owner blamed the visitors for the problems and he himself was rather rude to the people...........
Fabulous capture, excellent isolation of the owl - beautiful result!
Julia don't believe all you read, Vince was extremely helpful, polite
and very generous with his time! our session was 12...5 pm
we finished at 8 pm when we had all got the photos we wanted
would recommend 101% to visit and make your own opinion
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A well produced image Lillian, nice work. Not sure about the other 2 HE HE.
The Little Owl is one of my favourite birds.
Good to here the news about Trev, Lillian, ....very well captured in perfect DOF, LIKE ALL THREE but v1 is a stunner, my favLast Modified By JohnChambersPhotography at 18 Aug 2013 - 9:21 AM
Fine set Lillian, V1 is excellent, pleased that Trev has had some good news,
Good news about Trev
When out walking in the wilds the other day I could hear owls....
But no way could I find them with the camera.
Wonderful image Lillian, good to see everyone enjoying themselves
Great news about Trev Lillian, a super image of The Little Owl
Great set, Lillian, and what a lovely little owl he is Some serious pieces of kit there in V3!
I'm glad you decided to lead with Willow in v1, he's so photogenic. I think i recognise that ruffian in v2, it is none other than my Uncle Adie aka the "Tomcat" or "lagerboy", it makes a change to see him without his Crocodile Dundee hat, did he leave it at home? It looks like a good time was had by all, very pleasing to hear the news regarding Trev, I look forward to more installments from your Birds of Prey day.
Tremendous shallow focus lifting the Owl out of the background nicely.
The boys do like their toys.
The little owl is a BIG star, Lillian. As for the others...........well. They bear no resemblance to strigiformes and I see no signs of feathers. Must be togs!
Superb little owl image and two good'uns of the menfolk
V1 is beautiful Lillian, A gorgeous capture. Glad you had a wonderful day
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Agree with Lillian 100% I have been to the Barn owl centre lots of times and always had a fabulous day! So glad you enjoyed it Lillian - I really can;t wait to go back.
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- Boosting the Commercial Returns from Research
- Collaborative Research Networks (CRN)
- Higher Education Infrastructure Working Group
- National Collaborative Research Infrastructure
The higher education sector is made up of universities and other higher education institutions. The Australian Government supports the sector through policies, funding and programmes.
The department works with the education sector, other government agencies and ministries to ensure Australia is recognised as a regional and world leader in education and a partner of choice for international collaboration.
The department provides leadership and coordination across government, delivering programs and policies, to support mobility and the global exchange of knowledge.
International Education programmes include:
- Qualifications recognition, ESOS framework, Tuition Protection Service
- Data and research
- Endeavour scholarships, fellowships and grants
- International counsellors, agreements and multilateral frameworks
- Draft National Strategy for International Education
The Department of Education and Training works with states, territories and non-government education providers so all children have access to education that meets their needs.
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The Department of Education and Training works to encourage young people to participate in further education, training and work.
The Australian vocational education and training (VET) system is an integral part of the Australian education system, designed to deliver workplace specific skills and knowledge-based competencies.
The VET system provides training to about 3 million students per year, some 1.5 million of whom are subsidised by Australian governments. VET providers engage with industry to deliver client-focused, flexible, relevant and responsive education and training to individuals all over Australia.
Information about who we are, what we do, jobs with the department and how we deliver effective government services to all Australians.
Australia needs a skilled and flexible workforce to adapt to rapid technological change in the workplace, and to maintain and improve our economic position in the face of increasing global competition. A strong and prosperous economy that delivers the jobs Australian families want requires a well-functioning VET system that delivers the skills we need.
The Australian Government has embarked on an ambitious program of VET reform focussed on quality, jobs, and status. Top quality providers and top quality courses enhance the contribution VET makes to the employment prospects of students and boost the status of VET amongst families, students and employers, industry and community.
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