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"There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good."*…
Matan Stauber's "Histography" is, if not the most complete timeline ever, certainly close…
"Histography" is interactive timeline that spans across 14 billion years of history, from the Big Bang to 2015.
The site draws historical events from Wikipedia and self-updates daily with new recorded events.
The interface allows for users to view between decades to millions of years.
The viewer can choose to watch a variety of events which have happened in a particular period or to target a specific event in time. For example you can look at the past century within the categories of war and inventions.
* Stephen Colbert
As we remember, with Churchill that, "The farther backward [we] can look, the farther forward [we] are likely to see," we might recall that it was on this date in 1609 that "Three Blind Mice" was first published. Appearing in Deuteromelia or The Seconde part of Musicks melodie, a book edited by Thomas Ravenscroft (who may also have authored the rhyme, though there'a case to be made that it dates back to the days of Queen Mary, and refers to her punishment of "The Oxford Martyrs").
The original lyrics were:
Three Blinde Mice,
Three Blinde Mice,
Dame Iulian,
Dame Iulian,
the Miller and his merry olde Wife,
she scrapte her tripe licke thou the knife.
The lyrics as we've come to know them appeared in the mid-19th century in a children's anthology collected by James Orchard Halliwell.
"Time is a game played beautifully by children"*…
Readers will recall our earlier adventures in space and scale (e.g., here). Now, from Wait But Why, a trip through time. Starting with the near-in (above), Tim Urban has created a series timelines, each of which nests into the next…
Until one has "traveled" all the way to the entirety of time.
See them all (and larger) at "Putting Time in Perspective." (G-rated version here)
* Heraclitus, Fragments
As we check our watches, we might send culturally-relevant birthday greetings to James Mooney; he was born on this date in 1861. A pioneering ethnographer, he started working in 1885 with the Bureau of American Ethnology in Washington, D.C. He compiled a list of tribes and their members which contained 3,000 names, but quit after the US Army's 1890 massacre of Lakota people at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
Mooney did extensive work with the Cherokee and Kiowa tribes. His most notable works were his ethnographic studies of the Ghost Dance after Sitting Bull's death in 1890, a widespread 19th-century religious movement among various Native American culture groups, and his deciphering of the Kiowa calendar.
"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself"*…
From Lapham's Quaterly, a timeline of time-keeping…
* Andy Warhol
As we adjust our dials, we might send transcendental birthday greetings to Albert Hofmann; he was born on this date in 1906. As a young chemist at Sandoz in Switzerland, Hofmann was searching for a respiratory and circulatory stimulant when he fabricated lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD); handling it, he absorbed a bit through his fingertips and realized that the compound had psychoactive effects. Three days later, on April 19, 1943– a day now known as "Bicycle Day"– Hofmann intentionally ingested 250 micrograms of LSD then rode home on a bike, a journey that became, pun intended, the first intentional acid trip. Hofmann was also the first person to isolate, synthesize, and name the principal psychedelic mushroom compounds psilocybin and psilocin.
He died in 2008, at the age of 102.
"It's such a fine line between stupid, and uh…"*
From the folks at Concert Hotels, "100 Years of Rock in Less Than a Minute." Rock's family tree– from 1900 to 2000– unspools (as excerpted above); and each box, when clicked, plays an example of the genre. Educational fun for all!
* David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) in This is Spinal Tap… which is fast approaching– in March– the 30th anniversary of its release
As we turn it up to 11, we might recall that this date in 1959 was "the day the music died": the day that a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson (aka, The Big Bopper), and pilot Roger Peterson.
If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music… and of aviation.
– Tom Stoppard
Every picture tells a story…
… and some tell more complicated stories than others…
This [1897] chart, digitized by the Library of Congress, depicts major battles, troop losses, skirmishes, and other events in the American Civil War. (Click on the image to arrive at a zoomable version, or visit the LOC's website.)
The "Scaife Synoptical Method," advertised at the top of the timeline, aimed to fit as much information as possible into a single chart. Information on Arthur Hodgkin Scaife is scant, but the Comparative Synoptical Chart Company, apparently based in Toronto, also published his "Synoptical Charts" of the "Cuban Question," English history, and the life of William Gladstone…
Read the whole story at Vault.
As we concentrate on consolidation, we might recall that it was on this date in 1863 that Union Generals Alexander M. McCook and Thomas Crittenden were relieved of their commands and ordered to Indianapolis, Indiana, to face a court of inquiry following the Federal defeat at the battle of Chickamauga in Georgia (c.f., the chart above). As History. com explains…
Eight days before, the Union Army of the Cumberland, commanded by General William Rosecrans, had retreated from the Chickamauga battlefield in disarray. On the battle's second day, Rosecrans mistakenly ordered a division to move into a gap in the Federal line that did not exist, creating a real gap through which the Confederates charged, thus splitting the Union army. One wing collapsed, and a frantic retreat back to Chattanooga,Tennessee, ensued. The other wing, led by General George Thomas, remained on the battlefield and held its position until it was nearly overrun by Confederates.
The search for scapegoats began immediately, and fingers soon pointed to McCook and Crittenden. Their corps had been part of the collapsed flank, so Rosecrans removed them from command. Crittenden's removal stirred anger in his native Kentucky, and the state legislature sent a letter to President Abraham Lincoln demanding a reexamination of the firing. In February 1864, a military court cleared McCook and Crittenden, but their careers as field commanders were over. By quickly removing McCook and Crittenden, Rosecrans had been trying to save his own job. Within weeks after firing the generals, Rosecrans was himself replaced by Thomas.
A matter of perspective…
Visit Here Is Today and, in a few brief clicks, put everything (and I do mean everything) into perspective…
As we realize that we're late for the Mad Hatter's tea party, we might recall that it was on this date in 1961, before a joint session of Congress, that President John F. Kennedy introduced the NASA Apollo Program, vowing to land an American astronaut safely on the moon before the end of the decade. The mission was accomplished on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong left the Lunar Module and set foot on the surface of the Moon.
The Ages of Data…
It's said that there's a kind of hierarchy of knowing: data can be assembled into knowledge, which (with experience and empathy) can become understanding, then with grace, wisdom… but it all starts with data.
Happily for us, Stephen Wolfram, the creator of the indispensable Mathematica and more recently of Wolfram|Alpha, takes data very seriously…
The precursors of what we're trying to do with computable data in Wolfram|Alpha in many ways stretch back to the very dawn of human history—and in fact their development has been fascinatingly tied to the whole progress of civilization.
Last year we invited the leaders of today's great data repositories to our Wolfram Data Summit—and as a conversation piece we assembled a timeline of the historical development of systematic data and computable knowledge.
This year, as we approach the Wolfram Data Summit 2011, we've taken the comments and suggestions we got, and we're making available a five-feet-long (1.5 meters) printed poster of the timeline—as well as having the basic content on the web.
Wolfram's explanatory blog post, "Advance of the Data Civilization: A Timeline," is fascinating– both an unpacking of the events collected and an analysis of the patterns they form…
The story the timeline tells is a fascinating one: of how, in a multitude of steps, our civilization has systematized more and more areas of knowledge—collected the data associated with them, and gradually made them amenable to automation.
The usual telling of history makes scant mention of most of these developments—though so many of them are so obvious in our lives today. Weights and measures. The calendar. Alphabetical lists. Plots of data. Dictionaries. Maps. Music notation. Stock charts. Timetables. Public records. ZIP codes. Weather reports. All the things that help us describe and organize our world… the timeline is not about technology or science, it's about data and knowledge. When you look at the timeline, you might ask: "Where's Einstein? Where's Darwin? Where's the space program?" Well, they're not there. Because despite their importance in the history of science and technology, they're not really part of the particular story the timeline is telling: of how systematic data and knowledge came to be the way it is in our world. And as I said above, much of this is "back room history", not really told in today's history books.
…when I first looked at the completed timeline, the first thing that struck me was how much two entities stood out in their contributions: ancient Babylon, and the United States government. For Babylon—as the first great civilization—brought us such things as the first known census, standardized measures, the calendar, land registration, codes of laws and the first known mathematical tables. In the United States, perhaps it was the spirit of building a country from scratch, or perhaps the notion of "government for the people", but starting as early as 1785 (with the formation of the US Land Ordinance), the US government began an impressive series of firsts in systematic data collection.
Read the full post— it's an eminently-worthy guided walk from data to understanding.
[Thanks to Curiosity Counts for the pointer]
As we fondly recall counting on our fingers, we might recall that it was on this date in 1986 that Howard Stern became a national radio personality when WYSP in Philadelphia first simulcast his show. By the time that he moved to satellite radio in 2004, Stern had won Billboard's Nationally Syndicated Air Personality of the Year award eight times; his show had the distinction of being the most-fined radio program (the Federal Communications Commission [FCC] issued fines of $2.5 million to station licensees for broadcasting allegedly indecent material on Stern's show).
Interestingly, it was also on that same date– August 18, 1986– that the Anti-Howard, John Tesh, became a national broadcast personality with his first appearance on Entertainment Tonight.


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back in August I walked into the studio and noticed that one of my mics was missing. it wasn't stolen thankfully but it was sprawled out on the floor. and then I discovered why. SNAP! eventually same thing happened to the other three clamps. I'm pretty sure that this clamp was never designed to be used as a permanent installation. why? they all broke in the nearly same place.
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Photographer Tim Wilkes was on site Sunday for the final day of the IFDS World Championship to capture these images. Enjoy!
AUS 38 - Neil Patterson - IFDS Worlds 2014
Leg Two Complete - Epic battle for Dongfeng Race Team right to the finish line as they finish in second place with an official time of 08:41:40 UTC. - Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15.
Matt Stechmann leads round the top mark - 2014 OK Dinghy World Championship at Black Rock YC in Melbourne.
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OK Dinghy World Championship 2014 in Melbourne, Australia.
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Recently I picked up a go kart that is bagged on a homebuilt rear solid axle, with an ifs front suspension (without shocks for now).
It is powered by a "honda" clone 212 cc motor.
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People react differently to different cameras. TLRs seem to get ignored or smiles. SLRs are more noticed, sometimes more threatening, sometimes confused for video cameras these days. The important thing, as mentioned again and gain, is your comfort, though. If the Yashica is doing it for you, and all you want is a slightly better lens and a more solid mechanism in the same form, Rollei it is.
By the way, look hard at the f/3.5 Rollei Planars or Xenotars. That half stop loses you little in practical use. I have a 2.8C, and I can't remember the last time I used f/2.8. The 3.5s are cheaper, the lens is as good. And to save more money, go for the Xenotar- 'the same' quality (some will debate) but less status and hence less money. An E series is also a bit cheaper than an F series with little or no lose.
For either Hassy or Rollei, condition is as important as anything else. Look into maintenance needs and what an overhaul can cost and include that number in your figuring.


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Aliens, adventure, and ice cream sandwiches launch this all-star cast (Ed Helms, Mo Rocca, Fred Willard, Chris Elliott, and Patrick Warburton) into a cosmic adventure so amazing it s almost unbelievable...take a chance and believe.
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The self-same Paul Hyett has lined his special presidential suite at Portland Place with images donated by fellow practitioners of note. Piers Gough of CZWG has given a drawing of his Mile End Bridge, and Marks and Barfield, a photo of the BA London Eye (natch), among others.The real curiosity in the crop is a pencil drawing supplied by Robert Adam (the current one). The scene features an archway and a church with, in the foreground images of famous architectural giants Lutyens, Hawskmoor, Wren, and. . . erm. . . Adam himself! The ego has landed.
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The Candlewood Suites® Turlock hotel is in the gorgeous Central California area, and the hotel's suites are well-appointed with top amenities. Whether you need an accommodation while on vacation or traveling for work, you'll have everything you need in this hotel's suites.
In Turlock, CA there are many nearby businesses and corporations like Sensient Technologies and U.S. Cold Storage. The hotel is also close to the CSUS campus, Emanuel Medical Hospital and the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds. Business guests can stay connected with the complimentary high-speed, wired and wireless Internet access available throughout the hotel. If you're working on a long-term project, consider this hotel as it is one of the only extended-stay properties in the Turlock region.
The hotel's location is also ideal for vacationers. The central California area, the hotel's home, is marked by beautiful farmlands and vineyards. If you want something sweet, stop by the Beekman & Beekman estate for their local honey or tasty mead. Guests can also travel to the city of Modesto, which is less than 10 miles from Turlock.
The hotel's perks are great for both long- and short-term visitors. The property features an on-site Fitness Center and free self-service laundry facilities for guest use, and each suite has a full kitchen and the "Comforts of Home" bedding collection for more comfort and convenience. Book your stay today!
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Whether you are booking suites for a family reunion or suites for your company's training needs, Candlewood Suites hotels can accommodate your group.
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Good stay
November 26, 2015
We were in Turlock for a longer stay than usual for a family emergency.
This property was excellent. We didn't get a choice of type of room due to how full it was when we made the reservation but it was great overall. It filled the bill.
We will definitely look at this again if we stay more than a couple of nights in this or any other area that has a candlewood.
nice clean hotel
November 23, 2015
the room was clean and the staff was helpful. I would stay there again
Kudos to the staff
ByNigel Flopstalk
November 20, 2015
Only had interaction with the front desk but they were very helpful.
The rooms were showing a bit of wear and tear. If not rehabilitated soon they will be downright shabby.
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ByMs. Beautiful
November 15, 2015
During the most challenging time the stay at the Turlock location was 5 stars. All the staff were the best!! Always having a smile and wanting to make my stay and excellent experience. The only trouble the walls are thin and sleep was difficult. The staff was excellent and I would recommend the Turlock Candlewood Inn in fact I have.
The housekeeping staff , front desk, were Outstanding!!


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From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.
Jul 28th, 2011 2 people agree 1 person doesn't
interesting idea,the game is fantastic,but it gets very annoying after some time. and you will eventually get tired of being the only one in you ENTIRE SPECIES AND GALACTIC EMPIRE to do something.
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After a nosey teacher makes a rude remark, Kevin Hart's mom gives him permission to cuss just one time. (1:57)
Tags: kevin hart, seriously funny, parents, parenting, school, fights, storytellers, impressions, growing up
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Tickets on sale for Carlsbad's Holiday at the Rancho
CARLSBAD Tickets are on sale for Carlsbad's Holiday at the Rancho, a festival of seasonal crafts, shopping, face-painting, cookie-decorating, and more from 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 1 at Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park.
Pony rides, a cowboy-hat wearing Santa and a 6 p.m. under-the-stars showing of the movie "It's A Wonderful Life" will be part of the fun in the park at 6200 Flying L.C. Lane. Thirty-minute guided tours of the hacienda will begin at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $5 each through Nov. 30 and $8 each at the door. Children under 3 are admitted free. Parking will be limited at the park, with the lower lot reserved for disabled, and additional parking will be available nearby at Leo Carrillo Elementary School, 2875 Poinsettia Lane.
For tickets or more information, contact the Harding Community Center at (760) 602-7519 or go to www.carlsbadca.gov/parksandrec.
The park was once a working ranch owned by Leo Carrillo, an actor best known for his role in the 1950s television series "The Cisco Kid."


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Walk-in Registration for Learn-to-Skate AND Family Skate
- When: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, noon to 2 p.m.
- Where: RPI Houston Field House, peoples Ave., Troy, NY 12180
- Cost: $110
- Age limit: All ages
- Categories: Class, Sports, Children
Hudson Mohawk Figure Skating Club will hold Walk-In Registration for its Winter Learn-to-Skate session on Weds., Jan. 1st from Noon to 2:00 PM. Our 10-week session of group skating lessons is held on Saturdays at 9:45 at the RPI Field House in Troy. At just $110 for 10 lessons, it's a great way to help your skater improve his/her skills -- or, get a brand-new skater started on the ice.
Families who register a skater are invited to join us for our Family Skate, also happening from Noon-2:00 PM. So come join HMFSC for our Learn-to-Skate program -- and be sure to bring your skates!
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Kiwanis Meeting Featuring Sharon Gilmore
The Kiwanis Club of Southeast Volusia County held a meeting on Wednesday, October 24 at the Smyrna Yacht Club featuring guest speaker Sharon Gilmore. Gilmore is a professional golf instructor who demonstrated her new and innovative technique using photography and videography to show golfers what they're doing wrong and how to fix it.
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Next week
The kids are off all week.Are your kids?They used to only get the day before and after Thanksgiving off
Our break starts on Tuesday (20th) and lasts til next Monday (26th).
I'm doing lessons with them today, but tomorrow we've already marked off because we'll be busy helping with food bank. Thursday we want to watch the parade!
Technically they are inschool Mon - wed but we are taking the week off since we homeschool.


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[artist id="3188063″]Adam Lambert[/artist] has a top-40 hit with "Whataya Want From Me" and a #1 music video on VH1. His major-label debut, For Your Entertainment, just went gold. So what's next for the "American Idol" fave? Two words: world domination.
"I'm gonna go to Australia first, then Japan, then the U.K., then Germany," Lambert told MTV News moments before Ryan Seacrest's "Rock My Town" concert last Friday. "I'm really excited to travel. I think that's one of the best parts of this whole gig. We get to meet new people and see new cultures."
For Your Entertainment is already available in Australia, and it is set to hit Japanese stores in March. European record shops, meanwhile, won't get its glittery goodness until April. Regardless of where his international promo tour takes him, Lambert is confident his glam-pop will translate to audiences all over the globe. "I think a lot of the songs kind of have a little dash of that Euro flair in there," said Lambert, who is headlining his first show Stateside at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, on February 27. "And I think the Japanese kids will like the clothes."
The controversial pop-rocker is especially excited for his trips to the U.K. and Germany — where, he joked, there are "no boundaries." "I think the European audiences are generally a little more liberal," he said. "I'm sure there are certain things that I do that won't upset people as much as they do here."
"Idol" champ Kris Allen, who appeared alongside Lambert and Allison Iraheta on Friday, had a personal request for Adam's time abroad. "You should totally do a duet with La Roux," Allen suggested. "She is sick!"
Adam eagerly replied, "That'd be cool. She's great!"
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It's cliché, but when it comes to football the team that commits the most errors typically ends up on the losing side of the scoreboard, especially when it's a neck and neck competition.
The Delhi High boys soccer team went into Friday's home contest on a high note, coming off a 2-1 road victory over Pacheco on Wednesday. Two days made a lot of difference, however, as the Hawks were unable to make it into the net and fell to the visiting Livingston squad, 1-0.
It was a battle of last year's section runner-ups in San Benito and Hilmar High on Friday night.
Q. This is your third year as a varsity starter. How do you feel you've grown as a volleyball player over the past three years?
Yellowjackets over Wolves
Pitman High entered Friday's home game against Downey High with a team characterized by its youth. With only two returning starters from last year's squad and the bulk of its roster comprised of juniors, the Pride knew that the Knights, back-to-back winners of the Modesto Metro Conference title, would be a difficult challenge to overcome in their season opener.
Turlock High began the 2014 football season the way every team hopes to -with a win. The Bulldogs traveled to Modesto to face Enochs High and came home with a tight 25-20 victory.
Denair's volleyball team has been through a rough patch the last three years, but 2014 is a whole new season.
Ty Pettigrew's girls golf squad has won three of the last four Valley Foothill League titles, and the Hilmar Lady Yellowjackets are looking to make it four out of five after the 2014 year concludes.
It was a bit of a struggling season in 2013 for both boys and girls Turlock High water polo squads.
The 2014 season is here, and Turlock and Pitman's cross country teams have been preparing for the start of the new season in the always competitive Central California Conference.
Turlock High has dominated girls golf in the Central California Conference over the past decade, capturing the previous 10 CCC titles, including last year's title, but don't count out Pitman for the 2014 season.
The boys and girls water polo squads of Pitman High are ready to put the past behind them and start fresh in 2014.
The past two years have been a roller coaster of success for Turlock high school soccer teams.
The 2013 Hilmar High boys' soccer team is coming off an interesting yet successful year.
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In their first year competing in the Central California Athletic Alliance, the Turlock Christian High boys basketball team failed to meet their own expectations in ...
Denair High boys basketball head coach RJ Henderson and assistant coach Garett Elliot have been working towards building a successful program over the last three ...
The Pitman Pride are back-to-back Sac-Joaquin Section Division I Volleyball Champions.
For the third straight year Hilmar High advanced to the Division-IV Sac-Joaquin Section Volleyball Championship match and for the third year in a row they ...
Pitman shocked the high school volleyball world on Tuesday after upsetting the No. 1 team in the Division I Sac-Joaquin Section bracket, Oak Ridge.
The tables are set for a rematch of the previous two Division IV CIF Sac-Joaquin Section volleyball championship games.
It took four hard fought sets and a game to 15 to determine the match winner in Tuesday night's CIF Sac Joaquin Section Division ...
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beauty: The quality that gives pleasure to the mind or senses
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Oil Options Volatility Rises as Futures Fall on European Debt
Oil options volatility rose as the underlying futures fell for the first time in seven days after the European Central Bank said its balance sheet soared to a record high.
Implied volatility for at-the-money options expiring in February, a measure of expected swings in futures and a gauge of options prices, was 33.2 at 1 p.m. in New York, an increase from 31.7 yesterday.
Crude fell as much as 2.2 percent after the ECB said its balance sheet grew to 2.73 trillion euros ($3.55 trillion) after it lent financial institutions more money last week to keep credit flowing to the economy during the debt crisis.
"The European economy tops the list of concerns for oil traders," said James Williams, an economist at WTRG Economics, an energy research firm in London, Arkansas. "Europe is making the market more volatile, as well as Iran."
The most active options contracts in electronic trading today were February $92 puts, with 1,125 lots changing hands at 12:52 p.m. The options rose 42 cents to 99 cents a barrel. Next were March $100 puts, with 794 lots. They gained 33 cents to $4.80. One contract covers 1,000 barrels of crude.
Puts accounted for 65 percent of the volume.
Oil for February delivery declined $1.67, or 1.7 percent, to $99.67 a barrel as of 12:52 p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil is up 9 percent this year.
February $90 puts were the most active options traded in the previous session, with 5,750 lots changing hands. They slid 22 cents to 41 cents. The next-most active options, February $85 puts, declined 9 cents to 18 cents on volume of 4,636.
Puts accounted for 57 percent of 68,944 lots traded.
Open interest was highest for December 2012 $150 calls with 37,831 contracts. Next were December 2012 $80 puts with 37,159 contracts, and December 2012 $100 calls with 32,346.
The exchange distributes real-time data for electronic trading and releases information on floor trading, where the bulk of options trading occurs, the next business day.


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Engineering needs to invest in work experience
Engineering graduates don't have enough practical skills. There's an argument that we've heard so often it's become a cliché. 'University courses teach you the theory but you need real work experience before you're ready for the job,' argue not only outright critics of our academic system but also employers who say they are struggling to recruit young people with the right skills.
In the current depressed economic times, it's never been more important for engineering graduates to have a work experience placement on their CVs. The Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HESCU) says 10 per cent of recent engineering graduates are out of work – higher than for graduates of social sciences such as psychology and geography. So job applicants are facing stiffer competition than probably ever before.
Students are well aware that work experience is key. 'There has been a significant rise in the number looking for internships,' says HESCU's deputy director of research, Charlie Ball. The number of students and graduates viewing engineering internship opportunities on the Prospects careers website has increased by 27 per cent between 2009 and 2011.
But new research suggests that engineering companies just aren't offering the placements that employers themselves say are so important. In a survey of engineering graduates from predominantly top-ranking universities, the number one complaint against potential employers was the lack of opportunity to experience the world of work.
'It was the most passionate part of their response,' says Chris Philips, chair of the TARGETjobs Engineering Forum, which carried out the survey of 1000 graduates through its careers website. 'Students are broadly content that their degrees taught them technical skills and employability skills, but there aren't enough relevant work placements over the whole spread of engineering companies. They also felt they were competing with European students who have placement opportunities built into the degree courses. UK students are feeling double crossed.'
Of course many companies do offer work experience schemes to young people of different ages. According to the IET's latest skills survey, 60 per cent of firms have taken on interns in the past 12 months. But the issue is how many placements there are compared with the number of graduates and jobs. As an example, energy firm Centrica is hiring 17 graduate engineers from a variety of disciplines this year but only offers 10 summer work experience placements. And competition is fierce. In total the company has 140 places for its graduate and summer placement schemes but receives around 5,500 applications.
If the problem is as widespread as students seem to feel it is, then the industry really needs to take note because it could be damaging what is already a struggling skills market. Depending on whom you talk to, either there aren't enough engineering graduates, or their skills don't meet the requirements of employers, or too many of them are going into other industries. Employers who tell students they can't have a job without work experience but then don't offer any placements could be exacerbating all these problems.
If students are turned away from engineering jobs they could be more likely to look to other sectors, not least those that offer more money for their problem solving skills. Universities can only do so much: industry needs to play its part in training the engineers of tomorrow, especially if such a premium is put on practical job experience. And if young people are assessing the employability of different subjects – increasingly likely now that the cost of a degree has tripled – they'll be less likely to choose engineering if they feel their three years of study won't lead to a job.
So why aren't more placements available to young people? Although health and safety bureaucracy can cause a serious headache for those setting placements for under-18s, they shouldn't have the same trouble accepting university students. 'Once they become adults, young people have a lot more common sense,' says John Nollett, managing director of steering system manufacturer Pailton Engineering, which employs 150 people and places both under- and over-18s in work experience and apprenticeships. 'We have a robust health and safety regime in place already for our employees so we're not worried about older people doing work experience.'
A problem for some firms, particular smaller more specialised ones, is that students don't have enough knowledge to be able to drop in for a few weeks and gain meaningful experience. 'Our work is so specialist that we can't just take anyone – they need proper training,' says Michelle Rix, operations manager at green energy firm Ecotricity, which doesn't offer work experience to engineering students.
'Companies do appreciate that if you can't do work placements properly you may as well not do them at all,' says Philips. And this is the biggest problem for engineering firms: work placements cost time and money, which many companies can ill afford especially in the current economic climate. 'Senior executives say they get the need for more work experience but it's a resource issue,' says Philips, who adds that many companies he has spoken to are planning to put more money into work experience schemes.
Increased commitment from employers does seem like the key way this situation can be improved. Another could be closer cooperation between industry and academia to ensure universities are turning out graduates with the skills needed to make them employable. Perhaps more courses should look at incorporating placements into their curricula.
'The sector needs to ask if it is properly articulating what it needs to universities and if it is being realistic,' says Ball. 'What are the skills deficiencies and can employers address this problem themselves? But we have to be nuanced about our approach. We need to make the case that being an engineer is an excellent career option. Engineering employers and universities need to have a good thoughtful dialogue and not blame each other.'
What is clear is that we need a long-term solution and investment in young people. Refusing students work experience placements might save some cash in the short-term but is only storing up problems for later on.
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Whiy is it that almost every other country in the world seems to be able to do things better than the UK?
Much as I sympathise with the views of people like Michelle Rix, how do you expect to get people interested in taking up engineering as a career if you don't give them exposure to a real working environment?
Also, much as engineering companies are bemoaning the general lack of skills amongst today's job candidates, they arguably bear some of the blame for this situation ever occurring in the first place - after all, who stopped providing apprenticeships?
Until we stop seeing young people as a cost liability and start instead viewing them as a crucial resource for the future that needs to be invested in, we're never going to get out of the mess we're in as a nation.
Would also like to use this as an opportunity to draw your attention to this article 'Average UK student debts 'could hit £53,000' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14488312). If students can't get the work experience they need, then what's the point in aspiring to anything?
I'm a qualified electrical engineer & health and safety advisor.
I now find myself out of work & I get the same barriers, too experienced, not experienced in the correct fields.
It doesn't matter how experiended or inexperienced you are, it's an employers market & they can pick and choose who they want.
Employers weren't training people in the 90's & it's even worse now.
Industries answer is to bring in foreign labour.
It's about time that British industry invests in it's own workforce & trains their own people, then it will get a skilled and dedicated workforce.
Currently it has a semi skilled workforce with no interest in the job they do, just hanging on for the pay cheque.
I strongly believe this is what has caused the recent rioting, they cannot get a break to get employment, so they take what they need.
This seems symptomatic of poor government policy; not supporting work placements for new graduates with a grant or funding system, and companies themselves being unwilling to speculate to accumulate.
In the short term government legislation isn;t going to arrive; so companies need to take the plunge, and invest in people for (both) their own future success.
I seem to remember - when I was an apprentice in the late '70's - that we had "polytechnics" then!! They offered degree courses with a year out mid way to give on the job experience. I didn't go to uni but got my MSc years later via distance learning, but this has been a problem for all of my years in manufacturing. Polytechnics were not seen by the elite as offering the same quality of degree as a university, we've had an ongoing "dumbing down" of our education system where the focus has been "bums on seats" instead of the right degree courses for the right number of people to fill the right jobs to secure our future prosperity as a country. Every college now claims to be a university (and every man and his dog knows that simply cannot be the case), they're all competing against each other (so throw out course that have no bearing on what we actually need as a nation), nobody can get hold of a fitter or electrician for love nor money as everyone apparently has to go to university nowadays (claim successive governments), yet our competitors overseas know exactly what is required and structure their education systems to suit. Whilst I'm sure some of this can be blamed on manufacturers themselves, I cannot help but think that most of the above has to be laid at the door of Government for not planning ahead, not supporting manufacturing and simply living for their next term of office! Glad I'm approaching retirement, but I fear for the future and what my kids and their kids have to look forward to!
It's the same old story in industry, "What happens if I train my engineers and then they leave?" They claim to have no budget for training, but are willing to miss months of potential opportunities while trying to poach staff from their competitors.
Further to my comments above and those of Steve Cupples, I also believe that the engineering sector (and others too for that matter) should get involved a lot earlier in the education process. I firmly believe that the UK's education system is manifestly unfit for purpose - this is borne out by Steve's comments, which I'm sure are only the tip of the iceberg.
The problem in the UK has been the over emphasis of academic subjects over vocational skills. I can't help wondering how many of the disgruntled youngsters seen in recent days could have been saved by giving them opportunities to use their hands rather than trying to shoehorn them into an educational system that doesn't meet their needs.
Ideally, I would like to see companies involved in the design of educational materials that give young people a real idea of what work is about.
I'm a big fan of humanities subjects, but ultimately, what's the point in knowing what happened at the Battle of Hastings when the most important focus for today's generation is finding ways to make a future for itself?
It has been like this in Germany for ages. Companies request work experience but don't give you the opportunity to get that experience.
Or they say they are the forerunner in a particular field, but need people who already have several years experience in that field in which they claim they are the first.
But in the engineering world nothing is like 100%. If you cannot fulfill 1 or 2 items of the requirements, you are still better than the average applicant.
If I train my engineers and they leave, there is a good chance that I get satisfied customers or suppliers who know what I need.
I had the chance in school to visit the factory where my parents worked. Companies could offer that today for schools as well. Invite the local school to your place and show them what you are doing.
You might get future apprentices, customers or suppliers.
Or just call it network building.
Isn't it time employers worked with Universities to encourage students individually and build a relationship together that would lead to employment? Just taking a student on work placement during the summer holidays is going to lead nowhere. There is no assesment of skills, guidence of direction or tailoring university courses to meet the engineering sector's future demand. We spend more time showing students where the toilet is than allowing proper hands on work, because they are here for 2 weeks max.
Oh, and if you think the UK engineering sector is bad at this, you should try looking at the NHS. Nurses have to enter at graduate level in most posts now, what is that all about?
Who should we blame? The Government or big industrialists greedy for profit? The problem is that people are not ready to work when they graduate, they are not careful in calculation, they expect fast promotion, they want an easy life. Graduates have to be hungry for work and they must earn respect from their employers - things which tend to be normal for those from poorer countries. You can't expect companies to train if the word 'train' means putting up with a bad attitude.
As the author of the TARGETjobs Engineering Report referred to in Stephens' piece and as someone who conducts regular surveys of undergraduates from all degree disciplines, the response to this survey was unprecendented in terms of the volume of comments made. I know from previous research that engineering students are not particularly talkative when compared to management or humanities students for example. This time, in response to a simple request for them to give the employers at the TARGETjobs Engineering Forum a message, they wrote loads - and most were heartfelt pleas to offer more work experience.
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Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
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Yeah, so a scientific study that's published in a peer-reviewed journal (which means you can actually look at it yourself) is horse manure...because you say so?
I'm sorry, but what was done poorly with the study? What are your legitimate objections to how the study was performed?
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Yeah but the nice thing about the people I know who meditate is they never tell me I'm going to hell if I fail to accept their path of meditation.
Researchers speculate it may have something to do with the stress of belonging to a minority group. Chronic stress floods the brain with hormones that, over time, may damage the hippocampus.
Originally posted by Mactire
Joking aside, I have noticed that people who follow religion blindly, which is more common in people who are "born again", seem to allow their entire lives to free float on the notion that "God has a plan", while your average person is playing life like a chess game to get ahead.
Maybe its the slacked use of brain power which causes grey matter to decrease. If you don't use it you lose it. My father-in-law is like this, and his parents helped feed that kind of mind set. I'd wager you'd find similar results in Islamic or Israeli fundamentalists.edit on 25-5-2011 by Mactire because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by mkkkay
This is one that will get some of us mad, could this be true or some kind of new propoganda
to get to some..
The study, which examined the hippocampus region of the brain, found that Protestants who did not have a "born again" experience had significantly more gray matter than either those who reported a life-changing religious experience, Catholics, or unaffiliated older adults.
The hippocampus is an area buried deep in the brain that helps regulate emotion and memory. Atrophy or shrinkage in this region of the brain has long been linked to mental health problems such as depression, dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
So why would born-again Protestants, Catholics and those with no religious affiliation have a smaller hippocampus?
Researchers speculate it may have something to do with the stress of belonging to a minority group. Chronic stress floods the brain with hormones that, over time, may damage the hippocampus.
So this is new for me what do you guys think
Sorry forgot the linkwww.usatoday.com...edit on 25-5-2011 by mkkkay because: link


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But the real issue the Congress would never address is the vexing question of Rahul Gandhi. The party's heir apparent intriguingly picked December 20, the day of the state poll results, to visit Goa where among other engagements he addressed Youth Congress workers. Meanwhile, Arjun Modvadia, the gritty Gujarat Congress president who lost his own seat in Porbandar, faced the music and accepted defeat. "It will take time to analyse the results," he told Outlook. "We were unable to get the urban votes and attract the new voters. I failed, accepted the failure and responsibility and resigned." He also defended Rahul: "It's not that Rahul's charisma is less although the high turnout of youth shows they voted for Modi. Rahul was not contesting from any seat and let's not mix state-level politics with the national." i&b minister Manish Tewari said the Congress won in all places where Rahul campaigned.
Porbandar is the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, whose name Rahul invoked during one of his appearances at the tail-end of each phase of polling. "If I have any guru in politics, it's Gandhiji," he had said at a rally in Jamnagar where he made his first appearance. "Gandhiji had one simple rule that the voice of not only every Indian but every person in the world should be heard..."
The real lesson Rahul could learn from Gandhi, though, is never to give up fighting for something you believe in even if you seem to have lost the battle. In the face of terrible riots in Calcutta, Gandhi fasted in terribly divided neighbourhoods. He never accepted Partition either and was shot dead before he embarked on a journey to Pakistan. All that remains of Gandhi in today's Gujarat is the plush state-of-the-art complex and auditorium Modi has built and named the Mahatma mandir.
As for the Congress, it seems to have outsourced the fight in various segments of the state to Keshubhai Patel's GPP that was propelled by disgruntled VHP/RSS/BJP members, many of them complicit in the 2002 riots. So, as the campaign progressed, Gujarat faced a bizarre reality: secular activists and the VHP found themselves on the same side in the fight against Modi! Since the Congress had decided it was tactically better for the national leaders not to name Modi and for the party not to appear "too secular", they completely lost sight of the larger questions of convictions, morality and ideology in Gujarat.
Had they done so, they would still have been defeated in the state and perhaps even fared worse than before, but could have told the rest of India that they fought a proud battle. All one heard instead was how clever this campaign was, how it was actually a strategy—the possibility of Modi moving to the Centre would in the long term help the Congress across India as minorities would rally behind it. However, nothing defeats like failure. This sort of fight has never really worked against Modi. This election had presented the Congress with an opportunity to at least reinforce some values and showcase the leadership we are told will lead India into the future. There is some good news from the hills, but come mid-January and the Congress leadership gathers in Jaipur to possibly address or ignore troubling questions.
Apropos Is the Heir Really Apparent?, Rahul Gandhi is an heir by default just as Manmohan is our PM by default.
K. Sundaram, Bangalore
Perhaps the Congress should consider an 'heir' transplant.
Hari, Chennai
The moment Congress ousts Saint Sonia, Rahul baba, Priyanka Vadra and business broker Robert Vadra, it will find its Lal Bahadur Shastri or Narasimha Rao, and its rightful place in the polity.
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Over the years, the Congress has promoted family-based politics, which example is followed by the entire spectrum of the 'Congress parivar', from the dmk to the SP.
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I am sure the Congress had Rahul campaign only in those constituencies in Gujarat in which it was sure of a win, so it could brag about it later.
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Thank you to all those who have taken the trouble to read the article and share their thoughts. Out of the arguments made here, there are two that perhaps need answering. So here they go.
1. The first part of the article compares outcomes (relative percentages of population of the religions concerned) irrespective of the process that led to those outcomes - whether immigration, relatively faster population growth or conversions. This was for two reasons. One, to put the figure of 2.3 per cent in "numerical perspective", as the article itself explained. The second reason was that outcomes are ultimately what the crux of debate is about. The rest of the article in any case dealt with process - or conversions in this case, from both a contemporary and historical perspective.
2. Some commenters have tried to cast doubts on the reliability of Census 2001. Those who do this should bear in mind that Census 2001 was conducted by a BJP government. Considering the extreme importance that BJP gives to this issue, it would be reasonable to expect that IF it had perceived a problem with the methodology that was distorting the numbers, it would have fixed it. As the article mentioned, BJP or BJP-supported governments have been in power for 10 of the last 40 years, or about a quarter of the time, and the only reasonable conclusion one can arrive at is that any misreporting of numbers, real or perceived, would be marginal and hence, not of importance.
To all other arguments made, my answer is the following: Please read the article again, with particular focus on the quotations of Vivekananda and Monier Williams, and the history of the missionary efforts in Bengal and their outcome.
I'm just loving this Dynasty Dilemma. Neither it can be seen giving up on Pappu, nor it has time & hope to bring in another.
Hari >> Doctor's Advice : The Congress probably requires a "Heir" Transplant.
My Advice : The Congress party needs an amputation. The DYNASTY is the gangrene infected limb that will destroy this political party. Immediately expel Saint Sonia and her family members from the party and rescue the party.
If not, the entire body will get infected and one day CONGRESS will die a horrid death and in that process make the entire nation ill too.
Outlook must join Diiggy singh as mentor for Rahul...as of now he as shukracharya is doing his bit....perhaps your magazine fits the bill....perhaps Vinod mehta must be seconded as advisor to Rahul baba!
I'm very sure that congress campaigned Rahul only in the constituencies in which they were sure of a win. So they can brag about it later.
Is he the heir apparent?. Before I answer that question i want you to answer my question.
Can qualities like leadership be inherited form parent to a child? If the answer is "No", then he is "Not the heir apparent".
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