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THE WHITE HOUSE A-76 Supplement Introduction (Source: www.OMB.gov web site)
The August 1983 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-76, " Performance of Commercial Activities," establishes Federal policy for the performance of recurring commercial activities. This Supplement replaces the Handbook issued with the 1983 Circular and provides updated guidance and procedures for determining whether recurring commercial activities should be operated under contract with commercial sources, in-house using Government facilities and personnel, or through interservice support agreement (ISSAs). The Revised Supplemental Handbook is an integral part of the 1983 Circular.
As noted in the Vice President's Third Report of the National Performance Review, "Common Sense Government: Works Better and Costs Less," (September 1995), Americans want to "get their money's worth" and want a Government that is more businesslike and better managed. The reinvention of Government begins by focusing on core mission competencies and service requirements. Thus, the reinvention process must consider a wide range of options, including: the consolidation, restructuring or reengineering of activities, privatization options, make or buy decisions, the adoption of better business management practices, the development of joint ventures with the private sector, asset sales, the possible devolution of activities to State and local governments and the termination of obsolete services or programs. In the context of this larger reinvention effort, the scope of this Supplemental Handbook is limited to the conversion of recurring commercial activities to or from in-house, contract or ISSA performance.
Circular A-76 is not designed to simply contract out. Rather, it is designed to:
Reliable cost and performance information is crucial to the effective management of Government operations and to the conduct of competitions between public or private sector offerors. Unfortunately, this information has not been generally available and has often been found to be unreliable.
The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act) includes among the functions of chief financial officers "the development and reporting of cost information" and "the systematic measurement of performance." This includes performance by in-house, contract or ISSA resources. In July 1993, Congress passed the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), which mandates performance measurement by Federal agencies. The Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Concepts No. 1, "Objectives of Federal Financial Reporting (1993)," stated that one of the objectives of Federal financial reporting is to provide useful information to assist in assessing the budget integrity, operating performance, stewardship, and control of the Federal Government. In 1995, the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) recommended standards for managerial cost accounting, which were approved by the Director of OMB, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Comptroller General. These standards were issued as the Statement of Federal Accounting Standards No. 4, "Managerial Cost Accounting Standards for the Federal Government." This Supplement relies on the managerial cost accounting and performance standards established in support of the CFO Act, GPRA, and the Federal Accounting Standards, as they are developed and implemented. Cost and performance information developed for cost comparisons required by the Circular and this Supplement should be drawn from the data base established by these standards and adjusted as appropriate.
The Circular and this Supplement are not intended and should not be construed to create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its agencies, its officers or any person. It should not be construed to create any substantive or procedural basis on which to challenge any agency action or inaction, except as set forth in Part I, Chapter 3, Paragraph K, of this Supplement and as set forth in Appendix 2, Paragraph G, consistent with Section 3 of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (FAIR Act, P.L. 105-270).
This Supplement is divided into two parts (with a table of contents at the beginning of each Part) as follows:
Sets forth the principles and procedures for implementing OMB Circular A-76.
Provides instructions for calculating the financial advantage to the Government of acquiring a product or service through in-house, contract or interservice support agreement resources.
Definition of Terms Defines terms within the context of OMB Circular A-76.
Commercial Activities Inventory Provides information and reporting guidance.
Useful Life and Disposal Provides useful expected life and Values disposal values for equipment.
Tax Tables Provides Federal tax rate tables for use in A-76 cost comparisons by industry type.
OFPP Policy Letter 92-1 Provides guidance and criteria for determining whether activities may be considered inherently governmental and not subject to the requirements of the Circular or this Supplement.
Aviation/Motor Vehicle Provides sector-specific alternatives to the cost comparison methodologies in Part II.
A cost comparison can be understood as a series of steps, which the Process Model illustrates.
The process begins with the Packaging phase, in which competable functions are grouped together to make for a logical business unit. Next, in the Public Announcement phase, the news that an A-76 study is going to take place is released to the affected workforce, Congress, and local community officials. This announcement starts the timeline for completion of the study.
The Commercial Activities (CA) Team, in the Develop PWS/QASP step, then defines the specific results or outcomes of the commercial activity, including performance measures, standards and timeframes in the Performance Work Statement (PWS), which become Section C of the Request For Proposal (RFP). The Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) describes methods of inspection, required reports, and resources to be used, including estimated work hours. The Solicitation step is where the Contracting Officer, in conjunction with the CA team leader, determines what type of contract to use and then releases an RFP solicitation so that commercial vendors can respond with formal offers. The heart of the solicitation is the PWS, which identifies the performance expectations for the commercial activity under review.
The Government Management Plan is where the government team develops and identifies the organizational structures, staffing and operating procedures, transition and inspection plans, and equipment necessary to ensure that it can perform the activity in an efficient and cost effective manner.
The Management Plan includes four documents, the Government Most Efficient Organization (MEO), the In-House Cost Estimate (IHCE), the Technical Performance Plan (TPP), and the Transition Plan (TP). This process can be begun in conjunction with the PWS development phase, as there is overlap between what functions need to be performed and how the in-house team thinks that they can staff those needs. After the Management Plan is completed, it is checked in the Independent Review step. The purpose of this review is to certify that data contained in the Government Management Plan reasonably establishes the government's ability to perform the PWS within the resources provided by the MEO and to ensure that all costs in the IHCE are fully justified.
In the Negotiation phase, the Contracting Officer holds discussions with offerors to resolve any deficiencies in their respective technical and/or cost proposals. Each offeror is given the same amount of time to submit a revised proposal which is reevaluated by the technical evaluation panel. The Contracting Officer then selects the single contractor that will compete with the MEO in the cost comparison. In the Cost Comparison, the Contracting Officer makes a tentative decision between the MEO and the ISSA/contractor bid. This decision may be appealed in the Administrative Appeals Process if the losing offeror feels that there were errors in the cost comparison process. Finally, after any appeals have been settled, the final decision is made and the winning organization puts their new organization into place during the Implement MEO or Contract step.
Why do people refer to competitive sourcing as "A-76"? The competitive sourcing process is a DoD term for the competitive process required by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76, Performance of Commercial Activities.
What is a commercial activity? A commercial activity is a recurring service that could be obtained appropriately from a private sector source.
Government agency missions may be accomplished through commercial facilities and resources, through Government facilities and resources, or through of mix of these, depending upon the products and services needed and the agency missions involved.
How does competitive sourcing differ from outsourcing? Outsourcing is the contracting of a commercial activity. Competitive sourcing is the process whereby the cost of government performance of a commercial activity is formally compared to the cost of performance of commercial sources.
How are privatization and competitive sourcing different? Under competitive sourcing, the Government retains ownership and control of the commercial activity regardless if the service provider is from the public or private sector. Under privatization, the Government divests itself of ownership and control of the activity.
What happens in an A-76 cost comparison? The A-76 cost comparison process has nine essential steps. After a public announcement is made that a cost comparison will be performed, a Performance Work Statement (PWS) and Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) are developed. This PWS becomes part of the solicitation issued by the contracting officer to solicit offers from the private sector. Other Federal agencies may submit offers which are evaluated with the private sector offers prior to selection of the InterService Support Agreement (ISSA) or contract offer that will compete against the in-house offer. The in-house organization is responsible for developing a Government Management Plan as their bid, which may include a TPP, TP, MEO and IHCE.
The offers of the contractor and, if submitted, ISSA, are evaluated by a Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB), and the Source Selection Authority (SSA) selects the most advantageous offer to compete against the in-house offer. The Independent Review is performed by the Independent Review Official (IRO), a qualified person from an impartial activity that is organizationally independent of the function being competed and the group developing the in-house offer. The IRO reviews the in-house offer to ensure that the data contained in the Government Management Plan reasonably establishes the in-house's ability to perform the requirements of the PWS. The IRO ensures that all costs entered on the cost comparison form are fully justified and calculated in accordance with Part II of the Revised Supplemental Handbook and the DoD A-76 Costing Manual.
The actual comparison of costs between the in-house and contract/ISSA offer is the "cost comparison." If the contract/ISSA costs are not less than the in-house cost estimate by at least 10% of the in-house personnel cost or $10 million (whichever is lower) over the period of performance, the function will be performed by the Government MEO. After the tentative cost comparison decision is made, the cost comparison form and all supporting documentation is provided to affected parties and the public review period begins. It is during this public review period that the affected parties may submit an appeal of the tentative decision. The Administrative Appeal Process is used to determine the final cost comparison decision.
After a final cost comparison decision has been made, implementation of the MEO or conversion to contract occurs.
Who can compete against the in-house offer? In a negotiated acquisition, the Source Selection Authority makes a determination among contract and ISSA offerors who will compete against the in-house offer. It is only this selected offeror that will compete against the in-house offer.
What are the advantages of Centralized Management for the A-76 process? A Centralized Management approach can greatly improve the quality, timeliness, and consistency of the A-76 process.
Quality: Centralized Management can ensure compliance with A-76 policy and procedures, minimize bias, and result in a fair and equitable process for both private industry and government employees.
Timeliness: Centralized Management can ensure, through control and organization, that the process is completed on schedule.
Consistency: Centralized Management can ensure that program implementation and policy interpretation are the same from organization to organization and from installation to installation.
Is there bias in the A-76 process? Both industry and government personnel may express concern about a perceived bias in the A-76 process. The organization undergoing cost comparison may believe that a centrally managed A-76 process encourages a contract decision because of bias at the HQ or Command level. Industry may believe that a non-centrally managed A-76 process will encourage the in-house workforce, based on local bias, to manipulate the system. Though the issue of bias is difficult to defend against, the application of a centrally managed process is just one method for completing multiple A-76 cost comparisons in a fair and timely fashion.
Are there disadvantages to a centralized management approach to the A-76 process? A potential disadvantage of applying Centralized Management is the risk associated with conducting multiple cost comparisons incorrectly. The idea that a template (used for the timeline, PWS, or even the MEO) can be used to approach all cost comparisons can create a false sense of security. Under a centrally managed approach, questions about A-76 policies and procedures are less likely to be critically examined after an initial interpretation is provided. Additionally, incorrect application of the policies and procedures associated with A-76 cost comparisons in a centrally managed environment may lead to a series of flawed cost comparisons. There is also the reality that Centralized Management does not always allow for quick and accurate communications between a centrally managed office and CC Team or affected workforce. The workforce can only stay involved - which ensures they have ownership - if the centrally managed office remains in constant communication through regularly scheduled meetings. A strong communication plan can ensure that the correct lines of communication are established early in the process.


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Crash.Net ALMS News
Pirro is the Michelin Man
6 October 2002
Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela coaxed a remarkable victory out of their factory Audi R8 in an action packed Cadillac American Le Mans Challenge in Miami as all gripes over the track surface were forgotten in another gripping ALMS encounter.
Using just one set of Michelin tyres for both qualifying and the entire two and three quarter hour race, defending LMP900 Champions Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro drove faultlessly from start to finish to record their second win on the trot in Saturday's inaugural Cadillac American Le Mans Challenge.
From pole position Biela was able to maintain a slender lead during a caution-filled opening 45-minutes as the tight, bumpy and above all slippery 1.387-mile Bayfront Park circuit provided all the closely packed frantic action expected of it. With 35 cars (minus 1 Graham Nash Motorsports Saleen) taking the start the leading LMP900 drivers had to be on constant alert through the seemingly endless packs of slower traffic. Whereas many fell foul of the concrete walls, other cars and more often than not their own machinery, Biela and Pirro remained almost inch perfect.
Their passage wasn't an easy one and had it not been for a pair of late race stop/go penalties for their two nearest rivals, Pirro's well-worn rubber might not have held up in the closing laps.
A daring single-stop strategy by the privateer Champion Audi team came agonisingly close to paying off and Johnny Herbert led the middle portion of the race before the team were forced to push the car back in its pit stall during its sole intended stop in order to avoid a stationary Saleen in the next pit. As the #38 crew pushed Johansson back, the R8 ran over an air-hose, which resulted in a penalty and the loss of a lap.
The second factory Audi of current points leaders Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello had shadowed their teammate obediently from the word go but when the final caution period of the race ended with 20 minutes to go, Kristensen found himself mired deep in traffic. Not only that but with ten minutes to go Kristensen was given a penalty for earlier punting a slower GT class Porsche out of the way.
With the Danish driver smarting on pit road, into second place just half a minute behind the leaders came the Cadillac Northstar of Max Angelelli. A typically rapid opening stint from JJ Lehto had kept the #8 Northstar on the lead lap during the opening half of the race and Angelelli had moved into fourth place when he dispatched David Brabham's Panoz. When Johansson took his penalty Angelelli moved into a podium position and when Kristensen emerged from his unwanted pit visit, he was eight second behind the 'other' silver prototype.
With Pirro nursing his car home at the head of the pack, Angelelli soon began closing in during the final minutes but the real attention was focused on Kristensen, absolutely flying in third place and rapidly reeling Angelelli in. As the seconds wound down, Kristensen inexorably moved closer until with one lap to go, they were together.
Still fighting heavy traffic, Angelelli bravely took every chance on the final lap as he ducked and weaved passed two or three cars with Kristensen a matter of feet behind. Even as the two roared onto the final straight there were slower cars in the way but despite one final scare, Angelelli hung on for Cadillac's best ever result. Kristensen had to settle for third, less than 20 seconds behind Pirro and less than one second behind Angelelli.
Brabham made good use of new tyres in the final green flag stint to grab fourth from a disheartened Johansson and the leading Panoz was also on he same lap as the leaders by race's end, a total of 48 seconds behind the winner.
Marc Goossens and Tony Ave piloted the trusty Riley & Scott MkIIIC to a sixth place finish, the best the car could do under the circumstances, and were just a single lap off the pace at the end. Eric Bernard brought the second factory Caddy home in seventh place with co-driver Emmanuel Collard as the GM machines wind up their careers looking better than they ever have done.
The battle for LMP675 honours fell to the KnightHawk Racing MG/Lola of Chad Block, Claudia Huertgen and Steve Knight by an unrepresentative seven laps for as they did in Laguna Seca, the baby prototypes put on a great show.
For a long time it looked as though they class would go the way of the Dyson Racing EX257 driven by James Weaver and Butch Leitzinger before that car lost some ten laps in the pits with mechanical problems. Then the race seemed to be going the way of the hard-working Intersport team of Jon Field and Michael Durand. Durand held a slender lead over Block heading into the final hour but the chasing black and orange machine gradually closed in and finally grabbed the lead a few corners before Durand's rear suspension appeared to fail, putting him out of the race.
Block proceeded to bring the KnightHawk car home in a fine eighth place, just three laps behind Pirro while Leitzinger charged back up to second in class in the final five minutes as he passed local driver Orlam Sonora in the AB Motorsports Pilbeam.
The GTS class scrap was a real knock down drag out affair with bumping and barging the order of the day. Surviving the carnage with the least amount of bent metal was the Corvette of Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell although it was only after a truly epic four-marque battle in the early stages did the Chevrolet duo emerge with a one lap lead.
Andy Pilgrim and Kelly Collins gave the Pratt & Miller team a most welcome 1-2 finish following their Laguna Seca mishaps with Collins leading a rather battered looking Prodrive Ferrari home by just ten seconds for second in class. The Team Olive Garden Ferrari finished a steady fourth in class after the Marino Franchitti/Marc Bunting Viper and all three Saleen's encountered difficulties but only after leaving their mark on both the race and their rivals.
In the GT ranks, Lucas Luhr and Sascha Maassen led home Jorg Bergmeister and Timo Bernhard by a lap in yet another Alex Job/McKenna 1-2. Kevin Buckler and Brian Cunningham finished a somewhat familiar third in their Racers Group Porsche while the token BMW presence evaporated after less than five laps with the retirement of both Alegra Motorsports M3's.


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So let's get this straight. Just 2 weeks ago, LeBron James was coming off a dominant playoff run, crushing the Bulls and the Celtics, and had established a clear roadmap to be the GOAT (win this year plus 3 or 4 more, win a few more MVPs, blah, blah, blah). Today, he has become the basketball equivalent of Michael Jackson, with the Internet becoming a breeding ground for at sorts of Lebron jokes.
"Did you hear that their celebrating National LeBron James Observance Day in Cleveland? Everyone gets to leave 12 minutes early."
"Lebron is thinking of starting his own cell phone company. Rumor has it the roaming charges will be liberal but the phones will have no rings."
"Why didn't LeBron James go to college? He didn't want to show up for finals."
And my personal favorite…
"Did you hear Lebron is changing his nickname from 'The King' to 'The LeBron Stopper'?"
Lebron's has not only fallen out of the GOAT discussion, he all of a sudden finds himself mingling with the unseemly likes of Barkley and Malone. Is this really fair?
At first glimpse, the answer is no.
Taking a step back, I believe that this 2010-2011 Miami Heat season met or exceeded most folks' preseason expectations. They won 58 games, finished with the 3rd best record in the NBA, put the Celtics to bed, and made it to the NBA Finals. In the process, Lebron established himself as the team's alpha dog, had another MVP caliber season, and had a fantastically clutch playoffs leading up to the Finals. There is no doubt in my mind that he is a significant notch above players like Barkley and Malone (and even Nowitzki for that matter). Also, despite our love of ring counting, I'd put him ahead of Wade too (just don't ask me to make that call in Game 4 of the Finals).
Which leads us to the fascinating question:
How can a player that is so brilliant in the regular season, has shown himself clutch time and time again (let's please not turn this into a "Lebron is not clutch" argument), and has had equally amazing playoff performances, be so capable of turning in those Lebominations that we have seen over the past 2 years?
Let's analyze…
First of all, this is not about whether Lebron is clutch or not clutch.
Before we begin the discussion, I want to reiterate, even as a Kobe fan, that I don't really think Lebron's perceived lack of "clutchness" has much to do with this. If anything, he has shown many times (even during the playoffs) that he is able to come through in some of the biggest moments. Are you really telling me that his victory in a pivotal Game 5 of the 2007 playoffs vs. the Pistons, or the 45/5/6 he put up against a much better Celtics team in Game 7 of 2008, was not pressure filled? Or that somehow his performance against this year's Chicago Bulls team was a fluke? Or, as 82games.com validates, he has not been one of the top 4 clutch players in the NBA during the regular season each of the last 4 years?
In my book, Lebron has always been a generally clutch player, which is why I dismiss any argument here that begins with "he's just not clutch…". So this makes it all the more mysterious. If it wasn't about clutchness, then what was the underlying psychology of Lebron James that caused him to perform so poorly?
The "Wayne Arnold" theory
Wayne Arnold was the elder brother of Kevin Arnold, the lead character of a late 80s/early 90s sitcom called "The Wonder Years". Wayne's character was built around bossing and bullying Kevin and his friends around, just for the simple reason that he knew he could. Deep down though, he was a fake. Wayne Arnold would back down quickly to kids bigger than him, and often to Kevin himself in the rare instances that he stood up for himself.
This is the most common theory regarding Lebron and his failures in the big moments. James has often been equated to Wayne Arnold, able to beat up on the weaklings in the playground (hello Wizards and Kings), while falling to those willing to stand up to him. We have seen this manifested by the great regular seasons that Lebron's teams have had (when weak teams are weak, and good teams are going through the motions), only to shrink the first time another team hits him in the mouth. The facts are fairly straightforward here. In his career, Lebron has only won 1 playoff series where his team was behind (Detroit in 2007) and his performance in elimination games has been significantly worse than his overall playoff averages.
The "Dazed and Confused" theory
I know what you're thinking – and no, I'm not implying that Lebron hits the Humboldt before Finals games (I'll leave that for a pre-Kardashian Odom, Sheed, and Cliff "Spliffy" Robinson). Rather, this theory holds that Lebron isn't sure of who he is supposed to be, and so when he doesn't have clear direction, he tends to "drift" during games. In Cleveland, this rarely happened because Lebron was the clear alpha dog and his role was to be the team's #1 primary option. However, in Miami, this became evident on a frequent basis. Pass or shoot? Force or Facilitate? Or most direct: Be Magic or Michael (or, as Steve Kerr suggested, Scottie)? These questions seemed to turn in Lebron's mind often during the last few games of the Finals. He alternated plays where he seemed to never look at the basket while passing the ball, to jacking up ill-advised threes.
The corollary to this theory is that Lebron's confusion is due to his lack of a "go to" move. Critics will point to Kobe and MJ – two players that refined their footwork and game at the elbow until they could count on these moves when they most needed it. Lebron has never established his move (unless doing a crab dribble followed by a layup, dunk or shooting foul can be considered a "move"). As a result, we saw when the Mavs defense effectively closed off the lane from Lebron (or more likely, he just chose not to force the issue), he had nowhere else to go.
A second corollary here is that Lebron needs to be fully in control of the ball in order to be truly effective. He has the inability to turn it "on and off" like Wade and Kobe, and therefore must work himself into a rhythm during the game.
From a psychological perspective, it is important for Lebron to spend some part of this offseason understanding what his 4th quarter role is on this team and how he can develop the skills to best play this role.
The Gloria James Theory
This has been well-documented by the likes of The NBA Realist here at Chasing 23, so I won't belabor it here, but the general premise is that LeBron James has been victim to some disturbing events surrounding the women in his life: his girlfriend (allegedly sleeping with Rashard Lewis), and mother (allegedly sleeping with his former teammate and ex-felon, Delonte West), and while it is plausible that this happened once (last year), to happen twice seems far fetched (even with Gloria James' illustrious history). And even if it did, Lebron needs to have the mental fortitude to move beyond it.
The Lack of Competitive Fire Theory
Another common and well-documented theory – Lebron simply does not have the will to win that MJ and Kobe before him had. I give a lot of credence to this one. How many times in the last few games did you see Lebron legitimately upset about the events that were transpiring? How many times did he pull a teammate aside and attempt to fire them up? It seemed like Lebron was sleepwalking for much of this past series as well as the series vs. the Celtics last year. At the end of the day, this side of Lebron is probably the least changeable, and may cost him dearest with respect to his legacy.
The Immaturity/Lack of Mental Stability Theory
Primary proponents of this theory include Dirk Nowitzki and Erik Spoelstra. This theory holds that (perhaps) from Lebron's AAU days, he has not been required to develop the mental strength required to survive under the most pressurized situations. As a result, his coach needs to call him out prior to the 4th quarter of Game 6, saying that the team needed more "mental stability". Signs of immaturity are everywhere for Lebron. From reports that he introduces himself to potential NBA players as "The King" to his coughing fit at Dirk Nowitzki's expense (which of course, as always, was overblown by the media).
Most glaring of all, there is a lack of humility with Lebron. For most players, the script after the game should have read "I'm really upset that we lost. I'll take ownership. I'm going to work my tail off during the offseason and come back to win this thing!" For Lebron, he took the opportunity to kick an America, that is already setting historical records for unemployment, while it was already down. Nice work, King.
My guess is, to some extent, all of these theories come into play when explaining the psychology behind what will most likely go down as the most disappointing performance in NBA Finals history.
Which theory do you subscribe to?


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Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI)
claimed another multi-year high today, as investors continued to
ride yesterday's Fed-inspired rally, albeit on a much more subdued
level. "Today is simply a continuation of the strength we saw
yesterday," said Schaeffer's Senior Technical Strategist Ryan
Detrick. "While everyone is trying to figure out what QE3 means to
the economy, stocks have spoken, and they like it. At the same
time, hedge funds have totally dropped the ball and missed most of
this rally. There's a good chance these Johnny-come-latelies could
be the fuel for the next surge higher."
Keep reading to see what else was on our radar today:
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI - 13,593.37)
rose to an intraday peak of 13,653.24 early in the session, before
gradually paring its gains throughout the afternoon. By day's end,
the blue-chip barometer was up 54 points, or 0.4%, finishing at yet
another multi-year high. The Dow's 19 advancers were led by
Caterpillar Inc. (
), which gained 2.8%, while AT&T Inc. (
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) led the 11 decliners with losses of 2.3% each. For the week, the
Dow added 2.2%.
S&P 500 Index (SPX - 1,465.77)
tagged a fresh high of 1,474.51 this morning, marking its highest
peak in almost five years. Although the SPX pulled back to finish
just 6 points, or 0.4%, higher, it still closed atop the 1,450
level for a second consecutive session -- and ended the week with
an advance of 1.9%. Meanwhile, the
Nasdaq Composite (COMP - 3,183.95)
notched another decade-plus high of 3,195.67 before trimming its
intraday advance to 28 points, or 0.9%, and closing a sixth
straight session above 3,100. The COMP wrapped up the week with a
climb of 1.5%.
CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX - 14.51)
added 0.5 point, or 3.3%, regaining just enough ground to close
back atop the 14.50 level.
Today's highlight
: "I might sound like a broken record, but when the iShares Russell
2000 Index (ETF) (NYSEARCA:IWM) hits a new all-time peak -- and
various housing names are breaking out to multi-year highs -- that,
my friends, is bullish," commented Ryan. "Coupled with bonds taking
it on the chin again, we could be on the verge of a huge move out
of bonds and into stocks."
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Crude oil enjoyed a brief surge into triple-digit territory
today, as a weaker U.S. dollar and heightened Middle-Eastern
anxieties combined to create a strong bid for the commodity.
October-dated crude edged up 69 cents, or 0.7%, to finish at $99
per barrel, after earlier topping out at $100.42. For the week, oil
gained 2.7%.
Gold futures also finished higher, building on Thursday's
Fed-inspired rally. By the close, gold for December delivery was up
60 cents at $1,772.10 per ounce -- its highest daily finish in six
months. The precious metal rose 1.9% for the week.
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Electromechanic Music
Another House of the Rising Sun
All versions of the popcorn song (with really cool popcorn menu) and an electric guitar one.
Another House of the Rising Sun
All versions of the popcorn song (with really cool popcorn menu) and an electric guitar one.
Some videos of varying topics. In part because I've randomly come across good videos lately, partly because of finding vimeo staff picks (really cool stuff on there). Updated when you least expect it:
Taylor Clark profiles Jonathon Blow and the state of videogames only a little hyperbolically. The Witness is apparently about existential awareness of ourselves and the world around us— using Blow's mind and reality as the medium.
Michael Abrash on working at Valve. Also, Handbook for New Employees.
Disasterpeace composed the soundtrack to Fez (a calm and intriguing puzzler).
Austin Wintory composed the soundtrack to Journey (the best "evocative" game I have played). Here he writes on why he is an artist:
Beyond the joy itself, beyond the endlessly stimulating growth through collaboration, the real reason I compose music is the hope of connecting with someone.
Don't forget to ask questions.
Best game trailer of this year! (last year's winner)
It feels like not so long ago Twilight Princess was released, and now, 5 years later, Skyward Sword will be available on November 20th. Today, for the first time in a couple of years, I drove to Gamestop to buy a Wii MotionPlus (the last one in stock, heads up) in preparation. The game itself is very sadly practically ruined by lack of 1080p support, but the music and artwork are beautiful, the motion controlled gameplay is undoubtedly the best of its kind, and the mood created is suitably epic, touching, windy, and free.
Playing for 9 more hours, I'm not going to continue any longer. The first hour was apparently the most, and only, enjoyable part of the game– it goes entirely downhill after you venture to the Surface, so downhill that it isn't even worth playing. I don't feel bothered to list all of the gameplay (unresponsive controls, overresponsive enemies), design (everything is a dungeon, surprisingly easy to get lost), graphic style (ugly and washed out), and narrative (almost nonexistent, hardly any interaction with hardly any characters) shortcomings, but the result is that the game is not at all fun or interesting to play. A crushing disappointment.
Tevis Thompson has written an essay on Saving Zelda.


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Born on October 8, in Georgetown Guyana, Raymond Alli began his journey into this world in hopes of changing and inspiring lives one-step at a time. At the age of 8, Raymond and his family decided to leave behind their life in Guyana and move to Canada. Upon his arrival, Raymond opened up his mind to the boundless opportunities presented before him and believed that it was up to him to take advantage of these opportunities in order to create a dream that would soon become reality. His love and passion for dance and music came along very early in his life. At the age of 8, Raymond would begin by incorporating music into his everyday routine. From the moment he woke up in the morning till it was time to get ready for bed, music would always be heard. Raymond became fascinated by the different genres of music; the different rhythms and beats gave him the incentive to want to grasp the knowledge and skills of each form of dance across the world.
To many individuals, music is just a combination of vocal and instrumental sounds, but to Raymond, it meant so much more to him. His musical beliefs were similar to that of the great Sebastian Bach, who believed that music in itself was the refreshment of the soul and that the beautiful harmony that illuminates from within music, was next to godliness. Acknowledging this early in his life allowed him to go on to practice dancing, making sure that music was incorporated in every aspect of his daily lifestyle. His ambitious and motivational persona led him to create his own breakdancing group, which he called, "Ultra Ray Crash Crew." His crew and himself took part in many competitions between different schools and won on several occasions. They held practice in the basement of a library until one day the librarian came down to see what was taking place. Amazed at what she saw, she let them continue and soon after many children gained knowledge about this and requested that they be taught how to dance by the Ultra Ray Crash Crew.
Not only has Raymond been passionate about dance but fitness as well. At the young age of 14 he understood the importance of keeping the temple within your body healthy and clean. His motivational nature led him to be the early bird that catches the worm as he woke up at the crack of dawn and made his way down to the gym. To Raymond, the body is very similar to a car. For a car outlast many others it must be maintained, it must be cleaned, it must be given the right fuel to progress and it must be driven daily to ensure that the engine gets enough work. If left alone, the engine may soon not be able to react any longer. Well, the same goes for the human body. The body needs to be maintained, needs to be cleaned, needs to be given the correct nutritional diet and must get an adequate amount of exercise so that it can live a long and healthy life. Raymond has dedicated himself to personal fitness and nutritional values for over 25 years and is ready to share his experiences and knowledge with others.
After focusing on his love for dance, music and fitness he decided to incorporate one other aspect into his life and completed a degree in Computer Science. Soon after his accomplishment, Raymond was hired at one of Canada's most prestigious banks, CIBC and worked his way up to financial services. He is now proud to say that he has over 20 years of experience and expertise in his career.
Raymond is a well-rounded person, ready and capable to handle whatever life has to offer. He takes advantage of every opportunity to learn about this earth and every aspect of it. His fearless and courageous disposition has enabled him to spread his wings and create what many believed was impossible. Apollo Studio is a dream that has been brought to life and Raymond wants to share this dream with others. Raymond hopes to share his love of dance, music and fitness with others so that they too could feel the true essence of what these aspects can do to your lifestyle as they have done to his. Please join his adventure into the world where anything and everything is possible if you only believe!


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Fans of HGTV's smash hit series House Hunters and House Hunters International can catch local real estate agent Rachel Barnette on Friday, December 13 at 5pm (HST) as she helps her client Sergio purchase his first home.
Barnette is a real estate agent at Prudential Advantage Realty in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her relationship with her client was an integral ingredient to the success of the show.
"Real estate is my passion, so I jumped at the chance to be on House Hunters," stated Barnette. "I enjoy my job as a REALTOR®, because I get to help first-time home buyers through the sometimes nerve-racking process of buyer a new home. My client, Sergio, and I had a blast being on this episode of House Hunters. We all have a lot of fun together and it shows. There are some very comical parts of the show that take a look into the little idiosyncrasies of Honolulu condos built in the 60s and 70s. The buying process was tough for Sergio, but he always kept a good sense of humor."
House Hunters, which has over five million viewers per episode, goes behind the scenes of the biggest financial and emotional experience of one's life, finding and buying a home. Barnette will appear with her client Sergio visiting several homes in the Honolulu area while they make the difficult decision on which home to pick in this challenging housing market with a budget of $400,000.
"I think viewers will relate to this episode, because it shows a really realistic snap shot of the first-time home buyer in Honolulu," says Barnett. "In reality, most first time home buyers are like Sergio and looking to purchase a condo under $400K versus a single family home in the $800K-$1M range. I really think it will be tough to guess which apartment he chose. This is going to be a good one."
Barnette will be watching the premier of her House Hunters episode with her friends and clients at her home in Kailua on December 13. Airdates for this episode include:
• December 13, 2013 – 10:00 PM HST
• December 24, 2013 – 11:00 PM HST
For more information about this episode, visit: http://www.hgtv.com/house-hunters/searching-for-perfection-in-honolulu/index.html.
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Robert Owen was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire on 14 May
1771. The son of a saddler and ironmonger, he became one of
Britain's foremost social reformers and industrialists, inspiring
the co-operative and the trade union movements.
A bright and athletic child, Robert Owen became a 'pupil-teacher'
when he was just 7 years old. He left Newtown at the age of
10 to start an apprenticeship with a draper in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Three years later, he moved to London and then to Manchester,
the center of the developing textile industry.
At the age of 21, Owen was the manager of a cotton mill employing
500 workers. Elected to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical
Society in 1793, Owen discussed social and economic issues
with leading figures in society.
A highly skilled and respected entrepreneur and a master
cotton spinner, in 1794, Owen and partners formed the Chorlton
Twist Company. In 1799, Owen and his partners purchased the
New Lanark Mills in Scotland from David Dale. From the outset,
Owen resolved to modernise the mill and improve the living
and working conditions of his employees.
Robert Owen married Anne Caroline Dale, the daughter of David
Dale in 1799. They had 4 sons and 3 daughters.
Owen left New Lanark in 1825 and developed co-operative
communities, first in New Harmony in the USA and then later
at Queenwood in Hampshire. Neither was successful, but Owen
continued to promote his ideas through his writings and lectures
until he died.
In 1832, Owen opened Labour Exchanges to facilitate trade
between all the small co-operative businesses that had sprung
up in England. In 1834, he led the short lived Grand National
Consolidated Trades Union.
Robert Owen returned to Newtown in 1858, where he died on
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April 29, 2016
Panama City Beach, FL---Thursday marked day two at session one of the 2014 Grand Slam World Series of Baseball.
After Wednesday's game outcomes ranked the teams in each age group, the 50 teams have been seeded. The 10 and 12 year old Panama City Beach Bashers are the four and two seed respectively.
The nine year old Panama City Hooks are the three seed in their bracket.
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This page is for the MakerSat project. Makers Local 256's spaceflight effort to put a satellite in space.
- 7/19/2010 - Bendersgame and Spacefelix discussed some setups for operating a CubeSat. Bendersgame will also try to contact the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for information on the cost of launching cubesats since they have a history doing so.
- 6/2010 - Have gathered information and resources on satellite and launch options and costs (monetary and technical).
- Goal - To put a satellite in orbit for a period of time. As of now, the purpose of the satellite is open.
- Satellite Options:
- TubeSat - Will be in a decaying LEO (Low Earth Orbit). It will only stay up for a couple of months. But it will only cost $8,000 to buy kit and launch. The best option for us to start out and learn about satellites and spaceflight.
- CubeSat - Will be in LEO for an indefinite period of time. Cost to build and launch can be up to $50,000. Due to high cost, it would be beneficial to get sponsorships and have other hackerspaces come on board and contribute. We could part out space and mass slots in the satellite for the other spaces to build and integrate their own projects. The option for more capacity, capability and mission duration.
- Suggested Missions:
- Real-Time Imaging From Space - Webcast a live real-time video or pictures from the satellite.
- Biological Payload - Something akin to an EcoSphere or other biological specimens. Would need a way to remotely observe them. Potential science project collaboration.
- Broadcast - Broadcast custom pre-recorded signals over Ham Radio frequencies so anyone can tune in to our flight.
- Technical
- Space Environment - Cosmic radiation, space debris, temperature extremes between light and shadow. Shielding, radiation and temperature hardening and thermal control will be important.
- Space and Weight Limitations - Projects must be lightweight, compact and must consume minimal resources. Bare-bones parts and architectures a must.
- Long-Distance Troubleshooting - Once it's up there, you can't fix it. You must make it robust and allow for remote troubleshooting.
- Financial
- High Cost of Spaceflight - Achieving orbit on a 1g planet with an atmosphere is a wonder in of itself given the energy required. Getting to orbit on a barely-controlled explosion is always expensive. Therefore, partnerships with people who work with small satellites on the amature level (AMSAT, an amature radio club and a local University CubeSat group) and sponsorships are a must.
- Bendersgame
- Brokentrace
- Spacefelix
- Your Name Here
- CubeSat
- CubeSat Design Specifications
- CubeSat Kits
- Pumpkin Inc. - Price listing of CubeSat parts.
- AMSAT Cubesat Repeater for Ham Radio
- AMSAT Corporation - Look like good partners to be with for this project.
- NASA Cubesat Initiative
- 'Bitsy: A Minimum Cost Spacecraft for Nanosatellite Missions
- StudSat - Student Satellite based in India
- OSSI - Open Source Satellite initiative
- WikiSat - a femto-satellite less than 20 grams with S-Band radio communications.


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Home Opinion Columns Five simple words told the story then & now
Five simple words told the story then & now
The U.S. Forest Service during the past half century lost much of its ability to explain what it's doing, or what it intends to do, in simple words and pithy phrases.
Which of course hardly makes the agency unique among departments of the federal government, that legendary purveyor of documents sometimes measured in pounds rather than in pages.
I came across a yearly report from the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest a while back that seems to me curiously quaint and innocent.
Even if the paper weren't going yellow with age, and even if the year — 1962 — weren't printed on its cover, you'd recognize after a few pages that this is the product of a vastly different era.
In that distant age, when few Americans could find Vietnam on a map, and writing "beatles" would drag down your spelling grade, the Forest Service needed just five words to explain its purpose.
That still covers things nicely, so far as I can tell.
Yet this admirable brevity was as surely doomed as the eight-track tape and psychedelic rock.
The syntactic unraveling had progressed quite a ways even by 1990. I chose that year mainly because it's when the Wallowa-Whitman published its most recent forest plan, which is a sort of guide for how the 2.4 million acres will be managed.
In 1990, "recreation" had bloated into "Recreation Opportunity Spectrum," a gain of two words and 19 letters but with no obvious increase in information.
If anything, the three-word version is apt to confuse rather than enlighten a reader.
"Wood," which was understood in 1962 to mean mainly commercial timber but also firewood, had morphed by 1990 into such clumsy, impenetrable constructions as "maximum implementable levels of timber harvest under a nondeclining flow schedule."
Now I'll concede that the Forest Service's task is considerably more complicated today (and in 1990) than in 1962.
In 1962 the National Environmental Policy Act was seven years in the future. That law requires the Forest Service, and other federal agencies, to study the possible environmental effects of everything from big timber sales to replacing little bridges, and then to publish the findings. The resulting tomes can run to hernia-inducing heft.
1962 also predates the Wilderness Act (1964), the Endangered Species Act (1973), the National Forest Management Act (1976) and doubtless much other legislation that has prompted the Forest Service to become such a prodigious producer of words.
And given that federal laws are the antithesis of lucid communication, it's hardly surprising that the predilection for larding reports with jargon has infected the Forest Service.
Still and all, the Wallowa-Whitman's 1962 report proves that federal employees can give an accounting of what they've been up to for the past year and to do so employing terms and statistics that any competent reader can grasp at a glance.
This makes for interesting reading, too, particularly as a comparison with current conditions.
The greatest disparity, as you'd probably guess, is in the amount of logging.
In 1962 the Wallowa-Whitman sold 178 million board-feet of timber, and loggers cut 117.5 million board-feet. Another 246.8 million board-feet had been sold and was awaiting the chain saws.
By the standards of the past 20 years, those figures seem almost mythical in their immensity.
Since 1991, the Wallowa-Whitman's top year for selling timber was 1992, when the total was 79 million board-feet. The second-highest was 54 million board-feet, and in most years during that period the forest sold less than 40 million board-feet.
I think it's beyond dispute that the 1962 figures, which actually accelerated during the 1970s and 1980s, could not have been sustained until now. The Wallowa-Whitman had cut much of the mature ponderosa pines that made those big volumes possible.
Yet it seems to me that the drastic decline in logging that started in 1991 was more precipitous than can be justified solely by the federal mandates that the Wallowa-Whitman protect salmon, steelhead and other species.
It's as if the forest, confronted by an aggressive environmental movement flush with the success of the spotted owl protection in westside forests, was afflicted with a malaise.
But it's a single photograph in the 1962 report, not the several accompanying charts of logging statistics, that strikes me as the most striking difference, in attitude if not actual result, between then and now.
That photo shows a logger putting the back cut in a old growth ponderosa, probably 30 inches or better in girth.
They don't cut pines like that on the Wallowa-Whitman these days, or at least not often. And the forest certainly doesn't boast of the practice in photographs.
The other section of the 1962 that I read with particular interest has to do with roads.
During that year, timber buyers built 130 miles of roads on the Wallowa-Whitman, and the Forest Service constructed five miles.
Forest engineers also surveyed 170 miles of new roads, and designed 94 miles.
These days, as is obvious to anyone who has so much as a passing interest in the Wallowa-Whitman, the main issue is which roads ought to be closed to motor vehicles. The notion of building new ones, aside from an occasional short temporary road needed to haul logs, is at best an afterthought.
The 1962 report also rebuts the idea, which seems to me to be relatively common, that the Wallowa-Whitman's network of roads is nearly as old as the Forest Service (founded in 1905) itself, that in the main we ply the same roads our forebears did five or six generations ago.
In fact, hundreds of miles of roads have been built during the past 50 years, a necessary part of the sustained logging during the first half of that period.
Roads, of course, as an integral part of one of those five words that constituted the Forest Service's motto in 1962: "recreation."
As the report from that year shows, Wallowa-Whitman users had reason to be optimistic about their ability in coming years to get around the forest in a rig.
This is what some people mean when they talk about "the good old days."
Jayson Jacoby is editor


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LOS ANGELES — Motion capture system developer Vicon (www.vicon.com) recently collaborated with the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts at the USC School of Cinematic Arts to upgrade their motion capture system. Originally built in the fall of 2006 with 20 cameras, the first classes to use the mocap stage were taught in spring of 2007 by two USC alums, Hollywood filmmaker Robert Zemeckis and Eric Furie, USC manager of digital systems and creative computing. Reently, the facility's mocap system expanded into a 1,700-square-foot stage with 46 cameras.
"A lot has changed in the last year because of the new stage," notes Furie. "We are trying to emulate what is happening on the bleeding edge of the industry so students are exposed to what they need to know. Vicon is the standard in the mocap arena and students must understand how this technology integrates into all facets of the industry — not just simply mocap and body capture for narratives but also for previs, virtual production, virtual cinematography, game development, etc. It's a core part of how work is done and high profile companies need skilled talent."
With a curriculum initially developed to expose students to motion capture, USC has been able to broaden course offerings to include an advanced course building on the fundamentals learned in the intro course. A virtual production and interface design class are just two of many mocap-focused courses currently in development at the school, and a visit to the mocap stage has been integrated into many other areas of academia such as history and science with faculty recognizing the advantages of having such technology at their disposal.


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Well, I made a thread on the living car free forum as far as what to get, What kind of bike to get? , right now i'm wondering which would be best, of what i've seen on CL. I checked the local bike shop, and their for sale bikes were too large (i'm about 5'6", give or take a couple, and these bikes' seats were above my waist!) and a bit too pricey.
A: http://kansascity.craigslist.org/bik/263428485.html
B 2 or 3 of: http://kansascity.craigslist.org/bik/272537817.html (Not a big fan of red)
C: http://kansascity.craigslist.org/bik/275484132.html one of these
D: http://kansascity.craigslist.org/bik/275489398.html the second one of these
Or something else entirely? I can't really afford more than a hundred dollars or so.
Also, a few noob questions:
1: What should I look for in a helmet?
2: What should I look for in a first aid kit?
3: What should I look for in a light?
4: Are there any other safety things I should look into?
5: What should I look for in a lock? (Kinda have the basic idea here, would like more opinions though)
6: Does handle bar type matter? I usually have problems with vertical bars, but normal horizontal ones are fine
7: Any other important things I should know?
Thanks a lot to anyone that takes the time to answer this.


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Mantissa College
Level 1, Bangunan AHP,
Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad 3,
60000 Kuala Lumpur
Wilayah Persekutuan
Tel : +6 (03)-7728 5215, 7728-5271, 7726-3333;
Fax : +6 (03)-7728 5801
Email : Click here to email
Website : http://www.mantissa.edu.my
Postgraduate study is significantly important when you aim to reposition your career or to begin scientific research.
Mantissa College was established in 1999 as an IT College. In 2003, Mantissa was awarded the Special Award Winning College by Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education. Mantissa College is owned by PMI Education Sdn.Bhd. (PMI) (Reg No.629638V) which holds subsidiaries of PMI Management Training Sdn Bhd (PMT) and In-House Multimedia College (IMC) both in Kuala Lumpur.
With increasing demand for higher education in Malaysia, Mantissa grows considerably and expanded to 5 following schools with 4* multiple (of Main, North, East and South) teaching centres in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur :-
Mantissa offers a variety of education programmes from Certificates, Diplomas, Bachelor's to Master's degrees, professional and executive training programmes. New programmes in Executive training, degrees in Management, Marketing, HRM, Finance, Accounting, IT, Computing, Multimedia Design, Digital Animation, Post graduate Management programmes from Paris to UK.
The College has formed partnerships with several prestigious universities around the world and now offers a selection of business courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Credits earned can be transferred to partner Institutions of higher learning in Europe, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and PRC China. Students who are opting for degrees to be completed in Malaysia can save up to 75% of total study cost abroad.
Mantissa offers students opportunities to complete 3 months of their degrees in Paris, UK or China under the Study Abroad Exchange Programmes with visiting Professors arranged to teach in Malaysia.
Our 600 students are coming from China, France, Ghana, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Botswana, Pakistan, Vietnam, Iran, Turkey, Yemen, Sri Lanka, Fiji and Myanmar.
Classes are conducted during weekdays and over the weekend at four* locations (which are all within 10 min walk) in Taman Tun Dr Ismail: Bangunan AHP (main centre), RHB Block (North Centre), WIM building (East Centre) and the fourth at Uncle K (South Centre) which is also named as the MIND's (Mantissa In-House Design School). MIND's will conduct Bachelor and Master's degree classes on Multimedia Design and Digital Animation from ESGi ICAN, Paris in collaboration with In-House Multimedia College (www.inhouse.edu.my) with 18 years of expertise in teaching Multimedia Design courses in Malaysia.
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Customized corporate training (from SBP, UK) for corporate sectors.
Our main academic strength will be the team of knowledgeable lecturers with high qualifications, headed by our Principal. Apart from that, the worldwide recognized postgraduate programme that we are offering is awarded by a top 10% university in France (PGSM). To flourish even further, the lecture class will also be jointly taught by visiting professors from time to time, and the mode of study introduced will be case study oriented syllabus that will ensure graduates to excel in the real scenario in workplace.
Counselling Unit
Over at Mantissa, we provide free counselling services for students who are having difficulties in their academic field or personal issues.
Sim Venture Simulation Software
Effective 2010, students of BBA and MBA at Mantissa College will be using SimVenture programme through out some of the programmes in their studies. SimVenture, a multi-award winning business simulation gives students the opportunity to create and run their own virtual company in an engaging, authentic and challenging way.
Through this software, students will be able to make decisions and manage all aspects of their business either as individuals or teams. Besides, all events and decisions made by user throughout the game will be cordially recorded and enable lecturers and students to review the performance of the students at any point of the scenario.
Seminars by visiting professors
To expose our students with the up-to-date knowledge, Mantissa College often organized seminars or workshop to all students with the objective to expose students to the latest trends in the market. All seminars will be conducted at the Postgraduate Centre by visiting professors.
Field Trip for Postgraduate Students
Education is not the only striving factor at Mantissa and that is because we also help students create the beautiful and unforgettable memories which they can carry along all their lives. Recently, the MBA students from Mantissa visited a very well renowned company dealing with the business of information technology in Taiwan.
The trip was certainly an eye opener for the students which helped in gaining some useful experience in developing themselves. The tour leader certainly needs to be given credit due to her patience and support in taking the students around during their memorable trip. There was a motive which was the backbone of the trip where students were to have a marketing study tour in Taiwan.
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Mantissa provides the necessary conducive environment for learning and development, to complement our quality academic programmes. Our campuses provide students with a comprehensive list of features and facilities to cater to our students' learning needs and comfort during their years with us.
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American Academy of Project Management (www.aapm.org.com)
American Academy of Project Management (AAPM) was established in 1997. AAPM under the authority of the IPMC provides executive training worldwide through registered, sanctioned and accredited Executive Training and Alliance programs. American Academy of Project Management (AAPM) was established in 1997. AAPM under the authority of the IPMC provides executive training worldwide through registered, sanctioned and accredited Executive Training and Alliance programs.
The AAPM is one of the world's fastest and largest project management institution with members in over 100 countries. The AAPM is a professional global body that is governed by a Board of Standards and a certification code of ethics and standards of practice.
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3. Roll flat into rectangle. Fold the ends into the center creating a smaller rectangle. Rotate the dough one turn and fold ends towards the center again. Refrigerate for one hour and repeat this process two additional times to create distinct layers.
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Bette Midler has been doing her diva act on stage so long, she can lament, "30 years ago, my audience was on drugs; now they're on medication."
So she says in "Bette Midler: the Showgirl Must Go On" (HBO, 9 p.m.), her fifth concert special for the network, and her first in 13 years.
Taped at the Colosseum at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, where it ran for two years, it includes a lot of her greatest hits as well as the Staggering Harlettes, a Showgirl Orchestra and the dancing Caesar's Salad Girls.
Plus the usual bawdy jokes, channeling Sophie Tucker from nearly 100 years earlier.
A movie with the requisite glitz for the day: "All That Jazz" (Fox Movie Channel, 8:15 p.m.).
But there's few better ways to toast in the New Year than with a marathon of Marx Brothers classics. It happens tonight with "Animal Crackers" (TCM, 8 p.m.), "Monkey Business" (9:45 p.m.), "Horse Feathers" (TCM, 11:15 p.m.), "Duck Soup" (TCM, 12:30 a.m.), "A Night at the Opera" (TCM, 1:45 a.m.), "A Day at the Races" (TCM, 3:30 a.m.) and "Go West" (TCM, 5:30 a.m.).
But there's some pretty good movies on earlier in the day, from "The Philadelphia Story" (TCM, 9:30 a.m.) to "North by Northwest" (TCM, 5:30 p.m.) as part of a day-long salute to Cary Grant.
The networks find some odd ways to fill the final night of the year, from the so-so John Travolta romp "Wild Hogs" (ABC, 8 p.m.) to what would otherwise be known as "Rocky VI," "Rocky Balboa" (Fox, 8 p.m.). Otherwise, reruns, pretty much.
On a new "Live from Lincoln Center" (WGBY, Channel 57, 8:30 pm.), CPTV, 1:30 a.m.). Alan Gilbert conducts The New York Philharmonic as it performs Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring pianist Lang Lang, and the second act of Tchaikovsky's most popular work, "The Nutcracker." Also: the Polanaise from "Eugene Onegin."
But none of that before a year-end summary on "Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal" (WGBY, 8 p.m.; CPTV, 1 a.m.).
None of this for Connecticut viewers, though, who have to suffer through what amounts to a rerun of a bunch of reruns - chapters of "Pioneers of Television" (CPTV, 8, 9 and 10 p.m.) on sitcoms, variety shows and old talk shows.
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Albert Finney star in the 1997 adaptation of Henry James' "Washington Square" (Flix, 8 p.m.).
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Ceylon rose (Atrophaneura jophon jophon)
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Classified as Critically Endangered (CR B1+2ac) by the IUCN Red List 2003 (1).
The Ceylon rose is a beautiful and extremely rare swallowtail butterfly found only in Sri Lanka. It is black and white in colour with pink spots (3). In both sexes, the black velvety abdomen is tipped with bright crimson. In males, the forewings are narrower than in females, and there is less white colouration. The pink and white marks on the hindwings are also smaller than in females (3).
This rare butterfly is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is found in the south-west (4). The current strong-hold is the Sinharajah Forest Reserve and the hills around Balangoda and Morapitiya (3). There is much uncertainty as to the status of this species and there are no data on population trends (5).
Restricted to tropical evergreen rainforest at medium elevations (4) below 2000 feet (3). This species flies during the early morning or late afternoon when the sun is low. It takes nectar from flowers in clearings, along footpaths and beside roads. At other times of the day it remains within the forest and is rarely seen (3).
Little is known of the life-cycle of this species.
The main threats facing this species are thought to include deforestation as a result of timber extraction and conversion to agriculture (5).
The Ceylon rose occurs in the Sinharaja Biosphere Reserve, and so receives a level of protection. Collecting specimens is strictly forbidden in the reserve, and is a punishable offence. The collection of this species for sale is banned in Sri Lanka. This butterfly was recently considered for listing on Appendix II of the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) which would control international trade in the species. However, it was felt that international trade in the species is not a great problem, and that habitat management and protection should be the priority. Listing the species in Appendix II could even encourage trade, as it will draw attention to the rarity of the species and increase the price of specimens (5).
Michael and Nancy van der Poorten in Gehan' s Guide to the Birds, Butterflies and Dragonflies of Sri Lanka by Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne.
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- CITES- consideration of proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II (March 2004): http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/12/prop/E12-P40.pdf
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