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GP2 Driver of the Year vote: 2nd
23 December 2011
Top 10 GP2 Driver of the Year 2011:
Jules Bianchi
Nice, France
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2011 starts:
Fastest laps:
Championship points:
18 (Asia), 53 (Europe)
Championship position:
2nd (Asia), 3rd (Europe)
Jules Bianchi came into 2011 with high hopes of lifting a GP2 championship. He'd come close before - third place in 2010 - and felt that this was to be his year to take it up another notch and put himself firmly on the flight path into F1, where he was already selected as Ferrari's test and reserve driver and a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.
As far as Bianchi could see the main competition would come from Romain Grosjean, who was returning to the series for a full season in a bid to reignite his own F1 prospects. Bianchi must have been expecting a titanic, season-long battle with the DAMS driver, and sure enough in the very first race of the season - the GP2 Asia outing in Abu Dhabi - it really was an epic head-to-head between the two of them. And Bianchi came out top.
Unfortunately a penalty for Bianchi in the sprint race, and then a slow start in the Imola feature and a crash in the sprint, meant that Grosjean took the GP2 Asia title anyway. Bianchi shrugged it off and headed into the European championship with a solid third place in the opening round in Turkey, and then ... Well, it all went a little pear-shaped.
Over the next seven races he wouldn't finish higher than seventh - and there were three retirements. He was becoming worryingly accident-prone, making costly contact with Grosjean in the Spain feature and following it up by hitting Giedo van der Garde at the start of the sprint event which resulted in a very nasty accident. He hit van der Garde again in the next feature race at Monaco and got a penalty during the sprint race for passing during a safety car period; and then pinched Marcus Ericsson at the first corner of the Valencia feature to put them both out of the race on the spot.
Bianchi's season was self-destructing, but going into Silverstone he promised to pull it all together and do better - and he was true to his word, promptly taking victory in the British feature race. It was like a switch had been thrown: he didn't finish out of the points for the rest of the year, going on to claim four more podium positions along the way to third place in the championship.
The first half of the season may have shown that Bianchi needed more experience, but the second showed his true talent - and moreover, the ability to bounce back when all appears to be going horribly wrong. That's one of the most important and impressive mental talents any driver can have in his arsenal.
Top 10 GP2 Driver of the Year 2011 results so far:
Esteban Gutiérrez
Luca Filippi
Charles Pic
Marcus Ericsson
Sam Bird
Giedo Van Der Garde
Tom Dillmann
Luiz Razia


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Nest's Tony Fadell on the Internet of Things and Apple (Video)
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Tony Fadell hates the term "Internet of Things." And yet that's the exact stock in trade of Nest, the smart thermostat maker and one of the most closely watched companies in the "things" space.
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Water profile of Liberia
Geography, Climate, and Population
Liberia, located in West Africa, covers an area of 111,370 square kilometers (km2). It borders Sierra Leone to the northwest, Guinea to the north, Cote d'Ivoire to the northeast and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and southwest. Its north-south extent is about 465 kilometers (km) and its Atlantic Ocean coastline is about 520 km long. The terrain comprises mostly flat to rolling coastal plains, rising to rolling plateau and low mountains in the northeast. The coastline is characterized by lagoons, mangrove swamps, and river-deposited sandbars. The country can be divided according to elevation into four main physical regions parallel to the coast: i) coastal plains up to 100 meter (m); ii) hills from 100 to 300 m; iii) plateaus from 300 to 600 m; and iv) mountainous areas above 600 m. In 2002, the cultivated area was estimated at 600,000 hectares (ha), of which arable land covers 380,000 ha, while 220,000 ha are covered by permanent crops (Table 1).
Liberia's climate is tropical hot-humid. Winters are dry with hot days and cool to cold nights; summers are wet and cloudy with frequent heavy showers. The rainy season lasts from April to November and average annual rainfall is estimated at 2,391 millimeters (mm), with a spatial variation from 2,000 to 5,000 mm. Although this is much higher than the quantity of water required for crop growth, an acute water deficit is experienced anyway during a 3 to 5 month period, particularly in the uplands.
Total population in 2004 was 3.5 million, of which 52 percent were rural (Table 1). Population density was 31 inhabitants/km2.
Liberia is in a post-war period facing serious political, financial, administrative, and organizational problems. Ten years of conflict have led to multiple internal displacements of hundreds of thousands of people, disrupted supply of basic social services, increased the vulnerability of women and children to extreme poverty, hunger, disease, and HIV/AIDS. Poverty is widespread.
Access to education is limited. An estimated 80 percent of schools, health service structures, water wells and sanitation facilities have been either destroyed or abandoned since 1998. No up-to-date water supply and sanitation coverage data are available, but those still functioning are in alarming and worrying conditions in almost all counties in Liberia. As a result, morbidity and mortality rates remain high and may possibly deteriorate further as populations returning to these areas are expected to increase and thereby overstretch the already either only partly functioning or malfunctioning health and social infrastructures.
Economy, Agriculture, and Food Security
Before the outbreak of civil war, agriculture accounted for about 40 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) and Liberia had been a producer and exporter of basic products - primarily raw timber and rubber. The rubber industry generated over US$100 million export earnings annually. By the end of 1996, real GDP was as low as 10 percent of its pre-war level. However, from 1997 it increased, reflecting a post-war surge in rice, timber and rubber production, and in 2002, reached US$442 million. Nonetheless, in 2004, a still unsettled domestic security situation was slowing the process of rebuilding the social and economic structure of the country. In 2000, agriculture and forestry contributed over 90 percent of export earnings, mainly from rubber, timber, cocoa, and coffee.
Agricultural activities are still considerably reduced and food insecurity is worsening, as the areas considered to be the "food basket" of Liberia are still inaccessible. Rice production in 1995 was only 23 percent of the pre-civil war level. Cassava production has also been falling, possibly by as much as 50%. Low productivity of land and labor, shifting cultivation and low livestock production remain the main characteristics of traditional farming in Liberia. Rainfed agriculture is the predominant system. Use of water control technology is exceptional and consists mainly of unregulated manual irrigation, using watering cans.
Liberia is far from being food self-sufficient, with net cereal imports and food aid as a percent of total consumption being 44.1% for the period 1998-2000. The variation in domestic cereal production between 1992-2001 (average percent variation from mean) was 44.5%.
Water Resources and Use
Water Resources
Liberia can be divided into two kinds of river systems:
- The major basins, which drain 97 percent of the territory in a general northeast-southwest direction. Of these, the six major rivers, originating in Sierra Leone, Guinea or in Côte d'Ivoire, are the Mano, Lofa, Saint Paul, Saint John, Cestos, and Cavalla, and together drain 65.5 percent of the country;
- The short coastal watercourses, which drain about 3 percent of the country.
Internal renewable surface water resources are estimated to be 200 cubic kilometers per year (km3/year) and internal groundwater is estimated to be 60 km3/year; all of the latter is believed to be drained by watercourses. Thus, the total internally produced renewable water resources become 200 km3/year, while an additional 32 km3/year comes from Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire, bringing the total renewable water resources to 232 km3/year. Liberia is one of the African countries with the highest amount of renewable water resources per inhabitant: more than 71,000 cubic meters (m3/year).
Water Use
Total water withdrawal in the year 2000 was estimated at 106.8 million m3. The main water user was agriculture with 60 million m3/year (57 percent), followed by the domestic sector with 30.4 million m3/year (28 percent) and industry with 16.4 million m3/year (15 percent) (Table 2 and Figure 1).
International Water Issues
Liberia shares rivers with all its neighboring countries:
- The Mano and Mugowi Rivers with Sierra Leone;
- The Makone, Lofa, Via, Nianda, and Mani Rivers with Guinea;
- The Cavalla River with Côte d'Ivoire, which forms a large part of the border between the two countries.
Irrigation and Drainage Development
Evolution of Irrigation Development
The irrigation potential in Liberia is estimated at 600,000 ha, consisting mainly of freshwater swamps. No up-to-date information on irrigated areas in Liberia is available. In 1987, the total water managed area was 20,100 ha (Table 3 and Figure 2), comprising:
- About 100 ha equipped for full or partial control irrigation, consisting mainly of small development projects supported through international or bilateral cooperation;
- 2,000 ha of equipped wetlands and inland valley bottoms, mainly cropped with rice;
- 18,000 ha of non-equipped cultivated wetlands, swamps, and inland valley bottoms.
FAO's Special Program for Food Security (SPFS) 2000-2002 had the following aims:
- Developing 50 ha of small swamps, complete with drainage/irrigation channels and required water control structures;
- Training of farmers and extension staff in the utilization and repair of treadle and petrol pumps;
- Training of farmers and extension staff in water control practices at field level, irrigated field maintenance and improved cultivation methods (particularly rice and vegetables);
- Demonstration of low-cost small-scale irrigation technologies on 10 ha using treadle pumps and petrol pumps, and of water management practices with the participation of farmers and extension workers.
Role of Irrigation in Agricultural Production, the Economy, and Society
The main irrigated crop is rice. It is grown in the swamps in addition to the upland rice. Shifting cultivation in the uplands is still the main technique: the secondary forest is cleared and burned, and upland rice is cropped during one or two years combined with different food crops (cassava, common groundnuts, or vegetables). Afterwards, the area returns to bush fallow for 8-10 years. This system is the preferred mode of farming in Liberia and has the advantage of maintaining the ecological system in equilibrium. However, this system cannot be applied in areas where a higher population density prevents the restoration of soil fertility due to too short a fallow period. In those areas, swamp rice is cultivated in addition to upland crops.
While in the mid-1980s about 235,000 ha of rice were cultivated, this figure dropped to 120,000 ha in 2003, leading to a decrease in total rice production from about 290,000 tonnes in the mid-1980s to 110,000 tonnes (t) in 2003. In 1995, the yield of upland rice was estimated to be 1.3 t/ha, while yields of swamp rice were about 1.6 t/ha, and yields in equipped wetlands and swamps reached more than 2 t/ha.
Gender and land tenure with regard to water management has been a well-known problem for projects in Liberia.
Water Management, Policies, and Legislation Related to Water Use in Agriculture
The National Water Resources and Sanitation Board was created in 1981 in order to coordinate the activities of the different institutions or corporations involved in the management of water resources. Before the conflict, the main institutions involved were:
- The Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC), in charge of the water supply systems in the urban areas;
- The Ministry of Agriculture, in charge, inter alia, of irrigation;
- The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, in charge of sewerage;
- The Liberia Electricity Corporation, in charge of hydro-electric energy production;
- The Ministry of Rural Development in charge of water supply in rural areas;
- The Hydrology Service of the Ministry of Land, Mines, and Energy.
Environment and Health
Main environmental problems in Liberia are tropical rain forest deforestation, soil erosion, loss of biodiversity, and pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage. Water-borne diseases such as diarrhea, dysentery, cholera, and infectious hepatitis are common.
Perspectives for Agricultural Water Management
With only about 3% or about 20,000 ha of a potential 600,000 ha of swampland cultivated with rice before the war, water control and soil management measures remain the most suitable vehicle for future development. Water deficiency in the dry season, poor drainage, flooding of lowlands and the hazard of water erosion are all problems that need to be addressed.
The development of swamp rice cultivation will become necessary with increasing population and population density. It has been estimated that with an intensification of swamp rice cultivation, it could be possible for Liberia to become self-sufficient in rice, which is the staple food crop. The urban demand for rice is also rapidly expanding.
Successful swamp rice production development in Liberia requires: i) application of improved swamp rice cultivation technologies; ii) high labor inputs, which can conflict with upland farming needs; iii) availability of modern inputs (improved cultivars, good quality seed, fertilizers); and iv) a change of mentality amongst farmers, who should consider rice as a means of increasing cash income and not just as a subsistence crop.
Further Reading
- FAO. 1986. Liberia, report of an agricultural sector review mission. Report 85/86 CP-LIR.8
- FAO. 2000a. Special report FAO/WFP crop and food supply assessment mission to Liberia.
- FAO. 2000b. Special Programme for Food Security, water control and intensification components. TCP/LIR/8923 (D) and TCP/LIR2802 (D). Project Documentation.
- Water Profile of Liberia, Food and Agriculture Organization.
- World Factbook: Liberia, Central Intelligence Agency.
Disclaimer: This article is taken wholly from, or contains information that was originally published by, the Food and Agriculture Organization. Topic editors and authors for the Encyclopedia of Earth may have edited its content or added new information. The use of information from the Food and Agriculture Organization should not be construed as support for or endorsement by that organization for any new information added by EoE personnel, or for any editing of the original content.


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5 Things About Matt Barnes: Other Than Being Arrested And A Bad Example For KidsTheMommyologist
LA Lakers forward, Matt Barnes, has one more thing to add to his resume: he's just been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence. After a 911 call, police officers found Barnes with a woman who had obvious physical injuries, and they took Barnes into custody. Supposedly he's been living with the woman and dating her for quite some time.
He was released on $50,000 bond after being arrested, but he's not out of the woods yet. I wonder what his two kids will think when they hear their daddy was arrested for hitting a woman? He's definitely not setting a great example for them, that's for sure.
Here are some other things about Matt Barnes that you may not know:
1. He was born in California in 1980 and attended UCLA, where he began his basketball career.
2. He was a second-round draft choice of the Memphis Grizzlies in 2002, and was later traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
3. Other teams he has played for include the New York Knicks, Sacramento Kings, and Los Angeles Clippers.
4. He signed a contract with the Orlando Magic in 2009, but opted out of the last year after the Boston Celtics eliminated them in the playoffs.
5. He has only been with the LA Lakers since July of 2010.


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Getting Started
From Shaiya Wiki
When you first get into the game (after created a character), you will start with a level 1 package and some apples. What kind of apples depends on what class you've made. Rangers start with 10 normal apples.
In the package you will find some weapons for your class, some armor for your class, a mount for your race, an exp stone that lasts 30 minutes (exp gain from kills increased to 1.5x normal), and a level 7 package which you can open at level 7. Notice that you need to use the exp stone before you can open the level 7 package.


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The Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb
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The Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb is an official DLC expansion to The Binding of Isaac, which adds new items, rooms, enemies, bosses, and more. The DLC was released on Steam on May 28, 2012 and costs $2.99/£1.99/2.99€.
For pre-release information and beta images, see Wrath of the Lamb (Pre-Release).
For patch version history, please see Wrath of the Lamb/Version History.
Please report bugs to Wrath of the Lamb Bugs and do not post them here.
Itemsclicking here!
To see the Wrath of the Lamb Collection page which documents which items you have found see WotL Collection.
Challengeschallenges page.
AchievementsAchievements page.
34 secrets were added with the Wrath of the Lamb DLC. What they are and their unlock requirements can be found on the Secrets page.
The Cellar
The Cellar is an alternative version of the Basement which can randomly replace one or both Basement levels in a playthrough. The enemies differ from those appearing in the Basement, featuring an increase in the number of spider-themed enemies, and areas of webbing appear in the terrain which slow Isaac's movement and the speed of tears that pass through. The Cellar's enemies/bosses are arguably harder than that of the Basement's, making it a challenge for newer players.
The Catacombs
The Catacombs is an alternative version of the Caves, and replaces the Caves levels in a similar fashion to how the Cellar can replace the Basement.
Necropolis is an alternative form of The Depths. It generally features harder versions of enemies from The Depths.
Identical in appearance to The Womb, Utero is identified by different enemies and boss types.
With Cathedral-styled walls, Cathedral is the polar opposite of Sheol and is the other option of floor to go after defeating It Lives. It features angel-based monsters (white bomb snakes, angel fetuses) and contains a new final boss. If the Forget Me Now is used in Cathedral, the player is spawned in Sheol (this is most likely a glitch).
The Chest
After you finish the Cathedral (beating Isaac with the Polariod) this new floor with starts out with four Golden Chests in the spawn room. Every room before the New Final Boss are rooms with two bosses (I.E. two Chubbs, two Peeps, two different Horsemen of the Apocalypse.) Beating this floor unlocks a new item and a Final Ending Cut Scene. (need to beat this floor with every single charater to unlock all the new items/achievements)
Angel RoomSee Angel Room for more detail.
An alternative to the Devil Room. Item does not cost player hearts.
Curse Room
Costs 1 heart (Half a heart walking in, half a heart walking out) to enter and exit. Has either one or two red chests or rarely an item inside. The heart cost can be bypassed with flying upgrades so long as Isaac does not touch the spikes on the sides of the doorway. (This only applies on the way in, with the way back out always causing damage with or without flying upgrades.) If a secret room is next to the Curse room, a second spike door will be spawned allowing access between the two.
Sacrifice Room
Contains nothing but a single spike floor tile. Seems to spawn chests - both locked and unlocked - after walking on the spikes. Random cost of life, sometimes it happens with spending one heart and sometimes more. It is possible to use the Book of Shadows to spend no life but make the chest appear (Note: flying does not affect those spikes). There is also a very rare possibility for the Sacrifice Room to drop "deal with the devil" items, such as Brimstone or the Nail.
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Boss Arena
A special challenge room that seems to always contain an item, at the expense of spawning bosses - much like the normal challenge rooms past The Womb, but found before this point in the game. Visual differences from the normal challenge room are an additional skull at the top of the barred door and a bloody sword on the map. You must either have only 1 heart to go inside (not including soul hearts) or clear all rooms without taking damage.
LibraryGives you 2 books (or sometimes items as well) to choose from. Requires key to unlock door. This room can spawn in The Womb and Utero as well as the usual floors. On rare occasions, there may be an item (confirmed, spawned both Technology 2 and Stigmata) instead of a book on one or both of the pedestals. It is also possible to have the same book spawn on both pedestals. This is thought to be a bug.
Chapel (Secret Room)A secret room type with glass windows portraying a white cross as well as Isaac's face. Usually contains one half of an eternal heart or a single Fortune Teller machine.
Heart (Secret Room)A secret room type that looks like a room from the Womb and Utero floors. It spawns approximately 7 red hearts around the room.
Trinket (Secret Room)Interior similar to Cellar stage. Contains random trinket lying in the center
- Spider - Small black spiders that skitter sporadically across the floor. Their movement is difficult to predict, sometimes moving random directions and distances while other times beelining directly toward the player. If they have no direct line of sight to the player, they may stop moving and wait until line of sight is achieved.
- Trite - Fast, hopping spiders similar to Hoppers, but capable of jumping much further and faster. Some of them replace where Hoppers would be. (Picture of the correct hopping spiders?)
- Big Spider - Large black spiders that spawn two small spiders when killed.
- Fat Fly - Pooter that has a body resembling a Boil which fires 2 blood shots at once.
- Sack - White boil that spawns spiders.
- Mulliboom - Mulligans with a bomb in their head. Unlike other Mulligans, they will chase instead of fleeing from you, and explode upon impact. (Current bug where they will start to close to you and you cannot get away in time)
- B. Licker - Larry Jr.-like enemies that separate when one is killed.
- Gurgle - Gaper that spits explosive shots at close range (like Sloth).
- Gut - Green boil that spits explosive shots at close range.
- Walking Boil - Mobile Boil.
- Walking Sack - Mobile Sack.
- Walking Gut - Mobile Gut.
- I.Blob - Clotty that fires in all 8 directions.
- Eternal Fly - White fly that turns into an attack fly when whatever it's circling is destroyed. Most commonly found circling around Poop, but is also found around certain enemies like (bomb) leeches and hangmen.
- Holy Leech - White leech with guard fly - explosive (like those found in Sheol).
- Angelic Baby - Skin-colored, winged Baby that spits a triple shot instead of a regular one. (Looks like a big, angry Guardian Angel)
- Keeper - Bouncing Greed head. Fires in V pattern similar to SuperPooters. Will steal coins like Greed when player is hit. Amount of coins dropped/stolen from the Player is increased if an Avarice damages the Player in melee.
- Double Vis - Vis that fires both directions. Has a gash in its back similar to the one on its front.
- Slide - Blue Poky which stays on one place, but slides fast in a straight line towards Isaac, then returns to its starting position. Unlike regular Pokeys, they won't despawn when the room is cleared from other enemies until you exit and return to the room they were in. (Overall very similar to spike traps from The Legend of Zelda.)
- Hanger - Flying shop owner on a noose with a guard fly. Fires a triple shot that will steal coins like Greed when the player is hit.
- Mask + Heart - Big, flying masks that chase you like Knights but are invulnerable. Each mask spawns with a slowly flying heart that spits shots in a cross pattern when in range. A mask dies when its heart is destroyed.
- Vomit Grimace - Similar to grey statues found in depths except shoots explosive green projectiles like Sloth. It is most commonly found in the Catacombs and Necropolis.
- Swarmer - A mask surrounded by flies that spawns flies whenever hit. Also periodically spawns flies at random. When destroyed, leaves behind a number of random flies (Pooters, Attack Flies etc.)
- Psychic Maw - A maw that fires homing tears with a guard fly.
- Chubber - Fires a Lil Chubby who returns after being thrown. Deals 1 full heart of damage.
- Mama Guts - Bounces, shooting in 8 directions. Splits into two guts when killed.
- Cobweb - Slows down player as well as projectiles (Can be destroyed by bombs but leaves mark)
- Hellfire - An orange version of normal campfires mostly found in the cellar, but occasionally found in other places too. Shoots slow short-ranged projectile at the player.
- Golden Poop - Similar to the poop obstacle, it is colored yellow and drops around 5 coins or a trinket when destroyed.
- Poop with Fly Eggs - Poop with an eternal fly orbiting it, when the poop is destroyed, the fly will turn into an attack fly
Bosses and Mini-Bosses
Wrath of the Lamb saw an addition of multiple bosses, many of which being alternates of existing bosses pre-DLC. A full list of these new bosses can be found at the Bosses Added in Wrath of the Lamb page.
An alternative beggar may occasionally spawn in the place of a normal beggar. This beggar takes on a more demonic appearance (horns, gray skin) than his normal counterpart. This demon beggar does not accept money, instead exchanging hearts for items. The "pedestal" items it gives are Deal with the Devil items. Two spiders spawn when blown up.
Curse of Darkness
Removes the map, replacing it with a black room with a question mark in the middle (same as a secret room) for the duration of the whole level.
Curse of the Labyrinth
Makes the current level much larger, by creating more rooms to walk between. These levels, which are indicated by the suffix "XL" (ex: Catacombs XL), are effectively two stages combined into one, with two treasure rooms and two boss rooms (these are almost always linked, from what I've seen in multiple playthroughs).
- If the Cellar/Basement is afflicted with this curse, both treasure rooms will be locked and will require a key.
- If this curse happens on The Depths/Necropolis or The Womb/Utero, first boss rooms will play the same music that plays when fighting Mom or Mom's Heart respectively.
- Possible that Top Secret Room does not spawn in an XL level
Curse of the Lost
Expands the current floor one size category higher (Basement/Cellar 1 would become the size of Caves/Catacombs 1, Caves/Catacombs 1 becomes Depths/Necropolis 1, etc.)
Also, there is a possibility that there will be no Treasure room on the floor.
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JasperReports - Environment Setup
JasperReport is a pure Java library and not a standalone application. It cannot run on its own, hence it needs to be embedded into another client or server-side Java application. As it is Java based, it can be run on any platform that supports Java(JDK 1.3 and above). All the JasperReports functionality is gathered in a single JAR file, jasperreports-x.x.x.jar. This JAR alongwith the required and optional libraries (.ZIP file) can be downloaded from the site: JasperReport Library Link. Download the latest version.
The ZIP file includes the JasperReports JAR file alongwith the JasperReports source code, dependent JARs and a lot of examples demonstrating JasperReport's functionality.
JasperReport Environment
To start creating the reports we need to set up the environment ready. Extract the downloaded JasperReport .ZIP file to any location(In our case we have extracted it to C:\tools\jasperreports-5.0.1). The directory structure of the extracted file is as in screen below:
Here is the detail of all the directories:
build: Contains the compiled JasperReport class files.
demo: Contains various examples demonstrating several aspects of JasperReports functionality.
dist: Contains jasperreports-x.x.x.jar file. We shall add this JAR file to our CLASSPATH to take advantage of JasperReports.
docs: Contains a local copy of the JasperReports documentation.
lib: Contains all JARs needed, both to build JasperReports and to use it in our applications.
src: Contains the JasperReports source code.
build.xml: An ANT build file to build the JasperReports source code. If we don't intend to modify JasperReports, we don't need to use this file since JasperReports is distributed in compiled form.
changes.txt: A text document explaining the differences between the current and previous versions of the JasperReports class library.
license.txt: A text document that contains the full text of the LGPL(Lesser General Public License) license.
readme.txt: A text document containing instructions on how to build and execute the supplied examples.
Basically we only use the jasperreports-x.x.x.jar under the dist and JARs under the lib directory for generating reports. As Jasper Reports being an open source tool, if any defect or bug is recognized during execution in the jasperreports-x.x.x.jar, we can fix it and build the JAR again using the build.xml file.
Set the CLASSPATH
To use the JasperReport, we need to set the following files to our CLASSPATH:
jasperreports-x.x.x.jar, where x.x.x is the JasperReports version. This found under directory C:\tools\jasperreports-x.x.x\dist).
All the JAR files under the lib subdirectory (C:\tools\jasperreports-x.x.x\lib).
At the time of installation, we used JasperReport version 5.0.1. Right-click on 'My Computer' and select 'Properties', click on the 'Environment variables' button under the 'Advanced' tab. Now update the 'Path' variable with this C:\tools\jasperreports-5.0.1\dist\jasperreports-5.0.1.jar;C:\tools\jasperreports-5.0.1\lib;. Now you are ready to create your reports.
In all the examples in this tutorial we have used ANT tasks to generate reports. The build file takes care of including all the required JARs for generating reports. Hence, setting CLASSPATH as mentioned above will only help those who wish to generate reports without using ANT.
Build Setup
All the examples in this tutorial:
have been written using simple Text Editor.
have been saved under the directory C:\tools\jasperreports-5.0.1\test\src\com\tutorialspoint.
have been compiled and executed from command prompt, using Apache ANT. We will use a baseBuild.xml file which we shall import in ANT build.xml file in the subsequent chapters. Save this file to C:\tools\jasperreports-5.0.1\test. Following is the content of baseBuild.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project name="JasperReportExample" basedir="."> <description>Previews our JasperReport XML Design</description> <property name="file.name" value="jasper_report_template" /> <!-- Directory where the JasperReports project file was extracted needs to be changed to match the local environment --> <property name="jasper.dir" value="../" /> <property name="dist.dir" value="${jasper.dir}/dist" /> <property name="lib.dir" value="${jasper.dir}/lib" /> <property name="src.dir" value="src" /> <property name="classes.dir" value="classes" /> <property name="main-class" value="com.tutorialspoint.HelpMe" /> <path id="classpath"> <pathelement location="./" /> <pathelement location="${classes.dir}" /> <fileset dir="${lib.dir}"> <include name="**/*.jar" /> </fileset> <fileset dir="${dist.dir}"> <include name="**/*.jar" /> </fileset> </path> <target name="compile" depends="clean-sample"> <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}"/> <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${classes.dir}" classpathref="classpath" /> </target> <target name="run" depends="compile"> <echo message="Running class : ${main-class}"/> <java fork="true" classname="${main-class}"> <classpath> <path refid="classpath" /> </classpath> </java> </target> <target name="clean-sample"> <delete dir="${classes.dir}" /> <delete file="./${file.name}.jasper" /> <delete file="./${file.name}.jrprint" /> </target> </project>
This file has all the reuired targets, like cleaning the directories, compiling the java files, and executing the class files.
Following is the detail various directories mentioned in baseBuild.xml. Assuming current directory is C:\tools\jasperreports-5.0.1\test):
jasper.dir: is C:\tools\jasperreports-5.0.1 directory
lib.dir: is C:\tools\jasperreports-5.0.1\lib directory
src.dir: is C:\tools\jasperreports-5.0.1\test\src
classes.dir: is C:\tools\jasperreports-5.0.1\test\classes
main-class: com.tutorialspoint.HelpMe. This class is a simple class executed, when no class file name is passed from the command line. Save this file to C:\tools\jasperreports-5.0.1\test\src\com\tutorialspoint.
package com.tutorialspoint; public class HelpMe { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("This is the default class executed." + "Please pass the fully qualified class" + " name to be executed as command line" + " parameter, for example," + " com.tutorialspoint.HelpMe "); } }
Jasper Managers classes
There are number of classes which will be used to compile a JRXML report design, to fill a report, to print a report, to export to PDF, HTML and XML files, view the generated reports and report design.The list of these classes is:
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperCompileManager: Used to compile a JRXML report template.
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager: Used to fill a report with data from a datasource
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperPrintManager: Used to print the documents generated by the JasperReports library
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperExportManager:Used to obtain PDF, HTML, or XML content for the documents produced by the report-filling process
net.sf.jasperreports.view.JasperViewer:It represents a simple Java Swing application that can load and display reports.
net.sf.jasperreports.view.JasperDesignViewer:Used at design time to preview the report templates.
Setting up Apache ANT
We aregoing to build all the examples using Apache ANT. So kindly check ANT - Environment Setup chapter to setup Apache ANT on your machine.


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August 26, 2012
In addition to his duties as CFO of JCMG, Lyle Rosburg also stays busy as a reserve Cole County Sheriff Deputy, a Lions Club member and board member for the Missouri River Regional Library. For fun, he sings baritone for the Show-Me Showboaters, a barbershop chorus.
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A tip of the hat to those who worked so hard to put on Saturday's chili cook-off at the fairgrounds, but I have a question: Where was the chili?
When I arrived at about half past noon, and made it through security (in the form of a very nice but determined lady who insisted on moving an electronic wand all over my body until it tickled), I went directly to the sign that said "Chili" with an arrow on it, and followed the arrow.
What I found was a booth giving away samples, and I got in line. But silly me, I had no idea that what they were giving away wasn't chili. I waited in the queue until it was my turn and was given a paper tray with corn chips and a little foam cup with red stuff in it, and I handed over a dollar for donation, then went on my merry way. I had determined I could use the corn chips as a spoon, as no spoon was included with the sample, so I took one of the chips most shaped like a spoon, dipped it in the rather thin-looking chili and took a big bite. I was hungry. Oh, my goodness! Oh, heaven help me! It felt as though I had put my tongue on the on the burner of an electric stove.
It turned out that what I had was not chili. It was salsa. Which was logical, given the reality that along with chili, salsa preparation also was under way at the festival.
In the places I eat salsa — home, and at a few restaurants in town — the salsa is on the mild side. Yes, it has a bit of tang. But it doesn't make me think my tongue is going to blister and fall off. I looked around, and saw plenty of people eating their salsa samples, and they didn't look like they were ready to die. I even saw little kids eating it and smacking their lips. As for me, I couldn't even feel my lips.
I went looking for the drinks concession, and found it, but the line in front of it was made up of about half the population of Madera.
When I finally got my diet Pepsi (lots of ice) the heat in my mouth hadn't receded. But gradually, it went away.
Next year, I hope they have salsa samples for grandpas with tender tongues. And it might pay them to have more chili, too.


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Not a day goes by when I don't feel overwhelmed by the relentless flow of housework. Mess, it seems, is a renewable resource. It just keeps replacing itself.
The scary part, as a mom, is knowing that it's essentially up to you to manage the chaos.
But what about the other people living here? Don't they care? Well, why should they when they know, from experience, that mom will take care of it. Unless, that is, mom goes on strike.
Jessica Stilwell, mom of three daughters, 12, 12 and 10, had an epiphany one day and decided, with her husband's consent, to stop cleaning up, stop folding and nagging and reminding, and see what happened.
What happened was just as you might expect: Dishes piled up on the sink. Science experiments blossomed in cereal bowls left on the table. Giant dog hair balls never made it to the waste basket. Clothes, shoes, backpacks and dirty lunch boxes stayed where they were dropped. At one point, the only bag left to pack lunches in were dog poop bags.
Though Stilwell's daughters thought it odd to sit down for dinner and find the breakfast dishes still on the table, it took them a while to catch on to the mommy strike. It took them even longer to do something about it.
Day three, as documented in Stilwell's Striking Mommy blog :
"I am beginning to think my otherwise seemingly bright children may actually be cognitively delayed. It's a good thing they are pretty. Olivia took a look at the kitchen after school and announced "this kitchen is disgusting" then walked downstairs. Peyton has said nothing."
Things got messier, and smellier, and the kids eventually turned on each other. Yet still, no one got it. On the sixth day, Stilwell caved and ended the strike. But not before she explained herself to them. Pictures here.
"Each of them insisted NONE of the mess was theirs. So we took a walk around the house. I even held their sticky little hands as I led them around on our discovery tour. Good times I tell ya, good times. The light bulbs went on…some brighter than others."
Then, she sat on the couch, with coffee, or wine, depending on the time of day, and watched as her daughters cleaned up. It took them two days.
"So the clean up was painful. I actually questioned what I had done to myself…whose 'natural consequence' was this? I held my own and didn't help them. As I sat on the couch drinking my coffee I daydreamed about other things I would rather be doing. A double root canal and childbirth without benefit of an epidural were the winners."
Stilwell confesses she had been imagining the day when her kids realized just how much she does for them, for days:
All three of them apologized and did thank me for what I do. I must admit I imagined this moment a week ago very differently than what I actually felt last night. I pictured we would all hug and cry while the "Wind Beneath My Wings" played as background music. I closed my eyes and imagined I had just climbed Mount Everest and as I stood at the top of the mountain I screamed "THAT'S RIGHT!! IN YOUR FACE SUCKERS!! I WIN!!"
Going on strike is a recurrent fantasy of mine. When my oldest daughter complains about the fact that she has no clean socks, or underwear, because they are most likely still lying, dirty, on her bedroom floor, I often say
"That damn housekeeper is useless. That's it. She's fired. She's won't be back here tomorrow."
Then I fantasize, but never actually go through with, going on strike.
My daughter gets my sarcasm, usually apologizes, picks up after herself for a few days, then goes back to her old, careless, "mom will take care of it" ways.
Have you ever fantasized about going on strike? Have you ever actually gone through with it? What happened?
Stilwell was interviewed by Matt Lauer on NBC's Today show this morning. I liked her style.
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DATE: February 9, 2006
PRESENT: Agnes Samples Lorrie Steerey (via phone)
Sandie Rietz Audrey ConnerRosberg
Keith Edgerton Randall Gloege
Craig McKenzie Matt Redinger
Lewis Rife (student) Dan Hansen (student)
ABSENT: Mark Hardt – excused Paul Bauer – excused
Ben Marschke – excused Bruce Brumley – excused
Noreen Lee – excused
David Garloff (ex-officio) Tasneem Khaleel (ex-officio)
Mary Susan Fishbaugh (ex-officio) Mary McNally (ex-officio)
Kirk Lacy (ex-officio) John Cech (ex-officio)
George White (ex-officio) Terrie Iverson (ex-officio)
Curt Kochner (ex-officio)
GUEST: Brent Roberts
PRESIDING: Keith Edgerton, Chair
Keith Edgerton called the meeting to order at 3:48 p.m. in the Chancellor's Conference Room.
The minutes of February 2 were accepted as presented.
Item 55 Emeritus nomination
of Dr. George Madden, Professor, Department of Educational Theory and Practice,
Þ Motion by Matt Redinger, seconded by Sandie Rietz to accept Item 55.
Þ Motion carried.
A. Academic Senate Initiative: Student Evaluations of Faculty
It was stated that periodically the student evaluations are brought up, but nothing has really been done about them.
In the subcommittee formed a couple years ago, there was a debate about whether the student evaluations are market surveys with no bearing or if they do have some bearing on quality. Some ways to make the evaluation better would be to reduce the number of questions on it and do not prompt answers. Let students answer in their own words.
It was cited that years ago, the results of the student evaluations were not too important in a faculty evaluation, but now they can be used to fire or deny tenure. That is a big transition.
It was noted that the COT faculty have tried to revise their student evaluation (which is very similar to the main campus evaluation) 4 times in the last 12 years, and have not come up with anything. They are still using the same old survey.
It was observed that the current evaluation gathers too varied data to nail anything down, and may falsely represent an instructor as good when she or he is just popular with students. A more straightforward evaluation would come from faculty reviewing each other.
It was noted that the evaluation does reflect professional elements of teaching, but the form is so rigid that the resulting data is inconclusive. Perhaps a solution is to have instructors or departments choose from a list of questions, allowing them to customize the evaluation to be appropriate for each course. It was stated that the current evaluation is basically a popularity contest and it can easily be abused by administration. It was noted that faculty can also cherry-pick which question results they include in their evaluation materials. It raises the question of what the faculty member may be trying to hide. A customized evaluation would possibly eliminate much of the cherry-picking.
It was noted that the comment section of the evaluation is also misleading. One angry student can make five different comments, and the faculty and administration don't know if that is one or five students.
It was cited that the Senate can only recommend, and then the Faculty Association must take the issues to the FACC, where we will have to compromise with the administration. The administration may not want to lose their neat, easy-to-use numerical data.
It was noted that some instructors are giving their own, separate evaluations to students. These evaluations are often much simpler, asking only three things: what did you like, what didn't you like, and what would you change about this course? The results of such surveys are much more helpful to the faculty. It was noted that this approach could be used for all courses.
The question was raised as to whether the students should be required to sign their evaluation. It would treat them as responsible adults instead of children. It was noted that most students would probably fear retribution for negative comments and thus comment dishonestly or not at all.
It was suggested that the Senate ask for all the second surveys that instructors are using. Perhaps they could be a basis for a new evaluation.
Keith Edgerton stated that he would send out a message to the faculty, administration, and students that the current student evaluation is useless and ask for ideas on a revised evaluation.
B. Term Limits on Senate Standing Committees
It was explained that there are two- or three-year terms on the standing committees, but many faculty members have served multiple terms on the same committee. It was noted that it really is a problem trying to get anyone to serve on committees. It was cited that after a three-year term is completed, that opening is announced and if no one else is interested, the same faculty member can be appointed by the Committee on Committees.
The meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.


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Record Stock Buybacks: First In The US, Now In Japan
It was a month ago when Zero Hedge first revealed that as QE was "tapering", a just as powerful and even more indiscriminate force had stepped in to make up for the loss of Fed buying of last resort: corporations themselves, almost exclusively on a levered basis (issuing debt whose use of proceeds are stock buybacks). Specifically, we showed that the total amount of stock bought back by corporations in Q1 was the highest since the bursting of the last credit bubble. In fact it was the highest ever.
This was promptly noticed by both the WSJ and the FT. What the two financial media outlets likely have not grasped is that based on trading desk commentary, according to which the bulk of "flow" now originates almost exclusively at C-suites ordering banks to continue the buyback activity, the Q2 stock repurchase totals will be even greater than Q1, and likely surpass $200 billion. This means that every month this quarter companies are buying back about $70 billion of their own stock: an amount which at this runrate will surpass the Fed's original QE(3) amount of $85 billion within a quarter!
But while the "mysterious, indiscriminate" buyer of US stocks has been fully unmasked now, what most likely do not know is that just this is happening at a comparable record pace nowhere else but the place which is mirroring and repeating every single Fed mistake tit for tit.
According to Bloomberg, companies in the Topix index are acquiring their own stock at the fastest pace ever, led by NTT Docomo Inc. and Toyota Motor Corp., with $25 billion of announced purchases so far this year, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The buybacks are limiting losses in the world's worst-performing developed equity market: Companies using the strategy have gained even as the Topix slid.
Only $25 billion you say? Why that is less than a fifth of what their US peers are doing. Well, yes. But remember that on a relative basis, the BOJ's $75 billion or so in QE is orders of magnitude greater than the Fed's own QE when one factors in the relative sizes of the US and Japanese stock markets.
Additionally, keep in mind that the net annual bond issuance in Japan is already well below half of the amount monetized every year by the BOJ (which means if you think US bonds are illiquid, just try to buy, or sell a JGB - good luck). This means that vastly more of the BOJ's intervention ends up in the stock market: either Japan's or that of the US, courtesy of immediately fungible global fund transfers.
But back to Japanese bond buybacks, which in a far more "concentrated" and illiquid market, are having an impact on stock prices that is orders of magnitude higher than their nominal value would suggest.
Bloomberg then proceeds to give a quick lesson on logic 101: "Share buybacks have the effect of supporting the market when it's weak," Daiwa Securities Group Inc. quantitative analyst Masahiro Suzuki wrote in a report on June 10. "Return to shareholders is a big theme."
Companies' purchases of their own equity can be seen as a vote of confidence by executives that their stock has room to rise. The buybacks can also suggest a company has run out of things to spend money on, curbing its growth potential.
The problem, whether Japanese corporate executives are merely doing the same as their US peers and cashing out on their equity-linked comp plans at a furious pace thanks to their stocks hitting record highs having used corporate cash to boost the stock price while saddling the company with massive debt which will be some other CEO's concern down the line (a clear conflict of interest if there ever was one), is irrelevant. What matters is that stock buybacks have zero impact on the economy. Zilch. Nada. Because instead of investing capital in projects, either for maintenance or growth, all that happens is the shareholders get rich here and now, at the expense of economic, and certainly revenue, growth in the future (as we explained two years ago).
Even if buybacks continue, companies need to increase investments at a faster pace, according to Coutts' Calder, a harder choice compared to improving return on equity with share repurchases in the short term. The amount of cash they hold means companies should able to afford both buybacks and capital investments, he said.
While businesses have boosted capital spending for three straight quarters, their investments in the period ended March remained 31 percent below a 2007 peak, Finance Ministry data show.
"Buybacks only result in raising ROE and share prices, so their effect on Japan's economy is indirect," said Masaru Hamasaki, a Tokyo-based senior strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Co. "Capital investment directly boosts the economy, so I think for now, they should invest more money there."
Since the start of January, 152 companies on the Topix announced buybacks worth 2.5 trillion yen, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The previous high for an entire year was 1.5 trillion yen in 2008. Companies unveiled an average 567 billion yen in annual buybacks over the decade through 2013, the data show.
And here is where it all comes full circle, because the "economic theory" so to say seeking to reward corporations right now is that these same corporations will, out of the goodness of their heart, turn around and share their profits with their non-stock holding employees, i.e. the rank and file. Because the only way an economy can generate benign inflation is if there are real (not nominal) wage increases. Instead, Japan's only inflation to date is in import cost, in "non-core" staples such as food and energy, and of course, the stock market.
This is what is also affectionately known as trickle-down economics. It also doesn't work. Case in point - Japan's soaring stock market has resulted in exactly zero wage increases in the past 23 months, and soon: straight years of declining wages. Of course, to the Keynesians in charge it simply means that any minute now Japanese wages will increase. Alas, they won't. Because corporations realize that this emergency liquidity injection measure is merely confirmation by the central banks that the economy is failing and that companies should either be stockpiling cash for whatever comes after the Fed or BOJ withdraw, or, failing that, hand it over to shareholders who can do the same however without a corporate veil, and the money will simply reside in a personal bank account instead of a corporate one.
"The government recognizes that in order to resuscitate Japan's economy, there needs to be a cycle where corporations profit, then return those profits to the public," said Hisashi Kuroda, the head of Japanese equities and chief portfolio manager at Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co. "Even if public finances are used to help companies make more money, it'll be negative for the economy if the firms just stockpile the cash."
Not surprisingly, with the BOJ injecting trillions into the market, some of it makes its way to corporations. Sure enough, "Non-financial firms' holdings of cash and deposits rose to a record 232 trillion yen at the end of March, BOJ data show. Earnings by Topix companies swelled 69 percent last year as unprecedented central bank stimulus drove down the yen, boosting exporters' profits. That added to balances built by executives to shield their companies amid more than a decade of deflation and economic malaise."
Alas, as we noted every month, none of that cash is making its way to employees. Instead, in addition to buybacks it also going for other shareholder friendly activities like dividends. "Other types of returns to shareholders are also on the rise. Estimated annual dividends per share for the Topix climbed to 24.4 yen last week, close to the highest since 2008." And while there has been a modest pick up in CapEx too, it is well below the expected, and certainly well below any level that is required to sustain a virtuous economic cycle. Because what idiot CEO would opt to invest in growth that materializes in 5 to 10 years (the typical peak IRR of CapEx) or when some other CEO is in charge, when there is an quick and easy option to cash out now if said CEO holds stock.
In the meantime, everyone in Japan, and the US, is ignoring the reality and sticking their noise in the sand.
Brokerages are touting stock-picking based on who's next to buy back shares.
Societe Generale SA says investors should seek out cash-rich companies with low leverage and valuations. Top picks include regional lender Tottori Bank Ltd. and homebuilder Mitsui Home Co., analysts led by Vivek Misra wrote in a June 4 report.
"Many investors don't realize that corporate Japan is changing," said Meiji Yasuda Asset Management's Kuroda.
It's changing all right: in less than two years Japan has adopted all the worst qualities of the US financial system. And just like in the US, when the central bank liquidity music stops, the collapse will promptly follow.
Japan could have avoided this if it had merely continued it slow shallow drift into deflation: painful for debtors but sustainable for most, and most importantly, not some insane Ponzi game where the pensions of the population are being invested in overvalued, social-networking stocks. However, with its berserker rush into stimulating inflation at all costs, the next deflationary shock will be epic, and one whose only "fix" will be for the BOJ to go from mere JPY7 trillion liquidity injection per month, to literally pulling out the firehose and proceeding with creating the hyperinflation that results from a collapse in the currency which we have said since March 2009 would be the ultimate endgame of this entire failed economic and monetary experiment.
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Looks like a couple a tits.
ehhhh... you need to get out more
what this analysis misses are the following facts:
FACT. when a company buys back all its stock, then it alone owns the entirety of the outstanding stock.
FACT. when a company owns all of its stock, then it can set its own sell price for the stock. If it doesn't want to sell at 100, maybe it will sell at 200.
FACT. when a company owns all of its stock and sells a share to itself at 200 instead of 100, it has just set the price 100% higher.
FACT. when a company owns all of its stock and sells a share to itself at 400 instead of 200, it has just set the price 100% higher.
FACT. a company can repeat this process, thereby increasing the value of the shares it holds by astonomical amounts.
FACT. the process outlined above creates Real Wealth and stimulates the Real Economy.
the krugman interns
I concur with the analysis above.
in fact, when a company buys back all its stock and then drives the price sky high, the book value of the company is what you can use as collateral to borrow massive amounts of money after you buy the company.
and that massive loan can be used to pay consulting fees before the company's employees are laid off and its assets stripped and sold.
I thought we were mirroring Japan's mistakes?
Nope, you do more, you bomb other countries for oil and gas=)
imagine how low trading volume would be if they weren't
I intend to be the last person holding the last share of stock in the last publicly traded company on the planet.
Errrrrr.... OK, maybe that's not such a good idea. But somebody should do it just so they can say they did.
i miss the old paper shares. at least you could paper your walls with them. imagine the collector value if you had paper shares of every major defunct public company for the past thirty years.
Eron corparate logo would be a good wallpaper design.
You're not the only one, apparently.
About 2 years ago one of my clients says he's got a paper stock certificate for some shares of CSX (railroad) he bought with money his Dad gave him in 1982. With a little hand-written note clipped to it indicating the share price originally paid. He thinks it's worth about $20K, judging by current share price.
What he didn't realize was that CSX had nunerous stock splits over the last 3 decades and those shares are now worth over $200,000! Only time I literally had to help one of my clients get to a chair and catch his breath.
the old bonds were cool too. no middleman. just clip the coupon and redeem.
Yeah, they were damned cool. I owned some way back in the 80s. But when they're paying you 12% you know they're going to call those bonds as soon as rates started moving down. And they did.
good analysis, TD. no economic theory seems as intriguing as one with an endgame, and Keynesians, in all their wisdom, have pointed us in its direction with a slingshot.
Stock buy backs of recent dilutional secondary offerings using money borrowed at 0% (wash-rinse-repeat): it's a game of perma-bailout and a race toward the first one Jillion dollar market cap!
When you introduce demographics into the picture we see that Japan is stuck with an aging and shrinking population that is evermore expensive for the government to provide for. Adding to its woes the Fukushima nuclear disaster has shuttered its nuclear power plants and forced the country to import more expensive energy alternatives.
Neither monetary nor fiscal policy will adequately solve Japan's problems. Continuing to run fiscal deficits only means that government debt is pushed onward and upwards leading to a variety of possible scenarios as to the what the end game will be. Simply put, the fundamentals for Japan are lousy. More on the downward path that Japan is on in the article below.
The fun starts when China and Japan go to war. Both are demographically upside down. Japanese men and women don't seem to like sex (just watch any Japanese porno), and China had its 1 child policy. If they go to war, you end up with two countries that are 100% populated by retirees. It's like Florida but the driving is even worse.
Oh, so if the stock market was to crash to zero then the corporations would still at least own themselves. And if that is true then that is why the feds "floated" the system with QE. To preserve American corporations.


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Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories by Mike Birbiglia (is my Boyfriend)Posted: July 18, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized 20 Comments
WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT: If I were Shakespeare I would write SLEEPWALK WITH ME 154 sonnets. If I were Simon and Garfunkel I would compose it a song with my acoustic guitar and Peruvian pan pipes. If I were Picasso I would paint a picture of this book in which it had three eyes and five different noses. If I were the Queen of England I would knight this book so it would be SIR SLEEPWALK WITH ME.
Alas, alack, curse the heavens and rue the day, I am none of these people. I am just your friendly, neighborhood Books are my Boyfriends, so I will do what I do best: BLOG THE BEJEEZ OUT OF THIS TRAGICOMEDY MEMOIR!
First of all, thank you THIS AMERICAN LIFE for setting us up on our date. This American Life has also set me up on successful dates with books by Sarah Vowell, David Sedaris, Elna Baker, David Ellis Dickerson, Sandra Loh, Brady Udall and Etgar Keret. This American Life is basically the Yente of my Little Jewish Book Village and I'm 800% okay with this situation.
So Mike Birbiglia is a comedian who comes with what-up-you're-impressive-credentials. In addition to being a regular contributor to THIS AMERICAN LIFE ( You guys know what this is right? It's like if wizards were real and conjured up a radio show made of pure, sparkling magic ), he's also released count-em-one-two-three comedy albums, one of which was named by the AV Club one of the best comedy albums of the decade, has had this-time-en-Espanol-uno-dos-tres Comedy Central Presents specials, has been a guest on Conan, Letterman, and the Jimmies (Fallon and Kimmel, natch), ran around the country doing comedy basically everywhere cool, had a one-man show off-Broadway, and then, based off of the content of that show, wrote this book.
What I like best about Birbigs (as he is known to his Twitter followers, of which he has 80,000-something-followers, right, he is basically a Kardashian) is that his comedy is all storytelling-based. Specifically storytelling-from-his-awkward-and-painful-autobiography-based. Birbiglia takes us through his parochial school childhood when all the other Catholic schoolboys were mean to him and he was a card-carrying member of the "Non-Making Out Club," his- struggling-to-be-a-comedian-who-eats-more-than-Instant-Noodles-and-stops-sleeping-on-couches-and-starts-sleeping-on-real-beds- years, his up and down dating life (a particularly down,down,down story is when he gets dumped by his long-time girlfriend in the middle of an all expense paid tropical vacation), the title story which comes from him sleepwalking out a second story hotel window (and, you know, all the stuff that happens after that kind of event occurs) and, as As Seen on TV would say, AND SO MUCH MORE.
Birbiglia is the three-ring-circus-grandmaster of comic timing in his storytelling. His set-ups are sly, his punchlines surprising. His stories are slice of life, everyman, yes-this-could-probably-happen-to-you tales. The execution is razor-blade-sharp, 2400-on-the-SATs-smart, and there is a palpable, beating heart in his work. Sometimes it's a foul-mouthed heart, sometimes it's a slit-your-wrists-because-life-is-so-sad-sometimes heart, sometimes its a candystore-full-of-sugar-sweet heart, but the heart is alway there.
If I were Stephen Sondheim I would write Birbiglia a modern gothic musical about demon barbers, post-impressionist painters and fairy tale characters where all-the-lyrics-were-sung-really-really-really-fast. If I were Federico Fellini I would make a movie about Birbiglia that no one would understand, not even people who speak Italian. If I were Jamie Oliver or The Barefoot Contessa I would cook him the best ever dinner and I wouldn't even make him do the dishes after, I WOULD DO THE DISHES!
But I'm Books are my Boyfriends so I'll write this blog post to tell you that if you gobbled up Tina Fey's BOSSYPANTS in four hours flat, are waiting impatiently for Mindy Kaling's IS EVERYBODY HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME to be published in November and get its ass into your hands, and are going through modern comedy memoir withdrawal, here's your fix, you're welcome very much.
Do you guys have any comic memoir recommendations? I own Patton Oswalt's ZOMBIE SPACESHIP WASTELAND which I am v.excited to read even though I don't like zombies or wastelands (love spaceships.) After that, I'm out. Help!
WHAT KIND OF BOYFRIEND IS HE: A stand-up comedian boyfriend who is all kinds of successful and all-grown-up-New-England-Boarding-School cute. He makes your mom laugh and doesn't have tatts/own a motorcycle so your dad is happy. No matter what you're eating, spaghetti, ice cream, potato chips, he can make you laugh so hard it comes out of your nose. You have hilarious Gchat conversations when he's on the road doing the stand-up circuit. His cuddling and spooning skills are unparallelled.
There's just one problem.
Case in point, see our date.
We are just book-human-spooning, just another night of sleeping in my bed, so boring we are literally snoring…
Then SLEEPWALK WITH ME starts, right, you know, sleepwalking.
He does more sleepwalking whilest I continue to sleep-sleeping.
I am awoken by a sudden portent of doom. I blearily look up…
"Don't do it! Don't sleepwalk off the edge of my bed. I will heroically catch you before you fall to your demise!"
"I'm going to be your sleeping seatbelt, okay SLEEPWALK WITH ME?" "Okay, Kit." "Goodnight SLEEPWALK WITH ME." "Goodnight Kit." (Beat.) "Hey, Kit?" "Yeah SLEEPWALK WITH ME?" "Your pajamas are amazing." " I know, they're acoustic guitars." "I just wanted to make sure that before we went to sleep we talked about how great your pajamas are." "Goodnight, SLEEPWALK WITH ME." "Goodnight, Kit."
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Too funny. Love the photos, too. Make sure your windows are closed!
Best. Photos. Ever.
@Jenny – you can always try Radiolab if you aren't having luck with This American Life
Kit – hilarious post. Highly amused! Cracked me up: "This American Life is basically the Yente of my Little Jewish Book Village and I'm 800% okay with this situation." BTW, have you listened to the Episode 61 of TAL? http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/61/fiasco – just listen.
WOBEGON BOY by Garrison Keillor has moments of brilliance.
I will second the Radiolab plug. TAL turned me onto them and we're having a serious fling.
I can't believe you slept together on your first date…
Birbigs tweeted about this. How cool is that?! I loved your review and I feel the same way about the book and the comedy CD. I get a lot of great book suggestions from TAL too. Kudos on heriocally catching him before anything awful happened. And thatnks for the chuckles
This is genius. So glad Birbigs tweeted this so now I can read your blog all the time.
Brilliant. I saw 'Birbigs' My Girlfriend's Boyfriend' on Barrow Street this spring. Sedaris is my boyfriend's boyfriend but Birbigs is my best kept secret.
Your blog is immensely enjoyable, so glad I stumbled upon it.
He's my sister's favorite comedian. He's on Bob and Tom (radio program) a lot and reads from his secret journal – great storyteller. And I cannot wait any longer for Mindy Kaling's book! I passed on her book excerpts to everyone I know!
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A letter from Karla Koll in Guatemala
January 2011
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
A new year has begun, at least according to one calendar. In the liturgical calendar that governs the life of the church, the new year began five weeks ago with the start of Advent. New Year's Day falls right in the middle of the 12 days of Christmas, a time set apart from the normal rhythms of daily life, when we celebrate God's coming among us as a helpless child. Once again this year I've had the opportunity to appreciate living in a context where most institutions shut down from before Christmas until after Epiphany.
These first days of the New Year here in Quetzaltenango have been cold and windy with low-hanging clouds. The fields lie fallow as they will until April brings the promise of rain. My husband, Javier, and I are enjoying having our daughter, Tamara, here at home with us. We've been cleaning house, organizing books and files. Tamara is spending a lot of time with her friends as they continue to process their grief over the loss of Francis. We've also spent some time with Francis' parents.
December 29 marked the 15th anniversary of the signing of the peace accords that brought to an end the armed conflict here in Guatemala. Much of the promise of the peace accords to bring about a more just Guatemala remains unfulfilled. Many of the underlying structural problems that continue to generate inequity in Guatemalan society have never been addressed. The levels of violence have steadily increased over recent years. Most Guatemalans don't feel they live in peace.
On January 14 retired General Otto Perez Molina will be installed as Guatemala's president. Perez Molina, a graduate of the School of the Americas who represented the army in the peace negotiations, is believed to have participated in both massacres and torture during the war. He has also been implicated, though not charged, in the murder of Bishop Juan Gerardi in 1998. He and his party have promised an "iron fist" against crime. Yet the drug cartels are known to have ties to former and current military officers.
My inbox is full of messages from human rights organizations expressing concern over what might happen when the new administration takes office. Groups that work with children and youth living in the streets are worried that a hard line against crime will lead to repression of those with nowhere to live who often resort to petty crime in order to eat. Groups working to end impunity are afraid the new administration won't support efforts to bring those responsible for violent crimes to justice.
Even before the installation of the new administration, the election of a former general to the presidency has emboldened those who defend the army's role in the armed conflict. Recent weeks have seen a parade of people related to the military going to the Public Ministry to denounce a long list of persons for violent actions carried out by the guerrilla forces during the war. Many of the accusations are ludicrous; a journalist is accused of participating in an action that happened when she was 6 years old. One wonders what the purpose of these accusations can be. Is it to fill up the courts with spurious cases and thus hamper investigations of war crimes committed by military officers? The past year has seen the first convictions of military officers for massacres of civilians during the war. Will the prosecution of military officers continue or will it be stopped? Is the intent to create pressure to remove Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz from office? Her deceased father, along with one of her cousins, is among those being accused.
In the midst of the uncertainty generated by the beginning of a new administration, CEDEPCA continues its work to bring hope to individuals and churches. The offices will open again on Thursday, January 5. There's a lot of work to do as we finalize our operational plans for the year and gear up for the start of classes in early February. We hope and pray that we will have the resources we need to respond to the growing demand for the kind of educational and pastoral programs we offer.
CEDEPCA has asked me to continue to serve as dean for the Biblical and Theological Training program for a while longer. But I will not be carrying the entire burden for running the program. Starting this month, Rev. Neli Miranda will be sharing the dean's office with me in preparation for eventually taking over the administration of the program. Please pray for Neli as she begins to learn her new responsibilities. I am looking forward to having not quite so much work to do.
January is a time when many folks come to visit Guatemala. It's always a privilege for me to meet with groups and encourage visitors as they learn about this complex context. A group from Heartland Presbytery is coming to visit their partner presbytery, Maya-Quiche. A group of students from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary is coming to explore issues around short-term and long-term mission.
Tamara will be returning to Portland, Oregon, on January 21 to begin her second semester at Reed College. She's sleeping quite late every day, so I hope she'll return to college well rested. Reed seems like a good place for her. Javier is doing some lecturing in different university programs. He's working on plans for our farm in Nicaragua and will probably travel to Nicaragua before the end of January.
I am still working on plans for my mission interpretation assignment. I will be in the United States from about February 10 to April 20, less time than I had originally thought. I'll be going to Colorado first to attend a meeting of Pueblo Presbytery (my presbytery!) and to visit churches there, as well as to spend a few days with my dad and his wife. I plan on heading to Louisville around February 20, so I will be available after that date for speaking. Thank you to those who have already written to me concerning dates. I hope to be able to confirm visits very soon. If you would like a visit and haven't gotten in touch with me yet, please write as soon as you can.
CEDEPCA Profile
This month I would like to tell you about the Biblical and Theological Training program of CEDEPCA, the program I have been privileged to lead the last 18 months. The objective of the program as we recently reformulated it in our new strategic plan is to "encourage the formation of an ecclesial, academic and community leadership that is trained to analyze the context, to reflect biblically and theologically, and to carry out transformative actions in their churches, the places where they teach, and their communities." The primary way we carry out this objective is through our relationship with the Latin American Biblical University (UBL) based in San Jose, Costa Rica. At the university level, the UBL provides a unique model of theological education that combines the best of an extension model with the best of a residency model. Our students are able to do most of their studies in Guatemala with short periods of study, two to eight months, in Costa Rica. Last year participation in our university-level classes grew nearly 50 percent as more people came to experience the kind of alternative theological education CEDEPCA offers. A total of 55 people took classes last year. For the first time ever we have some students who are studying full time. We also have three groups studying through the Biblical Pastoral Institute, the non-university program of the UBL. The demand for this popular level of education has grown much faster than CEDEPCA's capacity to respond, though we hope to expand our offerings in the coming months.
CEDEPCA is committed to providing high-quality formal theological education at an affordable cost to those who are seeking to serve in their communities. We know that neither our students nor their churches can afford the full cost of the theological education CEDEPCA offers. Therefore we rely on the gifts and offerings of sisters and brothers in many places to make this program happen. Thank you so much for your support. If you would like to know of other ways you and your church can help, please write to me.
Reading corner
One of the e-mails that I received recently expressing concern about the incoming administration was from Jennifer Harbury, a Harvard-trained lawyer who has been active in human rights work here for over two decades. After she worked on behalf of the victims of human rights abuses here in Guatemala in the mid-1980s, she decided she wanted to learn more about the people who had taken up arms against the Guatemalan army. While conducting research for a book on guerrilla movement, she met and fell in love with Efrain Bamaca, alias Everardo, a commander in the Revolutionary Organization of the People in Arms (ORPA). In March 1992 Bacama was captured alive by the army and tortured for several months before he was killed. Searching for Everardo is the story of Harbury's search to find out what happened to her husband. Though Harbury presents an admittedly romantic view of the guerrilla movement, her book is a good reminder of the brutality of the Guatemala army toward civilians and combatants, as well as the complicity of the U.S. government with the killing that went on here for so many years. Harbury argues for an end to impunity saying, "We cannot create a better future until history is set straight" (p. 326).
Closing thoughts
The New Year begins here in Guatemala with many questions about what the coming months will hold. Yet we have the assurance that God goes forward with us. So I close this letter in the way that Roberto Armas, the Episcopal priest here in town, ended his New Year's Day sermon. I wish you a year full of Jesus, this Jesus who was born in a stable and who preached the coming of God's Reign as good news for the poor and excluded.
The 2012 Presbyterian Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study, p. 6
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Original Release Date: August 14, 2012
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Label: Milan Records
Copyright: 2012 Billions Of Phonographs, Llc, Under Exclusive License To Milan Entertainment Inc.
Total Length: 32:17
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Music composed by Heather McIntosh:
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The 2012 Indie drama "Compliance" has a pretty intriguing soundtrack which is set for release both digitally and physically on August 14, 2012.
The album will contain 14 original scores composed by Heather McIntos.
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Release Date: 17 August 2012 (USA)
Director: Craig Zobel
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When a prank caller convinces a fast food restaurant manager to interrogate an innocent young employee, no-one is left unharmed. Based on true events.
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Is Soy in MY diet, possibly causing gas in my breastfed baby?????
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Here is a book that I found an excellent source of inspiration on many fronts:
"A short history of nearly everything"by Bill Bryson
The book describes general sciences such as chemistry, paleontology,astronomy, and particle physics. In it, the author explores the time between the Big Bang to the discovery of quantum mechanics, via evolution and geology. Bryson tells the story of science through the stories of the people who made the discoveries, such as Edwin Hubble, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein.