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The Economics BA Program | Academic Requirements | Student Learning Outcomes | Minor in Economics | Courses | Faculty
The Economics Program: Courses
1000–1999 (lower level, freshman)
2000–2999 (lower level, sophomore)
3000–3999 (upper level, junior)
4000–4999 (upper level, senior)
Macroeconomic Theory I
ECO 1500 / 4 credits / Every semester
An introductory course on modern theory of the causes of unemployment, inflation, economic growth, and a strong or weak dollar. The course treats the economy as a system and examines the ways in which its behavior can be influenced by policy (e.g., the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve Board, fiscal policies of Congress and the Administration).
Microeconomics I: The Principles of Human Action
ECO 1510 / 4 credits / Every semester
A practical introduction to the logic of human action with applications to daily life. This course traces the implication of choice in the face of scarcity and imperfect knowledge. Topics include the nature and value of cost, the spontaneous emergence of social order, demand-supply analysis, theory of markets, and public policy.
Arts and Entertainment in Economics
ECO 2085 / 4 credits / Spring
A survey course that reviews economic and financial aspects of the film, music, performing arts, sports, radio, and broadcasting industries.
Economies of Latin America
ECO 2223 / 4 credits / Special topic (offered irregularly)
An overview of economic conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a focus on competing strategies for national and regional development. Topics include the consequences of the region's deepening immersion in the global economy; its investment, trade, and labor-market ties to the U.S. economy; and the roots of its principal socioeconomic conflicts.
Globalization: Film and Lecture Series
ECO 2225 / 4 credits / Special topic (offered irregularly)
Does globalization, the dynamic force of the current global economy, promote or impede global development? Using films, lectures, and selective readings, this course examines the arguments for and against globalization. Topics may include the role of U.S. foreign policy in underdeveloped countries; the impact of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and global corporations; gender and development; the politics of global food production; the historical impact of colonialism and imperialism; cultural imperialism; and the nature of the current American empire.
Environmental Economics
ECO 2280 / 4 credits / Alternate years
Economics can help define, address, and solve many environmental problems. This course provides students with a set of conceptual tools that are useful in addressing environmental issues like pollution and pollution abatement, the conservation of natural resources, environmental regulation, and the political economy of environmentalism.
Prerequisite: ECO 1510
Recommended: A prior course in economics
Business Economics
ECO 2300 / 4 credits / Special topic (offered irregularly)
This course provides the basic analytical tools that are helpful in guiding business and managerial decision-making in various kinds of markets. Topics include production and cost theory, competitive and monopolistic pricing, and how to interpret econometric and statistical data.
Prerequisite: ECO 1510
The Development of Modern Capitalism
ECO 2325 / 4 credits / Every year
A study of the social and economic history of the great transformation of European civilization from the preindustrial world to the era of industrialization and the shifts in the ideas, ideologies, and social and economic policies that accompanied it.
Labor Economics
ECO 2350 / 4 credits / Special topic (offered irregularly)
Examines different theories of the labor market (neoclassical, institutional, feminist, and political economy) and the history of the labor movement in the U.S., including changes in labor law. Other topics include recent changes in the structure of labor markets, patterns of unionization, the role of gender, immigration, and the impact of changes in business organization on the labor movement.
Law and Economics
ECO 2550 / 4 credits / Every year
Students apply the basic concepts of economics to examine the formation, structure, processes, and consequences of law and legal institutions. The interactions between the legal process and the market process are studied with respect to policy. Topics include intellectual property, environment protection, bankruptcy, tort law, regulation, and property rights.
Prerequisite: ECO 1500 or 1510
Macroeconomic Theory II
ECO 3010 / 4 credits / Fall
A continuation of ECO 1500. Treating the entire economy as a system, contemporary economic theories are introduced to explain: what causes economic growth and a strong or weak dollar; how spending decisions interact with national money and bond markets to affect interest, inflation, and unemployment rates; and how economic performance in one country can affect other countries.
Prerequisite: A minimum grade of C+ in ECO 1500
ECO 3070 / 4 credits / Spring
An introduction to econometric theory and methods. Particular emphasis is placed on multiple regression techniques widely used in economic research. These include hypothesis testing, choice of functional form, distributed lags, instrumental variable estimation techniques, dummy variables, and two-stage least squares. Problems associated with autocorrelation, heteroscedasticity, and multicollinearity are also discussed.
Prerequisite: A minimum grade of C+ in either PSY 2320 or MAT 1600
Game Theory
ECO 3080 / 4 credits / Spring
An overview of game theory concepts with emphasis on how successful outcomes of decisions in economics and other disciplines are influenced by the behavior of others. Examples include the "prisoner's dilemma" and a Nash equilibrium. Students develop analytical tools that allow them to formally analyze outcomes in strategic situations.
Prerequisite: ECO 1510
Cities, Culture, and Economy
ECO 3100 / 4 credits / Fall
Is there a common set of social institutions or environments that gives rise to both successful urban economies and flourishing arts and culture? Proposing that such a set exists, this course attempts to identify it; traces its implications for cultural and economic development; and explores the interrelations of capitalism, cities, and culture. While areas of culture and society are addressed, the analytical framework is that of economics and political economy.
Prerequisite: ECO 1500, 1510, 2085, or 2325
Money and Banking
ECO 3190 / 4 credits / Special topic (offered irregularly)
Details the history and functions of banks and financial institutions. Topics include the evolution of banking, the importance of banking in a community, the functions of banking (credit, deposit, and payment), the Federal Reserve System, and current issues and trends in the industry.
Prerequisite: A minimum grade of C- in ECO 3010
Financial Economics
ECO 3195 / 4 credits / Special topic (offered irregularly)
Topics include the economic role of financial markets and the major financial institutions operating in these markets, principles of security pricing and portfolio management, security exchanges and investment banking, the capital asset pricing model, securitization, option pricing, and derivatives.
Prerequisite: ECO 1510
The Global Economy
ECO 3200 / 4 credits / Fall
A policy-oriented examination of current events in international economic relations. Topics include global economic interdependence; the politics and economics of U.S. trade policy; regional trading blocs; European monetary union; reform in transitional economies; U.S.-Japan and U.S.-E.U. economic relations; roles of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and World Trade Organization; and debt burdens of developing countries. A background in economics is not required.
Microeconomics II: Tools for Problem Solving
ECO 3260 / 4 credits / Fall
Further elaboration and discussion of topics in microeconomics, including applications of decision-making under asymmetric information, market power, common law, politics, and the impact of time and uncertainty on choice.
Prerequisite: A minimum grade of C+ in ECO 1510
Cultural Economics
ECO 3330 / 4 credits / Fall
Examines the economics of the cultural sector, including differences between U.S. and European policies of government support. Other topics include intellectual property rights, including copyright; emerging trends in art and online; artists' labor markets (e.g., are artists poor? why do superstars exist?); the economics of religion; and the economics of language.
Prerequisite: An introductory course in economics or permission of instructor
Experimental Economics
ECO 3340 / 4 credits / Fall
An introduction to experimental methods in economics. Students test some of the standard economic theories learned in previous courses and confirm them (or not) based on evidence derived from experiments.
Prerequisite: ECO 1510 and PSY 2320
History of Economic Thought
ECO 3360 / 4 credits / Spring
Examines the evolution of economic thought from the late 19th century to the present. Topics include the rise of neoclassical theory, the Keynesian critique of orthodoxy, and the later revisions by Keynesians and post-Keynesians. Students may also examine recent contributions in the Marxian tradition.
Prerequisite: An introductory course in economics or permission of instructor
Business, Government, and Society
ECO 3400 / 4 credits / Fall
An examination and critique of the U.S. government's objectives and policies concerning business and other social institutions, from the perspective of their influence on individual incentives. Topics vary, but typically include public policies on poverty, urban planning, business, regulation, and antitrust.
Prerequisite: One course in economics
Behavioral Economics
ECO 3600 / 4 credits / Fall
An introduction to behavioral economics that examines how the economic decisions of economic agents are influenced by cognitive, emotional, and social forces, and how these decisions influence resource allocation and well-being in ways that are often at variance from the analysis of standard economics. Topics include hyperbolic discounting, choice architecture, hedonic pricing, and public policy.
Prerequisite: A minimum grade of C- in ECO 3260
Special Topics in Economics
ECO 3650 / Variable credits (2 or 4) / Special topic (offered irregularly)
An advanced undergraduate course in economics. Topics vary from semester to semester and include such areas as microeconomics, macroeconomics, political economy, economic sociology, law and economics, and the history of ideas.
Prerequisite: A minimum grade of C+ in either ECO 1500 or 1510
Economics Internship
ECO 3995 / Variable credits / Every semester
This internship provides students with the opportunity to gain real-world experience in the business or nonprofit organization of their choice.
Tutorial and Independent Study
ECO 3996 and 3997 / 1–4 credits / Every semester
Faculty are available for independent study and tutorials on a selected basis in areas not covered by coursework.
Advanced Seminar in Economics
ECO 4250 / Variable credits (2 or 4) / Special topic (offered irregularly)
An advanced seminar geared toward (but not limited to) students interested in pursuing graduate studies in economics or related fields. Topics vary from semester to semester.
Prerequisite: ECO 1500 and 1510
Economics Senior Seminar I and II
ECO 4880 and 4890 / 1 credit (per semester) / I: Fall; II: Spring
This required, two-semester seminar assists seniors in undertaking the research and writing of their senior thesis. It focuses on the fundamentals of producing a good senior thesis, selected current issues in economic theory and policy that may be relevant to the research topics chosen by students, research tools available to those conducting economic research, and improvement of writing skills.
Corequisite: SPJ 4990 (Fall) and SPJ 4991 (Spring)
Senior Project I and II
SPJ 4990 and 4991 / 4 credits (per semester) / Every year
Students are required to submit a senior project in order to complete the major in economics. Students work with individual faculty members to develop a project design that focuses on some substantive or methodological problem in economics. Must be taken for two semesters (8 credits total).
Corequisite: ECO 4880 (Fall) and 4890 (Spring)
Updated Mar. 23, 2016
Please direct updates for this page to the managing editor in the Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs. To add a course, please refer first to the Faculty Handbook.


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The book is an olio of images including creatures in nature, birds, bugs, butterflies, animals, plants and includes table top techniques using UV, white and daylight light for illumination. Interesting patterns and ways to make them are displayed in Montages.
As a Professor, teacher and researcher at two major universities of the U.S. I conducted research on the growth & development of facial structures, jaw growth and dental development in children which brought aout many invitations to lecture around the world. Having worked my way through college and the universities as a photographer, I carried my cameras when I traveled and enjoyed a lifetime of photographic experience wherever I went. These several books are meant to display my visions as I encountered them in my travels
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00010000 Years and Counting
By marchamilton on Jan 16, 2010
I joined Sun 00010000 years ago today (16 for my friends who aren't conversant in binary). It seems like just yesterday. January 17, 1994. I can't help but to reminiscent a bit.
I lived in LA then and still do today. I somehow managed to spend more than 730 nights not in LA, at least according to my Starwood frequent guest statement, and that only dates to 1999. More on those two years later.
January 17, 1994 was Martin Luther King Day, a Sun holiday, so my first official day at work I took the day off. Little did I know how many times I would pay back that first day.
January 17, 2010 is a Sunday, and I'm working, starting off yet another round the world business trip
The Internet did exist in 1994, just not many people used it, there were about 15,000 registered host names in January 1994
If you wanted to browse the web in January 1994, you couldn't use Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, or even Netscape. Netscape wouldn't be
started until April of that year. The majority of the people using the Web were using the early
Mosaic browser.
One of the things that brought me to Sun was a demonstration of an early version of a project code-named WebRunner which was a new web browser based on a new language which would become the Java language. The Java technology was not announced until some 16 months later, in May 1995.
Eric Schmidt worked at Sun. Yahoo wouldn't be started for another month. It would be more than four years before Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim wrote a $100,000 check to an entity that wouldn't exist for another month, Google.
I remember saying hi to Eric at a few Sun events. I've been lucky enough to spend countless hours with Andy since he returned to Sun in February of 2004 and spent much of his time focusing on HPC.
InfiniBand networking wouldn't be invented for another six years, meanwhile, most Ethernet networks ran at 10Mbit/sec speeds, or 1000 times slower than today's
10Gbit/sec networks.
Sun was the exclusive computer supplier to the 1994 Soccer World Cup held at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles. The Sun powered world cup web site became the most viewed web site in the world. I was a systems engineering manager at Sun in Los Angeles at the time and my team helped ensure the world cup web site operated smoothly through the event.
Sun Canada is the Official Computer Network Server Supplier to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. I was Vice President of North America Systems Sales when we signed the deal, so I'll take a bit of credit, although it really goes to the Sun Canada team.
Have I really spent more than two years in hotel rooms? What countries where those in? Ones I easily remember include Canada, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, China, Japan, UK, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, Israel, and Belgium. That doesn't include vacations or a few that for various reasons will go unnamed.
Solaris 2.3 had just been released (November 1993) and was helping to propel the SPARCcenter 2000, with up to 20 SuperSPARC CPUs, as one of the most powerful Oracle database servers of the day.
Countless Sun tee-shirts, polo shirts, dress shirts, coffee cups, backpacks, boxer shorts (don't sell storage short), jackets (my multiple leather Java jackets all quickly found their way to customers but I am keeping a 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics jacket), and the one give-away my wife does use, the 2001 SunRise
Nambé platter.
The one Sun event my wife will always remember, SunRise Paris, costume ball at Versailles
The sigh of relief when Joe Roebuck didn't join Elton John in a piano duet at SunRise in Hawaii
My daughter had not yet turned 3. My son wouldn't be born for several months. My wife, what can I say about someone who has put up with me being gone one eighth of the last sixteen years.
Change is good but I'll never do this again
I will do more of these, Red Sky, although this one is perhaps one of a kind.
What can I say. Its been an awesome ride. I did some fun things before Sun. I'm looking forward to some even more amazing things the next 16 years. Another 16 years from now, I still will be a few years shy of full retirement age. So check back on January 17, 2026 and see what I've been up to.


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A guy or girl that acts really nice but does mean shit through pure stupidity.
My "Nass-Hole" best friend just cock blocked me while I was making out.
by MoFo94 February 05, 2010
a hiphop fan that likes nas so much they are unable to accept any criticism of their favorite rapper thus becoming a nas stan ie nas+asshole
you are a nasshole if you think nas knocked jigga off.(check out forbes hip-hop cash kings-where's nas at?)
by gangsterous April 04, 2008
A nice asshole. Someone who is an asshole in general, but is also very polite on a day-to-day level.
Oh man, he's such a nasshole. He takes advantage of girls but he also holds the door open for me when I see him.
by J Davis March 31, 2005
A NASty ASS Hole. That has not been wiped/washed after taking a crap.
Dude 1#- awwh man I went camping and had a Nass Hole till I got home!
Dude 2#- Next time bring wipes.
Dude 2#- Next time bring wipes.
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Air Products & Chemicals: An Underrated Dividend Stock
This company has a vitally important product, strong growth, and a rich dividend history.
I don't mind owning cyclicals as long as the cycles aren't so vicious that they threaten the dividend, and the dividend grows even in tough times. This stock qualifies on both counts, and looks like a bargain, too.
Air Products & Chemicals
(NYSE:APD) is the third-best performer in the very profitable industrial gas industry, and its results lagged competitors' during the previous cycle.
Although it represents a tiny portion of a customer's cost structure, a reliable supply of industrial gas is vitally important in many production processes. As a result, major customers are willing to sign long-term contracts (15 to 20 years) that permit industrial gas producers like Air Products to index the main input costs for inflation.
This lucrative structure has helped protect operating margins historically, and we anticipate it will continue to preserve the company's profit margins and returns on invested capital, especially if an inflationary environment ensues.
The firm has shed some underperforming businesses, including health care and polymers, which should drive better operating margins and returns on capital. Still, the company has outsize exposure to electronics and hydrogen, two structurally weaker end markets.
The good news is that increasing operating costs have forced nearly 80% of domestic refiners to outsource their hydrogen production needs — hydrogen being a field where Air Products holds a commanding lead. Growth should continue, especially as foreign refiners begin to adopt this outsourcing model. The firm also participates in a plethora of less cyclical end markets, including medical and food and beverage.
Although the firm is capital-intensive — capital spending has averaged 12% of revenue in the past decade — and subject to cyclical fluctuations, my firm believes Air Products is in strong financial health.
Debt is typically in the range of twice annual EBITDA, and has grown roughly in line with cash flow. Our credit rating of A- reflects Air Products' strong competitive position and healthy cash flow.
We're also comfortable with a dividend payout ratio around 50%, given that the largest annual drop in earnings per share in the last 25 years was the 18% decline in 2009.
Emerson Electric
(NYSE:EMR), Air Products boasts an impressive record of dividend growth for a cyclical. In March, the company raised its dividend for a 31st consecutive year.
While the pace of dividend growth varies with economic conditions, the overall record is highly favorable: compound average annual growth of 10% over the past five years, 11.9% over the past ten, and 11.0% over the past 30 years.
In the past five years, most of this growth can be traced to an upward drift in the payout ratio (34% to 50%), and this will probably keep future dividend increases closer to the growth in earnings per share.
That said, we expect Air Products to go on increasing its EPS at about 8% a year over the long run, driven primarily by a 7% trend of revenue growth. We also see modest gains in operating margins thanks to cost-reduction efforts.
At a recent price of $91, Air Products offers a current yield of 3.1%, which compares nicely with a median yield of just 2% since 1993. Though near-term results will be affected by a sluggish global economy, we expect future dividend growth will lead to long-term total returns averaging 10% to 11% per year.
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The New Orleans Saints drafted cornerback Stanley Jean-Baptiste in the second round of the NFL Draft out of Nebraska last month. The 6-foot-3, 220-pounder finished his college career with seven interceptions and 22 pass breakups, and was a second-team All-Big Ten selection his senior season. Jean-Baptiste compares physically to Seattle Seahawks corner Richard Sherman, and could be a part of the Saints' attempt to imitate the "Legion of Boom." During the organized team activities Thursday, we asked Jean-Baptiste his thoughts on joining the Saints' secondary.
You're part of a new mold of cornerbacks. How much has a big corner like Richard Sherman had an effect on your career?
Richard Sherman did a good job last season setting the stage for big corners like myself. His athleticism he showed on the field, the quickness -- he did on a lot for athletes my size. He showcased we can move.
Having Champ Bailey, Keenan Lewis nearby. Do you plan on letting them in your ear a lot?
Any chance I can get, every chance I can get. I'm always in their ears, and they're always in my ears. Any time they can help me out, I'm willing to listen, whether it's off the field or on the field.
There's a lot of talent in this secondary. What do you think your best attribute will be during your rookie season?
Hopefully, just to get in wherever I fit in. Hopefully, to just match up with the bigger receivers in our conference and take away all the deep balls and find a spot just to be a playmaker.
So Vincent Jackson, Mike Evans. Those are the guys you plan to match up with?
I hope so.
Is it Jean or Jean (John)? What have people been calling you? And do you correct them when they're wrong?
Either one, for now. It's Jean, but in Louisiana it's Jean (John). It can be pronounced Jean, so I don't correct anybody.**************
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If you are a fan of the MTV show, "Teen Wolf", then you'll want to be at the Marriott Marquis Atlanta this weekend. EyeCon Conventions is back with its first ever fan convention dedicated to the hit TV series based on the 80's film of the same name.
Established in 2006, EyeCon Conventions began in Orlando and has hosted conventions for TV shows and films such as "Supernatural", "Twilight", "True Blood" and "The Bionic Woman". A few years ago, they moved their convention to the Atlanta area, focusing on the (then new) CW show "The Vampire Diaries", which is filmed in the metro and surrounding Atlanta areas. The popularity of the show and the convention grew, and in recent years there have been two major events per year. This weekend will mark the first time a convention for "Teen Wolf" has been done, and excitement on EyeCon's Facebook page makes it obvious that fans are excited.
What makes EyeCon different from other conventions? Well for starters, it's a smaller crowd (attendance is usually capped a several hundred) and the smaller numbers allows for a more intimate experience for both fans and the stars. EyeCon is also different in that the stars are encouraged to participate in all events and hang out with the fans. Sometimes you may get a surprise celebrity of two, who aren't an official part of the convention but decide to show up for the fun anyway.
There are several ticket packages catering to the ultimate fan (the $395 Platinum package, which includes admission to all of the weekend events) or to the casual con-goer (general admission weekend and daily tickets start at $40). Fans who choose to attend but not purchase a package are still able to buy tickets for autographs, photo ops, the celebrity banquet, or the parties held on Friday and Saturday nights.
Celebrity guests for EyeCon Teen Wolf will include: Tyler Posey (Scott McCall), Tyler Hoechlin (Derek Hale), Daniel Sharman (Isaac Lahey), Adelaide Kane (Cora Hale), Stephen Lunsford (Matt Daehler), Sinqua Walls (Vernon Boyd), and Eaddy Mays (Victoria Argent). Musical guest Jessarae will also be there to perform. LifeSouth Community Blood Centers will be on-site all weekend conducting blood drives.
EyeCon Teen Wolf will take place June 13 - 15 at the Marriott Marquis in Downtown Atlanta. For more information, directions and to purchase tickets, visit their website at www.eyeconfla.com.


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Labour acknowledges Scotland could survive as a nation
A rather stunning shift
Any nation can surivie (as in, it won't get retaken and recolonized). But how will it surivie? And can it thrive?
But I think, currently at least, Scottish popular opinion stands with "We want to be Scottish and British". I, personally, don't see any reason why you can't have dual nationality. I would describe myself as both English and British but I have no idea what 'Englishness' is, aside from a breast obsession and football hooliganism.
Alex Salmond (Scotland's First Minister) has been exceptionally clever with how he deals with the whole independence issue. He's taken the SNP from being a minority bunch of eccentrics and made them a professional party - as we saw, quite clearly, at their last party conference. Rather than kicking and screaming about independence (which he does quite a lot) he's getting down to work, making Scotland seem viable on the international stage while still having it operate as a part of the union. He gives the Scots a taste of independence's honey without actually scaring them with independence. Salmond is fighting a war of conversion; a smooth operator with populist policies that can be put into action due to the lack of an equivalent of the reactionary, Daily Mail (no offence intended) reading, Middle England who insist that everything should be driven by market forces and that things were better in the Nineteenth Century.
Free prescriptions, free higher education, and the abolition of tolls on roads that you pay Road Tax for... I just want to know why the, supposedly socialist, party sitting in Westminster hasn't been doing these things rather than spending billions of sterling on wars and taking our civil liberties away.
If they want independence, they can have it. But if Scotland has independence, there should be resolution of the West Lothian Question, and we should no longer have to subsidise them or their parliament - although I wonder why we do now.
What is the First Rule of Acquisition?
"I've got £90,000 in my pyjamas..."
They wouldn't even need to reassess spending but simply shift more burden to that 50% band and abolish all these stealth taxes (taxes that target the classes who cannot afford to pay them - that is, the working classes and the lower middle classes), reimplement the 10% band and they'd be back on the track to egalitarianism. A revenue neutral tax change would increase social mobility and equality. Revenue Neutral! Without even spending a penny extra on public services... I would have thought this was a basic idea to grasp for the 'socialists' but it seems not.
Mr. Blair was ever so kind to burn the ladder of free education after he scuttled up it to Oxford University.
I don't think you're correct about devaluing the degree, though, yes there are many more degrees about - and some of them in less than academic subjects - but a degree from Cambridge, Durham, or LSE is still a degree from Cambridge, Durham, or LSE.
You are not supposed to be looted by the poor and the middle-class. That's just reeks too much class warfare, and besides, the rich people would come up with a brilliant plan: "Place their money somewhere else!" :)
Darth Insidious: Think of it this way. Scotland is not declaring indepedence from England. England is declaring indepedence from Scotland, after all, King James I was originally the King of Scotland before he took over the Kingdom of England. :D
I've no idea what a new band should be - 50% just happens to be a figure that popped into my head - but there should be one for earnings over £100 000. That's 0.9% of the population - you wouldn't lose an election on that increase and I doubt many people earning that much would notice an extra, say, 2p leaving their pocket for every pound sterling they earn over £100 000.
Wealth redistribution is desperately needed in the UK, the gap of wealth is wider than it has been since the 19th Century; both the left and right recognise that there's something horribly wrong with that. To the right, it harms social mobility and equality of opportunity. To the left, it completely flies in the face of a quest for egalitarianism. Blair's, and now Brown's, reluctance to tax super-earners is, frankly, disgusting. Our capital city has forty billionaires - it's a tax haven. It is not because they're moving their money around that they pay less tax than the bottom 1/5 of the population do. It is due to government policy.
I believe it was Poly Toynbee who used the metaphor of crossing the desert. Everyone's moving across it... but some people are driving in BMWs and flying in private jets while the others walk.
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Avoiding Programming Language Vulnerabilities
By C Project Lead on Mar 28, 2006
This week I am in Berlin at a meeting of the ISO/SC22/WG14, the C programming language committee, in Berlin. One of the hottest topics are dealing with programming security issues and integerity systems.
JTC 1/SC 22 has created a new project to deal with the subject of vulnerabilities in programming languages. The basic technical concept is that all programming languages contain features that are poorly specified, difficult to use correctly, or dependent upon particular implementations. In some cases, these features cause software codes to become vulnerable to malicious parties. The intent of the project is to create guidance on dealing with these problems. In some cases, the guidance will be generic across languages; in other cases the guidance will be specific to languages.
The project is being implemented in an unusual manner. SC22 has created an OWG ("Other Working Group") on Vulnerabilities. This group is convened by, Jim Moore, and the co-convener is John Benito. Jim is the convener of WG9 (Ada) and John is the convener of WG14 (C); so they cover a wide range of programming language design. It is their intent to enlist experts from other working groups so that they can further broaden the range of expertise. They also have permission to enlist experts from non-ISO languages, like Java. Finally, of course, they need participants from national bodies.
The purpose of this blog is to encourage US participation. Because an OWG is not-quite-a-working-group, I believe that the arrangements to participate in it are somewhat informal.
For more information about participating or contacting Jim Moore, have a look at the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22/OWG:Vulnerabilities website http://aitc.aitcnet.org/isai/
I'll be on Vacation next week seeing some of Germany ... :-)


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It's really bad – right?
Investment Corner
I have been way too optimistic. I admit it. I didn't see the extent to which the bursting credit bubble would impact our financial system and the stock and bond markets. Real estate price declines were easy to predict, what we like to call a no brainer, and I went on record warning of that pending disaster back in 2005.
I'm being told how bad it is by the media and by every passer-by who heard it in the media as well. I think they are right. In recent memory; this is the worst it has been. The tiny recession in 2001 caused the smallest rise in unemployment of any of the last five years except for the one starting in March of 1981.
Do you remember 1981? The prime rate and most home mortgages spent that year in the high teens, in fact, close to 20 percent. The unemployment rate was close to the mid- 7 percent range we currently have here in the U.S. The Consumer Price Index measure of inflation in 1981 was a solid 13 percent. Today the Prime Rate is 3.25 percent, and inflation will probably clock in for 2009 at about 1 to 2 percent. Which climate would you rather have?
Today, the battle cry is that banks aren't lending. Back in 1981, the banks were lending. Of course they would lend. If you could lend money at 20 plus percent to reasonably well qualified borrowers wouldn't you? The problem back then wasn't the borrowing, it was making the payments at the high rate levels. Today, we have some of the lowest rates in history, but the bank's capital ratios are making them scared to lend.
The other side of the equation we don't hear about is that maybe there is a shortage of borrowers. Most people aren't looking to make major acquisitions right now, so the demand for loans is down even if the banks were ready to lend. In true effect, is it any different than 1981?
We have arrived at a situation, via a different path, than we have observed during most past recessions. I suppose one reason this one feels tougher is that, with the exception of the mild recession of 2001, we have to go back to 1990 and then to 1981 to find experiences close to what we are experiencing today. We are just not used to recessions, with only three of significance occurring in the last 27 years. But, in fact, this slowdown is not worse, at least in terms of job loss so far, than many other recessions.
An economic textbook printed in the 1980s would highlight the trend of a 4 to 5 year business cycle with recessions or slowdowns considered normal to end each of these cycles. Between 1900 and World War II, the U.S. spend as much time in recession as it did in expansion cycles.
Could this recession we are currently engaged in become worse? Yes, it could. The reason it will likely become at least a little worse is that with no previous recessions of significance since 1991, there was a lot of excess capacity and business inefficiencies which were able to exist as long as the credit-driven business cycle continued its ways. The purge of that capacity and inefficiency is now taking place.
Like in most recoveries, we will emerge at a high level of efficiency, and begin the job creation process once again. I think it is realistic to expect a return to the shorter business cycle in the post-credit boom world we will find ourselves in, but that may not be so bad after all. At least we'll consider it more normal and won't spend so much time being distracted with how bad things are. Perhaps we'll be more positive and focus on opportunity rather than the financial news channel's spewing of doom and gloom.
There I go again. That darn positive attitude is still getting me in trouble. But, I've got 10 things going for me (1948, 1953, 1957, 1960, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1990, 2001), the 10 years when recessions occurred and we survived the experience. During four of those years, more jobs were lost faster than during the present one. For those of you looking for Great Depression #2, just keep watching. It's not going to happen this time around, but at least you'll have something to do.
For the rest of you, whether optimist or pessimist – hang in there. This too shall pass.
Tom Breiter is president of Breiter Capital Management, Inc., an Anna Maria based investment advisor. He can be reached at 778-1900. Some of the investment concepts highlighted in this column may carry the risk of loss of principal, and investors should determine appropriateness for their personal situation before investing.


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Just as it is wise to be suspicious of legal solutions to political problems, it is unfortunate when political reflexes overwhelm thought about legal problems. The Wall Street Journal this morning chooses to misrepresent the stakes in the current contest over the outcome in Florida's Thirteenth Congressional District, "Sore Winners," Wall Street Journal (Dec. 1, 2006) at A12.
Here we have the stale suggestion that a question about machine malfunction, raised by some 18,000 undervotes in an ultra-tight race, can be explained only by partisan refusal to accept a disappointing outcome. The Journal implies that Democrats seek to win on a statistical demonstration of probable victory—ignoring their efforts to secure comprehensive testing and cooperation of the state and the machine manufacturer in securing access to the source code to check for bugs. The Journal even brushes off the claim, for which there can be no meaningful support, that "negative campaigning" accounts for extensive voter shunning of this race.
The Journal concedes that concerns about the machinery might be held in good faith, but it won't give credit for any such good faith here. "But back during the Florida debacle in 2000, before touch-screen voting was widely used, the same Democrats and liberal columnists deplored the inaccuracy of paper ballots and those 'hanging chads'. Indeed they did; they were not alone, as even the Journal seems to accept, referring to the Florida election as a "debacle." Since that time, a major—though still inadequate—national effort has been made to upgrade the reliability, verifiability and overall public confidence in voting systems. Attention has turned to the strengths and weaknesses of various voting technologies, and no one reasonably disputes that the issues to be responsibly considered and addressed are serious.
As the Journal scorns the Florida Thirteen issues as so much partisan posturing, the Washington Post reports on the National Institute of Standards and Technology 's critical assessment of machine systems, such as touch-screens without a paper trail feature, that do not allow for independent ballot verification and recount. Cameron W. Barr, "Security Of Electronic Voting Is Condemned Paper Systems Should Be Included, Agency Says," Washington Post (Dec. 1, 2006) at A1. These systems have produced a widening problem of voter confidence. They have also presented practical problems in addressing questions that arise naturally—and indeed reasonably—in close elections where problems or anomalies in the vote count have surfaced. And controversies such as these are not common, which is hardly what one would expect if, as the Journal claims, partisanship is the cause of complaints.
The question presented in Florida Thirteen is relatively straightforward: where a legitimate question is raised in a close race, such as where an extraordinary undervote materializes, will the legal process allow for a competent, comprehensive testing for possible machine malfunction? This does not seem, in these times, much of a partisan ploy unless, in a throwback to other "debacles," the Journal and others insist on making it so.


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By Maijaliisa Burkert on Apr 30, 2009
Last Friday, Colorado State University hosted the grand opening of its new Computer Science Building.
At the event, CSU officials announced that Sun had donated monitors, severs, and other peripherals to help furnish the center with the technology that will enable students to learn the skills necessary to successfully compete in the global economy.
The donation included 30 Sun Fire X4100 servers, 24 Sun Ray monitors, 200 chairs, 30 tables, and 60 cubicles. Darrel Whitley, chairman of the Computer Science Department said that the servers "will be configured into a High Performance Computing cluster to support research and teaching."
According to CSU, Sun has been one of the most generous donors to their program, consistently providing refurbished equipment to the university to enhance the computer science program.
This show of support truly attests to the long-standing history Sun has of supporting students and giving them -- whether it is refurbished equipment or open-source programs -- the tools they need to learn, grow, and succeed.


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I was trying to find a way in order to use aptdcon -- the command line client for aptdaemon in a script.
aptdcon misses options such as:
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- Assume No to all queries and do not prompt.
The following package will be upgraded (1): xxx
Need to get xxx of archives.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
So aptdcon prompts for a user response making it inappropriate for shell scripts.
How can I use aptdcon or any other app (that doesn't need root permissions) in non user-interactive scripts?


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Entering his third season as the Huskies' offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, Matt Limegrover is in his 12th year as a member of Head Coach Jerry Kill's staff.
Over the last two seasons, Limegrover's offensive linemen have earned All Mid-American Conference recognition five times, including 2009 first-team selections Jason Onyebuagu and Eddie Adamski. In addition, Huskie running back Chad Spann was a first-team All-MAC choice last season as he rushed for 1,000 yards behind the line, which also gave up only 15 quarterback sacks. NIU led the MAC and ranked 19th nationally in rushing with 202.42 yards per game.
Limegrover spent seven seasons with Kill at Southern Illinois before coming to DeKalb. During his time in Carbondale, he coordinated a prolific offense that ranked in the top 10 in scoring for six straight years (2002-07).
During his tenure at SIU, the Salukis averaged 207.8 yards per game on the ground, and totaled more than 3,000 rushing yards in four different seasons (2002, `03, `04,' 06). Four of the top five rushing seasons in school history came under the guidance of Limegrover, and the two best career runners in SIU history earned their yards in his system.
Limegrover's rushing offense gained more than 18,000 yards on the ground at SIU, and his passing attack was as efficient as his ground game was profuse. Limegrover's Southern Illinois quarterbacks produced better than a 2-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio.
In addition to producing outstanding offensive units, Limegrover helped groom top-level players. Of the five FCS All-Americans he coached, two were offensive lineman: Elmer McDaniel (first team 2004, second team 2003) and Will Justice (first team, 2006).
Under Limegrover's direction, the Salukis' 2004 offense set school records for yards (502.7) and points (42.6) per game as well as touchdowns (67). In 2007, the Salukis produced 3,293 yards and scored 28 touchdowns through the air, also school records.
Limegrover's first experience with Kill dates back to their days at Emporia State (1999-2000), where Limegrover was the Hornets' offensive line coach. Prior to that, the Pittsburgh, Pa. native served as the offensive line coach and running game coordinator at Ferris State (Mich.), a position he earned after receiving his master's degree from Northwestern. While with the Wildcats as a graduate assistant coach (1994-96), Limegrover helped the team to a pair of bowl appearances (Citrus and Rose) and two Big Ten Championships.
Prior to his time at Northwestern, Limegrover served as the offensive assistant for his alma mater, the University of Chicago (1991-92), where he was promoted to offensive coordinator in 1993. That year, the Maroons led the nation in rushing. An all-conference offensive tackle for the University of Chicago, Limegrover received his bachelor's degree in public policy studies from the prestigious institution in 1991.
Limegrover and his wife, Ann, have two children: Emma (7), and T.J. (5).
Playing ExperienceUniversity of Chicago (Offensive Tackle), 1987-90
CollegeM.S., Northwestern, 2000B.S., University of Chicago, 1994
High SchoolPittsburgh Central Catholic, 1987
BirthplacePittsburgh, Pa.
BirthdateNovember 26, 1968
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Brigitte Marquard grew up in post WWI Germany and hoped to attend art school. Instead, her parents insisted she enroll in a rigorous course in baby nursing at Stuttgart's Kinderspital. There she met and fell in love with a Jewish physician, Dr. Hans Steiner, whom she married in 1932. Three years later the couple and their two young children fled Hitler Germany for America.
After years of hard work and sacrifice the young woman, now known as "Bridget," became both a successful commercial artist and accomplished photographer. She took the photographs shown in this book while on vacation in Europe during the 1950s.
Nicholas Steiner, a German-born, self-taught photographer began taking black & white pictures during his teens in post war Europe. Some of these old images remain his favorites. Subsequent decades allowed time for travel and further development of photographic skills. These pictures reflect Steiner's interest in many, diverse subjects.
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This is a legit once in a lifetime opportunity. Do not pass this up. All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Syndicate will be scouting new talent and this is your shot , take it.
On June 2, 2012 in Deer Park, New York All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Syndicate will be conducting a seminar/tryout for independent wrestlers. This event is being conducted with the sole purpose of establishing a working relationship with PWS and AJPW in an attempt for independent wrestling talent to be seen by the legendary Keiji Muto (The Great Muta) and KAI.
This one time only event will last approximately four hours (12pm- 4pm). Cardio conditioning, in ring drills, matches, promos, and ring psychology will all be major aspect of this seminar. You will be given insight to the Japanese style of professional wrestling from PWS Officials, Muta, and KAI.
If accepted, expect to compete in at least one full match in full professional wrestling attire to showcase how you would perform in a show setting.
This event is open to only 50 participants. After the 50 are approved, the camp will be closed. No exceptions.
The registration fee for the seminar/tryout is $199.
Tag teams are encouraged to apply. Managers, referees, promoters, bookers, valets, and those who are just beginning their professional wrestling training may apply, but will approved on a case by case basis.
Applicants are encouraged to send the following information to email@example.com Any questions about the seminar will be answered here.
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This dress is brand new, never been worn, tags still on, still in its original box… I bought this for a vow renewal ceremony, and after waiting on pins and needles for it to arrive, I tried it on and realized that it just looks too "first wedding" like for my occasion. That said, it is one of the most exquisite, breathtaking dresses I have ever seen. Talk about Cinderella… This dress is screaming for some heels with a pop of color. The textured lace detail on the dress is just amazing, and the color ("Coffee") is amazing. I had no alterations done to it, and it was on my body for maybe all of 2 minutes.
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COMPUTEX Taipei 2011 - Do we need any text for this?
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Confidence, Ryff says, plays a role in several of those, especially autonomy, which, in the study, "is really about feeling that you can follow your own convictions and do what's right for you even if it might go against conventional wisdom or what other people think is appropriate." When she and her colleagues compared how survey respondents felt about themselves with what they'd said 10 years before, they discovered an upswing among those in midlife. "It's the people who were in their 30s to 40s who are now in their 40s to 50s who were more likely to show actual gains in their well-being over time," she says.Perception Versus RealityIn studies involving men and women, both genders had a surge in confidence as they hit middle age. "But they were at different levels," Lachman says. Men, more accustomed to feeling confident, begin higher on the scale, she explains. "So for the women, perhaps the surge in confidence is more meaningful or has more of an impact."Stewart, however, views the young men's assertions with skepticism. "My guess is that underneath this self-report by men in their 20s — that they feel fully confident and powerful and so on — is that they don't," she says. "But I think that the public image men have to project requires that they seem confident. And then they grow into it."I'm ready to bust another myth, one born of my generation's hubris: that the midlife female power boost was invented by boomers. No, the research says, it was not. In fact, increased confidence among women of a certain age seems to have occurred in every era, regardless of the social climate, which leads researchers to believe that it's experience in general — taking our lumps and learning from them — that makes us strong and wise.And why not do away with one more myth while we're at it? In light of the evidence on confidence, the pop-culture images of dried-up midlife women reeling from senior moments make no sense. Why, I ask Stewart, has society — men and even women — been so slow to get the memo?"I agree, it's pretty bizarre," she says. To her knowledge — as well as that of the other social scientists I spoke with — there have been no studies refuting the findings about women's increased confidence at midlife. "But the cultural stereotypes are very strong," she says. "They're resistant to change."I brought up the subject again when I visited Jacquelyn Boone James, 60, who's the director of research at the Boston College Center for Work & Family and coeditor of several books about midlife development. Wearing a jean skirt with orange stitching and a matching orange watchband, she too is incredulous at the hole in the popular consciousness about women's confidence — but not surprised that research has proved it wrong. "It seems so intuitive, don't you think?" she asks. "As we get older, we get experience, we face crises. And we realize that our heads don't fall off most of the time."Reaching New HeightsI had one more stop to make on my confidence trajectory: a visit to a psychologist who was working on a book about confidence and other elements of well-being.I found Susan Krauss Whitbourne, coeditor of The Baby Boomers Grow Up: Contemporary Perspectives on Midlife, in her office at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she's a professor of psychology. When I first contacted her, she sent me a copy of her as yet unpublished paper "Psychosocial Development in Adulthood from College Through Midlife," the basis for her new book on paths to fulfillment, scheduled to be published in 2009. At our meeting, Whitbourne, 59, is at once elegant and down-to-earth, with hot-pink nail polish peeking through her open-toe patent leather shoes.She walked me through the paper, a longitudinal study of 382 men and women who attended the University of Rochester, in New York, between the 1960s and the 1980s. The sample was divided in two: Group 1 first participated in 1966, and over the years of testing its members matured, on average, from age 20 to 54. Group 2 was first tested in 1977 and aged, on average, from 20 to 42.The confidence measures told their own story. "Industry" — the sense of identification with the world of work, the feeling that you're a competent person — soared for both groups as the subjects moved into middle age.
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Yes, LeBron and Savannah James, come on home to the 330. Those are the thoughts of this Akron-based Cleveland Pop Culture reporter as I sit in the selfsame spot where the red star emblazoned on a rendering of Ohio with the word "Akron" in pretty script decorates the Instagram post of Lebron James' wife on June 23. The cryptic social media status update has folks chattering over whether it is referring simply to the couple's summer vacation plans or if it's the first step to LeBron rejoining the Cleveland Cavaliers and bringing us that championship ring he promised so many years ago.
"Home sweet home!! The countdown is real! #330," reads the description of Mrs_Savannahrj, posted a mere 18 hours ago from this writing on Instagram. It's a 45-character long statement (with spaces, Microsoft Word tells this journalist) that has caused a tizzy among not just those of us in the 330 area code, but has allowed sportscasters to pontificate across the nation over the true intentions of King James. From the speakers at MaxLife Training bootcamp Monday on Romig Road, experts debated over whether the fact that the James Family kids are enrolled in local schools means that more than merely a stop home for a summer break is in the works.
Although ESPN reports that an unnamed source says Savannah's Instagram post does indeed refer only to their summer vacation plans, sports pundits know that LeBron has until June 30 to make a decision. This reporter, for one, is hoping that the choice involves returning to the Cavs, which would mean a surge of hope for the city – and that the "Come Home LeBron" campaign wasn't launched in vain. Like a forlorn girlfriend who was left to recover after her boyfriend cheated with that pretty lady named Miami, Akron awaits. South Beach may have been nice and tossed a couple of rings your way, but the three-peat wasn't to be, and she didn't provide as much support team-wise as you thought. Even Dwyane Wade admitted, "We were really feeling ourselves," with that laser light show.
Oh well. All is forgiven, and we're still here, LeBron, delighting when you make those surprise visits at the church's gym or bring your basketball buddies and a broadcast camera to frolic and swim around in the health club pool whose name I shouldn't mention – (I've learned a thing or two about HIPAA laws) – with all your boys, like Kevin Durant, etc., making movies that hopefully will turn up in scenes in your new "Survivor's Remorse" comedy series, even though that's shooting in Atlanta. It's time to show your hometown even more love, and I seriously hope those were the opening strains of Swoope's "King in Me" I heard on that promo.


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As our games often go forward fast, that question often comes up. Especially when fighting against enemies that can see in darkness, it can become important. It is often ignored, but it can become an effective combat tactic to get rid of opponent's lights.
Axis & Allies miniatures Winter War terrain WIP
This terrain is going to show you step by step how I'm doing my winter war gaming terrains for Axis & Allies miniatures. I'm going to post the photos for start, and write more text later about creation process. You can find some details about the terrain creation process in Axis & Allies miniatures ww2 town terrain, WIP -post.
Axis & Allies miniatures ww2 town terrain, WIP
This post shows you detail about constructing models and terrain bases for ww2 town terrain meant to be used with Axis & Allies miniatures. You can see photos of the ready terrain in another post. You can see details about construction phases by bringing the mouse pointer on the photo.
Babylon 5 -inspired paper freighter miniature
Babylon 5 paper ships
Some quick paper models for Babylon 5 games. I've also scratchbuilt G'Quan Heavy cruisers but there are only 3 of them so at least one more was needed. The map below is from e2o.
Olympus corvettes are also most welcome (and Canon!) addition to my Earth fleet.
Basics of cardboard modelling
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This tutorial teaches you how to cut cardboard accurately and safely. If you want to do some cardboard modelling, you should read this page as will give you some invaluable information. Did you know that large amount of cardboard modelling can even cause you permanent neural damage if you don't do it right?
Black hand - a model used in Ptolus and as D&D spell token
Black hand is a recurring theme in Ptolus, which is why I decided to create a model of such. In addition, it can be used to present various spells in D&D 4E as well as 3.x rules, and possibly in other rpg's too. And when trying to find more use for it, a subterranean hand that grabs people from the surface sounds quite mean...
Cardboard sailing ships (+WIP)
These two cardboard ships, a warship and a merchant ship, have seen frequent use in D&D games, as well as in an earlier Iron Heroes game. While IH was a different and refreshing variation from D&D, I find it currently too cumbersome ruleswise.
Gaming terrain: Fountain with streaming water (tutorial)
It's time for another terrain -related article, this time it's one of my personal favourites. The fountain can be used in almost any genre as they are present everywhere, and modelling streaming water was an interesting project. This article shows you phase by phase how the model was made, allowing you to create fountains and other water-filled elements of your own.
Historical -looking temple model with WIP pictures
What fantasy (or medieval) roleplaying game wouldn't need a temple? Here's one I made to put adjecent to marketplaces and other convinient spots on the game table.
Base phases of the construction. The temple's main material is cardboard, pillars are semi-corrugated cardboard wrapped around pieces of wooden staff and stairs are foamcore with some filler/glue applied to them.


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In general, "architecture" is a word that carries some heavy connotations in the "agilist" community. We all fear the unfortunate problems that BDUF brings with it. We do not believe it is wise to start off by defining a big detailed design up front. What happens is that once you begin the learning (working) process, your BDUF plan changes anyhow, often A LOT. In this case you are either forced to
#1 Change your BDUF substantially enough that it was a waste of time.
#1 Conform to your BDUF even though it is no longer fit for the work you are doing.
Neither of these things is particularly nice. The agile view is that you let your architecture emerge. You put lots of tests in place, and your system is rapidly changeable. This is all well and good, but the larger the systems get, and the more dependencies there are, the larger and larger the "rework" becomes. For truly non-trivial distributed systems of applications (enterprise application portfolios for example) NEED some contracts between them. The volatility INSIDE one of the specific systems can change a lot easier than the contract that a system has with the systems that depend on it.
The general idea with "architecture" is that for small systems, you need a little, for medium systems, you need a little more, for large systems… etc. You DO want to allow the architecture to emerge, but you also need to coexist in a network of dependent systems. What are we to do?
I will add one more dynamic to the mix. In general, you want to be oriented to delivering "end user effecting behaviors", not "software elements" per se. The general idea of "slicing the work vertically, not horizontally" has been spoken about a few times before, and it is something that I preach all the time. The basic idea is that you DO NOT want to build your system layer by layer, then arrive at the "end" or "top layer" and finally see it all come together. This is a model of failure for several reasons:
#1 The vaporware problem. Long periods of time pass and you have "vaporware". You may well have developed a great resource access layer, transports, middleware, etc., BUT if you do not have anything visible and meaningful to an end user – it is STILL vaporware.
#2 When you get to the top layers, you get the fun of seeing the "things you missed" that you need from the upper layers and these changes have to ripple back down anyhow (aka, you were not really done with those lower layers as you thought). This leads to "hidden work". "I thought we were done with the DAO, why do we keep going back to it". You have a fake understanding.
#3 You get to see the incongruities between layers later.
#4 You are getting feedback from end users later. You are learning later.
In stead, we slice the "work vertically". We in stead focus on delivering "user stories" or end user effecting features. We then work on the parts of the system that we need to in order to meet this goal. In this model, we are able to get feedback and learning faster. We are able to evolve the architecture each iteration. We have emergent architecture behavior. We are able to focus on "the prize" that really matters – delivering end user functionality.
OK – sounds good, but what does this have to do with Plinko and architecture? In case you missed "The Price Is Right" era; Plinko is a game that looks like this:
The basic idea is that you drop some disk like thingys in the top, they sort of "plinko" their way down into some predefined buckets at the bottom. Lately I have been using this game as a sort of metaphor for how I have been thinking about software architecture these days. The applications/ ecosystems of applications that I have been working on are large. Investment banks have very very large interconnections of software that is related, codependent, etc. There is obviously the need for some level of architecture. We ALSO want the emergent architecture behavior. In order to reconcile the 2 models, Plinko makes a lot of sense to me.
The basic idea is that your architecture is the buckets at the bottom. The implementation of work items – that are "vertical slices" are the bits and pieces of development along implementing a story that "plinko" down and land in some predefined bucket. People working at levels that cross between systems, on system integration/ collaboration, internal service providers, API providers etc work to define the "buckets" that make sense and provide a basic framework for operation. The best case is that "scrums of scrums" collaboratively evolve the "buckets" of the "grand organizational plinko". This is real work and there are non-trivial challenges to effectively doing this work. That being said, the idea is to focus on true "breadth" here. The higher level architecture definitions focus more on defining the buckets than worrying about the "depth first" implementation of any particular bucket. The implementers of any particular bit focus on delivering those vertical slices and letting them plinko to the correct place.
We allow our development teams to focus on iteratively delivering "end user effecting features" or stories. Their ability to deliver these is the primary measure that matters. Tested delivered features is all the business really cares about anyhow (yes, quality, fitness for purpose, etc., but basically that). The implementation level inside these buckets emerges. Things that seem to fall outside these buckets can work to evolve the more "macro" level archetecture. In the "scrum of scrums" model, the bucketing of the plinko board can certainly change, but these changes must make it onto the queues of work for any of the players/ teams.
The key here is to work on defining the buckets, but not getting too caught up in immense detail. Things WILL change. Too much definition of detail will be false anyhow. Setting up an architectural model that expects change and allows for implementations to drive the changes as needed is required. The end effect is a system of systems that can co-evolve. This is the real end goal. Building large class software is a challenge. BDUF does not work in general – the learning that happens during development will change your design. Short sighted design decisions can hamper sustainability with zero design/ architecture. The Plinko Model allows for a bit of both, while allowing teams to "slice the work vertically".
I'd love to hear any thoughts 🙂


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State of Missouri, police and prosecutor withholding video evidence (dash cam) from defending counsel. We have been to court and the prosecutor said he would send all evidence to defense attorney right away. Video evidence never arrived.
At the next court appearance the prosecutor and his assistant were acting as if they could not get video to come up on their laptop, saying their copy must be defective. But the police has a copy they will have to get it from the police. Judge takes a recess to allow the assistant to go downstairs to police to get video. But for some reason she returned without video...
At that point I feel defense attorney should of asked that the charges be dropped.
I do not know what happened because defendant was being fingerprinted.
Why does defendant had to be fingerprinted for misdemeanor charges without being arrested?
When defendant returned to court their lawyer was in hallway and said they were going to have to wait to get the video. Don't know why.
I am beginning think that maybe the attorney is in on it. Can we get another attorney currently?
What can we do to get video??


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