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|Jun 24, 2015
|Ultra simple calculator in the chat window. Type /calc <expression> to show the result. The result can be copy-pasted by making a shift+click on it. ie: /calc 5+8 /calc (2+3)*5 /calc cos(PI/2)
|Feb 12, 2016
|A simple addon that displays numbers related to player created events in a Heads Up Display on your calendar button. The top number represents the number of events occurring today. The left number represents the number of guild event sign ups available. The right number indicates the number of pending event invites. Also provides a more noticeable 15 minute alarm for events starting soon. The text and fonts can be changed in the lua file. Or check out CalendarNotify
|Jun 25, 2015
|A simple add on that notifies you of pending calendar event invites, guild event sign ups and to notify you of player created events occurring "today". It will also provide a more noticeable 15 min. warning alarm for events that are beginning soon. Or check out CalendarHUD
Call of Duty style Hitmarker
|Dec 29, 2015
|Possibly the dumbest, and yet best, add-on you could get! Displays a hitmarker when you hit your target. Great for PvP videos! Be the most #SWAG WoW player, and show off your 1337 skillz.
Call To Arms Tracker
|Feb 29, 2016
|This Addon Tracks the current status of any Heroic Call To Arms and LFR for the user to reap the potential rewards By default the addon will look for a Call To Arms and appear when it finds one, however it is possible to look only for specific types. Addon is controlled by basic slash commands Call to arms help /cta - toggles show or hide of frame /cta hwatch - toggles whether to watch for a heroic CTA. If you are watching for a CTA the frame will auto show when the addon finds one. This is...
Calm Down and Gamble
|Dec 16, 2015
|Calm Down and Gamble! Because raids still have trash pulls, might as well gamble. Guild gambling Casino and Client UI! GameModes There are 5 game modes togglable by continuing the press the game mode button. It will cycle through all 5 game modes. High-Low Game Mode where the highest roller gets paid by the lowest roller the difference in their rolls. Inverse The flip of high-low the lowest roller gets paid the difference by the highest. Big TWOS Big Twos is like High-Low but the only rolls...
Camera Max Factor
|Sep 02, 2015
|This is my first small AddOn, which sets the Camera Zoom Factor to it's maximum on every login.
Canceled (delete plz)
|Dec 12, 2011
|Canceled, If any moderator passes by, pls delete this, (can't find the button.)
|Oct 17, 2014
|CancelFormForCrafting This very lightweight addon removes your shapeshift form when you try to craft something. When you try to craft and are shapeshifted you would only get the error message "You are in shapeshift form" normally [Edit: This seems to be a bug which comes along with Quartz]. The addon removes your shapeshift and lets you craft your stuff. It is enabled for druids only. The addon is disabled while you are in combat, so it should not cause any taint. Just be cautious when trying...
|Feb 27, 2015
|Quickly and easily remove unwanted buffs by using keybindings. Unerwünschte Stärkungszauber mit Tastenbelegungen abbrechen. Rápidamente cancelar los beneficios no deseados mediante las asignaciones de teclas. Быстрое удаление ненужных баффов с помощью сочетания клавиш. 使用绑定的快捷键快速移除不想要的buff。 使用綁定的快捷鍵快速移除不想要的buff。 Description Cancel My Buffs lets you bind keys to cancel buffs without hunting for tiny icons to click on. You simply choose (ahead of time) which buffs you want to cancel, add them...
Candy Buckets
|Jun 28, 2016
|Official repository can be found at GitHub. Candy Buckets makes it easier to track several world event objectives: Hallow's End Lunar Festival Midsummer Fire Festival Features implemented: Simple overview on zone and continent views. Works with the default map, probably not with other map related addons.
Can I Go
|Mar 23, 2016
|Can I Go keeps track of DRs (Diminishing Returns) on your character. Type "/casti" in the WoW chat to show the available configuration-options
Can I Mog It?
|Jun 29, 2016
|This project is mostly functional. See Known Issues. Works on Beta and PTR. Can I Mog It? adds a line to item tooltips to tell you if you have learned a transmog appearance. If you have learned it. If you have learned it, but from a different item. If you can learn it. If you can't learn it on this character. If you can't learn it (necks, trinkets, rings, poor and common items, etc.). To enable Debug mode Open "code.lua" Change "local DEBUG = false" to "local DEBUG = true" Known Issues...
|May 23, 2015
|Disclaimer: I have no idea how it will interact with other map addons. This is a pet project of mine that I come back to from time to time and work on it. I'm uploading it for mine and friends convenience. I figured others might want something like this as well so figured why not. This addon gives you a toolbox on the left side of your map with various paintlike tools for drawing on the map. Clicking any tool will place you into edit mode which is indicated by the tinted display of the map....
|Nov 25, 2013
|Capitalist is used for simplifying the process of keeping crafted items in stock at the auction house including raw materials purchase, selling price calculation, and bulk listing. All professions are supported. NOTE: Data format changes in r30, r53, r84, and r89. Recommend clearing out your old Capitalist.LUA SavedVariables file when transitioning to those builds.
|Mar 15, 2015
|Captain's Log is a small LDB feed that stores the messages you receive over the various communications channels (whisper, party, guild, raid, battle.net, etc.). Currently 10 messages are stored per medium, and these are displayed in the tooltip you receive when mousing over the plugin on your LDB display. This addon requires a LDB display addon in order to be displayed. Right now I don't have many more plans for this as I'm quite happy with where its ended up.
Carbonite Info
|Jun 23, 2015
|Carbonite Info is a small addin for Carbonite which allows you to create 2 informational windows. These windows can be customized to show the information you want to see, when you want to see it. Set them up with simple xml style parameters and they will update to display the information within a small easy to view window.
Carbonite Maps
|Jun 23, 2015
|Carbonite Maps is a google style map replacement for world of World of Warcraft. Please visit Carbonite's official support forums for technical support, bug reports, comments, suggestions, etc. Map - The Carbonite map gives you all the information you need in one easy to use and flexible Google like map. Move, size or zoom it the way you like. Guide - Want to know where the nearest bank is? locate a mailbox? The entrance to the latest raid? Carbonite maps can pinpoint and show you the way....
Carbonite Notes
|Jun 23, 2015
|Carbonite Notes is a addon for Carbonite Maps. It allows you to create and save waypoints around the world for easy viewing and recollection. Has the ability for addons of it's own so people can make easy groupings like candy buckets or treasure points without affecting your own saved notes
Carbonite Quests
|Jun 23, 2015
|Carbonite Quests is an all in one Quest replacement system for World of Warcraft Please visit Carbonite's official support forums for technical support, bug reports, comments, suggestions, etc. Features: Ties into Carbonite Maps to allow objective waypoints, and NPC tracking. Smaller more managable quest watch which supports bonus quests, scenarios, proving grounds and challenge modes along with Achievement and Quest tracking Quest Journal that is clean cut, shows history of done quests.


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Conference USA Announces Football Players of the Year
Dec. 11, 2013
2013 C-USA Football Awards Video
Conference USA announced its 2013 Players of the Year today, as selected by the league's 14 head football coaches. After a league-record eight teams reached conditional bowl-eligibility, C-USA is completing its 18th football campaign by sending six teams to bowl games.
East Carolina junior QB Shane Carden is the recipient of the Conference USA Most Valuable Player Award, becoming the second Pirate in four years to win the honor (Dwayne Harris in 2010). The four-time C-USA Offensive Player of the Week accounted for 42 touchdowns this season (32 passing and 10 rushing) while throwing for a Conference USA-best 3,866 yards. Carden leads all FBS players in completing 71 percent of his pass attempts (358-of-504), his touchdown total ranks eighth in the nation and he has thrown for 300 yards or more seven times in 2013. Carden has thrown 56 touchdowns in his 26-game career, while accounting for 73 of the 103 touchdowns ECU has scored with him as the starting quarterback. With Carden at the helm, the Pirates have converted on 105-of-114 trips inside the red zone. This marks the fifth time in the last six seasons that a quarterback has been named C-USA Most Valuable Player.
Marshall junior QB Rakeem Cato was named the Offensive Player of the Year this season, following his selection as MVP in 2012. He leads Conference USA and is tied for third in the FBS in touchdown passes with 36 (the fourth-highest total in school history). Cato has completed 270-of-455 passes for 3,579 yards and has also rushed for 279 yards and six touchdowns. With Cato at the helm, Marshall is seventh in the FBS in scoring offense (43.0 points per game) and 13th in total offense (503.2 yards per game).
Defensive recognition went to Tulsa senior LB Shawn Jackson, who places second in C-USA and 14th in the FBS with 123 total tackles and leads the conference with 17.5 tackles for loss. His five interceptions are the most among any non-defensive back in the league, and he also registered 5.5 tackles for loss and recovered three fumbles. Jackson finished his career with 401 total tackles to become the second Tulsa player to tally 400 or more tackles as he placed second on Tulsa's all-time tackles chart.
The Special Teams Player of the Year award went to North Texas senior return specialist Brelan Chancellor. He is just the second player in Conference USA history to earn first-team all-league honors as both a kick returner and a punt returner after leading the league in both categories. Chancellor was one of two players to rank in the top 10 nationally in kickoff return average (28.1) and punt return average (16.8), scoring a touchdown on each type of return this season.
For the first time since 1999, the league's Freshman of the Year honor was shared by two players. Marshall DB Corey Tindal gave the Thundering Herd a C-USA Freshman of the Year for the second straight season, sharing the 2013 honor with Tulane LB Nico Marley. Tindal posted 55 tackles, five tackles for loss, six pass breakups and two fumble recoveries, while Marley was third on the Green Wave with 59 tackles, second with eight tackles for loss, had a pair of sacks, one interception and two fumble recoveries.
Sophomore QB Jaquez Johnson of Florida Atlantic garnered the league's Newcomer of the Year award. In one season, he captured FAU's career record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 10 and he also tossed another 10 TDs. Johnson led the squad in rushing five times and finished with a team-high 772 rushing yards, the most by any C-USA quarterback. He completed 58.2 percent of his passes for 1,876 yards and placed fourth in the league with an average of 239.8 yards per game of total offense.
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Paleontological Resource Management
National Park Service Policy
Fossils are non-renewable resources that require
specific actions for appropriate management. Paleontological resource management on federal lands has gained considerable attention over the past decade, including recognition as an independent discipline by the scientific community and land management agencies. Within the National Park Service, the Paleontological Resources Management Program received initial direction through the Natural Resources Management Guidelines (NPS-77). The NPS program objectives for paleontological resources management call on the park to:
identify paleontological resources within NPS units;
evaluate the significance of those resources;
adequately protect significant resources so that their historical value is not degraded; and
use research to support management objectives.
National Park Service Management Policies state that "Management actions will be taken to prevent illegal collecting [of fossil resources] and may be taken to prevent damage from natural processes such as erosion. Protection may include construction of shelters over specimens for interpretation in situ, stabilization in the field or collection, preparation, and placement of specimens in museum collections. The localities and geologic setting of specimens will be adequately documented when specimens are collected Protection may also include, where necessary, the salvage collection of threatened specimens that are scientifically significant."
Specific management actions that are recommended in NPS-77 for paleontological sites include:
Monitoring: Periodic re-examination of a known fossil locality to assess stability and need for management action. Photodocumentation is essential to monitor changes.
Cyclic Prospecting: In high erosion areas, periodic surveys should be undertaken to check for the appearance of new fossil material at the surface.
Stabilization/Reburial: If excavation of fossil material is not recommended or feasible at a particular time, reburial may be utilized as an interim measure. Reburial can assist in slowing down erosion and the destruction of fossil material. Stabilization of a fossil can be accomplished through a wide range of paleontological techniques and methodologies.
Excavation: The removal and collection of a fossil from a rock unit may be the appropriate management action in many cases. Depending upon the scientific significance, immediate threats or other variables, the careful collection of a fossil specimen may be warranted. Appropriate collecting permits must be secured with all collections.
Closure: A fossil locality may be better managed through the closure of the local area. Closed areas may be completely withdrawn from public use or restricted to ranger-led activities or research purposes.
Patrols: Significant fossil sites may require periodic checks by park staff or patrol rangers. Patrols may be important in preventing or reducing theft and vandalism.
Management of paleontological resources should be distinguished from the management of archeological resources. Paleontological resources are typically recognized as natural resources and should be managed accordingly. The Archeological Resources Protection Act (1979) and the NPS Cultural Resources Management Guidelines (NPS-28) provide guidance for cases when paleontological specimens occur in an archeological context.
Except for a few parks, fossils have often been a forgotten resource within the NPS. Limited funding and staff and insufficient legislation have left fossils to fend for themselves. The lack of basic data involving significance, distribution, threats, and research needs is not sound management.
Obtaining Baseline Data
Recommended Management Actions
Assign one staff member from each district to coordinate paleontological resource management and research.
Continue inventory and monitoring of the park's fossil resources.
Identify threats to paleontological resources.
Adopt recommended RMP project statements for paleontological resources.
Provide paleontological resource
management training at the park level or by participation in the NPS
Paleontological Resource Management Training, which
is offered every two years.
The inventory and monitoring of paleontological resources serves as the foundation of any paleontological resource management program. Without the baseline data available from a paleontological survey, any further actions or management decisions would be based upon insufficient information.
During the summer of 1996, a field team of paleontologists and students initiated a paleontological survey to identify and document the geographic and stratigraphic distribution of fossils in the park. More than 20 stratigraphic units have been identified that possess significant paleontological resources. Fossils have been identified across the entire northern portion of the park, within the Absaroka Range along the eastern side, and in the Snake River area in the south. To map the fossil localities more precisely, GPS measurements were obtained at several sites. This data will be incorporated into the park's GIS system.
To complete the survey, the following information is needed:
Geographic data on fossil localities, including topographic coordinates, UTMs, the geographic extent of the locality, maps, GPS measurements, etc.
Stratigraphic data related to the geology of the localities, including the formations or subunits and the age of the units.
Paleontological data related to the identification of paleotaxa present at the localities.
Geologic data related to the lithology or the depositional environment of the fossiliferous units.
All fossil localities should be documented using both ground and aerial photos wherever possible. Ground photos should include close-up details showing the fossils, sedimentary structures, and general setting of the locality. Aerial photos should be at a scale appropriate to the physical characteristics of the locality.
Natural erosion is a principle threat to all paleontological resources. Fossils exposed at the surface are subjected to physical and chemical forces that can often be destructive. Continued inventory and monitoring of fossil areas subject to significant erosion is recommended.
Construction and visitor use may cause erosion, although in some cases these activities may also expose additional fossil resources. In 1994, the East Entrance road construction was altered slightly because of a significant fossil plant discovery. Fossil sycamore leaves from this site were well-preserved and extremely large in size. Information gained from this site supports research into the Eocene volcanic deposition and climate history.
Two specific project statements related to paleontological resources were drafted by Santucci in 1996 and recommended to replace the general and outdated project statement in the currently approved Yellowstone Resource Management Plan (Appendix C). The first statement pertains to the inventory and photo-documentation of Yellowstone's paleontological resources. The second project statement addresses the issues associated with paleontological resource protection.
Fossil Resource Protection
The problem of human damage to Yellowstone's fossil forests was recognized early in the park's history. "Although easily reached by a fairly good wagon road, which forms the mail route to the little mining camp of Cooke, Montana, the locality is seldom visited, save by those vandals who have carted away its treasures by the wagon load to be shipped to the dealer in `specimens'," Walter Weed reported in a 1892 issue of the Columbia College, School of Mines Quarterly. "When first discovered in 1878 the beds of breccia contained great quantities of agate, amethyst and chalcedony, but these minerals are now rarely seen, having been carried away by visitors in search of `specimens'. In recent years even the fossil trees themselves have been taken away when small enough to be readily transported."
An iron fence was placed around the petrified tree in the Tower area in 1907. There were originally two standing petrified trees in this area. One was dismantled by souvenir hunters and the enclosure was designed to protect the other standing tree.
A principal reason for adding land outside the original northwest park boundary was to protect the Gallatin fossil forest, which was pillaged by specimen hunters after the opening of the Gallatin River road in 1911 provided access to the fossil-rich exposures. But the establishment of a ranger station in that corner of the park did little to stop the theft. One of the first actions taken by park management to reduce the illegal removal of fossils was the closure of the public campground at the mouth of Specimen Creek. Later the ranger station was also removed. Then in the 1960s, returning the "addition" to the U.S. Forest Services was seriously considered as a way to get rid of the problem (Aubrey Haines, pers. commun., 1996).
Recommendations for Fossil Protection
Assess the commercial value of the petrified wood and other paleontological resources of Yellowstone.
Review park records over the past decade related to paleontological theft or vandalism.
Provide paleontological resource protection training for staff working in park areas with fossiliferous exposures.
Establish interagency cooperative efforts to protect fossils on the federal lands in the Yellowstone area.
Conduct undercover investigations involving local rock shops, fossil dealers, and souvenir stores for possession of Yellowstone fossils.
In his 1935 report, "Petrified Sequoia Trees in the Northwest Corner of Yellowstone National Park," Dr.Paul A. Young concluded, "May the Officials of Yellowstone National Park please guard these secrets until they can adequately protect the Sequoias."
Michael Arct (Loma Linda University), who has studied the Yellowstone petrified forests for 18 years, has observed human impacts on the fossil trees in the Gallatin portion of the park (Arct, pers. commun., 1996).
Discussions with Dr. Roger D. Hoggan, Chairman of the Department of Natural Sciences at Rick's College in Rexburg, Idaho, whose students visit the Gallatin Petrified Forest as part of their studies, indicated the school's commitment to resource protection during field trips. Environmental ethics is part of the curriculum, the faculty are familiar with Yellowstone's natural resource policies, and students are made aware that collection of any natural features is prohibited. Dr. Hoggan would also like to see student internship opportunities at Yellowstone similar to those which have been used for paleontological resources projects at Badlands and Petrified Forest National Parks. Students could assist in inventorying Yellowstone fossil resources by mapping and photodocumenting localities, obtaining baseline data that is essential for paleontological resource management.
The increasing public interest in fossils and corresponding escalation in the commercial fossil market create additional pressures in managing park fossils. Although the current baseline data is insufficient to assess paleontological theft and vandalism in Yellowstone, recent investigations have demonstrated that both casual and commercial illegal collecting is occurring in NPS areas. Fossiliferous exposures of the Madison Group in the Pebble Creek campground are easily accessible and should be monitored for visitor impacts. Park researchers need to be involved in an effort to determine the level of fossil theft. David A. Kubichek, Assistant U.S. Attorney, a dynamic speaker with experience in paleontological resource theft cases, would be effective in a training program on paleontological resource investigations and could be consulted if a fossil theft case occurs in the park.


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A man was shot and killed Monday, January 13, 2014, just before the 1:20 PM showing of 'Lone Survivor' at the Cobb CineBistro. The shooting took place at the Grove 16 complex on Wesley Grove Blvd. in Wesley Chapel, Florida.
Sheriff Chris Nocco stated: 'The victim was on his cell phone; he was texting. We believe he was making some kind of noise. This noise led to an altercation between the suspect and the victim'.
The man who shot the victims was identified as a retired law enforcement officer, Curtis Reeves. The victims were Chad Oulson, and his wife Nicole, who hit by the single shot. Oulson, 43, was hit in the chest and died, while Nicole was hit in the hand when she put her hand up in front of her husband.
Apparently, Chad Olson said he was texting his 3 year old daughter just before being shot to death. As Olsen died, he said 'I cant believe,' before falling over on Charles Cummings, who was there celebrating his birthday. At that time an off-duty deputy inside the theater was able to grab the gun and subdue Reeves until law enforcement arrived.
Reeves was then arrested and charged with second-degree murder. After he was named as the suspect, Tampa police issued a statement saying Reeves had retired back in 1993 as a captain. Reeves was also the former director of security for Busch Gardens as a 2005 Tampa Bay Times article depicts him.
'It's absolutely crazy it would rise to this level over somebody just texting in a movie theater,' Offered Officer Nocco.
In summer 2012, a man killed a dozen people and injured 70 at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Twenty-six-year-old James Holmes is charged in the killings
We have all heard of road rage and texting while driving but, what is the world coming to when a daughter is left fatherless for texting in a movie theater? Most of all, what kind of career did Reeves lead with what appears to be the God complex of whether or not he can be judge, jury and executioner in his retirement? Did he take his authority from before to far and were there any excessive force issues? More to come as the story unfolds.


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James L Sutter joins us before a live audience at GenCon Indy for a discussion of tie-in fiction. James is a writer and editor, and is one of the co-creators of the Pathfinder system. He is the author of Pathfinder Tales: Death's Heretic and is the editor in charge of all of Paizo's Pathfinder fiction.
James leads by telling us that if you want to write for Pathfinder, the first thing you need to do is write something for somebody else. As the editor of that division at Paizo, he's the gatekeeper, and that's the first hurdle you need to clear. He also talks to us about what he's looking for in an author.
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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz received at his palace in Jeddah today the head of U.S. Central Command, General David H. Petraeus, and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, General Petraeus conveyed the greetings of U.S. President Barack Obama, which the King reciprocated. Also in attendance was the Charge d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in the Kingdom, Richard Erdmann.
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5comments Beyond motion control
Posted Sat 15th May 2010 9:21pm by Dennis Scimeca
I attended a PlayStation Community meet-up this April at the Colonnade Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, the day before PAX East kicked off. The meet-up was to demonstrate the new Move motion-control system. I spoke to a few fellow members of the indie press and blogosphere, and the consensus was that Move felt like a gimmick. It was going to take the release of a "hardcore" title, which felt as good or better to play using the Move versus a traditional controller, to elevate the Move above gimmick to "awesome new peripheral."
NATAL is, to be fair, the more inventive of the two upcoming motion control systems hitting the gaming world this Fall. It actually bears a resemblance to the sort of gesture-based computing that the movie Minority Report featured (and which has actually been developed into a fully-functional OS by one of the science advisors from that film). NATAL promises the ability to play games without use of a peripheral…but what if the players, themselves, became that peripheral?
Skinput is a new interface system being developed by Chris Harrison, a PhD student in computer science at Carnegie Mellon, and his colleagues Desney Tan and Dan Morris from Microsoft Research. The tap of a finger on skin, or subtle movements like pinches or muscle twitches, could translate into the trigger-pulls and button-pressing of tomorrow. A YouTube video demonstrates the potential of this new technology, including a researcher playing Guitar Hero...without a guitar.
Motion or skin-control systems operate under the assumption that all users are of normative physical functionality, which is to say without any sort of physical challenges. Though it was recently decided in United States law that video games do not constitute public accommodations which therefore require accessibility statutes to be adhered to, there are legitimate ethical grounds for allowing the differently-abled to play video games, and the technology used to accomplish this task may wind up carrying deeper ramifications for everyone's control schemes. In fact, today's motion-control gaming systems depend greatly on the academic, accessibility research which has been taking place for decades.
Imagine controllers where blowing or quickly inhaling are functional input devices? Or where electrical signals produced by the brain are measured? Tara Lynn Tefertiller demonstrated several improvised game controllers which use these technologies at the 2010 Game Developer's Conference this year. The International Game Developer's Association supports a Game Accessibility Special Interest Group whose wiki page is a treasure-trove of information on the technologies being developed to meet these specific challenges, including head tracker systems, audio-only control setups, and haptic interfaces.
Haptics are a robust field of study which involve the use of force-feedback, or the sense of touch, to convey data to the user. This technology has been in commerical use for over 60 years, but it is only recently that consumer versions of this technology applicable to gaming have been released, for example the Novint Falcon (pictured to the left) which can be used for almost every Valve FPS game currently on the market.
Whether or not a new control technology will be looked at for gaming are the cost of production and the efficiency of their use. This is why keeping an eye out for "hardcore" titles that make Move and NATAL preferential control setups is so important: it doesn't matter how much a new control scheme sounds like sci-fi, this will not be enough to dictate their wide adoption. The Nintendo Wii's motion system has been such a hit, I would propose, because the games that use the control system are relatively simple in terms of their gameplay mechanics. There's a reason why my grandmother's assisted living facility has three Wii machines hooked up in their rec room: games lilke bowling don't require a robust set of commands.
When we get to FPS games, however, where players can often be required to sprint, duck under cover, reload a weapon, pop out from cover, aim, shoot, and dive back into cover all in the space of a few seconds, the required sensitivity of a motion controller for competitive play versus opponents using the traditional control schemes increases exponentially. Ironically, it may be that control schemes like haptics or Skinput, which from the ground up predicated on the capture and interpretation of subtle movements into data, may be more effective than Move or NATAL for the sorts of "hardcore" games that are standard fare on the PlayStation 3 or XBox 360.
The commercial nature of video games as product will be the ultimate arbiter as to what options gamers will ever be offered in terms of control schemes. Considering the growing set of potential control inputs for science and technology in general, I hope that Move and NATAL are successful not for the sake of increasing the corporate coffers of Sony and MicroSoft, but rather as proof of the economic viability of moving past the control pad. I would love to see the day where I don't have to recharge my controller's batteries because my controller is actually my forearm.
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Final Exam-Spring 1999
Professors Susan M. Richey and Lars Smith
General Instructions:
This is a 24-hour, take-home exam composed of two sections worth a total of 50 pts. The completed exam is due in the Registrar's Office by 9:00 am on Tuesday, May 4, 1999. Please read the directions for each section carefully, and double-space your typewritten responses. If you are unable to type your responses, please write legibly.
The exam is open-book, and you may use any written materials you wish in formulating your answers; the exam has been designed so that you can obtain a perfect score by referring only to the coursebook, your class notes, and any materials handed out during class.
This is not a group project-you must work alone!
Please remember to place your exam number on your work product.
Section 1 (25 pts.)
Below you will find a memorandum from your employer, Lofty Partner, in which he poses a series of questions. Please assume the role of Lowly Associate and draft a responsive memo to Lofty Partner, answering each of the questions posed below. Your responsive memo should not exceed 4 typewritten pages.
To: Lowly Associate
From: Lofty Partner
Re: Screamin' Neatles and Screaming Needles
Date: May 3, 1999
Our new client, Screamin' Neatles, a heavy metal musical group, has approached us for advice with regard to its unsuccessful attempt to register the word mark, SCREAMIN' NEATLES, on the Principal Register. Our client has used the mark since October 2, 1992, to advertise entertainment services, offered in the form of nationwide concert tours. The examining attorney rejected our client's use-based application for registration under § 2(d) of the Lanham Act, based upon a prior registration on the Supplemental Register for the word mark SCREAMING NEEDLES. The registration for SCREAMING NEEDLES is owned by Body Art, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation, and was issued by the USPTO on December 31, 1993, for use in conjunction with the advertising of tatoo and body-piercing services. The examining attorney's refusal to register was affirmed on the merits by the TTAB this past week.
The following facts were a part of the record as considered by the examining attorney and as reviewed by the TTAB.
Since its founding, Body Art has marketed its SCREAMING NEEDLES services from a variety of storefronts throughout New England.
Body Art's date of first use of its service mark (first use anywhere and first use in commerce) is November 31, 1992.
Body Art has not yet filed a § 8 affidavit for its service mark registration.
Many of Screamin' Neatles' fans sport tatoos or pierced rings on various parts of their bodies as indicated by promotional posters showing concert-crazed fans, submitted as specimens in support of our client's application for registration.
The following facts were not a part of the record as considered by the examining attorney or as reviewed by the TTAB but were available to our client throughout prosecution of its application for registration.
Our client has received no complaints or other indications from fans that they obtained a tatoo or body piercing from Body Art in the belief that the SCREAMING NEEDLES service was sponsored by, endorsed by, or affiliated with Screamin' Neatles.
Body Art's service is quite expensive, with tatoos ranging in price from $500 to $2000 and body-piercing and the associated rings ranging in price from $250 to $400.
The service mark SCREAMING NEEDLES always appears in conjunction with the owner's trade name, Body Art.
Several other unregistered uses are made of similar phrases, e.g., SCREAMING NEEDLES as the name of a chain of stores that specializes in the sale of turbo-powered sewing machines; SCREECHING NEEDLES as a type of compass which emits a high-pitched sound when the user changes direction; SCREAMING AT NEEDLES as the name of a psychotherapy service aimed at helping individuals who are phobic to injections; and STREAM AND NEEDLES as a brand of air freshener incorporating the scent of woodland streams and pine needles.
Please provide me with a memorandum responding to each of the following four questions:
(1) Did the examining attorney commit an error of law by refusing to register our client's mark on the Principal Register based upon a registration on an inferior register, i.e., the Supplemental Register? You should respond to this question with a simple "Yes" or "No."
(2) The client is considering appealing the TTAB's decision and has asked us to advise it as to which forum--the CAFC or the federal district court in New Hampshire--would be the preferable forum for appeal. Please indicate which of the two aforementioned forums you recommend and why.
(3) Alternatively, the client is considering seeking cancellation of the registration for SCREAMING NEEDLES and has asked us to advise it as to any appropriate basis or bases for cancellation that might be raised in such a proceeding. Please provide the requested advice and indicate whether or not the choice of forum--the TTAB or the federal district court in New Hampshire--will affect the basis or bases for cancellation. Explain your reasoning.
(4) Our client has asked us for a strategic opinion as to which of the foregoing options it should pursue first-in other words, should the client first appeal the adverse decision of the TTAB or should it first seek cancellation of the SCREAMING NEEDLES service mark? Please provide the requested opinion and your reasoning in support of that opinion.
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]Instructions: Below you will find factual background for purposes of preparing a Notice of Opposition and Answer to Notice of Opposition. Prepare the aforementioned pleadings using the format provided in your coursebook and the sample pleadings that were handed out in class. Please do not exceed 4 typewritten pages for each of the two pleadings, for a total of 8 pages.
John Jones is the owner of an independent real estate brokerage, Jones & Associates Realty Corp., which he has operated in Concord, New Hampshire, since 1982. He sells real estate primarily in Concord, New Hampshire, and the surrounding towns. John has no affiliation with any regional or national organization that sells real estate.
Being computer saavy, John has registered the domain name, homebrowser.com, with Network Solutions, Inc. Since February 1, 1998, he has maintained a home page at his website where he lists all of the properties in the greater Concord area for which he is the broker. Although the vast majority of potential homebuyers that have purchased homes through John have been residents of New Hampshire, since John has "put up" his home page, a few potential buyers from out of state have visited the site and have purchased property from John.
After talking with the Innovation Clinic at Franklin Pierce Law Center, John decided that he should register his domain name as a service mark. He filed a use-based application on May 1, 1998, with the USPTO for the mark HOUEBROWSER.COK in block letters. His application indicates that the mark is used to advertise real estate listing services in International Class 36. His only use of the mark is on his home page where he displays the mark as follows:
Listings for Homes In the Greater Concord Region
John's specimen was a printout of his home page.
John's application was initially rejected under the descriptiveness bar in § 2(e), although the examining attorney indicated that he had found no other pending applications or registrations that would warrant a § 2(d) likelihood of confusion rejection. After consulting with an attorney and successfully responding to the Initial Office Action, John received notification that his application had been approved for publication. The application was published for opposition in the Official Gazette on April 10, 1999.
Notice of Opposition was filed by MaxEstate, Inc., on April 29, 1999. MaxEstate is a Nevada corporation with its principal place of business in Los Angeles, California; it is a company that lists homes for sale in communities throughout California, Nevada, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. MaxEstate does not operate any real estate agencies but merely operates and maintains a computerized listing system that covers the aforementioned western states. Independent real estate agencies in those six states license the right to gain internet access to the listing service from MaxEstate. MaxEstate created its own home page located at maxestate.com and, since January 15, 1999, has been using the page heavily to advertise its services to independent brokerages under the slogan "Your customers will love to home browse on the web." MaxEstate is aware that many of its licensees promote their businesses to the general public under the phrase, "Home Browse on the Web."


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Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
There sure are a lot of coin references circulating around Measure for Measure, wouldn't you say? Throughout the play, coining and minting become metaphors for everything from biological reproduction to Angelo's corruption as the Duke's deputy. Let's take a look at some specific examples so we can see what all this coin business is about.
In the following passage, Angelo compares the making of illegitimate babies to the minting of counterfeit coins ("stamps"):
Ha! fie, these filthy vices! It were as good
To pardon him that hath from nature stolen
A man already made, as to remit
Their saucy sweetness that do coin heaven's image
In stamps that are forbid: (2.4.6)
Today this seems like a strange metaphor, but it was pretty common in Shakespeare's day when children were often described as being stamped or impressed by their fathers' images, much like metal coins were imprinted by images (often of the king) before being put into circulation.
Angelo's weird metaphor makes even more sense when we consider that, in the play, sexual reproduction is a crime punishable by death, just like counterfeiting coins was a capital crime in Shakespeare's England.
The funny thing is, Angelo, whose name is associated with the "angel" or "nobel-angel" (a type of gold coin bearing the image of the archangel Michael) is associated with coins throughout the play.
When the Duke announces that Angelo will be his deputy, Angelo likens himself to a metal coin that should be tested for its value and worth:
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my metal,
Before so noble and so great a figure
Be stamp'd upon it. (1.1.2)
In a display of false modesty, Angelo suggests that he has yet to prove that he has the substance or worth (mettle) to be the Duke's deputy. (In sixteenth-century England, "metal" and "mettle" were used interchangeably.) Of course, Angelo's use of the word "metal" conjures up the imagery of coining. When he says there should be some test of his metal, he's making a reference to how, in the sixteenth century, a coin's value was based upon the value of the metal from which it was made.
The idea is that, as the Duke's new deputy, Angelo is like a coin that has been stamped with the Duke's "nobel" image upon it. A few lines earlier, when the Duke wonders how Angelo will represent him, he asks "What figure of us think you he will bear?" (1.1.2). This reaffirms the sense that Angelo is like a coin that bears his image.
We all know what a lousy deputy or representative Angelo turns out to be. When he sentences Claudio to death for the crime of fornication and then, like a hypocrite, turns around and propositions Isabella, it's clear that Angelo is corrupt and doesn't have the kind of substance or "mettle" that a deputy of the Duke should have.
This is why we're not surprised when Escalus accuses Angelo of being like a counterfeit coin:
I am sorry, one so learned and so wise
As you, Lord Angelo, have still appear'd,
Should slip so grossly, both in the heat of blood.
And lack of temper'd judgment afterward. (5.1.14)
When Escalus lights into Angelo for being corrupt on the inside while appearing to be so "learned and wise" on the outside, he uses the language of coinage to describe Angelo's fall from grace. Escalus plays on the word "slip," which literally means "to make a mistake," but it also the name for a counterfeit coin. In other words, Angelo is a complete phony.


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Under the terms of many health insurance policies or programs, patients are made more conscious of the cost of their medical care through copayments. By imposing copayments for office visits and other medical services, insurers hope to discourage unnecessary health care. In some cases, financial hardship may deter patients from seeking necessary care if they would be responsible for a copayment for the care. Physicians commonly forgive or waive copayments to facilitate patient access to needed medical care. When a copayment is a barrier to needed care because of financial hardship, physicians should forgive or waive the copayment.
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If you don't know Port from Starboard don't waste your time looking at this book. This book is to give laughs to real boaters.
Scally 'n Wagg are two cartoon characters
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Dick Hull has been a boater most of his 89 years. At age thirteen he traded his mother's portable phonograph for a forty year old sixteen foot skiff. With a 3HP outboard motor, he and his buddies roamed Puget Sound, camping on the beaches and sneaking aboard the old square rigged sailing ships. Enlisting with the Navy in 1938 he later became a boatswain mate aboard a sub chaser but ended his naval career after spending months recuperating from a naval airplane crash. In 1958 the Hull family relocated to Hawaii were they lived for 21 years, While there, Dick became known for his scrimshaw and marine art work. Many of his pieces were created while Dick and his family owned and lived aboard the old historic 50 foot yacht Fugitive. After retirement, Char and Dick Hull returned to the Mainland where they built a home on Whidbey Island over looking the waters of Puget Sound. Once again they became ardent boaters and Dick continued to do cartooning and marine art work.
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Volume 7, Issue 7, July 1966
Space Groups and Selection Rules7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705017View Description Hide Description
A rigorous method is presented for obtaining the Clebsch‐Gordan coefficients for the Kronecker products of induced representations of finite groups. The result obtained is applied to the theory of space groups, and the final formula for the coefficients has the advantage, as with other subgroup techniques, of being expressed in terms of the characters of small representations, thereby providing an additional proof independent of Lax, yet supporting his point of view the subgroup and full‐group procedures are equivalent, and at the same time the result clarifies subgroup treatments so far given. An example using P23 is given.
Kinetic Equation for the Electron‐Phonon Gas7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705018View Description Hide Description
The random phase approximation equations of motion for the electron‐phonon system are solved to obtain long‐time expressions for the basic operators that appear in the calculation of correlation functions. These operator expressions are used to obtain a kinetic equation for the electrons and an expression for the phonon spectral function. The kinetic equation has the same form as the Balescu‐Lenard equation. Expressions for the density autocorrelation function and the two‐particle correlation function are also obtained. The latter is shown to have the same form as the test‐particle result for a classical plasma.
Majorization of Feynman Graphs7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705019View Description Hide Description
The different methods of majorization of Feynman graphs are reviewed and their respective domains of application and relative merits are discussed. The initial steps of Wu's majorization method are discussed in a variational formalism. Effort is made to present the rather complex arguments involved in Nakanishi's ``path method'' in a systematic manner.
Some Collapsing Cylinders and their Exterior Vacuum Metrics in General Relativity7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705020View Description Hide Description
A cylindrical form of the Friedman metric is used to obtain nonstatic infinite cylinders of incoherent fluid. The vacuum metrics exterior to the cylinders are determined from the hypothesis that the metric tensor and its first partial derivatives be continuous. This hypothesis is applied by requiring the continuity of the first and second fundamental forms of the boundaries of the cylinders. The exterior metrics are nonstatic and may be expressed in the Einstein‐Rosen form, and equations governing their behavior are derived. It is found that the exterior metric carries a flux of gravitational ``C energy,'' the direction of which in the Einstein‐Rosen frame is the same as that of the surface of the cylinders.
Covariant Conservation Laws for General Relativistic Exploding Matter7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705021View Description Hide Description
In this paper we attempt a general relativistic extension of some simple notions, e.g., total angular momentum, so far correctly defined only in the frame of special relativity. The mathematical aspect of the problem leads us to ask, given a tensor of vanishing divergence, how to construct an integral object, conserved in time and covariant.
A formalism based upon bitensors ensures the covariance, while the assumption of an exploding (or imploding) schema of matter seems to be the only available means to preserve conservation when the space‐time is curved. This can be formulated in a general theorem then applied to different physical situations. The total linear momentum occurs as a vector fixed at the point of explosion (or implosion). Its length turns out (at least when a pure matter schema is concerned) to be superior to the total mass of the fluid. The excess appears as the energy carried by the explosion. The case of a so called ``uncompressible'' holonomic fluid gives a quite analogous result. In order to find a nontrivial angular momentum we also consider, in the last section, the case of a fluid possessing an intrinsic spin density. Both linear and angular momenta are conserved and covariantly defined. Moreover, they reduce to the conventional ones when the curvature vanishes.
Electromagnetic Fields of Moving Dipoles and Multipoles7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705022View Description Hide Description
A method of invariant Green's functions which is frequently used to find the fields of a moving charge is applied to evaluate the fields of dipoles and multipoles. Concise expressions are obtained from the integrals by successively integrating by parts. Two well‐known methods for finding the radiation field on the world line of a charge are repeated for a dipole. It is found that a nonrotating (Fermi‐Walker propagated) electric dipole has vanishing radiation field on the world line when it moves hyperbolically, as in the corresponding case for a charge. Radiation on the world lines of multipoles is also discussed (with particular reference to quadrupoles and octupoles), and the problem of evaluating the radiation reaction for a dipole is described within the context of the methods here given. It is further shown that a classical description of mass renormalization is possible to within the approximation of first‐order terms, but not beyond.
Non‐Markovian Model for the Approach to Equilibrium7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705023View Description Hide Description
This paper is intended to provide the axiomatic study of nonequilibrium quantum statistical mechanics with some simple and rigorously solvable models. The models considered here are obtained as generalizations of the Ising model. They illustrate and allow a rational discussion of the following concepts relevant to the theory of irreversible phenomena: coarse‐graining and time‐smoothing, ergodicity, recurrences, impossibility of a Markovian description of the approach to equilibrium for some physical systems, justification of the various random phase assumptions, properties of the interaction responsible for the approach to equilibrium, master equations, etc.
On the Poles of the S Matrix for Long‐Range Potentials7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705024View Description Hide Description
The analytic properties in the complex k plane of the S matrix for scattering by a screened Coulomb potential are studied. Particular attention is given to the limit as the screening radius tends to infinity, so as to show, in an explicit example, the effect of the tail of the potential on the properties of the analytically extended S matrix. It is shown that the pole configuration obtained in this way is different from that obtained in the usual description of the analytic properties of the Coulomb S matrix.
Kinks7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705025View Description Hide Description
In sufficiently nonlinear field theories there are extended objects whose number is strictly conserved because of continuity of the underlying field as a function of space. We call these kinks. Kinks provide a covariant description of extended but indestructible particles. We give the properties the field theory must possess in order for kinks to exist, and the circumstances under which kinks can have spin ½.
Solution of very Singular N/D Equations—An Approach to Nonrenormalizable Field Theory7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705026View Description Hide Description
In this paper, we find closed form solutions to unsubtracted and once‐subtracted N/Dequations, both nonrelativistic and relativistic, with pathological left‐hand absorptive parts that increase at large ν like α(−ν) ∼ −λν m , m not necessarily integral. The solutions allow dispersive, unitary and regulator‐free calculation in nonrenormalizable field theory. For example, N/Dequations with exchange of a higher spin particle (spin etc.) can be solved. In general, the technique allows the use of a large class of divergent graphs as input, that is, those whose left‐hand absorptive parts are finite, although asymptotically ill behaved. For example, in the Wtheory of leptonicweak interactions, one of the possible inputs is any number of ladder graphs cut so that all the bosons are on the mass shell. Many nonplanar graphs can be included as well. In much the same way, we can also calculate in the Fermi theory, (multiple exchanges in) theories of higher spin in general, and theories with derivative coupling.
There are an infinite number of solutions to these singular integral equations, each of which is characterized by a branch point at g 2 = 0, and a branch point of oscillatory nature at infinite |ν|. Out of these, we pick the solution which sums the iterative expansion of the equations as most meaningful. It is seen explicitly that the unitary requirement generates its own regulation in the form of rapid oscillations at large unphysical energies, thus eliminating the need for any regulator limiting process. The oscillations are associated with an infinite number of ghosts, but these stay very far from the physical region. In addition, the solutions violate unitarity in the cross channels, so we expect the program to be useful at most in and near the physical region. As shorter range forces are systematically included, there is some indication that the program may converge rapidly for small physical energies.
Wick Polynomials at a Fixed Time7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705027View Description Hide Description
In general, a Wick polynomial must be smeared with a test function depending on both time and space in order to yield an operator in Hilbert space. However, in space time of two dimensions, it is sufficient to smear in the space direction alone. This statement is proved by an application of Weinberg's asymptotic theorem. Operators formed in this manner are candidates for approximate interaction Hamiltonians.
Exact Invariants for a Class of Nonlinear Wave Equations7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705028View Description Hide Description
A method is given for obtaining explicitly an infinite number of exact invariants for a physical system described by the coupled set of first‐order hyperbolic partial differential equations.Temporal and spatial invariants are constructed as integrals of temporally and spatially invariant densities T and X, over appropriate spatial and temporal intervals, respectively. For physical systems the energy and momentum densities are temporal invariant densities. These invariant densities are solutions of the hodograph transformedequations corresponding to (A1). For the case n = 1 every invariant density T satisfies an equation in conservation form: (Tu0) t − (Tu1) x = 0. The methods are applied to the equation,and a denumerable infinity of invariant densities, each expressible as a polynomial, are calculated in two equivalent cases: the first when (A2) (with α = 1) is expressed in zero diagonal form ut = vx , vt = (1 + εu)ux , where u = yx and v = yt ; and the second when (A2) is expressed in diagonal form , where and r and s, the Riemann invariants of (A2), are related to u and v. A theorem of Noether is used to construct from the invariant densities continuous transformation groups that leave the action functional invariant. Using the methods of Kruskal we derive the adiabatic invariant for the continuous system (A2) (α = 1) which has nearly periodic solutions. To order ε the adiabatic invariant is identical with one of the exact invariants and gives no new information about the system.
One‐Dimensional Impenetrable Bosons in Thermal Equilibrium7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705029View Description Hide Description
The simple relationship between the wavefunctions of a system of impenetrable one‐dimensional bosons and impenetrable one‐dimensional fermions is exploited to derive an expansion of the boson reduced density matrices in terms of the fermion reduced density matrices and vice versa. This expansion is independent of the statistical ensemble used, and of the interparticle potential (subject to the impenetrability condition). The special case of zero impenetrability radius with no other forces is treated in detail, using the grand canonical ensemble. This leads to a natural generalization of a formula previously found for zero temperature only, for the one‐particle reduced density matrix.
Classical Field Theory and Gravitation in a de Sitter World7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705030View Description Hide Description
The algebra and the calculus pertaining to a certain class of representations of the de Sitter group is developed. This permits us to formulate covariant field equations in de Sitter space, and, in particular, to construct quantum mechanical equations of motion associated with particles of given spin. The gauge principle is invoked and a spin‐two field emerges, which we identify with the gravitational field. Its coupling to sources is discussed and conservation laws are derived. The emerging nongeometric theory of gravitation is compared with both the Einstein‐Riemann type and other previously proposed nongeometrical theories.
Unitary Irreducible Representations of SL (3, R)7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705031View Description Hide Description
It is shown that to each finite‐dimensional single‐valued irreducible representation of SL(3, R) there corresponds an infinite‐dimensional representation which is unitary on any member of a certain one‐parameter family of Hilbert spaces. We set up an eigenfunction problem for the members of a three‐parameter family of Hilbert subspaces on which such a unitary representation is irreducible. The relatively simple but especially important three‐dimensional case is worked out completely. Unitary irreducible representations for the unimodular real linear groups SL(N, R) with N > 3 and their subgroups can be obtained by generalizing the formalism described here.
Small‐Angle X‐Ray Scattering from Rods and Platelets7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705032View Description Hide Description
For highly elongated rods or flat platelets, there is a range of scattering angles in which the intensity of small‐angle x‐ray scattering cannot be conveniently approximated either by techniques normally used at small scattering angles or by the asymptotic expansion which is applicable in the outer part of the scattering curve. Expressions for the scattered intensity from rods and platelets have therefore been developed which can be used both at these intermediate scattering angles and also in the outer portion of the small‐angle x‐ray scattering curve.
On the Chakrabarti Transformation7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705033View Description Hide Description
In this note, we intend to present an appropriate Hamiltonian formulation for the extension of the Chakrabarti transformation [A. Chakrabarti, J. Math. Phys. 4, 1215 (1963)] to spin‐0 and spin‐1 particles. The suggested formulation is derived from that of Duffin‐Kemmer and has been used previously [L. M. Garrido and P. Pascual, Nuovo Cimento 12, 181 (1959); L. M. Garrido and J. Sesma, Am. J. Phys. 30, 887 (1962); J. Sesma, J. Biel, and L. M. Garrido, Am. J. Phys. 32, 559 (1964)] to achieve a generalization of the Foldy‐Wouthuysen transformation.
Global Covariant Conservation Laws in Riemannian Spaces. I7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705034View Description Hide Description
It is demonstrated that in the theory of general relativityintegralconservation laws can be obtained from a vanishing covariant divergence of a tensor in a completely covariant form. This is achieved by introducing into tensorcalculus a new operation, namely, tensorintegration which is defined as an inverse of tensor differentiation. In particular, a one‐dimensional absolute integration of a tensor along a curve is defined as an inverse operation to the same type of differentiation. A representation of absolute integration is developed by a perturbation method as an infinite series where each term consists of ordinary integrations only. As an example of absolute integration, a vector field is obtained whose components can be employed as a coordinate frame having a very close resemblance to the Riemannian coordinates. Covariant integration is then introduced as an inverse of covariant differentiation; however, its usefulness is severely limited by the conditions of integrability which have to be satisfied to make covariant integration possible. A set of unspecified covariantly constant base vectors is used to explain the idea of a covariantly constant tensor and to express symbolically absolute integration in terms of the ordinary integration. The one‐dimensional absolute integration is then extended to higher dimensions in such a way that it is independent of the order of integrations. Finally, Gauss' theorem is proved for the absolute integration which enables one to convert a volume integral of a covariant divergence of a tensor into a corresponding surface integral of the same tensor.
Global Covariant Conservation Laws in Riemannian Spaces. II7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705035View Description Hide Description
Using the idea of tensor integration, the vector field developed in Part I of this report, and the full Bianchi identities, it is shown that in a general Riemannian space there are four global covariantly‐conserved tensors. The ranks of these tensors are three, four, five, and six. The traces of the first two of these tensors yield the generally covariant equivalent of the familiar linear and angular momentum. The remaining four traceless tensors describe, residually, the gravitational field. With each covariantly conserved tensor one can associate a number of independent invariants. Such invariants are conserved in the ordinary sense. Among these are two types of rest energies and two types of angular momentum magnitudes obtained from the trace and traceless tensors. Examples of global, conserved tensors are derived for a Schwarzschild metric with the electron mass, and a metric of a point electron. It is shown that the rest energy of the Coulomb field diverges as ln(1 /r) at the origin and the second rest energy, that is, the rest energy of the gravitational field diverges as ln r as r approaches infinity. When cutoffs are introduced at the Schwarzschild radius r 0, at the classical electron radius r 1, and at the radius of the visible universe r 2, the rest energy of the gravitational field contained in the shell of thickness r 1 − r 0 is approximately 100 times that of the electron rest energy. It is twice this value in the entire visible universe. Since the gravitational field is described by the traceless tensors and the former forms a heavy, compact cloud around the point particle, it is conjectured that the traceless tensors represent the internal degrees of freedom of the elementary particles.
Cylindrical Gravitational News7(1966); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1705036View Description Hide Description
The concepts of news function and mass aspect are generalized to a class of cylindrically symmetric metrics containing both degrees of freedom of the gravitational field. It is proved that the mass/unit length always decreases if there is any cylindrical news. The asymptotic behavior of the Riemann tensor in the cylindrical case is analyzed and a peeling theorem proved for this case. An example is given to show that asymptotic conditions on the metric or the Riemann tensor which are analogous to the conditions used in the asymptotically spherical case do not exclude certain infinite incoming radiation trains in the cylindrical case. Pure incoming and outgoing solutions are defined for the cylindrical case, and their generalization to the asymptotically spherical case is suggested. An exactly conserved quantity is shown to exist which may be the cylindrical analog of the ten exactly conserved quantities recently discovered by Newman and Penrose.


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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2012 Article IV Consultation with BeninPublic Information Notice (PIN) No. 12/132
November 26, 2012
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case.
On November 9, 2012, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Benin.1 The Board also approved the fourth review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement during the same meeting (See Press Release No. 12/425).
Benin has consolidated and reinforced recent gains in macroeconomic management, but significant challenges remain in accelerating economic growth and reducing poverty. Prudent fiscal policy has kept fiscal deficits at manageable levels and has averaged a basic primary surplus over the period 2010–June 2012. This policy, combined with the benefits of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) and the Multilateral Debt Reduction Initiatives (MDRI), has kept public debt low, at about 32 percent of GDP. The external current account deficit has remained broadly stable, and the balance of payments deficit was about 5 percent of GDP in 2011.
Real growth rebounded after the 2010 floods, to about 3½ percent in 2011 and is anticipated to maintain this rate through 2012. Authorities have made some progress on structural reforms and significantly improved disbursements of priority social expenditure. Challenges remain in achieving public investment targets, infrastructure development, and promotion of private sector activity.
Appropriate monetary policy by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) has helped keep inflation low at about 2½ percent in 2010-11. A significant increase in fuel prices imported from Nigeria in January 2012 resulted in a jump in the consumer price index, but does not appear to have a persistent inflationary impact. The recent spike in international food prices has not had a notable impact in Benin, given the country's ability to supply basic staples with domestic production. Inflation is projected to remain below 3 percent in the medium term.
Recent events at the port of Cotonou and in the cotton sector have added uncertainty to the current economic environment. The government took more direct operational control of the cotton sector this spring because of governance concerns and anticipates an improved harvest this year. Difficulties at the port with reform implementation, and governance concerns led to the suspension of the import-verification program.
Benin's commercial banking system is generally liquid. Provision of banking services is supplemented by a large number of microfinance institutions, which account for 9½ percent of total financial sector loans and supply services to households and microenterprises. To further develop and strengthen the financial sector, better-defined property rights and more reliable contract enforcement are priorities, together with improved supervision of banks and microfinance institutions.
Executive Board Assessment
Executive Directors commended the authorities for their prudent macroeconomic management. Directors noted that, while Benin's medium term economic outlook is favorable, it remains vulnerable to regional and global developments. To address the challenges ahead and to consolidate the gains thus far, they underscored the importance of continued commitment to sound policies. Timely implementation of structural reforms will be necessary to boost growth prospects and reduce poverty.
Directors commended the authorities' overall prudent fiscal conduct. They welcomed progress in revenue mobilization and improvements in expenditure management, which allowed the authorities to meet their fiscal targets and undertake poverty related spending. These advances, if maintained, will provide space for needed infrastructure investment and safeguard the low level of debt. In this context, Directors underscored that wage policy should remain consistent with medium term fiscal objectives. Directors also agreed that broad based customs reforms will strengthen revenue collection. Accordingly, they called for a well designed reimplementation of the import verification program.
Directors welcomed the enhanced review of the financial system and stressed that continued efforts to strengthen financial sector stability are necessary to preserve a sound macroeconomic environment and accelerate growth. They underscored the need to intensify financial sector oversight and adopt measures to broaden access to financial services. In particular, strengthening supervision of microfinancial institutions should be a priority.
Directors emphasized that structural reforms remain critical for improving competitiveness and inclusive growth. They encouraged the authorities to make further efforts to enhance the business environment, including through implementation of a revised framework for the cotton sector, support private sector development, and address the infrastructure gap.


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