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S&P Downgrades Scientific-Atlanta, Gap, and Aeropostale
Plus: analysts also cut ratings on Patterson Companies, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Cooper Industries, East West Bancorp, Boston Private Financial Holdings and Steak n Shake
Scientific-Atlanta (SFA ): Cuts to 3 STARS (hold) from 5 STARS (strong buy)
Analyst: Ari Bensinger
The company agreed to be acquired by Cisco Systems (CSCO ) for $6.9 billion, or $43 a share. We are positive on this transaction, expected to close around the first quarter 2006, pending necessary approvals, since we believe Scientific-Atlanta needs leading IP transport architecture like Cisco's to take full advantage of the rapid industry convergence towards IP video. The proposed deal would also extend Scientific-Atlanta's customer footprint into all of the major regional Bell carriers. We are lowering our 12-month target price by $1 to $43, based on our expectation that the stock price will settle near the $43 cash bid.
Gap (GPS ): Cuts to 2 STARS (sell) from 4 STARS (buy)
Analyst: Marie Driscoll, CFA
We are lowering our estimates and 12-month target price, since we expect an increasingly difficult competitive marketplace for the legacy Gap brand, with its middle-of-the-road positioning, and for Gap's Old Navy value brand, together about 85% of total sales. With November traffic down 8%, we see a tough holiday for Gap, benefiting rival Urban Outfitters (URBN ) with its more eclectic merchandise strategy. Our fiscal year 2006 (ending January) and fiscal year 2007 estimates for Gap's decline to $1.16 and $1.20, from $1.28 and $1.40. Our target price falls by $6 to $15, or 12.5 times our 2007 estimate, 15% below peers.
Aeropostale (ARO ): Cuts to 3 STARS (hold) from 4 STARS (buy)
Analyst: Marie Driscoll, CFA
Aeropostale reports October quarter earnings per share of 47 cents vs. 57 cents, short of our 52 cents estimate. Comparable-store sales were down 1.5%, and gross margin contracted 660 basis points, partly offset by a 90 basis points reduction in the Selling General & Administrative expense ratio. Aeropostale entered the fourth quarter with inventory up 40%, and thus we see a gross (and operating) margin contraction in the fourth quarter. We see fashion or veneer products growing to 10% of the mix in fiscal year 2007 (ending January). We are reducing our 2006 and 2007 earnings per share estimates to $1.34 and $1.66, from $1.49 and $1.75. Our 12-month target price drops to $24 from $29.
Patterson Companies (PDCO ): Cuts to 3 STARS (hold) from 4 STARS (buy)
Analyst: Richard Tortoriello
Patterson Companies lowered its October quarter and fiscal year 2006 (ending April) earnings per share guidance, citing slower sales than forecast of basic dental equipment, as well as below-plan performance at Patterson Medical. We are lowering our fiscal year 2006 earnings per share estimate by 9 cents to $1.44, and fiscal year 2007's by 14 cents to $1.61. We are also lowering our 12-month target price to $38 from $46, or to 26.3 times our new fiscal year 2006 earnings per share estimate, below Patterson Co.'s 10-year average price to earnings ratio of 29 times. We continue to view the company's long-term prospects favorably, but are concerned that short-term difficulties, particularly with the Patterson Medical unit, may hold back the share price.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB ): Cuts to 3 STARS (hold) from 4 STARS (buy)
Analyst:William Mack, CFA
With Red Robin approaching what we see as intrinsic value, we think further gains will be hard-won in the more challenging spending environment we expect. The stock has retraced much of its losses since August, when it announced a management shake-up following an internal investigation into the travel-related expenses of its prior CEO. We still look for fourth quarter earnings per share of 47 cents. On our unchanged 2006 earnings forecast of $2.15 a share, our 12-month target price remains $55.
Cooper Industries (CBE ): Cuts to 3 STARS (hold) from 4 STARS (buy)
Analyst: Efraim Levy, CFA
Our downgrade is valuation-based, as shares are close to our $75 target price. We expect organic sales to rise 4% to 5% in 2006; we expect Cooper Industries to earn $4.09 in 2005 and $4.54 in 2006, up from prior estimates of $4.07 and $4.50, respectively. Cash flow generation should remain healthy and allow for repurchase of Cooper Industries shares and possibly minor acquisitions.
East West Bancorp (EWBC ): Cuts to 3 STARS (hold) from 4 STARS (buy)
Analyst: Christopher Muir
The company's shares have risen 13.5% since September 30, compared to a 6.3% increase in the S&P 500 Regional Bank index. We still view the company's fundamental outlook as positive, but we think the current share price appropriately reflects its earnings per share growth potential. We are maintaining our 2005 and 2006 EPS estimates of $1.98 and $2.41, respectively. We look for continued expense control and strong earning asset growth in 2005 and 2006. Our 12-month target price remains $41.
Boston Private Financial Holdings (BPFH ): Cuts to 1 STAR (strong sell) from 2 STARS (sell)
Analyst: Christopher Muir
Our downgrade is based on valuation, following a 17.3% rise in the stock price since Sept. 30, compared to a 6.3% increase in the S&P 500 Regional Banks index. We think the company's strong third quarter is responsible for some of the run-up and believe that it has a healthy business, but we believe the stock has become significantly overvalued. The stock currently trades at a 17% premium to its peers, but we think that premium should be very small based on our view of its earnings per share growth prospects. We are reducing our 12-month target price by $1 to $27 due to a small drop in our earnings per share growth outlook.
Steak n Shake (SNS ) : Cuts to 3 STARS (hold) from 5 STARS (strong buy)
Analyst: Dennis Milton
September quarter earnings per share of 31 cents before one-time items, vs. the year-ago 28 cents, is in line with our estimate. Same-store sales fell 3.0%, but earnings benefited from lower food costs and labor efficiencies. Full fiscal year 2005 earnings per share (ended September) grew to $1.08 from 99 cents. We are lowering our fiscal year 2006 estimate by 12 cents to $1.08, and our 12-month target price by $4 to $22 to reflect our reduced same-store sales projections. At 17 times our fiscal year 2006 estimate, the shares are at a slight premium to peers. While we are impressed by the company's growth prospects, we would not purchase its shares, absent improving customer traffic trends.


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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby Nick Carraway Quotes
Quote 28
Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known. (3.170)
Well, don't strain anything trying to pat yourself on the back, Nick.
Quote 29
I suppose he'd had the name ready for a long time, even then. His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people—his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all. The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God – a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that – and he must be about His Father's business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty. So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end. (6.6-7)
"Jay Gatsby" may be a deception in the eyes of the world, but to James Gatz, "Gatsby" is the truth about him. Is it really a lie if you believe it with all your heart?
Quote 30
Well, about six weeks ago, she heard the name Gatsby for the first time in years. It was when I asked you – do you remember? – if you knew Gatsby in West Egg. After you had gone home she came into my room and woke me up, and said: "What Gatsby?" and when I described him – I was half asleep – she said in the strangest voice that it must be the man she used to know. It wasn't until then that I connected this Gatsby with the officer in her white car. (4.145)
This "strangest voice" tips us off that Gatsby is more than some dude Daisy used to flirt with. She had some real feelings for him—and those feelings of the past are about to burst into the present.

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Live Updates - Islanders vs. Jets 4/2/13
Tuesday, 04.2.2013 / 6:45 PM ET / News
By Travis Betts
Live Updates - Islanders vs. Jets
7:00 p.m. - Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale, NYPre-Game
First trip to Long Island for the Jets, who won the first contest between the two teams 5-4 in overtime on Jan. 27. Evgeni Nabokov and Ondrej Pavelec are your goalies tonight.
Anders Lee in the lineup tonight for his NHL debut. Lee will play wing on a line with Casey Cizikas and Matt Martin. Marty Reasoner and Eric Boulton are scratched.
1st Period
5:14: Shots are 7-2 Islanders already, with most of the chances coming from distance. Pavelec is one of the most worked goalies in the NHL, playing in his 34th game of the season.
12:05: Matt Carkner will sit two minutes for interference. First PP of the night for either team.
14:05: Carkner springs out of the box, and not a moment too soon. Lots of O-zone time for WPG on the power play. Shots: NYI 8 WPG 6.
16:13: Anders Lee will remember tonight. He just skated down the left wing boards and wristed on off the bar and in behind Pavelec. First NHL game. First NHL goal. I believe that one went through Toby Enstrom's legs on its way in, because Pavelec didn't have an answer. Casey Cizikas immediately went over and grabbed the puck to bring back to the bench. 1-0 Islanders.
18:06: Paul Postma evens things up with his second of the season. He fought through a defender, picked up a puck that was laying loose in front of Poulin and ripped it top shelf, glove-side.
End 1st: NYI 1 WPG 1. Shots: NYI 12 WPG 9.
2nd Period
2:26: Patrice Cormier and Matt Carkner take matching minors for unsportsmanlike conduct. We'll skate 4-on-4 for two minutes.
4:30: That's over. It felt like an Islanders power play. Shots: NYI 17 WPG 9. First five shots of the period go to the home team.
6:02: Chris Thorburn dishes from the left circle across to Postma, who nets his second of the game on a tap-in. The rookie defenseman had one career goal in 29 games before tonight. 2-1 Winnipeg.
8:20: Elsewhere...Congratulations to Ryan Strome on his first professional goal tonight for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers against the Worcester Sharks. Strom was the fifth overall pick of the Islanders in 2011.
9:56: Colin McDonald scores on a weird bounce, and it's 2-2. Mark Streit threw the puck toward the net, and Michael Grabner angled it from the slot down low to McDonald. He banked it off the inside of Pavelec's pads and across the line.
16:30: Still 2-2. Shots: NYI 28 WPG 14.
18:01: I thought the referee had swallowed his whistle, because he waited a long time to call it, but Evander Kane is going off for hooking. First power play of the game for the Isles.
19:32: Frans Nielsen gives the Islanders the go-ahead goal; 3-2. Capuano loves those goals in the final 60 of a period. Mark Streit blasted one from the point that hit traffic and bounced to Nielsen on the right side, who cranked it top shelf over a laid out Pavelec. Bailey gets the primary helper.
End 2nd: NYI 3 WPG 2. Shots: NYI 30 WPG 17.
3rd Period
13:30: First stoppage of play in a long, long time. Puck was hemmed in the Jets zone for most of that time. Still 3-2. A couple of deflections in front by Tavares were the best chances. Shots: NYI 35 WPG 20.
18:00: 2-on-1 chance for John Tavares and Matt Moulson winds up in the back of the net and it's 4-2 Islanders. Tavares had the puck on the right side and dished across after Toby Enstrom attacked the puck. Moulson buried the shot quicker than Pavelec could slide to his right. Brad Boyes with the secondary helper.
New York Islanders
26 Matt Moulson - 91 John Tavares - 24 Brad Boyes
12 Josh Bailey - 51 Frans Nielsen - 21 Kyle Okposo
40 Michael Grabner - 10 Keith Aucoin - 13 Colin McDonald
27 Anders Lee - 53 Casey Cizikas - 17 Matt Martin
47 Andrew MacDonald – 3 Travis Hamonic
14 Thomas Hickey - 11 Lubomir Visnovsky
2 Mark Streit - 7 Matt Carkner
60 Kevin Poulin
20 Evgeni Nabokov
Winnipeg Jets
16 Andrew Ladd - 18 Bryan Little - 26 Blake Wheeler
9 Evander Kane - 12 Olli Jokinen - 20 Antti Miettinen
27 Eric Tangradi - 80 Nik Antropov - 13 Kyle Wellwood
28 Patrice Cormier - 8 Alex Burmistrov - 22 Chris Thorburn
39 Toby Enstrom - 33 Dustin Byfuglien
6 Ron Hainsey - 44 Zach Bogosian
5 Mark Stuart - 4 Paul Postma
31 Ondrej Pavelec
35 Al Montoya


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Living With Cancer, Not Putting Career on Hold
A cancer diagnosis instantly upends a life, from daily routines to long-term career plans, so it would be hardly surprising if a person preferred to stay away from the office for a while. Yet the majority of people who receive this news want to keep working after diagnosis and during treatment, a new survey finds.
Seventy-nine percent of cancer patients and survivors say the routine nature of work aids recovery, and nearly half say that work restores some normalcy to their lives, according to a poll out this week from Cancer and Careers, a support and information program that is part of the New York-based Cosmetic Executive Women Foundation.
Rather than insurance or money, "people said they wanted to keep things as normal as possible, that work offers respite from doctors' offices and tests, and keeps them feeling productive," said Kate Sweeney, the group's co-founder. Cancer and Careers partnered with Harris Interactive to survey 400 people diagnosed with cancer, who were working part-time or full-time. Fourteen percent of respondents said they took time off until their treatment concluded.
Twenty-eight percent said they kept working after diagnosis in order to maintain their health insurance, and 9% said they reported to work so they wouldn't be laid off or fired. As Sweeney notes, the Americans with Disabilities Act provides some protection to workers diagnosed with cancer and other serious illnesses, but many remain unaware of how these laws can help them.
Employers are expected to make accommodations for ill workers, said Sweeney. "Most of the accommodations people need are inexpensive and not very inconvenient, such as moving a file drawer lower so someone doesn't have to reach too high, or moving a desk away from the kitchen so that the employee isn't disturbed by strong odors," which can be difficult to tolerate during treatment.
Still, dealing with a diagnosis can be difficult while one is trying to maintain a busy career. Sonia Kashuk, founder of the eponymous beauty brand and a board member of CAC, remembered an evening soon after receiving her breast-cancer diagnosis in 2006. "I went out with a couple of my manufacturers, and we were sitting at a restaurant and I started crying. I said, I've just been diagnosed and I'm going to have surgery."
She stayed home for about 10 days after her double mastectomy but was soon back in her office, which helped her cope with the constant doctors' visits and after-effects of treatment. "You have to put one foot in front of the other," she said.
While Americans are not required to disclose health information to employers, Sweeney noted that managers can help employees keep their careers on track. To managers, she offers this advice: don't assume that a person with cancer wants to drop out of work and focus exclusively on treatment. As the survey shows, she says, "most patients want to work, sometimes they just need a little more flexibility."


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Tag: google
Google Code Jam 2012 – Qualification round What Happened
by admin on apr.15, 2012, under are you curious?, gtug
- A. Speaking in Tongues
- B. Dancing With the Googlers
- C. Recycled Numbers
- D. Hall of Mirrors
News from Google I/O 2011
by Adriano Tornatore on mag.20, 2011, under Android, are you curious?, Developers, gtug
We will talk about last technologies and solutions shown in the biggest Google I/O event in San Francisco on 10-11 May. Here the full program:
- News from Google I/O 2011
- Case study on Chrome Webstore: developing tools and best practices
- Palermo GTUG members developed Android apps showcases
- Introducing Android Tablet "ASUS Eee Pad Transformer" by Infograf sas company
- Google Jobs: recruitment and applications collection
- Question time
Main speaker will be Claudio Cherubino from Sicily, Developer Programs Engineer at Google's offices in London, he works on Google Apps API and on Google Apps Marketplace.
He worked also as software developer, technology evangelist, community manager, consultant, technical translator and several open-source projects got his contributes like MySQL, PHP, WordPress, Songbird and Voldemort Project.
Android Honeycomb Is Coming (3.0)
by flotruglio on feb.07, 2011, under Android, are you curious?
Google officially announced Android 3.0, known as Honeycomb (Google tends to name their Android builds after sweet, delicious desserts).
this firmware born directly for combating the Apple iPad head-on, more and more Honeycomb-powered tablets are being leaked or revealed. (continue reading…)
Il était une fois… la Vie ..Google body
by admin on feb.06, 2011, under are you curious?
Do you remember "Il était une fois… la Vie" the animated cartoon that speak about the human body?
now with google you can explore the human body trough the html5 and web GL tecnologies …visit http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/body.html to start your exploration!
PS. only for Google Chrome | Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta | WebKit nightly
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) Platform
by Adriano Tornatore on dic.07, 2010, under Android, Developers
API Level: 9
For developers, the Android 2.3 platform is available as a
downloadable component for the Android SDK. The downloadable platform includes
an Android library and system image, as well as a set of emulator
skins and more. The downloadable platform
includes no external libraries.
To get started developing or testing against Android
2.3, use the Android SDK Manager to
download the platform into your SDK. For more information,
see Adding SDK
Components. If you are new to Android, download the SDK Starter Package
For a high-level introduction to Android 2.3, see the Platform Highlights.
The sections below provide notes about successive releases of
the Android 2.3 platform component for the Android SDK, as denoted by
revision number. To determine what revision(s) of the Android
2.3 platforms are installed in your SDK environment, refer to
the "Installed Packages" listing in the Android SDK and AVD Manager.
Android 2.3, Revision 1 (December 2010)
- Dependencies:
- Requires SDK Tools r8 or higher.
API Overview
The sections below provide a technical overview of what's new for developers
in 2.3, including new features and changes in the framework
API since the previous version.
SIP-based VOIP
The platform now includes a SIP protocol stack and framework API that lets
developers build internet telephony applications. Using the API, applications can offer
voice calling features without having to manage sessions, transport-level
communication, or audio — these are handled
transparently by the platform's SIP API and services.
The SIP API is available in the
package. The key class is
SipManager, which applications
use to set up and manage SIP profiles, then initiate audio calls and receive
audio calls. Once an audio call is established, applications can mute calls,
turn on speaker mode, send DTMF tones, and more. Applications can also use the
SipManager to create generic SIP connections.
The platform's underlying SIP stack and services are available on devices at
the discretion of the manufacturer and associated carrier. For this reason,
applications should use the
isApiSupported() method to check whether SIP support is available, before
exposing calling functionality to users.
To use the SIP API, applications must request permission from the user by
<uses-permission and
<uses-permission in their manifest files.
Additionally, developers can request filtering on Android Market, such that
their applications are not discoverable to users whose devices do not include
the platform's SIP stack and services. To request filtering, add
<uses-feature and
<uses-feature to the application manifest.
To look at a sample application that uses the SIP API, see SIP Demo.
Near Field Communications (NFC)
Android 2.3 includes an NFC stack and framework API that lets developers
read NDEF tags that are discovered as a user touches an NFC-enabled device
to tag elements embedded in stickers, smart posters, and even other devices.
The platform provides the underlying NFC services that work with the device
hardware to discover tags when they come into range. On discovering a tag, the
platform notifies applications by broadcasting an Intent, appending the tag's
NDEF messages to the Intent as extras. Applications can create Intent filters to
recognize and handle targeted tags and messages. For example, after receiving a
tag by Intent, applications extract the NDEF messages, store them, alert the
user, or handle them in other ways.
The NFC API is available in the
android.nfc package. The key classes are:
NfcAdapter, which represents the NFC hardware on the device.
NdefMessage, which represents an NDEF data message,
the standard format in which "records" carrying data are transmitted between
devices and tags. Applications can receive these messages from
NdefRecord, delivered in an
NdefMessage, which describes the type of data being shared and
carries the data itself.
NFC communication relies on wireless technology in the device hardware, so
support for the platform's NFC features on specific devices is determined by
their manufacturers. To determine the NFC support on the current device,
applications can call
isEnabled() to
query the
NfcAdapter. The NFC API is always present,
however, regardless of underlying hardware support.
To use the NFC API, applications must request permission from the user by
<uses-permission in their manifest files.
Additionally, developers can request filtering on Android Market, such that
their applications are not discoverable to users whose devices do not support
NFC. To request filtering, add
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.nfc" to the application's manifest.
To look at a sample application that uses the NFC API, see
Gyroscope and other sensors
Android 2.3 adds platform and API support for several new sensor reading
types — gyroscope, rotation vector, linear acceleration, gravity, and barometer.
Developers can use the new sensor readings to create applications that respond
quickly and smoothly to precise changes in device position and motion. The
Sensor API reports gyroscope and other sensor changes to interested
applications, whether they are running on the application framework or in native
Note that the specific set of hardware sensors available on any given device
varies at the discretion of the device manufacturer.
Developers can request filtering in Android Market, such that their
applications are not discoverable to users whose devices do not offer a
gyroscope sensor. To do so, add
<uses-feature to the application manifest.
For API details, see
Multiple cameras support
Applications can now make use of any cameras that are available on a device,
for either photo or video capture. The
Camera lets
applications query for the number of cameras available and the unique
characteristics of each.
- New
Camera.CameraInfoclass stores a camera's
positional characteristics (orientation, front-facing or back-facing).
- New
getCameraInfo(), and
getNumberOfCameras()methods in the
Cameraclass let applications query for the cameras available
and open the camera that they need.
- New
get()method lets
applications retrieve a
CamcorderProfilefor a specific camera.
- New
getJpegEncodingQualityParameter()lets applications obtain the still-image
capture quality level for a specific camera.
To look at sample code for accessing a front-facing camera, see CameraPreview.java
in the ApiDemos sample application.
The Camera API also adds:
- New parameters for cameras, including focus distance, focus mode, and
preview fps maximum/minimum. New
getPreviewFpsRange(), and
getSupportedPreviewFpsRange()for getting camera parameters, as well as
setPreviewFpsRange()for setting preview framerate.
Mixable audio effects
The platform's media framework adds support for new per-track or global audio effects,
including bass boost, headphone virtualization, equalization, and reverb.
- New
android.media.audiofxpackage provides the
API to access audio effects.
- New
AudioEffectis the base class
for controlling audio effects provided by the Android audio framework.
- New audio session ID that lets an application associate a set of audio
effects with an instance of
- New
AudioTrackclass constructor that lets you create an
AudioTrackwith a specific session ID. New
getAudioSessionId(), and
- New
setAudioSessionId(int), and
methods and supporting types.
To look at sample code for audio effects, see
in the ApiDemos sample application.
The media framework also adds:
- New support for altitude tag in EXIF metadata for JPEG files. New method
getAltitude()method to
retrieve the value of the EXIF altitude tag.
- New
setOrientationHint()method lets an application tell
MediaRecorderof the orientation during video capture.
Download manager
The platform includes a new
DownloadManager system service
that handles long-running HTTP downloads. Applications can request that a URI be
downloaded to a particular destination file. The
will conduct the download in the background, taking care of HTTP interactions
and retrying downloads after failures or across connectivity changes and system
- Applications can obtain an instance of the
class by calling
getSystemService(String)and passing
DOWNLOAD_SERVICE. Applications that request
downloads through this API should register a broadcast receiver for
ACTION_NOTIFICATION_CLICKED, to appropriately
handle when the user clicks on a running download in a notification or from the
Downloads UI.
- The
DownloadManager.Requestclass lets an
application provide all the information necessary to request a new download,
such as request URI and download destination. A request URI is the only required
parameter. Note that the default download destination is a shared volume where
the system can delete your file if it needs to reclaim space for system use. For
persistent storage of a download, specify a download destination on external
storage (see
- The
DownloadManager.Queryclass provides methods that let
an application query for and filter active downloads.
To help developers monitor and improve the performance of their applications,
the platform offers a new system facility called
When implemented in an application, StrictMode catches and notifies the
developer of accidental disk or network activity that could degrade application
performance, such as activity taking place on the application's main thread
(where UI operations are received and animations are also taking place).
Developers can evaluate the network and disk usages issues raised in StrictMode
and correct them if needed, keeping the main thread more responsive and
preventing ANR dialogs from being shown to users.
StrictModeis the core class and is the main integration
point with the system and VM. The class provides convenience methods for
managing the thread and VM policies that apply to the instance.
StrictMode.VmPolicyhold the policies that you define and apply to
thread and VM instances.
For more information about how to use StrictMode to optimize your
application, see the class documentation and sample code at
UI Framework
- Support for overscroll
- New support for overscroll in Views and Widgets. In Views, applications can
enable/disable overscroll for a given view, set the overscoll mode, control the
overscroll distance, and handle the results of overscrolling.
- In Widgets, applications can control overscroll characteristics such as
animation, springback, and overscroll distance. For more information, see
ViewConfigurationalso provides methods
- New
overScrollFooter, and
overScrollHeaderattributes for
for controlling overscroll behavior.
- New support for overscroll in Views and Widgets. In Views, applications can
- Support for touch filtering
- New support for touch filtering, which lets an application improve the
security of Views that provide access to sensitive functionality. For example,
touch filtering is appropriate to ensure the security of user actions such as
granting a permission request, making a purchase, or clicking on an
advertisement. For details, see the View class
- New
filterTouchesWhenObscuredattribute for view elements,
which declares whether to filter touches when the view's window is obscured by
another visible window. When set to
"true", the view will not
receive touches whenever a toast, dialog or other window appears above the
view's window. Refer to View security
documentation for details.
To look at sample code for touch filtering, see
in the ApiDemos sample application.
- New support for touch filtering, which lets an application improve the
- Improved event management
- New base class for input events,
InputEvent. The class
provides methods that let applications determine the meaning of the event, such
as by querying for the InputDevice from which the event orginated. The
MotionEventare subclasses of
- New base class for input devices,
InputDevice. The
class stores information about the capabilities of a particular input device and
provides methods that let applications determine how to interpret events from an
input device.
- New base class for input events,
- Improved motion events
- The
MotionEventAPI is extended to include "pointer ID"
information, which lets applications to keep track of individual fingers as they
move up and down. The class adds a variety of methods that let an application
work efficiently with motion events.
- The input system now has logic to generate motion events with the new
pointer ID information, synthesizing identifiers as new pointers are down. The
system tracks multiple pointer IDs separately during a motion event, and
ensures proper continuity of pointers by evaluating at the distance
between the last and next set of pointers.
- The
- Text selection controls
- A new
setComposingRegionmethod lets an application mark a
region of text as composing text, maintaining the current styling. A
getSelectedTextmethod returns the selected text to the
application. The methods are available in
InputConnection, and
- New
textSelectHandleRight, and
attributes for
<TextView>, for referencing drawables that will be
used to display text-selection anchors and the style for the containing
- A new
- Activity controls
ActivityInfoadds new constants for managing
Activity orientation:
- New constant
ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo. The value
indicates that a specific process is running something that is considered to be
actively perceptible to the user. An example would be an application performing
background music playback.
- The
setPersistent(boolean)method to mark an
Activity as persistent is now deprecated and the implementation is a no-op.
- Notification text and icon styles
- New
TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon, and
TextAppearance.StatusBar.Titlefor managing
notification style.
- New
- WebView
- New
setUseWebViewBackgroundForOverscrollBackground()method lets a
WebViewspecify whether to use its own background for the
overscroll background.
- New
Extra Large Screens
The platform now supports extra large screen sizes, such as those that might
be found on tablet devices. Developers can indicate that their applications are
designed to support extra large screen sizes by adding a
<supports element to their manifest
screens ... android:xlargeScreens="true">
files. Applications can use a new resource qualifier,
xlarge, to
tag resources that are specific to extra large screens. For
details on how to support extra large and other screen sizes, see Supporting Multiple
- Adds remaining OpenGL ES 2.0 methods
glVertexAttribPointer()in the
- Adds support for
YV12pixel format, a
planar 4:2:0 YCrCb format.
Content Providers
- New
AlarmClockprovider class for setting an alarm
or handling an alarm. The provider contains a
action and extras that can be used to start an Activity to set a new alarm in an
alarm clock application. Applications that wish to receive the
SET_ALARMIntent should create an activity that requires the
the SET_ALARM permission. Applications that wish to create a new
alarm should use
Context.startActivity(), so that the user has the option of choosing
which alarm clock application to use.
MediaStoresupports a new Intent action,
PLAY_FROM_SEARCH, that lets an application search for music media and
automatically play content from the result when possible. For example, an
application could fire this Intent as the result of a voice recognition command
to listen to music.
MediaStorealso adds a new
MEDIA_IGNORE_FILENAMEflag that tells the media
scanner to ignore media in the containing directory and its subdirectories.
Developers can use this to avoid having graphics appear in the Gallery and
likewise prevent application sounds and music from showing up in the Music
- The
Settingsprovider adds the new Activity actions
MANAGE_ALL_APPLICATIONS_SETTINGS, which let an application show the details
screen for a specific application or show the Manage Applications screen.
- The
ContactsContractprovider adds the
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.SipAddressdata kind, for
storing a contact's SIP (Internet telephony) address.
- The
LocationManagernow tracks application
requests that result in wake locks or wifi locks according to
WorkSource, a system-managed class that identifies the
LocationManagerkeeps track
of all clients requesting periodic updates, and tells its providers
about them as a
WorkSourceparameter, when setting their minimum
update times.
The network location provider uses
WorkSourceto track the
wake and wifi locks initiated by an application and adds it to the application's
battery usage reported in Manage Applications.
- The
LocationManageradds several new methods that
let an Activity register to receive periodic or one-time location updates based
on specified criteria (see below).
- A new
Criteriaclass lets an application specify a
set of criteria for selecting a location provider. For example, providers may be
ordered according to accuracy, power usage, ability to report altitude, speed,
and bearing, and monetary cost.
- Android 2.3 adds a new
supports OBB (Opaque Binary Blob) files. Although platform support for OBB is
available in Android 2.3, development tools for creating and managing OBB files
will not be availble until early 2011.
- The Android 2.3 platform adds official support for devices that do not
include SD cards (although it provides virtual SD Card partition, when no
physical SD card is available). A convenience method,
isExternalStorageRemovable(), lets applications
determine whether a physical SD card is present.
Package Manager
- New constants for declaring hardware and software features. See the list in
the New Feature Constants section, below.
PackageInfoadds new
lastUpdateTimefields that store the time of the
package installation and last update.
- New
getProviderInfo()method for retrieving all of the information known about
a particular content provider class.
- The
TelephonyManageradds the constant
NETWORK_TYPE_EVDO_Bfor specifying the CDMA
EVDO Rev B network type.
- New
getPsc()method returns
the primary scrambling code of the serving cell on a UMTS network.
Native access to Activity lifecycle, windows
Android 2.3 exposes a broad set of APIs to applications that use native
code. Framework classes of interest to such applications include:
NativeActivityis a new type of Activity class, whose
lifecycle callbacks are implemented directly in native code. A
NativeActivityand its underlying native code run in the system
just as do other Activities — specifically they run in the Android
application's system process and execute on the application's main UI thread,
and they receive the same lifecycle callbacks as do other Activities.
- New
InputQueueclass and callback interface lets native
code manage event queueing.
- New
SurfaceHolder.Callback2interface lets native code
manage a
- New
takeSurface()methods in
Windowlet native code manage
events and surfaces.
For full information on working with native code or to download the NDK,
see the Android NDK page.
Dalvik Runtime
removes several classes that were previously deprecated.
- Dalvik core libraries:
- New collections:
- New
copyOfRange(), and others.
- More complete network APIs:
Fileread and write controls
- Improved
javax.net.sslserver sockets.
- New collections:
New manifest elements and attributes
- New
xlargeScreensattribute for
element, to indicate whether the application supports
extra large screen form-factors. For details, see Supporting Multiple
- New values for
android:screenOrientationattribute of
"reverseLandscape"— The Activity would like to have the
screen in landscape orientation, turned in the opposite direction from normal
"reversePortait"— The Activity would like to have the
screen in portrait orientation, turned in the opposite direction from normal
"sensorLandscape"— The Activity would like to have the
screen in landscape orientation, but can use the sensor to change which
direction the screen is facing.
"sensorPortrait"— The Activity would like to have the
screen in portrait orientation, but can use the sensor to change which direction
the screen is facing.
"fullSensor"— Orientation is determined by a physical
orientation sensor: the display will rotate based on how the user moves the
device. This allows any of the 4 possible rotations, regardless of what the
device will normally do (for example some devices won't normally use 180 degree
New Permissions
com.android.permission.SET_ALARM— Allows an application
to broadcast an Intent to set an alarm for the user. An Activity that handles
SET_ALARMIntent action
should require this permission.
android.permission.USE_SIP— Allows an application to use
SIP APIto make or receive internet calls.
android.permission.NFC— Allows an application to use the
NFC APIto make or receive internet calls.
New Feature Constants
The platform adds several new hardware features that developers can declare
in their application manifests as being required by their applications. This
lets developers control how their application is filtered, when published on
Android Market.
android.hardware.audio.low_latency— The application uses a low-latency
audio pipeline on the device and is sensitive to delays or lag in sound input or
android.hardware.camera.front— The application uses a front-facing
camera on the device.
— The application uses NFC radio features in the device.
android.hardware.sensor.barometer— The application uses the device's
android.hardware.sensor.gyroscope— The application uses the device's
gyroscope sensor.
— The application uses the SIP API on the device.
android.software.sip.voip— The application uses a SIP-based VOIP
service on the device.
android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.jazzhand— The application uses
advanced multipoint multitouch capabilities on the device screen, for tracking
up to five points fully independently.
For full information about how to declare features and use them for
filtering, see the documentation for
API differences report
For a detailed view of all API changes in Android 2.3 (API
Level 9), see the API
Differences Report.
API Level
The Android 2.3 platform delivers an updated version of
the framework API. The Android 2.3 API
is assigned an integer identifier —
9 — that is
stored in the system itself. This identifier, called the "API Level", allows the
system to correctly determine whether an application is compatible with
the system, prior to installing the application.
To use APIs introduced in Android 2.3 in your application,
you need compile the application against the Android library that is provided in
the Android 2.3 SDK platform. Depending on your needs, you might
also need to add an
attribute to the
<uses-sdk> element in the application's
manifest. If your application is designed to run only on Android 2.3 and higher,
declaring the attribute prevents the application from being installed on earlier
versions of the platform.
For more information about how to use API Level, see the API Levels document.
Built-in Applications
The system image included in the downloadable platform provides these
built-in applications:
The system image included in the downloadable SDK platform provides a variety of
built-in locales. In some cases, region-specific strings are available for the
locales. In other cases, a default version of the language is used. The
languages that are available in the Android 2.3 system
image are listed below (with language_country/region locale
Note: The Android platform may support more
locales than are included in the SDK system image. All of the supported locales
are available in the Android Open Source
Emulator Skins
The downloadable platform includes a set of emulator skins that you can use
for modeling your application in different screen sizes and resolutions. The
emulator skins are:
- QVGA (240×320, low density, small screen)
- WQVGA400 (240×400, low density, normal screen)
- WQVGA432 (240×432, low density, normal screen)
- HVGA (320×480, medium density, normal screen)
- WVGA800 (480×800, high density, normal screen)
- WVGA854 (480×854 high density, normal screen)
For more information about how to develop an application that displays
and functions properly on all Android-powered devices, see Supporting Multiple
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This year at October in London will be the first barcamp around android technologies and developing!
A two day barcamp and conference exploring all aspects of developing for Android mobile devices.
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API Level: 8
Android 2.2 is a minor platform release including user
features, developer features, API changes, and bug
fixes. For information on developer features and API changes, see the
Framework API section.
For developers, the Android 2.2 platform is available as a
downloadable component for the Android SDK. The downloadable platform includes a
fully compliant Android library and system image, as well as a set of emulator
skins, sample applications, and more. The downloadable platform
includes no external libraries.
To get started developing or testing against the Android
2.2 platform, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager tool to
download the platform into your SDK. For more information,
see Adding SDK
Components. If you are new to Android, download the SDK Starter Package
Platform Highlights
For a list of new user features and platform highlights, see the Android
2.2 Platform Highlights document.
The sections below provide notes about successive releases of
the Android 2.2 platform component for the Android SDK, as denoted by
revision number. To determine what revision(s) of the Android
2.2 platforms are installed in your SDK environment, refer to
the "Installed Packages" listing in the Android SDK and AVD Manager.
Android 2.2, Revision 1 (May 2010)
- Dependencies:
- Requires SDK Tools r6 or higher.
- Tools:
- Adds support for building with Android library projects. See SDK Tools, r6 for information.
API Level
The Android 2.2 platform delivers an updated version of
the framework API. The Android 2.2 API
is assigned an integer identifier —
8 — that is
stored in the system itself. This identifier, called the "API Level", allows the
system to correctly determine whether an application is compatible with
the system, prior to installing the application.
To use APIs introduced in Android 2.2 in your
application, you need to set the proper value, "8″, in the
android:minSdkVersion attributes of the
element in your application's manifest.
For more information about how to use API Level, see the API Levels document.
Framework API Changes
The sections below provide information about changes made to the application
framework API provided by the Android 2.2 platform.
App installation on external storage media
The Android platform now allows applications to request installation onto the
device's external storage media (such as the SD card), as an alternative to
installation onto the device's internal memory.
Application developers can express the preferred installation location for
their applications by means of a new attribute of
in the manifest file,
. The attribute supports three values:
"preferExternal", and
"auto". At install time, the system checks the value of
android:installLocation and installs the application
.apk according to the preferred location, if possible. If the
application has requested external installation, the system installs it into a
private, encrypted partition in the external media. Once an application .apk is
installed externally, the system lets the user change the storage location of
the .apk and move it onto the device's internal memory if needed (and vice
versa), through Manage Applications in the user settings.
By default, the system installs all applications onto the device's internal
memory, except for those that explicitly request external installation. This
means that the system will always install legacy applications onto internal
memory, since they do not have access to the
android:installLocation attribute. However, it is possible to
configure and compile a legacy application such that it is installed internally
on older versions of the platform and externally on Android 2.2 and later
platforms, if necessary.
Note that requesting installation onto the device's external media is not
suitable for all applications, particularly because the external media may be
removable and unmounting/remounting may disrupt the user experience and system
For more information about setting a preferred install location for your
application, including a discussion of what types of applications should and
should not request external installation, please read the App Install Location
Data backup
The platform now provides a generalized backup service that
applications can use to backup and restore user data, to ensure that users can
maintain their data when switching devices or reinstalling the application. The
Backup Manager handles the work of transporting the application data to and from
the backup storage area in the cloud. The Backup Manager can store any type of
data, from arbitrary data to files, and manages backup and restore operations
in an atomic manner. For more information, see Data Backup.
- New OpenGL ES 2.0 APIs in
- New
ETC1Util, and
ETC1Util.ETC1Textureclasses and utility methods for using ETC1 for texture compression.
- New
- New
YUV image format APIto enable compression from YUV to JPEG and manipulation of YUV data.
- New APIs in
android.media.AudioManagerfor managing audio focus, transport control, transient loss of audio focus, ducking.
- New broadcast intent for routing audio to SCO —
ACTION_SCO_AUDIO_STATE_CHANGEDwith extras indicating new state.
- New APIs in
SoundPoolto detect completion of sound-loading.
- New APIs in
SoundPoolfor auto pause and resume.
- New APIs in
MediaRecorderfor specifying audio settings for number of channels, encoding and sampling rates, sampling rate.
- New APIs for adding files to the media database, so that they are automatically scanned. See
Speech recognition and third-party recognition engines
- The platform provides new speech-recognition APIs that allow applications to have a richer interaction with the available voice recognizer. For example, the APIs are sufficient to integrate voice recognition deeply into an IME.
- The platform also provides a
RecognitionServicebase class that lets third-party developers create plug-in recognition engines.
- New
RecognitionListenerinterface to receive callbacks.
- New
RecognizerIntentextras that let a requester app specify details as preferred language, minimum length in milliseconds, and so on.
Camera and camcorder
- Changes to camera preview API to improve efficieny of preview pipeline.
- New display orientation for camera (it can now work in portrait orientation).
- New APIs in
android.hardware.Camerafor managing zoom level.
- New APIs
android.hardware.Camera.Parametersfor querying and setting device camera settings such as focal length, exposure, zoom level, view angle, and others.
- New
thumbnailutility for video and image thumbnails.
- New
CamcorderProfileclasses enable apps to determine device hardware camera capablities.
- New support in
android.media.ExifInterfacefor retrieving GPS and focal length.
Device policy manager
New device policy management APIs allow developers to write "device
administrator" applications that can control security features of the device,
such as the minimum password strength, data wipe, and so on. Users can select
the administrators that are enabled on their devices. For more information, see
android.app.admin classees or the example
application code in DeviceAdminSample.java.
UI Framework
- New UI modes "car mode" and "night mode" and
UiModeManagerlet applications adjust their application UI for specific user modes.
- New
ScaleGestureDetectorthat lets Views detect and handle transformation gestures that involve more than one pointer (multitouch) using the supplied MotionEvents.
- Improvements in the way that multitouch events are reported in
- The layout attribute
fill_parentis renamed to
match_parent. This affects both XML and Java code (see
ViewGroup.LayoutParams). Note that the platform will continue to honor uses of
fill_parentin legacy applications.
- New layout attributes
tabStripRight, and
tabStripLeftlet developers customize the bottom strip of TabWidgets.
- Better support for managed dialogs in Activity.
Accounts and sync
- New method
AddPeriodicSync()lets you schedule a periodic sync with a specific account, authority, and extras at the given frequency.
New manifest elements and attributes
- For specifying the application's preferred install location (see App Installation on External Storage Media, above):
- New
android:installLocationattribute of the
<manifest>element. Specifies the default install location defined by an application.
- New
- For managing user data backup (see Backup manager, above, for more information):
- New
android:backupAgentattribute of the
<application>element. Specifies the component name of the
BackupAgent subclass provided by the application to handle backup/restore
operations, if any.
- New
android:restoreAnyVersionattribute of the
<application>element. Boolean value that indicates whether
the application is prepared to attempt a restore of any backed-up dataset, even
if the backup is apparently from a newer version of the application than is
currently installed on the device.
- New
- For managing the platform's JIT compiler:
- New
android:vmSafeModeattribute of the
<application>element. Boolean value that specifies whether to disable JIT compiler optimizations when running the application.
- New
android.permission.BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN— Any device administration broadcast receiver must require this permission, to ensure that only the system can interact with it.
android.permission.KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES— Allows an application to call
android.permission.BIND_WALLPAPER— Any
WallpaperServicemust require this permission, to ensure that only the system can interact with it.
android.permission.SET_TIME— Allows an application to set the system time.
API differences report
For a detailed view of all API changes in Android 2.2 (API
Level 8), see the API
Differences Report.
Built-in Applications
The system image included in the downloadable platform provides these
built-in applications:
The system image included in the downloadable platform provides a variety of
built-in locales. In some cases, region-specific strings are available for the
locales. In other cases, a default version of the language is used. The
languages that are available in the Android 2.2 system
image are listed below (with language_country/region locale
Localized UI strings match the locales that are accessible
through Settings.
Emulator Skins
The downloadable platform includes a set of emulator skins that you can use
for modeling your application in different screen sizes and resolutions. The
emulator skins are:
- QVGA (240×320, low density, small screen)
- WQVGA (240×400, low density, normal screen)
- FWQVGA (240×432, low density, normal screen)
- HVGA (320×480, medium density, normal screen)
- WVGA800 (480×800, high density, normal screen)
- WVGA854 (480×854 high density, normal screen)
For more information about how to develop an application that displays
and functions properly on all Android-powered devices, see Supporting Multiple
Microsoft vs Google Phase 2
by flotruglio on mag.18, 2010, under are you curious?
After Bing search engine, microsoft tells about Wave4 the new hotmail service with a lot a new features… watch this introducing video
Android Emulator Controller (.net)
by flotruglio on apr.30, 2010, under Android, C#, Developers
one of our developers is working on a project to create a handler for the Android emulator that solves the annoying problem that every day we slow down!
read the full story on his blog "Android Emulator Controller"
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6237 - Malone University Spring Semester Art Exhibits
6237| December 9, 2011
The Malone University College of Theology, Arts, and Sciences – Department of Visual Arts will hold the following art exhibits throughout the Spring Semester of 2012. The McFadden and Fountain Galleries are located within the Johnson Center for Worship and the Fine Arts. Art in a Case is located within the Cattell Library, all on the campus at 2600 Cleveland Avenue N.W. in Canton. The exhibits are free and open to the public.
McFadden Gallery: January 9-31
McFadden Gallery presents the colored pencil work of Sharon Frank Mazgaj. Using vibrant color Mazgaj captures memories of yesteryear. The works incorporate antiques, figurines, and dolls from her collections and often include a face. She feels this gives the work a sense of personality and whimsy.
Mazgaj is an active member of the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA) and she exhibits her artwork in local and international juried art exhibits. She has received numerous awards for her work and is included in Stark ARThology, published by Indigo Ink Press of Canton. The work will be on display from January 9 through 31.
Fountain Gallery: January 9 - February 27
Fountain Gallery of Malone University presents the Second Annual Exhibit of R.S.V.P., a writing and visual art exchange project. Bridging the gap between the right brain and the left brain, R.S.V.P. involves ten students, half of whom are visual artists with the other half being writers. Participants are randomly paired in to five artist/writer duos. Each writer is to respond to a visual artwork with a piece of poetry or prose. Each artist responds to a written work in a visual medium such as paint, fiberarts, or photography. The resulting 20 pieces will be on display in the Fountain Gallery January 9 through February 27 with a reception on January 19 from 4-6 p.m.
March 12- April 20
The Fountain Gallery is exhibiting the oil paintings of Lynn Digby of Alliance. Digby considers herself a contemporary realist, finding harmony in complexity. The subjects of her work include still lifes, landscapes and portraits, with elaborate patterning and saturated color. When working with still life and landscape she is looking to communicate a calmness and serenity. Her portraiture has a similar focus where she strives to reveal the authenticity of the person.
A former art teacher, Digby now has a studio located in Second April Gallery in the downtown Canton Arts District. Her work will be on display March 12 until April 20.
January 9 - February 29
Art-in-a-Case presents the graphic and collage works of Julie Mader-Meersman from January 9 through February 29. She produces mixed media works that focus on personal narrative and experience, domestic life, and the visual and physical properties of words and books. Mader-Meersman teaches art in Alexandria, Kentucky and has had her work published in graphic design journals as well as in art books. She exhibits often in the United States and has work in several public and private collections. Malone University is pleased to exhibit her work from January 9 until February 29.
March 12 - April 20
Art-in-a-Case presents Fabric Handbags by Joanne Stock of Ludington, Michigan. A former high school science teacher and long time sewer and quilter, Stock uses her skills to create unique handbags embellished with beads, buttons and classy hardware and handles. Her work will be on display in the Case located in Everett Cattell Library from March 12 through April 20.
For more information or photos, visit our Department of Visual Arts.
Malone University, a Christian university for the arts, sciences, and professions in the liberal arts tradition, affiliated with the Evangelical Friends Church, awards both undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 100 academic programs. Malone is recognized by the prestigious Templeton Foundation as a leader in character development, named an NAIA Champions of Character Five Star Award winner, and is ranked among the top colleges and universities in the Midwest under the category Regional Universities according to U.S.News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2011.
Suzanne Thomas, APR
Director of University Relations
Malone University
2600 Cleveland Avenue N.W., Canton, OH, 44709
Phone: 330-471-8239
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Samuel Davies in Colonial Virginia
Samuel Davies (1723-1761) was a New Light Presbyterian minister and president of the College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University). Born in Delaware and ordained as a minister in 1747, he traveled to Virginia as an iterant evangelist. In 1748, he accepted a position at a church in Hanover and eventually served fourteen churches in rural Virginia. In 1759, he left Virginia to become the president of the College of New Jersey, serving until his death in 1761.
As a New Light minister in Virginia, he spread the spiritually egalitarian theology of the Great Awakening to Virginia's rural white and slave populations. He also coordinated a campaign to teach slaves to read in order to advance their religious development. Both of these moves challenged the hierarchical foundations of Virginia's social and religious establishment. While Davies never attacked the institution of slavery directly, the Virginia evangelicals who followed in his path did question the compatibility of New Light theology's egalitarian premises with the practice of human slavery.


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In this April 11, 2011 photo, a boy rides a square wheel tricycle at a math exhibit at the Museum of Nature & Science at Fair Park in Dallas. Glen Whitney, a former hedge-fund is planning to open the only museum in the United States dedicated to mathematics. MoMath, which will center on the wonders of mathematics and its connections with art, science and finance, is scheduled to open in New York City sometime in 2012, with the help of a $2 million grant from Google. The two executives have been testing the waters of creating a museum of mathematics for nearly two years with MathMidway, a traveling exhibit that has been shown in seven cities, and counting. It is currently at the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas through May 10, where school children recently scampered through the kind of carnival themed, brightly colored exhibits planned for MoMath. (AP Photo/LM Otero)


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CEE Morning Briefing: FX Eyed Amid EU Summit, Monetary Moves
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- Midnight Wed/2300 Hungary's Richter 4Q earnings
- 0830/0730 Hungary January foreign currency reserves
- 0900/0800 Hungary December industrial output
- 1130/1030 Hungary government bond auction
- 1230/1130 Poland to auction PLN4B-PLN6B in bonds
- 1600/1500 Hungary January budget balance
Regional foreign exchange markets are set for volatility early Thursday on Hungarian data and following central bank news out of Poland and the Czech Republic.
Additionally, the European Union summit in Brussels on the bloc's budget through 2020 is likely to produce news on how politicians view the recent strength in the euro, which could easily have a spillover effect in central European markets.
In Warsaw, the central bank Wednesday cut rates for the fourth time in a row in a bid to spur economic growth.
And in Prague, the Czech central bank kept rates steady but the koruna posted its strongest rally in five months after Miroslav Singer, the governor of the country's central bank, said the planned foreign exchange intervention, envisaged in mid-2013, may not be needed.
"The change is due to monetary easing via the exchange rate that has already happened," Mr. Singer said, adding that markets have already eased conditions by allowing koruna weakening.
In Budapest, Hungary's December industrial output, adjusted for seasonal factors, fell 3.4% on the year and was worse than expected.
Hungary is also set to auction 45 billion Hungarian forints ($209.6 million) worth of three-year, five-year and 10-year government bonds. However, this time the auctions could result in increased yields amid relatively low interest due to Hungary's planned foreign-currency issuance expected at the end of this week, traders said.
Hungarian drug maker Richter Gedeon Nyrt.'s fourth-quarter net income jumped 53% on year in forint terms, helped mainly by gains from a re-valuation of loans and an ongoing streamlining of units, the company's earnings report showed Thursday.
CZECH REPUBLIC: The Czech koruna strengthened sharply Wednesday after the country's central bank surprised investors with a statement that it didn't plan to intervene in the currency market.
Market participants had been shorting the koruna, placing bets that the currency would decline, in expectation that the central bank would directly depreciate the currency as a policy tool to support growth and push inflation lower. But surprising some investors, Czech Central Bank Governor Miroslav Singer said the koruna had already weakened since the last central bank meeting last year, and there was little need for the bank to ease the exchange rate.
POLAND: The National Bank of Poland Wednesday reduced its interest rates for the fourth time in a row but backed away from suggestions that further cuts were imminent.
"We're not suggesting that there won't be a rate cut in March," central bank governor Marek Belka told a press conference. Equally, Mr. Belka also said the central bank isn't yet in a wait-and-see phase of the cycle, which would be a prelude to a change of bias from easing to neutral, but "monetary policy easing shouldn't be about mechanical cuts to interest rates."
HUNGARY: European Union leaders, shelving a push by some nations for a far-reaching overhaul of the way the bloc spends money, appear set to adopt a budget of roughly 1 trillion euros ($1.36 trillion) that instead protects agriculture and an array of other traditional areas.
Despite the pressure for a deal, talks still could get hung up. Hungary, the Czech Republic and some Baltic countries are alarmed by planned reductions to regional spending, as these cuts would hit some of their worst-off regions hardest.
ROMANIA: Romania has planned a series of investor meetings ahead of a potential dollar-denominated bond issue, one of the banks running the deal said Wednesday.
Barclays BNP Paribas Citigroup and HSBC are arranging a number of fixed income investor meetings across Europe and the United States commencing Feb. 11.
Veronika Gulyas in Budapest contributed to this article.
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DETROIT (AP) -- More than 60 custom and high-end cars are expected to roll on a secret route through Detroit as part of a timed, two-state road rally.
The MotorCity Gumball Rally started Saturday morning at the Motor City Casino, where drivers were given clues to find timed checkpoints. Organizers say speeding is prohibited and hurts drivers' chances of winning the rally.
The route will take them to Indianapolis to end the event's first day. Drivers also will navigate a secret route in Indianapolis beginning Sunday morning to find timed checkpoints.
The rally is expected to end Sunday evening at Grosse Ile Municipal Airport, southwest of Detroit.
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NORWICH, N.Y.�� The Poland Tornadoes are heading back to Cortland to compete for another state championship next weekend. Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville�s Wolves and Canajoharie�s Cougars will not be joining them.
The Tornadoes, New York�s reigning Class D champions, punched their return ticket to the Final Four with a 4-0 shutout of Section IV champion Milford at Norwich High School Saturday. Sophomore striker Mikayla Blumenstock had a hat trick for Section III Poland (17-2-0) and Tara Seigle scored the other goal. Courtney Green (one) and Claire Lepper (*two) combined to make three saves in the shutout.
Poland�s semifinal opponent will Eldred of Section IX after the Yellowjackets edged Section II champion Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville 2-1 at Middletown High School. Jessi Hagadorn scored first for the Wolves but Eldred tied the match before halftime and notched the winning goal late in the second half.
The other Class D semifinal features Section VII Chazy and Section V Jasper-Troupsburg.
Canajoharie, a first-time Section II champion, was beaten 3-1 by Section VII Northern Adirondack in its Class C regional in Plattsburgh; Hannah Bowerman scored on a direct kick for the Cougars to tie the score at 1 early in the second half.
The rest of the Class C Final Four includes undefeated Section IV champion Lansing, a regional winner over Beaver River from Section III, Section I Haldane, which advanced in a regional shootout, and Section VI Holland, Northern Adirondack�s semifinal opponent.
Sites have yet to be announced for Saturday�s semifinals which will be spread among Cortland and Homer high schools, SUNY-Cortland and Tompkins-Cortland Community College. The Class C matches are set for 9:30 a.m. and the Class D contests will start at noon.
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DARTMOUTH — Doctors from across the SouthCoast will join representatives from the Schwartz Center for Children and BayCoast Bank in the upcoming New Bedford half marathon, in an effort called 'Pushing Beyond Limits' to raise awareness of the services offered at the center.
Runners are organized into teams. Each team will push a child who attends the Schwartz Center along the course that traverses the city of New Bedford.
"I'm an avid runner. It feels good at my age to be able to do things that other people half my age can't do. I didn't start running until I was in my 50's. I am 70 years-old now and I run several charity races per year. I like to run long distance rather than sprints. Marathons are very much like life; you have to be able to go the distance.
I think that it is very fitting for me to be 'Pushing Beyond Limits' with the Schwartz Center in the New Bedford half marathon this year. I hope to be an inspiration to others." said Dr. Donald Clukies, who is running with the Schwartz Center for the first time this year.
A long-time supporter of the 'Pushing Beyond Limits' effort is Dr. Robert Caldas, who said "I love helping out at the marathon...I don't often get a chance to donate my time so this is the perfect opportunity for me. Aside from that, I love seeing the kids and the look on their faces and the support they receive from so many dedicated people."
Another key supporter, Paul Mello, vice president and business development officer at BayCoast Bank commented, "I'm involved in so many worthwhile community events, but this one really touches my heart. The kids get to be part of something special."
BayCoast Bank operates 16 branches on the SouthCoast, including two in New Bedford and one Fairhaven. A true community bank, BayCoast takes pride in supporting the health and well-being of the communities it serves.
The Schwartz Center for Children is a nonprofit organization at 1 Posa Place in Dartmouth. It has been serving children with a variety of special medical and developmental needs from birth to age 21 in Southeastern Massachusetts since 1947.
Services include a Day School, Early Intervention Program, Outpatient Rehabilitation Services, Regional Consultation Program, Pediatric Specialty Clinics, and a variety of other programs.
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A Kentucky Salute to Abraham Lincoln
The Lincoln Bicentennial Gala celebrates the 200th anniversary of Lincolns birth with a concert event featuring actor Sam Waterston, the Louisville Orchestra, and Metropolitan Opera star Angela Brown. Taped in February 2008 at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville, the program is hosted by award-winning journalist and Louisville native, Bob Edwards.
The Louisville Orchestra, conducted by Jorge Mester, and the Kentucky Opera Studio Artists open the program with The Battle Hymn of the Republic. A special feature of the gala is a dramatic presentation of Lincolns own words and image by Waterston and noted Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer. This portion of the program is available online as a Lincoln education resource.
Met star Brown performs two spirituals and Three Prayers from the opera, Margaret Garner. The program concludes with the orchestras premiere of a composition by Peter Schickele, Lincoln at Ease, featuring tenor Daniel Weeks; banjo player Tony Trishka; Schickele on harmonica; and narration by Edwards.
This production was funded in part by the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, the Kentucky Historical Society, and the Kentucky Arts Council.


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We don't only bring you great free applications and tools here at MakeUseOf. We also understand that you like your downtime too, and what better way to waste some time than with some free open source games?
Maybe you're a fan of cutesy 2D platformers? Or do you prefer staring down the barrel of a shotgun and shouting "pwned" after every kill? What about strategy games that require careful planning and a tendency to start wars?
Whatever your thing you're bound to find something you like amongst this lot. All the games featured here have received updates within the last year, are cross-compatible on all 3 major platforms (and some even go beyond that) and won't cost you a penny. Forget work, let's have some fun!
Cube 2: Sauerbraten
Sauerbraten (meaning "pot roast" in German) is a manic, fast-paced first person shooter which evolved from the original Cube. The designers have set-out not to achieve the most eye-candy, but to bring a very interesting concept to the table: in-game map editing.
This means you and your buddies can collaborate together, creating, tweaking and building a map that suits you, without having to render it afterwards.
The gameplay is split into single player episodic campaigns and a variety of multiplayer modes including classics such as free for all, capture the flag and instagib (one shot kills). You can also play the multiplayer modes offline, with bots.
The video above demonstrates the frantic nature of the game, so if you're a fan of old-school Quake 3 style gameplay you'll probably want to check it out.
Originally established as a modification for Microsoft's Age of Empires II, 0 A.D. is a real-time strategy game focusing on the years 500 BC to 500 AD. The first part deals solely with 500 BC to 0AD, with the second part still in development.
Not only are the graphics impressive but the game attempts to be as historically accurate as possible, filling you in on ancient history as you go. There are 6 civilizations to choose from (including Celts, Romans, Persians, Hellenes, Iberians and Carthanigians) each of which have their own attributes, building models and of course units.
The game places a fair bit of emphasis on the military element, so if you're a war-mongering cyber tyrant there should be enough here to keep you gripped for a while. Currently in Alpha, the game is buggy and incomplete, but a project certainly worth keeping a close eye on.
Frogatto & Friends
Recently released for the iPhone and iPod Touch (for a small fee, I might add) Frogatto & Friends is a jump-and-run 2D side scrolling platformer and free to play on your PC. You control a delightfully pixellated amphibian named Frogatto, guiding him through colourful levels riddled with monsters.
Interestingly, the team recently announced a multiplayer mode, which despite not being finished yet suggests a few modes including races, deathmatch and co-operative gameplay.
The single player game is finished and fully playable, and has received plenty of praise from reviewers (many of which were reviewing the paid version from the AppStore).
Development originally began in 1996, and the FlightGear project reached its landmark version 2.0 in early 2010. I'm not sure if flight simulators are still "in" (they just seemed to drop off the radar, so to speak) but this one packs a decent punch without the price tag.
There are over 350 aircrafts to play with, and over 300 liveries based on real designs. You can take to the skies in everything from a Boeing 737 commercial jet to an early 1903 Wright Flyer. There are three Flight Dynamics Models to choose from, over 20,000 real airports, dynamic lighting and highly accurate terrain that spans the globe.
You can even have a multi-monitor set-up and fly around with your friends in network mode. Yes, and it's free!
For anyone who spent a decent portion of their childhood (or college days) playing Worms comes Hedgewars, only the worms are now pink hedgehogs and the game is completely free.
This one does a very good job of cloning the popular Team 17 turn-based classic, specifically Worms Armageddon. The game includes many of the same weapons, including the bazooka, dynamite and fire punch as well as others masquerading under different names.
Much like the original you can customize your team, changing their names, voices, gravestones, forts and hats. The game includes randomly generated maps, and if you want to create your own you can do so with .PNG files.
Game modes include single player versus the computer, tutorial modes, local multiplayer and online multiplayer. The whole package makes a worthy replacement for your favourite invertebrate-blasting classic.
Warzone 2100
Many of you may remember this one from long ago, when it was originally released as a commercial game for the PC and PlayStation in April 1999. It's now free, open-source and has reached version 2.3.5.
The earth has been ravaged by nuclear war and all but a few humans are left. You must use your units to co-ordinate attacks and defeat your enemies within the time limit.
What makes Warzone 2100 a bit different from your usual real time strategy game is the unit design system, which allows you to pick chassis, drive systems and mounted objects for each unit. There are also over 400 different technologies to research, each adding more customization options.
There's also a multiplayer mode, though seeing as there's no real server browser you're going to need to trawl the official IRC channel (#warzone2100-games on irc.freenode.net) for worthy opponents.
You've probably heard of World of Warcraft, the most popular massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) that exists today – but you're also probably aware that it's not free.
Once you've purchased the game and a couple of add-ons you've also got to pay a subscription to enter Blizzard's crack-like virtual world. Enter PlaneShift, the completely free-for-life MMORPG.
Ok, so it's not quite got the graphics and 12 million players that make up the WoW community, but it's enough to give you a sample of the world of massively multiplayer games. You've got the usual player verses environment and player versus player (PvP) as well as a quick character creation mode and the more advanced custom mode which includes family ties, backstory and skills which all affect your character's outcome.
There are several types of currency with which to trade, much of which can be earned on the many quests and tasks the game has laid out for you. If you're new to MMORPGs and don't fancy sacrificing your credit card details to the big bad Blizzard, PlaneShift isn't a bad option.
Steel Storm: Episode I
Straight from the top-down arcade shooter school of video games, Steel Storm is a frantic single and multiplayer shoot 'em up coming in two parts. Part I is completely free, and will remain so whilst Part II will require a small fee once it has been released.
Set in an alternate universe, you've got control of a futuristic hovertank with all the latest in fictional military hardware. It is then up to you to use your firepower to destroy hordes of extra-terrestrial invaders. You know, the usual stuff.
The game takes advantage of the free DarkPlaces 3D engine and the models, world and visual effects marry well with the game's fast pace. There's even an in-game mission editor included, to create your own campaigns from scratch.
Further Free Gaming
There's plenty of other great free projects out there, and we've highlighted a couple in the past. Simon picked 5 of the best first person shooters, whilst if you're a Transport Tycoon veteran there's a couple of freeware alternatives you can choose from.
There's also a decent selection of free games that make up part of a retail series to occupy your time, and if you're after some more MMO action then maybe you should try one of these three. There's even a decent selection of Mario clones.
Last of all if you fancy giving it a go yourself, there's a decent selection of free tools to help you on your way.
Did any of these games take your fancy? Any other free games you know of that rock? Fill us in with the details in the comments!
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Maybe I'm wrong, but I felt that many people, including myself, thought that this was not an EPEL issue but a FPC issue and should be pushed to them instead.Jeff Sheltren wrote:I'm all for playing nice with other repos, but I still believe that trying to work out all the technical and political issues is far moretrouble than it is worth.Jeff, I think I know where you're coming from, but you simply can't have it both ways. One either plays nice or not. Frankly, if someone feels that they don't think it important to play nice (and do the right thing, imo), I would rather they not be involved in this project.
I mean really, EPEL is not "Joe's EPEL" it is "Fedora EPEL" and if Fedora as a whole can't/won't adopt this proposal, why should it be our burden? We are simply lower minions of the entire Fedora hierarchy working specifically on EPEL.
I think Axel's proposal still has merit, but the right thing is to throw it to FPC. And nothing in the vote says that he can't. In fact, I hope he does.


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A Waterfall That Barks
> I am trying to configure my redhat fedora rc1 to allow incoming ftp
> connections.
> It's running headlesss, so I have to use line commands.
> I am using the setup utility, but no matter how many times I configure
> it (running as superuser) when I go back to look at the changes (using
> setup) they return to their former values.
I haven't done that on Fedora, but the Red Hat Linux tool firewall/security
utility always started from afresh when you ran it, it never loaded in the
old configuration for you to modify. It's confusing and not very helpful.
I ended up making a script of iptable commands to set my firewall options.
That gives me something with a permenent entry for my rules, and easily
modifiable (as well as I can add comments). I just run my script each time
I make a change to it. It applies the changes, and it saves the results
into the location that iptables looks for its configuration each time the
computer boots up (i.e. I don't have to run my script each boot time, only
when I make changes to it).
> What do I have to manually edit to allow incoming ftp via the firewall
> -- or how can I disable the firewall ?
Disabling a firewall isn't a brilliant idea in this day and age. Generally
it's port 20 and 21 used for FTP serving.
If you insist on e-mailing me, use the reply-to address (it's real but
temporary). But please reply to the group, like you're supposed to.
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