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- Address: 55–370 Kamehameha Highway, Laie 96762, USA
- Hours: Open Mon - Sat noon - 8pm
- Admission: $45 - $115
Polynesian Cultural Center
Hawaii means luaus, and some of the best and most authentic luaus in the Pacific are staged at the Polynesian Cultural Center. The center highlights the Polynesian cultures of many island people, including Hawaii, New Zealand, Tonga and Tahiti. Tour re-created villages then settle in to be wowed by the theatrical spectacle of the center's live cultural shows.
Watch a canoe pageant on the lagoon, taste the Polynesian flavors of an all-you-can-eat buffet luau, and stay on for the evening show of music, dance, theater and legend.
There are heaps of fun activities for children at the center. Get the lowdown on how to crack a coconut successfully, learn how to twirl poi balls, get a washable Maori tattoo and learn how to bowl Hawaiian style.
Practical Info
The Polynesian Cultural Center is in Laie, on Oahu's scenic north-east coast. It's around 38 miles (61 km) north of Waikiki. Rent a car and drive here in around 70 minutes, or arrange a Viator tour that includes free transport.
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Polynesian Cultural Center Luau
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MAR 29, 2013 - Futures Magazine
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A slump in the yen against the dollar may be behind the Tokyo Commodity Exchange's first profit in six years.
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A view of the full moc, well, I tried to take a picture of it, but it didn't really worked XD
Meanwhile, on the upper deck, a pirate is teaching swordfight to a young one, but as the picture is bad, I m not going to make it one of the 6 pictures so you can see it there
Under them, two pirates are playing cards while another one is putting some wood on the stove.
On the canon deck, one of the pirates is having a nap .
while another one is cleaning the floor
On the front deck, an old pirate is smoking while another is going inside.
Full gallery here : http://guss.teammu.c...lbum.php?id=156
I'm really sorry for the quality of the pictures and that I'm a little late, if it's too late and I can't enter, it's ok, then it's just a moc ^^
comments and critics of course welcome, even if it's already destroyed so I can't modify it ( my Lego are not packed for the moving) .
thanks everyone!
PS : I'm really really sorry for the quality of both the moc and the pictures, I could have done really better if I had times... but in February I'll have a little Lego workshop in my new apartment, YAY !
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MAR 27, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
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Pope reluctant to be pope: What does it mean?
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Updated 3:35 pm, Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Even after he became Argentina's top church official in 2001, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio never lived in the ornate church mansion that Pope John Paul II stayed in when visiting, preferring simple rooms in a downtown building, warmed by a small stove on frigid weekends when the heat was turned off.
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Everybody knows that the Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving, right? Well, probably not, but it was the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving that gave us our Thanksgiving holiday as we know it today.
The Pilgrims came to the New World looking for a way to worship God as they wished. They were not Puritans. Puritans wanted to change the Church of England to do away with its bishops but keep its ties to the government. The Puritans went on to settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Pilgrims at the Plymouth Colony were Separatists.
Chances are if you are studying colonial times, your teacher will assign a hands-on project. You could make a model of the Jamestown Fort or a copy of the Declaration of Independence-but why not try a craft that the colonists themselves would have done?
Every colonial family except for the very rich had to be able to make their own soap, candles, furniture, cloth, baskets, toys, and musical instruments. Below is one practical craft to try. Scroll down and check our lists of books and Web sites for more ideas.
Gather your family together for an hour or two of face-to-face gaming with a twist: you can make the games yourselves to match your family's interests.
On July 4th, burgers sizzle on the grill, and cold drinks are passed around. Happy dogs play with frisbees, and sunburned kids finally climb out of the pool. In the growing darkness, fireworks begin to crackle and zoom overhead. At last a special song starts playing, and everyone gets quiet as they remember the reason for the celebration.
Have you ever wanted to sail away across the water? For people today, sailing is something that's done for fun, but not so long ago sailing ships were the only practical way to travel across the vast oceans. For sailors to rely on only wind power called for courage, intelligence, stamina, and strength.
What kinds of people settled the new lands of America? They had their own ideas about laws, religion, and what makes a good government. They were, in a word, independent.
In 1776, England was faraway, and people on this side of the Atlantic were heartily sick and tired of paying taxes on top of taxes to finance England's empty treasury. They were tired, too, of losing money by having the Crown interfere with their trade overseas. The men in the assemblies shouted that King George was a tyrant, so the King's men stopped the assemblies. When they still protested, the King brought in the army, making the colonists put them up in their houses. Any crimes the soldiers committed against the colonists were handled in the King's court by the King's judges.
Twenty years before Jamestown was founded, over 100 women, men, and children came to Virginia to try their luck at starting a colony. They arrived on the stormy shores of what we know now as North Carolina. They were not the first to land there. Two years before, another group of colonists, all men, gave up trying to settle Roanoke Island and sailed back to England. The supply ships arrived too late to save the abandoned first colony, but they left behind fifteen soldiers to mind the fort who soon vanished into the wilds, driven off by an Indian attack.
In fall, the woods are filled with trees and squirrels and birds and perhaps outlaws with hearts of gold, if your imagination stretches far enough. In England, long ago there arose a legend of a man who lived in the forest with his band of other outlaws. The story goes they stole from the rich, gave to the poor, and fought for justice. Their legend continues to be told today.
"Look, Mom, a shell! A beautiful shell!"
If you go to the beach this summer, you may find dozens of seashells, each uniquely wonderful. Plan on filling a whole jar with your favorites: scallops and angel wings, whelks and sand dollars.
Sometimes, it seems like everybody goes hiking and camping in the great outdoors in the sticky, sweltering summertime. Those are the days when the bugs are at their worst, and the heat alone can leave you panting on the side of the trail before an hour is done. For an easier time of it, grab your gear in the spring or fall. Cooler days and mostly bug-free trails make for great hiking adventures, whether by the ocean or in the mountains. November 17 is Take a Hike Day, but any day is a good day to hike.


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SIKESTON --The Sikeston-Miner Convention and Visitors Bureau will have a new executive director next month.
The CVB Advisory Board has approved the appointment Lynne Williams of Sikeston to the position. Williams will officially begin work as director on April 1.
"Lynne was a natural choice for the position both for her back ground and personality, and the fact that she has served on the Convention and Visitor's Bureau's Advisory Board for the past several months, and is familiar with the CVB's operations," said Hillary Shields the current executive director. Shields resigned from the position in February after her husband accepted an unexpected job opportunity in Kansas City.
"The CVB Advisory Board and the Joint Tourism Commission are thrilled to have Lynne on board as executive director," said Cindy Friend, chairwoman of the CVB Advisory Board, said in the news release. "Her knowledge of our communities, as well as her natural warmth and personality, will be a wonderful asset to this position. She is anxious to carry on the promotion of both Sikeston and Miner in the area of tourism."
Williams, who moved to Sikeston as a teen, graduated from Sikeston High School in 1975 and returned to the community in 2004, said she is excited to have this opportunity to serve the area.
"This community is home to me," she said. "I want to further promote tourism in the area that will benefit the merchants, as well as the hoteliers and the restauranteurs."
As a child, Williams' family often moved, due to her father, Jesse Lacefield's, position as a manager at J.C. Penney. However, Sikeston was one of her favorite places to live, said Williams. "Sikeston was always near and dear to my heart," she said.
She has many ideas and is ready to hit the ground running in her new positions. "I'm looking forward to the challenge and opportunities that being the executive director of the Sikeston-Miner CVB will surely bring," said Williams. "I want to develop some interesting and exciting events for the upcoming 150th Anniversary Celebration for Sikeston. We have so much to look forward to with the new Drury Inn and the Steak & Shake being constructed in Miner and I am thrilled to be a part of this."
Shields said that she plans to work one-on-one with Williams to get her ready for the job. "I'm really excited to have the opportunity to train her," said Shields. She said some training may take place on evenings and weekends over the next two weeks, before Williams is the official director. Shields also said that, if needed, she will stay on into April to help Williams. Williams also brings a spirit of collaboration to the position, realizing the two communities must work together toward a common goal in order to be successful.
"I always welcome new ideas and suggestions," she said. "And I will make myself available to the people of Sikeston and Miner so that we can all work toward progress."


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The famous Cairo Opera House has successfully hosted a concert of classical music performed by young and talented Egyptian singer Maroua Amir (soprano).
Piano virtuoso was performed by our compatriot, honoured artist of Azerbaijan, professor of the Baku Music Academy, as well as professor and lecturer in piano at the Cairo Conservatoire Arzu Alaskarov, Gun.Az reports.
The performance of the Azerbaijani pianist and Egyptian singer was met with great enthusiasm and was accompanied by thunderous applause.
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McCleary Mayor Gary Dent announced to the residents of McCleary that his cancer had returned, despite aggressive treatment and a surgery. Dent had the skin on the back of his head removed and was feeling better, returning back to his regular duties.
However, Dent says the cancer had returned and, although he will not be available all the time, he still plans to continue in his post as mayor. Dent won re-election to his sixth term in November. Shortly thereafter, he says his doctor discovered he had cancer.
When Dent is not at City Hall, he says he has tapped Mayor Pro Tem Ben Ator to serve in his stead.
Dent tasked City Attorney Dan Glenn to write the following letter, which was distributed last week:
This has been prepared at the request of Mayor Dent so as to update the citizens of the city, including his fellow elected officials and city employees, as to his status and the future. However, since he has not reviewed it, hopefully it will properly summarize his comments to me, his situation and his goals. It should also be recognized that I have written this as someone who has known Gary for over 30 years, both as an elected official and as an interested citizen.
As we are all aware, the last year has been a very stressful period for the mayor, primarily as the result of the diagnosis of the presence of cancer and the treatment associated with seeking to "cure" it. The situation was not made any less stressful by the recent diagnosis that it has reappeared. He has made it clear to all who have attended meetings of the council and talked to him that he is hopeful the second round of treatment will resolve once and for all this health challenge. Anyone who has had cancer or has had a relative or friend going through this situation knows the stress and strain and the multiple effects these can have on one's pattern of life.
All of that being said, what Gary has determined is that one of the unfortunate results of all these factors is he had begun to consume too much alcohol with many of the effects that such use can have on one. As one would expects, given his style as a teacher and as mayor, he has decided to take the issue straight on by commencing intensive treatment to resolve his problem of overuse of alcohol. He anticipates that, after the first few days, the program of treatment will be carried out concurrently with the radiological treatment for the cancer return. During the very limited periods during treatment when he is not available, he has confidence in the ability of Mayor Pro Tem Ben Ator to fill in for him.
In the discussions with him, he has made it very clear he is looking forward to continuing to serve the citizens of the city as mayor and to live a good life in the town, for which he has made it very clear to me and others, he care for a great deal. He also expressed his appreciation for the aid, support and guidance so many of his friends have provided him during this time. Since things have moved so quickly, if anyone has a comment or question, feel free to give Jennie Reed, who has been so much help to Gary as he has worked through this, a call.
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Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness Charlie Marlow Quotes
Quote 85
"Perhaps I had a little fever, too. One can't live with one's finger everlastingly on one's pulse. I had often 'a little fever,' or a little touch of other things—the playful paw-strokes of the wilderness, the preliminary trifling before the more serious onslaught which came in due course." (2.14)
Aw, look, nature is a little kitty cat! Oh, wait. Not a little kitty cat; more like a hungry cheetah. Nature is depicted as wickedly playing with Marlow's health for its own amusement before hitting him with a real assault.
Quote 86
"We had just floundered and flopped round a bend, when I saw an islet, a mere grassy hummock of bright green, in the middle of the stream. It was the only thing of the kind; but as we opened the reach more, I perceived it was the head of a long sand-bank, or rather of a chain of shallow patches stretching down the middle of the river. They were discoloured, just awash, and the whole lot was seen just under the water, exactly as a man's backbone is seen running down the middle of his back under the skin." (2.18)
The riverbank, a manifestation of nature, is compared to a man's backbone. This is another instance of Marlow considering the wilderness a live thing.
Quote 87
"I had to lean right out to swing the heavy shutter, and I saw a face amongst the leaves on the level with my own, looking at me very fierce and steady; and then suddenly, as though a veil had been removed from my eyes, I made out, deep in the tangled gloom, naked breasts, arms, legs, glaring eyes—the bush was swarming with human limbs in movement, glistening of bronze colour." (2.21)
Here, the forest swarms with human activity—furthering the association of Nature with the living. Nature's ill will towards the pilgrims is now manifested in the native Africans' surprise attack on Marlow's steamboat. The Africans are depicted as an extension of Nature and minions of her will.


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base 1
- 1 1.1(of column, wall) base (feminine)
basa (feminine)(of mountain, tree) pie (masculine)(of spine, skull) base (feminine)(of geometric figure) base (feminine)Example sentences
Example sentences
- Resting at the thick base of the old tree sat a beautifully etched envelope.
- Her other arm held a shield by her side, the base rested on the floor but she was not leaning on it.
- Because the base of the stone barely touches the base upon which it rests, it appears that it could easily fall over when the sea wind blows.
Example sentences1.2
- Axial loading from earthquakes is minimized by seismic dampers under the column bases.
- Column bases, doorsteps, baseboards, and beams - even the interior roof tiles and gutters - all are decorated.
- To prevent vandalism and damage, the bases of columns are clad in stainless steel.
(of lamp) pie (masculine)(of statue) pedestal (masculine)
- The two points of intersection of the latter with the sides of the triangle lie on a line parallel to the base.
- If the height of a rectangle is 7 1/6 mm and the perimeter is 27 2/15 mm, what is the length of the base of the rectangle?
- The length of the base of the rhombus is the length of one of its sides, here shown with 'b'.
- 2 (foundation, basis)Example sentences
- That which was, is the foundation for what is now, which becomes the base for what is to come.
- It started with the Native Americans who set the base for all the development.
- It also provides a new base for vital research and study of the disease carried out by the University of Sheffield.
- 3 3.1 (of patrol, for excursion) to return to basevolver a la base3.2base (camp) (for expedition) 3.3 (of organization)Example sentences
- Living on a Marine base on the edge of restive Ramadi is a shock to a civilian's senses.
- Analysts have criticised Karzai for clumsy attempts to impose his will by sending in appointees to try to implement disarmament without necessary support bases, or central backup.
- He stressed the successes not just of the aircrew but of the hundreds of Combat Support Group personnel supporting combatant forces at bases within and outside Australia.
- 4 (Cooking) 4.1 (main ingredient) dishes with a rice baseplatos (masculine plural) a base de arrozExample sentences4.2 (of pie)
- There is a firm called Kuze, based in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, specializing in sauces and soup bases.
- Syrups are made with a base of sugar syrup, honey or perhaps maple syrup.
- It has the Dr Pepper flavors as a base with berries thrown into the mix.
- 6 (Chemistry)Example sentences
- Nitric acid reacted with a base will give the nitrate of the salt and water.
- Neutralization is a chemical reaction in which a base reacts with an acid to create water and a salt.
- They found that these nonaqueous-superacid solutions reacted with weak bases which did not react with either sulfuric or perchloric acid in water.
- 7 (Mathematics)Example sentences
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- Some historians believe that the Babylonian base 60 place-value system was transmitted to the Indians via the Greeks.
- The Egyptians had a bases 10 system of hieroglyphs for numerals.
- There is no logical reason why we cannot use any integer bigger than zero for a base.
- In that year Briggs gave a numerical approximation to the base 10 logarithm of e but did not mention e itself in his work.
- Choosing different numbers gives logarithms to different bases.
- Taking logarithms to the base, we are looking for a solution.
- 8 (of word) (Linguistics)Example sentences
Example sentences
- The children had to say the base of a suffixed word pronounced by the experimenter.
- According to Crystal, a prefixation is an affix is placed before the base of the word (1997, p. 90).
- The Greek Xu-w, which etymologists justly connect with our loose, loosen, may possibly be the base of the word.
- So if you want to conjugate a regular - er verb, simply remove the - er ending from the infinitive and place the base of the verb in front of the endings.
- Determine the ending of the verb that goes with that pronoun and add it to the base of the verb you want to use in the sentence.
- The verb base is what you look up in the dictionary when you want to know how to say something.
- 9 (in baseball) to be off base (US)(wrong) estar equivocado(lit: in baseball) estar fuera de (la) baseto catch somebody off base (US)(by surprise) pillar or (Latin America) agarrar a alguien desprevenido(lit: in baseball) pillar or (Latin America) agarrar a alguien fuera de (la) baseto touch baseI called them, just to touch baselos llamé, para mantener el contactoher speech touched every base (US)en su discurso tocó todos los puntos de interésto reach/get to first base in something (US) [colloquial]agarrarle la onda a algo (Latin America) [colloquial]cogerle el tranquillo a algo (Spain) [colloquial]to reach/get to first base with somebody (US) [colloquial]agarrar confianza con alguien (Latin America) [colloquial]coger confianza con alguien (Spain)Example sentences
- Four different times I switched over to see the bases loaded, scoring I believe a total of one run.
- He first arranged four of these in a diamond-shaped pattern to represent the bases and home plate.
- There's no reason he shouldn't hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases if he stays healthy.
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- 1 (found)to base something
onor uponsomething(opinion/conclusion)the movie is based on a real event
basar or fundamentar algo
enalgola película se basa or está basada en una historia realExample sentences
- This defines the foundation our society is based on: equal rights, freedom and peace.
- Miramax has hired playwright Warren Leight to come up with a script, but Roddy Doyle - who wrote the novel the original film was based on - will not be getting involved.
- Although he based his films on Kannada novels, the novelists complained that their stories had been altered.
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adjective baser, basest
- (unworthy)Example sentences
- And it is one way to shine moral clarity on a subject that too often inspires only base moral equivalence.
- My base instinct was to go round the dressing room and clip a few, but unfortunately those days were well gone.
- By appealing to the base instincts of race and religion the President and his able cohorts are naturally inducing one crisis after the other.
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Microsoft to Produce Original Shows for Zune
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Microsoft is introducing original video content for its struggling Zune portable media player, beginning with "Cinemash," a comedy series developed in tandem with Mean, the arts and entertainment magazine, according to MediaPost.
The report said that the new series will debut in the spring; the free, ad-supported show that features celebrities playing roles they wish they had landed. Currently the plan is to create eight 3 to 5-minute episodes. Later in the year, expect to see live action, urban-themed, animated comedy, and original music programming.
Look for the new content in Zune Marketplace, Microsoft's combination software package and online store for the Zune. The new series can't come a moment too soon; the report said that currently there are just three million Zune owners, compared with 173 million iPod owners.
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What an exciting name, huh? It's just the model number, we're sure there'll be a snappier name on the way. This lovely looking phone from the future comes in the form of a photo snapped by a contributor to BGR, a photo which pictures the phone in a slightly blurry pic (as always) that also seems to confirm that this device will only be working on Android 2.2.
This device is also said to be working with CDMA and LTE radio and will be operating with Samsung's TouchWiz interface. The device seems as through it'll be buzzing along on a 1GHz Hummingbird processor and will be snapping pics with a fabulous 5 megapixel camera on the back. And bonus: there'll be a user-accessable micro-SD card slot all the way down underneath the battery cover. Prices with no contract will be somewhere between $329 and $399 USD.
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Can you believe it's summer already? Me neither. But if there's one thing we know about pampered pups (like the Princess Meredith), it's that they looove flowers. They love smelling them. They love trampling all over them even when we thought we were keeping them on a short leash. And they really love donning some flowers and showing off their summer colors.
It's one of the reasons Merry and I were so excited to review one of the latest designs from A Pet's World: the Soft Harness. These fabulous fabric walkers come in a variety of colors and styles, but the folks at A Pet's World wanted the princess to show off her summery style, so they sent along the Red Floral & Solid design.
The colors are bold and fun for summer. A red floral design with lime green leaves is backed and edged with a solid red fabric - this is definitely a summer red, with orange overtones rather than blue ones. The harness comes with a matching 5 foot fabric leash in the same red material. Both the d-ring on the harness and the clasp on the leash are silver.
Both the harness and leash are made with 100% soft cotton from Europe. Like most fabric harnesses, this dog walker fastens with long velcro strips. But there's an added bonus here that you don't normally see with fabric harnesses: two additional strips of fabric at the neck fasten with a clear plastic quick-release buckle (see the first photo). With this buckle in place, even if your pup tugs too hard and the velcro gets loose, you won't lose your pup. The harness will stay in place around your pup's neck thanks to the buckle.
This buckle is an ingenious feature. One of the things we liked best about it was it was clear - which meant it still allows the lovely patterns and colors to show through. Smart. Wish we were seeing more of these clear plastic buckles in the industry!
If your pup gets overheated in the summer, this is a super option for walking. It's one of the lightest weight cloth harnesses we've ever reviewed, and is comprised of just two strips of fabric; one that goes around the neck, and one that goes under the legs.
One word to the wise, however - if your pup wears a harness not for fashion but to spare his or her larynx (a.k.a. heavy tugger), this might not be the best design for you, since it also goes around the neck just like a collar.
Sizing is based on girth - that's the circumference around your pet just behind their forelegs. The Soft Harnesses are available in sizes from wee (8" girth") all the way up to larger toy dogs (23" girth). For reference, Merry has a 19" girth - though she's a very, very svelte and teeny pug. Your mileage may vary.
We loved this new harness design and can't wait to see if A Pet's World releases more fabric choices in this style!
Not to be outdone, however, the kind folks from A Pet's World also continued their "floral" theme with another package for us to try - a selection of Petal Flower dog toys. We loved the color choices - pale yellow, pale lilac, pale pink, pale blue, and hot pink polka dot (okay, especially the polka dot).
These 100% polyester toys are perfect for your wee pup - and best of all, no squeakers to replace. :) Instead, they've cleverly padded the toys with crinkly paper to ensure a noisy result every time your dog plays with them.
As you can see, the princess had a great old time playing with them - crinkly is GOOD.
You can find out more about A Pet's World from their web site at www.apetsworld.com. Tell them Merry sent you!


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BlackBerry email goes down again (Update: fixed)
Users frustrated as services go down across EMEA in repeat performance
BlackBerry users across Europe and beyond have been left without email after a problem with the company's servers saw the service crash.
The Research in Motion network failure will bring a sense of déjà vu to customers who were also left without messaging last autumn in an outage that went on for days.
"We are currently experiencing a BlackBerry service issue impacting some users in Europe, Middle East and Africa. All relevant support teams are working to resolve the issue," RIM said, adding in a conversation with PC Pro that the company didn't believe it was affecting all customers.
With users often blaming their carriers for such problems, Vodafone was quick to distance itself from the issue, telling PC Pro: "This is a BlackBerry problem and is affecting handsets across all carriers."
RIM was unable to suggest how long the service disruption might continue, but said it would keep users updated via Twitter.
If the company can provide useful up-to-date information, it will show it has learned from the experience last year, when consumers reacted angrily to the lack of updates.
The backlash is one reason the company offered free apps to the value of $100 as an apology, but today's outage couldn't have come at a worse time.
The company is already struggling against the rise of the iPhone and Android handsets, and the network failure on the day of the iPhone 5 launch won't help.
"My blackberry not working this morning has helped make up my mind on an #iphone5," posted customer Laura Regin on Twitter.
UPDATE, 13:45: BlackBerry has confirmed via Twitter, that the problem has now been fixed.
"Some users experienced issues with BlackBerry services today. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. All services now operating normally."


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CSDL Home IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence 1994 vol.16 Issue No.05 - May
Issue No.05 - May (1994 vol.16)
pp: 524-530
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/34.291444

A straightforward method is presented for the determination of the optimal sensor exploration in the localization of a polyhedral object, whose geometry is known. Optimality is intended in the sense of the a posteriori covariance matrix of the object position and orientation parameters. The method consists in decomposing the problem into simpler subproblems, each one relative to a single planar face of the object. It requires reasonable processing time, i.e. comparable with the sensor activation time.

image segmentation; image reconstruction; genetic algorithms; robust estimation; range image segmentation; image reconstruction; primitive parameters; homogeneous surface patch; residual consensus; RESC; compressed histogram method; best-fit surface parameters; planar surfaces; quadratic surfaces; least median squares method; genetic algorithm; random search
V. Caglioti, "Uncertainty Minimization in the Localization of Polyhedral Objects", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence, vol.16, no. 5, pp. 524-530, May 1994, doi:10.1109/34.291444


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January 19, 2005
Idaho Geothermal Power Plant Moves Ahead with Power Agreement
Plans for the construction of a 10-megawatt geothermal power plant in Idaho gained ground early in January when Idaho Power Company agreed to buy power from the proposed facility. U.S. Geothermal Inc. announced on January 5th that it has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Idaho Power. The company's Raft River Geothermal Power Plant, to be located 10 miles east of Almo in southern Idaho, is scheduled to begin producing power in mid-2006. See the U.S. Geothermal press release (PDF 88 KB) and the Raft River project description. Download Acrobat Reader.


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[1] Introduction to the AIR Security Model An Adobe blog introducing the AIR security model at a high level.
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A ceremony to dedicate Gold Star Peak will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Lakeview Commons in South Lake Tahoe.
Gold Star Peak's name comes from the Gold Star lapel pin that was established by an Act of Congress in 1947 to identify next of kin of service members killed in combat. It will honor Pfc. Phillip Brandon Williams, 21, who was killed Oct. 9, 2006, by a sniper's bullet in Iraq; Sgt. Timothy M. Smith, 25, who died April 7, 2008, after his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad; and Specialist Garrett Fant, 21, who died Sept. 26, 2011, after his unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device in Helmand province of Afghanistan
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Positive Signs for Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae chief executive Dan Mudd is standing by the investors in his company's preferred stock.
But they don't seem impressed.
On Friday Mr Mudd insisted the federal mortgage giant would keep up dividend payments on its preferred stock, which is a form of quasi-debt, even while he slashed payouts on the company's riskier common stock. He said standing by the preferred was essential to maintain the company's ability to access financial markets in the future.
Fannie preferred is now changing hands for as little as 44 cents on the dollar. Anyone who thinks investors are being too gloomy about the company's prospects can find yields of 12%. So much for the endorsement.
There is even some more exciting "mandatory convertible" paper, of a kind of do-or-die nature, that now yields 30%.
It is highly risky. Caveat emptor.
For the uninitiated, preferred stock is a niche form of security that ranks between a company's bonds and the regular, or "common", stock. Preferred stock was traditionally seen as a conservative investment suitable for widows and orphans.
Fannie Mae has no fewer than 17 classes of this paper outstanding. Most of it can be bought through a broker like common stock.
The company pays 72.63 cents a quarter to holders of the 5.81% Non-Cumulative Preferred Series H. That totals $2.90 a year in dividends. Stock price at Friday's close: $25.54. An 11.3% yield.
And it will pay 51.563 cents a quarter, or $2.06 a year, to holders of the 8.25% Non-Cumulative Preferred, Series T. That stock has a face value of $25, but it fell another 58 cents to $17.10.
Each of the preferreds has different terms, kickers and caveats. Certain hedge funds are doubtless combing them for opportunities. There are risks aplenty. Preferreds issued in May and trading under the ticker FHA have already plunged from the $50 offer price to just $22. They involve a mandatory 2011 conversion feature into common stock.
Yet preferred stockholders are showing skepticism about Fannie's stability even after the federal government passed a rescue bill that has effectively underwritten the company.
The preferred only accounts for a thin $22 billion marzipan layer in a $900 billion capital structure, wedged between $844 billion in debt and equity now valued at just $9 billion. Even in a default, reneging on the preferred would severely damage financial confidence – in Fannie, and indeed across markets – without actually saving much money. Analysts note some of the preferreds are also held by major banks, suggesting events that wiped them out might add to financial turmoil.
None of which is a buy recommendation.
Nonetheless, amid all the doom and gloom, Fannie's earnings announcement on Friday contained two more positive signs for the company and for the housing market.
First: Two thirds of the latest credit losses are from bad mortgages issued in just six states – the bubble states of California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona, and struggling rustbelt states of Michigan and Ohio.
And second: Fannie's revenues are actually growing pretty sharply. They jumped 5% quarter on quarter, and 46% in a year.


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With two-thirds of their starting outfield not expected to play every day, the Cardinals will provide ample at-bats for highly touted prospect Oscar Taveras during Grapefruit League action, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. "You look at Carlos Beltran going to the World Baseball Classic. You know (Matt Holliday) isn't going to be playing everyday throughout the spring," manager Mike Matheny said of his starters at the corner outfield spots. "There are going to be opportunities in the outfield. I plan on getting a good look at him. No question."
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Listening involves a great deal of concentration, and so when the brain has switched off and gone for lunch, the listening skills follow suit.
How can teachers avoid this from happening, you ask?
Well, the answer is simple. Why not try something a little different. Think outside of the box and provide the students with something that you may not have tried before.
Songs provide a great alternative to listening tasks, as they are effectively the same dull listening exercises, but dressed in disguise as something that's entertaining and fun.
Another reason why songs are great in the classroom is that they can be used as part of an entertaining and amusing, yet thoroughly educational warmer that will set right tone for the remainder of the lesson.
You don't have to do a song and dance about it? Just a song on its own would be fine, thank you.
Adding the occasional song along with an accompanied activity to your class every once in a while, you're giving the students more variety in the class. This keeps their attention towards you, their brain's switched on and a stronger ability to listen for detail in the long run.
Here's some creative activities that are aimed to not only entertain students, but to inspire and educate as well.
An opener for classroom discussions and debates
Before getting started on a debate, a song could be played to give an idea of the situation. So for example, a classroom discussion on crime and punishment is on the cards, an oldie but a goodie like The Clash and Bobby Fuller Four's 'I Fought The Law' (see the Green Day's version here) provides a great little opener while getting the students thinking about the concept of "Fighting the law" and the law winning. This can also lead to some interesting topics such as why people turn to crime, justice, as well as the consequences of crime.
Tense explanations
As English grammar is heavily reliant on whether an action is completed or unfinished, songs can help paint a clear picture of the timing implications tense. A great song that provides a good example is Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac's 'Landslide.' A much simpler explanation, for example between present tense and past tense is 'Yesterday' by the Beatles. An easy lesson plan for pre-intermediate level students is to print out the lyrics, play the song numerous times, and get the students to underline the present and past tenses in different colours. An adaption to this activity give the choice between the present and past tenses, with the students required to underline the correct form of the verb. Boring exercise made fun with the simple introduction of a song.
There are literally hundreds of sounds out there that involve conditionals. Using a song like Beyonce's 'If I Were A Boy' will not provide a clear image to the concept of conditionals, but also bring you to new levels of "cool" in the eyes of your students. The entire song details some of the things she would do if she was just a boy for one day. Getting your students to put their thinking caps on and be a little creative, get them to talk about if they could do something for just one day. The whole class will surely have a laugh at some of the hilarious responses.
New Vocabulary Builder
Songs can also be used as an aid to build the vocabulary of students. With songs on practically every topic on the planet, it's incredibly simple to find a song relating to a specific topic and using examples from the song to teach the students. One example of this is a note taking activity using the song 'New York' by U2. If, for example, the topic of the class is cities, the students would be instructed to take notes about specific details in the song relating to one of the most famous cities in the world, New York. Note taking is an important skill for students as many will one day be faced with that challenge in their professional lives, while the song adds an element of depth to the class.
Working out the context
One of the great things about some of the more lyrical songs is that they don't serve the answers up to the student on a silver platter. They involve the student to think about what is really going on, based on not just the words but also the feelings, emotions and other variables. One example of a song that really gets students thinking is the song 'Father and Son' by Cat Stevens. What makes this song quite a brain bender is Stevens' singing both the parts of the father and the son. If students can work out the context of what is being said, the answers become blindingly obvious. An exercise like this works out great with a conversation class as the students can put forward their ideas about what is happening in the song.
All it takes is a little bit of adaption and some creative thought, and you will be almost as much of a genius as me.
A few final points of advice for using songs in the classroom:
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Artist biography
In 1966 Brus collaborated with Muehl on a number of performances. After 1967, however, Brus's Aktionen began to push him to further physical and mental extremes as he analysed his own body and its functions. All symbolism was dispensed with as Brus publicly urinated, defecated and cut himself with a razor-blade. He returned to painting, drawing and the production of artists' books. In 1971 he held his first exhibition of drawings at the Galerie Michael Werner in Cologne, while his book Irrwisch (1971) formed a link between the Aktion and the book form by containing the grotesque sexual humour and cathartic intention found in his actions.
Günter Brus: Zeichnungen und Schriften (exh. cat., text J. Gachnang and A. Meifert; Berne, Ksthalle, 1976)
Günter Brus: Bild-Dichtungen (exh. cat. by A. Meifert, London, Whitechapel A.G.; Hamburg, Kstver.; Lucerne, Kstmus.; Graz, Kulthaus; 1980–81)
Augensternstunden (exh. cat., foreword R. H. Fuchs; Eindhoven, Stedel. Van Abbemus., 1984)
H. Amanhauser and D. Ronte: Gunter Brus: Der Überblick (Vienna, 1986)
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| Customers demand the latest technology from their vehicles, especially when
| it comes to entertainment. However, the development cycle for cars is much
| longer than that of electronics, so there's always a lag. Linux can help,
| writes Wind River Systems' Paul Tu.
| [...]
| Linux has a heritage in the desktop market and its large community of
| software developers offers multiple options to support in-vehicle multimedia
| applications including:
| * Popular, industry-standard media formats and file types
| * A variety of ready-to-use audio and video codecs and players
| * Solutions for speech recognition control and output
"Iâd be glad to help tilt lotus into into the death spiral. I could do it
Friday afternoon but not Saturday. I could do it pretty much any time the
following week."
--Brad Silverberg, Microsoft
Automotive Linux drives innovation
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| There are vendors developing embedded operating systems for the automotive
| infotainment market but they do not have the scale to bring all the new and
| exciting capabilities to the equipment quickly. Well established real-time
| operating systems such as Wind Riverâs VxWorks can have around 50,000
| developers and still canât provide all the required drivers and interfaces in
| the time needed.Because of this, a number of large car and equipment
| manufacturers have been working on ways to provide innovative new equipment
| designs.
Wind River, Intel ride Linux into car market
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| Intel and Wind River Systems have teamed up to create a Linux/x86 platform
| for car electronics, which will debut at the Telematics Detroit 2008
| conference today (May 20). The offering is based on Intel's low-power Atom
| processor and a new variant of Wind River's embedded Linux.
Linux Soon to be in your Car
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| Thanks to a new joint effort between Intel and Wind River, you may soon be
| running Linux in your car.
Intel and Wind River driving Linux infotainment systems to cars
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| Linux is in our computers, our phones, our Wi-Fi equipment, and our TiVos â
| why not our cars? Intel Corp. and Wind River have been working with both the
| embedded and automotive industries to advance in-vehicle infotainment (IVI)
| with open, Linux-based, standards-based, interoperable hardware and software
| called Open Infotainment Platforms (OIP).
Car computer runs Red Flag Linux
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| Red Flag Linux is a Chinese version of Linux based on Asianux.
Vehicle-mount computer runs Debian Etch
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| The MT7550 clocks its AMD Geode GX533 processor at 400 MHz, includes both
| Bluetooth and 802.11b/g wireless capabilities, and comes standard with Debian
| Linux 4.0 ("Etch"). Â*
Rugged, fanless vehicle PC runs Linux
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| Acrosser has introduced a compact, fanless computer aimed at the harsh
| environments found in trucks, taxis, and other vehicular applications. The
| AR-ES0831FL runs Linux on Pentium and Celeron M processors, and meets
| IEC-68-2-6 vibration and IEC-68-2-27 shock standards, according to the
| company. Â* Â*
In-vehicle Linux system assists first responders
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| U.K.-based Thorcom Systems Ltd is shipping a rugged, Debian Linux-based,
| in-vehicle computer intended for emergency first responders. T
Debian Linux controls copter-like UAV [Unmanned Aerial Vehicle]
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| Trek Aerospace used Debian Linux and open-source flight control
| software to build an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of
| vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). The Oviwun weighs about
| six pounds, fits in a backpack, and includes a GPS system that
| enables autonomous flight and position control.
Driver-Free Car Runs Ubuntu Linux
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| This automated vehicle uses a dozen Intel Core 2 processors, but at the
| bottom of the software stack is Ubuntu 6.06 "Dapper Drake" Linux. Ubuntu 6.06
| was chosen for being an LTS (Long Term Support) release. Perhaps next year's
| vehicle will be running Ubuntu 8.04? Â* Â*
Linux Powered PS3 to be used in DARPA Urban Challenge
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| San Diego's Axion Racing is excited about showing folks other things that can
| be done using a PlayStation console. Â*
Linux well-positioned in booming telematics market
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| In five years, 30 million cars or 44 percent of the global total will ship
| with telematics devices such as navigation computers, safety systems,
| and "infotainment" systems, a study claims. The ABI Research report also
| forecasts a vibrant outlook for after-market telematics devices, where Linux
| has seen some success.
Finland's 'Open Source' Electric Car Plan
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| When I think of faraway Finland, I think of long, dark winters, saunas,
| reindeer and Nokia cellular telephones. I don't think of electric cars...
| until now.
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It was a Tuesday afternoon, not long after lunchtime, in a printing factory in Dublin city on September 11, 2001, when the news filtered through the airwaves that a plane had struck the Twin Towers in New York City.
For millions of U.S, citizens, life would never be the same again, but for one Irish man the attack would propel him to pursue the American dream of his ancestors.
When I first meet Aidan Keogh, he is immaculately turned out. Dressed sharply with not a hair out on place on Super Bowl Sunday, this is one Irishman who knows how to look after himself.
Keogh, a make-up artist on the upswing in fashion crazed New York, started out working in education and development for MAC Cosmetics in the U.K. and Ireland before moving to the big city. His own private clients include the likes of designer Diane Von Furstenberg and reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
But how did a man from Cabra in Dublin end up painting some of the most famous faces in New York City? In a recent conversation with the Irish Voice, he explained how it all began.
"When I was younger I would always have these recurring dreams of high rise buildings, and to be honest I thought it was me wanting live the high life in Dublin," he said.
"Little did I know the first time I landed in New York City I remember walking down around South Street Seaport and Battery Park and saying to myself, 'This is what those dreams were about,' so I knew I needed to make it happen."
Keogh grew up alongside six siblings in Cabra, a north side suburb of Dubin. He describes his mother as a "superstar."
"I wonder how ever she managed. I mean, she had her hands full. I always admired her strength, courage and sheer determination from a very young age, and to this day she still is my hero," he said.
A printer by trade, the Dubliner had a yearning for something else in life. He wasn't sure how his career would unfold, but one day he decided that it was time to get moving.
"I decided enough was enough when I realized I was working at a place that did not get the best from me and I did not get to give my best," he said.
"The morning the planes hit the Twin Towers I remember listening on the radio and looking around the factory in Chapelizoid, Dublin and thinking, 'Aidan you are not guaranteed tomorrow, why are you doing this?' So I decided to make some changes.
"I had a friend who was a makeup artist and one day I said to myself, 'I could do that,' so she said, 'Okay, we need to get you started.'"
His family was supportive of his newfound career ambitions, but he admits that his grandmother was skeptical at first.
"When I was starting out my grandmother said to me, 'Aidan what do men know about makeup?' And then when she saw my work appear on the fashion program Off the Rails on an Irish TV channel, she was suddenly 'Aidan this and Aidan that!'"
Keogh got introduced to the fashion industry through MAC Cosmetics, for whom he currently works, as well as maintaining his private work with several high profile clients.
"I assisted one of Ireland's most influential makeup artists, Paula Callan O'Keeffe, and she was my mentor on editorial shoots and fashion shows while honing my skills," he said.
After landing a coveted position with MAC Cosmetics in Ireland, his talent and ambition led to a U.S. opportunity with the global firm. In November 2006, he relocated to New York City where he is now based.
"What I love most about what I do is effecting people and opening their eyes to their own beauty," he says.
"I like to look at it as enhancing what is already there, bringing out the natural beauty and highlighting features and bone structure that may go unnoticed every day," says Keogh.
Working in the fashion industry in New York City and being constantly exposed to celebrities and influential people, the Dubliner likes to maintain a sense of normality as he explains he is not fazed by the famous people that seek his expert skills.
"I have to say, I'm from a very humble background and people are people!
"It doesn't matter if I am up in Diane Von Furstenberg's multi-million dollar apartment or perfecting someone's skin on the Lower East Side for a special event. They all get the same treatment from me," he revealed.
Despite his self-effacing nature, Keogh reveals that sometimes he cannot help but be overwhelmed when surrounded by superstars.
One such occasion happened last September, when he was working backstage on famed designer Tom Ford's women's wear fashion show. The private show included celebrities such as Beyonce, Lauren Hutton and Daphne Guinness, as well as a host of top models.
"I am standing in the Tom Ford boutique on Madison Avenue, and I am getting model Joan Smalls ready for the show, and I look over my right shoulder and there is Julianne Moore having lashes applied chatting to Rita Wilson across the makeup station, and to my left is Beyonce being powdered down," he recalled.


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FALL RIVER — The First Bristol Corporation has acquired the Travelers Insurance Building and signed Travelers Insurance Co. to a long-term lease, preserving 260 jobs in the city's central business district.
About half the office space at the building at 99 S. Main St. will be leased by Travelers, which has been located there for more than a decade, according to a news release from First Bristol, a regional real estate development company.
First Bristol will also invest nearly $2 million into the 100,000-square-foot building for structural upgrades such as subdividing the floor plans to accommodate other smaller multi-tenant users, the release said.
A purchase price was not available.
"Along with the building's on-site parking lots providing an additional 120 parking spaces, we were able to maintain Travelers and attract future tenants to this dynamic downtown location," said Jamie Karam, vice president of development for First Bristol in the release. "As a prime location with highway access and visibility, we are confident we will attract many firms seeking a first-class office environment from 4,000 to 40,000 square feet of space with an extremely competitive pricing structure."
First Bristol is a 30-year old real estate development firm that has developed more than 3.5 million square feet of professional and medical offices, shopping centers and seven hotels throughout Southern New England, the release said. James J. Karam is First Bristol's president and CEO.
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Earlier, I had written a post about how some media outlets largely overstated yesterday's stock market decline. In addition to describing the magnitude of the decline incorrectly, I think many media outlets got the cause of the decline incorrect as well.
There were more than a few headlines circulating yesterday that the stock market fell because it was "spooked by the news out of North Korea". This is not likely to be true. A trained eye can cite two specific reasons, one being more important than the other.
Most importantly, if the stock market was truly spooked for that reason, the South Korean stock market index (known as the Kospi) would have been down substantially more than U.S. markets. While the S&P 500 was down -1.0%, the Kospi was only down -0.17%. As I write this post today, the Kospi is actually up. When a stock index of a country that actually borders an enemy that is threatening a nuclear missile attack barely goes down, especially by comparision to U.S. stock market indicies, then you know that U.S. market participants were influenced by something other than the threat.
The second reason is that the volume of shares traded when the market is actually "spooked" would be much higher than average. While it was a bit higher than the recent three month average, it was by no means significantly higher.
The untrained observer will commonly take the most notable headline they see for the day, determine its connotation as being either good or bad, and if the actual market direction is in concert with the connotation, they draw the conclusion of causation. It's an amateur mistake that seemingly happens quite frequently in the media.
So, when you see a financial headline that suggests a causation for specific market activity, make sure all the available data is congruent and supportive of the causation. If it's not, the author's headline might be completely wrong.
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Morning MoneyBeat: This Bull Market Is Par for the Course
MARKET SNAP: At 6:15 a.m. ET, S&P 500 futures up 0.07%. Treasury yields slightly lower. Nymex crude up 0.04% at $100.36. Gold down 0.92% at $1203. In Europe, FTSE 100 down 0.19%, DAX down 0.09% and CAC 40 down 0.07%. In Asia, Nikkei 225 closed up 0.69% and Hang Seng closed up 0.01%.
WATCH FOR: November Pending Home Sales (10:00 a.m. Eastern Time): seen +1.5%, previously -0.6%. Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey (10:30): seen 4.0; previously 1.9. Cal-Maine Foods is expected to report results.
The U.S. stock market's relentless march to all-time highs has grabbed plenty of headlines this year.
Yet it looks unremarkable by historic metrics.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has set 50 record closing highs, while the S&P 500 is up 29%, on track for its best yearly gain since 1997. The S&P 500 has now risen 172% since bottoming in March 2009.
And yet the 57-month-long bull market following the depths of the financial crisis is on par with previous bull runs.
The S&P 500 has rallied about 165% during 13 bull markets (including the current one) dating back to 1928, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices. Those bull markets have lasted about 57 months, on average, matching the current rally.
A bull market is characterized as a 20% increase from a prior low, ending when the index peaks and then falls by 20%.
The S&P 500 surged 417% from October 1990 through March 2000, the longest and best performing bull market, according to Mr. Silverblatt's calculations. The stock index advanced 324% from June 1932 through March 1937.
By comparison, stocks rallied 64% during a 31-month stretch from December 1987 through July 1990. And the market advanced 25% from October 1966 through November 1968 before falling into a bear market.
The current rally stacks up as the fifth longest and fifth-best-performing of the 13 bull markets through history, Mr. Silverblatt says. It is essentially in the middle of the pack, leaving few clues for what will happen when the calendar flips to 2014.
Some signs suggest this year's stock rally will keep humming along. As WSJ's Alexandra Scaggs reports, inexpensive stocks are leading the rally, with investors homing in on shares seen as bargains. Leading the S&P 500 this year are stocks with characteristics that broadly place them in the "inexpensive" category: those with relatively low valuations based on earnings forecasts and increasing estimated profits, among others.
The 100 stocks in the S&P 500 with the lowest price/earnings ratios rose 41%, on average, in the first 11 months of the year, compared with a 27% gain in the S&P 500, according to Fidelity.
The recent uptick in the market even after the Federal Reserve announced plans to start dialing back its bond-buying program is being viewed as a vote of confidence in the economy and the markets heading into the new year.
Meanwhile, Mr. Silverblatt of S&P suggests performance-chasing played a role in the market's rally over the past few months, and could continue into 2014.
"Chasing returns is not a good reason to invest, but when enough do it, the short-term impact is more buying and higher prices," Mr. Silverblatt says. "Absent large-scale profit taking or an incident, we may see another inflow of funds and another short-term uptick from investors chasing profits in the first few weeks of the year."
Earnings season kicks off in the third week of January, which will "add or subtract from investors' appetite to get back in the market," he says.
Morning MoneyBeat Daily Factoid: On this day in 1972, the U.S. stopped heavy bombing of North Vietnam and announced peace talks would commence.
-By Steven Russolillo; follow him on Twitter @srussolillo.
Merck & Co., Twitter Inc. and Apple Inc. are among the stocks expected to see active trading during Monday's session.
Merck is planning a massive overhaul of its research and development practices, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal late Friday. Shares of the Dow industrials component rose 0.2% to $49.91 in after-hours activity.
Twitter is likely to remain on the radar of investors. Last week, the stock took a spectacular ride in an already spectacular month. Over the holiday-shortened trading week, the stock zoomed up 22% to close at $73.31 on Thursday, also its busiest day of trading since the November initial public offering as 82.7 million shares changed hands. The stock then plunged 13% on Friday after analysts started questioning the lofty heights of the stock price. Volume was heavy once again, at 56.9 million shares.
Apple Inc. is telling shareholders to reject a share buyback plan being pitched by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing late Friday.
Job Market in 2014 Likely to Be Healthier: "Recent strength in gross domestic product, industrial production and construction all underpin employment's momentum going into next year. These indicators also support the case that, absent an economic shock, total jobs finally could surpass their prerecession peak by mid-2014."
Bargain-Bin Stocks Take Lead in Rally: "Investors are homing in on shares seen as bargains, a shift that bulls say could keep this year's epic stock rally going in 2014."
Home Prices Back at Peaks in Some Areas: "The housing recovery remains uneven as cities that were spared in bust soar, but many others struggle."
Abreast of the Market: Bargain Stocks Take Lead in Rally: "Investors are homing in on shares seen as bargains, a shift that bulls say could keep this year's epic stock rally going in 2014."
Ahead of the Tape: Euro Zone Can Celebrate: "There are good reasons to believe relative calm may persist in the euro zone for another 12 months."
Heard on the Street: Amazon Counts With Prime Numbers: "The company isn't that forthcoming with details about its Prime program, but that doesn't diminish its importance."
Google, Apple Forge Auto Ties: "Technology giants Google and Apple are about to expand their battle for digital supremacy to a new front: the automobile."
Second Blast In Russia Kills At Least 15: "A suicide bomber struck in Volgograd, killing at least 15 people aboard a trolley bus in what authorities said was the city's second terrorist attack in less than 24 hours."
New Year's Money Resolutions to Consider: "This is a good time to start getting your financial house in order."
The Words That Popped in 2013: "From 'selfie' to 'cronut,' the croissant-doughnut hybrid that quickly became a must-have confection, new additions to English had us all talking."
Euro Zone Rides the Shock Waves: "The euro zone in 2013 proved remarkably resilient to a series of shocks in Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Portugal, writes Simon Nixon."
Rates Favor Shorter Junk Bonds: "Sales of long-term 'junk' bonds are lagging and prices are down, the latest sign that investors are flocking to shorter-term securities that are less vulnerable to rising interest rates."
Loan Sharks Smell Blood in China: "A new breed of shadow bankers has stepped in to lend to debt-hungry businesses and households as the Chinese government tries to rein in traditional banks."
Blackstone Invests in Crocs: "Crocs Inc. has found a way to plug some holes. Blackstone Group LP is pumping $200 million into the footwear company in the form of a preferred stock investment, said Crocs Chief Financial Officer Jeff Lasher."
Nikkei Up 57% for 2013: "Tokyo stocks finished at their highest closing level in six years, capping a stellar performance for a year that has seen the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average surge 57%, its largest rise since 1972."


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During his lifetime Duncan Hines was a respected restaurant critic.
After his death he became the namesake of a line of cake mixes.
Author and educator Damon Talbott uses Hines' story to examine the idea of "good taste" in From Famous Critic to Faceless Brand: The Life and Legacy of Duncan Hines on Sunday, April 7, 2013, at 2 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Talbott illustrates how taste is neither an object to acquire nor a state of being to achieve, but instead an ongoing process, a temporary association of things considered "good." Taste is both a term for a physical feeling and aesthetic judgment; recent research has shown that taste is a curious intertwining of these two senses. This process is made possible by the interactions of technology, commerce, and media that form the relationships that make society and, in turn, make sense of taste.
Talbott is the Sias Graduate Fellow at the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University Kansas. He is the author of "Recommended by Duncan Hines": Automobility, Authority and American Gastronomy and Bodies and Culture.
Major funding for programs at the Kansas City Public Library is provided by a generous grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
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Horse riding may be the special skill that gets Cassidy Mihailidis into her dream college, UC Berkeley.
Mihailidis has an edge over her peers jockeying for highly coveted college admissions slots now that she's a member of one of the new elite equestrian teams in the East Bay.
"The (team) program allows you to compete almost as if you're in college," she said. "My hope is that this will get me ready for doing (team riding) through high school. I'm hoping to do something bigger like the UC Berkeley team."
Mihailidis, a seventh-grader at San Ramon's Pine Valley Middle School, is on the Diablo Equestrian Team for East Bay middle and high school students. The other team is exclusive to students at the private Athenian School in Danville. Both teams started in September with seasons that run for most of the school year.
The Diablo and Athenian teams are affiliated with the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA), a national group founded in 2002 to introduce students to equestrian sports. The Diablo and Athenian teams compete solely in English-style riding.
"It brings legitimacy to the equestrian sport in high school," said trainer Hilary Johnson, who coaches both teams. "In Europe, you get giant crowds going to watch show jumping there like you would at football games here."
Mastering the skill of horse riding also gives students a competitive edge when they apply to college, Johnson noted.
"Colleges are getting harder and harder to get into," she said. "If you have unusual extracurricular activities, the schools look at that. (The schools) see this as being an alternative sport."
While some West Coast colleges such as Stanford and Berkeley have equestrian teams, the sport is even bigger at East Coast schools in states with deep equestrian roots. One Diablo team member, Sydney Johnson (no relation to Hilary), has already been recruited for the riding team at Sweet Briar College in Virginia.
"I'm planning to become a horse trainer, but I want to experience competing at the college level," said Johnson, a junior at Pleasanton's Foothill High School. "The IEA program opens doors to different colleges."
Riding on a school team is markedly different from competing in horse shows as an individual, coach Johnson said. Riders in private shows ride their own horses and use their own saddles. Students on school teams compete on saddles and horses provided at competition -- horses they've never met or ridden.
"It's more challenging than competing on your own animal," she said. "If you draw a really bouncy horse, it's going to affect your effectiveness as a rider." Team riding also makes the sport accessible to more students, Johnson said.
"It's a nice opportunity for kids who otherwise couldn't do this," she said. "It doesn't cost nearly what it costs to have your own horse." That doesn't mean it's free to be on a school team, she said. Students must pay for riding lessons, competition fees and their own helmets, boots and riding clothes. Expenses can range from $900 to more than $2,000 per school year.
One unique aspect of horse riding, Johnson noted, is that the rider's equipment has a brain.
"Believe it or not, a horse can wake up on the wrong side of the bed," she said. "It's a part of our sport that's different from any other sport and more challenging. It'd be like if your tennis racket had a brain and you went to swing left and it swung right." Riding unfamiliar horses is a challenge that improves riding skills, student Sydney Johnson said.
"It's a lot harder," she said. "You don't know how that horse responds. You don't get any background info, like if he's moody. If you're riding your own horse, you know all the buttons to push."
Mihailidis, 12, agreed that riding unfamiliar horses is more difficult than she expected.
"It's nerve-racking because you don't know the horse or what it's going to do," she said. "Once you're out there, it's a lot of fun. It's really improved my riding skills." It's crucial for schools to offer sports that go beyond the basics, said Eric Niles, Athenian's head of school.
"It's important for schools to foster a passion for activities for a lifetime of fitness," Niles said. "That's really part of our mission. We take pride in a great percentage of our kids participating in sports. This happens to be a passion of a subset of those kids. It's something they can do for the rest of their lives." Students on the Athenian and Diablo teams ride through coach Johnson's Rose Hills Stables, based at the Iron Horse Equestrian Center in Pleasanton. The center is owned by an Athenian family that encouraged the school to form an equestrian team.
The new teams got a crash course in organization when they recently hosted a two-day regional competition. Riders earn individual and team medals, just like in the Olympics. There's even a sportsmanship award at each competition.
Students also learn how to take proper care of a horse.
"It teaches kids responsibility," Johnson said. "There's a lot of work involved with owning a horse, between the grooming and the care. They have to prepare the horse for lessons and put them away afterward. It's a nice way for kids to come together and be exposed to things they might not otherwise be exposed to."


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Nik Bärtsch Looks to Jazz Up SXSW 2013
Last night at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, while Cafe Tabvca, Kendrick Lamar, Iggy & the Stooges and buzz acts the Black Angels, Field Report, and Hanni El-Khatib were among the scores of acts showcasing their new material, several hundred fans stopped by St. David's Bethell Hall for a performance by Swiss jazz pianist Nik Bärtsch, whose hypnotic music has been dubbed "zen funk."
Still in the glow of the warm reception, this morning he repeated what he told the audience last night: He was astonished so many people turned out for his set. "There was a risk," he said, of traveling to Austin for one set at a gathering where jazz is a microscopic presence. "But this festival mix is about known acts and unknown acts. We like the jungle."
Bärtsch performed with bass clarinetist Sha, who is a member of Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, and they issued the same kind of firm but fragile, playful, suspenseful and occasionally eerie music the full band is known for. If the music missed the propulsive percussion provided by a drummer and bassist, Bärtsch and Sha compensated by finding ways to coax percussive sounds from the instruments: Bärtsch tapped the piano's frame with a mallet and muted the strings so the hammers produced a faint drum-like effect. Sha created popping, pocked tones from the bass clarinet.
As is the custom with Bärtsch, icy pattern unfolded slowly and Sha reacted to the sudden changes in modes and accents, looking out of the corner of his eye for his band mate's investigations. The interaction suggested that while the music was composed, at some point, the duo went off to explore. A woozy blues gave both musicians an opportunity to solo, but they chose to return to riffing off the complex patterns.
As it can be at SXSW, it seemed Bärtsch and Sha were performing for people who'd never heard of them. But when the music found in its deepest grooves, audience members closed their eyes and swayed as if lost in the spellbinding moment. At the conclusion of the 45-minute set, the duo received a standing ovation. Even before the show ended, Bärtsch said, he knew the audience was engaged. "We felt the room."
Sha said, "I thought maybe that's what the people liked: Here is this strange music that you may not understand."
For Bärtsch, the benefits of appearing at SXSW go beyond last night's performance. "I need to check out how everything works," he said. "I can't do this by Internet or email. I have to be there.
"Sometimes the strange experience creates a good impact. You never know."
Jim Fusilli is the Journal's rock and pop music critic. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter: @wsjrock.


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Ecological Footprint
Worldmapper has created a series of 366 world maps, each showing the proportion of a single variable in each of 200 territories, encompassing 99.95% of the world's population. The maps are density-equalising cartograms, which allow direct comparison of one map to each of the others. The above comparison of current world population (top) with ecological footprint (bottom) gives a clear visual representation to just how out of balance consumption in the US has become. If you've read that it would take six Earths to support a world population that lived like the average American citizen, this shows why.
Other map categories include population histories and future projections, income, wealth, poverty, education, resources, manufacturers, pollution, health, and much more.


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Executive Director and Accounting Professor, CFRM
Program Director, BCPA
Office: F426, Faculty Building
(510) 642-5372
Faculty Bio
Jose is an Accounting Professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley, and the Executive Director of the Center for Financial Reporting & Management (CFRM), which is the leading center at Haas integrating accounting research, regulatory issues, and the accounting profession. Jose is also the Founder & Program Director of the Berkeley Charter of Professional Accountancy (BCPA), a new academic program housed at Haas and operated by CFRM that is designed to facilitate accounting education at Berkeley. Finally, Jose is a Faculty Member of the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) at the Berkeley College of Engineering; and Accounting Professor in SCET's Engineering Leadership Professional Program (ELPP).
Jose is the recipient of the 2015 Notable Contribution to the Accounting Literature Award, which is granted annually by the American Accounting Association (AAA) and the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). The award was granted for his research into cost structure and demand uncertainty. Jose has published widely in leading accounting, economics, and management journals, including The Accounting Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Review of Economic Dynamics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and Economics Letters. Jose earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago and B.S. degrees in Economics and Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Faculty Director, CFRM
Accounting Professor, Haas School of Business
Office: F481, Faculty Building
(510) 642-4789
Faculty Bio
Assistant Director, CFRM
Assistant Program Director, BCPA
Office: F424, Faculty Building
(510) 642-6334
Program and Event Manager
Center for Financial Reporting and Management
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
(510) 642-6334
Accounting Group Chair
Accounting Professor, Haas School of Business
Office: F492, Faculty Building
(510) 643-1229
Faculty Bio