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Update: Live from TEDGlobal, organizers announce the TedPrize will raise its grant awards for The City 2.0 by 10 fold - to $1 million.
A man who plans to turn thousands of plastic water bottles into an amusement park for children is one of the first recipients of the City 2.0 TED prize, which includes $10,000.
Ruganzu Bruno Tusingwire, a 29 year-old eco-artist from Uganda, first started exploring his idea while studying at Kyambogo University. He'll use the prize money to grow his local TEDx community, help sustain a local eco-artist loan program supporting women to develop their business ideas and expand the amusement park from its existing single plane-shaped sculpture into a permanent park.
Early this year, TED unveiled the details of its annual prize in support of "one wish to change the world." This year, the award went not to a single person, but instead to an idea: The City 2.o – the city of the future.
With Knight Foundation support, the platform, www.thecity2.org, allows people everywhere to help create their own future city. Residents are able to propose – and lead – projects to upgrade their own cities on issues important to them – from transportation to public housing, recreational space and more.
As part of the site, TED held an open call for new projects with plans to divide the $100,000 TED Prize into ten $10,000 awards for the best projects which represented "inspiring ideas worth spreading," (TED's mission).
Four other winners have also been announced, including Jason Sweeney, whose web and smartphone based platform allows people to crowdsource and geo-locate quiet spaces in their community. Another winner wants to democratize the design movement by helping people build their own homes using locally-sourced materials and open sourced design. The remaining five winners will be announced monthly.
Paula Ellis, vice president/strategic initiatives at Knight, is currently participating in the 2012 TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh, where Thursday she'll be conducting a workshop about the City 2.0 and the foundation's approach to fostering engaged communities.
Knight's National Program Director Damian Thorman recently blogged about foundation support for the launch of the City 2.0 website and how it fits into the foundation's strategy of funding innovative digital technologies that help communities across the country become more informed engaged.
The site, which officially re-launched today, celebrates the winning project ideas and people and organizations leading them. By sharing the stories, the hope is that the ideas that underpin them will leverage the efforts of others.
In addition to celebrating the prize winners, the site features other content around the evolving nature of cities, highlighting, for example, how play is transforming cities. Others featured themes include transportation, safety, health and more.
The new website is designed by Seso, the creative team behind TED-Ed. The site's editorial content is led by Courtney Martin and John Cary, both of whom have a strong history of thinking and writing about urban culture, design and public spaces.
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On March 5, Ryan Callahan and a pair of draft picks were traded to Tampa Bay from the New York Rangers for 13-year Lightning veteran Martin St. Louis.
Both players faced their former teams for the first time Monday night, the Lightning traveling to New York City to match up against the reigning Eastern Conference champion Rangers.
Both Callahan and St. Louis scored at Madison Square Garden.
Callahan, however, netted two, including the game winner, in a 5-1 Tampa Bay victory.
On Tampa Bay's first power play of the game, Callahan pushed a tap in at the backdoor past Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist to put the Lightning up for good 2-1.
"I can't say enough about Ryan Callahan," Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. "He's been doing that for us since the day we acquired him. I'm just so glad he's on our bench and not theirs."
New York's Marc Staal was whistled for tripping Jason Garrison at 13:36 of the first period, and the Lightning took advantage 44 seconds later. Some great stickhandling by Steven Stamkos allowed the Lightning captain to get free on the left wing near goal. Stamkos fired a pass across the crease to Callahan on the back post, and Callahan tapped the easy sitter into the goal to push the Lightning in front.
"I don't know what you say, you have to write it up before the game, that was pretty much how you'd like to write it up," Cooper said.
Tampa Bay (13-4-2) wins its second game in a row, which follows its first multi-game (two) losing streak of the season. The victory helps the Lightning keep pace with the Atlantic Division leading Montreal Canadiens (29 points), who have won six straight and remain a point in front of the Bolts (28).
The Rangers (7-7-4, 18 points) scored on a power play 32 seconds into the second period, taking advantage of a tripping call to Matt Carle with 40 seconds left in the first. From the right circle, St. Louis sent a pass toward the back post for a teammate. The puck hit the stick of Garrison, however, and was redirected into the Bolts goal to make the score 2-1.
New York had an opportunity to tie it up after consecutive penalties on the Lightning gave the Rangers a 5-on-3 advantage for 32 seconds immediately following St. Louis' goal. The Bolts, however, only allowed one shot and easily killed off both penalties.
"Potential turning point in the game," Cooper said. They had little mojo going, and we kind of snuffed it out."
Stamkos moved into a tie for the NHL lead with his 12th goal of the season 14:08 into the second to put the Bolts back up by two. Lightning forward Valtteri Filppula cleverly stole a pass near the Rangers blue line and passed ahead to Stamkos alone on a breakaway. Stamkos deked, putting Lundqvist on his butt, then calmly slid the puck in the net for a 3-1 Lightning lead.
Filppula earned his second assist of the night and 14th of the season.
"When a team's kind of feeling it to kind of get their way back in, and then, instead of them tying it up, we extended the lead, that was kind of the beginning of the end for them," Cooper said.
Alex Killorn, who missed eight games due to injury in late October and early November, scored for the first time since October 18 to give the Lightning an insurmountable 4-1 lead.
On an odd-man rush, Tyler Johnson centered a pass from the right wing for Killorn, and the former third round pick snapped a wrist shot that rang the crossbar before crashing into the back of the net.
Ondrej Palat and Johnson picked up assists, the second of the night for each.
Johnson leads the Bolts with 15 helpers this season.
Moments before Killorn's goal, Jonathan Drouin thought he had scored the second goal of his NHL career, but Killorn was deemed to have interfered with Lundqvist and the goal was disallowed.
"We were joking on the bench, Killer's the guy that does the goalie interference, then he's the one that goes and scores," Cooper said. "We told him he should skate by and give that goal to Drouin."
Callahan netted a late, third period goal to put a bow on a second-straight dominating performance for the Bolts against a team from New York. With less than three minutes in the game, Stamkos wheeled and dealed behind the net before finding Callahan in front of goal, and the Rochester, N.Y., native held the puck to get Lundqvist to bite before skating around the goalie and shooting into the open net.
"(The Rangers) were Stanley Cup Finalists, so they've got some ballplayers on the other side," Cooper said. "But, I thought we did a pretty good job of containing them. When you give them open ice, that's when they can really hurt you, and I thought we kind of clogged that up for them."
Tampa Bay, the top-scoring team in the NHL, scored five or more goals for the sixth time this season.
The talented trio of Nikita Kucherov, Johnson and Palat produced again for Tampa Bay, the youngsters combining for the Lightning's first goal 6:50 into the opening period. Palat sent a pass ahead from the Bolts zone to the middle of the rink for Johnson, who touched the puck to Kucherov alone on goal. Kucherov saw an opening five hole through Lundqvist (25 saves) and slipped the puck underneath, the goalie getting a piece of the puck but not enough to stop it from crossing the goal line.
Palat and Johnson picked up assists on Kucherov's goal, his seventh of the season.
The Bolts surrendered a season-low 16 shots to the Rangers, the first time they kept a team under 20.
"To hold them to five shots in the third, we were pretty happy with that," Cooper said.
Tampa Bay sent 30 shots at Lundqvist's net.
Ben Bishop won for the second game in a row, stopping 15 of 16 shots to improve to 11-2-2 on the season.
In addition to Callahan and St. Louis, the game featured former Rangers Brian Boyle and Anton Stralman skating for Tampa Bay and former Bolts Dan Boyle and Dominic Moore donning Rangers sweaters.
"I thought Stralman was outstanding back there for us tonight," Cooper said. "He led us on the D, on the back end. Boyle does his thing. He's a menace to play against."
The Lightning play the second game of a back-to-back on Tuesday, staying in the Empire State for a matchup against the New York Islanders at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The puck drops at 7 p.m. (ET). The Bolts conclude their three-game road trip Thursday at Toronto.

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Those cuddly dancing penguins are back. Mumble (Elijah Wood) and Gloria (Pink) now have their own shy little hatchling named Erik (Ava Acres), who has a similar problem to Mumble. He is reluctant to dance, and so he decides to leave their penguin colony and find acceptance elsewhere, accompanied by two of his loyal friends. Meanwhile, the lovelorn Ramon (Robin Williams) is fed up with his poor romantic prospects and also decides to leave. When Ramon returns to his home, he finds everybody buzzing over The Mighty Sven (Hank Azaria), who appears to be a penguin that can fly. Mumble goes to look for Erik, but soon has bigger problems when his colony is trapped behind a giant ice shelf. This also stars Brad Pitt and Matt Damon as shrimps unhappy with their lowly existence.
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The Supernatural Sprawl of True Blood
I am, er was, a True Blood fan. But the lack of focus and every increasing number of 'supes' and their storylines has proved too much for me. I decided to let the data speak for it self.
Instagram The Timeline
Pulled this out in about 4 hours or so right after the deal was announced. Created in "mashable width" of 972px. On mashable and everywhere else. People love super-topical infographica. Cheers to Aleks et all for the research.
The History of Headphones
I remember back in the pre-ipod days… walking around campus with these monster cans on my head. I thought I was cool. I was a DJ. Can you blame me.
Clientwork/Visual.ly picked up by MTV and others.
Battlefield vs Call of Duty
I'm a Battlefield guy. CoD is a bit too…hyper… for my tastes. I have no problem ceding sales to CoD, it's a mass market thing. This was a fun graphic to do.
pst, I'm Badortiez on XBL.
The Big Picture: TV Buying Guide
I was actually in the market for a new TV, so doing the research on this was a double win.
Clientwork/Visually, lots of pick up. Mashable, etc.
iPod 10th Anniversary
Ok… this was a cheap one. Anything Apple + topical = win. Your basic timeline/scrapbook here.
Pete and Maries Excellent Adventure
Pulled this together in a few hours as a favor. It's a timeline.
The Brutal Decline of Yahoo
Another one with Aaron Wall.
The Rise of Minecraft
Everything about this project kicks ass. I am a minecraft fan, as is my 13 year old. We got soem great data from Mojang and the rest fell into place. Massive pickup.
Recession Timeline Diorama
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Yes, that's me in the profile picture, in case you were wondering.
Anyways, I don't really know how to start these kinda things, but here is my currently favorite quote.
"But our lives will only ever continue to be a balancing act,, that has less to do with pain, and more to do with beauty." - Shane Koyczan.
I like inspirational quotes. A lot.
Libraries are my sanctuaries. I would live in one, if possible.
Apparently it's hard for my family to believe that I actually spend whole days in my room reading and not surfing the 'net. I am, unfortunately, the only one in my family with an obsession with books.
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"See?" He poked his stomach again and looked up at me, smirking, "It's all muscle, baby."
"You sure?"
"I'm pretty sure!" he exclaimed and went back to poking his stomach.
"Can I give you a hug?" he asked.
"Because I feel lonely."
"If I do everything, what are you gonna do?"
"Watch you," he said.
"Watch me? Like a crazy stalker?"
"No, when I watch a girl, it's hot."
"Are you," I raised my fist, "mocking me?"
(Yeah, I like Noah a bit more than Jade)
Bruises of Risk
"How often do you have these 'visions'? he asked, sitting on one of the highchairs. "Cause it's pretty creepy when you just lay there with a different eye color each time just staring without blinking even once."
I grinned wickedly and punched his cheek. "That was for the morals thing." I punched his nose. "That was for the kick." I punched his nose. "And that's for always being an ass."
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80% of graduating NYC high school students can't read
Nearly 80 percent of New York City high school graduates need to relearn basic skills before they can enter the City University's community college system.
They're not educated enough for community college?
In its defense, the NYC Department of Education said it has raised high school graduation rates by 40 percent over the last seven years.
The purpose of a school is to teach, not to be a diploma mill. Obviously NYC isn't getting much for it's $20,276.00 per student.
Maybe Bloomberg should quit worrying about the size of sodas and bring in someone to do some radical cutting to the school system staff, including teachers.
In sheer numbers it means that nearly 11,000 kids who got diplomas from city high schools
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A group of volunteers works to put finishing touches on "The Christmas Story in Lights," a new light show First United Methodist Church is offering this season. The show, which runs nightly from Dec. 5-25, uses synchronized lights and music to tell the story of Christmas.
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SIKESTON -- After nearly 20 years of telling the Christmas story through live, outdoor scenes, a Sikeston church is trying a new format this season -- a synchronized light and music show.
"The Christmas Story in Lights" will make its official debut at 7 p.m. Sunday at the First United Methodist Church in Sikeston.
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Markets Often Shrug at Analysts' Calls
Even the best analyst on Wall Street may not influence share prices all that often.
A recent study of analyst recommendation changes showed that about 10% of changes had a significant effect on share prices, and that one-quarter of analysts never made an influential recommendation change.
"An influential recommendation would be [defined as] one where the stock price moves enough that you could discern between the movement of the stock and the usual bouncing up and down" that happens because of daily volatility, says Rene Stulz, a professor at Ohio State University and one of two researchers involved in the study. By that yardstick, he says, "very few recommendations are influential — [meaning] that an investor could attribute share price movement to an analyst recommendation, after accounting for noise."
Stulz and his research partner, Roger Loh, assistant professor at Singapore Management University's Lee Kong Chian School of Business, examined a set of ratings changes issued from 1993 to 2006, and stripped out the effect of "confounding news" from their sample — that is, they removed ratings revisions that occurred on days when something newsworthy happened to the company that could move share prices.
Stulz says there is room for research on why certain ratings revisions are influential and others are not, and that chance may play a role. "Some days, investors may be willing to listen" to analysts, he says. "A week before, when someone said exactly the same thing, nobody perhaps paid any attention," he says. "It's a puzzle."
Either way, companies tend to fare better over the long run when they do have analyst coverage, according to another study.
Raghavendra Rau, associate professor of finance at Purdue University, together with Ajay Khorana of the Georgia Institute of Technology and Simona Mola of Arizona State University, found that a company losing coverage completely is more likely to have a weak share price and problems in its operations than similar performers that have coverage. And companies without coverage are more likely to be delisted from a stock exchange, again compared to like others. The researchers controlled for analysts' tendency to drop coverage of struggling companies.
"If you have no outside coverage," Rau says, "the outside public, the people who are buying and selling shares, are less likely to know true information about the firm, and are at a big disadvantage against insiders." That, he says, leads to investors having "less of a willingness to buy the company."
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Microsoft Settles Iowa Antitrust Class-Action :-(
Remember last week when the Law Blog was on assignment in a secret, undisclosed location? Well, we can now tell the world: We were in snowy, subzero Des Moines, reporting on a Microsoft trial at the Polk County Courthouse there.
We thought we were on to an interesting story, sort of a 1990s flashback. Microsoft was on trial as an evil monopolist. Lawyers played a videotaped deposition of a hostile Bill Gates. Expert witnesses delivered days of testimony about software code. The trial, which began on Nov. 30, was expected to last more than six months. At some point, Gates and chief executive Steve Ballmer were expected to testify.
Today, Microsoft settled the case, a class action brought by Iowa computer users who claimed the software company overcharged them. Plaintiffs alleged total damages of $330 million. The settlment, the terms of which were not yet disclosed, resolves one of the few remaining private antitrust actions brought against the software company on the heels of the government's landmark antitrust lawsuit filed in 1998.
An army of antitrust litigators, paralegals and staff had bunked down in a Des Moines hotel for the past three months to defend Microsoft. Joining two Microsoft lawyers in Iowa were some 26 lawyers from two firms — Sullivan & Cromwell and Heller Ehrman. Many of them had essentially moved to Iowa for the trial's duration.
For Team Microsoft's loved ones, today's settlement was an unexpected Valentine's Day gift. As for the Law Blog, it was soul crushing, as it rendered much of our story DOA. But at least we experienced a true blast of Midwestern winter. Onward and upward . . .


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Wonderful as the iPad is, it can occasionally behave in confounding ways, refusing to charge, failing to show the onscreen keyboard, becoming suddenly mute, becoming unresponsive, or just generally acting in a funky way. In this movie, we'll look at common cures for a misbehaving iPad. Your iPad needs power to work, and that power often comes from the batteries found inside the device. You have plugged it into your computer's USB port, yet it tells you that it's not charging. So what's going on? The iPad, unlike the iPhone and iPod, requires 10 watts of charging goodness while the iPad is awake.
On older computers, the USB 2.0 port doesn't provide that much power, and so the iPad won't charge while it's awake. Fortunately, the iPad tells you so, with its not charging message in the top- right corner of the display. Now I keep emphasizing this 'while it's awake' business, because these ports will charge an iPad when it's asleep, though more slowly than a port that provides the full 10 watts. The solution: if your computer doesn't provide enough power, use the power adapter that's included with the iPad to charge it.
And then there's the keyboard. You've picked up your iPad, launched Notes, and tap on a note to start typing, and nothing happens. That Bluetooth symbol at the top of the iPad's display is the hint. If you've paired your iPad with a Bluetooth keyboard or jammed it into the iPad's keyboard dock, the onscreen keyboard won't work because the iPad believes you're using a hardware keyboard. And now sound, you've downloaded a cool new game. You've fired it up and start blasting intergalactic cooties.
The problem is, the iPad makes no sound. The first thing to check is the Volume toggle switch on the iPad's side. Press it up to make sure you haven't muted the volume. Next, if you've configured the side switch above the Volume buttons to mute the iPad, make sure that it's pushed up and thus unmuted. If that still doesn't work, find your iPad's headset or another pair of headphones with a 3 mm plug, and plug and unplug it a few times. Sometimes the iPad's headphone port can get gunked up, thus muting the iPad.
This can clear it up. Another situation. You're working in an app, let's say it's Safari, and it suddenly becomes unresponsive. You tap and tap and nothing happens. That app is locked up. There are couple of ways to force-quit it. First, press the Home button to return to the home screen and then double-tap on the Home button. Locate the problem app in the row of running apps, tap and hold on it, and tap the Minus icon to quit the app. Or press and hold on the Sleep/Wake button, until the Slide the power off slider appears.
Now press and hold on the Home button until the app quits, and you've returned to the Home screen. When you next launch the app, it will hopefully behave itself. If it doesn't, try restarting the iPad by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button and swiping the Slide to power off switch. When the iPad shuts off, turn it on again by pressing and releasing the Sleep/Wake button. Worse yet, your entire iPad becomes unresponsive.
Now this is a rare occasion, but it can happen. When it does, press and hold on the Sleep/ Wake button, as well as the Home button. In a few seconds the iPad's screen will go dark. This indicates that you forced it to shutdown. To restart it, just press the Sleep/Wake button. If your iPad continues to behave in odd ways after this treatment, you may need to reset some settings. To do that, launch Settings, tap the General Setting, and tap Reset at the bottom of the list of General settings.
Start by tapping Reset All Settings. This resets the iPad's preferences and settings, but it doesn't affect any of your data or media. If you're having problems making connections to the outside world through Wi-Fi or 3G, try tapping Reset Network Settings. This will wipe out previously used network settings and flip Wi-Fi off and then back on. If nothing seems to be going well and you're not near your computer, you could try tapping Erase All Contents and Settings. This essentially returns the iPad to its condition when you first pulled it from the box.
Everything you've added to it is wiped out, so beware. It's a desperate action and one that you shouldn't take lightly. It's so desperate in fact that I'm not going to demonstrate it now, as I don't really want to take the time to restore it. If you must have an iPad that works but don't care about what's on it, this is the way to go. If you're within reach of your computer, attach your iPad to it, select it in iTunes, and take a gander at the Restore button. If you press this button, iTunes will download the latest version of the iPad software, if there's a newer version than what you currently have, and then it will install it on your iPad, overriding the software that's on it.
I'm not going to do that right now, because I'm going to keep my software just as it is. This gives your iPad a completely fresh start. Once that operation is done, you have the option to restore your iPad from a backup. But what about an iPad that doesn't appear in iTunes at all? You can try putting it into DFU mode. This is a recovery mode that forces iTunes to recognize it. To enter DFU mode, connect your iPad to your computer with a USB cable, shut down the iPad, press and hold Sleep/ Wake for 10 seconds, and let go of the Sleep/Wake button while continuing to hold the Home button for 10 seconds.
iTunes should throw up an error indicating that it's found an iPad in recovery mode. At this point, you'll see just a single Summary tab in iTunes with the Restore button showing. Click Restore and the iPad will be restored. Once it is, you can then restore your data and apps from a backup. And finally, a solution that seems like voodoo, but sometimes works as a last-ditch effort. If your iPad seems totally confused and your computer can't update it because it won't appear in iTunes, attach it to a different computer.
Sometimes iTunes on your computer plays a part of the problem. Connected to a different computer, even a Mac if you have a PC, or vice versa, restore it on that computer and then bring it back to your original computer to restore it from an update. It sounds crazy, I know, but it's worked more often than not. My hope is that you'll never need any of these troubleshooting tips, but in case you do, they should set your iPad straight.


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Case-Mate Unveiled iPhone 4 Cases
Sometimes you want unique accessories for your brand new iPhone 4. Well, Case-Mate® has just unveiled their newest product that was design by Erik Arlen, an industrial designer which known for his innovative shoe design for Nike. There are four unique design that Case-Mate® will offered you.
The four different design that Erik Arlen has created are:
– Quartet is four different interlocking color blocks which will let its user to mismatch the color's case.
– Stacks contains six different color bands lock together to create ultimate color combination.
– Egg have extruded dots of different heights that distinctively Pop-modern egg create and it has a rubbery feeling to it. It will be available in white, blue, red, and black.
– Facets is very similar to HTC Diamond case. It has different size of triangles covered with three unique coatings to shine things up.
Both Quartet and Stacks will be price at $34.99, while the Egg and Facets cost $24.99. The case is now available via www.case-mate.com/erikarlen/.
Press Release
Case-Mate® Gives Your Mobile Device Something Chic to Wear Industrial Designer Erik Arlen's new Case-mate Collections Offer Fashion-Forward Options
for the Latest Must-Have Tech Accessories
ATLANTA, January 6, 2011 — Case-Mate®, known for its innovative accessories that protect, adorn and enhance mobile technology, has tapped modern industrial designer Erik Arlen to create an edgy new line of iPhone 4 cases just in time for CES.
Best known for his innovative shoe designs for Nike, Arlen brings his industrial aesthetic to Case-Mate consumers with a collection that incorporates bold colors, textures and modular pieces.
"Fashion-forward consumers will love the look and feel of the Erik Arlen line," said Shashi Reddy, founder and CEO of Case-Mate. "Our collaboration with Erik underscores our commitment to innovative, craftsmanship and personal expression through modular, customizable case design; this is just the first of many such design partnerships to come."
The Erik Arlen for Case-Mate line includes four distinctive designs:
-Quartet, $34.99: Four different interlocking color blocks allow consumers to customize the look of their case.
-Stacks, $34.99: Six color bands lock together to create a case with endless color combinations tailored specifically to an individual's taste and style.
-Egg, $24.99: Extruded dots of different heights simulate the distinctive look of a Pop- modern egg crate and create an interesting feel in hand. Available in red, white, blue and black.
-Facets, $24.99: Harmonious intersections of varying-sized triangles visually inspire while three unique coatings provide interest to the touch. Available in red, white or black.
The Erik Arlen collection for Case-Mate line is available only at www.case-mate.com/erikarlen/.


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Orange traffic cone meets federal requirements for night visibility
This 18" orange reflective traffic cone meets federal requirements for night visibility. Collar on the orange traffic cone is made from high-intensity reflective materials by 3M. The U.S. Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Division requires that cones used at night on state highways and interstates have reflective material (MUTCD Standard 6-3). The orange traffic cone has an 11-1/2" square base. USA made. NOTE: Cones used on State and Federal highways must be orange in color and at least 28" tall.


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Abreu's big bat returns to Angels lineup - twice
A day after hitting a two-out RBI double and making a leaping, wall-slamming catch that landed him on ESPN SportsCenter's "Top 10 Plays," Angels center fielder Peter Bourjos gets a night off on Saturday against the New York Mets at Citi Field.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia said that the lineup changed was planned and done in order to get hot-hitting Bobby Abreu (.290 BA, 22 hits in past 15 games) back in the lineup. He will play left field while Vernon Wells and Torii Hunter will play center and right field, respectively.
Bourjos, whose speed and range were clearly beneficial on the spacious Citi Field outfield, took the move in swift stride.
"I want to play every game but that's not how it goes," said Bourjos, feeling no pain in his ribs from the previous night's collision with the wall. "We're facing a righty (RHP Mike Pelfrey) tonight…. And we don't have a DH (in interleague games at NL ballparks), and Bobby's one of hottest hitters right now and you've got to get him in the lineup."
"Wait, you're not playing?" asked a stunned Angels ace Jered Weaver from the neighboring locker stall.
Bourjos smiled.
"We're still putting a pretty good guy out there,…" said Scioscia, explaining his lineup change. "Peter has played a lot (69 out of 71 games) and we've got big ballparks down in Florida too."
Speaking of Abreu's big bats, Scioscia also has right-hander Dan Haren on the mound, batting ninth and swinging Abreu's weighty 34 ½-33 SSK bat. Haren, who played in the National League with Arizona from 2008 to 2010, has impressive his teammates in recent BP session.
Haren hit .364 (20 for 55, with six doubles, a home run and seven RBI) in 2010 with the Diamondbacks.
3B Maicer Izturis
SS Erick Aybar
RF Torii Hunter
LF Bobby Abreu
CF Vernon Wells
2B Howie Kendrick
1B Russell Branyan
C Hank Conger
RHP Dan Haren (6-4, 2.54 ERA)
SS Jose Reyes
2B Justin Turner
RF Carlos Beltran
3B Daniel Murphy
CF Angel Pagan
LF Jason Bay
1B Lucas Duda
C Ronny Paulino
RHP Mike Pelfrey (3-5, 5.11)
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The Xen virtualization system is is quickly becoming a standard feature of corporate Linux. We'll show you how to get started with the latest version of Xen.
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The Chosen
by Chaim Potok
Analysis: Plot Analysis
Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial situation, conflict, complication, climax, suspense, denouement, and conclusion. Great writers sometimes shake up the recipe and add some spice.
Initial Situation
Baseball and war in the schoolyard
When Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders first meet, it's hate at first sight. Their friendly Sunday afternoon baseball game has turned into an all-out war.
Do you really want to hurt me?
Reuven's and his teammates soon learn that Danny and his teammates take their baseball very seriously. Body slams, deadly batting, and murderous taunts soon take over the game. Everybody is on edge. When Danny steps up to the plate and hits the ball right into Reuven's glasses, breaking them, it seems their enmity is sealed.
I'm sorry I tried to kill you.
Turns out that the two guys actually have a lot in common, and, while Danny really did imagine killing Reuven when he hit that ball, he also expected Reuven to duck. Reuven admits he didn't duck because he didn't want to be thought of as a wuss. Their decision to become friends complicates the story because Reuven is now involved in Danny's complicated dilemma – he's next in line to become the leader of his Hasidic community, but he wants out. Danny wants to be free to pursue a career in psychology and stay in his father's good graces.
A conversation while peeing
When World War II comes to an end and the details of the Holocaust are released, Reuven's dad devotes himself to promoting a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Danny's dad is STRONGLY against the idea. After David Malter makes his views public, the Reb forbids Danny to have any more contact with Reuven. Danny has to break the news to his friend in the bathroom at school. When one of his father's spies walks in while they are talking (and peeing), Danny splits so fast he doesn't have time to wash his hands.
Secrets and silence
When Israel becomes a reality, the Reb calms down and lets the boys hang out again. But, Danny still hasn't told his father that he's refusing his inheritance in favor of psychology studies, and everybody is afraid of the fall-out that's sure to come when he does. Rabbi Saunders still won't talk to his son about anything other than Talmud, and nobody understands why this is.
The silence is broken
Whew. Everything turns out OK. Danny doesn't have to tell his father – the man guesses Danny's plans and gives them his stamp of approval. This means a great deal to Danny. Without his father's approval, he would have to face exile from his community in order to pursue his dreams. The Reb also breaks the horrible silence between him and Danny, opening up his relationship with his son.
Walking off into the future
Danny's conflict is resolved and he walks off into his new life with fire in his eyes. Reuven, however, is still struggling to understand everything his friend went through. He especially doesn't understand why the Reb raised Danny the way he did. So, like many great works of art, The Chosen ultimately asks more questions than it answers.


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Thomas A Baum Senior Centerwas dedicated December 7, 1987 in honor of a Dare County pioneer in transportation. Thomas A Baum designed, built, and operated ferries in the early 1900's and was an advocate of local economic development. The Baum family preserved this tract of land for public use in recognition of the love Thomas A Baum had for the Outer Banks.
The mission of the Thomas A Baum Senior Center is to serve Dare County residents and visitors who are 55 and older. A variety of programs and activities promote an active and healthy lifestyle providing opportunities for recreation, socialization, nutrition, and health support services. Including a wide range of exercise classes for all fitness levels. We offer jazz dance, tap dance, line dancing, Dancing with Parkinson, step and hi/low impact aerobics, chair aerobics, Tai Chi for Arthritis, chair tai chi and Yoga. The Thomas A Baum Center also provides a workout room featuring treadmills, stationary bikes, and free weights.
Our Activities Calendar features something for everyone. Stop by and let our friendly staff give you a tour and explain the many things waiting for you at the Thomas A Baum Senior Center.
Valuable information about Medicare programs is provided through the Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP). This innovative program created by the North Carolina Department of Insurance offers free counseling by specially trained staff about general Medicare issues, insurance for long-term care, and Medicare's prescription drug coverage.
The Thomas A Baum Center also serves as headquarters of the Outer Banks Senior Games. Each spring, those 55 and older have fun competing in a wide range of sporting events and artistic performances. Like the Olympics, achievements are recognized with gold, silver, and bronze awards and the privilege of representing Dare County in the statewide North Carolina Senior Games. While the program honors personal and team accomplishments, the emphasis is all about being active and having fun.
Nutrition services are available for qualified Older Adults. Meals are provided for homebound Seniors who are at least 60 years of age and unable to prepare meals or participate in a group nutrition program. For more information, contact Gigi Sanchez at 252.475.9279 or Mary Jernigan at 252.475.5637.
Many adults use the transportation services provided by the Dare County Transportation Services Department. Round-trip transportation is available, by appointment, for doctor visits, shopping trips and other needs on a scheduled basis Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
Volunteer opportunities are always available at the Thomas A Baum Senior Center. Consider sharing a little of your time and discover the rewards of helping others. For more information, call 252.475.5635.


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Saturday Jun 07, 2008
Thursday Feb 21, 2008
Mercurial on the way ...
By vaibhavc on Feb 21, 2008
Moving on to OpenJDK, mercurial is one big name we are hearing. It is similar to CVS or SCCS. A open source project. Vikram one of my team members has given yesterday one presentation on Mercurial. Have a look on his slides here. Slide speaks very basic of Mercurial and after reading this we can start of some of the basic mercurial operations.
Sounds very much faster than SCCS which we are using currently to bringover JDK Source Code.
Friday Dec 07, 2007
OpenJDK Build on Netbeans with Windows / Solaris - Part IV
By vaibhavc on Dec 07, 2007
So its all done for Windows. Now coming on to Solaris, here the work is little less in compare to Windows(the same is valid for Linux as well, can be a excuse for me as I don't have Linux machine right now). Here is the list of downloads:
-> OpenJDK - Same link as mentioned in the previous blog (download the Solaris part, we have worked on Solaris x86)
-> Binary Plugin - Download from here.
-> CUPS Header - Download the latest cups from here.
NOTE: CUPS is Common Unix Printing System. It is doing a smart job of putting browser information into a printable format. I mean you don't have to worry about how printing is going to happen, it will be taken care by CUPS.
-> FreeType - Download from the same link provided in the previous blog. Any of the platform independent version will work for us.
-> jtreg - jtreg can be downloaded from the same link from where you are downloading OpenJDK. jtreg is a test suite that contains tons of testcase. Responsibility is to write a safe code and code change will not screw anything.
Thats it ! I am assuming that you have Netbeans 6+ and JDK 1.7 and JDK 1.6 binaries installed with you.
Now setting the build.properties file. Its very small in comparison to windows. Here it is:
// this is important because code contains many
//line which work on if(OPENJDK==true) code
OPENJDK=true \\
ALT_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH={FREE_TYPE_PATH}/lib \\
ALT_FREETYPE_HEADERS_PATH={FREE_TYPE_PATH}/include \\
All done. Time to fire the build. More likely you will face the same problem what we have mentioned for Windows. If you are lucky enough then you will get the message "BUILD SUCCESSFUL"
(If I missed some step, please follow as it is in previous blog)
Sunday Dec 02, 2007
OpenJDK Build on Netbeans with Windows / Solaris - Part III
By vaibhavc on Dec 02, 2007
Now if you all set according to the last blog. This is/are the possible error(s) :
1. Error in make file : Multiple target \*\*\* . Yes, you need to downgrade the version of make file. "make.exe" resides in /cygwin/bin/make.exe. Check out its version, if its not 3.80, time to downgrade it. Download from here. Replace the make.exe of cygwin with this new make.exe ( make -version should be 3.80).
NOTE: make.exe is responsible to run make files. Makefiles are the one which contains instructions for a specific project, which file to compile and in which order.
2. Compilation error in LocaleDataMetaInfo.java - Try out Igor's solution
NOTE: Cygwin(make of Cygwin) still have some problem in understanding \\r character. So, this error may go with the upcoming binaries of Cygwin. One way is just remove \\r from the sh file - localegen.sh. But then you will not get the proper LocaleDataMetaInfo.java file.
3. freetype.dll not found: Yes, freetype installation is not creating any file like freetype.dll and this is surprising. If you investigate properly, you will get one file with name freetype.dll.a. Right now, lets rename it to freetype.dll(later we will check the problem of renaming this file)
NOTE: Just one line about freetype, it is providing uniform interface to access font files, support anti-aliasing as well.
4. I guess this is the main three error we came across. If anything else coming, then you need to check the installation of Cygwin again. Errors like zip or tar.exe not found, means you have not installed the archive package of Cygwin.
Now if you are lucky enough, all things go fine and build will be ready. Again note that, jdk project module of Netbeans is only responsible for j2se build which mostly contains Java API not containing hotspot part. So, check the javac.exe and java.exe of your own openJDK build in the folder /openjdk/windows-i586/bin/.
5. Give a try to your HelloWorld.java Program. Ah it is running :-) cool. Now give a try on SimpleFrame.java in which you are creating a Frame. If unluck you will get this error: not a proper dll file: freetype.dll. So, renaming is not actually working which we did in Error 2. Actually .a is a library achieve which is not a proper file at this point. So, what to do ? Either find proper freetype.dll file from somewhere or take the source of freetype and compile it on .NET according to these rule.
Now its all yours. If you get any additional error, please let me know via comment or drop me a mail
Saturday Dec 01, 2007
OpenJDK Build on Netbeans with Windows / Solaris - Part II
By vaibhavc on Dec 01, 2007
Talking of some of the details about OpenJDK building(on Netbeans), we can start with Windows build(x86). In general,building on windows is tougher than Solaris/Linux because there are lot of dependencies on other tools and we can't set up the tools on network. Now lets see the list of the downloads required (don't abuse me, I know its too much :-))
- OpenJDK - Download open source JDK
- Binary Plugin - Download Binary Plugin
We need to install binary of Java SE 6, which we can get from Sun site and Java SE 7 which we can download from http://download.java.net/jdk7/binaries
Now this is all about JDK downloads. Time to put hand into the dirty world of other dependent tools:
1. As we have lot of C++ code(native code) inside JDK, we need a C++ compiler. For windows, JDK document suggests to use .NET2003. Though we have made the build on .NET 2003 but I guess compiler of .NET 2003 is free on net and you can give one try with free compiler. Note here: Don't try with .NET 2005 as many of the API get deprecated.
2. Cygwin Installation: This is a area of concern. We have invested(wasted :D) 90 percent of the build time in this tool. Installing, uninstalling, reinstalling .. and it keep on going. On the first installation page of Cygwin itself , you will get two options: Unix/Binary or Dos/Text. Any option can work, can't work depending on your luck :-). Most of the engineer suggested me to install Unix/Binary but Dos/Text worked for us :D. Download from: Cygwin Site
NOTE: Don't forget to download Developer, System, Utility, Archive package of its full mode not the default mode.
3. Install Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK(Summer Package) - Download it from Microsoft site
4. Download and Install FindBugs and Ant
5. Download Microsoft Unicode Library
6. Download and install latest version of freetype from www.freetype.org
7. Oops, if you don't have Netbeans 6 then download that also :)
Time to take a cup of coffee. Let the download to go on.
OK, back from coffee ...
Add Ant, Findbugs, Cygwin(till \\bin) in the path variable of system. Open cmd, run vsvars32.bat (Micros~1.NET\\Common7\\Tools\\vsvars32.bat) to initialize the .NET variables. Run Netbeans.exe from the same command line.
Open openjdk/jdk/make/netbeans/ in netbeans and open project jdk. Open some of the important file like build.propertied and make.xml. In make.xml file, you will get the path of make, change it to the cygwin make file {cygwin/bin }.
Now IMPORTANT, get ready to write build.properties file:
// this is important because code contains many
//line which work on if(OPENJDK==true) code
// write the path in ~ format (dir /x)
ALT_COMPILER_PATH={MS.NET2003_PATH}/Vc7/bin \\
ALT_MSDEVTOOLS_PATH= {MS.NET2003_PATH}/Common7/Tools/Bin \\
ALT_MSVCR71_DLL_PATH= {MS.NET2003_PATH}/SDK/v1.1/Bin \\
ALT_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH={FREE_TYPE_PATH}/lib \\
ALT_FREETYPE_HEADERS_PATH={FREE_TYPE_PATH}/include \\
All Done ! Fire the build now, if you are lucky enough you will get it done in some 20-30 minutes. In the next blog, we are going to talk about the problem(s) with some of this software and version dependencies.
Friday Nov 30, 2007
OpenJDK Build on Netbeans with Windows / Solaris - Part I
By vaibhavc on Nov 30, 2007
Our team is ready with OpenJDK build for FOSS.IN, better to
say partially ready :). Me and Vikram is going to give the live demo about
building OpenJDK and how you can optimize the source code according to your own
need. For Example, if you don't like the default LookAndFeel of Java, change it according to
your like because now its your world, its your Java. Let me show you one simple
code change we have done with the gradient color. This
is the normal Ocean LookAndFeel of Java.
Before the code Change:
After the code change:
So for the real die-hard of Java, I am going to write Part II, III, ... upto N(covering some technicalities of building process) till I am not able to make you happy. Thanks to Igor and Sandeep who have replied my all shots of stupid questions.
Thursday Nov 29, 2007
FOSS.IN - OpenJDK
By vaibhavc on Nov 29, 2007
Sun is ready for the big event FOSS.IN going to happen in Bangalore, India. Our J2SE team is going to give two demo. One is about OpenJDK and other is all about JavaFX, the new cutting edge technology. Both underwent through the dry run before the actual event occurs. We are ready with OpenJDK build on Win32 and off course Solaris. Without too much of the change Solaris scripts files can be mapped on Linux as well. If anyone of the blog reader(s) are interested in making build of OpenJDK, the please leave a comment or just drop me a mail. Thanks for Igor Nekrestyanov and Sandeep Konchady to provide lot of help.
We have made the build from command line and from Netbeans 6 both. Still lot of things to do :-)
Sunday Jul 08, 2007
jikes vs javac
By vaibhavc on Jul 08, 2007
jikes is something which converts .java file into .class file. Yes, it
is javac but IBM product not a Sun product. And let me begin with jikes
page on sourceforge.net :
Some comparisons:
No. 1 : jikes is a open source software.
And so javac is ! Didn't get the advantage.
No. 2: Strictly Java compatible - It is not providing any superset or subset variation support.
Good, but this little of strictness most of time increase the code line.
No. 3: High Performance: Compilation is faster than javac.
really bother about compilation, anyway you have to come again and run
on java command. I guess world is ready to devote 2 more minute in
Anyway, I have compiled one of the .java file(one which i have used in the last post) on the most stable version of jikes:
jikes TestForJDB.java
Issued 5 system warnings:
\*\*\* Semantic Warning: The file "E:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0/jre/lib/ext/" doe
s not exist or else is not a valid zip file.
\*\*\* Semantic Warning: The file "E:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0/jre/lib/ext/" doe
s not exist or else is not a valid zip file.
\*\*\* Semantic Warning: The file "E:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0/jre/lib/ext/" doe
s not exist or else is not a valid zip file.
\*\*\* Semantic Warning: The file "E:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0/jre/lib/ext/" doe
s not exist or else is not a valid zip file.
\*\*\* Semantic Warning: The file "E:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0/jre/lib/ext/" doe
s not exist or else is not a valid zip file.
Didn't get what this warning message is and really not why you show it to me 5 times.
Then I have tried to look into -version command.
javac -version
- javac 1.6.0
jikes -version
- Jikes Compiler - Version 1.22 - 3 October 2004
Copyright (C) IBM Corporation 1997-2003, 2004.
- Licensed Materials - Program Property of IBM - All Rights Reserved.
Originally written by Philippe Charles and David Shields of IBM Research,
Jikes is now maintained and refined by the Jikes Project at:
Please consult this URL for more information and for reporting problems.
Very informative :)). Originally written by ... what does that mean ?
No 4. jikes provides some cool feature like incremental build.
I didn't get anything out of it.
Look at this feature.
jikes ++ TestForJDB.java
// After the 5 warning message.
Incremental: Enter to continue or q + Enter to quit:
nothing changed...
Incremental: Enter to continue or q + Enter to quit: (this if you change the code)
Incremental: Enter to continue or q + Enter to quit:
nothing changed...
No 5. clear error message.
I have removed one semi-colon from the code at line no. 25. Look at the error message printed by two compilers:
javac TestForJDB.java
TestForJDB.java:25: ';' expected
stringJDB = value
1 error
jikes TestForJDB.java
Found 1 syntax error in "E:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0/bin/TestForJDB.java":
25. stringJDB = value
\*\*\* Syntax Error: ";" inserted to complete BlockStatementsopt
Are you able to find out something extra ? By the way what was the meaning of BlockStatementsopt ?
I guess I made too many of negative statement :), Ok some good features are here:
- it is providing some additional options like
> jikes +Punused-package-imports TestForJDB.java - which at compilation time, will show you those import statement which are not in use.
> jikes +Pnaming-convention testForJDB.java - it will throw warning if you are not following the naming convention ( its really an idea of Sun, don't mind :) )
I didn't like the verbose information(javac -verbose filename.java) .
Where is the time information man... parsing time, total time to make
class file... these are some of the cool use of verbose option. Showing
only which all files you are reading is a useless information.
Anyway, nice to see one step ahead in the world of open source.
Thursday Nov 23, 2006
java -ddoc option
By vaibhavc on Nov 23, 2006
There is now more than lakh's of project developed in Java, that went for a maintenance, enhancement and servicing. The common problem in which most of the company stuck of is with the chain of ongoing and incoming employee. For a new engineer its difficult to understand the code written by someone else. And the worst happens when they don't have any supporting document to understand the code.
I am here proposing a java -ddoc option which generated a HTML(XML) format design document of the work flow of the code along with the output of the code.
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Millard Meiss papers, circa 1918-circa 1977, bulk 1950-1975
Meiss, Millard, b. 1904 d. 1975
Art historian
Active in Princeton, N.J.
Collection size: 11.4 linear ft.
Collection Summary: Biographical material, including resume, a bibliography on Meiss, obituaries, and awards; correspondence; files on committees and special projects; correspondence; writings and lectures; reviews and letters about his books; the book, "Fine Art la: outline of lectures" with annotations by Meiss; and files containing correspondence, photographs, slides, clippings and other printed matter regarding The Art Bulletin Committee, International Congress of the History of Art, and the Committee to Rescue Italian Art.
Biographical/Historical Note: Art historian, Princeton, N.J. Born 1904 Died 1975.
Donated 1976-1986 by Margaret L. Meiss, widow of Millard Meiss.
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Concept Release on Possible Revisions to the Disclosure Requirements Relating to Oil and Gas Reserves
Concept Release.
The Commission is publishing this Concept Release to obtain information about the extent and nature of the public's interest in revising oil and gas reserves disclosure requirements which exist in their current form in Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Commission adopted the current oil and gas reserves disclosure requirements between 1978 and 1982. In the decades that have passed since the adoption of these rules, there have been significant changes in the oil and gas industry. Some commentators have expressed concern that the Commission's rules have not adapted to current practices and may not provide investors with the most useful picture of oil and gas reserves public companies hold.
Unified Agenda
Modernization of the Oil and Gas Reporting Requirements
5 actions from December 12th, 2007 to November 2008
December 12th, 2007
February 19th, 2008
- ANPRM Comment Period End
July 9th, 2008
September 8th, 2008
- NPRM Comment Period End
November 2008
- Final Action
Table of Contents Back to Top
- Electronic Comments
- Paper Comments
- Table of Contents
- I. Introduction
- II. Definition of Oil and Gas Reserves
- III. The Impact of Technology
- IV. Alternative Classification Systems
- V. Independent Preparation, Assessment or Evaluation of Reserves Disclosure
- VI. General Request for Comment
- Questions
- Footnotes
DATES: Back to Top
Comments should be received on or before February 19, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Back to Top
Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Electronic Comments
- Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/concept.shtml); or
- Send an e-mail to email@example.com. Please include File Number S7-XX-07 on the subject line; or
Use the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Paper Comments
- Send paper submissions in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number S7-XX-07. This file number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To help us process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/concept.shtml). Comments also are available for public inspection and copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. All comments received will be posted without change; we do not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Back to Top
Questions on this Concept Release should be directed to Mellissa Campbell Duru, Attorney-Advisor or Dr. W. John Lee, Academic Petroleum Engineering Fellow at (202) 551-3740, Division of Corporation Finance; or Mark Mahar, Associate Chief Accountant, Office of the Chief Accountant at (202) 551-5300; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Back to Top
Table of Contents Back to Top
I. Introduction
II. Definition of Oil and Gas Reserves
III. The Impact of Technology
IV. Alternative Classification Systems
V. Independent Preparation, Assessment or Evaluation of Reserves Disclosure
VI. General Request for Comment
I. Introduction Back to Top
Throughout the Commission's history, our focus on the information needs of investors in public companies has caused us to continually re-evaluate the disclosure requirements of the federal securities laws. The extent and pace of changes in the oil and gas industry, and public concern that our oil and gas reserves disclosure requirements are not fully aligned with current industry practice, have led us to reconsider those requirements. Through this Concept Release, the Commission seeks public comment on our oil and gas reserves disclosure requirements. [1] While we set forth a number of general and specific questions, we welcome comments on any other concerns commenters may have related to these issues.
The current oil and gas reserves disclosure requirements have been in place for some time. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 directed the Commission to "take such steps as may be necessary to assure the development and observance of accounting practices to be followed in the preparation of accounts by persons engaged, in whole or in part, in the production of crude oil or natural gas in the United States." [2] In 1978, the Commission issued Accounting Series Release No. 253, which amended Regulation S-X by adding new Rule 3-18, [3] the precursor to Rule 4-10 of Regulation S-X. [4] Rule 4-10 prescribes the financial and reporting standards for companies engaged in oil and gas producing activities. Rule 4-10 defines what constitutes oil and gas producing activities and proved reserves. [5] Item 102 of Regulation S-K, which the Commission adopted in 1982, requires that companies disclose their proved reserves and prohibits them from disclosing other categories of reserves. [6] There have been significant technological advancements, changes in the oil and gas markets, and changes in the types of projects in which companies invest since the Commission adopted these rules and disclosure requirements. Many in the oil and gas industry, including some oil and gas companies, professional organizations and analysts, believe that our oil and gas reserves disclosure requirements have not kept pace with industry changes. [7] Other commentators suggest that our reserves disclosure requirements prevent an investor from viewing the company through management's eyes. These commentators also believe that our rules prevent companies from fully presenting the reasons for their oil and gas project investment decisions. [8]
II. Definition of Oil and Gas Reserves Back to Top
Even though they do not appear on a company's balance sheet, oil and gas reserves are among the most significant assets of an oil and gas company. Given that they lie in deeply buried geological formations, oil and gas reserves are difficult to measure and, until a company extracts them, it can only estimate their volume.
Item 102 of Regulation S-K sets forth the disclosure requirements for the physical property of a company. Instruction 3 to Item 102 requires an oil and gas company to disclose material information about its proved reserves. Instruction 5 to Item 102 prohibits a company from disclosing reserves estimates other than proved reserves in any filing it makes with the Commission. Instruction 6 to Item 102 states that the definitions in Rule 4-10 of Regulation S-X shall apply to Item 102 with respect to oil and gas operations. [9]
Rule 4-10(a)(2) defines proved reserves as "the estimated quantities of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids which geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions, i.e. prices and costs as of the date the estimate is made." [10] While the rule does not define "reasonable certainty," the staff has interpreted this term to mean a level of certainty such that, as more information about a reservoir becomes available, it is more likely than not that the additional data will confirm or enhance the company's original estimate of the quantity it can ultimately recover. [11] The staff has historically interpreted the requirement that the reserves be recoverable "under existing economic * * * conditions," referred to in Rule 4-10(a)(2)(i) as "economic producibility," to mean that the company can sell the resources for more than its cost to extract and transport them to market. [12] In other words, the company may classify its reserves as proved only if it can economically produce them. Although Rule 4-10 does not specify the price a company should use to make this determination, the staff has historically applied the fiscal year end price requirements set forth in two related accounting standards—Statement of Financial and Accounting Standard No. 19 and Statement of Financial and Accounting Standard No. 69. [13]
Rule 4-10(a)(2) also requires that a company be able to recover resources "under existing * * * operating conditions" before classifying them as proved reserves. In the absence of a definition of "existing operating conditions," the staff has historically interpreted this to include a ready market and a means to transport resources to that market. [14] For oil, these conditions are generally deemed to be met because a company can easily transport oil to a sales point. For gas, there must be a pipeline to transport the gas to a sales point. [15] If a company does not have a current means to transport gas, the staff assumes a ready market for gas does not exist. [16] Therefore, the staff does not consider gas without a means of transport, known as stranded gas, to qualify for classification as proved reserves under Rule 4-10. [17]
To estimate whether it can economically produce its oil and gas resources, a company relies on different methods to evaluate a reservoir where it believes reserves exist. Rule 4-10(a)(2)(i) specifies the tests a company must conduct and the type of data it must consider to estimate, with reasonable certainty, its proved reserves. The company must support its economic producibility conclusion by either actual production from a reservoir or by a conclusive formation test. Although not defined in Rule 4-10, the staff has historically considered a conclusive formation test to include a combination of drilling and well flow testing. [18]
Rule 4-10(a)(4) allows a company to classify, as part of its proved reserves, the proved undeveloped reserves that it expects to recover from "new wells on undrilled acreage, or from existing wells where a relatively major expenditure is required." [19] Proved undeveloped reserves are restricted to "offsetting productive units that are reasonably certain of production when drilled." [20] In the absence of a definition of the term "offsetting" in Rule 4-10(a)(4), the staff has historically interpreted this to mean immediately adjacent. [21] Rule 4-10(a)(4) does not specify a period of time during which a company should expect to commence drilling the new well or the period of time in which a company will incur a relatively major expenditure. Some industry commentators have expressed concern that companies continue to categorize quantities of proved undeveloped reserves for extended periods of time without taking any action to develop these reserves. [22] This raises the question as to whether such quantities originally met, or currently meet, the reasonable certainty requirement.
Finally, Rule 4-10(a)(4) allows a company to claim resources as proved undeveloped reserves for other undrilled units "only where it can be demonstrated with certainty that there is continuity of production from the existing productive formation." [23] Many companies are utilizing new technologies, such as 3-D seismic, to provide estimates, which they believe are reasonably certain, of proved undeveloped reserves more than one offset away. Nevertheless, given Rule 4-10(a)(4)'s requirement of certainty versus reasonable certainty, the staff has considered the requirement of certainty to have a relatively higher threshold than reasonable certainty and, therefore, has not accepted estimates of proved undeveloped reserves based on such technologies. Some commentators have expressed concern that, in practice, this constitutes absolute certainty which they believe is too stringent a criterion.
III. The Impact of Technology Back to Top
Technological advances since 1978 have improved how companies may identify oil and gas resources. Advances such as 3-D and 4-D seismic interpretation provide increased information about reservoirs and their boundaries. Reservoir description tools and computer reservoir simulation models continue to improve as technology changes.
While a company may currently choose to use new techniques to help it decide where to drill additional wells, the staff has, in nearly all cases, continued to require that, in the absence of actual production, a company support economic producibility through a conclusive formation test. With one exception, the staff interprets this to mean direct contact with the reservoir through drilling and a well-flow test. [24]
Given the scarcity of relatively accessible petroleum reserves that companies can extract using conventional techniques, companies are increasingly looking to resources that are more difficult to access due to their geologic or geographical location or require specialized extraction techniques. Among these resources are tar sands and oil shales, both of which contain chemical compounds which can be processed into oil. When the Commission adopted the proved reserves definitions in 1978, the only effective way to extract these compounds was through traditional mining techniques. Since 1978, however, companies have developed techniques to extract these compounds using oil and gas drilling techniques. Despite these technological advances, Rule 4-10 prohibits a company from including the oil it extracts from tar sands and oil shales in its estimation of proved reserves. Rule 4-10 states that "oil and gas producing activities do not include * * * [t]he extraction of hydrocarbons from shale, tar sands, or coal." [25] Rule 4-10 excludes "crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids, that may be recovered from oil shales, coal, gilsonite and other such sources" from the definition of proved reserves. [26] Notwithstanding a company's ability to economically extract oil from tar sands and oil shales, Rule 4-10 prevents it from including these amounts in its estimates of proved reserves. [27]
IV. Alternative Classification Systems Back to Top
The Commission's proved reserves definitions are those used by the Department of Energy in 1978 and were based upon definitions used by the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the general industry at that time. Since 1978, the Society of Petroleum Engineers has made several significant revisions to its classification framework. It released its most recent version, the "Petroleum Resources Management System," in February 2007. [28] This system was jointly sponsored by the World Petroleum Council, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers. The classification framework defines a broad range of reserves categories, contingent resources and prospective resources. [29] We understand that oil and gas companies may use this classification framework to prepare reserves estimates for purposes other than their SEC filings and that investors in private financing transactions and participants in business combinations may use this framework as well.
The International Accounting Standards Board is currently consulting with the Society of Petroleum Engineers Oil and Gas Reserves Committee regarding oil and gas company accounting requirements. [30] The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the United Nations Economic and Social Council are currently working together to establish an international classification system to classify resources in the oil and gas and mining industries. [31] Finally, other jurisdictions, such as Canada, have adopted disclosure requirements that share characteristics with the Petroleum Resources Management System. [32]
V. Independent Preparation, Assessment or Evaluation of Reserves Disclosure Back to Top
Although a company may engage a third party to prepare its reserves estimates, assess its estimates, or evaluate the proved reserves information in the filings that it makes with us, our rules do not require it to do so. While some professional organizations may require their members to follow certain standards in providing such services, it does not appear that these standards are binding or that these professional organizations have any specialized enforcement mechanisms to assure compliance with them.
VI. General Request for Comment Back to Top
As noted above, in light of the extent and pace of changes in the oil and gas industry and public concern that our oil and gas reserves disclosure requirements are not fully aligned with current industry practice, we are reconsidering our oil and gas reserves disclosure requirements. The Commission seeks public comment on our oil and gas reserves disclosure requirements and related issues.
1. Should we replace our rules-based current oil and gas reserves disclosure requirements, which identify in specific terms which disclosures are required and which are prohibited, with a principles-based rule? If yes, what primary disclosure principles should the Commission consider? If the Commission were to adopt a principles-based reserves disclosure framework, how could it affect disclosure quality, consistency and comparability?
2. Should the Commission consider allowing companies to disclose reserves other than proved reserves in filings with the SEC? If we were to allow companies to include reserves other than proved reserves, what reserves disclosure should we consider? Should we specify categories of reserves? If so, how should we define those categories?
3. Should the Commission adopt all or part of the Society of Petroleum Engineers—Petroleum Resources Management System? If so, what portions should we consider adopting? Are there other classification frameworks the Commission should consider? If the Commission were to adopt a different classification framework, how should the Commission respond if that framework is later changed?
4. Should we consider revising the current definition of proved reserves, proved developed reserves and proved undeveloped reserves? If so, how? Is there a way to revise the definition or the elements of the definition, to accommodate future technological innovations?
5. Should we specify the tests companies must undertake to estimate reserves? If so, what tests should we require? Should we specify the data companies must produce to support reserves conclusions? If so, what data should we require? Should we specify the process a company must follow to assess that data in estimating its reserves?
6. Should we reconsider the concept of reasonable certainty? If we were to replace it, what should we replace it with? How could that affect disclosure quality? Should we consider requiring companies to make certain assumptions? Should we prohibit others?
7. Should we reconsider the concept of certainty with regard to proved undeveloped reserves? Should we allow companies to indefinitely classify undeveloped reserves as proved?
8. Should we reconsider the concept of economic producibility? If we were to replace it, what should we replace it with? How could that affect disclosure quality? Should we consider requiring companies to make certain assumptions? Should we prohibit others?
9. Should we reconsider the concept of existing operating conditions? If we were to replace it, what should we replace it with? How could that affect disclosure quality? Should we consider requiring companies to make certain assumptions? Should we prohibit others?
10. Should we reconsider requiring companies to use a sale price in estimating reserves? If so, how should we establish the price framework? Should we require or allow companies to use an average price instead of a fixed price or a futures price instead of a spot price? Should we allow companies to determine the price framework? How would allowing companies to use different prices affect disclosure quality and consistency? Regardless of the pricing method that is used, should we allow or require companies to present a sensitivity analysis that would quantify the effect of price changes on the level of proved reserves?
11. Should we consider eliminating any of the current exclusions from proved reserves? How could removing these exclusions affect disclosure quality?
12. Should we consider eliminating any of the current exclusions from oil and gas activities? How could removing these exclusions affect disclosure quality?
13. Should we consider eliminating the current restrictions on including oil and gas reserves from sources that require further processing, e.g., tar sands? If we were to eliminate the current restrictions, how should we consider a disclosure framework for those reserves? What physical form of those reserves should we consider in evaluating such a framework? Is there a way to establish a disclosure framework that accommodates unforeseen resource discoveries and processing methods?
14. What aspects of technology should we consider in evaluating a disclosure framework? Is there a way to establish a disclosure framework that accommodates technological advances?
15. Should we consider requiring companies to engage an independent third party to evaluate their reserves estimates in the filings they make with us? If yes, what should that party's role be? Should we specify who would qualify to perform this function? If so, who should be permitted to perform this function and what professional standards should they follow? Are there professional organizations that the Commission can look to set and enforce adherence to those standards?
In addition to the areas for comment identified above, we are interested in any other issues that commenters may wish to address and the benefits and costs relating to investors, issuers and other market participants of the possibility of revising disclosure rules pertaining to petroleum reserves included in Commission filings. Please be as specific as possible in your discussion and analysis of any additional issues. Where possible, please provide empirical data or observations to support or illustrate your comments.
By the Commission.
Dated: December 12, 2007.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-24384 Filed 12-17-07; 8:45 am]
Footnotes Back to Top
1. The Commission is currently considering the use of International Financial Reporting Standards as published by the International Accounting Standards Board by U.S. public companies. The International Accounting Standards Board is also undertaking a project with respect to the convergence of accounting and disclosure reporting practices related to all extractive industries. This concept release is not seeking comment with respect to those matters.Back to Context
2. See 42 U.S.C. 6201-6422.Back to Context
3. See Accounting Series Release No. 253 (August 31, 1978) [43 FR 40688]. See also Accounting Series Release No. 257 (December 19, 1978) [43 FR 60404] (further amending Rule 3-18 of Regulation S-X and revising the definition of proved reserves).Back to Context
4. 17 CFR 210.4-10. See Release No. 33-6233 (Sept. 25, 1980) [45 FR 63660] (adopting amendments to Regulation S-X, including Rule 4-10).Back to Context
5. 17 CFR 210.4-10(a).Back to Context
6. Item 102 of Regulation S-K [17 CFR 229.102]. In 1982, the Commission adopted Item 102 of Regulation S-K. Item 102 contains the disclosure requirements previously located in Item 2 of Regulation S-K. See Release No. 33-6383 (March 16, 1982) [47 FR 11380]. The Commission also "recast[] * * * the disclosure requirements for oil and gas operations, formerly contained in Item 2(b) of Regulation S-K, as an industry guide." See Release No. 33-6384 (March 16, 1982) [47 FR 11476].Back to Context
7. See, for example, Steve Levine, "Tracking the Numbers: Oil Firms Want SEC to Loosen Reserves Rules," Wall Street Journal (February 7, 2006); Christopher Hope, "Oil Majors Back Attack on SECRules," The Daily Telegraph (London) (February 24, 2005); "Deloitte Calls on Regulators to Update Rules for Oil and Gas Reserves Reporting," (February 9, 2005) Business Wire Inc. available at http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050209/95991_1.html.Back to Context
8. See, for example, Christopher Hope, "Oil Majors Back Attack on SEC Rules," The Daily Telegraph (London)(February 24, 2005).Back to Context
10. 17 CFR 210.4-10(a)(2).Back to Context
11. See Division of Corporation Finance, Current Issues and Rulemaking Projects (November 14, 2000) available at http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/cfoilgasinterps.htm.Back to Context
12. Id.Back to Context
13. See Financial Accounting Standards Board, Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 19: Financial Accounting and Reporting by Oil and Gas Producing Companies (December 1977); and Financial Accounting Standards Board, Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 69: Disclosures About Oil and Gas Producing Activities-an Amendment of FASB Statements 19, 25, 33, 39 (November 1982). These standards set forth the year-end price requirement used for calculating discounted future net cash flows of proved reserves.Back to Context
14. See Division of Corporation Finance, Current Issues and Rulemaking Projects (November 14, 2000) available at http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/cfoilgasinterps.htm.Back to Context
15. An alternative is to convert the gas to a liquid. Historically, however, such conversion projects have been capital intensive and have not always been economically justified given the quantity of reserves.Back to Context
16. See Division of Corporation Finance, Current Issues and Rulemaking Projects (November 14, 2000) available at http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/cfoilgasinterps.htm.Back to Context
17. Id.Back to Context
18. Under a particular set of circumstances, the staff viewed this requirement slightly differently. See the subsequent discussion in note 24 for details regarding companies operating in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.Back to Context
19. 17 CFR 210.4-10(a)(4).Back to Context
20. Id.Back to Context
21. See Division of Corporation Finance, Current Issues and Rulemaking Projects (November 14, 2000) available at http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/cfoilgasinterps.htm.Back to Context
22. See, for example, Leslie Haynes, "Defining PUDs," Oil Gas Investor; Volume 244; Issue 5 (May 1, 2004).Back to Context
23. 17 CFR 210.4-10(a)(4).Back to Context
24. In a particular set of circumstances, the staff does not object to companies operating in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico asserting reasonable certainty and economic producibility without a well-flow test. In 2002 and 2003, the staff reviewed the disclosure of oil and gas companies operating in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In response to staff comments, companies provided extensive data from open hole logs, core samples, wire line conveyed sampling and seismic surveys to support their position that a traditional well-flow test was not necessary in that specific location. Given the results of this data, the staff does not object to classification of proved reserves in the absence of a traditional well flow test as long as a company's conclusions are supported by all four tests. This position, however, is limited to this specific geographic location. See the Division of Corporation Finance: Letter to Companies With Oil and Gas Operations in the Gulf of Mexico (April 15, 2004) available at http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/oilgasltr04152004.htm.Back to Context
25. 17 CFR 210.4-10(a)(1)(ii)(D).Back to Context
26. 17 CFR 210.4-10(a)(2)(iii)(D).Back to Context
27. Canadian regulators have revised their definitions of oil reserves to include non-traditional resources such as bitumen, which is extracted from tar sands. See, for example, Statements of the Alberta Securities Commission with respect to National Instrument (NI) 51-101 (National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities) available at www. albertasecurities.com.Back to Context
28. See Society of Petroleum Engineers, the World Petroleum Council, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers, Petroleum Resources Management System, SPE/WPC/AAPG/SPEE (2007).Back to Context
29. Id.Back to Context
30. See, for example, American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Society of Petroleum Engineers International Multidisciplinary Conference on Oil and Gas Reserves and Resources, Washington, DC (June 24-26, 2007) available at http://www.spe.org/spe-site/spe/spe/industry/reserves/AAPG-SPE_EXECUTIVE_SUMMARY_29AUG07.pdf.Back to Context
31. See United Nations Framework Classification System for Fossil Energy and Mineral Resources, United Nations Economic Council for Europe (March, 2006) available at http://www.unece.org/ie/se/pdfs/UNFC/UNFCemr.pdf.Back to Context
32. See SPE Oil and Gas Reserves Committee, Mapping Subcommittee Final Report (December 2005)—Comparisons of Selected Reserves of Selected Reserves and Resources Classifications and Associated Definitions.Back to Context


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Halloween 2011
October 30, 2011 - Rick Kozlowski
We are products of our environment, no question, and we often react in familiar ways to happenings, the typical and unusual. The environment in the Eastern Panhandle in late October is maybe to find some frost on our pumpkins - not wintry precipitation. So it was as I returned home Saturday night from a trip to near Huntington that I stopped for gas in the Western Maryland mountains along Interstate 68. As I put the gas nozzle into my car, I noticed a house across the road and an immediate reflex went off. I said aloud to nobody in particular, "Look at that, Christmas lights." Huh? I suddenly realized the lights were orange and the statue-like, light-up plastic item was a pumpkin - not a snowman. Halloween decorations. Maybe it was the 14th hour of my day leaving me dazed. Or, more like, it was the amazement at this perfect combination of weather systems that produced yet another strange event for 2011. You remember the earthquake, the hurricane and the tropical storm, right? My reflective reaction to a common sight in December -not October - left me with a smiling and laughing at myself for the next hour and a half as I continued on my journey home. So while many will categorize the weather event as Mother Nature playing a trick, I tend to think of it as the weather lady dressing rain in a costume for Halloween.
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Rogue Valley social justice advocates plan to participate in a rally for affordable health care Monday, Feb. 4, at the capitol building in Salem.
Health Care for All Oregon/Rogue Valley organizers are coordinating bus trips to the rally and invite public participation.
Buses will leave Ashland, Medford and Grants Pass at 6 a.m. 6:45 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. respectively. Bus seats are available on a sliding scale of $5 to $35 apiece. Find reservation information online at www.peacehouse.net. Carpools also will be available. Return bus times will be 8 to 9 p.m.
The rally will be on the first day of the Oregon Legislature's 2013 session. Sixty-one organizations will attend from across the state. There will be music, speakers and special events.
Attendees are asked to wear red, bring signs, a lunch and rain gear to be prepared for any weather.
For more information, visit www.hcao.org.
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