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As I saw the reviews complaining about the retaining clip/tightening nut problem, don't worry if you are any kind of a tool guy. Here is the quick fix: remove the nut and clip and grab a small mill file and "flatten" the top of the place where the nut tightens to the casting. This is the only place that was not machined, so the nut is not sitting flat on the surface and there for is not "locking tight". It only took me about 90 second to do this. The bottom line is now I own 2 of these squares.
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I use this for squaring briar blocks prior to carving a pipe. I had purchased a larger one earlier, but it was awkward to use on the small blocks. This is perfect and of great quality.
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Been wanting another for a while!
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This is exactly the same quality as more-expensive ones I've used. The markings are well done, and precisely aligned with the ends of the rule. Fastens securely with light finger pressure, and slides freely with minimal slop when loosened. Even includes the customary scratch awl in the base.
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I wanted a 6 inch square
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I wanted a 6 inch square. I have a 12 inch square and I wanted one that would fit the pouch on my tool belt. This one is constructed well and fills the purpose. HF is the place I look to first when I buy any tools.
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This tool is like my right hand,I use it with metric and sae,The product works for what its made for,I love it.
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Always needed small square to fit in pocket of work apron. Right size for that, price was fair,I'm sure you could find a better small square but pay a lot more.Is a little stiff, but will loosen up with use I'm guessing.
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Used in layouts and as a block gauge in tight or small places. If it had a bit more mass I would have given 5 stars, but on the hand the lightness does permit some work without using both hands on the square.
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#21012 closed Cleanup/optimization (fixed)
Provide shared "caches" dict to avoid creating multiple cache class instances.
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Pursuant to Florian's recent post on the mailing list, here is a patch to provide django.core.cache.caches, a defaultdict that will provide cache instances from CACHES.
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comment:1 Changed 3 years ago by FunkyBob
- Needs documentation unset
- Needs tests unset
- Owner changed from nobody to FunkyBob
- Patch needs improvement unset
- Status changed from new to assigned
comment:2 Changed 3 years ago by loic84
- Triage Stage changed from Unreviewed to Ready for checkin
Looks good to me, tested on both 2.7 and 3.3.
comment:3 Changed 3 years ago by apollo13
- Patch needs improvement set
- Triage Stage changed from Ready for checkin to Accepted
I don't think this is the right way to go. First we need to figure out how cache classes are supposed to behave, eg does it even make sense to have one global instance of them or should be put them into threadlocals etc… Eg, what happens if two requests at the same time request a value, will python-memcached acquire the GIL during it's operation or can actually both requests send a request over the wire etc…
comment:4 Changed 3 years ago by aaugustin
I'm sorry, I haven't followed the entire discussion. Could someone explain to me why the cache connections aren't thread-local like the database connections? Otherwise this looks like a good idea.
comment:5 follow-up: ↓ 6 Changed 3 years ago by jezdez
We should consider the CACHES setting as the canonical way to create cache objects, instead of having yet another way (get_cache) that is naturally hard to cache due to its ability to accept arbitrary cache backend parameters. In other words, I think we should deprecate get_cache and add a new mapping name -> instance available as a thread local (e.g. like the here already proposed caches variable).
from django.core.cache import caches, default_cache assert caches['default'] == default_cache assert caches['staticfiles'] != default_cache
Alternatively we could enable django.core.cache.cache to switch between the backends:
from django.core.cache import cache, default_cache assert cache('default').get('test') == default_cache.get('test') assert cache('staticfiles').get('test') != default_cache.get('test') with cache('default') as context_default_cache: assert context_default_cache == default_cache
comment:6 in reply to: ↑ 5 Changed 3 years ago by apollo13
- Cc apollo13 added
Replying to jezdez:
from django.core.cache import caches, default_cache assert caches['default'] == default_cache assert caches['staticfiles'] != default_cache
So basically the same we do for django.db.connection/s -- +1 to streamline those two implementations
with cache('default') as context_default_cache: assert context_default_cache == default_cache
While this does look neat, I am not sure about the gain, eg it wouldn't effect called subfunctions etc (unless that contextmanager changes it in the thread local -- which is probably not what you want).
comment:7 Changed 3 years ago by FunkyBob
I have a work in progress providing a CacheHandler, similar to the db ConnectionManager.
Just need to write docs and tests now...
comment:8 Changed 3 years ago by FunkyBob
I realise it will need a test, but for now could someone read over:
Would a test which fired up two threads and:
- had them ask for the same cache and assert identical
- ask for different caches and assert them different
be sufficient?
comment:9 Changed 3 years ago by FunkyBob
The patch is now ready and passing all tests.
Please let me know if you'd like me to expand the docs more.
comment:10 Changed 3 years ago by aaugustin
- Owner changed from FunkyBob to aaugustin
I left a small comment on the pull request.
If no one merges the patch by then, I'll try to review it at the sprints in Berlin in two weeks.
comment:11 Changed 3 years ago by FunkyBob
- Cc FunkyBob added
comment:12 Changed 3 years ago by aaugustin
New PR based on FunkyBob's work: https://github.com/django/django/pull/1972
comment:13 follow-up: ↓ 14 Changed 3 years ago by aaugustin
There's a risk that this patch with make LocMemCache thread-local instead of process-local. We should check that, and possibly document it, before merging the patch.
comment:14 in reply to: ↑ 13 Changed 3 years ago by apollo13
LocMemCache uses global state, so it would still be process-local; but we should ensure that __init__ is actually threadsafe.
comment:15 Changed 3 years ago by apollo13
I just had a quick chat with Ned Batchelder on #python and he suggested to:
- Use just one dictionary instead of the three, which seems sensible to me. (eg self._cache, self._expire_info, self._lock = _cache_info.setdefault(name, ({}, {}, {})) )
- Use read/lock/read in __init__ to make clear what the code is doing and not rely on changing (python) implementations
comment:16 Changed 3 years ago by aaugustin
We should probably implement something in django.test.signals to handle situations where the CACHES settings is changed.
comment:17 Changed 3 years ago by Aymeric Augustin <aymeric.augustin@…>
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from assigned to closed
Changed 3 years ago by apollo13
comment:18 Changed 3 years ago by apollo13
Attached the changes Ned suggested; waiting for feedback from Alex.

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It is important to understand that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a (weighted) average. For example: The numeric influence of Visa is ten times that of Verizon. I believe I have the credentials to more than suggest that -- this is Manipulation Beyond ANY Acceptable Level by Wall Street – and they just keep taking advantage of a sanguine investing public.
Within any group of securities, including all the securities on the planet, my work / analytics focuses on the Favorable and the Un-Favorable. There are always a group of Favorable, the Un-Favorable and the "Also-Rans" on my management lists. The latter are of no interest to me until they rotate-completely -- Into or Out of "Favor." (Please read the notes in the table below).
Further Support: My Saturday Articles for the S&P 1,500 Composite, broken down to the Large / Mid / Small Cap component Companies offers even more detail. Just click to read.
Note : There are ALWAYS many more lower risk Companies within the Standard & Poor's 1,500 Components as well as the many other Securities in my Universe, with a much Higher Probability of Profit than any of these Dow 30 Component Companies -- The Trick is to Know Which Ones!
You will note the title has notable meaning and comes from Kenny Rodgers' song The Gambler (click to listen).
You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
Table of all 30 Dow Industrials
The Table above is designed as a teaching tool but is both current and very accurate analytics. I hope you will want to study it very carefully. Suffice it to say the warm colors have notable increased since my last posting of this article.
I write a semi-monthly article updating each of the Dow Companies. Here is an archive list of my articles: APX, BA, CAT, CSCO, CVX, DD, DIS, GE, GS, IBM, INTC, HD, JNJ, JPM, KO, MCD, MMM, MRK, MSFT, NKE, PFE, PG, T, TRV, UNH, UTX, V, VZ, WMT, XOM .Please understand that the Table above is current as to my views for each company. For those Companies that are "Un-Favorable" (Not Bright Green) I still may have a Hold in place waiting for a more opportune and perhaps profitable time to sell. If you would like my specific opinion, please feel free to Email me.
You will find my long-term Charts in each of the above Dow 30 symbols. That too is a perspective you might want to acquaint yourself with.
The General U.S. Stock Market - Forecasted
This week (so far) the General Market is down and the year to date is definitely un-impressive. That's Ok if you are looking for a Bearish Inflection Point – and I am. It only means that I / YOU must remain patient and wait for my composite technical indicators to do their thing. My fundamental and economic indicators have been in place for months. Technically, I am very prepared and confident with my pending Bearish Formal Recommendations to my Clients.
There will be a mini or bounce rally, and how that plays out is what keeps me smiling with my work / analytics … after which I expect to see further confirmation of my Bearish Short-Term Forecast.
At this time, I am primarily holding Cash. Oh yes, I am holding those Companies and ETFs that remain 'Favorable' which can be seen in the above table and in my articles listed below. My overall research is focused on a Topping and very likely a new Bearish Inflection Point, or if you prefer a new / meaningful Bearish Cycle.
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Spyware on Blogspot?
If you look to the upper right hand corner of this webpage, you will see an icon to go to the "next blog." Clicking on this icon will take you to a randomly selected Blogger blog. Yesterday I was surfing the web on my home computer and hit the "next blog" icon a few times to see what's out there. One of the hits was nana***.blogspot.com (the actual name has numbers in place of the astisks). Pop-ups immediately appeared on my computer immediately after I visited the nana blog, even though I have a pop-up blocker installed. I started getting messages about system resources, etc. I immediately closed all of my browsers, but it was too late. When I re-opened my browser it went to a different home page. My computer was hijacked! Sure enough, Ad-aware (from lavasoft) indicated that my computer had been infected with the Search Miracle/Elite Bar virus.I sent Blogger an e-mail to investigate. I will post their response. In the meantime, I will not be clicking on the "next blog" icon in the near future.
The blog I was directed to, at the time my computer was attacked, was called "Cut Me Deep". But far more happened than the simple download of the SearchMiracle/EliteBar adware. Realizing that the destruction of my Yahoo Pop-Up blocker, and a flood of pop-up ads, at the rate of some dozens per minute, the considerable majority advertising Microsoft Anti-spyware/adware, indicated a possibly serious attack, I brought out the full bag of tricks and went to work. Norton is my first line of information/defense but it, too, was disabled after a few preliminary scans.
I needed information from an uncorrupted source and logged back online and went to the Symantec Free Virus Scan page and spent an hour and more getting the Active-X scan files to download. Another hour was required in order to complete the search. Symantec informed me that I had about ten files infected with EliteBarB adware and nearly 1500 files infected with some generic form of the adware called simply: "adware.elitebar". But one detail of the scan report was shocking: the majority of the infected files were Norton/Symantec program and data files. There were perhaps 10 other infected files, most of them infected with the "B" version of EliteBar adware. Something was clearly out of place.
- Have you read Obiter Dicta's How
to Remove SearchMiracle/EliteBar yet?
After a day of chasing down the the parasite files and digging out the Windows registry entries inserted by EliteBarB, my computer worked considerably better with the exception that pop-up ads continued at a much faster rate than normal. This lasted for another couple of hours, as I managed to do a Windows program integrity scan (no errors) and tried to disrupt any lingering remnants of the adware by doing repeated defrags and registry optimizations. Soon the Norton package was again inoperable: clearly attacked by the EliteBar adware! I was furious. This "adware" was a sophisticated and voracious virus. Surely, a criminal act. Why wasn't anyone going after these guys?
The next day again, I decided that the Norton/Symantec data file corruption was something I had to get around somehow. I decided to try another Free Virus Scan site and to see how the results compared. As luck would have it, I choose Panda Software's Scan (a company nominally headquartered out of Bilboa, Spain). Panda's Active X files downloaded reasonably quickly. The scan was reasonably quick as well. But the results were very different. Like Norton/Symantec, Panda informed me that I had some files infected with EliteBarB, but only 5 rather than 10. Panda also told me that I had some 1500 infected files all tolled... But the files, it informed me, were not infected with some generic form of EliteBar adware. It identified them as a "startpage.sj" trojan!!!!!! This trojan, it informed me, had been detected for the first time two days before it attacked my computer. No further information, of any substance, was available.
While Norton/Symantec only gives free scans, Panda also gives free decontamination of all detected worms and viruses (but not of any spyware or adware -- you must buy their software for that). I decided to take the decon. Sure enough, once the trojan was removed the pop-ups were reduced to a normal level and my computer ran normally again. Only the EliteBarB remained and I had manually removed its brain.
But now I notice that shortly after pages are loaded up in my browser they begin to display dozens of links to a search engine with the address www.searchmiracle.com/. Numerous web searches inform me that this is the sign of SearchMiracle/EliteBar adware. Not only that, but they inform me that startpage.sj (there is also an ".sk" version) appears nowhere on Yahoo and in only a few listings on Google almost all of which are sites of Panda or its subsidiaries. Because Panda clearly operates under a number of subsidiary names in various parts of the world, it is possible that only Panda lists an advisory for startpage.sj and only it has the software to remove it. As for the search engine www.searchmiracle.com/ , it provides no information about its owner and none is available via any major search engine.
Moreover, when a "HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found" message would normally be the result of a search for a URL that did not exist, or link that was broken, my browser sent me to http://www.yupsearch.com/search.php. This is the same advertising search engine as www.searchmiracle.com/. It simply enters via a different front URL.
The only thing that can be said, with any degree of certainty about startpage.sj, is that it may not be a trojan, per se, but may enter the host computer, install the searchmiracle/elitebar adware tool bar in place of the traditional Microsoft Elite Toolbar, and, then, protect itself and/or SearchMiracle/EliteBar from removal by corrupting the program and data files of at least Norton, and perhaps other major anti-virus competitors, so that they indicate simply, generic EliteBar adware. Somehow, Panda is the only Anti-Virus company that has yet detected it. In a matter of hours after it detected the trojan it had developed a program to remove it.
Also see:
- PokaPoka.exe + Nothing = YupSearch (October 19, 2005). What do people mean when they say they have "YupSearch" instead of "EliteBar"?
- Elite Toolbar Remover Information Page (October 17, 2005).
- LQfix Information Page (October 15, 2005) There's a new tool in town!
- How to Remove PokaPoka. (October 12, 2005) Does your EliteBar variant include PokaPoka.exe?
- EliteBar Removal Tool Updates to 2.0.1. (September 21, 2005) The EliteBar Removal Tool now comes in two flavors and two generations!
- SearchMiracle.EliteBar Then and Now (September 21, 2005). Hijacks, heroes, updates and links.
- EliteBar Removal Tool Updates to 2.0.0!!!!! (September 15, 2005). Includes expanded list of infections removed by the removal tool.
- More on Variant ADW_ELITEBAR.D. (May 27, 2005). "It is a standard XP with two top-end commercial anti-virus programs. Moreover, one of the anti-virus programs -- Trend Micro's PC-Cillin -- we already know..."
- Diabolical new EliteBar variant Strikes the Web!!!!or the one the EliteBar Removal Tool can't remove (May 22, 2005).
- EliteBar Removal Tool Updates to 1.3.0!!!!! (May 20, 2005). Includes expanded list of infections removed by the removal tool.
- Adware & Malware Indentifier Index (updated regularly). "The following is an in-progress index of some of the more common malware toolbars/browser helper objects at large on the Internet."
- EliteBar Removal Tool Alert: Update V.1.2.2.!!! (April 18, 2005). "The new variants of the malware also completely conceal the presence of the EliteToolbarRemoverV10.exe, so that if you are opening the archive you can only see the readme.doc file that is attached to that and you cannot see the *.exe even if though it is really there!"
- HijackThis vs. SearchMiracle/EliteBar (April 11, 2005).
- How to Remove SearchMiracle/ EliteBar (February 27, 2005)
[re: SearchMiracle.EliteBar Search Miracle Elite Bar EliteToolBar Elite Toolbar Elite Tool Bar Elitum ETBrun YupSearch Yup Search.]


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For May Day, 'Occupy' Protests to Move Across Midtown
For May Day demonstrations on Tuesday, Occupy Wall Street organizers have made Manhattan's Bryant Park and Union Square the central rallying points for two major marches, with more than 50 smaller pickets set for locations throughout Midtown.
The protest organizers see Tuesday's events as the opening of a new era for the movement, with a reinvigorated alliance between Occupy Wall Street activists, the labor movement and immigrant-rights organizations that will extend past May Day and into the coming months.
But the day of marches across Manhattan is also a test of whether Occupy Wall Street's strength and popular appeal will reignite after a dormant winter. As the Journal reported Monday, a fizzled May Day event could signal the end of organizers' ability to draw mainstream support.
That's why Occupy organizers spent the winter months developing a May Day plan that relied on labor and immigrant-rights allies, said Rebecca Manski, a 34-year-old Occupy organizer.
"We bring energy and momentum, [the unions and immigrant groups] organize and mobilize people en masse," she said. "What OWS offers is the vitality necessary in order to shift public discourse."
Starting at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Bryant Park will serve as the nexus for the day's activities, including teach-ins, workshops and legal services. The park will also be the jump-off point for more than 50 picket groups, which are set to fan out across Midtown.
Union members, immigrant workers organizations and Occupy Wall Street protesters will stake out spots — from Chase and Bank of America branches to the main branch of the U.S. Postal Service and the Times Square Disney Store, according to the plan. Organizers said they've selected locations they believe symbolically reflect injustices brought on by the wealthiest 1%.
Among the Midtown targets are the Mexican fast-food restaurant Chipotle, where members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Fair Food Program, a human-rights organization, are scheduled to protest for increased wages and improved conditions for farm workers.
Rose Bookbinder, a 28-year-old organizer with the United Auto Workers and Occupy Wall Street, said Teamsters plan to stage demonstrations in front of Sotheby's auction house, where unionized employees have been locked out of their jobs for eight months.
Strong Economy For All, a coalition of immigrant and labor groups, will station themselves outside the News Corp. offices on Sixth Avenue. (The Wall Street Journal is owned by News Corp. and has its headquarters in that building.)
"News Corp. pays a lower state tax rate than an average working family of four, and consistently calls for lower taxes and special deals for the 1% paired with budget cuts, service cuts and job cuts for the 99%," said protest organizer Michael Kink, a 49-year-old attorney and executive director of the Strong Economy for All Coalition. "They're a perfect target for a protest, we couldn't not picket them on a day like this."
At midday, a march of 1,000 guitarists led by Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello will lead protesters to Union Square.
May Day protesters say the final event, a union-backed march that will be Occupy Wall Street's first permitted rally in the city, will draw thousands of demonstrators from both inside and outside of organized labor.
"This is definitely an historic march," said Bookbinder. "The 1% wants us to be fighting each other. These are relationships that aren't going away."
While most of the day's events have been carefully orchestrated, Manski held open the possibility that Tuesday could end with higher-risk, confrontational tactics by some protester.
"The security culture has been so strong, hardly anyone knows how all of that manifests," she said. Any defiant actions, including an attempt to occupy a new public space, won't have been coordinated by the central May Day planning group, she said.


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Definition of kino in English:
A gum obtained from certain tropical trees by tapping, used locally as an astringent in medicine and in tanning.
- The trees belong to genera in various families, in particular Pterocarpus and Butea (family Leguminosae).
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3/20/2014 9:30 AM PDT, by Emily Trainham
It's fun to giggle at Taylor Momsen every now and then for being so "hardcore" and all -- eyeliner, nudity, ha ha -- but the truth is, she's pretty great. Her music is actually good, believe it or not, and she's doing what she wants to do. It's admirable, when you think about it. And this new interview she did really just proves it.
On getting bad (and just plain weird) press:
"My tampon string was put on the Internet when I was 15 because some a--hole shot up my dress and it made big headlines. For a year, if you Googled 'Taylor Momsen' the tampon photo was the first thing that came up. When that happens, you just go, 'I really just don't give a f---,' and you close the computer. People are going to say what they're going to say, and the tabloids will always spin s---."
On her career choices:
"I started modeling at 2, and then acting at 3, and then Gossip Girl when I was 12, so I wasn't really making my own decision. When I got to a place where I realized I was in control of my own life, and had found the right band, and everything was coming to fruition, it wasn't even a question: I was going to quit my day job. I came to set every day with a f---in' guitar. But I'm very lucky that the producers were nice enough to write me out, allow me to tour, and pursue my passion, because they very easily could have told me to go f--- myself and keep me on the show."
On all that badass nudity:
"Sexuality and rock 'n' roll go hand-in-hand and have since the beginning of time, and if anyone thinks I'm doing anything more controversial than f---in' Led Zeppelin, you're insane, because I can see Robert Plant's f---in' d---, you know?"
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Colwell Church was built in 1876. Before the church was moved to its current location, it sat on the edge of a farm. The bell was stolen out of the steeple in the middle of the night. The thieves took only the bell and left the rocker. When the farmer drove by the next morning, he noticed the missing bell. So, he got help to remove the rocker and put it in his barn.
Years later, the TV news covered the move of the church and told the story of the stolen bell. The thieves conscience must have gotten to them because, one day, after the church was in place, the restorers arrived to find the bell chained to a nearby tree. (I guess they didnt want it to be stolen.) They were able to retrieve the rocker out of the barn and return the church to its original state. Now it is part of a quaint historical village which, in the 1800s, could have been accessed by rail or trail. I wonder which way the Weaver family would have come.
Now it is your turn to find the missing bell. (Use only the last two digits of the years noted.) Once you figure out the city, go to the entrance of the village at the end of Columbia St. and start by reading the sign with the name of the village on it. Take a bearing of 340 degrees and spot a sign, walk to that sign. From the pole next to the sign, walk 50 degrees the number of steps that is equal to half of the year on the sign. Now take the same number of steps again, but at 80 degrees. (Spot were you are going, you will have to avoid an obstacle.) There should now be a plaque on your left. Read that plaque and walk the number of steps equal to half that year (round down) at a heading of 100 degrees. Look right and up, and then walk south the number of steps equal to one-third the year on that sign. Now, take a bearing of 250 degrees and walk 56 steps. Read this plaque and walk steps equal to one-forth (round down) the year on that sign at 10 degrees. Could this be where the Colwell bell was found?
Please bring an ink pad, pen, logbook and compass. Make sure to put the box back completely out of sight. A stick or two may be needed to keep it from tumbling out. This is a can be a highly visible area, please be discrete when others are around. The box may not be easily retrievable on some Sundays from May to early October and will removed a few weeks mid July. The church is also sometimes used for weddings (mostly on Saturday afternoons), which will also make retrieval difficult.


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Chinese Metal Companies Face Higher Write-Down Risk, Says Barclays
Chinese metal and mining companies could be facing a heightened risk of write-downs, according to Barclays's analysis of earnings reports from the July-September quarter.
Eight companies covered by Ephrem Ravi, head of Metals & Mining, Asia Ex-Japan Equity Research at the investment bank, saw their accounts receivable rise 17% compared with the second quarter and 75%compared with the first quarter in 2011, according to the report.
The increase in receivables could be interpreted as rising activity level, but "that argument doesn't hold water as commodity prices have fallen more than 25%" since the first quarter in 2011, Barclays said.
Receivables are recorded as assets by companies, which assume outstanding amounts will be paid soon. Chinese metal and mining companies, such as Jiangxi Copper and Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., known as Chalco, usually accept short-term guarantees issued by banks to finance transactions—sometimes in lieu of cash—and thus are used to seeing delayed payments after sales of their products.
Chalco, the country's largest producer of aluminum, said third-quarter net losses widened to 1.22 billion yuan ($200 million) compared with 1.08 billion yuan a year earlier. Receivables soared 89% to 9.15 billion yuan by Sept. 30 from 4.83 billion as of March 31, 2011, Chalco's earnings reports show.
Three-month aluminum on the London Metal Exchange fell 30% between March 31, 2011 and Sept. 30, 2013, while LME copper prices dropped by 22%.
Lower commodity prices translate into overall reduced sales revenue. Barclays said the reduced prices also imply that receivable days—the number of days receivables stay on companies' books—have effectively doubled.
"How the companies plan to resolve this problem is uncertain, however we believe the risk of write-downs is exacerbated by a weaker outlook for underlying profitability for most companies," the bank said.
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Definition of natatorium in English:
nounNorth American
A swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
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- It is the Olympic finals and the natatorium has fallen silent as everyone leans forward in hushed anticipation.
- If energy were a paint, the walls of the natatoriums where she swims would be splattered.
Late 19th century: from late Latin, neuter (used as a noun) of natatorius 'relating to a swimmer', from natare 'to swim'.
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Nets shooting guard Sasha Vujacic won two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. He's also engaged to tennis star Maria Sharapova. The synergy between Sharapova, a beautiful athlete, and Vujacic being an accomplished NBA player garnered extra media attention especially when the two were engaged. TMZ and Deadspin reported their engagement. "It has its pluses and minuses with TMZ, we live our life pretty low key—we are devoted to what we are doing," said Vujacic in a recent interview. Vujacic acknowledges the balance of a good upbringing from his parents and his early start in his sport for keeping him grounded in handling media. "The journalism brings you to celebrity status but you try to stay down to Earth as much as you can," he added. "Spending seven years in Los Angeles playing for one of the best teams on the planet definitely gives you opportunity to be out there and it just grows if you are smart with it."
Sasha Vujacic: My personal life changes a lot. Maria (Sharapova) has accepted to come with me because we both embrace this challenge. That makes me feel very happy.
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I believe that my wife and I have such a unique story that even Nicholas Sparks would want to buy the rights for his next best seller. You see, we have been close friends for nearly sixteen years. We served together in our youth group, of which her father was the youth pastor. We performed skits together. We were in the praise band together. We also dated. We were the familiar story of high school sweethearts; only our story broke from traditional patterns. In Jamie's senior year of high school, her father took a position and moved his family to Tennessee. This brought the tentative conclusion to our relationship. As a result, I began to identify with all the sob songs of those with broken hearts. My world ended, or at least, that is what my heart wanted me to believe.
The heart is a beastly creature. Jean Jacques Rousseau said of the heart, "Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it." No matter how hard we may seek to tame our heart, we find that we are still subjected to its power and driven by its beating desires. The heart pulses our emotions and enforces our steps. Many times, we appear to be bound to its will.
The idea that we should listen to our heart appears conceptually in many songs, books, and films. Notions like "The heart wants what it wants," "What does your heart tell you," and "Listen to your heart," unfortunately, permeates into the thinking of believers. So infused is the belief that the heart is trustworthy that believers would even encourage others to be attentive to the heart's murmuring, all the while forgetting the sickness this emotive organ possesses.
The Heart's Deception
Maybe some would like to blame the fat cherub with the bow and arrow for all their troubles, never thinking that their state could be a result of blindly following the throbbing desires of their heart. It would be easy to blame a suave sales person for the weighty debt some may fall under, not realizing that it was the passion of their heart and not the persuasion of a peddler.
In Jeremiah 17:9, we become aware of the heart's condition. The heart is the ultimate sociopath. Nothing is more deceptively convincing than it. Further, it is gravely sick. There is not a person who can understand it. Though we may not be capable of understanding it, we have no problem following the atrial fluttering of our violent heart. We simply give in to every sinful urge and desire and then justify our actions by stating we are following the drumbeat of our heart.
The passions of our heart tend to lead us down destructive paths. We can look at the declining condition of the heart after the rebellion in the garden (Genesis 3). The violence of the heart proliferated within humanity. Every intention of the heart was resolved in doing evil and carrying out violence (Genesis 6:5). As a result, God brought a flood of change and I don't just mean the deluge. With the mankind's condition of spiritual cardiomyopathy, God would provide the ultimate cardio surgery—circumcision.
The Heart's Operation
As Israel wandered through the desert, God was already speaking of a new, necessary circumcision. Though the sign of their covenantal standing with God was based on a circumcision of the flesh (Genesis 17), God would have to operate deeper than the flesh and circumcise their hearts. Throughout the course of Israel's time in the desert, it was clear that their hearts longed for anything, but God. Moses commands them to circumcise their heart, but that was a command that they simply could not do (Det 10:16; Jer 4:4). This task would have to be undertaken by a master surgeon of world-renown.
We are called to love our God with all their heart, yet our heart is defective. Remember, our hearts want what our hearts want, and it is not God. Still, God pursues us with His love (the heartbeat of the Gospel), and provides us with a completely new heart—He performs a heart transplant! Though we cannot and will not pursue His with a heart of stone, God will give us a heart of flesh (Ezk 11:19). Through a confession of sin and an admission of guilt, God will not only forgive us, but He will also turn our hearts completely to Him (Deut 30:6; Ezk 18:31–32).
So as the season of "love" and "hearts" approaches us, understand the condition of your heart. It is not something to be trusted. It is vile, wicked, and disturbed. Instead of seeking and justifying your sinful pleasures, seek the Lord. And when you seek him with all your heart, you will find Him (Deut 4:29).


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American English: /rəˈdəkʃ(ə)n/ British English: /rɪˈdʌkʃ(ə)n/
Translation of reduction in Spanish:
- 1 countable and uncountable 1.1 (in numbers, size, spending)Example sentences
Example sentences1.2 (in prices, charges) a reduction of 5%
- A reduction in size at that time may have allowed buntings to exploit that new food resource (grass seeds).
- If there's a sustained period of reduced car crime and a reduction in claims, I think we would expect to see some sort of reduction in your car insurance, or alternatively a slow-down in the rate of increase.
- A reduction in the dividend would save the company £150 million.
una rebaja or un descuento del 5%1.3 (Photography)copia (feminine) en tamaño reducidoExample sentences1.4 (Medicine)
- The Fed's five interest rate reductions this year have lowered the overnight bank lending rate to 4 percent.
- As we saw in the US earlier in the year, the immediate reaction of share prices to interest rate reductions tends to be positive.
- In any industry, oversupply leads to price reductions and pressure on profit margins.
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- The painting itself did not subsequently spawn any of the painted repetitions and reductions that complicate the pedigree of Delaroche's later works.
- Two of the works that they acquired were bought as reductions of the previously mentioned Napoleon at Fontainebleau and Napoleon Crossing the Alps.
- Experimentation is necessary to determine the dilution required for a particular reduction.
- Subsequent plain films and computed tomography confirmed satisfactory reduction with no acetabular fracture.
- Reduction of acute nasal fractures in the primary care setting is confined largely to the closed reduction of mild unilateral fractures.
- Seven years prior to admission, he sustained a traumatic ankle fracture that required surgical reduction.
- 2 uncountable 2.1 (simplification)Example sentences2.2 (to undesirable condition) reduction to the ranks 2.3 (Mathematics)
Example sentences
- I find this reduction of the subject to a victim sad.
- Along with its adoption has come a simplification and reduction of the concept into forms that are more readily measured and calculated.
- The reduction of reasoning to mechanical calculation that they identified is no clearer than in the inhuman logic of capitalist exchange.
- In particular Zhang sees the reduction of fractions to a common denominator as hard.
- 3 uncountable (Chemistry)Example sentences
- Oxidation and reduction are two processes that are quite common in chemical reactions.
- The carboxyl group can also be converted into an alcohol by reduction of the carbonyl carbon.
- For example reduction of ethanol gives the alkene ethene.
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There exists a sort of debate about Microsoft: Is it an enterprise company like IBM or a consumer company like Apple? If it's a consumer company like Apple, it's had some major errors in the last ten years. It missed the rise of the smartphone market as we currently know it. It missed the rise of tablet computing as we currently know it. Its most successful consumer product is the Xbox, but the Xbox is not a very big business. And one of the founding members of the Xbox team believes Microsoft has left it in a vulnerable state. If Microsoft is an enterprise company, then why is it spending
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Proceedings. 29th Annual IEEE/NASA Software Engineering Workshop (2005)
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Andrew J. Kornecki , Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
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Dewayne E. Perry , The University of Texas at Austin
Susan Elliott Sim , University of California, Irvine
Steve Easterbrook , University of Toronto
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Hassan Gomaa , George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
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I'm honored to say I've made Speak Out once again -- over the Cardinal country. I guess I didn't state my claim clearly enough that I don't hate the beloved St. Louis Cardinals, I actually am a true fan -- I have jerseys and hats to prove it, as well as tickets in September against the Cubbies. It's wonderful however, that some people have enough time, or make enough time, in their busy lives to dial up the hotline and leave me kind messages about how I'm doing the Redbirds wrong.
"Well, those Yankees are up to spending again and aren't winning."
"They've bought every single championship."
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How Friends Make You Healthier
The friends in my life have always been very important to me. I feel so lucky to have them. I do include in my friends, my very best friend, my husband and my 2 longest friends, my mom and sister. But, when just talking about girlfriends, my 3 very best friends, Lerena, Shelly and Traci, have been in my life since childhood. We've shared so much together over the years. There is something about a childhood friend that can't be replaced, don't you think? So many of my other friends I've met over the years in a variety of places such as, mommy and me classes, moms of my kids friends and neighbors. In the last few years, in the small town where I live, I've met a wonderful group of girlfriends. We get together every month for dinner. Sometimes we meet at a restaurant and other times we go to one of our houses. We spend about 3 hours together, eating, drinking and laughing until our cheeks hurt. Who knew having friends would also be good for your health! Here's an insightful article from Health Magazine…
From Health magazine
Socialize for your health's sake
One of the best kept secrets to good health and a long life? Having a robust social network that includes relatives, friends, and other relationships. These are just a few of the reasons why you should prioritize your family and pals.
You'll be less likely to get sick
In one well-known study, folks with more diverse social connections were less susceptible to colds than those who were socially isolated.
You may sleep better
Being lonely leads to restless sleep, a University of Chicago study suggests: The lonelier you are, the more you toss and turn.
You'll stay sharper
Having strong social support may cut your risk of cognitive decline, according to several studies.
You could live longer
People with stronger social connections were 50% more likely to live longer than those with weaker connections, a 2010 analysis found. That makes the impact of friendlessness comparable to that of smoking.
Are friends a big part of your life? Do you have something special you and your friends like to do together? Please share. I'd love to hear…
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Maureen Says:
January 17th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
This is absolutely true. My mother lived alone in Maine and went down hill in a very bad way. Then she moved to a retirement community north of NYC and in under 3 months blossomed into the lovely woman we remembered. Friends make an immense addition to our lives.
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How wonderful for your mom now. Thanks for sharing Maureen.


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The long climb to playoff contention has finally been realized. Now it's up to the Buffalo Sabres to stay there.
Marcus Foligno scored the game winner early in the third period, as the Sabres won their fourth straight game with a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild at First Niagara Center on Saturday. Buffalo now has 84 points, and they own sole possession of eighth place in the Eastern Conference, two points ahead of the Washington Capitals. It's the first time the Sabres finished the night in a playoff spot since December 19 – a span of 96 days.
The Sabres improved to 7-1-2 in their last 10, and are 18-5-5 in their last 28 games since a 4-2 loss in St. Louis on January 21. It's also been more than two weeks since Buffalo lost a regulation game, going 6-0-2 following a 3-1 setback in Boston on March 8.
Head coach Lindy Ruff knows there's still plenty of work left to be done over the final six games, starting with Tuesday's huge game in Washington.
"We've got an opportunity to take a breather, get the guys some rest," said Ruff. "(Sunday) will be a day off. I told them to get their minds off hockey and get some rest. Our next one coming up is a big one. But we'll deal with that come Monday. We play one game in the next four days, and should be an opportunity to freshen up for this last little stretch drive."
After falling behind 1-0 on a first period goal by Steven Kampfer, Buffalo evened the score at 1-1 just 72 seconds into the second on some hard work in the corner by rookie Corey Tropp. He pounded Minnesota defenseman Nate Prosser to spring the puck loose to Cody Hodgson, and his initial shot was stopped by Josh Harding. But Thomas Vanek fought through the crowd in front to backhand the puck into the right side of the net.
"Our goal going into the second period was to get pucks behind them, get in there and get a little bit dirty and finish your checks," explained Tropp. "That's how we were able to generate that first goal, and momentum kind of carried from there."
Buffalo took the lead for good early in the third on the power play when Foligno camped himself in front of Harding and took a Tyler Myers shot off the shinpad that bounced into the Wild net 1:45 into the final stanza. It was Foligno's sixth goal of the season, and 10th point in eight games since being recalled from Rochester on March 10.
Foligno joins an elite group of active players that have scored six or more goals in their first nine career games: Teemu Selanne (8), Evgeni Malkin (8), Devin Setoguchi (7), Ilya Kovalchuk (6) and Alex Ovechkin (6).
Despite adding to his impressive late season resume, Foligno was quick to criticize his own play in the game.
"It's huge to contribute. I didn't have the best game, but it was good to get that goal," said Foligno. "Just the way me, Stafford and Ennis have been playing, I don't think I created enough for those guys tonight. But games like that are gonna happen, and it was good to rebound and get that one in the third."
Hodgson capped off the scoring with his 19th of the season into an empty net as time expired.
Ryan Miller stopped 24 shots to earn his 29th win of the season, including 15 of 16 in the first period. He is 13-1-4 over his last 18 games; and 18-3-5 since January 24. Miller has started eight in a row, and 18 of Buffalo's last 19 games.
The Sabres next take to the ice on Tuesday in Washington against the Capitals. Game time is 7 p.m. That will be followed by back-to-back games on Friday at home against Pittsburgh; and in Toronto next Saturday against the Maple Leafs.
1-0 MIN: Kampfer bangs home his second of the year off a saucer pass from Brodziak in the slot (6:50)… Shots: MIN-16, BUF-11
1-1: Vanek forces his way through a crowd in front and backhands the rebound past Harding after a forecheck started by Tropp (1:12)… Shots: MIN-5, BUF-17
2-1 BUF: Foligno slides into the slot and tips Myers point shot behind Harding (1:45, PP)… 3-1 BUF: Cody Hodgson scores a buzzer-beating empty netter from the right wing to cap the scoring (19:59)… Shots: MIN-4, BUF-9
SABRES NOTES: Buffalo has outscored their opposition 17-5 over the last four games… Tonight's game finished off Buffalo's 20th set of a league-high 21 sets of back-to-back games. They are now 7-8-5 in the second game, and 13-7-0 in the first. It's the fourth time this season they have claimed all four points in back-to-back games… Mike Weber (healthy), Patrick Kaleta (upper body), Nathan Gerbe (upper body) and Matt Ellis (knee) were Buffalo's scratches.


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The Canterbury Tales: The Miller's Tale
by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales: The Miller's Tale Theme of Religion
Religion in "The Miller's Tale" seems mainly to be something characters use and abuse in order to get what they want. Absolon forgoes piety for attention when he takes a role in the local miracle play in hopes of attracting Alisoun. Nicholas uses the Biblical story of Noah and the flood, and a false piety, to set John up so he can frolic with Alisoun undisturbed. And then, of course, there's the whole obscene religious allegory and symbolism in the story: the huge "Goddes pryvetee," or genitals, John hangs from his roof; the fart of thunder and cry of water that could allegorize Noah's flood; and the way in which Nicholas's God-role and John's fall play on the Fall of Man. As is true with love, the only character who seems to truly have faith in this tale (John) suffers for it in the end, appearing highly ridiculous. All of this adds up to a highly irreligious take on religion in "The Miller's Tale."
Questions About Religion
- How do the characters in "The Miller's Tale" use religion to achieve their goals?
- Are any of the characters in "The Miller's Tale" truly pious? If so, who, and how do you know?
- What religious symbols and allegories do we see in "The Miller's Tale"? What is the effect of these figures upon our perception of the events or objects they represent?
Chew on This
"The Miller's Tale" portrays religious piety, like love, as something only fools indulge in.
The ending of "The Miller's Tale" is meant as an allegory of the Fall of Man.
The ending of "The Miller's Tale" does not work as an allegory of the Fall of Man.


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"Big Hunt" (2002)
"Big Hunt," 2002
Five channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 min 48 sec per channel, black and white, silent. Co-produced by the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. Installation view: "Five Economies (big hunt/little hunt)," Metro Pictures, New York
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We�re used to seeing a lot of Jennifer Aniston, as the hardworking Friends starlet turns out film after film. But it seems the actress could soon be set to disappear for a year, reportedly planning some time out of the spotlight to concentrate on love.
Jen began dating actor Justin Theroux just months ago, but according to reports the actress is so smitten with her new beau she�s decided to give herself some time off to concentrate on the new relationship.
According to those familiar with her busy schedule, Jen � who�s currently on the promotional trail publicising new flick Horrible Bosses � has just one commitment left in her diary this year.
It�s thought once she�s finished promoting indie movie Wunderlust, scheduled for release in October, Jen has cleared her calendar for the next 12 months, to focus on being a full-time girlfriend.
'Jen's taking a year off from work to enjoy herself,' one insider told American magazine, Us Weekly.
During her time away, it�s thought the actress will also work on her production company�s on-going project about singers in women�s prisons.
And whose help does Jen want to enlist? None other than new man Justin's.
'She's impressed by his ability to find humour in dry material,' the source told to Us, adding than Ms Aniston is hoping he�ll collaborate with her on the script.
Just last week the usually coy actress spoke about her new love in an interview with Good Morning America, gushing that she was �extremely lucky and extremely happy� to have him.
The pair were also spotted cosying up at a premiere after-party in LA. 'They were super cute. He had his arm around her and kissed her on her cheek,� one onlooker revealed.