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France is gravely ill. So ill, in fact, that Standard & Poor's recently cut its sovereign-credit rating – the country's second downgrade in less than two years. The decision was accompanied by warnings that the budgetary and structural reforms that President François Hollande's administration has implemented over the last year have been inadequate to improve France's medium-term growth prospects. Now, the pressure is on for structural reforms covering everything from labor markets to taxation.
While the S&P downgrade was unexpected, it was not exactly shocking. The recent downturn in France's industrial output has created large trade deficits, and is undermining the competitiveness of small and medium-size enterprises. Unemployment stands at about 11%, with a record-high 3.3 million workers registered as jobless in October.
At the same time, political crisis is impeding the government's pursuit of difficult reforms. French leaders have demonstrated an inability to communicate effectively or apply past experiences in analyzing current threats. Instead, they are resorting to diversionary tactics by engaging in overblown rhetorical battles about minor controversies. But they cannot ignore their problems forever, and the consequences of delaying the reforms that France needs could be catastrophic.
And yet, viewed from a broader perspective, France's problems are largely symptoms of a disease that is affecting the entire global economy (including the European Union's southern members). In recent decades, unfettered capitalism has produced significant mutations worldwide.
For starters, industrialism has become obsolete. In the advanced countries, the market for first-time purchases of mass-market goods like cars, refrigerators, and televisions is saturated, while the secondary market for used and reconditioned goods has become much less dynamic, undermining employment in repairs and renovations. With no industrial good that still requires a large-scale labor force – and the communications and services industries unable to fill the gap – employment is shrinking and economic growth is stagnating.
The second mutation stems from excessive shareholder dominance, which has been on the rise for more than three decades. Gathered into pension, investment, and hedge funds, shareholders can place considerable pressure on companies to extract dividends, using performance-based bonuses to gain executive support for their preferred policies. This has led to excessive workforce externalization, high rates of CEO turnover, takeover bids, and restructurings of all kinds – all which have far-reaching consequences.
In OECD countries, the share of salaries in GDP has fallen by about ten percentage points, on average, to roughly 57%. Cumulative figures for the last 30 years vary from $200-300 trillion. For this reason, consumption – the main driver of economic growth – has stagnated since 2000, while unemployment rates have risen almost everywhere, creating instability that affects even those who still have jobs.
Capitalism's third mutation is the extreme financialization of economies and societies. Financial and industrial managers are compensated at a level that most of the world would struggle even to imagine. And the unrestrained expansion of financial markets, notably the proliferation of derivatives, led directly to the crisis that engulfed the Western banking system in 2007-2008.
Governments, in order to contain the fallout of the crisis, ran up public debt, including in countries whose balance sheets had already been weakened significantly by declining GDP growth. In many countries – particularly in Southern Europe – bleak economic circumstances are generating social tension, political apathy, civil unrest, and delinquency. The persistent specter of climate change only compounds public anxiety.
This is obviously not the ideal environment for France – not to mention the struggling economies of Southern Europe – to implement difficult structural reforms. But, by changing its economic doctrine, Europe can improve its prospects considerably. Instead of remaining on the German-led path of orthodoxy – which, through counter-productive austerity and deflation (forcing down domestic wages and prices), has turned stabilization into recession – Europe must develop a growth-based strategy to overcome the crisis once and for all.
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Author: Michel Rocard, former First Secretary of the French Socialist Party and a member of the European Parliament for 15 years, was Prime Minister of France from 1988 to 1991.
Image: The French national flag is seen in Bordeaux REUTERS/Regis Duvignau.


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Now that the recent super-tournaments have finished (the London Chess Classic and the Tal Memorial) it is worth revisiting the latest 'live' chess ratings of the elite players.
The next official FIDE ratings list on 1 January 2012 is unlikely to be very different from the current live list, and so we have a good idea of who will have qualified by rating for the 2012 Candidates Tournament.
FIDE has confirmed that the Candidates Tournament will be an 8-player double-round robin event for the right to challenge the world champion for the title in 2013.
The eight players in the 2012 Candidates Tournament will be:
The latest live ratings (from 2700chess.com) look like this:
So the three qualifiers by rating should be Magnus Carlsen, Lev Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik. That just leaves the wildcard pick from the organisers to be decided.
When the venue for the Candidates Tournament is awarded, it is very likely that the host country will invite one of its own players from the above list.
The bidding procedure is below. Who would you like to see get the last Candidates place?
Bidding procedure for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2012
1. FIDE is opening a bidding procedure for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2012 which will determine the challenger for the World Championship Match in 2013. 2. Each bid shall contain the following particulars as minimum: a) Proposed exact dates of the event in the last quarter of 2012. b) Proposed venue of the event. c) Proposed prize fund for the players (minimum 420,000 euros & should be offered net of any applicable local taxes). d) The contribution to FIDE (net of any applicable local taxes and not less than 20% of the prize money) as well as the financial obligations stated in chapters 3 and 4 of the Rules & Regulations of the Candidates Tournament 2012. e) Commitment to cover all the other financial obligations to FIDE, in accordance with the Rules & Regulations of the Candidates Tournament 2012. f) Commitment to cover all organizational costs, in accordance with the Rules & Regulations of the Candidates Tournament 2012. g) Category of official hotel (minimum 4 stars), and name if possible, with special room rates for visitors (including meals). h) A statement that the applicant accepts the regulations of the event without any reservations. i) An invitation for 2 (two) members of the FIDE Commission for World Chess Championships and Olympiads to inspect the proposed venue and examine the other conditions, with all travel/hotel expenses paid by the bidder. j) The applicant's name, signatures and authentication. 3. In order for a proposed bid to be considered, it should be accompanied by a 10-month term bank guarantee covering the amount of prize fund (minimum 420,000 euros), the FIDE contribution (20% over and above the prize fund) and 41,000 euros covering stipends of Principals as described in article 188.8.131.52 of the event regulations. This guarantee should be from a bank that FIDE bankers, UBS of Switzerland, are able to confirm as acceptable. Alternatively to the above paragraph, a bidder can deposit in FIDE's bank account the amount of 100,000 euros by the deadline of 31 January 2012 (refundable if the bid is rejected), another 50% of the prize fund by 30 March 2012 and the balance by 31 August 2012. 4. A bid is considered valid if it is accompanied with a non-refundable bid fee of 1,000 euros payable to FIDE. 5. No bidder can propose a sponsor which shall be in conflict with the regulations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). 6. Τhe commercial agency of FIDE (CNC) reserves all rights for the live transmissions of the event and its games. The organiser of the event can have its own website and if the organiser wishes to implement the live transmission of the games, CNC must be consulted beforehand. 7. The bids, including all original documents and particulars, should arrive by registered post to the FIDE office, post address: 9 Syggrou Ave., 11743 Athens - Greece. The bidding process will close on 31 January 2012, 13:00 GMT. 8. When the deadline has expired, the FIDE President or his representative shall open the received envelopes in order to assess the bids. FIDE will inform the bidding parties of the results within 20 days after the deadline. The final contract with the successful bidder shall be signed within 10 days afterwards. 9. FIDE reserves the right to accept a bid based on the evaluation of all criteria under article 2 of the present bidding procedure and not only that of the prize fund. FIDE also reserves the right not to award any bid at all, however favourable it might be.
think rating is not so important in the World Championships title match... Booth Anand and Gelfand are still in the the lineup of best players group.....It will be a great matchup, and I wll not miss every games....the two of the greatest players today.
"Who would you like to see get the last Candidates place?"
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I think that much like any other new father Anand has some serious distractions in his life. Will that still be affecting him in five months? Perhaps.
I don't think that this match will be all that one sided. I think that Anand is clearly the favorite, but nothing is a given at this point.
For all those who question Anand skill...have tournaments in rapids games...you will see how easily he crush his opponent like previously Shirov...When Anand decided to retire..I think that is the year he will go all out..in the mean time...he has his own agenda...so stop wondering and complaining and use your thinking!
He's out of form - sure. But he's still not using his opening preparation - that's for sure.
a good compare/contrast by fabelhalft.
also, folks, newsflash: Anand has said in more than one interview that he is not holding anything back, that he wishes he was. the conclusion: he's just going through a not very strong period. happens.
Well of course Gelfand isn't as good as Topalov. That doesn't mean Gelfand is a bug and can be ignored by Anand. If Anand is out of form when Gelfand is in form...Gelfand has some chances and cannot be taken lightly.
Nevertheless I love Vishy and believe he'll crush Gelfand... but Anand is smart enough to not take him lightly. Overconfidence can lead to downfall...
"Gelfand is #16 but he is still historically one of the best players to never have been WCC. Anand can't take him more lightly than Topalov"
Isn't that to exaggerate Gelfand a bit? Looking at the last dozen years Gelfand has rarely been top ten, he has been ranked higher than ninth on two of the last 52 rating lists. He was in the top three very briefly on two lists more than 20 years ago but over the last decade he has usually, like today, not been a top ten player. Topalov had a plus score against Anand with lots of wins the previous years, while Gelfand hasn't been close to win a game against him in 18 years. Topalov had also been #1 for a longer time than Anand and Kramnik together, with lots of wins in the most prestigious tournaments, while Gelfand at his highest world ranking was 100 points from first place, just like today, and never won one of the stronger tournaments.
No, after Anand wins the WCC, he'll try for #1 on the FIDE ratings.
I'm sure he'll start playing for wins once he's able to use his up-to-date opening prep
Ok, that is a great game, but Karjakin was only like 16? I am not questioning anything about Anand's achievement, but recently he is just floating. Look at Moro for example, the man disappears, but then he comes back with a bang. (The same bang sorta misfired for Leko...) You would think a WC should dominate the top. I think Anand may just keep doing draws for the rest of his life w/o any effort (and I guess, that is an achievement, too, sort of...)
Gelfand is #16 but he is still historically one of the best players to never have been WCC. Anand can't take him more lightly than Topalov.
Besides, Anand is too friendly with Kramnik and Carlsen to crush them continuously ;)
If you have any doubts about Anand, check out his game against Karjakin from 2006.
Karjakin-Anand 2006 Sicilian Najdorf.
I hear this argument often "Anand is just saving his preparation against Gelfand". Gelfand currently is at position 16; is he so devastatingly strong, so wickedly powerful, so intimidating that Anand had to lean back and save his preparation say, during the Tal Memorial? One would have the naive idea that when a WC shows up somewhere, he is shooting for the win; besides trying to hover steady in the ratings what is the point of drawing almost every games even against much lower rated opponents? Does Anand still have that killer instinct?
Anand did not crush Topalov because Topalov is still very strong.
Gelfand isn't at the level of Topalov.
Anand is just playing casually at the moment and saving his preparation for Gelfand.
Gotta argue about Anand crushing Gelfand. He did not exactly crush Topalov either. Lately he is not in a crushing mood at all. I do not think he will develop any kind of hernia from overstraining during the championship match. He will win, say with 1 or maybe 1.5 point, but will draw a ton. Gelfand will sweat, struggle, will sink steadily. But do not expect a clash of titans.
There is no doubt that Anand will crush Gelfand. I dont think Anand will lose a single game against him. Anand will win about half and draw about half.
Are we all going to sleep during the Anand/Gelfand match?
carlsen is too close to break Kasprov's lift !!
I'd like to see Naka in the candidates. Him or Luke McShane to tryand get him into full time chess!
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AUBURN HILLS -- It simultaneously was both one of the most anticipated and most maligned player groupings of the National Basketball Association season, and now that the Detroit Pistons' diminishing returns have put their Big Three lineup in the failed-experiment category, the dissection of why it flopped so badly comes next.
Specifically, with the Pistons quite possibly bringing back all three players next year, why didn't Andre Drummond, Greg Monroe and Josh Smith fare better than the 25-40 record the team takes into Saturday's game against the powerhouse Indiana Pacers (47-17), who have ridden an outsized front line to the Eastern Conference lead?
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"About the first six or eight minutes of the first and third quarter are really the big minutes when they're together," Loyer said. "Some games, it's very, very effective, so we go with it a little bit longer. But like I've said to anybody, as a coach, you're trying to find ways to get your best players on the floor for the longest period of time, and that's one way we try to do it."
The Pistons have split two games with the Pacers this year, largely because the Big Three counteracted Indiana's Roy Hibbert-David West-Paul George jumbo group.
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The Design of a Bi-level Input DC/AC Automotive Inverter
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Conceptually, the inverter works by turning on switches in a specific order. A low power circuit must be constructed to perform as the control circuitry that drives the high power stage. One such control method is the Square-Wave Inverter. In Figure 1, if switches SW1 and SW4 are turned on, the load is subjected to +Vs. However, if SW2 and SW3 are turned on, the load is subjected to –Vs. Note that Vs is a constant DC voltage. Assuming the switches are voltage controlled, Figure 2 shows possible input waveforms to the switches. Figure 3 shows the corresponding output waveform. As shown, the source DC voltage is converted to a square-wave AC voltage.
Figure 1: Basic Concept Diagram – Inverter
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The bride is the daughter of Ann Marie and Kenneth J. Caso of Oakwood. The bridegroom is a son of Ernestine Ceseri of Annadale and the late Anthony J. Ceseri.
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Mrs. Ceseri is a graduate of St. John Villa Academy, Arrochar, where she was named the class salutatorian. She earned a bachelor of science degree, summa cum laude, in elementary education and psychology and a master of science degree in reading specialist studies, both from St. John's University, Grymes Hill, where she was named to the dean's list and received the President's Academic Award for School of Education, a graduate research assistantship with the department of psychology and the department award for reading. She is a sixth-grade teacher at Totten Intermediate School, Tottenville.
Mr. Ceseri is a graduate of St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School, Huguenot. He earned a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice, with a concentration in international studies, from St. John's University, Grymes Hill, where he was named to the dean's list and Alpha Phi Sigma criminal justice honor society. He is an officer with the city Police Department.
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VISSER DU PLESSIS coaxes the clutch pedal upward and the engine revs rise. It's a coarse, almost harsh growl, rather like a giant hacksaw ripping a 44-gallon drum in two, and there's a metallic quality which is so palpable I can almost taste it. I can feel it too, and a thrummy, zingy high-frequency vibration passes through the passenger seat of the Peugeot 207 as it edges forward.
And then, having just changed to second gear, Visser nails the throttle. There's an explosion of sound and motion along with a series of shrieks from under the bonnet. Burpp . . .
buurp . . . buuurpp – in a vista-shrinking blur we're into fourth and still accelerating hard, careering along a dirt road that twists and turns and duck and dives, pockmarked here and there by dips and troughs, some filled with mud red water.
It feels like we're on a rollercoaster ride, the car rising and falling on long-travel suspension, Visser's gloved hand a frenzy of motion as he pulls and pushes on a circular metal ball just an inch from the rim of the deeply-dished steering wheel. This is the column shift for the six-speed gearbox, not to be confused with a wand-like handbrake lever rising up from between the seats to almost meet it.
But that's just peripheral stuff. Front of mind is survival and I'm thinking: no waaay!!! This is already completely insane and we're only about 500 metres from where we left the crew who just seconds before had plugged me into the intercom and strapped me down with a six-point safety harness.
Visser said something about just warming up, I recall, but I'm no longer sure whether he meant himself or the 2.0-litre four-cylinder non-turbo engine mounted transversely under the bonnet. If that makes it sound like a hopped up Peugeot 207 then nothing could be further from the truth. This is a serious 4×4 rally machine with a fancy sequential gearbox and trick differential technology that's likely to cost at least R3 million to replace. Why, then, is Visser driving it with such venom?
We're into a tightening left-hander and he literally stands on the huge brake pedal and simultaneously bangs the lever down the box. For a moment I think he's got it completely wrong and we're about to shoot over the foot-high earth bank at the road's edge and into the dry mielies beyond. But I'm mistaken: as we reach what looks like the point of no return, he tugs the handbrake lever for a fraction of a second and with the weight of the car already shifted forward onto the nose, the tail whips round a metre or two and he steps on the gas again, shooting us out the corner and onto the next straight, with a gateway approaching fast in the distance.
I realise I'm clutching the edges of my seat tightly, and I've hunkered down so that, despite my lanky frame, I'm peering at the largely standard Peugeot 207 facia. My eyeballs are getting a mix of the frenetic interior action – a flurry of feet and hands – and what's going on outside – a cacophony of noise and flying red sand in our wake and a blur of mielie fields.
Eventually I start to assimilate things a little; including how incredibly agile the handling is, how punchy the engine is – even if it's clear that the action only really starts to happen at the top of the rev range – and how astonishing the braking ability is. But the one thing that really impresses is how it soaks up the rough stuff. While I'm still gritting my teeth and turning knuckles white against the upholstery, it is now with less fear; instead I just feel slightly dizzy and lightheaded.
The wild ride continues until I'm eventually able to pay more attention to Visser's actions, and start to notice other things: the elaborate chrome-moly rollcage, the amount of cabin paraphernalia, and the plethora of switches and buttons. Then Visser slides to a halt in a cloud of dust, and kills the engine. Now it's my turn.
We swap sides but it takes a while before I'm ready, what with getting the compulsory HANS device (a head and neck support system which limits the helmet's movement and which is in turn held in place by the seatbelts) on and getting plugged/strapped in again. I feel like I'm having an out-of-body experience when I'm rudely awakened by the intercom.
Visser's voice is so clear it's like he's inside my head: 'Adrian . . . this is a thoroughbred machine, it's twitchy and nervous, and you need to be very careful. If you get it wrong you can get into trouble really quickly . . . '
His voice is deadpan, serious, but there's no hint of malevolence, and I nod and swallow and mutter something arbitrary, like that I have no intention of going very quickly at all.
Ahead of me there's not very much and I'm confused for a second or two – there must be a rev counter here somewhere. Above the hub of the steering wheel there's a matchbox-sized LED display and this will tell me the gear I'm in. Where the instruments normally reside there's a cluster of warning lights but the one to pay attention to is bright green, lighting up at 8 300rpm to remind the driver to tug the shift lever to select the next gear before the 8 500 limiter intervenes. So that's what I could see out of the corner of my eye flashing furiously when Visser was at the wheel!
I fire it up – it takes almost immediately – but it feels like there's no flywheel. If there was a rev counter the needle would positively whip round the dial with each prod of the acceleratorStill, I manage a stall-free getaway despite being half in and half out of a soft field and we're soon grumbling down the road driven earlier. As usual I'm playing myself in slowly, trying to get a feel for things, and start to build up a little speed, using more revs, but I still don't see the green light.
The engine doesn't have a great deal of torque and I soon realise that I'm in and out of the powerband, so I add more rpm and try to figure out which gear I need where. Visser is doing navigator duty alongside: 'Keep right . . .,' 'Keep left . . .,' 'Slowly – this one really tightens up!' and at least once, 'Brake, brake!' In the really tight stuff he's also using the handbrake to help me around the hairpins and I'm starting to feel a little more confident, and so a bit of speed is building. Eventually I get the green light coming on by maxing it in fourth gear on a long straight section with mielies flashing by forbiddingly close.
Upshifts are executed without the need for the clutch pedal; it's just a case of keeping your foot planted and tugging the ball decisively, and in the low gears that means almost as fast as you can do it. When I see the green light I shift from fifth to top, and if I had kept my foot down until the limiter in sixth, we would've been doing somewhere between 175 and 180kph – on a bumpy dirt track not much wider than the car.
Eventually I'm really starting to enjoy myself, so much so that at one point Visser's left hand makes a beeline for the steering wheel. I'm on the left of the car so maybe I was too far over to the right of the track for comfort, or maybe from the confines of the nav's pew (which is much lower than the driver's) it just seemed that way.
Nevertheless, we complete a lap without mishap and make it back to the service area, and like most rollercoaster rides viewed
retrospectively it had ended too soon, despite the initial terror and trepidation. I'm feeling almost euphoric, maybe more so than in any competition machine I've driven.
I'm hugely impressed, not only with the car but by the guys who drive them on the ragged edge. You have to be almost inch-perfect – not so much in mielie fields or sugar cane plantations where an error may result in an impromptu harvest, more so in the forests of the Eastern Cape or Mpumalanga where an off can mean an unguided trip down a mountain or a terminal altercation with unyielding trees. You also clearly need to be smooth, because the relatively modest power delivery makes it all too easy to lose speed if you take the wrong line and use too much steering input. You can feel how momentum is lost when going sideways on 'grabby' surfaces.
That's also why Peugeot Sport South Africa, under the aegis of preparation outfit ADF Motorsport, has done some successful development work on the engine, improving both mid-range torque and the top end. They've also been working on getting the chassis set-up right for South Africa's control Dunlops.
These Peugeots, of which nearly 100 have been produced (#96 is the sister car of Hein Lategan which finished fifth in the event in which Du Plessis recently finished seventh), are built to a tight set of international regulations which ultimately led to the 2011 WRC rules for 1.6-litre turbo cars. But affordability remains the crux of the S2000 formula, though even with our 'cheapie' tyres Visser estimates it costs about R1 000 a kilometre to run this car. So our little play session down a bunch of dirt roads at Rallystar near Bapsfontein would've cost well over R20 000. Which makes me particularly pleased that – literally and figuratively – there were only green lights to be seen, and not any red ones


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BeagleBoard.org announced a new open-platform, hobbyist-focused development board -- priced at just $89 and equipped with a Linux distro that boots in ten seconds. The BeagleBone offers an ARM Cortex-A8 processor running at 720MHz, 256MB of RAM, two 46-pin expansion connectors, a USB host port and multipurpose device port, on-chip Ethernet, and a microSD slot.
BeagleBoard.org isn't part of Texas Instruments (TI), but it has a close relationship with the company. This fact has provided the all-volunteer group with early access to TI SoCs (systems on chip) to use on its popular, hobbyist-focused development boards. For example, the BeagleBoard xM (now $149) was announced with TI's DM3730 onboard even before the chipmaker could announce that chip itself!
The group's newest board -- the BeagleBone -- was announced Oct. 31 via a blog entry by volunteer Jason Kridner (pictured), who happens to be open platforms principal architect for TI's application processor group. This time, he was careful not to spill any CPU beans in advance, but the page was updated following its first appearance to reveal that the 'Bone uses a TI AM3358 processor.
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The BeagleBone
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Positioning the BeagleBone (above) as the "the low-cost, high-expansion hardware-hacker focused BeagleBoard," Kridner writes that the device has been designed to be easier to clone than previous hardware from the group. And, he adds, while it doesn't have quite the memory capacity and MIPS of the BeagleBoard and BeagleBoard-xM, it offers "easier and more extensive expansion, on-chip Ethernet, analog-to-digital data conversion, and a lower cost."
According to Beagleboard.org, the BeagleBone measures 3.4 x 2.1 inches, and features 256MB of DDR2 RAM and two 46-pin, two-row expansion headers. It's said these feature "easy to use" 0.1-inch spacing and provide industry-standard 3.3V I/Os -- more than 60 of them, including five serial ports, two I2C buses, timers, power management modules, and SPI.
The expansion headers are not compatible with those on the popular, microcontroller-based Arduino platform, "though certainly having the breadth of add-on boards available to the Arduino is on our goals," Kridner writes. "The performance and cost of interfacing to Arduino shields as is would under-utilize the capabilities of the underlying Linux-based system and compete in places where an Arduino is really the right solution."
BeagleBone components
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BeagleBoard.org says the BeagleBone comes with the Angstrom version of Linux (which, we note, has also been employed on another $89 board, the ARM9-based HawkBoard). Supplied on a 2GB card for the device's onboard slot, the distro boots in just ten seconds, the group claims.
While BeagleBoard.org has not yet provided all of the BeagleBone's hardware specs, the device is said to include a USB 2.0 host port, plus a USB device port with onboard hub. A microSD slot is also said to be available. Simultaneous low-level serial control and JTAG hardware debug connections are supported, so no JTAG emulator is required, the group adds.
The template-based coding available to the Arduino community makes it easy to copy-and-paste simple projects, the BeagleBone's ability to run Linux should ultimately make it easier to use, Kridner suggests. "We intend to collaborate with the Linux, Cloud9 IDE (Ajax.org), node.js, github.com and BeagleBoard communities to evolve this to Arduino-like simplicity, without the need to install any development tools or understand Linux programming details," he writes.
Peripheral boards, which will likely be called "capes" in order to distinguish them from Arduino's "shields," are already in the works, BeagleBoard.org says. A DVI-D board is in the prototype phase now, while HDMI, VGA, and LCD boards will follow, and plans for a Wi-Fi/battery board are "in the very preliminary phases," according to Kridner.
TI's Jason Kridner introduces the BeagleBone
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BeagleBoard.org says rev. A1 boards are "just shipping to active community members," while rev. A3 boards, with a suggested retail price of $89, will ship to distributors "before the end of November." Updated information is promised and will be posted on the BeagleBone product page.
Jonathan Angel can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and followed at www.twitter.com/gadgetsense.
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Had a meteor struck between Jazz Fest's Fais Do Do and Congo Square stages on Saturday afternoon, the Louisiana arts community would be a whole lot poorer.
In a backstage trailer, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu presided over a roundtable discussion populated by a cross-section of cultural entrepreneurs and artists: Restauranteurs John Besh and Donald Link. Zyde-soul singer Terrance Simien. James Michalopoulos, creator of this year's Jazz Fest poster and several others. Art gallery owners Arthur Roger and Jonathan Ferrara. Nick Spitzer, host of syndicated radio show "American Routes." Putumayo Records founder Dan Storper, whom Landrieu happened to spot strolling by.
For an audience of invited media, they each testified to the importance of the arts to Louisiana's cultural economy. The setting was exhibit A - smack dab in the middle of Jazz Fest, with Cajun accordion bleeding into the trailer from Fais Do Do and the deep-funk brass of the Rebirth Brass Band rumbling from Congo Square.
They all reiterated that arts and culture are among the state's chief attractions.
"I know of no one who stayed here, or who moved here, because of the infrastructure," Spitzer said.
Michalopoulos testified that New Orleans provides a "hospitable culture for creativity."
Storper, who has traveled the globe to find music for his label, now lives in New Orleans part-time; Putumayo has an office here. He compared New Orleans to Paris, Havana and Rio, "places where people come together to make great music."
With cuts to the state's marketing budget a possibility, the session was intended in part to justify the cost of promoting music, food and culture - including Jazz Fest itself - and providing tax incentives for movie and record producers.
Cutting such budgets, Landrieu said, is the equivalent "of eating your seed corn...it is penny wise, but pound foolish."
Simien said a preponderance of young zydeco bands indicates the music is as vital as ever. Sporting one of Jazz Fest's new souvenir T-shirts, Landrieu asked Simien to reveal who won the first Grammy in the Cajun/zydeco category.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Hurricane Sandy was no laughing matter for Staten Island and the Jersey Shore communities it tore to pieces. But two artists are applying their senses of humor to a series of cartoons about the storm for a good cause -- to raise awareness about ongoing relief efforts for Sandy victims.
Beginning Monday, the Advance will publish seven installments of "Daddy's Home," a syndicated comic strip by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein. The comics will appear on Page A4 or A5 of the newspaper, and on SILive.com.
The storyline of the seven comic strips will focus on Sandy relief and restoration efforts. Each cartoon will include a "How you can help" box with contact information about relief organizations in the area including the Red Cross, AmeriCares, Hope for New York and the Salvation Army.
"I wanted to do something for the communities where the hurricane hit," explained co-creator Rubino, a New Jersey native. "Sandy affected so many people and places I know and love. I want people to be aware that progress is being made but there's still work to do."
Rubino, who now lives on the Upper West Side, spent childhood summers in the Jersey Shore communities of Belmar, Seaside Heights, Manasquan and Point Pleasant.
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Fire departments and emergency services from Duncannon, Marysville and New Buffalo will host a mock crash on April 30 after Susquenita High School's event was canceled.
The mock crash is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Duncannon EMS building, off Route 274, Penn Township.
Confirmed participants included Duncannon, Marysville and New Buffalo fire companies, Duncannon EMS and Penn Twp. police.
Kevin Bissonnette, president of Duncannon Fire Company, said Marysville EMS and Marysville police, also have been invited, along with Penn State Hershey Medical Center's Life Lion helicopter, state police and the Perry County coroner's office.
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The mock crash is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., April 30, at the Duncannon EMS building, off Route 274, Penn Twp.
Those attending should park in the EMS parking lot. Other parking will be available if the lot fills.
The event is free and open to all ages.
Despite being pressed for time, organizers hope to have a large turnout from students and residents of all ages.
"It's never been quite like this before," Bissonnette said last week. "We're not quite certain what to expect (in terms of attendance).'
The organizations extended an invitation to the Susquenita Students Against Destructive Decisions to participate.
The event came together in the 48 hours after it was revealed in media reports that the crash was canceled.
"We've done it in the past at the school. We know what's involved," Bissonnette said. "We're working to get it together.'
Asked if he was surprised at how quickly preparations were made, Marysville Fire Company President Scott Weaver said, "No, it's how we react in real life. If something doesn't work one way, we switch and make it work in another.'
Kraig Nace of Duncannon EMS said that all involved wanted it to be as close to the crash at Susquenita as possible.
"For most students, it's very important," Nace said about the crash. "Some may not understand the risks of destructive decisions, so we do it in as authentically as possible.'
Duncannon will have two rigs at the event, as will New Buffalo. Marysville will have at least one, Bissonnette said.
Hopes are that Susquenita will re-evaluate its stance next year, and Bissonnette said his organization would "definitely participate' if the school agreed to resurrect the event.
The crash at Susquenita was canceled after it was announced that Perdix Fire Company members could be cited by Penn Twp. police should they participate. The Perdix company was abolished by township ordinance in January, and the matter is in litigation.
The district maintained that the event was an educational tool, and did not want Penn Twp. dictating who it could use as "educational consultants.'
Nace said he viewed the cancellation with "disappointment and disgust. Susquenita had the means to do this if they followed the rules, and had disregarded all that.'
"It's hurting the kids," said New Buffalo Fire Company Chief Ambrose Quigley. "It's very important. If it saves one life, it's done its job.'
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Sports fans will face airport-style security at the 2012 Olympic Games say police, as they start testing London's venues against potential terror threats.
The 34 Olympic venues, surrounding street parties and public events will be policed at a "severe threat level" - the second highest status - in Britain's biggest peacetime security operation.
The Home Secretary, Theresa May, said all key Olympic organisations and Government departments face a series of at least 10 stress tests to ensure they are prepared.
The country faces several potential terror threats, from al-Qaeda to dissident Irish nationalists.
The 2012 Games also coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Munich Olympics, when 11 Israeli team members died after being held hostage by Palestinian gunmen.
The stress tests will analyse how the departments work together, how they work with London 2012 organisers and how information is shared with the public.
Testing is already underway and has so far focused on the main stadium and the velodrome at the Olympic Park in Stratford.
Police have been testing their bomb-searching speeds and learning the geography of the venues.
A counter-terrorism exercise involving the Ministry of Defence and other emergency services took place in the Olympic Village in May.
"I am trying to ensure that we produce 34 venues that are secure, that people can go in and have a really good time, that people can feel safe inside and their focus can be on the sport," said the Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Chris Allison, who is also the Olympic security coordinator at Scotland Yard.
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Sports fans will face 20-minute queues during peak times as they are subjected to airport-style security checks, he said.
Mr Allison has also talked of using Royal Navy tactics in policing the city's waterways, and employing specialists from other police forces such as firearm officers, and protection and search officers.
I am trying to ensure that we produce 34 venues that are secure, that people can go in and have a really good time. Met Police Asst Commissioner Chris Allison
Most of the 12,000 police will be unarmed, but there will be armed police present in some venues.
Proposals for video surveillance planes and jets on standby for any potential airborne terrorist threat are still being discussed.
Police helicopters will be used and a secure tetra radio network will be in place, while a significant number of CCTV cameras will be installed at the Olympic Park.
At a briefing at Scotland Yard, Britain's top police officer, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson, said that while he was delighted with intra-agency progress on security preparations he was not complacent.
"I want to stress that the summer of 2012, for the Metropolitan Police and indeed the nation and the Government, isn't just about the Games... The challenge for the Met in particular is to continue to run policing services here in London. And we are going to do that," he told reporters.
The Home Secretary, who also attended the briefing, said the Government had set aside a budget of £600m for policing the Games but that it was on course to come in under budget at around £500m.
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A British engineer has raided the corporate storeroom of an American industrial group that traces its history to the dawn of flight and the genesis of the space race.
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Owing to Witzel's untiring opposition to the doctrinal novelties of the age, he was forced to leave Vacha. He proceeded to Eisleben, and in 1538 was called to Dresden. Here he conceived a plan of reunion, which took the form of a public disputation in Leipzig in 1539. He had already (1537) published his "Methodus concordiae ecclesiasticae", and for the new disputation he prepared "Typus prioris Ecclesiae" in which he proposed the Church of the first centuries as the ideal to be sought for. His endeavours for reunion, however, were without result. Opposition forced him to flee to Bohemia, thence to Berlin. The rapid progress of heresy soon convinced him that here too his efforts would be fruitless, and he forthwith proceeded to Fulda, where he directed his efforts towards defending the Church ; but in 1554 he was again forced to flee, now to Mainz, where he spent the remainder of his life in literary work and probably as professor at the university. The number of Witzel's works is extraordinarily large. Andreas Räss in his "Convertiten" enumerates ninety-four, but this is far from complete.
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Duluth, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) --- Northland's NewsCenter sports director Tom Hansen spoke with Duluth native Kara Goucher earlier this summer ahead of her departure for the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games.
Goucher will run August 5 in the womens' marathon, with that race set for 5:00 a.m. CT and live coverage in the Northland on KBJR6 and Range11.
The former Duluth East Greyhound will be competing in her second Olympics, having run both the 5,000-meters and 10,000-meters at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Below is a full transcript of part two of our conversation with Goucher, who was in Duluth this past June to compete in the 2012 USA Half Marathon Championships.
TH: When you run a race as an Olympian representing the country, which you've done before, does that change your outlook, your mindset, or your competitiveness? Obviously, you want to win every race, but when you're representing the country, is that a little different for you?
KG: When you have that USA on your chest, every little place counts and every little second you can get from yourself. I ran in the World Championships three summers ago in the marathon, and I was having a really rough day. Any other race I probably would have dropped out, but because I had that USA on my chest I just kept fighting and fighting. I was just dying, but you're representing your nation, and it makes you fight just a little bit harder.
TH: What inspired Kara to run, not only run but run fast and run long distances? Grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles, family, who inspires Kara Goucher?
KG: My grandpa took me to my first race. My family has always been very supportive of my running. I did a lot of sports growing up --- softball, soccer, swimming, which was terrible. It was a lot of okay. I was okay, and running was the first thing where I felt kind of at home. I didn't have to think about where I was planting my ski pole. I didn't have to think about where I was kicking the ball. I just ran. For me, I really discovered myself through running. I was really shy, a very shy little girl, and I'm still shy. It really helped me discover myself, and I just love running. I love it, and I'll always do it. I'm just inspired by seeing how good I can get, and I've been so fortunate in my life to have so many people supporting me and believing in me. I just want to see how good I can get.
TH: Do you have any advice for younger runners? What would you say to those younger runners watching Kara Goucher at the Olympics?
KG: Running takes a lot of time, and it's something you can do for a really long time. I started running for my junior high when I was 12 years old. I'll be 34 next month, and I'm still getting better. It's been literally 22 years, so my advice would be to just have a lot of patience with it. It's something you can do forever. It'll take you all over the world, and it'll take you right back home. That's what it did for me.
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Of course, like all cooks who find themselves in trouble, I'm going to blame the front of house. Had my wife not overbooked our kitchen table, I'm pretty sure it would all have been fine. I'd invited Mark Sargeant and his wife round for supper. Sarge was Gordon Ramsay's right-hand man at the time, owner of a Michelin star in his own right at Claridge's, but I was pretty relaxed.
I'd cooked for plenty of chef friends — not Michelin-starred ones, admittedly — and assorted restaurant critics over the years and it had never fazed me.
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Hemlines that fall gracefully below the knee to mid-calf or maxi length are one of this season's biggest trends that will carry over into spring. Expect to see some high-low versions as well. It's a welcome departure from the much shorter hemlines that have dominated the runways for seasons. If you dare to wear it, go for ladylike chic or edgy coolness, but remember: the "frumpy librarian" look is definitely not in season. Keep it neutral or try an unexpected color combination. I am loooving the crispness pleated skirts add to separates for the office, especially when paired with a silk blouse and cardigan or even a button down. Footwear should be kept sleek: a pump, bootie, ballet flat or smoking slipper are super cute options. Stay away from anything clunky! Whether you choose a knife pleat (a narrow pleat turned in one direction), a sunburst pleat (similar to a knife pleat except it has more of a flare) or a box pleat (a wider pleat; similar to old-school cheerleader skirts), this is a classic piece that should have a permanent place in your closet.
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As part of our goal to continue offering local and sustainable products. We have created a set of guidelines to determine which products the Co-op is willing to consider offering.
- All products should be all natural (no food coloring, preservatives, additives, High Fructose Corn Syrup or other highly processed ingredients).
- The Co-op strongly encourages the use of sustainable and/or organic ingredients and materials whenever possible.
- Products should be identified as all natural or organic.
- All advertising should be through the Co-op.
- Every vendor needs to fill out a complete and detailed application through our software before being accepted.
- Vendors are not allowed to resell items to the Co-op, although in certain rare circumstances specific permission may be granted by the managers. All items need to be produced and packaged directly by the vendor unless they are buying ingredients for processed foods. If ingredients are bought, value must be added to the product by the producer. The only exception to this rule is if the Co-op has nothing local yet listed for a certain category.
Listing Items
- All vendors are responsible for having their items listed in the software 24 hours before the portion of the order in which their items are listed is opened. For example all dairy, eggs, coffee, dry goods, soaps etc. listings need to be ready the Tuesday of the week prior to the order date (to be included in the Main Order), and all produce listings must be ready on Thursday of the week prior to the order date (to be included in the A La Carte portion of the order).
- The Co-op will have authority to unlist any items that it feels might not meet the Co-op's standards or might be too difficult to handle during pick up hours.
- All items need to be at the Co-op no later than 12:30 on pick up day so they can be counted, checked, and ready for pick up.
- The Co-op is located at 1106 E 59th St, near the intersection of Waters Ave and E 59th St.
- Large orders and refrigerated and frozen items may be delivered via the alley that runs between our building and Savannah Tire. It is accessible from Guatamala St (the 1st cross street after Waters Ave).
- Each vendor must group orders together by member's name.
- All weighted items need to be labeled with each ordering member's name and weight, and each weight needs to be entered into the software by Noon on the Wednesday before pick up. This allows for invoices to be printed with correct weight amounts and correct totals. We request that vendors use the labels provided by the software, but if you decide to create your own please make sure that they are legible, writing the whole name and member number of the ordering member. See the Label Printing Instructions for more details.
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- Let us know what you want us to do with the unsold items at the end of the day, and follow up with the Co-op about the additional sold items.
- Any extra sold items will be listed on the next order's invoice and paid with that order.
- The Co-op does not assume any responsibility for unsold items.
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- If a vendor and a member wish to exchange products without the involvement of the Co-op, we request that the exchange take place outside of our premises.
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- Invoices must be submitted 48 hours before pick up so they can be reviewed and finalized.
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Understanding and Supporting The Emotional Health of Student Veterans
Premiere Date: 04/30/12
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1. Physicians (CME)
2. Nurses (CNE)
3. Psychologists (APA)
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All other clinicians will either receive a CME Attendance Certificate or may choose any of the types of CE credit being offered.
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Health Educator, Student Health & Wellness
Faculty/Staff Advisor, Student Veterans Organization
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Statement of Need:
With the passage of the post 9-11 GI Bill in 2008, which provided increased education benefits for military personnel, and the official end to the war in Iraq, more veterans than ever are entering colleges and universities. Specifically, the number of veterans receiving post-9/11 GI Bill benefits has gone from 34,393 in 2009 to 555,329 in 2011. Many of these student veterans are transitioning from combat to college after deployments in Iraq or Afghanistan. Student veterans bring with them a unique set of skills and experiences that make them a valued addition to our higher education institutions. However, the adjustment to campus life poses a variety of challenges to student veterans. There are things that you and your institution can do to support that transition.
Activity Goal:
To equip college medical and mental health professionals with the knowledge and resources to support the emotional health of student veterans.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
● Describe military culture and the adjustment issues related to the transition from the military to the classroom
● Recognize ways to make the health and counseling centers and their programs more veteran-friendly
● Identify some of the mental health issues that may be experienced by some student veterans and recognize how the signs and symptoms may manifest in individuals
● List resources for referral and additional training information
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Physicians, psychologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers, mental health counselors, and other health care professionals with an interest in the positive integration of student veterans into college campuses.
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