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Effective tax administration requires a combination of quality customer service to help those who want to comply, and effective enforcement measures against those who do not. For the last few years, we have been reporting on improvements in taxpayer service and declines in enforcement. With respect to IRS's fiscal year 2005 budget request, the Subcommittee asked GAO to assess whether (1) IRS will be able to allocate more resources to enforcement, and (2) Business Systems Modernization (BSM) and other technology efforts will deliver cost savings and efficiencies in the immediate future. For the 2004 filing season performance, GAO was asked to assess IRS's performance in processing returns and providing assistance to taxpayers.
IRS is requesting $10.7 billion in fiscal year 2005, 4.8 percent over 2004. This includes $377.3 million, primarily for additional enforcement staff, and $373 million for increased costs of maintaining current operations--funded from three sources--the budget increase, program reductions and internal savings. The request for more enforcement staff follows similar requests in IRS's past five budgets. Despite budget requests that were almost fully funded and despite realizing some savings in prior years, the number of most skilled enforcement staff declined by over 21 percent between 1998 and 2003 because of other priorities, including unbudgeted expenses. This history, and the expectation of unbudgeted costs in 2005, raises questions about whether IRS will be able to increase enforcement staff as planned. IRS's request also includes about $1.93 billion in information technology-- $285 million for BSM contractor costs and about $1.64 billion for information systems. Most BSM projects have experienced cost overruns and schedule delays postponing benefits expected under BSM. IRS reduced its BSM budget request to focus on fewer projects and is implementing plans to respond to known deficiencies. IRS has made progress in implementing investment management best practices for developing and supporting its information systems budget request. However, until IRS fully implements the improvements, its ability to develop supportable budget requests for information systems operations and maintenance will be limited. IRS's reported 2004 filing season performance in key areas improved, with the exception of the accuracy of tax law responses provided over the telephones to taxpayers, which declined. Also, the number of taxpayers seeking assistance at IRS's walk-in assistance sites declined as did the number of tax returns prepared at those sites.
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State and Local Governments' Fiscal Outlook:2016 UpdateGAO-17-213SP: Published: Dec 8, 2016. Publicly Released: Dec 8, 2016.
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Federal Fees, Fines, and Penalties:Observations on Agency Spending AuthoritiesGAO-17-268T: Published: Dec 1, 2016. Publicly Released: Dec 1, 2016.
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Certificated Expenditures:Executive Office of the President Fiscal Year 2015 Certificated Expenditures Were Spent for Authorized PurposesGAO-17-116R: Published: Nov 17, 2016. Publicly Released: Nov 17, 2016.
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Public Relations Spending:Reported Data on Related Federal ActivitiesGAO-16-877R: Published: Sep 30, 2016. Publicly Released: Oct 5, 2016.
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IRS 2017 Budget:IRS Could Improve Presentation of Budget Data in Its Congressional JustificationGAO-16-695: Published: Jul 21, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 21, 2016.
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Army Working Capital Fund:Army Industrial Operations Could Improve Budgeting and Management of CarryoverGAO-16-543: Published: Jun 23, 2016. Publicly Released: Jun 23, 2016.
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District of Columbia:Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012GAO-16-663T: Published: May 12, 2016. Publicly Released: May 12, 2016.
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2014 Sequestration:Opportunities Exist to Improve Transparency of Progress Toward Deficit Reduction GoalsGAO-16-263: Published: Apr 14, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 14, 2016.
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Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise:NNSA's Budget Estimates Increased but May Not Align with All Anticipated CostsGAO-16-290: Published: Mar 4, 2016. Publicly Released: Mar 4, 2016.
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2013 Sequestration and Shutdown:Selected Agencies Generally Managed Unobligated Balances in Reviewed Accounts, but Balances Exceeded Target Levels in Two AccountsGAO-16-26: Published: Oct 30, 2015. Publicly Released: Oct 30, 2015.
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Did you know that YOUR Indianapolis Colts are playing YOUR Jacksonville Jaguars this week? Depending on where you are in our service area that may be true. This clash of football Titans (no, not the Tennessee Titans – that's a different clash altogether) kicks off at 8:20 PM ET tonight.
The Colts are a somewhat surprising 5-3, being led by rookie Andrew Luck, and the Jags are 1-7 being led by owner Shiad Khan's mustache. If you saw Khan on 60 minutes a few weeks ago, he actually seems like an impressive guy, and I am sure better things are ahead for the Jags. I actually was a little pumped to hear that Tim Tebow may be heading to Jacksonville, but no… dreams crushed yet again. The season with the Broncos was too interesting last year for him to be wasting away as Mark Sanchez' water boy. Jacksonville really seems to like Blaine Gabbert. Every time I hear the name, Blaine, I think of Andrew McCarthy's character in "Sixteen Candles"… or was it "Pretty in Pink"? I don't remember.
Here are some good guys to think about picking up this week, as bye weeks are drawing to an end.
Marcel Reece (RB-OAK) Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson appear dinged up… may be worth a pick up.
T.Y. Hilton (WR – Ind) This rookie is a gamechanger. I remember watching him shred teams in college. Luck seems to like him as well, so what are you waiting for?
Beanie Wells (RB-Ari) I spoke to someone who said on Twitter that there is "no Doubt" that Beanie will play in two weeks. I spoke to someone also that told me last year Terrell Owens was in Cincinnati on fantasy draft day with Carson Palmer just waiting to sign.
Enjoy the Thursday night game and good luck to your fantasy team. I've moved to 5-4 in my league and take on my buddy Matt from Colorado. His team is a mess, but so is mine. All I am hoping for is a spot in the playoffs, because from there anything can happen.
Are there any sleepers you are seeing that I'm not?
Who would win in a standoff against one another, Shiad Khan's mustache or Troy Polamalu's hair?
Really weird that I never saw Shiad Kahn and Geraldo Rivera together in the same room. hmmmm….
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But, like the chaos theory taught by the mathematician in Jurassic Park, you can never say never -- the destruction of those market regulations over the years has let the T-Rex out of its cage.
Thus, the rampage on Wall Street last week and terror plastered across the media. Lets hope we dont all get eaten alive by this thing.
Now, millions of Americans are of the opinion that the gamblers on Wall Street should bail themselves out. Why should we contribute a nickel to help these pirates? They can sink or swim.
But unfortunately, we are chained to the pirates. In some pirate navies, if you killed another sailor, your ankle was tied to his corpse and it was shoved overboard.
So, if you oppose the bailout, consider that youre likely to go under too.
Why are we chained? Because as the pirates have pointed out, they are the dispensers of credit. And when they run dry, they dont have money to lend. They want us to pay off $700 billion in their bad debt.
In a sense, they've got us by the throat: without access to credit, the business you work for may not be able to get its annual short-term loan to keep operations going (ie: paychecks), or buy inventory for the coming year. And you might not receive a student loan; or get the loan you need to buy a used truck for that snow-plowing business youre planning to start, now that youre out of a job...
So, thats the boat were in today.
How did we get here? It started with the Reagan Revolution in the 1980s, otherwise known as the Decade of Greed. Thats when deregulation fever swept our government (lubricated by the oil of cash from lobbyists). It was felt at the time that those bothersome old regulations from the 1930s were getting in the way of business; we put our faith in a free market ideology of economist Milton Friedman, believing that the wisdom of the captains of industry would steer us to safe harbors, with a hefty cargo of earnings onboard to boot.
Regulations on banking, the stock market, and other financial institutions were ignored, deep-sixed, or went unenforced by the Reagan administration, with that trend continued by Clinton and the Bushes.
This fever reached its height in 1999, when Senator Phil Gramm (R-Texas), the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, authored an act which repealed regulations in the financial services industry. Gramm and his supporters said the regulations were no longer necessary because we'd grown so much smarter and more sophisticated.
This is the guy, by the way, who said Americans were a nation of whiners back in July when he was serving as John McCains chief financial advisor.
Gramms legislation opened a Pandoras Box of wild, casino-type operations to gamble with the money that you and I have placed in the trust of the banks and Wall Street, with todays sick results.
Theres not enough space here to go into the pros and cons of the bailout. You could wallpaper Wall Street with all of the opinions generated on this subject over the past two weeks.
But conservative
financial wizard Ben Stein (who made the casino analogy above) likens the bailout to throwing the Constitution out of the window, and possibly ranking as the most dangerous attack on the law in my lifetime. Stein says that raiding the U.S. Treasury and the taxpayers to bail out Wall Street gamblers takes America down the same communist/socialist road blazed by Vladimir Lenin or Fidel Castro.
Many people on the Left feel the same way, while those in the middle seem inclined to bail out the mess and move on.
One thing that everyone agrees on, however, is that there should be hell to pay. In China, there would be firing squads for those involved.
Here, at the least, we need to ensure the end of CEOs making more than 344 times as much as the workers in their factories. No more tax breaks for companies that outsource American jobs overseas. No more golden parachutes of tens of millions of dollars for CEOs who run their companies into the ground and then bail out. We need to revive the regulations that keep us safe from Wall Street gamblers and make them pay us back for any bailout.
For once, were all in the same sinking boat: Republicans, Democrats, rich, poor, young, old: its our necks at stake here -- our jobs, our savings, our retirement. We need to lock arms and make the pirates of Wall Street pay for what theyve done.


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The tumor can also invade other organs in the chest. For instance, lung cancer patients often experience chest pain due to the tumor pressing on the walls of the chest. The tumor can also fill the chest cavity and surround the heart with fluid.
Coughing up Blood
Chronic coughing is the most common symptom of lung cancer. Lung cancer patients may even begin to cough up blood. If you cough up blood, this is a sure sign that something is wrong, and you should seek medical attention as soon as possible. You should also inform your doctor if you have been a smoker or currently smoke and begin to cough like you haven't coughed in the past.
Difficulty Breathing
Many lung cancer patients experience difficulty breathing. Patients may feel like they can't breathe or that they are getting short of breath doing small physical tasks. This is caused because of either a blockage in the lungs or fluid that is beginning to build up in the lungs. Once this symptom is described to a physician, she will order a CAT scan of the lungs or a chest X-ray to confirm if there is a problem in the lungs.
Difficulty swallowing is also called dysphagia. This happens when the cancer causes an obstruction to the esophagus. The lung cancer can even spread to the esophagus before it is discovered. If you experience any difficulty swallowing, you should tell your doctor right away.
Anorexia is an eating disorder that can lead to severe weight loss. A person experiencing anorexia due to lung cancer is usually unintentional because of the pain and discomfort caused by the disease. In anorexia due to lung cancer, a person losses its appetite that causes him or her to eat less than the usual amount needed or normal body requirement. Because of not wanting to eat, the person results to extreme weight loss and an imbalanced nutrition.
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We are also realizing that Sabah is a bit more liberal concerning their Muslim religion than those in Western Malaysia. It is much more common to see young girls sans head covering, dressed in tight jeans and short sleeves linked arm in arm with her boyfriend.
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She is not ready to be such a religious person...although when we asked if she was fasting for Ramadan, her answer was, "Of course!"
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Use the time line to help student makes connections and understand complex relationships and interrelationships. Have your students keep a time line throughout the school year so that they can put historical events in perspective across curricular topics.
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Two years ago today, Connecticut and most of the Northeast was slammed by Tropical Storm Irene.
Irene hit Connecticut at the height of a high tide storm surge on the morning of Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.
The storm dumped 3.5 inches of rain on the shoreline, with winds between 57 and 63 miles per hour.
Homes were damaged or destroyed in Fairfield, Milford and Stratford. Hardest hit was the Cozy Beach neighborhood in East Haven where more than two dozen homes were reduced to rubble.
More than 500 mostly residential structures were damaged by Tropical Storm Irene in Milford.
One home on Fairfield Beach Road in Fairfield collapsed into the waters of Pine Creek, and eight homes at the end of the road, pounded by the winds and surf, were declared unsafe by building officials.
Stamford saw minimal flooding, but sustained damage to its beaches, marinas and seawalls. Most damage occurred at Cummings Park and Marina, West Beach, Cove Island Park and Holly Pond.
Tropical Storm Irene, once a Category 3 hurricane, caused about $750 million to $1 billion in damage in Connecticut, despite its weakened state.
It also left thousands of people without power.
According to the Connecticut Public Utilities Authority, Irene left 815,000 customers of Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating without power. It took nine days to restore power following Irene.
It was the first of a series of storms that would lash Connecticut.
On October 29, 2011, a freak snowstorm dumped up to 10 inches of snow across the state and a few inches along the coast. That nor'easter left a combined 832,000 utility customers without power. It took 12 days for some people to get their power back.
The power outages caused by Irene and the October snowstorm unleashed a firestorm against the utilities for being unprepared, having insufficient line crews and poor communication.
In particular, Connecticut Light & Power received some blistering criticism for its lack of preparedness for the two storms and for its sometimes slow response following the acts of nature. Jeffrey Butler resigned as CL&P's chief operating office in November 2011, giving the public a scapegoat for the utility's poor response to Irene and the October nor'easter.
In October 2012, we got slammed again with Superstorm Sandy and in February this year, a blizzard that dumped up to three feet of snow.
But that's all history …
Today, we don't have to worry about tropical storms or blizzards. Instead, we'll have party sunny skies with a slight chance of showers.
In fact, the National Weather Service says there is a chance of "isolated showers" over the next couple of days.
Yes, "isolated showers," meaning we may get some rain, maybe not. The chance of precipitation is a low 20 percent.
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Today: Isolated showers between noon and 3pm, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. North wind around 6 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
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Kids at St. Paul's—the boarding school of John Kerry, New Yorker scribe Nick Paumgarten, heiress/psychiatrist Samantha Boardman, former Paris Review deputy publisher Lea Carpenter, and n+1 co-founder/zeitgeist-capturing novelist Ben Kunkel—have just witnessed their very first act of the kind of racism that isn't subtly ingrained in the system that allowed them to attend that prestigious institution: a black student received a threatening letter in the mail. "The top of the letter said 'Get Out,' John said. There was a bulls-eye in the middle and on the bottom, it said, 'Bang Bang,' he said." Three other black students received similar missives, all of which were "postmarked Manchester, through which all of the state's mail is routed." Don't worry, John. One of your classmates will get to the bottom of it in a thinky piece for The Believer in a couple years. [Concord Monitor]


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Australia's record in Olympic hockey is exceptional. The first Australian men's team competed in Melbourne 1956 and since then they have finished no lower than sixth. The Kookaburras won bronze medals at Tokyo 1964, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008 and London 2012, silver medals at Mexico City 1968, Montreal 1976 and Barcelona 1992 and finally the gold medal in Athens in 2004. The Australian men have now stood on the podium at six consecutive Olympics.
Women's hockey was first played in Moscow 1980, but Australia did not compete until Los Angeles 1984. Following the tracks of the Kookaburras, the Hockeyroos won the Olympic title at Seoul 1988, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000. Rechelle Hawkes was a member of each of these gold medal winning teams and read the Athletes' Oath in the Opening Ceremony in Sydney. As a member of the team in Atlanta, Nova Peris became the first Aboriginal to win an Olympic gold medal. Since 2000 the Hockeyroos have recorded consistent results with fifth at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
Olympic History
Men's hockey was first played in the Olympics in London 1908, then at Antwerp 1920, and then again at Amsterdam 1928 after which it became a permanent fixture. Between them, India with seven wins and Pakistan with two wins won every Olympic title from 1928 through to Mexico City 1968. From Amsterdam 1928, until defeated by Pakistan in Rome in 1960, India won 30 straight games and scored almost 200 goals in the process. In the last 32 years, Western European teams, along with Australia, have become the powerhouses in the sport.
Sport Format
There are 11 players allowed on a hockey field, including the goalkeeper. Olympic rosters are limited to 16 players but substitutions can be made throughout the two 35-minute periods.
If scores are level at the end of a final or play-off, matches go into extra time. Two, seven-and-a-half minute "sudden death" periods are played, with the first goal ending the match. If a result is still not reached each team selects five players for a penalty stroke shoot-out.
At the Olympic Games there are 12 teams in the men's and women's competition. Teams are split into two pools of six for the preliminary rounds. The top two teams in each pool progress to the semi-finals while the remaining teams play for classification 5-12. Winners of the semi-finals play for the gold medal, and losers of the semi-final play for the bronze.


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Pepsi's Bonin Bough Discusses Social Media Credentials
The brand's director of digital and social media on recent projects and the benefits of an experimental culture.
We've been tracking Pepsi's success in the social media space for a while now, from crowdsourcing product development through Dewmocracy, to the oft-cited Pepsi Refresh and Gatorade's Mission Control Center.
Bonin Bough, director of digital and social media at PepsiCo, spoke last week at MediaPost Communications' OMMA Social forum. We've culled some of the key social media initiatives undertaken by the brand, and the respective learnings and insights shared by Bough below. We hope these serve as thought-starters for brands still looking for a case study before committing to social media campaigns.
- PepsiCo has become the biggest sponsor of some of the largest digital events, including BlogHer, Blogworld, SXSW, and Internet Week NY
- Launched PepsiCo 10, designed to bring in new ideas via an open call for partners among emerging tech companies
- Ask themselves how to discover what new technology will mean to the brand, and how to challenge existing realities
- "Mission Control Center" for Gatorade takes the brand's pulse 24/7
- Willingness to experiment on both a large and small scale implies a willingness to fail on occasion – and learn from it
- The Trop50 program – a co-developed community around health, family and relationships – started as a partnership with BlogHer. The Juice online community was created around a "More of what you want, less of what you don't" theme. What resulted were brand awareness, equity and volume improvements that outscored those earned through traditional media.
- PepsiCo will launch a program by which consumers who scan bar codes on PepsiCo products via smartphones will receive content from the brand or its corporate goodwill programs
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Speculation skeptic
Posted by Daniel Hall on December 30, 2008
There has been a bit of discussion in the comments to my previous oil post about the role speculation played in both the rapid rise and spectacular collapse in oil prices over the last 12 months. Commenter Dave Sawyer sums up the idea:
What about good old speculation? Seems that with the demand growth and price rise, hot money flowed in and further drove up prices. With the credit collapse, and all the associated margin calls, the same then became true in reverse. A demand destruction and speculation downward spiral.
I am reflexively skeptical about arguments that use speculation to explain a large portion of price movements. Liquidity can probably help push up prices a bit but positing large price increases from 'hot money' seems to be an argument that extra liquidity is will primarily encourage investors who are long oil but that same liquidity will do little to encourage other investors to take the opposite bet. I like these thoughts from Geoff Styles when he sums up the "Energy Lessons of 2008":
- Demand matters as much as supply in determining prices. The difference between oil at $145 per barrel and $40 is only a couple of percent of global demand, or more precisely a swing between steady growth of 1-2% per year and a shrinkage of similar magnitude.
- Speculation can amplify prices and market volatility, but it can't override a dramatic shift in the underlying fundamentals of supply or demand. Leverage increases not only the magnitude of speculative gains and losses, but apparently also the speed of the shift from one state to the other.
Think about that final sentence!
The one additional point I would make is that even if speculation can push up prices a bit in the oil market, the oil that is consumed is actually worth the money that is paid for it. Even when oil was $145 a barrel, every barrel that was consumed — all 85 million a day of them — was worth at least $145 to the person that was buying it. That doesn't mean that oil is worth that much in the long-run — I suspect we are going to see a long-term demand shift in the West that will be comparable to the demand shift that followed the 1970s oil crisis — but in the short-run oil is very, very valuable to those who need it.
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December 30, 2008 at 12:56 pm
I agree completely. Speculators can do all they want for 30 days with oil futures, but when push comes to shove, you have to play the physical game at the end of the month. If you are long, you take delivery (or the difference between the futures price and the physical settlement). If you are short, better have some inventory (etc). Unless speculators had tremendous amounts of storage, there's not much they can do outside of increasing volatility of the futures price. Since there is little evidence suggesting that speculators were taking large amounts of delivery and sitting on it in hopes of better prices later, its tough to believe that they 'caused' the run up in prices.
A better explanation is that demand in India and China has been steadily increasing while supply stayed relatively fixed. We know that in the face of $100+ oil, there was a huge push for more drilling (as evidenced by skyrocketing prices for rigs and crew). Well, all those wells drilled since 2004 (the last time prices were this low) are now probably coming online, at the same time that the world economy is slowing down. Supply pushes out, demand pulls in, and prices fall.


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- Technical: Are the applications generated by Flash 5 as good, or at least "close enough" to being as good as those created using Xcode? It's not a simple question, because even the best tools can be used to generated sloppy, bloated executables, but it's still important to get a sense of whether the typical Flash-generated application is going to be comparable to the typical applications created using Xcode. It's an unanswered question. I'm sure Adobe is going to argue that their applications are just as good. I, and many other developers who have been working with the platform since it came out are going to be somewhat skeptical of that claim. How likely is it that they've been able to add an extra layer of complexity, including a garbage collector, and not incur any additional overhead? Probably nots possible, but the question then becomes: just how much overhead does it add? Is it enough to really matter?
This is just an educated guess, but with first and second generation iPhones, I'm going to bet it will matter, and the simplistic nature of the Flash apps already on the App Store does little to dispel that notion. If the apps were really "just as good", they would have put a sample up that really showcased what they could do rather than just showcasing the fact that they could do something. If they were just-as-good, Adobe would have wowed us with a 3D game or something else that really pushed the limits of the iPhone's hardware. Even on my 3Gs, I thought the Flash iPhone apps all felt a little sluggish compared to what I'm accustomed to.
Unfortunately, we have no objective data on this point right now. We have no way to take an app generated by Flash CS 5 and the same or similar app ported to Objective-C and compare them in meaningful ways. If someone would be willing to compile a version of a iPhone apps with debug symbols on, I might be able to get some hard data using the performance tools. As things stand, though, we have no objective data, and without that, it's all conjecture. We could argue forever, and neither side will concede anything.
In my mind, there's enough reason to believe the apps won't be "as good" technically speaking, that it's fair to put the burden of proof on Adobe. They should prove that these Flash-generated apps are capable of being just as good or at least identify how close they are and support that claim with verifiable data. We already know the file size of the Flash-generated apps are considerably larger than comparable Objective-C apps created with Xcode. Subjective evidence seems to point to the apps also being slower. I'd like to see some hard evidence so we can judge them more fairly, but until some exists, I think it's a fair assumption that these Flash-generated apps are not as good and the differential is enough to matter. If somebody wants to prove me wrong, I'd be thrilled to see some hard evidence so we can discuss this intelligently. If I am wrong, believe me, I will be suitably impressed by the engineering that went into it.
- Logistical: There is a very large installed based of Flash developers and a large amount of existing content. The popularity of the App Store has already caused significant growing pains. The team responsible for doing App Reviews is overworked as it is and are doing a thankless job. Allowing existing Flash developers and existing Flash content to flood into the App Store almost overnight is bound to cause significant issues for the App Store infrastructure and the people responsible for maintaining it. That, in turn, will cause problems for customers and developers alike.
- Equitable: Related to the previous point, this flood of new content literally overnight is going to have a significant and detrimental impact on existing developers. You know, the ones who invested the time and effort to learn the platform and native tools? Those developers who will be penalized for that effort by having longer wait times and a lot more apps to compete with for attention. It's unlikely that the size of the App Store pie is going to increase measurably as a result of the influx, so an influx of new apps is inevitably going to dilute the chances for any single application to make a profit. It hardly seems very fair that the people who actually put effort into learning the platform and who have dedicated themselves to the platform won't be able to reap the benefits of that hard work without putting in addition effort to figure out how to get noticed above a sea of quickly-ported Flash games. Contrariwise, it hardly seems equitable to reward those who couldn't be bothered to learn the native tools.
- Political: Adobe and Apple long ago stopped being BFFs and have been in a somewhat contentious coopetition situation for quite some time. Apple made it very clear to Adobe on a number of occasions that Flash was unwelcome on the iPhone, and yet Adobe has continued to push ahead with an amazing disregard for that, fueled by what seems like a tremendous sense of entitlement: a feeling that they have a right to benefit from Apple's success with the iPhone even though they did not contribute to it in any way. The part that really doesn't sit right with me is that Adobe isn't being up front with their developers about how risky the situation is for them as a result of the politics of their relationship with Apple. Adobe didn't create Flash CS5's iPhone functionality with Apple's consent or knowledge. In fact, they did it despite being specifically told Flash wasn't welcome. That's pretty fucking rude. It's like inviting a million people over to somebody else's already-jam-packed party. Throw your own fucking party, man. Seriously. And the whole sneaky way Adobe went about putting their apps into the App Store just reeks of dishonesty. It's ends-justify-the-means thinking and it really does not endear me to Adobe at all.
- Legal: Despite Adobe's claims, I'm incredibly skeptical that they could have created the tools needed to generate iPhone apps without using Apple's toolchain at all given the amount of time it took them, unless they had access to the SDK and violated the legal agreement that they had to agree to to get access to it. Apparently, Adobe management is reassuring their employees internally that they respected the SDK agreement to "the best of their understanding" and are claiming that they didn't reverse engineer anything. I suppose it's possible, but it's improbable to the point of ridiculousness and I don't buy it.
That Adobe could have figured out how to link to and use objects and functions from Apple's frameworks and figured out what to link to without some amount of reverse engineering just stretches credulity given how much of the iPhone's internals are not documented officially. Adobe's trying to make it sound like it was just a matter of compiling down to ARM assembly code and they didn't need to reverse engineer anything to do that. But it's not as simple as that. These generated applications have hooks into many of the existing Apple frameworks, including UIKit, OpenGL ES, Quartz, Core Animation, and Audio Queue Services. They are leveraging Apple functionality to do a fair chunk of the work, which means Adobe did more than just compile ActionScript to execute on the iPhone's ARM processor. A lot more.
Even if they didn't reverse engineer anything, I would put forth that Flash 5's iPhone application generating ability IS a derivative work under section 2.5 of the iPhone SDK agreement. This would seem to be precisely the type of thing that Apple was trying to prohibit when they put that clause in the contract, so even if Adobe was completely above-board and did no reverse engineering, I think there's still grounds to allege they are in violation of the SDK agreement.
At very least, I would say that there's sufficient grounds for Apple to bring legal proceedings if they choose to. They could very likely get an injunction to prevent Adobe from releasing the iPhone portion of Flash CS 5 if they wanted. I have no idea if Apple will go this route. I honestly doubt it's their first choice for dealing with the situation, but it's an option that's available to them and, therefore, is an added risk for Adobe and any Flash Devs who choose to use it.
It will be interesting to see how things unfold. The technical questions will eventually be known. At some point, we will be able to compare Objective-C and Flash-generated apps and get some concrete data about their size, efficiency, and performance. For the rest of it, the ball is really in Apple's court. Until Apple makes their next play, we don't really have an inkling of how this will all play out. Everything from Apple embracing Flash IPhone apps to an all-out war with Adobe is within the realm of possibility.


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For the first time in years retail assets are being lined up for initial public offerings in Europe, and private equity firms look set to benefit. Several private equity-backed businesses have been mooted as flotation candidates this year.
They include: Bridgepoint-backed clothing retailer Fat Face; Kohlberg Kravis Roberts-owned pet supplies chain Pets at Home and Warburg Pincus' discount retailer Poundland. Other candidates are Saga, the travel agent and insurance business backed by Charterhouse, Permira and CVC Capital Partners; Just Eat, the fast food online company backed by Vitruvian Partners; B&M Bargains, the discount store group owned by Clayton Dubilier & Rice; and OpCapita-backed computer game retailer Game Group.
Cheryl Potter, partner and head of the London office at private equity house Permira, said confidence in the retail sector had benefited from an improvement in the broader economic environment, which had led to an uptick in sales.
She said: "Consumer confidence is starting to improve… many of the retailers had positive Christmas trading. There was a meaningful rally on private equity multiples of retail businesses last year, which is why a lot of businesses are looking to IPO this year."
Fabrice Fouletier, a partner and head of the retail team at buyout firm PAI Partners, said competition for retail buyouts had grown. He said: "Valuation multiples are extremely high… I think people are now expecting more growth going forward."
There were two private equity-backed IPOs in Europe in the fourth quarter.
In December, upmarket clothing company Moncler, backed by buyout firms Carlyle Group and Eurazeo, floated for $1.1 billion. Moncler's shares rose by more than 45% on their debut after pricing at the top of its range at €10.20. The price valued the business at €2.6 billion.
In November, Sun European Partners' discount clothing retailer Bonmarché floated on Aim in a $64 million initial public offering.
Andy Dawson, a director at buyout firm Advent International, said: "The pipeline for IPOs is strong, and for really great companies, and for OK companies, it is a good time for investors to exit part of their investment because there's an expectation of growth in the market. However, in this environment some of the less attractive assets can still IPO."
However, he warned: "Fully valued IPOs that fail could seriously impact the pipeline. You do not want another Debenhams occurring." Buyout firms have long been concerned that the poor performance of the UK department store chain following its IPO in 2006 has made flotations of retailers particularly difficult.
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Features: I decided to make this review because Davison guitars are so unheard of. It's a 22 fret Rosewood neck with diecast tuners and a cutaway for the higher frets. The solid body weighs a ton but I could stare at it for DAYS! The paint on this guitar is BEAUTIFUL, I went with the blue tiger stripe with gold hardware. The pick-ups are Vintage humbucker style and also has an adjustable Vintage style bridge. It has four vol/tone knobs and a pick-up toggle switch. // 8
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Action, Fit & Finish: The main problem was that my input jack was loose and it caused alot of extra white noise, a simple tightening did the job. I also did some intonation and good a rather respectable tuning/sound from the guitar. The main reason I bought this guitar was for the finish. By far this is the most beautiful guitar I own but I'd much rather play my Ibanez. If your not a beginner guitar player the only real use this would get would be on a wall in a case just to stare at and drool. // 7
Reliability & Durability: Personally I wouldn't use it for a gig unless I needed a quick guitar change for a different tuning, but the guitar feels stable and the finish will last like forever, and the hardware seems like it would last but the sound just isn't for me... You could probably jump of a full stack and let the straps take all the weight because it feels pretty dang stable. // 8
Overall Impression: I play mainly Metal and listen to even heavier music, but this guitar was just not a made for me because the sound is to bright. I've been playing for around 4 years and I have two other guitars but this one is the best looking of the three! No doubt about it! I probably would buy another if sosmething happened to this one but only for the looks. I'm only giving it and overall impression of 8 because of the great finish. // 8


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A grand opening and ribbon cutting was held on Wednesday afternoon at the K-Bee Home Care Services.
Tucumcari Quay County Chamber of Commerce were in attendance for the event to welcome the new chamber member.
Viola Godwin, K-Bee general manager, said that in Clovis they had 50 consumers and in Tucumcari they have three. Godwin said their services offer a worry free life and help with daily activities such as trips to stores, doctor appointments, house cleaning and preparation of meals and snacks.
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Perrysburg High School cheerleaders practice before going to state competition on Sunday.
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Sunday at St. John's Arena in Columbus as the Perrysburg High School cheerleaders prepare for their first time competing for the state championship, they will lie on the mat and close their eyes.
"It is relaxing," senior Zoe Kusnier said Friday.
"It is something our coach has us do," junior Kayla Shadler. "We lay there and go through our routine and picture every move from start to finish."
For eight seniors on the 20-team squad, Sunday will be their last competition as a group. It will be a 2-minute, 30 second routine.
"It is cool to make states, but it is bittersweet," Ms. Kusnier said, sad she won't be cheering with her friends anymore.
Their coach, Karen Kinzig, said she is appreciative the squad's dedication, time, effort and sacrifice.
"They are incredibly intelligent young women that are great members of the community," she said. "I saw them more than their parents on busy weeks with games and practices."
Friday, the girls were getting ready to hop on a bus and go to Liberty Benton to cheer on the boys basketball team.
"We get really into the games," Ms. Kusnier said. "When the game gets close, we get so into it and cheer on our boys. But nothing compares to the adrenaline rush at competitions."
It is the first time the Perrysburg cheerleaders will be competing in states.
"We don't want to get cocky," Ms. Kusnier said. "But it feels good to get [to states]."
Senior Evelyn Tammarine said the team had been working on this routine since October, constantly adding things and practicing it over and over.
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Oscar winner to kids: 'It's not a waste of time'
I know, the Academy Awards are so yesterday, but I was really struck by Michael Giacchino's acceptance speech. He won for his original score for "Up," and he graciously eschewed the usual shout-outs to agents and higher powers. Instead, he went back to the beginning and thanked his teachers. A snippet:
I had teachers, I had colleagues, I had people that I worked with all through my life who always told me what you're doing is not a waste of time… I know there are kids out there that don't have that support system so if you're out there and you're listening, listen to me: If you want to be creative, get out there and do it. It's not a waste of time. Do it. OK?
I'm increasingly worried that kids today won't have that encouragement from teachers. The common core standards released yesterday by the National Governors Association focus on English, science, and math. In a time when federal money is linked to strict adherence to these standards, anything outside the rubric will be considered extraneous. Art, music, drama – all a waste of time. In what civilized universe is that possible?
I wrote more about this on my other blog, the revised and relaunched ARTicles, which is an offshoot of the National Arts Journalism Program and features the eloquent voices of some fine former fellows. You can read about arts education here. It's not a waste of time.


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SALT LAKE CITY - Sponsors of two initiative petitions - "Utah Redistricting Standards Commission" and "Government Ethics Reform" - have failed to obtain the number of signatures necessary to qualify for placement on the ballot.
Utah Code Section 20A-7-201(2) sets forth two separate signature requirements for initiative petitions. In the case of these two petitions, sponsors needed to collect 94,552 signatures statewide while also acquiring signatures from 10 percent of total voters from the last gubernatorial election in 26 of the state's 29 Senate districts.
Neither petition met either standard.
The Office of the Lieutenant Governor is required under Utah Code 20A-7-207 to declare initiative petitions as sufficient or insufficient by June 1. Please refer to the enclosed report for more details.


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In geometric terms, the Lie algebra is the tangent space at the identity element of the Lie group. Since a tangent space is flat, or linear, that obviously makes it easier to work with than the Lie group.
The tangent line to a function at a point on its graph tells you how the function is behaving in the neighbourhood of that point, but it doesn't tell you anything about the global behaviour of the function. In the same way, the Lie algebra tells you what the Lie group looks like in the neighbourhood of the identity. By group multiplication you can translate the identity to any other point of the group. So the Lie algebra gives information about the behaviour of the group in the neighbourhood of any point. But it cannot tell you anything about global properties such as the topological structure of the group (for example, whether it is connected or simply-connected).


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It's the game of the year.
Fairfield Ludlowe vs Fairfield Warde Baseball
This year the game will be played on Wednesday April 25th at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard.
It should be a good game. Both team match up pretty well against each other. Both teams have offenses that can put up a lot of runs.
It will be tough on the offenses though as both teams are throwing their aces. For Warde, it will be senior Dan Warren. For Ludlowe, they will counter with senior Tim Moran.
Ludlowe comes into the game with a record of 5-4, 4-3 in the FCIAC. Warde is currently 6-3, 4-3 in FCIAC.
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Dual-Degree Program (B.A./M.D.) in Medicine
dual-degree program (b.a./m.d.) in medicine
What is the seven-year Dual-Degree Program in Medicine?
A formal articulation agreement between the College of Liberal Arts of Drew University and the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) makes it possible for prospective first-year students to apply directly to a special, seven-year dual-degree program in medicine. Students are admitted simultaneously to both Drew and New Jersey Medical School. They then spend three years of study at Drew and four years at NJMS, completing both the B.A. and M.D. degrees in seven years.
Can I be pre-med at Drew without participating in this seven-year B.A./M.D. program?
Yes! Any student admitted to Drew can pursue a career in medicine and spend their full four years at Drew before continuing to medical school, taking time to explore other fields, take advanced science course work or gain research experiences.
What is the difference between the accelerated B.A./M.D. program and regular pre-med studies at Drew?
With the B.A./M.D. program, students are accepted simultaneously to Drew University's B.A. program and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS)'s M.D. program. These students spend three years at Drew and four years at NJMS. They do not need to apply again for medical school admission, although they must maintain high grades to stay in the program. With regular pre-med studies, a student devotes the normal four years to undergraduate work at Drew. Admission to medical school is not guaranteed, but students apply to medical schools of their choice at the end of their junior year, with help from Drew's Health Professions Advising program.
What credentials do I need to be accepted into the B.A./M.D. program?
- Unweighted High School 3.8 GPA
- rSAT score of 1500 or higher (summing the math and evidence based reading and writing sections) or ACT score of 33 or higher (must be on one administration of the exam)
- SAT II subject test(s) in math or science (optional, but recommended)
- Prior exposure to the medical field in the form of an internship, academic program, research, volunteer activities or shadowing (optional, but recommended)
Please note: You must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States to be eligible for consideration for this program.
How competitive is the program?
Applicants to the dual-degree (B.A./M.D.) program should recognize that admission is highly competitive. Each year, 60 to 100 applicants to Drew University qualify for the program, only 5 to 10 of whom are offered admission by NJMS.
Will ACT scores be accepted instead of SAT scores?
Yes. An ACT score of 33 or higher, on one administration of the test, will be accepted instead of SAT scores.
What if I am not selected for the dual-degree program? Can I still be admitted to the regular B.A. program?
Yes! All dual-degree applicants are automatically considered for the B.A. program at Drew and may even receive an offer of admission to the B.A. program prior to learning about their final status in the B.A./M.D. application process.
Will I be considered for Drew's Merit Awards as a Dual-Degree Applicant?
Yes. Merit awards can be used during three years of study at Drew..
What are the academic requirements for students participating in the program?
Participants in this program need not major in the sciences while at Drew, although fitting some majors into the three Drew years will necessitate taking extra courses. While at Drew, a dual-degree student completes the selected major, all general education requirements and a set of required pre-medical courses (two semesters each of biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry and physics; and six credits of English). To retain the guaranteed admission to New Jersey Medical School students must carry at least 14 credit hours each semester and maintain an overall grade-point average of 3.4 (on a 4.0 scale) each semester. In addition, students must maintain a grade-point average of 3.4 or better in all science classes taken each semester at Drew, with a minimum grade of B- in each of the required pre-medical courses. Finally, students must also take the MCAT exam during their junior year, although no minimum score is required on the test.
How do I apply for the dual-degree program?
Submit the regular Common Application and on the Drew University supplement indicate your interest in the B.A./M.D. program. Your application and supporting documents (transcripts, test scores, recommendations, etc.) must all be received by November 1.
Is an admissions interview required?
Yes. Once you complete your application by November 1, it will be reviewed by the Office of Admissions. Selected students will be invited for an interview.
What is the timetable for admissions decisions?
Drew University will forward the applications of qualified candidates to NJMS, where students will be selected for interviews at the medical school. In early April, NJMS will notify candidates of their admission to the program. Students admitted to the program must notify Drew of their decision to enroll by May 1.
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If admitted to the dual-degree (B.A./M.D.) program, you are under no obligation to complete the program and attend NJMS. You may opt to remain at Drew and graduate after the regular four years of study and to apply to any other medical school you wish or pursue another career. However, you will not retain your guaranteed admission to NJMS as an option if you elect to submit applications to other medical schools.
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Covering the archery range will allow us to have another rainy day activity, so we started building this pavilion in December. Still more to do, but here are the humble beginnings.
We're not finished yet, but here's the progress on the new council fire area. It will be a much more secluded, sacred spot for our special evenings around the fire.
After the 2007 summer season, we started upgrading some of the facilities and program areas. We replaced the backboards on the basketball court and, thanks to the hard work of Rhane and Curt, also painted and redesigned the rock climbing wall.


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Rationalizing the Ridiculous: Acupuncture
I remain flummoxed. How do physicians and health care systems, trained in all the sciences that lie at the heart of medicine, justify the use of pseudo-medical interventions with no basis in reality? Rationalization. Making excuses:
a defense mechanism in which controversial behaviors or feelings are justified and explained in a seemingly rational or logical manner to avoid the true explanation, and are made consciously tolerable – or even admirable and superior – by plausible means.
Rationalization of the ridiculous comes in many forms. It has been said that it is a mark of a first rate intelligence to able to hold two contradictory ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. Clever as it is, I suspect the opposite is true. (more…)


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Demi Lovato Opens Up About Her Breakdown, Rehab & More On '20/20' (Video)
Demi Lovato gave her first interview since getting out of rehab on Friday night.
The former Sonny With A Chance star - who announced she's leaving the show to pursue a music career this past week - sat down with Robin Roberts on ABC's 20/20 news show and gave the world the inside scoop on what's happened in her life since having a nervous breakdown while on tour with the Jonas Brothers last November.
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The popular Pokemon series has introduced hundreds of different Pokemon over the years. A few of these adorable little monsters, such as Vanillite or Chandelure, resemble real-life objects. Check out these other inanimate objects that would make great Pokemon!
A Pokemon based off of a camera would be amazing, especially if it had that vintage look with the accordion-style midsection. The tripod could become legs and a tail, and the lens would either be the nose or the mouth. It would likely be a Normal, Dark, or Electric type, and moves like Flash would fit right in.