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Nintendo New 2DS XL review
I think the price point is really good and it comes with a charger and the new tech is more appealing for parents. My daughter used to have a 2DS, but eventually commandeered my 'old' 3DS XL. I've been using the 2DS in the meantime, which actually isn't that bad, but this will make a good upgrade. She can keep my XL now ;) Reply 0
Monster Hunter Stories sets September release date in Europe
Glad this is actually being released over here, was really hoping it would. Reply 0
Lost in Shibuya
I thought this story was great.
Could have easily ended with "and I woke up the next morning in a bathtub of ice and stitches where my kidney used to be" though! :) Reply +11
Hob sees the makers of Torchlight trading Diablo for Zelda
Looks really nice - been following this for a little while. I really like that we're starting to see more games in this vein at the moment. Reply 0
Don't get too excited about Hey! Pikmin
Some Pikmin is better than no Pikmin at all. My daughter who is a huge Pikmin fan will still love this as a stopgap for a new game. Pikmin games are so few and far between. And I'm pretty sure that Nintendo wouldn't allow a subpar product damage the IP. They're really pushing it too Reply 0
Live-action Zelda escape game lands in London this July
Surprise! Nintendo announces New 2DS XL handheld
It's got the extra nubbing! I'm all over this for monster hunter! It's says it has the extra processing power, does that mean it'll.play games like xenoblade? Reply +25
Watch: Johnny cooks Estus Soup from Dark Souls 3
@albertino Heh :) Reply 0
How do you know what ingredients to use? Is there anything in the lore that says the soup is made out of those things? Reply 0
Dark Souls the Board Game is smarter than it is hard
Still waiting for my copy to arrive - really cant wait to try this with my regular game group.
Sounds promising though! :) Reply +1
First screenshots of Warhammer Quest 2
I used to love the original board game (still have it) and play the android version quite a lot too.
The dungeons look a lot more visually interesting from the screenshots, the isometric view makes them feel more solid and i'm always happy to play more warhammer quest.
Will keep an eye on this. Reply +4
Splatoon 2 doesn't feel like a proper sequel just yet
Splatoon Dulux editionBrilliant (white)! :) Reply +14
Little Nightmares release date slated for April, the cruelest month
Looked on the GAME website, but couldn't find this anywhere - would be nice if there was a link with the article. Reply 0
Win a free copy of Resident Evil 7 on PC
Zelda: Breath of the Wild gets its own official pocketwatches
@SuperFurryPhil And Nintendo used to sell cards and had 'love hotels' ;) Reply +2
Watch: Dishonored 2's tutorial lets you choke your Dad
It's kinda ironic that EG are funny about doing reviews, but happy to news game story stuff. In regards to to spoilers, I thought we talked about this the last time...
If you ever want to branch out SpoilerGamer.net would be a good site for this 'news'. ;) Reply 0
Spike is back in Animal Crossing - and this time I won't lose him
I've never really played Animal Crossing with any depth, but I can now see why my daughter gets so upset when someone moves out. She actually cried when her 'best friend' in Animal Crossing moved away, leaving only a note.
At the time I thought it was a bit much, but it's testament to the power of the feelings the game evokes with stories like this, or people saying they stopped playing when X left.
Always thought the series is charming though - so maybe i'll borrow the cart for a while (she's moved on to Happy Home, Yokai and Pokemon now) and give it a try... Reply +11
Night In The Woods release date set for January
Looks awesome - love the art style! Reply +2
What happens when a tram collides with 100 people in GTA5?
Is the whole Internet turning into these click-bait articles?
I thought EG had better standards than that. Reply +27
Nidhogg 2 announced for next year, with weird new art style
Zig & Zaghogg? ;)
Reminds me a bit of Rayman's art style for some reason. Reply +12
Resident Evil 7 PC requirements revealed
Jill, Here's a:
Intel Core i7 3770 3.4GHz or AMD or better
and you'll want this too...
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon R9 280X or better
It might come in handy if you, the 'master of unlocking' take it with you...
...It's a good job you have 8 inventory slots.
;) Reply +13
Someone already built a SNES Mini
Tiny! Reply +4
Cool-looking Tokyo 42 coming to PS4 and Xbox One as well as PC in 2017
It looks a bit like Akira if you are blind I suppose. I think that reference was just slipped in for the terrible subheading pun? :)
I can definitely see Syndicate in it though! Looks fun, will mark it in my "Kaneda"
/groan Reply +3
Pokémon Go, mid-life crisis and me, by Ellie Gibson
You Go Ellie!
Missed your articles and never stop playing games (or buying gamey tee-shirts) :) Reply +10
No Man's Sky's first post-launch patch is out now
I'm totally loving No Man's Sky, I guess I didn't get caught up in the hype of it and can appreciate it for what it is. Heard alot about the problems on PC (i'm playing on PS4 and not seen anything too glaring) Hopefully this patch will help with some of the PC issues - when I saw it on PC at work, i was surprised how different it looked. I was expecting it to be the showcase, but it was plagued with a whole host of issues, even on a pretty good PC.
That said an ambivalent colleague sent this around to all the No Man's Sky players in the office, and it did make me laugh!
Reply +27
No Man's Sky finishers have advice about Atlas Stones
@ChrisTapsellEG While I laud your motives and appreciate your good-will it is misplaced, rather than help, what you've done is robbed us of finding out for ourselves.
Knowing that I now have to hold onto these things from the beginning of the game to the end, is in itself a spoiler, one that was obviously not intended to be known - otherwise i'm sure the game developer would have said something like "these are important - you might want to hold onto them!" on the item description or as soon as you found them. What you've done is forced our hands and maybe without realising changed the way we will play the game.
The game isn't about the end - its about the journey, getting to the end and discovering what mistakes we've made as we bumble across the galaxy to reach our goal and one that is now going to be forever changed by this article.
Still, I appreciate you taking the time to reply to the thread. And you have placated my gut-wrenching annoyance a little bit after first reading it. Reply +3
I think this article is a bit spoliery - it would be nice to play a game that only really came out yesterday for most people without any hints about what you should or shouldn't do on the main page.
I haven't even seen an atlas stone yet, but it would have been nice to figure out what I might need them for. Reply +46
Can too much choice be a bad thing?
I recently sorted my steam library into categories, you can add them with a right click. I then put all the games I'm not interested in or not likely to play into a category and minimised it, leaving only around 20 left that I want.
I started at the top, and have started working through them. If I try something and don't like it, it goes straight into that category, making the games I want to play list shorter.
And it's helped to focus me, I don't start steam with a feeling of dread seeing a list of 400+ games i have a focused manageable list, and one day I'll be closer to being the cat. Reply +7
Buried in the first Legend of Zelda is a glimpse of Dark Souls
I think this makes sense - Dark Souls (all the souls games) have always felt to me like a 'grown up' Zelda. The exploration, strafing combat with shield and dodging, even the four slot equip on the HUD. At first glance you wouldn't even know there is a jump option either. Zelda games aren't just a walk in the park either, with some really tough boss battles and combat sections.
While I love the souls series, there is always time to play another Zelda game, so waiting on BotW with bated breath. Reply -1
Mirror's Edge Catalyst review
Cancelled my pre-order - will get it later. I loved the original, so will get it eventually.
Still plenty to play in the meantime so no rush. Reply +4
Overwatch Review
I love it but I seem to be terrible at it. I must have played about 20 games last night and only won 2 of them. My only conclusion is that it must be me :( Reply +13
Dark Souls board game raises $71k Kickstarter goal in three minutes
They've shown a couple of play through videos that cover the battle systems and the exploration / levelling - its enough to show the early rule set and show that it's close enough to the brand for people to make a decision.
Is it typical for boardgame kickstarts to post rules this early on? Reply +1
@Agarwel_Idiriz The core game was a couple of game boards and miniatures (which was for the inital 50k amount) which I suspect will still be released as a core game.
All the stretch goal stuff will probably become add-ons that you'll have to pay for at retail.
So come next April when the game launches, you'll probably end up paying around Ł60-70 for the base game, and extra for the stretch goals.
So backers will have had a really good deal (assuming it all goes to plan ofc) Reply 0
Why is video game lore so awful?
Interesting article, but it does edge on the subjective with bits like;
"I didn't mind digging into the mass of information provided in these games because I was learning about cool stuff like Mount Weather and Majestic 12. There is literally nothing I can do with my knowledge of the Lucky Old Lady statue in Skyrim's city of Bravil."
Just because the subject matter interests you, this makes stuff that doesn't a poor example?
I'm pretty sure many players were engaged in all the fluff in games like Skyrim or the Witcher because they like the worlds or are interested in the subject matter. Reply +6
Nintendo stock stolen at A14 services
Maybe they should start transporting games in metal trailers?
Fool me once, etc... Reply +36
Amazon marks GTA5, FIFA 16, Minecraft and more as "exclusively for Prime members"
That is a weird move...
I like amazon, with their release day free delivery and price promises (I just had a rebate for Dark Souls 3) but I wonder why they they're starting to lock stuff behind the Prime pay wall?
Hope this is a mistake and not a new trend. Reply +18
Dark Souls 3's multiplayer is a very different, absolutely brilliant take on online
Yeah not had any invasions yet either (now I've said that no doubt i'll have loads). Around level 35, but there are loads of people playing and if i need help with any of the bosses there are always plenty of summon signs - so i can't be alone.
Really love the multiplayer aspect of all the Souls series and BB. Seeing ghosts of players going about their business. Bloodstains showing their demise. Little notes in the world.
And of course the threat of invasion (and the adrenaline rush that comes with it). Especially to the power you feel when you dispatch the invader - not only confirming your own skill (in a place where even at level 35 low level creatures can still tear you a new one). How dare you invade my world - have some of that! :)
Praise the sun! \o/ Reply +11
The secrets of Dark Souls lore explained and explored
Great Article!
I don't really subscribe to the idea that the player was duped by sticking to the 'trope-filled gamey' storyline.
At that moment of choice, I rather like to think that the player chooses to relinquish their soul, hopefully knowing full well the hopelessness – a motif that features throughout the whole game - to rekindle the first flame, much in the way that Gwyn does when he makes his final pilgrimage. By the time you reach that point, the collection of souls and the power you gain, makes you special, as powerful and god-like as Gwyn himself.
While the guy at the start - in the Firelink Shrine, the one going hollow - is resigned to his fate waiting for the sad inevitable, the player faces that same inevitable conclusion. But the player can choose at least sacrifice themselves to something worth fighting for and believe in, hopefully with an understanding at the point that they do so. I don't think that a player can get to the end of a game like Dark Souls and not at least have some inkling what is going on. Nor to have even a small understanding of what they are facing rub off on them.
And while it is a perhaps a fleeting and momentary respite from the horrors and degradation of the world, your sacrifice carries the world on, for at least a short while, perhaps until another hero arises to continue the cycle.
I like to think that guy at the Firelink Shrine represents players who give up on Dark Souls, never really understands the majesty of the game and the secrets and rewards it holds, they just give up and sit by the fire, never venturing far away from it, say "it's too hard" – it was clever of From to include him. Many a time I thought about giving up, to stop playing the game, to never see beyond the shrine, and go 'hollow', but I'm glad I didn't.
So I refuse to believe that a player that reaches the end, even if they only play the game once – after exploring the distant halls, battling into the depths of hell (literally) and defeating gods - if they stick to and follow what seems to be the apparent storyline is actually tricked.
Really enjoying Dark Souls 3, glad to see another Souls game! :) Reply +15
Ratchet & Clank review
I still feel like this is a bargain.At Ł27 quid on amazon (and probably cheaper on other sites) I think its more of a steal!
I'm probably looking forward to this more than any near-ish future release. I forgot that games can have so much colour!
Can't wait! :) Reply +5
You can play PS4 games on your PC or Mac from tomorrow
Hmm my pc is right next to my ps4 in my living room so that's no good, but I'll be interested in seeing if I can get it to work on my work pc :) Reply +2
PlayStation employee mods pad for gamer with cerebral palsy
Really nice of Alex to do this (especially after reading in the Kotaku article that he took the project on in his spare time) and a lovely positive story to start a Monday on! Reply +48
Samorost 3 review
I will buy anything from this studio, and have been waiting for Samorost 3 for years. Looking forward to delving back in to these wonderful and imaginative worlds with their charming characters. Reply +6
After 130 hours of play, someone's maxed out The Division
Great, that means I still have plenty to do! ;) Reply +1
Side-scrolling Souls-like Salt & Sanctuary is coming to PS4 next week
Looks fantastic - will be a nice stop gap for Dark Souls 3 :) Reply 0
Monster Hunter: Generations announced for summer
Great news, love me a good dollop of MH! :-) Reply +1
The Flame in the Flood review
Sold - will play it at lunch! :) Reply 0
The Division beta sets record with 6.4m players
6.4m players and I've never felt so lonely playing an MMO before.
It's very atmospheric and well realised, both city and setting. I enjoyed the story missions, I just wonder how quickly the dark zone endgame will get boring. I felt a bit like I'd seen it enough in the few hours I played it for. Reply +34
How do our gaming habits change as we grow up?
Mine have - I always play games on "Easy" these days. 20 years ago I would have never dreamed of anything less than Hard.
I don't relish the challenge like I used to, and I get frustrated replaying sections over and over if I run into trouble. Now it's all about enjoying the journey, not overcoming great odds.
I also can't stomach Survival Horror games, they've just become too much. But I don't actually think its me that's changed in that regard. I've been replaying Resident Evil HD remake (And zero) and I still enjoy them. Newer more graphic games, which I have tried thinking I love the genre - just turn my stomach... Reply +49
The Fallout fan made to destroy his records for a refund
Well that's just smashing.
(Sorry, someone had to say it :) ) Reply +10


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Gilles Deleuze had several paintings by Francis Bacon hanging in his Paris apartment, and the painter's method and style as well as his motifs of seriality, difference, and repetition influenced Deleuze's work. This first English translation shows us one of the most original and important French philosophers of the twentieth century in intimate confrontation with one of that century's most original and important painters.
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Gilles Deleuze (19251995) was professor of philosophy at the University of Paris, VincennesSt. Denis. He coauthored Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus with Félix Guattari. These works, as well as Cinema 1, Cinema 2, The Fold, Proust and Signs, and others, are published in English by Minnesota.
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He began his career playing gigs around Georgia, Alabama and Florida, and it was actually at a show in Atlanta in 1998 where he was "discovered." Michael Knox, a representative with Warner Chappell Music Publishing, came to that concert and immediately offered Aldean a songwriting deal with the firm.
Soon after going to work with Warner Chappell, Aldean landed a record deal with Capitol Records. Unfortunately, that deal fell apart before he was able to release an album.
By 2003, his dreams of a music career were fading. Aldean and his former wife, Jessica, had just had their first child, and he knew he would soon have to move back to Macon to find a job that would support his family.
In signing to Broken Bow, Aldean has enjoyed not only success, but more freedom to take musical risks than he might have had on a major label.
"Obviously, as an artist you don't want to just settle into one thing and just hammer it away and you never really get outside of that box," Aldean says. "I mean, I want to constantly try new things and push the limits a little bit. But at the same time, I think it's important not to ever really get away from what got you to that point. So songs like 'Take a Little Ride,' you listen to that song and, to me, it's obvious. That's a right-down-the-middle radio hit. But then it's things, like 'Black Tears' and some of those songs are the ones that kind of branch off in another direction, are kind of your risk-takers."
"Black Tears" is especially edgy, lyrically. It's a ballad about a stripper and the damage that her work does to her self-image and her life — not exactly mainstream stuff in a genre that encourages themes of faith, family and patriotism.
Another song that's a mild gamble is Aldean's recent top-15 single, "1994." It features rap-ish spoken-word lyrics and name-checks country artist Joe Diffie, who enjoyed a run of hit singles in the '90s, as part of an ode to that decade. It's a very catchy — but unconventional — song. Aldean, though, knows from experience that sometimes the smart money rides on not playing things safe.
" 'Dirt Road Anthem' was a prime example of that," Aldean says, referencing a rap-inflected chart-topping hit from "My Kinda Party."
"Sometimes, when you take those risks, when they pay off, they pay off in a huge way."
Obviously, Aldean hasn't experienced many failures for awhile. "Night Train" looks poised to at least approach the popularity of "My Kinda Party." It sold its 1 millionth copy just four weeks after its October 2012 release and has produced one song, "Take a Little Ride," that topped Billboard magazine's Hot Country singles chart, and three more singles that went top 5 — "The Only Way I Know," "Night Train" and "When She Says Baby."
He's also added to his collection of recent awards (CMT Artist of the Year, a Grammy nomination for "Night Train" as Best Country Album) when in April he won the Academy of Country Music award for male vocalist of the year.
His shows in support of the album will feature a hit-filled set and a spectacular visual production.
"I think each year, you kind of want to make your show bigger and better and give your fans something they haven't seen yet from you," Aldean says. "This year, just from the stage set-up to the video content, to the streams, to everything we're able to take out this year, I mean, it's a completely different experience than what people have seen from us in the past."
Alan Sculley is a contributing writer for Trib Total Media.
Florida Georgia Line
It's no secret that the influence of hip-hop is felt in many genres of contemporary music today — with its rhythmic spoken word vocals, its creative beats and its innovative production styles.
Even country music is getting into the act. And the country act that may be pushing hip-hop furthest to the front in country music is Florida Georgia Line. On their debut CD, "Here's to the Good Times," the duo of Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard fuse hip-hop into several songs.
The hip-hop dimension isn't a gimmick, Kelley says.
"We both grew up listening to a lot of rap and hip-hop, and obviously country music, for sure, and rock," Kelley says. "You know, we just don't want to sound like anybody."
Creating a unique sound has been a priority since Kelley and Hubbard formed their duo three years ago, after meeting as students at Belmont College in Nashville.
"That's what we've wanted to do from Day 1, is have a sound that when people that haven't heard us say, 'Well, who is that? I need to know,' " Kelley says. "We wanted to be ahead of the curve and create music that's fresh and create music that's real."
Florida Georgia Line is busy giving back to fans in one of the best ways it can — by continuing to tour, where rocking tracks like "Cruise," "Tip It Back" and "Party People" should get crowds fired up.
The band's show should be full of sweat and energy.
"We just try to bring the energy, man," Kelley said. "We're going a lot off of what our fans and what our crowds are doing. It kind of works hand-in-hand. So, we're always running around sweating and trying to create moments that are memorable, create moments that visually look cool and moments that sonically sound good."
— Alan Sculley
Miranda Lambert
Although Jason Aldean is the headliner for the July 26 concert at PNC Park, country star Miranda Lambert could headline her own big concert — especially with the success of her fifth album, "Platinum," released in June.
"Platinum" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and sold 180,000 copies in the first week. This is her first No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200, but her fifth straight No. 1 debut on the Top Country Albums chart. And all of Lambert's first four albums went platinum. The debut "Platinum" single, "Automatic," quickly became Lambert's second No. 1 hit.
According to Billboard.com, Lambert's sales figures form the highest weekly number in the industry for a female country artist since the last week of December 2012, when Taylor Swift's "Red" sold some 241,000 copies. "Platinum" got numerous positive reviews from critics, some of whom called the album her best work yet. Lambert, married to fellow country star Blake Shelton, said when she started working on "Platinum," she went into the studio "without a plan, in order to keep the creative process fresh," according to Mirandalambert.com.
Lambert, an East Texas native known for the feistiness and wisecracking in her lyrics, joins Carrie Underwood in the duet "Somethin' Bad," the new album's second single. Underwood and Lambert recently teamed up to film the song's music video, which depicts a high-stakes heist and includes disguises, motorcycles and an explosion.
If you're going to the concert, you can create a photo of yourself holding up a white sign saying what "kind" you are – like, "The Platinum Kind" and upload it to www.allkinds.me. Your photo might appear on the giant screen at the concert when Lambert sings "All Kinds of Kinds."
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We were surprised too. But the closer we looked, the more we saw. While it sat in the yard unfinished, it got some rainwater damage. Most of that was repaired - cosmetically. The real issue (I think) was that the grid structure was very under-built. On top of that, the mast step sat directly on the hull between the grids on a little composite "box". The mast also had no tie-rod. The fact that the forward bulkhead was completely rotted away from the bottom of the hull probably didn't help.
The symptom we noticed during the survey was that the floor was clearly curved downward under the mast and the floor panels were all jammed together indicating that the sides of the hull actually got sucked in by the downward deformation.
There were a few mystery leaks noticed in the survey too. Once the headliner and trim were out, we saw all the "extra holes" they drilled around the toe-rail and other places (maybe they thought it needed more ventilation). Those are all epoxy filled now.
The boat has a massive grid structure now. The mast will sit ON three of the stringers (one of which is new), and will have a tie-rod. To further stiffen things, a brand new 3/4" bulkhead.
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i remember seeing that boat on yachtworld both before and after the final outfitting by Bristol Marine. I am very surprised she needed the work shown in your blog. You should have a fine boat when its all done.
Good luck!
i remember seeing that boat on yachtworld both before and after the final outfitting by Bristol Marine. I am very surprised she needed the work shown in your blog. You should have a fine boat when its all done.
Good luck!
I think we might have the last Cal-Pearson?
My girlfriend and I bought a Cal-Pearson 34 in Bristol, RI. This Pearson was actually unfinished when the ill-fated Cal-Pearson corporation ceased operations. Bristol Marine acquired the property (including our unfinished boat) and got her sea-worthy.
I think this in fact may be the ONLY 34 that the company attempted to make. Online insurance forms have several other sizes for Cal-Pearson, but not a 34.
During the survey, we found some serious structural issues and nearly walked away. A contractor and engineer gave a worst-case estimate to bring it up to standards and we worked it out with the seller. We've had an amazing contractor completely gutting it, rebuilding the grid structure and bulkheads all winter and he's nearly done.
I have a blog about the repair here:
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We're very interested in the history of this boat. It sat unfinished in the yard at Bristol Marine for a couple years. I'd love to find a photo of it sitting out there.
|Pearson Yachts started in the late '50's and went under in 1991. By 1968 Bill Shaw was aboard as the chief designer. I know of no connection between Cal and Pearson in that period of time. Pearson did buy the molds and trade names for Cal and O'Day in the late 80's and probably made a few boats before the company was sold at auction in '91. Some investors did try to start a company they called Cal-Pearson in the mid-90's and did make maybe a dozen boats. Then they went belly up, too -- probably in 1997 or 1998. Everett Pearson then bought the name Pearson Yachts and TPI began making the True North powerboats. TPI of course made sailboats for a number of companies over the years.
|A few years after Cal and Pearson (separate companies) went out of business, some of their designs were bought by a new start-up company which called itself Cal-Pearson. They didn't last long.
|There is an '80-ish Cal Pearson on YW right now, so they must have been going for awhile.
has anyone heard of a Cal-Pearson (1968)
I am Looking at a 34 cal-pearson?????? I know Cals, and I know Pearson....Did designer Lapworth designed both? And in 1968 could that have been the very start of either manufacture? Was Jensen in this also? help!
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Faster Growth Will Come If Governments Raise Their Gameby
Growth in the world economy subsided in 2012. The expansion since 2009 has been a bitter disappointment because much of the slack created by the great recession remains. With so much idle capacity, an opportunity exists for robust growth in 2013, but only if governments raise their game.
This recovery was always going to be slow and troubled. A crash brought on by public and private overborrowing pushes prices down and deters business investment as distressed debtors, struggling to repair their balance sheets, quit spending. Yet wherever you look, political failure is holding economies back. Things don't have to be this bad.
When the figures are in, global growth will probably be less than 3.5 percent in 2012 -- down from 3.8 percent in 2011, itself a disappointing year. The advanced economies will probably increase their output by less than 1.5 percent. Europe is back in recession. With unemployment still high in every major economy and extraordinarily high in some, the sluggishness is unacceptable.
Every economy has its unique problems, yet political failure is a recurring theme. In some of the biggest economies, this takes a similar form: Governments have failed to get fiscal policy working as it should, meaning adequate short-term stimulus combined with credible medium-term control.
Austerity Traps
Premature fiscal contraction (or inadequate fiscal support in the first place) is plainly holding back growth in the U.S., the European Union and Japan. Governments are trapped in undue austerity because they can't or won't commit themselves to tighten later, when their economies could better stand it. To maintain financial-market confidence, governments have gone overboard with fiscal tightening.
Hamstrung by lack of credibility, governments have also delegated stimulus to central banks. The U.S. Federal Reserve has responded with remarkable innovations, including quantitative easing on a huge scale. As of this month, the Fed says it will apply aggressive monetary stimulus until unemployment falls to 6.5 percent or inflation rises to 2.5 percent.
The European Central Bank, still an infant, has less political room to maneuver. Still, it has promised to do "whatever it takes" to preserve the euro system and has begun a QE program of its own. The more rigidly conservative Bank of Japan has so far dragged its feet -- and Japan's prolonged stagnation is the result. To force the Bank of Japan's hand, the newly elected prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has issued barely veiled threats to its independence.
Trouble is, monetary stimulus isn't the first-choice policy under current conditions. Nominal interest rates can't be cut to less than zero -- hence the resort to QE. But unorthodox stimulus only works if it raises expectations of higher inflation, which central banks are loath to admit, much less advertise. This reluctance makes the policy partly self-canceling.
With fiscal policy broken, we don't doubt that aggressive central-bank easing is the right course. Still, it would be much better to mend fiscal policy, the tool of first resort, once nominal rates have been cut to nothing.
Japan, with public debt that is more than double the size of the economy, has little if any remaining fiscal capacity. The U.S. and Europe, however, have room to maintain or increase short-term fiscal support, so long as clear, binding plans for longer-term restraint are in place. Instead, on both sides of the Atlantic, there is total disarray over budgetary policy.
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In the U.S., breaking the impasse over the so-called fiscal cliff is only a first, albeit vital, step. The White House and both parties on Capitol Hill must also agree to a binding plan, similar to what President Barack Obama's fiscal commission has proposed, to bring the ratio of public debt to gross domestic product back below 50 percent.
That is a more ambitious goal than either side has suggested so far. With this in place, fiscal stimulus in the short term would be feasible. Greater certainty plus relief from the short-term squeeze would give growth in 2013 a double lift.
There is no excuse for Washington's perpetual fiscal paralysis. Getting policy right in Europe, in contrast, is genuinely difficult. There, fiscal reform involves constitutional reform. Lifting the threat of insolvency from Spain and Italy -- it's too late for Greece -- requires further pooling of sovereignty, to allay the justified fears of Germany and other countries that they will be on the hook permanently for southern profligacy.
Yet hardly anyone in the union wants to take a big stride toward a United States of Europe right now, least of all in Germany. New fiscal arrangements shouldn't wait on grandiose ambitions. Europe should do the minimum necessary to keep borrowing rates sustainable -- perhaps with fiscal transfers or conditional, collectively guaranteed bonds, as we have recommended. It is a debate Germany may want to postpone until after its elections in 2013. Every month's further delay is dangerous.
It is a good sign that the EU has just advanced a plan for a single bank supervisor, a measure needed since the beginning of the euro system. Still missing, though, are an EU-wide deposit-guarantee system and a method for shutting down insolvent banks. A currency union needs all three.
Nasty Surprises
In the developing economies, fiscal issues are less pressing, though 2013 could bring nasty surprises. China, bouncing back from its own pause earlier this year, remains a concern. Many economists fear the consequences of too much bank-financed, locally directed public investment. China's new leadership, preoccupied with fighting corruption, needs to get a grip on local government spending and to marshal its resources in case those debts go bad and end up on the central government's books. Efforts to make consumption, not investment, drive growth need to be redoubled.
India should be the other great engine of global prosperity, but has the opposite problem: It is investing too little in infrastructure. This year's power failures couldn't have made the point more forcefully. Even more than China's, its government has aroused fears that the earlier zeal for pro-market reform has faded. In recent weeks, a new policy team has promised to revive those efforts. A lot is riding on their success.
China and India underline a point often forgotten in the rich economies: Important as demand may be, supply-side reforms are the keys to longer-term growth. A great danger everywhere -- especially in the U.S., where it has come as a shock -- is the rise of long-term unemployment. Skills atrophy and the will to work fades with prolonged joblessness. It is still possible to arrest this decay with better demand management and measures aimed directly at the labor market, such as more support for job search, retraining and midcareer education. Soon, it might be too late.
Wherever you look, better domestic policy is the path to faster global growth. International coordination has a big supporting role, though, and it has also been neglected. Progress toward an effective system of global bank regulation has been halting: Governments have delayed putting into force the new Basel rules for capital adequacy, and the intended new requirements aren't nearly stringent enough. Long-stalled global trade talks aren't formally deceased, though it is hard to tell the difference. Negotiations on a successor to the failed Kyoto Protocol have yet to move things forward on climate change.
These domestic and international policy failures all prompt the question: Is anybody in charge? Effective policy action early in the recession prevented an outright economic catastrophe, and governments deserve much credit for that. But their performance more recently has ranged from flawed to lamentable. They will have to do better if 2013 is to deliver the advances in incomes and employment the world needs.
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Reward offered for information on escaped Indiana inmates
Michigan City - Officials say new leads are being pursued in the search for a convicted killer and a convicted rapist who remain at large two days after escaping from the Indiana State Prison.
The search shifted from the nearby Michigan town of Grand Beach, where a manhunt went on Monday after one escaped prisoner - 48-year-old Charles Smith - was caught near the vacation home of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. Smith is now back at the prison in Michigan City.
Those escapees still being sought are 46-year-old Mark Booher of New Castle, who was convicted in 1999 of an Indianapolis murder, and 45-year-old Lance Battreal, a convicted rapist from Rockport.
Authorities believe the three inmates escaped Sunday through underground tunnels. Prison staffers are replacing the broken bars and gates in the tunnels.
"It would have taken some careful planning on their part. It's not something that would have been done on a whim like trying to climb a chain link fence," said John Schrader, Department of Corrections.
"Sometimes the bad guys find a way," said Doug Garrison, DOC. "Our efforts will be directed at making sure that doesn't happen again."
Both escapees are considered violent offenders.
An anonymous tip line has been established for anyone with information about the escapees.
Individuals can call toll free to 1-800-78CRIME (1-800-782-7463) or can go online to Wetip.com
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On Saturday my mom and dad went to a Poison concert. On Friday night and Saturday morning I had to listen to my mom serenade me with Every Rose Has its Thorn over and over again. I think that was the only song she knew.
Anyways, my parents dropped me off at my friend Flex's house. We went to the park and played all day. Flex's mommy Nicole is my girlfriend, I love her!
Good news for all the ladies. My dad and my mom are not together....they are best buds. So that means that the handsome guy in the picture with me is available.
The lady from my doggie day care called my mom and said that a producer was looking for a handsome pup like myself for the Larry King Show.
Unfortunately I was sick and make it that day. Stardom was so close yet so far away.....
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I am currently performing an penetration test on a VoIP Network. (Cisco Based) Since I have already gained access to the voice network, and I have enumerated all services and hosts available I would like to move forward with some commonly used attacks (Specifically call interception.) Right now I have two Cisco IP 7940's (communicating over SCCP) and a Cisco Call Manager. I am unable to do any layer 2 MiTM attacks due to security settings on the switch these devices are currently plugged into. My next thought was to compromise the TFTP server (Call Manager) and modify the devices .xml file. By doing this I was able to change the configuration of the IP Phone and point the IP Phone to my laptop (Fake Call manager).
My only issue is forwarding the requests of the phone to the call manager after the packets reach my Laptop. I am curious, is there a program out there that is written to achieve this?
Phone A - 192.168.1.4
Phone B - 192.168.1.3
Laptop -192.168.1.2
Call Manager - 192.168.1.1
Essentially what I would like to do is Forward all requests received by my Laptop from Phone A to the Call Manager who will forward to Phone B. The same in reverse.


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Before you create an EPAF, you may want to set up your default Approval Queue (also called the 'Routing Queue'). This is a list of managers who will be approving and finalizing your EPAFs. Once you set this up, you won't have to indicate who approves your documents each time you create a new EPAF, since it will automatically appear as your default routing queue.
Only authorized managers are allowed to serve as approvers.
From the "Employee Services" tab of MyPCC's BanWeb:
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- Click on "EPAF Originator Summary."
- Click on the link "Default Routing Queue", located in the lower portion of your screen:
- Specify the Approval Category for the default routing (approval) queue you want to create, using the drop-down list. (Is it for a Casual, Student, or another EPAF type?)
- Click the Go button.
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- On the first line ("20 - HRIS Audit"), click on the "magnifying glass" icon to look up and select your HR representative's login name.
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- On the third line ("90 - APPLY - applier"), click on the "magnifying glass" icon to look up and select the Manager of HR Systems Development (currently Julie Kinney).
You can also set someone up as an "FYI" -- someone who can review EPAFs and acknowledge that they are correct but not approve them. Use one of the extra lines provided to set up an FYI, making sure to choose "FYI" as the Approval Level and Required Action.
Press Save when you are finished.
Now each time you create an EPAF, the details of this routing (approval) queue will appear as you have indicated.


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I'm planning on Remodeling my basement it's roughly 25x19.
I want to partition off the heater and make a large walkin closet and also a pantry. My problem comes in with the steel I Beam. How do I go about framing that out, Also I would like to ultimatley Drywall everything including the ceiling. But there are alot of wires and some plumbing in the way. Any way to drop down with lumber to clear it. As I really don't want a drop ceiling.
Any help would be appreciated.
cappy....welcome to the forum. You would be wise to enter your profile, as many of your questions will be regional in nature. Get a permit. Its for your own protection. For the beam you would build a soffit. If you search it on this site you'll find tons of info. Yes, you can do as you want to the ceiling but keep in mind minimum ceiling height. Also you cannot cover any electrical boxes or gas and water valves. Drop ceilings can be very attractive if done properly and access issues are of no concern.
Keep us posted and good luck.
is it possible to have a drop ceiling about 3 inches from your joists?
Mikey....of course. Thats where most are in basement renos. If there's not enough headroom, several manufacturers including Armstrong now make a system that mounts directly to the joists. This way you can pick up another couple inches.
What you would do is based on what you have there.
With all the wiring, if you add framing you would need to shield the wiring so you don't nail or screw through them.
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Diane : The title pretty much says it all, except for the drama that unfolded for this event. Without having to divulge into too much detail (he was mean to me), here are the facts summarizing the process:
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The pie is basically the combining of several components. A blind baked crust made with both butter and lard. The butter gives the flavor, the lard the flakiness. Next you add a silky, chocolate pastry cream. Carefully slice the tangerines (you could always substitute canned mandarins if there are no good tangerines), place them in a bowl and pour whiskey over them. Garnish the top of the pie with the tangerines, then top your pie slices with fresh whipped cream as you serve. Make cocktail out of leftover whiskey by adding a little triple sec, tossing it in a shaker with ice, then strain & drain. We must say both the pie and the cocktail were "Damn Tasty!" Thanks Evil Chef Mom for throwing down the gauntlet. This was a fun task.
(Chocolate Whiskey Tangerine Pie)
Chocolate Pastry Cream & Finishing the Pie (chocolate pastry cream adapted from Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook)
Yield: 1 Pie
Total Time: 1 hour
This is one of the tastiest, flaky pie crusts we've had. Easy to make, too. Lard makes pies flaky, butter makes pies tasty. That's why both are used here. Also, flaky pies like cold temperatures, so keep your ingredients cold even in between steps to help make your crust happy. Makes 2 – 9″ Pies. Make one for now and freeze the other for later use.
The chocolate pastry cream has a million and one uses, including eating straight. You can always add a little dark rum, or kaluha for an adult version. Makes about 2 1/2 c.
Sharing The Love #3 : Our Fremont Tangerines !!!!!
This fruit laden Fremont tangerine tree is exploding with super sweet jewels. Knowing how many of you out there are still freezing your deriers off, we're "Sharing The Love" with a little bit of California sunshine via these tangerines. So if you're in need of a some warm, sweet and juicy citrus sun-rays, we'll send a couple of these off to you to help welcome Springs arrival. Supplies can be limited though, depending on the demand, so get your requests in early! Just leave your request comment here and we'll contact you afterward for further details!


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Swedish Duo First Aid Kit Announce UK Show
They'll play a date at London's Bush Hall.Read more on First Aid Kit Listen to First Aid Kit on Spotify
First Aid Kit will visit the UK later this year for a show in London.
The duo - who have recently been working on a new album with producer Mike Mogis - will play a date at London's Bush Hall.
The new full-length follows on from their debut album, 'The Big Black & The Blue', which was released last year.
Here are the details:
06 Bush Hall, London
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2011 BWM 335d with many 4D35 fault codes
Recently bought a new 2011 335d and during the past 4 months of driving, I have the "Service Engine Soon" check engine light come on three times already with less than a total of 5000 miles on the engine. The first check engine light came up at only 2000 miles!
Each time the dealer says it is a #4D35 fault code from the Reducing-agent metering valve. The first time they cleaned it out to clear the code. The second time they replaced the valve, but the code still came back 6 weeks later. The third time (this weekend), the dealer cleaned the valve again. What is going on??? Seems like the 335D is a lemon with some major design issues with the diesel system. Anyone else have this problem? I'm starting to regret getting the 335d. :mad:
It is your choice how to proceed. I know from personal experience that if you have the requisite number of failed repair attempts and have met the written notification requirement, the CA Lemon Law will produce results.
The 335d is in no way a "Lemon". You however may have an isolated problem that I am sure a competent dealer service department should be able to resolve to your satisfaction.
I agree with AN above. If you feel the service folks are just not "getting it", try another dealer in your area.
Very few of us have experienced any issues with our DEF system thus far. A few were never properly filled up from the delivery.
Good luck and hope you can get it resolved so you can enjoy the car.:thumbup:
I had that code few times but only once it trigger SES (dealer checked the valve - and no parts were replaced at the time). As any code it needs to be there for number of cycles - if it clears itself indicating not present condition over allowed amount of cycles it will not trigger SES. 4D35
AnE934fun is absolutely right about un-experience of some dealers.
Definitely try another dealer, most of my piss poor experiences with this car are 100% related to dealers not knowing how to work on it.
7800+ miles on my 2011 335d and not a problem one---- except--- how to wipe this **** eating grin off my face every time I put my right foot down!!!:thumbup::thumbup:
4D35: metering valve is clogged/partial clog due to crystalized DEF. Dealer should check the valve to see if its work. They will flush it with warm water, if doesnt work then they would do warranty replacement of the SCR Metering Valve. Part # 18-30-7-807-206.
Copying this info from another 335d owner met him on dealer service bay who also had same issue and his work order said this info
Where is the metering valve physically located? Is it something we can easily replace ourselves, post-warranty?
I was just reading earlier today on a MB forum that with their DEF systems they are supposed to be topped off I think it is every 10k miles and then flushed every 20k miles. The stated reason for the flushing though was to break out or avoid any crystalization issues. Wonder how valid of a reason that is and if it is valid then why they stopped draining and refilling the DEF during oil changes for these cars and now only top off.
See, the one oil change I got is back when they always drained and refilled. So now I wonder if next month they will do the same since that will be the second oil change for the car ;) The Mercedes forum made it sound like it is a flushing and not draining but I did not dig deep into it.
Flush or just drain:dunno: Need to check up my invoice again what they did. I assume they should do flush else its no point.
I got drain-refill on 2nd oil change so you too should get same for your d.
Updated SIB160109 does not require purge of DEF anymore and don't see any reason why BMW dealers would do otherwise unless some other condition requires it.
When mine was done it was a drain-fill and not a flushing of any sort. At least when the process was explained to me, that is what I was told.
NOPE no written confirmation. I tried searching varios SIB but nothing concrete. What i said is partially my speculation and my SA's word. During my 2nd service (not aware of new service rules) I blindly thought they would do drain and refill. Then someone in another thread mentioned under new service rules he got top off on 1st service. My invoice said they did drain-refill. To confirm I called up my SA if they bypassed rules to make more money. He said they do drain-refill on 2nd service and my speculation is that they will do it on 4th service as well.
I have a new 335d and have started working with the check engine light problem. This thread is very helpful. Has everyone finally solved the DEF problem?
335d needed a new delivery module and metering valve cleaning for check engine light at 7000 miles
great car to drive and great mileage
if they change the delivery module, they will keep the car and drive it and then check it again. They put 100 miles on my car. Hmmm!
That is a lot of lunch trips for the mechanics :)
I wonder if the crystallization/valve issues are less likely to occur for folks like me that drive the car a lot of highway miles (I put almost 500 highway miles per week on my car, typically driving 3-4 days per week) or if it is more related to ambient temperatures or just dumb luck.
I figure as long as the passive tank is completely empty when I service the car, I should never have DEF going through that valve that is older than 6 months. Along the same lines I wonder if I will ever really need to flush my system as long as I wait for the DEF warning before adding. I do keep a half gallon at the house in case I get the warning and can't get to a dealer for a couple of weeks.
10K and no SES - actually zero problems with the d whatsoever so far. I did an initial oil and filter change myself at about 5K, and the first official first dealer service is showing as needing to happen at 13K.
I can't imagine enjoying any other sedan more than I enjoy the d!
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A cap is the maximum amount that a client can be billed on a project phase. Any additional time entries logged against this phase or job code will be billed at an extended value.
Do the following to set a cap on an hourly phase:
Open a project record.
In the Projects -Billing screen, select Budgets from the drop-down list on the button panel.
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Lowering Basement Ceiling
I am going to be installing a sheetrocked basement ceiling. I can't apply furring strips to the floor joists because of obstructions, such as HVAC ducts, etc. If I drop the ceiling to 8' I can avoid the obstructions. I plan to do this by running a nailer around the room, then using joist hangers and 2 X 4s. I know that I will have to add supports between the 2 X 4s and the joists so that the ceiling won't sag. Do I also need to add bracing between the 2 X 4s? If so, at what spacing?
As Ron said " 2x4's as ceiling joists so 16" on center"---- with 7'6" maximum span.
Be safe, Gary
i like using metal instead of wood for bulkheads and ceilings. it doesn't shrink or warp like wood- stays straight.
you could also use hat channel and metal stud system. they also make a grid you can hang drywall on - goes together like an acoustic ceiling- commercial drywall/metal stud supplier should carry it.
heres some ideas
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George Bush will wake up to some unsettling opinion poll numbers this morning. According to a new Washington Post-ABC News survey, more than half the American public believes the war in Iraq has not made the US safer.
To be precise, 52% said the war had not contributed to the long-term security of the US, with 47% saying it had. As the Post noted, it was the first time that most Americans had disagreed with a key reason to justify an attack on Iraq.
In late 2003, 62% believed the Iraq conflict aided US security, and three months ago 52% thought so. Today's poll confirms the growing disillusionment with the war: a recent Gallup poll showed 57% of Americans do not believe it was worth invading Iraq.
Public unease over the war is hardly a surprise. There has been no let-up in the insurgency despite the 2003 capture of Saddam Hussein and the recent elections.
That sense of disenchantment has been reflected in the US army's increasing difficulty in meeting its recruitment targets. As the number of American deaths in Iraq rises past 1,500, it's little wonder that young people in the US are not rushing to enlist.
Almost three quarters of Americans questioned in today's poll believe the number of casualties in Iraq is unacceptable, while two thirds say the US military is bogged down. What must worry the administration is that more than four in 10 people believe the US presence in Iraq is becoming analogous to the country's experience in Vietnam.
Public dissatisfaction with Iraq is filtering into Congress. Yesterday, Joseph Biden, a senior Democrat who has supported the US effort in Iraq while criticising the lack of post-war planning, said he doubted whether he could still support a US troop presence if significant progress was not made within a year.
The poll, however, did contain some straws for Mr Bush to clutch at. Overall, his 48% job approval rating was essentially unchanged from the 47% rating he received in a poll held in late April. And there was an increase in the proportion of people who said the economy was doing well: 44%, up from 37% in April.


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Quick Crab Stew in Fennel-Tomato Broth
Use a food processor to chop 3 celery stalks, ½ small white onion, and 1 small fennel bulb.
In a large pot, cook mixture in 1 tbsp. olive oil until softened. Add 1 cup dry white wine, 1 cup water, 1 can (14 oz.) fire-roasted diced tomatoes, ¼ tsp. red chile flakes, and ½ tsp. each kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Cook, covered, for 10 minutes.
Add 2 cooked crabs (1½ lbs. each), cleaned, quartered, and cracked. Cook, covered, for 5 minutes. Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with chopped fresh oregano, flat-leaf parsley, and fennel fronds. Serve with warm, crusty bread.
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For many addicts, admitting they had a problem was the first step towards receiving the help they needed. This video in the "Hope Diaries" series features an alumni of The Treatment Center. In this testimonial, she discusses her battle with admitting that she suffered from alcoholism. Watch here:
Feel free to share this video with friends or family members who may be struggling with addiction, or who may simply enjoy a powerful story of the triumph of the human spirit.


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Two weeks into his mayoralty no one can accuse Boris Johnson of lying around in bed all day. He's appointed a panel of mostly fellow Tories to audit GLA and London Development Agency spending, anointed a bunch of deputies and directors and banned boozing on the tube.
He's also announced that he'll be chairing Transport for London, at least for the time being, as well as the Metropolitan Police Authority, the latter a task to which the previous incumbent devoted three days a week. Add to these Johnson's (for the present) continuing duties as MP for Henley and his forthcoming resumption of his weekly column for the Telegraph - for which he was paid an astonishing £250,000 a year prior to taking a break from it to fight the campaign - and we might conclude that though the new London mayor is rich at least he isn't idle with it.
But has he been making idle promises? Or, at least, over-hyped ones? On Tuesday he announced that he was closing Ken Livingstone's freesheet, the Londoner - which he described during the campaign as Pyongyang-style propaganda - and spending "a percentage" of the saving on "planting 10,000 new street trees" as per his manifesto pledge.
Sounds like a lot of trees. But Diamond Geezer - one of the London's finest bloggers, in case you didn't know - is extremely sceptical, pointing out that the trees being located in "40 areas" means a average of not much more than one "area" per borough and that the planting will take four years to complete.
Others have observed that 10,000 trees is a forest or two fewer than the campaign to plant 1 million that Ken Livingstone was backing (scroll down to page 15). However, when the tireless Tory Troll inquired about this - see comment number six here - he was told that although, "The previous administration did fund some tree planting," it did not "focus on street trees in particular - the crucial difference." It was also pointed out that Johnson is supporting the same Million Trees Campaign organised by Trees For Cities as Livingstone. Fair enough. Will he, though, maintain backing for the ambitious East London Green Grid project as Green AM Jenny Jones suspected during the campaign that he would not. Let's wait and see.
The mayor would probably urge the same in relation to his rather more conspicuous campaign pledge to replace Livingstone's bendy buses with a "21st Century Routemaster". But the many doubts raised about it appeared largely confirmed today with his brand new transport director, Kulveer Ranger admitting to the Evening Standard - of all papers - that it might never be built.
A competition to produce a new design was promised and, says Ranger, will be kept. But he adds: "We're not doing this just for the hell of it. If we find there are initially no suitable bids we will review [the policy]."
The omens are not good and if the scheme comes to nothing the bullish words used by his campaign team in defence of the policy when it came under attack may acquire a hollow ring. Next Wednesday, Johnson faces his first public questioning by the London assembly. It won't be dull.


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UPDATE 3-GM recalls 1.5 mln more vehicles; CEO says 'terrible things happened'
* New actions are unrelated to ignition switch problems
* GM to take $300 mln charge in 1st qtr for all four recalls
* CEO vows changes in recall procedures
* Working with Delphi to double output of replacement ignition switches
By Ben Klayman
DETROIT, March 17 (Reuters) - General Motors Co announced new recalls of 1.5 million vehicles on Monday and in a virtually unprecedented public admission by a GM chief executive, Mary Barra acknowledged the company fell short in catching faulty ignition switches linked to 12 deaths.
"Something went wrong with our process in this instance, and terrible things happened," she told employees in a video message posted online. Barra said the company is changing how it handles defect investigations and recalls.
In the last two months, GM has recalled more than 3.1 million vehicles in the United States and other markets. The actions started with last month's recall of more than 1.6 million vehicles for faulty ignition switches. The latest recalls cover airbag wiring harnesses, brake parts and other components across several models.
The Detroit automaker said on Monday it would take a $300 million charge in the first quarter, primarily to cover the costs related to the ignition-switch recall and the three new recalls. Continuación...


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Publishing Page
General Publication Resources
Selecting a Journal
- List of Journals relevant to family medicine, community health, departmental interests, with journal descriptions and impact factors.
- JANE is a tool that tool that compares your article to the millions in Medline to identify best matches for a journal submission.
- Listing of ALL Impact factors, 2010, by journal title. Also lists of top ranked journals in several areas. This is also a good resources for the abbreviations of journals.
- Potentially predatory journals to avoid.
Manuscript Style and Formatting
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: Info on all elements of publishing in medical journals.
- Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, reprinted in the New England Journal of Medicine. N Engl J Med 1997; 336:309-316, 1997.
- The Author's Submission Toolkit; Medical Publishing Insights and Practices (MPIP) Initiative (web page)
(read the document as a pdf)
Publication Ethics
The Jefferson Digital Commons
Located at Scott Library website, the digital commons are a virtual repository of scholarship in any form: publications (with copyright approval), lectures, presentations, posters, etc. Individuals can have their own site containing their materials; the Department of Family and Community Medicine also has its own page. Materials hosted in the digital commons are google-searchable.
In the Commons' role as a showcase of scholarly works by Jefferson researchers and students, scholars at Jefferson may use it to disseminate, publicize, and archive their work. Researchers and other interested readers from anywhere in the world may use it to discover and keep up-to-date with Jefferson scholarship. The Commons is a central online system that manages the storage, access and preservation of a variety of materials and formats, including working papers, preprints, postprints, multimedia teaching materials, books, theses and dissertations.
For questions, comments and inquiries about Jefferson Digital Commons, contact
Dan Kipnis
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Knowledge Base
- Understanding the journal Impact Factor (IF)
ISI impact factors provide a measure of a journal's importance to the research community by summarizing how often articles from that journal are cited by authors writing more recent articles. The impact factor accounts for the number of articles each journal publishes per year. Read an article about it here. Another one is here. The impact factor is a measure of citation rate per article, and is calculated by dividing 1 year's worth of citations to a journal's articles published in the previous 2 years by the number of major articles [eg, research papers, reviews] published by that journal in those 2 years.
For example, articles between 2009-2011, articles published in JAMA received 1000 citation in other published articles
Link to the ISI Web Of Knowledge Journal Citation Reports at Scott Library.
SJR Journal Rank. Rankings (very similar to the impact factor) for journals indexed by Scopus. Many that are not rated by Thompson Reuters are here.
- Understanding Open Access
The term "Open Access", when applied to a scholarly journal, indicates that the journal charges a fee for publication of submitted and accepted papers. However, open access should not be confused with "fee for publication" outlets, which will publish anything submitted, as long as the fee is paid. Open access generally means that the papers are subject to the same rigorous peer-review process as any other journal. This model of publishing is becoming widespread as subscriptions to paper journals decline among individual users, and among institutions. The main reason authors make their articles openly accessible is to maximize their research impact. A study in 2001 first reported an OA citation impact advantage and a growing number of studies have confirmed, with varying degrees of methodological rigor, that an OA article is more likely to be used and cited than one behind subscription barriers.
Directory of Open Access Journals Descriptions, ratings and links to many medical journals.
- Authorship Considerations
Because publications play such an important role for academics and scholars, the issue of authorship on published papers is one of great importance. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) has recommended the following criteria for authorship (many other professional organizations, such as the American Psychological Association (APA) have adopted them as well):
Authorship credit should be based on 1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and 3) final approval of the version to be published. Authors should meet conditions 1, 2, and 3.
(see the full position here)
- General Tips for Getting your Work Published
- Use the reference sections of articles you read to get ideas for submission locations
- Don't neglect international journals
- Write a letter to the editor asking if your idea/manuscript is appropriate
- Journals often need review articles written. If you have a good review paper, shop it around. Some journals only publish reviews (i.e. British Medical Journal (BMJ) – Clinical Evidence and ACP – Journal Club) and are often soliciting contributions on specific topics.