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Joe Scarborough seems to have an obsession with conservative and Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz. Scarborough and his Wednesday Morning Joe panel bashed the freshman Texas senator for at least the 7th time in a few months, berating the Lone Star Republican for his distrust of Congressional leadership and surrendering …Read More »
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Wife, Mother Cindy McCain totally let's Anthony Weiner know where she stands with Bold Tweet
I am totally in and 100% support Cindy McCain's corner on this and have never wavered regarding Anthony Weiner and his apology for his sexting scandal. Cindy put forth her tweet earlier last week describing the embattled NY Mayoral candidate. As you know, power hungry, spotlight dog chaser Anthony Weiner …Read More »
ICYMI – New York Times does a great retro piece on Al Sharpton/Tawana Brawley – Recommended Watching
Is the world a better place if we are a "colorblind" society? Does one need to see color to understand the difference between right and wrong? Thank you Retro Report for diving deeper into the stories that matter. MSNBC should never have hired Sharpton, and the cable news network should …Read More »
THE TRUTH!!! RNC calls out PJ Media: Retract or Face Litigation Over Mis-Information
The RNC demands a full retraction and apology. Legal action against the source will be pursued." "A anonymous post in PJ media that is based entirely on anonymous sources makes the false allegation that the RNC and its redistricting consultant Dr Tom Hofeller are spending RNC donations to develop "race- based …Read More »
NY School Teacher Destroys Anthony Weiner on TV – VIDEO
She nailed it. It's not that anyone is perfect, but some positions require ones conduct to be responsible and respectable. I teach also and I promise you we are held to a higher standard since we are around kids. Mayors are in positions of power and they can exert that …Read More »
BREAKING NEWS – Conservative Party USA joins Patriots4America for 9/11 Event in DC!!!
July 22, 2013 – Patriots4America & CP-USA Join Forces The Conservative Party is pleased announce that it has formed a Strategic Partnership with Mitchell Mason and Patriots4America. "Patriots4America is sending a powerful message to all Americans who care about the four brave Americans who were abandoned by the Obama Administration …Read More »
Thousands Protest 'Illegal Immigration' by Marching On Washington, Media Once Again Silent As Usual – VIDEO
Last week, thousands of Americans descended on the National Mall and protested the Illegal Immigration Bill that is currently in the House of Representatives. They came from far distances to have their voices heard. On this day, there was a common cause that was addressed by Democrats and Republicans alike …Read More »
Race Hustlers Jackson and Sharpton Project Lie that Whites have open season on blacks once again
The black hucksters, the likes of Jackson and Sharpton would have the black community believe the lie that whites have an open season on blacks and they need to fear, and have their children fear for their lives from whites. Nothing can be further than the truth. The statistics that …Read More »
Everyone Stop Taking up For Rachel Jeantel – "I am educated. Trust me, I have a 3.0 I'm good"
All of you that are taking up for this young woman thinking that she is a kid, she has an answer for you today – "I am educated. Trust me, I have a 3.0 I'm good" This whole trial has been a travesty of justice and common sense as far …Read More »
Rev Al Sharlaton – "Watching protests take place across the country yesterday in support of Trayvon was encouraging"
That's what the Poverty Pimp had to say about the events that happened over the last couple of days, after the "Not Guilty" verdict of George Zimmerman in the needless death of Trayvon Martin over a year ago. The trial is now over, and black youth who have been silent …Read More »
Message to Rachel Jenteal – Are you mad or just plain dumb! N*gga and N*gger are the same thing
*Warning – if you are offended by the usage of 'n*gger,' 'n*gga' or a frank discussion of race and culture, please be warned that this piece is very blunt and while I do not believe it is racist at all, you may think differently. Yes folks..this woman is the future …Read More »
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LIVE COVERAGE – DC March for Jobs Rally – starts at 9AM
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SAD TIME!!! Liberal Youth pre-plan riots if Zimmerman Found Not Guilty – Check out Social Media Messages
What really gets me is that they did the same thing during the election to Mitt Romney. It seems their MO these days is to threaten the hell out of justice. That way, if they win, they gain more power thinking they had something to do with the outcome. These …Read More »
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Only 47% of Working Americans are full-time and we aren't Protesting like Our Brothers in Egypt?
Friday's job report provided clear evidence that the nation is splitting into two; only 47% of Americans have a full-time job and those who don't are finding it increasingly out of reach. Of the 144 million Americans employed last month, only 116 million were working full-time. Friday's report showed that …Read More »
BREAKING – Islamic Extremist Attack School In Northeast Nigeria; Kills 29 students and One Teacher
POTISKUM, Nigeria — Islamic militants attacked a boarding school in northeast Nigeria before dawn Saturday, killing 29 students and one teacher. Some of the pupils were burned alive in the latest school attack blamed on a radical terror group, survivors said. Parents screamed in anguish as they tried to identify …Read More »
OBAMA HAS WORRIES: About Same Military that Outsted Egypt's Mubarak and put His Pick Morsi Into Power
It seems that what Obama is saying now, is that he was apparently not concerned when the Egyptian military took over briefly from Mubarak before Morsi was installed as the interim leader. In my opinion, Obama is tipping his hand to reveal his Muslim Brotherhood buddies are loosing power there. …Read More »
LIVE Coverage of Egypt's Independence from Obama's Chosen One – VIDEO
OH TO BE FREE FROM A DICTATOR!!! Morsi has announced a political road-map suspending the constitution, forming an interim government, and leading to new elections. He appointed the chief justice of the constitutional court as interim president with "full powers of decree". [fbcomments]Read More »
Egyptians Send Message to Barack Obama: "Your B*tch Is Our Dictator"
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With Job Offers drying up, PureMature offers Paula Deen six figures to endorse porn website
TMZ reports that a porn company that features older women called PureMature.com sent a letter to Deen offering her a six-figure deal to endorse the site. "Full figured or thin, arthritic or diabetic — you embody our perfect spokesperson," the company wrote to Deen, adding that she's a "MILF," and …Read More »


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Rick Ross is no stranger when it comes to the legal system.
The 36-year old rapper is being sued for a grand total of $226,000 after performing only 15 minutes before leaving the stage amid a Charlotte, North Carolina concert during the CIAA Weekend in March at the Bojangles Coliseum. The show's promoter SM Global Union is suing Ross for breach of contract, and seeks the $226,000 in loss of profits and damages.
According to AllHipHop, SM Global Union paid Ross $90,000 for a one hour performance, but he walked off stage after only 15 minutes.
Waka Flaka Flame and Meek Mill are also being sued for breaching their contracts when they failed to advertise and promote the show through their Facebook and Twitter accounts.
All three artists were paid a total of $225,000 to perform at the concert.
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Twinkle, Project
An investigation, begun in 1950, into reports, from late 1948 to 1951, of the appearance of green "fireballs" in the general area of Holloman Air Force Base and Vaughn, New Mexico. It was conducted by the Air Materiel Command (AMC) and Air Research and Development Command (ARDC) and headed by Lincoln La Paz, a meteor specialist, who became convinced that the fireballs were not natural phenomena. However, as a memo to the Commanding General of AMC, dated September 15, 1950, points out "It may be considered significant that fire balls have ceased abruptly as soon as a systematic watch was set up."
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Kalevala, my robot, has recently learned how to sense the world around her!
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My robot's pretty awesome. I've written a remote control program, from which the user can choose whether the robot should wander around the room, sing a scale, or output the data from its sensors.Click to download the source and binary for lab3
For the talent show, Kalevala sings Saria's Song from The Legend of Zelda, draws a randomly generated asterisk, and wanders around the room like a Roomba!
Kalevala is capable of acting as many Braitenberg vehicles, including Explorer. When acting as such, to quote the textbook, she tends to "come to rest turned away from the source and may wander away depending on the presence of other light sources."Download the source and binary here!
1. There will be an if loop with user input options for choices of movement, left, right, back, or forward. After the loop is broken by a stop command, the robot will play the USC fight song. 2. The line following behavior utilizes the line sensors to follow a line beneath the robot. To do this, the robot frequently checks the data returned by the line sensors. If both sensors detect a line, the robot is directly atop the line and so it continues forward. If only the right or left sensor detects a line, the robot is beginning to stray and so turns to position both sensors over the line. If neither sensor detects a line, the robot turns in place in a last-ditch effort to recover the line. 3. The robot drives forward until the obstacle sensor sees an obstacle, then it will continue going until it is up against the obstacle. It will then look left, check for an obstacle, and if there is one it will check right and go forward. 4. The robot's algorithm for the fastest drawer is first to figure out the most efficient way to draw the shape (without retracing any lines). We will then figure out the speed of the robot so we can know how long it takes to travel 3 inches (the length of a small triangle) and also the time it takes for the robot to turn 60 degrees. Then the robot will draw the figure using the robot.turnLeft and robot.turnRight commands as well as the robot.forward command to navigate the drawing. 5. The terminal will ask for the user to input a, b, c, or d and each letter will correspond to one of the functions mentioned above.Download the source here! Daria's Website Jack's Website Paige's Website
Kalevala asks you what songs (or drawings) you wish her to play (or draw) and in what order. She then iterates through the playlist you made, playing (or drawing) each item you selected!Source and binary here!
1. Each team member handles one quadrant of the room. The robot movement is handled by user input; taking a picture is just one of the commands the user can initiate. 2. The robot movement is handled by user input; taking a picture is just one of the commands the user can initiate. 3. The robot movement is handled by user input; taking a picture is just one of the commands the user can initiate. 4. The team maps out the locations of the lost Scribblers on a piece of paper after the search and rescue robots have been used to locate them.Daria's Website Jack's Website Paige's Website


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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 19:54:45 -0500, Jesse Guardiani <jesse at wingnet dot net> wrote:
> I don't think PCI cards come with such a utility. I know the
> old ISA cards did, but I think most PCI hardware IRQ settings
> are done in BIOS now. It took some work, but I finally got
> my motherboard to force a different set of IRQs. Things do
> seem a bit more responsive now. Thanks!
That's correct, for the fxp and xl cards you have, there isn't any
utility. That old 3Com card you have in there does have such a
utility, but doesn't sound that that's coming into play here at all.
You're correct, all the PCI stuff should be handled by the BIOS. Kind
of odd that both the PCI cards are being assigned the same IRQ. That
shouldn't happen unless you have a bunch of other cards in there and
they need to share IRQ's.
You should set "plug and play OS" in the BIOS to "no" or "disabled".
That might work out better than whatever you did to get it on a
different IP, if it isn't already set that way.
That box should be enough to push at least 10-15 times as much
bandwidth as you have without breaking a sweat. Definitely shouldn't
have any hardware bottlenecks there. I have 486's with m0n0wall
pushing way more traffic than that.
Still not sure if what you reported is a problem though. You said 26
KB outbound (or was it Kb?). 26 KB on a 256 Kb uplink is about as
good as you're going to get. Unless I'm misunderstanding how you're
testing this, or mistaking bits and bytes in what you mentioned.


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Amazing Dress
I found this dress in white at a local FP/Anthro/UO discount/returns store for $88 and couldn't turn it down. The small and xs fit, but I went with the xs for a less baggy looking fit and less chance that a strap would fall down and give everyone a show. It's a heavy dress because of the beading, but so worth it. Absolutely gorgeous and eye-catching. The sequins are subtle with just the right amount of sparkle. I'm 5'6'' and ~120.
Perfect Dress for Every Reason & Season!
I bought this dress in Black for a Bachlorette Party in Chicago. I was really nervous ordering it because there were no reviews yet, but I took a chance. I bought the Small and was pleasantly surprised. I am usually a size 4/27 in pants and am a 34A. Usually a XS/S in Free People dependent upon the garment. This dress was Def. ROOMY but in a good way! It fit the way it does on the model, maybe a little bit longer. It was just the right length, especially for an event such as a bachlorette! I received so many compliments and I am even contemplating wearing it again for New Years! Great Quality as well!!!
not shift enough
this dress technically fits true to size. however i like my shift dresses to fit quite loose, and for me, this one isn't loose enough. i'm on the busty side, so it's actually tight around the chest. the rest fits ok, but i'd just have liked it to be more roomy. the gauzy material makes me feel that it'd get dirty real easy. the sequins and beads kept coming loose. even though it's lined, the white is till semi-sheer. it is quite a pretty dress though.


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12 years ago, my friend Javaid Malik and I started on this documentary video called, "The Aftermath: American-Muslims After September 11th." It took us 14 months to complete as we did all the pre-production, research, script writing, shooting, editing, post-production, marketing, and promotion ourselves (although we did get help from a few people along the way).At the time it was a somewhat controversial video since it was rare for American Muslim leaders and activists to come on camera and … [Read more...]
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Last year, I went to Pakistan after 25 years and to Lahore for the first time ever. My father was from Karachi, but since most of my relatives are here in the U.S. now, we did not have much reason to visit Pakistan. My wife's family is from Lahore, so since we both had the time to go last year, we decided to make a last minute trip. This will be the first part in a series, chronicling my eye-opening trip to Pakistan, and I hope I can pass along some entertaining, yet useful information to all … [Read more...]


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MyHome for iPhone
Need a handy list of the inventory and details of your home? This is the app for you!!! MyHome helps you keep track of various information such as: mortgage info, furniture, art, electronics, appliances and much more. Great for when dealing with renos and keeping track of paint code information, rooms/walls/windows dimensions and more.
-Keep track of all your belongings and original cost for insurance purposes.
-Keep a quick handy list of all the types of light bulbs in your home. Can be accessed with one click.
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Rithmah (Hebrew: רִתְמָה) is one of the places the Israelites stopped at during the Exodus.
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Functional Verification & Prototyping
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Verify! Prototype! Go! A Comprehensive Solution to SoC Verification and Prototyping Challenges
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IC Compiler II and the Power of 10x: A Product Walk-Through
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Physical IP Development on FinFET - There's Nothing Planar About It!
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ICC - Galaxy Custom Routing Workshop
B1 - Emulation and Advanced Verdi Debugging
Verification of SoC Designs with ZeBu HW Emulator
Going Beyond the Waveform: Advanced Debug Techniques in Verdi
Protocol Analyzer
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Practical Virtual Prototyping - Architecture and Software Development
Balancing Power Performance and User Experience Using Virtual Prototyping
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Low Power Flow (UPF) Update
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Comprehensive AMS Flow for Submicron SoC DesignTechnical Committee Award Winner: First Place
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Application-Specific Processors and DSPs Provide Options to Enhance SOC Designs Performance and Energy Characteristics.
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Explore 30 of London's Museums and Galleries with this FREE app. You can upgrade to the full version (with visit details for over 280 locations) by selecting 'Purchase now' from within the app.
London is home to some of the best museums and galleries in the world, from renowned institutions such as the British Museum to smaller galleries such as the Eagle Gallery. Whether you are interested in firefighting or fine art, tennis or toys, the capital's museums and galleries offer incredible choice for culture vultures-the only problem is knowing where to look...
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Ti Melen is a quiet and peaceful haven surrounded by nature, and offers the advantage of being only 5 minutes by car from the city centre of Windhoek. Ti Melen...
Mohale Lodge is perfectly positioned for guests wanting to enjoy the beauty of the magnificent landscapes and skyscapes of the surrounding Maluti Mountains and Mohale Dam. This family-friendly lodge is ideal for those seeking an adventurous escape or wishing to reconnect with nature.
Mohale Lodge is an ideal base from which to explore the natural splendours of Lesotho's mountain kingdom - rivers, dams and spectacular vistas await the intrepid traveller. The Lodge is easily accessible by good roads and offers one of Africa's highest and most inspiring scenic drives. For the adventurous, a trip to Katse Lodge gives a unique insight into this "land that time forgot". Challenging, yet robustly constructed alpine roads overlook desolate plateaus, and plunging gorges. Driving past traditional villages in this almost surreal mountain landscape, one encounters blanket-adorned local tribesmen riding mountain ponies.
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Prescribed Fire and Integrated Management Strategies
First, a word of caution: prescribed fire, even if it is done repeatedly to deplete the seed bank, is not effective on all invasive species and types of ecosystems. For example, repeated burnings can create shorter fire intervals that can be detrimental to some fire-sensitive native plants. Increasing fire frequencies can also alter an ecosystem's rate of soil formation and erosion and patterns of nutrient cycling. Thus, the effects of fire on plant populations and communities must be considered; a fire regime that aims to reduce invasive species cover can create a disturbed environment that may encourage infestation of other invasive species. Repeated burnings that completely manage an invasive species population are rare. Therefore, other management strategies can be used with or without prescribed fire in an integrated approach.
Pre-Treatment Burning
In cases where fire alone cannot provide sufficient control, it can be used to dramatically enhance other control methods, such as chemical or mechanical control methods. The initial burn can be used to stimulate seed germination and thus deplete the seed bank faster than one control method alone. The new seedlings can then be killed with chemical or mechanical methods. Prescribed burning can also be used to clear away invasive species in areas of high density; this can provide more access for additional treatments. For example, litter or thatch removal can improve deposition of herbicide on a target surface. This method is also effective for dealing with vine species, such as kudzu and Japanese honeysuckle, but be careful that the fire does not spread into the tree canopy for vines wrapped around tree trunks.
Post-Treatment Burning
For annuals, where the invasive infestation is heavy and there is not adequate fuel for ideal burn timing, an herbicide treatment the previous year can increase the grass population and facilitate a complete burn the second year. However, when using this strategy, it is important to use a third year control option since burning can stimulate germination of some invasive plants. A similar strategy can apply to woody species; top vegetation can be killed by herbicides and a subsequent burn can kill the root systems. Prescribed fire can also be used after mechanical or chemical methods to remove the dead biomass and stimulate recovery or re-vegetation of infested site with more desirable species.
Tools Used in an Integrated Control Strategy
1. Mechanical Control
Mechanical methods of control consist of removing or damaging above- or below-ground biomass, including stems, new shoots and roots. Mechanical control methods includes hand-pulling, mowing shredding, roller chopping, clipping (wood cutting) and chaining. These treatments increase the amount of dried and thus the effectiveness of burning. Mechanical control methods should be limited to fairly gentle terrain accessible to the equipment used, such as bulldozers and tillage equipment.
2. Chemical Control
Most integrated approaches that include prescribed burning also incorporate an herbicide treatment either before or after the burn. Before a burn, these treatments can increase fuel loads, and after a burn they can be used to control re-sprouting vegetation.
3. Biological Control
Biological control programs for invasive plants often do not eradicate the target plant but exert sufficient environmental stress to reduce invasive plant dominance and spread. Burn timing can be critical to the survival of biological control agents and should be carefully considered. Burning a site when the control agent is inactive (for example, burning in spring and fall for a summer-active control species) can increase the population of the control agent. However, in most situations, prescribed fire's direct effect is damaging to biological control agents. Despite this, biological control and prescribed fire is still a sound integrated approach since insects and pathogens are mobile and can re-occupy a treated site. A combination of these methods can further stress the invasive species and reduce its dominance.


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However, investors are starting to ask where the ambitious Grimshaw goes from here. They want to know where the growth will come from in an environment where the regionals remain dwarfed by the big four banks and consolidation opportunities have all but dried up.
A lot hinges on the outcome of the Abbott government's inquiry into the financial services system next year. BoQ and the other regional banks are teaming up to push hard for some serious reform to smooth out what they see as an uneven playing field when it comes to competing against the majors.
The main focus is regulation requiring the regionals to hold three times the amount of capital as the majors.
Depending on the outcome of the inquiry, headed by former Commonwealth Bank boss
Grimshaw, a former senior CBA executive, is not flagging any big moves in the near future. But he is a talented executive who knows the industry inside out and is unlikely to pass up any opportunity to create a fifth force in banking in Australia.
He has a number of options, with the most obvious a tie-up or takeover of
This would require a demerger of Suncorp's insurance and banking businesses, so any ambitions Grimshaw had there would require a friendly deal.
Obstacles in the way of Suncorp deal
The idea has been mooted for many years, but there are major obstacles. Suncorp chief
After finally dealing with his company's $18 billion in stressed property and other loans through sales to Goldman Sachs in June, removing the so-called "monkey on his back", Snowball is focused on growing the existing insurance and banking operations organically.
The boards of both companies are also reasonably conservative, which could hinder the prospects for a radical tie-up.
Depending on who you talk to, there are cases for and against merging Suncorp's banking arm with BoQ. Suncorp cannot see the synergies in combining the two.
Their banking businesses have different models and there are questions over how much overlap there would be in branches geographically. BoQ has an owner-operator model where managers own as well as run the bank's more than 200 branches.
Merging the banking operations could also become a political issue in Queensland, particularly if it means wide-scale branch closures, although that is unlikely to torpedo the prospects of any deal on its own.
Still, Grimshaw has been a non-executive director on the Suncorp board and BoQ's chief financial officer,
This gives them good knowledge of both businesses.
The other obvious potential deals are Suncorp acquiring BoQ or a third scenario involving either Suncorp or BoQ tying up with
History suggests a tie-up involving Bendigo will be difficult.
Bendigo in 2007 rejected a $2.5 billion takeover bid from BoQ in favour of a friendly tie-up with Adelaide Bank.
This was partly due to a difference of opinion between the banks' chairmen, Neil Roberts and Robert Johanson, over who would leave the combined organisation and where it would be headquartered.
With a market capitalisation of $4.53 billion at Friday's close, Bendigo would be hard for BoQ to swallow. BoQ has a market capitalisation of $3.77 billion, while the combined might of Suncorp's insurance and banking businesses values it at $16.04 billion.
Merger activity quiet since 2008
While the regionals are hungry to revive consolidation if the opportunities arise, their problem is that the opportunities are limited. Grimshaw's predecessor,
Bank mergers in Australia have been quiet since 2008 when Westpac's $19 billion merger with St George went through and CBA bid $2 billion for BankWest.
Liddy launched a formal process in 2008 called Project Pathways, which was aimed at looking at innovative ways to grow the business. At the time, he discussed opportunities with a number of Asian-based financial services companies who may still view BoQ as a platform to grow in Australia.
This could come in the form of joint ventures, equity stakes or takeovers, although there have been no approaches under Grimshaw's watch so far. Goldman Sachs, which has a close relationship with the bank, has acquired debt from Suncorp and BoQ in the past year and could also be interested in doing something with the bank.
It needs to be made clear that these are medium- to long-term scenarios, and while ideas are being discussed behind the scenes, there is no formal process under way. The immediate focus is on the financial services inquiry. An interim report on its findings is due to be published in September 2014.
While the financial system review will likely back the existing four-pillars banking policy which stops the big banks from merging, there is a push for any reform to leave the door open to foreign companies buying local lenders.
Grimshaw has been one of the most vocal voices against the dominance of the big four banks in Australia. The thing he gets asked about by investors the most is returns on equity. It is hard to compete with the majors, which have some of the highest ROEs in the world at 16-18 per cent, partly because they have to hold less capital than the regionals.
Grimshaw calls for change at AGM
Grimshaw used the company's annual general meeting last month to call on the government to level the playing field for smaller players. He is trying to approach the issue, aware of the need for robust risk systems, without getting the regulator offside.
The larger banks are considered too big to fail, which means they are guaranteed government support in the event of a crisis and can raise funding more cheaply. At the top of the agenda are rules that require smaller banks to hold up to three times more capital in reserve when they lend to home buyers.
There is no evidence yet that the inquiry will deliver substantive change, and the terms of the process are still being worked out.
For the short term, Grimshaw is focused on turning the bank around and fixing the legacy issues he inherited from Liddy. Until the inquiry delivers results, M&A could be an unwelcome distraction.
Rising bad debts, falling property prices in Queensland and a string of natural disasters had left the bank in bad shape. After Grimshaw took the top job, an investigation of the bank's commercial property book found things were worse than expected and a $450 million capital raising to bolster the balance sheet did not impress investors.
He has since repaired a lot of the damage and the bank now has a credit rating many of the world's banks would envy. In April, he acquired Virgin Money from British billionaire Richard Branson, giving BoQ the capacity to build an online presence.
There are no plans to expand dramatically in the wealth space, where compliance costs are high and achieving the scale needed for robust returns is difficult.
BoQ's next task: boosting its multiples
But Grimshaw is focused on retail and online expansion, mortgage broker rollout, cost savings and client acquisition in business banking. While BoQ has always had a "walk in the door" policy when it comes to home loans, the shift to third-party sources such as brokers for home loan origination is expected to open up opportunities.
Grimshaw supports expansion, but will not chase market share at the expense of the bank's risk profile, something he has worked too hard to clean up.
Despite a stellar run on the sharemarket this year, analysts say he has a bit more work to do to drive up the share price further to raise funds for future deals. BoQ trades at around 12 times earnings compared to historical multiples as high as 18 times, analysts say. A multiple of around 15-16 times earnings is seen as a good base to start raising funds for large acquisitions.
This would require getting the stock price up another 15 per cent to 20 per cent.
"One of the things they need to do before they go down that path is improve their multiples," one banking analyst says.
"In the past, BoQ have been quite acquisitive, but they have generally used quite expensive scrip which at this stage they don't have. It would need to be a two-stage process by which they fix the business, improve the multiple and then potentially do deals.
"They are a reasonably solid executive team and you would expect them to start looking at what sort of businesses will give them a high return in the medium term."
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA - The above-the-basket, fast-paced style that suits Chaffey College men's basketball team so well also has a more traditional side to it.
And that helped the Panthers win the Foothill Conference championship on Wednesday night.
Chaffey forced 16 first-half turnovers and eventually wore down visiting Mt. San Jacinto as the Panthers captured their second conference title in three years with a 93-78 victory.
Sophomore Justin Long scored a team-high 18 points to lead the Panthers, who took a five-point lead at halftime and never relinquished it.
"This feels so good," said sophomore guard Justin Cole, who scored 11 points. "Our team played very well tonight. We have six sophomores on our team, so we had the leadership.
"Our sophomores stepped up. Our freshmen stepped up. We're just really happy to come out of this with a win."
Mt. San Jacinto played up to the task and matched Chaffey's inside game and acrobatic dunks. But what the Eagles couldn't do was match the Panthers at the 3-point line - MSJC shot 1-for-10 from the perimeter in the game - and the ball-handling was an obvious issue.
Mt. San Jacinto, in fact, led for the first 15 minutes until Roderick Evans-Taylor's free throws capped a 12-4 mini-run with 3:57 left in the first half.
Chaffey's lead extended to 41-36 at halftime and went into double digits in the second half.
Overall, Mt. San Jacinto committed 23 turnovers.
"That was they key," Chaffey coach Jeff Klein said. "And we got into a little foul trouble. We're a real deep team, and we really pride ourselves on ball pressure.
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Mt. San Jacinto's Dwayne Benjamin led all scorers with 26 points. For Chaffey, Kenny Morgan (16 points) and Sango Niang (10 points) joined Long and Cole in double digits.
Chaffey (22-6 overall, 11-2 Foothill Conference) plays Saturday at Victor Valley and will learn its playoff fate when the pairings are released Monday, as will Mt. San Jacinto (19-9, 7-6).
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Unit testing is a very important part of the software development process, especially as your applications become more and more complex. Making sure your code is robust and adaptable is an important aspect of being professional. This is no less true with your AngularJS application.
If you are reading this, you are most likely already sold on unit testing but here's some benefits and reasons for writing and maintaining your unit tests:
- The ability to quickly update your code and make sure you are able to regressively test your code.
- Updating your unit tests to cover a fixed bug will prevent the bug from getting re-introduced!
- Use a CI to make sure EVERYONE on your team is testing the code.
Angular CLI, Jasmine & KarmaJS
Here at Arroyo Labs we use the latest version of Angular CLI a lot. It's a great way to start a project very quickly provides a great start for your application. It also gives you some boilerplate unit tests for each component and service you create using the CLI.
While we have explained Jasmine and KarmaJS in past blog articles, here is a quick overview explaining how these frameworks work together:
- Jasmine
- A very popular behavior driven Javascript testing framework with a very clean syntax.
- KarmaJS
- A framework that allows you to run your Jasmine tests on a device or headless browser. The test runner itself will provide a DOM with which your code is rendered and provides the API that Jasmine will interact with.
Setting up your tests
To create a unit test, you need to include a consistent environment in which to run your code under test and we need to control the required classes and variables that go into creating this environment. Thanks to the magic of dependency injection, we can mock up some classes used by our classes and code.
Let's take a look at the 'top' portion of a unit test we use in our user-admin project (you can find the whole unit test in our repo):
/** * Import some basic testing classes and utilities from AngularJS's * core testing code. This is the minimum required code to create * a basic unit test. */ import { async, getTestBed, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing'; /** * Import some specific test classes used to mock the * http backend and connection classes */ import { MockBackend, MockConnection } from '@angular/http/testing'; /** * Import the HTTP classes we use in our service */ import { BaseRequestOptions, Http, Response, ResponseOptions, XHRBackend } from '@angular/http'; /** * Finally, we import the required custom classes we use in our service, * and the service we are testing as well. */ import { User } from '../shared/models/user.model'; import { AuthService } from './auth.service'; import { UsersService } from './users.service';
What should we test in a service?
To test a service, we have to understand the underlying concept they represent: isolating logic and code into a re-usable class. This means we have a class we can pass around in our application where we get and manipulate data in expected ways.
Keep in mind, we can really only test publically scoped variables and functions. The unit test itself is really only able to interact with your service in the same way that an application is able to.
So, we have these things to test:
- What public variables get initialized when we create the service?
- Do public variables update as we expect when we call public functions?
Example Service Unit Test: UserService
In our UserAdmin project, we have a service called UserService used to interact with and manipulate user data we get from the AJAX backend.
The service itself only has quite a few public methods (it's a very important class!) so we will focus on just two of the suite's tests of the same method `getUsers`:
getUsers should return an empty observable list when the ajax request is unsuccessful
This is a test to make sure we return an empty list of users if the AJAX response does not contain an encoded list of users. This is a negative test, we are making sure that we return an expected response even when the backend returns an error.
it('#getUsers should return an empty observable list when the ajax request is unsuccessful', () => { // set up the mocked service to return an // unsuccessful response (no users, 500 status) // with a helper method usersBodyData.success = false; setupConnections(backend, { body: { body: usersBodyData // use the previously init'd var for consistent responses }, status: 500 }); // set up our subscriptions to test results // when we actually get a result returned service.users$.subscribe((res) => { if(res) { expect(res).toBeTruthy(); expect(res.length).toEqual(0); } }); service.total$.subscribe((res) => { if(res) { expect(res).toBeTruthy(); expect(res).toEqual(0); } }); // make the actual request! let res = service.getUsers(); });
getUsers should return an observable list of users and result total when the ajax request is successful
This test makes sure that we get an observable list of users if the AJAX response is successful. To make sure this happens, we mock the response as though we have a JSON encoded list of users.
it('#getUsers should return an observable list of users and result total when the ajax request is successful', () => { // set up the mocked service to return an // unsuccessful response (users, 200 status) // with a helper method setupConnections(backend, { body: { body: usersBodyData }, status: 200 }); // set up our subscriptions to test results // when we actually get a result returned service.users$.subscribe((res) => { if(res) { expect(res).toBeTruthy(); expect(res.length).toEqual(2); } }); service.total$.subscribe((res) => { if(res) { expect(res).toBeTruthy(); expect(res).toEqual(2); } }); // make the actual request, with some params to pass via query string // we will explore this in a future post let res = service.getUsers(42, 42, 'id', 'desc'); });
What should we test in a component?
A component, like a service, is also a re-usable piece of code but it also has a defined lifecycle from its parent class and a frontend element via it's template and optional CSS.
So, here is what we have to test:
- Does this component actually get constructed?
- What public variables get initialized and what DOM elements get rendered when we create the component?
- Do public variables update as we expect when we call public functions?
Like we have noted above when discussing testing a service, you can really only test things that have been scoped as public by the component itself. This does include rendered DOM elements and you should test that these elements appear and render as expected since these are made public by the component itself.
Example Component Unit Test: UserListComponent
Test that the component actually results in a rendered component
it('should create', () => { fixture.detectChanges(); const compiled = fixture.debugElement.nativeElement; component.ngOnInit(); component.users = []; component.total = 0; // do we have a component at all? expect(component).toBeTruthy(); // create new user button expect(compiled.querySelector('.btn-info')).toBeTruthy(); // do we have a table expect(compiled.querySelector('table')).toBeTruthy(); expect(compiled.querySelectorAll('tr').length).toBe(2); });
Test that we display a list of users with a mocked response
it('should display list of users', () => { fixture.detectChanges(); const compiled = fixture.debugElement.nativeElement; setupConnections(backend, { body: { body: bodyData }, status: 200 }); component.ngOnInit(); // create new user button expect(compiled.querySelector('.btn-info')).toBeTruthy(); fixture.detectChanges(); // do we have a table with users? fixture.detectChanges(); expect(compiled.querySelectorAll('tr').length).toBe(21); // do we see the expected page count expect(component.getPageCount()).toBe(2); });
Unit testing is a not a oft-celebrated portion of the software development cycle, but it is an important part of the process. Once you have good tests in place, you can pivot direction and update your code with an increased sense of security.


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DETROIT ( TheStreet) -- Perhaps the biggest surprise among the profusion of auto industry numbers that surfaced Thursday was this one: GM ( GM) shares fell 4%. The oddity was that GM not only reported a
strong 18% August sales increase , but also said it has gained market share since it emerged from bankruptcy in November.
The stock price decline was apparently prompted largely by a Bloomberg story that said the company faces a pension shortfall up to $35 billion, which could delay a dividend or stock buyback. Still, GM stock is down 37% for the year. It is down 34% since opening at $35 in November, during an IPO that accompanied the company's emergence from bankruptcy. On Thursday, the shares gave up $1 to close at $23.03. "The stock shouldn't be trading at $23," said Standard & Poor's analyst Efraim Levy, after reiterating a strong buy. Ford ( F) shares are down 36% for the year; on Thursday, they closed down 27 cents at 10.85. GM's decline comes despite an 18% year-to-date sales gain and second-quarter earnings of $2.5 billion, marking the sixth consecutive profitable quarter. The company has nearly $34 billion in cash. The market share gains are significant, given that many expected a continuing share loss following a restructuring when GM went from eight brands to four. In 2009, GM board member Stephen Girsky said the company hoped to maintain a market share slightly above 19% upon emergence. In August, the U.S. market share was close to 20% and the year-to-date market share was 19.6%, said Don Johnson, vice president for U.S. sales, on the company's sales call Thursday. In an interview, Levy said a "meaningful proportion" of GM's market share gains -- he wouldn't specify further than that -- results from the decline in availability of Japanese cars following the March earthquake and tsunami. "GM benefitted from the misfortune of Japanese competitors -- that was a factor," Levy said. "But they did some things right as well. They have some good products that came to market at the right time." A variety of auto analysts believe that investors are
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This image was captured during a 1978 New York City Ballet tour that took the company to Copenhagen—home turf for Adam Luders (right), who trained at the Royal Danish Ballet School and briefly danced with the company before joining NYCB as a principal dancer in 1975. Next to Luders is (of course) George Balanchine, in conversation with ballerina Suzanne Farrell. And looking on with a smile? NYCB's current ballet master in chief Peter Martins.
On March 8, 2016, Rami Shafi found himself inspired to film an impromptu dance video of his best friend, Aaron Moses Robin, improvising on Gay St. in New York City's Greenwich Village. Thus was born Pedestrian Wanderlust, a collection of dance videos that has grown to include a monthly improv jam.
Shafi works with anyone who wants to take part in the project, filming videos in locations chosen by the dancers and later adding music. The videos are shot on Shafi's iPhone in one take and, other than the starting and ending points, are entirely improvised. The editing afterwards—including the music choice—is minimal. "I don't like to edit too much. It's just what it is," says Shafi. "I usually can do the editing on the train ride home."
Many people see dance and choreography as separate pursuits, or view choreography as a dance career's second act. For some dancers, however, performing and choreographing inform one another. "That's just the kind of choreographer I am. I feel things so deeply in my physicality. I have to do it to know it," says Jodi Melnick, who is a prolific performer of her own work. She also maintains an active practice as a performer for other choreographers: Throughout her career, she's worked with Trisha Brown, Twyla Tharp, Tere O'Connor and Donna Uchizono, to name a few.
Though a dual career can be fulfilling, simultaneously inhabiting the roles of dancer and choreographer requires focus, organization and a great deal of energy.
New York City is getting an embarrassment of riches this week—riches of the Emerald, Diamonds and Rubies variety. The Bolshoi Ballet, Paris Opéra Ballet and New York City Ballet will be sharing the stage at Lincoln Center to present George Balanchine's Jewels in celebration of the iconic ballet's 50th anniversary.
One of the many stars we're excited to see is Olga Smirnova, our June 2014 cover girl, who will be performing the lead in "Diamonds" as well as the role of Bianca in Jean-Christophe Maillot's Taming of the Shrew next week.
I have always been extremely dramatic. I think "extremely" might even be an understatement. As a child, I was constantly in costume. Never clothes. Always a costume.
When I was 8 we moved into a new house, and took a home video to send to my dad's family. My siblings were performing a song for the camera. I desperately wanted to join them, but they got annoyed and said no. In the video I run out of the room crying hysterically, and you can hear my dad saying, "It's okay, Sam, you can dance for the camera later."
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In May 2011, Chevrolet's plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (EV), the Volt, caught fire three weeks after a side-impact crash test conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The Volt was parked in a NHTSA testing facility in Wisconsin. The fire
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Subject: [ALLEE-L] Loachapoka Cemetery Tour/1
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:43:04 -0500
ALL THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS TAKEN FROM A BOOK BY Alexander Nunn on
Loachapoka. All credit goes to him. Any errors in spelling are probably
mine - if you have questions, e-mail me off list.
delilah evans
"Since Jan 1, 1968, a continued and persistent effort has been made to
locate and to study all cemeteries located within the area which this
volumn has sought to cover. We have not tried to survey Notasulga and
Waverly nor Auburn, Opelika and Tuskegee public cemeteries. They are all
easily located. Bethelehem Primitive Baptist Church cemetery a mile west of
Notasulga is directly on hiway 14 and could not be missed. We did not have
opportunity to study Concord southeast of Notasulga nor the Warren burial
grounds adjoining the Wilson lands on the northwest, in the Roxanna area.
This latter cemetery is not too far from the Rocky Mount cemetery.
Let's start from Loachapoka Baptist Church headed for Roxanna by
McRitchie's bridge over the Saugahatchee. Three miles out of town the road
crosses the bridge and turns sharply right. About two miles from this turn,
at the top of a rise there is a fairly good field road, easily overrun and
recently closed, that leads to the Spencer Moore cemetery. The burial area
is about a mile as you drive in. It is enclosed by a solid rock wall
roughly 4 feet thick and 4 feet high, the most imposing structure in all
our area. There are perhaps 50 graves within. Only two are identified:
Spencer MOOREDec 20, 1780 - July 29, 1869
He was a pioneer Methodist.
Susana, wife of Spencer MooreJan 6, 1784 - Aug 22 1848
The marked grave of Willis COX was removed asometime back by parties unknown.
Continuing north toward Roxana, the next burial grounds are found about the
site of Rocky Mount Methodist Church, perhaps another two miles along the
main road then turn sharply left on a ridge and follow the early stage
coach route for a half mile west. There are an estimated 50 - 75 graves
with three identifible: Infant daughter of E. A. and Mary A. MOORE (1870),
Jesse LEE, son of the same parents (1872?-1882) and infant of R. G. & A. J.
Not far westward on this same stage road is the lone grave of a BICKERSTAFF
killed by Indians.
Sweet Pilgrim, once the site of a Negro Methodist Church, directly on the
main road as you turn onto the stage road, seemingly had no burial grounds.
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