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Smoky yet dry, we love this sake because it's got a lot going on in terms of body but has a nice, clean finish. Don't expect any pretty aromas from this studly bottle.
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Technology has changed a lot in recent years, usually with the intention of making life easier. But a recent trip to one of the Telstra Museums reminded me of technology gone by.
It was on this trip that we discovered Les Edwards. Les is not only an enthusiastic and informative volunteer, but also the person who holds the world record for the fastest Morse code ever sent.
But exactly how quick is Morse code? And are our high-tech smartphones really that much quicker? For instance, how would Morse code hold up against the faithful text message?
To find out, we're putting Morse code to the test in the ultimate battle, which we like to call The Ultimate Context.
Are you a texting aficionado? Do you have what it takes to annihilate Les in a battle of the technologies? We'd love to see you try!
We're even giving away a Samsung Galaxy S5 and Gear Fit armband to the winner of our Ultimate Context. The winner will also have an opportunity to battle Les head-to-head (or thumb-to-thumb!).
To enter the Ultimate Context competition, tell us in 25 words or less why you think you can win the speed test in texting against Les Edwards in the #UltimateContext. Are you a texting addict? Or do you have exceptionally long texting thumbs? Simply tell us on your personal Twitter or Instagram account or the Telstra Facebook page. Don't forget to include your full name, hometown and tag it with #UltimateContext.
We'll select the five people with the most creative entries as finalists, who will then compete in a time trial against each other to find one winner. In addition to receiving the aforementioned prizes, the winner will have the opportunity to battle it out with Les to see if they can text a set message into a mobile device quicker than Les Edwards can type the same message using Morse Code!
See the full terms and conditions including eligibility to enter here. Competition ends July 2 at 11.59pm, so be quick!
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I could beat him because I'm a fast touch typer
As my phone spell checks every thing that i write, as the other day i wrote to a lady that ' I love stickers' but as the spell checker corrected what i had said and i didnt notice i sent to her 'I love testicles'
How embarrassing that was!
I can pop out a 100 letter sms in about 30 seconds on a 1-9 keypad with auto correct turned off and am looking at the phone.
I can pop out a 100 letter sms in about 60seconds if im driving on a highway. When i get loads of messages from all of my mates it takes me around 80 seconds to reply to all and my friends always get shocked to top it off i can type without looking at the key pad. In my books im called the aultimate fast texter.
Kathy, this is a great entry! However, you'll need to submit your entry on Facebook or Twitter using #UltimateContext. You can respond to our Facebook post if you like 🙂
I believe I could beat him as I touch type.
Morse Code is surprisingly fast! Don't forget to submit your entry on Facebook or Twitter using #UltimateContext 🙂
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Country: Brunei Darussalam
Date: 23 November 2010
[First visit to Brunei – Yes]
Brunei is my third New Country Day this year, after Laos and Bulgaria.
There is not a lot to detain you in Brunei, but if you are travelling overland in Malaysian Borneo you have to pass through it anyway, so you might as well stop for a look.
[Map of Brunei Darussalam]
Like Malaysia, the boundaries of Brunei was influenced from its days of the British. Also like Malaysia, Brunei has two separated land masses. The land between the two areas of Brunei is the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. If you are going overland from Sabah to Sarawak there is no road around Brunei, so you have to pass through 8 border crossings to get the other state. If you are not flying between Sabah and Sarawak you are better off getting a ferry. From Kota Kinabalu (Sabah) there is a ferry to the island of Labuan, which takes 3 hours. From there you can then get a ferry to Brunei, which takes 1 hour.
Before I arrived I checked up about visa requirements. If you are from the UK, Germany, New Zealand or the US you don't need one. Other countries get a 14 day visa upon arrival. Upon arrival at customs I got told this visa will cost me B$20 ($15 USD). As I was spending less than 3 days this was then reduced to B$5.
I got my passport back to discover they had defiled a whole page with stamps. I might have been thrilled about this once upon a time, but now I see this page and think, damn you, I'm one page closer to having to get new pages sewn into my passport. A whole page for 2 days is excessive. I would have told them this, but I know better than to engage in commentary with customs officials.
[Brunei passport stamp – take up a whole page why don't you!]
Perhaps Brunei's biggest tourist attraction is stamps. Passport stamps. If you like passport stamps then you'll love Brunei.


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"This degree provided me with the skills and knowledge to pursue a career in research. Of particular note was the Introduction to Programming module which I now use on a daily basis. I had a great year at UCL, so much so that I'm now back doing a PhD. I'm still in contact with my fellow students from that year and all of them have had or are currently in jobs in the remote sensing industry. I believe that this is a testament to the quality of the programme."
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Big Education Cooks The Books
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Posted by Richard G. Williams, Jr. at 11:30 PM
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Hey, I will be glad to start charging parents by the hour...I am sure my salary would improve greatly...and I am all for that. We'll do things the conservative way...let the market play itself out in the schools.
You think parents complain now...wait until they get my bill for the week or month or school year.
- 14 March, 2010 17:30
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
Oh, I have no doubt the marketplace could educate in a much more efficient manner. I trust the marketplace infinitely more than I do bureaucrats. Good Lord, how many examples do you need? Your business model is flawed though. You could not charge by the hour (unless you are in the top 1% of all teachers and catered to the rich offering tutoring services), your competitors would put you out of business.
We educated our children for less than $1000 each per year. All have done extremely well and are much better educated than the vast majority of the public-school educated peers. Not bragging, just stating the facts as I've observed them.
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He was one who, though famous, was not honeycombed with ambition or tainted with cunning or cant, and though a soldier and wearing soldier's laurels, yet never craved or sought honors except as they bloomed on deeds done for the glory of his lawfully constituted authority; in short a soldier to whom the sense of duty was a gospel and a man of the world whose only rule in life was that life should be upright and stainless. I cannot but think Providence meant, through him, to prolong the ideal of the gentleman in the world . . . It is easy to see why Lee has become the embodiment of one of the world's ideals, that of the soldier, the Christian, and the gentleman. And from the bottom of my heart I thank Heaven . . . for the comfort of having a character like Lee's to look at. ~ Union General Morris Schaff referring to Lee's surrender at which he was present.
Lee became a popular figure of national reunion throughout the country. As an introduction to this subject I suggest you read David Blight's book, Race and Reunion. ~ *Kevin Levin
I turned about, and there behind me, riding between my two lines, appeared a commanding form, superbly mounted, richly accoutered, of imposing bearing, noble countenance, with expression of deep sadness overmastered by deeper strength. It is none other than Robert E. Lee! … I sat immovable, with a certain awe and admiration. ~ Union General Joshua Chamberlain at Appomattox.
"When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." ~ King Solomon
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text: CLIFTON, N.J. ( TheStreet) -- It has been a turbulent few weeks for U.S.-listed China stocks. The financial markets were initially spooked by China's decision to enact financial measures that included a temporary restriction of lending in January and an increase in reserves for some banks. This news, combined with the sharp run-up in China stocks and concerns over debt problems in Portugal, Spain and Greece, gave investors an excuse to lock in profits. There have also been ramblings by skeptics that China is the midst of a real-estate bubble and that its banks are overextended with risky loans that could lead to a credit meltdown. This is all the more reason for China to be proactive! It seems a little too early to proclaim China's growth story game, set, and match. It is illogical to paint as a bleak a picture as pundits would have it, asserting that China growth is "fake-fueled" only by stimulus. I find it amusing that the half-glass-empty camp moans that the Chinese leadership is embarking on goals to slow growth from 10.7% to around a targeted 8% growth. The latter was always the expectation, and now it's not enough?


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Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Evita Comes to San Francisco
Also see Richard's reviews of Miss Coco Peru Undaunted,
Sovereign Entertainment's touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita is making its home at the Golden Gate Theatre through April 10th. Once again the theatre is ringing with cries of "Evita, Evita, Evita," although not quite as strongly as some of the recent productions I have seen. This seems to be a more "friendly" version of the Webber-Rice classic. This marks my 9th time seeing the musical version of Eva Peron's life, beginning with the original Elaine Page in London, to Patti LuPone in New York, plus Loni Ackerman in Los Angeles. There have been touring companies and two very good regional productions during the past several years.
The current tour is being supervised by Harold Prince with Larry Fuller, the show's original choreographer. I love Andrew Lloyd Webber's score and I think Tim Rice's lyrics are vibrant. The number "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" still gives me chills with those heartfelt words by the lyricist. The waltz melody sung by Eva and Che in the second act is still melodic, with the sharp exchange of Rice's lyrics. Fuller's original choreography of the upper class and the military is fun to watch. (For opening night, the producers had the children of the local Matthew Liebowitz vocal studio play the children in several scenes which included the lovely Santa Evita. These roles will be taken over by members of the cast for the rest of the run.)
Basically, however, the production is lackluster and a little tired, and the energy is lacking for most of the chorus. Kathy Voytko (Ariadne in Broadway's The Frogs, national tour of Phantom of the Opera playing Christine) starts out very weak and for some unknown reason reminded me of Barbara Stanwyck in Walk on the Wild Side. However, she gets into the character of Eva as she meets Juan Peron and is very good in the big song "Don't Cry For Me Argentina."
Bradley Dean (Broadway credits Anselmo in the recent revival of Man of La Mancha plus Jane Eyre and Harmony) gives an invigorating performance as Che. He has great vocal cords for the role. Philip Hernandez (Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert in Les Miserables on Broadway) is imposing as Juan Peron, and he shows the character's inconsistent sides in the second act. He has a lovely, soft voice when singing "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for you." Kate Manning (on Broadway in A Year with Frog and Toad) as Peron's mistress seems to be like a pattern of Carol Baker in Baby Doll. Her big number, "Another Suitcase in Another Hall," is nicely done, however. Gabriel Burrafato (on Broadway Bombay Dreams) as Magaldi seems miscast and does not have that sexual aura when singing "On This Night of a Thousand Stars."
Evita's set design by Tim O'Brien, adapted by James Fouchard, is effective with the movie screen showing the real Eva Peron greeting hordes of persons in Argentina and highlights of her European trip that turned out to be a disaster of public relations. There are inferences of politics and religion incorporated into the set.
Evita plays at the Golden Gate Theatre, Taylor Street off Market, San Francisco through April 10th. Tickets range from $35 to $85th. For tickets please call ticketmaster 415-512-7770 or go to www.bestofboadway-sf.com. The Best of Broadway upcoming events include Sir Peter Hall's production of William Shakespeare's As You Like It April 5th through May 1 at the Curran Theatre and the pre-Broadway run of Lennon April 12 through May 14 at the Orpheum Theatre.


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I save my Bon Appetit for 1 whole year in an archive magazine box on the book shelf - and then in January of the next year, I go through them again and decide which ones I want to save into the next year and which ones (that I've never used) get tossed out. Works great!! :)
I keep all my Bon Appetit and Everyday Food mags as handy recipe guides. They come in really handy sometimes.
Yes -- so unfortunately, my house looks like a periodicals library!
I have piles of old food magazines that I have kept and still go back to. After publications like Williams-Sonoma's Taste and (the beloved) Gourmet magazines ceased publication I am glad I kept them all :)
I flag the recipes I want to make and keep them with my cookbooks. I'm getting WAY too many though, so I had to stop subscribing!
Not only do I save them, but every few months I go through all of them and cut out the recipes I like. Then I take the recipes and put them into photo albums (the kind with the sticky sheets covered in clear plastic) and sort them into groups, i.e. appetizers, vegetarian, desserts etc. I have already filled two of these!
I'm sure we have a secret stash growing somewhere.
My grandmother used to have piles and piles, and I would always read them and photocopy what I l liked and keep it in a binder. When I subscribed, I kept the ones that had things I actually wanted to make, otherwise I would chuck them because they would take over my home.
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As is usual each year, I felt it was important last year to get away from home during the summer months. As much as I love July and August in Manitoba, the rigours of everyday work-a-day life are demanding and draining, and I think there's nothing like travel to reinvigorate oneself. So I usually try to take a holiday of some sort during July and August.
Last year, my husband, who scours the internet regularly to find great travel packages, discovered what we felt was a really good deal through WestJet Vacations for a trip to Barbados. We'd visited this tiny island in the Lesser Antilles six years before for six glorious hours, when we'd stopped off during our one and only cruise. (He got incurably, viciously seasick, and we'll never cruise again. Not together, anyway. Which is sad, because I loved cruising!)
Anyway, back then, we walked a lovely beach, had great local beer — Banks is the beer of Barbados and certainly the best we sampled there — and in general, had a wonderful time.
So when we had the chance to go back for a full two weeks, we thought "what the heck" and put our money down.
While many flights to Barbados are direct from Winnipeg from November through April — the high tourist season — this summer excursion was simplest flying out of Toronto.
We used Airmiles to get to TO, and spent a memorable overnight there before heading off to the land of palm trees and calm seas the next day. And the reason the Toronto portion of the journey was memorable was because of — you guessed it! — good service, great food and decent wine.
I know lots of folks travel to Toronto for exactly the reason we did — to catch a plane to somewhere else — so I'm really pleased to relate what we experienced there. Most of the hotels have free shuttles to and from the airport, and the Best Western Plus Travel Hotel (Toronto Airport) on Eglinton Avenue was no exception.
The service was prompt and friendly — they came and picked us up as soon as we called — and the basic room was nicely appointed (check out the pics at traveltorontohotel.com), the stay was wonderfully quiet, the shower was refreshing — I mean, it was all impressive. Especially for $110 a night. In Toronto. Near the airport.
I was amazed. And I'd certainly recommend the hotel in and of itself.
But wait — there's more.
Eight steps from my hotel door — I counted — was a fantastic Italian restaurant. Michele's (or Mickele's — they were undergoing or have undergone a name change because everybody always gave the name a French pronunciation rather than the intended Italian one) is an intimate, elegant, delightful establishment. (It's attached to the hotel, but not affiliated with it.) And since we were still trying to decide what to do with our evening (translation: where we going to eat) and really were hoping not to have to venture too far — we decided to grab a glass of wine in Michele's/Mickele's and scope it out.
Well! From the moment we entered, we were impressed. The decor is lovely — very old world — and the atmosphere very much like other authentic Italian spots I'd visited in recent years in the heart of downtown Toronto.
We ordered drinks — me a glass of the house Chardonnay (which they were out of — not a really great beginning, but they remedied that shaky start down the line) and my husband, I think, ordered a beer.
The waiter suggested I try "something similar (to a Chard) from Italy." I said yes, and a large, well-chilled glass of Fontana di Papa Colli Albani soon arrived at my table.
I tasted it. It wasn't remotely like Chardonnay. Not by a long shot. It was nondescript, really more like a weak, watery Soave on first sip, and Soaves aren't intense to begin with. But then — Holy Improvement, Batman! — there was this blast of smoke, maybe oak, on the finish. And it went on a long, long time. It was one of the weirdest, but consequently most interesting, whites I've ever tried, simply because of that post-sip turnaround. And it was — I think — six bucks for a generous glass.
The rest of the evening passed in a blissful, pre-vacation haze — more wine, of course, this time the Hardy's Stamp of Australia Chardonnay (which I drank for much of the vacation — it's the white house wine in many establishments in Barbados because it's inexpensive (usually around $11 Canadian in the liquor stores there and $20 or $22 in the Bajan restaurants) and delivers a lot of punch for the price. We had some of the best calamari we've ever had, lightly dusted with Mickele's special seasoning and flash fried, then dipped in creamy garlic sauce. There was more than enough to share plentifully for $12.
Then we ordered a wonderful Caprese salad — again, tons of food, lots for two, for just $11. Then we moved on to the main course — I was dying for pasta, and the Veal Linguini had my name written all over it. Veal strips , rapini and mushrooms, shaved cheese and truffle olive oil. There was enough for two, but I ate as much of it as I could — not all of it, to be sure — and it was a more-than-reasonable $20.
We noted throughout the course of our evening that we were two of perhaps six diners in the place — and it was packed — speaking English. Everyone else was speaking Italian. If that's not an endorsement of the authenticity of the cuisine, I don't know what is. I mean, if Italians are patronizing an Italian eatery when there are probably hundreds of options in a city the size of Toronto, it's got to be good.
So if you're heading to Toronto, I can't recommend the food, the wine, the accommodation, and the prices at the Best Western Plus Travel Hotel (Toronto Airport) on Eglinton more heartily. Great food, good wine, excellent accommodation, superior service — who could ask for anything more?


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Vintage: 2011The year 2011 was an interesting year for many northern and central European countries, as the weather was more than unpredictable in the spring and summer. However, in most countries, the climatic conditions thankfully settled down in the late summer and fall. The result of this slightly difficult year of weather in France was a set of surprisingly small yields, but overall, these yields were of a higher quality than those harvested in certain previous years. A fantastic set of wines was also made in Italy and Spain, and the Rioja wines - when released - are set to be very good indeed. Austria also had superb year in 2011, with almost fifty percent more grapes being grown and used for their distinctive Gruner Veltliner wines than in the year before. Possibly the European country which had the finest 2011, though, was Portugal, with wineries in the Douro region claiming this year to be one of the best in decades for the production of Port wine, and the bright, young Vinho Verdes wines. In the New World, the Pacific Northwest saw some of the best weather of 2011, and Washington State and Oregon reportedly had a highly successful year, especially for the cultivation of high quality red wine grapes. Chile and Argentina had a relatively cool year, which certainly helped retain the character of many of their key grape varietals, and should make for some exciting drinking. South Africa had especially good weather for their white wine grape varietals, particularly Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, and many South African wineries are reporting 2011 as one of their best years in recent memory.
Varietal: TempranilloThe wines made from the Tempranillo grape varietal have gone down in history as being some of the finest in the world, with the Spanish region of Riot being one of the most famed and respected examples of a quality red wine made with this grape. Elsewhere in the world, the Tempranillo grape has had plenty of success, and grows best in regions with a mixture of hot sunshine and cooling breezes. These grapes hold plenty of intense and interesting flavors, and are often said to hold many of the most sought after flavors to be found in a red wine. Leather, tobacco, plums and herbs are often noted in wines made with Tempranillo grapes, and the blended wines made with this varietal are often seen at the top of world rankings.
Region: Castilla Y LeonCastilla y Leon is one of the oldest wine regions in Europe, and is a fascinating area for those passionate about the finest Spanish wines. For centuries, Castilla y Leon has attracted attention, due to its fascinating history, stunning architecture and interesting food and wine traditions. The vast plain of Castilla y Leon has developed a culture which is all its own, and the wines which have been made for centuries in the historic wineries of the region do all they can to reflect this. As such, many of the most distinctively 'Spanish' wines of the country hail from this region, including those made with classic Spanish grapes, such as the robust and spicy Tempranillo, or the more fruity, aromatic white Verdejo and Viura varietals.
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Ever since the Phoenicians and Romans brought their knowledge of vine cultivation to Spanish soils, the country's culture has grown alongside wine production, with wine being a vital part of Spanish identity and Spanish traditions. Each region of Spain has a wine quite distinct from the others, and it is produced by smallholders and families as much as it is by large companies and established wineries. From the relatively mild and lush regions of La Rioja to the arid plateaus that surround Madrid, grapes are grown in abundance for the now booming Spanish wine industry, and new laws and regulations have recently been put in place to keep the country's standards high. By combining traditional practices with modern technology, Spanish wineries are continuing to produce distinctive wines of great character, flavor and aroma, with the focus shifting in recent decades to quality over quantity.


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Dear Hoover Families,
After four very enjoyable years of serving the Hoover community as Principal, I have accepted an offer to become the Superintendent of Schools in Charles City. My final day with Hoover will be today. Mr. Mike Fisher will serve as Acting Principal until a new principal is chosen.
It has been an honor to serve at Hoover and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity. We have amazing students and staff here. I am excited to watch from afar as the Leader in Me program continues to flourish and grow at Hoover, providing quality leadership experiences for all students. The recent addition of a Project Lead the Way course for the coming school year will complement the 21st century education that Hoover offers. And the list goes on…
The selection process for a new principal is currently underway. An announcement is expected to be made at the end of this month.
Again, thank you for a wonderful four years.
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(This post is part of our series on tracking hedge fund portfolios. If you're unfamiliar with tracking investments they disclose via SEC filings, check out our series preface on hedge fund filings.)
Next up is Stephen Mandel's hedge fund Lone Pine Capital. Mandel's firm is named after a historical lone pine tree at his alma mater, Dartmouth College. Before founding his own firm, Mandel worked at Julian Robertson's legendary Tiger Management and he seeks to identify companies with good management teams that are trading below intrinsic value. Recent activity out of Lone Pine includes a new stake in Longtop Financial Technologies (NYSE:LFT) as well as a new position in Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV).
For 2009, Lone Pine's main fund Lone Cypress was up 17.7% as noted in our hedge fund performance numbers post. Additionally, its Lone Kauri was up 12.1%, Lone Cascade up 44.4%, and Lone Dragon Pine up 72.9%. For other investment ideas from Mandel's hedge fund, we previously saw that it is bullish on education plays as well.
The positions listed below were Lone Pine's long equity, note, and options holdings as of March 31st, 2010 as filed with the SEC. All holdings are common stock unless otherwise denoted:
Brand New Positions
Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH)
DaVita (NYSE:DVA)
United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS)
Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP)
Coca Cola (NYSE:KO)
Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI)
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)
Polo Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL)
Amphenol (NYSE:APH)
Walter Energy (NYSE:WLT)
Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM)
Live Nation (LYV) ~ we covered this back when they bought it
Longtop Financial Technologies (LFT) ~ we also previously detailed this new stake
PNC Financial (NYSE:PNC)
O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY)
Apollo Group (NASDAQ:APOL)
Invesco (NYSE:IVZ)
Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE:WYN)
Umpqua Holdings (NASDAQ:UMPQ)
Increased Positions
New Oriental Education (NYSE:EDU): Increased by 238.2%
Mead Johnson Nutrition (NYSE:MJN): Increased by 127.1%
Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK): Increased by 119.8%
Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM): Increased by 87.8%
Pactiv (PTV): Increased by 74.42%
Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC): Increased by 33.9%
Accenture (NYSE:ACN): Increased by 31.8%
CVS Caremark (NYSE:CVS): Increased by 16.7%
Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM): Increased by 14.7%
Estee Lauder (NYSE:EL): Increased by 14.6%
Dr Pepper Snapple (NYSE:DPS): Increased by 7%
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC): Increased by 5.22%
JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM): Increased by 1.88%
Reduced Positions
Monsanto (NYSE:MON): Reduced position by 63.6%
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ:GMCR): Reduced by 59%
Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP): Reduced by 47.5%
Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ): Reduced by 42.5%
Baxter International (NYSE:BAX): Reduced by 39.4%
Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS): Reduced by 38.2%
Visa (NYSE:V): Reduced by 33.5%
Goodrich (NYSE:GR): Reduced by 21.6%
Mindray Medical (NYSE:MR): Reduced by 18%
Citrix Systems (NASDAQ:CTXS): Reduced by 11.8%
McDonald's (NYSE:MCD): Reduced by 8.76%
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL): Reduced by 7%
Strayer Education (NASDAQ:STRA): Reduced by 5.05%
Positions Lone Pine Sold Out of Completely
HSBC Holdings (HBC)
Walgreen (WAG)
Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS)
FLIR Systems (NASDAQ:FLIR)
eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY)
Discovery Communications (NASDAQ:DISCA)
Precision Castparts (NYSE:PCP)
Schein (NASDAQ:HSIC)
Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN)
Smithfield Foods (NYSE:SFD)
VistaPrint (VPRT)
Melco Crown (MPEL)
E*Trade Financial (NASDAQ:ETFC)
Marvel (MVL)
Grupo Aeroportuario Pacifico (NYSE:PAC)
Grupo Aeroportuario Sure (NYSE:ASR)
Deltek (NASDAQ:PROJ)
Top 15 Holdings (by percentage of assets reported on 13F filing)
- JPMorgan Chase (JPM): 7.73%
- Qualcomm (QCOM): 5.72%
- Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH): 5.39%
- Apple (AAPL): 5.36%
- Accenture (ACN): 4.67%
- Yum Brands (YUM): 4.56%
- McDonald's (MCD): 4.50%
- Wells Fargo (WFC): 4.43%
- Baxter International (BAX): 3.57%
- Visa (V): 3.21%
- Strayer Education (STRA): 3.04%
- DaVita (DVA): 2.86%
- Bank of America (BAC): 2.65%
- Hewlett Packard (HPQ): 2.53%
- New Oriental Education (EDU): 2.27%
Lone Pine's largest exposure by far is in the information technology sector, followed by consumer discretionary and financials. For us, the most notable change to Mandel's portfolio was the addition of a brand new position in Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) that Lone Pine made its third largest holding.The hedge fund's new stake in DaVita (DVA) was also sizable.
Of positions it already owned, Lone Pine added heavily to its holdings in New Oriental Education (EDU), Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN), Autodesk (ADSK), Yum Brands (YUM), and Pactiv (PTV). We make special note of Lone Pine's increase in MJN as we had previously examined why hedge funds like Mead Johnson Nutrition. Many hedge funds owned it in the fourth quarter of 2009 and as you'll see from our continuing coverage of first quarter 2010 portfolios, tons of hedgies have shares of MJN in their portfolio this time around as well.
Of the positions Lone Pine sold out of completely, only HSBC (HBC), Walgreen (WAG), and Walt Disney (DIS) were previously sizable stakes. The hedge fund also significantly reduced position sizes in some of the hedge fund favorite names such as Monsanto (MON), Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR), and Popular (BPOP).
Assets reported on the 13F filing were $10.3 billion this quarter. Data from the SEC is aggregated and sorted automatically by Alphaclone, our source for sorting through all the hedge fund portfolio maneuvers and backtesting the performance. Remember that these filings are not representative of the hedge fund's entire base of AUM.
This post is part of our daily hedge fund portfolio tracking series. We've already detailed activity from numerous managers so click the links below to be taken to the respective portfolio updates: Seth Klarman's Baupost Group as well as Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. Be sure to check back daily for new hedge fund updates.


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ABC's The Note quickly moves the goal posts
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Having helped lead the Beltway media charge in the Obama's-losing-the-message-war brigade surrounding the stimulus bill, The Note, conceding that Obama's Monday night press conference helped changed the dynamics of that message war, quickly shifts gears and today starts hyping Obama doom-and-gloom surrounding the bank bailout legislation:
President Obama can still dictate a message -- as Monday's hour-long primetime news conference (just 13 questions, with answers as mini-lectures) clearly showed. But he has a long way to go before Washington will be his -- as the narrow Senate vote, and the tenuous compromise that's emerging out of Congress, show equally well.
As for what he needs Washington to come through on -- that gets even more complicated Tuesday. Now the president needs the nation to swallow not just an $800 billion stimulus package, but more help for banks (rivals of Congress in the race for low approval ratings these days).
Did you notice how Obama's been president three full weeks and Washington still is not yet his? (What's wrong with this guy!?) BTW, love the doomsday "narrow Senate vote" language. Because in case you already forgot, the senate vote on closure for the stimulus bill was 61-36.
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The statewide property tax will increase three cents to five cents this year, according to the Shumlin administration.
Unless schools make an effort to cut spending or the state makes a change in the base education rate formula, the statewide property tax rate will go up five cents for every $100 worth of property value. The current rate for commercial property is $1.38 and the rate for homestead property is 89 cents. Rates can be higher in local jurisdictions, which are based on local spending levels.
Tax Commissioner Mary Petersen is expected to send a letter to lawmakers about the increase by Dec. 1. She declined to say what the rate would be.
In a letter to school districts on Monday, Gov. Peter Shumlin asks educational leaders, i.e. superintendents, business office managers and school board members, to keep their budgets in check. The letter makes it clear that if schools spend more than the rate of inflation (2.2 percent) the statewide property tax rate will likely go up by as much as 5 cents.
The governor points out that while schools have performed well he says schools must "redouble efforts to constrain, if not reduce, education spending."
State officials say early estimates show that school spending will likely go up by 4.8 percent in the coming year. That increase translates to a 5 cent uptick, based on current numbers and statutory requirements that provide for inflation-adjusted increases in the funding formula for schools.
"By all accounts, our spending levels are among the highest in the nation," Shumlin writes.
Shumlin, like his Republican predecessor Gov. Jim Douglas, asks school leaders to hold the line on school spending at a time when student enrollments continue to decline. There are currently 89,400 students in Vermont schools; next year the number is expected to drop by 650.
"If you all can hold school spending to the rate of inflation the increase will be less," Shumlin writes. "I understand that situations vary by district and support local decision making by school boards and voters, but acknowledge that we are looking at the fifteenth consecutive year of declining enrollments."
Despite a dramatic decline in enrollments from a recent high of 103,000 students, Vermont consistently ranks among the top education spending states. The American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative think tank, placed the state seventh in school spending. Vermont has the third highest public education spending rate on a per capita basis in the country, according to a ranking published by Deseret News, a Salt Lake City newspaper this year.
The governor's letter is accompanied by a spreadsheet that details spending levels for every school district in the state. The average spending per pupil is $12,788. Mount Tabor, in Rutland County, will spend about $9,038 per pupil this year, while the Reading school district in Windsor County, will spend $18,650 on each student this year.
Jeb Spaulding, the secretary of the Agency of Administration, said the two biggest factors that affect the statewide property tax rate are spending at the local level and the grand list, or the market value of real estate, on which the rates are calculated. "The governor doesn't control either one of those," Spaulding said.
The only way the administration and lawmakers can reduce the statewide rate is by lowering the per pupil base education state reimbursement rate for schools. The difference between that rate and the actual cost to educate students is made up by local property tax increases.
Steve Dale, executive director of the Vermont School Boards Association, said the letter is reasonable. "It's just a reminder to boards as putting finishing touches on their budgets," Dale said. "It's important to be aware of the fact there's very limited funds and it's important to keep spending within limits."
Upward pressures could make keeping budgets in check difficult, Dale said.
Health insurance premiums are set to increase by 14 percent this year.


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…Greg and Scott have been handling the processing and organizing of UAV imagery, but it was someone else's turn. I drew the short straw so I went to the UAV staging area. I thought I would be there all day so I just wore my flip flops. They only were doing two flights with the Gatewing X100, so I was free to go collect some data. I put a level logger where the main stream enters the ocean to see the possible tidal influence… I also mapped all the culverts and areas where freshwater enters the ocean along the front of the valley. I did get to see the take off and landing of one of the X100 flights. It's amazing to see a totally automated flight go successfully.
This afternoon we had a meeting about the status of everyone's project. It was good to hear where everyone else is with theirs. I've formulated a plan for the rest of the data I need to collect. Wednesday and Thursday will be all data processing and preparing of presentations. It is definitely going to be a busy week coming up… Tomorrow is a day off to see some touristy sights!


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The White family's fingerprints are all over the Salt Lake Valley.
They are now imprinted on the foothills as well, preserving a strip of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail along the base of Grandeur Peak.
Descendants of post-World War II real estate developer M. Kenneth White recently donated almost 18 acres to Salt Lake County, land that wraps around the west face of the mountain immediately south of Parleys Canyon. The three parcels just above the highest houses on the east bench near 3300 South will allow the Bonneville Shoreline Trail to be extended by a third of a mile, part of a long-range effort to provide a contiguous hiking and biking path between Parleys and Mill Creek canyons.
"It is such a generous offer and gift from the family," said Cort Ashton, an open-space advocate as a then-Salt Lake County councilman and now head of the county's Open Space Trust Fund Advisory Committee.
"We're just in awe," he added. "We're so used to having to buy these parcels, and people wanting top dollar for them. To end up with property like this in our stewardship is just incredible."
The decision to donate was not completely philanthropic, acknowledged Joyce Jackson, 81, one of Kenneth and Ada Marie White's four children, all now in their late 70s and early 80s.
The family had paid property taxes on the parcels for decades, she said, and the county had not allowed any development to occur there because of the rugged terrain, which already contains a stretch of road that served quarries abandoned long ago.
But Jackson said the family also was inspired by knowing that people have enjoyed walking those foothills for years and that many more will do so in decades to come, especially when the whole Bonneville Shoreline Trail is completed from Cache to Juab counties.
"Mother and father would be pleased," she said.
Their family name already is etched into Salt Lake County's political landscape. White City is the name of several islands of unincorporated land surrounded by Sandy, subdivisions that Kenneth White developed in the mid-1950s when Sandy was mostly farmland.
White also developed water companies that have been merged into today's water districts. He bought lands and built homes from Kearns to the east-bench neighborhoods below Grandeur Peak and Mount Olympus.
He and Ada Marie also kicked in money toward construction of the White Community Memorial Chapel, a replica of the LDS Church's historic 18th Ward building that occupies a prominent position on the bench just south of the Utah Capitol.
"My grandparents were very generous to the community all of their lives," said W. Kevin Jackson, Joyce's son, and the family's contact on the deal with county Real Estate Director Lee Colvin. "If there was a need for something, if there was a way they could accommodate a request [for assistance], they did it."
The White family approached the county this spring with the offer to donate the parcels directly south of 14 acres the county owns at the mouth of Parleys Canyon.
Colvin was excited, knowing the land "has a beautiful view of Grandeur Peak and the whole valley," he said. "And we [the county] have a good trailhead at the mouth of Parleys where you can get up there on your mountain bike or two feet and take a hike."
An outside appraisal valued the property at $205,000, an amount that can be deducted on tax returns of MK White Enterprises, the company that handles the holdings of four existing generations of White family members.
"We just need to find a way to extend the trail over to Mill Creek Canyon," Colvin said. "But there are a lot of property owners [in the remaining stretch]. Getting all that land will probably cost a pretty penny. So to get a third of a mile for nothing is incredible."
Kevin Jackson said he is eager to see the Bonneville Shoreline Trail take shape on his family's former lands, and leading his grandchildren and great-grandchildren up there "and telling them this is partly because of our family. We have connections to the ground here."
Ashton is convinced future Utahns will be appreciative, too.
"Trails rank very high in what the public wants and what they think their governments ought to be providing for them," he said. "To have property like this, where people can recreate and enjoy the place in which they live, it adds so much more to the community."
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Bonneville Shoreline Trail
The envisioned trail follows shorelines left behind by the lake that covered much of western Utah and extended into southern Idaho and eastern Nevada from 32,000 to 14,500 years ago.
The trail would stretch from Idaho to northern Juab County. In Salt Lake County alone, 56 miles of trail have been identified.


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the book costs 10$ more than the printing cost, all proceeds go to more concrete at Marginal Way Skatepark. Be a geek and collect a book to put on your shelf to look at and share.
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Thu 27th Feb 2014, by Robert Schlader, Nick Clement, Jesse Pruit, questions by Kirsty Parkin. | Readerproject
CGSociety talks to three artists who have a different take on modelling creatures. Working for the Idaho Virtualisation Lab they scan and model the most ancient of creatures and reproduce them physically and digitally to share knowledge and aid research about our distant past.
Robert, Nick, and Jesse: The Idaho Virtualization Laboratory (IVL) is an integrative, multidisciplinary research laboratory at Idaho State University (ISU) and is a research unit of the Idaho Museum of Natural History. The laboratory houses technology for the digitization of museum and research specimens using surface scanners and virtualization software.
Our main goals are to democratize science, facilitate scientific research and collaboration, improve education and outreach, and better preserve natural and cultural history collections stored in museums and other scientific repositories. We do this through the use of modern informatics and 3D visualization techniques.
The IVL is funded by private foundations, the Idaho Museum of Natural History, and the National Science Foundation. We are proud to be a world-class facility dedicated to developing three-dimensional technologies to solve scientific and investigative questions. We also aim to make specimen data and entire museum repositories available to the world.
The IVL produces extremely high-quality virtual files of objects or specimens and we are renown in the field of heritage digitization for the advances we have made in high accuracy texture-mapping and for developing scanning protocols that optimize protection for the specimens being scanned from discovery through analysis and curation. The primary focus of the laboratory efforts are in the fields of archaeology, palaeontology, and broader areas of natural history.
Nick: I began 3D modeling with the Idaho Virtualization Laboratory as a graduate student studying Anthropology in 2005. I had a fairly extensive background in art and a professor of mine learned that the lab was looking for another technician and thought I would be a good fit. Once I learned the ropes I fell in love with it. Working within a museum environment and dealing almost exclusively with museum collections is fascinating. The 'talent' that we place in front of the lasers is always changing so there was always something new and amazing to work with, each object provides unique challenges requiring different approaches. I started almost nine years ago and the work has not lost any of its luster.
Jesse: Before I started working for the lab, I was an intern in the vertebrate palaeontology department at the Idaho Museum of Natural History working on the early phase of the Helicoprion research. We had received funding to CT scan the fossil that later revealed the jaws of the shark, but not enough money to process those images. Luckily the lab had the software necessary to process CT data so I jumped into the deep end and extracted the fossil from the rock with what I like to call "digital prep". Once I worked out that I could take a fairly unremarkable chunk of rock and turn it into a paradigm shifting discovery using nothing but computers it was pretty hard to go back!
Robert: I got involved with the IVL because I was working as the IMNH's webmaster when Ralph Chapman was putting together the original funding proposal. Since he thought of me as "the computer guy" he asked me to put together the computer specifications, and find the current "state of the art" laser scanners. Then Ralph hired me to be one of the scan techs who received the training on how to use the hardware and software, and I've been working here ever since.
Nick: Over the years we have worked on a range of projects that have aided in the development of new and innovative ways of analyzing and distributing scientific data. Our online comparative osteological databases were the first of their kind in the fields of archaeology and vertebrate osteology and during their construction we built the first two fully digitized and articulated Orca whales, the first Humpback whale and many others.
Then we began our first NSF funded heritage digitization project of capturing every bird, fish and mammal in the arctic The Virtual Zooarchaeology of the Arctic Project (or VZAP for short). There were only a handful of scanning labs doing this kind of research in the world, so there was a great deal of room for first offs and we were very fortunate to be a part of that. One notable project that I worked on was a paleo-forensic reconstruction of an archaeologically recovered animal attack victim where we used 3D modeling to aid in understanding the trauma that was present on the skeletal remains. I cannot say too much about that as it is still in the publication stages but, to my knowledge, it was also the first of its kind in using 3D modeling for this kind of archaeological analysis.
Robert: We have scanned a number of fossils in my time here. The majority of the advances that have resulted from examining of those models come in a way that seems counter intuitive at first. When we finish scanning a specimen, we have a colorless model. No surface color at all other than a basic color that the software generates, grey in some applications, blue in others, white in some, etc. By not having color on the surface of the models the only thing visible is the actual morphology of the object. Your eye isn't distracted by the subtle variation of. That allows a researcher to see more of the fine features, like sutures in crania, which are hidden by the color of the item.
Jesse: One of the newest advancements of 3D scanning fossils is CT scanning fossils still in their plaster jackets then 3D printing the data that is extracted. Fossil preparation is expensive, labor intensive, and runs the risk of damaging the specimen. The combination of CT scanning and 3D printing allows researchers to handle the fossil and preserve the original in a stable state at the same time. And the technology is so advanced that any differences in the original and the print are at the micron level. The surface scanners we use give researchers the ability to manipulate digital surrogates of often fragile specimens without the risk of damaging the irreplaceable fossil. Having a virtual model also allows researchers from foreign countries, who would never have the funding available to travel to wherever the fossils are being kept, to perform analyses for their research without ever having to board a plane. This means that more people can evaluate the fossils, which leads to much more solid results and data.
Robert, Nick, and Jesse: The Lab came about through a grant to Idaho State University. The IVL was the brainchild of Ralph Chapman, a paleontologist who, after looking at the condition of the IMNH's paleontology collection, decided that something needed to be done to keep the very fragile collection from being further damaged through handling by researchers and students. The global expansion of the IVL came when Dr. Herbert Maschner took over the leadership of the lab in 2006, and it became a permanent unit of the Idaho Museum of Natural History when Dr. Maschner became the IMNH Director in 2010. The mission of the IVL is founded in what we call the "Democratization of Science" model: making specimens and even entire collections, available to the public and scholars around the world. Since 2006, the IVL has received over $2 million in funding from the National Science Foundation and $1.2 million is awards from private foundations. We also have partnerships with a number of private corporations including Geomagic and Faro.
Walrus CT Scan: "The Carpenter's Revenge: cranial elements of Odobenus rosmarus"
Nick: Career opportunities in heritage digitization are expanding so rapidly that is hard for us to keep up. Factor in the advances in 3D printing and the potential for non-destructive distribution and replication, 3D capture and archiving is the next big thing for museum sciences (and just about everything else from food to car parts). The scientific training helps tremendously. Aside from experience in handling precious and fragile objects, which is an acquired skill in itself, the knowledge accumulated over years of working with collections gives a much greater idea of what things are and how they are supposed to look.
What this means is that there are diagnostic elements of both bones and objects that a trained researcher knows to be on the lookout for and will therefore need to be treated with special attention when digitally archiving an object. In this respect, the scientist cannot be removed from the process; for what would appear a minor detail to an untrained observer can be the one thing which sets an object apart from an assemblage. What should be understood here for someone looking into this type of work is that most of the heritage and museum professionals that begin working in digitization are formally trained in other aspects of science and academia, 3D modeling is a secondary skill set and often at the beginning, poorly understood. As any 3D modeler knows, it is easy to make a model of something, what is not easy is doing it the right way. There are nuances to this work that are hard earned skills to someone learning on the fly as opposed to someone whose training is in 3D modeling and animation first. That said, anyone with a background in modeling and animation can find themselves a thrice welcomed and invaluable asset to any heritage digitization facility.
Robert: The only advice I can really give is simply to have an eye for detail. We have a saying: if it's worth doing it's worth overdoing. We capture more information in our models than is required to just capture the shape. It's similar to adding pores on a character's face when it will never be seen in the renders.
As far as having a science degree, it helps but isn't required. We have had artists work with us in the past, whose work scanning and editing models was just as good as that done by this of us with science based degrees. We have had pure science students (biologists, chemists, geologists, even engineers) who couldn't wrap their heads around how, or why we were doing what we do. In this case what is required is an ability to "see" things in 3d, and to have an interest in producing the best final deliverable possible.
Are career opportunities increasing or expanding? Well, the short answer is yes. As more museums see the benefits of digitizing collections the number of positions for people doing 3D scanning will increase. Regardless of that, there is always a need for scientific illustration and more institutions are looking to create interactive exhibits that have a visual component to them. Those exhibits require artists who can create the environments, actors, props, etc. and produce the animations to entice the public to learn more about the subject. That is only going to grow as time goes by.
Jesse: Between the five of us we generate, on average, 30-50 high resolution 3D models per week. Once we have the models finished, scanned and surfaced in Geomagic studio, we take them into Zbrush for remeshing, cleanup, subdividing, and finally photo textured. Our end result is a 3D model that fully replicates the original item down to the tiniest detail. In the past we have researched the accuracy of our models versus the real thing and they are within 2-3 microns of the original.
The scanning process begins with the object or assemblage that we will be digitizing; factoring in size, complexity, and the nature of the object. Prehistoric basketry versus stone fossil for example, will dictate the workflow that we follow through to the completed mesh.
We use a number of different scanners, or non-contact surface digitizers, to capture our initial data. In house currently we have two Faro Edge Arm non-contact surface digitizing laser systems, a FARO Focus wide range Lidar, two Konica Minolta 9i's, a Next Engine, two much older and rarely used Cyberware scanners, a desktop M15 and the Model Shop MS. We are also currently working on building our own structured light rig though we would love to have a Steinbichler Comet.
The software that we use for data capture and editing depends a great deal on which scanners are in use, primarily we use Geomagic Studio and InnovMetric PolyWorks for a majority of our scanning and editing and Scene and Recap-Pro for Lidar (large area scans, caves, dig sites, etc.).
We use many other software suites for other projects; Mimics for processing CT-data, Daz-Studio for file conversions in making the U3D files used in 3D pdf's, Z-Brush, Photoshop, Headus, Maya and 3D-Studio (rarely). We also try to stay in the open source community so we always have a current trunk version of Blender installed to play with from time to time.
There is often a great deal of editing that goes into the build after the data has been captured. More simple objects require less editing than those that are more complex. However, as we are primarily creating heritage archives for science and analysis we save files in a number of different stages for archive integrity and future research. For example, directly after data capture the raw scans gets registered and saved essentially unedited, we then merged the scan files together and save that as the digital heritage archive. We then edit the scan to produce the model that we then distribute and use in the rest of our editing pipeline. Once a scan file has been merged into a single mesh we can go all the way to high resolution full color and export any stage in between. Any researchers upon request can gain access to any stage of this data for their own work if needed and as we are a federally funded open access scanning and research lab we are happy to provide it.
It is usually a mixture of both. Our Vivid 9i and NextEngine scanners do capture color during the scanning process, but that color information is too low resolution to be useable for what we want. We take a minimum of six high resolution photographs with our 25 megapixel Cannon cameras, one photo for each face of a theoretical cube surrounding the object. If we need to we take more just to ensure the entire surface has been captured photographically.
Unlike most photography, we try to eliminate shadows from our photos and we use macro lenses with a very high f-stop to get as much of the surface in focus as possible with the least amount of optical distortion. This allows us to use the texturing capabilities of software like ZBrush or Mudbox to insert the photographic data into our models which creates as close to an exact color copy of the original object as is currently possible. There will inevitably be seams created at the edges of individual photographs that have been applied to the mesh. These will need to be poly-painted out or smoothed so that the texture is a single cohesive image and not a patchwork of multiple images, experienced texture artists can keep these seams to a minimum if not eliminate them altogether without spending a great deal of time with intensive cleaning.
The manual texturing process is not as exact as relying on color per vertex data capture from a 3D digitizer but the resultant texture map is far cleaner and of much higher resolution than native scan color and can be used to generate even higher levels of detail in the mesh.This is a very time intensive process, both in the setting up and taking the photos and projecting the images onto the model. With our current technology this is unavoidable our goal is to do our best to produce a finished model that matches the original object . We hope to add structured light scanners to our arsenal of scanning equipment soon as they can capture high resolution color data alongside the high resolution 3d data which would eliminate the need for manual texturing. There are times when, for various reasons, we can't get the highly detailed photos, in these cases we will take a reference photo then use polypaint to manually paint the model to get it as close as possible.
Jesse: Yes we did. I took a few of the specimens to a local hospital and had them CT scanned in the regular machine that is used for patients in got some promising results. With the proof of concept we wrote a grant application and got the funding for me to take three fossil sharks to Texas to use the industrial CT machine at UT Austin. I worked with the scan files and with some mentoring from Robert was able to produce the first ever 3D model of the jaws of Helicoprion.
I sent this early model to an expert in the field of fossil CT work, Dr. Alan Pradel, who was able to extract more detail from the scans. With his framework back in hand I went through the scans slice by slice, all 365 of them, from 3 different angles to squeeze every last bit of sharky goodness out of the rock. This is the model that was later published. I then worked with a functional morphologist who works with modern sharks to rebuild the crushed model and fill in missing data. The model was then 3D printed and I built an animatronic set of jaws for the exhibit we opened here.
Robert: Well, at the moment we have a number of projects we are working on. The Virtual Zooarchaeology of the Arctic, and online osteological comparative collection, has been our central project for a number of years, but that is winding down. We are ramping up on the Virtual Museum of Idaho, which is our attempt to digitize as many of the collections here at the IMNH as possible for distribution online.
We are also working on a pilot project for a Virtual Museum of the Arctic, which will eventually include collections from across the globe for northern latitudes, but at the current time is being limited to a few archaeological sites our director, Dr. Herbert Maschner has excavated over the last decade.
Jesse: Nick and I have taken on a side project to repair a horrible cast of a dire wolf skeleton. The cast has been sitting in the basement for a long time because of its poor condition. We are going to digitally repair the cast and 3D print a higher quality and more realistic version for display. We are also hoping to be able to add some new whale remains to our Whales of the World project. Finally there is my ongoing Virtual Paleontology of Idaho project, which is an online database of the more exceptional fossils in our collection. We just went out and scanned a really cool Native American cave site to capture a large collection of rock art that we will be putting online, hopefully soon.
Nick: I would like to add a big thank you to CGSociety for giving us the opportunity to talk with you and reach a much broader audience of 3D professionals. Although a majority of the work we have done is available online, the scope has been relatively specific in the sense that it has been directed towards educators and researchers in the natural sciences. This has of course been very rewarding for us as peers within this community, but we would like to reach out to other professionals in the 3D community as well; to let others know what is happening in these institutions with this technology and to introduce ourselves from the other side of the playing field, for both the exchange of ideas and techniques and to strengthen the broader community of 3D artists and professionals.
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Japanese investment group Jinji Resources has added
Kidman hopes to raise at least $4 million through its initial public offering to help fund exploration in the Northern Territory and in NSW's Lachlan Ford Belt, adjacent to tenements held by Jinji's other key investment, Kimberley Metals.
Under the helm of former banker Charlie Nakamura, Jinji holds about 8.4 million shares or 4.6 per cent of Kimberley, which listed on the ASX in February after being spun out of CBH Resources.
The close proximity of Kimberley's Mineral Hill project in the northern part of the Lachlan Fold Belt to Kidman's NSW tenements, encouraged Mr Nakamura to snap up three million shares in the explorer.
"Right now we're really focusing on Kidman,' Mr Nakamura said. "They are so close to each other. "They (Kimberley) have a plant and it's ready to go."
Triako Resources, (which was acquired by CBH in 2006) operated a 200,000 tonne per annum plant at Mineral Hill between 1989 and 2005, producing 360,000 ounces of gold in copper concentrate and gold bullion.
Kimberley is currently refurbishing the plant to treat ore from its Pearse open pit gold and silver mine and the Parkers Hill underground copper mine from the middle of next year. The plant has two process trains, which will enable Kimberley to treat gold through a carbon-in-leach circuit and base metal ores through a flotation circuit.
Kidman's key project Blind Calf, shares its eastern boundary with the Mineral Hill mine. Previous drilling returned numerous copper intersections, including 18 metres grading 1.2 per cent copper from a depth of 47.2 metres.
"If you are positioned near a mill, then the theory is, provided you can negotiate on reasonable terms with the owner, there is some sort of potential there," Kidman managing Andrew Buxton said.
Kidman has also interests in the Northern Territory, where hand sampling of surface rocks at its Arthur Popes prospect in Hale River region identified copper as well as rare earth oxides.
Kidman, which lodged its prospectus last week, plans to issue at least 20 million shares at 20¢ each. Investors will also receive one free attaching option for every two new shares subscribed.
Mr Buxton, who co-founded Media Entertainment Group which was later acquired by Consolidated Press Holdings in the late 1990s owns 6.25 million shares in the company.
Patersons Securities is acting as lead manager to the IPO.
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'The Hobbit' Is Changing the Way You Watch Movies, So How Should You See Peter Jackson's Prequel?
If you're planning to see the fantasy epic when it opens on Dec. 14, you may be faced with as many as six different 2D and 3D formats to choose from, thanks to director Peter Jackson's controversial decision to shoot in a new format that truly alters the way we see movies, with results that you may find visually dazzling, dizzying, or disorienting.
HFR, 48 FPS, HFR IMAX 3D — if all this alphabet soup just looks like Elvish runes to you, then read on for our consumer guide to the six formats The Hobbit is screening in, from the familiar to the strange and brand new, along with the pros and cons of each viewing option.
What Is HFR?
If you read the movie listings this weekend to find The Hobbit at your multiplex, you may notice those three initials. They stand for High Frame Rate. It's a new format for commercial film, resulting from Jackson's decision to shoot the movie at 48 frames per second (FPS), or twice the rate of 24 FPS that's been the standard in movies for 85 years, since the beginning of the sound era.
With HFR, twice as many frames means twice as much visual information stuffed into each second of the movie. It also means more fluid depiction of movement, nearly eliminating the strobe effect that's more perceptible at 24 FPS. And it means sharper, clearer images, with less of the painterly grain that characterized celluloid film (and that digitally-shot movies often mimic).
Reviews of the new format have been mixed. To some viewers, HFR more fully immerses them into Jackson's fantasy world; to others. the format takes them out of that world because it can't help but call attention to itself. (After all, we've all been watching 24 FPS movies our whole lives.) Some liken the new look to that of videotape or videogames, and some liken it to seeing a stage play, where there's more immediacy but also more apparent artifice in the sets, costumes, and makeup.
Standard: The usual 24 FPS, 2D screening method.
Pros: It's what you're used to. It's also the only option where you won't pay an enhanced-format surcharge.
Cons: You're literally missing half the picture Jackson shot.
3D: The now-familiar stereoscopic format, requiring rental glasses.
Pros: Well, Jackson did shoot the movie in 3D, so you're getting closer to his immersive vision.
Cons: You're still seeing the movie at 24 FPS and not getting the full HFR effect.
IMAX: The large-screen format — in 2D, at the normal frame rate.
Pros: Bigger is better, right?
Cons: Not always. True IMAX screens aren't just larger; they're also a different shape, more squarish than regular screens, and many stories taller, so that they completely fill your field of vision. At your multiplex, however, you may be getting a slightly larger screen than usual but not necessarily a taller screen or one that's the right shape. America's movie theaters are full of such retrofitted "LieMAX" screens offering faux-IMAX that's scarcely different from the standard 35MM projection in the room next door, even though you're paying an extra $5 per ticket for it. For a fuller explanation of the vast differences between real and fake IMAX, as well as a relatively up-to-date list of true IMAX theaters nationwide, read this Slashfilm article.
Pros: Even in a LieMAX theater, digital 3D is still a richer experience than 3D on a standard screen.
Cons: It's the most expensive option for ticketbuyers — unless theaters start charging even more for HFR IMAX 3D (see below).
HFR 3D: The new format pioneered by Jackson's Hobbit, running at 48 FPS, twice the old standard frame rate.
Pros: This is how Jackson meant viewers to see the film. Touted advantages included improved fluidity of motion, picture clarity, and visual intimacy, as discussed above.
Cons: The new format takes some getting used to and calls attention to itself, in ways that may take you out of the experience instead of plunging you deeper into Middle-earth, as discussed above. Also, if you were hoping for a 2D HFR experience, you're out of luck, at least on this movie.
HFR IMAX 3D: The large-screen version of HFR 3D.
Pros: This ought to be the ultimate way to see the movie, right?
Cons: Not necessarily. Whether you're seeing it in true IMAX or LieMAX, you're not seeing it in the aspect ration Jackson shot in, so some of the picture will inevitably be cropped. The visual intimacy complaints that some critics have with HFR — that it reveals all the fantasy-world artifice of Jackson's Middle-earth as blatantly fake — ought to be even more glaring and literally in-your-face. And of course, it'll be the most expensive ticket, equal to or maybe even costlier than low frame rate IMAX 3D.
Have we helped you understand the difference between all of the film formats? Let us know how you will be watching The Hobbit in the comments below!
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Core Technology
Andes Biotechnologies' core technology is composed of oligonucleotides targeting non-coding mitochondrial RNAs, focusing on cancer.
Andes Biotechnologies' core technology is composed of oligonucleotides targeting non-coding mitochondrial RNAs, focusing on cancer.
Andes Biotechnologies is currently carrying out Phase 1 trials in the United States to test the safety of Andes-1537
Andes holds over 49 issued patents (including the EU, US, Japan) covering compositions of matter and the diagnostic and therapeutic uses of non-coding mitochondrial RNAs and oligonucleotides that target the RNA
Andes Biotechnologies represents the most exciting moment of my career. Our core technology could represent an important advance in the treatment of all forms of cancer. By disrupting a novel family of RNA targets of mitochondrial origin with anti-sense technology, we can selectively destroy cancerous cells with no effect on healthy cells.
This is a completely new approach to treatment and so has the potential to create a whole new class of therapeutic products.
Bioworld magazine recently interviewed Andes Biotechnologies' Chief Operating Officer about the Company's next steps in the United States. To access the full interview (subscription required), click in the following link:…
Andes Biotechnologies has received confirmation from the FDA that its IND is active so its Phase I clinical trial may proceed in the very near future.
Dalton Pharma Services today announced the signing of a new service contract with Andes Biotechnologies to supply large molecule sterile dose manufacturing services for their Phase I/II clinical trials.
Chilean investors join the existing investor syndicate; The company plans to enter clinical stage in USA in the second half of 2015 with a first in class antisense drug for…


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Ready To Party Crispy Treat
Crispy cereal treats are always fun, and when they're big, like a cake, presented on a fun stand with feet and decorated so we're ready to party, it becomes the centerpiece of any celebration. Using purchased candy makes this party treat easy to decorate.
S'mores Cookie Bars
S'mores have long been enjoyed around a roaring bonfire at camping or on the beach. Bring back memories of those warm weather evenings year-round with these easy-to-make, no bake tasty treats!
Wholesome Almond Granola
Kids (big and small!) love to snack! This wholesome treat is perfect for that! It's also ideal for gift-giving. Let the snackers help measure ingredients; a grownup should handle the oven duty.


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Finalists of Canterbury University $85k entré competition
Finalists named in University of Canterbury's $85,000 entré competition
May 22, 2014
Ten finalists have been named in the annual $85,000 challenge competition run by the University of Canterbury student organisation entré.
Entré is a student club which runs events that see young hopefuls put their business ideas to the test with the help of mentors and business connections. The top 10 groups will take part in a series of workshops and mentoring sessions next semester in preparation for a final Dragon's Den-style night later this year.
University student Brianne West is one of the finalists who is promoting her Sorbet cosmetics company with an environmental difference.
"Everything we manufacture is solid, biodegradable and most bars are wrapped in water soluble paper so that we generate a 100 percent waste free product. Our shampoo and conditioner bars are our most known product but we bring out new products constantly.
"Our bars are raved about and we have received placements in both print and digital media, both nationally and internationally," West says.
Other finalists and their concepts are University of Canterbury students Jorgen Ellis and Grady Nunn, kitset assembly services; Steven Seo, a specially designed wheelchair for disabled people; Ellie Barrett, genius children's cooking classes; Tom Beaumont and Campbell Alexander, agricultural enhancement systems; Lucy Player-Bishop, chalked for academic assistance; Connor Eatwell and Hayden Graham, colours for different sounds; Ellen Palmer, 3D to help blind and visually impaired people; Charles He and Luke Gillespie, adventure programmes for international students; and Christchurch Polytechnic student Elizabeth Ball, hand painted shoes for shoe store.


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It is possible to live in peace — Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
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