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Often, the impact of an assumption violation on the multiple linear regression result depends on the extent of the violation (such as the how inconstant the variance of Y is, or how skewed the Y population distribution is). Some small violations may have little practical effect on the analysis, while other violations may render the multiple linear regression result uselessly incorrect or uninterpretable.
A "new" X variable might be derived from one or more X variables already in the equation, such as using the square of X1 along with X1 to handle curvature in X1, or adding X1*X2 as a new variable to handle interaction between X1 and X2.
If an implicit X variable is not included in the fitted model, the fitted estimates for the coefficients may be biased, and not very meaningful, and the fitted Y values may not be accurate.
Another possible cause of apparent dependence between the Y observations is the presence of an implicit block effect. (The block effect can be considered another type of implicit X variable, albeit a discrete one.) If a blocking variable is suspected, an analysis of covariance can be performed, essentially dividing the data into different regression equations based on the value of the blocking variable.
If multiple values of Y are collected at the same values of X, this can act as another type of blocking, with the unique combinations of values of the Xs acting as blocks. These multiple Y measurements may be less variable than the overall variation in Y, and, given their common values of the Xs, they are not truly independent of each other. If there are many replicated X values, and if the variation between Y at replicated values is much smaller than the overall residual variance, then the variance of the estimate of the coefficients may be too small, making the test of whether they are 0 (and, the test of the goodness of the overall fit) anticonservative (more likely than the stated significance level to reject the null hypothesis, even when it is true). In this case, an alternative method is to replace each replicated unique combination of X values by a single data point with the average Y value, and then perform the regression analysis with the new data set. A possible drawback to this method is that by reducing the number of data points, the degrees of freedom associated with the residual error is reduced, thus potentially reducing the power of the test.
For serially correlated error terms, the estimates of the coefficients will be unbiased, but the estimates of their variances will not be reliable. If they are positively serially correlated, the estimate of residual variance and the estimates of the variances of the coefficients may all be too small, making the tests and confidence intervals that involve them unreliable. This kind of serial correlation may appear when there are one or more implicit X variables.
If you are unsure whether your Y values are independent, you may wish to consult a statistician or someone who is knowledgeable about the data collection scheme you are using.
In cases of severe multicollinearity, it may not be possible to calculate some of the diagnostic measures of influence or leverage, or even to perform the fit itself. In such cases, the data are said to be ill-conditioned.
Once the regression line has been fitted, the boxplot and normal probability plot (normal Q-Q plot) for residuals may suggest the presence of outliers in the data. After the fit, outliers are usually detected by examining the residuals or the high-leverage points.
The method of least squares involves minimizing the sum of the squared vertical distances between each data point and the fitted line. Because of this, the fitted line can be highly sensitive to outliers. (In other words, least squares regression is not resistant to outliers, and thus, neither are the fitted coefficient estimates.) An outlier may act as a high-leverage point, distorting the fitted equation and perhaps fitting the main body of the data poorly.
If you find outliers in your data that are not due to correctable errors, you may wish to consult a statistician as to how to proceed.
For data from a normal distribution, normal probability plots should approximate straight lines, and boxplots should be symmetric (median and mean together, in the middle of the box) with no outliers. Except for substantial nonnormality that leads to outliers in the X-Y data, if the number of data points is not too small, then the multiple linear regression statistic will not be much affected even if the population distributions are skewed.
Robust statistical tests operate well across a wide variety of distributions. A test can be robust for validity, meaning that it provides P values close to the true ones in the presence of (slight) departures from its assumptions. It may also be robust for efficiency, meaning that it maintains its statistical power (the probability that a true violation of the null hypothesis will be detected by the test) in the presence of those departures. Linear regression is fairly robust for validity against nonnormality, but it may not be the most powerful test available for a given nonnormal distribution, although it is the most powerful test available when its test assumptions are met. In the case of nonnormality, a non-least-squares regression method, or employing a transformation of one or more X variables may result in a more powerful test.
Unless the heteroscedasticity of the Y is pronounced, its effect will not be severe: the least squares estimates will still be unbiased, and the estimates of the coefficients will either be normally distributed if the errors are normally distributed, or at least normally distributed asymptotically (as the number of data points becomes large) if the errors are not normally distributed. The estimate for the variance of the coefficients will be inaccurate, but the inaccuracy is not likely to be substantial if the X values are symmetric about their means.
Heteroscedasticity of Y is usually detected informally by examining the X-Y scatterplots of the data before performing the regression. If both nonlinearity and unequal variances are present, employing a transformation of Y may have the effect of simultaneously improving the linearity and promoting equality of the variances. Otherwise, a weighted least squares multiple linear regression may be the preferred method of dealing with nonconstant variance of Y.
If the linear model is not correct, the shape of the general trend of the X-Y plot may suggest the appropriate function to fit (e.g., a polynomial, exponential, or logistic function). Alternatively, the plot may suggest a reasonable transformation to apply. For example, if the X-Y plot arcs from lower left to upper right so that data points either very low or very high in X lie below the equation suggested by the data, while the data points with middling X values lie on or above that straight line, taking square roots or logarithms of the X values may promote linearity.
If the assumption of equal variances for the Y is correct, the plot of the observed Y values against X should suggest a band across the graph with roughly equal vertical width for all values of X. (That is, the shape of the graph should suggest a tilted cigar and not a wedge or a megaphone.)
A fan pattern like the profile of a megaphone, with a noticeable flare either to the right or to the left as shown in the picture suggests that the variance in the values increases in the direction the fan pattern widens (usually as the sample mean increases), and this in turn suggests that a transformation of the Y values may be needed.
Unfortunately, simple X-Y plots may not be as useful in multiple regression as they are for simple linear regression. If there is multicollinearity, then that can cause the plots of Y against individual X values to be misleading. For example, the apparent increase in variance for Y as X1 increases might be due to the effect of other X variables on Y.
If the ratio of the total number of coefficients (including the intercept) to the total number of data points is greater than 0.4, it will often be difficult to fit a reliable model. Many of the individual data points may become influential points, because there is so little information (data) available for each coefficient to be fitted.
A rule of thumb is to aim to have the number of data points be at least 6 times, and ideally at least 10 times, the number of X variables.
Even if none of the test assumptions are violated, a linear regression on a small number of data points may not have sufficient power to detect a significant difference between a coefficient and 0, even if the coefficient is non-zero. The power depends on the residual error, the observed variation in X, the selected significance (alpha-) level of the test, and the number of data points. Power decreases as the residual variance increases, decreases as the significance level is decreased (i.e., as the test is made more stringent), increases as the variation in observed X increases, and increases as the number of data points increases. If a statistical significance test with a small number of data values produces a surprisingly non-significant P value, then lack of power may be the reason. The best time to avoid such problems is in the design stage of an experiment, when appropriate minimum sample sizes can be determined, perhaps in consultation with a statistician, before data collection begins.
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Wall Street will never be the same again as Lehman Brothers heads into bankruptcy Monday and Bank of America says it would buy Merrill Lynch & Co., another troubled financial firm.
While JPMorganChase stepped in to acquire Bear Stearns when it collapsed just a few months ago, analysts say they hold out little hope for a similar rescue for Lehman.
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"I do not expect a buyer to step in to rescue the holding company," says Robert Iati, partner at the TABB Group, a research firm that closely monitors both the business and technology aspects of the major financial-services firms.
Iati notes that Lehman does have businesses, such as the asset-management business of Neuberger Berman and Townsend Analytics, operator of the Realtick execution management system, that are likely to be acquired in the near term. But, he adds, "Lehman has thousands of technology professionals that are likely to find it difficult to find jobs commensurate with the roles they left behind at Lehman because now and for the foreseeable future, there are fewer and fewer brokerage jobs out there and competition for those jobs is more intense than ever seen before." (See Hottest tech merger & acquisition deals of 2008)
Lehman declined comment Monday on the bankruptcy and its impact on employees, but evidence of the fallout came in various ways as cameras covered employees with their belongings streaming out of Lehman locations in New York and elsewhere around the world.
Some, such as Lehman colleagues Vijay Jayant and James Ratcliffe, who had both been analysts on the Lehman Brothers Cable and Satellite Communications Team, Monday sent off farewell e-mail addressed to clients, friends and colleagues. "It's been a great pleasure working with you over the last five years," they state in the e-mail. Ratcliffe declined to comment further and Jayant could not be reached.
Wall Street firms are big investors in IT and telecommunications, on which they heavily depend to compete in interconnected systems for ultra-fast electronic trading.
Lehman is no different. According to its recent SEC filing for the nine months that ended Aug. 31, Lehman Brothers spent $921 million on technology and communications in 2008, up from $834 million the same period in 2007. Lehman was well respected and its CTO, Hari Gopalkrisnan, has earned plaudits for technology innovation.
TABB group's Robert Iati said Lehman was well known for its fixed-income trading systems, but notes there are fewer bond trading operations, making the prospect for employment "challenging at best" for those that have specialized in this type of operation.
As to how Lehman, which is entering bankruptcy, might pay for its debts incurred in technology or otherwise, Iati says the legal application of bankruptcy law will make this clear eventually.
The outlook for Merrill Lynch, which is to be acquired by Bank of America for about $50 billion, seems brighter.
"There is clearly identifiable synergy between Merrill and Bank of America, which should manifest itself in IT, as well as other business areas," Iati says. "Their businesses are quite complementary, which should minimize the redundancies between their technology."
He notes that Merrill Lynch has perhaps the largest IT budget of all the investment banks, spending nearly $4 billion annually on technology for the past few years. An SEC filing from July, the latest available, shows Merrill Lynch budgeted $1.12 billion for communications and technology for the six months that ended June 27, up from $961 million for the same period the year before.
The Merrill Lynch technology budget has been spread across all regions of the world and on both the retail and investment banking business segments, Iati points out. Since Bank of America is focused more on core commercial banking in the United States, he says, it can be expected that technology spending for the investment sector of their business could decline as much as 30 percent to 40 percent in the next 12 months.
Iati surmises it's likely that there will be reductions of staff and systems at Merrill Lynch if only because of the kind of redundancies that almost always occur in large mergers. But Merrill Lynch's core networks, designed for low-latency trading, are likely to be kept up well so that the combined entity of the two firms can succeed, he notes.
This story, "Wall Street Shaken by Lehman Failure, Bank of America - Merrill Lynch Buyout" was originally published by Network World.

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The senate inquiry into the milk-price war has split with four senators issuing a scathing interim report criticising the competition regulator for failing to enforce competition laws; urging a milk floor price as an "urgent interim measure"; and demanding divestiture powers to address the market power of Coles and
"Divestiture powers should be considered to reduce their dominance of the food and grocery market which has allowed this heavy price discounting to occur to the detriment of Australia's dairy industry and in the longer term interest of consumers," said the joint authors – independent senator
The rest of the committee issued an interim report saying it was too early to decide whether the price war, which started when Coles cut milk to a $1 a litre in January, would hurt farmers.
The main report of the senate economics references committee calls for more information, saying the sustainability of the dairy industry depended on whether the price cuts were permanent and whether the lower profits were reflected in farm-gate prices.
"The committee believes the impact of the reductions in retail milk prices depends crucially on how long they are in place, and the extent to which they are reflected in up-coming contract renegotiations with processors," the second interim report released yesterday said.
The report noted that, as a general rule, lower prices were good for consumers. "Provided farmers have the opportunity to make a reasonable profit and in the absence of substantiated damage to the dairy industry, the interests of consumers must not be overlooked," it said.
Coles managing director
"We're pleased that the committee has recognised that lower prices are good for customers, and that Coles' milk price cuts are saving consumers $1 million a week," he said.
The interim report notes concerns that certain developments in the UK dairy industry "may be experienced in Australia", such as low farm-gate milk prices, increased dominance of house-brand milk, and direct contracting of farmers by supermarkets.
The committee's final report is due on October 1.
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Angels Watching Over Me
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Angels Trilogy
Leah is not happy about being stuck in the hospital for the holidays while her mother is thousands of miles away on a honeymoon with husband number five. Until she meets her hospital roommate, Rebekah, and her big family. Cynical 16-year-old Leah has never known people like this before. From Rebekah's handsome brother, Ethan, who can barely look Leah in the eye, to her kind older sister, Charity, the Amish family captivates Leah with its simple, loving ways. When Leah receives frightening information about her condition, her new friends show her that miracles can happen. And that sometimes angels appear in the most unexpected places.
Losing Gabriel: A Love Story
Lani Kennedy has dreamed of becoming a nurse since her cousin Arie died of leukemia. Nothing will stop her from getting into the local nursing program.
Dawson Burke hasn't dealt with his mom's death, and he's angry at his dad for moving them to Windemere right before senior year. He grudgingly accepts that he must wait till graduation before he leaves.
Sloan Quentin can belt out a song and knows that her band is her ticket to fame and fortune. When she discovers that her boyfriend—the band's lead guitarist—is cheating on her, she finds comfort—and revenge—in someone else's arms.
When the lives of Lani, Dawson, and Sloan become entangled in unexpected ways, reality hits harder than anyone could have imagined.
"Pleasure reading for fans of romance twinged with tragedy. Filled with emotional highs and lows, this latest offering will resonate with fans." – School Library JournalFull Amazon Review
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About Me
Who I Am: Lurlene Nora (Gallagher) McDaniel
My Birthday: April 5, 1944… It only comes once a year, so I turn it into a festival and celebrate it for the entire month!
I was born in Philadelphia PA, grew up (mostly) in Hialeah FL, graduated from the University of South Florida, Tampa FL (go Bulls!) and currently live in Chattanooga TN—I'm an American citizen by birth, and Southern by the grace of God.
I have a brother, three years younger, married, and mathematically gifted. I am totally without math skills.
The books I write, the topics and subject matter, grew out of my firstborn son's diagnosis of diabetes at age 3. Infinite reward that comes to me from my work…. when a grown reader lets me know that reading my books inspired her to seek a profession that helps others. I have wonderful letters saying, "Today I graduated from nursing/medical school." Now that's a gift of joy!
Words that always inspire me
"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." (Matt 6: 28-29, KJV)
My Life Philosophy
No one gets to choose what life gives them. You do get to choose how you deal with it.
My Legacy
I hope to be remembered not only for the words I've written, but for what I leave behind, my finest work and the best of me—my two grown married sons and grandkids.
A Few of My Favorite things
Favorite Books: Are you kidding? Too many to list! And YES, I love my electronic reader. Goes with me everywhere!
Favorite Fictional Characters: Spenser (Boston PI created by Robert B. Parker), Liz Salandar (tech whiz created by Stieg Larsson), Scarlett O'Hara (Southern belle created by Margaret Mitchell)
Favorite Movie: BLADE RUNNER (Director's Cut) with Harrison Ford
What's on my i-pod: A wide variety of music, everything from classic and modern country to pop, to rock, to oldies, to classical. Love Kenny Chesney, Sugarland, Lady Antebellum, Zac Brown…and so-o-o many others. Sometimes I write a book with a special song playing in the background to inspire me and my characters.
Favorite Activity: Shopping!! (did you doubt it?) 2nd
Favorite Activity: Travel…been to Morocco, Tunisia, Spain, Italy, Great Britain, the Caribbean, Canada, Greece, Uganda, Australia, and time permitting, the rest of the world.
Favorite Color (s): all things purple and turquoise, especially with sparkles.
Favorite Foods: Everything pasta. And ice cream for dessert—the perfect food. Vanilla with a drizzle of butterscotch, thank you!
Favorite Book written by ME: Whatever book I'm working on at the moment…
Favorite words from fans: "I never liked to read until I read your books. Now I love to read."
Favorite Award: having my book SIX MONTHS TO LIVE placed into a time capsule at the Library of Congress not to be opened for 100 years—-2089! (hope someone remembers to open it).
My Wish for the Time Capsule Opening: cures for all childhood cancers.
Wish I could…Play guitar and/or piano.
Wish I wasn't…such a couch potato.
I collect: Glass objects…big, small, always pretty. I have an "aquarium" made up of one-of-a-kind glass fish "swimming" on lighted glass shelves. In my eyes, no object of art is as captivating as light shining through blown glass.
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2012 July 26 – Straight Hair!
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On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 19:02:36 -0400, spamwhore at cox dot net <spamwhore at cox dot net> wrote:
> I have the same issue: How to get IAS to work with m0n0wall. I followed those exact instructions
and it did not work for me. (highly probably that i am too stupid to understand this as im totally
new to radius servers).
> When i try to login through captive portal Something is happening on my IAS server cause when i
check the log i see connection attempts with the username and m0n0wall's information but i have
never been able to get through.
What do those log messages say? Without knowing that, I'd guess you
probably didn't grant remote access permissions appropriately to the
user in question.
You just need to use the username and password, no domain info.
I just glanced through those instructions, and while I've never
followed them, they appear to be fine. I typically set it up a little
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A 44-year-old man has died after a fight with another man in Karratha in WA's Pilbara region.
A WA police spokesman said the man was found dead outside a unit on Ridley Street in the suburb of Bulgarra in Karratha, about 1500km north of Perth, about 1am today.
A 42-year-old man is in custody assisting police with their inquiries.


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EU Tables Resolution on ACTA
Sean Flynn
November 18, 2010
A European Parliament resolution "on ACTA - preparing for the Consent Procedure" was tabled by the Greens/EFA.
http://www.1010gateway.com/haxfiles/ACTAreensppNov2010.pdfThe vote on the resolution is scheduled for Wednesday 24 November.
The resolution contains a long list of demands, including that
"the Commission to make publicly available all relevant preparatory work, for the purpose of permitting an informed political decision by the Parliament on the meaning of the texts of the Agreement"
"Insists that the Commission does not initial ACTA before it has concluded and made public an ssessment of the impact of ACTA on fundamental rights,"
"Asks the Commission to provide evidence in writing to the responsible Committees, in due time
before initialling the Agreement, that ACTA will not constrain the harmonisation of exceptions and
limitations for copyright and related rights in the EU; will not constrain the possibility of future
expansion of the exceptions and limitations beyond those listed in Directive 2001/29/EC; will not
foreclose future policy options and judicial actions to expand access to creative works given
technological advances through the use of exceptions; will not limit legislative options being
considered by the Commission on orphan works or prevent Member States from introducing
legislation to expand access to orphaned copyrighted works, that limit the remedies of infringing
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Finishing off the first quarter at UCLA with great scenery, Disney, too much turkey and … exams!?
11 Dec
From Halloween to Thanksgiving to Christmas – it feels like America jumps from one festivity to another. UCLA has been all about balancing these celebrations with work, however as my first quarter at UCLA drew to a close, this balance became skewed heavily towards the latter … But first, more exploration of California!
My roommate and I had signed up for a weekend backpacking and camping trip in Yosemite National Park with UCLA Outdoor Adventures earlier in the quarter. It was an 8 hour van-ride to Yosemite (to be fair, we did stop at a quaint farm for some free pomegranates), but it was definitely worth it! The trail was beautiful with photo opportunities every second, the ascent was moderately intense (perhaps because I have gone soft from not going on big hikes over several nights since high school) but satisfying, and my fellow hikers were amazing! We had fun marveling at snow and the thousands of stars that are obscured in LA, making "pizza-dillas" that somehow tasted so much better than it would at home, and burning our marshmallows in the campfire to put in our "s'mores" (crackers with chocolate and marshmallows in between – very American). None of us wanted to leave the beauty and tranquility of Yosemite!
Sure enough, things became hectic as soon as we returned to LA. It was soon Thanksgiving, which meant a 4-day weekend during which apartments and dorms were eerily empty due to students heading home for mountains of food with their families. I have to admit, I may have taken "let's get Americanized by celebrating Thanksgiving" a bit far, as I was feeling rather sick of roast turkey after my THREE Thanksgiving dinners – first dinner earlier in the week with the kendo club, then a potluck on Thanksgiving day at my friend's apartment (whose "experimental" turkey didn't turn out too bad!) and finally a Thanksgiving party during the weekend.
At the Thanksgiving party, I met someone who works at Disneyland and could get us in for free. This did not make me too happy, as I had already bought two-day park-hopper tickets earlier that week! Disneyland and California Disney Adventure Park were a light, fun end to a busy Thanksgiving break, with impressive Christmas decorations and parades (I was not at all surprised that they had already moved onto Christmas despite Thanksgiving barely being over) and spectacular fireworks. Plus, who doesn't enjoy acting like a five-year-old once in a while?
The atmosphere changed abruptly as final exams week approached. The last week of the quarter is aptly named "Dead Week", as the normal hangouts are silent due to everyone being in class or cooped up at their desks studying. I usually prefer to study in the comfort of my room, but I decided to try studying at Powell library and I found myself scrambling for a desk in the fully-packed building. Some students apparently stay all night at "Night Powell" during the weekend before finals begin … fortunately, I think I did quite well in my exams without all-night study!
In fact, I survived my last exam today, which means winter break starts now! San Diego, Vegas, D.C. and New York, here I come!
Thank you for sharing a nice article in a beautiful expression
Christmas despite Thanksgiving barely being over) and spectacular fireworks. Plus, who doesn't enjoy acting like a five-year-old once in a while?
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"I just want our kids training like a pack of wild dogs," Roose said last month while wearing a "Wild Dog" T-shirt and camouflage cargo shorts. This, my friends, is why I think the basketball team of Virginia Commonwealth Union might go far (again) in the NCAA tournament. They train like "wild dogs," and then [Read More…]
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Chevrolet Repair Questions? Ask a Chevy Mechanic for Answers ASAP
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I have the procedure for removing and installing the window below as a PDF file that you should be able to view on your computer and print out if needed.
Replace Rear Window
And here are the tools they mention in the procedure:
But just so you know, when the shop has any "window related" problems or needs some glass replaced, they will "farm it out" - or it is sent to the Windshield & Glass shop that is down the road. They have the tools and experience to do this kind of job in about an hour or less. You can try to do it yourself, but you might want to consider calling some local windshield replacement places and see what they would charge to have them do it.
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The mini-sub searching for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had reached depths well beyond its normal operating limits, officials said yesterday, as it made its fifth dive to the seabed.
Searchers have extended the hunt beyond the normal 4,500-metre depth range of Bluefin-21, the US Navy's Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV).
"The AUV reached a record depth of 4,695 metres during mission four," the US Navy said. "This is the first time the Bluefin-21 has descended to this depth. [It] does carry with it some residual risk to the equipment and this is being carefully monitored."
With no results to show since the Boeing 777 carrying 239 people disappeared on March 8, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has stepped up the timetable to locate the plane, which is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean west of Perth.
The unmanned Bluefin-21, which maps the seafloor by sonar, has searched 110 square kilometres so far. But the data retrieved has not yet revealed anything of value.
Abbott was quoted on Wednesday as saying that "we believe [the underwater] search will be completed within a week or so. If we don't find wreckage, we stop, we regroup, we reconsider".
Asked to clarify Abbott's comments, his office said he was only suggesting that authorities may change the area being searched by the Bluefin-21, not that the search would be called off.
Malaysia's acting transport minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, promised that the search would continue even if there was a pause to re-evaluate the mission, including the best area to scour.
Suggestions have emerged that more sophisticated - and very expensive - deep-diving equipment may be needed for the search.
"We have to look at contractors, and the cost of that will be huge," he said, though he indicated that such concerns were not yet testing the resolve of multinational search partners.
Analysts have said they expect the search will be the most expensive in aviation history, with Ravikumar Madavaram, an aviation expert at Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific, estimating the bill at US$100 million so far.
"This is definitely the biggest operation ever," he said. "In terms of costs, this would be the highest."
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No matter how you look at it, the vision industry is healthy. That was evident last month at VISION 2007 in Stuttgart's new Trade Fair Centre.
About 6,000 visitors (up 13 percent from 2006) and 281 exhibitors (up 31 percent) attended the show. Even more important, 59 percent of those who were inclined to invest said that they were making a new investment in machine vision, according to Messe Stuttgart. Fifty percent said they intended to make additional purchases and 15 percent said that their purchase intentions involved replacement investments. (Yes, I know that adds up to 124 percent, but some responded in more than one category.)
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Group 1 record-holder Jim Cassidy cannot recall his first ride in a major but has some advice for rookie Lacey Morrison for the Epsom Handicap.
Cassidy will ride firming favourite Grand Armee in Saturday's Randwick feature, in which Morrison, an excited 19-year-old apprentice from Toowoomba, makes her group 1 debut aboard Amex.
At yesterday's barrier draw, Grand Armee drew three and Amex five, and later Cassidy, who has 95 group 1 winners - an Australasian record - had some simple advice for Morrison.
"Lacey should sit back, relax, follow me and enjoy the ride," he said. "If butcher it, she'll butcher hers - but I won't."
Cassidy heads into the famed metric mile in dazzling form on board Grand Armee, a super second to Lonhro in last Saturday's George Main Stakes.
"On paper, he has got everything going for him," Cassidy said. "He is a Doncaster winner, he has run terrific on Saturday against the star weight-for-age galloper in the country. He beat the rest of them easy and they've run home in 34-and-a-bit seconds."
Following the barrier draw, Grand Armee firmed with Colin Tidy's HorseBet.com.au from $4.25 into $4, with the bagman's representative, Mark Morrisey, reporting "there were plenty of $1000 and $2000 bets for him".
Cassidy said Grand Armee looked good at the track yesterday morning, adding: "I'm happy with him, I wouldn't be swapping him for anything else in the race.
"Bad luck in running is the only thing that'll beat him."
Morrison, who spent the early part of her career with Russell Kirwan in Toowoomba, moved to the Warwick Farm stable of trainer Marc Conners two weeks ago.
"It is enormous," she replied when asked about her Epsom booking. "I'm very, very excited, I just can't wait."
She said Amex was in form and running good races. "He just got beat the other day by Sportsman and probably should have won."
Morrison, who rode 100 winners last season, made an impact in 3 years' riding in Queensland. Her father John was an amateur jockey and grandfather Alec a trainer of note.
She debuted at Canterbury eight days ago, riding a winner, and followed up yesterday on Queensland mare Janadi in the opening race.
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The Mountain West announced Thursday afternoon that it is hammering out eight bowl deals that will give the conference at least six bowl berths every year with more possible.
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Some of the tie-ins are more fluid than they appear. The New Orleans Bowl, for instance, has a six-year deal with both Conference USA and the Sun Belt, but the Mountain West might get a berth there if it has more eligible teams, or if the slotting would otherwise send the same Sun Belt/CUSA match-up back to that location (as an example).
Since several of the Mountain West's bowl games are controlled by ESPN and ESPN's regional arm, which controls a lot of bowls, it puts some of the rotation under one umbrella - a lot easier to move different teams around to different bowls. Although the previous eight will be mostly the Mountain West's primary sites, the conference could put a team in as many as eight other bowls.
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Allegheny County homicide detectives are seeking two suspects in the killing of a teen witness to the shooting of a pregnant girl earlier this year.
Duquesne police said LeRoy Powell, 15, was shot about 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday outside a house along the 1000 block of Crawford Avenue.
"We had a call for shots fired," Duquesne Assistant Chief Scott Adams said. "There was a young man down ... with a gunshot wound to the back. Two shell casings were found."
County police said the teen was ambushed near his home.
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Kanye West has broken his silence regarding the unauthorized release of his material "Mama's Boyfriend". Upset about the song leak, the rap mogul explained in a statement issued by Island Def Jam that the version, people heard on the internet, is "entirely bogus and unsanctioned."
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"The assessment (on the season) is we're 2-2. It's not what we want to be. It's not what we set out to be. But it's what we are though," quarterback Peyton Manning said.
"We have to find a way to dig ourselves out of a hole. We are in a hole because we are behind in the division. We've lost two division games. It's certainly disappointing. And on the road too. You have to be able to win on the road. We're 1-2 on the road (this year) and that's disappointing too. So we've got to go to work."
The Colts have never been 0-2 in AFC South play since the division came into existence is 2002. Houston is 3-1 overall and leads the AFC South, followed by Tennessee, Jacksonville and the Colts all at 2-2.
"We've faced some adversity before and we've had situations where we've had to dig ourselves out of a little bit of a hole. We're just going to have to (get back into division title contention) a little different way than we've done it previously," coach Jim Caldwell said.
The road ahead won't be easy with the home game against an unbeaten Chiefs team that is coming off a bye. The Colts will then travel to Washington before having their own bye week on Oct. 24.
"Obviously, we still have a chance here to get things going in the direction that we want. We ended up the (first) quarter (of the season) 2-2, which is not where we'd like to be. Our charge is to make this second quarter much better," Caldwell said.
Kansas City has been one of the surprise teams in the NFL through the early portion of the season. But the Colts coach knows they're for real.
Caldwell said, "We certainly have our work cut out for us. We have to go back and certainly get ourselves in position to play a really, really good Kansas City team who's coming off a bye week. We've got to go to work and zero in on them."
LINEUP WATCH: Cornerback Justin Tryon had his first kickoff return for the Colts. Tryon, who had two kickoffs on the day, replaced an injured Devin Moore as the team's primary kickoff returner.
Tryon has proven to be a valuable member of Indianapolis' special teams unit as a gunner and as a nickel back on defense. The former Arizona State standout was picked up by the Colts before the start of the regular season after being acquired in a trade from the Washington Redskins.
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