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If someone asks you to look around and count the number of red or nearly red objects in your vicinity and thereafter asks you how many green objects you counted, you are unlikely to have an answer. The counting of red objects took up so much of attention that the green objects escaped notice.
Something like that could be on in the banking sector right now. We can save the details for another column, but infrastructure non-performing loans (NPLs) have justifiably consumed a lot of attention. There are chinks elsewhere in corporate India, too, but NPLs there get dumbed down to a consequence of the general economic downturn, and do not engage us actively.
But the banking sector will be doing a great disservice to itself if it does not prepare for significantly heightened retail NPLs.
Let us first examine why this could be termed alarmist. Retail NPLs have held up remarkably well. HDFC Bank Ltd's retail NPLs moved from 0.55% in March 2011 to 0.52% in March 2012, ICICI Bank Ltd's from 7.4% to 6.3% during the same period, State Bank of India's (SBI) declined from 2.65% to 2.3%, and these in a year when overall NPLs increased. But as if symptomatic of a false dawn, SBI's retail NPLs went back up from 2.3% in March 2012 to 2.59% in June 2012. (Only the temporal trends matter—cross-lender comparison should be avoided due to differences in definition and writeoff policies).
The explanation is only partly the general consumption buoyancy in the economy. The real reason is the concerted effort of banks themselves, largely private banks, as well as maturing of the regulatory apparatus, especially credit bureaus. After the bad experience of 2008-09, banks tightened credit appraisals. More importantly, quite in contrast to the pre-2008 period, the banking system has kept retail loan growth at below the overall loan growth. This has been a remarkable example of credit control amid environmental adversity.
One reason for the apparent complacency about retail loan quality is wrong conclusion from the rather deceptive difference between the 2008 days and now. For sure, there is a difference. The 2008 retail fiasco was a product of excessive lender aggression and sweetheart deals between some foreign banks and defaulters that vitiated the credit culture. The fact that credit bureaus were in infancy meant little prescience was forthcoming from them. We are now better off on both fronts.
However, what is generally forgotten is that in 2007, consumer price inflation had shot up to uncomfortable levels—alongside India Shining, there was an India Whining that had difficulty in paying monthly instalments. The burden was aggravated by rising prices and rising interest rates. So there was an issue of ability to pay, along with willingness to pay. It is much the same now with the economic environment; more on that later.
Second, one key reason for ballooning retail NPLs in 2008-09 was the damage to the recovery environment as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) clamped down on lenders' recovery practices after reports of borrower harassment followed by suicides. The important point to note is that the banking system handled this in a oblique fashion by clamping down on further loans, but not through an improvement in the recovery climate that remains broadly the same even now. The recent incident of the alleged kidnapping of a 42-year old (woman) defaulter by recovery agents in Kolkata shows that the last word has not been said on the RBI-lenders-courts-borrowers tussle.
It is somewhat naive to think that all our problems will continue to be investment-driven and consumption will continue to support the economy—the key reason for the robustness of banks' retail portfolios till now. The fact that consumption has started flagging is evident in decelerating sales of select consumer products, reduced confidence indices, declining service sector growth rates in the gross domestic product basket, falling car sales and so on. Up to a point this slowdown translates just to slower growth of retail loans, but when it extends to job losses or salary cuts, NPLs begin to get uglier.
This is the worst time for banks to cut retail loan rates with the hope of prodding growth, the kind of movement that State Bank of India seems to be leading. Apart from the rather tenuous correlation between rates and growth that this author has often argued about, this can result in banks dropping their guard on loan quality. At least, continuation of relatively high rates can help to turn away some marginal borrowers who may be more prone to default.
Lenders need to be vigilant about every pocket (geographical, borrower category, end-use) of lending because it needs only one spark to ignite a fire. NPLs are a phenomenon where exceptions create the rule: it is not about averages—a large number of very good borrowers does not algebraically offset defaulters.
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Sharman named new Guernsey coach
STEVE SHARMAN has Muratti Vase history and an Island Games in his sights after being confirmed as the new Guernsey senior island representative coach for the next two seasons.
STEVE SHARMAN has Muratti Vase history and an Island Games in his sights after being confirmed as the new Guernsey senior island representative coach for the next two seasons.
As expected, the highly-respected GFA technical director, who is involved with Guernsey FC and also helps a number of Priaulx League clubs, has been named as Kevin Graham's successor.
Having assisted Graham to the back-to-back triumphs over Jersey in 2012 and 2013, locally-born and based Sharman, 45, is confident of extending that winning run in the coming years.
'Murattis are one-off games as everybody knows and anything can happen on the day, but with the group of players we have right now and also the group behind them, we have every reason to be confident,' he said.
'The same goes for the 2015 Island Games, so I am obviously delighted to come into this role, especially at this time, because the quality of players is so high at the moment.
'From when I first got involved seven or eight years ago when I brought British Universities teams over to the island, the development of the senior side has been considerable.'
Sharman has confirmed that Colin Fallaize will be his assistant coach, while Chris Hamon will be the goalkeeping coach and a couple of other 'auxiliary' areas will be filled at a later date.
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Gordon Tostevin
So no change then as the GFC brigade continue with all of the representative football. How many coaches applied for the positon? I have no doubt that Sharman is a good coach but can it be healthy to keep having the same people involved with all representative football sides. Shame for those players not in the GFC clique, why couldn't they just appoint someone neutral and give every player a chance? There must be coaches in Guernsey who aspire to be involved with the Island sides but they also have no chance whilst the same people continually get appointed, be that as main coach, assistant or goalkeeping coach. Disappointed.
Yawn! So predictable. Perhaps he could find "auxiliary" roles for Vancey and Roary?!
One name for the Guernseyman rather than the business project:
According to the paper he was the only one who applied so you cant blame the GFA for giving it to him!
That aside, he is a very good and experienced coach. I imagine he will pick the GFC players plus craig young and dave rihoy but i dont think many people can argue against that.
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I would rather have Peter Vincentti...
Good coach or not is he the only coach we have here? I dont totally agree with Gordon Tostevin but I do think that the role should be for those successful Priaulx coaches who aspire to do the job, just as football managers in the UK aspire to be England coach. Only one applicant...... maybe it is because people are beginning to think that it is a closed shop, which it certainly looks to be. I think that dealing with the GFA and GFC as Guernsey coach is an impossible task unless you are involved with both entities. I dont think that this is right but I cant see anyone outside of the GFC set up being Guernsey coach for many years. Sharman may stay in the role for a while and will be replaced by another GFC individual, that being an ageing Cochrane, Mackay etc who will be too old to play. It is a shame for those not involved in GFC and those coaches who work week in week out in the Priaulx league to basically know that they will never get their chance
Vincenti over Budloe, Brent? Are you suggesting that Bud is closet Jerseyman.. even more so than Scottish/Italian/Crapaud?!
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Notre Dame School pupils enjoyed learning about a host of jobs and considered which direction they might like to head in after leaving the Cobham School.
A careers fair, held on Tuesday, March 11, provided an opportunity for pupils in years 10 through to year 13 to speak to parents, former pupils and friends of the school about their careers.
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Ellie Ha, head of careers at Notre Dame School, said: "The school is incredibly grateful to everyone involved for giving up their time and sharing their knowledge and experience with the girls.
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Instrument Cases - Your Options
Posted 27 May 2007 - 04:45 PM
Ritter - good quality, do a range of sizes so something usually fits
Warwick - as above, but less 'features' (phone pockets etc.)
Overwater leather - nice but very expensive at £200
Harvest leather - probably where Overwater source theirs from, £15 cheaper, but increased postage
Gig bags can be put in other cases such as the specifically designed SKB BassSafe if going on a plane that will offer a good amount of protection too.
Hard/semi plastic cases:
INCASE - from the states, consdered the best thing between a hard and soft case on TalkBass, they have no UK distribution and only use expensive shipping so Bleedproof was looking at getting a large order together, but that's not been mentioned in a while.
Hiscox - great UK manufacture, my personal preferance.
Flight cases:
tel:0161 761 2040.
fax:0161 761 6040
Spider Engineering: Tamworth (near Reading),
Protech Sound & Light (1)
Unit 1a, Sedbury Trading Estate, Grahamstown Rd, Sedbury, Chepstow, Gwent NP16 7AD
Tel: 01291 630410
Military hardware cases:
Google explorer or pelican cases. Made from high strength plastics, these are very expensive but can be made air tight and will take any punishment and are usualy lighter that a flight case
Fender Geddy Lee '75 Reissue
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Posted 30 May 2007 - 01:13 PM
Great piece of kit and at timeof writing I've done over 200 flights with mine !
Both Easyjet and Ryanair have so far failed to destroy it, and when they do, SKB will replace it free of charge !!
Epiphone Thunderbird - Arctic White. Mid life crisis bass
Ibanez Electro-Acoustic - black with cutaway
Main Rig
Markbass TTE Randy Jackson sig 500
Aguilar DB112 cabs x 2
Lots and lots of toys, most of which I have no real idea what they do or have the knowledge or technical ability to use them, but they ALL have flashing lights.
Posted 30 May 2007 - 09:11 PM
For example, the moulded plastic Gator Range I'd be happy to take to a gig, but I wouldn't want to let Parclefarce get hold of one.
Edited by Alpha-Dave, 30 May 2007 - 09:12 PM.
Posted 31 May 2007 - 02:14 PM
I'd also vote for the Hiscox - not too pricey but mine has survived countless flights and vans with only exterior damage - very impressed. I recently got a Harvest canvas bag (from Overwater). Very nice, seems strong but the back straps are set very high so you can't go through a door without taking it off your shoulder. I'll update in a few weeks when its done some work.
Posted 06 June 2007 - 08:25 AM
bassbluestew, on May 30 2007, 02:13 PM, said:
That is really saying something
Posted 06 June 2007 - 08:57 AM
bassbluestew, on May 30 2007, 02:13 PM, said:
would they replace what's inside it as well??!
+1 for hiscox, you can't beat em for the money. I've got 3 that i use for electric and acoustic guitars and a bass and they're extremely rigid and light - much better than the gator one my semi is in and the current crop of fender moulded rubbish (the lid doesn't line up with the base on mine and the lining is falling out!)
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 11:07 AM
Before you say 'you obviously don't treat it carefully enough then' - On the same flight and same tours I took my backup bass in a regular fender issue hardcase. This case is still with me a year (and 3 tours) later and is practically as good as new, and received exactly the same treatment in load in/out etc.
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Ampeg 1987 'Skunkworks' SVT #085 of #500.
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My feedback
Posted 13 June 2007 - 03:12 PM
I wouldn't mind trying one but cant find a dealer who stocks them, or has a price. They've all got the drum cases
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 03:15 PM
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Ampeg 1987 'Skunkworks' SVT #085 of #500.
Aguilar GS 410
My feedback
Posted 21 June 2007 - 02:06 PM
I'd love another one, but they won't shp outside the US + shipping was about $200 last time!
Posted 23 June 2007 - 09:00 AM
slaphappygarry, on May 27 2007, 05:45 PM, said:
Unit 1a, Sedbury Trading Estate, Grahamstown Rd, Sedbury, Chepstow, Gwent NP16 7AD
Tel: 01291 630410
I can vouch for these guys, they've done 3 custom cases for me over the past few years and the attention to detail is superb as well as the service; they will go through your exact requirements and make suggestions that I've found invaluable.
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Posted 24 June 2007 - 10:04 AM
slaphappygarry, on May 27 2007, 05:45 PM, said:
Well, I don't know if I've got a "Friday afternoon" Ritter but it was the top of the range when I brought it, at bout £70, and is now ripping apart along several seams. Looks like a flawed design to me.
If I had the dosh I'd go for a Reunion Blues Leather gig bag. The Overwater looks similar. I'll never get another Ritter though.
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Posted 26 June 2007 - 04:55 PM
chris_b, on Jun 24 2007, 11:04 AM, said:
I bought a Ritter which fell apart immediately - fabric split at the seams. They send a replacement - fabric split at the seams again and the zip pull snapped. They sent me their top model, I've had it some time now but the fabric started suffering after very little time. It's so damn big though that I take my bass loose and keep a simple raincover gigbag in my general stuff tote bag.
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Posted 26 June 2007 - 07:31 PM
andyonbass, on Jun 13 2007, 04:12 PM, said:
I wouldn't mind trying one but cant find a dealer who stocks them, or has a price. They've all got the drum cases
Posted 26 June 2007 - 08:14 PM
Posted 28 June 2007 - 07:35 PM
slaphappygarry, on May 27 2007, 07:45 PM, said:
INCASE - from the states, consdered the best thing between a hard and soft case on TalkBass, they have no UK distribution and only use expensive shipping so Bleedproof was looking at getting a large order together, but that's not been mentioned in a while.
Hiscox - great UK manufacture, my personal preferance.
Posted 28 June 2007 - 10:37 PM
Anyways, this is what would be perfect for me:
-Obviously good padding
-Good support for pin strap at the bottom of the bag
-Removable straps
-Strong and comfortable side handle
-Well placed front handle, high enough so one can carry it and it will balance
-Enough space for a Mark Bass LMII
If I could design one myself, I would also include a side handle higher up the bag. This is so you could walk with the bag against your chest whilst walking in tight squeezes. You see, I end up walking with the bag held against my chest and my arm underneath the higher top pocket (if you get what I mean).
Anyways, I'm off to check out this Sadowsky Portabag.
EDIT: It looks really good. But can anyone tell me if you can fit a Mark Bass LMII in the Portabag?
Edited by s_u_y_*, 28 June 2007 - 10:40 PM.
1. Warwick Streamer Flightcase £95
2. Fender Soft Gig Bag £5
3. Fender Moulded Precision or Jazz Hardcase £85
4. Warwick Premium Softcase £7
Posted 02 July 2007 - 05:55 PM
Posted 02 July 2007 - 06:08 PM
Posted 02 July 2007 - 06:38 PM
Posted 07 July 2007 - 10:12 AM
Check em out!!
Posted 07 July 2007 - 10:17 AM
Dragonlord, on Jul 2 2007, 07:38 PM, said:
Thanks mate, I appreciate the effort. I did email them, but didn't receive a reply. It would be great if Mark Bass released a gig bag that would carry both a bass and the MB LMII, plus a few bits and bobs. emm... I might just email them about that.
Failing that, if anyone has any other suggestions for a good gig bag that would accomodate a Mark Bass head, do tell!
1. Warwick Streamer Flightcase £95
2. Fender Soft Gig Bag £5
3. Fender Moulded Precision or Jazz Hardcase £85
4. Warwick Premium Softcase £7
Posted 07 July 2007 - 09:29 PM
Aguilar GS210
Aguilar Tone Hammer 350
Posted 08 July 2007 - 01:11 AM
kjb, on Jul 7 2007, 10:29 PM, said:
emm... how much they gonna charge for those badboys? Would they be the only stockists in the UK then? Even Europe perhaps?
1. Warwick Streamer Flightcase £95
2. Fender Soft Gig Bag £5
3. Fender Moulded Precision or Jazz Hardcase £85
4. Warwick Premium Softcase £7
Posted 08 July 2007 - 10:23 AM
Aguilar GS210
Aguilar Tone Hammer 350
Posted 24 August 2007 - 10:03 AM
My flight case is great but never gets used so I supose I should sell it...
Any one want to buy a flight case ha ha
Posted 16 October 2007 - 02:26 PM
I seem to remember the place sold the cases for about £100, but can't find it now!
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Posted 04 January 2008 - 12:16 AM
The only problem is that is weighs a tonne.
Just tried sticking the bass in a Ritter Bass Gig Bag, but due to the shape of the T-Bird, the headstock sticks out of the top.
Anyone know of an extra long gig bag thats worth trying? I'd qute like something T-Bird shaped but I have a feeling that this is a long shot.
Any ideas?
Posted 04 January 2008 - 10:45 AM
Posted 16 April 2008 - 06:06 PM
They seem to be coming into the Uk shortly: http://www.bill-lewi...tec/pt_fret.htm
Ortho I haven't enquired as to when they will arrive. Hope this might help someone, i'll be getting one when my wariwck case gets too bad it wont close.
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No Mango-flavored smartphones are to be unveiled at the Nokia Microsoft party
We just received a confirmation from Microsoft saying that "no Nokia with Windows Phone products will be launched at that event." Instead, the party will be for developers only, which will have the opportunity to get more familiar with both companies.
In other words, this is shaping up to be nothing more than your ordinary corporate party with no unexpected device announcements in tow. It seems like we will still have to wait a bit longer until the Nokia Sea Ray makes another appearance in public and the next members of Nokia's WP7 lineup get announced. How long will it be until that happens we can't say yet for sure, but we know that if everything unfolds as expected, the first Nokia smartphone running Windows Phone 7 should hit the market by the end of the year.
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1. SemperFiV12 (Posts: 948; Member since: 09 Nov 2010)
false hope... major tease.
2. snowgator (Posts: 3604; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Story of my life......
3. AhmadAlsayegh (Posts: 313; Member since: 18 Jul 2011)
if it is gona be a surprise sure they are not gona tell u about it!
4. Dj21o (Posts: 437; Member since: 19 May 2011)
Yup, buying the galaxy S2. Microsoft can waste someone else's time now. :) I'm done waiting for a WP7 on Sprint. Two months ago your little private meeting said that there are phones running mango in the workshop, and it was released to manufacturers not even a week ago. Way to go.
5. simplyj (Posts: 406; Member since: 23 Dec 2009)
That's not even Microsoft's or Nokia's fault. Blame your s**tty carrier for not releasing a good Windows Phone.
13. Uzzelien (Posts: 131; Member since: 22 Feb 2011)
umm...Dj21o WTF are you talking about waiting for a WP7 on Sprint? We have the HTC Arrive that's a WP7. It was the first with the nodo update.
6. Dj21o (Posts: 437; Member since: 19 May 2011)
You just contradicted yourself. It IS Microsoft's and Nokia's fault for not releasing a WP7 on time like they said. And all windows phones have the s**ttiest hardware. Except for the Focus and HD7S. I give them that. And Sprint has a good Windows phone (Arrive), so don't say they have a s**tty handset because it isn't that at all.
8. snowgator (Posts: 3604; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Nokia has never said anything but Q4 for the first W7 handset. Microsoft has said repeatedly that Mango will come out about the Holiday season. That has actually been moved up to a possible September release. Certainly, Mango handsets will be on the market in October. Not sure where any of that is wasting anyones time, like you charged in your first comment.
As for the crappy hardware also from your first comment, that doesn't hold water either. No W7 handset has been left out of the cut/paste update, no W7 handset will be left out of the Mango update. No review I have ever read has said W7 handsets were not smooth and nearly flawless in their operations. If you are wrapped up in stat sheets, than you may miss something special.
Now, I am not saying do not get the GS2. That is the premium handset out right now. (Although it has been delayed MONTHS here in the U.S. as opposed to being ahead like Mango may be.) But the next wave of W7 devices will be set for the future as they will be recieving the "Tango" update in 2012 as well as the W8 update following that, they should have every feature an Android or iPhone has, and will still run nearly flawless with very good security measures from Microsoft.
Oh, and Samsung will have the GS2 varient running W7 out as well. If you are interested.
9. Mobile-X-Pert (Posts: 565; Member since: 20 Dec 2010)
I guess there're still people that know what they're talking about. Thumbs up for you ''snowgator''.
10. Dj21o (Posts: 437; Member since: 19 May 2011)
The crappy hardware has nothing to do with how well the phone functions, or how fast the phone is. So you can delete that paragraph. And how am I wrapped up in stat sheets? Did I say anything about stats? No. BUT I can tell you it is the best hardware to come on a phone, regardless to your comment. And October is a late release for any of these Mango phones. The GSII is making Android look better, while the same Mango phones will have washed out displays, and the same ole' 1gz processor with no USB mounting, no tether, etc etc. The Mango phones wont even be enough to wipe Androids ass. I really want a WP7, but I'm not waiting and keeping an obsolete device. Switching carriers after 12 years isn't even an option for me. :)
And I do know what I'm talking about, thank you very much. ;)
11. Mobile-X-Pert (Posts: 565; Member since: 20 Dec 2010)
I don't know if you heard but Microsoft already said that the new Mango flavored phones will come with the new generation of qualcomm processor. More than likely the Nokia Sea Ray will come with a dual-core processor or a really powerfull sigle-core processor.
12. Dj21o (Posts: 437; Member since: 19 May 2011)
Yeah, but why would they need it? The phone is light and fast already. Android isn't, but they offer more than WP7. (Which comes with more CPU). They know people are dissatisfied with their OS because of how sluggish it is. So they are bringing in new technology that will make it unbeatable. There are features of WP7 that I like, but I feel like simple tasks aren't achieved, or are more difficult to do so. Example, USB storage. I can't have that. I can't have customization, its just not there yet. Give me all the thumbs down you want, but I know what I'm talking about. And apparently Google does too. Since Microsoft made more off of Android patents than their own OS. WP7 is too far late in the game. It sucks, but that's just how it is.
14. Uzzelien (Posts: 131; Member since: 22 Feb 2011)
That's why WP7 is better then android. It doesn't have those and it doesn't have 15 phone makers changing it. That's why we get phone updates and the Samsungs wait 8 months before it get the update. The good thing is the phone makers can't do that they can only optimize the code for their handsets.
15. Dj21o (Posts: 437; Member since: 19 May 2011)
I personally love the Samsung Android OS. And all WP7's look the same. So at least they are implementing that. I love the Epic with Sprint, but the screen is too small for my banana hands and I don't want a physical keyboard. And I loveeeee TouchWiz. Wouldn't you want that with WP7? And how is not having easier tasks better for you? I don't want to have to upload things to skydrive, and sync my phone. Especially when I can just go on my computer and transfer the files that way. Or even via email. If Microsoft can get the basics down, and not even make it a pain in the ass to even set custom ringtones, I would consider even buying the Arrive. But until then, Android is my preferred OS. So don't flame me and say another OS is better than the other.
16. Uzzelien (Posts: 131; Member since: 22 Feb 2011)
No sorry I don't like to wait month and months for an update that's out to might come to my phone to make the OS look "nice". No I don't want that with my WP7 that's why I got it it! Most smart phone OSes don't support side loading anymore you might want to update yourself on this fact and that it's going to be going out. Setting a custom ringtone hard? WTF are you smoking man it's easy to set a custom ringtone. It isn't flaming when you point to facts.
17. Dj21o (Posts: 437; Member since: 19 May 2011)
Months and months? Everything on my phone is completely custom. I have a new ROM, kernel, and is a HUGE upgrade from what my phone was when I got it. I dont have to wait, unlike everyone with a WP7 that should have had top notch quality on the first release in the beginning. And sideloading is probably the best feature on the Android phones. I can copy over music, photos, videos, games, make backups of my applications, backups of my ROMs, just about anything I want. So you need to get your facts straight and think about things before you blurt on a keyboard. And you can't make custom ringtones, at least not painlessly on WP7. I can take any audio file on my phone and chop/screw with it any way I want, unlike WP7. I'm done proving all of your stupid points, keep the same s**tty OS and let me know when they actually beat sales in Android, not just by mooching off of paper thin patents. :)
18. Uzzelien (Posts: 131; Member since: 22 Feb 2011)
I'll do that, let me know when android stops stealing other peoples patents and when they stop bitching about people buying them also! Dj Let me know when you stop being a tard and talking about android from the phone makers then go off about custom roms. Those are two different things there man. As far as the other stuff goes in phones sorry man it's as dead as you arguments. Custom ringtones aren't hard. What you're talking about isn't a custom ringtone it's a 3rd party ring tone. I can load music on it easy and fast all I use in Zune to do it. Just like iPhones use i-Tunes. My facts are strait you're not being clear in what you're talking about not my fault there. You're the one saying how you want WP7 then now you're talking custom roms.
19. Dj21o (Posts: 437; Member since: 19 May 2011)
Did you not say that I have to wait for months and months for an update that "might come to my phone" - as you put it. And as far as its "nice ui," Samsung puts the good qualities in the software for the users. Nobody else does. For example, there is sense from HTC (completely hideous IMO). Samsung has built in TouchWiz, swype, swiping left on a contact to dial that person, swiping right to txt that person, pressing two fingers on the phone and leaning it front to back for zoom, Samsung is progressing in Android. I would love a WP7, but they just need to come out with better hardware. Specs has nothing to do with it, or anything else. I could dump rocks on it and it would still be smooth as butter lol.
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By Kevin Posival and Alex Byington
Killeen Daily Herald
An idea discussed at the Killeen Independent School District school board meeting Tuesday could mean major zoning changes for the athletic programs at Killeen, Ellison and Harker Heights.
To alleviate overcrowding at Ellison and Harker Heights high schools, the school board is looking into four rezoning possibilities that would increase the enrollment at Killeen High School, the district's only Class 4A school.
"There was no formal recommendation, it's literally in the discussion phases right now," said KISD public information officer Leslie Gilmore. "... This is the first time the administration has brought any kind of options to the board as far as where lines might be drawn."
Killeen, which turned in an enrollment of 1,829 students before the University Interscholastic League's 2010 biennial realignment, is more than 800 students smaller than the district's largest school – Harker Heights (2,605). Ellison's enrollment numbers were 2,572 and Shoemaker, the district's smallest 5A school, turned in an enrollment of 2,230 but would not be affected by the rezoning.
"I just think its overdue – it's something we've should've done a long time ago," said Harker Heights basketball coach Celneque Bobbitt. "I would think it'd really help the district out and keep us from opening up another high school."
UIL Director of Athletics Cliff Odenwald said if the numbers push Killeen into the 5A level, which would mean an influx of more than 236 students, the UIL state executive committee could rule that the Roos football program would be ineligible to make the playoffs for the next two years. All sports other than football, though, would compete at the 5A level.
"When a school district rezones lines and creates (an) especially inbalanced enrollment figure, then there could be sanctions," Odenwald said. "Not until the 2012 alignment could (Killeen football) get realigned into another district."
The proposals being discussed include:
Shifting just Ellison students living north of U.S. Highway 190 to Killeen High.
Shifting just Harker Heights students living north of Highway 190 to Killeen High.
Shifting both Ellison and Harker Heights students living north of Highway 190 to Killeen High
Shifting Ellison students living north of Highway 190 and students living on the Harker Heights side of Hymesa Estates would go to Killeen.
While there were between four and six unique options, the third and fourth proposals were discussed at length. Also discussed was the possibility of allowing kids already in school to continue there under a grandfather clause.
"In a school district like this, you have to take what happens. It's obvious something has to be done to alleviate the crowding here and at Harker Heights," said Ellison football coach Buddy McBryde "... It would affect us some, but not to the degree you might think. We tend to get more of our athletes from the (middle) schools (south of 190)."


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Children WILL be allowed to see the new James Bond film in cinemas, after it was given a 12a rating.
The people who decide what ratings a film is given told Newsround the new film - Quantum of Solace - is not as violent as Casino Royale.
The rating means the BBFC think only children older than 12 should see the film, unless their parents are sure they can cope with it.
But she did admit some of the violence was at the top end of a 12a rating.
Sue Clark from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) said she'd be surprised if there was a row over the rating of Quantum of Solace.
Earlier this year a row about the rating for the second Batman film, The Dark Knight, started because people thought it was much too scary for children.
The BBFC said the new Bond film isn't as scary as Batman, and doesn't have the same dark tone that film has.
But they did suggest watching Casino Royale again before seeing the new one, as Quantum of Solace starts moments after the story of the last film ends, and it's easy to forget who some of the characters are!


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Yes, that was the part that I did not include in my description. New lock cylinder and key was the first part replaced, then I replaced the actual ignition switch located a little further under the steering column, then I replaced the starter solenoid.
Sounds good!
Let me know!
Ok.. good!
Now lets check for spark. I want to find out the very second you stop cranking, if there is any spark. You might need somebody to help you out and crank it over for you.
This is really important!
Excellent! We are getting somewhere!
Now, we have to figure out if we are loosing power to the coil when this happens, or a ground signal to the coil when this happens. We should be able to test this just with the key in the on position.
So... turn the key on and check the wires going into the coil. We should have power to at least one of them.
SOunds good!
The test light goes out when the key is released. Further playing around with it it still runs great if I disconnect the lead to the solenoid after it starts. When I ground out the lead it shuts off, and when I plug the lead back on to the solenoid it shuts off.
What we are going to do next, is check for power with the key on on this same wire but down further in the circuit. I want you to go to splice 112 and check this same wire for power.
Splice S112: Engine Harness, Near Take Out To EGR Vacuum Regulator
Or, you could go to splice 105.
Splice S105: Dash Panel To Engine Harness, Near Take Out To Ignition Coil
Either way, its the same. You should have power on this wire with the key on.
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Press Release From the Freethought Association of Canada
Troubling news: our president Justin Trottier, who also directs CFIO, was attacked Tuesday night while out postering with fellow FAC member Peter Aruja. The assailants were apparently provoked by the promotion of a pro-atheist event.
Press release follows; please spread the news. We need to speak up about discrimination!
Young atheist leader assaulted at Ryerson University
Police investigating hate crime provoked by postering for controversial event
In what appears to be the first violent hate crime against an atheist, Justin Trottier,
Director of the Center for Inquiry Ontario and President of the Freethought Association of Canada (a national body composed of secularist student groups including the UofT Secular Alliance and the Freethinker's Association of Ryerson) was attacked around midnight on March 27 on the campus of Ryerson University. Ryerson security is treating this as a hate crime.
Mr. Trottier and his colleague Peter Aruja were placing posters for upcoming events at Ryerson University and the University of Toronto, featuring physicist Victor Stenger, author of the New York Time's Best Seller "God: The Failed Hypothesis", set to take place on April 5. While postering, two assailants took offense to the religious implications of the posters advertising for Stenger's book. About fifteen minutes later when Trottier and Aruja were in a more secluded area of the university the two reappeared and initiated a verbal argument.
According to Mr. Trottier "The first individual smacked me in the face twice and said "watch your smart mouth." I said "don't touch me" at which point he head butted me hard in the face, causing my nose to bleed profusely."
The attack targeting an individual for his beliefs clearly represents a hate crime and is being treated as such by Ryerson security. This also represents a disturbing trend of targeting individuals who visibly question the legitimacy of religious dogma. Just last week Toronto Police were involved in the highly publicized threats against Mr. Fatah and Mrs. Hassan of the Muslim Canadian Congress. Here the anonymous individual swore to
"slaughter" the two MCC members, in the name of god, for belonging to an "apostate" organization.
The Humanist Association of Canada spokesperson, Pat O'Brien, responded to this shameful incident: "Atheists have never been accorded the same respect as those with religious beliefs even though our position originates in logic and reason, not myth and superstition. This escalation of a systemic, although till now hidden, discrimination is very troubling."
"I think I discovered the hard way the boundaries of freedom of speech," said Justin Trottier. "The fact that an atheist should fear for his well being while advertising for a university event that seeks to promote free inquiry is alarming, and though I feared for my life briefly, I've never felt as strong about my atheism. My colleagues and I have only strengthened our resolve to forge ahead with our agenda to push for secularism, science and freedom of thought."
The perpetrators were last seen on the north side of Gerrard St., midway between Church St. and Yonge St., walking northward through a pathway, at about 1am. The first perpetrator was about 6', black, with short black hair. He was slim build and clean shaven. He was wearing dark jeans and a blue and white hat. He had on prescription glasses. The second perpetrator was of Middle Eastern descent, 5'4"-5'6" with short, curly, black hair. He was clean shaven with a stalky, muscular build. He was wearing a grey golf shirt, with beige pants. He had prescription glasses. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Toronto Police about incident #1255906.
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By Roel Weijenberg (Solar Prominence)
- November 12th, 2012
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Object Name: Prominence
Object Type: Large plasma eruption on the solar surface
Location: Deventer, The Netherlands
Date: July 27, 2012
Media: White pastel pencil on black paper
This morning I aimed my 70mm solar telescope at the sun and I almost got blown away by what I saw. I GIANT prominence on the north eastern limb. I hovered above the surface like a huge dragon. I made a sketch with white pastels on black paper, color added and orientation-flip with Photoshop.
Clear skies!
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Suspects caught on CCTV are often unknown to police, so are a high priority when appealing for information.
Police are looking for this woman after she allegedly assaulted another passenger on a bus.
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A new saccharides sensor based on the TTF-anthracene dyad with two boronic acid (
Fluorescent sensors with the ability to recognize various biologically important compounds are very useful for a wide range of application [
Boronic acid is a good receptor for saccharides since boronic acid is able to react with 1,2- or 1,3-diols to form five- or six-membered rings respectively. Shinkai and co-workers have described a series of saccharides sensors based on the fact that the corresponding photoinduced electron transfer (PET) process can be tuned after the binding of boronic acid with saccharides [
We have recently reported that the amine group of Shinkai's saccharide sensors can be replaced by other electron donors, such as tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) [
The fluorescence enhancement was also observed for
Nucleosides commonly possess a ribose moiety, in which the
In summary, a new saccharides sensor based on the TTF-anthracene dyad with two boronic acid groups was designed and synthesized. Fluorescent spectral studies showed that the fluorescence intensity of
1H and 13C NMR spectra were recorded on BRUCK 300 MHz and BRUCK 400 MHz instruments. EI-MS and TOF-MS were determined with AEI-MS 50 and BEFLEX III, respectively. Fluorescence spectra were recorded on a JASCO FP6000 spectrofluorometer in a 1-cm quartz cell. Column chromatography was performed by using silica gel (200-300 mesh). Glucose, fructose, galactose, and mannose were purchased from Acros. THF was distilled from Na and benzophenone immediately prior to use.
Synthesis of compound 4 [
Synthesis of compound 6: To a solution of 4 (1.40 g, 3.60 mmol) in 20 mL P(OiPr)3 was added 5 (2.1 g, 7.2 mmol) in N2 atmosphere. The mixture was stirred at 120 oC for 4 hours. After cool to room temperature, the sovent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was purified through column chromatography to give compound 5 in 56% yield.
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 2.68-2.75 (m, 4H), 3.00-3.18 (m, 4H), 3.36-3.41 (t, 2H), 4.40-4.45 (t, 2H), 6.53-6.54 (s, 1H), 7.45-7.54 (m, 4H), 7.99-8.10 (d, 2H), 8.26-8.27 (s, 1H), 8.32-8.36 (d, 2H); MALDI-TOF: 625.0 (M+)
Synthesis of compound 7: The procedure is similar to the preparation of 4. 1,5-Dibromoheptane was used instead of 9-(2-bromoethoxy)-anthracene. 7 was obtained as yellow oil in 80% yield.
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 1.20-1.29 (m, 4H), 1.60-1.70 (m, 4H), 1.82-1.92 (m, 4H), 2.80-2.85 (t, 4H), 3.33-3.43 (m, 6H), 4.39-4.43 (t, 2H), 6.50-6.51 (s, 1H), 7.46-7.52 (m, 4H), 7.99-8.10 (d, 2H), 8.25-8.26 (s, 1H), 8.32-8.35 (d, 2H); MALDI-TOF: 731.8 (M+).
Synthesis of compound 8: To a solution of 7 (0.657 g, 0.8 mmol) in 2 mL dry DMF was added 0.653 g (2.4 mmol) of potassium 4-(5,5-dimethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinan-2-yl)benzoate. The mixture was stirred at 75oC for 2 hours. After cool to the room temperature, the solution was poured into water and extracted with CH2Cl2 (3×30 mL). The organic phase was washed with water, dried by angydrous Na2SO4, and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography to give compound 8 in 90% yield.
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 1.00-1.05 (s, 12H), 1.20-1.29 (m, 4H), 1.66-1.73 (m, 4H), 1.73-1.80 (m, 4H), 2.80-2.85 (m, 4H), 3.35-3.38 (t, 2H), 3.72-3.80 (s, 8H), 4.20-4.35 (m, 4H), 4.37-4.43 (t, 2H), 6.47-6.48 (s, 1H), 7.44-7.51 (m, 4H), 7.83-7.90 (m, 4H), 7.97-8.06 (m, 6H), 8.23-8.24 (s, 1H), 8.31-8.34 (d, 2H); MALDI-TOF: 1124.2 (M+)
Synthesis of compound 2: Compound 8 (0.204 g, 0.2 mmol) was deprotected by stirring in acetone/2N HCl (1:1, 2 mL), at room temperature for 4 hours. After evaporation of solvent, the mixture was dissolved in CH2Cl2 (20 mL); the solution was then washed with 5% NaHCO3 (2 × 20 mL) and dried over Na2SO4. The crude product was purified on a silica gel column to give 1 in 50% yield.
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 1.47-1.52 (m, 4H), 1.52-1.65 (m, 4H), 1.65-1.72 (m, 4H), 2.82-2.87 (m, 4H), 3.46-3.52 (t, 2H), 4.10-4.27 (m, 4H), 4.27-4.34 (t, 2H), 6.47-6.48 (s, 1H), 7.44-7.51 (m, 4H), 7.83-7.90 (m, 4H), 7.97-8.06 (m, 6H), 8.23-8.24 (s, 1H), 8.31-8.34 (d, 2H); HRMS: Anal. calcd. for (C48H55B2Na2O11S7, M+2MeOH+2Na+H)+: 1099.1771. Found 1099.1888.
The present research was financially supported by NSFC, Chinese Academy of Sciences and State Key Basic Research Program. D.-Q. Zhang thanks the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars.
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The plot of the relative fluorescence intensity
The Shinkai's saccharide sensor and the saccharide sensor containing TTF unit.
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Didier Deschamps has indicated that the Parisian, who was sidelined for the majority of last season with injury, is feeling discomfort after picking up a knock against Finland
Les Bleus won 1-0 at Finland in their opening fixture on Friday evening as the Gunner scored the winner and starred with a sterling display.
However, the French head coach raised concerns about the 26-year-old's fitness after the fixture, with exhaustion his main worry after using all his changes before realising the Parisian needed a rest.
|Arsenal are 18/1 with Bet365 to draw 2-2 with Southampton
Deschamps told reporters: "It will be difficult for him to be available for tomorrow's game.
"He took a bad knock and felt a muscle discomfort. He knows himself and maybe a little more than everyone [if he is fit].
"Before considering whether he has recovered from the injury to take the field, we should not have any concerns on the massage table."
Diaby's return to the national side came after an impressive display for Arsene Wenger's men in a 2-0 win over Liverpool, after he managed just four substitute appearances in the Premier League in an injury-riddled season last term.
And team-mates know how vital he is to the national side and are hoping the midfield enforcer can remain free of injury.
Rio Mavuba his international compatriot added: "I hope he will go on like that for a long time because he is essential to the team,".


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The effective fulfillment of the lender-of-last-resort function of the central bank requires that during a liquidity crisis the central bank lend freely to an institution that is illiquid but not insolvent (if assets can be held to maturity), against collateral that would be good during normal times but that may have become illiquid during disorderly market conditions, and at a penalty rate. The requirement that lender-of-last-resort facilities are only offered on punitive terms is key to the minimisation of moral hazard and thus to discouraging future imprudent, reckless lending and borrowing.
The same principle of providing assistance to illiquid but solvent institutions only on punitive terms applies when market illiquidity rather than funding illiquidity is the problem facing the troubled private financial institution and the central bank intervenes as market maker of last resort.
Any illiquid assets the central bank accepts as collateral in repos, at the discount window or at any of the more recently created special liquidity facilities, such as the Term Securities Lending Facility and the Primary Dealer Credit Facility in the USA or the Special Liquidity Scheme in the UK, must be valued or priced in a way that ensures that the transaction does not involve a subsidy from the central bank to the borrowing institution. The repo, collateralised loan or swap should earn the central bank an appropriate risk-adjusted rate of return. The same would apply if the central bank purchased illiquid private securities outright from a financially challenged private financial institution. There is nothing wrong in principle with the central bank taking credit risk onto its balance sheet, as long as it earns a rate of return that adequately compensates it for that risk.
There is a growing suspicion in the markets that the ECB is subsidizing some euro area banks that are eligible counterparties at its discount window (the Marginal lending facility) or in repos, by overvaluing or overpricing illiquid collateral offered to the Eurosystem by these euro area banks.
According to the ECB's handbook, The implementation of monetary policy in the euro area, September 2006, when a market reference price is available for a security offered as collateral to the ECB or one of the National Central Banks of the euro area, that market price is used to value/price the security. "In the absence of a representative price for a particular asset on the business day preceding the valuation date, the last trading price is used. If the reference price obtained is older than five days, or has not moved for at least five days, the Eurosystem defines a theoretical price." The valuation/price assigned to the collateral – either a market reference price or a theoretical price – is subject to a further liquidity haircut (or discount). The key problem is that while the haircuts (as a percentage of the valuation) are known, because they are published by the ECB, the valuations are not. This does not matter when there is a market reference price. When there is no market reference price but instead a theoretical price is used, the absence of information on the actual valuation represents a serious deficiency in the Eurosystem's accountability for the use of public resources .
The issue is of more than theoretical interest. The past year (2007) saw the collapse of an out-of-control property price boom/bubble and a construction boom in Spain which at its peak accounted for about 18 percent of Spanish GDP. This year, Spanish commercial banks, heavily exposed to the Spanish construction and housing sector, are reported to have repoed at least € 46 bn worth of their (often illiquid) assets in exchange for ECB liquidity. The Spanish construction sector is dead in the water and house prices in Spain are falling, exposing banks to the risk of negative equity for their mortgage holders. As a result, some of the collateral offered by Spanish banks to the Eurosystem has been illiquid and has had t be valued at a theoretical price. Some assets offered as collateral may have been non-marketable assets like mortgages. According to the ECB's handbook again, "Non-marketable assets are assigned a value corresponding either to the theoretical price or to the outstanding amount. If the national central bank opts for the valuation corresponding to the outstanding amount, the non-marketable assets may be subject to higher haircuts". For instance, non-marketable retail mortgage-backed debt instruments are subject to a valuation haircut of 20%.
The key problem is that, even if we know the haircuts, we cannot tell whether the ECB or the National Central Banks of the euro area are subsidising their counterparties when these offer illiquid or non-marketable collateral for which a theoretical price has to be established. There are stories doing the rounds in the markets that suggest that the illiquid or non-marketable collateral offered by the Spanish banks has been priced not more than 5 percent below its notional or face value. If true, this is likely to represent a wild overvaluation of the collateral offered by the Spanish banks, and an illegitimate subsidy of the Eurosystem to these Spanish banks.
I have made the point about the imporance of the availability in the public domain of both the Eurosystem's methods for the pricing of illiquid collateral and the actual theoretical prices assigned to specific items of illiquid or non-marketable collateral on many occasions, both in public (e.g. on June 6, 2006 during a Q&A following a public lecture at the LSE by the President of the Bundesdbank, Axel Weber) and in private (recently at the Banque de France). I always ask for the same two things. First, the immediate publication of the the model or models used to compute theoretical prices for illiquid or non-marketable financial instruments. Second, the publication (with an appropriate lag to respect commercial confidentiality) of the actual prices/valuations to each specific item of illiquid collateral offered to the Eurosystem. That information is still not in the public domain.
There is no justification for this. Neither the citizens of the EU, nor the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (and in particular its Sub-Committee on Monetary Affairs (one of the bodies to which the ECB/Eurosystem is formally accountable) can hold the ECB to account if they cannot verify whether the Eurosystem's repos earn a proper risk-adjusted rate of return. The ECB and the National Central Banks of the euro area play with public money – tax payers' money. The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs should request (polite for demand) this pricing information from the ECB. It's time the ECB faced some substantive accountability for the first time in its existence.


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Olympia... Secretary of State Sam Reed alerts all businesses to watch out for a possible scam from a company called National Business Registration.
The company sends businesses a "final notice" that tells the owner, "Since the introduction of the Patriot Act of 2001 all businesses are required to register with the National Corporation Registry."
This is false information. There is no national corporate registry.
The notice also instructs business to pay a $487 fee within 14 days from receipt or they will be, "administratively dissolved/revoked and an additional fee will be due if the entity is removed from our database due to non-payment."
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Duscher calls time on Depor
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Argentinian Aldo Duscher has issued Deportivo with an ultimatum over his contract.
Argentinian international Aldo Duscher has issued Deportivo La Coruna with an ultimatum, after a breakdown to his contract talks.
The 27-year-old midfielder has been in negotiations with club president Augusto Cesar Lendoiro for some time, but maintains he is yet to receive a suitable offer for his services.
His contract at the Riazor is set to expire this summer and Duscher has called for confirmation about where his future lies after he was made an extension offer on a lower wage.
"I am waiting for a solution from the club because now is the time to speak to other clubs," Duscher explained.
"We want a clear answer. I will stay at the club or leave it. That is the real solution.
"This is not positive for any player, but I must remain calm in my personal and sporting life."
Coach Joaquin Caparros has openly declared his desire to keep the player, but the situation remains murky.
Portuguese defender Jorge Andrade has meanwhile played his first minutes of football since tearing tendons in his knee towards the end of last season.
The 28-year-old came through 19 minutes of Depor's friendly match in Villalba and now wants to build his strength before making his long-awaited return to duty.
"I need the football. I have not played since March 2006, so it is great to return," Andrade enthused.
"My objective is to recuperate fully and to play more friendlies to increase my playing time little by little.
"Playing in a first team match is still a long way off because I need more practice. I need to build my confidence on the pitch and regain the necessary rhythm.
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Advanced Email Deliverability: Implementing DMARC
If you're a company that emails no one and that no one's heard of, chances are you're not too worried about someone sending fraudulent email claiming to be you. On the other hand, if you're a company that has recognition among its customers as trustworthy or you operate in an industry where trust is paramount, such as healthcare or financial services, then there's a good chance unsavory types are attempting to scam your customers through phishing, claiming to be you in emails.
That's where the DMARC protocol comes in. DMARC, or Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance, helps Internet Service Providers like GMail, Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo Mail, and many others deliver only legitimate email from you, and not from scammers pretending to be you.
How DMARC Works
At its core, DMARC is a combination of Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and Domain Keys Identified Mail (DKIM). Imagine sending a piece of paper mail for a moment. DKIM checks to see if you mailed from your company mailroom and SPF checks to see that you used your corporate stationery. You could put fraudulent mail in your mailroom for pickup by the postman, or you could put a fake envelope on mail pretending to be someone else, but it's really hard for the average scammer to put a fake message in your company's stationery inside your company's mailroom.
DMARC does the digital equivalent of checking to see that the stationery is your company's and that you sent it from your mailroom.
How to Get Started with DMARC
Here's the good news: if you're a WhatCounts customer, chances are you're already 95% set up. Since DMARC is built on top of SPF and DKIM, you have to make sure those are implemented correctly in your Domain Name System (DNS). If you need help setting those up, there are wizards for SPF and DKIM that can speed along the process. (WhatCounts customers should contact their account managers instead)
The next step, assuming that DKIM and SPF are operating correctly, is to add a DNS record for DMARC that initially tells it to monitor for fraudulent activity and provide a daily report to your postmaster or mail administrator. The format for this is straightforward for anyone experienced in editing DNS:
_dmarc.example.com IN TXT "v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com"
where example.com is your company's domain and the postmaster address is substituted for your postmaster's address.
You'll get a daily email from major ISPs like GMail that tell you how many messages were received that failed DMARC, which will let you adjust your SPF and DKIM settings. Once you've gotten everything tuned, you can then update your DMARC from monitor mode (shown above) to quarantine or reject modes, where you're actively telling ISPs to reject email that fails the DMARC test.
Why not go straight to reject mode? There's a chance that something in your SPF or DKIM records is misconfigured, and if you implemented DMARC in reject mode, you could accidentally stop sending all legitimate email to many customers. Start in monitor mode, and then when you're ready, you can change to reject mode with this:
_dmarc.example.com IN TXT "v=DMARC1;p=reject;pct=100;rua=mailto:email@example.com"
I hope this overview of the DMARC protocol is helpful to you in getting started with DMARC. It's already in wide use among the major B2C email services like GMail and Hotmail, it costs nothing except time, and it can help reduce fraudulent messages to your customers once deployed.
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The surprised announcement of the sequel to the popular game Temple Run, had us scratching our heads. No rumors about a sequel, then out of the blue, the makers let us know the sequel is coming out within a week. Silly thing was, there was a date for iOS, but not a date for Android.
In an interview with The Guardian, Imangi Studios revealed that the Android release for Temple Run 2 will be on January 24th. Just one week away from today. Set your calendars, reminders, tell your kids or your wife, and be ready for more running through the jungle. Keep an eye on our site on the night of January 23rd. If they do a midnight Pacific time release, we will be ready with a post and a link so you can be one of the first to download it.
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E.L.F. Foundation Brush Reviews
Elfgreat brush — 9 years, 1 month agoddagrosa | 259 reviews
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Pretty good for the priceI bought this brush for a dollar expecting the worst. But what I got was the equivalent to some 15 dollar brushes I've tried. It's not the best, and has less bristles than the higher end brushes, but it gets the job done and is overall good. The only thing is that after a few uses the glue that held the metal part onto the wooden part of the brush started to loosen, and the head of the brush moves...read more around, but it doesn't bother me that much. It seems to be a common theme with ELF brushes though. I do recommend it though. The price is way too good to pass up. — 5 years, 1 month agoGingerDrink | 97 reviews
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goodi bought this brush and realized it works better with creamier foundations, i do not use that kind of foundation so i do not really use it much — 1 year, 3 months agobella7d | 21 reviews
GreatThis brush is great especially for people that are new to brushes. It applies makeup well and is a great value only $1 — 3 years, 5 months agoadrianagg13 | 9 reviews
Hated it!This brush is horrible, it's way to flimsy & leaves streaks. My brush broke the first time I used it! For the price, I suggest you try it for yourself. Maybe I just got the bad batch? — 3 years, 5 months agocassandra_denise | 3 reviews
Great Backup BrushI am not the biggest fan of these flat type foundation brushes. I never have been. But again, when its a $1, you can't go wrong. I own 2 of these brushes and they are great for when my regular foundation brushes are being washed and I am in a pinch. -2 stars as one of the brushes has had the bristles falling out! (you get what you pay for!) — 3 years, 6 months agoBillie77 | 85 reviews
Nice Brush That Last ForeverI have had this brush since I have first started wearing foundation and it still works the same and good as it always has. This brush does a decent job in blending in my cream foundation. I have also used it to apply my liquid foundation and it does great as well. I really like this brush and I continue to care for it as much as I can to insure its great quality. — 3 years, 9 months agoalexa64 | 11 reviews
Not a good brush. But it's a great price!This is waaay too streaky for me to use. I can't make it work with my nicer foundations. The only thing I can use it with is tinted moisturizer, and even then, I have to go back in with fingers. But. It was literally one dollar. So, I can't really complain that much. — 3 years, 9 months agoSchmabigail92 | 12 reviews
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Not for MeThis brush is terrible. I'm currently using the Extra Virgin Minerals Foundation Brush from The Body Shop but wanted to have an extra brush for liquid foundations, so I picked this up to try. The bristles were so hard and rough that it felt like I was scratching my face when I applied foundation and if I didn't hold the brush almost parallel to my face, the bristles would poke, which shouldn't hurt but does somehow, that's how rough they are. — 4 years, 3 months agoLindaDD | 21 reviews
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Love this brush!I use this brush for my loreal true match lumi foundation and it makes my skin look flawless! It helps glide my foundation on evenly nd I don't have to use alot because the brush works with just a drop. Love it. And for $1 . Great deal! — 4 years, 6 months agomelissa21 | 10 reviews
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25th Annual Fall Craft Fair
Friday & Saturday, September 22-23, 2017
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4 PM-7 PM on Friday & Noon-3 PM on Saturday (Open To The Public)
Expanded to two days for 2016, with different crafters each day! A great place to shop for the perfect gift. Held inside the Ocean Lakes Recreation Building. Only handcrafted items are allowed – from jewelry, pottery, woodworking and more!
Booth spaces are available to Ocean Lakes Guests. $20 for a 10 X 10 booth. All crafters must be a guest of Ocean Lakes. (We do allow outside crafters unless our booth space is not full by the end of August.) Only handcrafted items are allowed (see craft policies). Booth reservations can be made by contacting the Recreation Office at 843.238.0130.


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Really. You could put the entire population of the Earth in a space one mile wide, one mile deep, and one mile high (one cubic mile). We'd all fit in one small corner of the Grand Canyon, which would take about 2500 cubic miles of dirt (or people) to fill.
How do we know? One cubic mile is 147,197,952,000 cubic feet. If, on average, one human being takes up a space 2 feet by 2 feet by 6 feet it means we occupy 24 cubic feet per person. Sure, kids will have extra room and some of us will be a bit squished (or a lot if you're a flabby American); but on average that's about right.
So divide 147,197,952,000 by 24 and you get 6,133,248,000, which means that in the year 2000 when the world population reached 6 billion we'd all have fit in a cubic mile, with room left over for another 133 million folks. The population now has reached over 6.7 billion so today there'd be a little overflow.
But now consider this. If we all stood side-by-side, shoulder to shoulder (and use the same 2 foot width per person), all 6.7 billion of us could make a line around the Earth over 102 times!
Our brains are pretty well equipped to deal with liner measures (rows of corn, lines of wildebeest), but we're easily befuddled by cubic measures. We intuitively know that a line at Starbucks with 6.7 billion people in it would be a long one. But it's hard to imagine that we could pile all those people on Chicago's O'Hare Airport and the pile would only be 500 feet deep.


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Peter Jackson: Writer/Director of The Lovely Bones?
In the most intriguing movie news of the day, Peter Jackson has co-written a screenplay adaptation of Alice Sebold's heart-wrenching novel The Lovely Bones and is looking for a studio to back the project. The mastermind behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the latest King Kong remake has long had The Lovely Bones in mind, according to Variety:
Jackson scooped up the film rights to "Bones" from FilmFour in 2004. (FilmFour is still a partner on the project.) Since then, the filmmaker has insisted that "Bones" would be his next directing project after "King Kong."
It seems like a huge leap to go from such grandiose fantastical box office sweepers like LOTR series to a quiet family drama about the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl. The story has clearly struck a chord in him which makes me intensely curious to see what Jackson will do with this. I think it actually might turn out to be great.


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In early July several folks headed south with a copy of The Daily & Sunday Jeffersonian to Apollo Beach, Fla., to visit family. While there they visited the forts and the lighthouse on Egmont Key Island and snorkeled from the island. Shown are, l to r, Kelly Moore, Jason Moffett, Jenna Strickler, Trish Klass, Shannon Klass, Alex Klass, Patsy Hare and Randy Hare. While in Florida Shannon and Alex also traveled to Discovery Cove and swam with the dolphins as a graduation present.


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Flood waters are moving into Memphis earlier than predicted as residents were being evacuated already on Saturday and again on Sunday. The river was surpassed 47 feet on Sunday and is expected to crest at a record 48 feet on Monday.
While it's no surprise that the Lower Mississippi Valley is flooding, as the predictions have been coming fast and furious. However, the timing is a bit off due to the main flood gauge malfunctioning. Previously, the river was expected to crest closer to Wednesday of this week.
Memphis is on pace to see the worst flooding since 1927. Some 20,000 people may need access to shelters, according to city officials. Some eight states are predicted to feel the effects of the pressures from the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
Of course, last week the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened a hole in the levee near Cairo, Ill., to divert the rising waters. As a result, 130,000 acres of farmland were flooded. Whether or not similar tactics will be called upon again this week remains to be seen. There's also concern whether the levees will hold.
"Many levees will be stressed for more than a few days," points out Aliex Sosnowski, AccuWeather.com senior meteorologist, "and in some cases to be taxed for a few weeks, raising the potential for failure."
Record crests along the Mississippi River are possible in portions of southeastern Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana in the days and weeks ahead, according to the National Weather Service Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center.
There has been a break in the rainy weather in the jeopardized area as well as the northern states which feed into these rivers. However, rainfall at the start and the end of a mini-heat wave predicted for this week could only delay the rivers' ability to recede.
Storms were forecast for the northern plains on Sunday, with the Dakotas, Nebraska and Iowa facing rain, hail and damaging winds. Rain is predicted to continue on and off as the weather systems move east throughout the week.
The water approaching from upstream, where the heaviest rains occurred during April and early May will continue to cause most of the problems and stress the river through the middle of May, Sosnowski notes.


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Since its formation in 2004, skatedeluxe is all about skateboarding in all its facets. Emerging from a student's flat-sharing community, skatedeluxe has evolved into Europe's leading skateboard core shop. Besides features like an online skateboard configurator and a blog with skateboard news, own videos and tutorials, it is the pan-European skate team and the support of everyone who's dedicated to skateboarding that stands for authenticity in terms of skateboarding.
With over 10.000 products and 250 top brands, the skatedeluxe online skate shop offers a wide range of skateboard decks and hardware, shoes and skate related streetwear as well as some selected snowboard goods. Besides the wide product and brand selection, skatedeluxe provides a high-quality in-house customer service to guarantee a smooth and fast order for every customer. Since 2013, this service is available in German, Englisch, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish to serve skateboarders all over Western Europe.
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This week in Los Angeles federal court, a jury began hearing evidence and testimony on whether rock band Led Zeppelin may have lifted part of their iconic song, "Stairway to Heaven." At stake is the band's reputation and millions of dollars. NewsHour Weekend's Phil Hirschkorn reports. Continue reading
The band Spirit claims that Led Zeppelin stole an instrumental piece of music from their single "Taurus" and used it for the opening of "Stairway to Heaven.
More than 40 years after Led Zeppelin released their "Stairway to Heaven" single, the rock legends are being accused of plagiarism. Continue reading


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Fox Theatre
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The diner 'Sweet Love Hangover' opened in the lobby of the Fox theater today. Very nice design and cool mirrored ceiling which extends through the glass under the old marquee. The rest of the building is now the popular Playground nighclub. All traces of the theater are gone except for the restored marquee. Nice to have this simple diner added to a still decrepit Hollywood Blvd and saving the facade of this once crumbling movie theater.
I'm all for moving those trees to a more appropriate location! I've got a shovel……
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Growing Up in Hollywood in the 60s This was The " Iris" my local Movie House it was well Run by Mann Theaters & I believe Carol Burnett worked there in the Box Office after leaving Hollywood High in late 50s They showed alot of Disney Movies, architectural wise it was built for Motion Pictures as there was no Stage no Balcony
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LM, it only opened recently as a nightclub. What Ken saw was probably the kind of trendy event you get at trendy nightclubs.
There was an event at the Fox last night, perhaps a nightclub opening. Around midnight there were cameras outside and a line of people waiting to get in.
I was going to post a June 2009 photo I took of the Fox from across the street; it is very similar to the second link hollywood90038 posted just above so I'll refrain.
Whatever the intended use, I must say that I was pleased to see the Fox without the front boarded up like it had been these past years.
A good site to look at is "The Great Hollywood Hangover" site. Many photos on there, most from my era The 1960's.
Oh good, I like that idea better. It would have been sad to see it go to a strip club.
No, Bway, just a regular old trendy nightclub.
So what is it, a strip club? I guess anything is better than the abandoned dump it had been.
Anyone have a current photo of the exterior?
Ken, you just need to have a Facebook account…
I think you need a password for that.
You've jumped the gun a bit. The website seems to have gone live in May, but the calendar's events are all "TBD." They don't say when the club will officially open.
I went by this place today, and they're obviously working on it. The front has been cleaned up, the marquee has been redone, and there was activity inside. Big difference from the last time I saw the place.
…many changes, and no ridiculously placed trees right in front of the marquee!
Here is a February 14, 1955 ad from the LA Times:
It looks like there was some changes to the marquee between 1954 and 1956.
When I worked there, starting summer of 69, the front was the same as above photo 1983. Thanks again for your photos.
Here is a 1956 photo:
It's nice to so that marquee all lit up.
Thank you for both these photos. They should have kept the street cars.
Here is a 1954 view of the Iris:
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Spring Batch Advanced Launcher (SBAL) is a tool based on Spring Batch. It allows launching batches from the command line. A set of advanced functionality is provided to allow enterprise deployment as an alternative to the CommandLineJobRunner. it provides advanced features like displaying the batch version, running resource validations, and configuring logging. It also defines a standard directory structure for deployments.
lib4d_sql is a C library that provides the required functions (connect, prepare, execute, etc.) for writing an SQL client for 4D databases. It uses the public 4D SQL protocol, which is supported by 4D products since version 11. It is already used by the PDO_4D Open Source project, and it might be used to provide others drivers for JDBC, ADO, or ActiveRecord.
Jaiwls is a component oriented framework with bundled a servlet Web server (Jetty) and HTML widget library. It is easy to integrate in existing applications with static compiled Java classes and supports dynamic websites using Groovy, a runtime injectable singelton instance, well formatted stack traces, a low memory footprint for compiled projects, powerful URL rewrites possible, a production mode (with no recompilation) for Groovy-based applications, and much more.
Probus is a Web framework for developing in PHP5. This framework is based on the MVC pattern. It has excellent support data caching and provides convenient AJAX support. This framework supports the following features: Many programming patterns can be used, include MVC. A simple command-line tool is used to generate projects. Standard plugins are included for AJAX, RSS, and form validation. It is simple create new plugins for Probus. Its database abstraction layer supports MySQL, PgSQL, MSSQL, Oracle, and many others. It automatically caches data. Its configuration system uses YAML syntax. Components can be used from external frameworks such as Zend Framework, symfony, Code Igniter, Kohana, and CakePHP.
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So Its Been Twenty Years - Poem by Gert Strydom
So it's been twenty years,
Annelize, since we wed
and a time that no man
could ever forget.
Twenty years since
a young boy and girl
said high vows
before the world and God,
that couldn't even survive a full year.
What lightning forked between us
to shatter that which once was,
what scourge smote
from what hell
and burned and scorched us apart,
to this very day I do not know
and a time came
that you had to go to another.
Still feelings remain
and flames of lust
have the possibility
to burn high,
yet the truth remains
that I cannot trust you
ever again.
Even if our stars are still the same,
you have the image
set to that of Helen
and all of your heart
reaches out to me,
never ever will that romance
be able to endure.
Time still tell its truth
of a love that once was
and forever are gone
and deceit burnt the beauty and thrill away
and not even a great sage,
can turn those ashes
back to what it once was.
Comments about So Its Been Twenty Years by Gert Strydom
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Still feelings remain
and flames of lust
have the possibility
to burn high,
yet the truth remains
that I cannot trust you
ever again.
great imagery shared here..........well done! (Report) Reply
Indira Renganathan (11/8/2009 11:50:00 PM)
So much of dejection put in....well said...thank you (Report) Reply
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West Chesterfield Vacation Packages
A number of Keene's most visited sights are in or very close to West Chesterfield, so it is a popular place to great. Don't miss the incredible Asbury United Methodist Church and the marvellous Spofford Lake. Two more visitor and local favorites include Jacksonville Pond and Honora Winery. Nearby, colorful neighborhoods such as Keene and Troy, are also worth exploring to get a sense of what makes Keene tick.
Sports fans staying in the West Chesterfield area will love the atmosphere at popular Mullins Center. See local heroes do battle on the field, then, after the game follow the river of fans to the nearby cafes, pubs and bars to relive the game's finest moments.
To really get to know this fascinating part of the world, consider making a reservation at one of the area's charming bed and breakfast or hotel options. If you're looking for great service and a comfortable bed, be sure to check out the Best Western Plus Sovereign Hotel, the Colonial Motel And Spa, Brattleboro, and the popular Quality Inn & Conference Center, Brattleboro.


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The Manchu alphabet was commissioned in 1599 by the Manchu leader Nurhaci (1559-1626), the founder of the Manchu state. The letters are based on the Classical Mongolian alphabet while the phonetics are based on Jurchen, an earlier Manchu script. The alphabet was modified slightly in 1632.
In 1644 the Manchus conquered China and established the Ch'ing (Qing) dynasty, which lasted until 1911. For the first 200 years or so of the Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu was the main language of government in China and served as a lingua franca. By the mid 19th century many of the Manchus had adopted Chinese as their first language, however they continued to produce Manchu version of Chinese documents until the end of the dynasty and for sometime afterwards.
Manchu, a member of the Tungusic group of Altaic languages. There are currently about 10 million Manchus living mainly in north-eastern China, of whom about 100 speak Manchu and only 20 can read and write it. Most speak only Mandarin.
A version of the Manchu script is used to write Xibe, a Tungusic language closely related to Manchu and spoken in Xinjiang in the north west of China by 30,000 people.
Following his advice, when the army was about to enter the town, he abandoned the town and fled. Akim Bek volunteered to handle the affairs, so he did the duty on behalf of the General. He had been to the capital city to present himself before the Emperor. His estate in the city and property in Kashgar, were used to provide the people living in Shikago, left in the capital city, or inherited by his son. He inherited the title of the Duke of Assisting the Nation, and was bestowed the hereditary title of Akim Bek. His son inherited the hereditary title of Akim Bek.
Source: http://www.chinahistoryforum.com
Information about Manchu
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Manchu fonts
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Manchu in Unicode
Even, Evenki, Jurchen, Manchu, Nanai, Oroch, Orok / Uilta, Ulch, Xibe


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