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USD/JPY (a 4-hour chart)
General Overview
The pair managed to exceed the 100 mark for the first time this month on Tuesday due to expectations that the strengthening of the U.S. economic recovery will prompt the U.S. Federal Reserve by the end of the year to wind down its economic stimulus program.
The current buy signal is confirmed and weak as Chinkou Span is above the price, and the price is in the Ichimoku cloud. So now the goal for the upward movement is 100. In the case of overcoming the first target, the upward movement will be continued to the resistance level 100.53.
The upward movement will be relevant as long as the price is above Kijun-sen, if the yen consolidates below the Kijun-sen, the "golden cross" will be weakened and the downward movement may resume to the first level of support 92.16.
Chinkou Span is above the price, which confirms the current buy signal and indicates bullish market sentiment for the pair.
Bollinger Bands show a continuation of the upward movement, the band geared up and broadening, making relevant long positions in the market now.
MACD is directed up, confirming the current uptrend.
Trading Recommendations
The pair broke the mark of 100.00 and if it is able to stay above this barrier it is likely to yield a maximum of 103.75. The break through the maximum point will confirm the medium-term growth to around 110.00.
Otherwise, the pair is likely to return to 100, and in case of further falling it will continue to go to 90.00-92.50 supports.

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[MLS WEEK 30: Friday Rewind] The tightly bunched teams in the Western Conference moved around again Friday night and now it's Colorado that is trapped in a wild-card spot.
Diego Valeri's early goal held up the rest of the way as Portland (11-5-13, 46 pts.) replaced Colorado (12-9-9, 45 pts.) in third place by beating the
Rapids, 1-0, at Jeld-Wen Field. The vast majority of the 20,674 fans in attendance roared mightily as Valeri's clever chip, set up by Rodney Wallace's headed interception
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Colorado forced its way back into the game and finished with a 13-9 edge in shots and 9-3 advantage in corner kicks but could only put one shot on goal, an Atiba Harris effort that was saved by Donovan Ricketts. Edson Buddle smashed a shot off the base of the post as a debated offside flag went up, and in the final minutes Dillon Powers fired a shot that was deflected narrowly wide.
Recently acquired midfielder Vicente Sanchez was a late scratch because of injury and in a rejiggered Rapids lineup Martin Rivero and Nick LaBrocca were deployed. LaBrocca brought some energy but Rivero wasn't effective, and both were eventually substituted.
Colorado takes a bye from league play next week and by the time it hosts Seattle Oct. 5, it could be out of the playoff tier entirely. Portland hosts the Galaxy a week from Sunday in yet another episode of the wild, wild West.
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Portland Timbers 1, Colorado Rapids 0
POR: Diego Valeri (Rodney Wallace) 13.
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Reference Cycles: The NBER Methodology Revisited
This paper proposes a new way to compute a coincident and a leading index of economic activity. The method provides a unified approach for the selection of the coincident and the leading variables, for averaging them into coincident and leading indexes and for the identification of turning points. The statistical framework we propose reconciles dynamic principal components analysis wit dynamic factor analysis. We use our procedure to estimate coincident and leading indexes for the EMU area as well as country-specific indexes. Unlike other methods used in the literature, the country indexes take into consideration the cross-country as well as the within-country correlation structure.
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Down 14-0 at the half, the Siskiyou Savages semi-pro football team mounted a 19-14 come-from-behind victory against the Springfield Buzzards Saturday night in an exhibition game in Crescent City.
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'DAVID bloody Sneddon?" An incredulous look passes over the face of Gordon Montgomery, the Glaswegian who founded and chairs Fopp, the CD-to-DVD-to-books chain that is worshipped by a whole generation for its low prices. Apparently the thought of last year's winner of the BBC's Fame Academy is too much to bear. "You can keep David bloody Sneddon," Montgomery says. "And your bloody Pop Idols."
He grins. "Actually, I just got offered David Sneddon [his album] at 1.25. No thanks, I said. He'll have to go down to 50p and even then I'll probably have to give him away. You need decent volumes at those margins to get the economies of scale. Big volumes for David Sneddon? No bloody chance."
In an empty, white room above Fopp's Union Street store in Glasgow, Montgomery is musing over the latest offers from CD wholesalers across Europe. The industry is falling over itself to do business with Britain's fastest growing discount music chain, just as publishing houses are delighting in the vast quantities of literature - think Gabriel Garcia Marquez at 3 - that Fopp is effortlessly shifting. The DVD wholesale market is another fan.
"Tommy Cooper?" Montgomery frowns. "Doesn't sell in July, but we'll stock him in December - great Christmas present for dads. David Beckham and Roy Keane - I can't sell 'em at all. You see Beckham on the pitch and think what an artist, but who wants to read his book?
"Michael Jackson? Got to be careful there. We're taking 500 at a time. The moment he's seen as guilty, he'll never sell again. But there's other things I can't get hold of. I wanted to bundle the Koran and the Bible for Christmas, but I couldn't get a decent New Testament from the people in the church and God business. I suppose God doesn't want us to sell him at a discount." He chuckles, apologising for any disrespect.
Yet to turn 50, Montgomery started Fopp in 1981 on a stall in De'Courcey's Arcade, in the west end of Glasgow. Disgruntled with Virgin - he set up their first Megastore in Scotland - he took 3,000 in severance pay and arranged a 3,000 overdraft to begin building a business that racked up sales of about 30 million last year, up 60 per cent on 2002.
The first 18 years were a slow grind - "It took me three years just to get a shop." But a day came in 1999 that set Fopp on a ballistic expansion course. Today it has 14 stores stretching from Covent Garden to Dundee, with plans for 25 outlets in the next two to three years.
"The day arrived," says Montgomery, "that I thought, 'look, I keep borrowing half a million a year from the bank, and if I keep on like that I'm never going to get anywhere'. We had a strong relationship with Bank of Scotland - we'd paid our dues and been a solid customer. So I asked them a straight question: 'what's the maximum I can borrow?'
"When I started out, banks took a different view of risk capital, but nowadays they'll take a calculated chance. They said I could take 2 million. The only condition was that I gave up sole ownership, so I gifted away 40 per cent of the shares. It made sense because I needed the extra people to expand the company. We incorporated on 1 December, 1999."
Cue an expansion drive that has seen a second, two-floor store launched in Edinburgh, with Fopp's first dedicated bookshop, in Cardiff, due to open in March. "If it works, we'll roll out Fopp Books as a chain," Montgomery says.
He sees two barriers to Fopp's continued growth. First is finding good locations in towns that fit its strategy, targeting areas with universities and a population over 100,000. Second is making sure the quality of the "Fopp buying experience" isn't sacrificed at the altar of rapid expansion.
"We've been approached by people from the stock market who want us to float, and by venture capital companies who want to buy. But I've always turned them down. They'd want to expand too quickly. All of our directors and shop managers have come from the shop floor and they wouldn't like it. It would hurt the quality.
"The other problem [with VCs or IPO-makers] is they need to see an exit route for me, and currently I don't have one. It's terrible I know, but someone's got to be the guardian of the business. I didn't spend 22 years just to lose control of it, or sacrifice its quality. Right now, the board has full control to do whatever we see fit. We've got a three-year plan and it suits us fine."
But it's here that Montgomery exposes the biggest question mark over Fopp's future: it is difficult to see the business prospering without him. He insists that after six or nine months of hard mistakes the other directors would carry on as usual. But it would be a big gamble.
Montgomery's greatest strength, by his own verdict, is his knowledge of what to buy, when and at what price. Some of that can be imparted to others. But not all.
"I've been buying since I was 16, in the days when we still had push-button tills," he says, waving wildly as he pretends to punch the numbers on a register. "I remember inflation in the 70s, and what it did to the seven-inch single when it went from 49p to 50p. I remember the first computer we brought in to the store on Renfrew Street, in the 80s, well ahead of the competition.
"In the 90s we connected all the stores' computers so we could sit and watch all the numbers coming in, every night, on what was selling. Nowadays we know the details on every single product line we sell [there are at least 20,000 per store]. We study the data, we produce reports, we rank everything and we zone the shop space based on the margins. Retail is a science, not a guessing game."
In 2003, Montgomery says, he made a concerted effort to pass his wisdom on to one of his buying team. "But he still hasn't quite learned that it's not what you buy, it's what you don't buy. You can still buy Jive Bunny, but it's no use to me or my customers. We don't want to put shit in their record collections."
Montgomery's eye for the future, presumably, is another thing not easily replaced. When he wanted to move into DVDs, he says, there was internal resistance. The margins were poor. Montgomery persisted, and DVDs today are the fastest growing area of Fopp's income. "Thank God we got in to the market," he says.
Now he's looking at Brazilian pop, and minimalism, as future trends in music. "There'll be a minimalism campaign that includes the first four influential albums by Can. I had to go as far as the keyboard player's wife to find the right deal, but I got it."
Montgomery says he sees himself "more and more stepping back a bit from Fopp". The big danger, he claims, is not to the company, but to retailers in other markets. "I can see myself in another area of retail. I think all the time, should I start another business? My skills are in retail generally, not just music.
"The way I look at 'product' is completely different to anyone else in the industry. HMV say: 'We're going to buy this at that price, and put it in that store there.' My attention to detail, and the speed I make sure we work, is totally different.
"With a bit of attention to detail, we'd probably wipe the floor with some of the competition in other areas of retail. We've got the track record. If the sums add up, we'd be prepared to risk a bit and I'm sure the bank would too."
Fopp Interiors? Fopp Fashion? "It doesn't matter what kind of retail it is," Mongtomery says, "I'm starting to look this year."
Who's in the family? My second wife, Clare, who's in her thirties. Two boys from my first marriage, 21 and 16.
What car do you drive? A Volvo estate, an ex-demonstrator with 3,000 off.
What would be your desert island disc? Impossible. It's different records for different moods.
But I can tell you my favourite song for the last couple of years, and that's Tony Bennett singing Wave. I think he's a better singer than Sinatra.
What is your greatest business strength? Buying.
And your greatest business weakness? I focus too much on buying and I don't see other roles that people perform in the business from their perspective, so I seem impatient.
How much would you spend on a bottle of wine? As little as possible. I like value for money, but I'd go beyond a tenner.


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KEVIN Rudd will not challenge Prime Minister Julia Gillard for the leadership.
Mr Rudd said the only circumstances under which he would stand for the leadership was if there was an overwhelming majority of the parliamentary party requesting his return.
"I'm here to inform you that those circumstances do not exist," he told reporters in Canberra, just minutes before a caucus meeting at 4.30pm.
"I take my word seriously."
Mr Rudd said to "all and sundry" across the Labor party and the government that "we unite in ensuring that Tony Abbott does not simply walk into the Lodge as if it's his own personal property".
Anthony Albanese said Julia Gillard will stay prime minister after the caucus meeting.
"I restate my view, again, I will never support a spill motion against a sitting prime minister," Mr Albanese said.
"Julia Gillard will remain prime minister after this meeting."
Mr Albanese said he would support Wayne Swan as deputy prime minister.
Dumped minister Simon Crean said earlier on Thursday that he would stand for the deputy position.
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Originally published Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 5:31 AM
Thursday TV Picks: 'Showville' on AMC
TV picks for Thursday, May 23, 2013, include "Showville" on AMC, "The Graham Norton Show" on BBC America and "Save Me" on NBC.
Tonight in Prime Time
This new "unscripted competition series" focuses on small-town talent contests. Coaches Alec Mapa and Lisette Bustamante host open auditions and help determine the winner (along with each city's citizens). The premiere kicks off in Holland, Mich., at 9 p.m. Thursday on AMC (seattletimes.com/tvlistings).
Also on Thursday
"The Graham Norton Show," 7 p.m. (BBC America): Actor Daniel Radcliffe; actress Isla Fisher; director Baz Luhrmann; comic Ed Byrne; Wretch 32 performs.
"Save Me," 8 p.m. (NBC): After a near-death experience, Beth starts receiving messages from God; Beth is confronted by her husband's mistress.
"Midsomer Murders," 9 p.m. (KCTS): Panic grips the small town of Midsomer when it is realized that a serial killer is perpetrating a random murder spree.
"Does Someone Have to Go?," 9 p.m. (Fox): When control of a family-owned business, Velocity Merchant Services, is turned over to employees, staff members realize that solving personnel problems is more complicated than they expected.
"Rookie Blue," 10:01 p.m. (ABC): Nick and Andy go missing while working undercover to infiltrate a meth pipeline.
"House Hunters International," 10:30 p.m. (HGTV): A woman leaves England for a job in Port Douglas, Australia.
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Charlotte Edwards is England's No 1
CHARLOTTE EDWARDS got England's World Cup defence back on track in Mumbai, hitting a belligerent century that also took her to the top of the all-time lists.
The England captain had demanded an improved show after their shock defeat by minnows Sri Lanka.
Leading from the front with 109, Edwards helped thrash hosts India by 32 runs to put them on track for the Super Sixes stage.
I'm proud of the team and pleased to be able to contribute.
Edwards' century took her to the top of the all-time lists of run makers in women's ODIs with 4,901 runs.
England overcame a sticky start to post the win. After losing opener Dani Wyatt in the fifth over with only four on the scoreboard, Edwards and Sarah Taylor put on a hundred for the second wicket.
By the time Edwards was run out in the 44th over, England had pushed on to 224-5. Their final total of 272 always looked out of reach for India despite a century from Harmanpreet Kaur. Katherine Brunt starred with the ball, taking 4-29.
Edwards said: "I'm proud of the team and pleased to be able to contribute."
England men face their first competitive action of the New Zealand tour when they play a Twenty20 match against their hosts at the Cobham Oval in Whangarei today.
Matt Prior and Ravi Bopara were the latest Englishmen to attract no bidders at yesterday's IPL auction in Chennai.


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The Changing Face Of Small Business In America (As Noted By A Franchiser)
(NAPSA)—Years ago, mom-and-pop stores dominated the retail landscape. In many respects they still do; they just look different. Today, many entrepreneurs, including those looking to start a family business, often turn to a franchise concept.
According to research conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Inter-national Franchise Association (IFA), there are currently more than 760,000 U.S. franchised small businesses, which create jobs for more than 18 million people. Franchising now spans 75 different industries and generates in excess of $1.5 trillion in U.S. economic output.
Such diversity has opened the field so much that there's virtually something for everyone. If you're looking to start a small business, chances are there's a franchised version of it out there somewhere.
"Franchising is a direct by-product of the American entrepreneurial spirit," says IFA President Matthew Shay. "The concept was developed by successful entrepreneurs looking to expand their businesses rapidly. Today, the franchise phenomenon has gone global and attracts a broad range of individuals."
Stuart Mathis, president of Mail Boxes Etc., Inc., the UPS subsidiary company that franchises The UPS Store, echoes Shay's comments. "From young people in their twenties looking to make a name for themselves, to military personnel transitioning to civilian life, to people leaving corporate careers to start a business, we see amazing diversity among our franchisees," he says.
One of those budding entrepreneurs is Melissa Cocks, who "inherited" the entrepreneurial spirit from her father and grandfather, both of whom were small-business owners. After learning the business as an employee, she bought her first The UPS Store location at age 22. Two years later, she purchased her second center.
"I thought about opening a coffee stand or pizza place, but scouting locations around town, I could see what was needed and where. The UPS Store seemed right for me," she says.
Further along the spectrum are Ni-cole and Steve Byrne, who saw franchising as an opportunity to explore a new career path and leave a family legacy. The Byrnes recently opened a location inside the Flamingo Las Ve-gas hotel. "We were looking to start a family business and were thrilled about the unique opportunity offered through a nontraditional location," says Steve.
Shay says military veterans are catch-ing the entrepreneurial spirit as well. Since the organization implemented its VetFran program, nearly 300 veterans have signed on for a "tour of duty" with one of more than 140 participating franchise organizations. The UPS Store has been among the most successful, "enlisting" more than 70 new franchisees.


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If I had to criticize the Obelisk, it would be because that speaker's 8" bass driver has to handle a substantial part of the midrange as well, before it hands off to the 1.5" midrange/tweeter. The Obelisk's midrange thus had a slightly velvety character, and the upper bass could be plummy. (The latter phenomenon could be related to floor reflections selectively canceling and reinforcing the woofer's output.) The Hawk addresses those issues by crossing over its bass driver (which is mounted higher off the floor) from 250Hz up, and having the four 4.5" midranges on the roof handle most of the middle octaves. This arrangement also gives the Hawk much more power-handling capacity.
The one thing that would still keep me hanging on to Obelisks is that each Obelisk uses four 3/8" supertweeters to cover the entire soundfield (the same device that the Diapason uses six of), while the Hawk uses four 1" tweeters. I found the Obelisk to have a wonderfully airy and open character in the upper treble, while the Hawk was warmer and more solid in that region. (I think it safe to say that this is almost entirely within the realm of personal preference. Also, I listened to the Obelisks with their grilles removed.)
To get a good idea of what the Hawks do best, you should hear them playing very-well-recorded orchestral music with lots of bass and dynamics. One excellent contender is a characterful recording of Geirr Tveitt's One Hundred Folk Songs from Hardanger orchestrations (CD, BIS CD-987), which you really should own. (If you buy it and hate it, then just stop taking my advice. It's that good.) Playing the Tveitt disc, the Hawks gave that floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall soundstage that many fans think of as one of the raisons d'être of Shahinian speakers.
Another sonic blockbuster, this one perhaps better known, but which doesn't seem to get the respect it deserves, is André Previn's recording of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (Telarc CD-80126). Don't pass it up just because it's meant for kids—it has some of the best-recorded orchestral instrumental timbres I know of. But even historical recordings with so-so sonics, such as an apparently unauthorized release of a Barbirolli/Boston Symphony recording of Delius' The Walk to the Paradise Garden (Music & Arts CD 251(2), no longer available), are arresting and entrancing. Organ recordings, of course, are particularly well served. By the way, one of the reasons you should visit the Shahinian website is that the site has a page with quite a few recommendations of recordings, most of them orchestral.
Ironically enough, the strongest impression the Hawks made on me during the time I had them was to reconfirm what a screamingly amazing bargain the Obelisks are, at half the price. In my medium-sized room, I never even remotely approached the limit of the Hawks' ability to move air. A quick consultation with my good chum and longtime Hawk owner Scot Markwell, formerly of The Abso!ute Sound, confirmed this impression. Scot said that, apart from the previously mentioned issues of velvetiness and plumminess, the Hawks will decisively show their mettle over the Obelisks in a much larger room, or on huge orchestral transient peaks.
When I listened critically, the Hawks were less colored, more seamless and smooth, and more coherent than the Obelisks. But at twice the price, they should be. Vasken Shahinian, Richard's son, hastens to point out that the Hawk is not an Obelisk on steroids, but a junior-varsity Diapason.
So it becomes a question of whether, taking into account ascending price, the airiness of the Obelisk outweighs its slightly compromised midrange and upper bass; whether the Hawk's overall coherence and power outweigh its less airy treble; or whether you should just have it all by buying the Diapasons. There are perhaps half a dozen speakers I could live with indefinitely, and the Diapason is on that list. (The others, in alphabetical order, are: Aerial 20T, DALI Megaline, ESP Concert Grand, Peak Consult InCognito Grande, and Wilson Benesch Chimera.) However, the Obelisk remains my go-to recommendation for classical music lovers who have to stay within an average budget.
To sum up the Shahinian Hawk: Pros: magisterial bass, huge soundstage, remarkably rendered instrumental timbres; in general, addictive to listen to. Cons: need an amp with high current and damping; stable-mate Obelisk has airier treble, and for most people will be better value for money (despite being more colored overall); few US dealers; usually a waiting list for speakers. Verdict: One listen will tell you whether you love the Hawks or just don't get them.
And if you don't, that's okay. We can still be friends.


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O mio fedel from Euridice in Peris musical setting. Performance at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, October 6, 2000. Bruce Gladstone as Orfeo, Kerry Heimann, organ; Victor Coelho, chitarrone; John Walter Hill, music director.
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The Agulhas Plain with a plant diversity and species richness equalling those of tropical forests, makes the Agulhas National Park a jewel in its own right.
The floral diversity includes some 2 000 species of indigenous plants including 100 that are endemic to the area and over 110 Red Data species.
The Agulhas Plain is an important component of the Cape Floral Kingdom, the smallest and richest of the six plant kingdoms of the world.
Many different vegetation types occur in this area. One of them is the endemic Elim (laterite) fynbos, restricted to a few patches in the region, the smallest land surface of any vegetation type in SA. Some of the species confined to this vegetation type are Leucodendron elimense spp. Elimense and Leucodendron laxum (vleirosie).
Limestone fynbos is the endemic-rich vegetation associated with the Bredasdorp Formation limestones. Lime-rich soils are mainly alkaline (pH values greater than 7,5, whereas other fynbos soils are acidic, with a pH value of 4,5 - 6,5) and represented by species like Mimetes saxatalis, Protea obtusifolia, Leucodendron meridianum and Watsonia fergusoniae.
Other vegetation types include acid sand proteoid fynbos, neutral sand proteoid fynbos, restioid fynbos and wetlands.
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VALENCIA, Spain, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A small plane bound for Valencia, Spain, crashed shortly after taking off from Innsbruck, Austria, killing five passengers and the pilot, authorities said.
The plane went down in the Tirol region of Austria early Sunday, ThinkSpain reported.
Bad weather in the area of the crash created poor visibility.
Emergency workers said they found one passenger walking around when rescuers reached the crash site. Another was seriously injured and had to be taken by helicopter to a hospital.
Everyone else died in the crash, which started a small forest fire.


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The social network giant was the subject of controversy last year when it was revealed that it paid just £4,327 in corporation tax in 2014.
That was against UK revenues of £105m in 2014 - a year where it made a profit on its worldwide operation of almost £2bn.
It has confirmed that under new arrangements, the majority of its advertising revenue initiated in Britain will now be taxed in the UK.
But there was criticism from Liberal Democrat economics spokeswoman Baroness Kramer, who said it showed the UK corporation tax system was "fundamentally broken".
Sales will no longer be routed through Ireland for Facebook's largest advertisers, but revenues from smaller business sales still will.
The changes should mean a higher UK corporation tax bill. They are due to come into effect in April so the first tax bill under the new structure will come in 2017.
How much more tax this means Facebook will pay has not been made clear.
But according to figures from data firm DueDil, Facebook UK paid £855,832 in tax from 2007-2014.
:: It made a pre-tax loss of £54,186,962 in that period, and its most recent turnover (according to 2014 figures) was £105m.
:: In Ireland from 2008 to 2014, Facebook Ireland paid €14,868,000 (£11,505,549) in tax and it made a pre-tax profit of €3,270,000 (£2,530,619) in that period.
:: Facebook Ireland's most recent turnover (according to 2014 figures) was €4.837bn (£3.743bn).
The latest move by Facebook comes after search engine Google reached a controversial deal with tax authorities to pay £130m in taxes going back 10 years. Critics say the sum is derisory.
Facebook's 2015 worldwide results posted earlier this year showed revenue climbed 44% to $17.93bn (£12.6bn) while net income rose 25% to $3.69bn (£2.59bn).
Facebook said: "On Monday we will start notifying large UK customers that from the start of April they will receive invoices from Facebook UK and not Facebook Ireland.
"What this means in practice is that UK sales made directly by our UK team will be booked in the UK, not Ireland. Facebook UK will then record the revenue from these sales."
It said the changes would provide "transparency".
HM Revenue & Customs did not comment specifically on Facebook , but said it "closely examined" firms to ensure they pay tax due in the UK.


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Vice Adm. Thomas Copeman relieved Vice Adm. Richard Hunt as Commander, Naval Surface Forces and Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, during a ceremony aboard amphibious assault ship Boxer on Thursday.
Vice Adm. Cecil Haney, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, congratulated Hunt and said Copeman comes to his new job with impressive credentials and many successes.
Copeman commended Hunt for his command tour and briefly discussed his thoughts as they relate to his new position.
"Our sailors are 'the main thing' for the Surface Force," Copeman said. "They are the main battery. Nothing is more important than our sailors and their training, education and experience."
The ceremony marks the end of a 13-month command tour for Hunt, who will report to Washington, D.C., as Director, Navy Staff.
Copeman was commissioned in 1982 at Officer Candidate School in Rhode Island, after graduating from Creighton University in Nebraska. He's served aboard cruisers and destroyers in the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, participated in combat operations in the Persian Gulf War, and has been deployed as sea combat commander during operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
Copeman also graduated from the U.S. Army command and general staff course in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., earned a master's degree in administration from Central Michigan University, and completed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's seminar program on National Security Affairs.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Sage University can provide you with Sage training for everyone of their various software, such as their accounting solutions like Peachtree and Simply Accounting, their Timberline construction and real estate software, their customer relationship management (CRM) software, and their time tracking solutions. The benefit of this kind of Sage training is that everything can be done online. It is convenient and easy to use. Therefore, you can do your Sage training anytime, 24/7 since the lessons are pre-recorded. There are also live virtual interactive lessons. If you miss those, you have the option to reply the classes.
Another option for Sage training is to visit the Sage Business Partners, where you can have in-class training. This is very effective and you will be able to learn all the technical skills required to effectively operate any of the Sage software. Also, Sage Summit is an annual event where you can learn different techniques and tips which you can bring back to your company to maximize the business' value. While many people learn how to use Sage software by themselves, it is recommend to get Sage training.


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What is the Photosynthesis Equation?
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use the energy from sunlight to produce sugar, which in simpler words is the 'fuel' used by all living things. The photosynthesis equation is a chemical representation of the process of photosynthesis which takes place in the chloroplasts. Plants take in carbon dioxide and water to produce glucose (a sugar) and oxygen. The following is the chemical equation, that expalins this process:
Carbon dioxide + water produces -> glucose + oxygen
In chemical language, this is written as,
6CO2 + 6H2O produces -> C6H12O6 + 6O2
The above chemical equation is read as,
Six molecules of carbon dioxide plus six molecules of water, produce one molecule of sugar and six molecules of oxygen.
What does the Equation mean:
Photosynthesis occurs in two stages. In the first stage, light-dependent reactions capture energy of light and use it to make the energy-storage molecules called ATP and NADPH. During the second stage, the reactions then use these products to capture and reduce carbon dioxide.
The Products of Photosynthesis:
The final product of photosynthesis which is glucose is stored in the complex molecular structure of the plant cells. Oxygen produced as a byproduct is released to the surrounding which is used in respiration by living organisms. In addition to oxygen supply, the glucose synthesized by means of photosynthesis is source of energy for living organisms and is circulated in the food chain. Thus, plants are crucial for balancing the atmospheric air composition and supporting the aerobic ecosystem in every way.
It is interesting to notice that when we burn wood, we're basically reversing the chemical formulae of photosynthesis that was just explained. The carbohydrate is breaks down and carbon dioxide gas, water and energy are produced. In a more real sense, first sunlight is captured in the carbohydrate, which is then stored in the plant for a while. When the process of burning starts, the sunlight's energy would be released again.


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Art Lebedev has another cool concept in their studio called Pultius TV remote control. If you've known Art Lebedev's style, you'll know that he always introduce something unique and special. Therefore, their remote control is nothing ordinary as well. Pultius TV remote could be called as the longest remote control you'll ever seen, and it even featured by the longest domain name in the world as one of their acknowledged longest stuff!
There are total of 109 buttons, including the on/off and navigational/volume buttons. Pultius remote is half a meter (almost 20 inches) long, powered by two AAA-sized batteries. It could control up to 399 TV channels and I hope it could be used an universal remote as well.


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The dire state of scientific knowledge in America, from an article by Mark Roth in today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
The much-discussed attack on RSA, which the company revealed last month, resulted in the company warning customers that the security of their SecurID authentication tokens may be reduced. Speculation about the exact nature of the attack has been rampant in the security community ever since the disclosure, and RSA has been quite tight-lipped about the details of the incident.
But on Friday the company briefed analysts about the details of the attack and then published a series of explanatory blog posts that spilled some, but not all, of the specifics about the incident.


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In a surprising move, Dr. Martens launched a clothing line for Spring/Summer 2011. The brand has always been well-known for providing high quality, stylish shoes, but this is its first venture into producing actual outfits.
The Dr. Martens SS 2011 collection puts the same design focus onto their clothes that it does for their shoes. The idea is to maintain the British workwear aesthetic with durable material. There are a variety of outfits for both males and females. The men can expect collared shirts, jeans and sweaters, while the ladies can look forward to dresses, shirts and tights.
The idea that Dr Martens launched a clothing line is a bit surprising, and it'll be interesting to see how they do in the new market.
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Few sentences can chill a lecture theater quite like this one. Not one to mince his words, Dr. Norman Finkelstein asserted this dark truth to a crowd full of hopeful activists at a London University this month. In an interview afterwards, he explained to me Palestine's uniquely dire circumstances during John Kerry's ironically named 'peace' talks. Pacification talks seems more appropriate.
"Unfortunately almost everyone is ignoring them. Activists are ignoring them," stressed Dr. Finkelstein about the media's poor coverage of the talks, "they just think it's just more of the same. But it's not more of the same. These are ruthless politicians and they don't like no for an answer. Kerry is not going to invest so much time, so much energy, [for nothing]. His prestige is at stake, his reputation is at steak and he just suffered two major setbacks in Syria and Ukraine."
Of course, previous statesmen have toiled their entire careers trying to bring about a solution but according to Norman, this venture possess a great deal more significance. "I think, unlike his predecessors, President Clinton and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, he has a good opportunity. Because of the current constellations or configuration of political forces, he has a good chance of inflicting a historic defeat on the Palestinians to force them to accept Israel's bottom line demands."
According to Dr. Finkelstein, these demands from Israel are, "basically keeping 10% of the West Bank which would be the critical water resources, some of the most arable land, East Jerusalem and would fragment the rest of the West Bank into pieces. Basically leave the Palestinians nothing."
Essentially, the current disproportionate situation will be entrenched in international law and the Palestinian cause will lose its most potent weapon – the illegality of Israel's action.
The pathetic scraps of land to be left to Palestinians are an insult to both international law and the Palestinian people. Conceding this would be a large defeat in itself. But for a variety of reasons, explained Norman, this will be truly historic. The actors involved the attitudes around it and the deal itself will mean Palestine will suffer such a catastrophic blow it could end the struggle.
Part of this enormous tragedy is the acceptance around it. The Palestinians themselves are drained. Effectively forgotten about. "There hopes have been dashed so many times," explained the academic, "there were great hopes in the times of the first Intifada, then there were hopes at the times at the Oslo Accords and they got literally nothing for it. It's not that they got just incremental change or slight change, they got nothing."
It is a similar sort of fatigue which has caused the international community to stop caring so much about Palestine. There are, understandably, more pressing issues. After decades of what is often perceived as more of the same, many, including politicians, are simply tired of it. "When people think of the Middle East they think don't think of Palestine. They think of Syria first, Iraq second, Egypt third. Then they think Afghanistan is in the Middle East and they think of Pakistan. They don't think about Palestine anymore." This hasn't gone unnoticed.
There is now a coalition of political vultures looming over the apathetic Palestine, determined to enforce Kerry's peace deal. Aside from the likes of Angela Merkel, Barack Obama is now contributing to the progression of the deal where, initially, he left Kerry alone. Exacerbated by the bizarre and narcissistic effects of the 'legacy years,' Obama is now, according to Dr. Finkelstein, trying to take credit. The culmination of a force like this will surely have the capability to inflict such a heinous injury in the face of history. All while Israeli settlement expansion continues.
The fact there is such little media coverage of these critical talks is testament to the significance that Dr. Finkelstein has warned of. But when information is gleaned about them, resistance still shimmers through the prophetic darkness. Like the recent clash between West Bank Palestinians and a small contingent Israeli troops, who were performing a raid. Confrontations like these are apparently becoming more common, suggesting that the some of the Palestinian population is still charged with resistance. This seems to be reflected in the Palestinians governmental representatives as well. According to Nabil Abu Rudeina, a spokesman for the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, "Israel's settlement activity caused the negotiations to fail and led them to an impasse."
Even the attitudes of the younger generation of Israeli's are changing as well. A brave cohort of Israeli youths sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu declaring their opposition to the military draft on the grounds of "the occupation of the Palestinian territories by the army."This may be promising for the time being but it would be foolish to be blindly optimistic. The coverage of this struggle is pitifully thin and these disturbingly powerful circumstances around the deal aren't likely to evaporate soon. But it would be even more foolish to surrender to these odds.
Despite articulating such grave concerns Norman is certainly not about to do this. "I don't think in politics, if you're serious, you don't abandon the cause because it's no longer fashionable or it's no longer fun or because you're bored. You made a commitment, you owe it to the people who made the commitment and who are generous to you in that period. I went over. I met people. They kept me at their homes they made sacrifices for me, they did, real ones. You don't just walk away."
Though dedicating so much time towards the Palestinian cause, he also said, "I honestly couldn't care less about Palestine or Israel. I care about justice, what's fair. Those are important terms in my mind. But Palestine, Israel, Palestinians, Israelis, no – it doesn't mean anything to me. I care about people. I don't really care about nationalities, ethnicities, it has nothing to do with my way of thinking. I'm not pro-palestine and I'm not anti-Israel. I'm pro-justice, I'm anti-injustice. That's where it begins, that's where it ends and there is no intermediate links. There's no Palestine in between, there is no Israel in between. It's just justice and injustice. That's it."
While talking to the amicable and buoyant scholar, it was hard not to notice the bleak tones of the Palestinian cause echoing through his own journey. His rigorous pursuit of justice has cost him dearly. For instance he has a ten-year ban from Israel. "The politically correct thing is to say that there people suffering much more than me and that's factually correct, it's not just politically correct. On the other hand, you know what, I lost my work, I've been unemployed for seven years it hasn't been easy and I'm not going to deny that either. That other people are suffering 10,000 times? Yes, that's factually correct. Have I lived, relative to 95% of humanity, a charmed life? Absolutely correct. I would have been dead in Africa probably about 40 years ago. But am I angry about a lot of things? Yeah, I've been out of work."
Because of Dr. Finkelstein's habit of exposing plagiarizers, like Joan Peters, he gave the same critical treatment to Harvard Law Professor, Alan Dershowitz over his book The Case for Israel. But instead receiving credit and gratification for attempting to enforce an honest and noble precedent in the scholarly world, Dr. Finkelstein's career was completely scuppered. As for retribution, Finkelstein was pessimistic.
"People don't care, I'm unimportant. Dershowitz is a Harvard professor, he's an important person and the fact that he might have, in the course of his important career, wrecked the lives of folks who are not important, is unimportant. That's just the way the world works. Ask me that one single Harvard faculty, one, say one word of criticism as this guy systematically violated every principle of the tenure process by intervening and wrecking my prospects. Will anyone say one word? No. Why? My university was third-rate. It was De-Paul."
Many have used the word 'controversial' to describe Finkelstein. This is understandable when looking at some of the receptions the author has received before but I disagree with the label. It is a whimsical resignation for any writer to describe him as such. He is a man who only has spoken the truth and stated fact. He has guarded his principles of upholding justice closely. The only controversy comes from those who distort and slander him.
He is simply one of the few who, despite their surroundings, planted themselves firmly on the right side of history. No one has phrased it more aptly than the late historian Raul Hilberg, one of the few to defend Norman in his tenure battle:
"It takes an enormous amount of academic courage to speak the truth when no one else is out there to support him… Those who in the end are proven right triumph, and he will be among those who will have triumphed, albeit, it so seems, at great cost."


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My son goes back to school next week, and so I have education on the brain. While part of me is thinking about LGBT-specific back-to-school issues, most of me is simply thinking about the more general issues of school time. Among other things, I want my science-loving nine-year-old son to continue enjoying the subject—which, for my engineer spouse and myself, means supplementing his formal education with fun experiments and activities at home. Ever since I bought an iPad a few months ago, I've been on the hunt for ways to put it towards that goal (even if my son also aims for the goal of seeing how many enemies he can defeat in the Lego Ninjago app).
I was delighted, therefore, to see this list of "must-have" STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) apps at The Maker Mom, one of my favorite sites for kid-related STEM fare. My son has particularly enjoyed the (free!) TinkerBox HD, in which he creates Rube Goldberg-esque machines to solve puzzles. I've been known to play a few levels myself.
I left a comment on the post that I wanted to republish and expand here, with a few additional ideas for kid-friendly science apps—all free. (One requires payment if you want extra material.) Some aren't "kid apps" per se, but also aren't too complex, and are worth it if only for the beautiful images.
- GoSkyWatch Planetarium is a decent sky app, with lots of information about celestial objects. (I've seen better, but not free.)
- Pretty much any of the several free NASA apps have videos and other short content that will appeal to kids. We especially like Space Place Prime (which is for kids), NASA Visualization Explorer (which posts a cluster of related videos and photos about a new astronomy or space science topic every few days), NASA App HD, and NASA Science: A Journey of Discovery.
- Nature Tap lets kids (and adults!) tap through images and information on hundreds of birds, insects, reptiles and amphibians, and wildflowers. Some categories come free with the free app; others are available for $1.99 each. The app also comes with a few simple games, including a flash-card-type identification game and bird-call identification. There are better true field guides around if you're willing to pay more (Audubon has a great one), but this is a great app for the kids.
- The American Museum of Natural History's Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence app is a lovely interactive accompaniment to their exhibit of the same name, and fun even if you haven't been to the museum.
- Color Uncovered from San Francisco's Exploratorium museum is another exhibit-linked app—but again, you don't need to have seen the exhibit to enjoy. Good stuff for junior scientists—and/or artists—interested in how light and color work.
- We're all very fond of the short videos in the free Science 360 app from the National Science Foundation. My son particularly likes the "Chalk Talk" videos that introduce various concepts. (They go a little fast, IMHO, but you can always pause or replay.)
That's not a comprehensive list by any means, but I hope it's a useful one. Please leave a comment if there are any others you'd recommend!


text: You know when stars align and coincidences seem to happen more frequently? Well so it has been for us this week. Just yesterday we caught the first half hour of the wonderful film Big Trouble in Little China, which we'd somehow forgotten co-starred Kim Cattrall. This, on top of remembering that she was also in Mannequin made this writer tell his wife "I forgot that I'm okay with Kim Cattrall" (to which there was little response). And now here we are today, learning by way of Art Info, that we continue to remain okay with her. The news is that she has decided to try and help the British National Gallery save a classic painting, Titian's Diana and Actaeon, from being sold to a private owner and moved from Edinburgh's National Gallery where it is now. How will she go about raising awarness/money for the effort? By recreating the painting in the buff. And it isn't the first time she's stripped down for the piece, either. She did it last year too. So even if she did decide to skip appearing in Mannequin 2: On the Move, we are officially Kim Cattrall supporters, given her pretty remarkable dedication to the arts.


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- Megurine Luka
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- Magnet
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- FanimeCon 2010
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Ever since I first heard of the Magnet song, I knew that I wanted to cosplay the beautiful dresses and wear those really awesome butterfly winged headphones. X3 I asked Yona to make Magnet Miku with me and we collaborated on the making of and shared some materials and planned this for Fanime 2010. The dress is made of black bridal satin from a home made pattern consisting of a circle skirt, a waist band, and a bikini top pattern, and the white waistband is detachable. It's white satin with a layer of interfacing in it with black lace sewn and glued to it. The gloves were altered from black wrist gloves with lace glued to the ends, and cut the fingers off of, and fray checked. Bows made from the same dress material. The wig is from Cosplaywig on eBay. It's their milkshake pink curly wig. Lenses are the Dollyeye Blue circle lenses. I finished the headphones during Dec 2009 and they were made of many ghetto materials such as altoid cans, colored binders, sharpie, mod podge, craft foam, usb cords, hot glue and lots of paint. I also made the large butterfly wings out of foam board so we will be accurate to the full body Magnet image here: http://s221.photobucket.com/albums/dd2/Crystalike/Vocaloid/?action=view¤t=1260752411077.jpg
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(Lot of 8) Algood 2.5" x 1.125" Industrial Casters Medium Duty Galvanized Steel
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(Lot of 8) Algood 2.5" x 1.125" Industrial Casters Medium Duty Galvanized Steel
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Used. Comes in non-original packaging. Physically, these casters are in good overall cosmetic condition with scuffs and scratches from previous use.
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(8) Algood Industrial Casters 2.5" x 1.125"
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Wheel: 2.5" x 1.125"
Mounting Plate: 4" x 3"
Galvanized Steel
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