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Matt, Ben, and Jen! What You Can Expect at Tomorrow's SAG Awards
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Jennifer Garner are getting ready for a big ol' party tomorrow at the 2014 Screen Actors Guild Awards. It's a unique event allowing actors and actresses to honor their Hollywood peers, and we're running down what you can expect when the show airs at 8 EST/5 PST tomorrow night on TNT and TBS.
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hey guys,
Who can hand out some pointers on my new tshirt designs?
hey guys,
Who can hand out some pointers on my new tshirt designs?
....Please can somebody explain to me how to put my images up properly :p
you have to put an ! at the end as well
For starters, I've added the second "!" to your first URL to show you the outcome. Your links are website URLs not image URLs so the "!" before and after will result in a what you see above and not your desired outcome.
To link website URLs you need to do this:
""Whatever I want here":www.whatever.com"
Just don't use the first quote or the very last quote and you'll be golden.
So it basically would be this: gorilla"
might you explain to me how to put up an image in the way that it's viewable in a thread, rather then trough a link?
@nevs The amazing Ingkong helped me with that one, all you have to do (there may be many ways) is set up an Imgur account and upload your images there. Your image will then have a link you can use on blogs and such. Copy and paste onto comments box and BOSH a flaming big ass image.
Nice one man, I like the different approach to colouring. I prefer this one. Maybe the next step is some mock ups.


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Hello i have a an application that needs to decide whether to treat a flow of structured data as json or as xml tree based on an anlysis of an url that it calls that should ends by .json or .xml
i have this piece of code, does that do the trick?
if (preg_match('#\.([^\.])$#', $url, $format)) { $format = $format[1]; } else { $format = 'xml'; }
thanks in advance
$extension = end(explode('.',$url));
seems easier to me
Your pattern seems to be correct, though i'm not sure why you'd ever need the else... if a file doesnt end in an extension, you're running either an index file or a script - neither of which would be an XML?
thank you i didn't see that, i think your solution seems easier than doing into the regex game...
There are also specific tools available for working with URLs and file paths, to save you needing to use regex/string functions.
$extension = pathinfo(parse_url($url, PHP_URL_PATH), PATHINFO_EXTENSION);


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Comment #1 Friday, November 9, 2001 10:16 AM
Those colours are like those of a cheap nineties couch on a rainy day.
Not my cup of tea. Shiny happy colours... me like.
Layout is ok though.
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Good job and thanks for my desktops new look!
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I've never really been a comic book enthusiast, I've read some here and there... I can appreciate all the beautiful artwork, and hard work that goes into creating these... but for me to go into a comic book store, and browse for a few hours, and spend a bill on these little books was unheard of, until now. Mi novio Angel is an artist, and enjoys going to comic book stores to check out whats new, so a couple of weeks ago I tagged along and was super surprised to find a comic book series that spoke to my soul.
LOCAS: The Maggie and Hopey Stories by Jaime Hernandez, is a series of short stories, graphic novels collected from the pages of Love & Rockets (volume 1, 1982-1998), that follow the drama filled lives of a group of primarily Latina characters, from their teenage years in the early days of the California punk scene to the present day. The two main characters in Locas are Margarita Luisa "Maggie" Chascarrillo and Esperanza Leticia "Hopey" Glass, whose on-again, off-again, open romance is a focus for many Locas storylines.
The artwork done by Jaime Hernandez is amazing, and I love all the chisme going on in these two queer Chicanas lives... the stories will suck you in, and you won't wanna drop the book. Plus, Hernandez is from Oxnard, Califas where I lived most of my childhood, so I love him even more!!! I highly recommend this comic book series, it's the shitzznit!!!


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After watching this video a couple of times I began to envision the parallel between what he's doing on the street with what modern software devers are doing with webapps (the dev-to-deploy) process. For both the awesome sound and metaphor to "NoQA NoOps". Read more.
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Monday, July 19, 1999 Published at 00:31 GMT 01:31 UK
Business: The Economy
UK leads the merger frenzy
The Vodafone/Airtouch merger, boosting the M&A balance sheet
This year's wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) looks set to top the merger frenzy of 1998, and UK firms are dominating the field.
Deals such as Vodafone's bid for Airtouch did a lot to boost the balance sheet, and telecommunications was indeed the most active sector for mergers on a global scale.
The second quarter of the year was the most active, with link-ups worth $285bn, and UK firms acting as buyers in 48% of deals.
In their survey report, the KPMG researchers said that "1999 looks set to beat easily" the year before, when merger deals totalled a record $544bn.
European buyers on top
Boosted by UK activity, European firms were behind two thirds of all merger deals worldwide, buying companies worth $189bn between April and June.
British firms accounted for $139bn of that total.
US firms were well behind, doing deals worth $38bn, while Spanish firms went on a $19bn shopping spree.
Stephen Barret, head of M&A at KPMG Corporate Finance said: "UK firms are clearly increasingly confident about their ability to handle market-transforming global acquisitions and are looking to make a real impact in overseas markets."
The United States appears to be a shopper's paradise, attracting 51%, or about $145bn, of all international investment.
Once again UK firms are in the forefront, buying companies worth $80bn during the second quarter alone.
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Nissan 1.5L, 3-cylinder 400 hp engine to complement electric Le Mans ZEOD RC powerplant
27 January 2014
|The 400 hp DIG-T R race engine. Click to enlarge.
Nissan unveiled a 400 hp (298 kW) 1.5-liter, three-cylinder turbo gasoline engine weighing only 40 kg (88 lbs) as the companion internal combustion engine for its electric ZEOD RC which will debut at Le Mans this year. (Earlier post.) At the unveiling of the ZEOD RC in June 2013, Nissan said that it would test out variants of new electric drive train technologies as part of its intended future return to LM P1 competition.
The Nissan ZEOD RC will become the first entry at Le Mans to complete a lap of the Circuit de la Sarthe under nothing but electric power in June. A single lap of each stint (a fuel stint lasts approximately one hour) will be electric powered, then the new Nissan DIG-T R 1.5-liter three-cylinder turbo engine will take over.
|DIG-T R. Click to enlarge.
The base engine is only 500mm tall x 400mm long x 200mm wide (19.68" x 15.74" x 7.78"). The engine would easily fit inside the luggage guides seen at major airports around the world, Nissan noted.
Revving to 7,500rpm, the Nissan DIG-T R produces 380 N·m (280 lb-ft) of torque. At a ratio of 10 horsepower per kilogram the new engine has a better power-to-weight ratio than the new engines to be used in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship this year.
With the entire concept of the Nissan ZEOD RC focussing heavily on downsizing and efficiency, Nissan turned to new lubricants partner Total to help develop the engine. The French lubricants manufacturer has worked closely with Nissan engineers to develop fuel and lubricants to maximise the potential of the engine.
The Nissan ZEOD RC will occupy "Garage 56" at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours, an additional entry reserved by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest for new technologies never previously seen at the classic French endurance event. (The Nissan Deltawing made its debut in Garage 56 in 2012.)
Lessons learned from the development of the ZEOD racecar will also be used in the development of Nissan's planned entry into the LM P1 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2015.
Our engine team has done a truly remarkable job with the internal combustion engine. We knew the electric component of the Nissan ZEOD RC was certainly going to turn heads at Le Mans but our combined zero emission on-demand electric/petrol power plant is quite a stunning piece of engineering.
Nissan will become the first major manufacturer to use a three-cylinder engine in major international motorsport. We're aiming to maintain our position as industry leaders in focussing on downsizing. Lessons learned from the development of the engine will be seen in Nissan road cars of the future.
Our aim is to set new standards in efficiency in regards to every aspect of the car—powertrain, aerodynamics and handling. For the powertrain we have worked closely with the team at Total to not only reduce friction inside the engine, but within all components of the powertrain. Friction is the enemy of horsepower and tackling that has been one of the efficiency targets we have concentrated on heavily.—Darren Cox, Nissan's Global Motorsport Director
After extensive dyno testing, the Nissan ZEOD RC hit the track for the first time last week with both the electric and internal combustion engines in place.
Both the gasoline and electric powerplants run through the same five-speed gearbox that transfers power to the ground via Michelin tires.
The Nissan ZEOD RC will undergo an extensive test program over the next four months prior to it making its race debut at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours on June 14-15.
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"For the powertrain we have worked closely with the team at Total to not only reduce friction inside the engine, but within all components of the powertrain. Friction is the enemy of horsepower and tackling that has been one of the efficiency targets we have concentrated on heavily."
Is Friction the next beach-head of increasing efficiency. Do your research on low friction technologies, surface treatments, coatings, and bearing advances i.e. bearing materials (without giving it all way) The question begs, which ones if not all are they employing of the three mentioned.
Yeah, you are observant. I did not look thoroughly at first glance. There are long bolts from the crankcase that holds everything together and only the upper part of the cylinder is cooled. Good heat dissipation where you need it but otherwise, low heat losses. Hot mid and lower part of the cylinder reduces friction as an additional benefit. After a second look, however, I have some doubts about the crankcase and suggest that another option might be that it is divided at the liner where cylinder cooling ends. It is somewhat difficult to see on the picture if this is the case. I wonder how the valve (e.g. angle) and valvetrain layout looks.
To be honest, I am not too impressed by the 380 Nm torque. The new 1.5-liter BMW diesel gives 330 Nm, which is pretty close. However, recall that this is not a racing engine but a production engine that is optimized for high efficiency. The gasoline version of this engine should provide 240 Nm, which is lower but still not too bad. In any case, this torque level is sufficient for a normal (European) car.
Not everybody needs a PHEV. ICEs at ~1,5-liter with 180/225 hp and 330/240 Nm in diesel and gasoline versions respectively, can ensure low fuel consumption; yet acceptable performance. Experience from Toyota Prius PHEV so far shows that they mostly run on gasoline. The fuel consumption is then higher than for the conventional Prius.
My point is that current PHEV's all have too big engines. As such, with the addition of a large battery pack (8-16kWh), it will be too heavy with reduced luggage space, and cost thousands more. Perhaps the reason is that current PHEV's share the same platform with corresponding HEV's, and so must have a big engine, because an HEV needs a bigger engine due to too small a battery pack.
A PHEV has a lot of power from the big battery pack and the electric motor, so, the engine must be downsized to 1/2 in order to cut cost and to reduce weight and to have more internal space.
I would not buy any existing PHEV's for that reason, but prefer to wait for a clean-sheet design that is optimized for PHEV ONLY.
Advantages of PHEV's over ICEV's are very low energy cost per mile, very low maintenance cost, petroleum independence, and an eventual option of a plug-out whereby the PHEV can supply electricity for the house or for camping, or for extended outdoor trips. At 200,000 miles, my future PHEV will have the engine and the brakes still in like-new condition, due to infrequent use. Oil change can be done every few years instead of once or twice a year.
RP...how about a 100 KW, ultra light 500 cc ICE as range extender? Coupled with a 60 to 80 kWh 4-4-4 or 5-5-5 battery pack. This extended range PHEV could average 200+ mpg with room for 4+ passengers and luggage. A light weight aluminum body, light wheels and tyres would help to keep the total weight low.
You do not need 100 KW and trying to get 100 KW out of a 500 cc engine will result in an over-stressed inefficient engine. Doing a little physics and math will show that it only takes 30 KW to pull a 1500 kg (3300 lb) vehicle up a 6% grade at 120 KPH (75 MPH). Even with air drag and friction, you should need less than 50 KW and this is a rather extreme case.
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Is it Time For Military Personnel to Carry Firearms on Military Bases? [POLL]
With the sad news of yesterday's shooting at Ft. Hood, I can't help but wonder why trained military personnel can't carry firearms on military bases?
That's like making police officers check their guns in at the police station!
The men and women in our military protect us and yet they can't protect themselves where they live and work. I don't understand this regulation at all.
I'm not sure about the reasoning of why Regulation 90-114 went into effect, but it was signed back 1993 by President Clinton.
If you can clue me in as to why this regulation went into effect, please by all means, enlighten me! I really and truly would like to know.


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Last Night at the Film Society: Oscar Glitz
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At the Oscar party in the Furman Gallery last night, rooting for Film Society favorites.
March Patron Events, Presale Periods Announced
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Anyone who's been through a divorce or break-up knows the three-way conversation between body, heart, and head narrated by Lloyd Winwright (Nicholas Papademetriou) in "Snag" by Tobsha Learner, a one-man show from Australia that took the Edinburgh Fringe Festival by storm. The body says "anybody, right now, it's been so long," while the heart wants nobody at all because of the pain. And the head asks, "How long do you think it will last? Is this the right one?"
Directed by Sarah Carradine, "Snag" has no news, but it's cleverly cobbled with insight, humor, and spirited phrasing. Lloyd, who has found a mysterious long red hair on his matrimonial pillow, works his way through male bonding, a playboy friend as mentor, the singles scene, and unsettling financial agreements back to a new love interest. He's just an ordinary Joe, pleasant, non-malicious, and "not built for tragedy"—he just wants to be a good ad-man. He finds his ego trailing through the grass when he discovers that his rival is not what he'd expected.
Papademetriou's performance is so natural that it seems more like conversation, but it takes hard work to manage all the clothing changes and the physical demands and to render up the various voices—10 says the program—of people who enter our hero's life. Some are pure cartoon, like the dentist, who is on his sixth wife by the end. He brings Lloyd to a men's group in order to "cathart." And so we visit the leader of the men's group, who wears a sarong to get in touch with his femininity, and Wayne, taciturn and violent, who cries when the men hold him. There are some lovely literary moments, including playboy Roberto's list of familiar feminist books that he uses to seduce women, and a visit to a disco that's a sort of "Alice in Wonderland" on drugs.
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Dirty Rotten Imbeciles. D.R.I. Either way you put it, if you've been following heavy rock or punk for long, you've probably known the name forever, or at least the past 18 years. It was in May 1982 that D.R.I. first formed, right here in a Spring Branch basement. Aside from its first practice space, the family home of vocalist Kurt Brecht and then-drummer Eric Brecht also provided D.R.I. with its name, on a day when Papa Brecht came home and started yelling about the racket, calling the people with guitars round their necks a bunch of "dirty rotten imbeciles."
From such homespun beginnings, the band rose to regional prominence fairly quickly as part of an early-'80s wave of Texas punk, which also included Dag Nasty and a handful of other long-since-departed acts (though Dag Nasty guitarist Brian Baker rocks on to this day as Brett Gurewitz's replacement in Bad Religion).
But as is the case now, so it was then: Strong local rock bands feel the need to get out of town or perish. By 1984 D.R.I. had packed up its bags and moved to San Francisco. It wasn't that the band wasn't thriving here. It had its pick of name acts to open for, and by 1983 had managed to achieve broad release of its own Dirty Rotten LP. These yardsticks, however, were not the ones by which D.R.I. had chosen to measure itself.
"We were playing every other weekend in Houston, and once a month in Austin or Dallas, opening for all these bands who were on tour," recalls founding guitarist Spike Cassidy. "But that's what we wanted to do: tour! We had no luck trying to get on a tour in Houston. At the time, a lot of bands were moving from Texas to California and getting on tours. We decided to take our chances and jump on that bandwagon. Within a month or so of moving out there we were playing shows, and a few months after that we were on our first national tour. It was the 'Rock Against Reagan Tour' with the Dead Kennedys."
By 1986 the band had inked a deal with Metal Blade for album number two, Dealing with It. The sophomore effort was simply a (somewhat) more polished version of the same hard-core punk racket the band had been plying from day one, but a year later D.R.I. released Crossover, which had distinctly metal leanings: guitars with just as much crunch as clang, solos and mid-tempo passages.
This wasn't a problem in and of itself; it was the direction the band wanted to go in, and fans were more numerous and rabid than ever. The problem was scale.
"We have always liked playing small, intimate clubs more than the big concert rock scene," explains Cassidy, unraveling the conundrum that arrived with the newly broadened audience. "We hate barricades. We love stage diving and having the crowd on stage and being within arm's reach. When we started to get bigger in the late '80s, and the crowds got bigger, we didn't like it. We didn't enjoy the separation that was beginning to take place between us and our fans. We started to see more and more barricades, so we took a step back from all of that and kept things where we like them, just like they are still right now: hot, sweaty little clubs."
Touring is still what the band does best. A three-week run of dates, which includes a stopover in Houston, is just one of many planned for the year; when the last suitcase is zipped and loaded, the guys will have taken in the entire nation.
"We're just playing a good selection of songs off all our albums," says Kurt Brecht, still a Houston resident, who now shares his band with drummer Rob Rampy and bassist (and ex-roadie) Chumly. "Fans of any part of the band's history shouldn't be disappointed. We play a lot of old songs, but some things off of our later albums also."
Looking back to 1987, metal in all its forms was at its commercial apogee. Guns N' Roses and Bon Jovi were all over radio. Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax were climbing from the underground into the arena spotlight. Iron Maiden still made good records. The potential for D.R.I. to cross over was real, as evidenced by bands such as Suicidal Tendencies and Biohazard.
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"Well, we never wanted to become huge, or rock stars," says Cassidy. "Our goals were always modest, so there wasn't a lot of room for letdown," he says, explaining how the band has lasted nonetheless. "We were always content with our status in the music scene. It will be 18 years since we started this May. And all along, what we wanted more than anything was to play live. Releasing records or CDs was a bonus. We didn't care how much we sold as long as our true fans could get our releases."
D.R.I., in fact, has come full circle in this regard, self-releasing its most recent full-length CD, Full Speed Ahead, on Rotten Records in the fall of 1995. A new deal is in the works, according to Cassidy. The plan is to rerelease the entire back catalog, then cut a new disc consisting of rerecorded versions of classic D.R.I. tunes.
Through it all, and perhaps because of the band's pointedly grassroots approach, D.R.I. has managed to avoid a cold reality that has slapped some of its peers in the face, namely dwindling fan support. "Our fan base has changed a bit, and is now a mix of old-school diehards, their kids, new-school kids, thrill seekers and people wondering what we are all about that have never seen us before," says Cassidy with a fair bit of pride. "It's really amazing how diverse the crowd would look if you put them in a lineup."
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles will perform Thursday, March 30, at Fitzgerald's, 2706 White Oak. For more information, call (713)862-7580.


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Advice for Applying for a Catalog Credit Card
- Pick a credit card that matches your needs and budget. Take the time to compare the interest rates, credit limits, fees and charges, payment terms and other conditions imposed on various programs. That way, you will most likely choose a catalog credit card that carries the most reasonable features.
- If you wish to jumpstart or rebuild your credit history then, you should see to it that you pick a card issuer that will report your credit and payment activities to the major credit bureaus – Experian, TransUnion and Equifax.
- Pay close attention to the rate of interest, and check whether it is fixed or variable. Always remember that although a variable rate credit card usually comes with a low introductory APR, the rate can suddenly shoot up depending on the changes in the Primary Rate. Hence, it will still be best to lock in an affordable rate on your catalog credit card.
- Bear in mind that spending beyond your credit limit can cost you great deal of cash in the form of overdraft charges and declined transaction fees. It can also inflict further damage to your credit history. So, try to spend within the limit or cap imposed on your account.
- Review the fine print of your credit card program before signing your contract. That way, you can understand the terms and conditions that will apply to your catalog credit card and you can avoid having regrets, later on.


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Our location guide for Bol Berim Airport provides some basic essentials for the more adventurous visitor. A simple location map is provided but also a detailed topography map that shows the location of the nearest places where you can surf, ski or mountain climb (if they are close by). Of course some of these will be at long distances from Bol Berim Airport and those far flung spots are provided on the 'nearest' tables. If you are traveling to other cities or towns near Bol Berim Airport you will also find weather forecasts for those locations below.
|Other places close to Bol Berim Airport:
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Outdoor Activities near Bol Berim Airport
If you are in Bol Berim Airport and would like to go mountain climbing, hiking, skiing or surfing, click below for detailed forecasts.
Ski Resorts close to Bol Berim Airport:
|Closest ski resort1
|Mount Etna Nicolosi (Italy)
|2690 km N
|Second closest ski resort2
|Mount Etna Linguaglossa (Italy)
|2714 km N
|Third closest ski resort3
|Gambarie in Aspromonte (Italy)
|2754 km N
|Fourth closest ski resort4
|Mainalo (Greece)
|2795 km NNE
|Fifth closest ski resort5
|Helmos (Greece)
|2829 km NNE
Mountains close to Bol Berim Airport:
|Closest mountain peak1
|Mount Guera (Chad)
|412 km ESE
|Second closest mountain peak2
|Mount Dimlang (Nigeria)
|638 km S
|Third closest mountain peak3
|Shere Hills (Nigeria)
|730 km SW
|Fourth closest mountain peak4
|Mont Ngaoui (Cameroon)
|760 km S
|Fifth closest mountain peak5
|Chappal Waddi (Nigeria)
|784 km S
The above topographic map of Bol Berim Airport and the surrounding area has been derived from satellite mapping. The topographic data has been illuminated by a light source corresponding to the position of the sun at mid afternoon in summer. Major roads, railways rivers and other water features are derived from global GIS data.


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by Brad Moon | April 4, 2014 1:28 pm
As the parent of three primary school-aged children, I am all too familiar with schoolyard squabbles. They can be loud, they're often a result of one kid overreacting, they escalate quickly and, more often than not, they leave everyone scratching their heads.
The very public spat between T-Mobile (TMUS[2]) and BlackBerry (BBRY[3]) reminds me an awful lot of these spats. It has now escalated beyond mud-flinging on blogs and Twitter (TWTR[4]) … with BlackBerry making a very real business decision, announcing it is ending its licensing agreement with T-Mobile.
When your company is in survival mode and desperately struggling to get its smartphones into the hands of customers, removing them as an option for the country's fourth-largest wireless carrier seems like a poor strategy no matter how angry you might be at it. This is the kind of disconnect from reality that has resulted in BlackBerry stock losing nearly 90% of its value over the past three years.
So … how did this fight get so far?
Here's the T-Mobile BlackBerry fight, in a nutshell:
T-Mobile sent an e-mail to its BlackBerry-using customers[5], offering them a zero-down Apple (AAPL[6]) iPhone 5s if they switched from their BlackBerry. The move, which easily could've been seen as kicking BlackBerry while it was down, inflamed BlackBerry owners, BBRY stock investors and CEO John Chen.
Taking to his company's official blog, John Chen writes about T-Mobile's "clearly inappropriate and ill-conceived marketing promotion,"[7] expressing the "outrage" felt by himself and BlackBerry's loyal customers.
Meanwhile, BBRY stock took a hit[8].
Clearly recognizing that this developing T-Mobile BlackBerry fight was escalating, T-Mobile CEO John Legere quickly took to Twitter[9], proclaiming: "BlackBerry users, I'm hearing you loud and clear."
TMUS then published its own blog post that took a shot at John Chen for wanting to "limit customer choice," but included a pretty sweet offer for its BlackBerry customers: Trade in your old BlackBerry device and get $200 towards any smartphone. Better yet, trade it in on a "beautiful new" BlackBerry Q10 or Z10 smartphone and get an additional $50 off[10].
So BlackBerry customers get the chance to upgrade to a more modern device and a financial incentive to stick with BlackBerry and give its new BB10 operating system a whirl.
That should have been the end of the T-Mobile BlackBerry fight.
It wasn't.
Well, this was embarrassing — and not a good sign at all for BBRY stock holders holding to hope that that those BB10 devices would mark the start of a turnaround.
Of the BlackBerry faithful who took advantage of the new T-Mobile offer, 94% ditched their old BlackBerry for a new anything else[11]. Could have been an iPhone, a Samsung (SSNLF[12]) Galaxy or a Windows Phone device, but it wasn't a BlackBerry.
The point is, after all the name-calling and outrage, when existing BlackBerry owners were offered an additional $50 to upgrade to a new BB10 device, all but 6% of those who gave up their Bolds and Storms took less money to flee the BlackBerry camp altogether.
Clearly not taking the news of BlackBerry desertion very well, BBRY issued a press release announcing it was parting ways with T-Mobile, ending the carrier's license to sell BlackBerries, effective April 25. The reason?[13]
"Regretfully, at this time, our strategies are not complementary and we must act in the best interest of our BlackBerry customers."
Existing T-Mobile BlackBerry customers will continue to receive support, but that's it. Supplies of BlackBerry devices are drying up at T-Mobile's 2,000 or so U.S. stores, and the only ones currently showing up on its website are the Q10[14] (new and refurbished).
By ending its license agreement with T-Mobile, BlackBerry effectively took all its toys and stormed off. This T-Mobile BlackBerry fight — justified or not — was the last thing the struggling smartphone maker needed, especially as Microsoft (MSFT[15]) and Nokia (NOK[16]) continue to make gains and grow Windows Phone's third-place mobile market share[17].
Yanking BlackBerry smartphones out of T-Mobile showrooms has no real impact on TMUS — that's just more shelf space to display phone that are selling — but this sort of behavior will ultimately catch up to BBRY stock.
As of this writing, Brad Moon did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 9 – Peppermint OS
(If you want to work through the series from DAY 1 click HERE)
Right, we are now at the first of our extra distros, voted in by you folks. Today our victim is Peppermint OS, the newest version based on Ubuntu Lucid.
What did we think?
After this long in this series I have come to the conclusion that any distro featuring LXDE as the desktop environment has two strengths and two flaws.
STRENGTHS – It is awesomely lightweight and easy to understand.
FLAWS – You cannot set your keyboard language post install, and you cannot set your clock if it is incorrect post install.
When I am looking at an LXDE based distro these two factors immediately factor into my evaluation of the distro.
Peppermint does very well in the strengths department – like any other LXDE distro it is very quick and feels familiar to most users.
Those two flaws are deal breakers for an OS like Peppermint OS. Especially since Peppermint is aimed at the mobile user with Cloud apps instead of everything on the computer. What happens if you travel to a different time-zone?
A Different Approach
Peppermint OS is different to an other os we checked out in this series by having most of the commonly used applications "in the cloud" by using Mozilla Prism to turn popular services into desktop apps. This means that when you use Peppermint OS you need to be connected to the Internet to do common tasks like working with documents and e-mail.
Now this is all fine and dandy, but I just tested, and it does not create off-line content of your on-line applications like Google Gears would do.
This means that you do not have access to your documents when you are off-line.
This is a cool and different approach to mobile computing, but is not useful in places where you do not have Internet access. In South Africa, for instance, this would pose a lot of problems.
This is very cool. I did not know you could have all your content online! After Quintin explained the drawbacks I realized that this could pose problems, but for someone who has always on Internet access – like a laptop with built-in 3G – this could make your data very safe. If your laptop gets stolen your data is still online.
(Yes and the thieves have your logon details to said data – if they can get into the OS they can get to the data – Quintin)
As far as the other things are considered I dislike the red theme, but the interface feels very familiar and well thought out.
Questions and Answers
- Is it reasonably quick?
Very. Peppermint feels very quick and is very lightweight. Having your apps in the cloud brings things to a grinding halt where Internet speed dictates how quick the OS "feels."
- Can you use the Internet with ease?
Yes. Everything is Internet based with Peppermint, so browsing the web is taken care of.
- Can You Edit Documents and Spreadsheets?
Yes. Google docs is excellent for editing documents and spreadsheets. If you are not used to working with Google docs you may have some learning to do, but overall this is the approach that Peppermint was going for so I have nothing to fault here.
- How easy is e-mail use?
Again you have Gmail to take care of your e-mail. If you do not have a Gmail account you will need to install another mail client, or you will have to transfer your mail to Google apps.
- Are Codecs available for all the common formats?
- How hard is it to join networks?
Easy enough. Uses the gnome Network Manager.
- Is it a swap-in for a higher end distro?
It might be the perfect mobile companion to your home PC, if you take the time to sync your offline documents with Google Docs. One thing that Peppermint OS lacks is its own cloud service, or a hook into a cloud service that you can sync your /home folder on your desktop with the cloud service. If the home desktop also ran Peppermint OS you would have the perfect mobile companion where any changes you made on the one would instantly reflect on the other.
I am very excited by Peppermint OS. It shows that with only a little work and ingenuity you can make something very different and yet usable.
There are limitations to the technology though, and for your grandma sitting at home there are more practical solutions. For the more tech savvy out and about kind of person who wants to have an online document repository that he can use across operating systems Peppermint OS is a very cool choice.
Because we do not need the cloud app support in our house this one will not go to Elzje or Gramma for daily use.
You can get the Peppermint OS we used HERE. (Peppermint O Download Page)
(The next voted for distro is written about HERE – Day 10 Linux Mint XFCE)
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Buoyed by the recent stream of good news, leading into the critical launch of the BlackBerry 10 hardware and operating system, Research In Motion (RIM) is confident about possible company wide restructuring it may have to undertake in 2013. RIM CEO Thorsten Heins, in an interview with the German Newspaper Die Welt, said that the company might look to get into strategic alliances with other smartphone manufacturers.
Also not completely denied was the thinking that RIM may sell the smartphone manufacturing business during the course of the year, and focus only on the software side. We had been hearing rumours about RIM considering selling the hardware business since the autumn of last year, but as things stand, it is 'still open to consideration'.
The most important comment made by Heins was "The main thing for now is to successfully introduce BlackBerry 10. Then we'll see." RIM is betting big on the new range of hardware and the new operating system, which is all set for launch towards the end of January 2013. The new operating system will allow RIM to close in the gap to Google's Android and Apple's iOS. The new hardware, with the full touchscreen and the touchscreen QWERTY combination looks very impressive going by all the leaks we have seen till now.
All in all, if RIM does decide to stop making smartphone, it will be a rather sad moment. After all, we may have criticised RIM for not having the best OS out there, but the hardware has mostly been top notch.
Also read,
Someone does the unthinkable; pits a BB10 device against an iPhone 5
Why I'm excited about BlackBerry 10
RIM share prices jump with BB10 expectations; apps come flooding in


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Fans of Woody Guthrie will doubtless be familiar with his classic, The Jolly Banker, which lampooned lenders more than 70 years ago. His words seem particulalry apropos today.
When your car you're losin', and sadly your cruisin',
I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I.
I'll come and forclose, get your car and your clothes,
Singin' I'm jolly banker, jolly banker am I.
So apropos that Chicago rockers Wilco have recorded a version.
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy talked with Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal today about why Wilco decided to record a version of the song.
You can listen to Wilco's song (and Woody's original) on our website. Or you can download the Wilco track from the bank's website. They're asking downloaders to categorize themselves first, of course.
Thanks for the track. I'm happy to support the Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives. (Suggested minimum donation: two bucks.)
Sorry, I'm unemployed / underemployed or otherwise broke. I'll download the track and I'll make it up to you later, I promise.
I am/was a banker/hedge fund manager/credit default swap trader. I know times are tough, but I'm just fine thank you. (Suggested minimum donation $100.00)


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Valentine Crafts
Celebrate Valentine's Day with projects, ideas, treats and activities for all the family, including easy crafts for both adults and kids.
You'll find a special Valentine Crafts for Children category, as well as a whole section of Hearts and Crafts and a wider collection of Romantic Valentine Ideas. There is some overlap, because some Hearts motif crafts are simple enough for younger children and students, and some of the kid's crafts would also be fine for grownups. I hope you have fun exploring and find exactly what you want!
Make a handprint scroll or gifts from paper, pencils, pebbles, foam and other inexpensive supplies.
If I Only Had a Heart projects with heart shaped crafts, plus crafts decorated with heart stencils and motifs.
From heart-shaped cakes to chocolate dipped strawberries, luscious truffles and homemade chocolates.
Loving but crafty ideas for Valentine's Day that won't break the budget.
Also see Gifts in a Jar, Easy Homemade Gifts and Bath and Body Crafts for more great Valentine's Day ideas.
Valentine Printables:
Find Romantic bookmarks and Valentines and a Printable Valentine Activity Book at our sister site, AllFreePrintables.com, plus Printable Horse Valentines from Horses-and-Ponies.com.


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If you are planning an international trip, don't expect to find bargains on airfares.
Fuel surcharges, which were enacted in 2007 when crude oil reached $80 per barrel and the airlines' fuel costs skyrocketed, are now more than three times higher — despite oil prices being only slightly higher than six years ago.
Back then, we saw fuel surcharges of $130 to London and $150 to the rest of Europe. Now, most flights to London have a fuel surcharge of $458 round trip, with flights to the rest of Europe seeing a fuel surcharge of $516 round trip.
While base fares go up and down, airlines seem to do their best never to touch the fuel surcharge.
The airlines certainly have fuel costs, but they should be wrapped into the base airfare. These surcharges make it hard to find summer fares from Dallas to Europe for less than $1,000. At press time, the cheapest nonstop fares we found from Dallas to London were $970 round trip for May travel, but the lowest fares jumped to $1,537 for peak summer dates.
Another reason that these fees irritate me is that there is a big difference between what Europeans pay and what we pay. Europeans pay more for gas for cars than we do, but we pay more for airline fuel surcharges. Gas can cost $10 per gallon in Europe, but the round-trip fuel surcharge on flights originating in Paris to Dallas is $366, while it's $516 if you originate in Dallas.
Why do Europeans pay less than we do for the same routes and the same travel season? I believe it's because European governments monitor these additional fuel surcharges, taxes and fees much better than the U.S. Department of Transportation and Department of Justice.
Australia has one of the highest fuel surcharges: $680 round trip between the U.S. and Australia. In 2009, when Delta started service from Los Angeles to Sydney, fares were as low as $700 with all fees, due to competition on the route. Today it's almost that same price for the fuel surcharge alone. At least we pay the same surcharges as Australians do.
Airlines have to ask permission to raise the fuel surcharge on flights to and from China, so we see a fuel surcharge of $263 to Hong Kong.
It is 16,200 air miles round trip from Dallas to Hong Kong, and only 9,860 air miles round trip from Dallas to Paris, but we pay almost double the fuel surcharge to Paris.
The fuel surcharge on flights to Istanbul varies by airline, while airlines match each other to most other cities. When we checked fares we found that the fuel surcharge to Istanbul was $516 on U.S. carriers, but only $252 on Turkish Air and $384 on Lufthansa.
There are a few bright spots when it comes to fares to Europe for summer travel.
We've seen round-trip fares from Dallas to Istanbul for less than $900, even in peak July, and Copenhagen has been less than $1,000 in August.
We found round-trip flights from Dallas to Istanbul for $889 departing July 12 and returning July 19. To Copenhagen, we've found fares of $981 for travel Aug. 13-20, including taxes, fees and surcharges.
We've also seen round-trip fares from Dallas to Dublin for just over $1,000 round trip for travel in June.
We have found that countries that haven't converted to the euro sometimes offer better fares, so they are worth a look when you want to travel for less.
Before you book that next rewards ticket to Europe, you'll need to realize that there is no such thing as a free ticket. You'll have to pay some portion of government landing fees, which can be up to $200, and many foreign-based airlines also charge the fuel surcharge on rewards tickets.
For example, if you are redeeming frequent-flier points for a flight on British Airways, you'll have to pay the $516 fuel surcharge on that rewards ticket, plus the landing fees. If you've got British Airways points, redeem them for North American flights on partner airlines, such as American, where there are no fuel surcharges for travel to Hawaii, Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean or across the U.S.
Remember that you'll want to pack lightly when traveling to Europe. Most U.S. airlines offer the first checked bag for free on international flights, but you'll pay up to $100 each way for your second checked bag.
American charges $60 each way for the second checked bag while Delta, United and US Airways charge $100. You could be paying an additional $120 to $200 round trip if you bring a second checked bag. If American has the cheapest fare, or close to it, you can save $80 round trip per person if you are checking two bags.
As long as the airlines are allowed to continue to charge these inflated fuel surcharges we'll be paying more for international flights. The good old days of finding $198 round-trip airfares from Dallas to London are just one for the history books.
Tom Parsons is CEO of bestfares.com.


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No prom is no big deal for Oudin
Skipped homecoming, too.
And the 17-year-old isn�t spending a lot of time hanging out with pals at the mall, either.
Then again, none of the other kids back in Marietta, Ga., is preparing to play in the U.S. Open quarterfinals tonight.
�She doesn�t do any of that kind of stuff�and she�s OK with it,� Katherine Oudin said after sobbing in the stands when her twin sister pulled off a fourth consecutive upset victory at Flushing Meadows.
�I know she misses the normal life a little, but she does not regret it at all. Zero,� Katherine said. �She�s totally OK with it, because she knows this is what she�s wanted her entire life.�
That�s a relative term, of course. When your �entire life� encompasses 17-plus years � and you began playing tennis at 7, hitting balls out of a bucket with Grandma Mimi�you haven�t exactly been waiting forever for success. Indeed, Oudin is the youngest U.S. Open quarterfinalist since Serena Williams in 1999.
As the twins� mother, Leslie, put it: �All of this has come so quickly.�
Sure has. A year ago, Oudin was ranked 221st and lost in the first round in New York. She never had won a Grand Slam match until Wimbledon in June. Nowadays, she high-fives security guards on her way into the locker room.
Everything is �awesome� and �cool,� and she�s �freaked out.� Her stunning win over three-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova? �I just had a blast.�
Not that this wild ride is getting to the kid�s head.
�Just because all of this is happening, it�s not like I�m going to change (as a) person,� Oudin said. �I just love to play tennis, and I�m doing well. And I�m winning. That�s the only thing that�s changing.�
Well, that and all of the attention she�s getting.
Unaccustomed to being recognized by strangers, Oudin now needs security guards to navigate hordes of autograph-seekers on her way to the practice courts.
Crowds gather in the lobby of her hotel. A photo op in Times Square the other day got unruly. The evening news shows at ABC, CBS and NBC all sent crews to interview Oudin after her latest win.
�It�s going to take a while to get used to it,� said her coach, Brian de Villiers. �She�s used to going where she wants, when she wants. It�s strange for this little kid.�
Oudin�s age and newcomer status are only a couple of the many reasons she has become the focus of the year�s last major tennis championship.
For one thing, she�s an American at the American Grand Slam tournament, providing hope for the future of the sport in a country that boasts the Williams sisters at Nos. 2 and 3 in the rankings � but then no one else until Oudin at No. 70. This also happens to be the first U.S. Open in history with zero U.S. men in the quarterfinals.
Oudin�s story is also compelling because of the players she has beaten � and how she beat them.
She�s the ultimate underdog. The worst-ranked of any of her opponents so far was No. 36 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round. Otherwise, Oudin dismissed No. 4-seeded Elena Dementieva, No. 13-seeded Nadia Petrova and former No. 1-ranked Sharapova. All are somewhere between 3 and 8 inches taller than the 5-foot-6 Oudin. And all, coincidentally, are Russians, prompting one reporter from that nation to preface a question he posed to Oudin by noting, �Basically, you managed to crush them.�
Actually, not exactly. In each of her last three wins, starting against Beijing Olympics gold medalist Dementieva, Oudin lost the first set before coming back to defeat the more experienced, more accomplished player across the net.
�It�s just the beginning,� Dementieva cautioned, �but it looks like she has a good future.�
Oudin can�t necessarily outhit anyone. Or outserve them, rarely approaching 100 mph and accumulating a paltry total of four aces through four matches.
What Oudin does is outhustle other players, scurrying this way and that, her pink-and-yellow sneakers � which feature, at her 15-year-old boyfriend�s suggestion, the word �BELIEVE� stamped near the heels � squeaking with every tiny step.
�Mentally, I�m staying in there with them the whole time, and I�m not giving up at all,� Oudin said. �If they�re going to beat me, they�re going to have to beat me, because I�m not going to go anywhere.�
She decided at 12 she wanted to be home-schooled so she could focus squarely on tennis. Katherine, meanwhile, has designs on being a doctor and attends private school, playing on the tennis team there and entering national junior tournaments.
After Melanie�s first-round match last week, Katherine and their younger sister flew home to Georgia because school was starting. But Melanie kept on winning, so Katherine and their father came back in time for Monday�s victory.
�Right now, I think she�ll play Serena in the finals,� Katherine said, �and we�re not going anywhere until that happens.�
Nice. A little trash-talking from the twin.
Clearly, this is all so new to the whole family.
And clearly, Oudin herself is so new to all of this. So much so that her quarterfinal opponent, No. 9-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark � who is all of 19 � joked about not being quite sure how to say Oudin�s name.
For the record: It�s �oo-DAN,� on account of her father�s French ancestry. Wozniacki is hardly the only one having trouble, though. Chair umpires and plenty of others bungle the pronunciation, too.
�Sometimes they get it wrong,� Oudin said, �but I don�t try to tell them anymore.�
Not to worry. Keep this up, and it will be a household name soon enough.
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Clipped wing Wedgie
I know Im crazy but I want more out of my next Wedgie. Has anyone ever clipped the 34 inch span down to 32 or 30 inches? With less wingspan and a carbon fiber tube down each wing I'm hoping that I'll acheive ZERO flex. Still have not decided wether to go Hacker or Astro 020Z.
I have never owned a Wedgie but have lots of other wings. I'm sure a spar would help out the flex issue. You can get them in different sizes very cheap from acp-composites.com located in San Leandro Ca. He has some 4.1mm spars for $1 ea that would work fine. I don't know if he has them on his site, but just ask George for them. He also has the tape, but I would think that some fiber tape used in that situation would act just as well.
Have you though about maybe installing the spar and then taping over it?
You can also try using a Graupner speed 400 motor, breaking it in using the water method and then re timing it, when they come from the factory they're neautral timed. Simply turn the end bell 5 mm, to the opposite direction that the prop rotates. The tool is about $12 to do this. It adds about 2 thousand rpm and only draws a bit more then stock
If you were to cut it down, you should take the foam out of the center section to avoid cutting away any washout that the designer has added to the wingtips to prevent tip stalling and such. I simply hacked the tips off of a Zagi once thus removing the washout,.....it flew like you know what after that.
Just some thoughts---Rob
thanks for the input. the wedgie has swept back wings as opposed to the zagis. im looking for support for the length as well as twisting support, putting a carbon spar down each wing will give me support over the length of each wing but no support for the twisting of both wings. i have several carbon spars but i dont know if they would be stronger than the carbon tape strips. i figure the 4 strips with 3m77 glue would weigh about the same as my 2 tubes Probonded in the wings. ive also heard that if you use the carbon fiber tape strips there would be no use for strapping tape. i just want to keep it at 16 oz.
Tom, Have you thought of sparring it like a zagi 3c is sparred? A frame style. Or maybe look into a smiley faced spar system which was discussed under the recent thread of how to stiffen a zagi wing further.
With the Wedgie being as this as it is you might be better off with the tape method though.
Just curious, Are you using 1300scr's or the stock 600 ae's?
Sounds like you wanna go REALLY FAST!! Good Luck--Rob
stock 600's. i am going to install the 1000 nimh's for the ultimate power/duration comprimise. i'm going to call aero before i make any cuts in the wing. maybe their fiber tape would be strong enough alone. the smiley face rod idea is good fotr lateral support but i would have to use a rod so thin that it woul hardly give me any support down the wings. i was thinking to possibley use the thin rod for the flex in the middle and then epoxy/kevlar thread the larger diameter tube on each side to run the duration of the wing.
i am trying to push this wing to the limit. any more and i'll just buy a bagged speed 400 pylon racer.
I made the plunge and buried the spars in the wings with a light coat of Probond. im too impatient to order the fiber tape but on my next one i will for sure. any other ideas for long duration cells?
Id like the compromise of speed and duration. 600's and 3 minutes gets old real fast!
Hacker Power
I have just received my new Hacker B20-26L.
I'm planning on putting the thing onto the back of my E-Boomerang to try out it's amazing power !
With 8-cell 500AR's:
With 5" Gunther:
Amps 7.6
Volts 9.4
rpm 16200
watts in 74
watts out 60
static thrust 13.8oz
in-flight thrust 7.3oz
pitch speed 66mph
full-throttle duration 3.5 minutes
With 7-cell 600AE's:
With 5" Gunther:
Amps 7.6
Volts 9.4
rpm 14503
watts in 52.5
watts out 42.9
static thrust 11.1oz
in-flight thrust 5.9oz
pitch speed 59mph
full-throttle duration 5.3 minutes
My Boomerang only weighs +/- 20oz with an 8-cell pack - If I were to put an APC 7" X 5" prop on the B20 . . . ( on 8-cells );
Amps 15.6
Volts 8.72
rpm 11752
watts in 135
watts out 86
static thrust 23oz
in-flight thrust 12.6oz
pitch speed 56mph
full-throttle duration 2 minutes
Who cares about the two-minute full-throttle duration, with near- vertical performance ?
I can't wait for better weather . . .
Whilst doing so, I'm going to be making a wing of about 30" span, specifically designed for this little jewel of a motor !
This will have more sweep than a Zagi, a little like a Wedgie, ( I like those, but the expense of importing an example . . . ), and will be very lightweight.
I might even try another one with EPP !
Clipped wing Wedgie
If you clip the wings take 2" off the wing tips (each side), there is no wash out in the tips. A carbon tube is just going to add weight. The carbon tape is the way to go.
I have found that a motor broke in water will tighten up the after some age. We have done it in "Isoproyl" alcohol and it works alot better. Then put some oil on the bushings. Then you can time it to get more RPMs. Also put some com drop on the brushes. That is what the RC car duds do.
I still say for the buck go with the stock motor with all the brake in, timing and drops is the best way to go. The 600ae 8 cells are good. The motor will get warm after three straight flights. Thats when I stop.
If you do cut the wing tips and you are ready to fly set your rates down the about 40%. This will give you a starting point that you can handle. If all is said and done and the time is here, hold on too your shorts. Because the fisrt time you fly by at eye level it will make you pucker!
You call or e-mail me (Merrill) for more info.
Have fun!
Fly Safe!
See you at the Night Pylon race next week end.
it looks like i will have to go brushless just to makeup for the added weight of my carbon tubes. Should i finish by using the strapping tape as per instructions or would i save alot of weight by going with the carbon fiber tape and strapping as per instructions? I'm planning on covering with a low temp film that might help in the weight department as opposed to the tape method .
Keven, what made you decide to go with the Hacker long as opposed to the astroflight 020z?
I chose the Hacker B20, because I already have a B50 with the midifan, in my TF4;
As such I know just how great these motors are -
They are very well made, there are no seperate magnets to 'throw' if the motor gets hot, ( the rotor is machined from solid and is the 'magnets'), and;
The most important consideration of all !
The motor is that 'cool' purple colour !
Please E-mail me I have some info for you on were to get a wedgie to the UK.
I am the Mfg and it's hard for me to ship to the UK.
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Okay, by now we're all aware of housing's ongoing recovery. Most of the plays have rallied significantly in the past year as wary investors unwind short positions and begrudgingly embrace the industry.
But, despite big moves, many of these stocks remain under-owned. And, that could be the next catalyst for homebuilders like Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE:HOV).
Hovnanian got hit hard in the recession.
The builder of homes across 16 states peaked north of $70 at the housing bubble's height in 2005 only to fall to $0.52 in 2009. In fact, Hovnanian hasn't posted positive earnings per share since 2006.
The stock, which trades just shy of $6, has moved significantly since making those lows. However, a return to positive earnings this year may mean there's still considerable room to run.
Top tier homebuilders with stronger balance sheets, including Lennar (NYSE:LEN) and Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL), have been more broadly embraced by wary investors. Meanwhile, Hovnanian -- with its more onerous credit and cost overhangs -- has remained in the periphery for all but the most willing risk takers.
But, Hovnanian may be turning the corner as new build volume finally hits levels necessary for leveraging fixed costs.
Last quarter, total revenue improved 32.9% to $358.2 thanks to 17.4% more homes being delivered. The surge in home deliveries helped gross margins climb to 17% from 16.5% the prior year. And, while margins may trail some of the competitors, last quarter marked a good start in the right direction.
Importantly, SG&A was 13.8% of total revenues during the quarter versus 17.1% of total revenues last year.
There's obviously more work to do on costs.
At D. R. Horton (NYSE:DHI), SG&A is only 11.4%. At Pulte (NYSE:PHM) it's only 9.6%. And, at Ryland (NYSE:RYL) it's 13.4%. But, the drop from a year ago was significant and shouldn't be ignored.
In Hovnanian's most recent conference call, CEO Ara Hovnanian had this to say about margin expansion, "As our revenues continue to grow throughout the year, we would expect further improvements in our SG&A ratio each quarter and favorable year-over-year comparisons. On a historical basis, our normalized SG&A ratio is approximately 10% of revenues."
As the company works its way down to the historical 10% level, the profit picture should become increasingly convincing for investors.
Orders remained strong too.
Through January, the company's contract backlog was $812.1 million for 2301 homes, up 40.4% and 33%, respectively from a year ago.
And, the strength continued in February. The dollar value of net contracts and number of net contracts gained 31.3% and 17.8%, respectively from February 2012.
The industry optimism for 2013 was summed up during the conference call.
"We are optimistic that the recent increases in net contracts we have reported will continue and could lead to our best spring selling season in years," said Mr. Hovnanian.
The combination of margin expansion and higher sales positions the company nicely through this year and into 2014. Analysts estimate earnings per share will improve to $0.47 next year and investors will likely begin modeling for those earnings in the back-half of this year. If so, we could see the company's forward P/E come more in line with competitors.
Source: E.B. Capital Markets, LLC
Disclosure: I am long LEN, PHM, DHI, HOV, RYL, TOL. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Campfire stories from Israel at Ramah: I felt a missile go just over my head'
My pre-camp seminar with 35 staff members from Israel had just wrapped up, but Avinoam, our 21-year-old Israeli basketball coach for the summer, lingered behind, looking nervous and shaken.
"Rabbi Dan, I want to let the kids get to know me this summer, like you said, so they can learn about what it's like to be Israeli and to be in Israel," he told me. "But I need to tell you something. I don't know if you know this, but last summer I was in Lebanon. I watched my best friend blown up right in front of me, and I felt a missile go just over my head," he said, moving his hand along the path the missile had taken just a few inches from his ear. "It could have been me too," he continued. "I want to tell this story, maybe not to the little kids, but to the staff for sure. But I don't know whether I should, and I don't know how. I need your advice."
I told Avinoam I would help him tell his story this summer because, at camp, Israel is not merely an issue for debate and discussion. Israel is personal.
Like so many camps across the country, Camp Ramah in California is employing young Israelis this summer to bring Israel into our programs. The Israelis, most of them still in or just out of the army, lead Israel activities, coach basketball and teach dance.
But the most important thing they will do at Ramah is not on the schedule — it is called harga'ah. Harga'ah (literally "relaxation") is a quiet activity campers do before bedtime. I encourage our Israeli staff to use the time to share pictures from home, sing songs or tell a story.
This year, many of those stories, like Avinoam's, will be about last summer's war in Lebanon.
I got a preview of those stories at the pre-summer seminar I run in Israel every spring.
At a creative service on Shabbat morning, I asked the group to share a time when they have felt loved. A young Yemenite named Avi raised his hand.
"I was in Lebanon last summer and went on regular missions, he said. "I returned to base one night early in the war and checked messages on my cell phone and heard my father's voice. 'You are my son, Avi, and I know what you are doing is dangerous. I love you very much, Avi, and I am very proud of you.' That is when I felt very loved."
During one session, the conversation turned to what would happen if Israel is, God forbid, again at war this summer, as many military experts predict.
Yahel, who is spending her second summer at Ramah, explained: "It is very hard. Your friends are far away and the camp is so happy and inside you are worried, but the kids need you, and you want to give them a good experience. It is hard …" Yahel said, and her voice trailed off.
She looked down, and paused for a while, and everyone waited quietly. She looked up: "It is hard when one of your best friends dies. I could not go to the funeral. I was too far away, and I would never have made it in time. So you mourn at camp, and we lean on each other, and the camp, the staff, they really love you and want to take care of you."
For our campers this summer, Israel is Avinoam, Avi and Yahel. They fought a war last summer and they are here this summer to help teach the American Jewish community something that now, more than ever, we need to learn. War is not a headline in a newspaper; it is personal. That is a story that needs to be told, and one that our children will not soon forget.
Rabbi Daniel Greyber is the executive director of Camp Ramah in California and the Zimmer Conference Center of the American Jewish University.


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One of our core services is to provide members of the Brandeis community with audio and video equipment for film shoots and classroom projects. Our equipment is free to borrow; however, patrons must have a valid Brandeis ID card to borrow it. In addition, some of our items require certification to use (see below).
Equipment Levels:
We offer a wide range of audio and video equipment, spread across three levels. The general access policy is listed below:
|Level I
|general access—no certification required
|Level II
|restricted access—must pass a Level II certification exam
|Level III
|restricted access—must pass a Level III certification exam and must have already passed the Level II certification exam
All Level I equipment can be borrowed on a first-come, first-served basis whenever the Getz Multimedia Lab is open. For all levels, you must have your Brandeis ID to check out equipment. Unless otherwise specified by our staff, equipment circulates for a period of 3 days, after which it must be returned.
Loaned equipment cannot be taken out-of-state without prior authorization from the lab supervisor.
1. Pickup & Return Times
Level I equipment can be returned at any time when the lab is open. Level II and Level III equipment must be returned between the times of 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday - Friday. Level II and Level III equipment returned outside these times will not be accepted.
In addition, all Level II and Level III equipment must be picked up between the times of 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday - Friday. If you absolutely cannot pick up your equipment at these times, you must coordinate with the lab supervisor or student manager to arrange another time. Alternately, you can appoint a proxy (see Proxies, below).
Equipment must only be left with Getz Lab employees. If the lab is closed when you arrive, or no one is at the staff desk, please do not leave your items with the library staff. Doing so will result in a strike for neglect of equipment, in addition to another strike if the item is late.
2. Equipment Inspections
All equipment, ingoing and outgoing, must undergo a formal inspection by our staff. If you are borrowing equipment, a staff member will make note of the item's condition. If you are returning equipment, a staff member will determine if any parts are missing or any damage has been done. Please allow 5 minutes upon borrowing equipment and 5-10 minutes upon returning equipment to complete this process.
When borrowing equipment, it is the responsibility of the patron to ensure that the equipment inspection has been performed. If an inspection is not completed, the patron will be liable for any and all mechanical problems and/or missing parts.
3. Partial Returns, Damage, and Lateness
Most of our items have a unique barcode and can be returned independently of other loaned items. However, any partial returns (e.g. a camera without a charger, a Zoom recorder without headphones) will not be accepted. In the case of a partial return, you can choose to leave the item(s) with us until the missing parts are found, but you will continue to accrue fines for that item until all parts are returned.
If an item is returned damaged, and the equipment inspection deems you liable, you are expected to either purchase a new item or pay for the repairs for that item. These fines are not charged through your library account; you are expected to pay them out-of-pocket. If you fail to pay for the damage, Student Affairs will be notified. All equipment damage results in one strike; failure or delinquency to pay for that damage may result in additional strikes. We expect repairs/replacements to be made as soon as is reasonable.
Failure to return an item on time will result in one strike. You will receive additional strikes for each reminder-email until the item is returned. If you believe your fine is undeserved, you may contact us at
getz (at) brandeis.edu; however, you will still continue to accrue fines during this time if the item has not been returned.
When borrowing our higher-end equipment, we recommend you purchase insurance (just one of our cameras might cost you up to $5000 if broken!). Production insurance, which covers you for up to $15,000, is typically a good deal, especially if you have been approved to use our equipment for an extended period of time. You can get insurance from College Student Insurance or National Student Services, Inc..
4. Carelessness
It is expected that all items are returned in the same state as they were checked out. Please coil all cables neatly and make sure all batteries are inside their respective devices. All accessories should be in their original bags, and items should never be half-assembled. Failure to comply with these regulations may result in a strike.
5. Proxies
Sometimes it is impossible or impractical for a patron to return or borrow an item in person. In these situations, a proxy may be appointed. Proxies have the following limitations:
- They must have been previously appointed on the reservation form (if picking up equipment) or must be phoned in (if returning equipment)
- They must be approved by a staff member
If your proxy does not satisfy all of the above conditions, we will not loan out or accept a returned item from them. When checking out equipment, it is your responsibility to entrust the proxy with your ID card, as we will not check out equipment to the proxy.
6. Reservations
Level I equipment can only be reserved on a same-day basis. Items will be held until the Getz Lab closes. If a patron fails to pick up a reserved item by the end of the day, and fails to cancel the reservation, he or she will be given one strike.
All Level II and Level III equipment must be reserved at least 24 hours in advance. As with Level I equipment, failure to pick up equipment on the specified day will result in a strike. Due to limited inventory, not all reservations will be approved.
Equipment requested after 4 PM on Friday may not be ready for pickup before 4 PM on Monday, so please plan ahead for weekend shoots.
7. Renewals
Level II and Level III equipment can often be borrowed for longer than the 3-day default, but generally cannot be renewed. Level I equipment, on the other hand, can be renewed by submitting a request via our website. Unless a renewal request is approved, the item must be returned on the original date, or you will be fined. If we have not responded to your request for a renewal, you should assume the answer is "no".
If you require an item for longer, and have previously been granted a renewal, you must contact the lab supervisor personally to discuss your case. Please prepare a list of the dates you plan on shooting and a written project proposal before contacting the lab supervisor.
We do not loan out equipment for extended periods of time. If you would like equipment for the semester, please purchase your own (we typically order from B&H Photo/Video).
8 - Strike System
The Getz Lab has a three-strike system for policy infractions. All patrons start with 0 strikes. Each infraction results in the addition of some number of strikes. Strikes are reset each academic year, provided that the patron has acquired no more than 3 over that time.
1 Strike
You will receive a verbal warning from our staff.
2 Strikes
You will receive a verbal warning from our staff, and you will lose 2 weeks of lab privileges. This includes the borrowing of equipment and may also include the ability to use our computers/recording studio, depending on the type of infraction.
3 Strikes
You will lose all lab privileges for the rest of the academic year, including the borrowing of equipment and the ability to use our computers/recording studio. Media duplication services and workshop/certification reservations will also be denied, and the Office of Student Life will be notified of the infraction. If you have failed to return equipment, the Campus Police will be notified.
Over 3 Strikes
You will permanently lose all lab privileges, cross-semester. The Office of Student Life will be notified of the infraction. If you have failed to return equipment, the Campus Police will be notified. If you have violated the LTS computer usage policy, the Information Security Office will be notified.
Equipment Certification:
Equipment certification is achieved through the attendance of group classes, followed by an exam. Patrons who have been certified in a prior semester do not need to be recertified in subsequent semesters.
1. Classes
There will be approximately 6 classes per semester, scheduled every two weeks. Each of these classes is approximately 90 minutes and supports a maximum of 8 people. Attendance is determined via a sign-up sheet available on our website; if no one signs up for a particular class, that class will be canceled. These classes are available both as an instructive session for new patrons and as a refresher course for previously-certified patrons.
Walk-ins are welcome for all classes, provided that space is available. If a patron fails to attend a class for which he or she has signed up, he or she will receive one strike.
2. Exams
At the end of a class, patrons must demonstrate competency by passing an exam. This exam will cover usage of the equipment, how to pack up equipment, etc. If a patron fails to pass the exam, they must attend that class again prior to receiving certification.
Passing an exam results in certification for that level of equipment. Certifications are not transferable. If you are working in a group, each member of that group must pass the certification exam individually. Violation of this policy will result in one strike.
Patrons already familiar with our equipment may opt to test out of one or both certification classes. In this case, they must schedule an exam with the lab supervisor. If a patron fails to pass the test-out exam, they are required to attend a class prior to taking the exam again.
3. Exceptions
Patrons currently attending film classes at Brandeis may be able to obtain certification via in-class training. If your professor requires the use of Level II or Level III equipment, please have them contact the Getz Lab to schedule a training session.
If a patron requires Level II equipment on short notice, they may be permitted one "free pass", in which:
- The patron is permitted to borrow the equipment once without certification
- The patron receives limited one-on-one equipment instruction at the time of check-out
- The patron agrees to attend the next available certification class for Level II equipment
If a patron uses the free pass, he or she must attend the next available certification class for Level II equipment. If they do not attend the next available class, they will not be able to check out additional Level II equipment, and will receive one strike.
Usage of the free pass is subject to approval by the lab supervisor or student manager. The free pass applies only to Level II equipment and may be denied to any patron.
Equipment List:
Most of our equipment is available in kits, but individual items can be requested. A list of our most commonly-used items is available on our website.
Level I
|Canon Vixia
|Zoom H2
|Basic Tripod
|Microphone Kit
|Flash Drive (4-8 GB)*
|Hard Drive*
|SD Card Reader*
|MIDI Keyboard*
* available in-lab only
Level II
|Canon DSLR
|Nikon DLSR
|Panasonic HPX
|Boom Mic Kit
|LED Lighting Kit
|Shoulder Mount
Level III
|Panasonic AF-100
|Lens Kit
|Halogen Lighting Kit
|Lighting Accessories
|Video Monitor
|Green Screen
|Wireless Lav Microphone (set of 2)


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NEXT STOP; Jerusalem Outings Go Beyond the Biblical
By JOSHUA HAMMER
Published: June 12, 2011
CASBAH-LIKE alleys lined with stone houses wound upward toward hills cloaked in pine and cypress trees. Hand-painted signs beckoned visitors to the shops and studios of jewelers, potters and other artisans. Just past a popular brunch spot with a packed terrace, Christian pilgrims from Russia, Poland and the United States gathered around a spring where Mary and Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, were said to have met.
Tucked in the arid hills on the western edge of Jerusalem, the community of Ein Karem was teeming with tourists and with residents on a March afternoon. It was hard to remember that this was a Saturday, at the height of the Sabbath, and that the rest of Jewish Jerusalem had stopped dead in its tracks.
As Newsweek's bureau chief, I lived in Jerusalem from 2000 to 2004, and distinctly remember how totally the western -- Jewish -- side of the city shut down at the start of the Sabbath. At 3 p.m. on Fridays, the streets emptied of traffic, commercial districts cleared out, and quiet contemplation pushed aside the tensions of this hectic, largely working-class city -- tensions aggravated at the time by the al-Aqsa intifada. I eventually came to savor the silences of the Sabbath; even so, there were Saturdays when I yearned to escape the city's religious aura and bask in a secular atmosphere. Frequently, that meant exploring a few enclaves a short drive from downtown Jerusalem, where nonreligious Israelis go to sip cappuccinos, shop for art and antiques, picnic, hike in the hills and otherwise forget that they live in one of the holiest cities in the world.
I recently reacquainted myself with three such places: the Arab-Israeli town of Abu Ghosh, the secular Jewish artists' colony of Ein Karem, and the hiking trails of Ein Sataf in the Jerusalem Forest. It's easy to combine a visit to all three places in a single morning and afternoon, returning to central Jerusalem by dusk. All are reminders that Jerusalem offers far more than the Old City, the Temple Mount and other sites of biblical resonance; for those in the know, there are wonderful, more obscure corners that offer color, character and history -- not to mention great food.
A good place to start is Abu Ghosh, a town of minarets, packed-together Ottoman houses and Middle Eastern restaurants that lies seven miles west of Jerusalem, off the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway. The Muslim town has maintained close ties to Israel's Jews, who arrive here en masse for weekend brunch, especially in spring and summer.
Abu Ghosh has a turbulent history. Though inhabited since the Neolithic era, it was officially established in 1520 by the Abu Ghosh clan, landowners of Circassian origin, who received a lucrative concession from the Ottoman Sultan to collect taxes from travelers on the Christian pilgrimage route between Jaffa and Jerusalem. During the British Mandate period, Abu Ghosh's largely Muslim population had good relations with Jews; Abu Ghosh sat out the 1948 war, when Arab gunmen used the surrounding hills to ambush convoys bringing supplies to besieged Jerusalem. Nevertheless, Israel interned many of its residents after the war; at the same time, Jordanian authorities denounced Abu Ghosh residents as traitors. Today, the town is one of the only surviving Muslim villages in the area.
A friend from Berlin and I arrived there late on a Saturday morning, just before the weekly invasion of hungry Jerusalemites. Past the entrance to the village, beside a cluster of Arab men selling pomegranate juice, stands one of the most impressive vestiges of the Crusader era, the Crusader Church of the Resurrection, built in the 12th century. ''More perfectly preserved than any other ancient church in Palestine'' is the way the mid-19th-century travel writer Edward Robinson described this handsome, Gothic-style structure of Jerusalem stone that rises in a lush walled garden of date palm trees, scattered Corinthian columns and a burbling fountain. Next door stands a Benedictine abbey. The church was closed to visitors on Saturday morning, but we talked our way into the garden, admiring views of the surrounding forest until we were shooed away by the impatient priest.
At noon we headed for one of the most popular gathering spots, the blandly named Lebanese Restaurant (88 Hashalom Street; 972-2-533-5561). With friends from Tel Aviv, we sat at a table in a shady courtyard dominated by mulberry trees and, for 30 shekels apiece, about $9 at 3.4 shekels to the dollar, feasted on pita bread, pickles, falafel and hummus, washed down with fresh lemonade and chased by Arabic coffee. Gradually the place filled up with Israeli Jewish families. By now the main drag in front of the Lebanese Restaurant was bumper-to-bumper with cars, nearly all bound for one of a dozen popular restaurants here.
Abu Ghosh's culinary reputation has crossed Israel's borders: In January 2010, Jawdat Ibrahim, the owner of the Abu Ghosh Restaurant (65 Hashalom Street; 972-2-533-2019) was enshrined, briefly, in the Guinness Book of World Records for preparing the largest plate of hummus ever -- 8,992 pounds of it. Alas, Ibrahim's record fell only four months later -- to a restaurant in a village east of Beirut, Lebanon.


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EDMONTON — An American lobby group is suing the City of Edmonton for pulling its controversial anti-honour-killing bus ad last year.
The American Freedom Defense Initiative was fined, but refunded money it paid for the controversial ad that reads, "Is your family threatening you? Is there a Fatwa on Your Head?"
A smaller line above the questions and below a photo of seven young women, some wearing hijabs, says: "Muslim Girls Honor Killed by Their Families."
"The City of Edmonton has silenced the voice of a non-profit group that wants to assist Canadian women and girls, protect them from honour killings, and promote gender equality," said lawyer John Carpay, president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms.


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IRVINE, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo [1] (NASDAQ: MASI [2]) announced today that three new clinical studies evaluating Masimo noninvasive patient monitoring technologies were presented before the world's leading anesthesia educators and investigators at the International Anesthesia Research Society [3] (IARS) Annual Meeting in San Diego. The following studies highlight the positive clinical outcomes and patient safety impact of Masimo's unique noninvasive measurement technologies, including: total hemoglobin (SpHb®), acoustic respiration rate (RRa™), and SedLine® brain function monitoring.
Noninvasive Total Hemoglobin (SpHb)
Researchers at the Resuscitation Research Laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch measured SpHb continuously with a Masimo Radical-7 Pulse CO-Oximeter®, and compared measurements with total hemoglobin (tHb) by arterial blood sampling in volunteer patients under general anesthesia. Researchers said, "SpHb lends itself to effective trend analysis and accurate assessment of changes in tHb during periods of significant hemodilution. Trending was highly reliable in terms of concordance and trending ability."1
rainbow® Acoustic Monitoring for RRa and SedLine
Researchers at Loma Linda University School of Medicine used standard monitoring of patients during procedural sedation, which included pulse oximetry (SpO2) and noninvasive blood pressure, in addition to rainbow® acoustic monitoring (RRa, Rad-87 Pulse CO-Oximeter®), and depth of sedation monitoring using Patient State Index (PSI™) and SedLine. They found, "Respiratory depression, apnea and deep sedation were common in our cohort of patients receiving procedural sedation. These events may not be detected by standard care monitoring of SpO2 and blood pressure. We found concurrent excess sedation or respiratory depression with SpO2 ≤92% in some patients. Our results indicate that advanced respiration rate and brain function monitoring should be considered for patients undergoing procedural sedation."2
In another study, researchers David R. Drover, M.D., and Pedro Tanaka , M.D., at Stanford University School of Medicine, evaluated results of patients who underwent total knee arthoplasty and were provided monitored anesthesia care (MAC) – a combination of sedation and/or analgesic drugs common for less invasive procedures, with the benefit of fewer side effects such as respiratory depression and apnea. Patients received routine ASA monitoring as well as measurement of respiration rate by rainbow® acoustic monitoring (RRa, Rad-87) and depth of sedation measured by PSI and SedLine. Researchers concluded: "Both apnea and excessive sedation occur in patients undergoing MAC but do not occur at the same time. This is consistent with our knowledge of the anatomy of the upper airway and risks of airway obstruction. This suggests that both respiration rate monitoring for the detection of hypoventilation and brain function monitoring for depth of sedation are indicated for patients being provided sedation."3
1 Marques N, Kramer G, Salter M, Voigt R, Kinsky M. "Trending, Accuracy and Precision of Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitoring During Hemodilution." Proceedings of the International Anesthesia Research Society, May 7, 2013. San Diego. S-386
2 Applegate R, Macknet M, Qoshlli S, Mehdizadeh A, Jacobson P, Neumann M, Allard M. "Incidence of Deep Sedation and Respiratory Compromise During Procedural Sedation" Proceedings of the International Anesthesia Research Society, May 7, 2013. San Diego. S-298
3 Drover D, Tanaka P. "Depth of Sedation Does Not Predict Episodes of Apnea." Proceedings of the International Anesthesia Research Society, May 7, 2013. San Diego. S-302
*To see a summary of all known clinical studies and abstracts on Masimo technologies and noninvasive measurements, please visit: http://www.masimo.com/cpub/clinicals.htm [4].
IRVINE, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that three new clinical studies evaluating Masimo noninvasive patient monitoring technologies were presented before the world's leading anesthesia educators and investigators at the International...