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With the L88 427 engine and other big-blocks on the order sheet, the Corvette generation launched in 1968-commonly called "sharks" today-seemed promising. But as the '60s gave way to the '70s, the sharks began to lose their bite.
By the mid-'70s, the big-blocks were gone, leaving only smog-equipment-laden small-blocks to carry the crossed-flags banner. Things began to look up at the dawn of the '80s, but incremental horsepower increases and new technologies, such as the induction experiment known as Crossfire Injection, failed to rekindle the performance experience of a decade earlier.
Regardless of their performance heritage, shark Corvettes have an endearing quality. Their aggressive, blistered bodywork carried over largely intact through 1982, and a big-block engine swaps easily into any '68-'82 chassis. That's an enticing prospect for the enthusiast who wants big-time performance without incurring the cost or the political firestorm that comes with modifying a more collectible early-model car.
That's exactly what Ed Orzetti did with his '82 Corvette. It's a low-mile car that wears its original paint, and with its L83 350 rated at only 200 hp, there was certainly room for improvement under the hood. He formulated a plan to build a stock-looking, but high-powered, Vette-and he turned to ACCEL DFI (www.accel-dfi.com) to give it a modern twist.
Orzetti is the president of Keystone Automotive Operations, which was founded by the family of legendary drag racer Joe Amato and is currently the largest distributor of automotive specialty products in the country. More than a corporate "suit," he's a longtime enthusiast and active participant in the industry, including SEMA.
At first glance, there's nothing to suggest Orzetti's Corvette is anything more than a stock '82 model with some wider rear tires. There are no aftermarket wheels, no graphics, and no wild body appendages. But with the twist of the ignition key and the resulting reverbera-tion of a big-block's bellow bouncing off your chest, it's clear this shark has replaced its original teeth with a new, sharper set.
Supplanting the original CFI small-block is a GM Performance Parts ZZ572 crate engine rated at 620 horses. But even that wasn't enough to satisfy Orzetti's yen for power. Rather than sticking with the 572's factory four-barrel induction setup, he installed ACCEL DFI's Thruster Electronic Fuel Injection and 8 Channel CD coil-on-plug ignition system. The engine swap, injection conversion, and subsequent chassis upgrades were performed at Cleveland, Ohio's Corvette Conspiracy, one of 180 ACCEL DFI Engine Management Installation Centers (EMICs) around the country whose technicians are trained in the setup and tuning of the company's injection and electronic control systems.
Thruster EFI And The ZZ572
The GM Performance Parts ZZ572 uses a four-bolt iron block and aluminum rectangular-port heads with 2.25/1.88-inch valves. Typically, it breathes through a Dominator-type carburetor, but in Orzetti's Corvette, it's been swapped for the Thruster EFI injection setup. The sheetmetal intake for the injection system is similar in design to a tunnel ram, with a large plenum on top and a gaping throttle body feeding long intake runners that house the injectors and fuel rails. The intake was designed to fit beneath a subtle, 1.5-inch-taller hood from AC Products.
The Thruster EFI sequential fuel-injection system is partnered with ACCEL DFI 63-lb/hr injectors that are fed by an ACCEL DFI in-tank fuel pump. Adapting the Thruster's distributorless system to the ZZ572 gives it a uniquely modern twist and surprising efficiency.
Thruster EFI is a high-feature, affordable system that is adaptable to just about any automotive engine and popular ignition systems. It's suitable for engines ranging from 200 to 2,000 horses and running superchargers, turbochargers, or nitrous. Like production-style systems, it's volumetric-efficiency-based, allowing for excellent startup, idle, and driving characteristics. And like many OEM systems, it uses crankshaft- and camshaft-position sensors-instead of a conventional distributor-to trigger the ignition system.
The Thruster EFI system offers wide-band O2 tuning in closed-loop operation, via a laptop that can be plugged into a communication port inside the Corvette's interior. The system features real-time ECU programming for instant operation and performance changes. It also provides many OEM-type features, including knock control, torque-converter lockup, and self diagnostics. It even offers a "limp home" mode and data acquisition.
When it comes to firing the Thruster EFI-controlled ZZ572, the job falls to ACCEL DFI's recently introduced 8 Channel Programmable Multi-Strike CD ignition, which utilizes a coil-on-plug system. Like a modern LS engine, the ACCEL DFI system allows the mounting of individual ignition coils on the valve covers, over each cylinder. With 150 millijoules of spark energy available at the plug, the 8 Channel CD module can fire almost any engine combination producing up to nearly 2,000 hp.
The ignition controller is wired to the Thruster EFI's Dual-Sync replacement for the conven-tional distributor. It contains both crank- and cam-position sensors, and it mounts in the original distributor hole in the intake manifold. It's an ingenious development for classic Chevy engines, giving them greater ignition and timing control without sacrificing space or aesthetics.
Efficient Performance
The Thruster EFI system broadens the torque curve of the ZZ572 engine's already healthy output, but more importantly it delivers a modern driving feel, easy tuning capability, and an unmistakably exotic aura. Another benefit is a significant increase in fuel economy-a much-appreciated attribute for any enthusiast looking to squeeze a few more miles per gallon from his or her performance car.
Additional underhood modifications to Orzetti's Corvette include a custom cold-air induction system, Corvette Conspiracy-built headers, a March serpentine accessory-drive system, a three-row Be Cool aluminum radiator (with dual electric fans), and a Corsa exhaust system.
The engine is backed by a performance-built 700R4 overdrive transmission equipped with a 3,000-stall torque converter and a custom shifter configured to fit the Corvette's center console. The transmission channels nearly 700 lb-ft of torque to a tough Dana 44 rearend filled with a "just right" 3.55 gearset.
Chassis Changes
Since the C3's chassis was never designed to absorb the brunt of almost 700 lb-ft of twist, Corvette Conspiracy literally pulled the body off and started from scratch. First, the frame was gusseted and reinforced in key areas to resist the bending power of the 572's torque. The chassis' original suspension components were either upgraded or replaced with more-modern components, including QA1 coilover shocks and springs at all four corners, Van Steel adjustable rear strut rods and trailing arms, Jim Meyer tubular front A-arms, and Energy Suspension urethane bushings throughout.
When it was completed, the refurbished frame was powdercoated in black. The fiberglass body also required some work to accommodate the new suspension parts, including the fabrication of new pockets in the front fenderwells for the coilover setup.
The Corvette sits on polished stock wheels, but the rears were sneakily widened by 1.5 inches, giving them a 9.5-inch overall width. The aluminum rims are wrapped in BFG rubber all around, including 325/50R15 Drag Radials in the rear and 275/60R15 g-Force T/As in the front.
Orzetti didn't skimp in the braking department, either. The stock four-wheel-disc system was replaced with Stainless Steel Brakes rotors and aluminum calipers that are actuated by a Hydratech Braking Systems hydra-boost power-assist system. We experienced this combination firsthand and can report that it gives the Vette eye-popping stopping capability.
Final Thoughts
Because of its sedate appearance, it's difficult to convey the extraordinary level of workmanship and attention to detail that's gone into this bad, black Corvette. Apart from the custom shifter and a set of Dakota Digital gauges, the interior is as stock as the exterior-and that's all part of the charm of this sneaky shark.
The exhaust note certainly gives away there's something more than stock under the hood, but few would guess it's a 600-plus-hp big-block with port fuel injection and coil-on-plug ignition. With its updated suspension, brakes, and, of course, powertrain, this subtle C3 is more than capable of hanging with its C6 cousins.
Just like the great white in Jaws, which gave little warning before a terrifying strike, Ed Orzetti's '82 Corvette lulls the unaware into assuming there's nothing to worry about lurking beneath the surface. You may not need a bigger boat to catch this shark, but you're definitely going to need a bigger engine.


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So much for off-color ethnic jokes; Poland isn't key to Europe's future, it may be Europe's future.
SmartMoney's Jack Kough writes Poland's stock market is temptingly cheap. Sure, shares there have plunged 45% over the past year, versus declines of 35% in broader Europe and 3% in the U.S., as the free-floating Zloty has lost ground to both the euro and dollar over the past year. Hough also notes banks like Spain's Santander and Italy's UniCredit do brisk business in Poland, raising fears that a eurozone banking crisis could spread to Poland.
But Poland is in better shape than its stock prices suggest.
"This year, the Polish economy is expected to grow by 2.5%—slower than last year's 4.3%, but still the fastest rate in the 27-member European Union," Hough writes. "Last year, the country ran a budget deficit equal to 5.1% of gross domestic product, while America's deficit was 9% of GDP. This year, Poland's government expects to reduce its deficit to 3.5% of GDP."
The falling Zloty has hurt Polish shares in dollar and euro terms, he adds, but it has also kept Poland's economy competitive.
"Poland is to neighboring Germany a source of low-cost manufacturing in much the same way Mexico is the U.S. As for bank contagion, an HSBC study published last fall pointed out that subsidiaries of foreign banks operating in Poland get much of their funding from local deposits, which reduces their risk of a funding crisis stemming from the eurozone."
One way to measure a country's projected economic health is to look at the rate its government must pay on 10-year bonds, he writes. The rate Poland pays, 5.4%, is now lower than those of Spain and Italy.
"Poland stacks up well on growth potential, too. It gets 5.7 out of 10 on the Goldman Sachs Growth Environment Score index, which uses 18 variables to judge whether conditions are right for sustainable growth. That's higher than any of the fast-growing 'BRIC' countries: China and Brazil, both at 5.4; Russia at 4.9; and India at 3.9."

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There is nothing like company coming over for a little motivation to clean your house and take care of those put-off tasks. (I'm sure you are much better than I am!) After painting my daughter's room this summer, I have been lax at putting everything up on the walls. But out-of-town company will be coming soon and I thought this was just the motivation I needed to get her room finished.
Half way through the task of hanging items on her wall, I stumbled on this amazing idea on Pinterest. It is so good, you're going to love it. It is that good. No more measuring down and over to where the hole should be from the edge of the frame. No more pulling out the measuring tape to hang one picture. It really is amazing! And it is so simple to do.
What You'll Need: A piece of wood and a small nail. The other blogger used a clothes pin, but I used this little ruler – a promotion item from someone running for election earlier this month. The wood cannot be so flimsy that it will break when you hold a frame from the nail.
How to Make It: Drive the nail through the wood just enough that you will leave a mark on the wall when pressed.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - [img] Lack of sleep and a stomach ache... Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "[img] Lack of sleep and a stomach ache..." AlloymemberMember #Joined: 28 Dec 2000Posts: 71Location: Dallas, TX, USA Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 2:37 am Well, I woke up tonight for work after only having 2 hours of sleep. I felt like crap and even worse when I got to work. Sitting down to work on Nozomi, I suddenly spat in the face of sanity and decided to just have fun with my pic. I liked what I came up with so much that I'm calling it final - for now. Here is the pic I had originally used for reference from the Shenmue manual. I doubt I would have actually tried anything "artsy" had it not been for the inspiration gleamed from this fantastic site! I'm so glad I found this place ------------------ Alloy(Jim Rose) Back to top ReSistanZmemberMember #Joined: 18 Dec 2000Posts: 207Location: Hoorn NH, The Netherlands Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 4:50 am Nice stuff! The only thing is that the hair fades too much in the background because it is more blurry than the face. Back to top JezebelmemberMember #Joined: 02 Nov 2000Posts: 1940Location: Mesquite, TX, US Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 6:13 am I think she looks much cooler with spikey hair. However, the length in the back seems a little weird, like she's got one of those hockey haircuts where it's short on top and long in the back, hehe I think her eyes are beautiful. I know you said you're calling this done for now, but if you decide to work on it again I think it might look nice if you sharpen up the hair just a tad. Kinda blurry right now. Hey you're from Dallas, cool beans! I'm in the Mesquite area -Beth ------------------ Take off your clothes. It's OK - I'm an artist. [url=http://div.dyndns.org/FOO!]http://div.dyndns.org/FOO![/url] http://div.dyndns.org/beth/photography Back to top StarseedmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2000Posts: 144Location: Vancouver, Canada Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 7:06 am I like the hair too. My only note for improvement: the neck is too wide, it probably ends somewhere in vertical alignment with mid-lip on the left. When you said you went to work with 2 hours sleep then suddenly "spat in the face of sanity," I read, "spat in my face." That's about what I'm feeling now because this morning is the third time in a week I skipped a night's rest. I'm going to have to spit in my face to keep myself awake come late afternoon . . . -mt ------------------ everything is relative Back to top BubonicmemberMember #Joined: 21 Sep 2000Posts: 209Location: Long Island, NY, US Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 1:01 pm Her hair looks like she stuck a fork in an electrical outlet.. Looks cool though, hope you got back and try to finish the orginal.. it was coming along real well... Back to top AlloymemberMember #Joined: 28 Dec 2000Posts: 71Location: Dallas, TX, USA Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 10:22 pm Thanks everyone, Resistanz: Yeah, I know it gets blurry, but I kinda like how it flows from concrete to abstract. Jezebel: Sweet! We're like, not far from each other at all Yeah, I think I gave her a mopet(is that what their called?) but I intended to do that. Maybe out of style, but I thought it looked cool. Starseed: Dammit! I didn't even notice that, thanks for your observation, when I get a chance I will fix the neck/shoulder proportions. Bubonic: Thanks for your compliment. I might try for the ultimate in photo realistic images again, but heck, this was my first attempt with a portrait - period. It could have been weeks before I finished it. What I like most about this "final" one is the sponanaeity of it. To give you an idea, I spent a few days on the eyes and face alone. I spent an hour or two on the neck, shirt, hair, ear and background. I never really drew like that and it all just flowed so well. ------------------ Alloy(Jim Rose) Back to top AlloymemberMember #Joined: 28 Dec 2000Posts: 71Location: Dallas, TX, USA Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2001 12:16 am Well, after looking at it an awful lot, I've decided I am gonna work on it a bit more. I already know I'm gonna sharpen the hair a bit, fix the neck/shoulder proportions and maybe a couple other things. Any more comments/suggestions before I spend hours making mistakes? Also, I might want to make the shirt a little more textured. 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This is a kernel based on the pawitp's one and it works for Android JB ROMs.
Semaphore <= 2.6.6 for 4.1.2
Semaphore >= 2.8.0 for 4.2
Semaphore >= 3.1.0 for 4.3
Semaphore >= 3.4.0 for 4.4
This is version works for Jelly Bean ROMs.
- Linux kernel 3.0.101
- LiveOC
- Custom Voltage
- Voodoo Sound
- 384MB - 409MB available RAM
- Compiled with Linaro 4.7.3
- O3 optimization
- Auto brightness driver
- Touch Wake
- Vibration intensity
- Deep Idle
- USB host driver
- Governor ondemand (default)
- ondemand: sampling_down_factor tunable by momentum, smooth_ui
- Governor conservative (module, smooth_ui)
- Governor smartassV2 (module, smooth_ui)
- Governor interactive (module)
- Noop I/O scheduler (default)
- Deadline I/O Scheduler (module)
- Simple I/O Scheduler (module)
- ROW I/O Scheduler (module)
- CFQ Scheduler (module)
- CIFS as module
- TUN as module
- Logcat disabled (as module only)
- Standard network packet scheduler
- Kernel log buffer size 4KB (from 128KB)
- Reduced debug info
- TinyRCU
- Fast Charge support
- WiFi PM_MAX when suspend
- CWM: AROMA Filemanager
- /system/etc/init.d directory creation if not exist
How to use
Please read How to use Semaphore JB guide for information about the features
In order to load various modules of the kernel and enable or disable features use Semaphore Manager or HM.Carbide's Semaphore Script Manager application. It automatically copies and runs the respective scripts from /res/scripts to /system/etc/init.d directory.
Custom Voltage may be configured with Voltage control or similar applications.
For questions or issues about Semaphore Script Manager please visit HM.Carbide thread
Thanks to
pawitp for his kernel.
zacharias.maladroit for his useful information about CM's initramfs
HM.Carbide for his Semaphore Script Manager application.
Ezekeel for LiveOC, Custom Voltage
sztupy for USB host driver
koush for CWM
xcaliburinhand for his work about dock support
mialwe for his vibrator intensity and other fixes
ShadowInkDesigns for Android logo
trailblazerz11 for his help with Linaro and other changes
amarullz for Aroma file manager
DerTeufel1980 for various hints
Maroula Th. for Semaphore Logo
grinder777 for his great support
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Hello and welcome to Day 3 of Mtbr's daily coverage of the 2014 Sea Otter Classic. During this four-day celebration of all things cycling at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California, we'll be continually updating this page with photos and beta on all the latest in mountain bike technology. Whether it's new gear or apparel, celebrity sightings, or updates on events, this is the place to stay up to date on all the action. Make sure to check back early and often. The newest updates will always be on the top of the page. Also check out RoadBikeReview's 2014 Sea Otter Classic coverage here for all the latest road updates.
PIVOT POP | Pivot's main man Chris Cocalis stopped by the Mtbr booth to tell us about the all new Phoenix DH bike. We'll be posting a video of the interview soon. -DP
COMING IN FIRST | The first carbon downhill bike in the 27.5 wheel size was released yesterday, the Pivot Phoenix 27.5. Expect to see it raced at Round 1 of the UCI World Cup Downhill in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. – FC
- New dw-link design
- Full carbon frame with a frame weight of 8lbs.
- Complete Saint equipped bike with Fox 40 fork, full DH casing tires, and pedals weighing in at
34lbs. Can go down to 32 lbs still with useable spec
- 27.5" wheels
- 204mm travel
- Full internal cable routing with full length housing.
- Integrated frame bumpers and molded rubberized frame protection.
- Tapered 1.5 zero stack to 1.5 standard head tube design.
- Additional +/- .75 degree angle headset cups available for different course and race conditions.
- 62.5 degree head angle, 17.4" (442mm) chainstay length, and 13.35" (339mm) BB height.
- Availability: Late Summer 2014
FAT BIKE FUN | The popularity of Fat bikes has increased at an incredible rate in the last year and Salsa has always been at the forefront. Leading the way again, they have released the Bucksaw, a full suspension fat bike. It will be available in two colors, the teal color shown here as well as a shiny gold color. -GK
OLD SKOOL KOOL | 1983 Norco Starfire Team BMX bike. – ASS
BEER CADDY | fyxation was showing this cool Six-Pack Caddy. Designed in house with locally sourced Milwaukee leather. MSRP is $60.
They are giving away one a day here at Sea Otter. -GK
WELDED TOGETHER | This is just a one off project bike, not an early release 2015 model. This is what happens when you take a bicycle frame and put a mini moto engine in it.
"What do you do if you have a Honda CRF 50 and the key to the parts cage in the bone yard? You weld some crazy shit together, that's what! This bike is designed to attack your favorite downhill. But… Shazammmmmmm. Rally back to the top on your own accord. You don't have to wait for your crazy stoner buddy to shuttle you back to the top. All it takes is you and the mountain and a tea cup of fossil fuel."
Cafe Racer. – GK
MLINK | The recently announced Breezer Supercell is available for test rides here at the Sea Otter Classic. The Breezer Supercell is a 29er with slightly less travel than their previous Repack 27.5 model (the Repack is also available for test rides). Both bikes use Breezer's proprietary Mlink technology with a pivot in the middle of the chainstay.
A close-up of the Breezer Supercell Mlink (rear pivot located in the middle of the chainstay). -GK
TOOL NUT | Birzman makes innovative tools and pumps, that are beautiful pieces of art, and fully featured products. If you're a tool nut their equipment has incredible functionality that make a lot of sense when being used, and they'll be an excellent product for home, shop, travel and daily ride use. I really liked their small foldable tools, tire pumps with quick connect features and shock pump that doesn't loose pressure during removal. -BM
LEGENDARY | Mountain biking legend Hans "No Way" Rey stopped by the Mtbr booth to hang out for a few minutes today! Photo by Byron Swezy. -GK
BREW GRIPTION | We already loved ODI Grips…now we more love them. -DP
STICKY | ESI Grips has a new tape product that can be used to close off tape wrap, protect crank arms, handlebar accessory clamp gripping/protection, etc. Its not the typical sticky glue product like electric tape, and instead self-adheres to itself due to its volcanization process. It has a bunch of cross uses from protection to marking seat post height. -BM
PACKED HOUSE | Saturday has brought out the biggest crowds yet. -JS
LITTLE FLIPPER | Jackson Gladstone is nine years old and can backflip over your honor student. -DP
HAND OF GOD | Need some assistance on your daily bike commute? There are a ton of eBikes at Sea Otter that you can demo, but the Specialized Turbo is probably the coolest. – ASS
AM SMILE | GoPro's Toshi Corbet brings sunshine on a cloudy day with his award-winning smile and Devinci road bike. -DP
YOU'RE HERE | The expansive Sea Otter venue in map form.
Needless to say there is a lot to see and do. -JS
HEART SMART | Wahoo Fitness were showing off their new TICKR heartrate chest monitor which communicates in both ANT+ and Bluetooth. This design allows the unit to work with Bluetooth based apps/smartphones and other ANT systems like Garmin computers. It retails for $59.99 and is available now. -BM
VALET PARKING | When you're done with your ride there's free valet service here at Sea Otter. -JS
PEDAL PUSHER | Speedplay's Richard Bryne never stops refining his amazing pedal designs. Here he gets out the calipers to take measurements of the company's new Brass Knuckles pedals. -DP
MOONSHINE ENDURO | The friendly folks of Durango Bike Company showed off their new Moonshine Enduro 650b, a 27.5-inch bike with 160mm of travel. We discovered a fully engineered bike with a well-tuned Horst-Link suspension. Suspension rates have been dialed to have a flat curve with a bottomless feel. A lot of collaboration was done with Cane Creek and Rockshox to optimize the rear shock for this bike. Details and components too are dialed with a full 1×11 group at just over $5000. See the gallery below for more photos. -FC
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I had a brand new 2003 VW Passat Wagon that I had Car Toys hardwire to the back of the head unit. I had a Starmate 5. They used (I believe) a Pro-fit VSM mounting plate installed to the right of the head unit encroaching in the passenger side but not a problem at all. Looked nice and I had a remote control.
That car had a duel with an elk in 2011. The elk won and trotted away. I have that radio.
I just bought a 2001 Passat wagon. I sign-up for the recent 6 months/$25 dealio and they sent me a Stratus7. I also received a premium install card but my husband had already installed the antenna (above rear hatch door to console 12v) before we even received the install card.
I don't like this set-up because I need to be able to charge my phone conveniently. The vent clip is ugly so I want it the way I had it in the other car. I have an appointment for the install with an audio shop on Thursday. I realize I will have to pay for the adapter and the mounting bracket. I was told by an installer that the new portable radios like this Stratus7 doesn't need to be constantly plugged into the 12v because it has a battery pack therefore I can unplug it, still have radio, and plug in the cell phone charger. Schwuuu I just swiped a lot.
I love the starman 5 because of the pause/rewind/forward which I used a lot. I hate being out of pocket for the adapter and bracket so I am torn what to do, hence, this long $!#?' post for opinions.
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Moody's ratings agency issued five U.S. bank downgrades Thursday and a total of 15 cuts for global institutions, but markets shook off the news.
The ratings agency cited concerns about the stability of the global systems. Moody's said the banks are not as sound now as they were before the recent global financial woes and contagion.
"All of the banks affected by today's actions have significant exposure to the volatility and risk of outsized losses inherent to capital markets activities," Greg Bauer, Moody's Global Managing Director, said in a statement Thursday.
Included in the ratings cuts were Citigroup (NYSE: C), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM).
Bank of America and Citi are now rated just two notches above junk status, while Morgan Stanley sits a hair higher at three notches above junk.
Moody's announcement came after the close Thursday, a rocky day for markets with the Dow Jones ending down 250 points and the Nasdaq lower by 71.
The cuts appeared to be a non-event in trading Friday. Shortly after the open, all three major indexes were modestly higher, with affected banks all in the green.
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"It is a trading indicator that speaks to more volatility in the future for the banks as traders will be jumping all over earnings, derivatives moves, counterparty fears, correlation concerns, "negative watch" implications and regulatory impacts," said Money Morning Capital Waves Strategist Shah Gilani. "I expect the volume in financials to go higher as traders play them more and more."
U.S. Bank Downgrades Long Overdue
According to Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald, Moody's is late to the party.
"These downgrades are years too late and several trillion dollars short," said Fitz-Gerald. "What a joke by a bunch of clowns who missed the entire crisis in formation and who are now playing catch up in a pathetic attempt to appear as if they are on top of things."
Moody's first announced it was examining the banks in February. The review was driven by a "reassessment of the volatility and risks that creditors of firms with global capital markets operations face."
Now that the ratings cuts actually have been issued, the downgrades might have little effect on the market – but could limit the banks' profitability.
"It will affect cost of capital and collateral requirements for those with poor ratings and affect counterparty risk of those who don't," said Fitz-Gerald. "I expect this to also create an uneven playing field in terms of how these costs potentially affect profitability in regards to the ratings driven margin requirements, etc."
The downgrades could raise costs for the banks, making it more expensive for them to borrow money. The cuts may also make it more difficult for the banks to sell their commercial paper (a form of borrowing banks and other companies use to meet their short-term needs) to money market funds.
"Strategically the big universal banks may want to re-examine their business model," said Money Morning Global Investing Strategist Martin Hutchinson.
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Banks stocks rallied Friday as investors viewed the downgrades less severe than anticipated.
"Ironically, markets will probably like this because "now the ratings are getting serious,'" said Fitz-Gerald.
While the cuts had little effect on the downgraded banks, the ones that maintained their credit ratings should fare even better.
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29 Nov, 2013
What's wrong with me? Oh yea. I'm fat.
Posted by: shellydeflores In: Uncategorized
It has been so long since I have posted anything. I am dealing with a lot of fears right now about what I have done wrong and what is going right. I have finished my bachelors degree and I have begun another one—a more intense program. Nursing school. Enough said? For those who have ever been in nursing school, they will know what I mean. I have gained weight since my last post. I think the lowest I got down to was 234 and I was feeling pretty good. Why I screwed that up, I don't know. I have a serious problem. The more time that passes and the more food I shamefully shove into my face the more I realize that problem. I should be able to control this, but I can't. I need help.
Earlier this year Weight Watchers had a new year's resolution special so I signed up. I did it for about 2 days and then stopped. It was a 3 months subscription and I bailed. I got a gym membership with my friend since she was getting married and we were supposed to be gym buddies. We did well for the first couple of weeks and for some reason in my head I thought it would be a joint effort. She didn't really see it that way. I eventually waned off even though I wanted to go. My own brain gets in the way of what I know I want and should be doing. I want to find every excuse in the world, but I can't. My friend's wedding was this last Saturday. The pictures are just not coming through on Facebook and the photographer is supposed to send us some of the prints in a couple more weeks. I am realllllly not looking forward to it. I saw myself in 2 of the pictures so far and the dress just looks awful. The dress by itself is beautiful, but me in it just looks forrible. When we first bought the dress, I told myself I was going to lose 10-20 pounds by the wedding. Instead I gained 10-20 pounds. I haven't weighed in a couple of months and I terrified to do it. I know I should because you can only improve upon what you know is there but I'm scared to see that high number. The last I weighed I was 258 and I wanted to cry. I had reached a 50 pound weight loss at my lowest and now I am steadily gaining it back. It's like I've lost control and I can't seem to get it together. I am lazy. Even when I see the two decisions in front of me….eat it or don't eat it….I still choose to eat it. I somehow convince myself that it is a good decision to eat it. I justify when there really is no need for justification. Food isn't going anywhere soon but I treat it like it's all this one day special and whatever is in front of me needs to be eaten because I won't have it ever again.
Eating Disorder. Thats what it has got to be. My psychiatric nursing class is all about eating disorders right now and I had to get up with a few classmates and present on the different kinds. As I was reading my book and some of the edited materials in our library I started to make a few connections. Maybe it sounds stupid to say because I should have made the connection before but I think what I have is an eating disorder. Now, this isn't to say that I am putting the blame all on the disorder because so much of it is me. I can make the cognitive effort to not eat, make the right decision, and go exercise but I get so lazy. When it comes to me hiding the food, receipts, or lying about whether I've eaten something or not…there is a problem. I hide the food I eat. There are some days where I'll leave for school early in the morning, which is across town, and I'll stop at McDonalds for breakfast…or Dunkin' Donuts..or Jack in the Box…or Wendy's (all of them, at least 3-4 days a week) and I'll hide the wrappers and bags under my passenger seat. I'll go to class for 4 hours and then race home because it's all of a sudden "lunch time." In reality, I'm not hungry nor do I need to follow that up with another meal so soon. I'm not even done digesting the previous meal! BUT I still go home and start munching on everything. It's like a lose control completely and I'm just blind to everything in front of me and my mouth. I start munching on tortilla chips and salsa (left over from my friend's bachelorette party) and then a bowl of cereal and then a cup of coffee…but while that brews I'll grab the Asian salad mix in the fridge and throw it all together (chicken, greens, crunchy Asian noodles, fat filled dressing, almond slivers, croutons) and then while I'm mixing that together I'm popping prunes into my mouth, then I mix my coffee together with sugary creamer, and I'll crab a slice of bread or tortilla to turn my salad into a wrap. Within the time frame of maybe 5-10 minutes I've taken in somewhere between 1000-1500 calories. That escalated quickly! I hate feeling full but I push myself and when I have extreme amounts of food like that and I don't get full, I get scared…or dumb and then just eat more trying to convince myself that I haven't eaten enough if I'm not full. It's scary. Very scary.
Well I know in my previous posts, dating back a couple of years ago, I was talking about being lonely and not having any guys around, difficulty with being jealous over my skinny friends, and just not being able to grip reality. Still having difficult with all of those but it has become a different kind of reality now. At my thinnest I decided to do online dating. I thought, why not? Get back into the game and find someone out there in the millions of people in this state who wants to get to know you. Well….I did. A couple of them actually. This was earlier this year about February. I met up with one of them at a coffee shop really late into the evening. I shouldn't have gone and I knew that it sounded like a bad idea at the time but he was so convincing. He said he just had to see me and he was going to lose his nerve if he didn't see me right then. We had text for a week, seen photos of each other, and had been getting along. He was rather impulsive but he wanted to see me and he was really adamant about it. We met up and he was so awkward. Cute awkward but still awkward. He said he liked me and that he was afraid he was going to be cat phished…which at the time I didn't know what they meant. He was very nervous but I couldn't tell if it was an act. He was very attractive, had the body of a Greek God (not even kidding, 6 pack, big arms, sexy smile), and rode a Harley. Come on now. Are you serious? Well he knew what he had found in me….an insecure, needing affection fat girl. We ended up in the back seat of my car. A couple of days later I started getting calls and texts from some girl proclaiming to be his girlfriend. He denied it and even asked me to send her messages back, with rather harsh language, telling her to leave "us" alone. I didn't go into this particular relationship thinking it was going to be anything anyway but this for sure cemented that idea. I told him that it was over because I wasn't going to deal with this. He had been shady with a few other details of who he was, where he came from, and what he did. A week later he convinced me to let him come over to my place. I guess I was blinded by this man who I felt was way too attractive to ever be into someone like me–but he was. I guess I wanted to prove something. He came over, spent the night and then asked me if I was his girlfriend now. Things didn't work out and the calls from his ex kept coming so I eventually had to block her. Things did not end well and it took weeks to get him out of my system. I started chatting up another guy a couple of weeks after Mark. He was very straight forward about what he wanted and we had an agreement. Nothing serious. That was exactly what it was. Two weeks of fun…then done. I'm fine with it. Why can't more guys be this direct?
This is the heartbreaker of this year and I think the reason why I have been so down on myself. David is a friend of mine that I have known since high school. He had a thing for me then but I was with my ex, Juan, at the time. We were just friends and I even hooked him up with a girlfriend of mine back then–which ended badly about and he teased me relentlessly over it. Well I have thought of David many times over the years. I figured out that I had a thing for David toward the end of high school although I was insecure even then and I was almost 100 pounds lighter! I have never been the typical girl that David goes for. I'm not skinny, punk rock, or a bad girl in any sense. After highschool, him and I hung out a few times and went to hookah bars. It was always fun but then his friends got involved and it stopped from there. I didn't have anything in common with his friends and we just didn't mesh well. Things started to distance. He ended up getting into a relationship. A few times over the years we would send each other Facebook messages saying hello or talking about getting a drink or two. We never did. I never actually went through with it because I was ashamed to let him see me at this weight. He was the guy I always wanted so there was no way I could let him see me so hideous. He was on a pedestal in my eyes. This year I finally got over it and said Eff it, he's in a relationship anyway and the last I heard he was engaged so I'll just send him a message and we'll go grab a drink. We went out to a local brewery and just started spilling what life has been like since highschool. He broke up with his girlfriend, who had cheated on him not only with his bestfriend a couple of years ago, but had gotten pregnant by someone else earlier this year. He was heart broken and single. I was happy, but also incredibly sad for him. David is a good man and didn't deserve this. We kept in touch and met up a couple of more times in the Summer (we started talking again in May). I finally got the nerve to tell him that I had a thing for him and always have. I was planning to tell him the next time we met up but he bailed on me the day of. I was pretty disappointed but a couple of days later a friend of mine and I were sitting on my balcony smoking and drinking (yes, I have not quit yet) and talking about not wanting regrets. So I got my phone out and text him just what I was feeling. It was rather late in the evening but I figured he would be up. He has a bad case of insomnia. He responded…but the next morning…saying he felt the same way but didn't want to say anything because he didn't want to ruin a good friendship if it wasn't mutual blah blah blah. He wanted to meet up to talk about it. We made plans for the weekend. When I pulled up to the bar I was overly nervous. I saw him pull up next to me and the butterflies just wouldn't quit. I thought for sure I was going to throw up any second. He gave me a nice hug and we went inside. I brought up the text as soon as our drinks were delivered and he skated around it. I was a little thrown off but I figured maybe he was as nervous as I was. So we ordered food. I brought it up again….skated around it. I brought it up one more time as we moved our drinks to the outside tables…darted it with a grin and a shake of the head. The waitress had impeccable timing here and came in right then–made it easy to distract the conversation. We stayed for a little while longer laughing and joking about old times and then decided to take off. I brought it up one more time before I got into my car and after the goodbye hug.
Me: So we never did officially talk about what you wanted to meet up for
David: We didn't? [laughs and shrugs shoulders while awkwardly holding his car door and looking at the ground]
Me: No….we didn't.
I was fed up at this point so I just simply said, "you owe me" and got in my car. He was irritating me with being so passive. He told me to text him when I got home so he knew I was safe. Yea yea…be a gentleman, you jackass. A couple of weeks later, after a text here and there, he asked if I wanted to get together again. I reluctantly said yes and we met up at a pool hall. The entire night I tried to be flirty, but not overwhelming. There was something going on in his head and I could sense his ambivalence from across the room. We had fun and he even flirtatiously whistled at me when I would bend over to take my turn and would stare at me with a grin on his face when my tipsy-ness became too much and I would sit down my chin resting on my palm. You know how this conversation goes, right? "What are you smiling at? "Haha, nothing." Stares again with a grin on his face. "What!" "Hahahaha, nothing." It went on like that for another round or two and I finally just gave up. Thankfully the place was closing so it was an easier exit out of that conversation. A weird thing happened though after we got through our first couple of beers. He brought up this girl we knew in highschool. I was friends with her on FB and he was blaming me for her sending him an add request just the day before. I said, "so? Why is that bad?" He said that he had told this girl that he thought she was pretty and that he liked her after her highschool boyfriend had broken up with her because he didn't want her to feel like a loser. Nice guy, huh? I told him that was a bit of a dick move, which I still believe is but at the same time kinda sweet. In the back of my head though I kept thinking about why he would bring this up. It really did come up out of no where. Anyway, after the weird "what" "nothing" thing we ran through the rain outside and to our cars where he gave me a quick hug and slipped into his car and took off. I was left a little dumbfounded. All the times we got together, he only allowed me to give him money for the meal/drinks/games once. Even then he switched out my $20 for a bunch of ones and slipped them into places of my purse when I wasn't looking. These were not cheap nights. These were at least $70-$80 nights. Never once did he make a move. After that night things just kinda disappeared. I would send him texts and he would give me one word answers. He text me a couple of weeks later saying he listed me as a reference on a job application to which I got a call for immediately afterward. I joke with him and said I told the person that he was a terrible man with a serious drug addiction (which of course I didn't do) and he laughed. Again, it disappeared. I come to find on Facebook that he was being tagged by a few work friends, one in particular, on Facebook. I brushed it off thinking oh well, it's Facebook and he said he was looking for new friends since most of his old ones were mutual between him and his cheating ex. He stopped liking my statuses on Facebook, stopped commenting on them, and even stopped getting online all together. Then it happened. The tearing out of my heart. He was tagged in a picture, arms around this girl, dressed as a themed couple, at a Halloween party. Mind you, this was about 3 weeks after our last text. After that picture was posted he all of a sudden made a Facebook comeback. My statuses were being liked, he's commenting on them, and sending me smiley face FB messages. I'm still upset over it and it has been almost a whole month. I lost to this girl. David and I had everything in common. We laughed about everything together. His father said he always liked me..ever since highschool when David took me to the Junior Homecoming. His family always liked and commented on my statuses. I had never even met most of them. It reminded me of Bill all over again. I lost out to another girl. A thinner girl. It's how it always happens. The thinner girl wins out. If she were pretty I wouldn't feel all that bad because I would just blame her for being prettier…but nope. She's actually quite unattractive in my opinion. I don't get it. I'm educated, I'm honest, I have my own place, my own car, no children, friends and family who love me, and a rockin' rack. What's wrong with me? Oh yea. I'm fat. No one wants the fat girl.
I'll be 26 in a couple of months. I'll be still in nursing school, single, fat, and trying to keep it together. My best friend just got married. My other best friend has a new boyfriend every week. My other best friend just finally admitted she has feelings for someone and is letting him take her out….after almost a year of denying she felt anything for him because he wasn't her "ideal" guy. I'm happy for my friends. I really am. It just reminds me of how behind I feel. I'm single. I have no prospects and any new guy that comes around either just wants to get laid and be hush about it or says they don't want anything serious or don't feel the same (even though I see the signs that they do). No one wants to admit they like the fat girl or at least let anyone know they like the fat girl. Negative Nancy over here. I know. When you've been hit by the ball over and over again, you begin to thinks it's on purpose.
I have finals next week but my intention is to get back online and post frequently. This is cathartic for me and while I hope I am not too negative for some, I hope that others can relate and nod their head in agreement to feeling this way at one point or another.
Goodbye for now dear internet friends.


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The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is a next generation meteorological model being developed collaboratively among several agencies (NOAA/NCEP, NOAA/ESRL, NCAR). WRF-Chem is a version of WRF that also simultaneously simulates the emission, turbulent mixing, transport, transformation, and fate of trace gases and aerosols. The WRF Atmospheric Chemistry Working Group is guiding the development of WRF-Chem.
- Integrate WRF-Chem simulations and a wide range of field campaign measurements to develop a better understanding of local and regional-scale evolution of particulates and aerosol radiative forcing that are sub-grid scale processes for global climate models
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- Explore the feasibility of using a version of WRF-Chem as a regional climate model
As part of an internal PNNL project, the trace gas and aerosol chemistry modules of the PNNL Eulerian Gas and Aerosol Scalable Unified System (PEGASUS) [Fast et al., 2002; 2006] were implemented into the WRF framework during 2004 and 2005. An "off-line" coupling of meteorology and chemistry is employed in PEGASUS so that the meteorological fields are read from files at specified time intervals; however, the "on-line" coupling of meteorology and chemistry in WRF more accurately represents of the evolution of trace gases and aerosols and permits the inclusion of feedback processes important for climate applications. Aerosol-radiation-cloud feedback processes, cloud chemistry, and cloud-aerosol interactions were incorporated into WRF-Chem during 2005 and 2006. Merging chemistry and aerosol process modules into the WRF framework have enabled PNNL scientists to better understand the uncertainties associated with aerosol radiative forcing and the impact of aerosols on clouds, distribute PNNL research among the scientific community, and promote collaborative activities with other research groups.


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One of the major limitations preventing genuinely massive simultaneous online gaming is the abysmal state of consumer-grade Internet bandwidth. Microsoft Research hopes to change that and make the dreams of many gamers come true with a new technology called Donnybrook.
Donnybrook, which is also an Irish euphemism for a large brawl or fracas, seeks to enable massive simultaneous gaming through two techniques. Focus Sets devotes bandwidth to the things you're paying attention to (while draining it away from the things you aren't), and Guidable AI periodically replaces remote players that you aren't paying attention to with local bots. From Microsoft Research's paper (PDF):
...even in a large firefight, a player will tend to focus on his or her current target. This principle implies that the aggregate amount of attention in the game grows only linearly with the number of players, not quadratically. As a consequence, there is always sufficient capacity, within a constant factor, to maintain update rates proportional to player attention. Thus, an object's update rate to a player should vary based on his or her attention on the object. Our focus set technique implements this differentiation in update rates.
...it is more important to ensure that the change of a replica's position obeys game physics than to minimize its error with respect to the [it's actual position]. Our guidable AI technique achieves this realism. Guidable AI makes replicas act in a realistic manner between updates, unlike traditional replicas which only perform dead-reckoning of position between updates.
Microsoft Research's paper reports that they have already conducted some small tests that are stunningly promising. During the human tests they report that when given a choice between a low upload bandwidth server with or without Donnybrook technologies, 96% of test players chose the Donnybrook server.
All of Microsoft Research's testing so far has been conducted with Quake III on PCs with no mention of implementation on consoles. If the technology works as well as it seems to this early in its development, it may well be the beginning of a new standard in online gaming architecture for both PCs and consoles.
Microsoft Research claims that this technology should scale infinitely with the upload bandwidth of players (see picture) and should be relatively easy for game developers to implement.


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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, has joined forces with Wikia, the collaborative media company, home to some of the largest fan communities on the Web, to launch the first-ever 'Wikia Official Community' for the highly-anticipated MMOFPS PlanetSide®2. Under the new partnership, SOE and Wikia will collaborate with the player base through official Wikia communities to empower players to help each other succeed in games, and offer them another direct line of communication and support to SOE's Community and Development teams. PlanetSide 2 players and Wikia users will also be offered a wide range of exclusive and unique official content, such as videos, interviews, chats, game guides, and more.
"Teaming up with Wikia was the natural next step for us in providing the necessary tools to further embrace and empower our players," said John Smedley, President, Sony Online Entertainment. "This new partnership is truly about community collaboration, and Wikia's reputation and respect for its dedicated global network of players offered the ideal platform for SOE to further support its players and the community. We are excited and looking forward to the creative and compelling ways fans will utilize this custom channel to expand community engagement outside of the game."
By publishing official and community driven content alongside actual game development, SOE is forging new territory by endorsing fan communities to create, engage and collaborate around their favorite game with the developers throughout production. SOE and Wikia are working together to develop and design the official PlanetSide 2 wiki that will allow fans and gaming enthusiasts to contribute unique and valuable content on a regular basis to be seen by the community at large. The partnership and official fan wiki will allow both companies to embrace and further empower their communities by creating a meaningful two-way flow of valuable information.
"We are thrilled that SOE, which understands the power of the community, is launching their first of many official communities amidst our very enthusiastic and knowledgeable network of fans," said Craig Palmer, CEO for Wikia. "As our lifestyle, gaming and entertainment communities continue to grow and populate, we look forward to an active PlanetSide 2 community as a model for the best user generated collaborative content on the web."
As part of its dedication to supporting existing community efforts, SOE has also designated EQ2i, one of the longest-running and well-populated Wikia sites, as its official Wiki for the popular MMO, EverQuest® II.
"We want to work with vibrant, existing Wikia communities at the grass-roots level," said Linda Carlson, Director of Global Community Relations, Sony Online Entertainment. "Partnering with sites such as EQ2i serves to recognize and support the efforts of thousands of dedicated fans on Wikia, be they individuals, guilds or fan-sites. It's about time, and we can hardly wait to get started!"
The Official Communities will complement Wikia's already recognized 250,000+ wikis on the site, ranging in subjects from pop culture, fashion, TV to sports. Wikia Video Games, is the leading source of global video game content on the Web today and is home to some of the largest video game communities, accounting for over 50,000 gaming wikis and 2.48 million pages of gaming content, averaging over 25,000 user edits each day. The Wikia Official Community will utilize new curation features, while continuing to engage players in traditional wiki formats around large-scale and social video gaming.
About Wikia:
Wikia is a trusted and customizable platform designed for those who want to create and participate in collaborative media. It is the definitive place for people to collaboratively contribute to the assembly of original bodies of content that further people's understanding of the world we live in.
Using Wikia, anyone can form new communities around any subject they love or participate in over 250,000 existing communities by reading or contributing new content. With over 20 million pages of rich content, Wikia's communities are the most authoritative information about any topic on the Internet.
Wikia's video game vertical (www.wikia.com/video_games) is the number one global video-game focused network on the Web. Its entertainment vertical (www.wikia.com/entertainment) is the fastest growing US entertainment destination around the world. Wikia Lifestyle (www.wikia.com/lifestyle) offers a broad range of collaborative content, from travel to food and beverage.
Launched as Wikia in 2006 by founders Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley, Wikia attracts more than 60 million global unique visitors per month and is ranked a Top 50 Internet site according to Quantcast.
About Sony Online Entertainment
Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games. Best known for its blockbuster hits and franchises, including EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Champions of Norrath®, PlanetSide®, Free Realms®, Star Wars®: Clone Wars Adventures™, and DC Universe Online™, SOE creates, develops and provides compelling online entertainment for a variety of platforms. SOE is building on its proven legacy and pioneering the future of online worlds through creative development and inspired gameplay design for audiences of all ages. To learn more, visit www.soe.com.
SOE, the SOE logo, EverQuest, Champions of Norrath, PlanetSide, and Free Realms are registered trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.
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IUCN has developed a standardized methodology for the Conservation Outlook Assessments of natural World Heritage sites. This enables the assessments to be repeatable, accurate and transparent. The methodology was developed together with an IUCN World Heritage Outlook technical advisory group, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre staff and World Heritage site managers, and draws on a wide range of existing methodologies for protected area assessments, including:
- IUCN WCPA's established methodologies and framework for Management Effectiveness of Protected Areas
- Lessons learned from the assessment frameworks developed for the Great Barrier Reef Outlook report (2009)
- The Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit
- The Managing Natural World Heritage Manual
- and the World Heritage Periodic Reporting questionnaire
In 2011, pilot assessments were undertaken for the then five natural World Heritage sites in the Arab State to test the methodology validity. The results of the pilot assessments were published in the Tabe'a: Nature and World Heritage in the Arab States Report. Following on from the results of the pilot assessments, the methodology was finalised and used in the first round of Conservation Outlook Assessments for sites in 2014.
After Conservation Outlook Assessment updates every three years, the methodology is reviewed and further refined by IUCN and a World Heritage Outlook technical advisory group based on feedback during the assessment and consultation process, and best available methodologies on protected area assessments at the time of review. This adaptive approach enables the improvement of the IUCN World Heritage Outlook methodology over time, but in a way that ensures assessments are still repeatable and comparable between assessment rounds.
Each assessment update is based on the best-available information at the time, and new site visits are not involved. These assessments do not therefore replace existing site-based monitoring and evaluation systems of the World Heritage Convention.
Assessments are coordinated by the IUCN Secretariat working with independent experts who are familiar with the sites and supported by consultation. The 2017 Conservation Outlook Assessment process is structured around eight steps, each corresponding to a standardized assessment worksheet.
Designed to evaluate only sites inscribed on the World Heritage List for their natural Outstanding Universal Value (criteria vii, viii, ix and x), the methodology could be adapted to apply more widely to protected areas and areas of conservation importance.
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A range of knowledge-holders are informed and invited to take part in the consultation process. Typically, they include:
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- Researchers
Each site assessment undergoes multiple internal and external reviews before finalization. Draft assessments are internally reviewed to verify that they meet the required standards. They are then examined by expert reviewers, selected for their knowledge of a site. All assessments are then reviewed in each IUCN region. The regional review groups consist of the IUCN WCPA Regional Vice-Chair, representatives of the IUCN regional office and regional specialists for World Heritage. A final draft is prepared for each site assessment, incorporating all feedback received, and site managers are invited to provide comments. All completed assessments are approved by the IUCN World Heritage Panel.
Conservation Outlook Assessments will be reviewed every three years. However, if significant new information becomes available on a particular site, its assessment can be revised at any time.
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Romania: Test-bribe probe snags principal
Police say they have arrested a Romanian high school principal on suspicion she took bribes from students taking final exams, an investigation that involved intelligence officials bugging the faculty lounge.
Thirty-seven teachers and supervisors at Bucharest's Dimitrie Bolentineanu high school were also questioned Tuesday, a day after Principal Costica Varzaru was fired.
According to the police statement, the country's main domestic spying agency, the Romanian Intelligence Service, bugged the school three weeks ago after getting a tip about a bribe operation.
Police searched teachers and test monitors at the school Monday as students sat for the Romanian pre-university exams. They found money suspiciously hidden in underwear, cupboards and bags.
It was not immediately clear who was representing the principal, who could not be directly reached Tuesday.
Romania, which has seven intelligence agencies, has been under pressure from its fellow European Union members to crack down on corruption.


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Morgan Freeman will not play god or the president in the upcoming sci-fi flick "Transcendence". The film tells the story of a scientist who's brain is uploaded into a computer after he is killed by terrorists. Truth be told it hasn't been revealed what role Freedman will play so there is still a solid chance he could play the president, god or some sort of god/president hybrid here. I just like to think outside the box now and then.
Sunn Classic Pictures has gone ahead and dropped word that they intend to move forward with a remake of the 1983 classic killer dog flick "Cujo". Based on a Stephen King story, Sunn Classic is the same group that released the original and decided to hold on to the rights to the picture in the hopes that in 20 years we'd be remaking every horror film ever made. Well planned fellas.
If you loved last year's surprise gushable fan boy favorite "Dredd 3D" then you're in luck because a sequel is currently in the works and will drop this September. Of course the sequel will be in comic book form and instead of being able to watch cool stuff fly around the screen you'll have to read words and look at tiny stupid drawn pictures but still. Ya know what no I can't even joke about this. This is just awful and only exciting to virgins.
"Stripped", a new horror flick set in Vegas has been confirmed to be hitting DVD this coming May 14th. The flick follows a group of friends who find themselves in the company of strippers who also happen to take the vital organs of their clients. I'll be honest this movie doesn't sounds very good and I'll most likely never see it but I will read just about any article that mentions strippers.


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Vatican bank's ousted president says court ruling vindicated him
VATICAN CITY >> The ousted president of the Vatican bank came out swinging Friday after he was cleared in a money-laundering investigation, accusing the bank's board of causing "grave damage" to the Holy See by firing him in 2012.
Ettore Gotti Tedeschi ended a nearly two-year silence with a statement issued after a Rome judge threw out a Vatican bank-related investigation against him. The court ruled Gotti Tedeschi had nothing to do with daily operations at the Institute for Religious Works and was in fact working to bring the Vatican's financial institution into line with international anti-money-laundering standards when he was fired.
In a five-page statement entitled "The Rehabilitation of Ettore Gotti Tedeschi," the banker's attorneys said the ruling vindicated their client and "shows the unfounded ... accusations" made by the bank's board when it fired him.
The lawyers threatened legal action and said the ruling showed the board had committed "grave errors and thus grave damage to the Holy See" by firing their client when he was working to improve transparency and accountability.
Gotti Tedeschi's May 2012 ouster was an unusually brutal public dressing-down of a Vatican official said to have had the ear of Pope Benedict XVI. In explaining its no-confidence vote at the time, the bank's board issued a stinging, nine-point statement accusing him of a host of personal and professional shortcomings.
The court ruling exonerating Gotti Tedeschi stems from a 2010 money-laundering investigation by Rome prosecutors. Police seized 23 million euros ($31.5 million), though it was later ordered released. Gotti Tedeschi and the bank's then-top manager, Paolo Cipriani, were placed under investigation.
Judge Flavia Costantini ruled, though, that Gotti Tedeschi had been wrongly caught up in the sweep because he was the bank's legal representative. Cipriani was the primary manager and remains under investigation in the case. He and his deputy resigned in disgrace in July after a Vatican monsignor was arrested in an alleged money-smuggling operation and a money-laundering case involving his Vatican bank accounts.
"The accusations by the board that Ettore Gotti Tedeschi didn't know how to interact with the management appears now, given the evidence, to have been the fruit of a grave error of judgment on the part of those who didn't understand the good reasons why he didn't have faith in the management," the lawyers said.
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From Fedora Project Wiki
Initial thoughts by Matt Domsch
- Use Reduced Redundancy Storage. All the content will be replicated easily.
- Use s3cmd sync to keep content in buckets in sync
- exclude ISOs
- exclude debuginfo? I think so.
- Use bucket policies to limit access to each region
- Need list of IP addresses for each region to populate MM. Would be nice if we could get that programmatically.
- Per FI meeting 20120216, suggest using secondary01 or a releng* box for the copying. secondary01 does not have /pub/epel or /pub/fedora currently mounted.
- bucket names s3-mirror-<region>.fedoraproject.org allow for CNAME s3-mirror.fedoraproject.org to s3.amazon.com in our DNS
|Region Server
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|s3-mirror-us-east-1.fedoraproject.org CNAME s3-mirror-us-east-1.fedoraproject.org.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com
|US West (Oregon) Region
|US West (Northern California) Region
|EU (Ireland) Region
|Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region
|Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region
|South America (Sao Paulo) Region
- if we upload ISOs, we get .torrent links "for free".
- no tracker stats :-(
- Can't group multiple files together into a single torrent
- we're paying for outbound bandwidth
- bucket policies keeping traffic in a single region means we need separate buckets for torrent content
- none for all uploads
- none for intra-region requests
- 0.093/GB/month for data, 200GB = $30-40/month/region. 7 Regions.
- no way guess number of GET requests. $40 assumes 10M requests, while $30/month assumes 1M requests.
Total: ~$280/month, or $3360/yr
Open questions:
- do we sync to one region, then COPY to others? If so, what tool? That'll cost $ for bandwidth.
Proposed Excludes:
source/ SRPMS/ debug/ beta/ ppc/ ppc64/ repoview/ Fedora/ Live/ isolinux/ images/ EFI/ drpms/ core/ extras/ LiveOS/ updates/8 updates/9 updates/10 updates/11 updates/12 updates/13 updates/14 updates/testing/8 updates/testing/9 updates/testing/10 updates/testing/11 updates/testing/12 updates/testing/13 updates/testing/14 releases/test/
Problems Encountered
- s3cmd sync processes excludes after walking the whole local directory tree with os.walk(). This means it recurses over .snapshot/ and all the directories we want to exclude, increasing processing time by 20x (>700k files vs ~35k files we'll actually upload). Matt has a patch to s3cmd to fix this, but it's ugly and needs love.
- On subsequent syncs, got this error from the /pub/epel tree:
ERROR: no element found: line 1, column 0 ERROR: Parameter problem: Bucket contains invalid filenames. Please run: s3cmd fixbucket s3://your-bucket/
- The MD5 checks don't happen at all for files uploaded via multipart, which seems to affect larger files. This defeats the purpose of MD5 checking. But, we can't disable MD5 checking for all files, because repomd.xml often changes content but doesn't change file size. So, we need MD5 checking only for some files.
- It does store mtime/ctime values in the metadata. Need to add code to check those.
- upload of initial bucket for EPEL took real 651m57.042s, /pub/fedora took real 892m52.286s.
- subsequent syncs failed because of the above element error, but took 12m and 21m respectively (w/o transferring any changes due to the error)
- MirrorManager's report_mirror program needs to be run after the sync, because this will be a private mirror. But, it also blindly does os.walk(), without a concept of excludes. Solutions are to either make a private copy of the whole content (ugh!), or add --exclude-from=<file> handling to report_mirror. Matt did the latter.
- no hardlinks. Total /pub/epel and /pub/fedora trees take ~78GB.
- no softlinks. This could pose a problem for EPEL consumers, where the version strings look like '4AS' which we've pointed at '4'. May be able to work around it with MM redirects.


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Rafiq Bhatia Releases Meticulous New Album 'Breaking English'
New York composer, producer, and Son Lux guitarist Rafiq Bhatia is reaching for the emotional intensity of avant-garde jazz through sculptural electronic composition on his new album, Breaking English, out today on ANTI- Records.
Bhatia's audacious first album as a producer seeks to shatter preconceptions about how much can be said without a word, challenging existing musical vocabulary with a language of its own.
Watch the new live video for title track "Breaking English" directed by Anderson Wright HERE and order the album HERE. Described as "a guitarist who refuses to be pinned to one genre, culture or instrument," by the New York Times, read their feature on Bhatia and "Breaking English" HERE.
Bhatia is the first-generation American son of Muslim immigrant parents who trace their ancestry to India by way of East Africa. Early influences such as Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, and Madlib—as well as mentors and collaborators including Vijay Iyer and Billy Hart—prompted him to see music as a way to actively shape and represent his own identity, not limited by anyone else's prescribed perspective.
In 2014, Bhatia joined Son Lux, a studio-centered project in which producer Ryan Lott used software to warp found sounds into dazzling electronic experiments. Son Lux afforded Bhatia the chance to record with the likes of Lorde and Sufjan Stevens, but, more important, it gave him the support he needed to develop his voice as a producer—the process that ultimately yielded Breaking English.
Throughout the album, Bhatia's guitar is just one part of a teeming, much bigger picture. Tense violin, exhaled gospel vocals, ricocheting drums and foreboding bass also populate Breaking English, all characters in an enveloping piece of musical cinema.
Bhatia is also eager to bring the hybridity of his ideas to the live stage; He will be performing tracks from Breaking English with Ian Chang of Son Lux on drums and Jackson Hill on bass. All upcoming tour dates are below, including the album's hometown release show at Brooklyn's National Sawdust on April 9.
4/9 – New York, NY – National Sawdust – Album Release Show
4/11 – Chicago, IL – SchubasA
4/12 – Indianapolis, IN – IUPUI Masterclass
4/19 – Warsaw, PL – Poglos
4/20 – Berlin, DE – Acud Macht Neu
4/21 – Hamburg, DE – Hafenklang
4/22 – Copenhagen, DK – Ideal Bar
4/26 – Antwerp, BE – deSingel / Bouge B Festival
4/27 – London, UK – Shacklewell Arms
4/28 – Paris, FR – Point Éphémère
4/29 – Metz, FR – 7(7) Café
5/3 – Nyon, CH – LA Parenthèse
5/4 – Luzern, CH - Sedel
5/29 – Los Angeles, CA – The Moroccan Lounge
5/30 – San Francisco, CA – Café Du Nord