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Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Oil options volatility fell and the underlying futures gained as U.S. retail sales increased more than projected in October, boosting optimism in the economy of the world's largest crude-consuming nation.
Implied volatility for at-the-money options expiring in January, a measure of expected swings in futures and a gauge of options prices, fell to 37.7 at 12:30 p.m. today in New York from 40 yesterday. The Commerce Department said sales gained 0.5 percent last month following a 1.1 percent increase in September. The median forecast of 81 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was a rise of 0.3 percent.
"Retail sales were up, and normally that should have a meaningful impact on the markets," Al Korelin, market analyst and chairman of Blaine, Washington-based A.B. Korelin & Associates, said in a telephone interview.
The most-active options contracts in electronic trading today were December $100 calls, with 4,739 lots changing hands as of 12:57 p.m. in New York. The options fell 10 cents to 10 cents a barrel. December $98 puts fell 63 cents to 6 cents on volume of 3,056. One contract covers 1,000 barrels of crude.
Calls accounted for about 62 percent of the volume.
Oil for December delivery gained $1.09 to $99.23 a barrel at 12:58 p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
December $100 calls were the most active options traded in the previous session, with 11,561 lots changing hands. They fell 68 cents to 20 cents a barrel. The next-most-active options, January $130 calls, declined 9 cents to 31 cents on volume of 7,999.
Calls accounted for about 53 percent of 186,547 lots.
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Lossless Extensions for Opus (Backwards Compatible), How to embed lossless deltas inside an Opus stream
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After reading a good chunk of the Opus RFC, I believe it may be possible to use Opus padding to embed lossless deltas for each packet. It states that this padding may be of any size, and that while an Opus encoder itself must set any padding to zero, the decoder must accept any value. It also states that when the decoder has finished reading bytes from a frame for decoding, it may not spill over into the padding for further input. Hrm... Sounds like an arbitrary extension field to me.
My only concern is about just how much padding decoders would be willing to accept before deciding that the packet is a DOS attack.
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There is a "tie your hands to commitment" story to tell here. Maximum flexibility is always a good as long as you are a wise dictator and nobody knows about your flexibility. But if not?
This is a codec where some deliberate restrictions have been made. E.g., a short list of allowed sample rates, of which only one single value covers the audible range. Not only is it a restriction, it is a very clear-cut way to verify compliance, and it is so much to the core that messing with it is a very serious violation of the format. Which means, it discourages fragmentation. If you want to play the "let's make this twist and maybe sooner or later it becomes so widespread that it will be retrofitted into the de facto format if not the formal standard" game, then go somewhere else. That is a benefit of a narrow specification with few but simple rules.
And it works. Not that I would expect the OP to rule the world hacking the format to allow lossless, but in addition to the "it's not compliant" there is this "even if you do it for 48, you still have only a fraction of what you were after".
(Another benefit is of course ease of implementation.)
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If you want to play the let's make this twist and maybe sooner or later it becomes so widespread that it will be retrofitted into the de facto format if not the formal standard game, then go somewhere else.
I am not trying to change how Opus works. My (maybe) future encoder covers a completely different use case: Lossless compression. It utilizes standardized Opus decoding for graceful fallback.
By the way, why bring up sample rates? If I do decide to support 96 kHz, the Opus frames themselves will still be sampled at 48 kHz, and the extra frequency response will be in the deltas. I will not violate RFC 6716 decoding constraints.
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If it depends on Dilma (Rousseff, the president-elect) and Guido (Mantega,
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Dec 16, 2010 11:15 AM GMT+0900
Brazil will cut taxes and provide incentives to stimulate the domestic
corporate debt market and supply longer-term credit for infrastructure
investments needed to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
As part of the measures announced yesterday by Finance Minister Guido
Mantega, the state-run development bank known as BNDES will set aside 10
billion reais ($5.8 billion) to purchase longer-term debt issued by
corporate borrowers, helping provide liquidity to the secondary market for
the paper.
Individual and foreign investors purchasing bonds with maturities of at
least four years and linked to infrastructure projects will be exempted
from paying taxes on their earnings, Mantega said. Institutional buyers
will see their tax rates reduced to 15 percent from as high as 34 percent
The new rules should boost local debt issuances to 70 billion reais per
year, BNDES President Luciano Coutinho told reporters in Brasilia. This
year, companies raised 41 billion reais, according to the Brazilian
capital markets association known as Anbima.
a**Long-term credit was always scarce in the country, but in the past it
didna**t matter because there were so few investment projects,a** Mantega
told reporters yesterday in Brasilia. a**Today there are projects that
demand financing for 20, 25 or 30 years.a**
Latin Americaa**s biggest economy is ramping up spending on infrastructure
as it prepares to host the World Cup and Olympics as well as develop the
biggest oil discovery in the Americas since 1976. The government plans to
oversee 955 billion reais in investment over the next four years.
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Mantega, who will continue as finance chief when President- elect Dilma
Rousseff takes office Jan. 1, said the measures will ease the burden on
BNDES, the countrya**s main source of long-term credit.
Since 2007, the Rio de Janeiro-based bank has doubled lending to 137.4
billion reais in 2009. The bank will now be allowed to sell so-called
letras financeiras to raise capital from private investors instead of
relying on funding from Brazila**s Treasury.
a**We want to enter a new phase where the private sector can provide
financing and share the work with BNDES,a** Mantega said.
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The government will create a privately-managed fund using about 2.2
billion reais in bank reserves to provide liquidity to the secondary
market for the domestically-issued bonds, said Nelson Barbosa, the
secretary of economic policy. Short-term buying and selling of the paper
will no longer be levied a transaction tax.
a**We want banks to buy and sell debentures frequently,a** Coutinho said.
A tax on foreign capital inflows that was tripled this year will be
reduced to its previous 2 percent for foreign-based private equity
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Brazil raised the so-called IOF tax in October in a bid to take pressure
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companies at a subsidized rate the currently stands at 6 percent.
Ita**s too early to say whether the new rules will achieve their intended
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a**Since youa**d have more liquidity in the secondary market, people are
going to start thinking about using more and more the capital markets
rather than just going to banks to fund themselves,a** he said in a phone
interview from Sao Paulo.
To contact the reporters on this story: Iuri Dantas in Brasilia at
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a**If it depends on Dilma (Rousseff, the president-elect) and Guido
(Mantega, Finance minister), we will become the fifth world economy by
2016, and we are going to conquer that gold medala**, said Lula da Silva
in direct reference to the Olympic Games to be hosted by Brazil on that
The Brazilian president made the announcement during the official
presentation Wednesday before his cabinet of a review of his eight years
in office and achievements in that period (2203/2010).
President elect Rousseff was also present at the ceremony held in the
Planalto Palace, Government House.
a**We are the pre-salt power (in reference to the vast pre-salt oil
deposits), the country that will be hosting the World Cup and the
Olympicsa** said an enthusiastic Lula da Silva who steps down from office
next January first.
He said that a**never beforea** a Brazilian president had presented a
balance of his years in office, and in this case organized into six
Lula da Silva said that he is leaving with a public opinion support of
80%, which is a clear signal that what was promised was achieved, a**but
if we add those who are not dissatisfied the approval soars to 96%, almost
unanimity, quite extraordinarya**.
But he anticipated that a**Dilma is going to do far more and achieve far
morea** during her administration that begins next January first.
a**These volumes are a picture of the Brazilian society, to know what has
been done and what needs to be done, and that is why God and the political
system ensured Dilmaa**s election: my election, re-election and now
But he made it a point to underline that it was Dilma who decided on the
economic team, virtually the same names.
a**She knows far more than I do about numbers and finance, so it was her
who decided. When they came to talk with me (the economic team) they had
spent hours before with Dilmaa**, said Lula da Silva.
Among the achievements in the financial and economic fields Lula da Silva
said that unemployment was at its lowest rate (6.1%) in decades and for
the first time a**we have more formal workers than informal workersa**.
He also mentioned that for the first time Brazil has become a creditor
country and has a**even lent money to the IMF, 14 billion US dollarsa**.
At the beginning of 2003, Brazila**s foreign exchange reserves totalled 80
billion and now stand at 285 billion.
Lula da Silva also anticipated a record crop of 148 million tons of grains
and oil seeds which has made the country one of the worlda**s top
The president paid special attention to the Program to Accelerate
Development, geared to expand the countrya**s infrastructure and to
a**re-launch the railway industry and shipyardsa**, forgotten for over 18
Regarding social advances Lula da Silva said that combating hunger had
become a a**national causea** and through special food basket support
programs millions were lifted from indigence and poverty, which he
described as the major and most dear achievement of his administration.
On education Lula da Silva mentioned the basic literacy program, the
funding of universities and revealed that Brazil now publishes a**more
scientific papers than Russia of the Netherlandsa**.
a**Ita**s not much, but Dilma is going to make far morea**, he promised.
Finally he underlined that his two administrationsa** achievements were
materialized through the workings of a a**truly democratica** system, with
Congress and wide participation of the Brazilian society in the decision
making process.
a**We have consolidated institutions and they are working. There is
complete harmony among the three branches of the Republica**, he
Paulo Gregoire
Australia present at the Mercosur summit in Brazil
Thursday, December 16th 2010 - 03:58 UTC
During the first meeting of the a**dialoguea** Amorim and Rudd addressed
bilateral, regional and multilateral issues, according to Brazilian
diplomatic sources adding that the Australian official was very much
interested in meeting Mercosur and associate membersa** presidents at the
Ambassador Antonio Patriota who was officially named as Brazila**s next
Foreign Affairs minister by president elect Dilma Rousseff also
participated of the bilateral meeting.
The a**dialoguea** mechanism stipulates that ministers a**can address
concrete bilateral cooperation initiatives, even trilateral, to favour
developing countries as well as explore means and ways to expand trade and
Rudd on Thursday will be present at the discussions of the expanded Common
Market Council and the following day as a special guest of the
presidential summit.
Besides President Lula da Silva who is hosting the meeting, other leaders
include Argentinaa** Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Paraguaya**s Fernando
Lugo, Uruguaya**s Jose Mujica as well as associate members Chilean
president Sebastian PiA+-era and Boliviaa**s Evo Morales.
Besides Rudd other guests include the presidents of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo
and Surinam, DesirA(c) Bouterse and ministers from Turkey, Palestine,
Syria and United Arab Emirates.
The Foz de IguazA-o Mercosur summit has become a very special event since
it will be the farewell of President Lula da Silva who is stepping down
next January first after eight years in office.
Paulo Gregoire
Paulo Gregoire
Brazil expects to reach UN Millennium Development Goals by 2012
Thursday, December 16th 2010 - 03:31 UTC
The proportion of underweight Brazilian children under 5 fell by 7.1% to
1.8% between 1989 and 2006, thus achieving one of the first goals in the
eradication of poverty and hunger set by the United Nations to be reached
by the year 2015, the Health Ministry said.
Brazil has also substantially reduced the number of people living on an
income equivalent to $1 a day, has shrunk the gap between rich and poor,
and has increased the employment rate, all areas contemplated in the
Millennium Goals.
Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao said that Brazil should reach the goal
of reducing the childhood-mortality rate by 2012, three years before the
U.N. target date, if the country a**stays its present course.a**
According to the report, infant mortality fell by 58% in Brazil between
1990 and 2008, to the point of having 22.8 deaths for every 1,000 live
births, and within three years should fall to 17.8 deaths, which would
mean achieving the goal set by the United Nations.
The report also said that between 1990 and 2008 there was a 75% drop in
the death rate of infants in their first year of life, or six deaths for
every 1,000 births.
Temporao added that in the last 18 years, deaths of women from
complications during pregnancy and childbirth have fallen by 56%.
a**One negative aspect is the increase in the proportion of births by
Caesarean section, which have reached 47%a** the minister said, adding
that campaigns are needed to promote the advantages of natural childbirth.
Paulo Gregoire
Brazil Says Credit Measures May Precede Conventional Action to Slow Growth
Dec 16, 2010 9:29 PM GMT+0900
Brazila**s decision this month to raise banksa** reserve requirements to
slow credit growth may a**precedea** conventional monetary policy action,
the central bank said.
The central bank, in the minutes of the Dec. 7-8 meeting, said the
a**macro prudentiala** measures are a a**fast and powerfula** tool to
contain localized demand pressures and will have an impact on prices that
jumped by the most in five years last month. Policy makers said they must
remain a**especially vigilanta** to prevent short-term inflationary
pressures, pushed by higher food prices, from extending over time.
Policy makers voted unanimously to keep the Selic rate at 10.75 percent
for a third straight meeting last week, matching the forecast of 48 of 51
analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Three economists forecast at least a
quarter-point increase.
The minutes show that the central bank is likely to raise borrowing costs
50 basis points at its Jan. 18-19 meeting to 11.25 percent, said Marcelo
Carvalho, head of Latin American research at Banco BNP Paribas Brasil in
Sao Paulo. The meeting will be chaired by Alexandre Tombini, who the
Senate confirmed yesterday as President-elect Dilma Rousseffa**s choice to
succeed Henrique Meirelles as bank president.
a**They are paving the way for upcoming hikes,a** said Carvalho in a phone
interview. a**The timing is left open, but all the conditions are set for
Tombini to hike in January.a**
Yields Rise
Yields on interest-rate future contracts due before July 2011 rose, as
traders increased bets on rate increases next year. The yield on the
contract due in April 2011, the most traded in Sao Paulo today, rose 1
basis points to 10.93 percent at 7 a.m. New York time. The real
strengthened 0.3 percent to 1.7037 per U.S. dollar.
In holding rates steady this month for the third-straight meeting, policy
makers including Tombini said they needed a**more timea** to gauge the
economic impact from recent measures to slow credit growth. Policy makers
on Dec. 3 boosted reserve and capital requirements for lenders to remove
about 61 billion reais ($36 billion) from the economy.
Not a a**Perfect Substitutea**
The bank, in its minutes today, said the measures arena**t a a**perfect
substitutea** for raising interest rates, since they are part of an effort
to reverse stimulus measures adopted during the global financial crisis.
Recent economic data signaling the expansion of Latin Americaa**s biggest
economy is easing may provide more space to Tombini to decide the timing
of an expected rate increase.
Retail sales rose 0.4 percent in October from September, less than the 1.1
percent median forecast by 25 economists surveyed by Bloomberg, the
national statistics agency said Dec. 14. The IGP-M price index, the
nationa**s broadest gauge of inflation, rose 0.83 percent in the first
preview of December, less than the 0.95 percent median forecast.
The bank said that higher food prices had affected inflation
a**stronglya** and a**negatively,a** since its October meeting. Gas
prices, which the bank previously saw remaining unchanged this year, are
now expected to rise 1.6 percent.
Policy makers said they no longer see the weak global economy helping to
contain price pressures.
a**The likelihood of seeing some disinflationary influence from abroad has
fallen, although substantial uncertainty persists over the behavior of
asset and commodity prices in the context of substantial volatility in
international financial markets,a** the minutes said.
a**The minutes take a more realistic view of inflation, recognizing the
recent worsening,a** Carvalho said.
Consumer Prices
Brazila**s consumer prices, as measured by the benchmark IPCA index, rose
0.86 percent in November, the biggest jump in five years. The annual
inflation rate was 5.63 percent in November, the highest level since
February 2009. The central bank targets annual inflation of 4.5 percent,
plus or minus 2 percentage points.
Inflation expectations for 2011 have been rising since August. Consumer
prices will climb 5.21 percent next year, according to the median forecast
in a Dec. 10 central bank survey, up from an August forecast of 4.80
Third quarter gross domestic product grew 0.5 percent from the previous
quarter and 6.7 percent from a year earlier.
To contact the reporter on this story: Matthew Bristow in Brasilia at
Paulo Gregoire
Brazil's Central Bank: Balance Of Risks Has Deteriorated
BRASILIA (Dow Jones)--The balance of risks for Brazil's inflation outlook
has deteriorated in recent months and calls for a cautious approach to
interest rate policy, Brazil's central bank said Thursday.
In the minutes of its December monetary policy meeting, the central bank's
rate committee said it would adopt a vigilant stance against inflation
pressures while it evaluated recent economic trends and local policy
"Although the uncertainties surrounding the global outlook, and on a
smaller scale, the domestic outlook, don't allow clear identification of
the strength of recent pressures, the balance of current risks are less
favorable for the consolidation of a benign scenario, where inflation
remains consistent with the trajectory of targets," the bank's rate
committee said.
At the Dec. 8 meeting, the rate committee opted to maintain the country's
reference Selic interest rate unchanged at 10.75% annually for a third
consecutive time after raising rates 2 percentage points earlier in the
The latest move came even as Brazil's IPCA consumer price index
accelerated to 0.83% in November from 0.75% in October. The monthly figure
was the highest since April 2005, and brought 12-month increase in the
index to 5.63% inflation had advanced 5.20% in the 12 months through
October. With the result, 12-month inflation remained well above the
government's official year-end inflation target of 4.5%.
In its rate policy document released Thursday, however, the bank
acknowleged that recent inflation pressures had been greater than
anticipated. It said it preferred to continued to evaluate factors likely
to influence local activity including a still sluggish global recovery,
and recent local credit restrictions and reversal of economic stimulus
The central bank earlier this month raised reserve requirements on term
deposits to 20% from 15% and raised its additional requirements on term
and demand deposits to 12% from 8%. It also raised capital requirements on
loans to individual consumers that are longer than 24 months to 16.5% from
While local demand continues to outpace supply, the bank said it hoped to
weigh the impact of weakened global conditions and local policy moves,
including rate tightening earlier this year, before adjusting policy.
"The rate committee highlights that there's a delay in the implementation
of monetary policy and its effects on the level of activity and
inflation," it said. "In this way, an analysis of alternative monetary
policy decisions should concentrate on the forward view of inflation and
associated risks rather than on recent and past values for this variable."
According to its own forecasts and market projections, the committee said
the country's IPCA consumer price index would likely come in above the
country's 4.5% target in 2011 and converge toward the target in mid-2012.
Meanwhile, according to recent market forecasts, Brazil's Selic rate is
seen rising to around 12% by the end of next year.
The central bank's next interest rate announcement is scheduled for Jan.
Paulo Gregoire
16/12/2010 - 11:00
Brazilian crop in Sudan
Pinesso Group, a great agricultural producer in the state of Mato Grosso,
is picking the first cotton crop in the Arab country. In 2011, the 400
hectares should be expanded to 20,000 hectares.
Geovana Pagel* firstname.lastname@example.com
SA-L-o Paulo a** The first cotton crop of Pinesso Group in Sudan has
already started. The experimental area of 400 hectares was sowed in June,
as informed by ANBA at the time, with 10 different varieties of seeds,
being two varieties Sudanese and eight Brazilian.
The variety that adapted best to the soil and climate in Sudan was a
Brazilian one and cotton productivity in Sudan should be above initial
expectations. Cotton should generate 1,200 kilograms of lint per hectare,
well above the 300 kilograms per hectare reached by local cotton
Success was such that the area for cultivation will be expanded to 20,000
hectares in 2011. a**It was a great success. The country had not had a
pilot project with such success for many years," said project coordinator
Paulo Hegg. He is in Sudan following the crop, to be completed in coming
weeks. "We were greatly impressed. Productivity is very great for a pilot
project and the quality of the fibre is too. It is very similar to
Brazilian production," he said.
According to Hegg, the result was between four and five times greater than
the average productivity in the region in areas without irrigation. "Now
the government wants us to develop similar projects in irrigated areas,"
he pointed out. The technology, management and administration of the area
were also in the hands of Pinesso Group technicians who are living in
The trade of cotton is in the hands of a local partner. Next year the
Brazilians will also take on this part. According to Hegg, there are
already interested buyers in Pakistan, Banhgaldesh and China.
Apart from that, the cost for production of cotton on each hectare in
Sudan is about half of that in Brazil. The Sudanese can grow the product
for US$ 850 per hectare, whereas in Brazil it costs around US$ 1,900.
The group also planted 100 hectares of soy, which generated between 1,800
and 2,000 kilograms per hectare, and should be expanded to 5,000 hectares
in the next crop. "We identified that soy may also be grown. We tested six
varieties and chose the one that presented the best production indices,"
said Hegg.
Agreement and partnership
In March, Brazil and Sudan closed an agricultural agreement that may
expand the Arab country's cotton production, currently at 80,000 tonnes a
year, by three times. The agreement was promoted by the Mato Grosso
association of Cotton Producers (Ampa) and the minister of Agriculture of
Sudan, Elzubeir Bashir Taha, during a visit by a committee of producers
from the Brazilian state to the Arab country.
Cultivation by Pinesso Group in Sudan is developed in partnership with
Sudanese company Agadi, headquartered in the city that goes by the same
name. Agadi is located in the south of the country, 400 kilometres away
from Khartoum. To implement both crops, investment totalled US$ 1 million,
especially in the purchase of machinery and agricultural implements.
Incentives for the next crop are estimated at US$ 37 million. Of this
total, US$ 17 million will be for the crop and the remains for investment
in agricultural machinery and processing.
In the partnership, investment is in the hands of Agadi. Pinesso Group is
responsible for the production technique and new technologies. The
government of the African country participates with tax breaks on
machinery and equipment and financing at 3% interest a year.
Paulo Gregoire
UPDATE 1-Brazil adds jobs for 11th month in Nov-ministry
Dec 16 (Reuters) - Brazil added jobs for the 11th straight month in
November, underscoring the strength of domestic demand in Latin America's
largest economy.
Brazil's economy added a net 138,247 payroll jobs BRPROL=ECI in November,
the Labor Ministry said on Thursday.
That was the second-best November in the current data format, the ministry
The country has notched record-low unemployment recently, and workers have
been demanding ever-higher salaries as a result. Those higher wages, in
turn, have stoked concerns about inflation pressures in Latin America's
biggest economy.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has made it a priority to increase
payroll jobs, because these are entitled to social security benefits.
About half of Brazil's workforce is not registered with the Labor Ministry
and belongs to a vast informal economy.
Paulo Gregoire
Brazil looks to boost private investment
December 16, 2010 2:14pm
Brazila**s finance ministry has made the clearest sign yet that ita**s
serious about tackling the countrya**s fiscal imbalances: announcing a
raft of measures to encourage more private investment.
If the measures work - and their impact will be felt only gradually - they
will allow the private sector to take the strain off the public sector in
financing infrastructure. Perhaps more important is a long-overdue
recognition that such measures are needed at all.
Full details have yet to be announced but in the outlines are clear. Among
other things the measures will:
1. end or reduce income tax on earnings from debentures (unsecured bonds)
issued to fund infrastructure
2. end income tax for foreigners investing in bonds of more than four
years duration issued by Brazilian non-financial companies
3. allow financial institutions in Brazil to spend part of their rerserve
requirements (the share of their deposits they must part at the central
bank) in the secondary market for corporate bonds, and cut taxes on
earnings from the secondary market
4. allow the BNDES, the national development bank, to raise funding in the
market for its non-priority activities (such as financing for mergers and
acquisitions, working capital etc)
Two big objectives are clear. First, to create a secondary market for
corporate debt. Making this happen has eluded policy makers for years,
denying Brazila**s private sector a potentially huge source of long-term
finance and increasing its reliance on the public sector through the
BNDES. The second, related aim is to reduce the load on the BNDES and,
therefore, on the Brazilian taxpayer.
This year alone the government has capitalised the BNDES by at least
R$146bn. For accounting reasons this does not show up as part of the
governmenta**s net debt (which is highly publicised, and falling), but
does add to gross debt (which is less discussed, and rising).
a**Up to now there has been no sign that this spending was going to
stop,a** says Nick Chamie of RBC Capital Markets. a**If this is a sign
they are ready to ease off the accelerator, ita**s very positive.a**
Paulo Gregoire
Coal mined by Brazila**s Vale at Moatize, Mozambique to be exported to India [
2010-12-16 ]
Calcutta, India, 16 Dec a** Brazilian mining company vale, which expects to
produce 850,000 tons of coal in Mozambique as of December 2011, will sell most
of its production to India an official from its Indian subsidiary said in
Vale, which is the worlda**s largest producer of iron ore, plans to start mining
at Moatize, Mozambique, in august 2011, and most of its coal production will be
exported to India, according to B.K. Singh, chief executive of Vale India.
Vale currently sells 500,000 tons of metallurgical coal per year to Indian
a**In 2013/2014 the Moatize mine will be producing 8 million tons of metallurgic
coal and 4 million tons of thermal coal,a** said Singh, adding that although
part of that production would be sent to India, the company would be seeking
other markets on which to place the product. (macauhub)
Brazil To Hold Dam Auction After Court Blocks Teles Pires Permit
SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Brazil's electric regulator said Thursday it plans
to go ahead with an auction of hydroelectric dams Friday despite a court
suspension of necessary environmental licenses for the biggest proposed
A federal court in the state of Para suspended on Wednesday the
preliminary environmental permit granted by environmental regulator Ibama
for the construction of the 1,820 megawatt Teles Pires dam. Electric
regulator Aneel will go ahead with the auction of two other dams Friday,
according to the regulator's press office in Brasilia. Aneel has also
challenged the court order and expects a decision on the appeal before the
The federal judge ruled that the environmental study carried out to grant
the license was incomplete, according to the court's website. The judge
noted that Brazil's federal accounting office found problems with impact
studies that Ibama didn't address before granting the license.
The dam, one of at least six planned for the Teles Pires river, will be
built in the center-west Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, just south of
Para. The Teles Pires river flows northward through Para before meeting
with a tributary of the Amazon river.
The two dams that have received environmental licenses and are scheduled
to be auctioned Friday are the 63 MW Cachoeira dam and the 54 MW Estreito
Parnaiba dam, both in the Parnaiba river basin in northeastern Brazil.
Paulo Gregoire
Dec. 16, 2010, 2:17 a.m. EST
BG Group: Well confirms light oil offshore Brazil
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- BG Group PLC /quotes/comstock/23s!a:bg. (UK:BG.
1,306, +4.50, +0.35%) said Thursday that a new well has confirmed light
oil in the western Tupi area, offshore Brazil. The well, informally known
as the Tupi W, is the eleventh on the BM-S-11 concession in the Santos
Basin, roughly 275 kilometers off the cost of Rio de Janeiro State.
Further testing on the well will be conducted and if those tests confirm
the initial productivity data, BG Group said they will consider allocating
a floating production, storage and offloading vessel to the west area of
Paulo Gregoire


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The Perfect Setup - SuSE 10.1 (32-bit) - Page 5
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6 MySQL
In order to install MySQL, we run
yast -i mysql mysql-client mysql-shared perl-DBD-mysql perl-DBI perl-Data-ShowTable mysql-devel
Then we add the system startup links for MySQL and start it:
chkconfig --add mysql
Now check that networking is enabled. Run
netstat -tap
In the output you should see a line like this one:
If you don't see a line like this, edit /etc/my.cnf, comment out the option skip-networking:
vi /etc/my.cnf
and restart your MySQL server:
/etc/init.d/mysql restart
mysqladmin -u root password yourrootsqlpassword
to set a password for the user root (otherwise anybody can access your MySQL database!).
7 Postfix With SMTP-AUTH And TLS
Postfix is already installed, but we must install Cyrus-SASL now:
yast -i cyrus-sasl cyrus-sasl-crammd5 cyrus-sasl-digestmd5 cyrus-sasl-gssapi cyrus-sasl-otp cyrus-sasl-plain cyrus-sasl-saslauthd
Then we add the system startup links for saslauthd and start it:
chkconfig --add saslauthd
Afterwards we create the certificates for TLS:
mkdir /etc/postfix/ssl
Next we configure Postfix for SMTP-AUTH and TLS:
postconf -e 'mydomain = example.com'
To enable TLS connections in Postfix, edit /etc/postfix/master.cf and uncomment the tlsmgr line so that it looks like this one:
vi /etc/postfix/master.cf
Now restart Postfix:
/etc/init.d/postfix restart
To see if SMTP-AUTH and TLS work properly now run the following command:
telnet localhost 25
After you have established the connection to your Postfix mail server type
ehlo localhost
If you see the lines
then everything is fine.
to return to the system's shell.
8 Courier-IMAP/Courier-POP3
I want to use a POP3/IMAP daemon that has Maildir support. That's why I use Courier-IMAP and Courier-POP3.
yast -i courier-imap fam-server courier-authlib expect tcl
Afterwards we add the system startup links and start POP3, IMAP, POP3s and IMAPs:
chkconfig --add fam
If you do not want to use ISPConfig, configure Postfix to deliver emails to a user's Maildir*:
postconf -e 'home_mailbox = Maildir/'
*Please note: You do not have to do this if you intend to use ISPConfig on your system as ISPConfig does the necessary configuration using procmail recipes. But please go sure to enable Maildir under Management -> Server -> Settings -> EMail in the ISPConfig web interface.
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text: KFOX14 - kfoxtv.com - Search Results The following is an archived video story. The text content of that video story is available below for reference. The original video has been deleted and is no longer available. New Montecillo Development caters to senior citizensBy: Krista GarvinEL PASO, Texas- The Montecillo Development in west El Paso is set to take the next step in its evolution.The smart growth project is set to begin development on a community for adults aged 55 and older.Described as urban apartment living for seniors, it has several features, including a 24-hour fitness center, a movie theater and a pet park.Montecillo is among the city's first developments to use smart growth principles.It's planned economic and community development looking to cut urban sprawl.Apartment prices have not been released.


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Food briefs for Sept. 6 - 12
Ro Z's Sweet Art Studio: Rosanne Zinniger's cake decorating shop and studio at 277 S. Rancho Santa Fe Road, San Marcos, offers classes in cake decorating. There is also a kids cake decorating club for ages 7 to 11 one Saturday of every month; go to the website for dates. Store hours are 3 to 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Classes sometimes have an additional fee for materials; check the website. Visit rozsweetartstudio.com or call 760-744-0447.
• Basics to Fondant Cake Design : 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 13-Oct. 18
• Basic cake decorating: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sept. 15
• Professional cake decorating certification program : 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays, Sept. 17-Dec. 3
• Cake Baking 101 : 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 18-Oct. 23
• Introduction to tiered cakes: 9-11 a.m. Sept. 22 and 29
• Fall Pumpkin Cake Decorating : 1-3:30 p.m. Sept. 29
• Fall gumpaste flowers workshop: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 10 and 17
• Halloween cupcake toppers: 9-11 a.m. Oct. 13
• 3D Halloween cookies : 9-11 a.m. Oct. 20
• Halloween Spooky Cupcake Decorating : 9:30-11:30 a.m. Oct. 27
• Pecan Pie and Minis: 9-11 a.m. Nov. 3
• Turkey cake balls : 9-11 a.m. Nov. 10
• Bountiful desserts for Thanksgiving : 9:30 a.m.-noon Nov. 17
• Holiday cookie decorating: 9:30 a.m.-noon Dec. 1
• Snowmen cookie decorating: 9-11 a.m. Dec. 8
• Snowflake cake decorating: 1-3 p.m. Dec. 8
• Ro Z's Winter Cake Show : 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 15
Saffron Thai green curry class : Chef Su-Mei Yu of Saffron Restaurant in San Diego will teach a class for just 10 students on cooking Thai green curry from noon to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at 3731B India St. Cost is $100 and includes a tour and shopping trip to Specialty Produce, cooking instruction and lunch of the dishes she will prepare. Reserve to firstname.lastname@example.com or 619-574-0048.
Saltbox "Simon Says" cooking classes: Saltbox Dining & Drinking continues its cooking demonstrations and tastings at 4 p.m. every last Saturday (except May) at 1047 Fifth Ave., San Diego. Chef Simon Dolinky will host cooking demonstrations highlighting seasonal ingredients, and guests will learn to create a dish or cocktail with the chosen theme. Cost is $30. Reserve to 619-515-3003.
San Diego Botanic Garden: Chef Elizabeth Podsiadlo, the "Opera Singing Chef," holds cooking classes at San Diego Botanic Garden (different teacher as noted); classes are $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers (unless noted) and include recipes and tastings. Call 760-436-3036, ext. 206, or go to sdbgarden.org/classes.htm.
Sur la Table: The Carlsbad location offers cooking classes at 1915 Calle Barcelona (in The Forum shops). Email firstname.lastname@example.com, call 800-243-0851 or visit surlatable.com/browse/storeCalendar.jsp?storeId=046 .
Tea classes: Barbara Barker of Memories English Tea Garden in Vista offers themed classes and afternoon teas in a private Vista garden. Next class, "Lavender and Lace," is at noon Sept. 14. Cost is $10. For directions, call 760-945-0476.
The Casual Gourmet: Phillis Carey will teach simple meals to cook at home at the Center for a Healthy Lifestyle at the Solana Beach Boys & Girls Club, 533 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 760-942-1756.


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Washington - The International Monetary Fund's board on Monday confirmed Cyprus was on track with the conditions of its bailout program, enabling the immediate disbursement of 84 million euros ($114 million).
The bailout, which totals nine billion euros from the IMF and the European Union over three years, is meant to stabilise Cyprus's financial system and help its economy recover.
The IMF board also said it modified one of the fiscal performance criteria that Cyprus was supposed to meet by the end of June, without specifying further. - Reuters
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To convert reflection coefficients to LPC:
Define and set up your RC to LPC System object™. See Construction.
Call step to convert RC to LPC according to the properties of dsp.RCToLPC. The behavior of step is specific to each object in the toolbox.
H = dsp.RCToLPC returns an RC to LPC System object, H, that converts reflection coefficients (RC) to linear prediction coefficients (LPC).
H = dsp.RCToLPC('PropertyName',PropertyValue,...) returns an RC to LPC conversion object, H, with each specified property set to the specified value.
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..for my birthday, so this is now finally in motion. There are some nice sites online so that's a plus. I find I am not very eager to learn theory but definitely enjoy chord and strum patterns.
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..for my birthday, so this is now finally in motion. There are some nice sites online so that's a plus. I find I am not very eager to learn theory but definitely enjoy chord and strum patterns.
Looking at this list, it's funny that Egg and I are the only ones who leveraged this. Two years ago. Wow. I'm an adept at basic sit and travel, my docks are sloppy but coming along. My head-down needs a lot of work.
Overall I think I'll say this is learned but never mastered and now I'd like to make more granular goals within the disciplines.
If you find this, go for it. Freeflying has some real fun to it if you're into more kinesthetic forms of flying.
Did two solo FF's this weekend in shorts and achieved stability and sit within moments. Wish I could stay in it out the door but I don't have the feel for the hill on my back. I end up almost fully on my back and then having to push arms back legs down to regain it. Oh well. I'm starting to adjust to the sensations and am kinesthetically gaining the upperhand of right and wrong form. Next stop, turns, slides, and spins to head down. Wheee!
Four man exit, we forgot to cross grip so we basically did a two man exit hahaha. About 2k out we separated and began work. I was in shorts and I could not get into the sit. I'm better at it in my RW suit than shorts. I could stand easily but that wasn't what we needed.
Clocked myself at 180mph hehe. We went 180' from each other and tracked at 5k. Me being the fastest I pulled first.
Somewhere in the mix I got a good nosebleed. I looked AWESOME upon landing. Luckily it didn't get on my rig.
I need a freefly suit or at least some pants.
It took me a little longer than I anticipated to get my license but this past weekend I buckled down, finished reading the SIMMs manual did my check out dive and passed my test.
Wheee! With 48 dives I need to start looking at my 'B' level requirements.
Get out there in the atmosphere. It's good for you. Vitamin S. ;D
Having a blast. Got my Tony Suit in last week, been working on more aggressive manuevers in it. Practice Practice Practice. My wife and I have committed in a big way by buying a cabin on the DZ premises. Can't shake us now!
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13th & 14th Jump done. Worked with our master rigger and ordered some gear too! I've been told by late March most of my new gear will be here.. man I am psyched!
I took them all out, all mis organized, mis treated.. "What! How did that get there", kind of stuff.
Ejected what wasn't needed.
Retagged what was.
Made files A-Z and filed accordingly.
Just looking at it all clean makes me grin. Tomorrow I process my backlogged filing into the new buckets.
Jump's 11 & 12 last weekend. Spring is coming, I can smell it.
Got my first coached jump in and saw just how weak I am. I'm pretty tight on my large controls but balancing multiple fine tuning points for relative work, need work. heheh.
Ordered a TonySuit (http://tonysuits.com). Hopefully slow my big frame down a bit and give aid in control sensativities.
We've finally started to talk publicly about what we are working towards. Follow it all and participate, http://blog.nuancelabs.com
I did my phase 1 graduation jump and my first solo jump this past saturday. It was a phenomenal event.
Posted about it: Reflections of a Newbie Skydiver
I wonder how long it takes for them to let you know. I love (sarcasm) their email responder telling you that if you don't hear from them then that was the answer.
I've applied for tickets in Februrary, any clue how long it takes them to process?
Had a great jump. Check out the new datalogging.
Clocked in at 149, woosh!
Up to my 4th AFF jump but we were scrubbed last weekend due to wind conditions (14 steady w/ 19 gusts). Trying again early sunday morning (hopefully before the wind wakes up) but boy it's getting cold. Picked up a pair of winter skydiving gloves from SQ1 and an Altitrack. Can't wait to datalog a jump.
I've done my First AFF and second AFF jumps this past weekend. It is a wicked wild ride that I recommend everyone at least doing a tandem in their lifetime. I look forward to building on the skills I have learned thus far and taking this into my A licensure.
It will certainly change your perspective.
We rose a little before 6am on Saturday getting our things together to head down to Skydive Carolina in Chester, SC. I was scheduled for an 8am AFF (Assisted Free Fall) class to start my multitude of jumps to aquire a class A skydiving license. We arrived on schedule and it was going to be a beautiful day. Clear skies, light breeze, and a cool morning…man it felt good. Signing away all liability, putting down a chunk of change for lessons, jump, A/V recordings, and a USPA membership I was ready to begin.
Unfortunatly this was not the weekend to be as the winds gusted too high for us to jump. The rest of my article can be read here.
It's been on my list for over two years. September 23rd begins my AFF training. I'm so excited and nervous wheeee!
Now I'm not getting inflammatory, maybe dems write back the same way. However, my representatives (reps) every time cite the "The world has changed since 9/11" spiel for everything I send them. My grandkids are gonna have a hoot reading all these letters I'm collecting and how grandpa was never paid attention to. heheheh.
We had our first meeting this week and it was nice to put some soul to the digital identities. We've got some neat ideas for future groupings and I think it will grow rather well. If you're local and feel like participating sign up to: http://www.flickr.com/groups/62158993@N00/
If you lack the experience of plumbing, boilers, electrical, assembly, and some simple analysis you may want to get some help or have a test machine to take your time on.
This is a fantastic project and worthy but it took me far too long to complete. Feel free to see my culmination post on my blog. I've dialed in my brand-standard Counter Culture Coffee, Tuscano
119.4c and I've been tweaking a Single Origin Ethiopian Sidamo 119.2c with great flavorful results.
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Marc Tucker, left, president of the National Center on Education and the Economy, listens to a question from State Rep. Kermit Williams, D-Wilton, at a day-long information session for lawmakers on Common Core education standards. A Maine resident, Tucker is one of the leading advocates for Common Core. (Dave Solomon / Union Leader)
Establishing uniform goals for math and English K-12 education for a highly mobile society was only one of the motives behind creation of the Common Core State Standards. Another key objective when the project was launched in 2008 was to improve educational outcomes so that more high school graduates would be truly ready for college or the workplace without extensive remedial work.
In 2010, the New Hampshire Board of Education voted to replace Grade Level Expectations, which had been the foundation for curricula statewide, with the Common Core, as did most other states. By the start of 2013, it looked as if all the states except Texas, Alaska, Nebraska and Virginia would adopt the standards.
Then the opposition began to mobilize. In April, the Republican National Committee criticized the initiative as a "one size fits all" approach and an "inappropriate overreach" by the federal government, despite continued support among leading Republicans such as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
The issue has now moved front and center across the state. The Alton and Manchester school boards voted to develop their own standards, which they say will exceed Common Core. Nashua, whose school district was at the forefront of the effort, has now been asked to delay implementation. Supporters and opponents squared off at a legislative forum at the State House on Oct. 29.
Support from the BIA should come as no surprise, since Common Core emerged largely out of economic development concerns at the state level and among large employers.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded the effort, involving teachers, administrators, parents and state leaders from across the country, to develop the new standards. Professor David Pook of the Derryfield School and Granite State College helped write the English standards.
In a series of articles starting today and continuing this week, the New Hampshire Sunday News and the Union Leader will examine the content of the Common Core State Standards and the arguments on both sides, including a look inside a classroom in Amherst, where the standards have been embraced, and one in Manchester, which has pulled the plug.
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CRIME: "Murder Most Wired" (p. 51). Special Correspondent Barbie Nadeau and Paris Bureau Chief Christopher Dickey report on the gruesome homicide case of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher, in Perugia, Italy. Italy's Communications Police, a special division focused since the 1990s on pornographers, pedophiles and terrorists, have taken the lead in the case. Cell phone tracking gave police some of the initial breaks in the investigation, and they exploited the Web phone service Skype to nail the location of a key suspect after he'd left the country.
FAMILY: "Love, Loss-and Love" (p. 53). Chicago Correspondent Karen Springen reports on what families go through after the death of a child from cancer. Every year, about 25,000 kids under age 10 die, most from congenital analomies, unintentional injury (mainly car accidents), premature birth and cancer. The loss of a child can put tremendous stress on even the best marriages and the closest families. Springen talks to experts about how families can cope.
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Spokane-based Numerica Credit Union has named a new chief executive officer: Carla Altepeter, the longtime CEO of CitizensFirst Credit Union in Oshkosh, Wisc.
Altepeter replaces Dennis Cutter, who will retire Aug. 31 after 40 years as Numerica's president and CEO.
Altepeter has served as president and CEO of CitizensFirst since 1992. She will begin at Numerica Sept. 1.
Her commitment to that community was most appealing to the Numerica board of directors, Cutter said in a news release this morning.
"Her most notable quality is her strong belief in the philosophy of 'people helping people,'" he said. "These qualities run parallel to those of Numerica, making her a perfect fit."
Numerica has more than 90,000 members throughout Central and Eastern Washington and North Idaho and more than $1 billion in assets.
Numerica Credit Union assets have reached $1 billion, Chief Executive Officer Dennis Cutter said Friday.
He said the Spokane-based credit union reached the benchmark because of internal growth, and the merger with the School Employees Federal Credit Union of Richland in May.
The merger also helped lift Numerica membership to 85,000.


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Lollapalooza kicked off with performances from Iggy Azalea, Lorde, Arctic Monkeys, and Eminem, who closed out day 1 of the three-day festival in Chicago on Friday.
Wearing grey jersey shorts and a T-shirt printed with LL Cool J's Bigger and Deffer album cover, the hip-hop superstar returned to Lolla for the first time since 2011, performing a 90-minute set on the Samsung Galaxy stage at Grant Park.
In addition to ripping through hits including "My Name Is," "Not Afraid," and "The Real Slim Shady," Em welcomed special guest Rihanna. The powerhouse duo gave fans a preview of their upcoming "Monster Tour" by performing their No. 1 collaborations "Love the Way You Lie" and "The Monster."
But the highlight was when Rihanna filled in for Dido on Em's 2000 single "Stan," while the crowd waved their hands and sang along.
"Thank you @Eminem and Chicago for letting me share this moment with you at #Lollapalooza," tweeted RiRi.
The music superstars will kick off their co-headlining tour at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. on Thursday, August 8. The three-city stadium trek will also play Detroit's Comerica Park and New Jersey's MetLife Stadium.
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Josh Stephensons thirteenth year starts with a baffling sequence of events. His estranged father has just sent him a taxidermied falcon for his birthday. His flirty seventeen-year-old girl cousin has moved into his house, using his bedroom as a passageway and taking bubble baths in the unlockable bathroom. And now hes gone AWOL from school to escape the locker-room teasing about certain embarrassing anatomical changes. On top of all that, hes in love, but wondering if dreams of love can ever come true. Hiding out in his secret hollow in a big rock by the sea, Josh tries to figure out once and for all: is his life being sucked into a black hole, or is this just being thirteen?
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"Fish in the Sky is about the extreme pains and joys of being a teenager, the curious period in our lives that we all experience in more or less the same way regardless of our culture, country, race, or gender. Perhaps it is the one time in our whole lives when we are in fact the most perfect human beings we'll ever become. The question is: where will we go from there?" — Fridrik Erlings


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Jon, who has had a strained relationship with his daughter for years, was not invited to Angelina and Brad's secret wedding in France. Following the snub, the veteran actor has finally broken his silence, and you may be surprised by what he said, specifically about Brad!
Brad Pitt, 50, and Angelina Jolie, 39, tied the knot in a super secret ceremony in France on Aug. 23. It was so secret, in fact, that Angelina's father, Jon Voight, wasn't even invited! Sure — Angelina and her father haven't had the most perfect relationship over the years, but a snub is a snub. The veteran actor recently shared his feelings on missing the biggest wedding of the year and his new son-in-law!
Angelina Jolie's Dad On Wedding: Jon Voight Talks About Brad Pitt After Snub
Luckily, Jon holds no hard feelings. He couldn't be happier that Angelina and Brad are married.
Jon, 75, told Good Morning Britain that he's proud to call Brad his son-in-law during a new interview on Aug. 29.
"I'm very happy that I can legitimately call him my son-in-law, this wonderful fellow who I love," he said.
When asked whether he was upset at not being invited to the wedding on Aug. 23, Jon said, "I'm not disappointed, I understand. The children have been bugging them for a long time to get married and the time was right."
"You know what they are very happy. The kids must have had a wonderful time at the wedding, they all had their things to do and it must have been very beautiful so I'm very happy for them," he added.
Angelina reportedly walked down the aisle with her eldest sons Maddox, 13, and Pax, 10, on each arm, while her daughters Zahara, 9, and Vivienne, 6, served as flower girls. Daughter Shiloh, 8, and son Knox, 6, served as ring bearers.
Angelina Jolie's Wedding Ring: The First Pic After Brad Pitt Marriage
While Jon was not invited to the wedding, he revealed that he plans on seeing Brad, Angelina, and the kids soon!
"I'm going to Europe to see them all this week. I've been waiting a long time for this wedding to happen — everything is cool, I'm very happy," the Ray Donovan star said.
Brad and Angelina, who wore a traditional wedding gown on the big day, will soon be heading to Malta, where they'll be filming their new movie By The Sea.
Jon Voight: Brad Pitt's Better Than Angelina's Ex-Husbands
The interview turned a bit awkward, though, when Jon was asked about Angelina's choice in men — she's been married three times now.
"Well, she's been together with Brad for a while, so they must be happier than she was with the other husbands, [Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton]. I really like Brad — we get to bond by playing golf together," Jon said.
Hopefully Jon's statements won't upset Angelina.
Jon and Angelina were estranged for nearly a decade, before reconciling in 2010.
They reportedly had a falling out in 2001, after the actor told Access Hollywood that Angelina had "serious mental problems" and pleaded with her to seek help. At the time, Angelina responded with a public statement, saying she did not think it was "healthy" for her to be around her father.
Are you surprised by Jon's reaction, HollywoodLifers? Should he have been invited to the wedding? Vote and tell us how you feel!
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Kitchen Chaos Clean-Up
The kitchen is out of order and needs a quick clean! This worksheet will help your kid with his sorting skills. To complete this printable he will need to carefully look at the picture and decide where the missing items go. Does the broom go in the fruit bowel? To complete this exercise your child will need a keen eye to sort the items into their rightful places.
Topics: Preschool, Sorting & Categorizing
Updated on Nov 6, 2008
Worksheet reprinted with permission from Brain Quest Pre-K Workbook (Workman).
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