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The hottest question in music was answered on Thursday: who would sing in place of the late, great Kurt Cobain when Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York, less than a week after the 20th anniversary of his death.
The answer was a major shock: not one but four singers and all women. Joan Jett (who was widely tipped), Kiwi teen superstar Lorde, Kim Gordon from alt-rock pioneers Sonic Youth and Annie Clark from current avant-garde act St Vincent each sang one song with remaining members of Nirvana.
Early reactions on social media suggests that Nirvana's Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear have pulled off what seemed too daunting if not impossible for the past 20 years: positive responses to someone else singing Cobain's songs. It has also been the first time that they have ever performed Cobain's music together since his death.
Jett opened the band's mini-set singing the iconic song Smells Like Teen Spirit to a largely positive response in the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn. Gordon then took the microphone for Aneurysm, then Clark sang Lithium, before Lorde took the reins for All Apologies.
A picture of Jett's guitar sitting beside instruments belonging to Nirvana guitarists Novoselic and Smear was posted to the Foo Fighters' social media accounts on Wednesday, then an audio recording of Jett rehearsing with Nirvana was posted online yesterday.
Some tipped Michael Stipe, Cobain's friend and would-be collaborator, to sing with Nirvana on Thursday but his role was limited to inducting the band into the Hall of Fame. In an emotional speech he called Nirvana the band that "captured lightning in a bottle".
Nirvana's induction predictably turned into a remembrance service for Cobain, who died 20 years ago last Saturday. His widow Courtney Love joined Nirvana on stage during the ceremony and was at one point booed by the audience, but she would have won admirers for embracing Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. Love who manages Cobain's estate fell out with the band members after his death.
Six other acts were also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the marathon five hour-plus ceremony in Brooklyn: Kiss, the E Street Band, Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt, Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) and Hall and Oates.
All acts but Kiss and Ronstadt performed several songs, with the most praise reserved for Peter Gabriel for his rendition of In Your Eyes (with Senegalese star Youssou N'Dour) and 1970s folk-pop superstar Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens), who received a standing ovation for his 1971 classic Wild World.
Bruce Springsteen's god-like status in the music world was underlined when he was the only artist to effectively welcome himself into the Hall of Fame. Springsteen inducted the E Street Band, which is technically his backing band. But as anyone who has seen them play knows the Boss isn't just part of the band, he's the engine room.
But an epic series of speeches honouring past and present E Street Band members – lasting nearly an hour and a half – tested the patience of audience and viewers alike, sending many scurrying to complain on social media. One tribute that didn't rankle was Springsteen's mention of the late founding member and sax player Clarence Clemons (who died in 2011 from complication after a stroke). "Miss you, love you, big man," Springsteen said. "We wish you were here with us tonight."
Bruce @springsteen inducts E Street Band into #RRHOF: 'I was the new kid they owned the place' #bbRRHOF @Letkemann pic.twitter.com/QQAKVMmFpv — Billboard (@billboard)
April 11, 2014
Earlier, the controversy over the Hall of Fame's decision to only induct the original members of Kiss – Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss – and not newer members (Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer), made it to the podium.
Original frontman Stanley, who openly criticised the decision took a swipe at the Hall of Fame's nominating committee in his speech after being inducted by Tom Morello.
"The people buy albums. The people buy tickets. The people who nominate do not," Stanley said.
Stanley, who has previously claimed the Hall of Fame organisers had blocked Kiss's nomination in the past, argued the decision not to acknowledge Thayer and Singer wasn't fair when several bands have had replacement line-ups honoured, including the Grateful Dead, Red Hot Chili Peppers and this year, the E Street Band.
During speeches by Kiss members, audience members heckled "play a song". Kiss refused to play when the Hall of Fame insisted the original line-up had to play. Stanley, now 62, told Rolling Stone: "That's not going to happen.' That band is long gone."
People yelled "play a song" thru the Kiss speeches, but alas, no Kiss live. Show moves on to @YusufCatStevens - @Letkemann — Billboard (@billboard)
April 11, 2014
.@YusufCatStevens #rrhof speech: 'I never thought I'd be on the same stage as Kiss' #bbRRHOF #rockhall2014 pic.twitter.com/xbxCRhKjvK — Jessica Letkemann (@Letkemann)
April 11, 2014
The only other inductee who didn't play was Linda Ronstadt, who has Parkinson's Disease. She is no longer able to sing because of the illness but didn't attend the ceremony, telling Billboard "I haven't given it one thought, I have to say ... I didn't go the last two times I was nominated for a Grammy, either. I don't have anything against it; you just don't do things for those reasons. If you're working for prizes, you're in trouble." But speaking at the event, Glenn Frey, who inducted her said "she just can't travel'.'
But a tribute to Ronstadt's music was performed by Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow and Carrie Underwood to a rousing reception.
@rock_hall @carrieunderwood the Linda tribute was phenominal! Loved that new super group of amazing ladies! #rockhall2014 ��❤ — Theresa (@ny4carrie)
April 11, 2014
RT @carynrose: Chris Martin reading from the "book of Genesis" #RRHOF2014 pic.twitter.com/plFxuWhQ04 #bbRRHOF — Billboard (@billboard)
April 10, 2014
2014 Inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
The E Street Band
Peter Gabriel
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Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)


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For the seventh straight year, Westwood Middle School on Saturday will host a "one-stop shopping" opportunity to learn about programs, services and camps available this summer in North Central Florida.
The annual Summer Activities Fair, free and open to the public, will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon in the Westwood Cafeteria, 3215 NW 15th Ave.
Hundreds of parents and children are expected to attend the fair, which will feature more than 30 vendors/organizations offering sports, arts, academic and other summer programs for children and teens.
The Westwood PTA has staged the fair for the past seven years after taking it over from the city of Gainesville.
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VIERA, Fla. -- The Nationals granted catcher Chris Snyder his unconditional release Monday. Soon thereafter, Snyder signed a Minor League deal with the Angels.
Snyder played in eight spring games for Washington and was 4-for-18 (.222) with a homer and two RBIs. He said he loved his brief time with the Nationals.
"This is a great camp. This is a great group of guys," Snyder said. "I wasn't worried about what's going to happen. I needed a place to go out and play. I'm thankful that [general manager Mike] Rizzo gave me that opportunity."
Snyder signed a Minor League deal with the Nationals in February and had an opt-out clause that could have been exercised next week.
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NYLE Clinton picked up a podium spot as the Wiltshire Schools' Cross-Country Championships finally got the go-ahead at the third time of asking.
The event at Grittleton House School near Chippenham had been postponed two weekends in a row due to poor weather, and there were plenty of relieved athletes when it did finally get underway on Saturday.
New College's Clinton was the joint-highest finisher from a Swindon school in finishing third in the senior boys in 24:49, some 19 seconds behind the event's class act, Alex Carter.
Swindon Harrier and Kennet representative Will Ballard was fourth, while Ridgeway pupils Alex Bampton, Matt Raymond and Tom Baskerville all finished in the top 10.
Ridgeway pupil Kieran Garraway was the only Swindon schoolboy to equal Clinton's achievement in a different category, finishing third in the inter boys in 21:52 and missing out on victory by just five seconds.
Kingsdown's Ciaran Cooper was eighth in the same race.
Jack Townsend was fourth in the minor boys and Toby Lesley followed in just behind in fifth.
There was little success in the girls' races for Swindon, with Lydiard Park Academy's Charlie George a rare bright spot as she finished fifth in the inter girls contest in 17:05.
Commonweal's Freya Jamieson, like George a Swindon Harrier, was 10th in the junior girls category in 15:18.
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Making the right decisions at college can be complicated. That's why there is the Vigo County "KnowHow2Go" College Success Seminar, a roadmap for preparing for the college experience. Designed for high school juniors, the path to success starts at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College on April 28, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. By attending this free seminar, students will have an opportunity to attend a variety of sessions about higher education to jump-start the college search process.
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"In a community that boasts five institutions of higher learning, it is our responsibility to prepare high school students for college," said Aaron Kelley, director of undergraduate admission at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. "The College Success Seminars provide a forum for students to be exposed to information that they will find useful in their academic careers. We want students to think in terms of when I go to college, not if."
This campaign is part of the national KnowHow2GO effort led by the Ad Council, American Council on Education and the Lumina Foundation for Education. The Vigo County "KnowHow2Go" College Success Seminar is made possible by a grant from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
For more information, contact Aaron Kelley, director of undergraduate admission at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College at (812) 535-5106 or visit www.smwc.edu.
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Nicholas Strauss QC delivered his judgement at the Rolls Building in London this morning, making Power the majority shareholder in Seebeck 87 Ltd and controller of the football club.
Power and fellow club director Sangita Shah were in attendance in court to hear the decision but Jed McCrory, former chairman of Town, was not present.
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The Open Source Think Tank has consistently delivered a chance to work with some of the brightest minds to answer tough issues and drive new solutions, to discover new ways of innovating and catch up on changes in the industry. This is my one "can't miss" event each year.
As usual, the event is targeted at senior executives (and bright people irregardless) to discuss the currents and directions for open source in the industry. Over time, the OSTT has evolved into its format of panels, discussions, group think sessions, all targeted at discovering and inventing ways that open source principles and practices can solve complex problems.
Unusual for open source, the target solutions and discussions are not purely a developer model. And this may be the continuing strength of OSTT; the fact that we discuss issues that fall outside of code.
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Weighing the role of religion in politics
Chilliwack-Hope MLA Gwen O'Mahony is hosting a panel discussion Dec. 10 at Evergreen Hall tackling the sometimes thorny topic of religion in politics.
"Religion often has an uncomfortable relationship with politics and the political process. In recent years, the contribution of religion to the public discourse has been increasingly narrow and one-sided.
"For many involved in electoral politics, 'religion' has become little more than a demographic marker, like age, income or ethnicity," said O'Mahony in a news release.
"As a person of faith, I'm not sure that's a positive development," she added.
The MLA invited the "three eminent scholars" to discuss how faith and politics inform each other. How can faith positively engage with the issues of the day, might be one of the questions.
Three experts will form the panel including Bill Blaikie, fellow at the Knowles-Woodsworth Centre at the University of Winnipeg; Ron Dart, professor of political science and religious studies at the University of the Fraser Valley; and Paul Rowe, assistant professor of religion at the Religion in Canada Institute at Trinity Western University.
"I hope the community will find the discussion valuable and join us to explore it," she said.
Beyond Secularism is free, on Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Evergreen Hall on Corbould St.


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Australian shares end slightly higher as investors wait for news from eurozone finance ministers's meeting on a Greek aid deal.
- Moody's downgrades Queensland outlook
- New talks to save Greece from collapse
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4.59pm: Financial spreadbetters expect Europe's main stock indexes to dip as investors take a breather following a sharp five-day rally ahead of a meeting of euro zone finance ministers.
Meeting for a third time in as many weeks, the ministers will try to agree on a deal to get international lenders to release a new tranche of aid to debt-stricken Greece.
Spreadbetters expect London's FTSE 100 to open 8 to 12 points lower, or down 0.2 per cent, Frankfurt's DAX to open 15 to 20 points lower, or down 0.3 per cent, and Paris' CAC 40 to open 13 to 15 points lower, or down 0.4 per cent.
4.45pm: This tweet by market analyst Ben Le Brun nicely sums up the day:
Another forgettable day on the #ASX200. It was "risk on" with cyclicals positive but $2.7bn value continues low volume theme. #ausbiz— Ben Le Brun (@benlebrun) November 26, 2012
4.22pm: Melbourne IT shares fell 11 per cent after the company warned of lower earnings in calendar 2012.
4.19pm: Here's how some of the blue chips performed:
- Rio: +0.05%
- Westpac: -0.7%
- Fortescue: +3.3%
- Woolies: +0.6%
- Wesfarmers: +0.3%
- Telstra: -1.1%
4.16pm: Among the sectors, materials gained 0.7 per cent, energy rose 0.6 per cent, while financials ended flat.
4.12pm: The market has closed higher, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index risiing 11.2 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 4424.2, while the broader All Ords gained 12 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 4443.5.
3.57pm: Petrol prices are on the rise and again the differences across capital cities are marked - which does't make sense, CommSec laments:
- There is a common regional benchmark gasoline price and uniform movements in wholesale (terminal gate) prices across capital cities. But pump prices for petrol across Australian capital cities are far from uniform.
- Just last week the average petrol price rose by around 7 cents a litre in Sydney and Melbourne and fell by around 7 cents a litre in Adelaide.
- Motorists aren't being well served by the current variable-time discounting system. Regulators need to ensure that the vagaries of the discounting cycle aren't serving to disguise an upward drift in average gross retail margins.
3.46pm: Australians are expected to spend $16.2 billion over the festive season giving local businesses a reason to feel optimistic as consumer confidence remains subdued.
Much of that will likely be spent on gifts with people on average budgeting $475 for presents, a Commonwealth Bank survey of more than 1000 Australians shows. That means an equivalent of $7.8 billion going inside the wrapping paper.
Contrary to complaints that internet shopping is destroying local retailers, those surveyed said they planned to buy most of their Christmas gifts (70 per cent) from bricks and mortar stores. Those surveyed planned to buy just 30 per cent of their Christmas gifts online.
3.35pm: Despite the enthusiastic rise by Wall Street on Friday, the Australian market was slow to get out of the gates today with traders adopting a fairly measured approach as we await word from the eurozone finance ministers regarding Greek aid, CMC Markets trader Tim Waterer says:
- With the Greek-aid situation in Europe and the budget discussions in the US both still ongoing, the ASX200 was reluctant to move out of first gear today given we still have some crucial as-yet unresolved issues abroad.
- As such, the Australian market moved at its own pace today with traders needing further convincing that the Friday rally on Wall Street was legit and not solely fuelled by Thanksgiving cheer.
3.22pm: Anybody wondered why almost every power company and lobby group in the country is pushing for smart meters? Michael West asks:
First it was a faulty regulatory system which gave rise to ''gold-plating'', or overspending on networks, and spiralling power bills. The increase in ''peak demand'' remains the industry catch cry to rationalise its rampant spending, even though peak demand has actually been falling for three years.
But as the myth of peak demand is now harder to propagate, industry is pushing for smart meters. The smart meter is the next big ruse.
Smart meters and ''flexible pricing'' merely shift the business risk from the company to the consumer. Like mobile phone bills, their sheer complexity will enable the promoter to game the customer.
Who will pay for the devices? Who will pay for the software upgrades? Where should the metering company sit, in an offshore structure? Should the device be company-specific?
3.10pm: Sector by sector on the ASX:
- Gold: +1.1%
- Industrials: +1.1%
- Materials: +0.7%
- Consumer Staples: +0.6%
- Telecommunications: -0.9%
- Health: -0.8%
- Financials: flat
2.54pm: Foreign investors have started rebuilding their China equity portfolios, tempted by low valuations after two years of market underperformance and signs economic growth may be stabilising.
They have pumped nearly $US4 billion into Chinese equity funds in the past two months alone, trying to get in early on what they hope will be a sustained rally.
But sentiment looks to be running ahead of fundamentals. There are clear risk signals for the Chinese market - including sluggish earnings, rising corporate debt and retail investors looking for other opportunities - even if the broader economy gathers strength.
Click here for the full story.
2.40pm: Here's a snapshot of how markets around the region are performing:
- Nikkei(Japan): +0.6%
- Shanghai: -0.2%
- Taiwan: +0.8%
- South Korea: -0.2%
- Singapore: +0.4%
- New Zealand: +0.3%
2.08pm: Australia will find it difficult to grow without boosting productivity through micro-economic reform, National Australia Bank chairman Michael Chaney says.
"I'm concerned that if we don't manage to lift our productivity we're going to find it very difficult to achieve any real economic growth," he said.
Mr Chaney, who also chairs Woodside Petroleum, said labour market reform was urgently needed to restore the balance. Speaking at a conference in Perth, Mr Chaney said capital productivity growth had been very poor, partly because it makes time for income to flow from investment in major projects:
So capital productivity is depressed. In addition to that ... capital productivity is lower than it ought to be because of over-regulation and difficulty getting projects up and inefficient project management, rushing projects and having costs blow out and so on. And with labour productivity, growth has simply not been there. One of the reasons for that is that the current industrial relations legislation works against productivity growth.
1.57pm: BusinessDay's Gareth Hutchens has an interesting take on the changing state of the advertising market.
Next year, for the first time ever, the amount of money spent on online advertising is expected to overtake that spent advertising on either newspapers or free-to-air television.
New data from the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Australia shows online ad spending has generated double-digit growth through every quarter of 2012, even while the general advertising market has been softening.
1.20pm: With the market meandering along in a fairly ho-hum fashion, it's time to have a look at some of the more serious business being conducted here in the Markets Live blog.
Readers of the comments section will have noticed a game of pick-the-close being played by some of the regulars. It's basically a sharemarket version of that old golfing classic, closest to the pin. Participants must be applauded for playing nicely - some the debates in there can be heated, particular when the traejctory of house prices comes up.
So, in honour of their crystal-ball gazing, here is the result for last week. With thanks to Snidery Mark for his efforts. The ASX200 closed at 4413.2. And the winners were:
- Seriously: Prediction 4405 (Missed close by 8.2)
- The New Black: 4400 (13.22)
- Another Gump: 4390 (23.23)
- Snidery Mark: 4380 (33.24)
- Catch 22: 4470 (56.85)
1.10pm: The view expressed in that last post is an echo of a tongue-in-cheek comment from reader 'cranberry', made before the ASX even opened today. At 9.58am, cranberry noted:
How could our market not rise today? Americans going nuts buying discounted goods in a once a year sale is surely an excellent indicator that everything is rosy.
1.05pm: Ric Spooner, chief market analyst at CMC Markets, says Australian traders were not convinced by the strong rally in US markets on Friday. He says many traders prefer a ''cautious stance, waiting to see if the market can hold these gains once trading returns to normal this week.''
The local market's subdued response to Friday's US gains is also consistent with recent volatility. At its lowest point this month the US S&P 500 index was 9% below its peak while the ASX 200 had fallen only 5%. In these circumstances it's not surprising that we have rallied less in recent days.
After last week's solid gains, equity markets are getting to a level where investors will need tangible evidence of good outcomes on Greece, the Fiscal Cliff and economic growth to push prices higher.
1.00pm: More from the small business desk: Governments do not fully understand family-owned enterprises whose long-term focus makes them different from other small businesses, a parliamentary committee into family businesses has been told.
12.50pm: And talking of the dollar, BusinessDay writer Matthew Kidman has been looking at what might happen if the $A goes above $US1.20:
What does the RBA do if the Aussie does start to march higher next year? The obvious response would be to cut official interest rates as the strong currency cruels a range of export industries including mining, education, tourism and agriculture. If the Aussie went all the way up to $US1.20 the domestic economy could simply grind to a halt. With official rates sitting at 3.25 per cent, the RBA could easily cut by another 150 basis points before it would have any major impact on the currency.
12.43pm: Hopes that Europe's finance ministers will come to some sort of a deal over a €30 billion aid package for Greece have sent the dollar higher.
In recent trade the dollar was fetching $US1.0453, a little down on the day's high of $1.0470, but more than half a cent above Friday's $US1.0398.
Easy Forex senior currency dealer Francisco Solar said the currency was being supported by positive sentiment surrounding negotiations between euro zone finance ministers, which will continue on Monday night, especially. Sspeculation that writedowns would not be necessary had lifted market confidence, he said.
''It is holding onto its gains from late last week,'' he said. ''The rhetoric we have heard is that a deal is definitely possible without any writedowns, so that has kept sentiment elevated,'' he said.
12.32pm: SCA Property Group, the $1.4 billion shopping centre trust spun off by Woolworths, has jumped as much as 1.4 per cent on its first day of trading.
Shares of the company, which raised $472 million through a placement to institutional investors at $1.40 a share last week, opened at $1.405 and traded at $1.42 just after noon. Woolworths shareholders will receive one stapled unit in the property group for every five shares they hold in Australia's largest retailer as of Friday.
The listing of SCA, which holds 69 shopping centers in Australia and New Zealand, is the largest initial public offering in Australia since Westfield Group hived off ownership of some of its Australian and New Zealand malls into the Westfield Retail Trust in December 2010.
Woolworths shares have fallen 13 cents - 0.5 per cent - to $28.53.
12.20pm: Cabcharge is among the best performing stocks on the ASX200 today.
Shares fell off a cliff last week, falling from about $4.30 to a low of $3.57 on Friday after the RBA announced that the 10 per cent surcharge whacked onto taxi fares for the privilege of paying by a card won't survive the new year.
But Cabcharge - which holds its AGM on Wednesday - has come back a bit today. Shares are up 15 cents at $3.86.
12.09pm: 'Insider buying'' by directors is a common yardstick for many investors when considering buying into a company: if directors are buying, then it may pay to follow suit, since they usually have a fairly good idea of what's going on.
But for those looking at buying into Melbourne IT, it would have cost them dearly.
Thanks to the company's dividend reinvestment plan, some of the company's directors topped up their holdings at $1.75 late last month.
But the trading update this morning, signalling a 10 per cent slide in earnings before interest and tax this financial year has prompted a quick bout of selling, which has pushed the shares so far to $1.48, down 26 cents - or almost 15 per cent.
11.57am: For the first year since the futures were created, Brent crude is poised to overtake West Texas Intermediate oil as the world's most-traded commodity.
"The market is looking at Brent as the international leading index for traded crude. It will be a trend that will continue for a very long time," said Angelos Damaskos, manager of the Junior Oils Trust in London.
Daily trading in Brent jumped 14 per cent to average 567,000 contracts in the year to November 20 compared with all of 2011, while WTI fell 17 per cent to 575,000.
"When we talk about asset allocation, when we talk about the overall impact of oil on inflation, and all these sort of things, we've been talking about Brent as the price of oil," said Greg Sharenow, who co-manages $30 billion of commodity investments at Pimco.
11.45am: So the market's up, even if only a little and much of it's due to a better situation in the US, especially the big spend on 'Black Friday' - the day after Thanksgiving - as consumer confidence seemed to show signs of returning.
"Conditions have improved," says George Boubouras, Melbourne-based head of investment strategy at UBS AG's Australian wealth management unit.
"The US consumer is in better shape. Equity valuations remain compelling on so many different measures."
11.33am: The market is focusing on Greek debt negotiations this week, Societe Generale analyst Michala Marcusen says:
Monday's Eurogroup will see a third attempt at reaching agreement on what will de facto amount to the third financial assistance programme for Greece.
While a German press report this weekend suggested that some form of "conditional" forgiveness could be on the cards as of 2015, the official position out of Berlin is that official sector debt forgiveness is not on the menu.
To reach debt sustainability, a cocktail of measures is on the table, including lower interest rates on Greek debt, debt buybacks and a compromise with the IMF to extend the target date for debt at 120% of GDP to 2022 from 2022.
While there is a good chance that an agreement is reached on Monday, we consider it unlikely that this will make Greek public finances sustainable on anything but paper. The hope is no doubt that the Greek issue will not need to be revisited until after the German election due in autumn 2013.
11.27am: Well, the positive leads failed to push Aussie stocks higher, but Japanese investors are in a more buoyant mood. Tokyo stocks opened 1.06 per cent higher, boosted by the sharp gains on Wall Street and the yen's continued slide.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange was up 99.26 points to 9,466.06 at the start.
11.21am: A couple of analyst rating changes from this morning:
- AGL raised to overweight on emerging value propositions by JPMorgan
- Challenger raised to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan
11.16am: A bit more here on the Queensland downgrade. Ratings agency Moody's has lowered its outlook for Queensland's AA1 credit rating, from stable to negative.
''The change in the outlook reflects the deterioration in the state's financial performance which has persisted since fiscal 2007/08 and the resultant high levels of indebtedness,'' the agency said on Monday.
''Scheduled improvements will only take hold in a few years, and progress could be slowed by the potential emergence of less supportive conditions.''
11.11am: The big banks are mixed:
- CBA is 0.36% higher to $59.16
- ANZ is 0.17% lower to $23.56
- NAB is 0.04% higher to $23.64
- Westpac is 0.6% lower to $24.79
11.07am: Looking now at how the big miners are faring:
- BHP is 0.33% higher to $33.86
- Rio is 0.38% higher to $57.40
- Fortescue is 2.17% higher to $3.76
11am: Stocks are back to a gain of 0.1 per cent in early trade, more or less where they opened. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said talk of an early election had kept the local market subdued in early trade.
''The screen is full of perhaps an early election in March,'' Mr Smith said.
Fairfax Media over the weekend reported that federal public servants were told to bring work forward and clear backlogs in readiness for a possible poll in early 2013.
Gold stocks were the market's best-performing sector at the open, rising 1.54 per cent, according to IRESS data.
10.56am: Moody's changes Queensland's rating outlook to negative. More on this one as it comes to hand.
10.48am: Looking at that Challenger gain of 3.45 per cent in early trade, it comes after the company announced a share buyback equivalent to 3 per cent of shares on issue. More as it comes to hand.
10.41am: And now for the companies on the ASX200 which are starting the week on a down note:
- Intrepid: -5%
- Ten Network: -3.28%
- FlexiGroup: -2.97%
- DuluxGroup: -2.16%
- Billabong: -2.13%
- Pacific Brands: -1.67%
10.36am: Looking now at the early winners on the ASX200:
- Boart Longyear: +5.56%
- Ausdrill: +5.24%
- Mineral Deposits: +3.83%
- Sims Metal: +3.64%
- Challenger: +3.45%
10.28am: Early gains among blue chips are fairly broad-based. Miners are doing well, the banks aren't tanking and the retailers are generally positive:
- Fortescue: +2.45%
- Harvey Norman: +1.64%
- DJs: +0.62%
10.24am: Sector by sector on the ASX200:
- Energy: +0.76
- Materials: +0.72%
- Industrials: +0.63%
- Utilities: +0.58%
- Consumer disc.: +0.23
- Info tech: -0.6%
- Health: -0.39%
10.16am: Aussie stocks have been circumspect in early trade. The All Ordinaries index is 8.5 points higher, or 0.2 per cent, to 4440, while the benchmark S&P/ASX200 is 8.4 points higher, or 0.2 per cent, to 4421.4.
10.14am: Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is buying the majority of assets of regional financial company Southern Finance Group for $290 million.
Bendigo has entered into a non-binding heads of agreement to acquire the loan book, equipment finance assets, the financial planning business and certain investments of Southern Finance, it said in a statement.
Southern Finance offers financial services in western Victoria and southeast South Australia, and Bendigo said it looked forward to continuing to assist the company's customers.
10.11am: Fascinating tweet from Arab Bank's David Scutt on the subject of a Santa rally:
76.7% - the % the $SPY has finished higher in December since 1982. 3.01% - the average gain in those months #ausbiz #SantaClausRally2012— David Scutt (@David_Scutt) November 25, 2012
10.07am: Aussie stocks have edged higher in opening trade - up 0.1 per cent.
10.04am: One from the small business desk: Australian entrepreneurs are less ambitious than their US counterparts, less likely to develop global businesses and are not keen on getting rich or changing the world, according to new research. Read more here.
9.57am: The dollar was expected to be well supported today after reaching a high of $1.0471 on Friday night, ANZ FX strategist Andrew Salter said.
"I think it's going to be well supported today. There are really no data releases in Asia that could have any material effect on the currency today but later tonight there are a couple of releases overseas that might dictate direction," he said.
"So for Asia, I expect a quiet session and for the currency to be well support and offshore it will be data dependent."
Two important releases offshore tonight that could impact on the Australian dollar include the Chicago Fed National Activity Index, a good lead indicator for manufacturing component of the ISM, and the regional Fed survey, Mr Salter said.
"I think there's a growing sense in markets at the moment that the global economy is starting to find a base and I think that's one of the reasons the Australian dollar is finding a bid," he said, adding that it was possible the dollar might breach the $1.05 mark this week.
"As long as the global data keeps underpinning the recovery and as long as there's no obvious turbulence from political risk events like the US fiscal cliff or the situation in Europe as regards Greece, the dollar should definitely press on," he said.
9.54am: On markets today, CommSec stock market analyst Juliette Saly said she expected a "really solid start" to the trading week.
"It was basically thanks to the huge turnouts at retailers for the Black Friday sales. Today in the US we've the Cyber Monday online sales coming through too, but essentially when we see consumers part with their cash and are willing to spend up in the shops, then that's a sign that people feel more relaxed about the economy and that's what spurred the buying," Ms Saly said.
Ms Saly said the influential German Ifo business index came through with a better-than-expected reading, so that was a "strong sign that the German economy is showing some resilience and that's what helped European markets have a good session too."
"Locally we have nowhere to go but up," she said.
Ms Saly said the big players - mining and energy stocks, and financial stocks - were expected to take on most of the heavy lifting on the ASX today.
"We had some good movement coming through on the commodities front. That should be a great boost for mining stocks today," she said. "We did see the BHP stock in New York do quite well - it was up by around 2 per cent. That's a good signal that we should see some good optimism coming through for mining players today.
9.49am: Looking ahead locally this week, there's no economics news of note out today. On the company front in Australia, Harvey Norman Holdings and Brickworks hold their annual general meetings on Tuesday. Australian Vintage, Cabcharge and Oroton have AGMs on Wednesday; BHP Billiton, Lend Lease Corporation and Macquarie Radio Network and Ramsay Health Care hold their AGMs on Thursday and Primary Health Care has its AGM on Friday.
In economics news this week:
- Tuesday: CBA/HIA housing affordability for September quarter, ABS balance of payments (goods and services) - September quarter estimate
- Wednesday: ABS construction work done for September quarter
- Thursday: HIA new homes sales for October
- Friday: RBA private sector lending data for October
9.45am: Looking at the week ahead in offshore news, data from the US's durable goods orders and new home sales are expected to impact on the Australian share market this week, Westpac economist Elliot Clarke said.
"One of the stories that has been going around a lot at the moment has been that the last six to 12 months has seen a fairly decent recovery in housing. However, it's not of the scale at the moment that's going to give the overall economy a boost," he said.
"The durables data has been weak of late, which has been suggesting that businesses have been basically cutting back on their investment. So that's a negative and something that we would like to see turn around.
There's been a lot of talk of that being affected by what's happening with the fiscal cliff, so that will be a key release for the market."
In Europe, finance ministers are expected to reconvene later today for discussions on the Greek bailout.
9.42am: While Friday was positive on Wall Street, with the S&P 500 above 1,400 after five days of gains, traders will be hard pressed not to cash in on the advance at the first sign of trouble during negotiations over tax hikes and spending cuts that resume next week in Washington.
President Barack Obama and US congressional leaders are expected to discuss ways to reduce the budget deficit and avoid the "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax increases and spending cuts in 2013 that could tip the economy into recession.
As politicians make their case, markets could react with wild swings. Here's a look ahead for the week on Wall Street.
9.38am: In a holiday-shortened session on Wall Street, traders were encouraged by signs of progress in talks about releasing aid to debt-saddled Greece and piled into US retail shares as Black Friday got the holiday shopping season under way.
Although volume was the lightest of the year, shares of big-cap technology companies climbed as investors took advantage of the day's upward momentum to add to positions, helping the S&P 500 rack up its second best week of 2012.
9.36am: After a burst of optimism to finish the week on Wall Street and in Europe, Aussie shares look set to start the week in a positive mood. The Aussie dollar has certainly benefitted from the rise in sentiment, climbing to a two-month high in after hours trade on Friday night.
For a comprehensive look at this morning's business news, check today's need2know. Here are this morning's key market links:
- SPI futures contact was 30 points higher to 4450
- The $A was higher at $US1.046
- US shares higher amid bargain hunting
- European stocks post best week in 2012
- China iron ore added 20 US cents to $US118.90 a metric tonne
- RJ/CRB commodities index added 0.5% to 299.07
- Australian business calendar: Nov 26 - Dec 1
- Wall Street week ahead: Political wrangling to pinch markets
9.34am: Good morning folks. Welcome to the Markets Live blog for Monday.
This blog is not intended as investment advice
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There's high demand in this sector that offers a variety of roles and can pay a lot more than you think
This story is part of the Globe Careers' series looking at specific jobs, with their qualifications, descriptions, responsibilities and current salaries. For more, see our Salaries Series.
The job:
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Starts at about $45,000 a year to more than $200,000, depending on the job, the demand for the role, and the location. (For example, construction workers are paid more in places such as Alberta where demand is high.)
The minimum general labourers require is a high-school diploma, while professionals such as engineers need specialized education, such as a post-secondary degree, in their field. Some labourers, including tool-and-die makers, also receive training in their area of expertise.
By the numbers:
The Construction Sector Council says the industry will need to recruit roughly 246,000 new construction workers to meet expansion and replacement demand between 2013 and 2021, due in part to the aging work force.
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The shortages are largely in the industrial and engineering construction markets, particularly in the resources industry.
"Even if the industry succeeds in sustaining or increasing their share of the new entrants, there is still a need to reach outside the local industry and attract 100,000 workers to meet these needs," the council says in a report.
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The job:
There are a number of jobs on a construction site, from swinging a hammer to operating a backhoe or working at a desk examining a set of blueprints. Each requires a different set of skills.
"There is a job for everybody in the industry," said Jessica Steffler, director of career promotions at the Ontario Civil Construction Careers Institute.
The job can be physically demanding. It also requires working outside in a variety of climates, but that can be a benefit on warm, sunny days.
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Why they do it:
The money is good, particularly for jobs where there is a shortage of people with the right skills, such as crane operators or engineers.
Many people also enjoy the satisfaction of seeing the results of their work every day. There are also dozens of careers to choose from within the sector, and a variety of continuing projects.
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People see construction as a dirty job, where people are uneducated and not paid well, which isn't true, says Ms. Steffler. "People don't realize how much money you can make."
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Another misconception is that those who work in construction are uneducated people who couldn't get a job elsewhere. "It's the perception of society," Ms. Steffler says. "It's not the students, it's the parents."
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GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. - Clay County Sheriff's Office detectives investigating a rash of financial fraud involving possible use of skimming devices on ATMs are asking the public for help.
The Sheriff's Office's financial crimes unit says 28 Oakleaf or Argyle residents reported their credit card information was stolen, even though their credit cards were not.
The Sheriff's Office says all the victims still have their actual cards in their possession and they are likely became victims when of a "skimming device" placed inside gas pumps, on the front of ATMs or even a hand-held device when the customer is not watching.
"In the technology-based world we live in today, if you have not been a victim (of your personal information being compromised), it may just be a matter of time," said Capt. Ronnie Gann. "The only way to completely avoid being "skimmed" is to pay cash for your purchase."
Detectives released photos of three men using fictitious credit cards created using stolen victim credit card information to purchase cartons of cigarettes, gift cards, gas and other items.
Many of the fraudulent transactions using the stolen credit information are occurring in the Orlando, Tampa and Miami areas, with a few in Georgia and Texas.
Over the past week, Clay County detectives have checked many businesses in the Oakleaf/Argyle looking for skimming devices, but as of midday Wednesday, none were found.
Anyone with information about this illegal activity or potential locations of a skimming device is asked to contact Detective Wayne Simandl at 904-264-6512.
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PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's tennis team won its second match of the weekend, and the year on Sunday afternoon,defeating Rutgers, 6-1.
After beating Akron 6-1 on Friday afternoon, Penn (2-2, 0-0 Ivy) was able to jump out to a 1-0 start for the second consecutive match, sweeping the Scarlet Knights in doubles play.
In singles play the Quakers were able to take five of six matches from Rutgers (2-1). Sol Eskenazi won in the No. 1 position in a second-set tiebreak, while Kana Daniel won in the No. 2 position.
Sophomore Sonya Latycheva picked up her first singles win of the spring in the third-position, with Jaime Yapp-Shing winning in the fourth position, and Alex Ion winning in three sets to conclude the days matches.
Penn's next matches will be the first away from Philadelphia this spring. The Quakers will travel to State College, Pa. to take on Marshall on Saturday at 2 p.m., and host Penn State on Sunday at 12 p.m.
Penn 6, Rutgers 1
1. Eskenazi (P) def. Petrini (R); 6-0, 7-6 (3).
2. Daniel (P) def. Li (R); 6-2, 6-4.
3. Latycheva (P) def. Zein (R); 6-3, 6-0.
4. Yapp-Shing (P) def. Balasa (R); 6-2, 6-0.
5. Kayati (R) def. Do (P); 6-3, 3-6, 10-7.
6. Ion (P) def. Cunningham (R); 4-6, 7-6 (8), 10-4.
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-- 100% of administrators agree or strongly agree that CourseSmart Analytics will inform digital textbook platform use.
IMS Global said its judges were also impressed with CourseSmart Analytics, picking it from a field of about 50 entrants. "This is a very difficult competition to win -- and has a reputation as such -- because evidence of educational improvement is required," IMS CEO Rob Abel said in an email, adding that it was different from something like a Codie Award where "cool products" can win. "We've had several cases where products that won major other prizes did not even make finalist."
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VISUALLY impaired county cricket arrives at Dean Park this weekend when the Dorset VI team takes on Hampshire VI in their season opener.
The 2014 campaign begins a new era for Dorset VI cricket. Nicknamed the Dolphins, the team has joined the Blind Cricket England & Wales South and West Development League and the players have been training hard throughout the winter.
The Dorset Blind Association announced: "We are delighted at the level of support we are receiving for the team.
"One of our trustees, Peter Marshall, spoke to the Dorset Cricket Society about his working life in sports journalism and Jonathan Holyhead, our CEO, joined him to tell the society about the work of the Dorset Blind Association generally and the formation and development of the Dolphins.
"Peter and Jonathan were delighted to receive donations from both the Dorset Cricket Society and the Bournemouth area committee for Hampshire County Cricket totalling £475, which will help fund the team during its first full season in action."
The Dorset side, who played their first ever game last season in a friendly against Somerset, also received funding from Sport England.
Holyhead added: "Everyone at the Dorset Blind Association was thrilled to learn that we had been successful with our application to Sport England.
"The funding they are giving means that our visually-impaired Dorset Dolphins team can be properly kitted out with all the equipment they need and the players can fulfill their dreams of playing competitively.
"We can't wait for the season to start"
Dolphins' captain Steve Bailey paid tribute to the DBA for their assistance and encouragement.
He said: "The Dorset Blind Association have been very supportive and they have helped with funding and driving the project forward.
"You can see the impact with the number of people enjoying their cricket." However, more funding is still needed and the DBA have applied for funding from Blind Sport UK.
The home game against Hamp-shire starts at 1pm tomorrow and the following week the Dolphins face London Metros.
There are many differences between standard cricket and visually-impaired cricket.
Greg Parsons of the Dorset Cricket Board explained: "In visually-impaired cricket they use a football filled with ball bearings. So the ball is larger and players can hear it when it is being delivered. The stumps are also bigger.
"With visually-impaired cricket you have a number of different categories of visual impairment.
"Blind fielders stand close to the batsman. They are allowed two bounces of the ball when fielding and two bounces when bowling."
To find out more about the work of the Dorset Blind Association, visit dorsetblind.org.uk


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Today, Adobe joined forces with over 20 key industry leaders to launch an initiative to promote a standard video delivery format based on MPEG-DASH (ISO/IEC 23009) that will help reduce video delivery fragmentation to enable broadcasters and video publishers to bring more video online.
PRESS RELEASE: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/major-industry-players-unite-to-promote-new-adaptive-streaming-standard-2012-02-22
The online video industry is accelerating with more devices, more content and more monetization opportunities. Standards such as SMPTE, MPEG, SCTE have been the foundation of the traditional video broadcast industry. These standards show up in broadcast production workflows, hardware, play out servers and client devices such as televisions. A recent example of the impact of standards on online video is the adoption of H.264 and HE-AAC in Adobe Flash Player 9 back in 2007. 4 years later online content has exploded in volume and quality partly because of adopting the codec standard H.264 and AAC.
The MPEG-DASH promoters group will help demonstrate and drive industry adoption towards a video streaming format standard profile called DASH-264. DASH-264 profile is based on the same fMP4 (Part 12) foundation that both Adobe and Microsoft have developed Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS) and Microsoft Smooth Streaming on.
You can read more about these formats in the joint whitepaper.
Adobe is excited to participate in this industry-wide initiative to help solve interoperability problems through standardization and move the entire industry forward so we can all have more content available to us.
You can experience an end-to-end demonstration of MPEG-DASH from encoder through delivery and playback at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week in the Qualcomm booth (Fira Convention Center – Exhibit Hall 8, #8B53). The demonstration has been developed by Harmonic (Encoder), Akamai (CDN) and Qualcomm (player).
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Cook pasta as package directs, rinse and drain. Add olives, tomatoes, onion, parsley or celery leaves. Mix. Prepare dressing by combining all ingredients. Mix dressing with pasta.
For a hot salad, do not rinse pasta under cold water, simply drain after cooking. Proceed as above.
Per serving - 412 calories, 11 gram fat (32% calories from fat), 9 gram protein, 42 gram carbohydrate, 5 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 198 milligram sodium


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Catherine Corsini's Three Worlds is an excellent film from a long established, underrated director.
As the film's press kit notes, "Al, a young man from a modest background, is ten days away from marrying the daughter of his boss, along with succeeding him as the head of the car dealership where Al has been working for most of his life. One night, while coming back drunk from his bachelor party, Al commits a hit-and-run when he hits a man by accident and is urged to leave the scene of the crime by his two childhood friends who are with him in the car. The next day, gnawed by guilt, he decides to go to the hospital to inquire anonymously about his victim.
What he does not know is that the entire accident was witnessed from a balcony by a young woman, Juliette, who is going through her own emotional upheavals. Juliette not only called 911, but also helped to contact the victim's wife, Véra, a Moldavian illegal immigrant whom she decides to help and keep company at the hospital. But when Juliette recognizes Al as the reckless driver in the hospital corridor, for some reason she is unable to denounce him. Gradually they get to know each other better through more frequent meetings and phone calls, and Juliette becomes a mediator between Al and the unsuspecting Véra. However, things get complicated when romantic feelings between Juliette and Al start to arise, and Véra finally finds out about their secret relationship."
Corsini was born in France in 1956, and starting at age 18 moved to Paris to pursue a career as an actress. Instead, she started working on screenplays for short films, and in 1988 directed her first feature, Poker, and has directed 16 films, most notably Leaving (Partir, 2009) starring Kristin Scott-Thomas, which was an enormous international success. Three Worlds is equally ambitious, and is distributed in the United States by Film Movement, an ambitious subscription plan that sends viewers a film each month, selected from the many offerings available around the world, becoming — through DVDs or streaming video — the new art house model for the 21st century.
Three Worlds is a remarkable film, and Corsini's visual and narrative style — to say nothing of its bleak moral worldview — is reminiscent of the great French crime thriller auteur Claude Chabrol, while the score for the film echoes the equally romantic, yet fatalistic work of the late film composer Georges Delerue. From first frame to last, Three Worlds will hold your attention, and is definitely worth the time and effort to seek out.
As Penelope Andrew noted in a review in The Huffington Post, "Corsini has taken on enormous subjects: immigration, class structure, poverty, money and greed, and the unintended consequences inherent in the misuse of modern technology. She's searching, I think, to explicate France's current moral crisis. For most of the film, Vera appears to be the most powerless, desperate character; she's in dire need of money and takes it. But in a twist of irony near the end, which feels like poetic justice, this illegal immigrant is elevated to judge and jury over the fate of a native son of France."
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Metasploit Unleashed - Mastering the Framework course.
Are you sure there is no tftp client in Windows? Suppose you enable the tftp server in BT. Luckily for you, there happens to be nc.exe for Windows located somewhere in your BT machine. Then it would be a good idea to copy it to your /tmp folder.
From Windows open cmd and run:
Change the IP ofcourse to your BT machine. Also note, what directory you are in when you first start cmd, as that's where the file will end up. Post back your results.Code:tftp -i 192.168.1.1 GET nc.exe


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Apple announcing Q2 2012 results tonight: expectations
0. phoneArena posted on 24 Jul 2012, 09:44
Apple is announcing its quarterly results today after the market closes and with all eyes on iPhone and iPad sales…
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
I hope Apple is going down...
3. Ohrules (Posts: 327; Member since: 11 Jun 2012)
hope that too, but i can't see them sinking too soon......
5. iamcc (Posts: 1319; Member since: 07 Oct 2011)
I think Apple will always be around but the days of people scrambling for an iPhone because it's the best thing since high speed internet are over.
See what I did there? Who cares about sliced bread. High speed internet on the other hand... ;P
10. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
but what in the world will you do with yourself when you dont have apple articles to troll all day?
11. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
And what are you doing now? Not trolling?
Oh! I already see answer in your second comment:
Comment #9 Lucas777: "im not hating on apple because i like them as a company..."
18. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
actually no i am not-- i am responding to your judgmental post in the reply section-- not wasting the first comment on some useless hate that really provides no insight and is fishing for an argument, which you have achieved
and how is my comment even applicable? i am saying that apple, although a fantastic company, should not be viewed as something that can never fall-- nokia was and look where they are now
… is not hating apple considering trolling now? my gosh
19. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
"...i am responding to your judgmental post..."
Where do you see judgmental post? I just say that I hope that Apple will go down. Or I maybe I can't say that ?
Also I'm not 'fishing' for any arguments, no one forecast you to reply!
"… is not hating apple considering trolling now? my gosh"
No, but comment # 10 is pure trolling.
20. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
nobody is saying you can't say that-- but when you make such a statement, yes, you are fishing for a reply as it says nothing of value just a highly debatable opinion
and yes, nobody predicted my comment, but there is no way you can put that as the first comment and not expect a reply
and no, comment 10 is not pure trolling… check the thumbs up/down if you do not believe me-- looks like all your posts in this article have more down than up (ie trolling if u didnt get that)
21. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
"and no, comment 10 is not pure trolling…"
Yes, it is.
12. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
f this s**t i sneezed and i seriously clicked dislike sorry about that
but i agree with ya
down with overpriced lawsuit apple
13. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
It is ok. :)
It is just my opinion, I don't have anything against iPhone, iPad, Mac, iOS... I just don't like Apple as a company.
2. belatukadro (Posts: 11; Member since: 16 Jul 2012)
Despite my perosnal feelings regarding their current business strategy, Apple will continue to be a top-selling smarphone manufacturer for years, assuming they don't hit some kind of out-of-left-field roadblock, which at current is highly unlikely. Their sales will be steady, I think, even when the new iPhone and possible iPad Mini launch, as the competition is really surging forward. People are uprading to a new smartphone, not necessarily a new iPhone. iPad Mini will pull some sales from iPad, but not likely too much.
4. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4888; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
Well lets see what these numbers will be like. I think they will be a bit lower because of the anticipation of the new Apple iPhone 5. This is usually what happens when Apple starts to get ready for a new launch.
6. topbabas (banned) (Posts: 6; Member since: 15 May 2012)
Well i think that this quarter is going to be more or less +ve for Apple .... Though profits remain a concern ... Its going to be a important for Apple (this quarter and next quarter results ) .... Its important for them not to loose investors trust ..... Keeping fingers crossed ....
7. thebest (Posts: 231; Member since: 08 Jul 2012)
we all know that they will never go down.....they will remain the most valuable for a long time.....apple shareholders are so lucky
9. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
thats what nokia thought too… they had like 5% of the swedish economy…
im not hating on apple because i like them as a company, but you can never assume something will not fail
8. eman99 (Posts: 393; Member since: 03 Aug 2010)
i think android bit a piece of apple's logo i barely noticed that, i always thought it was whole apple lol
14. disneydad (Posts: 114; Member since: 26 Mar 2012)
Apple will announce that they have patented Quarterly Results and are suing all US corporations immediately.
They will then seek an injunction against all companies from announcing their own Quarterly Results by any form of electronic communication.
All future companies' quarterly results will be required to be hand written on McDonald's napkins and distributed by carrier pigeons.
15. QWIKSTRIKE (Posts: 1290; Member since: 09 Mar 2010)
Apple will be in decline until SG III, SG IV sales fall. The leading phone in Asia for the 1st time in years was the SG III. I have said this before the SG III is eating apples lunch, and based on the Apple stock market high, Apple will fail. Lets see if it hits 57 or holds 525 or even 485.00.
Trust me I printed a stock scenario of this happening here a few months ago, and we are back for round 2. Apple is the be it all end all to what a smart phone was and is, and changed the game forever period. But now instead of innovating like when they 1st invented the iPhone they spend too much resources and time trying to block competition from Samsung and other competition.
To win they need to start innovating and lead as they once did....Siri iPhone 4s was a rip off. Instead of leading they now are following the trend. They took too long to acknowledge the 4 screen was a great screen size, now the 4.8-4.7" phones are becoming the norm while they try to invite the 4 screen iPhone.....I like the innovation that they had in the past but it seems as if it went out the door to kill worthy competitors.
Wait until windows phone 8 launches in the future Apple ill not be a dominate force like in the past!
17. QWIKSTRIKE (Posts: 1290; Member since: 09 Mar 2010)
That should be 570 not 57 rofl, and it also should read while they now try to invent the 4" iPhone rofl
16. marchels14 (unregistered)
that white apple looks clean and welcoming for costumers but what i have recently read,its relay full of s*it. white shell and brown stinky inside.


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will think to it........ nice project........
im a little out of time with the new installer for bt but if i can help in any manner.........just pm me
Lua is an extension programming language written as a library in 'C'. Consequently, it is extremely fast, principally because it does not act as an interpreter in the traditional sense.
I have examined and used the scapy python module written by Phillipe Biondi and found it to be an attractive system with good capability. It is developed for Python.. which is slow for most tasks.
I see great opportunity and need for a different approach yet one which is modular.
Lua already has a socket library (luasocket) but this deals only with Layer 3 and above. I have a need to write a library which can operate at the link-layer (raw socket) to maximise system investigation and protection and which can run at the speed of 'C' to exploit polling capability (packet recording, processing and injection).
I therefore propose to write a 'C' library to act as an interface to Lua. This library will be a wrapper for libnet and it will include simple object oriented capability for the rapid (easy) creation of wireless (802.11) and ethernet packets and translation between the two.
I will of course include ARP, DNS, IP, UDP and TCP capability. Whilst I am writing this library it would likely be a relatively trivial matter to include additonal useful objects which some of you favour. It might thus be a useful start for the creation of a modular system exploiting the raw speed of 'C' through the use of script-like objects.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions (protocols) for inclusion.
Lux sit
will think to it........ nice project........
im a little out of time with the new installer for bt but if i can help in any manner.........just pm me
Watch your back, your packetz will belong to me soon... xD
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Well Doc from one Seattleite to another, I'm rapidly becoming a fan of your work! I will look forward to the new library as I believe that your are definitely on to something
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Thanks swc I appreciate your support.
As soon as I have some progress I will let you know at once.
I write in 'C' fairly fluently, (though not too pretty), but often consider what a waste it is that all these 'C' functions could be re-used by so many people if only there was a platform from which to launch them. Not eveyone can explode a pice of 'C' code and adapt it.
I found lua after a recommendation from a colleague and largely ignored it as just 'yet another scripting language'. However, I did buy the book when I got here and developed quite an attraction to it as it is really 'C' in a very digestible form.
One can thus exploit the sheer speed of 'C' with the relative ease of a scripting language. As I put it once, "C programs are...fastest enough to make your eyes bleed".
I have a need for a library of rather special functions. So as it is not possible to release dual-use code, I felt that a library of functions might be useful to others, (with just a little suggestion as to how they might be joined together and exploited).
Lua is available as a slax module.
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The FY 2013 Smart Probation Program (SPP) seeks to improve probation success rates, which would in turn improve public safety, reduce admissions to prisons and jails, and save taxpayer dollars. Funds can be used to implement evidence-based supervision strategies and to innovate new strategies to improve outcomes for probationers. This program is funded under the Second Chance Act appropriation.
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A TAXI driver was threatened by a knife-wielding man after taking him to an address in Darwen in the early hours.
Blackburn magistrates heard that the terrified driver managed to hold his door shut before engaging first gear and driving away from the "terrifying" situation.
Brent West, 25, of Gordon Street, Darwen, pleaded guilty to possessing a knife in Olive Lane, using threatening behaviour towards the taxi driver and using threatening behaviour towards police officers following his arrest.
He was committed on bail to Preston Crown Court for sentence.
Andrew Robinson, prosecuting, said taxi driver Shaun West - no relation - had worked in the trade for 30 years and said it was the most frightening incident he had experienced.
"He was in fear for his life," said Mr Robinson.
When the taxi pulled up outside an address in Olive Lane, West got out of the back seat and went to open the driver's door.
"At that point he had a knife in his hand and was shouting at the driver to get out of the car," said Mr Robinson.
"He managed to hold the door shut until he could engage first gear and drive off before calling the police."


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