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I took the day off work to go to Le Cordon Bleu and meet with the financial aid department, and to take Austin to his graduation practice. Before I could do any of that, I had to pick up Lexi from school because she had another migraine that was making her throw up. I guess it's good that I'd already taken the day off. And of course it's good that she threw up at school before I got her.
So this afternoon I took Austin to his graduation practice because it's very important to practice graduating before actually graduating. I mean, how else will a bunch of 18-year-olds figure out how to walk, sit, and stand without first practicing? So I drove him to UCF and watched him walk, sit, and stand for a couple hours. It's okay though, Austin's rotten attitude more than made up for it.

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OTTAWA — The reigning Olympic men's curling champions were perfect at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings the last time around.
The 2017 Trials were far less kind to Brad Jacobs and his team from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Chances of a repeat appearance at the Winter Games were dashed Thursday at Canadian Tire Centre. Jacobs essentially sealed his fate when he dropped a 9-5 decision to Reid Carruthers in the morning.
Formal elimination from playoff contention came in the evening when Brad Gushue beat Steve Laycock 8-5.
"It's a big surprise, it's an incredible surprise," said Team Jacobs coach Caleb Flaxey. "We didn't expect to be in this situation."
Calgary's Kevin Koe (7-0) booked a spot in the men's final with a 7-4 victory over John Morris in the afternoon. Calgary's Chelsea Carey (6-0) is guaranteed no worse than a tiebreaker appearance after a 9-8 win over Julie Tippin.
The top three rinks in the nine-team fields make the playoffs.
Gushue, from St. John's, N.L., moved into second place at 5-2. Jacobs (3-4) beat Mike McEwen 6-3 in the nightcap to send the Winnipeg skip into a third-place tie with Carruthers at 4-3.
Edmonton's Brendan Bottcher (3-3) was also in the mix after edging Toronto's John Epping 7-6 in an extra end. Laycock, from Saskatoon, fell to 2-5 and is out along with Morris (1-5), from Vernon, B.C., and Epping (1-6).
Carey gave up a four-point second end to Tippin but chipped away at the deficit, eventually stealing three points in the 10th for the win.
"Definitely lucky to pull that one out but we'll take it," Carey said.
A visibly frustrated Tippin, from Woodstock, Ont., did not stop to speak with reporters after the game.
Ottawa's Rachel Homan beat Edmonton's Val Sweeting 7-5 in the evening. Homan was alone in second place at 6-1 and Sweeting was knocked out of the playoff mix at 3-4.
Krista McCarville of Thunder Bay, Ont., improved her playoff chances with a 5-3 win over Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg. Jones was in third place at 5-2 and McCarville was fourth at 4-2.
Sweeting, Casey Scheidegger (3-4) of Lethbridge, Alta., Winnipeg's Michelle Englot (2-5), Tippin (1-5) and Toronto's Allison Flaxey (0-7) will not play on the weekend.
Jacobs, meanwhile, ran the table four years ago in Winnipeg and went on to take gold at the Sochi Games.
He played well in wins over Morris and Gushue here but will look back at a stunning miss against Koe as a turning point. Jacobs was wide and heavy with a draw to the eight-foot ring that would have given him a win.
The other key game was an 8-6 loss to Laycock. Jacobs led 4-0 after the first end but was outscored 8-2 after that. Two more defeats would follow.
Against Carruthers, Jacobs seemed out of sorts from the start. Stones were missing the mark and sometimes sailing through the house.
Jacobs shot just 65 per cent in a game that was essentially a must-have.
"We came out here knowing that our fate was in our own hands and didn't perform," he said.
Carruthers scored four in the fourth end, added a deuce in the seventh, and shot 90 per cent overall. His Winnipeg team shot 86 per cent to 81 per cent for the Jacobs rink.
"This is going to be extremely disappointing," said Team Jacobs second E.J. Harnden. "You work three to four years to try to do this all over again. I think it's more disappointing the fact that in my mind, that we didn't leave it all out there."
Round-robin play continues through Friday night. If tiebreakers are necessary, they will be played Saturday morning.
The semifinals between the second- and third-place teams are set for Saturday. The first-place teams get a bye to Sunday's finals.
The winners will represent Canada at the Pyeongchang Games in February.
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With a dazzling 17 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Nicolas Batum showed why he is the darling of the fantasy community. He also seems to be out of his recent "funk," averaging 19 1/2 points, 10 boards and 1 1/2 blocks in the past 2 games. He joined rookie Damian Lillard (24 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists and an unfortunate 1-8 from three point land) and stud LaMarcus Aldridge (25 points, 13 rebounds, 5 dimes and 3 blocks) in leading inconsistent Portland over sadder Charlotte.
Blake Griffin – He shot for 30 points (and even hit 2-3 from the free throw line) with 11 rebounds, an assist and a steal. It's a season high in points, and also pretty awesome.
Jamal Crawford – He took 7 shots from behind the arc and clunked 5 of them, but he still finished with 20 points, 4 assists and a steal.
Caron Butler – Sloppy night overall with 5 points, 1 board, 1 dime and 2 steals. Caron, you saucy hussy!
Maurice Williams – Mo Williams, thou hast given thine team 12 assists, and asked for nothing in return. Lo, 20 points shall be your reward.
Mickael Pietrus – New reality show idea: Trading Spaces with Petraeus and Pietrus. Pietrus takes his crappy FG% (1-5 on the night, 0.286 on the season) and applies it towards the CIA's drone strike accuracy. Meanwhile, David Petraeus sleeps with a courtside reporter.
Jonas Valanciunas – He started, played 23 minutes, and finished with 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, and assist and 3 blocks. The blocks are the only thing keeping him rostered anywhere.
Corey Brewer – Steals are basically the rarest of basketball stats, besides the triple triple, so hats off for 4 steals. Okay, it's not THAT exciting, but combine that with 19 points and 5 rebounds and you have a little summin' summin'.
JaVale McGee – 17 points, 6 rebounds, an assist and 5 blocks? Why did Serge Ibaka kill JaVale McGee and wear his flesh as a skin suit?
Andre Iguodala – In 33 1/2 minutes, he scored 4 points and tallied 2 rebounds, 8 assists, and 2 steals. Since when did AI Part Deux become a one stat player? Obviously, it's a season low in scoring for him.
John Henson – He and Marquis Daniels both got the start for the Bucks and combined for 32 minutes, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block and 4 points. That's not even a good line for one player.
Jose Calderon – He is down to 4 points and 5 assists. I weep for you, J.C. I thought you were the reason for the season. *whispers* I believed in you.
Mike Dunleavy – Back in action for 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal. Annnnd…hm. It seems he is DLO: Deep Leagues Only.
Larry Sanders – He may have fallen out of favor in some circles, but he thought he was on the volleyball court last night with 7 blocks (8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 assist). Hey Lar, the Olympics are long over (<- true)!
Robin Lopez – With 23 minutes (as the starter, naturally), he shot for 21 points but only had 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. Less shooting, more rebounding, please! Or both. Do both.
Greivis Vasquez – Had 9 assists and 11 points and has not had less than 6 assists all year. If sharing is caring, Vasquez kisses you on your forehead before tucking you in at night.
Tristan Thompson – In 32 1/2 minutes, grabbed 11 boards, blocked 2 shots, scored 10 points, and did his online bill paying.
Anderson Varejao – 17 points, 18 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists, 1 block as he replicates the album cover to Uprising by Bob Marley & The Wailers.
Charlie Villanueva – I guess the resurgence is over: 2 points, 1 block in less than 13 minutes.
Kyle Singler – Meanwhile, the rise of Singler continues as he went for 15 points, a block, an assist, 6 rebounds and 3-6 from downtown.
Ben Gordon – Lest anyone forget about him, he led his team with 29 points and passed the 10,000 career mark. If your roto league goes by decade instead of season, this is good news.
Kemba Walker – Nailed 22 points and tallied 7 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals.
Nikola Vucevic – I am kicking myself repeatedly for dropping him over the weekend as he went for 14 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Waiver claim, don't fail me now!
J.J. Redick – He had 22 points (4-6 from deep), 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. I know teams like to have a strong bench, but why is Maurice Harkless (2/5/2) starting over Re: Dick?
Klay Thompson – He, uh, managed 8 points (2-6 from downtown), 2 rebounds, and 4 assists. He has been a colossal disappointment all season. I don't want to say he's let his family down, but he has.


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Back in the early 1990s, when I was an editor at Worth magazine, I used to give a speech to groups of our readers about the common mistakes made by retail investors. One of those mistakes was, and still is, failing to take investment or advisory fees seriously because they're usually represented as a small percentage or even a fraction of a percent.
Most people don't realize that the difference between the 80 bps a financial planner might charge and 2.60% in a brokerage account can have a dramatic impact on one's investment account over 20 or 30 years. I don't think it's a stretch to say that many a fortune has been created upon this ignorance.
I was reminded of that speech as I was reading yet another article about the newly "discovered" discrepancy between the CFP Board of Standards' and NAPFA's definitions of "fee-only." As you may remember, one of the surprising revelations to come out of the Board's reprimand and forced resignation of its own former chairman Alan Goldfarb (see Melanie Waddell's original news article on the Goldfarb case, my previous blog on Goldfarb, and see Michael Kitces blog post on the subject), was that the Board's standard is "higher" than NAPFAs. Specifically, while the Board restricts a CFP from calling his or herself "fee only" from any ownership in business that charges commissions, NAPFA allows its members to own up to 2% of a broker-dealer. Mr. Goldfarb ran afoul for owning a 1% stake in a BD.
While researching the Goldfarb case, I was as surprised to learn of historically rigid NAPFA's leniency over BD ownership as was Goldfarb over the Board's rigidity. Now, on August 20, Ann Marsh in FinancialPlanning.com quoted NAPFA's new CEO Geoffrey Brown as saying "We look at 2% as a very insubstantial stake," that he believed "would affect no more than 5% of NAPFA's 2,500-strong membership."
I really don't mean to pick on the new guy here, but I'm assuaging my conscience with the assumption that Mr. Brown was coached on his remarks by more seasoned NAPFA board members. But it seemed like a most curious thing to say, about a most curious membership standard. For one thing, 5% of 2,500 is 125 advisors, not necessarily an "insubstantial" number on its face. If it turned out, for instance, that 125 members were charging their clients commissions, I doubt very much if NAFPA's board would find the number 'insubstantial.'
But even more curious is that NAPFA would set the standard as a percentage, and then defensively claim that the percentage itself represented an 'insubstantial stake.' What industry do these guys work in? Is it just me, or does this sound very much like retail investors writing off 'loads' because they are 'insubstantial' percentages?
To get a handle on just how 'insubstantial' a 2% stake in a broker-dealer is, I logged onto to Yahoo Finance and searched the market caps of a few brokerage firms to create the table below. As you can see, with a market cap of $49.8 billion, a 2% stake in Morgan Stanley would be worth $996 million. Closer to home, 2% of Charles Schwab Corp would go for $534 million, 2% of Ameriprise is worth $320 million and a similar stake in AIG would fetch $1.4 billion.
Granted, the chances of a NAPFA member negotiating a 2% stake in Schwab is probably pretty low. But how about a $5 billion AUM "fee-only" firm cutting a deal for a 0.2% share (worth $453.4 million) or a 0.002% stake (worth $45.3 million) in Schwab? Or a 0.02% share of ING (worth $84 million)?
Could this ever happen? Who knows what kind of a deal a BD might offer a large RIA to get a toehold into that growing market? In any event, I doubt that many would argue either that these are 'insubstantial' stakes, or that they don't represent substantial financial conflicts of interest that could, under some circumstances, influence an advisor's judgment.
I'm just humbly suggesting that perhaps when it comes to assessing conflicts, NAPFA might want to take a page out of the retail investors' handbook, and shift its focus from percentages to the actual dollars involved.


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BANGKOK, THAILAND - 19 September 2013 – IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and Marriott International have launched a partnership to protect the environment and support Thailand's local communities through mangrove restoration, the use of sustainable seafood sources and local procurement practices in Bang Krachao and areas in the South potentially to include Mai Khao, Tai Muang and Khao Lak. The two organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding today and opened a "Mangrove Education Garden" at the Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel, followed by a planting of 100 mangroves by Marriott associates at Bang Krachao, often described as "the lung of Bangkok".
The partnership will take an integrated approach, targeting three main initiatives. Marriott will help raise funds and awareness among its guests for the activities of the IUCN Thailand Programme to support local communities in mangrove restoration. Marriott and IUCN will work together to identify opportunities for creating small businesses in local communities for the production of sustainable souvenirs and gifts for guests at its hotels in Thailand. IUCN will help Marriott International in locating sources of sustainable seafood for its hotels.
Speaking at the signing of the agreement, Dr Robert Mather, Head of IUCN's Southeast Asia Group, said: "I am very excited by this innovative new partnership. It moves beyond the simple ideas of hotels demonstrating environmental commitments just by reducing water and electricity consumption, to really working on how they can be a force for positive change for the communities, habitats and species in the landscapes and seascapes on which their business ultimately depends."
More than half of Thailand's original mangroves have been lost since the 1970s. After the 2004 tsunami, a new determination to replant mangroves in Thailand was marked by the symbolic planting of a mangrove by former US President, Bill Clinton, in Phuket and the launching of "Mangroves for the Future" (MFF) in 2006. MFF is a partnership-based initiative promoting investment in coastal ecosystems for sustainable development, and is co-chaired by IUCN and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). MFF has provided technical expertise to support the development of the Marriott partnership, including training of hotel staff.
Commenting on the agreement, Don Cleary, Marriott International's Chief Operations Officer in Asia Pacific, said: "This is a very exciting time for us all -- our associates, guests, local communities and the environment, who will all benefit from this partnership. IUCN and Marriott International have powerful networks and together we hope to inspire best practice in environmental partnerships."
Mangroves play a critical role in protecting the coastline from severe storms and rises in sea level. In addition, mangrove forests are important for conserving biodiversity and storing carbon. The partnership will help restore Thailand's mangroves and support communities living nearby Marriott International's properties in Thailand. The goal is to plant 500,000 mangrove saplings and relevant species within the next three years.
This engagement falls under Marriott International's global commitment to sustainability and is embedded in the "Spirit to Serve" initiative. On the IUCN side, the partnership underlines the organisation's commitment to working with the private sector to effect change, and contributes to two very significant projects focused on coastal protection and management in Asia, Mangroves for the Future and Building Coastal Resilience.
About IUCN
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN's work focuses on valuing and conserving nature, ensuring effective and equitable governance of its use, and deploying nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world, and brings governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. IUCN is the world's oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government and NGO Members and almost 11,000 volunteer experts in some 160 countries. IUCN's work is supported by over 1,000 staff in 45 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world. www.iucn.org
About Marriott International
Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) is a leading lodging company based in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, with more than 3,800 properties in 72 countries and territories and reported revenues of nearly $12 billion in fiscal year 2012. The company operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts under 18 brands. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com, and for the latest company news, visit www.marriottnewscenter.com.
About Mangroves for the Future (MFF)
Mangroves for the Future (MFF) is a partnership-based initiative promoting investment in coastal ecosystems for sustainable development. MFF provides a collaborative platform to help countries, sectors and agencies in the MFF region tackle the growing challenges to coastal sustainability. MFF applies an inclusive, ecosystem-based management approach to the rehabilitation and stewardship of coastal resources. Coastal ecosystems, and the well-being of their inhabitants, are influenced not just by activities carried out in the coastal zone, but also by those happening further inland. Using the reef to ridge approach, MFF helps coastal managers and communities to adopt and benefit from more integrated management of coastal resources and the ecosystem processes that support them. MFF is funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the Danish International Development Agency and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. www.mangrovesforthefuture.org
About Building Coastal Resilience (BCR)
The BCR project, supported by European Union, aims to strengthen the ability of local government and local people to plan for, and adapt to, future climate risks in eight coastal provinces between Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok: Can Gio, Ben Tre, Soc Trang, and Kien Giang in Vietnam; Kampot and Koh Kong in Cambodia; and Trat and Chanthaburi in Thailand. IUCN and project partners are working together to build capacity in these provinces so that local government agencies can conduct vulnerability assessments; identify pilot activities to reduce vulnerability; design, implement, monitor the success of these activities; and carry out cost-benefit analysis and feasibility assessments for replicating pilot actions over a wider coastal area. www.iucn.org/building-coastal-resilience
For more information, please contact:
Dararat Weerapong, Senior Communications Officer at IUCN Southeast Asia Group,
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I stumbled onto this board while avoiding the pile of homework on my desk. gyehh.
I used to be obsessed with roleplay in middle school..but I stopped somewhere after the tenth board died. buut of course I've come back to my old habits, although hopefully I'll still manage to get some work done in between stories.
So I'm here for some easygoing roleplay~preferably literate and with people who don't mind a slow pace (I can be rather lazy sometimes, not to mention that real life work is my first priority).
call me kika, kiki, whatever you wish. PM me if you've ever got interesting plots in mind :D Although I suppose I'll have to prove my ability as a writer before I get anyone jumping up my pants to roleplay together. -.-; time to work up the rusty roleplay skills again...
This board looks like it'll be tons of fun, anyhow :) I love how there's an entire world laid out on wikipedia.
I'm off for now, to make my grand journey as a newbie. :P
okay, anyone willing to help me out with a few questions?
Do we need to make a character sheet before roleplaying?
Do we need approval of a character?
I took a look at this page viewtopic.php?t=1150
but a bunch of the links aren't working.
Does a character sheet have to have stats and skills on them? If so, where can I find an explanation for the stat system?(I think I saw a sheet that had numbers with abilities and stuff on it. ) ..Or do I just follow a basic sheet with personality, history, etc.?
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The following is a listing of Georgia Senate and House bills that will become law on Friday, July 1. This list was compiled and published in the Georgia Times-Union.
SB 10 - Permits local governments to ask voters to approve the sale of packaged alcohol on Sunday afternoons.
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I have been playing a lot of city mogul games, in which you must weaken a substation with one territ so that another more powerful stack can move through. However if you hit the auto assault button, the first territ might take the substation leaving you stuck. The script would simply be activated when you want to use it and would have an option like this:
Keep attacking until defender has ____ or few troops remaining
Keep attacking until attacker has ___ or few troops remaining
or a combination of the two
Keep attacking until Defender has ___ or few troops remaining or until Attacker has ___ or few troops remaining
This would be much easier than continually hitting the ASSAULT button until the defender's troops are less than 3.
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Here's one piece of swag I won't be donating to a charity.
Electronic Arts sent me a freezer box this morning packed with Skate 2 assets and two frozen steaks. I'm pretty sure I won't be storing that in my closet until November. But what's this about the two 6 ounce steaks being "prepared fresh from the Hall of Meat"?
It's people. Skate 2 is made out of people!


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Ark Linux Releases 2007.1 and Announces KDE 4 Plans
The KDE centric distribution Ark Linux has announced the 2007.1 release, which includes KDE 3.5.7, the newly released Amarok 1.4.7, much better support for encrypted wireless connections out of the box, in addition to a large number of updates to software and drivers. This will be the last release with KDE 3, from the announcement: "The Ark Linux team already has plans for KDE 4 and Ark Linux 2007.2, one of our goals is to integrate KDE 4 as deeply into the system as we can; for example by rewriting our hotplug system to integrate with KDE's 'Solid' and using KDE 4 to give the user immediate access to a newly plugged in device."
Ark Linux
How good is Ark Linux compared to others? I've mostly been using kubuntu and debian. They are nice, but I wonder if a kde-centric approach would work better for me.
By Level 1 at Fri, 2007/08/17 - 5:00am
Re: Ark Linux
well, in the year 2005 mepis was a good choice. they have decided to go back to debian so i hope they will return their fame
By nick at Sat, 2007/08/18 - 5:00am
Re: Ark Linux
They are working hard on that. The last 'quickies' contained a link to the mepis KDE 4 live DVD warren has build. They are aiming at a perfectly integrated KDE 4 in as short a time as possible ;-)
By Jos Poortvliet at Sun, 2007/08/19 - 5:00am
Re: Ark Linux
Ark Linux is great! It's the only one that detected my video card (the others wouldn't start the X server). It runs very fast. And, not to mention, it's how I learned Linux.
Also, I'll add, it's a multi-purpose distro. It's not specific to one task, you can use it for just about anything. I have one computer setup as a home file server and another set up as a gaming machine.
By Pikidalto at Tue, 2007/08/21 - 5:00am
Broken FAQ
I wanted to learn more about Ark Linux, but the FAQ was broken. Notably the answer to "How is Ark Linux different from other distributions?" didn't exist.
I checked the Wiki, but couldn't find a simple FAQ entry, or an equivilent. I'm going to read further about installation, and running the distro, but it would be nice to get that info quickly on their website.
By Soap at Fri, 2007/08/17 - 5:00am
Re: Broken FAQ
On behalf of the Ark Linux team, i am very sorry for this FAQ business! It is fixed now, and it was entirely my fault. The FAQ is on the website, not the wiki, and it was my fault that it broke - i have made a temporary workaround, which makes it work, the URLs are just not as pleasant :)
By Dan Leinir Turt... at Fri, 2007/08/17 - 5:00am
Thanks for you and the team btw!
By fast penguin at Sat, 2007/08/18 - 5:00am
Re: Donations
Sure, we *would* share it publicly... The problem with releasing a budget is just that well... you need a budget to be able to do that :) We simply haven't got enough money for that. But to say what the money go towards, it's paying for the domain name, and the rest goes towards keeping bero alive :)
By Dan Leinir Turt... at Sat, 2007/08/18 - 5:00am
Re: Donations
Well, we can be more detailed ;)
Total donations so far (in the 6 years we've been up and running) are 327 EUR.
Of those, we've spent $20.85 per year on the domain names (arklinux .org/.com/.net)
We've spent 80 EUR on a new harddisk for our server.
We currently have 230 EUR sitting in our paypal account. I probably won't have to take anything off for food in the next month. We'd like to get a faster build machine some day, but you just don't get a decent box for what we have.
By bero at Tue, 2007/08/21 - 5:00am
Re: Donations
If I actually had some money in my own bank account, I'd be more than willing to donate, but as it is, my bank account is dried up from the first day of summer (my mother doesn't have a summer job-she only works during the other three seasons). If I can get some money saved up this winter, I'll donate.
By Pikidalto at Tue, 2007/08/21 - 5:00am
Re: Broken FAQ
Very impressed that you responded to that so quickly, definitely gonna try ark out just for that :).
By Roderic Morris at Sat, 2007/08/18 - 5:00am
Re: Broken FAQ
Hehe, thanks, it's good to know i made a difference! ;)
By Dan Leinir Turt... at Sat, 2007/08/18 - 5:00am
Re: Broken FAQ
That was a very fast response. Thank you, it was helpful.
I'm installing Ark right now. I'm really impressed at how easy and fun (tetrix) it is to install. Great job including information about how to use the interface for the absolute beginners out there.
By Soap at Sat, 2007/08/18 - 5:00am
World of Warcraft & Video Card Actually Detected
World of Warcraft runs great on Ark Linux. In fact, it's the only distro that I can play WoW on because the other distros that I've tried don't detect my video card.
By Pikidalto at Tue, 2007/08/21 - 5:00am
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MUSIC REVIEW- In-box follies: The postman brings a winner
Published June 30, 2005 in issue 0426 of the Hook
* James McLaughlin, producer: Sesshin (Mountainside Records)
* William Walter & Co.: untitled (promo EP)
One of the perks of being a music writer is the amount of new music you get. I judge my weeks by how much good music rolls my way. This week has been pretty good...
The first disk I stumbled upon is a magical offering I feel privileged to be one of the first to hear. Sesshin is pure down-tempo ecstasy. Produced entirely by James McLaughlin at his Mountainside Studios, Sesshin is the best takes from endless jam sessions there.
While Sesshin is smooth, and it is jazz, I hesitate to call it "smooth jazz," the overproduced, reverb-heavy, synthetic drumming garbage played late at night on most public radio stations. Sesshin is smooth in the classic, dark-speakeasy, cigarette-in-mouth, too-cool-for-school way.
McLaughlin plays the drums, laying down the backbeat for some of the town's finest youngsters and veterans. Jesse Harper (guitar), Darrell Muller (bass), and Daniel Clarke (keyboards) are the backbone. Guests include JC Kuhl on sax and John D'earth on trumpet. Special kudos to Andy Thacker, who shows how to work a mandolin into the music the one and only way it should be done.
Sesshin is a one-time offering showcasing the wide range of Charlottesville's musical talent. They have a gig scheduled for next month at the Gravity Lounge. I suggest that you do not miss the show.
After bingeing on Sesshin, I stumbled across a recording distributed by William Walter & Co. Now, back in the day, I said this dude had star power and an on-point pop-singer songwriter vibe.
I'm glad to say I still believe that after listening to his 14-track prelude-to-an-actual-album. The CD itself is probably the longest EP leading up to an album I've ever seen. But it's worth listening to the mix of studio and live recordings to get the feel of what this guy is gonna drop on you in a few months.
William Walter & Co have been playing around the 'ville for years. Some of the out-take tracks are present on this long-playing EP. One gets the sense that Walter has lost the passion for his tunes (some of which were written years ago). His ensemble, which changes members on occasion, do a good job of providing a solid backdrop for his vivid lyrical imagery and soothing vocals.
The best part about the disk is the little errors present here and there on the live recordings. Walter tends to write a very tightly structured song, and he also has a tendency to perform his music with robotic accuracy. On this EP (available at his live performances free of charge), a human side shines through and makes his music tangible to commoner like me.
Overall, it's been a good week for local recordings. If I don't get something sweet in my mailbox soon, next week will pale in comparison.
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State Representative Martin J. Walsh, who as the son of Irish immigrants rose from the hard labor of construction to a position of power on Beacon Hill, formally announced Wednesday that he will be a candidate for mayor of Boston.
The prospect of Walsh's candidacy has already been celebrated in the west of Ireland, where his photograph was splashed across the pages of a local paper that boasted of his ties to Connemara.
His story may evoke the old Boston and a century of mayors with Irish surnames, but he said his candidacy will resonate in what has been called the new Boston, an increasingly diverse city populated by a tapestry of skin tones and ethnicities.
"I think the people of Boston are going to elect a mayor who they can best relate to, they can trust, and they feel will represent their best interests," Walsh said in an hourlong interview Wednesday, on his 46th birthday. "If you have a family that is being devastated by substance abuse, I don't think it matters whether it is old Boston or new Boston. If you have economic problems and you are about to lose your house, I don't think it matters whether it is old Boston or new Boston."
Walsh vowed to anchor his campaign around his work in the Legislature, which he said emphasized economic development, education, and substance abuse treatment. He said his achievements will set him apart in a field dominated by members of the City Council, a body with limited political power.
"I want to be mayor because I have a record of accomplishment over 16 years as a legislator representing the people of Boston," Walsh said.
Last week, Walsh upstaged his own announcement by acknowledging when asked by reporters that he planned to mount a mayoral bid. It was a different tack than taken by most politicians, who often give noncommittal answers about a campaign, hoping to maximize the splash in a choreographed kickoff. To the chagrin of his political operatives and communications specialists, Walsh admitted that he doesn't have much of a filter.
"When you ask me a question, I'm giving you an answer," Walsh said. "That's just who I am. It's how I grew up. I don't want to play that dodge game, even in the campaign."
Walsh is the latest entrant in an expanding field of mayoral hopefuls that already included city councilors John R. Connolly, Rob Consalvo, and Felix G. Arroyo; Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley; and Bill Walczak, a founder of the Codman Square Health Center in Dorchester.
Two others, Will Dorcena and Charles Clemons, have said they are running but have raised little money. Several others have publicly said they are considering a campaign, including Councilor Michael P. Ross.
Another potential candidate, John F. Barros, said Wednesday he is still "seriously considering" a run. Barros, executive director of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, is the first Cape Verdean to serve on the Boston School Committee. His candidacy would add more diversity to a field dominated by white men.
To mount a credible campaign, Barros said he will need to build a citywide coalition and raise $1.6 million.
"My plan is to take the next four or five days and convene four or five folks and continue talking," Barros said.
In the race to succeed Mayor Thomas M. Menino, candidates have until May 13 to apply for nomination papers, the first step in getting on the ballot for a Sept. 24 preliminary election. The top two vote-getters will face off on Nov. 5.
Walsh lives in Dorchester's Savin Hill section and is single with a long-term girlfriend. His parents emigrated from Connemara, and he grew up the older of two boys on Taft Street.
Walsh followed his father into the trades, working first as a laborer on Commonwealth Pier, building what would become Boston's Seaport World Trade Center. Drawn to politics as a sign holder at an early age, Walsh ran in a 1997 special election to fill an open seat in the state's House of Representatives and has been reelected eight times.
His most difficult political stand, Walsh said, came a few months into his tenure, when he voted against reinstituting the death penalty. At the time, there had been a series of high-profile homicides, some involving the deaths of children.
His proudest vote, he said, was preserving gay marriage. "People say, 'That must have been tough for you.' That wasn't tough at all," Walsh recalled. "I got some difficult [phone] calls on that. But you know something, it was the right thing to do."
Taking courses at night while he served in the Legislature, Walsh earned a degree from Boston College in 2009, according to his campaign. In 2011, he became business manager of the Boston Building Trades, an umbrella group that represents unions of ironworkers, electricians, and others. In a statement, Walsh said that effective Friday, he will resign from his post as business manager.
The statement said Walsh had $200,000 in his campaign account, with commitments from backers to raise at least $400,000 more. Walsh will have strong ties to organized labor, which may provide a significant boost in a crowded preliminary election in which a strong field organization may make the difference.
He vowed to build a campaign that extends far beyond labor. Walsh said he was proud to live in the 02125 ZIP code, one of the most diverse in the United States.
He said he is going to compete in every precinct in the city for votes the same way he represents the diversity of Dorchester on Beacon Hill.
Andrew Ryan can be reached at acryan@globe.


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Pocket Planes Trading Post!
We have created a special page for community members to swap and trade aircraft parts and Game Center friend codes. Feel free to post requests for parts and replies to existing comments for trading on this page only:
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I'll be going through the comments on this page and moving all the comments that pertain to parts trading and Game Center ID swapping, and moving them over to the new page.
Thank you for being part of the #JAYISGAMES Flight Crew! :D
Is anyone else having problems with achievements? I had the transatlantic display (at my first trip across the Atlantic) yet it didn't update the list of achievements. I read that they had some problems with achievements and recommended resetting and trying again, which I did (and fwiw didn't lose everything since it remembers how many loads you bring etc). Upon my next transatlantic flight it displayed that I won the achievement again but still didn't record it in the list. Am I alone with this bug?
I read elsewhere that they had some issues with achievements, and might find that forum again and post over there. You can reset all the achievements in the settings section, which I did and hasn't helped. But, it doesnt lose all completed work entirely... For instance, I had the Hawaii achievement and I got it back as soon as I delivered another load there (not another 100) so it must keep the count but the achievement process doesn't check until you do the step again... Or so I assume.
Anyway, just made level 20! Time to upgrade my planes. :-)
Thanks for the info! :)
Yes, I think it's pretty clear they're having issues with the achievements, and rather than trying to mess with resetting, since you said it didn't help anyways, the best thing to do is to wait for an update. I'm not really all that worried about the achievements, though it will be nice when they eventually work correctly. I'm sure they're working on fixing them.
New to the events part of game, how do I know what other airports carry items for the event? Is it any other airport in the region? Or just the closest airports? ... I wanted a little more info before dropping cash for the current class 2 airport to start it? And also great site, a lot of great info. Looking forward to helping this event, but surely the next one.
Hey y'all... Just want to say I have enjoyed reading through this site. Been playing Pocket Planes for about a week and am definitely addicted to it. Reading the comments has given me some insights I haven't discovered on my own, for example the advantage of closing some class 1 airports as the game progresses in order to replace them with class 2 airports.
One thing I wish was in the game was a more obvious calculation of profit (taking into account fuel, weight, number of passengers and cargo, distance, etc). That would allow more fine-tuning of flight decisions. On the other hand, that might make the game too complicated.
Also, what's with the 8-bit graphics? While it's acceptable, the pixelation on the iPad is a bit disappointing. I'd rather see beautiful graphics like, for example, on Pocket Frogs.
But I do love the game! :-)
Oh, and another very minor complaint: the ranges given for the planes aren't consistent with the flights they can actually make. It's over 2300 miles as the crow flies from Seattle to Washington DC, yet a plane with a range under 1600 miles can make it. This would seem to be an easy thing to fix, and would make the game somewhat more realistic. (Of course, the game has plenty of other no -realistic aspects, so this particular detail isn't really important.)
Well, I've been playing for about a week now and am thoroughly hooked. (Thank you Jay and Trinn for helping to suck me in! Or should I start with thanking John for, once again, introducing an oh-so-addictive game?)
In time, I've fine-tuned my strategy to this—localization (open spoiler to read more).
While some seem to love the chaining of airports to circumnavigate the globe, I prefer concentrating all my efforts in one spot. This keeps my jobs available list very clean and, since the jobs list is limited in length, it ensures I can maximize that 25% bonus most often as undoable jobs are eliminated.
So, since the Casablanca event is over, I closed all my European airports and now have airports on Santiago, Lima, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Los Angeles and Honululu. My most productive has been between Santiago and Lima (especially when the money transfer event was on)... while the biggest single pay-outs have been from Sao Paulo or Santiago and Honolulu.
Yet, when you factor in the travel time-to-payment ratio, Sao Paulo seems to have the best lists with more multiple jobs for that 25% bonus.
The reasoning behind this—a beehive of planes all working within one radius keeps everything moving quickly and efficiently.
It takes some thought to balance number of planes to number of airports (2 per airport works well) and to have the right blend of cargo and passenger capacity (I prefer specialized planes in this regard, too, rather than the M-models)... but when it's fine-tuned, you're always full capacity and often getting the 25% to boot.
In the end, though, it all depends on playing style and how often you want to be checking in and sending your planes out on a mission.
No doubt, elle. Personally, I was glad when I had a long enough line that I could keep some of my planes busy for an hour instead of feeling like I needed to keep pushing them every 2-5 minutes.
Not saying it was getting tedious or anything like that, but I have other things to do in my life...occasionally. =P
Hello, avihai, and thank you for joining our flight crew! You unlock the Pearjet in the market at level 14. If you'd like to know at which levels other planes first become available, please refer to the section in the guide above comments by clicking Tips and Tricks > All About Planes > Complete List of Planes Available for Purchase By Level
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It depends on the type of event, but those local events usually have subtle signs you may not notice unless you're looking out for them, so you've probably already participated without even knowing it!
At the most basic level, it means that the airport will have a changed (and often increased) job demand. These events will have unique jobs that are unfortunately not indicated in the jobs list by anything other than their unusual names relating to the event. At the Renaissance Faire event, for example, you will see unique passengers like Kings and Queens or Armor Costume cargo shipments. Currently, I also have the local event Gold Rush at San Francisco, so I've been delivering a lot of Mining Gear and little guys in overalls.
You can check your progress in the local events by going to the Events page from the menu and tapping the check mark button at the lower left. I have yet to deliver the whopping 1,000 jobs necessary to complete a local event, so I don't yet know what happens if you do! (perhaps a rare plane?) There are 45 local events in total, so if someone's managed to complete one of them, please let us know! :)
I was wondering about what happens when you complete an event too... 1000 is a lot though, plus the events aren't very long either :c
I'm currently level 14, almost 15 and I have 2 class 2 airplanes (pearjet and birchcraft). My airports are based in asia, mostly Japan/China/Singapore areas. I have 5 red cities, 5 blue ones and 7 class 1 cities. However, it's really difficult to get the 25% bonus with the class 2 planes (especially the pearjet) and I've realized that even if I have on the pearjet say, 3 cargo going to manila and 2 cargo going to somewhere else, I'll only get 150-ish coins for shipping out to Manila... but if I had used a class 1 airplane I would probably get 500 coins. So I'm not sure how this is helping me, if at all..... :(
Jen Yee Koo,
I've eschewed M-style planes because they really are too hard to fill. My favorite plane for short distances is the Equinox (C and P). All this is a matter of playing style, though.
Probably, even with the 25%, the M-style Birchcrafts and Pearjets are more efficient just because you can carry more with fewer trips... Someone more fond of math than I am should play with the numbers to find out. But, I just like that warm fuzzy feeling have having everything going to one spot!
P.S. Sorry if I'm being Captain Obvious here... You can board a plane part-way and then wait for new jobs before filling it the rest of the way. For the Pearjet and Aeroeagles going a long distance, those extra 4-8 minutes of waiting to fill up is worth it.
Save up your Bux before cashing them in!
It really pays to save up your Bux before cashing them in. While on the surface, each Bux = 500 coins, in reality each one could be worth a whole lot more than that if saved up and cashed in all at once. Here's an example:
1 Bux ..............500 coins ( 500 coins per Bux)
10 Bux............5,050 coins ( 505 coins per Bux)
100 Bux..........55,000 coins ( 550 coins per Bux)
1000 Bux......1,000,000 coins (1000 coins per Bux)
Here's a chart showing the exponential nature of the Bux-to-coins conversion:
Interesting, because I've eschewed all P and C type planes and have a strictly M-type inventory for aircraft. The reason being that with a P or C flying around, the M types would always find a city that was lopsided, without one type or the other, and were getting stuck.
I agree, though, that it's pretty much up to your playing style, and I don't think there's only one right way to play this game.
Well, here's something I've learned:
Getting the 25% bonus on delivering every job becomes absolutely imperative to gaining revenue quickly, especially when the larger aircraft are used later in the game. To that end, it doesn't make any difference filling an aircraft with all of the same destination if the next stop isn't that destination, since you'll still burn up gas getting the jobs there anyways. Therefore concentrate instead on always moving jobs closer to their destination, perhaps even to a staging point one city away, and then making one last flight with a full plane for the 25% bonus.
I now almost exclusively focus on Bux jobs only to fill a plane and use coin jobs as a last resort. I use smaller aircraft to travel between cities in a relatively small area to shuttle the Bux jobs they find to the larger Class 3 airports where my big planes are waiting to get filled. The big planes are just too costly to fly without getting the 25% bonus every time, and should therefore be restricted to long distance travel.
Hi there, I've been playing for about a week now and just stumbled upon this site. Is it normal for me to be level 18 and just starting to close my class 1 airports to go 100% class 2 and above?
I started in northeast North America, and my farthest airports are Madrid and Santiago for the current and last global event. Oh, and I maxed out the fuel tanks on my Pearjets to fly so far. Is that normal, or is that a waste of bux?
Hi Jordan, I don't think there is a need to go 100% class 2 and above if you want to participate in the global events and complete all the achievements. I'm at level 25 and still have a couple class 1 airports and aircraft, specifically to do the global events and some of the achievements that require class 1 airports (currently working on the Easter Island achievement).
As for using Bux to upgrade aircraft, I guess that depends on your particular setup. I usually upgrade an aircraft's weight to maximize profit from each flight, and will upgrade the fuel tank if I need it to go beyond its default range. I generally do not upgrade speed since I have so many aircraft that they're likely to be just sitting at their destination waiting for me even without the increase in speed. Bottom line: upgrade as necessary, but save the Bux otherwise.
Here's another tip regarding a better naming-system:
In order to quickly identify what my plane is capable of doing i color-code them according to the class they are (based on the cities colors)
grey/white for class 1
blue for class 2 and
red for class 3.
then i name them according to what and how much they can transport,
starting the name with a letter according to what they transport
P for Passengers
C for Cargo
M for Mixed
the second letter then indicates how much it can carry. for this i use vowels
I for 1 unit ( I is effectively a 1)
U for 2 units ( U looks like a II connected at the bottom)
E for 3 units ( E has 3 ends)
A for 4 units ( A looks like a 4)
O for 5+ units (just.. think of something here :P )
[note: i havent exactly thought about how to do this for more than 5 units, from the top of my head i'm thinking binary or something]
in case we got a mixed plane, the second letter only counts people and the fourth is used to count cargo. [this is where i think binary would fail]
the other letters are filled in to make the name sound nicer.
if i got a blue plane named CANDY, i would imediatly know that it is a class 2 cargo carrier who loads 4 units.
a white plane named MUKI would be a class 1 plane which holds two passengers and one cargo.
with this method i can read everything i need from the plane list without using ugly names containing weird letter-number combinations. it looks clean and works perfectly.
(and now for the quiz: Red Plane named Mage?)
i hope a can help someone with this,
Currently I am at 1,678 Bux. As much as I don't really accumulate my coins as of right now so it's hard for me to get to my fourteenth plane in the air at the same time.
I am gunning for either 2,000 Bux which is 3,000,000 coin and 1,500 per Bux or 3,000 Bux which is 6,000,000 Coin and 2,000 per Bux.
This I feel will be worth it for me in the long run with opening airports, upgrading airports, and advertising airports (which could be benificial when working on Events).
Then for sometime I can focus on using my Bux to buy more planes and upgrade planes.
Then I will start over my quest to build up more Bux.
!!!Important Note!!!
Also if you do get your Bux that high you can hold down the up button and it will get to your destination number faster (like you would do to set the alarm on a digital clock)
I only have Class 2 and Class 3 airports open in North America and South America. The only planes that can reach San Jose are Class 1 planes that are super slow (125 MPH). I made Guatemala my San Jose hub and all other 11 planes bring San Jose jobs back and forth. My slow planes only go between San Jose and Guatemala. On the way to San Jose I bring San Jose jobs; On the way back I bring all jobs that are available and drop them off in Guatemala.
To help with all the traffic going back and forth in Guatemala I upgraded it fully so it can have 30 layovers at one time.
GC ID = Pezkingjs
In regards to my playing style/max revenue (I am level 19, 21 airports, with 13 planes in the air and close to getting my 14th. I started in Australia (I live here at the moment :-D) and am currently branched out to India and China/Korea/Japan.
While I have small class 1 airprots scattered, I use class 2 airports mainly as well as the main hub for long distance jobs. Small planes (2-3 seaters) are dedicated to going to small airports and bringing back far-away cities to the larger class 2. Thi of course means filling up the small planes with cargo/passengers going to that class 1.
I then use the class 2 planes to long-haul these passengers, say Sydney to Seoul and vice versa. Each flight I make roughly $2500-$3000 with some being $3500+. I use bux mainly for buying parts to new planes and upgrading my planes weight so it does not use as much gas and thus money.
If a better playing style exists to maximise profits, I am all ears!
May seem like a dumb question, but do you get more XP carrying bux than coined passengers? And does the XP on those bux increase with the 25% bonus as well?
Here is a strategy question. I just moved up to level 10 which unlocked the Birchcraft. It is class 2. Every time the market resets I am only seeing engines for it. Should I buy all the engines I see in hopes to some time down the road get the other parts or should only buy one engine and wait to get a complete set?
Hi jaxmagicman, the Birchcraft is a great plane! I'm up to level 26 and it's still one of my favorite utility planes to get around and shuttle jobs to the larger airports. As for what to buy, if you know you'll want to build a couple of the Birchcraft and have the Bux for it, then sure, buy a couple engines, but I wouldn't suggest buying all you see. You'll have plenty of opportunities of buying more parts when the time comes. There are lots of different aircraft you're yet to see and get access to, so don't put all your eggs in the same basket, as the saying goes. :)
You should focus more towards cultivating your airline empire, and focus only secondarily toward the global event. Remember you only need to dedicate 2 cities to participate in the global event no matter where it is, one city where the global event is taking place and one city nearby. And you only need one aircraft to dedicate to shuttling jobs back and forth.
I've found that focusing on a few specific cities allows me to maximize my profit by making it easier to fill up a plane for the 25% bonus, and the global event helps with that. When my planes are flying around, some cities I've decided to ignore for the time being, focusing instead on a smaller subset of cities, including the jobs in blue.
Also, for me, it doesn't really matter where my cities are as long as I've got things organized in my mind about what jobs go where. Sometimes changing or adding cities disrupts that system, but stick with it and you'll soon figure out ways to maximize your efficiency no matter where you are. I hope that helps.
Everyone should have received their Flight Crew prize by now. It always takes a little while after the event has concluded to get the update, you just have to be patient. It seems for me it's always when I've switched to a different app and then back again that the update takes place and I get the dialog announcing the results of the event.
hey, i have two questions
1. does anybody know if there is an official blog or something where nimblebit posts their plans for next update
2. if you buy a new airport, will the other airports provide the same jobs as before + jobs for the new airport or will your other airports provide the same amount of jobs just that it will provide fever people that will go to the same airport?
would be nice to know when planning strategies upon buying new airports.
Hi sitroniste, Nimblebits has an official site, but does not have its own blog nor does an "official" blog exist announcing their plans, but they do have a Twitter account where you can keep up on their plans there.
As for opening new airports, all your existing airports will continue to provide all the same jobs as before + jobs for the new airport, so the number of jobs at each airport will increase. In fact, the lists get quite long the more airports you open. There's a lot of scrolling in this game! xD
That's not a dumb question at all! It's actually a very keen observation, so thank you for pointing it out.
I compared two flights to test it, first with the Pearjet (Speed 272 MPH) where the coins came at about 3 and a half second intervals and then with the Birchcraft (Speed 192 MPH) which passed a coin about every 5 seconds.
Thanks again, Rod, I'll add this new information to the guide! :)
Trinn, i did not only notice the intervals between coins but also the speed at which they enter the screen and exit the screen.
Take the equinox and the airvan as an example.
I find it harder to get the coins passing by the equinox than getting the coins passing by the airvan because the equinox is faster than the airvan.
Hope this helps too.
If you have any questions about this just ask
For those who feel like they can't participate in the World Event, some things to consider:
You do not have to expand linearly. In other words, you are not restricted to the range of your current network. Simply open an airport at the WE city, and open another airport nearby. If you don't have available airport slots, close two in your current network. To get a plane to the WE, simply send one of your existing planes to the hangar. Then, from the hangar, click "fly" to put it back into service, but this time, at the city next to the WE. You don't need a big plane to get the 5 jobs necessary to cash in. In fact, it probably makes more sense to have a smaller plane as you will just be doing shuttle runs. My preference is a 1C1P to maximize the fares you can pick up. Remember, for the WE, your main objective is not to maximize profit, but to maximize quantity of jobs.
Did anyone else notice that the Magic Competition going end 12 hours earlier then the format has been going.....just 3 days instead of 3 days and 12 hours.....I wonder if maybe they are going to have a special 24 hour event on July 4th.....Maybe bring things to Washington DC,,,,,Presidents as Passengers, Fireworks as Cargo
Just Speculated :)
Hi there, great comment so far especially for a novice like myself. Currently on level 6 based in europe got 7 planes and 6 airports. Just a few questions ive got?
1) When new jobs come up does that get rid of some of the jobs that were waiting at the airport beforehand? I was just trying to send my 1st 3 capacity plane to mancester where i had the jobs waiting to fill the plane and fly to venice.. However new jobs came up and one of the jobs was no longer there which was frustrating!...
2) ive joined the group jayisgames but nowhere near helping with the challenges yet, i thought there was just the moscow challenge going on but then i looked and theres loads of different ones can you contribute to any?
Thanks alot.
To answer your first question, all the jobs (except the ones being held as layovers or jobs currently loaded onto your plane) are reset when the timer runs out - you can see the countdown by viewing any airport. Also, if you're viewing the jobs list at an airport, say while boarding a plane, the jobs won't refresh until you close the list and open it up again.
Only one global event occurs at a time, indicated by the blue title. The other events you're seeing with the city names in white or red are local events. Local events occur constantly in your game only and can have positive (such as additional unique jobs) or negative effects (like shutting down an entire airport for 45 minutes).
If you want to learn more about either of these topics, please feel free to refer to the strategy guide in the section above the comments. Thank you for joining the JayisGames flight crew! :)
Let say you have a plane that holds 4 people and you are in Chicago the current time has 2 New York Passengers and 2 Los Angeles passengers. You can put all 4 people on your plane and not leave the airport yet. It is called boarding. When the time for new Passengers happens you can go back to the list and look and see if the new Passengers has 2 New York people....If it does you can drop the LA people you have and add the New NY people and fly to NY with the bonus.....the people you have dropped off from LA though are not on layover now because they are at the same airport and when the time flips again they will disappear....
Hope that helps
GC = Pezkingjs
Rod, when you're offline, the global event jobs will accumulate as usual, but you'll see the "Flight Crew data unavailable at this time" message. Your global event jobs will be sent and will update once you reconnect. If you reconnect after the deadline, then those job totals won't count. As long as you complete at least 5 jobs for the current global event before going offline, you should receive your prize then next time you connect following the deadline.
Hey guys, read through this walk through a couple of times, and decided it was time to join the group.
Though I do have one question to ask of you all: How should I go about expanding my airline? I currently own most of Australia (starting region) and Jakarta and Singapore. Should I keep going through Asia and through to Europe? Of should I start a secondary network in Europe and try to link them?


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Barbara G. Stymiest
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International Economic Forum of the Americas Montreal
June 9, 2008
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure to be with you here today.
We've been living through the credit crunch for more than 10 months now. And for about 9 of those months, many of us in the banking realm have been asked to comment on the beginnings, evolution and potential end to this turmoil.
I do not purport to offer you the definitive word here today, as more analysis will have to occur before there is a complete picture of what happened, what went wrong and what was done right.
What I do want the room to consider is my belief that we're at a delicate juncture. We're at a point in time when people are starting to reflect and make significant decisions about their roles in this new environment and they need to do this carefully.
The question posed today is the roles of central banks and financial institutions in managing the repercussions of previous crises and their respective roles in preventing the crises of tomorrow.
My answer, as I will outline, is that although we each have different stakeholders, financial institutions, central banks and regulators have a shared responsibility. Our actions and reactions to events occur in very separate and distinct spheres, but we do not have mutually exclusive responsibilities; they are symbiotic, shared interests.
But before we get to roles, please allow me the opportunity to step back and walk you through the past 10 months of the credit crunch.
I'm speaking to you today as both a witness and a participant. As Canada's largest financial institution, and the largest capital markets player in the country, as well as the fifth largest financial institution in North America and one of the world's top 20 banks, it was inevitable that we would be a part of this story.
The story of the credit crunch really began with the bursting of the last bubble. In the aftermath of the dot-com crash, and the seismic shock created by the tragic events of September 11th, borrowing became remarkably cheap - in the United States and in many countries around the world.
This was also a time when the global financial system was flush with liquidity and had a seemingly insatiable demand for financial assets. That demand found its focal point in the U.S., which by 2005-06 was absorbing a remarkable 60% of global capital flows, from Europe and Asia as well as the recycling of petro-dollars from the Middle East.
The U.S. markets, where rules-based regulation had over a long period of time fostered market participants' compliance with the letter, though perhaps not the spirit, of the law, offered more inefficiencies to take advantage of than other markets, such as Canada.
These inefficiencies are rooted deep in the American past, in the forging some 80 years ago of restrictions against nationwide banking. The McFadden Act created a core banking system that was fragmented and insufficiently diversified - a system dominated by small- to mid-sized lenders, many with under-developed risk management and treasury operations with a funding model heavily reliant upon securitization rather than the model favoured by most other countries: matched funding via retail and commercial deposits.
The securitization model empowered a fragmented banking system to get loans off the books and onto the market as a way of freeing up capital for further loan origination.
Over time, this movement away from classic deposit funding further exposed the U.S. banking system to the fault lines underlying the capital markets.
In the low-interest-rate dawn of this current decade, mortgage lenders saw what they thought was a sure thing - an untapped market of consumers who now could better afford to take on bigger loans.
The growth in mortgages accelerated. Housing prices rose. With banks keen to move assets off their balance sheets - and investment banks eager to assist - financial products grew more sophisticated. The demand for high-yield products gave rise to new types of structured vehicles (like CDOs) which found their way to markets and investors through unregulated channels. Mortgage brokers found even more credit-challenged consumers to take on new loans or perhaps lowered their standards, as the rewards were too rich to ignore. Some people have called this the moral hazard.
Competition pushed mortgage rates to artificially low levels. Securitized products were being released into a world where there was no natural counterpoint to ensure that lending standards were respected. Traditional checks and balances were eroded.
This financial alchemy in which the sum of securitized parts was greater than the whole began to insinuate itself into the markets - magically satisfying the demands of many originators to remove "undesirable" poorly documented sub-prime assets off their balance sheets while supplying the investor with a "highly rated" security.
For their part, many banks believed that spreading risk to the four corners of America and around the globe inoculated them against the risk of a catastrophic collapse in the securitization market. And many policy makers believed this too.
In this "originate to distribute" model, the accounting income that would have been recognized over the life of loans was substantially booked as up front fee income. And the residual interests of the originators, the money centre banks and investment banks, were subject to complex marking-to-model practices, based on what we now recognize as faulty assumptions.
As an aside, the originate-to-distribute model has many benefits. Investors get more products to choose from that match their risk tolerance. Borrowers benefit from wider access to funds and cheaper rates. And originators get improved capital efficiency and increased funding options. In the months ahead, doubtless this model will be challenged, but these points are crucial to a full evaluation.
Many believed ratings agencies would act as de facto regulators, watchdogs by proxy. But the rating agencies were poorly equipped to serve that function, at least as it pertains to the complex investment vehicles at the root of subprime. Moreover, observable signs of increasing delinquencies came late and could not easily be interpreted in terms of expected losses.
As with all bubbles, we see now that it was based on folly and fantasy - on the fanciful notion that home values could only rise, or alternatively, not fall dramatically, that safety and security in the financial markets could be assured simply by appearing to distribute risk more broadly.
The last ten months have proved many wrong, and it has been a costly and, in some cases, humiliating lesson. Disappearance of markets and sharply increased doubts about valuations both of structured products and the underlying assets are continuing to affect the credit markets. Although some markets are starting to function again, there is still a long way to go. The securitization market, in particular, remains mostly frozen. Banks are relying on the short end of the curve for much of their funding, which has been facilitated by the influxes of liquidity provided by the central banks, but challenges remain in the mid- to longer end. While concerns over the fundamental solvency of financial institutions have largely abated, what we're now faced with is a mismatch of supply and demand in bank funding that continues to affect banks in material ways.
As I said a few moments ago the banks were very active in using the securitization market to move assets off their balance sheets but, concurrently, they were also forced to drive volumes and balances to maintain their profitability in a low interest rate environment, with narrow spreads. In many cases, this growth in assets exceeded the growth rate in relationship deposits thus driving higher levels of external borrowing at a much higher cost. This trend is clearly not sustainable.
There is now significant pressure on banks to deleverage their balance sheets, especially when you consider the banking system has had a significant increase in leverage caused by the net reduction in capital bases (losses of $380B exceed capital raises of $257B), as well as some banks being forced to buy-back assets from securitized vehicles which they sponsored.
This story is not yet at an end. The excess liquidity that drove the subprime market has disappeared and its absence has affected many other financial instruments. We have seen failures of single names like Northern Rock and Bear Stearns and some bank CEOs are being relieved of their duties (like Citi, UBS, Merrill and very recently Wachovia). We still have yet to fully understand the impact of this credit disruption on the banking system and the follow on effects on the general economy. More specifically, what the impact will be on the consumer as the economy slows and this deleveraging continues.
Today, all parties are considering the question of what a post-recovery environment will really look like. In the meantime, bank treasurers, such as ours, are being rewarded for having established well diversified programs for access to term funding and capital.
Beyond the funding issue, it's safe to say that banks have entered into a more cautious phase defined by increased transparency, a measure of internal austerity and reduced exposure to, and improved monitoring of, risk.
Let me emphasize: neither government nor industry should be expected to hold people's hands on every major financial transaction.
We need to remind ourselves of the old-fashioned principles and basic fundamentals that have made our industry such an enduring and successful feature of the global finance landscape. In the coming months and years, as a recovery takes hold, financial institutions defined by long-term business strategies, strong balance sheets and especially by disciplined risk management principles will be rewarded.
Some of you may know that UBS recently published a Shareholder Report on its write-downs which has been well read across the industry. Despite the incongruity between its write-downs and its principles, it made clear that, "… business management is accountable for, and is expected to manage, all risks arising from their business and function and to ensure that risk and profit objectives are balanced. The identification of business risks associated with a business strategy is the responsibility of the business Senior Management."
I mentioned earlier that we at RBC were a part of this story and while we are not happy with the size of our write-downs, they are, relatively speaking, modest compared to many other players.
To what do we credit this reality? It's very simple: good business strategy, clear accountabilities for risk-return tradeoffs and sound risk management. I believe that this is the defining narrative in this story. The landscape for financial institutions has changed dramatically from the days when we were simple lenders and deposit takers. Those financial institutions that managed this transition to their risk profile well are set to handle the crises of the future, as their risk and control infrastructure is better prepared to keep pace with business growth. Where businesses forge ahead with innovation, a well-managed risk infrastructure will quickly close the gaps between old and new.
RBC's ability to manage risk well is a core competency, and is supported by a strong risk management culture and an effective risk management approach to business innovation.
The tone is set at the top to ensure that the principles, policies, processes, authorities and limits appropriate to the type and nature of RBC's businesses are in place to support effective enterprise-wide risk management framework.
Collaboration between the businesses and with our control functions is a key component of RBC's enterprise wide risk management. RBC has a structured approach to defining the amount and type of risk we are able and willing to take as an organization.
It starts with identifying regulatory constraints that limit our ability to accept risk. This helps us define our risk capacity, which is the maximum amount of risk we can accept. Knowing our risk capacity, we then establish and regularly confirm a set of self-imposed constraints and drivers where we have chosen to limit or otherwise influence the amount of risk we undertake. This is our risk appetite.
Risk appetite is then translated into risk limits that guide our businesses in their risk taking activity. Continuous measurement and monitoring is used to confirm that our risk profile - the actual exposure as compared to our established risk limits and tolerances - remains within our risk appetite.
This means that we have a consistent discipline across the enterprise to manage risk. The details need to be tailored to specific situations, and for new innovations, but the fundamental structure is the same.
Some institutions chose not to participate in certain markets. They managed their risk to near-zero. But there was no reward. Other institutions participated actively in new markets, but didn't close the gap between reward and sound risk management. And yet others, like RBC, participated in these markets and adapted their risk management practices to close the innovation gap.
Striking the right balance between risk management and business innovation is a delicate affair, but ultimately our shareholders benefit when we get it right.
Turning from risk management at financial institutions to the domains of the central banks and regulators.
The Bank of Canada, as our nation's central bank, has five main areas of responsibility, one of which, monetary policy, has a direct influence on the general economy. The setting of overnight interest rates, the targets for inflation and the provision of liquidity all contribute to the smooth and efficient operation of the financial system.
Financial institutions earn returns for their shareholders and are dependent on the overall health of the economy. Banks need consumers to be confident in the economy in order to spend; similarly, we need business to borrow, spend and invest in order to get returns to the economy in a greater order of magnitude. Furthermore, capital markets businesses earn returns by serving clients who are issuers and investors by facilitating capital raisings, both traditional debt and equity as well as structured products to meet the complex needs of their clients. To play this role, capital markets players must be able to originate, distribute and trade and this can only be done in well functioning, liquid markets.
All of this to say that central banks and financial institutions have a shared interest in the operation of the markets. Our interests are aligned.
Central banks have been very effective players through this most recent period. Their focus on injecting liquidity into the financial system has helped ease the strain on markets. The Bank of Canada, as lender of last resort, has called for an increased range of instruments to use as collateral. These calls should be heeded, in fact, the House of Commons may be voting on this matter late today.
Where it concerns regulation, we need to consider - and in my view largely resist - calls for increased regulation, a clamour that is in full throat among some politicians and certain economists. Some demand a worldwide regulatory architecture, arguing that global finance cannot rely on a patchwork of domestic oversight. Others seek a more rigid and demanding national system of regulation.
It must be said right up front that the financial system is fundamentally sound. But, like any system, it is vulnerable to excesses. In this instance, excesses in the housing market, the originate-to-distribute model and leverage all played a part in allowing this most recent bubble to inflate.
Given that the system is sound, any reform should be targeted at the excesses, rather than broadly across the system. What's more, gazing into the rearview mirror to establish new rules for going-forward is a perilous proposition. Humans have a very natural inclination to never want to make the exact same mistake again. The risk is that by over-reacting to one particular set of circumstances, we set the stage for a whole new set of problems in the next cycle.
To over-regulate risks creating a shadow market to which markets shift to avoid overly burdensome rules. To under-react risks losing the confidence of investors. Striking the right balance is the key to the success.
I believe we must be guided by the recent words of Sir John Bond, the former Chairman of HSBC, who said: "Sensible regulation is fine, but not all regulation is sensible."
In terms of the United States, it appears that the time is ripe for a de novo review of the regulatory framework - in particular, a change in structure away from the fragmentation in the marketplace. This is not a recommendation to simply add new regulations onto the existing structure.
The vagaries of a banking system with many smaller participants relying heavily on a market-based system of funding could be mitigated by an evolution to fewer nationwide banks backed by FDIC charters - and therefore not be as affected by the whims and fluctuations of capital markets. Meanwhile, the volatility inherent in the operations of the monoline mortgage lenders could be diminished by absorbing more of them into the banking fold.
Does this scenario sound familiar? It should. It's Canada's.
Increased regulation has the charm of appearing to be a quick fix. But the truth is that where this crisis is concerned - a broad crisis over many countries and asset classes - there is no quick fix. And this will not be the last crisis we face.
One of the lessons that reverberates from recent events is that more and continuous communication between home and host banking regulators is essential in a globalized world. Dialogue promotes better compliance and heightens efficiency. In an environment where corporate overhead and public regulatory expenditures are continually under scrutiny, collaboration among regulators will contribute to more streamlined and effective compliance regimes. This will bring us closer to the shared goal of a more efficient and sounder international financial system with more protection for consumers and investors.
As a result, the notion of some sort of global regulatory regime seems a non-starter in practical terms, leaving alone any merits of its theoretical underpinnings. It makes more sense to focus on existing and successful examples of international co-operation, such as the Financial Stability Forum, a body whose creation was spearheaded in large part by our former Prime Minister, Paul Martin. Their recent recommendations in respect of risk management, valuations and disclosure as well as recommendations to strengthen prudential oversight and the authorities' responsiveness to risks are critical.
But even these recommendations must be examined in consultation with all parties. Our experience over the past ten months bears this out. We should be cautious about moving ahead precipitously with any type of prescriptive regulatory response that may be disruptive, overreaching and ultimately unnecessary down the road. And from the perspective of Canada, we need to be particularly careful considering that we have one of the best financial services sectors in the world.
The crucial thing to take away from what happened is not simply that bubbles happen and are damaging - it's that the global markets in the modern era are highly resilient and that the complex interdependence between various markets is not transparent and contagion fallout is a risk that needs to be managed. This demands a co-ordinated response by the various central banks. Although this is arguably the most severe crisis we have ever experienced, we will make it through, as we have made it through others. And over the long term, the ability to defend against the impact of such crises can be improved by the banks themselves, as well as by the policymakers and regulators. We all share the same interests and responsibilities.
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The city of Kinston has put together a preliminary list of houses in the MLK Boulevard corridor slated for demolition.
When Richard and Pamela Ivey moved to the 400 block of East Lenoir Avenue in early 2012, they were looking for a quiet block to live on.
While they have found a block safe enough to have their grandchildren visit, there are certain areas Pamela Ivey said she will not let the children go � two of her grandsons were with her and her husband Sunday afternoon, playing in their front yard.
�They don't go that way,� she said, pointing to her left at the houses at 403 and 405 E. Lenoir. �I keep them this way, close to the house.�
The houses near the Iveys show signs of disrepair, including boarded-up windows, peeling paint, rusted metal roofs and, 405 E. Lenoir, a porch roof that has fallen, possibly a casualty of 2011�s Hurricane Irene, according to residents.
�It makes the area look bad, really, and then it could be a hazard for the kids and people might go up in there and start a fire, cause trouble for other people,� Richard Ivey said.
The East Lenoir houses are two of 30 dwellings in the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard corridor which Kinston officials have put on a preliminary list of structures slated to be torn down.
The city will use a $100,000 Community Development Block Grant it received through the N.C. Catalyst program last fall to fund the demolitions.
Interim Planning Director Adam Short and City Manager Tony Sears told members of the City Council recently that the list is preliminary, and they would be working with city staffers and property owners in the coming months to conduct environmental reviews and slim the list down to about 10 to 15 homes.
The area affected is bordered by East Vernon Avenue on the north, Quinerly and South McDaniels streets on the east, East King Street at the south and North East Street at the west.
Ten of the homes of the list have been designated as �priority� structures because of their proximity to MLK.
Others have been designated as alternates, and Short told the council if the owner of a priority home objects, an alternate home can be put in its place.
Two of the priority homes, in the 600 block of East Gordon Street, are considered historic properties.
A grand, three-story house with a columned porch at 607 E. Gordon showed signs it had once been used as a legal office of Dr. Joseph Askew, JD, who provided real estate, tax, notary and insurance services.
�I've been here five years and this place is sill looking the same, not changed one bit at all,� said neighborhood resident Rodney Jones.
Jones, who lives near Southeast Park along MLK, was visiting his cousin Sunday who lived across from the historic homes.
He said he returned to Kinston about five years ago after living in Raleigh and Greenville.
�It would be nice if they take some of these old houses down and build some new ones,� he said.
Jones, 32, grew up in the neighborhood and said it had been a nice place to live at one time.
�It would make the neighborhood look a lot better if they tear these houses down,� he said.
Kinstonofficials have placed the following homes on a PRELIMINARY list for demolition:
304 N. Trianon St.
510 E. Gordon St.
512 E. Gordon St.
514 E. Gordon St.
517 E. Washington Ave.
536 MLK Blvd.
601 E. Blount St.
603 E. Gordon St.*
607 E. Gordon St.*
603 Harvey St.
109 N. East St.
114 N. East St.
403 E. Lenoir Ave.
405 E. Lenoir Ave.
409 N. Davis St.
417 E. Washington Ave.
419 E. Washington Ave.
500 Fields St.
501 E. Blount St.
504 Fields St.
504 Harvey St.
508 Fields St.
613 Harvey St.
615 Harvey St.
627 Harvey St.
704 E. Gordon St.
708 E. King St.
710 E. King St.
712 E. King St.
717 Tower Hill Road
*Denotes historic property
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Library Life: January 2013
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- Adult Services Book Recommendation: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
- Youth Services Book Recommendation: Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gates by Eva Gray
- The World of Pooh
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Trade News
Murray Hill & New Providence, New Jersey, U.S., 28 April 2010 – Linde North America will showcase its next-generation hydrogen fueling technologies at the National Hydrogen Association (NHA) 21st annual conference, which will be held at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach California, from 3 to 5 May 2010.
Linde North America, a member of The Linde Group, a world-leading gases and engineering company, will feature its ground-breaking technologies that provide safe, fast and efficient ways to fuel hydrogen vehicles. NHA, the world's largest hydrogen technology trade association, was established in 1989 to foster the development of hydrogen technologies and their utilization in industrial, commercial, and consumer applications and promote the role of hydrogen in the energy field.
Visit Linde at booth # 109 to discuss the latest developments for supplying and fueling hydrogen-powered vehicles, including forklifts, buses and automobiles. Linde's newly formed alternative energy team, created to focus the company's North American efforts on its world-class technology capabilities in hydrogen and other fueling solutions, will be available to discuss all aspects of Linde's existing systems along with those being commercially introduced this year, such as the Linde Ionic Compressor system.
This system has been used extensively in Europe for cars and buses and now is being introduced to North America for hydrogen powered buses and fork lift trucks. Unlike conventional mechanical systems which use a piston in the pressurizing process, the Ionic Compressor uses an ionic liquid in direct contact with hydrogen.
"The Ionic Compressor is a step-change in the area of hydrogen fueling," said Mike Beckman, head of the Linde North America's alternate energy team. "It is a high-efficiency, high-throughput, low-maintenance and low-noise compression solution to allow fast and safe filling of vehicles," he said.
Coupled with Linde's proprietary fueling protocol and advanced station design, the Ionic Compressor is part of a complete and compact indoor or outdoor compression, storage and dispensing solution for the hydrogen fuel cell bus and fork lift truck markets.
Linde will also introduce another high-performance hydrogen fuel system to the North American market — the MF-90 hydrogen fueling station. This containerized system, first developed and commercialized in Europe, is easy to deploy and can efficiently supply both 350 bar and 700 bar hydrogen to automobiles.
"We're well beyond hydrogen-powered vehicles being a scientific curiosity.. The technologies Linde has developed demonstrate that fueling these vehicles is a commercial reality. And, with increased emphasis on alternative fuels in Washington D.C. and an increasing number of state houses, I think we'll see commercialization grow at a much faster pace over the next few years," Beckman said.
Mike McGowan, head of strategic alliances for Linde's alternative energy team, and who also serves as NHA chairman, said, "Linde is focused on finding ways to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and cut our greenhouse gas emissions. Expanding our North American vehicle fueling capabilities gives customers greater access to our strong hydrogen network and world-class engineering."
Linde, one of the earliest entrants into the hydrogen energy arena, is a leader in the safe production, storage and distribution of hydrogen. Linde is the world's only company with in-house technology to fuel gaseous or liquid hydrogen regardless of the mode of on-board storage.
Linde has equipped over 70 hydrogen fueling stations in 15 countries, supplying hydrogen for projects large and small. Amounts supplied range from a few hundred cubic feet of compressed hydrogen in cylinders to thousands of tons of liquid and gaseous hydrogen delivered by tank truck or pipeline.
In the U.S., Linde has supplied hydrogen fueling stations for fork lift trucks at distribution centers owned and operated by large retail and food service companies, and recently agreed to provide systems for automotive, food and soft drink companies. Linde also will supply a hydrogen vehicle fueling station for the San Francisco Airport.
The Linde Group is a world leading gases and engineering company with 48,000 employees working in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2009 financial year it achieved sales of EUR 11.2 billion (USD 15.3 billion). The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards sustainable earnings-based growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment – in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
For more information, visit Linde North America online at http://www.lindeus.com
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